Spring City High School - Pirate Log Yearbook (Spring City, PA)

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Baseball all The l949 baseball season was a very successful one. Under the leadership ot Coaches Wise and Geyer the Blue and White won the Section Six Championship lor the second straight year. The winning Wisemen then entered the P.l.A.A. District One playoffs and defeated Sharon Hill in the twelve inning battle. ln the semi-finals they lost to Chester High School. The team Worked well together, but it was Dick Mull's pitching arm and lim Reritschler's hitting ability that really pulled it through. The team finished the season with a splendid record oi l2 wins and 3 losses. The returning lettermen were Captain R. Mull, I. Rentschler, l. Dell, P. Carl, D. Staulfer, and L. Davis. Other players were L. Gumma, E. Davis, B. Mull, R. Shantz, C. Smith, L, Mooney, I. Boettger, H. Carl, G. York, R. Rosen, R. Kirkner, T. Taschner, G. Finkbiner, and P. Neborak. Louis Caparro was the team's capable manager. Congratulations should certainly be extended to Coaches Wise and Geyer and the players tor the remarkable season. Marple Newtown . 'Spring City Spring City iiSpring City 'Spring City 'g'Spring City 'Bridgeport . 'iiSpring City Spring City 'Spring City Spring City i'Spring City Spring City i Spring City 'i: 'Chester 'Suburban 6 'mplayotf gam SCHEDULE 3 Spring City . .... .. 5 Bridgeport . . . .. 3 Royersford . 6 Upper Merion . 9 Conshohocken . .. 6 North Coventry . l Spring City . . . . l Upper Merion . 5 Hill School l.V. 7 Conshohocken .. 4 Schwenksville . . 4 North Coventry . 7 Phoenixville . . . . .. 6 Sharon Hill .. .. .. .. . .. . . l4 Spring City League Games es CP.l.A,A. Dist. ll Sixty-mir' UO inningsl U2 inningsl

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Basketball The Spring City High School basketball team opened the 1949-50 campaign with a bang. They defeated Boyertown, 44-33, with Sargent cmd Hall- man the high scorers. The strong Collegeville outfit was the next victim, The home quintet came out victorious, 31-26. Sopho- more Paul Neborak tallied over half the points with a spectacular 17. North Coventry was trounced 55-15 on the home court with Mull, Neborak, and Stauffer leading the massacre. The Groffmen lost a thriller to Berwyn, 34-31, but batted down Bridgeport, 35-28, in a nip and tuck contest in the first Section Six game. After the Blue and White squad defeated Royers- ford, 47-41, they entered their second league game. Here the Pirates fought off a stubborn Consho- hocken team to win, 38-34, Spring City, seeking revenge for the setback re- ceived at Berwyn, parted the cords for 16 field goals and 14 fouls to win, 46-28. However, the winning streak was halted when they faltered at the hands of St. Agnes. Likewise Upper Merion dealt an- other defeat. Smarting under recent reverses, the Pirates cap- tured the Twin-Borough championship by defeating Royersford, 51-34. They were definitely on the run and broke a jinx at Bridgeport, 56-54. The Pirates squeezed by the fast-breaking Amity five, 39-37, downed the Hill School lunior Varsity, 39-32, and conquered the Conshohocken dribblers, 44-33. Sixty The second game with St. Agnes was lost by the Pirates, 67-51. ln the thriller with Upper Merion Spring City was top man, 42-31, This victory put the Pirates in a tie for the Section Six Champion- ship. However, North Coventry had to be downed next-little trouble was encountered here. The Pirates built themselves up to a big letdown when they lost a 43-35 decision to Upper Merion in the Norristown High gymnasium. ln receiving this defeat, the Pirates were knocked out of the Section Six Championship. This was a tough game to lose, but it was the farthest any Spring City High School basketball team had ever gone in Section Six com- petition. Lee Sargent led the attack with 14 points followed by Paul Neborak's 11. Before the Pirates entered the post season Lions Club Tournament, they nosed out Boyertown, 34-33. Captain Lee Sargent and forward Iim Hallman made first string all Section Six, and Paul Neborak, a sophomore, made the second string to take league laurels. Special congratulations should be given to Coaches Gene Groff and Nathan Kendig for the fine work they did in developing the Pirate squad from one letterman to a near championship team. The basketball squad should also be handed much credit for showing the good old school spirit through- out the 1949-50 season. The Pirates won five league games and lost two. During the whole season they won fifteen and lost five.

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Hockey The second week of September opened the l949-50 season of bruised ankles and black eyes. The minute the sticks were taken from the box, the idea of an undefeated season was born in the minds of every member of the squad. After only one week of skills and scrimmages, a practice game was scheduled with Schwenksville. Before this game the team elected Ianis Place to pilot them through the season as captain. The Spring City lassies racked up three goals that proved the Blue Birds' downfall. With this victory under their belts the Pirettes felt they were ready to undertake the first game of the season with the Upper Merion Spartans. The first half of the game belonged to Spring City, with Barbara Hetrick scoring the only goal. A reiuvenated Upper Merion team took the field in the second half to score two winning points. The idea of an undefeated season was replaced by that of a good one as the girls prepared themselves for the annual West Chester fray. Spring City was again the aggressor with lean Himes driving the first and only Blue and White goal through the uprights. Unable to stop a fast moving, hard driving line, Spring City again wound up on the short end of a 2-l score. Determined to end the two game losing streak, the Pirettes met the Bridgeport Dragons on the home field. Ianis Place sparked the Spring City maids to a 3-O victory over the Bridgeport aggregation, A hard-fighting Pottstown team battled the Spring City pucksters to a l-l stalemate. Shirley Gumma scored the only Blue and White goal. The Eaglettes from across the river proved to be the Pirettes' next victim. Mary lane Smoyer and Ianis Place tallied the two goals that handed the Orange and Black maidens a 2-O setback. A strong mainline team from Berwyn afforded our lassies their next contest. The team burst into action with Ianis Place, Patsy Bentschler, Mary lane Smoyer, and Ianet Mull taking the scoring honors. Trying to make up for a late start, Berwyn fought back by scoring twiceg but they still fell short of the Spring City eleven. The last game of the season brought an undefeated Collegeville team to the Spring City field. The whole forty minutes of the game found us incessantly pounding at the Colonels' goal cage, but to no avail. The game was fought to a U-U deadlock. Sixly-Iwo