Lewisburg High School - Oneida Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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A great run, an amazingropenfjeldtackle, the heroicegoalgline stand, an impossible catch of aforwafd pass -- allfthese are not always reported in the record books, and' there are no game films of some ofthe supercontests of past years. which can be used to stir the memory 'or to checkfon how somebodyremembers those--events., 7 ' This Yearbookisl an attemptto putftogether the bits and 'pieces :of the' history of 'football at Levyisburgf Area, High Schools.,-ltfis not perfect, lt' does not 'contain all the statistics. lt does not record all the highlights of the 70 big years we have tried to cover -?fTOm'1-905.10 1975. ln fact, there are few, 7 if any, official'i recordsiof the early years, and the task ,of- iestablishing football ,asia highschool sportappears to have proceeded' in a series 'of 'fits and 1s'tarts5 Organized' formally ini191'4, high ,school 'teams played through the191.9 season -- a great year at Lzl-i.S.-,Then', for what .reason we. do not eiactlyfknow,l'footbali is' dropped until 1924, when things got organized,fairly.late in the season.-LiH..S.. fielded a team in'1925g dropped it fromf1'926-28, and returned to the' gridiron from'1,929-31,gwhen football yielded to soccer as the major fall,,spo'rt,. 'ln 1945, football' reappeayred 'aff' Lewisburg, and the Green Dragons. havefestablished .remarkable records in the past three decades. on the: gridiron. A Given suchshortcomings, this Football Yearbook, the first compiled at Lewisburg High,.does -try to' present the idea thatwhat happened in 1974 on the gridiron' started many 'years ago when a group offyoung men- decided' they wanted to test their skillsfandambitions 'in a game called football. They, started a tradition, to -which many young men have contributed in thetdecades thathfollowed. ' ' To help usevreconstrructithe past, we- have .asked those -who helped toiorganize the teams, those' who coached, and those who played in all these years, to open up their memories ofthe golden days of the Green Dragons for the playersg coaches, and fans of the modern era. --'We hope' you enioy each and every year. ' 4 X 'Brad Gray and Karl Weist, Editors Class of 1975 ,,g--- DEDICATED TO A 'VIAN GF MANY SEASONS Sud Thomas Sud Thomas has been a part of the Green Dragons on and olf the grldrron srnce 1918, more than a hall century He rs a gentleman and a true Sportsman, and we hope this small honor Indicates how much gratitude and respect so many players, coaches and fans have for hrm 1 'll Football at Lewisburg High School was first sanctioned by the school administration in 1914. But there were Lewisburg teams as early as 1905, teams not truly representative of the high school in an era before P.l.A.A., established rules, conferences, and all the formal organization that makes scholastic athletics tick today. Maybe it was more fun in those days. Ceratinly is was less formal, sort of a pick-up a team and let's play world of the sandlot variety. What about 1905? Well, that was the year when Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated as President of the United States, with Charles W. Fairbanks as Vice President. That same year, the first Rotary Club was founded in Chicago by Paul H. Harris. And, in case you have forgotten, Lee DeForest was working on the vacuum tube which was to make possible a thing called radio. Meantime, back in Lewisburg, some young men were trying to make football possible in their home town. The game played that year by a mix of town boys and high school athletes was closer to rugby than the football game as we know it. The ball was bigger, the equipment less than desired, and the action rugged. Unfortunately, there were no official scorers in those days, and most of the action went unreoorded or appeared only as a brief report in the local weekly newspapers. , ant 1917 Backfield Alvin Wagner, Emil Gedrich, William Irvin , and Sam Smith. GREEN DRAGONS 1917 Team Captain 81 Coach Captain Cyrus L. Johnson and Coach Malcolm E. Musser. A 2 IN THE TBEGINNING Row 1 - lleft to rightl - Dale Wagner, John Kling, Bill lrvin, Cy Johnson lCaptainl, Donald Johnson, Max Reed, John Purnell, Horace Hann. Row 2 - Alvin Wagner, Emil Gedrich, Davis Arnold, Sam Smith, Harry Johnson, Charles Purnell, Albert Johnson, Leiser Eisenhauer. Row 3 - Malcolm Musser, Coach. by AI Wagner During the summer of 1914, a group of Lewisburg High School boys, who liked the game and wanted to play, canvassed the merchants of town to ask for financial help to buy needed equipment. Since only enough funds were collected to buy balls, the boys had to furnish their own equipment. About 20 boys reported for the first practice, which was held on the former municipal playground, across the Buffalo Creek bridge. During the 1914 season, three games were played -- two with Bucknell Academy and one' against a fraternity team. All those who participated were high school boys, mostly sophomores and juniors. The seasons of 1915 and 1916 showed a little more progress, both in the interest of the boys and the general public, but the team did not get any financial support from the school board. To make a better appearance on the field, squad members bought white sweatshirts and had their mothers sew green piping around the neck and down the front. Two away games were played in 1915 -- against North- umberland and against Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport. Starting with the 1916 season, more boys came out for the team and more games were scheduled. Because so few nearby towns had football teams, the schedule had to include teams from more distant communi- ties. Thus games were played with such high schools as Lock Haven and State College, and included two games per season with Dickinson Seminary, now Ly- coming College. No games were scheduled in 1918 since some of the key players had enlisted in the army when World War l broke upon us. However, 1919 was a banner year. The schedule was enlarged to include Williamsport High School and Sunbury High School. At the close of school in June, 1917, the football squad met and decided each would strive to save enough money out of his summer earnings to buy regular football jerseys in the fall. Not only did the team appear for the 1917 season in all-Green iersevs, but also the outfits included green and white stockings. School colors were worn with pride. The '14 and '15 teams did not have a regular coach. The boys would get together and make up their own plays and the captain of the team would assume the responsibility of a coach. Then, in 1916, Dr. Malcolm Nlusser, who was then a Bucknell student, became the unofficial coach and gave the teams the inspiration and leadership they needed. 3 THE YEARS THAT WERE ...1914-1919 Football continued for a few more years until soccer took its place as a fall sport. In a few years, football was reinstated and Mose Quinn, a former Bucknell quarter- back, was hired by the administra- tion as the first paid football coach at L.H.S. lt is interesting to note that, although only 16 boys signed up for the football team in 1914 and that very little publicity was given to high school football, each suc- ceeding year saw more and more boys signing up for the sport. Few of us who played on those early formative teams little realized that football at Lewisburg High School would attain the popularity it now has, nor that it would become as successful as it has under the present system. 1917 Linemen . llelt lo righll - John Kling, Cyrus Johnson, Dale Wagner, Max Reed, John Purnell, Horace Hann, Charles Purnell. CHAMPIONS 1919 by Donald Johnson and Skeet Smith as told to the Editors l Ftow1 - llett to rightl - Robert Heim, William Duck, Luther Bingaman, Harold Painter. Row 2 - Davis Arnold, Max Reed, Donald Johnson, Leiser Eisenhower, Skeet Smith. Row 3 - Coach Dr. Malcolm Musser, Dale Wagner, Gordon Scholl, Albert Johnson. Our 1919 championship team had 13'players, and our two subs had to be able to play all positions, Skeet Smith recalls. Now retired after 32 years with the Ford Motor Company, Skeet was the power- house fullback of the Green Dragons. What we lacked in quantity, we tried to make up in the quality of our game, Skeet noted. Of course, it didn't take a bus to transport us to the away games. On our schedule were Lock Haven, Sunbury, Shamokin, Bellefonte, and two games against Williams- port and Dickinson Seminary, which is now.Lycoming College. They were all tough battles, but the game of games that year was a re- turn match, a Thanksgiving Day affair at Williamsport. We played to a tie earlier in the season, and Will- iamsport issued a challenge to Lewisburg to play for the champ- ionship, guaranteeing S200 for expenses, Skeet recalled. The coach of Williamsport was Bart Bartholme, a former star end at Bucknell. Our unofficial coach, Mal Musser, and that great trainer, Sid Thomas, kept our spirits and our muscles in tune for the game, which we won, the former star fullback noted. What I would like to see is for some one to honor both of those fine men, still residing in the Lewisburg area, for their many contributions to their alma mater, Lewisburg High School. In fact, one of my best memories is that of Sid carrying his little black bag in which he always had a bottle of White Horse linament. As Donald Johnson, quarter- back and team captain notes: Our principal formation was the single wing, but we also used the straight T which, may I add, was long before it became a popular college and pro formation. We also used to great effect a wide or spread formation. 4 We called it formation F, and we used it to run and to execute both forward and lateral passes. Observing that credit should be given to Bucknell for granting to the high school free of charge the use of Tustin gym and the football field, Don said that we couldn't have played our home games without that help. In fact, we coached ourselves and used much of the Bucknell offense and defense which we observed as young fellows growing up in Lewisburg. Dean Mal Musser and Harry Bourne, our high school principal, also gave us advice and traveled with us to all our away games. Now an attorney with his residence in Philadelphia, the former quarterback's son, Donald Dee Jr., was a star running back at Lewisburg High in the '51, '52 and '53 seasons, scoring a record 29 points in one game against Milton High. Don Jr. later became the most valuable player at the University of South Carolina, in 1957, where he played under one of his dad's teammates, Max Reed, one ofthe greatest players from the Lewisburg area. We had to travel by train for away games, Attorney Johnson recalls, and we usually had to play not only the opposing team, but the officials and the crowd. This was especially true in Williamsport and Shamokinf' Recalling the 'game of games that year in Williamsport, Skeet Smith asked us to picture our squad, all 13 of us, with no band and only several devoted fans who accompanied us on the train and then sat on the bench to help fill it up. However, all the players had only one purpose in mind: 'Beat Williamsport! ' As Skeet remembers: We played straight football in that game, with very little passing. We just waited for a break. lt came in the fourth quarter when they had to punt from behind their own goal line. Our brilliant center, Max Reed, crashed through the line, blocked the punt, and fell on the ball for a score. We won 6-O Both Skeet and Don had high praise for the business and professional men in town who donated funds to equip the squad. Congressman 'Ben Focht and Attorney Andrew Leiser each gave 510, a big amount in those days, to start the fund, Attorney Johnson recalls. We raised S200 and Billy Donehower sold us 13 complete uniforms and one football, a football we used throughout the season for practice and for play. Both men noted that the team members, with a little help, rigged up a shower in the high school basement, a shower which was connected to the cold water pipe only. Nobody hung around in that shower for too long, the former team captain stressed. Who were the members of this small but mighty band that won the first championship for L.H.S.? We list them here with comments of Skeet Smith and Don Johnson: MAX REED: Now deceased: the center of the squad who had a brilliant career as a player and coach. Carl Snavely called him one of the greatest football minds in the nation. Max coached at Bucknell, Cornell, and the University of North Carolina under Snavely. He later was line coach at the University of South Carolina and for the Washington Redskins. DAVIS ARNOLD: Now de- ceased: tackle on the the squad, he served as a civil engineer with the Pennsylvania Department of High- ways. WILLIAM DUCK: Now de- ceased: a really fine end and a man of high intelligence, he served as Dean at Gettysburg College. GORDON SCHOLL: Now de- ceased: a tough-nosed guard, he operated a successful florist business in Florida. HAROLD PAINTER: Now de- ceased: the versatile man who played all positions as a substitute, he served for many years as manager of the Reading Office for Bell Telephone. LEISER EISENHOWER: Now deceased: our other crashing tackle, he was a high school principal for over 30 years. His son, Marine Lt. Col. Steve Eisenhower, was team captain and an All-Ameri- can at the U.S. Naval Academy. ALBERT JOHNSON, JR.: One of the ends on our team who is now a practicing attorney in Roaring Spring, Pa. ROBERT HEIM: The flashy halfback of the team is now retired from a successful career in investment banking. He now resides in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. DALE