South Kent High School - Yearbook (South Kent, CT)

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YEARBOOK 1957 -.-- 7 1, ,gg ta.. - '- U saga? - be . 'N 4 .Q I - ' e . . -if . ' N'- aa L I.. - . .I 3 Q' 150--fx' ' mix. W A I uf.-. 4 if . -'.,-'Viv' 1-- ' -. A We :av g .- 5 f ' wr' Farish gets his man Farr runs while Gibbons blocks On October 27, South Kent met Salisbury in a game which was identical to the one played against West- minster. SKS lost it 21-I3 but after the first period the game could have gone either way. Marshall Peabody caught four passes, one for fifty yards and a touchdown. In the final period Steve Merrill ploughed through a perfect hole for the second and final South Kent score. There is little to say concerning the Canterbury game the following week. Canterbury had one of its finest teams. Its 41-12 romp over South Kent proved this rather thoroughly. The highlights of the game were a sixty-yard sprint by Sandy Severance after catching a pass from Farr in the first period, and a pass in the third period from Smith to Marshall Peabody for our final score. One consolation of the game was that South Kent succeeded in scoring more points against Canterbury than any other team was able to amass that season. This defeat seemed to have a considerable effect upon the team for the following week, the Cardinal and Black crushed Berkshire 26-8 in one of the biggest upsets of the year. Berkshire led 8-0 at the end of the first period. Severance knifed off-tackle for the first South Kent score on a reverse. In the closing minutes of the first half if I Marshall speaks after receiving the football trophy Farish caught a forty-yard pass from Pat Smith for a second touchdown. This gave South Kent a 13-8 lead at the half. Farr broke off tackle from the nine-yard line in the third period for the third score for South Kent. In the hnal period Farr passed to Wheelock on a special play and the big tackle went thirty yards for the final tally to make the score 26-8 at the final whistle. The Gunnery game was very close, well played, but tragic. Both defenses were fool-proof throughout the game except for a sixty-five yard breakaway by the Gunnery and a forty-yard run by Farr around end. The tragedy of the game for the Cardinal and Black came in the final minutes of the contest. After a long drive to the eight-yard line South Kent failed to score on three attempted passes. The score was a narrow 7-6. The james R. Garfield, III football trophy went to Gill and Marshall Peabody, Gill for his hne running and Marshall for his excellent tackling on defense and his job at end on the offense. Dave Wheelock and Lenny Gibbons received the newly awarded Mankin trophy for linemen. The Peabody twins were elected co-captains for next year's season. Wheelock and Gibbons with the lineman's cup b

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SOUTH KENT SCHOOL Back Row Cl. to r.D: Maybach CMgr.J, Schwartz, Rianhard, Lloyd, Carter, Marsland, Mathews, Frost, C., Ermentrout. Second Row: Coach Adkins, Tracy, Cuyler, Pease, Smith, T., Lee, Farr, DeVore, Moon, P., Merrill, Coach Brown. Front Row: Woodward, B., Severance, Gibbons, Wheelock, Pea- body, G. CCaptainJ, Peabody, C., Farish, Smith, P., Cantus. THE FOOTBALL SEASON The 1956 football season was one of great frustration. Although the team was able to move the ball consistently it was frequently thwarted from grinding out the final crucial yards which often would have yielded a winning score. The season opened with a home game against Mill- brook, a strong and destined-to-be undefeated team. South Kent, young and lacking experience, lost its opener by a 35-13 margin. The final period, however, showed much promise. John Farr passed over center to Sandy Sever- ance who sprinted sixty-five yards for the first touch- down. Captain Peabody bucked over for the conversion. Seconds later, taking advantage of a fumble South Kent drove to the seven yard line and Farr then skirted the end for the second score. The following Saturday the team met Wooster in what proved to be the season's most discouraging game. South Kent fought and outplayed the smaller Wtnoster team during the first period but after two sustained drives ..,, . fwilwfwf' tf.'11' 5 Q f F Sf' is . M . eetet , with Captain Peabody Coaches Brown . . . appeared to have given up. In the closing minutes of the game South Kent finally pieced together a thirty-yard drive capped by Will Farish who plunged into the end zone for the only score for South Kent. The final tally was 12-7. After a gruelling week of practice a revitalized South Kent team played one of its finest games of the season, dropping a close decision to Westminster 20-14. The game was marked by steady drives from both teams and the pressure was never off. Legare Cuyler made two spectacular kick-off run-backs, one to the Westminster thirty-three yard line. Early in the game Pat Smith passed forty-five yards to Farish who was driven out of bounds on the fifteen-yard line. From there Gill Peabody drove through an eight-man line for the score. Minutes later, after Westminster scored on one of its breakaways, South Kent drove seventy yards to the two-yard line. Farr skirted the end for the second score for South Kent. He then passed to Farish for the extra point. 1 N ,. 'nl' T ll. 1 f a to ,I fi t Max +V, .A an t -,- R - 1. nga - - 'l' ' i l av N i r cf, H, a X SH fu ' ' . Vx , . . Adkins . . . and Mankin

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SOUTH KENT SCHOOL Frog dives for two extra yards , The Gunnery is stopped An end sweep against Millbrook 1 r 5 OW ' 3? f 'Sw Farr takes the kickoff STOPPCCI by WC5fmiUSf9f