Wakefield High School - Echo Yearbook (Wakefield, MI)

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Mgr. C. Urbanski. R. Makincn. A. Valesano. J. Miheve. A. Maki. V. ''i atchak. S. Baltic. R. Jacobson. R. Yatchak. Capt. Olejniczak. N. Seppa. Basketball The Cardinal basketeers, under the watchful eye of Coach Wood, had another successful season. Losing one game of the schedule, the Cardinals entered the District Tourney at Ironwood. handicapped by sickness and won second place. Then entering the Regional Tourney at Ishpeming, they dropped their first game, a hard fought affair, to Escanaba. runner-up. Seven of the lettermen are Seniors and one will be ineligible next year. That leaves two men back for the coming season, Co-Captains R. Yatchak and V. Yatchak. But there is a lot of promising material coming up from the ‘'B” team. Best wishes. Cardinals! Grab that Range championship for one more year and have permanent possession of the W. A. C. trophy! The season's scores: Bergland 15 Wakefield 10 Iron Mountain 16 Wakefield 17 Marquette 16 Wakefield 19 Stambaugh . 14 Wakefield 15 Iron River 23 Wakefield . 24 Ironwood . . 23 Wakefield . 33 Hurley 16 Wakefield 42 Bessemer 10 Wakefield . 29 Ironwood 23 Wakefield 25 Hurley 15 Wakefield 26 Iron River 10 Wakefield ... 23 Bessemer 1 1 Wakefield - 19 De Padua . 13 Wakefield . 17 Stambaugh 9 Wakefield 26 Tournament Games: Bessemer 15 Wakefield Crystal Falls .... 20 Wakefield .. 9 Escanaba 16 Wakefield 14 Opponents 265 Wakefield 364 Page Twenty-six

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 B TEAM First rout: R. Wojcichowski. E. Lake. F. Urbanski. R. Del Faro. C. Koivu, H. Gremorc, A. Lane. E. Harju. A. Hanson. Second row: W. Mustapaa. W. St. Arnold. Mr. Schuler. R. Kanto. T. Bonino. S. Graikowski. R. Hooper. G. Rydeski. Mr. Trewyn. Football Next year, the football men will just about have to learn their football all over again, because of the new rules adopted by the rules committee. Next season, a man in the line on defense will not be able to reach over and impolitely shove his opponent out of the way because the use of the hands is forbidden. He can't slam him on the head or pull him off his feet. It will be hard on the linemen on defense for the use of the hands usually means getting through the line. The flying block is also prohibited. So next year you won't be able to see “Sleepy Yatchak lift his one hundred and eighty pounds off the ground and take a man out of the way because it will be illegal. This will be rather tough for the backfield men because it is their usual way in taking their man out. New and safer equipment will have to be used. We have some shoulder pads just bought this year which will have to be barred because of this new ruling. There are several more new rules, aiming to make the game safer and changing it a whole lot. So after playing football the past two or three years. Capt. Yatchak. Zorich. Proteau. Perkio. Lepinski, Seger. and the rest of them, will almost have to start from the beginning again. Page Twenty-live

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 Bach row: B Team—Ass t Mgr. S. Jacobson. S. Zorich. J. Wilson. F. Wojciehowski, W. Olson. T. Lepisto. N. Nyman, R. Valesano. W. Radowski. T. Bonino. E. Perkio. Front row: Jr. Hi. Team-—M. Krans. J. Golembeski. W. Liuha. T. Suomi. J. Lindh. M. Jar-vinen. L. Mezzano. E. Buccanero. C. Hood. E. Wiitta. D. Radovich. J. Halberg. “IT and Jr. High Teams This year's B'' team kept up the good records of previous Cardinal ''B teams, losing only two games, both to the Ironwood B team. They won the other six games played and outscored their opponents. 125 to 96. With the exception of Olson, all of the boys will be back next year, fighting for places on the first team. And from all indications, there will be a merry scramble. Here are the men: R. Valesano, Lepisto. Bonino, Radowski, Bonello, Perkio, Stuper, Wilson, Wojciehowski. Nyman. Zorich, Rydeski, and others. Promising material for Coach Wood! Handicapped by inexperience and lack of stature, the Junior High team could win only one game this year. However, the boys fought with plenty of spirit which showed they were not disheartened. Golembeski. Radovich. Halberg. Suomi, Jarvinen and several others will be Sophomores next year and so will be lost to the team. The outlook for next year is not encouraging. The season’s results: Ironwood “B” . 20 Wakefield B” 11 Marenisco 10 Wakefield B 26 Bessemer B 5 Wakefield B” 10 Hurley B” 14 Wakefield B” 27 Bessemer B 10 Wakefield “B” 19 Hurley B 15 Wakefield B” - 17 Ironwood “B” 27 Wakefield B 15 Opponents . 101 Wakefield “B” 125 Ironwood Jr. High 19 Wakefield Jr. High .3 Bessemer Jr. High . 14 Wakefield Jr. High .. . - . 7 Harding Jr. High 9 Wakefield Jr. High 1 1 Ironwood Jr. High 37 Wakefield Jr. High . 5 Harding Jr. High 10 Wakefield Jr. High 7 Opponents ... 89 Wakefield Jr. High 33 Page Twenty-seven