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

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ROW 1. Left to Right: R. Riegel, I. Kirsch, R. Blouch, W, Barcynski, C. Martin, E. Buff- Coach Emig checks soccer enmeyer, I. Forney. ROW 2. Coach Emig, G. Risser, T. Donley, R. Wagner, J. Zimmer- SCl1eClU1C- man, R. Brown, C. Fisher, B. Kohr, L. Fees. Soccer Team Fails to Win But will Continue Efforts They We Although the 1955 Soccer Team didn'twin any N0rthLebaf1On 7 1 games , there were several players who became eligible Armvllle for awards during the inter-scholastic play. EI-'CO 7 0 Along those who received awards were Joseph MYe1'5foWn of 3 5 Z Kirsch and Richard Wagner in the senior classg Clar- AfmViuo ence Martin, William Barcynski, Ronald Riegel and North Lebanon 8 1 Earl Buffenmeyer in the junior classg Ronald Blouch, EI-'CO 7 0 Thomas Donley, and Gerald Forney in the sophomore MYo1'Sl3oWn 5 2 classg and Glenn Risser, Bruce Kohr, James Fisher, James Zimmerman and Russell Brown of the fresh- men. With most of the 1955 team returning next year, Coach Emig and South Lebanon look forward to a championship year in Soccer. Sixty

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X1 Bill Martin Ed Tschudy Frank Baim Ed Martin Jerry Forney Joe Kirsch League Results South Lebanon Varsity WE 56 Myerstown 70 Myerstown 52 Faculty 51 Lebanon Catholic 50 Elizabethtown 50 Alumni 40 Lebanon Catholic 45 Cocalico 55 West Reading 64 Faculty 59 Alumni THEY 53 86 75 45 66 66 56 49 85 62 68 Competes in Tough Season South Lebanon, competing in the County Scholastic League, opened their new season in a game with the Alumni tossers a basketball lesson. Coach Floyd Becker's cagers found the Alumni rivals too powerful as they ushered in their 1955-56 basketball season. The one important thing the tall and speedy Ionians lacked was exper- ience. Mr. Becker, starting his sixth term as head mentor at South Le- banon, had only one returning letterman, Frank Baim, who couldplay any position. South Lebanon played a Z1 game schedule meeting seven non-league opponents before starting loop play against Annville, Jan. 6th. The Ionians,with Frank Baim setting a hot scoring pace, failed to win more than three games in the league. Ed and Bill Martin followed close in scoring points. Although the dribblers played a tough season this year, they showed real team spirit and co-operation as they battled to win. The cagers never stopped hustling from the start of the season to the finish. Fifty nine

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Baseball Players Display Fine Talent Scores They We Cornwall 3 2 With the return of several experienced players to lrliligrfllitgwn 1.5 3 the team, the prospects for a successful season in 1955 Palmyra 11 10 were good. However, the Ionians seemed to run into ELCO 4 5 bad luck at every turn, and they failed to win more Annvine 3 6 than 3 of the league games. Myerstown 5 3 The boys enjoyed working under coach George Cornwall 0 12 Red Emig, and although they didn't win many games , they gained experience to be of value next year. ROW 1. Left to Right: C. Gingrich, B. Martin, F. Baim, I. Kirsch, Kellei-,W. Dourte, B. Barcynski, T. Alt,house,G. Hetrick, R. Hous- E. Kline, E. Speraw. ROW 2. Coach Red Emig, E. Miller, E. er, C. Scipioni, Scorer.