Kiskiminetas Springs School - Kiski Yearbook (Saltsburg, PA)

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ALL-STAR ACTION ers and coaches. With such boys as Dornan at left halfback, Anderson or Rinn at right halfback, and Richardson, or Morgan at fullback, Kiski had the caliber of backs that could run rampant through the opposing team, and usually did. As the season opened, the gridmen found themselves with only one week of practice behind them. However, evidence of the power of the Kiski eleven was displayed from the opening whistle as the gridmen turned in an easy 25-13 victory over Norwin. Big joe Richardson scored the opening touchdown for Kiski on a line plunge and Bill Reid ran the end for the extra point. In the second quarter a pass from Reid to Dornan netted another six points for the Black and White, while Norwin scored its first touchdown via the aerial route. The score at the end of the second quarter stood 13-6 in favor of Kiski. A 90-yard run by Reid on the open- ing kickoff of the second half and an off-tackle play, also by Reid, in the fourth quarter, gave the Black and White a comfortable lead and allowed Coach Marks to send in members of the second and third teams. Norwin then scored its final points but the damage had already been done and the game ended with Kiski ahead 25-13. The Black and White ran up against a scrappy Derry Township team in its second grid battle but withstood a two-touchdown second-half rally to win 19-12. Kiski scored early in the game on a 30-yard pass from Dornan to Swenson and added another touchdown a few minutes later on a 90-yard dash off-tackle by Reid. In the second quarter, Reid went over for another touchdown on a quarterback sneak. The second half saw Derry tally two touchdowns against an over-conhdent Kiski team but the Black and White held long enough to win 19-12. The Annual Homecoming Day game with Mercersburg on October 14 resulted in the third victory of the season for the Black and White, as 32

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Varsity Football IFIRSI' RUXY' I.uni, IU, Minnie, Play. Scllickel, Scxezs, I7iun.in, Ciouitncy NICUND RUXV SXXCIIMIII, W'e.itner. Ai1ilc'i'son, Muigan, R, Ilimcis, Iletclici, Reid. XV, lwlrr-in-, filaik, I, linxws 'IIIIRDARUXY Mgr. R.unxe', I'lem.imin, lantlsey, Stliwnty, XVc-ld-in, liirli-ns. Ili-it-'l. Rina, 1.-.itll Miiks FUIIRIII ROW' Mui, XViddoxxsui1. Iixerwltie, I5nkc'rsiuri, Iishei, All-eiisiuii, Ni-lc-npli, XX',iteis, f,opi'l.inil, Ieltnh, Hein Kiski's powerful gridiron eleven completed an exceedingly impressive record during the 1944 football campaign as they rolled up live victories against only two defeats. Blessed with hoth weight and speed, the Iilack and Wliite proved hard to beat on any gridiron. Mr. ll. L. Marks' instruction in the many line points of the rllforma- tion was as near perfect as is possihle. Time and avafn Coach Marks proved himself to he the complete master of the iggune. Assisting in the teaching of the 'I'-formation was Mr. If. Zeigler, who served as line coach, demonstrating to the linemen the correct way to play the guard and tackle positions. XVith Smith and Swenson holding down the end po'-1iti.:ns. Sevwr-s and Breakstone at tackles, Schwartz and Wfaters at gguarcl-a, and Don Moore at center, Kiski presented a formidable defensive line to its opponents, one that was also equally capahle of paving the way for the host of speedy hacks that were hehind them. Led hy its triple-threat quarterback and captain, Bill Reid. the Kiski hacklield was a con- stant worry to opposing play CAPTAIN BILL REID 51

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the visitors fell before the powerful Kiski grid machine, 12-0. Tom Dornan scored both touchdowns for Kiski, one in the first quarter on a three-yard plunge and the second, in the final period, on a pass from Reid that cov- ered 40 yards. The Black and White scored its fourth successive victory of the season as they trounced a strong team from Vandergrift, 26-6. After a scoreless first quarter, Kiski caught fire and scored three touchdowns in the second period to lead 20-0 at the half. Swenson scored the first tally on a 30-yard pass from Reid after which Reid scored twice on 25- and 45-yard runs. Stan Schwartz booted two of the extra points. Vandergrift came back in the second half to score on a 20-yard end run but Dornan added another T. D. for the Black and White on a 25-yard run through left tackle. In their second battle with Mercersburg, the gridmen defeated their oldest rivals again, this time 13-0. During the first half, Kiski was kept busy defending its goal against the steamroller drives of the academy eleven, but touchdowns by Richardson and Dornan in the third quarter assured victory for the Black and White. A rough and rugged football eleven from New Kensington handed Kiski its first defeat of the season, 19-0 in a game played on the muddy Ken High gridiron. New Kensington displayed terrific power throughout the game while the Black and White was entirely unable to get its offensive rolling for any length of time. In a post-season benefit game played at the Vandergrift stadium. the Black and White was defeated by a strong team of All-Stars from high school teams in the Kiski Valley, 19-13. Behind 6-0 at the half, Kiski came back to take a 7-6 third quarter lead on a touchdown by Reid and an extra- point pass to Tom Smith. Dornan scored for Kiski in the final period but the All-Stars had pushed over two previous touchdowns to win the game. Q 1 its PRE-GAME WARM-UP 55