Rochester High School - Mirage Yearbook (Rochester, PA)

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CHEERLEADERS Row 1: Scherer, Fisher, Row 2: Sayre, Caputo. Row 3: Pierce, Ferguson. Row 4: Sheline, Hood. Fame has been won on the football field and the basketball floor, but without the efforts of our cheerleaders victory coulcln't be won. Through thick and thin or howling gale the echos of our cheerleaders ring through the crowd. Each week they carefully plan for Friday,s pep- meeting. When the day of the big game rolls around. pep, vim, and vigor are added to the crowd with Gloria7s pep talks, Donna's encour- agement, and Audrey's pep, spurred on by the enthusiasm of the five newcomers: Eleanor Fisher, Norma Ferguson, Shirley Pierce, and the two masculine members, Sonny,' Hood and Otis Sheline. Despite snow, sleet, rain, or hail, the blue and white clad figures of our faithful group can always be seen. Football season passes swiftly, but the work of the cheerleaders never ceases. Their thoughts are soon turned toward basketball season, when their work increases with two games a week: Our gal- lant crew has a difficult job to find bigger and better cheers, planning pep meetings, and urging fellow students to back up the squad. They closed the season with their hard cheering at the championship game. FOOTBALL MANAGERS I-leuring, Swearinger, Alberts, Klinglehoefer, Geist. And now we come to that little-known, but vital branch of the football team, the managers. They are the ones who do the work which keeps the team going. Their jobs range anywhere from lining off the field and changing cleats before the games, to checking equipment and giving first aid to cuts and bruises. Although the boys didn't have a senior manager, who is the natural leader, the two junior managers, Sonny I-Ieuring and Eugene Geist, both back from last year, took over the job of running the managing staff, along with the splendid cooperation of Sarge Alberts, Chuck Tarazano, Dick Klinglehoefer, and Jim Swear- inger. We can hardly say too much for these boys who are as vitally interested in the game as any foot- ball player, and who are willing to perform their tedious tasks for the sake of winning the game and not for hope of glory. MIRAGE HZS- 1945

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Brewer, Frank, A. Frank, Goettman, Wfaddell, Horter, Goodman, Strohel, Wliite, Zarillo Binkley, Yee, Castrodale, Cosky, Miss Withrow, Van Duzer, Goodwald, White, Conrad Stonnish, Nocera, Frezza, Colella, Roberta, Hanshaw, Giralico Stelter, Hart. POP KIDS Pop Kidsn-doesn,t sound very familiar and it isn't, for this is the first time in Rochy's history that pop has been sold as a sep- arate project, Its success was due to the unselfish efforts of those who watched over the pop till game time, those who sold it, and those who gathered the empty bottles. Little would have been ac- complished without the harmony and cooperation shown by all. We of the Senior Class and Mirage Staff wish to thank Miss With- row for her willing, capable supervisiong and all those who assisted, for their contribution to the publishing of the Mirage. ,-- 27 , ,

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OUR COACHES .A-.. .... rx, iz COACHES EARL, VON, and ERNIE Co-coaches Ernie Meyer and Earl Ewing are the backbone of our football team. They are the ones who teach the boys the fundamentals which in later life prove to be very valuable. Rochy High would lack a great deal without the serv- ices of these two Geneva Grads. They have given to Rochy many teams and records of which everyone can be proud. The record shows that this year we did not gain much in the victory column, but every game was hard fought and well played. A lot of credit should be given to our coaches. Ernie and Earl are always for the boys. They both have patience which is very valuable to a coach. Thatls the kind of coaches that Rochy High has and of whom we should be very proud. Mr. von Philp is indispensable to both Ernie and Earl. He is the one who helps to form a championship team. Venn has a tough job, but he handles it very well. He receives the raw material and then produces a reserve team which has a very good chance for varsity football. The services of Von,' should not be overlooked. Ernie. Earl, and Von are always pulling for the team. These are our coaches and a lot of credit is due them. y -29-