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

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Sluggers, pitchers, fielders, and - Champions! NAJI-IS Opp. April I Cafasauqua 5 0 3 Coplay I4 9 7 F'arI4land I2 9 9 Allenfown 7 4 I3 Whifehall IO 7 I8 Slafingfon IO O 22 Lehiqhfon 8 4 25 Sfroudsburg 9 5 29 Cafasauqua I6 5 May 2 Emmaus 9 3 Palmerfon I3 4 Whifehall 5 4 From Iefl' 'ro righf are firsf row: D. Reenoclc, L. Shimoslcie, D. Vogel, W. Oplinger, W. Beidleman, J. 9 Marchak. second row: J. Kochenash, D. Vogel, M. Vefovifz, G. Kohler, S. Herschman, L. Lakafosh. I3 fhird row: T. Davis, B. McCarfy, B. Brownmiller, R. Silfies, T. Tanczos. fourfh row: G. Balfz, E. Daumer, M. Lisefslci, coach, W. Hummel, and D. Silfies. BASEBALL If was a raw day in March when Coach Milce Lisefslci gave his hopefuls fheir firsf once over, and if seemed fhen already fhaf fhe Kids would again be challengers for fhe league championship. I-le had Iosf only four regulars from fhe feam Ihaf finished second in I958. From fhe very sfarf, fhere was no doubf as fo fhe accuracy of MiI4e's esfimafe, The performance of his Kids. or fheir infenfions. The opener. an exhibifion game wifh Cafasauqua, was a shufouf for fhe Rough Riders. The same 'rreafmenf followed in swiff succession for Parkland, Coplay, Allenfown, and Whifehall. When fhe league season sfarfed, fhere was Iiffle difference. The Kids crushed Slafingfon IO-O in fhe opener. The resf were carbon copies: 'Ihere was no sfopping fhe Norfhampfon iuggernauf. The inevifalole happened, and fhe pennanl' came home fo Norfhampfon. If was a glad day for Mike, Norfhamp- fon, and fhe Kids - all champs! If was even more glad for Don Vogel - he found himself scoufed by fhe maior leagues. Bill Beidleman warms up before his opening game no-hiffer. Don Vogel pufs anofher one info orbil. Oplinger and Kohler olaligingly pose for an 'acfion sho'l'. page one hundred fhirfy-four

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but Champions! Sfop pulling my leg! On Friday, January 30, perhaps The mosT imporTanT sporTs evenT oT The I958-59 winTer season in The Le- high Valley was held. Before The Lehigh VaIley's larg- esT scholasTic wresTIing crowd in hisTory - more Than IOOO aT NorThampTon - The KonI4reTe Kids ended AlIenTown's unbeaTen wresTIing sTring aT 4I, I8-I5. The KonkreTe Kids' Tive seniors in The middIeweighT evenTs swepT consecuTive decisions To overcome a I2- 3 deTiciT aTTer Tive bouTs. John TopTer, in aT heavy- weighT. held his opponenT To a decision To preserve The vicTory. The Tollowing weelc, The Kids IeTT no douloT as To The ouTcome oT The maTch, as They deTeaTed Emmaus 43-5, sweeping The TirsT Ten maTches. 'Again aT WhiTehaIl, The maTch remained inTeresT- ing unTiI The Kids' sTrong finish snowed under The Zephyrs, 40-IO. Winding up The league season, The Kids deTeaTed NazareTh 29-I I. SuranoTslcy coIlecTed his I3Th pin in I4 maTches. Rissmiller also chalked up a pin. Sieger Tinished The season 8-O-I and GonTar Tinished 9-O. boTh being undeTeaTed in league play. The Jay Vees, di- recTed by Lou Wolf, Tinished second in The league wiTh seven wins, one loss, and one Tie. IndependenT-wise, They won one and Tied one. Now came The Time Tor The DisTricT II champion- ships. IT was also Time Tor a comple+e collapse oT The page one hu KonI4reTe Kids. I-low iT can be explained is s+iII a mys- Tery. The downTaII was long in coming, louT when iT came. iT came wiTh a vengeance. There is one Thing ThaT perhaps aTTrilouTed To The collapse. The KonIcreTe Kids had Tew, if any. individual sTars. RaTher, They were a well-loalanced Team wiTh Tew wealc spoTs. DisT- ricTs is a TesT oT individual eTTorT, where The TarTher along a conTesTanT advances. The more he helps his Team. Only Sieger and GonTar were Top-raTed in The league. Sieger was upseT in The semi-Tinals, and Gon- Tar. hampered by a pulled muscle in his shoulder, was dumped in The Tinals. The Kids Tinished TourTh in disT- ricTs, wiTh AIlenTown winning. Summary NorThampTon OpponenT Pennsbury --, 29 I3 BeThIehem .. ,... 23 I9 Phillipsburg .v.,,,,. 33 IO Wilson Borough ,,,, 26 I9 I-Iill School ...., I3 28 EasTon .......... 33 IO SouThern Lehigh ,,,, 58 O AIlenTown -,-,,, I8 I5 Emmaus ,,,.. 43 5 WhiTehaII -,- 40 IO NazareTh ,H 29 I I WaITz me around again, MaTilda Chuss Takes on disTricT champ Todora from NazareTh. ndred Thirfy-Three -

