Greene Central School - Greenelite Yearbook (Greene, NY)

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Basketball FRONT: T. Beadle, F. Villante, Mgr.; M. Smith, R. Pierce. REAR: J. Balunas, R. Armstrong, J. Moran , L. Barton, C. Baxter, Coach Blakeslee • WINTER SPORTS ROUNDUP Season's Records JV Varsity JV Varsi ty 50 - 37 Marathon 38 - 56 62 - 47 •Chenango Forks 42 - 40 40 - 24 Afton 50 - 53 47 - 35 •Oxford 71 - 54 34 - 24 •Qtford 45 - 31 39 - 59 •Whitney Point 61 - 73 38 - 48 •Whitney Point 40 - 54 60 - 54 •Sidney 41 - 52 v? 1 O Marathon 40 - 51 37 - 54 Deposit 49 74 50 - 45 Afton 40 - 65 38 - 44 •Sherburne 38 - 56 43 - 34 Deposit 39 - 56 65 - 52 •Chenango Forks 76 - 36 - 71 •Sidney 49 - 85 • League games V-W 1 u 00 •Sherburne 46-69 A slow starting Trojan Varsity finally found the range in mid-season and ended with a 4-6 record in league competition, showing double wins over Oxford and Chenango Forks. Leading the scoring parade was Louis Barton with 185 points in 16 games, closely followed by Jim Moran who had 182 in 14 games. Moran had the high average in points per game, with a neat 13. 0. Marshall Smith won a place in the G. C. S. Hall of Fame, when he scored 29 points in the last game of the year against Chenango Forks, a new individual high. Seniors who represented Greene were Charles Baxter, John Balunas and Roger Pierce. The Trojan JV squad gave promise of better times next year, as they turned in a 10-6 record, including a non-league win over Deposit, Southern Division Champs. Bill Hoag paced the team in total points with 206, and in average points per game, with 12.6. Bill Henninge, Jack Najarian and John Lechner were other high JV scorers. Added to the growing list of G. C. S. varsity sports was wrestling, under Coach Fletcher. Losing its first matches, the squad gained in experience and hit its stride with a victory over Newark Valley and a double win over Deposit. The season's record was 3-7. Highlight of the season was the Section IV meet at Ithaca, where Don Simmonds, and Les Moore reached the semi-finals. Team members with records of . 500 or more were Ken Ceplo, Dave Bartlett, Bob Ceplo, Merle Farn- ham. Bob Lobdell, Don Simmonds and Les Moore. The season's record was 3-8.

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s4t6Cetic Football FRONT: C. Rounds, D. Sherwood, W. Williams, D. Simmonds, J. Lechner, R. Peterson, M, Davis. SECOND ROW: J. Balunas, D. Pratt, C. Introvato- lo, D. Woodruff, J. Auwarter, R. Armstrong, D. SCORES Greene 26 Delhi 12 Greene 6 Windsor 19 Greene 0 Sherburne 13 Greene 26 Hancock 6 Greene M Deposit 6 Greene 0 Sidney 46 Greene 0 Oxford 0 Morton. REAR: Coach Finnegan, R. Ceplo, L. Barton, F. Villante, Mgr.; M. Smith, L. Moore, R. Utter, Coach Blakeslee. LINEUP Ends: Balunas, Armstrong Tackles: Pratt, Auwarter Guards: Simmonds, Introvatolo Center: Woodruff Backs: Smith, Barton, Ceplo, Moore Coach George Finnegan took over the task as head football mentor for the Trojans and an improved Greene team showed a 3-3-1 record for the season. Quarterback Marshall Smith captained the team. Greene pulled one of the major upsets of the season by hanging a defeat on previously unbeated Deposit. In the traditional battle with Ox- ford, the teams battled to a 0-0 tie, the first such score since 1902. The Trojans' other victories were over Delhi and Hancock. Honors for scoring were shared by Barton, with 21 points, Ceplo, with 19, and Smith, with 18. Defensive play was sparked by four seniors in the center of the line Auwarter, Simmonds, Introvatolo, Woodruff, and a junior, Pratt. 25

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FRONT: VV. Henninge, F. Lanfear, M. Eccles- ton, J. Najarian, R. Utter, K. Chamberlain, W. Hoag, R. Curley. REAR: J. Lobdell, Mgr. ; J. Harvey, R. Hoag, R. Smith, M. Davis, J. Lech ner, D. Sherwood, VV. Roberts, Coach Pearl. J V Basketball Wrestling FRONT: M. Farnham, R. Lobdell, L. Moore, C. Introvatolo, D. Pratt, D. Simmonds, R. Nor- ton, R. Ceplo, R. Parks, D. Bartlett, A. Loomis, Mgr.. REAR: Coach Fletcher, F. Manwarren, Mgr. ; E. Jennings, E. Copeland, R. Peterson, T. Cochrane, D. Copeland, H. Wright, K. Ceplo, Capra. , ; o tZ-'L