WAGNER: The second speedy halfback is now retired from his teaching career and resides in Owensboro, Kentucky. GLENN MORROW: Our se- cond all-position substitute now resides in Lewisburg. He is retired after a successful career in electrical engineering. LUTHER BINGAMAN: The other hard-hitting guard is now retired and living in Endicott, N.Y. FULLBACK: Skeet Smith OUARTERBACK AND CAP- TAIN: Donald Johnson, who also played one year of pro ball in Millville, NJ. A BRIEF INTERLUDE ...1924-1925 No records of L.H.S. teams from 1920 to 1923 could be found, but football was on the scene in 1924 and 1925. As the Saturday News reported on November 8, 1924: Lewisburg boys deserve much credit because they have been without a coach or equipment the greater part of this season. The 1924 team defeated the Milton iunior varsity tor Second team i by a 19-0 score. They lost to Picture Rocks, 12-O: to Sunbury, 47-0: and to Lewistown, 53-0. Team Captain was Charles W. Kalp, a halfback. Other backs included Paul Johnson, Milton Wagner, R. Henry Coleman, and Burtoff Koser. Ends were Bill O'Brien and Raymond Pearson: and the linemen included Warren Sherman, H. John Stahl, Harry Stahl, Thomas Zeiber, Charles 5 Liddich, Charles Lewis, Willard Poeth, Floyd Kline, Edward Kleck- ner, and Orvis Campbell. Bill O'Brien was elected captain of the 1925 team, which posted a 2-6 record. The Green Dragons defeated Watsontown and St. Joseph's tAshlandi, but lost the rest. This was only their second season after a lapse of several years, and inexperience took its toll. Some interesting data uncovered during our research: the Picture Rocks team outweighed the Dra- gons by 25 lbs. per man: and the Milton game was the highlight of the season, being played on a snow-covered field on Thanks- giving. Seniors on the 1925 squad were Bill O'Brien, Paul Johnson, Clifford Leitzel, Walter Angstadt, and Robert Krebs. One More Go At the Gridiron As near as l can determine, there had not been a football team since 1925, four years previous to the 1929 season. A group of citizens, some of them parents, some alumni and a devoted, loyal group of L.H.S. boys, together with Pro- fessor H.E. Stover, our Supervising Principal, urged me to field a team. Professor Stover, members of the school board, Professor H. U. Heckart, Director of Athletics, all told me there were no funds available to field a team. Mr. Heckart informed me that there were some old uniforms and shoes inthe basement of the South Ward Shool. The new High School gym was not yet completed, and we had no playing field of our own. I recieved 350.00 per season as coach. Needless to say, it never found a place in my pocket. I simply carried it from the Lewisburg Bank to W.L. Donehowers for football equipment. Since l may forget the names of all those who deserve thanks for their aid, our Boosters, let me just note there were many helping hands. They included the blacksmith, the shoe repair man, the tailor, the merchants, and post office employees. The first year was the tough one. John Plant and Malcolm Musser made Tustin gymnasium and Tustin field available to us. Later, we used the present Bucknell University practice field. Bucknell University was very kind to us. There were many things to plan and provide for in addition to the coachingjob. However, l had good support and willing hands to help me. 1 929-'I 931 by Coach H. A. Troutman John Stahl and Mose Quinn, both Bucknellians, were very capable and helped develop good teams. They were instrumental in getting equipment that was no longer used by Coach Snavely in the years that he had top-flight teams at Bucknell. We owed many thanks to all these donors. Mose Quinn was a senior at Bucknell, hoping to become a high school football coach. Experience, he figured, was the best teacher. John Stahl and Mose were very cooperative, despite the fact that l was from Penn State. The two schools were great rivals, and Bucknell, in those years, beat Penn State quite often. John and Mose knew the game, and we had lots of fun working out the plays for a group of talented boys. I believe that we made the most of the short time we had to explore talent and to build plays around that talent. The boys of the L.H.S. were bright, spirited kids. They took coaching well and produced accordingly. All the teams we played had much more experience, but they did not have anymore determination or will to practice the charge and pursue type of football I was taught under Hugo Bezdek, and which Quinn learned under Coach Snavely. There really were no bench warmers on our team. All the boys had a lot of ability and produced when called on to do so. Our equipment was poor and always needed a lot of repairs. Our managers must deserve great credit. They worked long hours cleaning, repairing and delivering, and our teachers showed great patience by releasing them to do chores for the sake of football. Yes, there still are a few of us young folks around - the teachers of that era. Every sportsman has his favorite stories. So does the football coach. l shall tell only three stories of the many that come to mind, dedicated to the boys and coaches of the L.H.S. The first one has to do with the games we had with the Howard High School team in Center County, an area where good quality bricks were made, and where many of their boys worked during the summer vacation. However, they produced even better football players. That was one team we could never defeat. They were big hard-hitting boys. However, after the game was over, they showed' their hospitality by treating us to a chicken and waffle dinner at a local church. All for free. Can anyone beat that? Let's bring back some of that spirit. We started home by the way of Williamsport. We got to the middle of a long hill south of Muncy. Oscar Liddick, in his bus, lit was the vehicle we generally used to go to our away gamesl cried: Out of gas! The bus had stopped. We all climbed out of the bus, pushed it up over the hill, climbed back into it again and coasted down to Mohrs Park gas station. It was getting late, but the Row 1 - llelt to rightl - Gilbert Wagner, Kenneth Herrold, William Beck, Alfred Benson, Joe Francovich, Wendell Eggleton, Paul Stover, Richard Harder. Row 2 - Bill Woodson, Edgar Furman, George Reish, Fred Lucas, Captain Frank Lewis, Albert Shannon, John Eisenhauer, Russell Conler, Lynn Kling. Row 3 - Assistant Coach John Stahl, Robert Cox lmgr.l, Robert Reitz, Jim Baker, Charles 0'Brien, Horace Hall, Richard Benson, Robert Rupp, Herbert Croyle, Head Coach Harry Troutman. attendant filled the gas tank and we arrived home at a late hour. Another away game was played at Picture Rocks on a very cold afternoon. After the game was scheduled, we heard about a monster team up there which would destroy us. Jules Priest, a Bucknell player, gave us this advance information. They were mostly farm boys and worked on lumber tracts. Their field was rough and had quite a slope at one end, toward the goal post. We prepared our team in advance. Speed, sure tackling and sharp blocking must prevail. The boys, through fear, daring and team spirit did just that. They brought home the bacon, 13-7. The borough fathers breathed more easily after that one. The boys had really proven themselves a solid team. The last episode I wish to tell about was a game played with the Susquehanna University Junior Varsity. We had played them in a O-0-tie game at the beginning of the season. They asked for a return game near the end of the season. It was played on the Bucknell practice field on a very cold day. Their team was much improved. Likewise, our team had also improved and had gained real confidence. In studying their defense in the first half, which ended in no score, we noticed their left end and tackle were far out of position when we were in an unbalanced line left on 7 the offense. Mose Quinn set up a special play formation between halves, drawing both guards on a reverse. We used the play twice and scored two touchdowns. We had two fast halfbacks and they carried the mail. The final score was 14-0 L.H.S. The team had come far. They knew the game and disciplined themselves. I will not name the players, but our center did his job well, along with two guards to make the play work. All the players had filled their assignments. Finally, l have a kind of last word. Coaches John Stahl and Mose Quinn, as well as some of the players, are no longer with us. To the last man, they were a great group of kids. When you look at each one in the picture, you can bet they had what it took to make a good team. L.H.S. got a full time physical education program the next year, and a better football program was in the making. We had a lot of fun on a shoe string sort of opportunity. FIFTEEN YEARS LATER f V . .QQ e tf,.fx1..1.:W 'ft 11.4.-r-.t..1'.f:fa ' 'Vwpg11.1'ssz:-11.11-113t.:V13LC1135:eg:mi: kh -kk- ,Wes +.,.y.t.f , ' . ' V' r f L T is N.'.,- . .1 f K... 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Spangler, J. Wagner, W. Shannon, R. Machamer, C. Leach,R. Stuck, J. Jopp, E. Miller, R. Gemberling, R. Herbst, V. Johnson, B. Herbsl, T. Sterry. Row 3 - D. Carlson, W. Reilz, J. Dyer, W. Miller, D. Solomon, H. Leitzel, H. Snyder, J. Deans, E. Royer, R. Chappell, W. Diehl, G. Rowe, R. Slerry, W. Lytle, B. Baker, W. Zimmerman. ...1945 Following a lapse of 15 years, Lewisburg finally re-opened the sport of football. Through the efforts of Sid Thomas and several other members of the community, money was raised to purchase uniforms for the team. Denver Dyer coached the Drag- ons, who finished with a 2-1 record. The Dragons beat Montgomery and Canton, but lost a close contest to Muncy. The team featured co-captains Don Helter at quarterback and Van Johnson at halfback. Other mem- bers of the starting squad were: Harold Leitzel, Harold Snyder, Bill Lytle, Walt Diehl, Bill Reitz, Ellsworth Royer, John Dyer, Bill Miller, Charles Beaver, and Ben Herbst. The 1945 Season Lewisburg 19 Lewisburg 6 Lewisburg 21 Montgomery 14 Muncy 12 Canton O 1 946 Lewisburg finished a very suc- cessful second season on the gridiron, after almost a quarter century absence from football. Coaches Denver Dyer and Joe Diblin issued the first call to practice on August 19, which was answered by about 50 fighting but comparatively green fellows. The job cut out for the coaches was to mold a team from this squad. The Dragons conquered in five games and were subdued twice. In the first game of the season the Dragons easily trimmed Mifflin- burg, but fell before the onslaught of Northumberland and Mont- gomery teams. The team won all of the remaining games on its schedule, and only hard work by both the team and the coaches attributed to the successful season. 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J, ' - N, L , I T 79 'Q 3:1 'iglef ml ' l x . ff J ' bi J - A ' Lf I. iii ' Nd . J ' . ., . , - . is . .. 1 i, L s if t J -JLLQ hA ,-- s i -J L y V 1. ' st-gi 21-iffw' . 11.1 , . T ,',' ,f'. 1-- 4 - ' - f 't 'x'- ,s .W ,.W.k: ,sig , -, tdgj',gg,,ft,,i,f,5 7,5 - 7 w ,. K -in . . . ,, k it,.,,.ffk,,igr1.:,5,,sQ,,,,,:,.L -.-as i.gfQ,gQ The 1947 SGHSOI7 new 1 - lien to rigmi - Bill ivliiiward, Dick Machamer, aiu Gass, Bob Libby, Joe Hopp, Bob Stuck, John Schultz, Fred Groover, Randall Erdley, John Smith, Carl Brouse, Dick Lemmon, Rusty Romig. Row 2 - Bob Himmelreich, Al Myers - - lJ.V Coachl, Ralph Ritter, Bob Fetter George Leiby, Francis Lewisburg Danvllle 21 Aikey, Paul Wilson, Buck Deihl, Max Van Buskirk, Hall - ' - Solomon, Dick Gemberling, Mllrl Cahn, Joe Diblin lCoach1, Lewlsburg Mlfflmburg 13 Bob Diehl. Row 3 - Arch Owen, Gordon Wetzel, Paul Snook, Lewisburg Northumberland 30 John. Spangler, John Dyer, Jim McClure, Derl Weikel, Bud Brosious. Lewisburg Montgomery 6 Lewisburg Selinsgrove 13 Lewisburg Carson Long 7 Lewisburg Trevorton O ' at 'QVM EVE? If 1947 The Dragon eleven, under its new coach, Joe Diblin, had a successful season. About 40 boys reported for the first practice session around the middle of August. The Dragons won four games and lost three. Lewisburg lost the first game ofthe season to Danville, but retained the Brown Jug by defeating Mifflinburg in the second game. Northumberland convinc- Gdtwa as 49552 'T f f-'oi 1 QQQWWWJ P's Q 1 2 2 aNW 5eNmfWyP 4-QR-3' v-33 3' 91 39 emit Y'sB Y-H'-'NVWSQ ingly defeated the Dragons, but the boys bounced back with a win over Montgomery. After losing to Selinsgrove, Lewisburg defeated Carson Long Military Institute, and tramped over Trevorton by a decisive margin. L3,.ff N ?' lsA:k' , , ' A if ' , . N 9 .3 . ' W 1 1 . ' . S I l if Q , . 'we . fy . V ' , 'L ' N , ' T... V,-fb' Mg: , mv 3 , H, el -1 I I H ,arm , L .M Row 1 - llelt to rightl - Robert Himmelreich Paul Snook Jack Wagner Dick Machmer Hall Solomon, Bob Stuck, Harry Fritz, Bill Shannon, George Leiby. Row 2 - John Spangler, Richard Gemberling, Paul Baker, Bob Herbst, Paul Wilson, Robert Fetter, Sam Diehl, Charles Beaver, Chester Leach, Rohland Bostian. Row 3 - John Dyer, Jim McClure. Richard Sterry, Bill Miller, Sid Thomas ltrainerl, Head Coach Denver Dyer, Asst. Coach Joe Diblin, Manager Don Carlson, John Deans, Walter Diehl, Derl Weikel, Howard Broscious. 9 attain.. 1948 Coach Andy Sember's first season as Lewisburg football coach ended with the Dragons showing a four and four record. Impressive triumphs were registered over Mifflinburg and Montgomery and heart-breakers were dropped to both Watsontown and Selinsgrove. Of the 42 boys who reported for practice at the start of the season, the following were seniors: Francis Aikey, Flobert Libby, Fred Groover, John Smith, Dick Lemmon, team captain Paul Snook, and Hall Solomon. 