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

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close in on Bob Sherill oT Edison, in a real Thriller played in The Coli- seum during The ChrisTmas holi- days. The game wenT inTo over- Time wiTh Ponce coming on Top oT a 4I-39 score. Ehly goes up inTo The air Tor a score in The TirsT oT heaTed Ponce- Beach conTesTs oT This pasT season. The game was played in The Beach gym wiTh The Typhoons Topping The Cavs by a 4I-38 margin. Tor The rebound. ln The background Ehly scores again againsT The Typhoons in The same conTesT, wiTh Jerry Loos l2l oT Ponce Tollowing Kazan l26l and Burns l2ll oT Miami Beach. Ray Ehly oT Ponce drives pasT Bobby Sherrill oT Miami Edison Tor a score in The aToremenTioned game played in The Coliseum. Ponce players in background are McMechen l9l and Brice Jerry Loos, one oT Ponce's big Three, goes in Tor a baskeT againsT Gesu l'ligh, The Team ThaT The Cavaliers murdered, 58-23. The Cav ace was second among The high scorers on The Team. Dick Killen and Billy Parker lnum- bers 6 and 3, respecTivelyl oT Ponce go up Tor The rebound in Their clash wiTh Gesu. Ray Ehly leaps up over The Beach's sTar, Ronnie Lehrmen, To pass To a TeammaTe Tor anoTher Ponce score againsT Beach, iTs haTed GulTsTream ConTerence ri- vals. Lehrman and Ehly are boTh candidaTes Tor All-CiTy. Ehly is covered by Sherill Miami Edison, as he Tries To drive in Tor a buckeT againsT The Bed Raiders.

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Ponce. Ponce Ponce Ponce Ponce. Ponce Ponce Ponce Ponce Picfured above, kneelingzl McMechen, Loos, Bishop, Ehly, Evans, Welch. Sfandmg Parker, Mifchell, Cook, Killen, Keech and Brice. The Ponce de Leon baskefball sguad of T949-50 has, up fo fhe fime of fhis prinfing, been a hof and cold aggregafion all season long, af fimes showing pro- longed flashes of brilliance, and af ofher fimes showing sfreaks of inadequacy: buf, under fhe brillianf fufelage of Coach Clarence Drepperd, fhe Cavs will probably finish fheir season wifh a fine record. Jerry Bishop leads fhe feam and fhe cify in scoring, wifh 56 field goals, 44 free fhrows, for a fofal of l62 poinfs. Bish is second only fo Jack Roper of l-lomesfead in fhe scoring race in Soufh Florida. Jerry Loos is second in fhe cify and on fhe feam, wifh 50 field goals, 48 free fhrows, for a fofal of I48. Ray Ehly rounds ouf fhe fop fhree among cify scoring, wifh 5I field goals, 26 free fhrows, for a fofal of l28. l-larry McMeecen has hi+ for 68 poinfs and Dick Killen for 48. Billy Parker and Anfon Brice have bofh been sfandoufs on defense all year long. l-larry Mifchell is one of fhe few sophomores ever become a sfarfer in his sophomore year, Bishop being fhe lasf fo affain fhis honor. l-lenry Palmer has proved his abilify fo hif from far ouf on several occasions. Ponce reached ifs season peak againsf Miami Edison, in fhe Coral Gables Coliseum on December 30, wifh a fhrilling overfime vicfory over fhe powerful Raiders. The season box: Wesf Palm , . Redland , .. 28 43 Ponce. Ponce.. ,,., . . Miami Tech .. Belle Glade . 23 Porf Lauderdale Poncem... .. .. K. M. l. , .... .. H54 Key Wesf .... . Ponce Sarasofa .,.. . .. .. .4I Miami Edison Ponce Soufh Broward l-lomesfead , ,. Ponce Miami Tech .. .. H58 Lake Worfh Ponce Redlands . ,.., M58 Gesu . . .. .. ,.., . 38 Miami Beach ..

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PicTured aT leTT is The l949-50 Ponce B baslceTball Team. BoT, Tom row: W a y V1 9 Moore, Donald Mann, Don Barnes, ErnesT Tobey, Neal 5miTh. 5Tanding: C l a u d e Thomas, Johnnie 5harpe, Don Moore, Charlie MiTchell, Jim l-leaTon and Coach Feinerer, Tobey and Barnes received All- GulTsTream honors. The Ponce B quinTeT, under The coaching oT Paul Peinerer, ran up a sTring oT Ten wins and only Two losses during The TirsT Two monThs oT The season. The squad was led in scoring by ErnesT Tobey, wiTh II7 poinTs, Tollowed by Don Mann wiTh lOl, Don Barnes wiTh IOO, Wayne Moore wiTh BO, Claude Thomas wiTh 65, and Neal 5miTh wiTh 47. Coach Peinerers Tive displayed a TalenT To run up large scores on opponenTs several Times during The season. The squad swamped Gesu, Tech, Redland, Miami l-ligh and Belle Glade by large scores. The TasT brealc, as TaughT by Coach Peinerer, was very eTTecTive, wiTh Wayne Moore and Don Mann scoring consTanTly Trom The Torward posiTions. Don Barnes and Ernie Tobey hiT consisTenTly Trom all over The courT. Johnnie Sharp, Don Moore, Tommy Holmes, and PeTe Coolc were promising sophomores on This year's B Team, which was largely a junior aggre- gaTion. Jim T-leaTon and several players provided The much needed reserve sTrengTh, laTe in The games. The season record oT IO-2 was one oT The besT in recenT years. Tl-IE SEASON BOX: Ponce... . . 56 WesT Palm Beach . ,42 Ponce ., . . 50 Belle Glade Ponce ..,., , . , 3I Redland . . . I7 Ponce .... .,,, 49 Miami I-ligh , Ponce, . . 25 l:orT Lauderdale . ,,.. 36 Ponce. ,, . , 52 SouTh Broward Ponce ...... . ,73 Gesu ,. ..,, .. . I4 Ponce .42 Miami Tech Ponce ,. ,, 54 Lalce WorTh ,.,. , .. 3I Ponce, ,,,,,,,, bl Redland , Ponce., ,,.., ...H36 Miami Beach ..,,,47 Ponce ...64 Miami Tech . .. 24 Top leTT: Don ll.il Abnerl Barnes scores a g a i n sT Techls B Team. Lower leTT: Claude Thomas drives paST Two Tech deTen- ders Tor anoTher Ponce , score. Top righT: Tho- mas and Barnes of P o n c e Take rebound Trom several Belle Glade players. BoTTom: R. Sharpe oT P o n c e goes up Tor a shoT againsT Beach. l l lx ..'r1 ' l l