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

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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.

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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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And now for the big boys, the varsity. They also got off to a flying start, being victorious over New Oxford, Dallastown, cmd Manchester. After the Spring Grove five handed them their first set- back, they rolled up wins over New Oxford and Dover. Next they lost to Wrightsville, whipped Dallastown, and were upset by West York. Then came a four-game winning streak over North York, Manchester, Spring Grove, and Dover. The Wrightsville and West York games found Red Lion on the short end of the score, but the final game was a thrilling overtime contest in which the Red Lion cagers played an exciting extra period to come out on top and take fourth place in league standings. And then there are the things that are rarely told . . . the time Mr. Yost took a nap after school and barely got to the game in time . . . when Lion-D Donald Norris got so excited in the Red allastown game that he forgot to count Stine's basket and caused quite a bit of confusion . . . when junior high manager Flinchbaugh put out an extra ball and the team had to go back to Mt. W lined Whole 1 p during practice and Neff dribbled the way to the other basket when Hart man finally succeeded in making one of those last-m during :.nute shots from the other side of the floor olf after it . . . when the fellows were all 1 . . . , the Spring Grove game . . . when sick- r ness p evented R. Norris from playing in the last game and stretching his 99 points to the cen- tury mark. All three teams had their ups and downs. but statistilcs show that all came out with at least twice points as many victories as defeats, and in total all outscored their opponents.