West Winfield High School - General Yearbook (West Winfield, NY)

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Row I: J. Nolan, D. Blowers, D. Armstrong, R. Murphy, G. Hansel, E. McGee, D. Palmer, L, Cifarelli, D. Smith, G. VVelch, F. Woodard, Mr. Super. Row II: H. Sullivan, T. Kilty, -I. Sullivan, j. Yaw, l'. Cook, A. Marks, B. lidick, R. Merritt, R. Salisbury, E. Dupres, H. Evans. livery game held its usual share of suspense for the West Winfield gridmen of this year. Our season opened against Brookheld, a foe whose past teams had been formidable and who existed as an ever present threat to our hopes for a suc- cessful season. The win over Brookfield gave us eonhdence in our merit, and we went forth to meet Waterville on our home held with all the vigor of a running organization. Irregardless of our second successive wet field, we built up a twenty-point lead in the first twelve minutes of play and went on to win in a fashion that pro- vided preparation for the payoff game of the season, Sauquoit. Sauquoit was being rightfully hailed as a strong team, undefeated and composed of the same six which had given West Winfield a hard time on our home field in 1947. The team was up for the game and played hard through- out, never pausing to think about the score. XVhen we had secured the victory and our methods had shown the opponent that we didn't intend to let down our defense for a second and give them a break. Consequently, the league crown was in sight with our defeat of this pri- mary contender. In Cherry Valley and Springfield we met opposition that could not cope with our experi- ence. The liarlville game was a different matter since they were coming to us with an undefeated season. liarlville left with a victorious record at the expense of this one post-season eleven-man football defeat for West Mfinfield. Another year from the first six, Bob Murphy, Grant Hansel, Dave Palmer and lid McGee are destined for distant gridirons. Left in command are Dick Blowers and George Welch, with sev- eral of their classmates ready to join them in establishing the tradition of Good Football 'learns from West Winheld . Left: Ray McGee runs over to bat down an attempted forward pass by Cherry Valley. Earlville. ? sl its 1 - nl Right: George Welch looks for a receiver to pass the the twenty-five yards necessary for another touchdown against .i . .QYA

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Another ndefeated Sea on On November 12, 1948, West Winfield com- pleted another football season, its third consecu- tive undefeated six-man football season, and its fourth highly successful season in four years. As last year, we played one eleven man game in the hope that this would prepare us for a season which would find our school with a squad suf- ficiently large enough to enable our participa- tion in a full season of eleven competition. Al- though the loss of this game made a blemish upon our 1948 record, the boys feel the import of this defeat to have been lessened by the short- age of time available to practice for this game. This year's starting lineup was composed of George Welch and Dick Blowers, halfbacks, Ed McGee, captain and quarterback, Dave Palmer and Bob Murphy, ends, and Grant Hansel, cen- ter. Welch and McGee excelled in broken field running and passing, with George doing the kicking. Dick Blowers functioned on offensive plays through the line, and demonstrated himself to be an able blocker. Dave Palmer and Bob Mur- phy caught a large majority of the passes and aided greatly in breaking loose our backs for large single gains per try. Grant Hansel anchored the center of the line and joined his teammates in their enthusiasm for making a good block. On defense, the team was well balanced, and the sharp tackles and rushing line of West Winfield have become very well known and respected in the Tri-County League. SCORES: Xvest Winfield 39 Brookfield 0 41 Waterville I8 38 Saquoit 0 53 Cherry Valley 26 55 Springheld 6 -17 Earlville 27 6 Richfield 26 Here is the starting team that gave West Winfield another undefeated season In the line are Bob Murphy Cram Hansel, and Dave Palmer. The backlield is composed of Dick Blowers Ld McGee and George Welch .. .Aa

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VARSITY TFAM F Young R Blowers F McGee D Palmer D Armstrong, L. Cifarelli, G. Welch, D. Sullivan. West Winfield Three Times Champion For the third time in three years, the Cherry Valley League has bequeathed its wreath of basketball champions upon NVest Winfield. The 19-18-49 season bore witness to the battles between Cherry Valley and West Winfield in the heated contention for this yea 's trophy. This league title was decided in February, when the decisive game was played at Cherry Valley, with the final score 51-4-1. Starting the season with but one regular, and lacking the potential services of two others by dint of their football injury, Coach Super proceeded to fashion a win- ning aggregation. As the season progres- sed, the team progressed both in experience and in results. The season opener at Bridgewater was won by forfeitg then, the annual game at Richfield ended with the fellows on the short end of the score. From then on, however, things went dif- ferently. A league won-lost record of 2-l was acquired in the game at Springlieldg and Oneonta, although she won, suffered a moral loss at the hands of a vastly improved team. Waterville's Tri-County League leaders were defeated, and we gained the league lead by winning our initial contest with Cherry Valley. A loss to Chadwieks merely prepared the team for a convincing win over Richheld. Waterville atoned for her previous defeat, but again we bounced back to take our other win over Springfield. Glass backboards greatly attributed to Oneonta's win at the Hartwick College Gymnasium in our hrst contest of l949. The Mohawk Valley League sent an able representative up to wrest a victory, Her- knner acting as ambassador. Bridgewater was very firmly trounced as the fellows