Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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Back Rotv—Coach Rollins, Manager Cashen, J. Fletcher, Mortimer, Warren, Brady, J. Ponsetti, Shockley, Zc-boski, Manager Weathers, Coach Rhodes. Middle Row—Stewart. Jones, T. Ponsetti, Seagraves, Chaplain, Mandrell, C. Fletcher, DeMattei, Seymour. I-'irsI Row— )avis, Bruno, Hill, Woods, Loman, Frankli i. Workman, Carlton, Buroff, Snarr. MT. VERNON 18 — BENTON 6 The Rangers looked to Ik the underdogs in the fight against the Mt. Vernon Ranis in the chilling rain through all the game. The Rams backfield was strong and made hard stabs at the Ranger line. The Benton backfield looked greatly improved over the Carmi game the week before. The thrilling point in the game took place when Howard Jones took the ball, passed to Ponsetti. and Ponsetti. lateralled to Warren who raced over the goal line; thus a 55 yard pass-lateral was completed for a touchdown. CENTRALTA 13 — BENTON 12 The heart breaker and also surprise of the season resulted in the Centralia game when Benton, rated the underdogs of the Conference, pulled to a close finish with Centralia in a 13 to 12 loss. Centralia’s well-rated eleven received a great surprise all the way from the opening minutes of the game, when both Benton’s backfield and line started plugging together, till the final seconds ended the battle. The great receiving technique of Ponsetti was responsible for the two touchdowns made by the Rangers. Nevertheless, as luck would have it. the game ended in a 13 to 12 victory for the Orphans. Both of Warren’s kicks failed because the line weakened as he tried the conversions. The Orphans’ high velocity running attack was responsible for the defeat of the Rangers, followed by a completed conversion. Page Tu- r»t

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The Freshman-Sophomore squad of 1945 was very promising although they received only one victory out of four hard fought games. Hill Chaplain, halfhack; Jack Ponsctti, end; Carrol Fletcher, guard; Walter Zcl oski. end; Bob Warren, end; Howard Jones, fullback; Tim Ponsctti, center; Harry Stewart, tackle; John Franklin, halfback; Hill Workman, fullback; Clarence DeMattei, quarterback; Fred Bruno, halfback. FKHSH MAN-SOPHOMORE SCHEDULE Kenton Benton.......14 Benton....... 0 Benton....... 7 Benton....... 0 Opponents Valicr ...........13 West Frankfort....18 Mt. Vernon........12 West Frankfort.... 13 Spring training in 1946 will undoubtedly take many of the faults out of these boys and will make them a credit to the Ranger Squad the following fall. Some promising players for the Ranger Squad next fall are—Fred Bruno, John Franklin, Clarence DeMattie, and Bill Workman. These Ikjvs will he a great contribution to the Ranger back held. I’aijc Nineteen

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HARRISBURG 19 — BENTON 7 The Rangers went down in stride Armistice Day for their third conference defeat of the season. The Rangers were definitely not clicking that afternoon and the Bulldogs pulled a Ranger—Bulldog tea party which was a real surprise. The game was evenly fought until the third quarter when Harrisburg’s passing and running attack came to life. Benton showed good passing technique by scoring their only touchdown when Chaplain passed to W arren for a spirit-raising and surprise effect. Chaplain also passed to Ponsetti for the completion of the extra point. A brilliant run was made by Jones early in the fourth quarter when he made a net gain of 22 yards. This helped greatly in hoisting the Rangers' spirits and gave them the hopes for a conference win. Two of the first eleven were out most of the game. They were Seagraves and James Fletcher, who had received injuries in the Salem game. MARION 12 — BENTON 39 The crippled Rangers eleven met a determined Marion team on November 16 for their first and only big south conference win of the season. Bob “Red” Warren, due to players injured in past games, was transferred from left end to left half and played a magnificent game, making large gains in driving, running plays. Bill Snarr, in his first game of the year, played a great part in preventing the Wildcats from scoring when they broke through the Ranger line several times. This defeat put Marion as last in the Conference and moved Benton tip to fifth place. Ranger players out of the game from the results of injuries were: Brady. J. Fletcher. DeMattei and Chaplain, all valuable men on the Ranger squad. I'atje Tu-tnty-one