West Lampeter Vocational High School - We La Hi Yearbook (Lampeter, PA)

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Allen Yunmger Bob I-Iowry Stanley Longenecker Kenny Rankm and Clan' Ressler have been steady and lmpresswe performers throughout the entlre season The team has been a credlt to the school and our hats are off to them 45 and John Leed. The two juniors on the team,

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EST Lampeter high school's junior varsity basketball squad, along with Coach Finkeldey, can take a bow for their fine performances, despite the terrific height advantage they had to yield to in nearly every game. This height advantage proved to be overwhelming at times, and, as a result, they dropped a goodly share of the games. RONALD MENTZ-ER The team was a fighting and spirited aggregation, They had to be! Many teams, who, like the WLHS J-V, were small, probably would have taken one glance at their opposing players hover- ing over them and fled to the showers. Not our J-V teams! They had that hustle and spark which coaches try to instill in teams artificially, but seldom can. That intangible hustle seemed to come naturally to Coach Finkeldey's charges. Individually the junior varsity is comprised of small but scrappy lads. Spider Mentzer, team captain, is the backbone of the junior varsity, even though he is the smallest boy on the team. Other promising sophomore J'-V members are Howard Shaub, Don Moore, Pat Rhineer, FIRST ROW: Stanley Longenecker, Parke Rhineer, Ronald Meutzer, Clair Ressler, Kenny Gochenauer. SECOND ROW: Kenny Rankin, Iohn Leed, Allen Yuninger, Robert Howry, Robert Shaub, Donald Moore, Mr. Finkeldey.

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4 . , ,J . IA ' ' w l . C sf li k If . il . -ff , , v - x, 5 l A to ' J y kj 6 Y' l N x f 1 V fs x ' -0 ll lv ,mai in . BACK ROW: Larry Lutz, John Rhineer, Jennings Canfield, Charles Hardy, Clyde Slaymaker, Earl Hershey, George Zercher, James Krause, Robert Lefever. SECOND ROW: Ronald Retallick, Robert Book, Marlin Hamish, Michael Beacham, Daniel Witmer, David Witmer, Donald Porter, James Witmer. FRONT ROW: Barry Ferich, Richard Bowers, William Skethway, Donald Duvall, James I-Iaverstick, Lloyd Gochenauer mm ia,-,,.1f OACH Wilson's junior high 5 got off on the right foot, but found things a bit rough after the initial victory. The number one problem of the team seemed to be, like that of the J-V team, lack of height. This invariably spelled defeat for them as their taller competitors generally controlled both backboards and got off more shots. Led by Captain Don Duvall, the team's high scorer, they opened the season successfully by trouncing Lititz.. Several of the boys could very well develop into bright future basketball stars at West Lampeter. Don Duvall, Stick Haverstick and Bill Skethway showed great promise in the tilts. Duvall was a scoring threat with his spark- ling shooting and driving in toward the basket. I-laverstick and Skethway were also impressive players. Lloyd Gochenauer, Dick Bowers, Barry Ferich, and Earl Hershey made up the rest of a well-balanced team. All possess and have shown signs of much-needed basketball talent for the future years at W. I... H. S. Something new was added to junior high basketball this year at West Lampeter. This was the J-V junior high team. It was a good thing for it gave boys of lesser ability a chance to play and gain experience and poise for the varsity junior high. These boys have shown that they, too, can throw the ball through the hoop. 46 i-1-eq,