Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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1956 Football Lack of depth, injuries to key players, and disap- pointments at key positions were causes of the Panth- ers' 1-8 record for the 1956 season, commented Coach Robert Bieber, who is looking forward to next year's team as he will have 10 retuming lettermen. The 1956 team, formed around a nucleus of six retuming lettennen, Jim Boot, Steve Candela, Dick Fassett, Gordon McBride, Dominic Volpone, was led by Captain Bob Gilchrist. In the preview game at Fairport, Sept. 7, the Panthers battled Riverside to a 6-6 tie. In the first regular game of the season, played at Bula Field on Sept. 14, the Conneaut Trojans out- played the Panthers in the second half to win 33-O. Conneaut went on, through the season, undefeated. On Sept. 21, the Panthers were blanked again, 33-O, this time by the Painesville Harvey Red Raid- ers who went on to an 8-1 season and the NEC championship. The Panthers travelled to Euclid Sept. 28, seeking a win over the Panthers of Euclid as they had done the previous year. A fired-up Euclid team suppressed 1956 FOOTBALL TEAM FIRST ROW: Jim Spellman. James Urban, Jim Jana, Run Leonard. Banks Brown. Vaughn Richmond. Charles Monaghan. Dick Herranen. Harris Eberle. Augustus Pow- ell, Harley Kananen. Terry Shaw. YN'ayne Harley. Howard Blayney. David Luoma. John Epps, Gregory Craig. SEC- OND ROW: Bill Palmer. Carmen Felice. Albert Toth, Richard Richardson. Gary Ostrander. Terry lVebb, Steve Candela. Dominic Volpone. Larry Jepson. Ray Buck. Bill the Bulans under an avalanche of touchdowns and defeated them 61- -0. On Oct. 5. again on the road, Bula received a 13---O setback at the hands of the Geneva Eagles in a close one. A pass from Ed Limbach to Bob Gilchrist, a 20- yd. run by Ted Osowski, and a 2-yd. plunge by Ozzie Eberle scored Bula's first touchdown of the season as they were defeated 19- -6 hy Fairport on Oct. 12. Bula's Htst win of the year, on Oct. 19, came against NVicklille as Ozzie Eberle and Harley Kan- anen scored on runs of 2 and 32 yds., respectively. On Homecoming night Oct. 26, the Panthers were overpowered 34 -7 by Mentor. A 35-yd. pass from Ed Limhach to Steve Candela. and Ozzie Eberle's extra point scored the Panther's points. Painesville Riverside upset the Panthers at Paines- ville, 12- -6 in the closing seconds as the Beavers celebrated their Homecoming night Nov. 1. Gordon McBridtr scored Bula's lone tally. In the seasons Hnal on Nov. 9, a powerful Erie Academy ran away from Bula 52-14, at Erie. Jenner. Bob Brumley. Ted Oswoski. Dave Allen. Dennis Minick. Dennis Patrick. Bob Parsons. August Pugliese. Rickey Holuh. Larry Mosinski, THIRD ROW: Lee Kil- laby, Jim Griswold. Jerry Santillo. Richard Diggs. Frank Janero. Dick Teter. Bob Gilchrist. Dave Corts, Mike Mi- halick. James Booth. Jack Kessler. Ed Limback. Gordon McBride. Phil llall. Bob Rowley. Charles Nemitz, Henry Dondrea, Dick Fassett. Eddie Miller. Ray Hinson, YVes- ley Phillips. Sam Cloenata. Bill Halman.

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Senior lr-tterrnen were .lim Booth. Dave Corts, Dick Fassr-tt. Bob CillC'llI'lNI. Phil Hall. Jack Kessler, Ed I.llIllJl1Cll, Gorclmi NIc'liricls-. Mike Milialiek, Bob Rowley. :incl llick 'l'et4-r. .luniors earning letters were Steve Candela, Larry llepson. Dennis Kiiniek. YYilbur Jenner, Ted Osow- ski. :incl Dom Yolpone. I llC.S'T Rfllif' Couch Robert Biz-In-r and Assistant Coarh .-Xnlliony CIlii.u'r'hit-ro: Dorniniv Yolponf- and Bob Rowley gf-I sl'l for zivtion. S1if,'U.YD lfOH': Tinie out for S34 ' M 'xx I f ig, 121 i 1 1 f it f 'i ' 5 I 1 x v. 'l I' I rf ' 744 'Q K '70, n.', ' KR :gf Y x, 'I -1 V M -xqgik all 1 if, I I I s 2. .4 1 - r 3 1 1. , MU ' t' N- fl- ,, ,....., X ,Q ' if , V ' R, K - 8 I prac- X.. U MY' af, 1 Earnirw lf'UC'1'9 HS Sflphomores were Ozzie Eberle, Wayne Harley. 'Ik-rry Shaw, and jim Spellman, Antlmny Clliiacc-hir-ro served as assistant coach in charge of the backfield. William Smith took charge of the freslirnan squad for its first year under the reins of Hi-ad Cloaeli Robert Bieber. tive: I,UIlllI1l4 Yulpoiuf kifks as Ronnie 1,1-oriartl. :Xuuusla Powell, .incl Holm liruiiilr-y look on. f.l K ,: ., 4 ,i gall Cav nina . ' li L., 'yi' ig - Qld W. 51' lk 7 ' I ,, .r X' 4l..5 . v l ills Q. H' nw' ll L.. K -1 Q , t 4 ,ggi ,. - ' Y A.,r,:' n H-Q - '.' . 1,73 Q.- . .- . . . r , U , . , .I v A , 1 A r.v,,..,,'.: 39.5 f I ua, -.,, F..f', ' ,- 21 Y. 55. .Lise ,. .. 4,4