East Bank High School - Kanawhan Yearbook (East Bank, WV)

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ROW I. Joe Chrest, Jack Landers, Jerry West, Ronald Fisher, Robert Green, Robert Buckley, Gifford Basham. ROW II: Mike Dotson, Gary Stover, Freddie Hudnall, Leonard Greer, Roy Aker, Charles Dear dorff, jack Pauley, and Manager Franklin Christy. fvarsifzy askefbaff The Pioneers of the 1955-56 basketball season climaxed one of the most successful campaigns in the history of East Bank High School. By winning the State Class A Tournament at Morgantown they were officially named WEST VIRGINIA STATE CHAMPIONS. An additional honor won during the regular season was the winning of the co-championship of the strong Kanawha Valley Conference. East Bank placed two players on the All-Tournament team at Morgan- town, Captain jerry West and Guard jack Landers. The years record of 22 wins and 5 losses is shown below. East Bank 80 - - - East Bank 77 - - - East Bank 92 - - - East Bank 70 - - - East Bank 66 - - - East Bank 89 - - East Bank 79 - - - East Bank 76 - - - East Bank 78 - - - East Bank East Bank 79 - - - East Bank 54 - - - East Bank 84 - - East Bank 81 - - East Bank 70 - - - East Bank 90 - - - East Bank 88 - - - East Bank 78 - - East Bank 72 - - East Bank 90 - - East Bank 72 - - 62 - - - if Over Time Period - - Oak Hill - - - DuPont - - Sissonville - - - Alumni - - Charleston - - - - - Catholic - - - - - Clendenin - -South Charleston Huntington Central -Stonewall jackson - - - - - Sissonville - - Gauley Bridge - - - - Charleston --------DuPont - South Charleston - - - - - - - Dunbar - - - - - - Beckley - - - - - Catholic - - - - - -Clendenin -Stonewall Jackson ---------Nino 66 37 54 62 7144 62 66 58 56 64 38 56 70 50 65 51 9041 65 79 71 61 East Bank East Bank East Bank East Bank East Bank East Bank East Bank SECTIONAL TOURNANIENT 80--- 82--- - - - - Seth - - -DuPont REGIONAL TOURNAIVIENT 72 -------------.- St. Albans 70 - - - ----- Nitro AREA TOURNAMENT 54 ------------ Huntington East S TATE TOURNAIVEENT 77 - - - ----- Mullens 71--- -- Morgantown Page Sixty-four The Kanawhan 195 v

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The first Pioneer Football Team was organized in 1919 with H. C. Kennedy as coach. ' F n riir X . ,SN e a t W ' x i A K, , W, X , 5-. 5145, Y ' - f . g Sex-34 X 1 1 2 g ri Goofball! janqaeti fbcenes of 1955 I'he Kanawhan, 1956 Page Sixty-three

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East Bank Pioneers won the state championship baseball contest in 1952. 1955 ioneer aseoaff Season 'SQ 34,Qxfj 2 East Bank Pioneers ended their 1955 regular season with an excellent re- cord of 11 wins, 6 losses and 1 tie, and, after the various tournaments in which they participated were completed, they had a record of 16-7-1. They were runner-up in the state tournament. In the first game of the sectional tournament, they defeated Clay 9-4. They then victimized South Charleston with a decisive score of 5-4. Next they met Seth and won by a narrow 5-3. In margin to win the regional championship. The score of that game was the state tournament the Pioneers won their first two games. East Bank beat Matewan by a score of 1-O and St. Marys by a 11-3 score. In the initial a score game of the state tournament East Bank was defeated by Monongah by of 5-1. David Adkins, Hugh Reynolds, Larry Short, and Tommy Goins were members of the all-tournament team. Tommy Goins was named to the first all state team and David Adkins was named to the third all state team. East Bank---5 Seth ------ ---1 East Bank---9 Charleston ---- --- O East Bank---0 Madison ---- --- 4 East Bank---1 St. Albans---- --- 4 - East Bank---9 Charleston -------- 1 East Bank---O Seth ------ -- --- 2 East Bank---5 Gauley Bridge ----- 5 East Bank---6 Stonewall ----- ----- 5 East Bank---3 St. Albans -------- O East Bank---1 Clay --------- ----- O East Bank---3 Madison --------- 4 East Bank---5 South Charleston ---- O East Bank---1 South Charleston -- 3 East Bank---5 Charleston Cat.holic-- 2 East Bank---O Clay ------------ 5 East Bank---6 Charleston Catholic-- 3 East Bank---3 Stonewall -------- 2 East Bank--10 Gauley Bridge ---- --- 4 Regular Season: Won 11, Lost 6, Tied 1. KAN AWI-IA VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS East Bank 9 ---- ------------- C lay 4, Sectional Tournament East Bank 5 ---- --- South Charleston 4, Regional Tournament East Bank 5 ---- ------------ S eth 3, Regional Tournament East Bank 1 ---- ---------- M atewa.n 0, State Tournament East Bank 11 ---- -- St. Marys 3, State Tournament East Bank l ---- ----------------------------------- M onongab 5, State Tournament Season Record: Won 16, Lost 7, Tied 1. The Kan-awhan, 1956 Page Sixty five