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

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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.

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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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Playing Fair and Accepting the Remits Gracefully are Basic to Good Sportsmanship. September came again bringing us two new gym teachers; Miss Patricia Kuhl from Ohio and Miss Phyllis Dodd from Connecticut. Miss Kuhl taught three years at Wellsville N. Y. after having gradu- ated from Denison University in Ohio. This year she completed a course at Columbia for her Master's Degree. Miss Dodd attended Randolf-Macon Wom- en's College, graduated from Savage School of Physi- cal Education, and obtained her A.B. degree at Beloit College. She taught at Greenwich, Connecticut, Bos- ton and Cornell University. Through college, both say that hockey was their favorite sport, but now they have no preferences. Miss Kuhl admires especially the pep and interest R.H.S. girls have. They both like the school itself. Miss Dodd states, As a building, Riverhead is one of the cleanest, neatest, and most beautiful schools I have ever seen, except upon occa- sion the girls’ locker room!! Phi Epsilon Eta Sigma initiates largest group yet. Back Row: Miss Kuhl, I. Bell, C Burns, E. J. Bottorff, J. Worthington. D. Bobinski. J. Seaman, E. Baker. Front: M. Backora. B. Nelson, B. Troyan. E. Densieski, B. Papish (Pres.), D. Johnson. K. O'Hara. L. Troyan. This year Betty Papish, President, worked hard under Miss Kuhl and Miss Dodd to make the society a more active unit in R.H.S. Seven new members, elected in January, made its membership the largest ever. The girls checked the files in order to make a more accurate and efficient system of recording points earned. Their activities provided fun for themselves and everyone who wanted a good time. To raise money for membership pins the society challenged the boys' varsity’ team at basketball. A dance was held after the game. All in all the society members had a busy memorable year.