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Final ‘Exam’

Close Out The Week With Quiz No. 4; Can You Ace It?

In this 1969 photo, this Jamestown High School standout cuts down the net after leading his team to a Section VI basketball championship at Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo. He went on to play at the University of North Carolina. Name him. Photo courtesy of the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame

1. This Jamestown High School graduate suffered a knee injury in the late 1950s while playing baseball, but ironically it launched one of the most decorated softball careers in Chautauqua County history. Among the highlights was his two-hit, 17-strikeout performance in a 1-0 victory against the King & His Court in 1967. Name him.

2. Born in Little Valley in 1929, this retired physical education teacher at Cassadaga Valley Central School was a teammate of future New York Yankee Bobby Richardson on the Olean entry in the New York-Pennsylvania League in 1953. Name him.

3. This Southwestern Central School alum served as chair of the NCAA Division 1 Basketball Committee from 2001 to 2004, and during her 15 years at the University of Wisconsin she was the sports administrator for 22 different teams, including men’s and women’s soccer. Name her.

4. A pitching star for Falconer High School and then for an amateur team, this baseball star once struck out 42 batters in 23 innings, which led to 19 offers from 19 pro teams. As a member of the Boston Red Sox, he defeated Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants in the third game of the 1912 World Series after tossing a three-hitter.

5. This all-around athlete from northern Chautauqua County was a star in the American Basketball Association in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s and was once traded for Hall-of-Famer Julius Erving.

Once one of the best collegiate distance runners in the United States, the man pictured above coached his high school basketball team to a Section VI championship last month. Can you name him? Photo courtesy of the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame

6. A 1969 graduate of Jamestown High School, this basketball player called Dean Smith his coach at North Carolina University.

7. The 2004 NCCAA women’s basketball Player of the Year in 2004, this young woman averaged 24.3 points per game and ended her career as the all-time leading scorer at Roberts Wesleyan with 1,819 points. Less than 10 years later, she made her name in a different sport on the world’s biggest stage.

8. As a senior at Wake Forest in 1998, this young man was the recipient of the Arnold Palmer Award, presented to the school’s Athlete of the Year. Four years later, he was chosen to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 50th Anniversary cross country and track and field teams on his way to a very successful professional career.

9. Owner of one of the finest collegiate basketball coaching careers — men or women — in history, this Hall-of-Famer owns a home at Chautauqua Institution.

10. This Jamestown native was an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1950-1960 and is the proud owner of six World Series rings — three as an outfielder with the New York Yankees and three as a coach with the Oakland Athletics.

11. Owner of a record 80 career wins at Stateline Speedway, this Ashville resident is a National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame inductee.

12. An outstanding basketball player, this Frewsburg Central School graduate went on to a stellar career at Syracuse University and was ultimately a fourth-round draft pick of the New York Knicks.

13. This northern Chautauqua County resident was named a U.S. women’s World Team wrestling coach in 2014; was a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Games coaching staff; and posted one of the finest high school coaching careers in Western New York history.

14. As a 13-year-old, he hit a baseball out of College Stadium in Jamestown in a Grape Belt League all-star game. A dozen years later, he belted a home run to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a victory over Milwaukee. Name him.

15. Although he never played football in college, this talented athlete played with three NFL teams as a defensive back and finished his career with 20 interceptions.

ANSWERS: 1. Jim Adamczak; 2. Art Asquith; 3. Cheryl Bailey; 4. Hugh Bedient; 5. George Carter; 6. Donn Johnston; 7. Jenn Suhr; 8. Nolan Swanson; 9. Tara VanDerveer; 10. Irv Noren; 11. Dick Barton; 12. Gary Clark; 13. Alex Conti; 14. Dave Criscione; 15. Chuck Crist.

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