West Carrollton High School - Piratan Yearbook (West Carrollton, OH)

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PIRATES EflD GRAM SEASOn Orchids to the courageous Pirates and to Coaches Colburn and Mawhinney who gave the fans of West Carrollton something to be proud of in all three major sports: Football, Basketball, and Baseball. The end of this year will find the Pirates losing several Senior boys. This loss will be felt keenly not only by the Coaches but also the ardent followers of West Carrollton High School. Everyone will remember: NELSON LOESCH ... As one of the fastest and best ball handlers West Carrollton High School ever had. Nelson was also Captain of the basketball team and a good one. JIM OBERER ... A cool, level-headed ball player who saved many games for the Pirates by his cool playing. JOE WEJDNER . .. Who always hit his stride in nearly every game. There were very few, if any, that Joe went scoreless. JIM JOHNSON . . . Big Jim was one of the Co-Captains of the fooball team and a very good one. The Pirates will miss Jim next year when it comes to holding that line. WILLARD DONOVAN . . . The husky, young blonde from Miami Shores was also Co-Captain of the football squad. W'illard made a fine captain. He always had that never say die” spirit which will be greatly missed on the field next year. DONALD BAILEY . .. One of the taller boys proved a nice find for the end position and was always right in there adding extra points. TOM REBER . . . The football player who was always ready to fight for the Pirates. FOOTBALL The beginning of the football season found the Pirate ship floundering rather badly. They were defeated by their old rival, Miamisburg, by a huge score. Later, Miamisburg was forced to forfeit this game, but West Carrollton did not accept this forfeiture. In the Little Six League the Pirates showed they weren’t to be sneezed at by placing second. The Red and Black really hit their stride when they defeated Lebanon 13 to 0. This was Lebanon’s only defeat of the year. But this was not the only fine showing they made. The Pirates put the Struggle Buck-it” w here it belonged w hen they defeated the highly touted Franklin Eleven 12 to 0. The only defeat the Pirates received in the league was at the hands of the league champs, O. S. S. O., of Xenia. So you can see the Pirates had just cause to be proud of themselves by giving an undefeated team its only defeat and winning a trophy. Coach Colburn’s charges also played two class A schools during their schedule, these being Oakw ood and Fairmont. Although they were defeated in both of these games they proved themselves valiant players. Thus, ends the 1938 football season and we hope the boys next year will win every game and to the Seniors who will graduate this year—May you always hit that line hard for a gain in everything you do in life. Page Tuenty-three