Chestertown High School - Dragon Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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FILLDBALL The flrst fieldball game of the season was held at Falena on September 26 when our girls tasted their first defeat by a score of 8 to 3 After the flrst few mlnutes of the game the tean s morale u1vered as they saw thelr defense torn dovm, their passes intercepted, and a member of thelr team lngured To the onlookers, Chestertown's team seemed to be the underdog every respect, as they were stopped dead by ualena's eleven With the f1m determm t1on the defeated, the team F1-it this game behlnd them and settled down to tne xmlch needed practice The second game was played on our own fleld nth Sudlersvmlle on October 10 The game the request of Sudlersville, was played after school Our girls seemed to b1de then' tlme Sudlersv1lle stabbed and broke into our goal Qubstitutes seemed to be the order of 'he day as Chestertown tried hard to bu1ld up a stronger defensive Dame Our forwards ran 1nto a wall of Dudlersville players protect1ng the goal even before any of them got time to shoot Chestertown was always a few steps behlnd thelr OPDOHGHTJS in a game of tag rather than field ball The game ended 6 to O with Sudlersville on top The return game between Sudlersvllle and Chestertown was played October 17 with Sudlersville playlng host Revenge seemed almost ours as we tried to creep up on our opponents It seemed only a matter of ti e to vlctory as our girls played the best game of the beginnlng season At :Lng and really trying Chestertown lnvited ualena to play on our field Fveryone who kad 8'0ChSd the girls practice had noted team work takln the place of indiv1dual work Passwng had improved and some plays wereworked out Small cards with a red C and the words Beat ualena prmrted on them were passed amonv the students to stlmulate support of the teams The cards, the students' nterest and pep rallies made the team' morale run hlgh Our defensive playing had remarkably mproved although ended 5 to 2 :Ln favor of Galena The most important game of the season was the v1ctor1ous one w1th Rock 'all on October 29 he tables seemed to be turned as lt was Rock Hall who tried to build up defensive plays and tr1ed to no ava1l to break through to our protected goal The ball seemed to be a fam11iar frlend wandt to go I-here we wanted lt flock 'alall bowed and bowed low to Chestertown with a score ofptol The tournament game between Chestertown and Centrevelle was played at our f1eld on November 12 The f1eld was verv muddy and the teams were handlcapped by a strong w1nd and a drizzhng rain Lany of the passes were caught and spun by the w1nd making high passes imposs1ble The final score was 114 to 1 1n favor of Uentreulle. 9 in 4 . ' ' a ' of 1 ' . ' . . . ,. . , at 0 . . . as ' . ., the end of the game.. the score read 6 to 3. But Chestertovm had the satisfaction of really play- lr

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SCECER For the first time in the hlstory of the h1gh school we had a full tame coach The soccer season was started mth practlce held after school, but because many of the players lived on farms and had to work after school th1S was not satisfactory Then Coach Ward arranged for the b'-'JFS to Practlce dll-P1l'1g lunch perlod The schedule 1S as follows wlth a br1ef summary of each game The Chestertown Reds pa1d a vlsit to Galena, September 26, to defeat them 11 to 2 This game was D1 'yed nth confldence and the ablllty to work together, result1ng in beautiful team- work The Scorers gf the game were Billy Wheat, Paul Stokes, and Joe hltbank Do you remember that warm day on October 3 when the Chestertolm boys played hosts to the soccer team from Sudlersville? This was the day to remember because the two te ms had the same power in thelr backfields resulting in the b ll being 1n scorlng pOSit10fl only once or tw1ce during the whole game, and then the goal1es did then' job, making the g me scoreless at the end of playlng time Our first full school pep rally was held October lO when the school team played at M111 :Lngton to suffer its flrst defeat with a score of 2 to 1 The boys in the back leld were over-confident in their l1ne whlch in preceding games was in excellent playlng form A M111 11'lgt0Il teamsman sllpped through our wobbly defenses to score the winning point 1n the last few mlnutes of the ofl icial game A home game was played on October 17 as a return game from Galena School sprirt was faces Everyone felt as though the blg red team was golng to pull through another vlctory, an the boys themselves, runnlng around :Ln shorts, had a certaln satisfactlon that today's game would be full of thrllls and climaxing wlth our team on top The soccer team d1dn't let amy one down and the cheer-leaders had somethlng to shout about, for once more the boys rolled up a tally against Galena, treadmg them :Lnto the athletlc f181d ltself, by a score of ll,-O One day the boxs on the Chestertown soccer team plled into cars to vislt Sudlersville run up agamst boys th t wouldn't be budred and the score tallled with a 3 over l 1n favor of the team whlch we rode so far to beat Fzmally the game of all ruportant games was played at the Washington College football fleld between Centreville and Chestertoum The wind was blowing and the field was muddy The ttwo teams met and struck tlme and time again with ne ther making much headway 1nto the other's goal zone The cherry and wh1te team plaved with the1r backs toward the wall defending Then the Centrevllle team started breaking us down and the final score was ls-0 in then' favor Both teams played the1r very best ball but wlth weather conditions the way they were, nelther team looked so well Our boys were looklng forward to wlnning this game so as to advance fu-fthe? 011 and try to win the champlonshlp 11-8 pretty high and you could tell it by the joyous looxc of,'1expectanfgl happiness on the students' 0 . , . . d J . . to

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In preparatlon for the basketball season, 111 the Washlrlgton College gymnaslum with the equ pment, the squad have a real chance at th1 The boys have had many obstacles in thelr Boys' BASKETBALL the bo fs :mterested ln the sport have been trainlng nightly help of a full tune coach and an mcrease of the athletic varslty Sport path whlch they had to overcome Amon these were the problems of uniforms, a place to play, and team transportation Washington College has consented for the Hlgh School to use their gym for regular PTHCUCG and for home games Warm up jackets of the school colors cherry and wh1te have been purchased from the sale of sweat shirts sold among the students Buses are used for transportat1on unless the games are out of the state Then cars are used Only +wo games have been played to date, but both of hem have showed what pract1ce and a good coach ull The team as a whole possesses no helght but they are hard, sure players w1th one object to get that ball in the basketl Most of the players are from last year's practice squad, but a few are new comets good w1nn1ng team they signs UP as freshmen, plays as substltutes untll their sen or year then make their debut In th1s way learn from experxences, good guardlng and offenslve plays Then opponents Watch out! Bllly Wheat Right Forward Larry Hadav ay -Center 1lbert Gorsuch Left Forward Tommy Wheat Rlght Guard Jul an Crew left Guard Substitutes Paul Stokes, Paal Starkey, Bobby Starkey, Rlchard forsuch, Tommy Davls, Tommy W1ll1ams, Dav1d Sharretts, Adam Schauber, James Colemen, Ralph -2m1th and Allen Carroll SO . . K ' . . . ,F . . I I , S . 0 U I U I I L . J 4. U do . . . A . . i . - I O . . ., 4 , - ......... .. .... .. , ......... .....-- f' I 11:-can nQcnu-1 .I A ......... ..- .... - i ---.... ......--....- . . I . f, . . . . ,N . . . .