Page 12—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES
Gene Funk
For Gene Funk, to win
is to give it all you have
Gene Funk, teacher of
physical education and
health at Beahm Junior
High School and wrestling
coach at Donegal High
School, believes in winning
and not losing—but - his
idea about what winning
and losing are, are not the
conventional ones.
Gene says, ‘It’s the effort
a student or athlete puts out
that makes him a winner or
a loser. Some people just
were not born to be athletes.
They go out and try and
try—to me they're winners.
““A loser is a person who
has the ability but doesn’t
give the effort. He might
have the ability and have a
good won-lost record—but
if he isn’t giving it his best,
he’s a loser.”
If Gene thinks that a kid is
not putting forth his best
effort, Gene will sit down
and talk with that kid. “I
will let him know that I know
he isn’t giving i* his best.”
Usually the kid is aware
that he is not doing his best.
A lot of kids just do enough
to get by.
How does Gene appeal to
them to do better? By asking
them about their ambitions.
‘“‘What do you want to be?”’
They know they cannot
“achieve their high ambit-
ions, unless they put forth
their best. ;
And Gene doesn’t just
talk to an underachieving
kid once. ‘‘I never quit on
them,’’ he says. ‘You've got
to keep trying.l can’t stop
communicating with some-
one just because he’s not
listening at the time. A week
later it might sink in. If I
quit communicating, no-
thing is going to happen...
When it’s time to get to
work, they know when it
1S.
Gene feels that there is no
essential difference between
achievment in the classroom
and on the athletic field. In
both studies and sports, it’s
attitude that counts most.
“Seventy-five per cent of
the job done in athletics is
mental preparation, to be
willing to put forth all you
can. Fifteen per cent is
physical skills, 10 per cent is
talent.”
Obviously, it’s trying that
counts. =
Tony = Ritrovato, who
teaches English at Beahm,
says that during an off-peri-
od he will sometimes come
down to the gym just to
watch Gene conduct his
gym classes. He marvels at
Gene's rapport with the
kids, the way he conveys his
enthusiasm to them. ‘‘He
knows when to call a kid
down and when to overlook
things. I just hope he’s still
teaching gym here when my
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Mount Joy Tennis Club sponsors
Round Robin Riot ladies doubles
On Monday, Oct. 8th, the
Mount Joy Tennis Club
sponsored their fifth annual
‘““Round Robin Riot’’ ladies
double tennis tournament,
which was postponed one
week due to rain.
The ladies were paired
according to ability so that
all teams were as evenly
matched as possible. The
two teams with the most
points at the end of the four-
hour scheduled play entered
a pro set. The winners of the
pro set were the 1979
champions.
Twenty-four ladies enter-
ed the tournament. Mavis
Breneman and Mae Greider
won the championship by
defeating Marianne Coover
and Peggy Byler in the pro
set 8-6. The champions were
presented with trophies by
the club and a gift certificate
from The Orange Owl Shop,
Mount Joy. Prizes were also
awarded to the runners-up
and to the team finishing in
the last place.
Other ladies participating
in the day of fun were Sandy
Weaver, Mary Jane Myers;
Diane Hiestand, Marcia
Landis; Millie Shenk, Barb
Weidman; Cindy Engle,
Sharon Givler; Erma Espen-
shade, Mary Hallgren; Lois
Hostetter, Faye Anspach;
Bev Becker, Joan Good;
Miriam Gibble, Sue Zer-
phey; Verna Hostetter,
Ardie Wolgemuth; Pat
Miller, Evvy Duke; and
Ethel Foley.
—Marianne Coover
Junior Hi soccer team
beats L-S, loses to PM
Beahm Junior High soc-
cer team lost a close one
this Monday to Penn Manor,
0-1. Beahm actually scored a
goal early in the game soon
after their opponents’, but
the referee blew his whistle
on the play, penalizing
Beahm for pushing. (The
Donegal player accused of
pushing was flat on his back
after the play—pushed.)
Last week the team beat
Lampeter-Strasburg, 4-0.
Goals were scored by Todd
Shelly, Bob Nadeau, Wayne
Chappel, and Mike Sar-
baugh.
A Thursday game with
Conestoga Valley was rain-
ed out but will be played at a
later date.
The team now has a 5-5
league record and an overall
record of 6-5.
Wednesday of this week
they play Hempfield, which
is undefeated. In an earlier
game with Hempfield,
Beahm lost by a single
point. :
Columbia takes Beahm
Beahm Junior High's foot-
ball team lost to Columbia
last week, 8-38.
Beahm fumbled the ball
four times, and each time
they fumbled Columbia
scored.
Beahm moved the ball
alright, collected plenty of
first downs, but then they
would fumble. Also, their
pass defense was not good
against Columbia.
The worst part of the
game for Beahm was in the
first half. The score at half-
time was 0-32.
Coach Frank Stellar is
trying some new people in
some new positions, to the
team ready for Manheim
Township on Wednesday.
October 17, 1979
Donegal outplays ELCO but loses
0-20 on penalties, offensive errors
It could have been the
upset of the year, but pen-
alties and offensive mis-
takes allowed unbeaten Elco
to top the Indians 20-0 last
week. In spite of the
lopsided score, the two
teams were basically evenly
matched. Donegal out-
“rushed Elco, gaining 181
yards to the Raiders’ 112,
and 9 first downs to Elco’s 8.