1949 Coach Andy Sember's second year found the Dragons compiling another winning season. The team placed fifth in the Susquehanna League with a 6-3 record. Thirty-three determined young men reported for practice that season. The Montoursville game eded the careers of Dick Gemberl- ing Arch Owen, Bob Diehl, Bob Himmelreich, Walter Keister, Bob Schlott, Carl Brouse and John Crossgrove. Row 1 - lleft to rightl - Libby, Crossgrove, Ellis Johnson, Flick, Matthews, Brouse, Troutman, Marlyn Sauers, Marvin Sauers, Judy, Fisher. Row 2 - Mr. Myers, Mr. Dyer, H. Owen, Jarrett, Keister, Himmelreich, Ingwers, Schlott, Deans, A. Owen, Hurst, Gemberling, Diehl, Mr. Sember. Row 3 - Stockdale, Troxell, Price, Berge, Straub, Beck, Loughany, Butler, Huffman, Smith- man, Burns, Boyd, Fisher, Brown. Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Flow 1 - lleft to rightl - Crossgrove, Keister, Himmelreich, Aikey, Snook, Johnson, Solomon, Gemberling, Diehl, Bob Libby, Smith, Troutman. Row 2 - Ellis, Brouse, Maltheus, Garret, Owen, Lemmon, Schlott, Stockdale lMgr.1, Millward lMgr.1 Fisher lMgr.1, Andy Sember lCoachl, AI Myers lAsst. Coachl, Wetzel, Hainge, Burger, Peck Owen, Arrasin, H. Erdley. Flow 3 - Marlin Sauers, Butler, Pickey, Bob Millward, Moyer, Libby, Judy, Burger, Ingwers, Fleish, Smith, Price, Shannon, Orasin, Carl Solomon, Morris Sauers. The 1948 Season Danville 38 Milton 32 Mifflinburg 5 Montgomery 0 Carson Long 0 Watsontown 13 Trevorton 0 Selinsgrove 7 The 1949 Season Mifflinburg 0 Milton 19 Northumberland 6 Montgomery 12 Selinsgrove 6 Watsontown 14 Porter Township O Trevorton 0 Montoursville 13 10 Row 1 - lleft to rightl - Bowersox, L. Sauers, V. Sauers, Flick, Holtman, Hurst, Berger, Libby, Troutman, Deans. Row 2 - Boyd, Troxel, Straub, Butler, Judy, Berge, Owens, Smith, Mathews, Johnson. Row 3 - Donahoe, Miller, lngwers, Smith, Witcowski, Kautlman, Burns, Faust, Beck. Row 4 - Daugherty, Dohmann, Sember, Fisher, Stockdale. Handicapped by lack of experi- 1 ence, the Green Dragons of Coach Andrew Sember were able to win only two games during the 1951 season. The Green and White, 1 950 The 1950 Lewisburg High School football team came through the season with a record of four wins and five losses. Seven of the. nine games, Selinsgrove and Bellefonte being the two exceptions, were close, hard fought encounters which could have gone either way. Probably the highlight of the campaign was the 7-6 upset of the highly regarded Milton Panthers. The following game was a heart-breaking 19-13 defeat at the hands of Northumberland. After this game the Dragons suffered heavily from injuries to key players for the remainder of the season. After the final game coach Andy Sember said farewell to seniors Troutman, Mathews, Jurst, Berger, Flick, Libby, Hoffman, L. Sauers, V. Sauers, Deans, Bowersox and Johnson. however, had no reason to feel ashamed of their performance, for several games on their nine-game schedule could easily have gone the other way. Lewisburg dropped closely-con- tested decisions to Trevorton, Bellefonte, Watsontown, and Sel- insgrove. Probably the most excit- ing game of the season was the Bellefonte game. Entering the fray as underdogs by four touchdowns, the Green and White gave their opponents a real battle before losing by one point. Seniors who played their last game for Lewisburg High were Henry Owen, Charles Berge, Clyde Gass, Jack Boyd, Lewis Judy, Robert lngwers, Donald Straub, Row1 - lleft to rightj - K. Smith, D. Butler, J. Boyd, L. Judy, H. Owen, D. Straub, R. lngwers, C. Berge, C. Gass. Row 2 - C. Krebs, M. Shirk, R. Donahoe, G. Kauffman, FSUSLR. Hess, J. Burns, R. Witkowski, D. Smith. Row 3 - D. Johnson, N. Headley, F. Powell, R. Thomas, F. Faint, A. Edinger, T. Jarrett, D. Mensch. Row 4 - Coach Dohmann. -. Peters, R. Fisher, R. Beck, J. Hall, G. Forbes, R. Erickson, Nickerson, Coach Sember Keagle Smith, and David Butler. The 1950 Season The 1951 Season Lewisburg Mifflinburg Lewisburg Mifflinburg L9WiSbUl'9 Milton Lewisburg Milton Lewisburg Northumberland Lewisburg Northumberland l-9WlSbUVQ MONYQOITISFY Lewisburg Montgomery '-eWlSbUVQ Selirlsgrove Lewisburg Selinsgrove Lewisburg Watsontown Lewisburg Watsontown Lewisburg Bellefonte Lewisburg BellGfOfllG Lewisburg Trevorton Lewisburg Trevorton Lewisburg Montoursville Lewisburg Montoursville 1952 Row 1 - lleftlto rightl - Kahle, Lewis, Jarrett, Faust, Faries, Guyer, Mensch, Gibson, Stover, Nephew. Row 2 - Mr. Dohmann, Baker Donahoe, Shirk, Beck, Johnson, Krebs, Burns, Gettle, Mr. Sember. Row 3 - Lockwood lMgr.l, J. Powell, Libby, Kauffman, Casselberry Thomas, Forbes, Lemmon, Haas, Holtzapple, Mr. Peters. The varsity football squad over- came early season reverses to end the season with five victories and five defeats. The Watsontown tilt was closely matched, the Huskies winning the decision by three points. Only in the games with Milton, Northumberland, and Dan- ville were the green Dragons completely outplayed. The Mifflinburg game lowered the curtain on the high school football careers of seven seniors: George Kauffman, Myron Shirk, Dick Beck, Dick Donahoe, Jack Burns, Charles Krebs, and Jack Casselberry. The 1952 Season Lewisburg 6 Lewisburg 0 Lewisburg 6 Lewisburg 27 Lewisburg 7 Lewisburg 21 Lewisburg 6 Lewisburg 28 Lewisburg 19 Lewisburg 18 12 Bloomsburg O Milton 25 Northumberland 28 Montgomery 7 Selinsgrove 12 Watsontown 24 Danville 33 Trevorton 13 Montoursville 7 Mifflinburg 7 1 The 1953 Season The 1953 season saw one of the greatest aggregations that ever represented Lewisburg on the gridiron. After losing the opening game to Bloomsburg in the last three minutes of play, the Green and White came back to trounce a Milton eleven --the second team in L.H.S. history to accomplish this. Next the Dragons suffered defeat at the hands of Northumberland, however, the rest of the season was a triumph for coaches and players, who compiled the best record the Dragons had since the resumption of football as a major sport. A highlight of the season was the victory over a powerful Danville team, the first over the lronmen in the annals of L.H.S. Another first was the victory over Watsontown. The team was the second in Lewisburg history to defeat Milton i Lewisburg 0 Lewisburg 35 Lewisburg 0 Lewisburg 7 Lewisburg 20 Lewisburg 31 Lewisburg 14 Lewisburg 14 Lewisburg 20 and Selinsgrove, and the first to finish among the top four in the Susquehanna Football League. The victory over Mifflinburg in the final game of the season brought back the Little Brown Jug, lost to Mifflinburg last spring. Coaches and members of the team could be proud of the brand of Bloomsburg 13 Milton 12 Northumberland 25 Montgomery 6 Selinsgrove 12 Watsontown 6 Danville 5 Trevorton 7 Mifflinburg 0 football played all season. How- ever, they had more reason to be proud of the fighting spirit and of the cooperation displayed through- out the season. Don Johnson and George Forbes were chosen co-captains by their teammates. Row 1 - lleft to rightl - Libby, Johnson, Thomas, Headley, Haas, F. Powell, G. Forbes, J. Forbes, Jarrett, Smith. Row 2 - Holtzappl-e, Hess, J. Powell, Gibson, Guyer, Gettle, W. Forbes, Smith, Lemmon, Faries, Lewis, Gardner. Row 3 - Mr. Sember, Hyman, Reep, Bertonl, Sterry, Keiser, Richards, Fisher, Zimmerman, Mr. Peters. 13 . I '-f.. .Q A ' , - '-1-f 1' 4- , ,, A : Q I H , 9 , Q A- gn Q fig, F Q aft? -:ff WS il Qiifh is se, :Bw rgiztfw V,I?.' as ,ff-' . - ' ' - Sember Weiser Johns: Row 1 - lleft to rightl - R. Fleep, Holtzapple, Powell, Smith, Lemmon, Guyer, Gibson, Hess, ffafles- ROW 2 Mr- ' ' Geltle, Forbes, Riley, Schreck, Lawrence, Kifolo, Mr. Peters. Row 3 - Bertoni, Richards, Kaiser, Roal, Fenton, Donahoe, Malloy, Hym Roush, Meixell. 1 954 Although riddled with injuries, the 1954 Green Dragons managed to post a record of two wins, four losses and three ties, a record number of deadlocked games for one season for Lewisburg. The highlight of the season was a 12-0 victory over Mifflinburg, a hard-fought contest which gave Lewisburg possession of the Little Brown Jug for another year. Bill Forbes, chosen for the end position on the All-Star team picked by coaches of the Susquehanna League, was elected honorary captain by his teammates at the end of the season. Thirteen seniors concluded their high school football careers: Paules Gibson, Roger Holtzapple, Neil Hess, Joe Powell, Dick Guyer, Ken Gittle, Bill Forbes, Ed Smith, Ross Lemmon, George Faries, Terry Johnson, Larry Schreck and Pat Riley. The 1954 Season Lewisburg 6 Lewisburg 7 Lewisburg 7 Lewisburg 13 Lewisburg O Lewisburg 14 Lewisburg 7 Lewisburg 0 Lewisburg 12 Bloomsburg 6 Milton 27 Northumberland 7 Jersey Shore 12 Sel i n sg rove 27 Watsontown 14 Danville 33 Montoursville 7 Mifflinburg 0 -I The 1955 Season Hit hard by graduation, with six seniors anchoring the offense and defense, the 1955 Green Dragons posted a record of three wins and six losses. Hardest-earned of the three victories was the season's finale against arch rival Mifflinburg. This was the last of the traditional contests to be held at the end of the season. Played on a mud-covered gridiron at Miffllnburg, the Green Dragons and the Wildcats slugged it out through four quarters before Lewisburg emerged victorious. Six seniors ended their high school football careers under Coach Andy Sember and assistant coach George Johns. These includ- ed Glen Roush, Bob Rathoff, Tim Lawrence, Dave Libby, Frank Bertoni, and Drew Hyman. 1 956 The Green and White added a new wrinkle to their training in 1956, attending a pre-season football camp in .hopes that it would put the team in the best condition in the shortest possible time. The Dragons developed a fine team spirit, which sparkled on defense in a tough loss to Milton, but the season netted only three wins, four losses and one tie, a 6-6- deadlock with Mifflinburg in the opening game of the season. Nine seniors ended their high school football careers under Head Coach Andy Sember. These includ- ed Ted Meixell, Alan Gardner, Dave Bennett, Joe Malloy, John Gaym, Jim Katherman, Walt Tolley, Joe Lewisburg Bloomsburg Lewisburg Milton Lewisburg Northumberland Lewisburg Jersey Shore Lewisburg Watsontown Lewisburg Danville Lewisburg Selinsgrove Lewisburg Montgomery Lewisburg Miffllnburg Fenton, and Rich O'Neill The 1956 Season Lewisburg 6 Miffllnburg Lewisburg O Milton 1-GWVSDUVQ 6 Northumberland I-GWiSbUfQ 26 Jersey Shore Lewisburg 13 Watsontown I-9WiSbUfQ 12 Selinsgrove Lewisburg 6 Montgomery LeWiSbL1l'Q 18 Danville Row 1 - lleft to rightl - Meixell, Roush, Bertoni, Libby, Lawrence, Rathofl, Hyman, Malloy, Fenton. Row 2 - Mr. Sember, Burns, Zimmerman, Wetzel, Donahoe, Lucas, R. Kifolo, J. Kifolo, Hufnagle, Fegley, Mr. Johns. Row 3 - VanBuskirk, T. Sagun, Pick, Moyer, Johnson, Conrad, Gay, Bennett, McRae, Kline, A. Sagun. Row 1 - lLeft to rightl - Anderson, Hufnagle, John Donahoe, Erdley, Showalter, R. Kifolo, R. Libby, Conrad, Kepple, Johnson, McRae, Judy, G. Libby. Row 2 - Mr. Lane, T. Sagun, Kline, Gardner, Lucus, O'NeilI, Mellow, Katherman, Tolley, Fenton, Gay, Bennett, Csoka, Meixell, Van Buskirk, .Mr.HimmeIreich. Row 3 - Mr. Thomas, Reish, Keeler, Powell, Knouse, Haas, Evans, Wetzel, Zimmerman, Stover, J. Kifolo, Digan, Morrison,Harrls, Brouse, Benfer, Weaver, A. Sagun, J. Donahoe, Mr. Sember. 15 Seated . lleit lo rightl Managers Hendrickson, Hunter, Crews, Pyers. Row 1 - Mr. Lane, Showalter, Hufnagle, J. Kifolo, Donahoe, Kepple, Johnson, Zimmerman, Wetzel, Stover, Mr. Himmelreich. Row 2 - Francovich, Wagner, Meckley, Csoka, Dielenbach, Keeler, Connard, Taylor, Noone. Row3- Haas, McRae, Kline, Libby, L. Harris, Reish, Brouse. Flow 4- R. Harris, Anderson, Diggan, R. Kifolo, Lucas, Pick, Moyer, Malone. LEAGUE CO-CHAIVlPlONS...1957 Undefeated but twice tied, Coach Bill Lane's Dragons completed a championship season in 1957 as members of the Susquehanna League. lt was Lane's first season as head mentor at Lewisburg. The seven-game slate included wins over Bloomsburg, Jersey Shore, Northumberland, Danville, and Selinsgrove, a scoreless deadlock with Milton and a 13-13 tie against Mifflinburg. Following their 35-12 rout of Selinsgrove, the Green Dragons turned down an offer to play a post-season tilt against unbeaten Lewistown. Be- cause of inclement weather a number of games were cancelled during the season, and Lewisburg shared with Lewistown the champ- ionshop of the Susquehanna League. 'Co-captains of the team were Jim Wetzel, center, John Donahoe, The 1957 Season Lewisburg 13 Lewisburg 0 Lewisburg 19 Lewisburg 13 Lewisburg 49 Lewisburg 38 Lewisburg 35 Mifflinburg 13 Milton O Bloomsburg 13 Jersey Shore O Northumberland O Danville 12 Selinsgrove 12 16 halfback, and Ben Zimmerman, tackle. Ben won honorable mention for the All-State team, and he and John Donahoe received awards as the outstanding lineman and back, respectively, The Dragons employed a split-T offense, with John Donahoe start- ing the season at quarterback. Coach Lane shifted Donahoe to halfback early in the season, replacing him with Joe Kifolo, a passing and kicking specialist. The other running backs were Johnny Pick and Denny Lucas. Ending their schoolboy careers on a victory note were Graham Showalter, Leon Stover, and Bob Hufnagle, ends, Joe Kifolo, quar- terback, Ben Zimmerman and Larry Erdley, tackles, Joe Csoka, Jim Johnson and Pete Kepple, guards, Jim Wetzel, center, and John Donahoe, halfback. Reserves Larry Frankovich, George Dieffenderfer, Bob Meckley, Bob Brouse, Randy Noone and Dave Wagner were also seniors. 