Ogdensburg Free Academy - Devilog Yearbook (Ogdensburg, NY)

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tk Wie RETURNING from a very unsuccessful season in '48, the Blue Devlls were faced wlth what ap peared to be a dark future ln '49 However, the Blue and Whxte courtmen, under the guidance of Coach Elhott, settled down to the task of moldlng a smooth working club As the season advanced outstandmg results followed, displaymg the ablhty and sp1r1t of the team When the regular season ended, wlth Saranac and OFA tied for fourth place, the Devils were st1l1 rn the runnmg for a play off berth In a game played 1n Malone to determme the fourth place team the Devxls were defeated 43 40 Although the team d1d not therefore partlcipate m the play offs, the season as a whole was a good one Throughout the season Dlck Norman was the spark plug of the team, supported by the br1ll1ant playing of Frakk Barr, jack Price, Fred Loveless, Stan Wells and Ken Walnwrlght In midseason Coach Elhott made many cruclal changes whtch proved benefxclal to the team One of these was to bring Bob Bush and Jack Bray up from the IV s Also on reserve for actlon were Lawrence Bouchey, Pat Hackett, Gordon Fuller, and joe Pear son B111 Morley, an outstanding IV player, was elevated for asslstance rn the post season contest agalnst Saranac VARSITY FIRST ROW F L0veless,I Prlce, R Norman, F Barr,I Bray SECOND ROW L Bouchey, R Bush K Wamwright S Wells, G Fullerj Pearson 38 . - 9 . . .. . - . . . - 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . , . , . . . . 1 34 ' f n . . 5 F ' li ' 2 - 3 E I 1 K L, ual ,' ' I

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feet ee: an Ae ' 374554 ABOUT 35 athletes reported to Coach Mel Archard for the 1948 track season. The Blue Devils met their first defeat in the opening contest of the season at the hands of a strong well-balanced Massena track team to the tune of 132-74. Next the cinder artists met the Gouver neur team, taking seven firsts in the ten events to conquer Dean Academy, 130 77. Following the Gouverneur meet, Canton was outscored by the OFA trackmen, who took six firsts and eight seconds col lecting a total of 1212 points to Canton's 8-IQ The final meet, held at Malone, was won by the Franklin Academy team Outstanding athletes of the season included Dick Norman, lack Price and Al Sovie in the 440, Chuck Northam and Ned Hackett in the 880, Harry Ashley joe Pearson, Butch LaComb in the pole vault, Don Stouffer, Bob Dean, Bud Ellis, and Larry Ward in the sprmts, B111 Morley and Stan Wells in the hurd les, and joe Connor and Larry Green in the mile In the Van Deusen the Blue and White took fourth place As a result of their showing in this meet, Norman, Green and Northam represented OFA in the Invitational Meet at Watertown Breaking the tape FIRST ROW A Sovie, R Norman,I Price, C LaC0mb,I Pearson, W Morley, C Nor tham, R Towe SECOND ROW D Stauffer, H Ellis, H jacques, C Hollis, G Harper L Ward, L Deschamps THIRD ROW L Morley S Wells, D Adams L LaFla1r,j Connors, L Green FOURTH ROW Coach Archard, E Hackett, D Mills D Hastings, R Henschel I' H ami man mammary ' I KK, ? 'O' -I' ' , fe f- A , nf' , A , M y Uthg' , L , 3. 1 L 'R': H -':.M.f i'a 27?f .a a if ,ff his 37

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JUNIOR VARSITY FIRST ROW L Lalonde, H jenkins, D Ellison, G Brown, T Barr, R Mabey R Adams SECOND ROW Coach Mahoney W Morley, M Rothenberg E Holmes, G Tooley, D Adams, D Cool, R Fuller, B Peck HE Iunlor Varsity team, under the coachlng of Mr Mahoney, saw a much xmproved season, wmmng nine of the1r slxteen games The team was composed mostly of freshmen and sopho mores havmg little or no court exper1ence SCORES Potsdam Massena Saranac Lake Norwood Malone Gouverneur Tupper Lake Canton Massena Saranac Lake Norwood Malone Gouverneur Tupper Lake Canton Potsdam Saranac Lake Total OFA Opp 39