Rochester High School - Mirage Yearbook (Rochester, PA)

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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-

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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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Row 1: Collins, McDonald, Werthmann, Leonburg, Clayton, Mike, Burg, Parilli, Supak, Grdnic, Rager. Row Z: Gomory, Rall, Farmer, Reynolds, McElhaney, Rubbo, Carcaise, Kay, Doyle, Swager. L. End: Coach Ewing, Nocera. R, End: Bush, Coach Meyer, THE SEASON'S SCOREBOARD Rochester 50 . . ,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,. ,,,. ..,,, N e w e 11 0 Rochester 40 .. ,,,, Midland 7 Rochester 6 . . . ,,,, ,,,,,,, E llwood 26 Rochester O , . ,, New Brighton 19 Rochester O.. ,,,,,,,, Aliquippa 6 Rochester 13 ,,,, .. Beaver Falls 13 Rochester 0 .. ,,,,, Ambridge 13 Rochester 31.. ,,,, ,,,,,,,, W , Wilson 33 Rochester 6 . ,,,, . .. Beaver 0 Rochester 7 ,,,, ,,,,, F arrell 7 Football is one of the most thrilling and spectacular games played in the sport's world. It is the king of sports in Rochester High School. A team must have teamwork to succeed in winning games. A team that works together cannot be beaten. Football is a game with plenty of razzle-dazzle action, thrilling forward passes, booming high punts, and weaving and twisting runs. Plenty of this type of action was displayed by our team this year. Football attracts larger crowds than any other sport played in our high school. It is becoming more and more popular every year. M30-