1 958 Although the Green Dragons posted a record 75-O rout of Northumberland and returned the traditional Little Brown Jug to Lewisburg with a 38-20 win over Mifflinburg in the opening tilt of 1958, the season ended with a record of three victories and five losses. A wet, muddy field set the stage for another super game, this time against Danville, and a bad break handed the Dragons a hard-to-take 2-0 loss, The coaches of the Susquehanna League selected tackle Leonard Anderson for the first string of the All-League team and tackle Gary Moyer for the second string. ln addition to Moyer and Anderson, seniors ending their high school football careers included team captain Dennis Lucas, Roger Libby, Frank Conrad, John Taylor, Bill McRae, Handy Noone, Bob Kifolo, Alan Kline, Mike Malone and Dan Gordon. The 1958 Season Lewisburg 38 Mifflinburg 20 Lewisburg 6 Milton 14 Lewisburg 0 Bloomsburg 33 Lewisburg 0 Jersey Shore 21 Lewisburg 75 Northumberland 0 , Lewisburg 33 Watsontown 12 Lewisburg 0 Danville 2 Lewisburg 13 Selinsgrove 34 f i 1 we fn 1 . 5 V ,ll W 1 lg' X 3 'Ti l A , 1 1 . - s tsise -T7-1 :rf A t 1 ..5,,,' j T., if -1 L ' ::- i ' r. 1... .tl .. 4 1 A, A , 1' fsr ' ' L ' W Agway, '13 H ' ...4- . r'rrr -i-1 Al ' . Q .1 K ,J - 9'kWt':Z: l..' ' -sir ' 'Vfimj ., , el. if 'J 5' fs 1 A tirrr it tr- t 2--'ref 1 , r, fr tf ,QMM ' A .A ,fy S ga wf1fV g Y Wie t if . ., H ,, 1 .iii 1 is ft -- , . V u gtfni - 'f r fwsffr i'1a .'7ii ff il: i t lf ' W U 'A' 3 ' Eta' f -. ef? A ls 'tt 1 ., 2 g ig , can .4 E ra fsi .N 1:2 3 , 'Q X? 9 W r f fxew' I e?1'xif?t.1A-,Wx A w'fA'W- 1 : R tr V it Q I nt, A I K eq . 1 ,, K' -' Qu 2-'25 f Q, 49 . mir X :,, f e Hg ,gs X 1555 11 1 3 A 'A f , ' 1 lf arm' ' ' ' ., - fmt., A Row 1 - lleft to rightl - Kerstetter, MacFa-rlane, Earnest, Brouse, Degling, Betzer, Kratzer, Malone, Pyers. Row 2 Mr Himmelreich Brouse, McRae, Hallman, Haas, Reish, Libby, Kline, Lucas, Conrad, Mr. Thomas, Row 3 - Mr. Abbott, Diggan, Herman Huckaby Anderson, Gordon, Taylor, Kiiolo, R. Libby, Noone, Moyer, Mr. Lane. J 17 1 959 sew 4 - ill-at Row 1 - ileft to rightl- Huckaby, Reish, Haas, G. Libby, Diggan, Kralzer, Hafer, Herman, Fl. Brouse. Flow 2 - Hallinan, Miles, Gemberling, Wagner, Kline, Swartzlander, Degling, Betzer. Row 3 - Hafer, E. Brouse, Casselberry, Elliott, Weary, Strassner, Kerstetter, Earnest, Hendrickson. Row 4 - Bechtel, H. Libby, Burns. Row 5 - Engle, Souders, Owens, Coach Devore, Murphy, Head Coach Lane, Coach Pottios, Coach Thomas, Coach Wilson. Although the Dragons were only 2-6 for this season, they played some very good games. In the opening game, a Little Brown Jug tilt against Mifflinburg, Gale Fteish booted a field goal, the only points scored, as the Dragons beat Mifflinburg 3-O. The Dragons also downed a strong Northumberland squad 20-14. Possibly one of the most exciting contests was against Selinsgrove, a conference power. The Dragons played the Seals even, before Selinsgrove finally pushed across the Dragon goal for a 6-0 victory. Of the 40 boys who reported to practice for Coach Bill Lane, the following were seniors: Dave Kratzer, Gale Beish, Frank Diggan, John Huckaby, Don Herrman, Bob Brouse,Bill Haas, Gary Libby and Ftobert Hafer. The 1959 Season Lewisburg 3 Lewisburg 6 Lewisburg O Lewisburg 2 Lewisburg 20 Lewisburg 0 Lewisburg 14 Lewisburg 0 Mifflinburg O Milton 20 Bloomsburg 39 Jersey Shore 19 Northumberland 14 Warrior Run 33 Danville 34 Selinsgrove 6 'I 960 The Dragons were hurt by inexperience, having only five seniors on the squad. There was only one bright spot in a rather dim season, a 26-20 victory over Warrior Run. They played a tough game against Jersey Shore before losing 26-13. At the league meeting, following the conclusion of the season, Eric Brouse was selected first team All-League end, and senior Tom Degling won honorable mention. In addition to Degling, seniors on the squad were: Graydon Miles, Mark Betzer, Roland Souders and Ed Kline. The 1960 Season Lewisburg 13 Lewisburg O Lewisburg O Lewisburg 13 Lewisburg O Lewisburg 26 Lewisburg 6 Lewisburg 7 Mifflinburg 38 Milton 27 Bloomsburg 39 Jersey Shore 26 Northumberland 19 Warrior Ftun 20 Danville 39 Selinsgrove 34 Row 1 -'Hafer, Rogers, Earnest, Casselberry, Degling, Kline, Souders, Betzer. Row 2 - Brouse, Pyers, Crebs, Frey Reish Weary VanBuskirk, Schnure. Row 3- Head Coach Lane, Elliotl, Johnson, V. Powell, Noll, Book, Strassner, Roush, Fisher. Row 4 Troutman J Powell, Berger, WelIer,Jordan, Altemus, Doebler. Row 5 - Kopyscianski, J. Hassenplug, Crews, Murphy, G. Hassenplug Coach Pottios Coach Wilson. 19 1 961 Coach Bill Lane had 58 young men report for the first practice session of the 1961 season. These included returning Iettermen Eric Brouse, Myles Crebs, Dan Schnure, Flalph Fleish, Bob Strassner, Bill Earnest, Mel Noll, Dave Weary, Walt Castleberry, Jim Frey Jim VanBuskirk, John Hafer, Bob Fiogers, Walt Berger, Bob Weller and Bob Elliot. When the season ended, the Green Dragons had a 4-4 record. Eric Brouse, now on the engineer- ing staff of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways, won honorable mention on the All- League team and was voted top back of the team. In addition, underclassmen David Swartzlander, Walt Berger, Bob Weller and Larry Noll were cited for their outstand- ing play, which included a Little Brown Jug victory over Mifflinburg and an upset win over Selinsgrove. The 1961 Season Lewisburg 13 Lewisburg 19 Lewisburg O Lewisburg 13 Lewisburg 20 Lewisburg 18 Lewisburg 20 Lewisburg 19 Mifflinburg 0 Milton 41 Bloomsburg 14 Jersey Shore 34 Penns Valley 0 Warrior Bun O Danville 42 Selinsgrove 13 Row 1 - llelt to rightl - Strassner, Earnest, M. Noll, Elliott, Brouse, Crebs, Miller, Reish, Johnson. Row 2 - Pyers, L. Noll, Weary, Frey Erdley, Casselberry, Schnure, VanBuskirk. Row 3 - DeWire, Hunter, Hendrickson, Keister, Haier, Weller, Kilolo, V. Powell, Burger Walters. Row 4 - Mathias, Troutman, Kribbs, J. Powell, Swartzlander, Voneida, Doebler, Boyer, Burt. Row 5 - Odell, Rowe, Darmon McFaIl, Candrick, Franquet, Fairchild, Hassenplug, Corle, Myles, Rodgers, Heim, Murphy, Kmiecinski. 20 1 962 Row1 - llelt to rightl - Book, Hater, Hendrickson, Keister, Rote, Hunter, V. Powell, Rogers, DeWlre. Row 2 - Odell, Krihbs, J. Mathias Troutman, Swartzlander, Thomas, Burns, Noll, Murphy. Row 3 - Candrick, Weller, Boyer, Altemus, Denius, Kilolo, Walters, Bromlleld Grove. Row 4 - Rohland, Gemberling, Chalmers, Moyer, Zimmerman, Berger, Stolz, J. Powell, Auten. Row 5 - Corle, G. Mathias, Marlin Nesbit, McDowell, Boob, Heim, Kmiecinski, Hassenplug. L.H.S. attained a winning record for the first time since 1957, and the Dragons have never had a losing season from 1962 to the present. The Dragons went 6-3, which included a tight victory over Mifflinburg and a big victory over Selinsgrove. The Dragons downed Milton 32-0, the first time Lewis- burg had beaten Milton in a decade. Another first in 1962 was the Sunbury game, which was to mark the first meeting between the two teams since the Dragons reopened football in 1945. The Dragons defeated Sunbury 7-6, which helped Lewisburg take second place in the Susquehanna League, their best finish since 1957. Senior halfback Joe Keister won honorable mention on the All- League squad. ln addition to Keister, seniors playing for coach Bill Lane were: Ken Dewire, Bill Hunter, Hank Hendrickson, Bob Rogers, Larry Noll, John Book, John Hafer and Vincent Powell. The 1962 Season Lewisburg 13 Lewisburg 32 Lewisburg , 12 Lewisburg 6 Lewisburg 14 Lewisburg 7 Lewisburg 20 Lewisburg 25 Lewisburg 6 21 Mifflinburg 7 Milton 0 Bloomsburg 24 Jersey Shore 24 Penns Valley 7 Sunbury 6 Danville 46 Selinsgrove ' 6 Central Columbia 0 1 963 Row1-llelt to rightl-Meachum Kribbs Altemus J Mathias Berger Swarlzlander Powell No Ie T t D ' C , I l If 1 3 - , , , , 9 , rou man, enius, andrick. Row 2- G. Mathias, Martin, Nesbll, Kilolo, Qoebler, Helm, S. Moyer, Bromfield, Holley, Zimmerman, Walters, Odell. Row 3 - M. McDowell, Kmiecmski, Burns, Ferris, Golder, Aikey, Schmittel, Lane, Gemberling, Thomas, Boyer. Row 4 - Mr. Polllos, Denius, Nell, McCoy, Wilson, G. McDowell W l I B , e ze, oop, Hamm, Hector. Row 5 - Mr. Thomas, Coach Lane, Boehmer, Hassenplug, Murphy, Aulen, Rote Grove, C. Moyer, Mr. Glennon. The Dragons dropped their affiliation with the Susquehanna League and went independent. They turned in a 5-4 record, but, with afew breaks, they could easily have been 7-2. Lewisburg lost two heartbreakers in the final minutes to Jersey Shore and Milton, but came back in the final three games of the season to take impressive victories from Selinsgrove, Central Columbia, and Towanda. The Dragons convincingly outscored their opponents, 146-121. Seniors ending their careers with the Towanda game included Dave Swartzlander, John Powell, Walt Berger, Bill Kribbs, John Mathias, Bill Denius, Rich Altemus, Russ Meachum and Flay Nogle. The 1963 Season Lewisburg 0 Lewisburg 8 Lewisburg 25 Lewisburg 7 Lewisburg 28 Lewisburg 7 Lewisburg 13 Lewisburg 32 Lewisburg 20 22 Mifflinburg 20 Milton 13 Bloomsburg 14 Jersey Shore 13 Penns Valley 13 Sunbury 26 Selinsgrove 6 Central Columbia 7 Towanda 7 AN UNDEFEATED SEASON This season would prove to be the Dragons most successful since football reappeared in 1945. The Dragons compiled an 8-O record tno losses and no tiesj., the first time that Lewisburg had accomplished this feat in the modern football era. Throughout the season, Dragon victories had been impressive. They soundly defeated Mifflinburg 51-0 in the season opener. They gained impressive victories over Blooms- burg, Milton, Junita Joint and Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg 1 964 Penns Valley. ln two hard-fought contests the Dragons emerged victorious, 13-7 over Warrier Flun and 19-13 over Jersey Shore, two powerful squads in those years. The Green culminated the season by soundly dumping Towanda 73-6. Both offensively and defensively the Dragons were a superlative squad. On offense the Dragons averaged 34.3 points per game, one of the highest averages in the school's history. On defense the Dragons allowed 4.9 points per The 1964 Season 51 Miffinburg 20 Milton 26 Bloomsburg 27 Juniata Joint 45 Penns Valley 13 Warrior Run 19 Jersey Shore 73 Towanda game, the lowest total in modern history. Bill Heim led the team in both rushing and scoring. Quarterback Steve Moyer kept the Dragon attack balanced by passing to two fine ends, Bob Odell and Bob Ryan. Seniors on the squad included: Bob Odell, Bill Heim, Charles Boyer, Tom Candrick, Jr., Al Coup, Wayne Bromfield, Bill Doebler, Bob Heckman, George Golder, Angelo Kifolo, Bill Kmiecinski,Gary Walter and George Yost. O 6 7 0 O 7 13 6 Row 1 - llefl to rightl - AI Coup, Bill Heim, Wayne Bromlield, Tom Candrick, Bernie Yost, Charlie Boyer, Bob Odell, Angie Kifolo, Bill Kmiecinski, Terry Doebler, Gary Walter, Bob Heckman, John Crayton IMgr.l. Row 2 - Steve Noll, Jim Aikey, Clyde Carter, Greg Mathias, Bill Zimmerman, Steve Mayer, Tim Martin, George McDowell, Bob Ryan, Clay VanBuskirk, Dave Wetzel, Bob Thomas, John Laird lMgr.1. Row 3 - Dan Roland, Gerald Gemberling, Duane Musser, Ted Schmlttle, Blll Lane, Bob Hamm, Dick Neff, Mike McDowell, Chip Nesbit, Walt Keister, Pete Walters, Rich Burrows, Bill Young lMgr.l. Row 4 - Bill Worth, Jim Lakes, George Stahley, John Prowant, Jim Spearman Rick Hoffman, Larry Erb, Jeff Mathias, Lew Litchard, Dave McCoy, Bill Campbell lMgr.l. Row 5 - Mr. Lane, Mr. Pottios, Mr. Logan. 23 Row l1, - lleft to rightl - Schmitlel, Boob, Gronvold, VanBuskirk, Wirth, Musser, Gemberling, Zimmerman, Marlin, Moyer, Aikey, G. Mathias, Nesbil, M. McDowell, Flock, Wetzelf Row2 - Neff, Hoffman, Hendrickson, Edward Flussell, Hilkert, Roat, Shirk, Kissinger, Erb, Wilson, Elwood Russell, Hollzapple, Snyder, J. Mathias, Parker, Lane. Row 3 - Lakes, Dyer, Lyons, Cornelius, Burrows, Litchard, W. McDowell, Wheatcrofl, Cooke, W. Goff, Henry, McShane, Miller, Spearman, G. McDowell. Row 4 - Mr. Spielman, Mr. Lane, Mr. Logan, 1 965 Lane. Tim Martin set the season record with 20 passes received. Mr. Thomas, Mr. Pottios, Mr. Raber, Laird, Hyde. The 1964 spirit was carried on by the Dragons in 1965 with a thrilling 4-2-3 season. Out of the 47 members of this year's team, 18 were seniors. In what was the exciting game of the season, Lewisburg stopped a 27-game winning streak held by the favored Panthers of Bald Eagle Nittany with a 20-20 tie. Receiving the M.V.P. trophy for back was Tim Martin, and for the line was Chip Nesbit. Other outstanding players were Steve Mayer, Bill Zimmerman, and Bill Coaches for this season were Mr. Lane, Mr. Logan, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Pottios, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Splelman. Seniors for the 1965 season included Tim Martin, Jim Aikey, Clay VanBuskirk, Bill Zimmerman, Lee Denius,Kip Flock, Jim Lakes, Gerald Gemberling, Steve Moyer, Dick Neff, Duane Musser, Gregg Mathias, Chip Nesbit, Bill Worth, Mike McDowell, Byron Grenvold, Dave Wetzel and Dan Flohland. The 1965 Season Lewisburg 45 Lewisburg 14 Lewisburg 34 Lewisburg 28 Lewisburg 14 Lewisburg 13 Lewisburg 0 Lewisburg 26 Lewisburg 20 Lewisburg 26 Mifflinburg 13 Milton 14 Hughesville 7 Juniata Joint 20 Penns Valley 20 Warrior Run 15 South Williamsport 0 Jersey Shore 6 Bald Eagle Nittany 20 Selinsgrove 14 24 lnexperience marked the beginn- ing of the 1966 season with the loss of 18 seniors from the squad. With only 5 returning Iettermen, Bill Lane, Ted Schmittle, George McDowell, Larry Erb and Bud Snyder, the Dragons acquired an impressive record of 7-2-1, and captured second place in their first year in the West Branch League. Lewisburg's first Homecoming game was easily the most exciting game of the year, with the Dragons battling to a 7-7 tie with South Williamsport. Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg 1 966 Senior Bill Lane and Junior, George Stahley monopolized the statistics for the 1966 season. Lane was the leading scorer and passer, while Stahley led the team in rushing and receiving. Lane also kicked a 44-yard field goal in the Miffllnburg game and was voted M.V.P. of the backs. M.V.P. for the line was Ted Schmittle. Other outstanding players were Larry Erb, Ray Hendrickson, Bud Snyder, Walt Keister, Mike Wilson, and Dave Roadarmel. Coaches for the season were Mr. Lane, Mr. Pottios, Mr. Logan, Mr. Ftaber, and Mr. Thomas. Seniors for the 1966 season included Bill Lane, Mike Wilson, Ted Schmittle, Dave Roadarmel, Terry Powderly, Terry Rothermel, Jerry Campbell, Jim Holtzapple, George McDowell, Dave Fowler, Jordan Parker, Rich Diehl, and Rick Hoffman. A The 1966 Season 22 Mifflinburg 7 14 Milton 13 25 Loyalsock 0 38 Warrior Run 6 7 South Williamsport 7 21 Montoursville 27 24 Montgomery 7 6 Bald Eagle Nittany 64 27 Hughesville 0 38 Muncy 25 Kneeling: Wilson, Schmittel, Lane, Co-captains. Row 1 - Coach Pottios, Stahley, Ed. Russell, Powderly, Rothermel, Campbell, Holtzapple, G. McDowell, Fowler, Coach Lane. Row 2 - Black, Erb, Elwood Russell, Litchard, Hendrickson, Hilkert, Snyder, Mathias, Roat. Row 3 - Smith, T. Kratzer, Burrows, Stump, Spearman, Turner, Keister. Row 4 - Henry, Golf, Hammond, Stackhouse, Hoffman, Royer, S. Kratzer, Sauers, W. McDowell. Row 5 - Gladfelier, Williams, Laird, Mabus. 25 '2 15'-x glee fe'?7r,e X Row 1 - llelt to rightl - Kratzer, Erb, Roat, Spearman, Snyder, Stahley, Edward Russell, Hilkerl, Elwood Russell, Keister, Burrows, Shifller Row 2 - W. Goff, Black, Slum Stackh K l R. L ' N. ll ' ' . p, ouse, ers eller, aird, Royer, Go , Austin, Swarlzlander, Herr, Mabus, Laird Row 3 Mr Lane, Erdly, Herbst, Hoffman, Morris, Hendrickson, McDowell, Dock, Fisher, Cooke, G. Crebs, B. Crebs, Sauers, J. Laird, Keiper. Row 4 Mr. Thomas, Mr. Potlios, Hanlin, Stahl, Shoecraft, Dershem, Kratzer, Vollmer, Feaster, Allen, Noone, Gladlelter, Cornelius. After losing 13 lettermen, includ- ing key starters, the Dragons came back with a thrilling 8-2 season which ended in a 3-way tie with Mifflinburg and Montoursville for second place in the West Branch Conference. The key game of the season was also the most excitng, as the Dragons beat Montoursville, 34-30. This win assured Lewisburg of a second place tie in the Conference, and Coach Lane called it one of the most heartwarming team victories in recent Lewisburg football years. The most outstanding player for the 1967 season was George Stahley, who was labeled the scoringest back in Dragon's his- tory. Winning the M.V.P. award for the backs, he broke a record set by Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Bill Helm, with 21 touchdowns and led the team and the league in scoring with 120 points. 967 Other outstanding players were Ray Hendrickson, Lew Hilkert, Ed Russell, who won the M.V.P. award for the line, and Larry Magic Toe Erb, who was also a record breaker with 34 extra points. Coaches for this season were Mr. Lane, Mr. Pottios, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Logan. Seniors for the 1967 season included Bob Black, Jim Spearmen, Walt Keister, Tom Kratzer, Ron Kerstetter, Dave Roat, Bob Laird, Bud Snyder, Rich Burrows, Ray Hendrickson, Wayne Stump, Ge- orge Stahley, Ed Russell, Elwood Russell, Larry Erb, and Lew Hilkert. The 1967 Season 0 Mlfflinburg 6 30 Milton 6 29 Loyalsock 14 52 Warrior Run 21 38 South Williamsport 13 34 Montoursville 30 50 Montgomery 7 26 Bald Eagle Nittany 35 54 Hughesville 6 47 Muncy 13 26 Coach Bill Lane and his assistants, Ray Pottios and Ken Bills, produced a team for the 1968 season that really outdid itself in perseverence and power. The Dragons took third place in the West Branch League with a record of 8-2. With 44 men on the squad and 17 lettermen, the Dragons saw many exciting games, but two really stood out -- a 20-21 loss to Montoursville and the Muncy game, where the Dragons were down 21-26 with 1:23 left and Randy Hoffman made the winning touchdown. The M.V.P. awards went to Steve Erdley for the backs and Rod Royer for the line. Other outstanding players for the season were Phil Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Lewisburg Swartzlander, Bill Stackhouse, Ben Herbst, Jeff Dock, Dick Goff, Randy Hoffman, who set two new school records for passing yardage and interceptions, and Ron Metzger, who started his career this year. 1 968 John Laird concluded his last season as trainer for the team. He did an outstanding job for many years, not only for the football team but in other sports as well. Seniors for the 1968 season included Mike McDowell, Bill Stackhouse, Bob Sauers, Jeff Dock, Per Linblad, Nick Goff, Bill Goff, Steve Erdley, Dave Cooke, Ben Herbst, Randy Hoffman, Ralph Gladfelter, Bob Feaster, Rod Royer, The Season and Gene MOl'l'lS. 27 Mifflinburg 6 33 Milton 14 27 Loyalsock 20 39 Warrior Run 6 28 South Williamsport 13 20 Montoursville 21 46 Montgomery 18 6 Bald Eagle Nittany 28 59 Hughesville O 28 Muncy 26 '?3'8i its w,,gq I'- 'md Row 1 - lleft to rightl - Metzger, W. Goff, McDowell, Feaster, N. Goff, Sauers, Stackhouse, Royer, Hoffman, Herbst, S. Erdley, Swartzlander, Gessner. Row 2 - John Laird, Coach Pottios, J. Erdley, B. Crebs, Cooke, Lindblad, Dock, R. Gladfelter, Morris, Austin, Vollmer, Lacotta, D. Laird, Coach Lane, Coach Bills. Row 3 - Hauck, Napp, Dirk, Jeff Laird, Naugle, Brungraber, G. Crebs, Rice, Keller. Row 4 - Gladfelter, Edmunds, Wilson, Stark, L. Sauer, Johnson, Bennage, Stahlnecker, Snyder, Cornelius. 27 df .. SU 1:20 42-'f Q.2't,g - 1 A 1 1 gtg I I r'alf,ef1.y QQ C . Q yt- +224 ..., gift 431215 .tiki C, .2 6.4 be Row 1 - llelt to rightl - K. Sholley, R. Metzger, D. Rheam, S. Naugle, D. Derk, G. Crebs, D. Vollmer, P. Swartzlander, B. Crebs, J. Austin, J. Erdly, T. Gessner, J. Laird. Row 2 - D. CIaus,,J. Johnson, T. Gofl, C. Keller, R. Gemberling, C. Bennage, J. Rice, G. Stark, B. Morris, E. Hauck, K. Kizis, D. Herbst, C. Mathias. Row 3 - B. Keller, G. Lytle, K. Yost, M. Storer, S. Edmonds, W. Feaster, G. Stump, R. Schiebel D. Wingfield, M. Baker. Row 4 - S. Smith, M. Slonaker, M. Wilson, J. Correy, R. Stahlnecker, D. Gemberling, G. Nickerson, D. Dorman, L. Stahl. Row 5 - W. Swartz, D. Herman, C. Brouse, F. Schobert, D. Laird, E. Johnson, J. Troup, D. Jones, M. Denius, Mr. Reidell, Coach Pottios, Mr. Thomas. 1 969 Coach Ray Pottios made a successful debut with an exciting 8-2 season. The determined Drag- ons had some very impressive scores but stopped their winning streak by losing two heartbreakers --to Montoursville and B.E.N. The M.V.P. Awards went to Bob Crebs, for the backs and Jim Austin, for the line. Other out- standing players for the season were Ron Metzger, Terry Gessner, Bob Morris, Phil Swartzlander, and Dan Vollmer. Assisting Coach Pottios were Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Reidell. Seniors for the 1969 season included John Kintner, Jim Erdly, Steve Naugle, Chuck Walker, Bob Crebs, Mike Mack, Ben Brungraber, Dan Vollmer, Jim Austin, Phil Swartzlander, Dennis Derk and Gary Crebs. The 1969 Season Lewisburg 6 Lewisburg 39 Lewisburg 21 Lewisburg 27 Lewisburg 30 Lewisburg 37 Lewisburg 24 Lewisburg 12 Lewisburg 53 Lewisburg 32 28 Mifflinburg 0 Milton 14 Loyalsock 7 Warrior Run 0 South Williamsport O Montgomery 8 Montoursville W 49 Bald Eagle Nittany 23 Hughesville 0 Muncy 14 1970 The 1970 season saw victory and some surprises-,with a 7-2-1 record. The Dragons made a first in Lewisburg High School football history with a thrilling victory over B.E.N., 25-22. The Dragons were led this year by Ron Metzger, Terry Gessner, Lawson Fetterman, Ed Hauck, Jeff Laird, and Bob Morris. Terry Gessner had another 1000-yard plus rushing season and Dom Herbst had a good season in his first year as quarterback. Seniors for the 1970 season included Pat Ondishko, John Herman, Lawson Fetterman, Karl Bennage, Terry Gessner, Jim Rice, Greg Wetzel, Jeff Laird, Ed Hauck, Pete Johnson, and Bob Morris The 7970 Season Lewisburg 12 Lewisburg 27 Lewisburg 0 Lewisburg 42 Lewisburg 10 Lewisburg 36 Lewisburg 22 Lewisburg 25 Lewisburg 34 Lewisburg 53 Mifflinburg 12 Milton 0 Loyalsock 24 Warrior Run 8 South Williamsport 27 Montgomery 13 Montoursville 14 Bald Eagle Nittany 22 Hughesville 12 Muncy 6 N ... . A1 '5'74 '4nf0g9 an .2 931:19 Her-'f3'1 115511 73-0 -.f-2.3 crest as 81.55.-B35 as It 44 31 51 t f'7Ut-73 S Row 1 - lleft to rightl-J. Herman, G. Wetzel, J. Rice, L. Fetterman, J. Laird, T. Gessner, R. Metzger, B. Morris, K. Bennage, E. Hauck, P. Johnson, P. Ondishko. Flow 2 - Coach Pottios, C. Mathias, G. Lytle, J. Yost, R. Schiebel, W. Swartz, T. Golf, D. Herbst, J. Johnson, M. Storer, C. Brouse, C. Kizis, D. Dorman. Row 3 - Coach Thomas, F. Schobert, J. Reigle, W. Van Buskirk, W. Feaster, T. Jarrett, K. Herander, C. Jasicwiscz, K. Jones, J. Poynter, J. Noll, G. Adams. Row 4 - J. Killian, J. Miller, W. Nickerson, R. Metzger, J. Savidge, G. Dock, E. Reiner, D. Swartzlander, F. Warren, M. Baker. Row 5 - J. Prowant, D. Laird, R. Troup, E. Johnson, J. Ricker, B. Keller. 29 Row 1 - llelt to rightl - J. Reigle, S. Smith, B. Nickerson, R. Metzger, J. Yost, D. Dorman, G. Lytle, D. Herbst, R. Schiebel, C. Mathias, M Storer, W. Feaster, F. Schobert, J. Savidge. Row 2 - M. Mathias, K. Herander, W. Swartz, S. Mathias, T. Jarrett, M. Baker, T. Biernstein G. Adams, J. Poynter, J. Prowant, D. Reichard, B. Troup, C. Engleman, P. Miller, G. Folio. Row 3 - C. Jasiewicz, T. Bingaman, L. Sholley M. Solomon, D. Norris, B. Kratzer, J. Rein, P. VanBuskirk, B. VanBuskirk, S. Roberts, J. Sholley, C. Volchansky, D. Warren, K. Young Row 4 - T. Ard, E. Crow, H. Kratzer, B. Gold, B. Sholley, A. Yerg, C. Everett. Row 5 - Coach Wetzel, Coach Pottios, Coach Murray, D Laird, B. Poynter, A. Boyer. CONFERENCE C0-CHAIVIPIGNS 1971 The 1971 season was a fantastic one for the Dragons and Coach Pottios, and a record of 9-1 made L.H.S. co-champions of the West Branch League. The most thrilling game of the season came in the clash against B.E.N. The Dragons won the game, 27-19, and ended a 12-year winning streak for B.E.N. on their home field. Another exciting game was with South Williamsport, when, with the Dragons losing 14-20 and 1:15 left to go, Ftich Schiebel ran back an 80-yard touchdown to win the game. Lewisburg also lost a heartbreaker to Loyalsock. The most valuable player of the season was Rich Schiebel, who set the all-time rushing record. Other outstanding players were Dom Herbst, Jim Poynter, Greg Lytle, and Dave Reichard. Coaches for this season were Mr. Thomas, Mr. Tezik, Mr. Wetzel, Mr. Temple, and Mr. Murray. Seniors for the 1971 season included Jim Reigle, Scott Smith, Bill Nickerson, Ken Yost, Dale Dorman, Greg Lytle, Dom Herbst, Rich Schiebel, Cliff Mathias, Wayne Feaster, Fred Shobert, Mike Storer, Wayne Swartz, and Mike Baker. The 7971 Season Lewisburg 28 Lewisburg 28 Lewisburg O Lewisburg 50 Lewisburg 21 Lewisburg 41 Lewisburg 48 Lewisburg 27 Lewisburg 22 Lewisburg 44 30 Mifflinburg O Milton 12 Loyalsock 27 Warrior Run 19 South Williamsport 20 Montgomery 0 Montoursville 25 Bald Eagle Nittany 19 Hughesville 14 Muncy 16 1972 The1972 football season saw the Savidge, Paul Miller, Dave Reich- Green Dragons battle for an 8-2 ard, Chuck Engleman, and Randy record. Lewisburg lost a tight Metzger, who came close to a f10m9C0minQ Qfime to 5-E-N-, season's touchdown record. 14-16, which ended a 14-game winning streak for the Dragons. They also lost to a tough Hughesville team. Perhaps the most desired win was the victory over Loyalsock, after the heart- breaker of the 1971 season. Seniors for the 1972 season included Bill Van Buskirk, Vince Herbst, Jim Prowant, Kirk Heran- der, John Yost, Randy Metzger, Jim Poynter, Charles Jasiewicz, Tim Jarret, Dave Reichard, Joe Savidge, The FROST OUTSt3i'idinQ DIEIYGVS fOI' Jeff Reigle, Greg Adams, and Bob this season were John Yost, Joe Troupe. The 7972 Season Lewisburg 33 Mifflinburg 13 Lewisburg 22 Milton O Lewisburg 22 Loyalsock 6 Lewisburg 54 Warrior Run 30 Lewisburg 24 South Williamsport 21 Lewisburg 29 Montgomery 0 Lewisburg 26 Montoursville 9 Lewisburg 14 Bald Eagle Nittany 16 Lewisburg 14 Hughesville 15 Lewisburg 40 Muncy 6 4Q3fp to pr, . 41 l A . W x 1 A A ...HJ Roiiv 1 - llett to rightl - B. Van Buskirk, V. Herbst, J. Prowant, K. Herander, J. Yost, R. Metzger, J. Poynter, C. Jasiewicz,T. Jarrett, D. Relflhafd, J. Savidge, J. Reigle. Row 2- B. Shatter, G. Folio, S. Sholley, P. Van Buskirk, G. Dock, R. Troupe, T. Bingaman, G. Adams, C. Engleman, B. Gold, P. Miller. Row 3 - D. Laird, K. Dock G. Zeyn, E. Crow, T. Ard, D. Warren, R. Erdley, R. Gearhart, E. Herbster, R. Zechman. Row 4 - Sholley, D. Denius, R. Casimir, B. Gray, G. Hess, L. Sholley, S. James, D. Heiter, J. Dubaskas. Row 5 - J. Crawford, G. Ammon, K. Weist, M. Baker, D. Chappell, B. Latour, C. Woodling, A. Boyer, C. Sones, J. Henry, Coaches R. Pottios, B. Thomas. 