Apollo High School - Kiskitas Yearbook (Apollo, PA)

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FOOTBALL The Apollo Tigers, following their customary pattern of piling up great football records, year in and year out, kept the old Alma Mater right on the football map during the 1941 campaign. With last year's powerhouse having gone the way of all great Senior teams, Coach Buzard faced the problem of building up practically an entire new squad. The first game took place on the night of September 5 against an invading Elders Ridge eleven. The boys gained the needed confidence in themselves by emerging with a 27-6 victory. The following week, Aspinwall invaded Ow- en's Field and proceeded to give the Tigers an interesting evening. However, neither team could develop a scoring punch and the tussle ended in a O-0 deadlock. The next contest found the Red and White Indians from Indiana supplying the opposition. Both teams battled evenly throughout the first part of the contest, and for a while it looked as though another scoreless tie would result. But in the third quarter, an Apollo lineman came surging through to block an Indiana punt and recovered the ball in the end zone. This proved to be the only score of the game and left the Tigers with a 6-0 conquest. On September 26, a small band of football warriors from Washington Township surprised the Orange and Black by giving them one of their toughest games. However, the Tigers proved themselves equal to the occasion. and when the smoke cleared, the Hnal score read: Apollo-27: Washington Township-12. The next battle found the Buzardmen travel- ing to Blairsville. The two teams put up a gruelling exhibition of hard-fought football with Blairsville finally yielding by a 13-6 score. October I0 proved to be a memorable occa- sion for Tiger fans when an undefeated. un- tied, and unscored-upon Leechburg eleven made an appearance on Owen's Field and led 7-0 with one minute to go. At this point a last des- perate pass found its mark and netted the Orange and Black a badly-needed score. The game ended in a tie, with 7 all. The next stop for the high-riding Tigers was Freeport. Here the two teams put on a sensa- tional scoring battle. The Buzardmen scored four touchdowns and won 27-13. Homer City proved to be the next Apollo victim by a 3-touchdown margin, the Apolloites having an easy time of it from the beginning. Final score: Apollo--27: Homer City-6. The following week, on October 31. the Tigrs met their Waterloo at Bell Township. The wet weather was all in favor of the Salina- men as it hindered the Apollo scoring power again and again. A break gave the Bells a touchdown and a 6-2 decision. The next game found the boys bouncing back from the previous defeat by completely snow- ing under Rimersburg, 38-0. The annual Vandergrift tussle took place four days later, and although Apollo lost, they certainly looked to be the best team on the field. The Vandergrift jinx over the Tigers remained intact, however, and the Tigers went down to their second defeat of the season. Final score: Vandergrift--7: Apollo-6. Top Row, Left to Right-lVlanagers+Rupert, Coulter, Miller, Gallagher, Crooks. Second Row-Callen, Bowser, jackson, Mangus, Kerr, Snyder, Craft, Hileman, Rupert. Third ,Row-Walker, P. Hockenberry, Lobaugh, Wyble, Emminger, Day, Hilry, Dun- mire, G. Whitlingcr, Long. Fourth Row-Coach Buzard, Cunningham, Casello, Neal, Bertolino, Froncek, Lees, Rearick, Collins, Dando, Assistant Coach Gumbert. From Row-R. Hockenberry, L, Whirlinger, Culler, Christoforetti, McMillen, Barringcr. limi. ..i f .i

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I The ll in Our Victories CHEERLEADERS Top Row, Left to Righr4R. Burns, P. Sloan, j. Nunanmker, H Claypoole. Bottom Row4V. I. Coleman, L. Rearic, N. Davis, P. Bills.

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Top Row, Left to Rightfld. Rupert, Mgr.: Nlangus, Collins, Newingbam, lVlcKown, Ctll L C h B d l CF, 905. OGC UZHI' . l.ower Row --Rearick. Buzard, Rinaldi, lVliller, Steel, Coulter. BASKETBALL The Apollo High School basketball team had another banner season this year. They played 33 games, winning 26 of them. This resulted in a .786 percentage which will give the team next year something to beat. The team took Section XXI easily this year, winning all their games. However, in the play- olls in Pitt Stadium, the team was defeated in the llrst game by Etna. 36-22. They fared better in the Armstrong County Tournament. reaching the finals. Here they were defeated by a much improved Freeport team, whom Apollo had defeated twice in the regular season. The team this year was composed of one Sen- ior and four luniors. The highest scorers on the team were Ken Buzard, with 254 points, and lim Rearic with 245 points. The leading foul shooter was Bill Steele, the only Senior on the team. Apollo 49 ....... ..... S hippensville 14 Apollo 26 ....... .,... . Leechburg 2l Apollo ...., . .,,., , Indiana Apollo ,......... .,,..... F reeport Apollo ....... ...... K ittanning Apollo ,...... .,..... L eechburg Apollo Apollo Indiana Freeport Apollo .... .,....., A lumni Apollo ....,.. .. .. Barnesboro Apollo ....... ..... V andergrift 'Apollo 38 ,.,... Elders Ridge 20 'Apollo 38 Wzishirigtoii Twp. 13 'Apollo 38 .,,, Franklin Twp. 23 'Apollo 45 . ........ Bell Twp. I7 'Apollo 41 . Saltsburg 5 'Apollo 36 ...,. Avonmore 19 'Apollo 45 ,,.... .,,. . Export 20 Apollo 29 .. . Vandergrilt 26 Apollo 16 .,........ Kittanning 29 'Apollo 42 Wzishingtoii Twp. l5 'Apollo 42 ..... ...... F ranklin Twp. 8 'Apollo 48 ...,..,. Bell Twp. 20 'Apollo 49 .... Elders Ridge 22 'Apollo 45 ., ., , Saltsburg I3 'Apollo 23 ,.... Avonmore l7 'Apollo 47 ..,,.,,. , Export 27 Apollo 40 ,.., Barnesboro 20 'Apollo 22 ....,....,, . Etna 36 xApollo 42 ..... Elderton I5 xApollo 33 ...... Kaylor 12 xApollo 28 .... ..., P arker I8 xApollo 2l Freeport 27 Tot. 1142 Tor. 481 '-Section XXI Games. '-W.P.l.A.L. Play-Offs. x--Armstrong County Tournament. Won-26 Lost-7 Pctf-.786 Apollo's point average per game . . . .. 34.6 Opponents' point average per game ...,,,.,. 14.6