Blue Mountain High School - Mountain Echo Yearbook (Schuylkill Haven, PA)

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Griddors T op Crimson Tide, 20-195 omplote Season with 8-2 Record LED BY A senior-studded line up, the Eagle gridmen posted their third consecutive winning season under head coach Victor Pituch, line coach Andrew Premich, and backfield coach Michael Klembara with an 8-2 overall slate and a 7-2 record in the Southern Division of the East Penn Football Conference . ln the season opener Blue Mountain defeated Pottsville for the first time in history by a score of 20-19. The Eagles continued their winning Ways stopping St. Clair 22-6 and crushing Ashland 51-O. A formidable Shamokin team handed Blue Mountain a 14-0 loss. The Blue Moun- tain gridmen bounced back with a 34-13 thrashing of Minersville. They then jarred Frackville 18-6 and downed Shenandoah 13-0. In a non-league game, the Eagles pun- ished jim Thorpe 21-6, and dropped the Olympians from the unbeaten ranks . A spirited Panther Valley team sur- prised Blue Mountain with a 40-13 bombing. The Eagle gridmen finished their season by clawing Schuylkill Haven 20-6. jeff Zimmerman, a hard-running halfback, was chosen to play on the Pennsylvania Big 33 Team and was also placed on the Associated Press's third string all-state team. Zimmerman 1221 gains yardage in Pottsville game. Geoffrey Zimmerman wins Schuylkill County Scholar-Athlete title. VARSITY. ROW 1: D. Dewald, S. Renninger, D.Deibert, R. Seltzer, R. Yost, G. Zimmerman, R. Snyder, 1. Wagner D Snyder. ROW 2: J. Fridirici, W. Tripp, W. Miller, T. Shoener, H. Herb, R. Moyer, D. Moore, R. Gerhard. ROW 3 R Ney, I. Romberger, J. Roder, C. Bayliff, C. Reber, E. Anderson, A. Scott, P. Correll, K. Hag. ROW 4: R. Kelley A Kull, E. Romance, A. Brensinger, D. I-Iossler, J. Daubert, T. Fidler, R. Gruver. ROW 5: S. Parks, D. Hartman, T Killian, R. Kleckner, I. Maffeo, A. Coady, J. Renninger, I. Rehrig, H. Kriner, G. Sutcavage. L FW JE :pt H fix ..

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.-3. .x 4. ii. During second quarter of Shamokin tilt, Bill Tripp QIOQ ip p V' 1 - , i 1 V' W x -' l ., . - 'x J 4' Michael Klembara and Andrew Premich, assistant varsity coaches, confer with Victor Pituch, head coach, during SC.rimmage. Rich Moyer Q51j prepares to center jeff Roeder Q80j and Steve ball to Bill Tripp 1101 during John Wagner 4405 is brought down by two Miners- Renninger f62j wait for practice session. ville players after making long gain. game time. Ng-v1 'f -'--e- -. -- v '11 V. . fs- ef' falls on partially blocked punt after bad pass from center.

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junior Pigskiuuers Post 4-3 Slate in Schuylkill County Iayoee League I. V. FOOTBALL. ROW 1: E. Romance, C. Reber, A. Bren- singer. ROW 2: Mr. P1-emich, A. Kull, J. Renninger, R. Kleckner. ROW 3: R. Gruver, K. Haag, R. Kelley. ROW 4: D. I-Iossler, T. Fidler, J. Daubert. ROW 5: A. Coady, J. Maffeo. Freshmen warm bench during Tamaqua jayvee tilt. Mr. Premich checks injured fullback, Ed Romance, during Jayvee game with Tamaqua. Snyder. P-1-ws' . ' l f Y'-5 1, , BLUE MOUNTAIN JUNIOR VARSITY foot- ball team gave a good indication that Blue Mountain fans can expect more Winning sea- sons in the future. Under the guidance of Coach Andrew Premich, the junior Eagles sported a 4-3 slate in the Schuylkill County Jayvee League. An outstanding characteristic of this year's jayvee edition was their spirited, determined, and hard playing. The young Blue Mountain men suffered an opening loss to Pottsville 6-O. The little Eagles smashed Minersville 20-6 and downed Frackville 21 -7 . Their winning streak Was then halted by a I4-6 loss to Mahanoy Area and a 20-I3 defeat by Shenandoah. The Blue Mountain junior Varsity regained their Winning stride in shutting out Ashland I4-O, and fin- ished their season with a I2-0 Wrap-up victory over Tarnaqua. J. V. CHEERLEADERS. ROW 1: P. Sowers, J. Seltzer, C. Caddy, E. Berger, I Fridirici, E. Deri. ROW 2: Zimmerman, E. Dewald, L. Shuttlesworth, E. We