Lewisburg High School - Oneida Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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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

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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.

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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