31 Flow tv- llett to rightl - Van Buskirk, M. Erdley, R. Erdley, Warren, Everett, Folio, Engelman, S. Sholley, M. Sholley, B. Gold, Tony Bingaman, Mathias, L. Sholley. Row 2- Yerg, Crawford, Shaffer, Herbster, Zeyn, Hess, Dock, B. Gray, Snook, Latour, Ammon, Hummel, Rein. Row 3 - Hassenplug, Miller, Heiter, Ard, Waughan, Drust, Killian, Crow, Weist, James, Korizno, Gearhart, Woodling. Row 4 - Anderson, Lewis, Harvey, DeHott, B. Wagner, Rote, Leitzel, Baker, Denius, J. Sholley, Kifolo, Stover, Pray, Williams. Row 5 - Chrzanowski, Troutman, Bingaman, Meachum, Zaiser, S. Gold, Stockdale, Kratzer, Benter, Hendershot, H. Wagner, Meslenev, J. Gray. Row 6 - Coach Pottios, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Henke, Mr. Bultord, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Wetzel, Bailey, Dean Laird. CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS When Lewisburg High School's football team reported for practice on a hot August morning in 1973, the coaching staff confronted the annual problem of replacing the many fine seniors who had graduated in June: no regulars returning on offense and only two on defense. We knew that we had some promising players, and that the main problem was to put everyone in the right place and then get them playing together on offense and defense in time for the opening game. Fortunately, injuries were few,and spirit and effort were good. Although we dominated our preseason scrimmages with New- port and Wyalusing, we still were not sure what sort of football team this was going to be. We felt that we did not have enough overall size and experience in the offensive line to move the ball consistently on the ground, and we did not know whether our blocking and running was coordinated well enough to 1 973 by Brad Gray and Karl Weist deliver the long plays we needed to win. So, we went to Mifflinburg with many questions unanswered. The locker room was very quiet before game time, and it was hard to tell if Lewisburg was ready. We were! On the first play from scrimmage junior fullback Kevin Dock broke off right tackle and ran about 60 yards for a touchdown. Kevin later opened the second half with another long touchdown run and finished the evening with 180 yards rushing and 4 touchdowns. lt was to be a fine year for Kevin and for L.H.S. Halfback Don Warren, The Blazer, ran 45 yards on a counter for a touchdown in the third quarter. Don went on to contribute many exciting runs throughout the season. QB Ed Herbster kept Mifflinburg's defense off balance with accurate passes to ends Craig Everett and Brian Shaffer. It certainly looked as though Lewisburg was going to have a dangerous offense. The defense did not allow Mifflinburg to 32 score until the final period. Although the Wildcat's started several drives, they were unable to sustain them. The Green Dragon defense had set a pattern for itself that it was to follow throughout most of the season: it would bend, but not break. The second game was with Milton. This was to be the year for the Black Panthers, an experienced team with good talent. We were impressed with all phases of their game. They had beaten Warrior Run badly and had visions of an undefeated season. The game brought 7000 fans to Lewisburg, the largest crowd in Bucknell Stadium during the year. Milton people believed this would be the year to beat Lewisburg. Aftera bruising battle, Lewisburg emerged the victor by a score of 15 to O. Again Kevin Dock led the rushers. Ed Herbster passed well and also made some key gains on keeper plays. Paul Miller and Steve Mathias made some key plays in our defensive secondary. Now Lewisburg could sense the making of a good season. Milton went on to win the B. championship of the Susquehanna Valley League, de- feating Shikellamy and class B Eastern Conference champion Bloomsburg. Loyalsock was another Hbig game. Loyalsock had beaten a good South Williamsport team and a promising Hughesville team. The Lancers and the Dragons were undefeated and starting to eye the championship. lt turned out to be a near perfect game for Lewisburg. We could do no wrong. The first four times we got the ball we drove for long touchdowns. Ed Herbster's passes to Craig Everett, and Ed's runs behind Don Warren's fine blocks highlighted the offense. Tackle Glenn Folio made some key plays on defense, and Craig Everett nelped to stop many Lancer drives with his excellent play at defensive end. We were ahead 28 to 0 at halftime, and then got some apparently unneeded help from a torrential downpour during the second half. The fourth game was with Warrior Run. lt was good to see former Lewisburg coach Bill Lane again. Bill, one of the league's best coaches, was in the process of building up Warrior Ftun's football program. We didn't know how his boys would perform against his old team. Our boys took charge on the field and did not let up until the game was out of reach. lt was another good day for the Dragons, 42-14. Next came the annual brawl with South Williamsport. The two previous games with South were squeakers and this was to be no exception. lt was a real physical game, and the fans on both sides went wild. Two excellent bands did their best to inspire their teams. The final score was 7-6, Lewisburg. The margin of victory was George Zeyn's extra point placement kick. Among the few bright spots for our offense were the darting runs of Tony Bingaman through the big South line. Although Kevin Dock's punt returns kept us in good field position, we could manage only one touchdown. Our defense, including Chuck Engelman and big Mike Erdley in the line, and linebackers Lynn Sholley and Tom Shook, continued its excellent play. Brian Shaffer, who was sent into the defensive secondary late in the game to intercept passes, inter- cepted two, and Karl Weist contributed an opportune fumble recovery. Game number six was with hot and cold Montoursville. Our offense could not move in the first half, but the defense again rose to the occasion and more than made up for it. Our two defensive ends, Craig Everett and Kevin Dock, each intercepted a flat pass and ran for long touchdowns. Late in the first half the defense recovered a fumble and gave the ball to the offense on the Warrior's 7 yard line. Kevin Dock ran it over on the first play. The offense contributed a little more in the second half, particu- larly when excellent blocking popped Kevin Dock loose for another long touchdown run. Final score, 27-O. Another big game -- this time with undefeated Montgomery -- a well-balanced, agressive team. Again, Lewisburg was more than ready. The offense, recovering from a two-week slump, could not be stopped. Our offensive line -- with Scott Sholley at center, Mike Sholley and Gene Ammon at guard, and Glenn Folio and Brad Gray at tackle -- had its best game. Kevin Dock gained 212 yards rushing and scored 26 points. Craig Everett caught four passes for 68 yards. The defense did not allow Mont- gomery to score until the game was decided. A total team effort won the game and kept alive our hopes for a championship season. The 41-12 Dragon victory was a big disap- pointment for Montgomery al- though coach John Zalonis' excell- ent team went on to win the class B championship of our league. The eighth game was at Bald Eagle Nittany, our old nemesis. We had prepared hard for this game, maybe too hard. Our coaching staff knew Walt Diehl's teams are always hard to beat and expected lots of trouble. Perhaps some of our players may have been comparing earlier scores and had become a little overconfident. The Panthers had tied Montgomery, but were still undefeated in league play. We thought that BEN might adjust its defense for our game, but, instead, they changed their offensive forma- tion. We were unable to stop them, and we couldn't move against their quick, agressive defense. From the outset it looked like it might be a long afternoon. On our second offensive play we fumbled after a good gain and they recovered. On BEN's first offensive play, a short pass which was batted high into the air by Craig Everett, the ball fell into the hands of a BEN receiver for a nice gain. They marched right in for a touchdown. Later, in the first quarter, it seemed as if our luck might be improving when they fumbled on about their 25-yard line, and we immediately drove in for a touchdown and a short-lived 7-6 Continued on page 34 l l l Calling a brief halt to the action. 33 From page 33 lead. From that point on, BEN's passing attack and agressive defense took over. Our play, particularly on offense, improved some in the second half, but we were soundly beaten. Fine pass- catching by Jeff Crawford and Brian Shaffer, and Kevin Dock's hard running gave us something to cheer about late in the game. Instead of winning the big game as we had been doing all season, we had lost what seemed at the time to be the decisive game. It was a bad day for both coaches and players. Some fans, frustrated by watching an undefeated Lewisburg team run around against Bald Eagle Nittany for the second year in a row, suddenly turned into howling wolves. As if things were not bad enough, QB Ed Herbster broke a finger on his right hand during the game and would not be able to play for a couple of weeks. The stage now appeared to be set for a repeat of the 1972 season when the Green Dragons won 7 Straight, lost a heartbreaker to BEN, and then, demoralized, were upset by a tough Hughesville team. Our regular QB was out, and a young, strong Hughesville team under veteran coach, George Nace, was very anxious to make up for some tough earlier losses. When Hughesville scored first, it certainly seemed as if history were repeating itself, but, despite the great pressure, this Lewisburg team did not crack. Senior Steve Mathias, our regular defensive safety, took over at QB and did a tremendous job. He passed to Craig Craig Everett snatches touchdown pass. Everett for a touchdown with seconds remaining in the first half to give us a 7-6 lead. Steve completed 9 out of 10 passes during the game, including two more touchdown passes to Craig in the second half, and our defense did not allow the Spartans to score again. We had a hard-earned victory over a good Hughesville team. The final game of the season was preceded by a pleasant surprise. On Friday-night Bald Eagle Nittany ran into a buzz saw at Hughesville, and Don Warren blazes around end. 34 lost 7-6. We played Muncy at the Stadium on Saturday, and a victory would give us the championship. Muncy was coming to the end of a poor season, and the enthusiastic Dragons weren t about to make it any better. Lewisburg scored at will. The inexperienced Muncy team could score only against our reserves. In a wild game that even saw linemen running the ball, we ended the 1973 season with a 64-30 win. So it turned out to be a very good season. Lessons were learned by all. One bad game does not necessarily ruin a season. Good hard work will always pay dividends -- somewhere, somehow. For this team there was a silver lining. Our players overcame the added burden of not having a regular place to dress for practice during the renovation of the high school gym. Thanks to Bucknell's athletic director Bob Latour and the University, we had a part-time dressing room and a full-time practice field. Without this big assist we would have had real serious problems with practice facilities with which to fashion a championship season. NUH4EIT1WNCJHJAtRCHN What kind of football team would Lewisburg High School have in 1974? The coaching staff was somewhat optimistic because five offensive and three defensive regulars were returing from the 1973 championship team. The team's success would depend on the attitude of the veteran players, and the quick development of the less experienced players. The season was to D6 a successful one, and that succesful season began in late June when almost all the returning regulars, and many younger players, began reporting regularly for weight training and conditioning. From the intense interest and dedication shown by the players in the preseason conditioning program, it was obvious to the coaches that, barring injuries to key players, Lewisburg was going to be tough. The squad, following the leader- ship of captains Kevin Dock, Ed Herbster, Brian Shaffer, and Tom Snook, began practice in August 1974 by Brad Gray and Karl Weist with dedication and enthusiasm. They went on to demonstrate the same attitude, with few exceptions, throughout the season. Our first scrimmage was at home with Newport. Although Newport was not strong, both the offense and defense of the Green Dragons looked good. The offense had some trouble breaking the big play , but moved the the ball consistently on the ground, and in the air. The defense stopped Newport. 3 I A scrimmage at Wyalusing was scheduled for the second week of practice, but Wyalusing cancelled the scrimmage at the last minute because illness had weakened their team. When the coaches were unable to arrange another scrim- mage, it was decided to hold an intra-squad scrimmage instead. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because we found some boys who really wanted to play football during that scrimmage. Prior to the intra-squad clash we had been playing many players both ways, but when we ran our offense against our own defense we were forced to use several new players on defense. Our offense had lots of trouble moving the football, and the outstanding play of Mike Korizno and Dave Baker in the secondary, and Steve James at linebacker, caused much of that trouble. So the scrimmage accomplished several good things, including the insertion of Mike, Dave, and Steve as defensive regulars, where they would remain throughout the season, and also the added motivation it gave the offense to work harder during the last week of preseason practice. The lineup that Coach Pottios decided would open the season was now set. On offense: Brian Shaffer and Jeff Crawford were the ends: the tackles were Brad Gray and Greg Hess, the guards were Gene Ammon and Bill Wagner, Jody Sholley was at center, the quarterback was Ed Herbster, ' Continuedonpage36 as wagers. f5gi' g g3tg151.Q.g' 4, 4. g -, M zf ,. it 167. . 14 J 95 5 5 1415! 3,g7 j'Q 8ftrg1,,,gi, ,4l Silt 54312 S9 8ST.f81TA'i 3951 62 . t 117 454. 41 G 755' 2 ' f . 