Page 38 - Swoyersville High School 1941 Yearbook - Members

CHAMPIONS
It is with J great deal of pride that we point ro t he arhletic section o f our yearbook. We
do 1his h«.ause it contains onJy ch;tmpions. 1:or champions they an~ . thcS( tc;~ms. ('.4lcb ()( which
Ius had far: mor~ than irs share of victory.
The football U'<lm crushed all confcrtncc opposition to tnurge \•ictorious for its 6r$r con ~
ffrtncc championship. h did this " ·id1 Ihe Jid of one of the' ht.wie.st lines and finest backfie1ds
C\'tr to rcpr~.scnl our high S<hool.
\Vhcn the fini'l whistle tndtd the l<~st game, and the S<Otf'S for tht cntirl' Si!aSOtlS were
compi l ~d. the tc.11n showed th:u it h.ld scoNd 213 points co rhe confcrl'nc~r opponenrs' 43. Many
of t he games wt>re filled wich specucular thrills. In the Duryea g<1me. Joe Chc-skitwicz. rarl 90
yards for a touchdown when he int¢rcepted a pass on his own I0 yard lin\'. Harry Dorish ran
70 )'J~ds in t he Luzerne game when he took che kick ·off on his own 30 )'Jed line. Edmund
Googltfski iruercepced a forw;~ed pass in the As-hley game and ran 75 )'Mds for a touch down.
The two gre-arest thrills th(' fans experienced d u ring the entire srason happttned in the g3mc
wi1h Edwardsvi1Je. Berganya and Kolojejchick eJ<h (oln hack punts 60 yards for touchdowns
withoul having thtl opponents so much as lay J hand on them.
The trophy for thi!> ch:tntpionship is 1he largest ever rtcti\"td b)' <>ur high school. It
depicts J footb.dl pl.tyt'r on a ptdcstJI wiah an tagh· on t.a<h of the four co rners of 1~ b.-ast.
In b:t$k('tball. the North Lt.llPh~ champions of 1937 and c<>·<harnpion~ of 1940 were on
chc rampagi.' again. t:Nf~ated in their S\."COnd and tbi.rd starts by Pringle .-.nd SugJr Not<h. they
c.lm4! back with a string of sixt\."fn victories in wbkh chey defcJtcd every team in tht League
including t hose which had ddc.1ted ic. This string of victorie~ rerm i nat~d in a victory o ver
Sug;u Notch for the North Le;aguc tltle, played Jt Kingston. T he next gJmc against Luzerne.
Valier League champions. thl'y l<lSt.
During the s~~son. rh~ r~:.m s:.ond. in nmftrence garne.s. 835 points to t heir oppontnrs
468. Sw~Hk.o. Hazin$kl. and S~kcrchak. bad 20. 18. a:nd 22 point...s tt.'tipcctively in various
games. Individual high scorers Wt'rc Michaels. Swatko. and Ch('s-kicwic~. in that o rder. High~
est g~mt $COres W<'rc 65 to Pril\glt's 32. 57 to Plymouth Township's 10. 78 to Sr. Lco's 22.
The b.tstba11 te-.1m of 1he 1940 seJson won e\'""rf game exccpt ont of .1 tbr« g.Jmt s~ries
"'ith Larksville. For this wonder(ul rc<ord. they received 1~ North Lugut .md VJIIey <hJm·
pionship trophies as toktns of victory.
P.ut of this phenomenal su<C<'$.5 w:l.$ due ro the nacural abilit)' or th~ pl<'lyers a11d part to
tbe txcellcnc and thorough coaching of Mr. Palermo.
Thc season beg.;m as usual w ith the S<hed uled North L.c:tguc g>lmes. \Vhen Swoyerville.
had beaten tach te-am twice, t hey pla)•cd ag.1i nst Larksville for t he Valle)' <hampionship which
thi.'y won.
During t he season. Swoycrvillc won I0 games o ut o f 11 with 01 tOtal score of 72 r'fln$
againsl t he opposing teams· eight. The largcsr scort piled up in O llC, game was 23 LO 1. Jn
th(' course of these games. Dorish madt one hundrtd and lWO strikfOut-s which gave him an
avtrag" of 9 per game: and in ont of them against Plains. hl' had J-4. Bc:rgan)'J Jed in the
b•uing followed by Dorish .1nd Rcmetz.
SevtrJtl injuries were sust.:aintd by c~rtain pla)•~rs during the vJrious ~uons. GongJtf..
ski broke his arm during baskttball prJcti<e. but he played in tht Sugar No((h and Luzerne
g.lmts with a cast on his arm from tlbo\V to wrist. Dorish hurt his knee dt1ring prJcti<e for
the Eoa5t·W('$l Football g.1me. and a.s a fe$Ult was not able co pl.ty basketbJll through the fi rst
pJrt Qr t he season. C heskicwicz r«eivtd an injurr duri11g l h~? football St(l.son for whid1 he
h:~d ro undergo an ope.r.ltion. buc he recovered i1 rime to tak~? pan in .most of th e b~sketb3JI
g;'ll'n<:S,
Now turn £he page a1ld prepa re to ~nter Lbe: abode of champions .