Maynard High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Maynard, MA)

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1. Us Boys 2. Glamour on the Gridiron 3. Ambidextrous, Hank? 4 Watch it, Rab! 5. My aching back. 6. In case of emergency. 7. Nowick to Howes 8. Come on, gals! 9 Gotcha! (28)

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Football... The football season opened officially September 16, but the team had been practicing since August 16, — and if you remember, many of those days were hot, many rainy. But the boys hung on and readied them- selves for a season they knew would be a difficult one, since only seven lettermen were available. Co- Captains John Tomyl and Billy Howes headed the squad, both dependable players with plenty of spirit. Managers Larry Tower and Jerry Connors and their junior high assistants took care of the necessary jobs about the clubhouse and on the field. Coach Wassel and Coach Lawson have worked long hours with a squad which appreciates their labors, while Mr. Mattioli done his part in trying to keep finances in good order. The squad was invited to see the B. C. — George- town game and the B. U. — Idaho game, and several of the players took advantage of this opportunity. The season closes December 6 with a banquet at Russo’s where the teams are to be honored and at which the annual award will be given to the most valuable player. Punchard 13 — Maynard 6 September 16 Maynard opened the 1950 football season by losing to a fast Punchard eleven at Andover. There were a lot of fumbles perhaps caused by the fact that this was our first game. In the first half Punchard started a headlong drive that won them a touchdown. At the half Maynard left the field trailing 6 to 0. The third period was evenly fought, neither team able to score. In the last period Maynard started rolling. Co-Captain Tomyl plunging over, fumbled, but Eddie Cuddy recovered for the T. D. Maynard missed the extra point. In the dying moments of the game Punchard pushed over another score and a point after. The game was hard and evenly fought most of the way. St. Mary ' s 6 — Maynard 0 September 24 Maynard opened their home season at Alumni Field losing to St. Mary’s of Brookline, 0 to 6. The game was rough and hard fought all the way through. Maynard threatened in the first quarter but was held on about the ten yard line. After this both teams battled evenly until the last quarter. St. Mary’s started a drive which was climaxed by McNamara plunging over for a touchdown. Co-Captain Tomyl and Vin Jarmulowicz were stand-outs for the Orange and Black. Maynard 6 — Hudson 6 September 29 Maynard played favored Hudson to a standstill at Riverside Park, Hudson. In the first half each team looked good both on offense and defense with May- nard having an edge. At the end of the half there was no score because of the intensity of the battle. In the second half Maynard started to drive on the passing of Hank Nowick and the brilliant runs of Co-Captain John Tomyl. This drive was climaxed by Tomyl bucking off tackle for a touchdown. A pitch-out failed to gain the extra point. At the beginning of the last quarter Maynard was still in command. Another drive was started that brought the Orange and Black down to the one yard line. Captain Tomyl again plunged over but Hudson recovered the ball for a touchback. Hudson took it out on the 20 yard line but soon Maynard again had the ball. With two minutes to go Nowick passed down the middle. Dick Lyons of the Night Hawks intercepted and with fine blocking went 90 yards for a T. D. The try for the extra point failed. The Orange and Black line played a great game with Co- Captain Howes, Korsman, and Cuddy standing out. Tomyl and Nowick were unsurpassed in the backfield. Concord 49 — Maynard 0 October 7 Maynard played its rival Concord at Alumni Field and the Red and White eleven promptly made it 42 straight games without a defeat. After Maynard kicked off to open the game Concord started a march which ended in a T. D. The extra point was missed. A few minutes later the Minutemen were again knocking at the door as Maynard had fumbled the kick off and Concord recovered. Gower then swept his own left end for the score. At half time the Red and White were leading 24 to 0. Concord came back in the second half with 4 more to complete the rout. The Minutemen showed their class as they out-played the Orange and Black eleven from start to finish in spite of Maynard’s determined playing. Milford 34 — Maynard 0 October 14 In Maynard’s first league game at home the Orange and Black bowed to Milford, 0-34. The first half was evenly fought until Milford pushed across a

