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

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.A i my 1 we - Wil ii Football Squad COaCh-MR. LESTER SINGHASS DEAN BAUGHMAN THOMAS REARDON FRANKLIN RACEY Captain C o-captain Manager Allan Barley ......... halfback - - -quarterback David Brown .... Dean Baughman- - - - -halfback Charles Coates ......... center Charles Cochran - -quarterback Richard Dick ......... halfback Jackie Dove .... --------end Bradley Driver ....... halfback Lewis Ewing ..... Robert Franklin John Funk ..... George Giles .... -quarterback - - - - - -halfback -----end ----end GEORGE CATHER Manager Gary Green ...... ..... e nd Donald Hodgson .... ...., e nd Page Huffman .... ..... e nd Warden Jenkins -- - .... end John Larrick .... Robert Manuel --- -----end -----end Nelson Mclntire ........ center Billy Nicholson --- - - - .... -end Thomas Reardon - Tunney Nicholson -----end -------center Millard Singhas -----. halfback Billy Zirkle ---- - - - -halfback

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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

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Baseball Squad For a number of years in the earlier history of the school, there were no inter-scholastic contests at Stephens City High School. In 1939, a baseball team was organized and entered in the Clarke-Fred- erick County League. The first three seasons of organized inter-scholastic play were very successful as the team placed second in the League all three years. The fourth year saw the Stephens City nine do even better by win- ning the League championship to get one leg on the trophy which had to be won two years in succession before it could be permanently retained by any team. In 1944 the Stephens City Team lost its chance at permanent posses- sion of the trophy when the Middletown team nosed them out in a hard- fought game for the championship. This put Stephens City second place in the League. 1946 saw Stephens City next to the bottom in the League, but in '47 the Chiefs were on top again and, at the close of the season were entitled to play in a contest with the All-Stars, a team composed of outstand- ing players selected from the League contestants. 'The '48 and '49 seasons were not too successful as the team placed fourth in '48 and on the bottom in '49, Prospects for this spring are good since the larger proportion of the old members of the squad are back and should bring the Stephens City High School rating up near the top again. THE '49 SCHEDULE April 14 Berrylille vs. Stephens, City away April 19 Gcgre vs. Stephens City home April 22 Middlgtown vs. Stephenzis City away April 27 Bogfce vs. Stephens Cgity away May 3 h Stonegvall vs. Stephensl City home May 6 Gainesboro vs. Stephens City home May 10 Berrygville vs. Stephens, City home May 13 Goge vs. Stephens glity away May 16 Middletown vs. Stephens City home 0 10 May 24 Boy7ce vs. Stephens gity home May 27 Stonegvall vs. Stephens, City away May 31 away Gainesboro vs. Stephens City 1 5