Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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Hockey Ernie in the mud again! A flue (Iip I ft 211 I ! Under the able coaching of Mrs. Jane Scott Triol, the hockey team almost broke even this year with a final record of three wins, four losses, and one tie. The first game, with the maids from Doylestown, resulted in the only deadlock of the season. Then after receiving their first setback in a game with Ambler, the Ghostettes hit their stride. Jenkintown, Springfield, and Norristown all fell in quick succession as the girls bagged a total of nine goals to their opponents’ one for the three games. However, this winning streak ended at three as Radnor’s undefeated hockey eleven beat the Maroons, 2-1, and Cheltenham eked out a 1-0 victory for the darkest spot of the season, followed by a defeat at the hands of Abington Friends in the final game. Top row—Partridge. Hartzell, Stetson, Keller. Second row— Virnclson, Wilhjelm, Yost, Hand, Lamont, Garvin. Giroud, Coach Triol. Third row—Toler, Lindfors, Kaiser, Riehm, Bietsch, Mullan, Bowers, Dewey, Fried, Krieder, Cook. Front row—Murray, Huns-berger. Hay, Bailey, Wiechardt, Hampp, Mathews, Bums, Seyferhelt, Rapp, Harrar.

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Soccer Coaches J. V. Coach, R. J. Rapp; Coach, P. T. Gantt Soccer Sailing into tough league competition with only five returning lettermen, our soccer team managed to win only two games and tie four while losing six. Throughout the season, however. Coach P. T. Gantt’s squad battled all of its opponents to close scores. After an impressive trouncing of Episcopal, 4-1, the hooters staged a final period rally of three goals in six minutes, only to lose to Frankford, 4-3. The Ghosts closed the season by defeating a crack alumni team, 3-2. From the Maroons’ 15 lettermen, four All-Suburban players were chosen. On the first team were Captain Norm Green, two-year goal tender; wing Tom Dunlap, high scorer and winner of this honor last year; and halfback Tony Washofsky, junior playing first year varsity. Court Frick earned a position on the second team. “Sportsmanship and Victory Will Our Motto Be” Central Drive Squelched

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This year’s cross-country team, coached again by Charles E. Pawling, opened the season with a 23-32 defeat of Lansdale. After swamping Chester with a 15-40 shutout victory, the harriers overcame a strong Lower Merion team, 26-31. This they followed up with their second shutout, a victory over, Cheltenham. Coming up against some stronger teams, the running Ghosts lost to Haverford, 20-33; to Upper Darby, the district champions, 21-32; and to Norristown by a 25-35 score. As the team placed seventh in the District Championship run at Cobb’s Creek, Dave Kaiser and Craig Ream qualified to go to Penn State to run for the district in the State Championships. In a post-season meet at Marcus Hook, the team gained fourth place, four boys capturing medals.