Wintersville High School - Warrior Yearbook (Wintersville, OH)

Page 49 text:

Football The 26 26 stalemate w1th the Steubenxllle Blg Red B t am it H l dlum on October 23 proved to be one of the most 6XClllI'lf, gunes of tht t 1 on for NN 1ntersv11le fans On October 31 m the Ioronto Stadlum hbll1l9l'SNlll9 hantlu rppecl In 1 mud lx field and the loss of several startmg players suffered a 7 6 defe tt tt the lllllflw uf efferson Unlon for the flrst loss to that school m the hnstorx of XX llllLlNXlllt H1 It Qchool In the flnal game of the season plax ed at Smlthheld spettitous mu txt ttul to a wlde open brand of football featurmg long drlxes lon passes truth pl tx tml br1ll1ant runs The VK arrlors threatemng Smrthheld s unhlemrshed retorrl I Spartans some anxlous moments before VK ll1l6I'QNlll9 fin tllx xx ent dovs n m dt ft it Zo 14 The reserve football squad plawmg onlv two games agamst I onto x game and tled one O 0 on a muddy held lhntersvxlle enjoved a successful junlor hlgh football setson lo lll lx to Grant School of Sl6UlDCIlNlllC ln the1r fue game schedule Vl lHfCI'SNlllC Opponent Xl mtersx rlle Uppomnt ll ellswllle I ollansbee Yorkxllle Z6 ling Red Reserxc Nlmgo jefferson I mon Brtlhant Smlthheld Toronto Comphmenls f Steubenvllle Sporhng Goods 3,3

Page 48 text:

Football FF! Fl Alfred Horner Fred Vogt Bo-b Lee Herbert Uttzer Jack Da1ly Charles Chrlstopher Donald Potts Robert Htckman James Morton George Medlch Robert W1111am1son The Golden Vt arrlor football squad of 1947 plagued wtth 1IlJLlI'l6S after the first of the season came through a mne game schedule wlth three wms fue losses and one tle This none too lmpresslve record IS not an ll'lCllCdll0l1 of the true strength of the team for lngurles perststentlv hurt the telm s chances of vunnmg In the football prevue at Qteubenulles Harding Stadlum on September S ll tn tersx 1lle battled Dlllonvale to a O O deadlock m the single 16 mtnute quarter OffICl3llV openlng the season a meek later the VK arr1ors dtsplaxed thelr full ttenffth by surprtsmg VVellsv1lle 1n the Bengals home stadtum mth a 16 0 wtn ln thelr home debut a week afterwards the Warrlors broke the long wmnxng tletl of Xorltvllle as they rlpped the Ductllhtes lmes for a 21 0 v1ctorv m revenge fn X orltxtlle s w1n of the prevlous year Im admg Mtngo under the hghts the Vl arr1ors non boasting one of the strongest lmes m the Ohio Xalley, came out on the short stde of a 7 6 score ln a battle of sheer strength and determlnatlon XXlDl.6I'QVlllS bounced back mto the Wm tolumn against Brllhant the followmg week vuth a 33 O trounclng featurlng fast HCIIOIT and long runs lhe Vl arr1ors were not so fortunate agamst Toronto the week later although they stayed w1th1n strlklng distance untll the last mmute of the game M the flnal sun Toronto led Z0 6 On October 17, the VS arr1ors mvaded the Pollansbee povserhouse and found thelr opponent too strong for them Follansbee rlpped the XX arrlor lmes at wxll scormg a 31 O vlctory Compltments of Jefferson County Farm Bureau

Page 50 text:

Reseru Basketball Gary Orr Nxek Yasko Lew Med 1ch Henry Noble Frank Undex wood Warner Sanders Bllly Exan lmananerb James Dams Dax 1d Brown Alfred Holn er James Chaney Basketball Varsity Basketball Robert Lee, Albert Hays, Charles Wilcher. John Mazarak, Geo-rge Medich. John Wallace lmanagerl, Herbert Utzler, Robert Ferguson, Fred Vogt. ,lumor Hugh Basketball Wllllam Myers tmanagerl James Saundcrs Albelt Floto Mllan Or bovxch Abraham Zook B111 Stark ey Steve Kovach Vvllllam Hannen George B1cker staff Ronald Wllson Tom Eddy Wllham Underwood Shelby Tucker Compliments of Naples