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

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1 IN GRAND FINALE ON GRIDIRON BARRY RINKER GLENWOOD RISSMILLER BARRY SMITH RONALD SNYDER With only nine minutes and thirty seconds remaining in the game, the Blue Eagles came from behind to win their opener at Berwick. Freeman ran 62 yards for the touchdown and brought the Eagle score from a 7-12 deficit to a 13-12 lead. Berwick had pos¬ session of the ball with one minute and ten seconds remaining, but was unable to score. The Big Blue won their first Lehigh- Northampton League game by defeating the Hellertown Panthers by a score of 26-7. Stan Metz made the first two touchdowns with both conversion attempts failing. Aft¬ er Barry Smith recovered a fumble, Nick Drosnock scored. Freeman went on to make the conversion. The Panthers then scored 7 points. Nazareth converted a Hellertown on-side kick failure into a touchdown with Metz scoring and Freeman completing the conversion. WARREN SNYDER Teamwork was the keyword in the Eagle ' s defeat of Whitehall by a score of 27-7. Drosnock scored after Metz and Snyder had covered substantial ground. Freeman scored next after a pass interception by Steve Kraemer. Metz went all the way after a pass interception and brought the score to 20-7. Stan scored the extra point. Free¬ man ran from the 10-yard line to score the last touchdown, ending the game in a 27-7 victory for the Big Blue. Dennis Viglione started the tally as Nazareth met Parkland. Warren Snyder caught Robert Freeman ' s pass for a 39-yard touchdown play. A series of passes by Freeman and Drosnock brought the ball to the seven, from which Stan Metz slammed off-tackle to score. Viglione scored the final touchdown from the 16-yard line to end the game 24-0. Halfback Bob Freeman intercepts a pass intended for a Parkland receiver.

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i ATHLETIC SENIORS STAR mt k DALE AUDENRIED FRANK GROLLER RICHARD BUSS STANLEY FEHR FOOTBALL FACTS Times Kicked Off 33 Times Punted 25 Average Yards Per Punt 28.8 Passes Attempted 75 Passes Completed 29 Total Yards Passing 464 Total Yards Scrimmaged 1628 Total First Downs 96 Fumbles Lost 11 Total Points 153 Fumbles 23 ROBERT FREEMAN STEPHEN KRAEMER RICHARD MAHORSKY STANLEY METZ ALLEN MIKLAS ROBERT MIKLAS 12

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— I BIG BLUE IN ACTION Allen Miklas breaks away to score in the Washington, New Jersey game. Allen Miklas scored the first touchdown against Washington, New Jersey with Metz and Freeman leading the way. After Miklas intercepted a Washington pass, Fehr and Drosnock moved the ball to the 5-yard line so that Freeman could score. At the end of the third quarter, Freeman carried the ball for a 6-yard touch¬ down run. Washington scored 7 points in the fourth quarter, making the final tally 19-7. As tension mounted in Lehigh-Northampton League competition, an unbeaten Pen Arqyl team came to play the also undefeated Blue Eagles. The Green Knights racked up 40 points to the 7 of the Blue Eagles. Nazareth ' s sole bright spot came in the second period when halfback Bob Freeman took a kickoff and returned it 85 yards for a touchdown. After the demoralizing defeat at the hands of the Green Knights, the Eagles retaliated by defeating the Bangor Slaters 12-7. Free¬ man made the first touchdown by faking a pass and running 34 yards for the tally. Bob also scored the second touchdown by circling the right end. Nazareth ' s Richard Buss in hot pursuit of a Washington man. 14 Allen Miklas picks off an opponent ' s pass.