Holy Trinity High School - Echo Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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The building of the gym seems to mark the start of an active Trinity in the field of sports. Almost from the beginning, the school has been able to boast of excellent basketball fives and of late years the girls, the Trini- dettes have entered into the competition with increasing success Football history was made in the early forties when Trinity played in Class C competition During these years the names of Dick Wills A3 Leo Flaherty 'h2 and John Bashara '42 were Trinity Jatchwords The championship team which finally brought home first honors in football in 1942 were Gus Russo Eddie Ether d g Randolph query, Joe Venuto, Charlie W h e a t S Casey Joe Grey B Versprille Bill Mayo, Wendell M111 e r, George Nood house Bobby Ellis Willie V1rg1l1 Arnold, Anthony harrell Joe Council, Jersey Yatterson, John Boogades, Bill A rphy, and Jerry Johnston In Class C basketball competition, Sammy Miller 'h2 and Martin Kehoe 'A3 were outstanding One of the first girls to receive praise on her basketball ability was Barbara Kaufman 'A3 The Class C basketball championship in the Tidewater area was won in 1945 with B Bullock, G Russo, S Casey, J Fitz Patrick, W Virgili, F Carrigan, W Jenkins, J Harrell C Hilmoth E Eth eridge, B Versprille L Sallacup in the line up The closing years of Trinity have seen the continuance of its outstand ing athletic reputation on the hardwood Trinity boys brought home the Cath s n Q u I ' 0 9 i e, . l Dick Wills, Jack Hickman, Rocco Russo, Louis Hiers, Jake Versprille, Eugene V ' 0 I ' T, . . . , . . . - .