August 2009

Warrior Sports Programs Conclude Another Successful Year

Warrior sports teams proudly carried the Susquehannock banner into 2008-09 campaigns and returned with many team and individual honors. “Excellence is a way of life at Susquehannock,” said proud Athletic Director Chuck Abbott. “It’s a mind-set that carries into everything we do here, including athletics.” Girls Volleyball: YAIAA Division II Championship; PIAA District III Championship; PIAA Class AA State Silver Medalist; All-stars: Jess Franz (Player of the Year), Dylan Kell, Kaylyn Knakpe; Coach of the Year: Rob Marrison. Golf: YAIAA Division II Championship; YAIAA League Championship; All-stars: Peter Grove (Golfer of the Year), Matt Speights, Zack Speights. Boys Soccer: YAIAA Division II Champions; YAIAA League Champions; PIAA Class AA Gold Medalist; All-stars: Joe Ferraracci (Player of the Year), Trey Chilcoat, Micah Collins, Ben Boys Soccer Championship Team Kettlewell. Field Hockey All-stars: Liz Sirguy (Player of the Year), Kate Sauter, Emily Mulinary, Coach of the Year: Sharon McLaughlin. Football All stars: Dakota Heath, Dan Buchanan. Boys Cross Country All-star: Aaron Trimpey. Swimming: Individual YAIAA event champion: Christine Hammond. Boys Lacrosse: YAIAA Division II Champion; All-stars: Dakota Heath (Player of the Year, District III, All American); Matt Speights; Coach of the Year: Russ LeBlanc. Girls Lacrosse All-stars: Kate Sauter (Player of the Year, Academic All-American), Lindsey McCoy. Coach of the Year: Kristen Kowalszyk. Softball: YAIAA Division II Championship; YAIAA League Championship. All-stars: Megan Sheaf (Player of the Year, PIAAA All-State), Carley Nickles, Chelsea Shockey, Katie Swade. Coach of the Year: Dave Pollick. Baseball All-stars: Peter Grove, Jean-Claude Lacroix. Girls Soccer All-stars: Ashley Chilcoat (Player of the Year), Molly Holden. Boys Volleyball All-stars: Matt Honeychuck, Andy Pegrin. Sportsmanship: Field Hockey, Girls Lacrosse.

Congratulations to all student athletes and coaches from the Alumni Association.

Reunion on the High Seas Class of 1957

Who said the Class of 1957 doesn’t know how to party? After all, age 70 is the new 50! Early this June, the class proved it by cruising to Bermuda, St. Marten, St. Thomas, and San Juan. Organizer Dick Stoner reported that a great time was had by all. The ocean was calm, the sun was shining, and the company couldn’t have been better. The only disappointment: Dick said, “I am sorry that we didn’t have more classmates and friends join in the fun.” He suggests doing it again and making it an Association wide affair adding, “I’d certainly jump on board.”

Dick and Deanna Wagner at Dinner Hour L/R: L.R. Marion (Patterson) Williams, Mary Stoner, Linda Smith, Gloria (Dise) Ream, Tom Spangler

Reliving old times in the Windjammer Lounge

Photo on Left – L-R: row 1: Tom Spangler, Linda Smith, and Gloria Reams; Row 2: Pam Spangler, Dale Smith, and Jim Ream; Row 3: Marion Williams, Dean na Wagner, and Mary Stoner; Row 4: Nolan Williams, Dick Wagner,

and Dick Stoner.

Alumni Spotlight - Glenn Geiple ‘72

The Class of 1972 was the last to have gone through all six years at Susquehannock, although it’s “claim to fame” runs far deeper, Glenn Geiple being part of that claim. The District’s student population had grown to the point that a new middle school was necessary, and Southern Middle, housing grades six to eight, had begun receiving students several years earlier. Glenn spent the first six years of his education at Glen Rock Elementary School (now closed), and went directly to SHS.

While there, he was active in Student Council, serving as its president in his senior year. He fondly recalls the Fun Fair and running the concession stand at football games, both major fundraising activities for Student Council at that time. Under Glenn’s leadership, his class was actively involved in financing the construction of the front walls at the main campus entrance as a graduation project.

In addition to his involvement in Student Council, Glenn was also an active member of AFS, the school’s foreign student exchange club. He was also a member of the mixed chorus and worked on stage crew for plays and musicals where his area of expertise was lighting. Glenn recalls changing lights and gels on an A-frame ladder and focusing spotlights from the infamous “catwalk” above the old auditorium (now the location of the cafeteria). “The kind of thing you couldn’t get away with this these days,” he recalled.

