West Carrollton High School - Piratan Yearbook (West Carrollton, OH)

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uxe'ie thein Sa Ualti i The 1946 football season proved to be a very successful one for the Pirate eleven. Evidence of this is their record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 2 ties, the best ledger a Pirate squad has been able to boast since the early '30's. This year the Pirates entered the Little Buckeye League, consisting of gridders from Tipp City, Versailles, West Milton, and West Carrollton, after having dropped from the Little Six League with the close of the '45 season. Tipp City copped the League title, their only conference defeat coming at the hands of the Pirates by a 21 to 0 score. W. C. shared second place with the West Milton club. In order to add league games with West Milton, and Tipp City, and a non-league game with Urbana, the Pirates dropped Osborne, Hillsboro, Northridge and Franklin from their schedule. The local boys looked like top-notch gridders from the opening Miamisburg game, which ended in a 6 to 6 tie, down through the 25 to 7 victory over Vandalia Butler, which brought the season to a close. The Versailles Tigers gave the Pirates their lone defeat, 19 to 16. The Pirates tried gamely to overcome a 12 point margin in the final period, but time ran out on them. During the eight game schedule our boys rolled up a total of 140 points while holding their opponents to a scant 57 points. The Pirates average for the season was 17.5 points per game, their opponents averaged only 7.1 points. This year the Pirates fielded a line that outweighed most of their opponents and was exceptionally heavy for a W. C. squad. This factor added to several fleet-footed backs, plus the excellent coaching of Mr. Eisele and his assistants, Mr. Bogan and Mr. Graban, accounted for the successful season. Bob Lawhorn, veteran senior guard, was unanimously elected captain of the squad by his team mates. The loss of nine senior lettermen will be severely felt by next year's squad, but there are a number of young hopefuls who will be in there pitching next fall. Halt! Halt! Halt! I. STEVENS S. MESARVEY J. CRITTER P. LINK

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QluiAXfitUf,, RunnUuf,, Punting, First Row — J. Krull, E. Smith, G. Knight, W. Smith, B. Lawhorn, P. J. Throckmorton, K. Hagwood, R. Wicklino, S. Heck, P. Greene, J. Strader. Second Row—E. Wells, C. Link, E. Thomas, J. A. Franz, N. Rice, R. Hamilton, D. Howiand, J. Mor ton, J. Throckmorton, R. Feverston. Third Row — Mr. Croy, Coach Graban, W. Anders. B. Brewer, B. Culter, D. Garland. Coach Bogan, Coach Eisele. First Row — E. Wilson, J. Burford, C. Cox, F. Mencsik, D. Parlett, C. Hamilton, J. Combs, J. Parks, D. Root, D. Starnes, R. Brown. Second Row — L. Thornton, M. Manning. J. Bush, M. Pace. J. Stockert, B. Johnston, G. Bowden, C. Pearson, A. Middleton, T. Bond. Third Row — Coach Eisele. Coach Bogan, B. Brewer. W. Anders, B. Lacy, C. Winstead, E. Baker, D. Garland. B. Culter, Mr Croy, Coach Graban.

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