Stetson High School - Oracle Yearbook (Randolph, MA)

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XYQQXQ5, Nh KX A sax, ,fx COACH EHIND every success their lies 'in inspiration. a nucleus for achievement and accom- plishment. To a football team or a basketball team. it is the coach giving to the boys invaluable instruction and knowledge of the game and how to play it. Coach joseph .. Zapustus of our High School came to us in the year 1943 when sports at Stetson was at its lovnest mark in years. Starting with a group of entirely green boys and by patient handling and hard work that extended over '1 three year span gave to Stetson perhaps the best season of sports accomplishment in the schools history. During the season of 1945-46 he piloted the grid squad through a nine game slate undefeated to the Class D co-championship, and lead the court five to the boards of the Boston Garden in the Eastern Massachusetts Basketball Tourney. Coach Zapustus graduated from the Unix ersity of Fordham, where he played quar' terback and from which college he was tvs ice chosen as All-American in the year 1933. Entering into pro-football, he played with the old Boston Shamrocks from whence he signed to the New York Giants. Professional baseball too, was not strange to our versatile coach, having been in the ranks of Connie Macks Athletics for a num- ber of years. Coach joe started his coaching career at Cliffside High in New ersey, then piloted Mission High in Boston, and after successful seasons at both schools, arrived at Stetson in 1943 to take over the coaching duties. The result of his work is evident. All in our town know the coach as a wonderful man and a splendid coach, but it is the boys who have played under him who really get the full advantage of his sterling character, jovial disposition and boundless knowledge of the game and how to win it. Page My 7fze 1 9 4 6 ,J Q., 'Qt s , 'ffTel7if scpfflfffw C , 1 , . ' if . ' 66 99 . . ' t 1 1 ' L L t ' l - ' 1 I A yt L Y A V L A L Y A L I L L V A A A t , K 1 i l 4 X , 1 , . L Y 3 , . ' 1

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1946 '7fze Qaacle Page WE RETURN TO THE FOLD HI: school year of 1945 46 w1ll long be re membered 1n Stetson hxstory as a season of sports accomplrshments At the openmg of the school year lf was learned that the hrgh school had after an absence of several years returned to the folds of the Headmasters As SOCIHIIOH One of the rules of the 01'g1fllZ3I1OIl states that all the athletes must be passmg three major subyects to partnclpate nn school sports letnc events such as the Tech Tourney and schools not assocrated Wllh rt are not eleglble to compete The football team went through a thrrlllng eason undefeated and brought the bacon home for the frrst trme 1n the schools hrstory rn the form of the Class D co champronshrp The hoop flve ended a fast season wrth an ll and 3 record and were 1nv1ted to compete nn the schoolboy tourney played on the Boston Garden boards Formatnon of four leagues among South Shore hrgh schools called the Southern Con ference adds keener competmon to the sport and the award of a cup for the wrnner of each league glves somethmg for whlch the boys can strxve FOOTBALL I'IH all eleven fnrst strmgers havmg var snr experience much was expected of the 1945 Stetson grid edltlon After a few weeks of hard practrce the team lmed up against Hmgham rn the South Shore Football Jamboree as follows Right end Jackre Callahan Cal rs our of fensrve end and IS a born pass snagger jack also does the puntxng for the club On the op poslte vtmg lb Larry Mason Larry IS the fnghter of the club and when the chlps are down thats when Larry ns ln the thlckest of the frght Larry plays a crashmg type of game that makes h1m an expert play breaker Ready to step rn for either was Bmg Corey who coull handle erther wtng wrth ease Mates to these boys are oe De Slsto and Pottsre Porter both yumors oe and Pottsne are two bug reasons why the opposition only scored three touch dow ns all year through our llfle Big nd rug A1 ,, V li I I ' ' s 4 . U K I - . , . . . . . . . I D y Thhrs group 1S also the sponsor of many ath- , ' ' y 9 7 . Y . . . ' K 1 I W . , . . I , - - J