1957 Fleetwood Tigers

1957 Pennsylvania State Champions (25-4)

**Non-Conference Games

**Muhlenberg	Won 60-28		at Fleetwood		**West Reading	Won 65-50		at West Reading
**Wyomissing	Lost 57-68		at Wyomissing		Kutztown	Lost 49-53		at Kutztown
Exeter	Won 69-40		at Exeter		Brandywine	Won 59-48		at Fleetwood
Twin Valley	Won 80-61		at Twin Valley		**Gov. Mifflin	Won 59-46		at Fleetwood
Mt. Penn	Won 63-48		at Fleetwood		**Alumni	Won 70-57		at Fleetwood
Daniel Boone	Won 59-48		at Daniel Boone		Boyertown	Won 45-44		at Fleetwood
Oley Valley	Won 71-52		at Oley Valley		Kutztown	Lost 48-53		at Fleetwood
Exeter	Won 68-45		at Fleetwood		Brandywine	Won 85-65		at Brandywine
Twin Valley	Won 56-39		at Fleetwood		Mt. Penn	Won 81-59		at Mt. Penn
**Bethel	Won 73-38		at Fleetwood		Daniel Boone	Won 81-60		at Fleetwood
Boyertown	Lost 42-49		at Boyertown		Oley Valley	Won 68-45		at Fleetwood
District 3 Playoffs
Lykens	Won 66-43		at Lebanon Valley College		Highspire	Won 64-48		at Lebanon Valley College
Wyomissing	Won 60-52		at Albright College
State Playoffs
Jenkintown (District 1)	Won 80-48		at Albright College		Jim Thorpe (District 11)	Won 55-43		at Quakertown High School
Foster Twp. (District 2)	Won 63-50		at Slatington High School		Williamsburg (District 6)	Won 64-63		at Albright College

BURKERT AND PETERS EACH SCORE 14 POINTS AS FLEETWOOD ROUTS JIM THORPE TO GAIN TICKET INTO PIAA SEMI-FINALS AGAINST FOSTER TOWNSHIP.

The above photograph show’s Arlan Burkert scoring 2 of his 14 hard earned points in the Jim Thorpe game. This game came on the heels of their stunning blowout of the defending state champion Jenkintown Drakes. The game was played at Quakertown and sent Fleetwood into the Eastern finals. Dick Peters also had 14 points.

A moment frozen in time. The above photograph appeared in the Reading Times the next morning showing the deliriously happy Fleetwood fans. Can you pick out anyone you know?

CHAMPIONSHIP BOX SCORE

FLEETWOOD
Name	FG	FGT	FM	FT	Reb	Asst	Points
Lenhart	6	11	2	3	5	2	14
Peters	2	7	4	5	1	1	8
Burkert	3	8	14	19	16	0	20
Koch	4	7	0	2	2	2	8
Gardner	2	5	4	6	5	3	8
Hoch	1	7	4	4	2	1	6
totals	18	45	28	39	31	9	64
Williamsburg
Name	FG	FGT	FM	FT	Reb	Asst	Points
Hancuff	2	7	0	0	3	0	4
Dibert	4	8	3	4	2	1	11
Shollenberger	2	6	0	0	0	1	4
Kifer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parks	2	4	0	1	2	0	4
Lower	6	7	0	1	6	0	12
Hall	1	3	4	5	3	1	6
Flaig	5	11	8	9	3	2	18
Campbell	2	4	0	0	2	0	4
Hunt	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
totals	24	50	15	20	22	5	63

On March 29, 1957, the Fleetwood High School basketball team made history. They won the Class C State Championship. Fleetwood has not won another state title in basketball since then. However, the school has enjoyed three state soccer titles and one girls softball title. The photo to the left show the Tigers celebration in the Albright Field House locker room after they defeated the Williamsburg Blue Pirates 64-63. In their remarkable 7 game run to the State Championship, they defeated the defending District 3 Champions (Lykens) and the defending State Champions (Jenkintown). They also defeated 4 straight PIAA District Champions, Jenkintown (District 1), Jim Thorpe (District 11), Foster Township (District 2) and Williamsburg (District 6).

PLAYOFF STATISTICS AND TEAM ROSTER

Name	Class	FG	Fouls	Rebounds	Assists	Points
Arlan Burkert (All State)	Senior	30	50	85	8	110
Dick Peters	Junior	30	18	12	6	78
Ted Koch	Junior	25	17	33	6	67
Tom Lenhart	Senior	14	12	25	11	40
Jack Hoch	Senior	14	10	12	6	38
Donald Gardner **	Senior	8	19	46	7	35
Dennis Woodling	Junior	3	2	2	1	8
Leslie Sawyer	Junior	4	0	6	0	8
Robert Zettlemoyer	Junior	1	2	0	0	2
Daniel Christ	Senior	0	0	0	0	0
Kenneth Snyder **	Senior	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Keim	Junior	0	0	0	0	0
Merrill Moyer	Junior	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Madenford	Soph	0	0	0	0	0
Donald Mayer	Freshman	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Barrell	Soph	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Wentzel	Soph	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Kline (Mgr) **	Senior
John Stengele (Head Coach)		Paul Kercher (Ass’t Coach) **