He was also responsible for changing the sign in front of the school from his freshman year on, although he admits, “I did it mostly to get out of class.”

Outside of school, he worked in a family business, Geiple’s Furniture Store, beginning in eighth grade. But it was another family business, Geiple’s Funeral Home, that established his career path. “I remember telling my first grade teacher I wanted to be a funeral director when I grew up,” he said.

When he graduated from Susquehannock in 1972, he attended Brandywine College – now a part of Widener University – followed by a degree from Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1975. From there, it was into the funeral home full-time, taking it over from his father in 1990.

As an individual, he is as much a part of the community as is his family name. He is active in the Zion Lutheran Church, in Glen Rock, and has served as council vice-president. He is a member of the Glen Rock 150th Anniversary Committee, a past president of Southern York County Rotary, and a former director of the Glen Rock State Bank Board.

And of great importance to the school district is his engagement with the Southern York County School District Foundation, where he has been a continuing member of the board of directors since 2002, most of that time as president. He joked, “I spend more time at school and work harder there now than when I was a student.” Under Glenn’s leadership, the Foundation has grown from an organization with $10,000 in annual revenue to one with over $150,000 and an endowment approaching $400,000. Its scholarship operation distributed more than $75,000 in 2009. Glenn is also active on the Susquehannock High School Alumni Council, the organization that spearheaded a fund drive that financed the Alumni Field House Project – Phase I.

And he has contributed to the proud Susquehannock tradition in many other ways, most significantly in the form of his children, Joshua (Class of 1999) and Eric (Class of 2001).

Thanks to Glenn Geiple, Class of 1972, for making us Warrior Proud.

Scholarship Giving Opportunities for Alumni

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Alumni Pride” and More on Warrior TV Webcast

Warrior Television productions featuring For more school webcast info, click here: outstanding alumni are now webcast via http://www.syc.k12.pa.us/channel_99.cfmc.k12.pa.us/channel_99.cfm the School District website. Available productions are:

Dan Goebler ‘95 Jeff & Joy (Keller) Brown ‘74 Glenn Geiple ‘72 Todd Stiffler ’85 Jeff Joy ‘83 Daniel Jesse Mays ‘43 Dave Seitz ‘53 Bob Williams ‘52 Kevin Krebs ‘94 Mark Rill ‘99 Lisa Myers ‘89 Jeff Garner ‘95 Wade Bowers ‘98 Darryl Engler ‘65 Jack Hedrick ‘55 Daryl McCullough ‘82 Kevin Angle ‘97 Bobbie (Clark) Lamond ‘88 Russ Kramer ‘83 Joshua Chronister ‘ 94 Bruce Bauman ‘ 67 NEW Jeff Molinsky ’97 Paul Rego, 97 Doug Walters ’03 Ronnie (’85) and Rob (’89) McCoury NEW

REUNION NEWS

Class of 1969 40 th Reunion September 12, 2009

Send name and address information to:

[email protected] Contact Ann Mellinger

[email protected] Class of 1978 30 th Reunion September 26, 2009

Reunion will be held at the Bon Air County Club The Class of 1999 is organizing for its 10th Reunion Please contact Amie Chapman via [email protected]

For additional information about these reunions, or to post information about your reunion, access the SHS alumni website:

http://www.syc.k12.pa.us/alumni_reunions.cfm

Registered Alumni Count Continues to Grow! Registered alumni exceeded 1,000 as the result of a burst of registrants from the classes of 2000 to 2008 along with strong growth in all other “generations.” PASS IT ALONG! Send a copy of the alumni newsletter to a classmate. Let’s keep it going! Forward a copy of this newsletter and encourage your fellow classmates and alumni friends to register on the alumni website at: http://www.syc.k12.pa.us/alumni_add.cfm

Class of: # Registered Class of: # Registered Class of: # Registered 2008 17 1989 23 1970 11 2007 7 1988 25 1969 22 2006 19 1987 55 1968 10 2005 41 1986 28 1967 18 2004 12 1985 34 1966 3 2003 19 1984 14 1965 6 2002 17 1983 31 1964 2 2001 26 1982 33 1963 13 2000 34 1981 4 1962 5 1999 36 1980 4 1961 9 1998 39 1979 19 1960 7 1997 44 1978 11 1959 2 1996 20 1977 14 1958 10 1995 35 1976 15 1957 16 1994 28 1975 16 1956 4 1993 29 1974 6 1955 13 1992 27 1973 7 1954 6 1991 49 1972 18 1953 11 1990 15 1971 14 1952 4

Susquehannock’s Greatest Athletes

Editor’s Note: The Alumni Association is beginning a project to document career summaries of the greatest Warrior athletes. The following listing is the beginning of that project, based on a series about York County’s greatest athletes as identified by the sports staff of the York Daily Record. The following text is drawn from its November 4, 2008 edition.

