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

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Top Row: Robert Keller, Student Manager, Bernard Thrush, Coach, Warren Frey, U. Samuel Angle, Coach, William P. Yingst, Faculty Manager. G Fnerich, Thomas Shuey, Ammon Belleman, Ralph Light, First Row: Robert Hess, James Speraw, eorge .r Robert Piarote. ardifg gadlfefdaff ' The Cedars had a great deal to overcome in Varsity basketball during the 1940-X941 season, for not only the student body, but the public in general, seemed to be reminded of last year's Champs, whenever something spectacular or something hard to take oc- curred. ln the opening game of the season, played with Harrisburg Catholic, the team looked great considering the fact that many substi- tutions were made throughout the contest. When the final whistle blew, the Cedars were ahead by the score of 31-25. Bethlehem High-the next opponent-was tougher. The Cedars rallied in the last quar- ter so that they ended within four points of the victors 30-26. After this defeat, Lebanon staged a come- back on the local court by swamping Her- shey 45-27. ln this game 'lTom Shuey was shifted from his regular center post to that of guard. Closing the 1940 basketball books with a 'ibangf the Cedar dribblers traveled to Har- risburg Catholic, where they scored a second win over the Parochials 39-26. Although trail- ing their opponents in the First quarter, the Cedars outclassed the Crusaders completely in the remainder of the game. During the Christmas vacation, L. H. S. played host to last year's team. At the end of the first half, the Thrushmen were being close- ly followed by the former UChamps, but in the last quarter the Red and Blue shone. The final score was 30-32. A record crowd at the opening League game saw the Cedars defeat Iohn Harris 27- 18. The second half, the Red and Blue really put on pressure and could not be stopped. Lancaster High was the next to fall under

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' The lay-Vees had a start as Hne as their big brothers in that they, too, went to training camp. They also ended a half step higher in the season won and lost column, because they won two, tied one, and lost six. Some of the boys who showed promise of some day being Varsity material got into some of the big games for the experience that it aHorded when the Varsity seemed not to be doing so well. To start the season off, the Twigs traveled to Williamstown to play under the arc lights on Friday, September 12. The lights being strange and the opposition too great, they absorbed a 25 to 7 beating. On September 2I, the little Thrushmen went to Ephrata where, after a hard Fight, they were finally taken I3 to o. October 4 brought to town the miners of Lykens, who were a bit over-confident, but were rather lucky in taking a 7 to 6 victory. All the games up to this date were with Varsity teams of smaller schools, and the boys showed up rather wellg but in the next op Row: David Bach- an, Eugene Bieber, lbert Shultz, Fred rtzer, Nicholas Ad- ms, Gerald Boyer, ilph Clemens, Rich- d Brown, Robert Ar- lld, Gerald Lynch. lird Row: Kenneth rrkeslager, Kenneth iilippy, Calvin Fish- , Richard Miller, alter Spang, Robert 'oy, Vincent Under- ffler, Jr., Richard eik, Robert Kreider, ichael Kirsch. unior Uardify game they suffered a let-down, and took a 27 to o shellacl-ting at the hands of the Iohn Harris lay-Vees. The Hershey lay-Vees swooped on Leba- non, and the Twigs swiped a well-earned vic- tory from Hershey I3 to 6. The Cedars' understudies then travelled to Lancaster and were subdued by superior man- power by the score of IQ to 12. On November 1 the William Penn lay- Vees jumped into the trenches and were taken into camp to the tune of 6 to o. The Twigs then drove to Steelton and were impaled by a 26 to 0 defeat. To ring down the curtain on a none-too- successful season, Reading stepped on the stage on November I9 and the teams bowed to each other I3 times. The oddity of this game was that Reading made both her touch- downs from kick-offs. The lay-Vees had a good rub down in ex- perience, so that they will emerge refreshed and invigorated to be Varsity gridders. Schedule Leb. Opp. Sept. 12-Williamstown 7 25 21-Ephrata ............ 0 13 Oct. 4-Lykens .......,. 6 7 11-John Harris 0 27 1 8-Hershey ....... ... 1 3 6 25-Lancaster .......,. 12 19 Nov. 1-William Penn 6 0 3- 1 9- Szeelmn .,......,.,. Reading ....,.. 0 26 .. 13 13 Second Row: Fred Klompus, Student Manager, Samuel Peters, Student Manager, Donald Kotay, Charles Shay, Donald Dohner, Charles Wlxitman, Donald Lash, Kerry Gingrich, Herman Neely, George Strohm, Paul Albright. first Row: Herman Siegel, Ralph Rhen, Richard Nlarkey, William Swoope, Thomas Foltz, Samuel Wike, fhomas Gates. Paul Slike, Howard Hardenstine, Delroy Schneck.

