Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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On the Gridiron - Seier escorTs GonTar Thru a couple of would-be Emmaus Tacklers. NorTha mpTon-SlaTingTon The KonlsreTe Kids came back Trom The SlaTingTon game a biT shaken. They broughT back a vicTory, buT a hard-earned one. They needed some long runs and a couple of goal line sTands To Trip up The SlaTers. The TirsT guarTer was scoreless. buT The Kids broke The scoring ice in The second quarTer when Bill Beidle- man plunged over from The 4. lT was sTiII anylood 's ball game going inTo The TourTh quarTer, buT Richard DerlciTs, Kuba. and Vogel broughT The rooT down on The SlaTers wiTh, long runs. and The game ended 26-O. NorThampTon-LehighTon The Kids Tools command oT The l.ehighTon game in The TirsT quarTer and never relinquished Their lead. In TacT. The issue was seTTled wiThin a Tew minuTes aTTer The game goT under way. Vogel, Beidleman. Kuba. and Lou Shimoski piclced up TD's in The relenTless assaulT ThaT resulTed in a de- cisive 39-7 win. NorTha mpTon-Naza reTh The Kids. renewing a series wiTh NazareTh l-ligh aTTer a 20-year lapse, handed Them a sound Trouncing To The Tune oT 45-20. NazareTh sTayed in The game Tor exacTly one quarTer. buT aTTer ThaT The KonkreTe Kids piled on Touchdown aTTer Touchdown To ground The Blue Eagles. Kulaa. Vogel, Beidleman, and STeve l-lerschman car- ried The Touchdown banners Tor The Kids ThaT day. NorThampTon-STroudsburg ATTer The STroudsburg MounTaineers engineered a 73-yard pass play To go ahead oT NorThampTon 7-O. The Kids ri ped The impudenT upsTarTs a arT, winning 40-14. Kuga, Beidleman, Oplinger, Vogei? and DerlciTs Tallied Tor The Kids. ' NorThampTon-PalmerTon The rain which caused This game To be posTponed page one hundred TwenTy-six

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belongs the spoilsg All dressed up and no place fo go! Norfhampfon-Emmaus The following week, 'rhe Black and Orange foofball machine moved info high gear wifh a l9-6 vicfory over fhe Green Hornefs of Emrnaus. This game marked fhe opening of Norfhampfon's Lehigh Valley League com- pefifion for l958. Don Vogel scored fhe Kicls' firsf fouchdown in fhe firsf guarler wifh a 48-yard run around The end. fxffer fhis. Norfhampfon was in complefe command, wifh Don Reenock going fhrough fhe middle, Vogel around fhe ond. and Bill Beidleman plunging over for fwo Touch- downs. Norfhampfon-Whifehall Whifehall came nexf - we won - buf if wasn'f easy. However fhe Kids sfuck if ouf ancl came up wifh a 20-I3 win over fhe Zephyrs from Whifehall High School. Trailing 6-O in fhe second quarfer, fhe Konkrefe Kids rallied fo fake offensive. Beidleman ran 'lhe final six yards around fhe end fo fie fhe score af 6-6. Vogel and Kuba ran for fouchdowns in fhe second half. page one hundred 'fwenfyafive Oh ,.... for one more inch Shucks: l'll gel him nexf lime.

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Champions again! Emmaus launches a guided missile. Trom SaTurday To Monday only puT oTT The expecTed ouTcome, much To PaImerTon's misery. PaImerTon surprised The Kids wiTh a 70-yard pass Iay Tor a TD, giving Them a 7-O lead They savored Tor less Than 5 minuTes. WiThin 3 minuTes aTTer The Blue Bombers had scored, DerkiTs crashed over Trom The 2. climaxing a 60-yard drive, puTTing The score aT 7-6. In anoTher couple oT minuTes, Vogel ran around IeTT end Tor anoTher 32 yards and a Touchdown, unTiI The oT- Ticials signaled his score. The kindesT Thing you can say abouT The resT oT The game is ThaT The wind had been Taken ouT oT Palmer- Ton's sails. Beidleman, George BaITz, and DerkiTs also picked up Touchdowns To seT The Tinal score aT 47-I4. NorThampTon-CaTa sa ug ua The Time was one year IaTer. buT iT could iusT as well have been Two years, or Tive, or Ten. The players were noT The same, buT The ouTcome was. For The I4Th consecuTive year The NorThampTon KonkreTe Kids humbled The CaTasauqua Rough Riders. Their TradiTionaI Turkey Day rivals. By doing so, The Kids picked up Their TourTh league crown in a row, and Their 33rd consecuTive league win. page one CaTasaugua, who came inTo The game Tied Tor TirsT place wiTh The Kids, managed To make a game ouT of iT Tor one haIT: in The second haIT They oTTered IiTTIe compeTiTion Tor The compeTenT Kids oT NorThampTon I-Iigh. To Kuba and Gerry RudeIiTsch go The oTTensive honors for This conTesT. They rolled up all buT 4I of NorThampTor1's 237 yards gained and each scored Two Touchdowns. Beidleman also should receive his due of roses Tor compIeTing Tour of six passes, one To Kuba. Tor a Touchdown. The Tinal score was 25-I3. Season Summary You mighT say ThaT NorThampTon's TooTbaII Team is in a ruT, or, more apTIy puT, in The groove! Since AI Erdosy Took over as head coach in I939, The Kids have won I29 games, IosT 3I, and Tied 9. The have been league champions I5 Times. This year iyollowed The Tamiliar paTTern as NorThampTon won 8, and IosT buT I. The Jay Vees. coached by Joe Gerencser and Jim Oplinger, ended a six-game season wiTh I win and 5 losses. This was noT as bad as iT seemed, Though. The youngsTers played only Top Tive Teams in The Valley -- no league opponenTs. hundred Twenfy-seven