Franklin Heights High School - Tercel Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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VARSITY F CLUB ROW 1 Bob Pearse Dan Gray Doug Cox Larry Abbott Ron Younkm Wes Toops Georse Bow man ROW Z Tom E111ot Sponsor Gary Watk1nson Jlm Hxcks Ron Be111sar1 Rex Lamb Gene Gregory Edd1eErw1n ROW 3 Dav1d Frost Ron Wean Wes Crockett Jack Leffel Jerry M111er Steve Ballmger ROW 4 John Y1nger Leroy Schm1dt D1ck Norms John Hatf1e1d Wmlham John son Harry Coulson VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM ROW 1 Bob Pearse W1111am Johnson Wesley Crockett Ronme Be111sar1 Gary Watklnson RO 2 Harry Coulson Rex Lamb Larry Abbott Jxm Shxpley R1chard Norrls Leroy Schrnldt Mr Howard W 1 1 1 . 1 I 1 1 'T ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 1 L 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 L 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' D 1 1 I . . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 -

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A - - D 1 . FOOTBALL TEAM ROW l Tom H Ell1ot Head Coach Larry Abbott Danny Gray Rex Lamb John Hatf1eld Edd1e Erun VNes Toops Jerry lvhller Quent1n Lann1ng Ass t Coach ROW 2 Steve Balhnger Gomer Yates Ron Bell1sar1 Gene Gregory Bob Pearse Co Capt Jack Leffel Co Capt Doug Cox Jxm H1ck Leroy Schm1dt Ron Younk1n ROW 3 Joe Krenek Frank Hardw1ck Edgel McClel land Roll1e McCalla, Ron Wean Pat Burr John Stoffel Dave Froggatt,J1m McCarty ROW 4 Dan Penmngton Bob Penmngton J1m Todd Ron S1gler Bruce Kl1ne B111 Squeo Marlon Pxerce Tony Royer Larry DeVoe Jun W1dner ROW 5 Charles Lark1n Charles Smxth Charles Major Roger Nogelpohl Eugene Hershey Don Woodland Reserve Coach ABSENT FROM PICTURE Ray Dav1s Charles Albr1ght Jerry Burgoon Roy Bellamy Delbert Peterson Gary Watkmson John Ymfver Barry Woods Delmar Ruz1cka, B111 McM1llan George Bowman Bud Clark Ron Leach Gene Cochrun Darrell Doughty Mxke Holman George Rose FOOTBALL More than ezghty cand1dates each of them asp1r1ng to one of the twenty f1Ve vars1ty foot ball team POSITIONS reported for the1r f1rst football pract1ce on August Z0 1956 Twelve weeks later the select twenty f1ve ended the season w1th a record of three v1ctor1es and four defeats Tom Ell1ot gumded the team as head coach wtth the ass1stance of Quentxn Lann1ng who coached the l1ne The se 1 son started on a good note September 8 when Franklm He1ghts scored the only touchdown 1n the four team prev1ew wxth Eastmoor Watterson and Wh1tehall A week later the Falcons overwhelmed North Reserves by a tune of Z0 to 6 w1th Bob Pearse lead1ng the way Losmg the Westerv1lle 76 to O the Falcons from Frankl1n Hezghts started 1nto a perlod of famme dur1ngwh1ch they lost 3 stralght games Th1s 1ncluded a 14 to 0 lose to Eastmoor and a ZH to 6 lose to Rosary The flag of tru mph f1nally rose to the helghts agaxn on October 19 as Franklxn He1ghts won over Watterson 13 to 7 1n a one s1ded contest lt rose even h1gher a week later as the Falcons came from behlnd to w1n over Hebron 14 to 7 1n the thxrd quarter Th1s was followed by the season f1nale w1th Grove C1ty Although Franklm H8lghtS fought hard they were unable to w1n as Grove C1ty came out on top Z6 to 0 The football squad was feted at the annual banquet on November 16 1956 at Wh1Chtl1 n9 twenty three vars1ty awards were presented to the members of the fxrst vars1ty team at Frank l1n He1ghts Bob Pea r s e md Ja ck Leffel were announced as honorary team captams for the 1956 season The presentatlon of the Most Improved Player awards went to Doug Cox and Rex Lamb wh1le the Best Defense awards were presented to Bob Pearse and Wes Toops 'lhe 1956 football season l1ke l1fe was full of Joys and sorrows but everyone on the team wzll remember 1t fondly for the 1956 season taught many lessons 1n teamwork and sportsman shlp V . V . . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 I. , . . . , . 1 1 A 1 1 0 1 -1 1 1 1 ' -1 1 ' -1 1 . . C . . . - --1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 V . . , . . . 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 - y . . Y . 1 1 1 1 1 1 - C 1 1 1 1 1 ,. Y . 1 1 1 1 4 - 1 - .. ' 1 1 - 1 , ' ' ' ' ' 1 1 3 1 1 . . V. . 1 1 1 11- 1 1 7 2 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 . . 1 I- . V, . . D . 5 ' - 1 1 1 Y. . v . - 1

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J I ...J 134 A- I A in Ysx . RESERVE BASKETBALL TEAM ROW 1 Eugene Hershey, Aaron Johnson, Wendell Barker, Robert Ames, Ron Leach, Ron Leady ROW 2 Harry Coulson, Robert Kaderly, Howard Ga rve rick , Jack Leffel, Frank Cunningham, Edgel McClelland, James McCarty, Ray McDaniels, Mr. Barnes VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM For the first time Franklin Heights fielded a baseball team this year. Originally the sche- dule slated s ixte e n garn e s but due to poor weather and cancellation this was reduced to ten games. Although usually o uthit and outscored upon the team came through with some outstanding play and gave m any indications of developing into a contending team for the following years' league play. ROW l CL to RJ Robert Am e s , Delmar Ruzicka , Raymond McDaniel, Patrick Burr, Eugene Hershey, David Froggatt, Robert Johnson ROW 2 Coach Mr. Howard, Garis Distelhorst, Ronald Travis, Ralph Fausnaugh, Ronald Leady, Daniel Pennington, Betsy Tichenor, Scorer ROW 3 Elman Pigg, Robert Kaderly, Robert Gaines, Ronald Younkin, Goerge Bowman, William Squeo ROW 4 Mike Holman, Larry Bo rde r s , Richard Norris, Larry Abbott, Leroy Schmidt Absent, Ron Leach, Fred Lucas, Manager if . ,Of I 4 . 9? gui , ' nj U' .ft n ., ,L.,.,,e,,. V ...L..r