Colonie Central High School - Rougetor Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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T .nw ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH ES lmporTanT To The success of The Team This year were: Roger Bell, Daniel Coons, Herberf lnsley, Harold Sand lnof in picfurel, Frank Cline, Harry Koch, and Richard Beniamin. Run Down onthe Raiders Winning Three ouT oT Tour games including Two shuT-ouTs, The Raiders goT oTT To a wonderful sTarT in The TooTball season, buT ThaT old bug, The Tlu, sguelched Three oTher games and leTT The season sadly lacking in a real record. Playing in The EasTern ScholasTic League, Colonie Trounced ivieohanicville 25 To 7 in iTs open- er. KeiTh Ellis and Jack Baker each made one Touch- down and BuTch Leonard sTole yardage Tor Two. Bob TempleTon kicked The exTra poinT. The TirsT shuT-ouT resulTed in 37 poinTs Tor our Team over WaTervlieT's zero. Sandy Fiacco joined The scoring Trio oT The previous game wiTh one Touchdown. Lansingburg, Too, Tailed To hif pay dirT, and BuTch Leonard helped The game wiTh his 6 poinTs. Because oT The disappoinTmenT over our cancellaTion oT The game wiTh Troy aT Hawkins STadium and The Two oTher meeTs wiTh Cohoes and Hudson, The Raiders Traveled To The norTh counTry Tor Their lasT appearance and Tackled The Glens Falls High School Team. The Tables were Turned by our A league compeTiTor, and They racked up 52 poinTs To our valianT I3. BuTch Leonard emerged as high scorer wiTh 36 poinTs. and TempleTon made Two exTra poinTs by kicking and passing. In The league iTselT, Hudson gained TirsT place, and The second spoT was shared by Colonie. Lansingburg, and Columbia. OT course, The Tlu elemenT inTerTered wiTh This being an accu- raTe raTing because oT The posTponed games. .il -.- li

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0 . ' J -, 'f' af' U My ' l J df lj i I f L .. ' ' f R. '. 7.4 iw,-f' VEVM le? uv .iv i. ii inljillxsnviitxid if yi ill e--.AL. 'VJ JU if x Q' . 'fi ol aff, fav' A. Maxx. v 'N . ,. , r , .. Lf VARSITY FOOTBALL-Fronl Row, lefl fo righf: J. Pelle, grassu, J. Lewis, Wally Burris, Mile Herchenroder, J. Cinney, L. Difxniprosi, E. Cleary, B. Leonard, D. Mercier. Second Row: F. Traeqler lManagcrl, R. Phillips, John Andi, Jim Andi, B. Twardy, J. Baker, J. Cavallaro, K. Ellis, S. Fiacco. Meet the Raiders MR. INSLEY BELIEVES: To me sporlsmanship means playing The game lor lhe game's salceq Thus, Taking wins and losses in our slride. I+ also means lhe abilily lo work wilh olhers for The common good. ' J. MR. MURRAY DECLARES: 'Sporlsmanship is one of lhe purposes of educa- lion . . . in lhose acrivilies where leam worlc, lair play, and The individuals responsibilily lor The suc- cess of lhe group are dominanl. l-lere precepl and praclice are ioined lo allain lhis purpose in lhe lerms ol sell-realizalion, human relalionships, and civic responsibilily. In all lhree aspecls, sporlsman- ship leads lo exceplional Americans. B. Connelly, P. S erin , E. Bailey. Third Row: E. Gregg, E. Walbroehll . Twardy. D. Koch, L. Schumalcer, W. Dudley, l.. Miller, B. Templelon, G. Trombly, D. Woods, J. Wood. E. Relyea, J. Tommell, W. Wormulh. ,Q-4 -4 'fx r , H I .',g. .-. Fa Leff io righl: Jaclc Balmer lCo-Caplainl, John Murray lCoachl, Joe Cavallaro lCo-Caplainl.

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l i .- .1 1-'.. ff -ga V.,- sf' Ins- .4-19 R, Q-LLEKLVM, .T . 11, V ' me f Down from the Greeks FooTball, like a greaT deal oT our presenT ideas, came To us Trom The Greek game oT harpasTon . The game was Taken over and changed by The Romans. IT Tinally compleTed iTs wesTward course by appearing in The English colonies. Today The orga- nized game encompasses pee wee leaguers made up of TiTTh and sixTh grade boys Through maTure aThleTes in The professional level. The sole jusTiTicaTion Tor inclusion oT aThleTics as a parT oT The high school curriculum is To make desirable The aTTiTudes, habiTs, and skills, noT only oT Those parTicipaTing, buT also OT The whole sTudenT body. IT Through inTerscholasTic aThleTics our school in noT Teaching us sTudenTs To become beTTer ciTizens, Then il is losing The opporTuniTy oT making our aThleTic program iusTiTiable. Physically, aThleTics promoTe beTTer healTh, imparT ideals oT hygienic living and develop con- Trol oT physical powers To a high degree. The Army Air Forces Physical PiTness Research Pro- gram Tound ThaT a posiTive relaTionship exisTed beTween The sTaTe oT physical TiTness and General ClassiTicaTion TesT score. The mosT superior individuals were 33f2 superior in physical TiTness as compared To The mosT inTerior. Through parTicipa- Tion in games and sporTs under Trained leadership There will be an increase in sTamina. viTaliTy, and beTTer body TuncTion. MenTally, aThleTics are oT value, Tor healThTul exercise promoTes menTal alerTness, resourcefulness and iniTiaTive. Socially, aThleTics imparT social ideals, cooperaTive eTTorT, service, loyalTy and subordin- aTion. They promoTe ideals oT public spiriT and good ciTizenship, The opporTuniTies Tor Travel presenT occasions Tor us iiake acquainTances and To learn abouT oTher scTT5ols and localiTies. RecenTly, The belieT ThaT aThleTic parTicipaTion makes a signiT- icanT conTribuTion To our personaliTies has received considerable supporT.