Oakfield High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakfield, ME)

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ATHLETICS Football Although this year's team was light, nearly all the players had the benefit of last season's experience. Mr. Bruce, the new coach, introduced a new sys- tem of signals and gave the team additional drill in fundamentals. The opening contest with Amherst saw Oakfield suddenly leap to the front when Reed returned a punt 45 yards for the score. The jubilation aroused by this score was short-lived, for Amherst retaliated by going on to win the game 19 to 7. Oakfield's spirits were at low ebb after Akron swamped them 40 to 7, but in the LeRoy game, the gridders showed superb ability and covered them- selves with glory even though they lost the game 19 to 0. Pine Hill intercepted an Oakfield pass in the last minute of play to break a 7-7 deadlock and win the game 13 to 7. In the lone home game, the eleven came through with 14 to 0 victory, and the next week the players atoned for past mistakes by conquering their arch- rivals, Batavia, in a 19 to 0 contest. There were no serious injuries, and a great team should result next fall, since almost all the regulars are returning. Summary Score Oaklield Opponents October Amherst o October Akron , , October LeRoy ,, O 1 October Pine Hill -., November Medina H November Batavia H non-, Total points 135

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ATHLETICS D A Team Basketball This year's varsity was positively amazing as the Blue and Gold blazed a brilliant trail through the first part of the schedule by winning Hve straight league games and four non-league tilts while losing only one contest to Am- herst. Then, after losing the thrilling over-time game to Holley, Oakfield cracked, the attack bogged down, and the team lost three of the last four encounters including the play-off game with Holley. Highlights of the season were the 38 to 39 victory over Holley, the 25 to 23 overtime conquest of the taunted LeRoy quintet, and the 27 to 25 extra-period defeat by Holley which marked Oakf1eld's downfall. On a whole, this season was successful but very disappointing. The Blue and Gold had the championship of the Genesee-Orleans League within its grasp only to falter twice, and finally be routed out in a play-off match with Holley. Score Summary Oakfield Opponents November 29 East Pembroke ,.,.,,,,r.. - --, 38 22 December 2 Warsaw ..... ,-, 27 19 December 9 Albion -.. -H 28 18 December 16 Holley -- ,W 39 38 December 20 Warsaw W V- 30 18 December 30 Amherst A A 19 36 January 6 Medina .v,, -N 18 15 January 13 LeRoy ,W ,,1,, A-- 25 23 Januarw 20 East Aurora W- 2 23 20 January 27 Albion ,.,1 A-- 33 25 February 5 Holley ,Y ,-- 27 29 February 12 Medina ,,,, --.. 32 26 February 19 LeRoy -, ...,, - 18 25 February 24 East Aurora ..,. -22 26 29 March 3 Holley 1...YY. ..v2 ,lf -E3 Total points e1....22....Y.. iv 399 373 Average points per game .,,L,. L-- 26.6 24.9 Played-15 Won-10 Lost-5 66