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

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FIRST AND SECOND TEAMS Front row: Larry McVey, Jerry Coon, Jim Chance, Carl Mays, Bill Wood, Jack Pummill, Eddie Baker, Jack Freier. Second row: Coach Steve Grahan. John Cook, Jerry Davis, Don McClelland, Lowell Randolph, John Coon, Bill Payne, Dick Gibbons, Assistant Coach Don Bogan. Back row: Pete Beckett, Don Ruhkamp. Earl Murphy, Bob Weller, Jim Byrd, Bob Schuder, Rickey Branner. 1953 GRIDIRON SCORES West Carrollton 20 West Carrollton 18 West Carrollton 20 West Carrollton 7 West Carrollton ............ 27 West Carrollton 41 West Carrollton 14 West Carrollton 47 West Carrollton 33 West Carrollton total 227 « Jefferson 0 West Milton 0 Tipp City-----------------18 Eaton 0 Germantown 6 Madison 0 Butler 0 Randolph 19 Lebanon 0 Opponents’ total 43

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Front row: Manager Mary Cates. Theresa Moses. Ulan Manning, Susan Kankin. Bertha Taulbee. Norma Pope. Nancy Mitchell, Elaine Barker. Diane Shoemaker. Karen Kronhorg. Charlene Sheppard, Prudie Thompson. Manager W'illa Morton. Back row: Marlyn Courtney, Connie Wright, Ann Weidle, Paula Bond, Ruth Ann Slaton, Nancy McMahon. Carolyn Gillette, Frances Williams. Marilyn Donaldson, Phyllis Harville, Mary Weidner, Nancy Warman, Maureen Sheppard, Dorothy Morton. Miss Lynne Showalter. In ihe last game of the season, the West Carrollton girls entertained Oakwood in a cold, heavy rain. They made a slow start and failed to gather enough speed to overtake their challengers. The unsuccessful season brought the hockey players many bumps, bruises, and scars. Despite this fact, all the participants had a good time; and the hockey team maintained its enviable reputation of friendliness and good sportsmanship. by Nancy Mitchell

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— FOOTBALL Nine times daring the 1953 football season did “Admiral” Graban send his Pirate ships into battle, and no less than nine times did the swashbuckling Red and Black hoist its Jolly Roger over enemy armadas. Thus West Carrollton sailed to its first perfect campaign since 1932. In addition to racking up an unbeaten season, the Pirates also distinguished themselves by winning the Southwestern Buckeye League title, by placing seven men on the all-league team, by being one of only three unbeaten “Valley” elevens, and by vaulting to a lofty eighteenth place rank among all the Class “A” schools in the state. In rolling up a total of 227 points, the Pirates used, not an explosive-type offense, but straight, bruising football which simply overwhelmed opponents. The Pirates used the conventional “tight T,” occasionally sending a flanker right or left; and they depended almost entirely upon the running of Jim Chance, Jack Pummill, Jack Freier, and Larry McVey, plus some timely tossing by their field general. Bill Wood. However, a backfield is only as good as its line; and, believe me, the Pirates had one of the most outstanding forward walls in the state. They yielded only 43 points during the year, chalked up six “shut-outs,” and showed some of the best blocking seen here in years. THIRD AND FOURTH TEAMS Front row: Paul Roddy, Cary Cauldin. Jim Randolph, Ralph Wilson, Forrest Carroll, Ramon Rix. Second row: Manager John Zurbuchen. John Croy, Larry Howard, Jim Forsyth, Jim Tilton, Gary Clover, Vernon Carmack, Assistant Manager Mike Seibert. Back row: Leonard Smith, Norman Jackson, Jerry Sholar. Roger Duncan, Larry Parks, Jerry Parlett. Walter Tousey, Don Caskey.