Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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BASEBALL £ f f BASEBALL This year when Coach Lefty Symancyk called his first practice for baseball, nine- teen men reported. Out of nineteen men, only three were seniors: Bouncer Backiel, Matt Klocko, and Buckwheat Korza. The junior class had only two players: Huck Smith and Richard Woloss. There were eight ball players from the sophomore class: Bob Kowalski, Bernie Goclowski, Dutch Kellogg, Robert Baye, Wallie Gallant, Ray Gore, Charlie Smith, and Joe Godzina. The freshman class had six men on the team: Mike Raffa, Ron Barrett, Dick Cech- vala, Don Sadowski, Chas. Sadowski, and Eddie Merriam. This year Smith Academy played a twelve-game Hampshire League season. The ball team played games against Hop- kins Academy, Arms Academy, St. Michael ' s High, Smith ' s School, and Amherst High. At the time this book went to the printer, we had played only one game, against Smith ' s School. Smith Academy won this contest by a score of nine to eight.

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SOCCER This year fifteen boys reported to Coach Symancyk for the varsity soccer team. The team as a whole was very good this year, but a few of the players were out- standing. George Klocko was the fifth highest scorer in the Hampshire League; Tom Prucnal, Connie Pelis, and Mitch Backiel were superb in their passing and scoring; and Tom Romanowski, Billy Korza, Harry Lizak, and Giles Kellogg were out- standing for their defensive work. An honor was given to two of our players as they were chosen on the Hampshire League All-Star Team. Billy Korza was chosen as an all-star fullback and Mitchie Backiel as an inside. This was a true honor and our boys should be congratulated. SCORES 1st half: S.A. 1 Hopkins 6 S. A. 2 Easthampton 5 S.A. Deerfield 5 S.A. 1 Holyoke 1 2nd half: S.A. Hopkins 2 S.A. 3 Easthampton S.A. 1 Deerfield 3 S.A. Holyoke 1 S.A. 1 Smith ' s School 1-1 S.A. 2 Smith ' s School 1-0 PLAYERS George Klocko Euclid LaRocque Mitchie Backiel Giles Kellogg Tommy Prucnal Tom Romanowski Connie Pelis Billy Korza Richie Woloss Bobby Byrne Harry Lizak Edwin Smith Bernie Goclow ski Mike Ziezulewicz, mgr.

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GIRLS ' BASKETBALL VARSITY GIRLS ' BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Jan. Feb. Mar. 22 Deerfield 24 (here) S. A. 26 25 Amherst 45 (away) S.A. 22 1 Deerfield 33 (away) S. A. 16 5 Hopkins 48 (away) S.A. 46 12 Burnham 41 (away) S.A. 28 26 Amherst 31 (here) S.A. 29 4 Hopkins 22 (here) S.A. 30 14 Easthampton 22 (here) S.A. 53 18 Burnham 15 (here) S.A. 34 The girls ' varsity basketball team did a good job this year, winning four out of nine of their games. The basketball team can certainly be considered a success this year, for all the girls certainly gained a lot from being on the team and participating in com- petition with other schools. The playei ' s on the varsity this year in- cluded the following girls: Theresa Wilkes, Teresa Brassord, Judy Ryan, Jane Dugal, Peggy Ziezulewicz, Sylvia Raffa, Pauline Backiel, Sally Toczko, Rita Vollinger, and Dorothy lVlis. Annie Foster, manager, and Judy Jenness, assistant manager, did an exceptional job of taking care of the problems that arose, planning the game schedules and all that goes with a successful team. Mrs. Muller, coach of the team, did a won- derful job of coaching the skillful team, as usual. The team had to travel to four games this year. The first out-of-town game was at Amherst; second at Deerfield; third at Hopkins; and the fourth at Burnham School in Northampton. The other five games were played at homo.