Randy Edsall (’76): He was an all-state selection in football, basketball, and baseball and was scouted by many major league teams as an outfielder. He passed for 2,795 career yards while quarterbacking the Warriors to a league title as a junior. He earned a football scholarship to Syracuse University. In basketball, he scored 1,145 points and led a state playoff team. In baseball, he .400 as a senior.

Rob Rinehart (‘81): Though best remembered as a Your Help is Needed line-drive hitting outfielder, football is the sport for Would you like to add a name to the which he was recruited hardest by college coaches. roster of “Susquehannock’s Greatest The Warriors’ quarterback and running back received Athletes?” Of particular interest are scholarship offers from Virginia Tech, Virginia, athletes from the 50’s, 60’s, and Maryland, and Navy, but turned them down to focus standouts from Glen Rock and New on baseball. He was a four-year varsity starter in the Freedom High School. Please include outfield and the league’s top player as a senior, a short career summary and the year hitting .419. He accepted a baseball scholarship to of graduation. Division II Shippensburg University. He was also a Send to: three-year varsity basketball starter and team [email protected]. captain.

Caleb Walls (’06): He was the rare four-sport all-star. In the fall, he was an all-state pick and the Division I Player of the Year in soccer, as well as an all-star kicker for the football team. He was recruited by Division II schools for football and went to kick for East Stroudsburg University. In basketball, he earned all league honors as a junior and senior, averaging 18.5 points per game. He also was a standout left-handed pitcher on a district title-winning baseball team.

Chaz Powell (’07): He is best known as a stand-out defensive back and running back who earned Associated Press first-team all-state honors and a scholarship to Penn State. Some national experts ranked him as the Nittany Lions’ top recruit in his class. He also was a track and field standout who won the YAIAA meet in the triple jump as a junior and dominated in duals as a senior. He also started on the basketball team.

Dave Fitzpatrick (’82): He had as much raw athletic ability as anyone around. His combination of power, speed, and jumping ability impressed University of Maryland basketball coach Lefty Drissell on a recruiting visit. He was a legendary power hitter in baseball, but used his 90-mph fastball to pitch the Warriors to a league title and earn a pro contract with the Atlanta Braves. In basketball, he was a -digit scorer on a district title team.

Carol Wysocki (’87) She dominated in field hockey, basketball, and track and field. She was a field hockey league all-star as a junior and led the league in scoring as a senior. In basketball, she averaged 20.2 points per game as a senior and scored 1,033 for her career. She also was a standout hurdler, triple jumper, and relay sprinter in the spring, winning the triple jump in the league meet.

Adam LoPiccolo (’03) He was one of the top wrestlers in YAIAA history, earning three district titles and three state silver medals in the 215 and 275 pound classes, even though he weighed about 190. He boasted a career record of 142-7, with four of those seven losses coming to state

champions. He was recruited by national powers Minnesota and Iowa, but chose a Division I scholarship to American University.

Frank Wright (’74) Who knows the basketball records he would have held if he had played with a 3-point line or had been able to play as a freshman? His long-range shooting dropped jaws. He is the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,646 points, nearly 400 more than second place. And more than 30 years later, his is still tied for eighth all-time among YAIAA boys career scorers. He averaged 29 points per game as a senior to lead the league and received honorable mention all-state honors. He held or shared the boys’ career scoring record in the League for 14 years. He also was a standout outfielder in the spring.

Missy Carman (’86)” She was the first athlete in school history to earn 12 varsity letters - in field hockey, basketball, and track and field. She is the Warrior’s second leading female basketball scorer with 1,216 points and the school’s all-time best in steals and assists. She also was a standout javelin thrower, finishing second in the league meet as a senior. She earned a field hockey scholarship to Lock Haven.

Zack Phillips (’07): The swimmer won state god medals in the 200 individual medley and the 500 freestyle as a junior and a senior. He also set district and pool records in both events. He earned a swimming scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh.

