Daycroft School - Milestone Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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Bark Rofu. Norm Hunter Don Casanate Mr Crozuer VVarren lNlac1xen7ue Phul Cardeuro fron! Ro-u ack Maclxenlue lom V1 alker Don Hanauer Rod Carpenter Bob Sturtetant ohn Q unther Peter jennungs DAYCROFT FOOTBALL TEAM I945 Ihe furst football banquet and bonfire un Daxcroft hustorx was held 'Noxember 16 1945 brungung to a close the best football season a Daxcroft eleven has exer had At the start of the season due to a lumuted number of boss the possubulutx of an eleven man foot ball team w as doubtful but the keen unterest shown bs the bots and the opportunutu to become a member of the Lonnectucut Pruvate School League prouuded the necessars uncentuve to put elexen man football on our sports program Iieam practuce became somethung to look forward to unstead of avouded and bots who had never shown energx enough to be on tume suddenlt were on the field ahead of schedule lhe te1m got off to a good start bu beatung Brunswuck S10 'I he next Lune Dauroft dropped to New Lanaan hx a score of 13 0 boon after Dascroft suffered 1 190 defeat at the hands of St Lukes lNot to be downed however Dascroft recovered wuth three consecutuwe truumphs I a home and home wuth Eastern Xlulutarw lnstutute Dauroft was xuetoruous 310 7012 Next the lxung, School 196 Football the flrst sport of the school offers splendud opportunutues for the unduxudual and group enthusuasm for our school lufe at Uaxcroft and we feel sure that the past season has proxen what can be done and wull be done un the future tears ln closung let us vurute clearlx tn our book of memorues some of the outstandung thrllls of the ea on our clexer spuruted cheer leaders our gurl ofllcuals Aluson 'ts head lunesman plus her audes Dolores and Pat Nlauek outstandunp plasers 'Norm wuth bus smashung, druxes and colorful Don La anne snatthung the ball from opponents and dashung for a touchdown each team member guxung hu best for the glorx of the team 'Hr Czunther our enthusuastuc assustant coach wuldlx pacung, up and down the sude lunes Ihese are the thrulls of the port but to the box the hugh spot of the season was the banquet Henru and Nlargarets delucuous steak dmner the loxal cheers from the gurls and the unspuratuon of speakers w ho seemed to sau just the rught thungs and the roarung bonhre afterwards Bu Ur Frank Lrozuer 3 J , , ,. K . KK .K KK K.K K K . . -N : C -N L: 'V C- I C n f . , , . 1 Kl., .fl 4 I K' ' ' V V KT! . ' ' . , - - - , l K g . q ' . K K, , . K, , K Ke K, , ,, K K K K K . KK K..KK . K KK KK A v V Q I : ' u i ' sk 1 ' 1 Q n ,K v ' Y V ' V ' V v. K Q ' - .. , , , . .. n -1 ' . . K . , Y . ., ' , .. - . 1 . . . , . llaycroft eleven scored a 32-12 vuctory over bt. Luke 5, and un the last game was defeated by the H Y Q' - . . K K K K K KK K . . . KK . . K. 5 . 3 3 1 , ' 5 z Q Q ' ' ' ' K. K . 3 K. , K, KK K , K, K. , , K . ' s. 1 ' J ' 5 : ' 3 1 . ' ' '. ' ' . ' . 5 , 's, 'Y K K K V K V ,K - 1 K K n ' . . . . , K A . . . , K' I K J . : , ' . . 1' 5 1 5, 2

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Bark Rau Peter ennrngs VK arren MacKenzre Phrlrp Carderro Front Roz. Don Lasanaxe jack 'Viaelxenzre Roddy Carpenter BASKETBALL SEASGN By Frank QYOYICI' Each sport season creates a feelrng of antrcrpatron and hopes that new students wrll show rnterest and sufhcrent abrlrtx to replace the Senrors of last rear The boss w ho hare plated football so well are expected to make a place on the basketball squad have some abrlrty md grxe of therr best to bulld 1 fine team Although our plasers may not alw axs be superior to therr opponents there has been no questron of D ucroft s sprrrted plat wln or lose Admrttrng that competrtron rs the sprce of the sports program Daxcroft also places hrg.,h value on the recreatronrl walues and the practrce perrods enjoxable as well as an opportunrtr for rncreased skrlls Thrs rear through the courtesx of the Dads Llub the team appeared rn new unrforms as attractrxe as am rn the League lhe boxs preatlx rpprecrated such thoughtfulness and extend thanks to the Dads Llub for rts cooperttron SC HEDL LE OF C AlNiES DATE PLACE TEAM an X N C A lastern M A DAX CROFT OPPONJENTT Dascroft Com Hall Daycroft Daxcroft e Dawcroft C reenwreh Daxcroft X N16 A March l C reenwrch Darren Hrurrswrck lxrng Cherry Lawn bt Lukes Edgewood Brunswrck Darren H S Darren H S I' astern M A Edgewood Darren H 5 I rren j H 5 Q Y X fl UD VVrth the evceptron of Pdgewood all other teams rn the League are from schools wrth a larg, rollment of boss allowing them substrtuttons for tlred plaxers, where Daxcroft boss were forced to do heau dutx rn all games In sprte of thus our boss newer showed a lack of effort to do therr best and at all trrnes made no attempt to alrbr VVhen we lost rt w as alw ass the team rncludrng the Loach Laptarn Jack Xlaclxenzre and Wlanager Norman Hunter drd a swell job rn leadershrp Alrson Preble and Dolores Lasanaxe agarn performed as expert ofhcrals, and the Lheer Leaders, so ablx drrected bs Barbara Bowers w ere mrles ahead of all other schools, wrth the possrble exceptron of Darren Junror Hrgh Lets not forget our X bots w ho practrced darls gnrng the Yarsrtx work outs needed to produce good teams 'Io the ofhcrals and coaches of wrsrtrng teams who hare expressed appreclatron for the courtesx of our plasers and for the socral perrod and refreshments at the close of our home games we sax thanks 53 .I -.' ' Y . , X ' . . . , . . , . 1 . 7 1' f ai' Y -'f N - S, . .I . . I, . . 4 ' .E f . , 1 Y' . 7 z . - , .- . , . . ., J . ll '..1. . i. .r. ................................... ..l6 56 15 1' . ' ...............,....................... 62 72 18 ' . H ...,......................................,. 37 46 25 ' ' 1' ' ..................................... 23 52 29 ,' Q . : ....................................,.... 30 5+ F b. 1 1' I ' .......................,................ 37 45 5 Darien Cherry Lawn ..................................... 26 81 12 I ' ' ....................................... 62 72 22 -' ' j. . . j 'J .............................., Z0 9 ' j. . . Q 'J ..........................,..... 39 32 27 '.r . , I 2 .r . ..........,........................., 24 75 I ' 2 ........................................ 35 36 5 ' ' j. j'p .....,..........,...........,.. 39 27 la ' . ' .,.........,............,....... 28 30 ' . ' I ' , ' . . . . YC en- w V r . I ' Y 5 l . E 1 ' '.. . l . .Q . A 1 L A 1 - v .