Farmington High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Farmington, IL)

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Those Farmers Drovtng that the1r outstandtng record a year ago was no fluke tho e Farmers contlnued thetr w1nn1ng way to have another sensa ttonal season rn football ID 49 lt was the thlrd undefeated season for F C H S 1n the last flV9 years Durtng tho e TIVG years F C H S teams lost only two game and hed one Very few teams tn the state can match that record The Farmers were really pressed ln onlv two games th1s year the Washlngton game and the Canton game ln the other games the Farmers walked all over thexr opponents The Farmers started out the season by trounc1ng Tremont 26 to U The team may have looked ragged but they outcla sed the Turks Then came the Washtngton game Our players had mo t of the breaks and came out on top 24 to l3 The next game was a 24 to U vxctory over a sure Morton eleven whlch wa followed by an easy 33 to 13 Wln over Ch1ll1 cothe The Farmers were really rolhng now and a h1ghly touted Lewtstown team tnvaded Farmmgton Would the wmnmg streak be broken? Once agam the Farmers rose to the occaslon and defeated the lnd1ans by a score of 20 to U A l9 to 0 vtctory over Eureka and a 38 to 12 vm over Dunlap came next assurtng the Farr ers of the lll1o crown The quest1on that was now IH everybodys m1nd was Could the Farmers shp past Can ton for an undefeated season or would they dc as they had done IH the past two years? lt was a terr1f1c battle and the Farmers thrllled thousands when they stalled on a last m nute Canton rally and ended a great eason by beattng Canton 18 to 14 Page 17 Coach Walter Grebe Assrstant Coach Cec11 Stmson Managers Pat Threw Allen Strong Gene Ro and Don Schoonover entors were valuable llne substltutes

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V NJN Q loe Alrnasr senror tackle was Drck Barley sernor quarter 205 lbs of TNT loe was a back always gave the game deadly tackler and blocker hrs best ' 1 ,uv JR .,.. T KW 'AW' ' Carroll Baylor en1or end wa Ivan Black senr r center Wa lerf good rn bustrng up end a worknor e playrng rn almo t runb and catclrnng passes every Offerlswe play page lo I ,. 4 I I I - . . , lm 1 rl , 7? . . b s .- 6 . , ,wh ' .,- ' 'Q C y :V , ' D ,, ,ffm . ' n ,- ' v ' A x fl, A .' 9, ,, ,vt or ,5 3. . ., ,Y W ' ' ' l G ' r ' 3 A

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Dale Blackmer senlor guard was the heavrest and most popular player on the team Norm Blackmer sen1or guard was bothered by 1n1ur1es a lot but always played to W1n Page 18 hm Brentz 1un1or guard IS the only returntng regular lrneman for next year lon Clayton senror end was the lastest lmeman Wlnch makes tum good on spot passes lim Pollit, Lyle Morgan, and Bill Muzzarelli, sophomore, junior and senior, were three reserve backs.