'S 1 Row 1 - lleft to rightl - Waist, Latour, Ammon, Hummel, Crawford, Shaffer, Dock, Herbster, Snook, Gray, Hess, Zeyn, Sholley. Row 2 - Deddo, J. Leitzel, Cortez, Denius, Kifolo, James, Korizno, Wagner, Casimir, Baker, Heiter, Stover, Rote, Arbogast, Richardson. Row 3 Smith, Lewis, Meachum, Bingaman, Hassenplug, Hendershot, Roadarmel, Kratzer, Anderson, Zaiser, Newman, Gray, R. Kline, Benfer, Stockdale, Egger, Noone. Row 4 - Hoffman, Keefer, R. Leitzel, Reariclt, D. Kline, Miller, Carithers, Stahl, Butler, Berger, West, McKeegan lMgr.1, Lahout lMgr.1, Dodge IMgr.1, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Henke, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Pottios. 35 Kevin Dock was the fullback, and the halfbacks were Jeff Hummel, Bob Latour, and Randy Casimir. On defense: Kevin Dock and Brian Shaffer were the ends, Brad Gray,Jody Sholley, and Greg Hess were to play tackle, George Zeyn and Karl Weist were the guards, the linebackers were Tom Snook and Steve James, and Jeff Crawford, Mike Korizno, and Dave Baker were set in the secondary. Mike Kifolo was chosen to handle the punting, and he did an excellent job throughout the season.Q .George Zeyn would again kick our extra points, and, as in 1973, he would kick them when we needed them. The regular season opened at the Stadium with Mifflinburg. The de- fense proved that it was ready by completely shutting off'.tt3-elWild- cat's attack, and the'i-joffense, although somewhat inconsistent, put more than enough pointsgjrgjhe board to win. Kevin Dock led -.., t he rusher, as he would continue to do throughout the season, with 120, yards in 19 carries, and 3 touoch- yards in 19 carries, and 3 touch- downs. However, the outstanding offensive play was Jeff Hummel's 33-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter. The 1974 season was off to a good start. The second game was played at Milton on a wet, rainy night. The Green Dragons played very well against a good Milton team. Milton's offense never got going against an aggressive Dragon defense, and we had our second straight shut-out 20 to 0. Intercep- tions by Steve James and Dave Baker proved to be key plays in the game. Kevin Dock rushed for over 100 yards again, and the offense moved the ball consistently. ln the third quarter, Ed Herbster hit Jeff Hummel with a perfect 55-yard touchdown pass on the right sideline. It was one of the best plays of the year, and put an end to any thoughts of a Milton comeback. The Loyalsock game at home was scheduled for Saturday night, but rain caused it to be postponed until Monday. The lay-off had little effect on Lewisburg, and we defeated an excellent Loyalsock team 28 to 13. The defense got t'burned for the first time when the Lancer's scored on a 77-yard screen pass that tied the game 7 to 7 in the second quarter. But, thereafter, it was all downhill for the visitors. Kevin Dock had an outstanding game, running off tackle for 195 yards and 2 touchdowns. Ed Herbster also had a great night, completing 16 of 24 passes for 180 yards. Brian Shaffer caught nine of those passes. Another rainy evening, this time at Warrior Run. Former Green Drag-on coach Bill Lane had put together a fine Warrior Run team, and it looked like Lewisburg was in for lots of trouble. However, the Lewisburg players went right to work, and rushed off to a 20 to 0 halftime lead. Warrior Run played much better in the second half, but couldn't make much of a dent in the Dragon lead. The South Williamsport game at the Stadium was, in addition to f X syxx t .lelf Crawford waits for long T.D. pass. 36 being the usual hard-hitting affair, the best played game of the season. Both teams played clean, hard football, and neither was guilty of a single turn-over. Our offense threatened several times in the first half, but was turned back empty- handed by a determined South defense, and two barely missed field goal attempts by George Zeyn. In the third quarter South began a long drive toward the Dragon goal, and things looked bad. We finally stopped them late in the third quarter with a tremendous 4th down effort at about our 15-yard line. They made a mistake when they gave us the ball. The green Dragon offense launched its longest and best drive of the year. For about 10 minutes, 85 yards, and 24 plays we fought toward South's goal. With less than three minutes remaining in the game we were 4th and goal on the South 2-yard line. Everyone knew that Kevin Dock was going to carry the ball, and Kevin, behind solid blocking, went off left tackle, cut to the outside, and scored the winning touchdown. After five hard-earned victories it was obvious that the Green Dragons were going to make another run at. the league champ- ionship. Montoursville was also undefeated in league play, and had similar ideas. More rain at Montoursville, but both teams were ready to play. The first half was a see-saw affair with both teams moving the ball well and scoring. For the first time our defense was having trouble, and we held a precarious 22 to 15 lead at halftime. The second half was a different story. Our offense kept moving, and our defense really got tough, and we won a very satisfying 45 to 23 victory. Kevin Dock, behind excell- ent blocking, had a great night with 206 yards rushing, and a total of 32 points. Six interceptions, two each by Jeff Crawford and Dave Baker, and one by Steve James and Kevin Dock, helped turn the game our way. The sixth game was played at Montgomery. The Dragon's had little trouble with the inexperienced Red Raiders. Kevin Dock gained over 200 yards rushing for the second consecutive week, and Ed Herbster completed 7 of 9 passes for 96 yards. Reserve sophomore halfback Brad Richardson gave Lewisburg opponents a glimpse Continued on page 38 Ray Pottios A Coaches Comments on The 1974 Senior Players Number 6, Mike Korizno. A real student of the game. He is very intelligent and knows more about the sport than most players. He is a very good hard tackler. Number 10, Ed Herbster. A co-captian and one of the finest quarterbacks we've ever had. He directed us to two championships, and he was always willing to learn. He is big, fast, and has a tremendous arm. He should do well in college. Enough credit was not given to this player. We'll miss him. Number 11, Jim Leitzel. A little small, but gave his all. He got along well with others. He had those in-qualtities to make others happy. He was always willing to help. He played well and hit hard. Number 20, Jeff Hummel. Smil- ing, always in good humor, he was starting halfback. He was injured during the season, and did a lot of sacrificing for other people. He was nicknamed Oscar for a number of reason. He played defensive half- back at times. Number 24, Steve James. One of the smallest but hardest hitters on the team. Linebacker was his position, and linebacker he did play. He had very smart football sense. He was another guy who was always smiling. Number 30, Dave Baker. Defen- sive halfback, a real good find this year. He led the team in interceptions. He was a good, hard tackler who loved to kid around. Number 39, Kevin Dock. Fullback and defensive end. We could write a book on this fellow because he did rewrite a lot of records, in the league and in our school. He was a tough, hard, fast, well-balanced individual. lt was a real pleasure to watch him game after game. He was a co-captain and led by example. He pulled people together a lot of the time. Number 43, Bob Latour. Half- back. He kept the other guys going fitf. is blocking. This player had a lot of guts. He was not the biggest, but hung in there with the big boys. He is a good man to have on a squad. Number 50, Karl Weist. Mr. Happiness, know-all, have-all, anc do-all, plus many others. He worked his tail off and enjoyed every minute of it. We could use him everywhere, but mostly he played defensive guard. He had real ability, but most of all he could be labeled, Charley Hustle. Number 57, Dennis Denius. Reserve tackle and center. He was always in good temperament and took things as they came and did not complain. He had a good personality, liked to horse around at times, but got the job done. Number 61, George Zeyn. He was the biggest man on the squad and the kindest. He never could be labeled 'ilVlean George. He did our extra points and kickoff plus defensive guard and tackle. He had good agility for a big man and improved greatly in his kickoffs toward the end of the year. Number 62, Tom Snook. Another co-captain, center, and linebacker. He was mainly on defense as 37 linebacker or sometimes a guard, depending upon the defense. He was strictly business and got the job done, worked hard. Tom was also a good athlete. He was our defensive signal-caller. Number 69, Gene Ammon. Offensive guard. His actions spoke louderthan his words. He was quiet but commanded respect from everyone on the team. Doing scouting work and helping others would please him most. He was a two-year starter at guard. We'd like to have him for another year, but time moves on. X Number 74, Greg Hess. Offensive tackle. He could not get too serious but did the job. He always liked to be around people. Vehicles facin- ated him. lf heavy equipment would be on the field, and he could use them, we'd never have lost a game. He was a real valuable member of the team. Number 75, Brad Gray. Offensive and devensive tackle, he worked both ways. It was his second year as a starter. He never asked for any help and did a big job, in a quiet way. He was one of the reasons why the line worked so well. Here is another who thinks that helping mankind is more important than taking advantage of them. He is a fine young man who practices what he preaches. Number 81, Brian Shaffer. Co-captain, offensive and defensive end. He gave everybody credit for being good. He worked very hard at his success. He has size, speed grades, etc. Among those given credit for the success of the team, Brian would be near the top, if not the top. Brian's future lies ahead of him, in college. Number 88, Doug Heiter. A defensive specialist who would be on first team at most other schools. We had two great defensive ends, so Doug was on all the special teams. He was rather quiet but worked hard at his job. If we were lucky, he'd be back next year. Number 89, Jeff Crawford. Offensive end and safety. He was a good steady ball player who was happy with work. He always seemed to betlred, but would never let up. He was a good student of the game and never ran away from contact. Jeff and our linbackers were the hardest hitting defensive backs in the league. From page 36 into the future when he ran 70 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. On the Saturday after our game with Montgomery we received good news when Loyalsock upset Bald Eagle Nittany. We knew ther BEN's defeat would certainly not make it any easier for us to beat them, but it sure improved our chances of winning the league championship. After our seventh game we were undefeated. Our next two oppo- nents, BEN, the preseason favorite, and Hughesville had lost 2 and 1 games, respectively. The winner of the championship would prob- ably be decided during the next two weeks. For the first time since 1970, the Lewisburg-BEN game would not be the key game to determine the league champion. We entered the Bald Eagle Nittany game with high hopes, but for the third straight year an inspired BEN team defeated Lewis- burg. It was a damp, foggy Friday night. The fog at the Stadium was so thick that you could not see clearly from one side of the field to the other, and you could not see anything more than 50 or 60 yards away. The fog was bad, but it was the furious, inspired play of the visiting players that bothered us the most. Fighting hard to make up for previous losses, and to retain a chance to win the championship, the veteran BEN team, under coach Walt Diehl, gave Lewisburg a lesson in how to play the game. Our offense moved occasionaly, but fumbles and interceptions prevent- ed us from scoring. lt turned out to be the worst offensive performance by Lewisburg in several years. The defense was not much better, as BEN, although usually stopped, broke several long runs off tackle to score or set up touchdowns. It was a bad day for Lewisburg, although perhaps some of our players learned the following important lesson: When things go wrong, losing your composure and con- centration only makes things worse. The team's state of shock lasted well into the next week, but gradually the players and coaches recovered, and began to practice with enthusiasm again. They realized that, although the BEN game was important as far as our pride was concerned the game In six seasons as head coach, Ray Pottios has established a rather amazing record at Lewisburg. Following Bill Lane's departure in 1968, Pottios has amassed a 50-9-1 record. Three of his teams have either shared, or won outright, a West Branch Conference championship. The 1971 team shared the honor with Loyalsock, and the 1973 and 1974 teams won their respective championships outright. All three teams compiled 9-1 seasons. with Hughesville would determine the league's champion. Both Lewisburg and Hughesville entered the game with identical 7-1 records. Hughesville undoubtedly had one of the best teams in the school's history, and they were very excited about the big game at the Stadium. Soon after the opening kickoff it became apparent that the Green Dragons were playing the same kind of inspired football that BEN had played the week before. HughesvilIe's tough ground attack was smothered completely by our hard-hitting defense. The offense immediately moved the ball near the Hughesville goal where it was temporarily stopped by a lost fumble. Soon after, Mike Korlzno intercepted a Hughesville pass at their 30 and returned it to the 26. On the first play Ed Herbster faked a running play, and threw a 26-yard scoring pass to Jeff Crawford. Our defense went on to allow Hughes- ville only 43 yards net rushing, and no yards at all passing, while recording Lewisburg's 