Connellsville High School - Coker Yearbook (Connellsville, PA)

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Football In looking back over the football record made by our team this year, we find that we had the most successful season in several years. Starting the first game of the year with no-thing more than raw recruits, the Cokers ekeld out a 0-0 tie with Georges Township. A thrilling play happened in the Mt. Pleasant game when Johnny Jaros caught a forward pass from Howard Whipkey to race for twenty yards and a touchdown. Against German Township Connellsville displayed its great driving power by a sustained march down the field from the 50-yard line to make the only score of the game. This drive clearly showed the great power of the line plays with Ne-will doing mos-t of the ball carrying. The Scottdale and Greensburg games were both great games this year. In the Scottdale game, Scottdale outplayed the Cokers dur- ing the first half. The score as the half ended was 12-0 in favor of the Blue and White. However, our boys came back undaunted and turned in a touchdown. Almost in the last second of play, John Jaros caught a pass from Whipkey to make the score tied. Soliday then booted the ball between the uprights for the extra point to win. A highly trained Greensburg team came over to swamp Connells- ville. Seemingly t.he plans went wrong as the Cokers put up such resis- tance that the Brown and White were able to annex only a single touch- down. Cle-arly the high spots in the year were holding Greensburg to a 7-0 score and the whirlwind, last minute drive to conquer Scottdale, 13-12. The most decisive victory of the year was a 38-0 victory over South Union. Dunbar came to Connellsville determined to trim the Cokers. Dun- bar scored first and then Connellsville. Dunston intercepted a Black and Red pass and raced down the field for the winning touchdown. The jinx was broken after a period of eight years.

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Letter Men Seventeen football letters were awarded to boys on the squad this year. The letters were granted in chapel by lVIr. Dolde. He said that there was no definite number of quarters which a boy had to play to get a letter, the way the boy played being the main consideration. He also discussed the merits of each boy. ' Thlose who received the awards and the positions they played are as follows: . John Jaros End Roger McCormick End John Nesbitt Tackle Robert Colbert Tackle George Crouse Tackle Kenneth Nardine Guard Melvin Wingrove Guard Harry Arnold Guard Joseph Della Donna Guard Jacob Davis Center Howard Whipkey Quarterback Leslie Dunston Halfback William De Maro Halfback Charles Pierce Halfback Harold Newill Fullback Ralph Soliday Fullback Donald Miller Manager l An extraordinary large number of basketball letters, eleven in all, were given out this year by Coach Dolde. This large number was due to the equality of the two teams ,in strength and also because of the long season this year. , The letter-men for basketball are: p Harold Sager Forward Robert Reed Forward Frank Brown Forward William Guerriero Forward William Foltz Center Edward Miller Center Roger McCormick Guard Leslie Dunston Guard Stanley Luczak Guard Howard Blasey Guard Willis Witherite Manager

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Football Summary l'. II. S. U Gvorgvs Township U U. Il. S. ti Mt. Pleasant fi C. Il. S. 7 GCl'll19lll Township U C. Il. S. O Latrobe ZS C. II. S. IC! Sa-ottdale 12 U. ll. S. fl G11-'8llSbllI'g 7 U. H. S. IS South Brownsville U C. ll. S. 6 Uniontown IZ U. II. S. 39 South lllllllll o C' II. S. l2 Dunbzu' Township 45 Total 100 Total T1 FUO'l'BAI,L TEAM First liow'wDeMax'o. Dumton, Newill. lWl'f'Ol'lllll'li, Noslvill. Wiugrove, Davis, Nurdine Crouse, Jaros, I'ie1'c'0, Whipkey. Arnold Sem-oml Row-Solidav. Lupe, Moto. Van Nalin. Colbert, Fe1'enc'ulz1, IVIm'Cmske1'. Mc- Dowell, Lomr. Stvin, Hart. Guex'1'ie1'o Thirfl Row-Freda, Xlill'll11l, Collins, Hl1l'l'Gll, Kirku. Wilt, Elpern, Stains-.4, Ashe, Galiurlli Sllepley. Della1Dom1o, Nlzumum' Miller Fourth Row-Mr. Darr, Sllrlilll. Hlnsoy, Mestrozzxt. Daniels, Alwllihald, Hart, Arlfliu, Hull lfrunks, De-Polo, Vamlloy. Whittukf-1', C'ouc'h Dolcle