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the spell of the now fast-traveling Cedars. The courtsters racked up their fifth straight victory by the large margin of 45-28. Hess and Hicks battled for the high scoring honors of the evening with I7 and I2 points respec- tively. Tom Shuey, as member of last year's team, at this time was chosen pilot of the 1940-1941 season. A highly-rated Reading team handed the Cedars their Hrst League setback on the local court. The visitors played brilliantly, the Red and Blue fading as the game proceeded. The game ended 23-19 in favor of Reading. The Cedars eked out a win over the York White Roses by a colorful second-half rally that clinched the game 26-21. A third-period comeback in the contest with William Penn did not mean much for the Thrushmeng the pace-setting Tigers put on a scoring splurge in the final chapter to decide the issue 40-25. Playing at a torrid pace, the Red and Blue dribblers dropped their second straight League game to the Steamrollers of Steelton High 45-41. Since the Steeltonians were more fortunate than the Lebanonians in their field goals, the edge of victory was four points. In a non-league encounter, the Thrushmen defeated a scrappy Hershey Industrial School Five 38-25. The Cedars outscored the Spartans in every stage of the game, Captain Tom Shuey setting the pace. Running wild to chalk up a 64-36 win, the Cedars of Lebanon literally swamped the Her- shey Trojans on the Community court. Every member of the squad saw action and figured in the heavy scoring. The Cedar cagemen traveled to Iohn Har- ris and captured their fourth League victory by beating the Pioneers 45-41. During this game Coach Thrush revamped his squad, Kal- bach and Brensinger of the scrubs replacing Sando, Heverling, and Peiffer. In a return game, the Cedars started a whirlwind spurt in the second half, and de- spite a valiant attempted rally, Lancaster was left on the short end of a 37-14 victory-the Fifth League win for Lebanon. Again a small matter of four points, scored in a few minutes left to play, spelled defeat for Lebanon's gallant Cedars at Reading. The latter managed to pull ahead of Reading once or twice and played a hectic game through- out the last half. The Red Knights, however, forged ahead and captured two leads that spelled victory. Five sturdy Cedars withstood thirty-two minutes of gruelling play with the York High Snappers to account for L. H. Sfs sixth Cen- tral Pennsy League victory 41-38. The Cedars began to freeze the ball, but Belleman saw Emerich was wide-open. The ball was rifled to the latter, and as the final gun barked, the ball dropped through the hoop, sealing an- other victory. Incidentally, Emerich was the sparkplug, scoring a total of I9 points dur- ing the fracas. The Cedar Quintet avenged an earlier set- back when they easily defeated the William Penn Tigers, who put on a desperate attack in the last quarter in an attempt to overcome the Lebanon lead, but fell short ten points- 40-30. A flashy Hershey Industrial five gave the Cedars a real scare when they held them to a 35-32 score. The foul-shooting average for the evening was very low, with only three out of twenty-Five tries made. Faint hopes of representing the League in the playoffs vanished entirely, as Lebanon fell before the Steelton Steamrollers. Students and townspeople crowded the gymnasium to see the bleachers fold up on a fairly successful season. Captain Tom Shuey was chosen guard on the coaches, All-Star Team. Emerich led the scoring with 173 points. Hess and Piarote were constant scorers, while Belleman played a steady game at guard. Light, Speraw, and Frey were capable substitutes whenever they were called upon to relieve one of their fel- low players. The season ended with Lebanon in a tie for third place with seven wins and five losses in League play. The Red and Blue won six- teen games in all and lost six in the basketball season of 1940-1941. 1941 VARSITY SUMMARY Lebanon Opp. 3 1 2 5 Dec. Harrisburg Catholic ..... Home Dec. Bethlehem ..,......,.......... 26 30 Away Dec. Hershey Industrial ....... 45 27 Home Deg, Harrisburg Catholic ..... 39 26 Away Jan. 1940 Champs ......... 30 22 Home Jan. John Harris ,................. 27 18 Home jan, Lancaster ... ................... 45 28 Away J an. Reading ....... ..... 1 9 23 Home jan, York .,.. ............, . .... 2 6 21 Home Jgn, William Penn ............... 40 25 Away jan, Steelton ............,.......... 45 41 Away jan. Hershey Industrial ........ 38 25 Home Feb. Hershey High ,.............. 64 36 Away Feb. John Harris ....... ..... 4 5 4 1 Away Feb. Lancaster ......... ......... 3 7 14 Home Feb. Reading ........... ......... 3 0 34 Away Feb. York ............................ 4 1 38 Away Feb. William Penn ............... 40 30 Home Feb. Hershey Industrial ........ 3 5 32 Away Feb. Steelton . .,..................... 28 35 Home