June Paxton Rogers remembers Cassy Ryan as her Carolina coach

June Paxton Rogers, Class of 1948, remembers that Cassy Ryan did more than coach Mannington High athletes.

Let June tell it:

“Hi John –

“I also remember Cassy Ryan well.  When I was a young girl he coached

our Carolina girls softball team and we were pretty good!  If I remember right,

he coached us for quite a few years. A lot of fun! 

“When I got too old for softball, I started playing golf and really enjoy that a lot!  If I could make it to The Villages, I would challenge you to a golf game.

“Thanks again for all of the interesting news of MHS friends.  

“June”

Joe Martin, Class of 1957, of Treasure Island, Florida, remembers another non-Mannington High virtue of Cassy:

“Who could forget Cassy Ryan . . . We Carolina boys looked forward to summer and Cassy opening up the Carolina playground, thanks to our beloved Cassy.”

Are you sure, June, that you want to challenge the guy who with the help of Bob Kasper and Tony Eates finished last in the 2000 MHS Golf Scramble and, to prove it wasn’t a fluke, matched that feat in 2005. Maybe that’s what killed the MHS Golf Scramble. We certainly killed a lot of turf.

June golfs at Green Hills Country club. She’s played in MHS alumni scrambles before they died outfor lack of enough entries -- with Nick Fiori, Betty Hensley Lowther,  John Matkovich, Eddie Lusczynski and Junior  Koloskie.  

June’s sisters are are Mary Jean Paxton Ryan, Class of 1946, and Lois Paxton Dufour, Class of 1944, who is deceased. 

June also visits her granddaughter in Lexington, near Mansfield, Ohio, and a daughter in Zeeland, near Holland on Lake Michigan. 

If you have memories of Cassy Ryan or the Paxton family, email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com and I’ll add them to the Monongah High Alumni blog.

For the earlier story on Mannington High legend Cassy Ryan, click on http://jo4wvu.blogspot.com/search?q=Remembering+Cassy+Ryan