Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT FOOTBALL Front row, left to right: F. Palombi. D. Clark. S. Danes!. J. Cerio. C. Barott, C. Cerio. D. Conley. Second row: T. DiGaspari, N. Fratini, R. Prosser. J. Romagnoli, S. Tornatore. The annual call for football men was issued by Coach Schmidt at the opening of the school term. About thirty-five men, most of whom were inexperienced, reported for drill. Lack of material and inexperienced men for both backfield and line positions caused CHS’s football record to reach its lowest ebb in our history. We had a schedule of six games. We were able to secure a tie with Hamilton, but lost to the Whitesboro, Fulton, Clinton and Onei- da teams. Although the team did not make as good a showing as other former teams, any of our rivals can say the team gave them hard op- position. At the annual banquet sponsored by the Civic Club, Anthony DiGaspari was awarded the Varsity C award for the most improved player of the season and was also chosen cap- tain of the team. Canastota 6 . . . Hamilton 6 Canastota 0 . .. Whitesboro 26 Canastota 14 . . . Oneida 32 Canastota 6 . . . Clinton 6 Canastota 0 . . . Fulton 19 Canastota 6 . . . Oneida 19 —TONY DIGASPARI Pete: “May I have the last dance with you ?” Mabel: “Big boy, you’ve just had it ”

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THE TOOT 29 FRESHMAN CLASS Front row, seated on ground, left to right; H. Jequin, M. Caldwell, J. Stevenson, R. Greiner, M. Conk- lin, L. Walters, E. Bowman, M. Kimpton. M. L. Farnam, L. Ditoma. L. Spratt. M. Albanese, M. Farnach, R. Capparelli, J. Devendorf, L. Webb, M. Davis, J. Timerman, C. Barres. Second row: G. Cox, N. Paone, P. Spadter, A. Bonaventura, A. Osborn, B. Lannis, L. Bellinger, B. Brown, S. Wollaber, S. Jones, B. Simpson, S. Farnam, D. Wheeler, A. Beasock, E. Relyea, J. Rinaldo, C. DiVeronica, T. Smith, R. Lamb. Third row: J. Wilsey, L. Ezzo, R. Capparelli, F. Lomonaco, G. Relyea, S. Mitchell. S. Alexander, S. Wilson, P. Cox, Mrs. York. Miss Mackey. J. Taylor. S. Sicilia, H. Doxtater, R. Relyea, S. Tornatore, F. Tucci, J. Tomarchio, K. Vorce, M. Buttino. F. Stokes. Fourth row: J. Galavotti, V. Fusillo, V. Palmer, R. Rousseau. W. Stanton, L. Bertolino, E. Warner, R. Johnson, D. Cerio, A. Farfaglia, G. Allen, L. Pankhurst, W. Case, R. Brewer, E. Benishek. J. Spadter, C. Crandall, G. Warner. On entering high school, the freshman class organized and elected the following of- ficers: president, Robert Capparelli; vice president, Mary Davis; secretary, Joyce Tay- lor: treasurer, Mary Strano. At the same meeting, blue and gold were selected as our class colors. During the week of September 18th we were initiated by the sophomores. Ending up that week, we put on an assembly pro- gram under the direction of our class presi- dent. In October the class of ‘48 sponsored a Hallowee’en party. With the funds received from this occasion, we plan to purchase our class window. We all wish to thank Miss Mackey and Mrs. York for their faithful guidance thru this eventful year. —JOYCE TAYLOR

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THE TOOT :n BOYS' BASKETBALL Front row, left to right: W. Schmidt, R. Clark. N. Johnson, R. Tornatore, J. Romagnoli. Second row: C. Farnach, R. Prosser C. DeFazio, W. Caldwell, T. Tornatore. Inexperience mixed with a little hard luck proved too much for the Canastota High School basketeers who played a tough, six- teen game schedule, coming out with two victories. Coach Schmidt’s men displayed their abilities in defeating Chittenango and showed flashes of brilliance even in defeat in losing to such teams as Sherrill, Oneida, Hamilton, Oriskany Falls, Waterville and Morrisville-Eaton Central School. Particularly heartbreaking were the last four games of the season in which the Canastota team fought hard to the end, losing to Cazenovia, Sherrill, Oriskany Falls and Morrisville-Ea- ton by 9, 2, 2 and 4 points respectively. Canastota rooters drew consolation from the fact that the whole team, with one ex- ception will be back next year with more ex- perience and confidence. The usual starting line-up consisted of Nazzie Fratini, John Romagnoli, Buster Schmidt, Dick Tornatore and Norman John- son with Tony Tornatore, Dick Clark, Bob Prosser, Bill Caldwell and Charlie DeFazio, furnishing valuable help. Bill Parker, Sam Tornatore, “Champ” Farnach. Harvey Stoc- ker, Jim Constanzo and Flavio Palombi, also saw some action during the season. The results of this season’s game were: Canastota 23 .......................Oneida 54 Canastota 12 ....................Cazenovia 23 (Continued on Page 40)