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1949 California Community High School Football Team
Pictured above are members of the 1949 Championship Team:
John Mariscotti, John Kanitra, Edward Otto, Clifford Copenhaver, Allen
Conaway,
Albert Metzner, John Masneri, Richard Niccolai, David Zahars, Donald
McCrory, Eddie Slosky,
Joe Lundy, John Luko, William Laschen, John Konek, Edward Mician, Angelo
Encapera, Pete Petroff, Stanley Rice, Oscar Tentler, Thomas Parkinson,
Bernard Sosnak, George Luko, Sam Bell,
George Miller, Richard Sabo, Andrew Timko, Thomas Selep, James Starkey,
Jesse Clink, James Britton, William Leeper and William McDonald.
1948-49 California Community High Football Team, defeated Dormont High
School 38-6 before 4500 fans at Washington High Stadium to become the
1949 WPIAL Class A Champions. In only their second year of existence,
California Community High School was undefeated in football with an
18-1-0 record. (Tied Clark High School, the eventual Co-WPIAL Champion
with Trinity High School).
The 1949 California team scored 306 points for a 30.6 points average per
game and yielded only 61 points, for a 6.1 points average per game and
recorded 4 shutouts. John Konek was named to the 3rd Annual All-American
High School Team. He was the only Pennsylvania player named to the first
team.
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