Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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to ll H i FOOTBALL TEAM First Row: Paul Young, James Johnson, David Paul, Barry Gale, Richard Dalton, Rufus Clark, Clifford Ash, David Carroll, William Johnson, Bradford Howard, Donald Lane, Robert Godfrey, Vincent Fierro, Mark Bertlesen, David Sanborn. Second Row: George Adams, Ronald Sullivan, Donald Cotreau, William Clay, Clarence Meuse, Paul Mello, James Brown, Richard Chesley, Steven Rhodes, Richard Horton, Thomas Guy, Peter Strassel, Philip Broeg, Douglas Mader, Walter Walsh. Third Row: Sidney Bates, John Gilbert, Thomas Haskell, Charles Bangs, Kenneth Olson, Richard Gerrier, Jon-Michael Fennelly, Kenneth DiCicco, Douglas Stevens, Paul Hubbard, Nicholas Gregorio, Graham Gerade, James Gato, Ned Kevorcian, John Torra, Robert Conti. Fourth Row: David White, Joseph Perry, Robert Kiley, John Muise, Larry Lapham, Richard Tomp¬ kins, William Nason, John Morse, Coach John Hollingsworth, Coach Robert Miksen, Coach Richard Chapman. Football The Reading Memorial High School Football Squad opened its 1959 season with a half-triumph by tying the Warriors. Led by Vincent Fierro, William Johnson, and David Sanborn, Reading twice drove within Wakefield’s fifteen yard line but failed to score either time. After losing to Belmont and tying Concord, the team experienced its first win over Springfield Classical. Methuen also suffered defeat at Reading’s hands. The Rockets’ football season reached its climax when Reading vanquished Winchester for the first time in ten years. Highlighted by James Brown’s blocking, the defensive play of the entire team will not soon be forgotten. Melrose, the future class B champion, shut out Reading in the next game, despite the greater offensive yardage netted by Richard Horton’s passing and Kenneth Olson’s receiv¬ ing. Snapping back after this defeat, the team gained a.win Coach Hollingsworth and a hopeful football team keep their eyes on the ball. over Lexington in which Graham Gerade’s 95 yard kickoff return and Clifford Ash’s tackling were outstanding. On Thanksgiving Day, Reading defeated its traditional rival, Stoneham, to finish in fourth place in the Middlesex League with a record of five wins, two ties, and two losses. Without the direction of coaches John Hollingsworth, Robert Miksen, and Richard Chapman and the determina¬ tion of the players under co-captains David Carroll and Clifford Ash, this record of achievement would not have been possible. Next year the Rockets look forward to an even better season with captain Kenneth Olson leading sixteen return¬ ing lettermen. If the team members show the same fine spirit that they have in other years, there will be nothing to stop them from compiling a winning record. The players show their appreciation for Coach Miksen.

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Freshmen

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Cheers for the winning touchdown. Reading Reading Reading Reading Reading Reading Reading Reading Reading FOOTBALL SCORES . 14 Wakefield . 20 Belmont . . 12 Concord . . 32 Springfield Classical . 24 Methuen . . 30 Winchester . . 0 Melrose . . 20 Lexington . 22 Stoneham . j I fmr ' jf JWW1 Future captain Ken Olsen catches that all-important touchdown pass. The referee instructs co-cap¬ tains Dave Carroll and Cliff Ash. 25