Circleville High School - Circle Yearbook (Circleville, OH)

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Exciting game? 4 What down kids? Heroes' 5 Downtown quarterbacks and others' Suspense' 6 Whats In the lugs boys? The Washington Court House Clrclevllle grid warfare was resumed In the following game Some Washington fans were expecting the Blue Lion to devour the Tiger completely But they were disappointed fortunately But for a safety in the first period the game was even all the way and the final score read Washing n C H 9 Circlevllle 7 This was a a fought though clean game and the Tiger de fense agaln showed Its mettle by llmltlng the one lone touchdown and It was scored on a kickoff return and not from scrimmage Not only the game was lost but also an era In Clrclevllle High Schools history was lost forever too It was an era ln which the Red and Black racked up 15 straight SCOL vlc torles and three championships untll the e luctant Tigers stubbornly gave up the throne But king Tiger went down fighting to the last At the Booster Club football banquet bag Bill Gillis was selected Most Valuable Player for his outstanding play at tackle during the season Also at the banquet Jerry Rooney was announced honorary captain for this years team Three boys were selected for the SCOL honor team this year They were Blll Gillis at tackle Charlie Johnson at end and Jerry Rooney at quarterback Dave Coffland was selected on the second team at end and halfbacks Jerry Pritchard and Paul Hlll received honorable mention While the boys are receiving most of the ll et Il be sold here and now ta the coaches deserve great praise for producing the team that they did with what material was at hand Head coach Steve Brudzlnskl and his very capable assistant Tom Bennett have been turning out championship teams In the last three years But when time came that they had to scrape the barrel they did not blame the boys but lust worked all the harder with what they had The trademark of the Circle vllle football team In the last few years has been cooperation which boiled down means that the boys worked together This IS really a great tribute to any coach In Itself for It means that he has molded a team lt has been said that a champion never comes back After losing that first game so horribly to Holy Rosary and losing three regulars which forced several boys to play all the game with no rest they responded like champions lf these boys were not champions on paper at least they were champions In heart l. ' ' . . , ' . 2. . . . ' 3. . . ' ' , . to . ., - ' ' , . ' v h rd cred. I I . . h f highly-touted Washington offensive machine to l I . . l . . . . 1 'v n - r I 1 . s - ' 6'l

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ltarmty BasketbaH Clrclevllle s basketball team finlshed the sea son wlth a 7 T4 record llncludlng tournament gamesl lt was one of the most dlsappolntlng seasons for both the players and fans In recent years The Tigers engaged In a series of In expllcable defeats at the hands of Inferior ball clubs The team was loaded with per ence and talent Despite this the boys suffered loss after loss It IS one of the mys terles around old Roundtown Why couldnt they win? lt has never been fully explained and probably never will b Bennettmen finished beh nd Greenfield and Washington C H In thlrd place In the S C O with a 3 4 mark Even though he season was poor considering the number of games won the boys dld not quit They put forth effort but seem ngly they gust dld not cllck It will have to go down ln history as gust one of those things The i952 Tlgers dd extract some measure o consolaton from the dismal season how ever They became the second team In Clrcle ville history to wln a game In a dlstrlct tourney The Bengals dump d Columbus Central tn thelr first game 52 46 ln their second test of the Reserve This years Reserve Basketball team along with Its big brothers the Varsity got oft to a poor start by dropping the first five games Unllke the Varsity however they pulled out of this tall spln and played falrly good ball the remainder of the season They received a blow In mld season when their tallest man Mlke Rooney became lnellglble but they went on to wind up In second place In the S C O and to have an over all record of nlne wlns against elght defeats B tournament the Tlgers were ousted from further partlclpatlon by the defending state champions Columbus East Leading scorers were Jlm Cook with 234 points Dud Morrls with l98 Other scoring records are Jerry Pritchard with l44 Mlke Brown l33 Don Olney lth I26 Blll Glllls with 91 Jerry Rooney with 78 John Wllks with 211 Robln Jones with TO John Pontlous with 8 Roger Bennington with 2 and Walt Herne with none Booster Club Basketball banquet was Wed nesday March T2 In the soclal rooms lt was a great success as usual Paul Bucky Walters former Clrclevllle athlete and now coach at East High In Columbus where his team won state championship laurels last year was Don Dlnk Olney was voted both Most Valu able Player and honorary captain for this year for his enthusiastic team play Dud Morris was awarded a plaque by the Booster Club for being the top foul shooter on the team The large turnout at the banquet Indicated that there IS much Interest In Clrclevllle for basket a aSketbaH Ronald Bennington led the Reserves In scor mg Bennlngton who played guard poured l92 points through the nets for an average of ll 3 a game Dave Greeno who had 148 polnts for an 8 8 average was second Other members of the Reserve team were Sophomores Don Skinner Tom Strawser Tom Elsea Charles Rose Lee Rlsley Blll Barthelmas Carl Martln and Freshmen Elliot Hawkes and Roy Murray . . . I . ' ' ex- Q 1 1 . , W 1 I I I - A, . . I . . I I ' e. I I I - ' ' . . , i Q . . I , , , , the principal speaker and scored a big hit. - . ' b ll. . . I , ' I . . . - . I : 0 I . l . I I l I I . . . - . U I I . I . I - . . . I , .