Bishop Ryan High School - Ryanlight Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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The Sports program at Blshop Ryan Hlgh School has always been mterestmg and extenslve Somethrng was always avallable to please the xaned tastes of the student body Par t1c1pat1ng rn xarrous meets and games we learned the fundamental purposes of these sports exercrses The journey to vrctory was as d1ff1 cult as the road to defeat was brtter Yet whateser the outcome of any contest the knowledge that the ath letes dnd thelr best was a gratnfyrng and SUHICCHE reward Even mtramu ral actrvltles created plenty of lnterest The cheerlng squad and the Col tonettes added crrsp color at foot ball and basketball games and en couraged many a large and healthy turnout of the student body The op mng of baseball season was the best cure for sprmg fewer and re new ed nnterest after the long vunter lethargy Playmg at home or away the path traweled by the sportsmen was one of llvely entertalnment and of jubilant splrlts as those part1c1 patmg were firmly establlshed 1n practncmg the urtues of alertness aggresslveness courtesy and wlsdom 11 I? ' , , ' 7 - 7 for healthy rivalry was encouraged. ' K! S - 6 . . Y - ' 5 7 . . 7. , , . thl t'

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fxtfdffd First Roux' P. Dulmage. D. Pelclynski, G. Smaczniak, R B1lmas T Sen er G Stebath F Wfrona L Sta . . , . g , . 1 ' ' , 1. -, - ' thura, M. Gomlak, P. Mirkiewicz. Svcoml Roux' J. ' ' , ' 'f P - Rasinski, H. Belote, T. Szymanski, XX. Kapela, CJ. Fer ger, N, Bentkovvski, R, Torgalski, R. Sikorski, C. Sturn- The bags on This squad iolo. G. Paolini. Third Roux' Ass't Coach E. Drilling D. jarosz, E. Mederski, F. Fragale, P. Szymendera, D Karalus, H. Luczak, R. Ryclza, D. Wesolek, D. Mount Head Coach B. XVhelan, Manager Z. Pelczynski. were great, But experience came a bil loo lale. VARSITY FDOTBALL The Ryan Rams traveled a slow, hard road of rebuilding under their new head coach Mr. Bill XX'helan. His line coach was Mr. Elmo Drilling. The coaching staff fielded the best team possible under trying circumstances. Due to the lack of experienced players, our record was not impressive. However, the team provided many a thrilling, hard-fought game featured by its hard-hitting type of football. Their aggressiveness placed two members on the nrst team as a team was rewarded when the Rams of the All Catholic S uad in the ersons ' 1 q P of end, Ron Rydza, and back, Paul Szymendera. Honorable mention on the All- Catholic Squad went to jerry Smaczniak, Dick Balmas, Leo Stachura, Ted Senger, and Ed Wfrona. Our outlook for next year is a bright one, for much experience was gained, and our junior Varsity trained many petition. promising players for future Varsity com- VARSITY FOOTBALL Ryan 14 Ryan 0 Ryan ...... ,. 7 Ryan .. 7 Ryan .. . 15 Ryan . .... . , 18 Ryan .. .. . 12 Ryan .. 6 Canisius ...,...... ..... l 8 DeSales ....... . 13 St. joseph ....... ...... 2 8 Timon ......... ..... l 9 Fallon ............ . 14 Father Baker .... 7 Duffy .......,... ..... 7 St. Francis ..... ...... 3 8 58