Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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THE HOUR GLASS WVebster, the next league opponent, met defeat by a smooth- working Crimson team 21-11. This was Fairport's first league win. ' During Christmas vacation Fairport High broke even. The Alumni, led by Mike Barrett and Roy Saporito, beat the school boys 20-28. Aquinas, however did not succeed in gaining a second win over Fairport. The game was close throughout and Fairport did not obtain the winning margin until the last minute of play when 'tZip Dunn sank a long shot. The game ended in a victory for Fairport 15-16. Then came a big disaster. East Rochester beat Fairport at East Rochester, 21-15. Fairport's fans turned out in a great number but were disappointed. The following weekiagainst Honeoye Falls the Crimson just managed to squeeze out a 24-25 victory in an extra period. Tl1e next night the Red and Blue tossers traveled to Geneva and lost a hard-fought game to a good team, 21-19. . The next game was with Irondequoit and with this game' me t'Crimsons started on a nine-game winning streak. Ironde- quoit put up a good game but the boys from Fairport could not be denied and carried off a 23-16 win. The longest trip of the year came next. That trip was to Corning, when the boys took on Corning Northside High School. Although the underdogs, the Crimson passers conquered 20-27. Tl1e boys remained over-night in Corning and only joy of winning the game was equal to the fun the boys had that night. Brighton was next on the schedule. With Phillips throwing them in from all angles, Fairport won another game 20-27. The next night in a non-league game with Newark, Fairport, through the efforts of Russ Dunn, who scored two long shots in the closing minutes, won by the score of 20-18. Pittsford, a return game with Corning, and Webster were the next three on the schedule. Likewise they were three more victories for Fairport. East Rochester, who had defeated Fair- port earlier in the season, came next. Before one of the largest crowds ever to see a game in Fairport, the Crimson tossers swamped East Rochester 41-16. Wood led the scorers with 13 points. Honeoye Falls came next and was again a victim. Fairport won 29-11. Spencerport then ended the winning streak of the locals by handing them a 21-19 setback. Then in the final league game of the year, Fairport defeated Irondequoit 23-17. On the same night, Webster defeated Brighton, thereby giving Fair- port the championship. Page Twenty-Nine

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l I THE HOUR GLLASS 1 BASKETBALL TEAM Basketball 31 I 1 Hopes for another c-hampionship basketball team were very slim when the squad first reported to Uoaeli McWilliams. From last year there were left t'Zipl Dunn, 'fTed Phillips, Frank lVood, H Dukel' Fitzgerald, sind 4' Dick Bacon. This quintet proved to he the one which later brought the Monroe County championship to Fairport. The reniainder of the squad was made up of Lee Clifford, t'Russ Dunn, H Don Holtz, Hllarleyn Young, and Paul Page. iliuss Dunn proved es- peeially valuable. Vase and Sullivan were also on the squad in the first part of the season. The 4'Crimsons started out by dpwning Vietor 25-18, al- though they did not show what the elass expected of them. VVith the Brighton game, Fairporti started on a four-game losing streak. Brighton, the first league opponent, handed Fair- port a had setbaek 22-17. On the following night, Speneerport did likewise, heating the t'U1'i111sons ,23-18. The next week Fairport inet notgonly loss but disgrace, letting Pittsford do a very unusual thing, beat Fairport 24-30. The next night Fairport put up a goodi game but was beaten by Aquinas 13-19. 3 Page Twenty-Eight l

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THE HOUR GL First, in order to represent Monro ment, Fairport had to meet Spencerport section. Although Spencerport boaste tories over Fairport they met defeat ' around play in this game stood out, as by Bacon. ' e Then came the first round of the to to face Geneva at Newark, and here agai with a 21-12 victory for Fairport. This right to enter in the semi-finals at the At the Sportsmanship Luncheon, F their opponent for that night. The Fair S'S County -in the tourna- winners in the western of two previous vic- 2-14. Fitzgerald's all- id the clever guarding 'nament. Fairport had the tables were turned win gave the locals the niversity of Rochester. rport drew Geneseo as ort boys could not seem to get going at any time during the galne and as a result lost 94-19. The boys felt awfully bad about that they should have done better. Tl out in large numbers. E In the final game of the year, the Painted Post, Fairport again hit their 25-15 victory? ' Although thc start of the season was one of the best in recent years and nex out another good team. This year th, captains, Ted,' Phillips and t'Frank' Neil Charity, proved to be one of the bes work in excellent manner. Basketball Record, it League Games his game for they knew Fairport fans turned consolation game with stride and turned in a very poor, it was really year will no doubt put team was led by Co- Wood. The manager, t possible, doing all the 31-32 Q Tournament Games T Consolation Galne Fairport Victor 18 'kFairpo 'kFairport Brighton 22 Fairpo Fairport Spencerport 23 tFairpo 'Fairport Pittsford 30 Fairpo Fairport Aquinas 19 :':Fairpo tFairport Webster 11 'Fairpo Fairport Alumni 28 ttFairpo Fairport Aquinas 15 Fairpo 9'Fairport East Rochester 21 tFairpo tFairport Honeoye Falls 24 Fairpo Fairport ' Geneva 21 QFairpo 'fFairport Irondequoit 16 QFairpo Fairport Corning Northside 20 'l'Fairpo Page Thirty 2 6 Brighton 2 1 20 Newark 18 2 6 Pittsford 1 7 15 Corning Northside 14 2 3 Webster 1 7 41 East Rochester 16 29 Honeoye Falls 11 1 9 Spencerport 2 1 23 Irondequoit 17 22 Spencerport 14 21 Geneva 12 19 Genesee 24 25 Painted Post 15