South Lebanon High School - Ionian Yearbook (Iona, PA)

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From then on. Lebanon shifted into high gear, as was shown by their taking the next three games. A fighting Lancaster team was the first victim by a score of 28-22. Next was John Harris by a 4-5-43 count, an encounter in which the Cedars staved off a last-quarter rally which fell short by only two points. Against Reading. Lebanon again came through by virtue of a sensational second-half rally which enabled us to conquer the Red Knights by a 31-27 score. The winning streak was momentarily halted by Hershey Industrialg but who cared? The Cedars were in a tie for first place with Reading and were really 5'hot.,7 York provided us with a fairly easy win, but William Penn stopped the Cedars by a 35-33 count in an exciting tussle. Lebanon avenged a previous defeat of Steeltonis by swamping the Steam Rollers by a twenty-one point margin. In succeeding games, Leb- anon kept on going, defeating Lancaster in a very close game, walloping John Harris, coming from behind again to beat Reading, retaliating a previous overthrow by Her- shey lndustrial. whipping York and laying Hershey low in the seasonis finale. Thus the Cedars won the championship of the Central Pennsylvania Basketball League. All this was just warming up exercise in an exciting and breath-taking season for the Lebanon fans, because in the first play-off tilt, Lebanon swamped Hershey by a 39-18 count, and treated Wyomissing in a similar manner, emerging victorious, 38-26. ln what was perhaps the crucial game of the series, Lebanon, paced by Turkey,' Reed. nosed out a beautifully smooth Lower Merion quintet 30-26. The Eastern Regional finals found Lebanon stopping the highly-regarded Crossin and his team mates from Luzerne, and doing some scoring of their own to tax the score board with a final 4-4-31. The night that the finals were played at the Penn Palestra, the Cedars really did shine. Faced by Hess, Reed. and Paine. Lebanon smashed through to a 37-32 triumph which gave them the State Championship. All the credit possible should make its obeisance to the Lebanon High coaching staff, headed by Bernie Thrush. who. in his very first year, hoisted Lebanon to the Stateis pinnacle. along with Sannny', Angle. his competent assistant. Among the players, Captain Turkey , Reed was a standout in scoring, Piarote and Hess were speedy and aggressive floor workers, and Snyder and Paine dependable guards and set-shot artists. ln reserve, Coach Thrush had Slike and Croy, two seniors. and liimerich and Shuey, both juniors. All were dexterous dribblers. who worked hard to produce champions. Lebanon, on the whole, had a well-balanced team that really deserved to win. The Cedars of 1940 have left behind them a twelve game winning streakfa meteoric career. at which future L. H. S. teamsters should aim. mee omg Lebanon Opp. Dec Myerslowu 37 19 Feb. 7 Lancaster Dec llershey 30 34 Feb. 9 John Harris Dec Bethlehem 23 33 Feb. 13 Reading Jun. William Penn 42 26 Feb. 16 Hershey Industrial Jun. Sleellon 38 -16 Feb. 23 York Jun. Lancaster 28 22 Feb. 27 Hershey Jun. Jolm llarris -15 43 Mar. 8 Hershey Jan. Reading 31 27 Mar. 12 Wyomissing Jan. Hershey lnduslrial 27 30 Mar. 20 Lower Merion Jan. York 34 212 Mar. 27 Luzerne Jan. 30 William Penn 35 Mar. 30 Conemaugh Feb. Slcellon 47 26 5 I

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