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1965 BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM

L-R Row 1: Frank Knuth, Erich Fischer, Jim Mott, Dick Bidwell, George Niebauer, Terry Darcangelo Row 2: Tom Hobson (Coach), George McElhinny, Ed Roberts, Dave Hagarman, Randy Rhodes, Bernard Novotny, Denny Robbins, Bill Newell Missing: Gene Culver (Manager), Don Nuss (Trainer)

The basketball “experts” said it couldn’t be done; they said that Cambridge could not win even the Crawford County League Championship. But Coach Hobson and his Blue Devils were not going to be beaten by a few self-styled experts. They determined to prove themselves on the basketball court by winning---and win they did! The hustling Devils first took the County League Championship with a perfect 12-0 record in league play. In play-off competition they put together an impenetrable defense to clinch the District 10 Championship by downing Rocky Grove (60-51) and then Reynolds (46-44) for the championship.

The Inter-District trophy was added to our trophy case as Cambridge Springs downed Union-Joint, the District 9 Champions (58-45). The Devils next met highly rated Northern Cambria in the Western Regional finals. Coming alive in the second half, Cambridge gave Northern Cambria, the eventual state champions, a real scare, with a late rally falling just short in the end (69-64).