Frustrated on the ground,
by the best defense Donegal
has played all year, Elco
took to the air, where they
gained 83 yards on 13
passes (6 completions).
Donegal’s freshman
quarterback, Darrel
Risberg, responded with
some accurate passing of his
own, including one spectac-
ular 35-yard bomb which
was canceled by a penalty.
Officially, Risberg tallied 39
yards in the air, completed
six of his ten throws, and
was intercepted once.
The scoreboard, unfortun-
ately, did not reflect the
Indians’ impressive statis-
tics. Elco’s successful plays
were few and far between,
but when the Raiders
succeeded—usually because
of some Indian error—they
succeeded spectacularly.
On Donegal’s first posses-
sion, the Indians fumbled,
and an Elco back scooped up
the loose pigskin and carried
it 77 yards for a touchdown.
Another Elco score resulted
from a sloppy pass play,
which began 57 yards from
the goal line, and ended in
an Elco touchdown two
missed blocks later.
‘““‘We beat ourselves,”
commented Donegal coach
Gayne Deshler, summing up
the evening's events. ‘They
have a good team, but we
could have won. Defensive-
ly, we thought we didn’t do
a bad job.”
Leonard Mummau led the
Indian rushing attack with
96 yards in 16 carried; a six-
yard carry average. Steve
Meszaros followed with 61
yards in 14 carries; a 4.3
yard average.
Next Saturday night, the
Indians take on Lebanon
Catholic, a team which has
yet to post a victory this
season. Catholic will be no
piece of cake, however.
Their schedule has been
tough, they have been
improving, and the game
marks their homecoming.
The contest will give a good
indication of whether the
youthful Indians can over-
come the mental errors
which have been plaguing
them so far this season.
Predicto on the ball, predicts DHS
will beat Lebanon Catholic 27 to 6
SECTION ONE
Manheim Township over
Lebanon
Cedar Crest over Lancaster
Catholic
Wilson over McCaskey
Governor Mifflin over Con-
estoga Valley
Hempfield over Muhlenberg
SECTION TWO
Solanco over Elizabethtown
Columbia over Penn Manor
Warwick over Ephrata
SECTION THREE
Garden Spot over Northern
Lebanon
ELCO over Annville-Cleona
Donegal over Lebanon
Catholic (27-6)
Cocalico over Lampeter-
Strasburg
Hockey team beats Lebanon, plans
trip to Philly to see Meszaros play
The Donegal hockey team
beat Lebanon last week 4-0.
Two goals were scored by
Sherry Derr and one each by
Terri Meszaros and Gina
Mohr.
A game with Warwick
scheduled to be played last
Thursday, also Parents’
Day, was rained out and was
re-scheduled for Monday,
October 22. Parents Day will
be celebrated at that time
also.
The team will play
Norlebco this Wednesday
there. Coach Zangari ex-
pects a tough game.
Then on Thursday the
entire squad and their
coaches will travel to
Philadelphia to watch a
double-header game at
Franklin Field. The second
game will be between West
Chester and Delaware,
number one and number
two collegiate teams in the
nation, respectively. Playing
for West Chester will be Sue
Meszaros, DHS alumna,
who also played for the
champs in her freshman
year at West Chester. Sue is
elder sister of Terri Mesza-
ros, freshman member of
the DHS varsity. (Jill
Brocious is another fresh-
man who plays for Donegal.)
West Chester is also
Coach Joyce Zangari's alma
mater.
The game in Philly should
be very fast, since it will be
played on Astre-turf. This
fast surface also requires
very good control. About the
trip to Philly, Coach Zangari
says, ‘‘We're real excited.”
Tennis team loses to Penn Manor,
Township; Kinsey has best record
The DHS tennis team lost
last week to Penn Manor,
2'42-5%. The Donegal team
was at a disadvantage,
being unable to practice
because of the rain and
snow; Penn Manor was able
to practice indoors.
Monday the team lost
their final match of the
season to Manheim Town-
ship, 1-6. The only winner
was Sherri Kinsey, seeded
number two on the Donegal
team. Sherri was tied with
her opponent in sets, 1-1,
but was down in games in
the last set, 1-4. She came
from behind to win the final
set 6-4.
That -victory gave Sherri
the best record on the team
in matches, 9-2. She lost
only one league match.
This Tuesday night, Sher-
ri received a trophy for her
outstanding performance
during the season.
Soccer team loses two
Donegal’s soccer team
lost 0-4 last week to a
rugged Penn Manor team;
the game was played in rain
and mud.
The Jayvees lost 1-2 to
Penn Manor.
This is a big week for the
soccer team. They lost to
E-Town, 0-4, Monday night.
They played Pequea Valley
Tuesday, and play Hemp-
field on Thursday.
Grade school students
will try for soccer cup
On Thursday, Oct. 18th,
the Donegal Elementary
soccer teams will play for
the Soccer Cup under the
lights at Donegal High.
The soccer starts at 7:00.
Rain date is Oct. 19th, same
time.
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