Connellsville High School - Coker Yearbook (Connellsville, PA)

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Muriel McCairns VARSITY FGOTBALL SEASON Dafa Opp. OPP- Cokefs Sept. 12 Rostraver Township .... . . O 58 Sept. 19 Mount Pleasant ,.... . . 0 55 Sept. 26 Har-Brack Union ..... . . O 25 Oct. 10 Dunbar Township ..., . 6 56 +Oct. 17 Greensburg ....... . 6 26 foa. 24 Scottdale .... 12 21 Oct. 31 Uniontown . . Nov. 7 Vandergrift. . .. fNov. 14 Brownsville. . . . Total.... .... flndicates games played away. Hello, fellow studentsl We are about to spend an evening at a Coker football game. Want to come along? On our way to the game we meet the band marching to the stadium. Keeping in step with the martial tunes we swing along out to Campbell Field. Our big new stadium is a thrilling sight with the bright rays of the flood- lights piercing the night sky, revealing the majestic grandstands and intensifying the green ofthe grass. We hand our tickets to a member of the faculty at the gate and hurry over to the student bleachers. Our cheerleaders, Dot Debolt Gloria Depolo, Mary Thompson, and Muriel McCairns, pep up the crowd. As the teams

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sprint out to the Held, lusty Rahs rend the air and the drums boom. The whistle shrills. A cleated foot lifts the pigskin into the cool autumn air. With inter- mittent shouts, groans and cheers, we watch our mighty Cokers run rampant over the opposing eleven. During the intermission our versatile band gives a colorful demonstration drill with intricate formations and cleverly arranged music, Iames Betters adds to the performance some spec- tacular baton-twirling. Munching hot dogs and gulping pop from the G. R. concession stand we return to the bleachers for the final haliland VICTORY! ictories by overwhelming scores in the first five games of the season built up a tremendous feeling of confidence as the team looking over the heads of Scottdale's aggregation kept an eye on Uniontown's progress. Scottdale, demonstrating surprising power, in a game in which the score was constantly in the balance, gave the Cokers a jolt just at the time when it did the most good. The next Friday, taking no chances the Tiger's boys not only rolled up eight touchdowns but held Uniontown scorelessl Only superb playing on the part of Brownsville kept the Connellsville eleven out of the Hnal play-off for the W. P. I. A. L. title. lim Betters