Suitland High School - Aries Yearbook (Suitland, MD)

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Captains Pace Rams To Third in County Defending champions, the Ram hooters were contenders for the Prince George's County Championship right up to the final game. The team had a season record of 5-2. After opening their defense of the Tri-County title with two consecutive wins, the Rams appeared to have an excellent chance to retain the trophy. But the Yellow Jackets of Gwynn Park had other ideas and upset Coach Buck's boys, -lf-2, to cop the first half title. ln the second half, S.H.S. fell short of its goal again as Frederick Sasscer stopped them, 3-1, to end the season. The win earned Sasscer the right to meet Gwynn Park in the championship game. Coach Buck, one of the areas' better coaches, was plagued all year by injuries to key players, the flu, and inexperience. Despite this, his team scored 38 goals to their opponents 3, and finished third in the Prince Georges County competition. The three principal reasons for the booters fine showing were co-captains Frank Martin, Danny Mitchell, and Ed Buenzli. The captains per- formed adeptly in all seven games, and were easily the main staves of the team. Also outstanding in the campaign for Suitland were Ralph Daily, Buddy lVIcCoy, and Doug Hammes. New- comers Danny Carroll, Bob Cook, Billy Cornelius, Mark Laurenzi, and Ralph Little also stood out. Whitey Schmidt did an excellent job as Student Coach. Fzrsl Rofw Co mptaznr Frank Martin Danny Mitchell Ed Buenzli. Second Ryu-Kenny Butler, Tony Hicks. Richard Hesterburg Buddy McCoy Rudy Fominaya Richard McCoy Bill Sistek, George White, Harry Hardy. Thzrd Row-Mir. Buck, head foarh David Stine jimmy Wilson Mark Laurenzi Bob Cook, Ralph Little, Kenny.Hoofnagle, Tom Harmel, Phil Swan, Gray Reese Whitey Schmidt Student Coach Fourth Rofw Howard Ewing, Gary Guardia, Marty Concannan, Robert Robbins, , l ,. ,L,.e.., k - ft., -. W.. - tai 2 I . ' . f 1 f

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- f ,, ,x M f' X . ,. I . ,. Q 5 I I Jack Haymans-Reserve Charlie Clark - Right Nick Pappas-Oliensive quarter back - handled halfhack - always kept guard-very dependable his assignments well. trying. and loved the game. After hauling in a 30 yard pass from Buddy Pollock, Bob Digulimio is stopped on DeMatha's ten yard line. Jim O'Brien - Powerful running fullback-always could depend on him for an extra yard. VVayne Bowman - First year man-played safety on defense-always try- ing. Ronnie Boore-First year man-fastest boy on the squad-always a threat. 0- .X K-.- ,Wx 43 jim johnson - Good of- fensive end rugged on de- fense. i I X Frank Thomas -- Rough tackle who always gave more than he received. Derwin Kim-First year man-big rugged end and excellent pass receiver. G. Q 5 42 ,Q , .. ,. g A '. ,s '. VV ',,, ,sr-'r - it 'ne 'f . , '-, - - - X, .- 'x -. ' I r' s l -M3 D T ---i iff.. -- - X- I i 1

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RAMS 6 .. 7 .. 2 .. 2 .. 10 .. 5 .. 1 .. I M ir' SCOREBOARD Sasscer ..... Nortwestern ... Gwynn Park Northwestern . High Point .... Gwynn Park Sasscer ..... '. OPPONENTS 0 O 4 0 0 0 3 'Q' Dan Mitchell-Co-Captain-Excellent player-could play any position and play it well-one of the outstanding players in the county-terrific competitor-one of the main staves of the team. Frank Martin-Co-Captain-Four year man-developed into one of the best fullbacks in the history of Suitland-terrific competitor-largely responsible for air tight defense that allowed only five field goals in twentv games. Ed Buenzli-Ca-Captain-Four year man-four letters-the first to accomplish this and probably the last-missed only 60 minutes of play in four years-great ball handler-could play on anyone's team. :hill Mime 3 UK: ' M. ., 1, rx. Suitland wing, Kenny Hoofnagle, adds two more points for the Rams. George VVhite, Suitland left wing, rifles the ball past a Yellow-jacket defender.