ON THIS DATE

Published February 02. 2010 05:00PM

By Kevin Egan

February 2, 1968 Walt Schlenner tallies a game-high 19 points as Jim Thorpe holds off Immaculate Heart from Fountain Springs, 57-51. Randy Smith scores 17 points, all of them coming in the first half, while Jerry Huggler nets 14. With head coach Phil "Pip" Rader in Gnaden Huetten Hospital, assistant John Suran coaches the Olympians to the win.