Hazleton High School 1956 Yearbook (Hazleton, PA) - Full Access

BARNEY GATSKI- CENTER FRANNIE LIBONATI- GUARD January 17 H. H. S.- 83 Eaaton- 72 Greoowski and Libonati pace Hazleton attack as Mounts grab their second Eastern League win in three starts . .. Grebowski racks up 25 points and gets half of the Mountaineers rebounds ... Libonati scores 22 points and is a top notch floor worker . .. scrappy Red Rovers of Easton give the home squad a rugged battle in the first half .. .Coach Serany's five go on to win the ball game on fouls and on excellent defensive game .. .Hazleton re– serves play a major role in this victory . . Frank Serany, Jr. proves himself a sparkplug by his fine floor game and sharp passing ... Monks, also in reserve, offers eleven points for Hazleton's cause. January 20 H. H. S.- 55 Allentown- 62 H. H. S. comes close to upsetting heavily favored Allentown High . .. first half slump is deciding factor of thrilling skirmish . . .splendid clutch play by Libonati and Grebowski cuts Canaries lead to a mere four points with two minutes left in game ... Grebowski tosses in beautiful hook shots tabbing eighteen counters, while battling hard under the hoops . .. Libonati and Pecile sink 25 hard– earned tallies between them . . .Allentown aggregation sparked by brilliant playing of 6-foot-4 Heffner ...Moun– taineers fight hard in a losing cause. RICHIE MONKs-FORWARD 133 FRANK SERANY, JR.- GUARD