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Baby Bishops, City Champions
The \'. E. S. "Baby Bishops" won the Lynchburg City League championship in the 130-lb. class after going through the 1944 foot- ball season undefeated and untied. Coached by Mr. i\Iilton, and cap-
tained by Dan Bell, the lightweights displayed co-ordination a n d team- work that any college team would have been proud of.
Bobby W est, playing halfback, was the defensive star of the team. and also shined in running the hall. "Biach" Trevathan and Tedch· (;ihson- were two able runners who carried the mail far for the Baby Bishops. Val Stieglitz passed re- peatedly to John Page and F ra':lcis .\leired for long gains. In the !me. J!oore. l\Iatthews, Bell and H ynes opened the holes. with Pryor Perry or John llyre at the keystone posi- tion. The Baby Bishops were really
a team of which V. E. S. can be proud.
AU-City Honora
The Baby Bishops placed four
men on th e all-city eleven, which THE METEOR
was selected by the coaches of the teams. The four were Bobby West and Blacky T reYathan, backs; Jack ~Iatthews, tackle; and J ohn Page, end. On the second-string team, the Baby Bishops placed two. John Hync. center. and Jim l\foore, tackle.
V. E. S. PlacesTwo on All-State
For the second straight year, St. Christopher's was represented by seven players on the official all-State preparatory school team selected by coaches.
V. E. S. contributed two players on the all-star selection, \Voodberry Forest and Alexandria's E. II. S. one each.
Tailback Lynn Chewning, Quar- terback Barrye (Bo) Wall and Tackle Jonathan Jenkins, all of St. Christopher's were the only repeat-
ers. Chewning has been on the team three years in succession.
Dean Davidson, \Voodherrv sophomore; Hawkins. Chewning and J enkins were the only players selected unanimouslv. \Vith the ex-
THE V. E. S. JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM
Left to Right:·
FIRST Row: Aldred, West, R.., Gibson, Bell (captai11), Perry, P., Sticglit::, Page. . . MIDDLE Ro\\' : Murra·v. P., Moore, Smith, Wiggins, Ifughes, T!arris, S., Maddu:r, TV., Alass1e. BACK Row: Coach ,\filion, Hardy, Ilynes, ffyre, .11allhcz,•s, Trevatha11.
Bill H awkins.
190-pound fullback. was picked as the outstanding preparatory school player in the Old Dominion and was honored with the captaincy of the team.
St. Christopher's
Nine of the honored griclders arc residents of Virginia, while one hails from Maryland and another
(rom Florida.
Votes for the all-stars were cast
b y J . : \ I . ~Ierce r , \ Y o o d b e r r , y : ITugh Brenaman, St. Christopher s; Evan J. l\lale, E. H. S., and J. W. Gannaway, \'. E. S.
Firat Team
Ends: Clay Perry, 165, Virginia
Beach. V. E. S.. and A ubrey Ford. 146, Richmond. St. Christopher's. Tackles: Jonathan Jenkins, 200, Frostburg. Mel., St. Christo- pher's and \Villiam Wright, 187,
·warsaw. E. II. S.
Guards: William Hedrick, 160.
Dalgren, V. E. S.. and Ralston Brooke, 155, Richmond. St. Chris- topher's.
Center : Shelton Horsley. 175, Richmond. St. Christopher's.
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