Wilson High School - Nova Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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WQYDC Pavlic FB Kermit Olson HB Ed Men0llI Joining the Capital League this year, the Wilson Rams were cheered on by an enthusiastic student body as the team won six games, lost three, and placed fourth in Capital League football. Wilson's debut in the football scene was the l6th annual Grid-Go-Round at Lincoln Bowl. The Rams dominated the play in the first ten minute game against Bellarmine, but not until the clock showed l:lO did halfback Kerm Olson find a hole over right tackle and carry the ball the final ten yards to score Wilson's first touchdown. Fullback Wayne Pavlic plunged over the middle for the extra point, giving Wilson a'7-0 win over the Bells. ln the first eleven plays of the fourth game Lincoln scored against the Rams, making the score 7-0. The Rams began a 63vyard march in 12 plays to score a touchdown'by Wayne Pavlic, but he was stopped on the l yard line when he tried for the extra point. The game ended 7-6 in favor of the Abes, and Wilson finished second place in its first Grid-Go-Round. One week later the Wilson Rams traveled to Olympia for their first Capital League game. The Rams fought with determination throughout the game but were unable to compete with the Olympia Bears' good ground game and alert defense. The game ended l2-O in favor of Olympia. On the following Friday Wilson used its winged T offense in a surprise 7-6 victory over the Lincoln Abes. Wilson received the ball on the opening kick off, and sophomore quarterback Terry Parker scored the touchdown after Wilson had marched 70 yards in 15 plays to Lincoln's 5 yard line. Olson caught Parker's pass in the end zone to win the extra point. Lincoln scored a touchdown in the second quarter, but their badly needed extra point was blocked by Pavlic, Velkers, and Pullin. Wilson kept the pressure on during the second half, and the Rams won their first Capital and City League game.

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Following the exciting upset over Lincoln, the Rams traveled to play another new member in the Capital League: West Bremerton. The Wildcats dominated the entire game and won by a score of 33 to 7. One week later Wilson and Stadium were foes in the first annual Queen's Crown game at Lincoln Bowl. The Stadium Tigers couldn't handle the outstanding running of Kerm Olson and Ed Menotti and the power plunges of Wayne Pavlic in the offensive game that ended with a score of 26-13 in favor of Wilson. The Rams traveled to Bremerton again, but this time to play East Bremerton. This trip was a successful one, for the final score was 21-6 in favor of the Rams. At the end of the Bellarmine game the next week, Woodrow Wilson had won its first athletic title: City League Champions. The next week's game between Wilson and Aberdeen at Lincoln Bowl found the Rams on the losing end with a score of 21-O. One week later the Rams held the Centralia Tigers scoreless in a muddy, wet football game. Early in the second period when the Rams marched 73 yards for the touchdown, Ed Menotti scrambled through the middle to make the only score of the game. Two weeks later the Wilson Rams met Lincoln in the annual Turkey Day game, the last game of the season. The excellent defensive play of the Rams and the tremendous punting of Noel West made this one of the most exciting games ever played in the Lincoln Bowl. The two teams fought for a touchdown to prevent a 0-O deadlock. The touchdown finally came. With only 55 seconds left, Wilson's Gary Feroglia captured a Lincoln fumble in the end-zone for 6 points. The kick was completed to make the final score 7-0 - a victory for the Rams in their first Turkey Day game. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE WILSON O ........ .. ...... Olympia 12 WILSON 7 ........ ....... L incoln 6 WILSON 7 ........ ....... W . Bremerton 33 WILSON 26 ........ ....... S tadium 13 WILSON 21 ........ ....... E . Bremerton 6 WILSON 31 ........ ....... B ellarmine 13 WILSON O ........ ....... A berdeen 21 WILSON 6 ........ ....... C entralia O WILSON 7 ................................ Lincoln O Wilson finished second in the Grid-Go-Round Arg Meuschke RE Brent Knutson LG