Nazareth Area High School - Comet Yearbook (Nazareth, PA)

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for a safety, making the score fourteen to nine. Nazareth’s free kick was fumbled by Pen Argyl and recovered by alert Blue Eagles, putting the game on ice. Under the night lights the Eagles, in a hard fought game, had to oe satisfied with a 13-13 tie with Bangor. On three occasions the Eagles threatened to score but breaks went against them. The offensive work of Donello and Arduini and the tackling of Arduini were out- standing. As heavy rain postponed the Emmaus game until Monday afternoon, the team racked up seven touchdowns to a discouraged three by Emmaus. Suprisingly the muddy field did not hinder the fine playing of the Nazareth team. ENTHUSIASTIC CHEERING Top: Cheerleaders: Rissmiller, Burley, Ilartzell, Delweiler, Cressman} and Mengel Bottom: A lively pep meeting in the gym 12

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VARSITY SQUAD First Row: Rissmiller, Mcngel, Meixsell, Follwciler, Amlcnricd, Nagy, Boerstler Stcond Row: Reinhart, Weaver, Albert, Marakovits. Arduini, Donello, Noversel, Gower Third Row: Coach Leh, Slutter, Gilbert, Wilson, Abel Capture Championship 1951 SCHEDULE Opp. N.H.S. September 15 Lehighton................................... 6 33 September 22 Nesquehoning............................... 13 27 September 29 Whitehali.................................. 13 33 October 13 Coplay....................................... 0 46 October 20 Pen Argyl.................................... 9 14 October 26 Bangor..................................... 13 13 November 5 Emmaus..................................... 18 46 November 10 East Stroudsburg............................ 6 27 November 22 Wilson....................................... 0 41 defensive play of the Blue Eagles, Coplay getting no closer to the goal line than the forty yard line. Before a tremendous crowd of spectators at the first home game of the season, the Blue Eagles defeated Pen Argyl fourteen to nine in a hotly contested game. Although hampered by injuries from the Coplay game, another dazzling display of passing ability decided the game. The Blue Eagles scored in the first quarter on a spectacular pass from the thirty- tnree yard line thrown by Donello to Boerstler. In the third period Pen Argyl scored, tying the score at seven all. In the fourth period the determined Blue Eagles again went ahead on another thrilling pass play, Donello to Arduini from the twenty yard line making the score fourteen to seven. Another eighty yard march by Pen Argyl was halted on the nine yard line by a stubborn Blue Eagle defense. With time running out, Nazareth lost six yards on three plays and on the fourth down decided on the strategy of giving Pen Argyl two points with quarterback herraro running into the end zone 11

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Emmaus scored first, leading 6-0, but the re- markable and dazzling long runs of Marakovits’s fifty-four yards, Arduini’s thirty-six yards, Dzurak’s twenty-three yards, and Donello’s thirty yards, assisted by excellent team blocking, resulted in a 46-18 score. East Stroudsburg, who at this time appeared to be the most powerful team on the schedule, was the next challenger for the Blue Eagles. Severe penalties goaded the players to do ex- ceptionally aggressive charging. With marvelous all-round teamwork, N. H. S. defeated the oppon- ents 27-6. An excellent running game mixed in with dazzling surprise passes resulted in touch- downs for Donello, Rissmiller, Dzurak, and Arduini. Mengel placed kicked three extra points. (continued on page 16) AND CHARGING Top: Donello gaining ground in Emmaus territory. Bottom: A determined Schooner Marakovits halted by an Emmaus Green Hornet. 13