Bethel Park High School - Beacon Yearbook (Bethel Park, PA)

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NVe,ve got the T-E-A-M that,s on the B-E- -X M Was heard echoing through the auclitorium this xear as cheerleaders introclucecl new ancl old cheers at pep assemblies. Three weeks of pre-school practice plus rc guln practices every evening got the girls in tlnn for synchronized action. At evening games cheerleaclers clonnecl white uniforms, while black ancl orange clistinguishecl them it pep rallies, assemblies, and basketball Through the efforts of these girls the Bethel- Lll6'll1l1g block gave real support to the team Llllllllg both football ancl basketball season. FRP' K'To create school spirit being their purpose. the Pep Club sponsored mnnerous activities this year. ln the fall, a series of pep rallies helped stimulate student interest in the football team. A dance following the Bethel-Bridgeville foot- ball game proviclecl the club with funcls to pur- chase new megaphones for the cheerleaclers. During the clays before Christmas, a tree glittering with tinsel and ornaments appeared in the main hall. another eviclenee of the Pep Club at work. Krreeling-Lanclau, lloeh, Rabbit, Bragg. Stancling-lleclc, Simmons, Mellrew, lloey, llaupt, Glasser. PEP CLUB l,efttorigl1t: clan, lloey, Bragg, Glasser, llaupt, Rabbit. l'llSllIllilH, Carroll, lloplcins, liogarclus. llenning, cl4lll21L'lii, Smith, Brill. Calloway. lieaxn Avery. Piearcl, Nlrs. llenry. gm. YVith the basketball season came a new pro- ject-the clistribution of posters throughout the eommnnitv. Spring brought forth a gay dance. given for the members of the elub and their escorts. This elimaxecl a successful year uncler the leaclership of Joan Galloway, Clarann Haupt, XVini-Io Pun- chur, ancl Mrs. llenrv, sponsor. Beaeon -- IT llow 1+XIeClri-xv, Sinnnons. lleelx, lloeh, I.1n How Zelieeler, Newcomer, XVright, XvlSSlllLLfl1 How 3-Metz, XVhaylancl, Roach, Sehilli ff Row 4-llollf Xlooreroft. Sf-bolt, Rippl, Keeno llow 5-Bait, Peters, lflox, Clreggerson, xvllll llow C-Franke, Koontz, lluclaeeli, l,lIllL'lll1I

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Weifwl. M, W. Q.H.Ji W. The climax of the 1947 football season came when Bethel played the Class BD championship game against East Deer. The two teams met on the Etna field Saturday, November 23. Plenty of hard, fast playing ensued. Bethel won the toss and elected to receive. In the first six minutes of play there was little action from either side. Then midway in the first quarter on the muddy ground, St. Clairis punt rolled dead on the East Deer 19. The Buck team led hy Crossi put Bethel back on its own 22 with four consecutive first downs. After three downs Grossi ran off right tackle for 18 yards and the game's first touchdown. The extra point was added by Stoneburner. Paul Plocki then carried back East Deeris kickoff from our 10 to out of hounds at the 49 yard stripe. Sourbeer, on the next play, ran 28 yards to their 17 for a first down as the Hrst quar- ter ended. After St. Clair pounded the center of the line for another first down in the first play of the second quarter, Sourbeer and Roger Bognar brought the ball down to the two yard line. Then Sourbeer plowed through the center of the line for the tally. Charging hard through the center again, St. Clair tacked on the extra point to make the score 7-7. In the third quarter the ball moved back and forth across the mid-field stripe with neither team threatening until Sourheer made a sensational finger-tip, juggling catch of a long pass thrown by St. Clair and a moment later Plocki passed to Sourbeer for another first down on the East Deer 19. After St. Clair rolled up another first down on the nine, Plocki again passed to Sourheer who stepped over the goal for a touchdown, but it was nullified and a fifteen yard penalty for push- ing was inflicted This greatly lowered the spirit of the Bethel eleven, and failing to make another Iirst down, they lost the ball on downs, East Deer took the hall on their 19 and, after the fourth quarter opened, made five straight downs with Crossi again scoring from the one-yard line with Stoneburner making the placement. In the closing minutes of the game our team tried an air offensive but failed to make the yard- age and the game ended with the opponents in possession of the ball. ' - BETHEL SCORES AGAINST EAST DEER Beacon - 16

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I ,H map, NVith their twirling hatons, these high stepping lassies added much to the smart appearance and smooth performance of the hand. Leading the Way down the field were the senior high major- ettes in their slick white uni- forms with Eileen Eisaman and Bernadine Carroll alternating as head majorette. A note of contrast was added hy the junior high majorettes in their hlack uniforms with fancv ront Conn, Hanna, lludson, Lint, St. Clair, Young, Koontz, Fife tk Carroll, XVolfe, Graham, liisainau. orange BlsU on their skirts. row having a separate routine made the twirling of the major ettes a distinctive feature at CVCTY gilllltx. ' Un, Town, :fha Une of the features of this year's special foot- hall season was the marching hand. During the games the hand played often, since every touch- down was the signal for the Victory Marchf, At half time the hand excelled at formation mak- ing and special entrances. Last year several veteran hand memhers graduated, leaving a comparatively inexperi- enced hand personnel to start this year, hut hy dint of much hard marching and extra practicing, even the newest memhers learned what to do next. After the foothall season ended, the hand continued to Work hard under the direction of Mr. Parke. The climax of this intensive practice came when the hand presented its concert this spring. A douhle line formation, each Left to right, Row 1-Ilaupt, Nleyers, Batman, Keller, Parmelee, Iland. lloxv 2-Ilenry Trudgeon, Hurley, Rippl, Peters, Lowry, XVissinger, Bognar, Cohacki, Lauek, Schilling, Mooreroft. Row 3-XVinters, Renton, Cuiher, 1. English, T. English, li. llaupt, XV, Clingan, C. Haupt, Chamherlaiu, Parmalee, Keeno. How 4-Hudson, Conn, Koontz, Fife, Craham, NVolfe, Eisanian, Carroll, Young, St. Clair, Lint, Hanna. e 6 9 e ' Q wfa. ., t As. ,. , E W x r i X 1 2 I n -f.fr'.., v - A - .Q ..,,,t:,.......a zz..--'.1--3Q.i...:L-Eefii' ' 14 ,ae-0 1 Z'f't.,,