4th shutout 38 of the year. The offense moved the ball well all evening, and Kevin Dock fought his way into the end zone for two additional scores. It was a great comeback win for Lewisburg, and only winless Muncy stood between us and our second straight West Branch League Championship. Muncy did not stand in our way very long. Playing at Muncy, Lewisburg completely dominated play. With Kevin Dock, Jeff Hummel, and Bob Latour running very well, and Ed Herbster completing many passes, the Green Dragons led 35 to 0 at halftime. Long before the game was over, Kevin Dock went over 200 yards rushing for the third time. The defense did not allow Muncy to score until the game was far out of reach. Another championship for Lew- isburg. lt was not a perfect season, but certainly a very, very good one, and a welcome reward for many long months of hard work. The 1974 Offensive GREEN MACHINE With 2,740 yards rushing and 906 yards passing, a total of 3,646 for a 10-game season, the big Green Machine of Coach Flay Pottios wore down opponents and put points on the scoreboard where it counted. Led by Quarterback Ed Herbster, who was named Most Valuable Player of the team, four other backs, two ends and kicker George Zeyn accounted for the scoring punch of the Dragons. Clearly the outstanding running back in the West Branch Confer- ence for 1974, and some say the finest offensive back in Green Dragon history, Kevin Dock set season and career records, winning honorable mention for the Big 33 All-State team, Back of the Year award for the conference,and first string on the All-State A.P. team. Dock's season total of 1,510 yards in 249 carries and 154 points Kevin Dock i391 gains record-breaking yards. scored, put his name in the record books in capital letters. Kevin averaged 6.1 yards per carry during the season, and 6.2 yards per game for the three years that he played varsity football. ln three years, No. 39 ripped opponents for a stagger- Quarterback Ed Herbsfer carries the mail 39 ing total of 2,771 yards in 441 carries, scoring 292 points for the Dragons. He scored a mere 12 points as a sophomore, 126 points as a junior, and 154 points as a senior. In his final season of play, he had three games in which he gained 200 or more yards fMon- toursville, Montgomery, and Muncyj while he managed also to catch eight passes for 114 yards. Ed Herbster was the gunner of the Dragons, completing 61 of 124 passes for a net gain of 838 yards. That works out tola .429 percentage of completions and a 13.7 yard average per pass. Ed was intercept- ed only five times during the season, and his longest bomb was a 55-yard toss to back Jeff Hummel. lt was the second year as offensive leader for Ed, who scored two touchdowns rushing and added to the offensive powerhouse with keeper plays to the outside. His 252 yards rushing on 65 attempts averaged 3.9 yards per carry. Adding punch and variety to the offense were Jeff Hummel, who averaged 5.3 yards per carry on 73 attempts for 388 yards and two T.D.'sg Bob Latour, who averaged 3.9 yards on 57 attempts for 222 yards and two T.D.'sg and Randy Casimir, who averaged 3.8 yards per carry on 9 attempts for 38 yards. Also contributing to the scoring punch were Ken Deddo and Tim Continued on page 40 From page 39 ' Bingaman, juniors, and Brad Richardson, a sophomore, who scored three touchdowns, one on a 70 yard romp against Montgomery. Brian Shaffer, sharing assign- ment at end with Kevin Dock and Jeff Crawford, was the 6'-4 target for 35 completions by Ed Herbster. Brian netted 501 yards and scored five touchdowns, several in crucial situations. Jeff Crawford picked off 16 passes for 188 yards scoring one touchdown, and Dock caught eight for 114 yards. Jeff Hummel, Bob Latour, Mike Cortez and Ken Deddo also snared one pass each, Hummel's a 55-yard dazzier for a T.D. Mike Kifolo, taking on a kind of family tradition, was the man who kept the opposition away from the Dragon's door when the offense bogged down. Mike put his foot to the pigskin 21 times for a total of 773 yards. This was an average of 36.8 yards per punt, his longest kick measuring 51 yards. George Zeyn, defensive guard, was the big man who put his toe to the ball on kickoffs for the Dragons. George also added 20 points to the season's total scoring with 20 place kicks through the uprights. The offensive line was anchored JAYVEES UNDEFEATED Lewisburg 24 Mifflinburg Lewisburg 20 Milton Lewisburg 14 Loyalsock Lewisburg 26 Muncy Lewisburg 8 South Williamsport Lewisburg 36 Warrior Run Lewisburg 22 Penns Valley Freshmen Football- 7974 Lewisburg 12 Milton Lewisburg 6 Hughesville Lewisburg 0 South Williamsport Lewisburg 20 Mifflinburg Lewisburg 10 Montgomery Lewisburg 14 Muncy Lewisburg 12 Warrior Run Lewisburg 8 Bald Eagle Nittany by Jody Sholley at center. Gene Greg Hess held down the tackle Ammon and Bill Wagner, a junior slots. Brian Shaffer and Jeff were the guards and Brad Gray and Crawford were the ends. The 1974 varsity team as freshmen. 40 1974 Champs Lead League ln Defense First in defense against the rush and first in defense against the pass in the West Branch Confer- ence, the men who anchored the Green Dragons against nine con- ference opponents were stingy with yards and with points on the score board. ln the ten games of the 1974 season, the Green Dragons allowed opponents 109 points, or 10.9 per gameg 824 yards rushing, or 82.4 yards per game, and 734 yards passing, or 73.4 yards per game. By contrast, the Dragons on offense racked up 3,646 total yards and scored 283 points. Tom Snook, linebacker and defensive captain, set the example for the mea he led with 45 tackles and 30 assists. Steve James, at the other linebacking slot, had 36 tackles and 35 assists. In the line, Karl Weist, at guard, hit for 35 tackles and 31 assists. George Zeyn, at guard, had 14 tackles and 24 assists. Alternating in the tackles slots were Brad Gray, 22 tackles and 23 assistsg Jody Sholley, 10 tackles and 12 assists, and Greg Hess, 9 tackles and 11 assists. Ends Kevin Dock and Brian Shaffer sparkled on offense and defense. Shaffer had 27 tackles and 24 assists, while Dock had 23 tackles and 17 assists. Alternating in the end slot, Randy Casimir contributed 12 tackles and 6 assists. Nicknamed the Burn Brothers, Dave Baker, Mike Korizno and Jeff Crawford contained opponents as the deep defensive backs. Baker had 30 tackles and 22 assists, Korizno had 24 tackles and 17 assists: and Crawford had 23 tackles and 12 assists. Against the passing attack, Dave Baker picked off five interceptions, netting 40 yards returning the ball, his longest return totalling 15 yards. Jeff Crawford contributed 4 interceptions, his longest return for 18 yardsg Mike Korizno picked off 2 aerials, returning one for 22 yards. Steve James, Brian Shaffer, Kevin Dock, Tom Snook and Jody Sholley each had one interception during the season. Cheerleaders Michelle Herman, back, Betsy Johnson, Sue Ray and Pam Pursel encourage' defense- Defensive Stats - 1974 Season Player Tackles Assists Korizno 24 17 James' 36 35 Baker 30 22 Dock 23 17 Weist 35 30 Snook 45 30 Gray 22 23 Shaffer 27 24 Hess 9 11 Crawford 23 12 Zeyn 14 24 Sholly 10 12 Casimir 12 6 Hummel 6 2 Heiter 8 3 Zaiser 4 0 Arbogast 6 0 Stover 6 2 Kline 3 5 41 K mevff . me-YE . if f Coach Bill Lane, center back, in 1957, his first year as leader of the Green Dragons accomplished an undefeated season. The Dragons lied twice, were co-champs of the Susquehanna League. He also led Lewisburg in 1964 to an undefeated, untied season. Shown here with Mr. Lane are his assistants, Ielt to right, Charles Reidell, Jim Wetzel, Bill Thomas and Ray Pottios. Coach Andy Sember, who led the Green Dragons from 1948 to 1956, is shown here with the captain of the 1948 team, Paul Snook. gg I' HOW THE WEENY GOT THAT WAY Throughout the 1974 season, we were blessed by those particular individuals who enjoyed making a spectacle of themselves. To call attention to these personal per- formances, some of the more inventive members of the squad established a special award, one which had no trophy, no plaque, no real physical memento. Every three to four weeks, an article would appear in the school paper, Draco, stating the recipient's name and the reasons entitling him to the high honor. The award was established following a grueling two-a-day practice. Several members of the team were sitting around the high school watching Jeff Hummel do his special act. Jeff would talk to any female who happened to be standing around. He would perform special spins, dramatic catches or leaps, all designed to impress the opposite sex. As Tom Snook and Greg Hess watched Jeff, they started calling to him: Hey, hot dog! You're a real weeny, Hume. Thus the origin of the name. Later, Oscar Meyer was attached to 'tWeeny and the full name was born. Crowd pleasing was not just restricted to Weeny , or to cavorting for the opposite sex. Sometimes Weenying was used to amuse the team, or to irritate the coach. The latter occurred regularly during practice, whenever second offense tried to run a play. Knowledge of the Weeny had been restricted to the team, but a decision was made to explain it to the public. Tom Snook wrote a story explaining the origin and purpose of the Weeny. It appeared in the school newspaper, Draco, and became a very popular column, so popular in fact that the Weeny became a regular feature of the newspaper. Nothing was sacred to Snook. Great performances, noted dives, bad plays, odd styles, referees were all Weeny recipients. A semi-popular hero of futility grew out of the Weeny. The perform- ances of the Burn Brothers against Montoursville inspired a by Karl Weist Weeny for being so thoroughly beaten on several pass patterns. Brian Shaffer received one for his one-handed catches against Loyal- sock. Karl Weist got the Weeny for decending on ball-carriers from the sky during the Montgomery game. The referee got a Weeny for attempting to stop South Williams- port and Lewisburg from playing by calling 20 offside penalties. Harry Ammon got a leg up on a Weeny by tripping a Warrior Run player and being thrown out of the game. ln the very same game, Chippy Wah-Wah Denius put in his spectacular bid for a Weeny by diving headlong into the bench while coming out of the game. Yes, nobody was spared, except Tom. He never did get a Weeny, though he deserved one. However, we would like to thank him for adding some Ievity to this season. We hope the Weeny becomes a tradition in the high school. It keeps some of the guys in their place. l Tom Snook i621 not only led Green Dragons on defense but was the inspired author of The Weeny Award . 43 AL The Lalrd brothers John above and Dean not only set records as student trainers but as Dragon rooters John was tralner from 1964 69 and Dean from 1967 74 SMARTLY TAILORED FASHIONS AND ACCESSORIES 'Me .fgam LEWISBURG Brldal Salon Bath 81 Bed Shop HEDRICKS MOBIL PARTICULAR AUTO SERVICE Route 15 Lewmsburg GOOD LUCK DRAGONS 524 0310 George Laird TH E ROOF DOCTOR 3180 Front Street Lewlsburg Pa 24 HOUR TOWING Buker's ody Shop 0 e524 5662 Bunn BAKER Pnour 523 9342 4 9 N H lf I7 H .,. 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I cc f - - .IN U 0 C PA Y -2 l I .' ,E , ' I 1 LC -3 2 z'm1-:I -I ' . 14- I - - . -. I P . 59 IT'S TIME T0 SA VE WITH Lewisburg National Bank AND -- ww WITH THE green dragons Established 1853 OFFICES: East Buffalo Branch West Market Street 409 Market Street Lewisburg . PATRONS Mr. 8t Mrs. Carl Sholley Mr. 8r Mrs. Paul R. Noll Barbara K. Clark Mr. St Mrs. Samuel S. Fisher Mr. 8t Mrs. John B. Donahoe Mr. St Mrs. Donald Hollenbach Mr. St Mrs. Melvin Noll Mr. 8t Mrs. Melvin Baker Mr. 8t Mrs. N. Edwin Asher Mr. 8t Mrs. Robert M. Sauers A Friend Mr. 8t Mrs. Myles W. Crebs Mayor 8t Mrs. John J. Baker Mr. 8r Mrs. William Weist Mr. 8t Mrs. Oliver Hummel Mr. 8t Mrs. Charles Meachum Mr. St Mrs. Joseph Keister 8t Family . Attorney 8t Mrs. Graham Showalter Attorney 8t Mrs. Frederick D. Kessler Attorney 8t Mrs. W. Roger Fetter Mr. Robert Kifolo Mr. David Stover Mr. 8. Mrs. Harold Leitzel Mr. 8t Mrs. Richard Stover 60 Which would you prefer? ,l....L.-.l-l--1 When you want individual stocks... you goto a broker-dealer Zl. , When you want life insurance... you ask for an insurance agent. ,i.i....l.-.l-i - When you want one stop service for any one of a variety of financial needs. . . get in touch with your IDS Specialist. ..,....-gi...- Mutual funds, accumu- lation plans, individual, group, and business in- surance, annuities, dis- ability income plans, pension and profit shar- ing plans, keogh plans. tax exempt programs. For any one of these services Talk to your IDS Specialist. LUKE MINNES Box 422 Lewisbu rg 742-9287 n'S YOU! fllfllfe. Investors Q Diversified p sy Services GREE DR 00 S THE PAST 25 SEASONS The editors looked into the record books for the following compilation of Green Dragon wins and losses against 23 area opponents. For part off this 25-year period, L. H.S. was an independent, a member of the Susquehanna League, and, for the past nine seasons, a member of the 1 West Branch Conference. J 1 Won - 137 Milton 1 3-1 0-2 Trevorton 3-2-0 Selinsgrove 7-9-0 - Jersey Shore 6-6-0 Juniata Joint 2-0-0 Penns Valley 4-1-0 BelI6f0I'lfE 1-2-0 it Won' 64 1950 - Lewisburg - 1974 Lost Ties Percentage 82 11 .596 , Series and Opponents Milflinburg Watsontown 20-3-3 . 3-5-1 Q Warrior Run ' 1 Northumberland 10-2-0 3-7-1 . Bald Eagle Nittany Danville 1 1 2-7-1 . 2-10-0 . Muncy 2 Towanda V V o 5 9-0-0 o 2-0-0 - Sunbury glil?616SVlll8 1-1-O . Bloomsburg q ggyglsock E A 4-7-1V , . b. . Southwilliamsport Q 5-gfgralcolum Ia 7-1-2 g Montoursville' . 7-5-0 Montgomery 13-1-0 , West Branch Conference Lost Ties Percentage 1 5 A 2 .790 V