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»******By CORDON GRIFFITHS(Mettury Staff Writer)Ten black turkey hawks cir*cled far over the Coltcgevill®* Trappe High school field Saturday afternoon as the National Anthem was played.They weren’t around when theICHWB NK S VI LLgEnds- Brown, Silver, Schreiner, Snyder, Mi I tar jT ac k I «*- say lor, Kn a p pen bar gar.Guardi -Geugltr, Witmeyer, Macheitl, A. Wagnar.Cantor—William*Quarterback—Wtygand . - ■Halfbacks— Huels, B Wagnar, Yargar,Hat rick, T. Triaval, s* iFullback*- Trump. Mena, Call.COLLS01 VILLI ■TRAPP*End* — 'Dona hut, Magonigal, Harper., warti m ■Tackle* — Allebach, Kurgan, Ca**al,MoyerGuards—Stevenson. Gragor, Sernoc inski,jankinsCenters Allan, Plarca Ouartarback*—Hafeltlngar, Burychka.Halfbacks — Hunatckar, R Sana man,Copa. Henderson Fullback*— Bradar, Rhoads. Caray. Schwenksville 0 0 0 13—13Collegeville-Trappe 13 6 7 0—2*SCORING: Schwanksvilia. Mang 18 run, Wagner 1 run, Knappenberger PAT.Col legevi He-Trappe, Henderson 12 blocked punt, Brader 47 run, Brader SI run, Hunsicker 1 run. Burychka PAT* (2).‘ STATISTICS. ■ a#*Schwenksville Collegeville-Trappe11First Downs' 19113Passea-Comp. *.18-5113Yds. Rustling- ' * w7Yds. Passing• . 791WNet Yardage267I *4Fumbles Rec.23Intercepted By1SOPenalties30gun sounded for a 2613 Colonelvictory over traditional football rival Schwenksville. -Too much action for a buzzard’s blood. There could be bones toTHREE’S A CROWD—Jim Grogor and Rich Rhoads, Cotlegevitle-Trappe defenders, get there before Schwenksvilla’sblocking craw and pull down Tim Huel after a short gainer for the Bluebirds.CUTTING CORNERS—Schwenksville Quarterback CHas Weygand eludes one Collegeville-Trappe tackier but defender Mike Sarnocinski has a line on him andbrought him down. Weygand ran 14 plays, tossed passes end intercepted two to stay rigth in the thick of things all day.pick over later, since the always-exciting competition between the neighboringschools, may be over with C-T the winner this past sixagainst Jenkintown last wpicked up the deflected kickat Schwenksville’s 12 and it into the end zone. Bill Bury-chka’s point made it 7-0 withonly a minute gone intest.■ ' * * +and outran everyone for a 41yard touchdown sprint... Burychka’a kick was wide.years.Both could be merged with Methacton High school by court order before Fall, 1967. If that’sthe case, Schwenksville may be giving away one of the best teams it ever had.THE HOMECOMING Day crowd had thrilling football Its memory book as the Colonels piled up a 26-0 lead and then staved off a furious Bluebirdfinish. *Collegeville-Trappe had therun and the opportunist’s advantage. . ^.....The visitors took thb kick-off and moved into a fourth and one situation on their 37 yard line. On the punt, a ■charging C-T defense bowled over the blockers and knocked down Charlie , Snyder’s kick.Charlie Henderson, a Colonel halfback who was containedon offense after a big gameON THE succeding Schwenksville series, they took the otheroption and Quarterback Chas Weygand was stopped cold atthe line of scrimmage on afourth and one playThe Colonels couldn’t move the ball and punted. Schwenksville likewise was stopped cold and had a fourth and eight. Snyder faced a tremendous rush but got off a. perfect, screen, pass to Weygand, who slipped in the mud and fell short of the first down. tn. ;Again Collegeville-Trappefaced a staunch Bluebird defense, gave the ball over on downs, then got it hack immediately as Rich Hefei* finger intercepted a Weygand pass at C-T’s 42.Colonel. Coach Bill. Fretz then, decided to try the outside of the Schwenksville line. Jerry Hunsicker brought a pitchout around left end for 11 yards thenLee Brader turned the same end to the short side of the fieldSNYDER finally got a puntoff to the Colonel 7 yard line at the end of the first quarter, and. Collegeville Trappe started a 93 yard touchdown drive.Brader, Hunsicker and Hefei-finger did the running and Ken Donahue caught passes of 11 20 yards from QuarterbackHefeIfinger. Hunsicker piungedover from the one and the kickwas wide again.From this point, with 6:40 to go in the half, Schwenksville played even up or better against their favored rivals. - „ JpfStill taking no chances with the big rush on the punter,Weygand ran on a fourth and 18 play and Schwenksville gave up the ball. Henderson swept end for 32 yards but the play was called back for a 15 yard clipping penalty.