Tyrone Area High School - Falcon Yearbook (Tyrone, PA)

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TYRONE '6B Bald Eagle Tyrone Philipsbnrg Tyrone Altoona , . Tyrone Philipsburg , Tyrone Moshannon Valley .. 2 Tyrone VVilliamsport . Tyrone Huntingdon 19 The Eagles ontrushed the Bearcats. but fumbles at vital times proved fatal as Hunting- don came out on top by the score of 19 to 12. lt was the second straight setback for the Eagles. An injury to Fred Dannaway. Tyrone fullback. left the Eagles Without that extra punch. Scordo defensive play of all-state tackle Lynn Drake was the best displayed all year. Chief Logan 6 Tyrone 24 In the opening seconds the Mingoes kicked off to the Eagles. Tyrone fninbled and a Nlingoe halfback scooped up the ball and scamp:-red for the first T. D. But that was not to stop the Golden Eagles from coming from behind to win their third game. Philipsburg 20 Tyrone 13 A fired np Philipsbnrg eleven invaded Cray Memorial Field and handed the Colden Eagle: a 20-13 defeat. A bad center and fumbles payed the Way to the Eagles' third loss. It was a hard fought game and the blocking and tackling were crisp on both sides. Cowher snared a T. D. pass and Vanneman scooted the end from three yards out with Drake making good one of the place- Tyrones scoring and Dannaway each scored for Tyrone. The 535 ff ments take 33 l cg i JE BB. 75 .EE , .. n ' ' ' r .. 1 T a ive 1 W 'WJ ' S .Q.4l2 1 VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM wright. Second row: -I. Greene. C. XValk. NV. Harpster, C. Michaels. B. Clites, N. Maisano. I Nlyus, l . Iyasile, R. Vanneman. J. Maisano. Al. Scordo. D. W'illiams. Third row: F. O'Ronrke. xonp, G. Higgins, j. XValk. B. Stcck, C. Calllarclli, D. Miller. S. Patterson, J. Dannaway, T. ish dl, M. johnson. D. Hagg. Not Pictured: E. Dannaway, D. Smith. H. Carper. B. Cray.

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VARSITY COACHES Left to Right: O. Kneiclinger, -I. Chuckran fHead Coachl, WV. Hanshalter. Mardify joofgaf Bellwood 0 Tyrone 32 As the 1957 season got underway, the Golden Eagles rolled over the Blue Devils for a 32-0 victory. Tony Scordo led the scoring with three tallies as he rolled up 113 yards in three carries. Dannaway lugged the pigskin six times for 67 yards. Vanneman carried three times for yards. The team as a whole worked together for victory. North Cambria 6 Tyrone 41 The Tyrone Golden Eagles broke a three year jinx by romping to a 41 to 6 victory over the Colts. Tyrone scored on the fifth play but the Colts came back with a 74 yard march and the score became 7 to 6. At this point the Tyrone backs went to work, using the long run as Myers and Dannaway scored twice and Scordo and Cowher each crossed the final stripe once. Drake made good five P. A. T.'s. lt was truly a team victory. Lewistown 13 Tyrone 7 The Eagles traveled to Lewistown for their first loss of the season. The Panthers bottled up the Eagles offensively. The Panther's scores came on 90 and 36 yard runs. Tyrone's lone score came in the last quarter when Tyrone re- covered a fumble on the Panther's 29 yard line. Eight plays later, V anneman smashed over from the one. Drake's placement was good. Powell took individual honors in rushing with 132 yards. Dannaway chalked up G7 yards for Tyrone. fy My-1 EEN CJ TRAINEE Bern Oherly 224 it-lm 49 Etvl oy! Y. QQ 392 First row: L. Drake, R. Tre nary, D. Gill, J. Cowher, R Thomas, B. Hicks, B. Dixon N. Murchison, T. Seordo, -I

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State College 7 Tyrone 6 Once again fumhles caused the Golden Eagles their fourth setback of the season. A total of sixteen fumhles was accumulated. Tyrone out- played State hut lost in the point system. The last time State College defeated Tyrone at Gray field was in 1953. 7-0. Lock Haven 13 Tyrone 13 Tyrone made the long trip to Lock Haven and had to settle for a 13-13 tie after leading the Bohcats almost the entire game. XVith 2:32 to go and the score 13 to 6 in favor of Tyrone a 127 pound quarterback returned a punt 82 yards for the tying score. It was Tyroneis liest effort since early in the season. The play of Lynn Drake was his hest effort all year as he repeatedly hroke up Lock llavenls running plays, Seordo and Malcom lohnson shared Tyrone's touch- down honors as Drake made one of two place- ments to account for Tyrone's scoring. Hollidaysburg 27 Tyrone 0 The Tyrone High Golden Eagles suffered their worst defeat of the year at the hands of Hollidaysliurgg 27-0 at the county seat with the Golden Tigers scoring two touchdowns in hoth the second and fourth quarters. This was Tyroneis fifth defeat of the season while this ac- quired for Hollidayshurg an undefeated season. Clearfield 6 Tyrone 27 The Eagles closed the season in an impres- sive way as they downed the Clearfield Bisons 27-6. The Eagles revealed early season form lay rolling up 364 yards to 127 for the opponent. Fourteen seniors saw action for the last time under the colors of Tyrone Area High School. Hohbie Vanneman racked up three touchdowns and Scordo scored once with Drake making good three placements. Tyrone finished the season with a -1-5-1 record.