Wheatland Chili Central School - Genoatk Yearbook (Scottsville, NY)

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awe!! mm' X es! cgedxaa mls' The prosper ts for the ab soccer season looked very good for Coach Wallace and hts team The team was at fullstrength allseasonwhtch helped to make the fme reward of 8 wtns 4 losses and 2 ues Our boys went all the y ax to the ftnals of the Class D sectton but suffered a 3 2 defeat tn the btg one Even though we dtdn t brtng back a trophy we had one of the best seasons tn years as shown by the fme reward The 1956 soccer season offtctally opened for Coach Wallace and hts Wheatland Chtlt Wtldcats on September 25 when the Brockport Blue Devtls tnvaded the W C fteld The game turned tnto a battle of de fense and the only tally cametn the second per1od when a Brockport ltneman sl1pped past our fullback and scored Coach Wallace satd lt was the best game he had ever seen the team play We were off to a good start although we suffered a 2 0 loss The Wtldcats journeyed to Htlton on Frtday September 28 The team showed a lot of ftght and SDIFII as they encotmtered thetr huge fteld Tom Jenmngs booted a perfect corner ktck Doggy Arthur headed lf 1nto the goal and the Wtldcats led 2 O W C played a good offenstve game but mtssed several good chances for goals I-hlton could manage only a penalty late tn the game and W C walked off the fteld w1th tts ftrst vtctory of the season Q2 lj Spencerport was the next rtval for W C on October 3 at the home fteld The game turned out to be another battle of defenses as netther team scored a fteld goal However Spencerport was gtfted w1th a penalty ktck tn the thtrd per1od They connected and won the contest 1 0 The Wtldcats next opponents were the Churchvtlle Satnts who were the top team tn the conference The game was played on the Satnts fteld and they d1splayed the powerful offense that had them on top of the league They were 1n Wtldcat terrttory most of the game but could manage only one fteld goal However W C commttted f1ve penalttes and C C connected on four to take a 6 O vtctory STANDING G Fenton T Glavtn B Naugle P LeRoy J Ranous T Ienntngs W Wallace D Cassevoy B Baker D Seefrted G Swatn KNEELING D Bentn C Sple B Swam J Perry B Munntngs, M. Arthur, J. Boutwell, I McVean, A. Btrch. 415 ffm