Ellsworth High School - Ellsworthian Yearbook (Ellsworth, PA)

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'f1?tr wsHw1 N 1 arivsvf f fa' H Kfw ' 1 - 1 1 TIPPLE Y 9 Plfltfiffkvki'ekP!fe!'1k1+'P!f2P2klralfkatakrifriffkrkllfvlflifvkfkilflifikikvk 1 ' On or off the field Willie Wasulko is about as good 3 1 friend as a person will TTHET' ' 1 1 1 While on the field Willie is quick and alert, and to me he1 is the best quarterback in our league. There isn't another 1 quarterback who can block nearly half as well as Willie. He 1 uses his head in calling plays, quickly diagnosing the defen- 1 sive position of the opponents. 1 1 The failure to get two yards in four downs was really a 1 blow to Willie on September 18, lW42. That day Ellsworth 1 went down to defeat l? to O. 1 ' 1 Although he didn't score a stopped several times only one times he set up the touchdowns Point Marion, and Belle Vernon touchdown this year, Willie was1 or two yards short. Several 1 in the Jefferson, East Beth, 1 games by catcling passes inside1 the ten-yard line. In my estimation Willie should have made 1 the All-Conference first team quarterback without any trouble.1 1 Willie went out for basketball a caiple years, but soon 1 decided it wasnft the game for him. He told me last December 1 Nl carft play basketball, Inm too rough, Ifm liable to kill 1 ' somebcdy.H I 1 - 1 When Willie enters the armed forces next week his loss 1 will be felt deeply. He has been playing football for three 1 years. Beginning in his Freshman year he didnft see much 1 service. Dwciug the next two years he was a starter when he 1 wasn't injured, 1 Y 1 Willie possesses that fighting spirit that few boys in Y the Ellsworth High Sctool have--that spirit to keep fighting W until the final gun has gone off. W 1 Players lost through graduation 1 ' 1 Qed steghly has blazed himself a trail of glory since 1 starting duging his sophomore year. During that year, in the 1 first game of the season, Teddy was injured but played all butf about tvs munutes. He covered himself with glory that day, Y and from that day on he has distinguished himself as a star. Y Because of bad luck, Stechly was out of action for about four Y game s . if if In his junior year Stechly played one of his best years. Y Winning his first bert? on the all-conference team in Footballk 1 af: The senior year found Stectly injured in the first game. His absence was felt in the second game against Jefferson. a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,1 in 11 , j 493 11 ,c ' 4 L 1 57 'Lf - V -.sr 1 1 nil.