Weatherly High School - Nugget Yearbook (Weatherly, PA)

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Varsity Cheer Leading Squad Lorrann Kolb Nancy Fortwang er Jean Knappenberger Mary Hartrantt Sara Maud Faust Nancy Rothrock For the flrst tame an the hlstary of Weatherly Hugh an all gurl Vorsu y Cheerleading Squad was chas n by popular vote of the student body Theur dress manner of appearance and trlendl ness to all opposung teams made them outstanding Down to the last mlnute at play they were In there leadung a determanea Weatherly cheerlng sectlon w ' ' N ' , ,1. .D , I' ' I I I I ' A A Q . . E . 1 V 1

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Varsity Basketball Squad Furst row Wulluam Vack Captaun Peter Garb r Charles Guckung Second row Hugh Koehler Ronald Duser Harvey Welsh John Muller Herbert Kelshaw The l944 45 basketball squad has been the answer to the Weatherly fans dreams In all the years of the Hugh School s competutuve games never has a team equaled thus squad s record Takung the sutuatuon well un hand they started theur vuctory march by easuly overcomung all league opposutuon lt was durung thus tume that he squad earned the tutle Wreckers guven to them by reguonal sports wruters It was a well chosen name as the boys really puled up hugh scores In the furst P l A A playoff they astonushed the reguonal sports world by upsettung Mahanoy Cuty Thus game had been consudered a warm up tult for Mahanoy Cuty lt was thus contest that unducated Weatherly Hugh would be a defunute threat un future playoffs By takung Tremont unto camp un the second playoff Weatherly earned the rught to play Allentown Thus truumph fulfulled the hopes of the Wreckers to play at Rockne Hall at Allentown Before a packed hall of 3 SOO the boys went down fughtung wuth the funal count beung 42 57 Allentown lt was not a push over for Allentown as the locals fought from begunnung to end lt was durung thus game that Captaun Pete Garber set a record of 26 pounts for P l A A playoffs In Rockne Hall The members of the team were un every respect worthy representatuves of theur Hugh School and town Theur combuned teamwork floor playung and shootung abuluty was far above average Theur sportsmanshup udentufued them as a clean playung outfut They were truly champuons The team was composed of senuors Captaun Pete Garber Herk Kelshaw Charles Guckung John Muller and Wulluam Vack uunuor Hugh Koehler and sophomore Ronald Duser They were coached by Red Rothacker a well known referee and one of Hazleton s great cage stars of the past . , .. , . l' I I I I ' I . , . . ' 1 1 . 1 . ,, ,, . . . 1 I ' - I I - A - - 11 - 11 , . ' 11 11 I I - I I ' 1 I I ' ' 1 ' I f 1 1 1 ' u I T x , .

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Junior Varsity Basketball and Cheer Leading Squads l First row Robert Ebllng Johanna Knappenberger Emily Sarley Jean Faust Evelyn Duser Joan Kreiger Marlene Van Horn Paul West Second row Gabriel Wargula Robert Correll Charles Youngcourt William Nyer Walter Kunkle Theodore Koehler James Luhman Clyde Kunkle Conrad Pfeiffer Thomas Wil llams Michael Setzer Clifford Burkey This year s Orange and Black Junior Varsity Basketball team has been coached by Bob Achey local sport fan who has directed the team in the ab sence of Mr l-lorlacher The boys have played well and through the expe rience gained on this squad much maternal has been discovered for future Weatherly combinations The 44 45 basketball season found Weatherly High with its first Junior Varsity Cheerleading Squad These Junior l-llgh School Cheerleaders were elected by the student body Their performances were enjoyed by all who witnessed the basketball games They have paved the way for future Junior Varsity Cheerleading Squads BOB ACH EY Coach