1976 Sports Page All City Rec Basketball Teams - High School & Rec
Central’s Class A District Title Highlights “Wayback” trip to 1976
Jacobs, Swantek, Larson, Humphrey and Begick Named To All-City 1ST Team
November 21, 2002
By: O. J. Cunningham
I enjoyed the District Girls' basketball tournament over at Nouvel this past week (See Sports, this issue of MBC). Great competition and great athletes brought back fond memories. Let's take a quick ride in the infamous "Sports Page Wayback Machine" and remember the lady superstars of 1976 . . . both in Bay County high school girls' basketball and Bay County Recreation competition.
The 1976 girls' basketball season was highlighted by the Bay City Central District Class A championship performance of the Lady Wolves. Central erupted for 21 points in the final quarter to pull away from the Midland Chemics 49-39 to claim the District title.
TOP ROW - 1976 Sports Page First Team All City High School Basketball: (Top Row, left to right) Jill Jacobs, Essexville Garber; Barb Swantek, BC Central; Kim Larson, BC Central; Chris Humphrey, Essexville Garber and Marcia Begick, BC Western.
2ND ROW - 1976 Sports Page 2ND Team All City High School Basketball: Lori Wiesenauer, BC Western; Diane Hird, Bangor John Glenn; Margaret Matthews, BC Handy; Shari Zinger, BC All Saints and Bonnie Brennan, BC All Saints.
Baskin Robbins set the standard in Bay County Rec Basketball during the 1976 season with an 11-1 season mark with only a 37-32 loss to Paul's Clark to blemish their near-perfect season. Baskin Robbins averaged 38 points per game while allowing their opponents only 23 points per game to lead the league in both categories.
3RD ROW - 1976 Sports Page All City Rec Basketball Team: Paula Washabaugh, Baskin Robbins; Barb Schleben, Baskin Robbins; Carol Suchyta, Jack's Fruit Market; Jan Engelhardt, Paul's Clark and Jan Rusmisel, Bay Valley.
Baskin Robbins 1976 Rec Champs - Diane O'Riordan, Kim Miller, Sue Studeley. (Back) Paula Washabaugh, Marilyn Schmidt, Jan Jezowski, Barb Schleben and Coach Neil Schmidt.
NOTE: This is one of a continuing series of flashback article to be taken from the archives of the Bay County Sports Page & Bay City Enterprise newspapers published from 1976 through 1984 by O.J. Advertising, Inc. This Publisher hopes you enjoy the time travel as much as he does! If Sports Page and Enterprise are the grandparents of our newest arrival - mybaycity.com - then they are (as expected) very proud granparents, indeed.