Oneonta High School - Oneonta Yearbook (Oneonta, NY)

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N2 'H Q Q59 bd C5 441 -is xg: -81-Q! -7 -i ff' '1 -sri Q tg,4. , 51'a-4 9-. Football-Kneeling: Mr. Roy Kent, coach. First row: Nat Rhodes, manager, Richard Chase, Robert Pondolfino, co-captain, James Marble, Joseph Pondolfino, Charles Sweeney, Joseph Pidgeon, co-captain, Earle Hoffman, Frederick Hubig, William Whitaker, Neal Silvernail, Samuel LaMonica. Second row: Joseph Rizzo, Larry Santos, Ronald Brazier, Jude Lynch, Joseph Cooper, Blaine Townsend, Barry Berglund, Dennis Weir, James Thomas, Gerald Platt, Mr. Edward Kilpatrick, assistant coachg James Putnam, assistant manager. Third row: Mr. Ray Crane, assistant coach: Joseph Zummo, William Wright, Bruce Bouton, John Colyer, Eugene Tompkins, Wilbur Hadsell, Frank Sturiale, Owen Becker, Robert Lewis. Solid Team Effort Results In Undefeated Season Topping the season with spectacular wins over Mohawk, Elmira, and Norwich, the undefeated Yellowiackets won the coveted Iroquois League championship. By winning seven and tying one, the Yellowiackets compiled the best win-loss record in the history of the school and became the school's second undefeated team. Oneonta stopped former league champions, Mo- hawk, by breaking their 22 game winning streak. The defeat of the Mohicans, who had lost only one game in four years, gave the Kentmen needed confidence. In ground play, the gridders ran over a mile, with leading ground gainner, Joe Pidgeon, averag- ing 8.4 per try. Opponents were held to an average of 66 yards per game. While Oneonta was not a passing team, their average was good in completing lo of 32 passes. Highlighting the season was the victory over the Southern Tier champions, Elmira Free Academy. The spectacular goal line stand in the last quarter and a 92 yard drive, climaxed by a daring fourth down fake punt, eventually produced the winning score. He's our Joe! Co-captain Joe Pidgeon doesn't mind all the pretty cheerleaders surrounding him as they congratulate him for being elected to the Iroquois All-Star Football Team with Bob Pondolfino, Dick Chase, and Sam LaMonica. Joe also was named the outstanding fullback in upstate New York. -vb me-+ 65 I

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Victory Over Norwich Highlights Successful Season Geal We finally got it, coach! With the unforgettable memories of a victorious season still vivid in their minds, Coach Kent and co-captains Joe Pidgeon and Bob Pondolfino, marvel at their Iroquois League Football Trophy. Tear down the goalpostl were the excited cries of the specta- tors after watching the thrilling Oneonta-Norwich game, which gave Oneonta's Yellowiackets the championship in the Iroquois League. Oneontans follow up an old tradition by tearing down and sawing up the goal post for memories of a memorable day. register concern. However, Oneonta received the ball 92 yards down the field to win. , Ax wg, Nt- . , W K Boom! Billowing smoke of the touchdown cannon poured out nearly 23 times during the football season, showering the sky with glittering sparklers. Will they score? During a tense moment in the Elmira game, the faces ot the team and coaches, Roy Kent and Ray Crane, and charged

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Last Quarters Prove Successful For Yellowiackets uni .q During the gridiron campaign, the Yellowiackets scored 151 points to their rivals 20 with the malor touchdowns being scored in the last quarters Traditnonal rival Norwich boasting a strong vet eran team posed the most formidable threat to OHS as the two teams clashed for the League champion ship However for the first time in 13 years the gridiron classic was capped bv a decisive win over Norwich Ruling hugh during OO struggle with Gloversvllle on a ram soaked field Owen Becker 1481 and Bob Lewis ltopl collaborate to knock down Art Soules pass OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS Ol-:S OHS OHS FOOTBALL SCORES Canadaigua Herkimer Mohawk 'Little Falls Elmira Free Academy Gloversville von 'Norwich Iroquois League Games In I touchdown signals Bob Pondolfmo 1271 Sam La Monica 1227 crashes over the goal line in the last 8 minutes with the winning touchdown during the annual gridiron tilt beteen rivals Oneonta and Norwich held here in Neahwa Park November 12 g.,........., 66 A lexa .X . . , . . . - Avi I I . S 26 ' 13 ' ' . ,S , 26 , tVV...t, 26 ' . . 6 . ' O ' 1 , ' , ' - - ' 'f '- H 47 'll' .,... ..,.,.,,...,.,,. 1 ' , 6 ' . ., .si S, I 'fx A fi' A I 1 5 ,- . .., L, 1 g , .K , . K , 1 g N f, '1'fr V P Y 1' V qi A 1 K we U- A ,. gee - ' , 4 ' ' ri . ., U .. f s 4- S ,. ' , I I tr' A' , . Wk!-4.