East Fairmont High School - Orion Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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wrestling I 938 first row-left to right-paul mussulo, raymond satterfield, george travis, ray bartholow, ray mond betonte, brady meredith, clifton critchfield, joe edigi, harold nuzum. second row-left to right-manager adriano donofrio, asst. manager william morris, max kisner, loris gaskins, james fultineer, andrew mimran, kenneth carpenter. third row-left to right-coach harris, elwood rotruck, edwin hayhurst, barney vukovich, john nuzum, neale burner, warren bright. wrestling I 938 east fairmont vs. parkersburg opeing the season january 7, under the guidance of kenny harris, park- ersburg fell easy victim to the matmen with a score of 28 to 15. east fairmont vs. morgantown in a short match, the east high wrestlers defeated the morgantown outfit 30-15. each of the bouts were decided by falls. east fairmont vs. weston the bees chalked up four falls and two referee's decisions to topple the minute-men 26 to 15. east fairmont vs. harrisville the bees were forced to the limit to cop the verdict from harrisville aggregation 22 to 13. ray bartholow and raymond betonte, east's all-state grapplers, continued their winning streaks. they have yet to be defeated. east fairmont vs. morgantown morgantown high mat aggregation upset a hitherto undefeated east fairmont outfit, l91!2 to 1'7V2. east fairmont vs. parkersburg the bees took the first tug and groan match from parkersburg 21 to 16 in a two-day invasion of west central west virginia. east fairmont vs. harrisville harrisville got revenge for a defeat early in the season by the bees when they tripped east high grapplers 20V2 to 101!2. east fairmont vs. weston in the last match of the season, weston defeated kenny harris' grap- plers l7V2 to 151!2. the wrestlers have thrown tive teams to the defeated list While two teams have overpowered the bees. seventy

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seventy east fairmont vs. farmington the farmington farmers spurted late in the third period to break a 21 to 21 deadlock and then emerged victorious over a scrappy east high quintet by a 34 to 28 margin in a nip and tuck battle. east fairmont vs. victory victory unleashed a scoring attack in the last half to nose out the yellow jackets 42 to 26. the bees were off to a lead in the first period, but weakened and victory took the verdict. east fairmont vs. weston east high's basketeers, fighting gamely against terrific odds, dropped a 39 to 22 decision to weston's minute-men, sending the bees down one more notch in the big ten cellar. the lewis five losing all of their seven confer- ence encounters. east fairmont vs. morgantown the bees traveled to Morgantown seeking laurels on a foreign court. the proteges of ike lewis in a thrill-packed, spine-tingling struggle lost the game only after two extra periods, before the red and blue were able to gain their slim edge. in the second extra period, morgantown scored to win 31 to 29. east fairmont vs. west fairmont a sizzling second half comeback enabled the polar bears to topple the bees, 40 to 27, in a nip and tuck conflict. for three periods it was anybody's ball game with the bees setting a dizzy pace during the first half until late in the third period when they weakened and lost in the final stanza. rule netted 8 points. east fairmont vs. weston the east fairmont quints slipped a 42 to 33 defeat on the weston basket- eers to avenge a loss suffered earlier in the season to the minute men the victory snapped a losing streak of five consecutive games. rule again was high point man with a total of 21 points. east fairmont vs. fairview the fairview indians edged out a 33 to 32 decision over the yellow jackets before a capacity crowd. the bees staged a garrison finish, outplay- ing the indians during the last period, but their gallant efforts went for nought as the final gun sounded with the bees needing one more goal to cop the verdict. east fairmont vs. shinnston the yellow jackets were overwhelmed by the shinnston tigers 41 to 20. it was the tigers second victory of the season over the bees. east fairmont vs. elkins th east high dribbleds lost their second game with elkins when the tigers took the measure of the yellow jackets 37-24. east fairmont vs. morgantown the east fairmont yellow jackets finished their basketball season at home when they entertained morgantown. the struggle proved to be as exciting as the initial game during the season. the red and blue aggrega- tion upset the dope bucket by a score of 33 to 30.

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ty-t I 938 cross country front row-left to right-rudolph williams, captain henry helm ,jack rosenberger. back row-left to righteellsworth cain, gloy stalnaker, coach lewis, denver holcomb, clarence lynn. names according to picture. cross country I 938 the 1938 cross country team has had one of the most successful seasons that the runners have enjoyed since the sport was initiated as a competitive sport. wheeling territory was invaded to the tune of 18 to 37, only to run a close score at cannonsburg to take second place. traveling to newark, new jersey, to compete in the twelfth annual national cross country race on thanksgiving day, the bees crossed the finish line to retain the mason-dixon trophy. acting captain, henry clay helm, covered the two and one-half miles in 13:44 for seventeenth place at the newark meet. the other bees came in at positions to total 621 points. other members of the cross country team were clarence lynn, junior carpenter, gloy stalnaker, rudolph williams, ellsworth cain, jack rosenberger, denver holcomb, and glenn tallman. in the last tri-state meet at bethany the harriers took second place to capture new laurels and proved to be a most powerful unit in the athletic career of east fairmont. hopes for winning 1939 teams are darkened somewhat by the fact that henry helm, clarence lynn, ellsworth cain, denver holcomb and jack rosen- berger all are to graduate this spring.