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touchdown and the extra point midway in the second period. After the half time intermission the Red and White team opened fast, scoring on a reverse from about the 15 yard line. Near the end of the third quarter, Castiglione broke through the Maynard line to romp 73 yards for a score. In the last quarter Captain Joe Stoico scored twice on runs of 53 and 38 yards. Maynard showed to better advantage than the previous week with Bill Freeman running smooth- ly on offense and Co-Captains Tomyl and Howes highlighting the defense. Methuen 26 — Maynard 0 October 28 Methuen’s big Blue team romped over the Orange and Black on a cool afternoon at Alumni Field. Early in the first period big Gil O’Neil, Methuen halfback, raced 45 yards for the opening score. The extra point was missed. Billy Freeman took the ensuing kickoff 30 yards to the 50, and with one more block, might have gone all the way. Here, Lady Luck shone on Methuen as Tomyl’s pass to Howes bounced off Billy’s fingertips and into the hands of backer-up Huston, who rambled 56 yards for a touchdown. After the kickoff Maynard started its best offensive drive of the afternoon. With Billy Freeman and Franny White carrying, the pigskin was brought down to the Methuen 15. But here the Blue team braced to take over on downs. After exchange of goals O’Neil ripped off forty yards to the Owls’ 30. A few plays later, however, Freeman recovered a fumble and another march was stalled. At the half the score was 13-0 in Methuen’s favor. After intermission the Blue team started another drive which ended in a T. D. This time Huston bucked over. After Maynard lost the ball Methuen drove for another score on a long pass and subsequent ground plays. In the last period Methuen’s pass- lateral plays were working well, but two drives were stopped when Kulevich tackled Ball for a loss on fourth down, and later when MacDonald intercepted a pass on Maynard’s 30. Howe 40 — Maynard 6 November 4 In a very rough game Howe High romped over Maynard at Billerica. With a good running attack the Green and White team scored 4 touchdowns in the first half. After intermission Maynard started a successful attack which was climaxed by a 30 yard Nowick to Howes T. D. After this Maynard failed to score again, but Howe High came back and scored two more times to clinch the game. The game was marked by many penalties most of which were in- curred by the victors. For the first time this year Coach Wassel used the entire bench to try to pul! this game out. Marlboro 14 — Maynard 0 November 11 Maynard and Marlboro battled evenly before a good Armistice Day crowd at Ward Six Playground, Marlboro. Maynard received its first break on the first play from scrimmage when Vin Jarmulowicz re- covered a Marlboro fumble on the Marlboro 45. Un- fortunately, soon afterwards Maynard lost the ball. Near the end of the period Marlboro started two drives, one of which resulted in a score. The Pan- thers were stopped on the 16 yard line when Maynard held for downs. However, on the second play, the Owls fumbled and Marlboro took over as the period ended. Here came one of the plays of the game. Co- Captain Jack Tomyl stole the ball on the Maynard 1 yard line to give the Owls possession. After being stopped on the ground, Co-Captain Howes punted to the 35. The Panthers started a scoring drive from there with Borella going over from the 10. Borella also bucked over for the extra point. Nearing the end of the period Marlboro marched 65 yards for their second tally. This time LaFreniere took it over from the 5. Borella again plunged for the extra point. In the fourth quarter the Owls opened their best offensive move of the game when successive passes from Hank Nowick to Andre Beshta and Billy Howes brought the ball down to the Marlboro 15 yard line, but there the drive stalled. Outstanding players for Maynard were Co-Cap- tains Billy Howes and Jack Tomyl, Tommy Cocco, Alec Kulevich, and Andre Beshta. It was a clean, hard fought game all the way except for a minor incident in the last quarter. Roger Weaving, ’53 Cheerleaders ... The cheerleaders this year have helped greatly in backing up our team at the football games. T heir hard work at their many practice sessions certainly showed up because they are one of the best groups ever to represent the school. Headed by Patricia O’Clair, they are as follows: Angie Greeno, Carol Clark, Carole Whitney, Catherine Higgins, Janice Morgan, Irene Mariani, Lois Bain, Alice Spurrell, and Joanna Kangas. ( 29 )