Farmington High School - Lincolneer Yearbook (Farmington, WV)

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--1 . 'Q - . John Guss Joe Tatar Frank Grindo Bob Hawkinberry Clinton Russell Johnnie Deak FOOTBALL GROUP: H First row: S. Capet, E. Sokolosky, J. Beauglass, B. Lehendro, C. Priester, M. Tonkovich. Second row: J. Cotrel, W. Lough, J. Sopuch, G. Toothman, J. McDowell, S. Horvath, J. Craig, N. Sabin, C. Russell. Third row: Coach Ryan, B. Hawkinberry, H. Tooth- man, J. Bowers, J. Tatar, B. Pyles, D. Haley, E. Baker, J. Deak, J. Levit- sky, J . Manchin, F. Grindo, Jimmy Haley, Mgr. Fourth row: R. Orr, A. Coceano, S. Korsh, I-I. Orr, N. Fonte, J. Guss. Raymond Orr Earnest Baker Steve Korsh Junior Bowers Nicky Fonte John Levitsky Jack Cotrel Bob Pyles Donald Haley Wendell Lough Page forty-three

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FOOTBALL The Farmington Farmers had a very successful season this year, ty- ing for second place honors in the county. Coach Ryan with only four regulars from last year's squad, de- veloped a team which rated with the best in the county. All of the boys played clean and fair football and by defeating Moundsville, one of the best teams in the state, scored a major up-set. They closed their sea- son by upsetting the undefeated Rivesville Rams 2-6. Two of the Ryanmen made the all-county team, Clinton Russell CSeniorJ for his sec- ond successive year and Frank Grindo fJuniorJ. Nicky Fonte, Jun- ior Bowers and John Levitsky re- ceived honorable mention. Captain CLINTON RUSSELL, End Russell will be one of the greatest losses for the Ryanmen. As a junior he was one of the best ends in the county and in his senior year he proved to be the same, making the all-county team both years. I nrfe forty-two FRANK GRINDO, Halfback Frank, a Junior, although not graduating will be another great loss to the team since he enlisted in the Army this year. He played very good defensive and oiensive ball. He was a triple threat backfieldman and made the all-county team this season. N ICKY FONTE, Tackle As a junior, Nicky played quar- terback, but this year he was moved to a tackle position and played good ball in both positions. His best game of the season was against Monon- gah and this year he received honor- able mention on the all-county team. JUNIOR BOWERS, Guard Tuiy, a letterman for four years, will be another loss via graduation. Although injuries held him back somewhat, he played' very good ball while he was in their fighting and received honorable mention on the all-county team for the past two years. '

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JOSEPH TATAR, Quarterback Joe, a letterman for three years, will be another great loss to the team due to graduation. An injury prevented his seeing much action last year, but he made up for it by playing very good offensive and de- fensive ball this year and also by being the leading scorer of the team for this season. JOHN LEVITSKY, Halfback John, a Sophomore, played his first year as a regular. He played very good offensively and defensive- ly. He was a hard driver and broke through for several long runs. He received honorable mention on the all-county team and much more is expected of him next year. STEVE KORSH, Center Steve, a Sophomore, played his first year as a regular and showed us that a lot more can be expected of him in the future. cg' - . . ,,,. si Page forty-four CLARENCE RYAN Coach Cassy Ryan start- ed his athletic career as a four letterman at Mannington High School. He played outstanding football at W. V. U., then ex- perienced two years of profes- sional football with the Buf- falo, New York, team. Since coming to Farming- ton High School in the fall of 1930, Coach Ryan, a very pop- ular member of the faculty, has produced several County Championship teams, and placed several boys on the All- State Team. This year he has undertaken an additional task of training boys in the Victory Corps.