South High School - Sohian Yearbook (West Mifflin, PA)

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967 Football Season. i RETURNEES: Bottom row: Bill l-limmelwright, Terry O'DonneIl, Jack Edmundson, Merl Steimer, Tom Hollenbeck, Joe Parsyck, Jim Panaia, Al Joos, Don Lynch, Bob Mitchell. Row two: Bill Best, John Zaluski, Craig Slaubaugh, John Santa, Danny Logue, Mike Stetor, Chuck Correll, Kirk Brown, Paul Bonosky. Row three: Paul Conley, Curtis Young, Ray McGowan, Bob George, Bob Montgomery, Ray Cosgrove, Fred Bradley, Joe De Pretis, Dennis O'Brien. Top row: Jack Bowers, Don Delserone, Matt Sarsfield, Larry Wilson, George Weaver, Sam Sheranko, Chris Giles. Bottom row: Larry Shilatz, Richard Manson, Charles Jacobetz, Dave Mullineaux Top row: Walter Ayers, Jim Kennedy, Richard Pillar, Bill Wright

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Head Coach - Ned Mervos Our end coach, Bill Howley, is an- other completely local product. He is a graduate of Munhall High School and of the University of Pittsburgh. He was a member of the T963 football squad at Pitt which finished with a 9-l record. Coach Howley was drafted by the Pitts- burgh Steelers in l965, but because of a recurring knee iniury, upon which he had two unsuccessful operations, he was unable to compete for the pro- Club. Bernie Tennant is another brand- new addition to our coaching staff. Coach Tennant played halfback at North on the W.P.l.A.L. Class AA Championship team. He also played on the Waynesburg College football squad. We at South also owe a debt of grat- itude to Coaches Belich and Stagan, the iunior high coaches, who took time to come to South and aid Mr. Mervos and his staff. No group of boys, no matter how talented, is a 'iteam without the cohe- sive force of a coaching staff. By the same token, no team can be success- ful without a good coaching staff. We at South and, indeed, the whole West Mifflin community owe Mr. Mervos and his coaching staff a Thank you. I22 Coaches Foresee Promisine The success any team attains either, on the foot- ball field or any other arena, must in part be attrib- uted to the quality of the coaching. The quality of our coaching staff is equaled in few schools in the state. South's head mentor, Ned Mervos, shares with many other coaches the opinion that football is not a contact , but collision sport. In only his second year here, Coach Mervos has made the name of south one of the most feared and respected in West- ern Pennsylvania football circles. Mr. Mervos attend- ed South High School in Pittsburgh and after gradu- ation continued his education, both academically and athletically, at Pitt and Youngstown University. Before coming to South, Coach Mervos was an as- sistant coach at West Mifflin North, and helped lead them to the W.P.l.A.L. Class AA football champion- ship. Not enough can be said for Mr. Mervos either as a coach or as a man. Mr. Felix Zabrosky, a backfield coach, is a gradu- ate of Glassport High School. Coach Zabrosky played football for Wittenberg College and coached at Wilmerding and Griffin llndianal High Schools. He now coaches South's fine gymnastic team and teaches history and health. Mr, Nick Bracco, another backfield specialist, is also a local man. He attended Munhall High School, where he played football, after which, he went on to play for the Bulldogs of the University of Georgia. Before coming to South to teach history and coach, Mr. Bracco was head coach at Mt. Pleasant High School. 1 avi, ,SWL --,.. V Aa., I N s::4,x Assistant Coaches - Bernie Tennant, Nick Bracco, Felix Zabroski, and Bill Howley.

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Seniors, Mullen And Wide Pictu red at left: TERRY WIDEL - Quarterback Co-Captain SCOTT MULLEN - Fullback Co-Captain Pictured below: PAT HAMILTON - Hclfboclc TOM CRATTY - End JIM COMINOTTI - End