Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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84 THE TOOT FOOTBALL Lack of material and inexperienced men for the backfield positions caus- ed C. H. S.’s football record to reach its lowest ebb in our history. Last September, Coach Schmidt met with the distressing problem of build- ing a team out of boys who were no- ticably lacking in weight and strength. A squad of about 25 candidates, of which 10 were veterans, spent the first three weeks under the direction of head coach “Pinky” Schmidt and Wallace Ostrynski, line coach, prepar- ing for their first game. Our team failed to click for various reasons, but as the season went along many of our faults were corrected. After meeting three defeats at Caz- encvia Central, Clinton and Oneida, we had our first home game with Lcwville. Misfortune overtook us in the closing minutes of the conflict to snatch the game away from us and give it to our opponents with a 14-13 score. Although we lost the next two games to Onondaga Valley and Fulton the boys kept on trying and taking it on the chin with the determination to do better in the next game. Our last game played here on an ideal Friday afternoon with Proctor of Utica, was a display of the old fighting spirit C. H. S. has been known for. Behind, at the half, the boys came back in the second frame to score the winning touchdown on a sustained drive from mid-field. Letter men are: Rudy Albanese, cap- tain; Jarvis Dew, Almon New, Vin- cent Setticase, James Rinando, Le- land Whipple, Herbert Wilde, William Tanner, Vernon Hall, Gerard LeBlanc, Charles Mcore, Clifford Osgooa, Tony Guifre, Donald Phipps, Ivan Walters, Reuben Halliday, Steven Cimino, Ben- ny Sgroi, and managers Ted Mero and Frank Morano. —HERBERT WILD 1 Virginia Allen: “You inherited your I Dominick Gatto: “No, I didn’t; he’s laziness from your father.” j got his yet. ”

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THE TOOT 33 BASEBALL The Canastota High School baseball team started its season with many in- experienced beys who were eager to put their strength and endurance a- gainst the more experienced boys ol neighooring high schools. As the sea- sen advanced those boys learned to play as a unit instead of as individ- uals and as a result the scores were closer and more victories were gain- ed. Paced by Steven Cimino, Canastota's star batsman, the team ended its sea- son with an enviable record of home runs and extra-base hits which have been rather scarce in past years at Canastota. Vincent Rossi and Stanley Sweet newcomers to the team, did fine work on the mound despite their lack of experience and the lack of other re- lief pitchers. We deeply appreciate the loyalty of the student body and thank them tor their fine spirit and sportsmanship as shown at all the local games. Letter men: Stanley Sweet, Vin- cent Rossi, A. Gaiavotti, S. Cimino, J. Rinando, W. Stearns, P. Hamlin, A. New, F. Morano, R. Jaquay, T. Schir- mer, S. Ezzo, Manager Donald Dew, Opponents Canastota Canastota 6 vs .........Snerrill 7 Canastota 9 vs .........Hamilton 17 Canastota 14 vs ........Cazenovia 3 Canastota 7 vs .........Sherrill 6 Canastota 20 vs ........tiamiicon 1» Canastota 7 vs ........Cazenovia 8 Canastota 7 vs ........Cazenovia 9 Canastota 3 vs ...........Oneida 14 Canastota 3 vs ...........Oneida 24 —RODNEY JAyUAr BOXING The Canastota High School boxing team enjoyed a fairly successful sea- son this year, it won second place honors in league competitions and in the final tournament. Its outstanding rcat was to defeat Oswego High for the first time since the boxing league was formed. Since their inception, tne boxing tournaments were previousy held ei- Iner at Oswego or Fulton, but this year Canastota had the honor of be- ing host to the league teams. Four members of our team won first place honors in the tournament. They were George Sorgello, in the 115 class, Leonard Nichols in the 125 pound class, Buster Hall 130 and Bennie Sgroi in the 145 pound class. They were awarded with gold medals. Second place winners included Joe Russitano in the 95 pound class; Louis Fiore in the 110 pound class; James Rinando in the 135 class ana Cnaries Moore at 150. Silver medals were a- warded to the secona place winners. Others who participated in the tournament but failed to receive med- als were: Frank Morano, 105 pound class; Eddie LaBlanc in the 120 pound class and Bill Tanner in the 140 pound class. Tanner’s chance of winning a medal was very good, but he had the bad luck of receiving a cut over his eye, which prevented him irom fighting. With the June graduation many of the veteran boxers will be missed in next year’s line-up. These will include James Rinando, Gerard LeBlanc, Bill Tanner, Bennie Sgroi, Charles Moore and Ivan Walters. —JAMES RINANDO WRESTLING This being the first year that Can- astota has had a wrestling team, not much was expected from it, but be- cause of the fine coaching of Bill Ostrynski and me way the boys re- sponded, our team was a success. We won two matches, tied one and lost five. Some we lost were only by a few points. Tnis a good record for a first year team and shows promise of good teams in the future. Only Charles Moore and Gerard LeBlana will be lost by graduation. The individual record of each boy is as follows: 95 lb. Shumard won 4, tied 1 lost 1. 105 lb. R. Wilde won 2, lost 4. (Continued on Page 35)

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THK TOOT 35 BOYS’ BASKETBALL Canastota High School’s basketball team had cne of its worst seasons i i the history of school. Out of sixteen games, we won three, those being from Clinton, Waterville and Cazen- ovia. We were entered in the seven team league of the Upper Mohawk Valiey while we played a home and heme game with our old rival, Onei- da. Those winning block letters will include. Lou Cretaro, Babe” Galavor.- ti, Ted Schirmer, Sam Ezzo, Ed Cro- taro, Frank Morano, Tony Guiffre, A1 New, “Beak” Lawson, Albert Dep- politti and Phil Hamlin with James Digaspari as manager. The scores of the game were as follows: C. H. S. 20............... Hamilton 22 C. H. S. 21......... New Hartford 29 C. H. S. 12................ Oneida 30 c. H. S. 23 Clinton 20 c. H. S. 11 Whitesboro 56 c. H. s. 19 Waterville 38 c. H. s. 20 Cazenovia 23 c. H. s. 19 Sherrill 36 c. H. s. 8 Hamilton 32 c. H. s. 33 New Hartford 51 c. H. s. 24 Clinton 34 c. H. s. 25 Whitesboro 67 c. H. s. 40 Waterville 38 c. H. s. 24 Cazenovia 22 c. H. s. 12 Sherrill 27 c. H. s. 23 • Oneida 24 Total 334 555 We collected a total of 334 points and our opponents 555 witii our col- lecting the most from Waterville (40 points) and the least from Hamilton — AL” NEW WRESTLING (Continued from Page 33) 115 lb. L. Bruno won 1, lost 4. Mike Buda lost 2. 125 lb. G. LeBlanc won 5, lost 2. Sutton lost 2. 135 lb. Marion Buda won 5, lost 3 145 lb. D. Phipps won 2, lost 3. tied V Holliday won 2, tied 1. lost 3. 155 lb. Charles Moore won 7 lost 1. 165 Steve Cimino lost 2. Ackerman won 1. Results with the schools were: Rich- field Springs, we lost oy scores of 21M- to 4Vj and 18 to 14; Norwich, we lost by scores of 21 to 10 and 18 to 13; Sidney, we won by scores of 23 to 5 and tied 15-15; Camden, we lost 20 to 17 and won by 13-11. —GERARD Le BLANC