Maple Heights High School - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Maple Heights, OH)

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Greater Cleveland Conference Football Champlons I A 5Eg0?3'Q7 T.5 wi 'tea 4 ala. Back Row Coach C Haerr F Mecone S Busch J Beechuck S Bezlk R Belhnger F Mestmk I Mulac T Trubxca C Haerr C Sykora K Roy CoachM Bowen 2nd Row J Forsyth qpracuce teacherj G Shnder R Barrett I Lucas D Tanskx S Tobnk M Prebel E Peters F Sessanna R Barry C Oymaxan Coach R Kastelnc lst Row G Schajatovxc R Donnelly G Menges B Polz D H1dofCapta1nj T Lovano R Rim A Plamcka G Helhnger NDER the direction of a new coach Raymond Haerr, he Maple Heights Mustangs romped over their conference foes to take the Greater Cleveland Conference Football Champion s I The first game of the I955 season was with Orange Hugh School The Mustangs brought home their first victory by beat mg Orange 3I to O In the next game the Mustangs met the Shaker Red Raiders and suffered their only loss as Shaker capitalized on penalties and fumbles to win I9 to 7 The Mustangs gained their strength back an their third game by beating Western Reserve Academy 36 to 6 The Mustangs stampeded over the Willoughby Rangers 26 to 2 an their conference opener the following Friday despite rain soaked field. Frank Mestmk on the seventh play of the game ran 79 yards for the first touchdown and later ran two more over for a total of I8 points. This was one of the ew games that quarterback Frank Mecone tried any passing and late in the third quarter connected with captain Dean Hldo from the 34th yard llne for a T.D. In spite ofa muddy field the following week, Maple Heights defeated last year's G.C.C. champion Berea High School I9 to O. The first Maple score came when George Menges pounced on a Berea fumble in the end zone. Mestnik followed with two more Touchdowns ln the second and third periods Two touchdowns in the first half started the Mustangs romp ang over the Brush Arcs 33 to 0 on their field Brush started the ball game on the wrong foot as they fumbled the opening kick off which resulted in Mestmk scamperlng over for a T D six plays later He scored a second T D in the third period Chuck Sykora tallied twice ln the second and third quarters, and Mecone s pass to Hldo from the I9 yard line accounted for the final score The 20 to 6 victory over Garfield wall long be remembered by the capacity crowd that fllled Garfield s stadium The u dogs used every track in the book Including a spot pass on a kickoff but It wasn t enough to stop the aggressive Mustangs Mestmk tallied In the first half with Mecone adding the clmch er In the last quarter. Bedford managed to hold Frank Mestnik scoreless but couldn't stop three of his running mates, and Maple Heights became the undisputed Greater Cleveland Conference Cham pions with five straight league victories. Chuck Sykora scored the first two touchdowns with Frank Mecone and Steve Tobik boosting the score to 26. Bedford failed to score. The Mustangs ended a very successful season the following week by shutting out the Ravenna Ravens I2 to 0 for their first win over the Ravens in three years O 'A ' i ' .u .4 ' s I 7 ' ,Q Q V1 'Z I wg' , G , a Q .I . T 1 5 I-2 9 ' ' ' ' ,I . ' l '35 K a ' ' 'r t ' I A f 8 3 -s , Q ,I , 'rs 'T s K I . . I t . . . . h.p. . . - s I I 0 Q . . . . . . . . , . . B ll- . I - - I . , . . . . . . Q . . . . . . . - . . f