Front Row, left to right: Ray Claycomb, Chuck Crawford,. Bill Furry,
Joe Furry, Byron Bowser, Clayton Teeter. Second Row: Dr. Ben Van Horn, Ted Fletcher, Jay Claycomb, Harry Robinette, Richard Baker, Willard Detterline, Bob Mountain, John Furry, Dr. Richard Bulger. Third Row: Head Coach Andy Radi, Landy Henry, Harold Crawford, Ted Guyer, Robert Beach, Bill Bayer, Joe Kagarise, Don Guyer, Ray Musselman, Assistant Coach Alan Brace.
Football Scores
Smith 14 - 0
Juniata Valley 20 - 0
Saxton Liberty 20 - 0
Williamsburg 40 - 0
Berlin 18 - 0
Saltillo 52 - 0
Orbisonia 40 - 6
Roaring Spring 19 - 15
Everett 22 - 0
ICC PIayoff
Beaverdale 6 - 6 (tie)
Record 9 - 0 - 1
Points Scored 251 - 27
Leading scorer - Landy Henry with 21 touchdowns for 126 Points
Inter County Eastern Conference Champions
Inter Country Conference Co-Champions
Last team in the state to be scored on, game seven
4th ranked defense in the state at the end of the year
Joe Furry, Byron Bowser, Clayton Teeter. Second Row: Dr. Ben Van Horn, Ted Fletcher, Jay Claycomb, Harry Robinette, Richard Baker, Willard Detterline, Bob Mountain, John Furry, Dr. Richard Bulger. Third Row: Head Coach Andy Radi, Landy Henry, Harold Crawford, Ted Guyer, Robert Beach, Bill Bayer, Joe Kagarise, Don Guyer, Ray Musselman, Assistant Coach Alan Brace.
Football Scores
Smith 14 - 0
Juniata Valley 20 - 0
Saxton Liberty 20 - 0
Williamsburg 40 - 0
Berlin 18 - 0
Saltillo 52 - 0
Orbisonia 40 - 6
Roaring Spring 19 - 15
Everett 22 - 0
ICC PIayoff
Beaverdale 6 - 6 (tie)
Record 9 - 0 - 1
Points Scored 251 - 27
Leading scorer - Landy Henry with 21 touchdowns for 126 Points
Inter County Eastern Conference Champions
Inter Country Conference Co-Champions
Last team in the state to be scored on, game seven
4th ranked defense in the state at the end of the year
1954 Replogle Football Team
Class of 2007
Bedford County Sports Hall of Fame
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Reprinted from the November 20, 1954, Bedford Gazette
Replogle High School is co-champion of the Inter-County Football League after playing heavily-favored Beaverdale to a 6-6 tie Friday night at Sidman before a crowd of more than 5000 on the Adams Twp. High field. Replogle outplayed the Beaverdale team slightly on paper during the game, which saw the two massive elevens batter each other back and forth up and down field with only a few "breaks" going either way.
For the Maroon, who had previously won the Inter-County Eastem Division crown for the first time, and the Bedford County title for the second, the tie though not so pleasing as a win, represented the culmination of a three-year climb to gridiron prominence for the little New Enterprise school under the tutelage of coach Andy Radi.
Replogle came back after a first quarter Beaver score to even the count early in the second period. It was fitting that the tying touchdown should be scored by the Maroon s season-long offensive star, undersized halfback Landy Henry.
Henry, who thus finished 1954 and his high school career with 120 points in each of the last two seasons, could have been even a bigger hero had it not been for the uneven footing on the Sidman turf when he broke away during the last minute of the game on a 50-yard run that ended when he tripped without a tackler around.
Beaverdale received Replogle's opening kickoff and after the runback went into action from its own 34. The powerful Beavers moved 20 yards in five plays to the Replogle 46, when right halfback Ed Owens did something seldom if ever down before against the Maroon this season.
Owens found a hole at tackle and went through with beautiful support on a 46-yard gallop to paydirt.
On the extra point, which later turned out to be crucial, Beaverdale ran its year long offensive star Mike Chunta on a plunge. Replogle's veteran guard Ted Guyer showed some of the promise that won him All-County honors last season by pulling the vaunted Chunta up short of the line to thwart Beaverdale's last try for a point.
After that Replogle took the ball and moved forward several plays until forced to punt.
Beaverdale was slowly forced back to its own ten as time started to run out on the first quarter.
There Replogle s left end Bill Bayer, showing the alertness that has led at least one opposing coach to call him the best end ever in local circles, pounced on a Beaverdale fumble on the last play of the first period.
Replogle capitalized on the break immediately as Henry slipped through his favorite off-tackle slot for ten yards and the score.
Beaverdale's Chunta gained a measure of revenge against the Maroon on the conversion as he charged through to block Bayer's try to kick the extra point, and that wound up the scoring.
For almost the rest of the game play went back and forth between the 25-yard stripes, neither team able to make a sustained offensive threat against the powerful defenses of the other. In this at least followed the predicted form as each team had a season-long record of defensive brilliance unequaled by any other teams in the district.
