Pennridge High School - Pennant Yearbook (Perkasie, PA)

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UR VARSITY BASKETBALL Walters Carpenter, Groff, Hackett, Moyer, Gross, Horn, Gluck, Wilson Coach Yurchak, Center The Pcnnridge Junior Varsity started the season with a team made up mostly of Sophomores. There were two Fresh- men and one Junior on the team. Only the Junior had previous experience on the Junior Varsity. This inexperience is what hurt the J.V.,s during the beginning of the season. The team won six out of their last eight games. Next year, since the Varsity had a poor season, the competition for the Varsity squad will be keen. Some of the fellows on this year's J.V. squad will probably win varsity berths next season. If they show as much hustle next year as they did this year, next year's Varsity should go places.

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For the first time in its history, Penn- ridge had a really green basketball team. Only three previous letter-winners sur- vived to this year's season. They were Bob Souder, Leon Hackney, and Glenn Sacco. The team was young and lacked experience. This lack of experience was apparent in some of the closer games where confidence and sureness were nec- essary. Mr. Stengele was not discouragedg he kept after the boys. They hustled for him and began to reap the fruit of their effort late in the season. In the first half of the season the rams averaged 24.1 points less than their opponents, while in the second half they were only 13.1 points behind on the average. Dave Hoagey had a 12.3 points per game average, with a total of 260 pointsg Denny Robinson had a 10.8 average with a total of 228g Tom Moore had an average of 5.0 and a total of 100 points. These top scorers are underclassmen. With these younger boys coming back next year, Coach Stengele can look foreward to a much better season in '59. 1 ' P 0 28 Palisades 43 34 Hatboro 65 39 Upper Perk 57 42 Upper Moreland 44 U 3 i 47 Alumni 71 . 56 Quakertown 53 North Penn Coach Stengele, left. Front: R. Yoder, L Hackney R Clemmer T Moore E 'B I Z D. Robison. Back: B. Price, D. Hoagey, C Sacco R Bell D Steinly Absent R. Souder, S. Clemens. ,Q rf'- Springfield Central Bucks Ambler Upper Perk Ambler X 51 58 53 50 60 58 P 0 45 ' 67 W 33 70 41 77 63 Hatboro 73 56 71 45 Upper Moreland 69 75 Souderton Quakertown North Penn Springfield Central Bucks Souderton 9 1 -FJ I 62 'IQ X T kata' the way the ball boumeclf 162

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL In the last four basketball seasons the girls' varsity team held the championship twice and the co-championship once. Last year they managed to capture third place. This year the team worked really hard, but they did not have that certain spark that every championship team needs. One of the most exciting games this season was played against Upper More- land. That game was one of the deciding factors in the race for the championship which was won by North Penn. Unfortu- nately, the Pennridge lassies lost. The Varsity's capable coach Miss Kramer spurred the girls on to finish the season in second place. O 35 55 AxumIXl 35 41 50ud2Yt0 37 k rtown. 15 5x iiliiivti Perklomen se 49 Central Bucks d 45 M U per Mofelan 54 2 Ninth Yew 35 5 rton Q 38 M ilmpZrPerk10men 47 iii Qxixakefmwn Bev Nancy Nase Joyce Rosenberger Delores Kehr Mary Shive Joan Pritchard Lyle Moyer Dolly Hollenbach Ann Maxson, Manager coach Lynda Hicks Ann Schuster 164 Joan Donna Feuchtmayer Sheila Henderson Lois Fellman