Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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Eagles Sectional Champs V.V.W Victory High’s Sectional basketball chabpions are pictured above with row, left to right: Manuel Alvarez. Rex Bumgardner, Warder Powell, John John Tarantino, Manuel Garcia, Ralph Newlon, Jack Alonzo, Homer Diaz, Coach Howard Hutson. Back row: Charles Yost, Haymond Travis, Manuel McClung. their coach and manager. Front Tiano, Jim Mihalik. Second row: Arthur Alvarez. Earl Mills, and Arais, Robert Newlon and French

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Grid Win Over W, I Stands Out in ’39 The Eagles ’39 football season got off to a fine start with Victory winning its initial game from Lumberport 33-0. The Eagle fans were much impressed by the fighting spirit of the team and looked forward to a great season. A week later the Elkins gridders invaded the Eagles’ nest and returned home claiming a 12-6 victory. Fans believed the loss of this game was due to the lay off the week before. On October 6, Victory played host to the down river Shinnston lads. They proved too much for the Eagles and won by a 21-0 score. It was in this game that Pete Rome, Eagle captain, received a head injury that ended his football career at Victory. Pete was a mainstay on the team for three years and one of the Eagles’ greatest backfield men. Victory journey to Fairmont on October 11 where they met the West Side Polar Bears in a night game. They nosed out the Brum-mage lads by a 6-7 score. The W. I. stadium was the scene of a great battle between Victory and the Huntington Pony Express, with Huntington winning 12-0. A strong West Union clan held the Eagles to a scoreless first half, but the Brum-mage boys proved the better team by scoring 19 points to 0 for Doddridge. Victory and R.-W. fought a scoreless half in the mud at Gore field and it looked as if the game would end in a tie but Vargo pushed over the lone marker in the last quarter. On November 4, the Eagles were defeated by a powerful Weirton team at Weir-ton, 40 to 7. Revenging last year’s defeat which marred their splendid record, the Eagles crushed a visiting Weston team 13-0. A great team climaxed a great season with a decisive 21-14 victory over the highly touted Hilltoppers. Although Washington Irving won the Big Ten, it can never be forgotten that the underrated Victory Eagles defeated the Big Ten Champs. Newlon and Oliverio Win Golden Glove Ring Bouts As a result of the Golden Gloves boxing tournament held at Carmichael auditorium on March 28, 29, 30, two Victory boys, Ralph “Gabby” Newlon and Anthony Oliverio, were crowned champs in their respective classes. After slugging his way through a group of tough aspirants Oliverio decisioned Allen Scott, colored, of Farimont, to win the 112-pound class, while Newlon beat out a close decision over Earl Frankhouser, a former Victory student, in the heavyweight class. Both Oliverio and Newlon appeared on the boxing program at the Victory gym which was a tune-up for the Golden Gloves tourney, and both showed fine form in winning their bouts. Victory was represented by an eight-man team in the tourney with two of them winning the finals. Charlotte Leuliette Ends 5 Years of Cheerleading Charlotte Leuliette, accredited Victory cheerleader, began her career in North View junior high and is finishing high school with five years of cheerleading experience. She is well liked by the student body and has aided greatly in rasiing the level of school spirit and sportsmanship. As this is Charlotte’s last year, we wish her a successful future. Phone 3500 GRAY - DAVIS Funeral Home 216 Washington Ave, Clarksburg, W. Va. Ambulance Service

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Basketeers Win 11, Lose 11 in ’39-’40 Only four lettermen remained from last year’s basketball squad with only two of them seeing service. Johnnie Meranda, who received an attack of appendicitis during a practice session, was out for the remainder of the season while Louis Blanco was unable to play because of a leg infection. The Hutsonites went through their nineteen game schedule with fair success, winning nine and losing ten. They won the sectional tournament wtih victories over Wallace and R.-W. but were stopped in the regional by a strong West Union team which they had beaten twice during the regular season. This brought their season record to eleven wins and eleven losses. In six of the 11 games lost, there was not more than three points difference in the final score. Mainstays for the Eagle quintet were Powell, Tiano, Mihaliak, Bumgardner and Manuel Alvarez. Other boys who were called on frequently for service were Bud Garcia, Yost, Diaz, B. Alvarez, Alonzo and New-lon. With plenty of good material, next year’s prospects for a successful season are very bright. During the regular season and tournament play, Victory scored 881 points to their opponents 856. Jim Mihaliak, who is a “varsity man” in football, basketball, and baseball, tallied 264 points to lead the Eagles scoring while Tiano followed with 217. Victory . 46 37 Victory 32 28 Victory 31 W. Fairmont 49 Victory sa 34 Victory 36 West Union 35 Victory 42 R. W. .. 36 ictory .38 Weston 41 Victory , 33 Huntington 36 Victory 55 R.-W. 27 Victory 35 W. I. 43 Victory 31 West. Union 23 Victory 34 Shinnston 30 Victory , 33 Elkins 49 Victory 31 Shinnston 29 Victory 31 Elkins 37 Victory 48 Buckhannon 50 Victory 58 Weston 48 Victory W. I. 49 t Reserve Basketball Boys Show Excellent Records The Victory Reserve team of this year was equal to or better than any Reserve team of former years. The “Eagles,” under the fine coaching of Mr. Brummage, blazed through a twenty-six game schedule, of which only four were lost and those by very small margins. Their schedule consisted of Reserve teams of other schools, highly reputed independent teams and junior high quintets. In the three years that Brummage has been at Victory he has produced outstanding court teams. Last year’s team dropped only two contests in their twenty-one game schedule. whlie the ’38 Reserve squad lost one in twenty-four starts. Brummage’s record shows sixty-seven wins against seven losses. Two of the boys were moved up to the Varsity team during the season and a large percent of the remainder will probably be playing with the regulars next year. F. A. FAUST Dealer in General Merchandise FEED AND PRODUCE Phone 4308-Wl, Hepzibah, ARCADE SHOE SHOP For Better Work, Quality Service Shoes Cleaned and Dyed