Harrison High School - Vista Yearbook (Harrison, OH)

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.X- The Cats Made A Blazing Path of Glor fx- ff X e 5 B. Dunaway .2 -,,. . N ,T 3 xi-- T 'Fri 3 S 1 F. Bledsoe 1 I, i I e .IL , S 5. 5 2, J. Grubbs Page Eighty Six The curtain went up on the i954 Foot- ball Season as the Harrison Wildcats met the Lawrenceburg Tigers on the gridiron and defeated them 24 to 6. Steve Burk tallied the first score of the season. Lawrenceburg scored its only T. D. when they recovered a fumble on the 4. Jim Middendort scored two T.D.'s and Steve Burk added another to wrap up the scoring and the game. On September 24, Anderson iourneyed to Wildcat land. The outclassed Redskins proved no match tor the Cats as Harrison pushed them to a minus yardage gained. Many of the younger boys got some game experience that night. .lim Midden- dorf was big man for the Cats with three touchdowns. One of the most publicized game of the season was our game at Colerain. Colerain's defense posed no problem for the Cats' oftense. The Cats were fired up when Dick Middendorf, giant tackle, was iniured early in the game. Colerain had its only scoring play called back on a penalty. Returning to the home field the Cats took Terrace Park in stride and easily won by a score of 31 to O. The big game of the year, the Harrison -Taylor clash, took place on the Yellow- iacket's field. The game was hard-fought from start to finish, but the Wildcats won 25 to O. Taylor had the Cats touchdown machine slowed down until the fourth quarter, when the Cats scored three markers and lett the Jackets going away. With this game under their belt the Cats prepared to meet the Mt. Healthy Owls at Harrison. The Cats were pre- pared for a real battle, but the Owls helped to make our Homecoming a happy event. Harrison's hard running backs tore ol? yardage almost at will This page sponsored by Bob Hoffman xl gn! . .1 '- 2 Y V Q . . 551, VV, ' , 'li Y- x l A- ' 1,-9 .1 rr be W 'flu A. Butler x' 'sn F ' l if i X 0 J. Greschel 'S x Q J. Middendorf

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fThe I954 Hamilton Count Cham s In preparation for the i954 season, the Cats, after several weeks of train- ing, held three scrimmages with opposing teams. The Cats downed two of these and held the Hamilton Catholic Rams to a tie. The Hamilton County Athletic Associa- tion held a Preview at new Colerain Ath- . . . . 'K' letlc Field. The idea was to give the 5 .2 it public a look at the strength ot the F ,S league -os well as putting funds in the xg - association treasury. lt was set up so that the composite score of all the Western teams would be put up against the scores of the Eastern S B k R-5kiP'0f1 teams. Each team was put up against an ' U' East team for 2-eight minute quarters. The Harrison Wildcats unvailed their A - football machine against Terrace Park. fiijivy Harrison's i4 points figured heavily as in the West defeated the East 27-7. 1 .. 'llfxx P M :xl -t I Q 4. , . Y s . XX i' , P. R X l v i . yt' . f 4 1 C- Render D. Micldondorf 'S .i g Y V rx ee-Z, K, I aw QS 'xx 41 - it T' 'K , ,cl if., H '-. sf! .2 f . L.VL ' tl lxll llxll . X X 1, xi XM Tl The Hamilton County Championship Trophy. ' ' S W. Emma, This page sponsored by G Y THE HARRISON PRESS . oung Page Eighty Five

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'11 4 n the County, Making Famous the- ' against the happless Owls. Showing real L . X' x .M Q power and teamwork the Cats scored i7 -- rs.. ' ' points in the first half and 32 in the second half, to send the Owls home on ' A.. the short end of a 45 to 7 score. .,.a-., The next game found the Cats wading through a pool of mud to hand the gm Vznh Maderia Mustangs an i8 to 0 beating 'W' on the Mustang's field. Slowed by rain . and poor field conditions, the Wildcats offense was slowed, but not stopped. The Cats defense made several fine stands 5 'S when they were deep in their own terri- ' tory to stop the Mustang cold. Milford came to Harrison the next t- week, to find that they were no match for the Wildcats. The Cats iced the game C. Eckol E! B. Frazer -K1 lf. i T .i in the first half with three T.D.'s. They rolled again in the last quarter to put two more markers across the goal line. Riding high, the Cats traveled to the home of the highly touted Sycamore Aviators. After blocking a Harrison punt the Aviators drew first blood. The Cats promptly knotted the score at six all. Ron Skipton made the first of his two sensational touchdown iaunts to put the Cats in front at half time. In the third quarter Sycamore came back to score its final marker late in the third period. At this crucial time Skip came back with this second spectacular run. As the gun ended the game Sycamore was deep in Harrison territory, but the Seven Mules of Harrison made a determined stand to hold them. In the final game of the season the Wildcats met the Loveland Tigers in the Wildcats lair. Playing in a dense fog, the Cats rolled up a 20 to 7 half time score. Both teams used strong defenses to hold the other in check through the third period. Loveland scored the last marker of the game in the Hnal quarter. Harrison was on the march when the gun sounded, ending the game and the sec- ond undefeated season for the Cats. Fx 4 X. 1. if , us? -g z i D. Eckel 'X D. Knose .- I. t. Q 1..- 'ul R. Debruler J. Powers Page Eighty Seven