Ogdensburg Free Academy - Devilog Yearbook (Ogdensburg, NY)

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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

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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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aww a f As the '48 nd season opened and only fwe letter men returned, Coach Bill Blake was confront ed with the tas of rebuilding a whole new team As the opening game approached, however, Coach Blake had molded a well balanced eleven from the athletes on hand In the initial game, played in Saranac, the Blue Devxls outscored the Lakemen by a 7 0 count Harry Elhs carrled for the TD, which was followed by B111 Morley's converslon The No 2 con test ended with the Blue Devils overpowered by the Malone Huslnes to the tune of 19 6 Pat Hac kett, OFA end, crashed over for the Devils' only tally In their next game the Ogdensburg grldmen were trampled 54 0 by the mxghty mountameers from Tupper Lake But the followmg week they exhibxted the abllity of champions by commg from behind to down Dean Academy, 14 13, in one of the most thrillmg games of the season B111 Morley was outstanding and scored both touchdowns Jack Price added two conversions to make possible the vlctory The Blue Devlls attempted to make It two stralght when they met the Golden Bears from Canton but were set back by a 12 6 margm, despite the fme example of broken field runmng by Joe Pearson Bill Morley agam came through wnth the only Blue Dev1l score The next week OFA was crushed 27 0 by a scrappy Potsdam eleven The Blue Devlls' forward wall was a tower of strength, playmg their best game of the season, but the Blue and Orange tallled through the atrways In then' last game the Blue Devlls were sunk 33 0 in an ocean of mud by the Massena Red Ralders This year's team was composed of Pete Dlshaw, Larry Green Dxck Amo, Chuck Cutwa, Harold Jacques, Bill Russell, Gerald White, Carl Martel, Pat Hackett, lack Price and Doug Sanford 1n the line, Bill Morley, Harry Ellis Gordon Fuller, Ned Hackett, Chuck Hollis Carl Merria, Joe Pear son, Lawrence Bouchey and Don Plercey in the backfleld on the flrst strmg All Northern team and was chosen by his teammates as the most valuable play er of the Blue Devxls Coaches Elliott and Powers molded a strong B squad whlch proved vlctorious xn Its two games agamst the Malone B squad FIRST ROW I Bray,I Price, D Sanford L Green, R Amo, L Deschamps, C Cutwa G Whxte P Hackett SECOND ROW C Crownhart, L Bouchey, H Ellis,C Merrla, E Hackett,I Pear son, C Hollis W Morley, H Jacques THIRD ROW I Cutwa, L Morley, R Fuller, B Stouffer T Cummings W Beane, D Cool, W Russell, H jenkms, G Brown, B Ferguson, D Plercey, G Fuller 40 ' D 606 0. ' 1 y ' Chosen co-captains of this team were Pat Hackett and Chuck Hollis. Pat Hackett also appeared : . . . , . . . . . , . ' , . , . . . : . . . . ,