Stephens City High School - Newtown Pippin Yearbook (Stephens City, VA)

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Girls' Softball Squad Coach-Mlss ELLA RUDOLPH MARJORI1-: GOLLADAY WANDA LAFOLLETTE PATSY SMITH Captain Manager and Score-keeper Asst. Manager Patsy Barton Sarah Barton Dorothy Boone Betty Clark Donna Combs Helen Donald Elnor Franklin Marjorie Golladay Peggy Hoover Wanda LaFollette Mary Ann Monk Patricia Pingley Mary Renner Ellen Rivers Susan Sargent Dollie Shitflett Rosa Showalter Lucille Singhas Jo Ann Sirbaugh Rose Sites Patsy Smith Mae Snyder

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Girls' Softball Squad Girls' athletic activities have been somewhat neglected over the years, but, in spite of this, the girls have made an excellent showing in those con- tests in which they have participated. In February 1939 the Girls' Athletic Association was organized and two teams were formed for play during the school day. In 1944, the girls entered the Clarke-Frederick County Softball League and a loop of contests was scheduled annually each fall which included games involving teams repre- senting Berryville, Boyce, Gainesborcv, Gore, Stephens City and Stonewall, with Middletown entering in 1949 and Gore and Boyce dropping out. In the spring of 1946 Stephens City High School Team won the League Championship with only one game lost, and managed to get one leg on the trophy presented by the Northern Virginia Daily. In the four following sea- sons, the Stephens City Nine placed second after having it out with Gaines- boro with whom Stephens City always seemed doomed to tie for first place. Past scores of games with Gainesboro have been: in the fall of 1946, Gaines- boro-14, Stephens City-115 in the fall of 1947, Gainesboro-17, Stephens City-16g in 1948, Gainesboro-145 Stephens City-6. The trophy, after the play-off in 1948, went permanently to the Gainesboro Team. The line-up, schedule and results of the current season follow: LINE-UP Catcher -- .......... ..... R osa Showalter Pitcher ...... .... D orothy Boone First Base ....... ..... P eggy Hoover Second Base .... .... D onna Combs Third Base .... ....... B etty Clark Short Stop .... ..... L ucille Singhas Left Field ..... .... M arjorie Golladay Center Field .... .... S usan Sargent Right Field --- ..... Patsy Barton Substitutes .... .... D ollie Shifllett Helen Donald SCHEDULE Sept. 28 Stephens City vs. Clarke County there 13 8 Oct. 5 Stephens City vs. Middletown here 40 6 Oct. 12 Stephens City vs. Stonewall there 8 5 Oct. 19 Stephens City vs. Gainesboro here 3 29 RESULTS OF LOOP First Place .............................. Gainesboro Second Place ---- ..... Stephens City Third Place --- ....... Stonewall

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Football Squad The coming of organized football as an activity at Stephens City High School was long postponed due largely to the fact that the student body has been too small to support it, at least in its eleven-man form. However, in the spring of 1945 under the direction and coaching of Mr. Aylor and Mr. Gordon, a six-man team was organized, and was entered in the District L League. In 1946 Mr. Melton Wright joined the faculty and aided Mr. Aylor and Mr. Gordon in the job of coaching the team. The first two years found the team struggling to make a showing in the league and at the end of the first two seasons Stephens City was near the bottom of the League. In 1947 with Mr. Chester Wedell as coach, the Stephens City High School team won the District L Championship and Stephens City was well on its way in be- coming a worthy competitor on the football field. In September 19481, Mr. Lester Singhass came to Stephens 'City High School' as the first full-time physical education instructor and coach and started off the season with what amounted to a completely new team as a result of the graduation of the members of the former championship squad. Since it takes time to develop a seasoned team, 1948 was not a too successful season. During the latter part of the 1949 season, however, the team showed much improvement and placed fourth in the District L League. The schedule for the current season follows with accompanying scores' Sept. 30 Stanley vs. Stephens City home 0 48 'Oct. 7 Clarke County vs. Stephens City home 38 0 'Oct. 14 Woodstock vs. Stephens City away 44 12 Oct. 21 Hedgesville vs. Stephens City home 14 6 :Oct 28 Stonewall vs. Stephens City home 47 7 Nov, 4 New Market vs. Stephens City home 24 48 Nov. 9 Hedgesville vs. Stephens City away 14 38' 'Nov. 11 Toms Brook vs. Stephens City home 14 56 Nov. 18 Shepherdstown vs. Stephens City away 14 31 Nov. 24 away Stonewall vs. Stephens City 12 20 'Denotes League Games