* * *s Jon Allebach.Knappenberger triedonside kick for Schwenksville as the second half began but C-T piled on it at the Bluebird's 45. Henderson hit the center of the line and was thrown back sixyards.Brader again was sent to the weak spot, the near sideline, and he turned end with Hefelfinger’s pitchout for 51yards and the Colonel’s last score. Burychka converted.the extra point. * _The Bluebirds made the first of six final quarter first downs on good carries Huels and Stan Trump, but then, had to kick. Snyder’s punt was ruled dead at C-T’s 35 and on the first play C-T’s second squad lost the ball on a fumble, iEnter Don Weng again for the Bluebirds. He ran 12 up the middle to C-T’s 43, he ran 13 up the middle to the 30. Huels picked up three more and a face mask penalty gave the Bluebirds a scoring opportunity onc-r* 12.After an incomplete Meng dashed 11 up the middle to the one. The whole C-T teamkeyed on him next playheld him to two feet. Wagner took it over untouchedeverybody went after Mengagain. Knappenberger missedand that was the game.Schwenksville had one moreopportunity near the end asTrump intercepted another Burychka pass on the Schwenksville 38. • wBut on the first play from scrimmage Huels was hit hardat the end of a 17 yard run and the Colonels took possession onthe fumble.EXTRA PUNTS — Schwenksville Coach John Rese-tar said of substitute Meng, who gained 54 yards in five carries against C-T’s first defensive unit, “We’ve been waiting for him to blossom ail year, and he picked a few ince holes this ti me.” W'ey g a n d, H tic la t Trump and Meng alt have eligibility for football next year—at Schwenksville orMethacton, depending onwhat the courts decide of the pending merger. In fact 15 of Rese tar’s 22 manare underclassmenwith more eligibility. Tim Bluebirds finish the year with 2 wins and i losses. C-T plays Wyomissing, which it defeated earlier, next Saturday at Trappe. The Colonels are now S and 3. Fretz said the C-T staff has been trying all year to convince Brader he’s fast enough to outrun defenders. Maybe Brader, usually an inside runner, has finally convinced himself.—lt;— ■■■ mi-i.UpperPerkiomenReboundsWithW i nOver WissahickenTRYING TO make it up the air, Hefelfinger threw it into Weygand’s arms for an interception. Schwenksville couldn’t control the ball and gave it up on a fumble, recovered byTRUMP AND Hules took it in to the 18 and substitute fullback Don Meng, a junior, came in. He took Weygand’s handoff and went right up the middle for a touchdown. Knappenberg-pr converted. ■■'Burychka tried a series of passes for C-T and the third, one bounced off Harry Megoni-gal’s hands into the arms of Weygand, who returned it to his sown 45,By VIC STAHL on the W 17. Four plays later Gebert-to-Reader aerialUpper Perkiomen returned to 9e,*3ert wa^zelt;* around the right good for ..18 and Meyer (S.) hadthe victory trail Saturday after- slde the flve io' sl* P»ints-noon by vanquishing the Wissa , ’ R,e'*n«r; another veteran. . , Indian stalwart, covered a sec-hickon Trojans, 46-13, for their . .. „. .. . „ .. , ond Trojans fumble a minutesixth win in seven Bux-Monta 5-6another .gallop ofwas yards to brother Mike,soph who made a diving catchbefore in the end. zone.Hand gathered in his second TD BEFORE RETIRING late in, , _ . ' later on the Perk 33 and again aLeague starts at East Green- score resulted for the Indians...ville before a sparse gathering {n p|gygt Gebert moved theof some'2,500 fans. Navy Blue and Gold into theThe win for the William Keen- endzone, firing to D. Bauman on ny-coached tribe (7-1 overall) a jj.yarder for the six points.enabled them to gain a first More fumbles, intercep-place tie with Hatboro-Horsham t|o||g and a pair of puntand force a showdown next. Sat- changes occipied a greaternrri av wIton ?hpcp twn hiffpr a2 .r *l. _______________a pass, standing by his lonesome in the end zone corner without a Trojan within 10 yards.The visitors from Ambler tallied twice in the final stanza, mainly on the efforts of hard running Jim Swartz who rushed in from the 7 and 3 respectively to climax two drives against the thirdthe third period, Gebert hurledthe ball 18 times and completed13 for 169 yards. His overall seasonal passing record is now 61-104 for 1136 yards, including 17 throws good for touchdowns.Moyer (Steve), the main punch of the Indian ground game, churned out 84 yards in1.2 carries to run his seasonal_ al: a a
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Pottstown, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Nov 07, 1966
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