Scranton Central HS 1958 Yearbook (Scranton, PA) - Full Access

SPORTS IN REVIEW Jot! Milln, '60; Carl yh·c.,lu, '60: and Richard William\, '58 T HE 1957-58 ·ports ea on mu t g-o down in entral hi tory a one of the mot succe. ful e,·er. In pra tically C\ cry port, the Eagle· walked off with orne kind of award. Here now are th record of thi great :cason. F TB. LL Led by co-captains John hi dak and John ..Butch" Kane, the Blue and old eleven enjoyed it mo t ucce ·. ful ea on ince 1942 by win- nin~ th ity, Lackawanna, and 'orthem Divi ion champion hip . l.Inder the expert coaching of •. J. ''Fat ·" Rob on, the Eagle offen ive a\erag ·d mor than forty point a game as it compiled a record of eight win. a ainst a lone etback. tartin~ off " ·ith the fir t win o,·er ·we. t cranton in nine year . the Ea~le · were then defeated by power– ful Allentown. Th Blue and old pro ced d to rip off e,·en traight win again t ayre, outh atholic, Old Forge. arbondale. Duryea, and Dunmore and wound up by trounc– ing arch-rival T chnical by a -t0-7 count. hre Golden Eagle were named to . ll- chola. tic team. The) w •re John :hi dak, John Kane and Don Jasieniecki. BA KETBALL Po~tine; an impre ·. he ea on record of twenty-one win. aga in t three de– feats. the Golden Eagle captured the em eted Lackawanna League championship. In capturing their second traight 1 ague champion- hip, the Rob.on men al.o po ted an undefeated pre- ea. on record. The Eagle . led b) co-captain John hi dak and ).faurice Barb r, won the Lynett Tournament by olidl> trouncin~ King ton atholic b · i?-4-2 and . havin~ cranton Pre– paratory, 53-50. .\fter fi,·e traight first-half ' 'icto- rie. , ntral' early ea on-winning JC:'\E 1958 treak \\a halted by a fa t Blue when entral wa · defeated by W ·o– De' il .quad. In the playoff for fir t- ming eminary 56-30 and by Bing– half honor . the Blue and Gold hamton • orth 56-30. bounded back to defeat the Old Our team then made a .aood fini h Forger. 68-63. . gain in the cond-half. Old Forge d f at d the Eagl eager by two point.. entral, although un– beat n in the remainder of the ea– .on, wa · forced into a playoff with the e ond-half champion Blue De' il ·. In the play-off game. the Eagle'. '"ith a uperb di play of talent, wrapp d up the Lackawanna League champion hip 52-43. In th Di trict 2 P.I. .A. champ– ion hip the Eagle , in a thrilling Ia t quarter. lo t to woyer ville by a . core of +3--t2. \\'1).1)-fl. TG After lo ing •vera! of it faste t men. Central High hool' wrm– ming team pia hed into a tough .chedule with four ,·eteran · and t n newcOineL. Barry eymour and arl Brnjamin ''ere dual winner in two of th meet , and Da, id ).forgan and W) Gowell took fir t place in two other . Central wa unabl to chalk up any , .i torie , howe' er. a no one upported our fir t place. "ith econd and third. Thi re ulted in defeat by Binghamton .cntral 65- 20. b} Hazelton 59-26. and later by Technical 51-37. entral placed second in the tri– angular meet at All ntown. How– eYer, hi~h hope were dimmed again in the .ca.on by taking econd leg in the Junior hamb r of ommerce ~Ie t. Our relay team. campo ed of eymour. Benjamin. Gowell. and ).forQ,an, "a! ked off with th Fi cher Trophy for the 200-m t 1 free tyle. B. EBALL l:p to now, the olden Eaal nine ha compiled an \en record of two win . and two lo e , but we expect it to b come much better a the ea- on progresse . \\'ith .aptain Joe \\'ojdak lead– ing the way, the Eagle are exp cted to nap a brief batting lump and . tart to hit a they hould. TR.\ 'K The olden Eagl track quad op ned it que t for a third con cu– tivc Lackawanna onference champ– ion. hip with a convincing 97-26 'ictory O\Cr the Bu k of Dunmore. \\'ith Billy Lyman takina thr e e\·ent.. the Eaale were neYer threatened and and won ea ily. a– captain. Jack ).fcGui an and :Mike Ferraro, alona ''ith John hi dak, al o tood out in the meet. W E "i. h to extend our thank to the loyal fan who cheered the team · on to victory during the year, and al o to the hard-working coa he , "ithout whom the .ea on wouldn't ha\·e been o ·ucce ful. 25