Farmington High School - Knights in Review Yearbook (Farmington, MO)

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Football On Ceptember 1, a fightinv band of Knights reported to Coach H 1le for the f1r t football practice of the season There s a Prlm determlnatlon about thls squad to do nearly ev rvone ale they could not do The, had worked to get the chance to play football for F H S , and nof were out to make footoall aeain Clng at F H S and to a VICUOFIOU ea on Tuey wer defeated Ln the opening 1th Perrfvlllc Hith oy the score of 34 O and spe of the Perryvllle team could not wh t hard they have Game The experience be matched by the huigzt nho were play1n th f1rst football game 1n their hi h school career T11 defe t would have game, they tarned defeat lntO Y1CtOFy by Indians 13 7 The splrit they showed in was the real 'hcCoy' of F H S football broken the Spl It beating the Valle the last quarter Next on their schedule was the St. Vlncent team Th y played one of their be t amee of the season ahainst St V1UCG1t to deleat tlem 15 O Crystal C1ty' Llant te 1 deleat d the Kni ht 25 6 in a hard fou ht game on the Hornets' home f1eld The Ste Genevieve Dratou came to Farnlu ton for the Kni hte f1FSt home g me They left F rm1n ton, defeated 6 O Cn the next . LJ h ' A LQ . . . I e s . wa D '. T' ' ' ' a Q V 3 ' ' . ' . . V - F' T7 J , , . x . ,. , - .J 1 0 I 0 ' ' 0 0 cw ' c , . .J .J .3 5 L v . O . . . w 3 - 1 A - . A, , , . t.k.L AA A , , . . . 1 .L s, M g e A 1 ' . ' 1 ' ' 5 L 9 i. S an T . of some teams but not the KD1QhtS of '42s In their second . . , V . , . A 0 . A . I gf I - 4 C I O O ' I u . . g 'S A A .D S .A A f Q . . g l 4. . A1 I '- . ' S Q' an ' e g S - . , . 1' f Q A. , ' . , P AF , F . F . -5 1 Q . V A A 5 Q ' fr '. . 6 ' rv- 5 ' .. cu. g Q A L5 Q

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Friday nluht the Knlghts gournefed to Ste Genevieve and a lln defeated the Dragons 6 O Just to sho! them they could do In the second home game of the season, the Kniehth met the Crystal City Hornets in a return game The Slant POWEF and paSS1DQ OI the Hornets rolled un a final score of 37 O was an off d V for the Knlghts, but the slze of the Ckfsfal Clty team made lt look more lice a colle e team than a hm r chool team In the flnal game of the sea on the Kn1 Hts scalned tr Valle Hiph Indians 39 O Thls was probably tne mo t memorable a1e of the year Thus ended the season of one of the harde t ighting teams f H has ever known In the xoxo ol Coach Ha1le,'The team of 1942 is a real stand dO1Dg xhat all thought was impo slhle Capta1n Alfred Douvhty no h1 f1g tizg band of Knlvnts deserve much credit They brou ht back football to Farmington Hi h School by pre euting a Jinnlng sea on. Those reoelving awards of letters were Bill Coffer, Tom Coghill, Joe Crites, Charle Thomas, Vernon Kollmeyer, Mi Charlotte Nartin, cheer leader, Joe Henrikseu, captaln elect, and Captain Alfred Dou htv, nho was also awarded medal for h1s all around athletic ablllty and sportsman hlp Those receivlng awards of at r or Raloh Alley, Lynn Bannister, S4 Basler, Jack Cozean, Ellis Kirchner, Bob Lewis, Charles P1Ck8tt, , 1 . ' ,-,- - ' E Z-. ' ! an . V 4 O - S: . . . . - . . . va Y . . , - . It . . -4 ,A - - . : f ' ' 3. e 1 ' C L ' ...fy . 1 1 . X I- qw . . A A 1 ' ' S ' - , ' S S- L ' 1 ' Y , - . .9 J - g 1' ' rr 1- ' ' 1 Q . A Q .1 1 g . .P . T1 A 7 S .L J Q . g D Q I , .X ,, ,, 1 ,, .rr . v ' A ' . :IJ J. .K A . ,,. X . S out, not in games won and lost, but from the standpointpf I X ' I D 'V . -' S Q 'I c ' ' 1 O Q O 5 S - I1 I , O q rf A rr ' ' 'T ' o ' I fa w 1 vn ' c- ' , ' J .9 . 1 . .1 ., V ' A ' -., S ' . S S' '.-A o , 7 ' - a f- Tl x- ' V 8 '- .- ..J V . . .x . S L S Q - I Une als 'n, e 4 1 ' K ' , -W. rn I .