Blasdell High School - Champion Yearbook (Blasdell, NY)

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E 95. 'W il T Football Jack Sohwindler Coach Charles-Mead Teddy Prusak Manager Michael Kozak The boys started the season with a light team that had little actual ex- ence against a powerful class A East Aurora team. During a tight hard t game Blasdell managed to capitalize on a very neatly manipulated play won by the score of 6:01 Following the upset of this previous game the Red and Black raiders lost West Seneca in a game dominated by fumbles by the score of l2:6. This was a break but in the following game against the powerful, highly favored, un- ted Pine Hill team, the lads emerged with a split 7:7 score. The next trup was to Lancaster where the team met Alden in a night game. game was snatched by the Blasdell UNight Hawks' by the score of 7:0 against scrapping team. Then came the raing for in the following game the Blasdell umuckrakers' to 12:0 victory against Sloan. It is a customary event for Blasdell to line up eleven's against Hamburg fend what a scrap takes place is just what two rivals could make lt. It was Manother rain soaked field and the battle was on. During this game there were Qthree facts to be noted. First, our fullback received a fractured leg bone in Qfa desperate plunge. Then when Hamburg punted, the spectators watched Arthur 5fLeyda take the ball on an excellent catch but did he run? No, not that he was 'Qleary of the Hamburg eleven, but he just felt like being gentlemanlyg so he tiurned around and tossed the ball to another player. CHow's that Artj. The third fact was that Blasdell emerged victorious by the score of l4:6. H 11 ' l n ers' end its season with only one de- dl Thus did the scrappy Blasde p u g ltfeat and an equal split against four wins. bf- Boys earning varsity letters were: Jack Schwlndler, Teddy Prusak, John M F k saqwinaler Robert Fritz, Thomas Quinn, A'FTitz, Arthur Leyda, Russel Clark, ran l . k S1 t :hRichard Schutts, Harold Milligan, Richard Grinder, John Prusak, Clar a er, 5'C1air Schutts Edward Harriman, and Harold Wright. it Also on the squad were: Hugh Quinn, William Yetman, James Odell, Edward C1 de 1 Q p ifhartus Edmund Zuppinger, Clayton Partridge. Raymond Knapp, Robert en n ng, le ' f Grant McClelland Louis Daugherty, and Jack Odell 3 George Texter, George Pfalzgra . 5 Final Standings in the League W xi L T 5' Pine H111 2 o 1 ld 1 o V West Seneca2 Q Blasdell 1 1 1 5 o li Alden O vf 4 Complete Scores for all Games 333 5' 0 B1asae11 7 f East Aurora' M N 6 Q' West Seneca' 13 Q Pine H111 1 7 ' 7 ri' 0 N 7 . typ Alden ' W 12 R' Sloan 0 2 n 2-2 Hamburg ,Q if ,' - ' ze so .AJ l ' I,

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suits ed their Hamburg, d game Basketball Captain Teddy Prusak Coach Charles Mead Manager Michael Kbzak For their first game, the Blasdell Red Raiders invade en an winning streak of five straight games In this game Frank Schwindlen e leading scorer, tallied twenty six points to start off his wild rampage in he games Having the Eden under their belts for a starter the boys then Angola, Gardenville, and Clean, before they were finally defeated st Seneca, Blasdell's nemesis for three years After they lo t to Vest a, the team Journeyed to Ebenezer, who with Orchard Park, was right on el1's tail for the League leadership, and Blasdell defeated them in a finely e next game was the crucial one, for the league leadership, with Orchard . There, amid the cheers of many Blasdell followers, and the Orchard Park the Blasdell boys came out on top in a hotly played contest. The final a.was 33 to 30. At ngetime during the game was either team more than three ats ahead of the other. Following this game, the team ranaway with Eden with ' rsity playing only about half of the games. After the Eden game, came ld nemises, Vest Seneca to whom Blasdell again lost by a non too close score. o start the season, the boys were supplied with new basketball suits and 3 . . ' ' ' d Ed d It - ' x . . dm I ra a L ll l in in its sleep with the 'tness this game, one thought Blasde was p ag g , tion of one boy, who was right at home and tallied half of'Blasdell's points. 1,. p R ' Gaining their winning stride again the boys beat Angola, Woodlawn and Gar- , Ed I-. lle very decisively. The next game, the one with Sloan, was the most t t overtime period and Blasdell finally won out, Qthrilling of all. It wen o an . , Q 229 to 27. After losing to Hamburg, in a loosely played game, the boys again gbeat Woodlawn and eked out a 45 to 40 win over Ebenezer in a free scoring game. it ' ' ' d P k Blasdell led by a half a game, -lr- 1, l. -a Going into the final game with Orchar ar , bfi htin tooth and nail, the Blasdell boys kept abreast of Orchard Park, until pf 5 3 d I a ti off play Tommy Qwee-Williel Hart fan unfortunate accident happens . n p- , . t d ll t down in hbroke his arm. This took the heart out of the team, and Blas e wen ia' 9 : Q n The Play ,fore a large Athe score of has some good 22 thus creating a tie for first place in the league. .defeat, 28 to , ' H bur Hi h School. There be- off for first place took place in am g g crowd of Blasdellites, the boys brought home the bacon winning by 26-24. This game was featured by some excellent defensive as well passwork. l f the sectional play off the boys dadd tired, and play- g Going to Amherst or . v ping their fourth game in eight days, went down to defeat before the laughs of fthe tall Middleport team 17-25. t . ' di After the season closed, Blasdell gained further distinction when its two Cplayers, Ted Prusak and Frank Schwindler made the All League Team. Frank CBusj gschwindler was the high scorer of the league gaining over l7O points in league S him a remarkable average of about thirteen points per game. 3 . Th's ave ggiiiiermgrz aimost all the varsity boys got at least one vote for the All League QTeam. M wig' ft, 1- Sr. IE. Siu , Vw Pty' ggi , I MY . HQQEE, . fr 5 All League Basketball Team R, F, Frank Schwindler Blasdell L. F. petit Gardenville C. Charles Zeller Orchard Park R.G. Teddy Prusak Blasdell Sloan L. F. Stepa W. Koelmel Orchard Park