Greene Central School - Greenelite Yearbook (Greene, NY)

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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

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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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Baseball 1950 Champions BASEBALL FRONT: D. Pratt, C. Baxter, D. Walters, D. L. Barton, R. Pierce, R. Armstrong, J. Ceplo, Simmonds, D. Woodruff, W. Hoag. REAR: F. Kummerfeldt, M. Rotherforth. Managers: Coach Blakeslee, R. Stone, T. Beadle, R. Wells, E. Jennings, F. Villante. SCORES Greene I Sherburne 0 VARSITY LINEUP P. J. Ceplo Greene 3 Whitney Point 4 C D. Pratt Greene II Sidney 3 IB D. Woodruff Greene 2 Oxford i 2B C. Baxter Greene 4 Chenango Forks I 3B D. Walters Greene 0 Sherburne i SS W. Hoag Greene ii Whitney Point 5 LF R. Pierce Greene ii Sidney 4 CF R. Wells Greene 19 Oxford 0 RF L. Barton Greene 9 Chenango Forks 4 Greene 2 Sherburne 0 Greene I Windsor 3 For the second consecutive year, Coach Blakeslee guided the Trojans to the championship of the Northern Division of the Susquenango League. Greene lost the league title to Windsor in a hard fought contest, 3-1. Jack Ceplo was again the ace hurier, tossing two no-hitters and a one-hitter. Jack finished his three years of baseball for G. C. S. in a blaze of glory. His overall record was 26 wins against 8 defeats; he hurled five no-hit, no-run games, and four one-hitters. For the third year he represented Greene at Cooperstown in the all-star game and was credited as winning pitcher in the box score. During the summer Jack signed a Brooklyn Dodger contract for an estimated $6, 000, as a non- bonus player. Dan Walters led the Trojan nine with a . 355 average at the plate, and also contributed a perfect season afield. Ceplo lead the team with the most runs batted in, 14. Ron Armstrong had a perfect record in his mound appearances with a 4-0 record. Greene's record was 9 wins, three losses.