Rothrock High School - Le Livre Yearbook (McVeytown, PA)

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8 B. M. 0. I3 Middleburg O Behind the fine three hit pitching of Harvey Eckert, McVeytown coped the opening game by a lopsided score. The team hit well as a whole with the big blow being a rousing triple by Harold Youtzy. B. M. 0. 5 Beaver Vocational 8 Beaver handed McVeytown their first loss of the year. Good pitching by Herman along with sev- eral errors by McVeytown brought about the first downfall of our team. B. M. O. 10 Freeburg 9 McVeytown took their second win of the year in I0 innings. After taking an early lead McVey' town saw Freeburg come up and tie the ball game up in the bottom of the sixth inning, but McVey- town held them scoreless and then in the tenth inning, McVeytown showed who was the stronger team. Ronald Boaz homered for McVeytown. B. M. 0. 7 McClure 4 McVeytown picked up their third win of the season by taking the measure of McClure. After letting McClure take an early 3-0 lead McVeytown came back to go ahead 4-3. McClure tied it up and McVeytown brought in 3 more runs and that was the ball game. Robert Dunmire and Charles Rupert both had a perfect 3 for 3 day at the plate. B. M. 0. 5 Burnham-Derry 3 McVeytown took their fourth game in five starts at the expense of Burnham-Derry. The entire team had a hand in this victory as there was no individual star. Kenneth Mort in relief of Harvey Fckert got the win. B. M. O. 3 lelver Voc. ? McVeytown dropped their second game in six starts. Beaver was again our downfall, they have a fine pitcher in Herman. The McVeytown boys were set down with iust five hits. Two of the five by Bill Allgyer.

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B BMO T7 Alumni 45 The BMO girls dropped their opening game to the Alumni. Height and inexperience were the main factors. The girls showed a lot of spirit and they will improve. C. Moist led the Alumni to vic- tory with 25 points. .lean McCullough led BMC! with lO points. BMO 26 Saltilfo 60 The BMO girls dropped their second game to Saltillo. L. Bingerman led BMO with I4 points while Kough led Saltillo with 26 points. BMO 24 Armagh-Brown 46 The BMO girls dropped their third game of the season to Armagh-Brown. The girls showed the will to win but they need heighth. Their inexper- ience is also a handicap. Sara Wagner led the Armagh-Brown girls with I3 points while Lynne Bingerman added 10 for the losing team. BMO 20 Menno-Union The Menno-Union girls went into an early lead and were never in danger of losing. L. Bingerman led the scorers for McVeytown as she scored ll points. BMO 24 McClure 37 The girls dropped a game to McClure that end- ed with the McVeytown girls coming as close to breaking the iinx as they have managed to get all year. L. Bingerman led the McVeytown girls in scoring with l3 points, while Shawver led McClure with I8 points. BMO 23 Armagh-Brown 40 Inexperience cost the girls another game. Sally Andrews led the losers in scoring with ll points. BMO 20 Menno-Union 44 The girls ran into trouble again as they fell to MennoAUnion. Sally Andrews led BMO scoring with ll points. BMO I8 McClure 34 The girls lost to a more experienced McClure squad. Sally Andrews and Lynne Bingerman ied the BMO scorers with 9 Points each. BMO 26 Saltillo 59 The girls closed out their season by losing to Saltillo. Lynne Bingerman scored 20 points for the losers while Kough scored 28 points for the winning Saltillo squad. All. STAR GAME Mifflin County 39 Snyder County 32 BMO was represented in the annual All Star game played this year at Middleburg by Wanda Frymyer, Sally Andrews, Jean McCullough, and Lynne Bingerman.

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B. M. O. 'l Belleville 7 McVeytown received their third setback of the current season at the hands of Belleville. Spottv fielding by McVeytown brought about our down- fall. With two outs in the fifth inning, Belleville erupted for seven runs which brought about our downfall. B. M. 0. 'ID Armagh-Brown 2 McVeytown's power hitting along with near perfect pitching by Kenneth Mort over powered A. B. in convincing style, Ronald Boaz connected for two home runs and a double. Mort pitched a one- hitter. B. M. 0. 13 Middleburg 0 The Eagles of Coach Humphries iourneyed to Middleburg and they met with great success. They opened up a two fisted attack which left the Middies smothered. Led by Kenneth Mort with four hits and Harvey Eckert's fine four hit pitching the Eagles were victorious. B, M, 0. 3 Freeburg 7 McVeytown dropped a game to Freeburg by the tune of 7-3. It was a close game the whole way until the late innings. J. Hood pitched the win for Freeburg. B. Nl. 0. 4 McClure 7 McClure dumped McVeytown in a loosely play- ed game. Errors played a part in a great deal .af the time. Kenneth Mort took the loss. B. M. 0. 0 Burnham-Derry I0 Burnham-Derry handed McVeytown its worst loss of the season by thumping us I0-O, A hard hitting squad along with the fine pitching B. Breon was enough. Donald Swigart starting his first game of the year was the loser. B. M. O. 2 Menno Union l In the closest and best played game of the year McVeytown upset Menno Union's applecart by a close score. It took eight innings for McVeytown to push across the winning run. Long's homerun was the only time Menno Union scored. Kenneth Mort got credit for the win. we eg' ll-3 ? ! Q irtiffy i 135- If TE.: