Greater Latrobe High School - Latrobean Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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1 A...-tff-wi' , Aff, . ...A I-.ll . . '1-. f1,L' Ayfv - -1:2-:k: .2 .-., :I :,.- 1:'a f,,. V,... .- . .. - '..x I if . V . I ' 4 S ' 1 :.Z: tt 1 I JOSEPH DUDZINSKY JOSEPH PALMER NICHOLAS SVETAHOR FRANK WATSON Gridders end season with losing Foothills record Connellsville was next to defeat the Wildcats in Although Latrobe finished the year at 4-4-1, the varsi- Conference competition. By virtue of a McCaIlen touch- ty squad headed opponents in every department except down Latrobe stayed even with the Falcons in the first first downs. In total rushing yardage Latrobe ground out stanza, but Connellsville fullback Jim Braxton broke the 1,507 yards against 1,437 by opposition. The Wildcat game open by running and passing for two TDs. The aerial attack gained 809 yards, completing 55 of 120 final score was 20-7. passes. Through three quarters of play in the Greensburg Adversaries found air travel more difficult aggregating game, Latrobe led 13-O. ln the final frame of the rival only 647 yards while hitting on 51 of 134 aerials. In ad- game, the Golden Lions came back to salvage a tie, 13 ditlon, the Latrobe secondary picked off 10 foreign to 13. A fired-up Norwin squad downed the Wildcats in passes. Denny Koslesky, varsity punter, averaged 35 the last Foothills Conference tilt of the year. yards booting the football 28 times. In other statistics Kevin lVIcCalIen registered the only Latrobe TD taking the Wildcats fumbled away the pigskin 10 times during a Sarnese pass near the sidelines and outracing the season and were penalized 212 yards. Twenty-two defenders to the endzone. The final was 27-6. boys received football letter awards. kEviN MCCALLEN JOSEPH KNAU3 During the Derry encounter, halfback em Karazsia digs out JAMES OKONAK WILLIAM KARAZSIA RICHARD SARNESE valuable yardage while teammates block. DENNIS KOZLESKY f x x I, 1 gk at R. tl' r Ar . I .4 41 3 1 x S12 J

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Gndhon LATROBE . . . 46 LATROBE . . . 19 LATROBE . . . 46 LATROBE . . . 13 WILKINSBURG LATROBE . . . 39 JEANNETTE .. LATROBE . . . 7 HENIPFIELD .. LATROBE . . . 7 CONNELLSVILLE LATROBE . . . 13 GREENSBURG . LATROBE . . . 6 NORWIN Scores SCHENLEY . . . DERRY ...... MT. PLEASANT Latrobe's Dennis Repko barely misses a pass thrown to him during the close Greensburg game. Repko was only one of several pass-receivers used by the Cat's quarterbacks who were forced to leave the ground many times in the season. Rick Sarnese calls signals to center Ron Rullo as extra-point and field goal kicker, Dennis Kozlesky, prepares to boot the conversion.