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SELINSGROVESEALS

Selinsgrove Football

Selinsgrove Football 1928 Season

Record
8-0

Head coach Harold Bolig.

Harold Bolig's Seals went 8-0 in 1928 and scored 209 points to 18. Captain Warren Groce, moved from fullback to quarterback, led the team with 64 points. Andy Kemp had 54.

Selinsgrove opened at home with a 45-0 win over Duncannon. Kemp scored 24 points and Groce 14. Selinsgrove then beat McAlisterville 58-0, with David Kelly scoring 18, Groce 14, and Kemp 12. Selinsgrove won the first meeting with Millersburg, 40-0. Groce scored 16 and Rishel 12.

At Muncy, Selinsgrove won 19-0, and Kemp was the best of the offense. On Friday, Oct. 26, Northumberland came to Selinsgrove and lost 7-6. Rishel scored in the first quarter and Groce kicked the extra point, in front of the biggest crowd the yearbook had seen at a game in town.

At Mifflinburg, Selinsgrove won 8-0, and Roy Bolig scored all eight points. On Armistice Day at Nescopeck, a Nescopeck player returned the kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, and Selinsgrove still won 20-6. Roy Bolig, Miller, and Rishel did the scoring. The closer, at home against Yeagertown, was 12-6. Groce scored both touchdowns. Yeagertown had tied Lewistown on Armistice Day.

Notable games

  • Northumberland · Selinsgrove won 7-6

    Oct. 26 at home. Rishel scored in the first quarter. Groce kicked the extra point.

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  • Muncy · Selinsgrove won 19-0

    At Muncy. Kemp led the offense.

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  • Nescopeck · Selinsgrove won 20-6

    Armistice Day. Nescopeck returned the kickoff 90 yards, then the Seals pulled away.

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  • Yeagertown · Selinsgrove won 12-6

    At home. Groce scored both touchdowns.

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  • Mifflinburg · Selinsgrove won 8-0

    At Mifflinburg. Roy Bolig scored all eight points.

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