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When Mr. Parmon asked me to be We were undefeated our senior year Playing football at Harmon with 1st date was September 1945 after the drum major my sophomore at Harmon Field. Great Team 9 - 1, lifelong friends, watching my WC game. Just celebrated their year, I was thrilled and I thought it Super guys. I remember catching 2 family grow up and participate, 66th wedding anniversary sounded like a lot of fun. I loved Touchdown passes homecoming and most importantly living next to yesterday October 22nd. 2 children leading the band through town and game against Fairview. Chuck the stadium for 28 years and graduated '75 Chris and '85 Dawn, on to the field. BUT...The only Underwood was our Quarterback. having a place where friends and 2 grandsons Kain and Mick will uniform we had was made for a Ron Stafford ‘67 family could gather each Home graduate in 2016. Joan gave boy, so I wore it and it caused quite Friday night to watch our beloved graduation speech at Harmon Field the commotion with some of the Climbing over the fence to get into Vikings. Zane Zink ‘49 in 1949. ladies is town, that I would be seen the games without paying. Joan Bennett-Boyer ’49 & in men's trousers. But none of that John Warrick ‘50 When the young man playing Donald Boyer ‘47 really mattered to me because of football from Franklin lost his life all the fun memories I made. 1954, Fairmont game, flipping RB while playing at Harmon. Was a late sub in a losing game Virginia Kinderdine ‘35 Jack Archer, twice as he tried to run Lee Weidner ‘57 against Troy (in '57) and managed around the end. to get literally RUN Over by a When on defense, Flip was Charles Leist ‘55 The fire baton program-no one fellow named Bob Ferguson! dangerous and deadly to his got hurt! Lee Zink ‘58 teammates as well as the Watching my sons and grandsons Lynn Chamberlain Miller ‘60 opposition. During the home game play on Harmon as their father and Playing football under Hank with Piqua in 1950, while Flip and I grandfather did!! 6th Grade Queen of the May Schnieder, and watching my 3 were playing defense, he knocked Bev Myers ‘60 attendant. Our sixth grade grandsons play on the same field I me for a loop. Kenny Thorpe, teacher, Miss Shoemaker-wanted did. Jim Parkhurst ‘59 Piqua’s exceptionally fast halfback, Great Support and Enthusiasm from to teach us about the maypole who made second team All- the Miamisburg Fans. tradition and the crowning of the Playing Wilbur Wright in mud pit League, was running around Flip’s Jack Wantz ‘55 May queen & king. Jolene and rainstorm during Senior Year end. I was playing middle Eskridge Shafer was queen & finishing the season 9-1. Proudest linebacker and in hot pursuit of Herbie Mills was king. Another moment watching Jon and Jill play Kenny. I suddenly heard a sound Watching my family. Standing with my Dad in 1991 watching both my attendant was Sandra Martz at Harmon, making 4 generations like a freight train rushing towards Gaiser. Maypole dancers & of family playing at Harmon. both of us. It was Flip coming to sons playing alongside one another on Harmon Field at left guard and others. John Critzer ‘67 make the tackle. In his zeal to Kathleen Shafer Sweeney ‘54 make the play, Flip slammed into left tackle against Edgewood. My daughter Jeane cheering, and also I spent more time at the stadium me and knocked me out of bounds, Walking across the field and then I did at home in those days almost knocking me out. I smiled watching grandson Jake throw his first varsity touchdown pass on being introduced to the crowd because of all the practices and as I looked up briefly and saw Flip was a very special moment for games. But my favorite memory punish Thorpe worse than he had Harmon Field against Springfield in 2014. Dutch Schoenberger ‘64 me in 1966. We held the was when my dad and I walked me. It took me a couple long Miamisburg High School onto the field together in honor of moments before I was able to Walking across the field on graduation at Harmon Filed. I can our dads. Jack Kinderdine ‘57 shake off the hit that Flip had given still remember how exciting it was me. What made it funny was that homecoming night our senior year. to sit on that field during the I ran a kickoff return 80 yards in for Flip didn’t even realize that he had Joyce Weidner Woolf ‘63 graduation ceremony. a touchdown, and on the way, I knocked me out of the play. Terry Kline Skudlarek ‘66 came in to contact with 5 Lee Eudone Holland ‘51 Embarrassed by dropping trombone defenders and got by all of them! on entrance to halftime show. My senior year, our last home That was a great game! When the wind blew it was difficult Tom Silberman ‘61 game, I remember thinking after Jim Kinderdine ‘60 to carry the flag without injury. all these years this is my last time Larry Williams ‘60 Festival of Bands Patty Bosch ‘76 marching to our fight song and how sad that was. The Majorettes! Judie Goonan ‘66 Mike Miller ‘59 Growing up next to the field on 1962 when I intercepted a pass and Most memorable moment was Wow, so many memories. No Seventh St. David Shiffer ‘63 returned it for a touchdown during a when it was very cold and my water during practices. Literally, no Burg 13-6 victory over Franklin. fellow cheerleaders had to keep water during 2 a days. Just salt Homecoming - Walking across Tom Nicholas ‘64 exchanging their gloves with mine tablets. Dodging broken beer bottle Harmon Field as a homecoming as their hands were warm and shards at the range (that is where attendant being escorted by my Anytime beating West Carrolton and mine were freezing. A we practiced). As a group of father was a special memorable Fairborn. Dave Conklin ‘76 cheerleader (Joyce Weidner Seniors, we only lost 1 game from time for me. Woolf) also was warm, so warm the 7th grade through our Senior Patricia Peffley-Barnes ‘62 Cheering for the Vikings that frost formed on her back! year. My real memory came our Jolene Eskridge Shafer ‘54 This is when no matter how cold it last home game my Senior year. " walking my high school was, cheerleaders could not wear As I sat in the same locker room sweetheart up the steps on the Our #1 QB stayed in the game coats or pants. I left the game at that this year’s class has sat, I way to football practice and asking despite nature's #2 call. half time and the doctor was looked around the room at the her to homecoming..........1960. Tom Croskey ‘70 called and I had hypothermia. guys that I had spent the last 6 55 years ago. We've been married Sherry Cummings Barrett ‘63 years with. They were more than for 50 years." Bill O’Donnell ‘62 It was when I was driving a team mates. They were brothers. go-cart with Charlotte Bonifay Junior year, Opponent was We had a 9 and 1 season that Playing, coaching, watching sons because we were leading the team Bellefontaine. Overcame a 20-6 year. Not bad. After 49 years, our and grandsons play. out with the Miamisburg flag, and it deficit to win 28-27 on a 2 point team still remains tight. To this Dave Parkhurst ‘65 flipped in front of my face, I couldn't conversion with 1:28 left in the year’s Seniors, I say cherish every see, and almost took out the whole game. Bellefontaine was coached second you've had. It goes quick. Loss to Princeton with a mild team. I never got asked to do it by Gary Moeller who later Once a Viking, always a Viking. Go concussion and torn ACL etc. in again. Janie Herman Wade ‘70 succeeded Bo Schembechler at Burg! Mike Wade ‘67 my knee. Memorable because Michigan. Yak Sizemore ‘67 these injuries STILL haunt me. Mr. Theis directing the band from Co-captain Doug Franklin, during Also, summer soccer training the roof of the press box. -All the excitement, energy and the summer months before the workouts at Harmon Field with my Diane Brandenstein Ward ‘77 homecomings but mostly I season began, said “We can have teammates. Tom Stalder ‘70 remember when my son, Brad, a great team this year if we don’t Big Stick Awards ran out on the football field as his form little cliques amongst the Going to Harmon field for 6 am Michael Elsass (The Animal) ‘79 Dad had. I was so proud of both players.” So all of the seniors made cheerleading practice in the of them. Alice Jo Sizemore ‘68 a conscious effort to embrace the summer. Watching band director Bill Theis juniors and sophomores, the first- Deb Fox Boatman ‘76 direct the half time show from the At pre-game marching down the team’ers embraced the fourth- top of the press box! Thanks! field playing the fight song. And team’ers, the country boys hung The sound of the cinder track. Steve Meadows ‘76 being recognized for winning a out with the city guys. We ate Beth Imes ‘77 competition. We were the first lunches during our summer three- a-days at different players’ houses Met my spouse while in Marching group that went to a National and, despite being exhausted, Most memorable moment was Band and still married today.

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