Wilson High School - Nova Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Mike Duppenthaler C -Q-was Hal Pullin RE Bob Sprague T ABOVE LEFT: Late in the fourth quarter the Rams pushed the Abes into their own end-zone. But Lin- coln held Wilson within inches of a touchdown. ' ABOVE: Ed Menotti' carries the ball to make one of the few successful runs of the Turkey Day Tilt. Bill Zenk LE Gary Nelson HB WW! 1 Gary Feroglia LE .lerry Mode LT Lon Varnadore T Te Y Parker QB -loe Cl0U9l'l C it 2 X w

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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

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llllllllll lllllllllll ROW l: J. Shipley, D. Saxon, T. Bartlett, J. Clough, J. Montgomery, J. Horsman, B. Sprague. ROW 2: P. Nyland, D. Stenstrom, D. Peters, M. Thompson, J. Arthur, Alexander. Slllllllllllllll lllllllll ROW 1: Mr. Sinkovich, Coach, M. Stauffer, D. Mears, J. Paul, H. Newman, L. Huff, C. Cherbas, L. Plater, Mr. Wright, Coach. ROW 2: L. Covell, D. Finnigan, R. Carr B. Simmons, B. McVay, B. Nowak, D. Kent. ROW 3: P. Baker, D. Mullen, L. Kurmel D. Zeh, D. Seabrook, J. Hawkins, R. Joyal, M. Gates. ROW 4: G. Van Arsdale, S Ramsdell, G. Hubman, T. Arknless, S. Anderson, J. Blackburn. ROW 5. B. Wheaton J. Warer, J. Feek, J. Davelaar, M. Hill, D. Hagenson, H. Knudsen, T. Mico. I During their five-game season, the reserve football team was under the direction of coaches Sinkovich and Stortini. Playing Clover Park in their first game, Wilson was defeated by a score of 12 to 7. Chuck Hunter made the first touchdown of the season during .this game. Next the reserves met Lincoln and won the game by a score of 8-6. Halfback Bruce Larson scored the touchdown and made cs two- point safety to win the game for Wilson. ln the next two games, the Rams beat Stadium by a score of 27-7, and toppled Clover Park 13-7. ln their last game the reserves lost to Puyallup by a score of 33-7, ending the year with a record of three wins and two losses. Coached by Mr. Wright and Mr. Sinkovich, the first sophomore football team of Wilson High School played the sophomore teams of Clover Park, Lincoln, Stadium, and Bellarmine. Although Wilson was on the shorter end of their 2-5 record, many potential varsity players were developed during the season. Halfback Larry Kurmel was a good offen- sive player, and backfielder Jim Blackburn proved good on offense. Other outstanding players were fullback Dan Mullen, and Bill Simons and Mike Stauffer, ends.