Scranton Central HS December 1956 Yearbook (Scranton, PA) - Full Access

SPORTS IN REVIEW Pat Fruehan tallied both of en– tral' touchdown on pa ses from Joe Murray, covering 12 and 26 yard r pectively. Aerial also ac– counted for the extra point . ENTRAL 0 OLD FORGE 21. Old Forge held to a 7-0 half-time margin, exploded for two touch– downs in the econd half to over– pow r entral, 21-0 at Old Forge. Bob Ghigiarelli regi t r d the third TD when h era h d over from th two after setting up th score with a 55 yard run. Guard Bob Barbieri converted after all three Old Forge touchdowns. Fullba k Pat Fruehan a conver– t d end turned in a fine per– formance in hi fir t backfield ap– p arance a he sub titutcd for th injured John hi dak. ENTRAL 48 ARBONDALE 0. Th Golden Eagle , r turning to their winning ways, trounced the v1 1tmg arbondale Pioneer in what proved to be a strictly one-sided en– gagem nt from the tart. Co- aptain Ed Hovan op ned the touchdown parad by taking the opening kick-ofT and racing 70 yard for the entral score. Mike Ferraro, Central's reserve fullback, accounted for two more talli , while Jackie \ andalowski Gene Viola, Keith Krayer and Pat Fruehan cored th remainder. hi dak converted a total of ix point -aft r-touchdowns. Th Blue and Gold lin up was dominated by sub titute through– out a major portion of the cont t. CENTRAL 14, RYEA 7. 'entral led by fullback John hi– dak who accounted for all the Golden Eagl points, up t th Duryea Wildcat 14-7 on the Duryea High chool gridiron. entral's initial touchdown came after Duryea wa forced to punt early in the econd quarter. hi dak DE EMBER, 1956 (continued from page 19) returned the kick 14 yards to th home 30 where quarterback Joe Murray passed 27 yard to the 1 yard line. hisdak era hed over and place-kicked the xtra point. The Eagles registered their second touchdown by taking the second-half kickoff and reeling off 69 yards in six plays with Chisdak again break– ing through left tackle to score from 3 yards out. Chisdak again booted the point after touchdown. Duryea' Ion score came when Gorman returned a Fruehan punt to the entral 40 yard line launching the touchdown drive. A 17 yard pa play from Gorman to Madesk i and Kasulis' 10 yard dash set the stage for Madeski to sla h off left tackle for the score. After failing to net the extra point on a Kasulis-to– Gorman pass, the Eagles were penalized, and Kasulis then plunged through the center on a successful attempt. CENTRAL 45 DUNMORE 0. After a slow start the Robsonmen went on to ov rpower and rout the rimson Tide of Dunmore High School on the latter's gridiron. Held without a score until the later part of the fir t quarter the Eagles drove 32 yards in seven plays with Chisdak scoring. The try for the extra point was low. In the second period the Vin Streeter racked up three tallie , with Chisdak and halfback Keith Krayer doing the scoring. The only extra point was recorded on the last of the three markers to make the half-time core 25-0. In th third quarter the Eagl drove 50 yards in eight plays with John Chisdak making the final thrust into the Bucks battered for– ward wall. The extra-point try failed. Two more score were added in the clo ing minutes, with Bernie Coslett crossing into the endzone on a Don Schimelfenig aerial and Gene Viola galloping 59 yards on a pass interception. Both conversions by Chisdak were success{ul. CENTRAL 14, TECH 0. Setting a new precedent in the 44th edition of Central-Tech foot– ball rivalry, the Blue and Gold de– feated their "Turkey Day" rivals 14-0 before 9,130 chilled fans, regis– tering the third scalping of the In– dians in three successive years. Early in the second quarter center Arni Golnick cut in on an Indian pass and returned the pigskin to the Red Raider 3 yard line. Chisdak bucked the Red and Whit wall for the tally and kicked the extra point. Central's defense refused to allow Tech to penetrate Eagle territory during the first half. In the third quarter the Technical contingent managed to drive to th visitors 3, where a determined Blue and Gold stand stalled the advance. With les than two minutes left to play, Central put the game on icc with a harp pass play going from Murray to Fruehan. John Chisdak again made the conversion. Golden Eagle players cited for All-Scholastic first-team honors were John Chisdak and Pat Fruehan. Others gaining recognition were John Kane, second team, Marshall Frank and Ed Hovan, third team. Players receiving honorable mention included Arnold Golnick, Keith Krayer, and Don Schimelfenig. Th outlook for the 195 7 season shows great promise with the return of even players out of this year's tarting Ieven. Compliments for a fine season hould be extended to the Blue and Gold squad, along with its capable coaching staff, com– prising C. J. Robson, Robert Hughes and Robert Reese. 21