Reading High School - High Lights Yearbook (Reading, OH)

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BLUE DE ILS' SE IOR QUAD CO-CAPTAINS: Ronnie Groh, left and Don Riesenberg, right. The Reading Football Eleven started their season by dropping their first two games to very strong Class A Schools. In the M.V. I. L. League things lookeda little brighter. Winning six straight games in the M.V.l.L., Reading took another crack ata class A school and with a little more luck tied the heavy favored Franklin, 6-6. Standouts in the scoring column were Denver Bullock and Fred Sloan with eight touchdowns apiece. Ending theirseason on the 25th Annual Thanksgiving Day Game, the Blue Devilswere not quite as fortunate and droppeda well-fought battle to Lock- land, T3-7. BLUE DEVlL'S FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1951 WE THEY September T4 Withrow vs. Reading I4 33 2I Piqua vs. Reading 6 27 28 St. Bernard vs. Reading 41 T4 October 5 Wyoming vs. Reading I2 O I2 Mariemont vs. Reading 20 7 l9 Deer Park vs. Reading 33 6 25 Greenhills vs. Reading 7 O November 2 North College Hill vs. Reading I2 0 9 Franklin vs. Reading 6 6 22 Lockland vs. Reading 7 I3 A-A LAST YEAR MEN, STANDING: Gene Burdine, Jack LAST YEAR MEN, STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: Campbell, Carl Cromer. KNEELING: Don Carter. Jim Wilder, Fred Sloan, Jack Christophel. Russell Linville. 4 9

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BA KETBALL CHAMP 1951-1952 VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Manager Ken Cromer, Gene Burdine, Pete Holmes, Ron Von Bargen, Jack Christophel Carl Cromer, Manager Dick Jones. SECOND ROW: Assistant Coach Robert Harper, Coach Kenneth Powers, Ron McDaniel Don Carter, Co-captain, Ken Conradg Co-captain, Russ Linvilleg Jim Devore, Fred Sloan, Assistant Coach Donald Mohr M.V.l.L. CHAMPS For the first time in six years the READING BLUE DEVILS are M.V.I.L. CHAMPS. Playing great ball in the closing games of the season, the DEVILS came through in fine fashion. The rebounding of RUSS LINVILLE and DON CARTER, the sharpshooting of JIM DEVORE, and the fine all around floor play of JACK CHRISTOPHEL, KENNY KONRAD and PETE HOLMES proved to be the decisive factors in the drive for the Championship. The all-around teamwork of the entire squad reflects the genius of Coach KEN POWERS' ability to mold a group of rusty lads into a precision instrument. The DEVILS proved how real champions play, when after they had lost only one game, they let the last place team IN.C.H.J beat them. This didn't discourage our boys though, because after this game the DEVILS won seven straight contests and on the final game ofthe season played Mariemont for the championship and beat them to the tune of 61-44. A hearty congratulation to the team and a well done, boysl VARSITY BASKETBALL SCORES I95I-I952 THEY Nov. 30 Hughes H 47 Dec 7 Greenhills H 4I I4 St. Bernard T 54 2I Wyoming T 42 Jan. 4 Deer Park H 4I 8 N.C.H. H 42 II Mariemont H 46 I8 N.C.H. T 55 I9 Taylor T 44 25 Lockland H 44 29 Greenhills T 47 Feb. I St. Bernard H 42 2 Lockland T 49 5 Wyoming H 50 8 Deer Park T 52 II Mariemont T 44 EXEMPTED VILLAGE TOURNAMENT Wyoming We - 49 They - 33 De Porres We - 48 They - 35