Severn School - Yearbook (Severna Park, MD)

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ANCHOR 8L WHEEL Varsity Football VVIIEN football season opened this year. Coaches Hoover, Blac- llamer and Games faced the usual problem that they confront each year. Wtith only three letter men returning they were charged with the task of building an entirely new organization. There was quite a bit of good material, but almost every candidate was in- experienced. Undaunted, the coaches went to work developing the available material. The first game, a non-conference one, was with Swavely School, and the team journeyed to Nlanassas to take a disheartening 20-7 beating. There seemed to be something lacking-the individual effort was there, but it was not co-ordinated. A week of grueling practice and the team faced Tome. Here was a team that was said to be the strongest prep school team in the entire state-what would they do to Severn? The question was answered by a fighting. scrapping team that went on the field de- termined to win, and they did! Time after time the onslaughts of the powerful Tome attack were stopped, and exhausted but tri- umphant., we had a 7-0 victory. After the victory over Tome, the team traveled to Baltimore to play Loyola. It was the first game for the Catholic school, and they were no match for the victorious Maroon team, who came out of the game with a Q5-0 score tucked under their belts. Following this triumph came an uninteresting battle with For-

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ATHLETICS

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ANCHOR 81 WHEEL I n.. , ' i SWAVELY vs. SEVERN est Park. The visitors came here primed to win. They did succeed in holding Severn to 12-0 score. Now came the big blow to Severn's championship hopes. Under the arc lights they played Poly, and went down to disastrous de- feat. It seemed like another Swavely game-nothing would go right. Perhaps the kicking of Poly's backfield ace was the main reason for our defeat - we lost twenty yards every time he kicked. Although the score was 23-0 against us, we made more yardage and more first downs than our opponents. Following this came the final defeat of the season, by a remark- ably strong team from McDonogh. Although the final score was Q8-7 it was a very close game, and only inexperience held Severn from victory. VVe scored our first touchdown in three minutes of play, and although we were frequently in scoring territory we lacked the necessary punch. We visited Mt. St. Joseph and played them on their practice field. The first half was scoreless, but Severn supremacy was apparent in the second half when we scored a touchdown and a safety to win 8-0. In the final game of the year, Severn played the St. James School. The field was covered with water, and the game was played in the rain, making things very uncomfortable for all. St. James scored early in the game but Severn pushed over a touch- down and conversion to win 7-6.