Lowellville High School - Echo Yearbook (Lowellville, OH)

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The Echo STATISTICS OF FOCTBALL PLAYERS CAPTAIN PAT IUDICIANI- Bananas 5' 5 l55ibs-GUARD. A boy who never knew defeat. Pat was an excellent blocker who played his heart out in every game. A Captain who ran his team like a clock. Bananas distinguished himself by playing Varsity ball for four years. Memory: Stopping the Struther's backs in their tracks. ARMAND CENTOFANTE- Sunduch 6' l 230Tbs-TACKLE. One of the biggest tackles to don a Blue and Gold uniform, Enemy backs preferred to stick their heads in the ground rather than run his side of the line. He was a master of all he surveyed, Memory: Taking advantage of Coach Haines advice, 'Throw the fear of God into the pass- ers,' he really put it into use in the Fitch game. FRANK CICCIAI-lELLO- Chick 5' IU 170 lbs-END. Frankie played one of the wings for us. A good blocker, who could take any tackle in, regardless of size. He was also an excellent pass receiver, Memory: Making a spectacular catch of a pass with three Hubbardites around him, thus securing victory for us. HARRY KRALL- Mac 5' 9 155 ibs-LEFT HALF BACK. Krall, because of his football ability and knowledge, was called upon by Coach Haines to call signals and Was our offensive captain. He was an excellent passer and a tricky run- ner. A real triple-threat if there ever was one. Memory: Smashing the Fitch line repeatedly for long gains. PAT MANGINE--- Pat 5' ll 175 Tbs-CENTER. Pat played a pivot spot, A wonderful line backer. He didn't make a bad pass all year- a hard feat to accomplish. Memory: Recovering of a fumble in the Hubbard game which resulted in a score and breaking Hubbard's hope of victory. GEORGE SLAVEN- Georgie 5' 9 l45 Tbs FULLBACK. A small back who played his part as a regular. He carried out his blocks on every play like a veteran. Slaven was often on the receiving end of Krall's passes. Memory: Catching a pass from Krall late in the game against Bessemer to break a 7-7 tie and score victory for us. IOE WILLIAMS- Puff 5' 7 l55 lbs-GUARD. Ioe is running mate to Captain Bananas He paved the way for many a spectacular run. A hard worker who performed his duty admirably. Memory: Holding the Fitch backs from recovering several times on the 6 inch line. Page fifty-six

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The Echo BESUMME OF FOOTBALL SCHEDULE A resumme of the season's games shows our astounding record: We opened. the season by defeating Struthers High, l3-6, in a night tilt. An overflow crowd of 3,000 fans watched the locals upset a heavily favored Wildcat team. The following ,week we journeyed to Goshen, where we ran rough-side over a much weaker opponent, 49 - 0. The next game, which was also played away, was with the rival gridders from Bessemer. The game was thrilling, with the locals being victorious, 14 - 7. Lowellville displayed its power and ability to play heads up ball by defeating a tough aggregation from Fitch, l4 -0. This game practically decided the County Championship. We held four downs on the six inch line four times in the first half and then broke loose in the second half to win. In our first home game we defeated Brookfield, 24 -0. The oddity of this game was that we had to use Poland's jerseys to distinguish the two teams on the field. Canfield didn't provide much opposition as we easily defeated them, 40- 13. Their pass- ing attack backlired as Our Hubbard game break our string of six are, the harder they fall nessed the game. was a great thriller. consecutive victories, and easily defeated On the following Saturday, we engaged a few injuries to players, we conquered them Our last and final game of the season-for we converted four intercepted passes into four touchdowns. Many fans thought this powerful eleven would but we proved to them that the bigger they them, 25-7. A record crowd of 1,500 fans wit- Youngstown North on a very hard turf. Despite 26- 7. This was victory number eight. the Senior members of the team was played on the home grounds. A rain held back the crowd. The starting eleven was composed of all Seniors, although during the season seven Seniors were regulars. We easily trounced the neighboring team of Poland, 39- 6, thus clinching the Mahoning County Class B Champion- ship. This game ended the most successful season that Lowellville's ever had, FOOTBALL RECORD FOR 1945 Lowellville ..,...... ..,... l 3 Lowellville .......... .....,.. 4 9 Lowellville .......... ........ l 4 Lowellville ...,...... ........ l 4 Lowellville .......... .,....., 2 4 Lowellville .......... ........ 4 0 Lowellville ..... ....... 2 5 Lowellville .......... ....,.., 2 6 Lowellville .......,.. ..,..... 3 9 Struthers ............ ..,.,..... 6 Goshen .......... ......... 0 Bessemer ...,.. .......... 7 Fitch ............. .......... 0 Brookfield ..,..,. . ......... 0 Canfield ....... ........... l 3 Hubbard ................................. ........,. 7 Youngstown North .. ...... ......... . 7 Poland .....,.......................... .... , .. 6 Page fifty-eight 17.11 l