Hurst High School - Colophon Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, PA)

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gaslefgaf I Dec I Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. l Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. I Jon. Jan. Feb. I S C O R E S opp. H.H.s. Opp- H-H-S 5,51 Hunqinggon ,,4, 34 54 Feb Jeannette . . . . , . 45 46 Derry Borough ...., 53 61 Feb GYSSHSIIIQYS ---4,- 55 28 go, Humingwn E 37 47 Jun No. Huntington ..,.. 31 46 Lagmbe Anvl L Q Y -33 55 Jan Belmur . . . . , . . . 40 45 Ramsay I v,... A , A 36 dl Jon. Scottdale ......,.., 43 64 So. Huntington ...... 36 39 jan' goslmfer h. ' 4' 'S Y - - T 4----- 53 44 ig: oiuzqrowls JP. . Q I f f :ia 59 Derry Bow-:sh 5 ---, 66 53 Feb si. vincent Prep. . . . as so Perry Township ...., B5 59 Feb Belmur . ....... 44 64 St. Vincent Prep. ,.., 30 62 Feb Scottdale ......,.. 45 61 Dunbar .4-'--4 -.A 34 70 Feb Rostruver ..,...... 66 74 e ' U' G'ee Sb '9 Feb. Muni: illlihiiisll . . ei 45 Vundergrift . . ..... 47 49 'league Games For the first time in the history of our school, the Hurst Cagers under the brilliant coaching of Mr. Nock, have won a championship. The boys are all hard workers and spent many long hours at practice both before and during the season, but they never complained. Now their hard work has been rewarded because the season's record shows seventeen victories and only four defeats-enough to finish first in Section X of the WPIAL. They also participated in the County Tournament at Greensburg and no loyal fan will ever forget the excitement of the Vandergrift game which we won by the huge margin of two points in an overtime, and also the easy victory when we defeated Jeannette in a real thriller by one point. Although the season was very successful no one except Mr. Nock and the players will ever know the actual heartbreak that was felt when the team was defeated by Greensburg in the county tournament and by Monaca in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs at the Pitt fieldhouse. The first team was composed of five equally good hoopsters which included Misiak, Lipko, Mullin, Resnik, and Malesky while Yurik, Bielecki, and Spinella can not be overlooked. These boys along with Mr. Nock and the Junior Varsity are to be congratulated for their excellent record. Since there are three memb-ers of the Junior class on the Varsity and several of them on the Junior Varsity the outlook for next year is xfery bi-ight. 68

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E146 Ad! The i952 edition of the Hurst High School Baseball Team won its eleventh sectional W.P.I.A.L. title in thirteen attempts. After fourteen straight victories, the only defeat was suffered at the hands of McKees- port High School by the score of two to one in the Western Pennsylvania Semi-Final game played at Munhall. Immediately after the game, Johnny Patula was signed to a bonus contract with the Boston Red Sox, and Bobby Forys received a full scholarship from the University of Virginia. Other seniors who performed nobly were Paul Kozusko, Robert Holoman, Mike Miscik, Bill Rosky, and Bill Hoover. Returning to form a fine nucleus for the 1953 squad are the fol- lowing lettermen: Seniors: Bill Misiak, Russell Smith, Mike Rody, and Richard Yurick. Juniors: Bob Resnik, John Rakaczky, and Leonard Pavick. Sophomore: Ray Holoman. Other returnees of whom much is expected are-Kenneth Shaw, Bill Mullin, Richard Biller, Bill Grabiak, William Dunn, Donald Stahl, James Knapp, and Bobby Miller. We feel reasonably certain that these boys will uphold the splendid tradition of winning baseball at Hurst in fine style. 70