Irwin High School - Carillon Yearbook (Irwin, PA)

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Q ef it 1 Rnbert McFarland , , . Jay . . . only senior . . . co- Donald Good . . . Pickles . . . only starter under six captain . . . good defensive ball player . . . hit scoring feet . . . a great set shot artist and terrific dribbler . . . stride in the tournaments . , . will be difficult to replace co-captain . . . cool and poised at all times . . . playmaker next year. for the Knights . . lst team-- county and section . . . most valuable player---county . , . honorable mention- PIAA. Lloyd Simpson . . . Simmie . . . lust a sophomore Robert Shea . . . Mike' '... lrwin's sixth man . . , . . , steady and reliable forward . . . played his best always dependable , . . played his best game against game against Ashley on his birthday . . . looks forward Ligonier away . . . hopes to fill Jay's shoes next year. to two more years. Charles Hursh . . . Tootie . . . hails from North Colin Norberg . . . Fish' '... one of three junior Irwin . , . a great rebounder and scorer . . . scored 3l starters , . . deadly on a jump-shot from inside . . . lead- points in Derry game . . . teamed with Fish to play ing scorer this season . . . 6'3 and still growing . . volleyball with rebounds . . . lst team+county . . , lst team-County . . . 2nd teamfsection and state . , Znd team section . . . 3rd team state. among first five WPlAL, A and B. JAY MCFARLAND LLOYD SIMPSON CHARLES HURSH DON 5 is . g Q I 1-i-f - .7 f. b iff iv ir: Af- Y K2 'if 5 Q li? 1 S: --if 'LY' 'Q 4 i si i ,,g sql .5 gy fi ii E . Q GOOD BOB SHEA COLIN NORBERG i ii ' ir r., j il. ,, . L J E .S f V .9 , 2 2 A 'mf Vf' S. H L' if il, Q -ff. it . H3 1 ,fi ,. , 'itifsyzi ,L - ,xiii E 7 ' if W, A .X ififflff' E ' it sis 9 if in 1 as 4 ll ri i Y K 53 2 i sth 3 l .3 J A X . li , if gf 3 , . 1 i - f g . i Q r i if .L 'r W 1 i E

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PENNSYLVANIA CHAMPS . . . Back row, l. to r.+CharIes I-lursh, Charles Patton, Lloyd Simpson, Don Good, Jay McFarland, Larry Milburn, manager, Col in Norberg. Frontflvlr, Markosky, Ed' Plues, John Waugarnan, George Gongaware, Mr. Mclvlunn, Ed Siegel, manager, Bob Shea. Star Performances 'A' Beat Blairsville in overtime. i' Missed IO0 by I vs. Penn Township. if Changing ta bIues helped beat Forbes. 'A' Wampum, our most challenging opponent. il' Ashley Rockets crashed. if l,966 Irwin fans at Irwin-Ashley game. 'A' First school to win three State Championships. at The Hot Shots became Big Shots. 'A' We challenge you, Yeadon! 64 Their Record Irwin Opponent 69 57 49 55 74 79 55 46 5 54 5 77 5 49 5 99 5 59 62 5 Sl 5 S7 5 56 5 62 si 77 5 74 68 5 66 Tl 72 'l 7l 'i' 70 'H 75 tl 62 T 56 'l 68 'l' 7l 60 lf 68 i 68 at 73 5 Section 'l County t WPIAL It PIAA Pitcairn West Newton Latrobe Greensburg Pitcairn E. Mclieesport Youngwoocl Youngwood Export Derry Boro Blairsville lOTl Penn Township Ligonier Connellsville Franklin Township Export Derry Boro Blairsville Penn Township Ligonier Connellsville Franklin Township West Newton Ligonier Apollo Penn Township TRAFFORD Etna . Perryopolis WAMPUM Forbes Cresson Mercer ASHLEY

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The '53 trophies admired by Coach MCMUNN, Mc- JAY, FISH, TOOTIE, DON, MIKE, and SIMMIE cool o' FARLAND, GOOD and Assistant Coach MARKOSKY. THE KNIGHTS WERE TERRIFIC The Irwin Knights have done it again! After we lost five starters from last year, those who claim to know said, Watch this team in '54. But the Knights couldn't wait. After dropping the fourth game to Greensburg, they proceeded to roll up a string of 30 straight victories and win 33 out of 34 games. The State Champion- ship had come back home. Starting Section XV play with an impressive 54-44 victory over highly rated Export, the tall and talented Knights swept through the sec- tion. However, they needed a great comeback to beat Blairsville by two points in overtime and went all out to top Derry Boro by two on the latter s court. The County Tournament provided little op- position for the Knights as they repeated as champions after smashing West Newton, Lig- onier, Penn Township and Trafford. WPIAL play started with an easy win over Apollo-70 to 40-at Wilkinsburg as Good tallied 24 points. Etna was next for the Knights at Pitt's big, beautiful Field House. Decided underdogs, Etna put up a stiff battle before bowing to a fourth period surge 56-47. A strong Perryopolis team found the Knights too much to handle in the semi-finals, losing 68- 47. McFarIand led the Knights with I7 points as the team vaulted to the finals. A high-scor- ing Wampum team, called the best in the State, was the opposition. But after a terrific battle the tremendous height of the Knights told again. 7I-7O was the final score as the Knights fought from behind to win in the last minute. Norberg hit for 23 points and Hursh had ZI in the Irwin victory. This gave the team the right to represent District 7 in the State playoffs. Forbes, an unknown to Irwin, was the first opponent. Small and scrappy, they gave us trouble before bowing 60-SI. Norberg paced the Knights with 28 points. McKeesport was the site of this game. Cresson was the next victim 68-47, on the same floor. Hursh scored 24. At New Wilmington, Simpson's I9 points led Irwin to a 68-48 victory over Mercer, and gave them the right to represent the West in the State Finals. Highly-touted Ashley was the last opponent as the Knights came back home to Pitt for the final. The first half was a rugged, seesaw battle with Irwin ahead 33-30. But the second stanza was all Irwin. Hitting with deadly ac- curacy, they flashed the form the fans had waited for all year. The final score was 73-5I as Simpson celebrated his birthday with I7 points and Norberg had l9. McFarland bowed out in grand style. Much of the credit for this great season must go to Coach Joe McMunn who took ten inexperienced boys and made them into a smooth working, well balanced team. Many observers stated that Irwin was the best coached team in the State, A or I3. No out- standing stars or five outstanding stars and a strong bench also contributed to our success.