Morgantown High School - Mohigan Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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Basketball Individuals Barnes, George-junior forward, a flashy player, good shot, and ball handler. High scorer for this year, great things are expected of him next year. Cavallero, Sam-Senior forward, broke into lineup at mid- year, smallest man on squad stood out in sectional making the all-sectional team. Hadden, Dave-Senior graduated at mid-year, best shot and ball handler on squad. Made honorable mention on the All State Team. l-lall, Don -Junior, good shot and defensive player, a capable reserve. Expected to see service next year. l-lines, Jack-Senior, the best defensive man on the squad. His fight lcept the team in many of the games, also second in scoring. Liberatore, Frank-Senior, graduated at mid-year the tallest man on the squad, a great defensive man and good shot under the basket. lVlcAninch, Art-Senior, the fastest man on the squad was good at getting the ball off bank board. Radcliff, Crval - Junior, good shot and defensive man. Radcliff is expected to shine next year. Vecchio, Patsy-junior, the best back court shot on the squad, was a great defensive player, great things are ex- pected of him in the future. 77

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W l .QE Hough, Robert - Senior end, good defensive man. Hough was a consistent performer from the flank. Lough, William-Senior halfback, very hard blocker. Bill was a hard driving halfback and a good man on pass de- fense. He was handicapped by injuries much of the time. Mayfield, Kenneth--Senior end, strong on defense. Because of his lighting spirit, Ken broke into the starting lineup about mid-season. Pill, Edward 1 Senior tackle, biggest man on squad. Ted was a stone Wall on the line. He was about as easy to move as Coopers Rock. Sherman, john-Senior halfback, good passer and punter. John was a good blocker and a hard to stop ball carrier. Sypolt, Warren-Senior center, regular two years, All Big Ten center, All State Third team center. Ci has been an outstanding pivot man for two years. He is considered one of the best centers the school has ever had. Springer, Bill-junior tackle, fast man under punts. Al- though playing Hne ball this year, Bill is expected to g0 to town next year. Thomas, Emilio - Sophomore blocking back, All State Honor' able Mention. Even though he is good blocking back. Emilio shone as a ball carrier when used as such. He WAS the best punter on the squad. Zuccari, Memmo -Junior guard, fast charger and hard blocker. Although small in stature, Nlemmo makes up for that in Fight. 76

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OACH Arthur Clyde's basketball team was a winning combination before mid-season, winning more than their share of games. The season was opened with a rousing win over the Alumni and followed up with a 53-42 conquest of East Fairmont. For the third victory Morgantown defeated Weston 48-43 with Hadden leading the scorers with 23 points. Morgan- town lost its flrst game to W-l by the score of 33-34. Barnes led scorers with I0 points. The Red and Blue tasted defeat for the second time by losing to Elkins at Elkins. l-ladden took high point honors with I5 points. East Fairmont was again conquered 5l-35 and l-ladden again led scorers with 25 points. Morgantown next de- feated last year's state champions, West Fairmont, by the score 5l-59. l-ladden collected 27 points to lead scorers. Buckhannon downed Mor- gantown 38-39 in the last game before mid-year and Triadelphia followed suit by the score 5l-44. ln the next en- counter Morgantown was defeated by Wheeling 70-32 with Barnes leading Morgantown scorers. Grafton defeated the Red and Blue 36-37 as Hines led scorers with l 7 points. For the second time this year W-l defeated Morgantown by the score of 62-46. Barnes led scorers with I9 points, ln the first intra-city game Morgantown defeated Uni- versity High with Barnes leading the scorers by collecting l l points. Morgan- town lost again to Buckhannon 59-47 as Barnes led scorers and then lost to Grafton 5 7-37. West Fairmont got revenge for its first loss by defeating the Red and Blue at Fairmont. ln the final games Morgantown was defeated by University High twice and Weston once. ln the sectional tournament Grafton eliminated Morgantown the first night of the tournament 46-43. Cavallero led scorers with 20 points. 78 .ii