Scranton Central HS December 1955 Yearbook (Scranton, PA) - Full Access

po tpon d entral-v t ~arne was play d on a rain-soaked gridiron. The Golden Eagle were toppled from the ranks of the unbeaten vvhen the ln\'ader of \ e t cranton in– flicted upon them their fir. t los. of the a. on. \ e t ized th advantage and clung to it throughout th first three quarters of play. Th n in the fourth quarter, the Eagle: ame to life, tunning their opponent. "'ith two rapid touchdown . he fir. t cam on a pa from Steve Wojdak to end Pat Fruehan, the second on an aerial to Vince 1ondelli. Co-captain Pete Martin om·ert d both points after the touchdown. . Only through time-wa. ting play~. .heer determination and an inter– cepted pa. did the Im aders stall the olden Eagle for another ·car. LD FORGE 26, CE TRAL 7. The entralite , unable to tage a com -back after their fir t . tback of th ea on, experienced their s cond defeat admini tcn~d by a strong Old Forge contingent. The Golden Eae;lc. . pos. e . ing a tight defense, twice . tall d attacks by the Blue Devil in the fir t quarter. Then in the . rcond frame the Old Forg r cashed in on two entral fumble. for ore . They add d their third mark r in the third period on a pa inter ption, and complet d their . coring on a tally via a 57 yard nm by ~1ike DeVirgiliu . In the fourth quarter the Blue and old rc.~i tered it ole touchdown of the night on a pa~s from te\' '\: ojdak to Pete ~Iartin. John Chi~­ dak boot d the extra point. E TRAL 33. ARBO, TDALE 0. .cntral . napped out of their two– game losin~ trcak in an afternoon gam at Ru. ell Park, th home of th C::trbondale Pioneer ·. The \\'in wa numb r fi\'c for the Eagl against two lo ~c~. The Blue and Gold were halted in th first quarter b a fired-up arbondale defen c. but the Eagl . ·corrd twice in the . cond. twice in 22 the third and one in the final period to turn the game into a rout. Leading the ntral touchdown parade was John hi dak, who cored twice. P te Martin, Pat Frue– han and Bob Lammond each ac– counted for one tally. hi dak booted two point after touchdown , while a pas from \ ojdak to Pat Fruehan .cor d the third extra point. ENTRAL 39, DURYEA 20. The Blue and old, regi tering their ixth win in eight start , displayed their be t oiTen iv game of th sea– on. The · ended th five game win– ning streak of the Duryea Wild ats before 1400 chilled fan at Memorial tadium. The Eagles had no mercy for the Wildcat . entral ored once in the first period, with Bob Lammond cro ing from th three-yard tripe. The other entral touchdown cam in the econd quarter with Pete Martin Pat Fruehan and Vince Mondelli coring. In the third quarter Martin scored again. Later in the fourth p riod of play, Lam– mond cro ed th goal line for the final ntral cor . John hi dak and Iartin were u ce ful on three point after touchdown . CE TR L 6, DUNMORE 6. Before 2315 Vcteran. Day fans the rim on Tide of Dunmore tird Central' Gold n Ea~le 6-6 at M - morial tadium. On a muddy field neither team gambled throughout the e;am . Following an exchange of kick arly in the game, entral mo,·ed from the 50 yard lin for the first core of th game. ided by a p nalty the Eagles th n picked up two quick fir t downs on runs by Pete Martin and Vince Iond lli. Mondelli then kirted left end for the touchdown. In th econd half the Dunmor - ans howed an ad\ an tag with Don– nie O'Hara and am Incavido I ad– ing the attack. During the third quarter the Buck. fought their "''ay to entral' ll yard line, but a fumble nded th threat. Dunmore ran the ball to the 20 yard line of ntral in the fourth quarter before the forward line of the Eagles topped the offensive. Late in the quarter the rimson Tide came back 70 yards for their only core. Hard running and effec– ti\'e pa ing moved th m to the 20 yard stripe. H re ntral yielded only a few cant yard to their op– ponent . Then on a fourth down, double rev r e In a\'ido went the di tan e for the tying touchdown. Dunmore mi. ed the xtra-point try. CENTRAL 19, TE H 7. Our Golden Eagles triumphed over their traditional ''Turkey Day" adver a– ric 19-7 bcfor a banner rowd of 8292 football fans. Th first entral touchdown wa cored when the Eagle gained pos– se ion of the ball on th Tech 22 yard line. After five plays, Chisdak went throu~h the right ide of the Tech defen e for th core. Pete Martin's try for the placement wa good. The Blu and Gold cored a ain ju t b fore the half ended on an a rial that nett d 18 yards from Vine Mondelli to Pat Fruehan. The extra point wa. no good. eith r team cored in the third quarter. In the fourth period Jim Knorr partially blocked a Tech punt to et up entral' final touchdown scor d by Chi dak. The Blue and Gold after a ucce - ful a. on fini h d econd m the Lackawanna onference. Our onl d feat came at the hands of powerful We t Scranton, 'orthcrn Di ision hampion, and Old Forge, Lackawanna title-holder. \Ve wer al o tied on a ea of mud by an underrat d Dunmore contin– gent. ur congratulation on another succc~~f ulh completed ..ea on go to our own Coach . J. Rob on and a. si tants Bob Hughes and Bob Ree . Wr also doff our hat to Co-Cap– tain George Datto and big end Pat Fruehan who won b rth on the Timrs All- chola tic quad. IMPRE ION