Joe Bierly ('52) excelled in football and basketball but was the best in the spring, when he boasted a 5-foot-11 high jump for the track team and earned a baseball scholarship to Gettysburg College as a hard-throwing pitcher.

Chris Bilbie ('84) won a district wrestling title as a 105-pound sophomore, was a district runner- up as a junior, and finished fourth in states as a senior. He had a 111-10 career record and wrestled at Division I Bucknell University. He also led the Warriors to their first YAIAA soccer title as the league's co-player of the year and was a standout center fielder in baseball.

Nate Brassfield ('01) was a 1,000-point scorer in basketball and a star quarterback. He threw for 1,429 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior and was the league's Division II player of the year as a junior.

Jan Keeney ('75) helped lead the Warriors to division titles in football as an offensive lineman and baseball as a hard-hitting catcher. In wrestling, he finished third in districts as a 185-pound senior.

Doug Krebs ('75) won the school's only state wrestling title at 145 pounds as a senior and also was an all-star running back in football. He was recruited for wrestling by Oklahoma State, Penn State and others but honored an early scholarship commitment to Lock Haven.

Fritz Allison ('90) played one season of pro ball in the Florida Marlins system. Since, he's become one of the most prolific hitters in Central League baseball history, entering this past season with a .376 career batting average and 146 home runs, second all-time.

Barry Black ('61) played five varsity sports - three in the spring (baseball, golf, and track and field). He pitched a no-hitter, finished fourth in districts in the half-mile, and high-jumped 6-foot- 1.

Emily Brown ('05) earned all-state volleyball honors as a senior, setting a school record for career assists as her team finished second in the state. She earned a scholarship to Villanova. She also was a track and field standout, running on a school-record 1,600-meter relay team.

Beth Dansberger ('92) is the school's all-time leading female basketball scorer (1,429 points) and rebounder (1,010).

John Devilbiss ('82) was the point guard of the district title-winning basketball team as well as a standout shortstop in the spring. He also impressed as an undersized lineman in football.

Buck Elliott Jr. (1937, Glen Rock) was drafted by the Washington Senators out of high school and also played pro basketball with Pottstown, Reading, and Allentown in the Eastern League. He spent nearly 50 years in baseball as a minor-league player, manager, and major-league scout.

Roger Gaeckler ('59) earned a football scholarship to Gettysburg College but earned a living for years as a basketball coach, twice leading Hofstra University to the NCAA tournament. He went on to become a stockbroker on Wall Street.

Amy Gnibus ('00) was the YAIAA's volleyball player of the year and an all-state pick. She also was a standout basketball player, scoring 852 career points.

Cliff Heathcote (1914, Glen Rock) played outfield and first base for 15 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, , and between 1918 and 1932. The rookie even hit for the cycle in a 19-inning game.

Kirk Henry ('70) was not only a 1,000-point basketball scorer, but was also the team's top golfer for four years and a star pitcher in baseball. He was recruited for golf and basketball by Morehead State and Bucknell but ended up playing both sports at York College.

Dan Mays ('69) scored 1,010 points in high school and went to play basketball for the Naval Academy. He graduated from a theological seminary in California and is doing missionary work in the Ukraine. Brother Andy Mays ('70) earned a scholarship to Gettysburg College for basketball and baseball and was a Maryland state police officer for 27 years.

Quinn McCullough ('02) was a two-time all-league catcher but was even better at basketball, scoring 20 points a game as a senior and more than 1,000 in his career.

Barkley Miller ('04) was a two-time all-state soccer pick and earned a scholarship to Penn State.

Bryan Palmer ('82), a 6-foot-9 basketball star, led the Warriors to their only district title. He averaged 20.6 points per game as a senior, was a second-team all-state pick and earned a scholarship to the University of Maryland.

Missy Rohrbaugh ('06) was a second-team all-state pick in volleyball as a junior and a first- team selection as a senior. She went on to play at Towson University.

Zach Slenker ('98) was an all-state volleyball player who co-captained powerful Penn State into the Final Four as a senior.

Justin Solomon ('96) set a school record with 19 quarterback sacks and earned a football scholarship to Division I-AA William & Mary College.

Brad Stinar ('87) was a standout quarterback who went on to pitch for former Baltimore Oriole Tippy Martinez at Towson University.

Aubrey Stock Arnold ('97) was a two-time field hockey captain at Ohio State. She married Clemens Arnold, a two-time field hockey Olympian with the German national team.