Tonawanda High School - Tonawandan Yearbook (Tonawanda, NY)

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ROW 1 L TO R R Sh1esley A Kantor J Bedell C Patnck M Wambsgnass G Steffens ROW 2 L TOR G Innes BOYS V0llEYBAll MANAGER H Keern plum COACH Ui R Sm1th MANAGER ROW 1 L TOR B Blmston I Horton R Schm1dt ROW 2 L TO J Czochara R R Hall R Large F Hodge T Schroeder 97 B A Iv l I 4 vo rv l -. , 4 K ' Q w , Q! L, R Q 4 I L K K R ...:.',. .. ,.',. ,. . ,..:G. Schmidt, D.Short, G.Krajna, J.Penvose, R, Mumford, W.Eh1ers, J.Wa1lace, C.A1bee, N.Zefferys, L.Turisk, P.l-Ielf, i Q , V . , . I . . 'T 1- .c 1 Lfk ' I -9 I 0 ' A 1

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'HS VARSITY BASKET ROW 1 L TO R F Hodge R Hall ROW 2 L TO R D Plant R Ross W Llnton R Large R Zrpp ROW 3 L TO R F Kuhn K Thursam ROW4 L TOR F Roth COACH H Lawler TOUGH league was the ma1n obstacle for the great deterrnlned 55 Red Warrlors Lack of herght was the ma1n factor 1n most of the tough Red Warrlor losses Agam th1s year T H S had the handlcap of bemg the smallest team ln the league Desplte th1s factor the Warrlors came t.hrough w1th some thrlllmg well deserved v1ctor1es Thls agaln proved that under the careful tutelage of Coach Harry Lawler Tonawanda was able to hold thelr own 1n one of the toughest leagues ln New York State Offset by some heartbreaklng losses were the great wms over our arch rlval N T anda great upset over Lackawanna Throughout the season sp1r1t and frght were the factors that led the team to tts dectslve wms Wlth two of the outstandlng scorers 1n the league Don Plant and Fred Roth the team showed a terr1f1c scormg punch whlch made them 3rd rn the league offenslvely Much can be attrxbuted to a well rounded offensxve unlt led by Co capta1ns D1ck Hall and Fred Hodge ably supported D1ck Z1pp Fred Kuhn and Bob Large Our bench strengt.h an lmportant factor for any team was supplred by B1ll Lmton Ken Thursam Bob Ross p from J V s late rn the season also drd thelr part Bob Large D1ck Zxpp Fred Kuhn and Captalns Fred Hodge and D1ck Hall w1ll leave a great gap ln our athletlc armor when they are separated from the school by gradua t1on 1n june The 1955 team would llke to express therr appreclatlon to the cheerleaders the student body the faculty and Coach Lawler for the1r ever present help throughout the season 96 CO CAPTAIN D Hall WF CO CAPTAIN F Hodge l , . .: . . . . , . .1 . . . . .' , . . . ' . . . .: . , . . . . .: . . . , . . A r ' , , . rg ,. , h 6 . . . A , A 'ff 1 ' . . ,. r- , v at t,lr , K ! ' I C 1 I l 1 - - . W, L. 19 . . . - D D A I I . Y Y ' 3 I I ' ' ' , , , ul , . . . 1 ' y 1 . n n I I K ,- t , , -

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VARSITY SW Nl 98903 CAPTAINS L TO R R Powers E Bowers , Q RA asm., ' ROW 1 L TO R J Bacon w Snyder R Powers E Bowers I Thompson R Buzby ROW 2 L TOR I Pxerson D Rothen burg R W11ke R Ohman ONAWANDA Hlgh s verslon of the 1954 55 sw1mm1ng team was truly a great one Led by co captams Ed Bowers and Bob Powers th1S team again ended 1n the f1ISl d1v1s1on Ed sw1m mmg the 50 and 100 yard free style altemately except for one drsqualrflcauon went undefeated all year Along wlth Bowers B111 Snyder lmproved very fast and contmued throughout the year to defeat all competruon 1n the N F L He swam the 200 yard free style 98 - O . 4 , . 'WY' N 2 0? W ,W , .' D .: .i , '. A ,.:. ' I , '. . . an y , . R , . . K' 3 AW.. li E , . B ffl n or B :'. I , - 0 I .V . , . D . , , ' , D ' 'Y ' , L l in i i fy , . . V' A 'V ,N .xl . . . ffynyrvrgxx .K J No nf N V ,qi Cx , I h 1 fi 3 ' C53 T, X L 3315, .ini 5 . f lf- - H :Peg ,