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Let's hear from all you Monday morning quarterbacks about your opinion of the 1950
Sachem football team that posted an impressive 8-1-1 record, losing only to Reading
High School at Reading in a closely fought battle. All comments, pro or con, are
welcome from players and fans alike. Put your old (yes we are old) fingers to the keyboard
and tell us what you can remember.
The Big PictureI'll never forget Thanksgiving day 1950. That was the traditional turkey day classic against our arch rivals, the orange and black clad Tanners from Woburn. The game was played in the mud bowl behind the high school. At one time, the land out back of the school was a swamp and that's where they put the field. Most on the time the field was more dirt than grass and in wet weather the dirt turned to mud. This year the mud froze and the field took the form of slippery concrete. You see, the temperature had dropped well below freezing the night before and nature turned the mud into rock. We wore sneakers during the first half because with our normal cleats we couldn't dig into the turf to get traction. Late in the first half the sun came out and the rising temperature melted the top few inches of frozen turf, which tuned the field into two inches of mud on top of frozen turf beneath. The playing conditions were terrible. Neither team could sustain any kind of offense, and we battled to a 7-7 tie. In the closing minutes, we had the ball inside the Woburn 10-yard line in the shadow of their goal posts but just couldn't push it in. I'll never forget the disappointment of not being able to score when we were so close to victory. I don't really know why, but I was chosen as runner-up for the outstanding lineman award. Maybe it was because I was a senior. I certainly didn't feel like I performed any better than all the other guys. Anyway I ended up with a pair of tickets to the Boston College/ Holy Cross game the following Saturday. ...... Ed Crowley
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