Sutton High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Sutton, WV)

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?ooZZ46Z ,fr A- 52 ai- , ,wa THE VA RSITY: A rgle Ware, Frank Harrison, Ver - non Berry, John Mc Laughlin, David Moore, Orlo Ware , Fred Duffield, Ra ndall Greene, Bill Whittington, Jerry Hamrick, John Hol- comb. GRADUATING S EN IORS: Argle Ware, Ronnie Jor- dan,Iohr1McLaughlin, John Holcomb, Orlo Ware, Kenny Fretwell. B TEAM: Keith Wood- dell, Buck Smyth, John Dennison, Edward Simons, Ralph Gillispie, Pete Mor- ton, Charles Fisher, Alvie Loyd, John Gibson, Clinton Hickman, Fred Fox.

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7403466 1953 EDITION OF THE BLUE DEVIL FOOTBALL SQUAD--FRONT ROW, left to right: Luzader, Long, MgrS.3 Gibson, Flint, Fretwell, Duffield, O. Ware. Greene, Fisher, Moore, McLaughlin, Whittington. Holcomb, Berry, Garee,Williams. SECOND ROW: Hyer,Gil1espie, Morton, Hickman, Loyd, Smyth, Dennison, Jordan, A. Ware, Harrison,Hamric, Nertles, Fox. BACK ROW: I. O. McLaughlin, principalg Nunley, Marshall, Hankins, Given, May, Wooddell, O'Conner, Petry, Carroll, Blake, Morrison, Lewis, Simons, Humphreys, Russell Lopez and George Adams, coaches. After losing 8 of the first eleven last year, The Blue Devils started the season rebuilding. As the record shows. the boys had a poor season, but they showed much improvement. They are looking forward to a better season next year, as they only lost six boys by graduation. Orlo Ware, Argle Ware, Ronnie Jordan, John Hol- comb, Kenny Fretwell, and John McLaughlin. THE SEASON'S RECORD Sutton 1 ....... Clay O Qforfeitj Sutton 0 ....... Weston 42 Sutton 0 . . . . . .Gassaway 19 Sutton 0 . . . . . .Rupert 34 Sutton 0 . . . . . . Summersville 47 Sutton 0 . . . . . .Cowen 41 Sutton 13 . . . . Belington 19 Sutton 0 . . . . . . Webster Springs 52 Sutton 35 ....... Glenville 21 Sutton 0 ....... Gassaway 20 THE VARSITY--FRONT CENTER: JohnMcLaughlin. FRONT ROW: VernonBerry, OrloWare, Randall Greene Jerry Hamric, David Moore. BACK ROW: Frank Harrison, Argle Ware, Fred Duffield, Bill Whittington, John Holcomb. 51

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THE 1954 BLUE DEVIL BASKETBALL SQUAD--FRONT ROW, left t0 right: Lynn Nettles, Butch Crews, Alan Rose, Randall Greene, John McLaughlin, David Garee, Prentice Carte, Frank Harrison. SECOND ROW: Bill Whittington, Vernon Berry, Jerry Rose, John Gray, Fred Fox, Charles Fisher, Jim Williams. THIRD ROW: Jim Eakle, Gary Williams, PhilSkidmore,Keith Wooddell, Clinton Hickman, Earl Given, Bobby Helmick, Wilbur Short. BACK ROW: Russell l.opez,coachg Jim Marshall, Edward Simons, David Moore, George Adams, coach. Sutton was down in basketball this year as 8 lettermen were lost--seven through graduation and one by transferring. In the seven lost by graduation five were the regulars. The returning lettermen were John McLaughlin, guard, and David Garee, center. The coach is re-build- ing the team this year by giving experience to freshmen, sophomore, and junior boys. For the first time in many years Sutton has a B team and also a freshman team. The B team is small and lacks experience butwhen the season is over they will be prepared for the varsity next season. The fresh- man team has several good boys and with the experience they will get this year, the varsity will have good material for the next few years. Sutton lost 8 games while winning 12 last year. The record this year is 4 wins and 16 losses. Sutton started slow this year but at the end of the season with much experience they have improved greatly. One of their best games was played with Sand Fork which Sutton won in an overtime. Earlier this season Sand Fork beat Sutton 37 points. The games with Normantown and Cowen showed the improvement in Sutton although Sut- ton lost to both teams. When Normantown played at Sutton, we were badly defeated. Over at Normantown Sutton was defeated by 10 points, while Cowen beat us 12 points. In the Region IV, Section 16 Tournament, Belington pulled ahead after a l point halftime lead to beat Sutton. 53