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NAJHS April 8 Lehighion 49 I3 Parkland 52 I5 SlaTingTon 69 22 NVhiTehall 60 l9V2 24 Beihlehem 29 Palmerion 6l May 4 l-lellerTown 39 43 lf6 Il Wilson Boro 47'f3 6 Emmaus They ran, threw, jumped and fought -our Runners U pf Opp. 46 38 26 35 7Olf2 34 5I 5l 5f6 4273 From ieiT, 'FirsT row: G. Crasper, D. Kuba, D. Dranchak, J. PriTko, R. Galgon, T. Chuss, G. BallieT, I. Rissmiller, J. Topfer, D. l-lall. second row: T. Woginrich, R. Chimarys, F. i-luTTerer, D. Bilheimer, A. Eoner, R. Bowen, R. DerkiTs, F. Kremus, J. KleinschusTer, R. Silfies. Third row: L. Newhard, G. SmiTh, J. Unger, L. Creyer, D. STanz, F'. Gieske, R. Fava, R. Schaffer, R. KegloviTs, J. Schneider, R. STrohl. TourTl1 row: B. Kremus, N. Werkheiser, S. Reenock, C. Woginrich, J. INlovograTz, L. AsbaTh, R. Schlegel, T. Ahearn, J. Rice, C. LuTTo, K. Deal. 'FiTTf1 row: Mr. l-larry Wall, assT. coach, R. Spangler, Mr. Richard Reimer, head coach. TRACK ATTer sprinTing Through The lasT Tour Lehigh Valle League seasons wiTh an unlolemished record, iT seemed logical ThaT The KonkreTe Kids mighf be hard puT To reTain Their pace. UnTorTunaTely, ThaT's The way iT Turned ouT. Coach Dick Reimer had a rough ouTlook. There was a real rebuilding job To do. buT he did have eighT leTTermen. Opening Their season, The Kids ouTran, ouTiumped, ouTThrew, and ouTdisTanced all compeTiTion. The pace proved Too gruelling, Though. UndeTeaTed unTil Their lasT maTch - wiTh Ernmaus, also undeTeaTed - The Kids goT a biTTer TasTe of Their own medicine. They did Take The BeThlehem Relay Field Trophy Tor The Third sTraighT year, Thus gain- ing The righT To keep iT Torever. NexT year will Tind The Kids puTTing in a deTermined bid To regain Their crown . l-lowever, a TaT second place is noT To be sneezed aT, and The Kids did Themselves proud! NorTharr'pTon i-ligh's Discobulus, Dave Kuba, Tosses his shoT Tor a new school record. ee. . . .. . i , 1' X. Mercury had noThing on This boy. Hall chalks up anoTher TirsT. lrv Takes OTT Tor a firsT place in The broad iump. page one hundred ThirTy-five