Ponce de Leon High School - Cavaleon Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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Building brawny boys is a job that is tough But building brainy boys just isn't enough.

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535 as 7 VAULTING up AND oven-typical of the manner in which the Cavalier backfield thundered into their opponents throughout the 1945 season. Pictured from left to right: Dick Fandrey, Doug Preston, and Dave McDonald. Despite being out of three games, McDonald was high scorer racking up 48 points. Fandrey, playing his last year, sparkled in his defensive play. Linemen from left to right: Chester Hunter, Lawrence Hebert, Bill Hartnett, Bill Kerdyk, Al DeFoor, and Kirk Wescott. XVith all but two first stringers graduating, the prospects for next year are rather vague. Co-Captains Hebert and Hartnett, and Bill Kerdyk proved mainstays of the line through- out the rugged schedule of games. DeFoor, although ill last part of the season, played a fine defensive game and was in there driving most of the time. CHARGING .... that is exactly what Mr. Hebert did. As a result of his brilliant playing and fine sportmanship, he was honored with the left guard position on the Miami Herald 'Little- All State' eleven, and was chosen athlete of the year in the senior class superlatives. As co- captain he ably managed the team, and al- though missing three tilts because of a broken jaw sustained in the second Ft. Lauderdale game, he was in there fighting every minute. Waayyyy--- up there! jump after the elusive oval was a feat that kept Ponce's aggressive ends, Kirk Westcott and Bill Wlright, busy in every game. XVescott, third year man, played bang-up- ball, and certainly will be the mainstay of next year's forward wall. ffl! SEASON OFFERS SNAPPY HLTS Meekly starting their 1945 grid season, the Cavaliers battled to an 18 to 18 deadlock against Fort Lauderdale at the Orange Bowl on September 14. However a week later they tri- umphantly skinned NVest Palm Beach out of a 13 to I2 tussel. ln their next tilt they pulled a 2 TD game out of the Hre when Ray Pierce split the uprights to provide the Cavaliers with a one point margin to defeat the Miami Beach Typhoons. W'ith Dave McDonald pacing the attack the Cavaliers thoroughly laced the Lake XVorth Trojans 25 to 7 in the first game played there. McDonald scored 2 touchdowns and sparked the team to its victory. journeying up-state to Ft. Pierce the red and black suffered the first loss, 6 to 0 at the hands of the Fighting Eagles. The game was played on a wet field, thus hindering Ponce's aerial offen- sive attack. That one-half of the schedule was over, and 4 out of 5 victories, seemed unevident to the Cables lads as they buckled under the vengeful Typhoons and Flying Lis. 1945 FOOTBALL SCORES OPPONENT Fort Lauderdale 'IS XVest Palm Beach 12 Miami Beach 12 Lake Worth 7 Fort Pierce 6 Miami Beach 12 Fort Lauderdale 6 South Broward 7 Andrew jackson 6 Fort Myers lfl PONCE 18 13 13 25 0 7 0 8 33 7