Averill Park High School - Threshold Yearbook (Averill Park, NY)

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Athletic cami! Despite the limited money-making activities, this year's Athletic Council has been a success. For the first time. the Council has sponsored the selling of season basketball tickets. A ticket was also sent to each coach and principal of all the schools in our basketball league. Also for the first time a sportmansbip award was given by Mr. Burton for the person displaying the best sportsmanship during the basketball season. XVith Mr. Cooley as advisor, the council is made up of the following members: Row one: John Burger, Presidenl. Dora XVehnau, Costella Browning. Mr. George Cooley. Sheila Abbott, Secretary, Nancy Abbott, Fred Wilkins, Treasurer. Row Iwo: Herman Buchholz. George XVilkins, John Dreis, Vice President, David Karpiak. Arnold Schenker. 46

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Vdlfllffjf Bazffeeibazll This year's team is a lighting team . . . a losing year but the sports- manship of the team came out on top . . . Art Ferguson's fourth year on varsity, captain and highest scorer . . . classy new uniforms . . . Irve Link's set shot that won during overtime at Keveny . . . winning the first game of the season over Berkshire . . . first league win at Coxsackie , . . Mr. Allgeier and Mr. Ury, substitute coaches at Castleton . . . riots in the Wal- dorf Cafeteria . . . Neil McKendry, hard fighting guard, center push-ups . . . Bill McKenna, equally as important at guard, lay-ups, right handed hook shots . . . Bob Dunham, fast and hard lighting forward, left handed hook shots . . . Earl Lawrence, hard lighting sub at any position . . . Beck. Stubblebine, Tripp, Kingsbury, and Wilkins, all able subs round out the team . . . Oh, that Ravena Game! . . . losing to 1945 alumni 68-60 managers Purcell and Pabst and Coach Cooley are proud of their boys. Row one: William Beck, Neil McKendry, Earl Lawrence, Arthur Ferguson. Irwin Link, Robert Dunham, Clifford Hastings. Row two: Paul Nash, Roland Pabst, Robert Stubblebine, Fred Wilkins, Craig Kingsbury, Wayne Tripp, William McKenna, David Karpiak, John Purcell, Coach George Cooley. . If azyfeelbazll Winning larger percentage of games than varsity . . . an inexperienced team, but never giving up until the final whistle. Always going to varsity practice games . . . extremely large team this year . . . Willis Fearnley chosen captain . . . Cliff Hastings and Dave Karpiak borrowed from Var- sity . .. John Burger's one handed foul shots . . . upset victory over Ra- vena's J. V .... new jackets to wear to school . . . Herby Clark being cheered on by varsity team . . . George Dickinson, fast and hard fighting addition to team this year . . . Ray Diamond, doing swell job in his first appearance in a uniform . . . Mardon, Campbell, Buchholz, Metzler and Schaub able subs . . . team will strengthen varsity next year. Row one: Ernest Scovill. Herbert Clark, George Dickinson, Willis Fearnley, John Burger, Henry Buchholz, Robert Maroney. Row two: Arthur Mardon, Chester Schaub, Michael Foley, Ross French, Charles Dodson, Matthew Metzler, Raymond Diamond. Row three: John Purcell, Donald Nash, Richard Campbell, Norman Waterbury, Roland Pabst, Coach George Cooley. 45

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Foofbazff Central High s second consecutive year at the sport . . . Churchville and Captain lVlcKendry, backbone of team . . . Pytko and Middleton, re- turned veterans, welcome additions who strengthened the team . . . All- Americann Wayne Tripp lil . . . Dick Clark's fighting ability and power to throw the foe to the ground . . . John Clark, tough, hard-working lineman who refuses to let anyone by . . . Kingsbury. center, can't be tackled by less than four men . . . Dunham, Hghting back from the windy city, Wynantskill . . . Douglass, good lineman, tries hard . . . Dreis. good sub at any position . . . Link, Pabst and John and Bob Maroney, all good subs round out the team. With two years experience. the team should be a winning team consistently next year. Row one: lrwin l.ink, Robert Dunham, Craig Kingsbury. Roland Pabst. Neil Mcliendry, NVilliam McKenna, Richard Clark, XVayne Tripp. Rott' ltL'oZ Douglass Bt-:k. Robert Maroney. Robert Stubblebine. John Dreis, John Purcell, John Clark. George Dickinson, Donald Nash, Coach George Cooley. 47