Franklin High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Carbondale, PA)

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THE PIONEER I946 FOOTBALL 1945 ARBONDALE opened uls loolball season wmlh a bursl ol speed lhal was soon halled by slronger league forces The Pioneers were handncapped by a lack of expervence as only lwo regulars from The precednnq year were on lhe sfarhng luneup These Two were The leam s aole co caplauns Freddy Dunlap and Fred Moe Sllck The leam suffered many selbaclqs bul IH lhe malorlly of cases The score d d nol lndlcale lhe brand of loolball Thar lhe Psoneers played Coached by Franlc Cappy Burnell rhe Ploneers foughl vallanlly ln every ballle and showed everyon lhelr good sporlsmanshsp and abvlxly lo accepl vnclory and deleal' calmly The Can bondale roolers supporled rherr el ven bolh In and oul ol lown because lhey real zed lhal allhough The home lorces had been bealen many llmes lhey were never Oullouqhl Follawlng are The resulls of all of 'rhe games Th Gr d Season opened on Sep? 20 under lhe llghls al Russell Park lhe oppo llon belng furnished by lhe lvlayheld Warriors Aller 'rhe dusl ellled lhe Car borda e Ploneers came oul on lop I9 lo 6 The Old Forge Blue Devils were nexl lo vlsuf Russel Park on Sepl 26 under lhe Arcs Aller a more or less one slded aflalr Old Forge 'rrounced lh Carbon oaleans I9 lo 2 On Ocl 5 lhe game once more under lhe l ghls a+ Russell Park came lhe Dlcr son Cry Blaclsnawlcs Thls was lheur lrrsl conference game I0 4 years Fnnal score C1 bondale 20 Drclfson O 5

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J' BASKETBALL BaslceTball Tor IQ46 saw The Pioneers produce anofher of Their ouTsTanding Teams AlThough They did nor survive as champions They will always be remembered as being The besT in Their day Opening The season wiTh impressive vicTories over ST Rose and Dickson CiTy we had The misTorTune of being deTeaTed on our own courT by Tech 30 '6 Tech was The only Team who was able To Talre us on our own Tloor in five years When The TirsT half of The league race ended we were reshng in Third place wiTh Tive vicTories againsT Tour deTeaTs Prof Ting by our misTalces and misTorTunes wo buclcled down To emerge vicTor Tous in The second half along wiTh CenTral ln a championship game play d on SouTh Side CourT, To d,Termine The winner of The second half we Tousled CenTral. 40-28. Two days laTer we losT The league championship To Tech, 'n a breaThTalcing game on The same courT, 27-I9. Among The members of The squad were Two seniors: Joe McDonald and Alex I-loyle: five juniors, Bobby McClelland. Johnny lv1uTo, Donnie Lee. Rod LeVan and Ray Tyrell: one sophomore, Rual Reynolds and Two freshmen, Fred Jones and Billy McDonald. Alex Hoyle, our capTain, was selecTed by boTh The Scranfen Tribune and ScranTfr Times Tir Their all-schelasTic Teams in boTh his junior and senior year and was regarded as cne GT our be:T. His unselfishness and brillianT playing gained hirn much populariTy. Joe McDonald. capTain, in his iunior year. of The Team which won The league zharnpienshirr, was one QT cur TasTesT players. iWe will remember hirn Tor his anTics on The Tlocr and his Qvqellerd dfabblimq ability. Donnie Lee, a Tnrward and bigrgesT man en eu' Team, did cufsfanding wcrlr 'hrf ,'1hfuT Thr,- seascn. T-Te was chosen capfain aT The I946-47 Team. Bob McClelland, playing cenfer, was one of The hardesi werlrirg bays 'hav we hd, Depend ing en him for rebounds, we were seldcm disappoinTed. Johnny MuTo playing guard, was anoTher rebound arTisT, and is brund if be ne ri The high scorers of The valley in The TuTure. Rual Reynolds, Ray Tyrell, Red l.eVan. Fred Jones and Bill McDcna'd are all e-cs red nz greal' Things in The days To ceme.