Riverhead High School - Blue Peconic Yearbook (Riverhead, NY)

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and all the others, came off thoroughly shaken, yet went back with the fight and spark so characteristic of the ’49 team. Though Riverhead scored once again, we couldn’t hold the last minute Mepham drive which vaulted them into a 33-28 win. In the next game Riverhead took a quick 14-0 lead over the Green and White of Westhampton. As always, Reg Underwood’s fight talk kept the team moving. The last quarter came up with the score knotted 14-14, but the Blue and White broke through twice to ice the game 28-14. The 22-21 loss to Seton Hall was a heartbreaker. A safety provided the winning mar- gin. The following Saturday the Blue Wave smothered and romped over the La Salle M. A. eleven. Teddy Wegert chalked up five touchdowns and Allen Tyska one. The last cheers of the season were echoing as the boys trounced Southampton 20-13. The ’49 squad was outstanding in its progressive improvement. Coach Knapp, Coach Rosseau, and Captain Dick Boden combined their efforts to make this year’s team a most fightinest upset one. The signal , . . and . . . the play.

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First Row: Lukowski, Nedosik, .Edwards, Talmage, Capt. Boden, Bookstaver, Ladka. Under- wood, Wegert, Kobylenski, Mgr. Prendergast. Second Row: Coach Knapp, Mgr. Robinson, Raynor, Donges, Zaweski, H. Boden. Tyska, Ashmore. Third Row: Harris, Gatz. Hagler, Bruce, Forbes, Ruskowski, Rutkowski, Conklin, Jarzombek, Lanz, Burns; absent are Berezny and Sandberg. The schedule erupted with two blasts aimed at Riverhead. The defeat by a strong Valley Stream squad had been somewhat expected, but when the dust had risen over the Greenport field and the refs had ceased calling back our plays, gloom prevailed. Riverhead had scored 7 on a series of Wegert drives, Boden to Zaweski passes, and a Bookstaver conversion; however, Greenport had 19. The fellows then played their greatest game of the season. Opponents—Mepham! At half time Teddy Wegert had gone over for two T. D.'s and scatty Gabe Woodson had raced 95 yards for another. R.H.S. led 21-6. Whenever called to the bench, the players, Underwood, Talmage, Berezney, Edwards, Babe Boden, Ladka, Nedosik, Kima, Pre-game warm-up. Looking down the bench.

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Cross Country Beats Southampton In their first meet, a triangular one, the local boys placed second, Southampton winning and Westhamp- ton scoring third. Tom Wernikowski finished in the number two spot followed closely by Bill Lucas, Bill Stout, Doug Smith, and Pierre Behrle. The Riverheaders then journeyed to Mepham where they were defeated by the exceptionally strong Mepham and Hempstead teams. October 26 saw Riverhead's blue clad harriers dig in their spikes to capture second place in the County Meet. Port Jefferson nosed them out 65-67, yet all of Riverhead’s scorers finished in the first twenty: Wernikowski 4, Lucas 13, Harris 15, D. Smith 16, and Stout 19. The R.H.S. hill and dalers were on the move. The local season closed with a decisive 27-30 vic- tory over Southampton. That memorable event was won by John Eleazer of Southampton, but Tom rolled in on top of the Blue Wave to take 2nd; Doug The Sound course tonight, fellows. Smith placed 4th; Bill Stout, 6th; Lonnie Harris 7th; Bill Lucas, 8; Pierre Behrle, 19; Gibby Smith, 11th; Joel Frank, 13th; and Bob Lee, 15th. Unfortunately Riverhead arrived at Bethpage State Park for the Long Island Meet too late to warm up, yet our team placed tenth out of a field of about 25 schools and 190 runners. Again Riverhead has shown strength in cross coun- try; in fact, co-captains Tom Wernikowski and Bill Stout claim this year's team to be the best condi- tioned one they have been on.