Successive field goals scored by Dick Dakai, Jim Jankousky, and Chris Costello in a three-minute overtime period enabled Andrew Warde High School's boys' basketball team to win its first-ever game against arch-rival Ludlowe, 55-52, at the Mill Plain gym on this date in 1956.The Crimson Eagles, coached by former Ludlowe mentor Bob Seirup, bolted out to a 13-6 lead in the first quarter and maintained a narrow lead for most of the game. The score was tied at 49-apiece at the end of the fourth quarter after Henry Sprouse sank a foul shot to pull the host Tigers even.
Ludlowe took the lead early in the extra session on Frank Mizak's basket. However, Warde scored the next three baskets by the rugged Dakai, Jankousky, and Costello to offset a final Ludlowe foul shot.
Dakai was the outstanding player in the Friday, December 14, 1956 game with 20 points and excellent rebounding, while Jankousky contributed 14 points to Warde's first major sports triumph following eight straight losses by the school's inaugural football team. Sprouse and Dave Warner led coach Ed Bear's Ludlowe team in scoring with 17 and 11 points, respectively.Paul
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