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

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Marvin Wheeler Jo Russ Nichols oT Ponce is broughT down by Two Lake WorTh Tacklers aTTer shorT circuiTing one oT The many Troian aerials in a game played in The Palm Beach CounTy ciTy. The T949 ediTion oT The Ponce de Leon l-ligh School Cavaliers came onTo The Tield aT The Grange Bowl sTadium wiTh a cloud oT mysTery shrouded around Them: The Team was oT an unknown gualiTy, and was noT considered To be a ThreaT Tor The GulTsTream ConTerence TiTle. The Cavs Took The Tield againsT The Pahokee Blue Devilsm, and Tor 47 minuTes oT ThaT conTesT showed Tlashes oT rank mediocriTyg buT, wiTh only seconds remaining, The passing combinaTion ThaT was desTined To prove a Thorn in The side oT all Ponce's opponenTs hiT wiTh a game winning T. D. pass: Welch To Evans. WiTh a roar oT The elecTriTied crowd rocking The huge sTadium, The vicTorious Cavs leTT The Tield wiTh a 7-O win. A week laTer, The Cavs ran smack inTo a powerTul sTeam-roller usually known as Miami Edison's Red Paidersm. The Raiders were Truly a powerhouse ThaT nighT, wiTh The laTe Red Daniel oT Edison running wild. Ponce's only score came as All-CiTy End Joe Robinson hauled in a shorT pass To make The Tinal counT 39-7. Ponce proved To all ThaT They were one oT The Teams To beaT in The 6ulTsTream, as They Took Their second conTerence vicT-ary wiTh a sparkling 20-l3 win over Tech l-ligh. The whole Team was commended by Coach KruTulis Tor The wonderTul game all The boys played againsT The Tavored Blue Devils . AnTon Brice l-larper Davidson George Jochem l-lolT Garrard Jim EsTaver M - . 'E -i lm, -i f' a is fi if 2 .. , ivy A Lf e Robinson Donald Barnes Bill Fader Jimmy Brooks 5 V ,, s 5 I. ,I

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,if . ' , 1, , .. . ' . f ' ,AJ AM -s.,f.,w,m-2 I . I .Wy YW W W, - 1.x ,, 1 s ,J .4.,8k. ff Y Ponce's sTellar Senior righT half, Bud lssac, is broughT down aTTer a I7 yard gain againsT Miami Edison. The l949 Ponce de Leon High School TooTloall season proved To be The l:nesT in Three years, as The Cavaliers Took Tour ouT oT Ten conTesTs To close The illusTrious TooTball hisTory oT our school. New Head Coach Joe KruTulis Took a squad oT looys, in laTe August wiTh only a smaTTering oT experience among Them, and by Thanksgiving had molded Them inTo a scrappy, TighTing ball club ThaT never quiT Trying. The Cavaliers won Their argumenTs wiTh Pahokee, in a real Thriller, Tech High, Vero Beach and ForT Pierce. The upseT vicTory over Tech High's Blue Devils! in The Grange Bowl, was The highlighT oT The season Tor The Cavaliers. AbouT The middle oT The season, a group oT Gables residenTs Tormed The Ponce BoosTers Club ThaT helped our Team in many ways, including a Homecoming Parade beTore The Miami Jackson game on The TirsT oT December. The coaching sTaTT drew many words oT praise Trom sTudenTs, players, parenTs, and school oT- Ticials, Tor Their Tine job wiTh This year's Team.

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Z ,, -i ,TL ire f 'mwgr , Jim Welch Ray Kaylor Franlc Newman Henry Palmer Joe Pepe Franlc Palmer Phil Jochem ,iz 5 ir c K I ., s -- s ,,-.WL Leonard Carrier 5 Y 3 f .,,., A l48 Roy Evans George Jochem oT Ponce lbending over Lalce WorTh baclcl arrives on The scene Too Iale, as a Trojan baclc scores. By The Time The Ponce-Miami Beach game came around on Halloween nighT, The slcirmish was considered The conTesT ThaT would evenTually decide The GulT- sTream ConTerence championship. IT seems ThaT The Beach had converTed Their sTar bloclcing baclc inTo a Tullbaclc and, in malcing The change, musT have goTTen him mixed up wiTh a bulldozer, Tor ThaT nighT, one Arnie Galcen weg 6 human Tanlc ThaT we simply could noT sTop, Oalcenis I26 neT yards gained sunlc The Cavs To The Tune oT a 6-O deTeaT. Ponce nexT Traveled To Lalce WorTh wiTh hopes oT remaining in The race Tor The ConTerence TiTle wiTh a win over The 'llroiansm buT Those hopes were smashed by a l4-6 Lalce WorTh vicTory. Welch's passes were again Ponceis mosT poTenT oTTensive weapon, wiTh George Jochem and Joe Robinson on The receiving end oT mosT oT Them. l:orT Pierce's Eaglesi' were The nexT Toe oT The Coral Gables Team, in a game played in The up sTaTe ciTy. l:orT Pierce succumbed To The powerTul Ponce aggregaTion wiThouT The expecTed sTrong opposiTion. So, The Cavaliers came back wiTh a I8-I3 vicTory under Their belTs and a won-Three and losT-Three record Tor The season. .--. 1