Zanesville High School - Comus Yearbok (Zanesville, OH)

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Varsity Gridders Make Honor Teams Fourteen of our COL league champion Blue Devils received various honors for their excep- tional gridiron abilities. They were, left to right, FIRST ROW: Bill Renicks, All-COL Honorable Mention and All-Ohio Honorable Mention; Levi Brent, All-COL offense; Terry Daniel, All-COL defense; Charles Harrigan, All-COL and co-win- ner Booster’s award; Mike Chattos, All-COL of- fense. SECOND ROW: Jim Davis, All-COL Honorable Mention; Theodore Cochran, All- COL Honorable Mention; Dan Covert, All-COL Honorable Mention; Lee Perrine, All-COL Hon- orable Mention; Mike Morgan, All-COL offense and.defense, UPI All-Ohio defense, All-Ameri- can Honorable Mention, South All-Stars, co- winner Btxjster’s Award. THIRD ROW: John Sulsberger, All-COL Honorable Mention; John McCarroll, All-COL offense, All-Ohio Honor- able Mention; Larrv Still, All-COL Honorable Mention; and Rick Bonifield, All-COL defense. During the heat and excitement of a hard fought home game, ZHS gridders jump to the side lines to see the action on the field, while John Sulsberger, fresh out of the mud, has his cleats cleaned by junior manager Fred Carter. Blue Devil halfback Terry Daniel after gaining a few yards is brought down by a host of defensive tacklcrs. ZHS players John McCarroll (33) and Bill Renicks (30) slog through the mud, following the runner and the play.

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Above, left to right; Line Coach Bill Damsel, Head Coach George Vlerehome. Reserve Coach Ron Appcrson, Back field Coach Don Stahl, and Assistant Coach Donis Toler. A. As the pigskin soars high in the air for an extra point, ZHS blockers do a good job of slowing up opponents. B. Terry Daniels, a hard-running halfback, breaks into the clear, at least for a little while. C. A trailing halfback reaches for a lateral as Larry Still, Rick Bonifield, and Bill Renicks move in for the tackle. D. Levi Brent, a powerful halfback, is surrounded by a host of Marietta tacklers as he powers his way for a couple of needed yards. Football Coaches Under the tutelage of these coaches, the Blue Devils captured their sec- ond Central Ohio League championship in two years. They, along with the team, gave the. fans and students one of the most exciting seasons in many years, climaxed by a final game triumph over a hard-fighting Lancaster squad. Beginning in mid-Au- gust, the coaches began the grueling practice sessions that conditioned and pol- ished the team into the precision machine that took the title. Besides guiding the squad on the field, they serve as counselors and character builders for many of the players dur- ing and after the football season.

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LEFT: During practice sessions each player spends some time working on a special job assigned to him. Here, Ted Cochran practices his kicking with Mike Jackson holding the ball. CENTER: An important part of any team’s offense is the exchange of the ball between the center and the quarterback. Reserve Football The Blue Imps, showing both offensive and defensive power, finished the 1961 season with an impressive 8-1 record. Because of their ability and the skilled coaching of Ron Apperson, they were able to score 191 points to their opponents 18. During the first six games the Imps goal line wras never crossed while they were piling up 118 points. Their first and only loss came at the Seen practicing this are centers Bill Renicks and Charles Stewart, and Quarterback Monte Curtis. RIGHT: Practice sessions are mostly hard and grueling workouts. Here, as- sistant reserve coach Jerry Watton stops play to show squad- men the correct way a thing should be done. Team Is Rough hands of Coshocton who beat them in a squeaker game 8 to 6. The Imps then bounded back the next week to beat New Concord 26 to 0 which completed an almost perfect season. The reserve football coach this year was Ron Apperson, succeeding Bill Damsel, who be- came varsity line coach. Jerry Watton was as- sistant. ROW 1: Tom Baker, Lloyd Carroll, Mike Roberts, Ray Omen, Jim Downing, Jeff Hooper, Jim Hardcastle, Fred Erwine, Steve Thagard, Dick Garman, Warren Turner. ROW 2: Jeff Wharton, John Coffey, Tom Lyall, Gary Buck, Charles Perry, Dave Black, Dave Axline, Bill Harkins, Dan Hupp, Ted Rittberger. ROW 3: Head Coach Ron Apperson, Mike McDonald, Bob Baker. Pete Butler, Mark Lang, Mike Machowicz, George Bailous, Don Covert, Bill Pickrell, Allen Hearing, John Vousden, Coach Jerry Watton.