Replogle almost got the whole championship on the strength of events in the last minute and a half of the game.
Beaverdale had mounted its best drive of the game with time running out, but was stalled at the 20 with one minute to go and took to the airlanes. On the first throw, big end Bayer leapt into the air and snagged the ball on his own 5, running it out to the Replogle 15.
Then, on the next play, Henry shook himself loose on another run and gained 20 yards to the Beaverdale 35 before he slipped and fell in the mud without a hand laid on him by a Beaver. That ended Replogle's threat and the game as well.
After the game, charged up Replogle players and fans carried their coaches from the field in final tribute to a masterful job turned in despite the handicaps of a small-sized student body in an agricultural area. It was estimated that nearly every Replogle student and almost everyone in South Woodbury Twp. who could drive or ride attended the game at Sidman despite adverse weather conditions.
The game marked the tenth season in which Replogle's size outdid its opponents, although in this game, for the first time, the Maroon met a team its physical equal in every respect. Beaverdale went into the game favored by margins ranging from 8 to 15 points.
The tie kept intact a Replogle record of being undefeated in its past 16 games over a two-year period in which Replogle has won 18 games, lost one, and tied one scoring 506 points to it opposition's 51.
Replogle High School is co-champion of the Inter-County Football League after playing heavily-favored Beaverdale to a 6-6 tie Friday night at Sidman before a crowd of more than 5000 on the Adams Twp. High field. Replogle outplayed the Beaverdale team slightly on paper during the game, which saw the two massive elevens batter each other back and forth up and down field with only a few "breaks" going either way.
For the Maroon, who had previously won the Inter-County Eastem Division crown for the first time, and the Bedford County title for the second, the tie though not so pleasing as a win, represented the culmination of a three-year climb to gridiron prominence for the little New Enterprise school under the tutelage of coach Andy Radi.
Replogle came back after a first quarter Beaver score to even the count early in the second period. It was fitting that the tying touchdown should be scored by the Maroon s season-long offensive star, undersized halfback Landy Henry.
Henry, who thus finished 1954 and his high school career with 120 points in each of the last two seasons, could have been even a bigger hero had it not been for the uneven footing on the Sidman turf when he broke away during the last minute of the game on a 50-yard run that ended when he tripped without a tackler around.
Beaverdale received Replogle's opening kickoff and after the runback went into action from its own 34. The powerful Beavers moved 20 yards in five plays to the Replogle 46, when right halfback Ed Owens did something seldom if ever down before against the Maroon this season.
Owens found a hole at tackle and went through with beautiful support on a 46-yard gallop to paydirt.
On the extra point, which later turned out to be crucial, Beaverdale ran its year long offensive star Mike Chunta on a plunge. Replogle's veteran guard Ted Guyer showed some of the promise that won him All-County honors last season by pulling the vaunted Chunta up short of the line to thwart Beaverdale's last try for a point.
After that Replogle took the ball and moved forward several plays until forced to punt.
Beaverdale was slowly forced back to its own ten as time started to run out on the first quarter.
There Replogle s left end Bill Bayer, showing the alertness that has led at least one opposing coach to call him the best end ever in local circles, pounced on a Beaverdale fumble on the last play of the first period.
Replogle capitalized on the break immediately as Henry slipped through his favorite off-tackle slot for ten yards and the score.
Beaverdale's Chunta gained a measure of revenge against the Maroon on the conversion as he charged through to block Bayer's try to kick the extra point, and that wound up the scoring.
For almost the rest of the game play went back and forth between the 25-yard stripes, neither team able to make a sustained offensive threat against the powerful defenses of the other. In this at least followed the predicted form as each team had a season-long record of defensive brilliance unequaled by any other teams in the district.
Replogle almost got the whole championship on the strength of events in the last minute and a half of the game.
Beaverdale had mounted its best drive of the game with time running out, but was stalled at the 20 with one minute to go and took to the airlanes. On the first throw, big end Bayer leapt into the air and snagged the ball on his own 5, running it out to the Replogle 15.
Then, on the next play, Henry shook himself loose on another run and gained 20 yards to the Beaverdale 35 before he slipped and fell in the mud without a hand laid on him by a Beaver. That ended Replogle's threat and the game as well.
After the game, charged up Replogle players and fans carried their coaches from the field in final tribute to a masterful job turned in despite the handicaps of a small-sized student body in an agricultural area. It was estimated that nearly every Replogle student and almost everyone in South Woodbury Twp. who could drive or ride attended the game at Sidman despite adverse weather conditions.
The game marked the tenth season in which Replogle's size outdid its opponents, although in this game, for the first time, the Maroon met a team its physical equal in every respect. Beaverdale went into the game favored by margins ranging from 8 to 15 points.
The tie kept intact a Replogle record of being undefeated in its past 16 games over a two-year period in which Replogle has won 18 games, lost one, and tied one scoring 506 points to it opposition's 51.
