DuBois Area Middle School - Mirror Yearbook (Du Bois, PA)

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FOOTBALL Fifty muscle-men tried out for the football team this year, although the squad finally tapered down to thirty men. The squad was divided into two parts, the varsity under Coaches Shaffer and Uber, and the junior varsity under Coach Rula. The junior varsity was organized to train the younger players in preparation for future varsity participation. This year's record was three victories, one defeat, and one tie. The highlights of the year's play are as follows: Clearfield, October 10: In the opening moments of the game the Clearfield Bisons showed a decisive superiority when they scored an early touchdown. The game was evenly fought until late in the fourth quarter when Clearfield push- ed over for another touchdown. On both occasions Clearfield failed to convert. The game ended with Clearfield the victor, 12 to 0. DuBois, October 16: In the second game the Beaverlets tangled with Oil City. The opponents were dazzled by Du- Bois' supreme .offensive which had the Oilers defending their goal most of the game. The final score was 25 to 7 with DuBois on top. s Punxsutawney, October 23: The third game found the colors of DuBpis still flying high. On a muddy gridiron, Du- Bois beat a small but tricky oe. The scor- ing came in the second and third quarters of the game. The outcome was 14 to 0 in favor of DuBois. DuBois, October 30: Phillipsburg in- vaded DuBois to give the locals plenty of opposition in their fourth game. In the opening quarter DuBois scored on a forty-five yd. run. Although outwei hed, DuBois held its rivals at bay until the last sixteen seconds of the game when Philipsburg scored on a pass. The game ended in a 7 to 7 deadlock. DuBois, November 6: DuBois enter- ed the final game with Clearfield as the decided underdog , but with high hopes of victory and revenge. The game got off to a fast start when Clearfield was caught flat-footed behind its own goal for a safety. This later proved to be the margin of victory. The Bisons threatened time after time, but were always stopped by magnificent defensive play on the part of DuBois. The half ended with the score still 2 to 0. DuBois crossed the Clearfield goal in the fourth quarter after a long drive. The score remained at 9 to 0 until late in this final quarter, when Clearfield scored its only tally. When the smoke cleared, the scoreboard read 9 for DuBois and 7 for Clearfield. This was the first time that any DuBois Junior High School team had ever defeated the Clearfield Juniors. The first team was composed of the following: The end positions were held down by Boots Peoples and Jerry Mack, the tackle posts were well taken care of by John Hrin and Jake Kauf- man, the two stalwart guards were Baldy Whitehouse and Rusty Leech, the center spot was held down by the only veteran Mike Callahan, the backfield, which more than held its own, was as follows: Grinnen at quarterback, Hetrick at blocking back, Anderson at fullback, and Thompson at tailback. Backing this team was a very fine squad of reservesg Because of their fine record, the Beaverlets were feted at a. banquet on January 15. At the conclusion of the ban- quet, Coach Shaffer was presented with a fitting gift. In closing, we quote Coach Shaffer, This was one of the best squads I have ever coached. . BASKETBALL DuBois Junior High School's flashy basketball team closed an exceptionally successful season on March 4, 1942. While playing out their 1941-42 schedule, the Beaverlets established a record which surpassed that of last year. One indi- vidual scoring record was broken during the season. While defeating such opponents as Falls Creek, Sandy Township, Clearfield, DuBois High School Jay - Vees, and Brookville, the team lost but two games -both to the DuBois High Schoool Jay- Vees. During the 1941-42 season the blasketeers played 11 games and won 9 of t em. i

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The Green and White team, under Coach Boozer's excellent supervision, showed much improvement as the season progressed and each successive game was played. By the end of the season they were making a good percentage of the shots attempted. The highest percentage of the shots completed for any one game was 57 per cent. This average was made in the first tilt between junior high school and Sandy Township at the Litts Hall on January 14, 1942. They attempted 30 shots and sank 17 of them in this game. Of the 317 shots attempted in 11 games, 122 of them were sunk , thereby making it possible for the Beaverlets to hang up the best team average acquired in the past few years. For the whole season their shooting average was 38 per cent. The best scoring game for the team was the second Brookville game played at DuBois on March 4, 1942, at which time the Beaverlets scored 37 points. Anderson, playing at the forward spot, was the team's leading scorer with 80 points in 11 games. He had his best day when the basketeers met and polished off Brookville for the second time. He scored 19 points, or over one-half the total of his team's points in this game. By virtue of his 80 points he broke the junior high scoring record for a ninth grader. Jim Stanley, in his eighth grade year in 1939, made and still holds the coveted junior high scoring record of 102 points in 11 games. Despite this fact, Anderson's 80 points are still tops for a ninth grader. Anderson's average for shots was 59 per cent, which was considered very good. ' Wray, a guard, was next on the scor- ing list with 53 points, and his 10 points against Clearfield at DuBois on January 23, 1942, topped his single game scoring. Miller, another forward, was third high scorer with 35 points. When play- ing against Falls Creek on January 9, 1942, at DuBois, and against Brookville on February 27, 1942, at Brookville, he scored 8 points each game. These were new highs for him. The squad of 18 was composed of 9 ninth graders, 5 eighth graders, and 4 seventh graders. Winners of letters were: ' Z . Anderson, Wrajff Miller, Griggs, Shobert, Prontock, Bail fy, and Ed Brown, the senior managif. Other members of the squad were :,Gf::1-Mack, H. Hetrick, Bakas, Coder, O,Neill,,fBoucher, Ritter, Landis, Dolan, Federicci, and Chesonis. The regular starting lineup was Miller and Anderson at' forward, Griggs jumping center, with Wray and Prontock or Bailey holding down the guard positions. Seasonal record for 1941-42: I ' 26 16 DuBois. ...... Falls Creek ...... Home DuBois ......., 36 Sandy Twp. .... 11 Away DuBois. ...... .24 Clearfield ........ 11 Home DuBois .- ...., .28 Jay-Vee Res ..... 14 Home DuBois . ...... . 14 J ay-Vees ........ 17 Home DuBois--. .... 17 Clearfield ........ 16 Away DuBois. ...... .25 Falls Creek, ..... 15 Away DuBois. ...... . 30 Sandy ......,....... 15 Home DuBois ........ 13 DuBois J . V. .... 26 Home DuBois ........ 33 Brookville ...... 23 Away DuBois. ....... 37 Brookville ...... 29 Home WRESTLING - . An interclass wrestling tournament for ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade boys was scheduled during the week of March 23, at the high school gym. Any ninth grader was permitted to enter. At the end of the tournament when the class standings were counted, ninth grade was in last place. Competition was great, and there were not enough junior high repre- sentatives in the heavier classes. Place in Class Entry meet 95-lb. Williams second Shobert third . , 103-lb. Crawford first Laman fourth 112-lb. Wray first Miller fourth 120-lb. Shenkle second Whitehouse fifth 127-lb. Thompson second Mack ftiel fifth Hetrick Ctiej fifth 138-lb. Leech fifth . ' 145-lb. Young l fifth Heavyweight Kaufman second 11 I.,