Weir High School - Weirite Yearbook (Weirton, WV)

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Wm 71494 heading mfg time Q ' gm. . aff' Coaches Robert Starkey Burdell Carey, Jim Wares, and l-lugh Manley lf ily' 8 l A fi 'wx J ' ig f htmxl The avid boosters who follow the ath- letic program at Weir High consider our coaching staff an outstanding com- bination capable of producing top teams in all major sports. l-lead Coach Burdell Jim Carey received the West Virginia Sports Writers As- sociation Coach of the Year award. Five periods a day Coach Carey lec- tures to his sociology classes, but at 2:l5 PM. he begins the gruelling task of developing top athletes at Weir l-ligh, Mrt Manley, physical education teacher assists with the football and baseball teams and heads the wrestle ing program. Mr, Wares is assistant football and basketball coach in charge of the Pony Riders. l-le and Mr. Star- key also coach the track team in the spring, These staff members spend many hours performing tasks which re- quire patience, tact, perseverance and nerves of steel, Who has the ball? The man in the striped shirt will have the last word.

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Weir High's defense proves a big factor in Big Red game. Weir 13 - Steubenville 7 An excited and tense crowd of over ten thousand eyed Tom Bloom and Mike Toma- sovich as they displayed their All-State talents as the Riders win again, Gaston defies gravity as he chal Weir 42 - Wellsburg 6 Freshman haltback Bob Kelley displayed his talents as the Riders crushed the Wells- burg eleven, The long run again prevailed as it added to another high scoring ball- game, ks up yardage. acting Weir 20 - Charleston 0 The Red Riders started the season with a bang by tarning the Lions after a blazing bat- tle. Fred Gaston highlighted the game with a sensational eighty-five yard run, Weir 46 - Toronto 0 The Riders turned in their b e st offensive performance since they stomped Stonewall Jackson 47-l8 in i952 Weir 27 Steubenville Central 'I2 The fast stepping Riders found the going rough, but overpowered the battling Cru- saders after a hard fought game. Freshman Bob Kelley scores again as the yearling proves his potential in varsity football.