Youngwood High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Youngwood, PA)

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The Football Broadcast of 1940 Youngwood Hlgh s Raxlroaders although defeated by a class B opponent for the first tlme in four years waded through a tough schedule ln characteristic Youngwood style The team s lone defeat which eliminated them from the county Class B race came from a strong Penn Township eleven in the last mmute of playmg tlme A win over Dunbar s Class A team made up for this defeat The Rallroaders only other setbacks came from their trad1t1onal Class AA rivals Greensburg and another strong Class AA team Turtle Creek Thr cug h the cooperation of the team and the coaches we were enabled to achieve thrs fine record In the games which follow September 13 Youngwood 0 Greensburg 25 Away The Rallroaders open1ng thelr season agamst thelr ancient rivals were beaten only after the final whlstle blew Although mexpenenced our plucky lads allowed the Lions a team that was defeated only once all year only four markers a feat whxch many Class A and Class AA teams could not equal In the th1rd perxod of the game Youngwood staged a brllhant passing and runnmg attack which carried her from her own fifteen yard line to the one foot line but falled to push xt over September 28 Youngwood 26 Plum Townshlp 7 Home Youngwood playmg its first game at home obtamed httle oppos1t1on from the small Plum Townshlp eleven Scormg in the first perlod Youngwood found out at could score almost at wxll so the Raxlroaders ran the score up to twenty six to nothmg at the end of the th1rd period from here the reserves took over A the game neared complet1on Plum Township s plucky lads finally pushed over a touchdown Every player on the squad saw actlon FOOTBALL SQUAD First row Wayne Long Jack Barron Daryl Baughman Earl Helman Paul Long John Maxwell Wayne Shrader Pete P truccx Don Coughenour Second row Mr Truxel Coach JackO Keane Maurice Hart Fran rs Cramer Robert Hesky Paul0 t Chl Y HM Sh d A t tC h rave z ar es arne r ra er ssxs an oac Third row Mike Blanda Ray Brdar Joe Frehck Walter Thomas Merle Ober Bernard Delserone Wayne Pegg Fourth row Ray Rutter Leroy Baughman WendellOber Jack Brown Manager 28 . , . l l , . . . ' D 5 . . . , . y 7 3 ' ! 3 i ' ' s Y 9 7 7 9 ' 1 , . s . . , : . . , ' . . F . . 1 . . , , . I . . . , -

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ATHLETICS DEMOCRACY TRAINS THE BODY DIVISION TWO

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YOUNGWOOD 13 LIGONIER 12 October 5 Youngwood 26 Dunbar 0 Home Holdmg the Maroon and Whrte scoreless the fnrst perxod rt looked as though Dunbar s eleven would offer the Rallroaders plenty of opposltxon but ln the second quarter Youngwood broke through Dunbar s defense and scored two markers Contmumg to run w1ld ln the third perlod the Rallroaders scored two more touchdowns and left the reserves take over agam Thzs game was featured by three of the longest runs made on the home Held thrs year October 12 Youngwood 0 Penn Townsh1p 12 Away Youngwood traveled to Penn Townshxp to engage 1n 1ts second county Class played the heavxer and more exper1enced Township eleven only to see victory snatched away from them m the last mlnute of the game The flrst half endmg rn a scoreless deadlock gave both teams somethlng to play for ln the second half At the half way mark of the thlrd quarter the Rallroaders staged a runmng and pass1ng attack wh1ch was stopped Just mches short of the goal lme As the closmg moments of the game arrrved an mtercepted pass paved the way for Penn s first marker and durxng the last twenty seconds of playmg txme another mtercepted pass resulted directly 1n the second rrtarker October 19 Youngwood 0 Washmgton Townsh1p 0 Home Playlng an snow Hurrxes on a field that was covered wxth mud and water the Rarlroaders and Washmgton Townsh1p battled to a scoreless deadlock Late 1.n the thlrd permod Youngwood made the only serlous scorxng threat of the game but lt ended Just a foot short of the goal lme October 26 Youngwood 13 Llgomer 12 Home Turnmg on everythlng rt had the Railroaders grxd machme rolled over one of the best Class B teams m the county Seekmg revenge for the defeat from Penn Townsh1p and the scoreless t1e wlth Washmgton the Maroon and Whxte turned back the prevxously undefeated and unscored upon Mountameers In splred by one of the largest Booster Day crowds 1n the past several seasons the Raxlroaders as a whole played the1r best game of the season both offensxvely and defensively 19 B game of the season. Playing inspired ball, the Railroaders outgained and out-