Red Lion Area High School - Lion Yearbook (Red Lion, PA)

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fly into a basketball game and find herself sur- rounded by bald eagles, a situation which might result in a nervous breakdown. lust after the first of the year the G. A. A. ruled out swimming as a basis for points since the non- resident girls often were unable to arrange their schedules to include the weekly trips to the Y, and planned to substitute indoor soccer. This game, a combination of the kicking of soccer and the base-running of baseball, is believed to have originated in Red Lion High, inasmuch as it pos- sesses no known relatives in the family of sports. With warm spring weather came that urge on the part of the girls for a little fresh air and out- door exercise before school terminated-and so to the softball field. By the way, after the new Top left: The come-and-get-it call was music to the hungry dancers' ears at the Football Dance. Center: The volleyball all-stars form a pyramid-Betty Curran, lDottie Fake, Lucreta Leiphart, Lois Altland, Betty Ahrens, Donna Strobeck, Carole Hastler, Nancie Grove, Rae Peters lmanagerl. Right: Let us in on the joke, I Rosie. Left: Basketball manager Pat Marsteller refs I a junior game. t 1 l i gym isl built, the girls will have to find a new softball field. In addition to the regularly scheduled activi- ties, each year the girls consider trying some new games for tournament play, such as 'tenni- quoit or hockey, and some of the more strenuous even vilant to hold field and track events. fKeep trying, :girls, the weaker sex just has to Win some day.l ln May, when the girls' sports roster is nearly lcompleted, an assembly is set aside an- nually ffor awards. This does not end activity, however. The girls still have the summer sports to looklforward to during that glorious vacation, such as swimming, tennis, badminton, etc., and then back to school in September to begin some more rriuscle-building exercises. l l

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roles of vice-president, soccer and softball managers. As in former years the G. A. A. members se- lected the gridman who, in their minds, was the outstanding player. Ronnie Holtzinger was chosen king for '49 and his identity was not re- vealed until he was crowned at the Football Dance by the G. A. A. president, Ioan Miller. About this time, the volleyball season was in full swing, and members of the weaker sex were appearing rather strong as they made serves or volleyed the ball around. Playing like mad, these teams tried to outplay each other so they would be at the top in the final standings. Some of 'these games were just as exciting and entertaining as the boys'. This year there were loads of birds-sparrows . . . robins . . . eagles . . . chickadees-around school. For the unenlightened, these were the names chosen for the different teams. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the vol- leyball season ended and all-star teams were chosen. These games provided plenty of thrills when the cream of the crop got together. In other words, the outstanding members from each grade were chosen to see action. Then, as the basketball season got underway. the girls learned it wasn't so easy to make bas- kets and shoot foul shots. lIt's a lot tougher going for the girls as far as rules are concerned than the boys-at least that's the girls' opinion.l Too. the birds were changed to all sorts of insects- bees . . . beetles . . . mosquitoes . . . locusts . . . wasps-a different kind for each of the fif- teen teams. This was done to avoid complica- tions since a sparrow of volleyball season might Right: The girls do an impersonation of the coaches lcigar and alll. Bottom left: The highlight of the Football Dance- G. A. A. president .loan Miller crowns Ronnie Holtzinger Foot- ball King. Bottom right: Coach Nitchkey lMarsteller in disguisel gives the football team lalso girlsl last-minute in- structions for its spectacular quarterback sneak at the dance.

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Through the Hoop Basketballs and boys filled the gym during the late fall weeks as candidates for the various squads qualified for positions. Then, on Decem- ber 9, the season got under way. The junior high boys started off by trouncing Mt. Wolf, Dallastown, and Spring Grove in suc- cession before they were defeated by Mt. Rose. Then they beat Dover and Dallastown, lost to West York, and got back on the winning path by topping their next two opponents, only to be stopped by Spring Grove. As the season pro- gressed, the team downed Dover, bowed to Mt. Rose, and ended the season with victories over West York and North York, placing third in the final tabulations of the league. The junior varsity had a full schedule as a member of the newly organized York County Scholastic Reserve League. They also got off on a three-game winning streak, before losing a heart-breaking 35-34 decision to New Oxford. In league competition during the year, Manchester, North York, Wrightsville, and Spring Grove were each upset twice by Coach Yost's boys. West York was the only league team which succeeded in topping the boys, marring Red Lion's record with two setbacks, which found the team hold- ing second place in the league at the end of the season. JUNIOR HIGH SQUAD-Front: Dale Chronister, Dennis Druck, Coach Ziegler, Joe Stauffer, Sheldon Stine, Larry Ziegler. Second: Harold Patterson, Walter Rover. Bock: Vernon Burns, Ronald Flinchbaugh fmanugersl, Wayne Burg, Richard Kenney, Darvin Shelley, Craig Moore, Palmer Paules, Deon Overmiller. Top: lt's a toss-up. Wonder who hit the ball, Druck or his North York opponent? Bottom right: Everyone tries for the rebound in the North York game.