https://obits.democratandchronicle.com/obituaries/democratandchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=mary-ann-nicodemi&pid=198108058

Wayne boys won their 3rd sectional title in five years by defeating Batavia 56-55 on Friday at Batavia. See story and some photos here and here (both Democrat and Chronicle website). Wayne finished the slightly shortened season (because of covid) undefeated at 15 – 0. Congratulations boys and coach Thomson!

Wayne Boys defeated Livonia 59 – 50 to advance to the Class B1 title game against the winner of Pal-Mac vs. Batavia.

From 1973 Page Unknown

From 1964 Page 135

From 2003 Page 45

From 2007 Page 100

From Wayne Soccer Alumni:
Normally this time of year, the school teams are in full swing and we are preparing for our annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony. This fall season will be much different as there will be a very different look to our shortened season that will include limited fans.Therefore, we will not have a homecoming or a Hall of Fame ceremony this fall, but we still are honoring our 2020 Induction Class. THEY WILL FORMALLY BE INDUCTED NEXT FALL (2021), but we wanted to make people aware of who was selected to be in this year’s Hall of Fame Class. This year we would like to honor:

• Nikki Albright (Sanchez)
• Ron Bradstreet
• Shana Dehn (Jordan)
• Al Granger
• Jamey Loucks
• Cindy VanHoover
• Bob Witt
• Leighana Woody (Krzyzanowski)

Sad to see that Ms. Vanderbrook (Moshano) has passed.
https://obits.democratandchronicle.com/obituaries/democratandchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=linda-a-moshano-vanderbrook&pid=196928849

I though I’d feature some pages from Bernie Porray’s Scrapbooks. Unfortunately I only have from 71-79 or so. But better than nothing. If the image is unreadable, use the download button below for a PDF. (You can zoom in on most browsers using Ctrl+)

This is now a 50 year old event, so my memory is a bit fuzzy on some of the details. If you were there, feel free to comment or let us know you were there.

Probably in the fall of 1969 or spring of 1970, a group of boys from the 8th grade (class of 1974) in TC Armstrong Middle School, were asked to take part in a field trip. I can’t remember how many, 8-20 maybe? I can’t recall any classmate specifically who helped. We had to bring a lunch and we would miss classes, which sounded fine to most of us. I don’t remember if we rode in a bus or in cars, but the task they wanted us to do was dig up some pine trees and re-plant them behind the A-wing at the middle school. I guess it came under the category as “science”.

I don’t know how this started, probably as a conversation in the teachers lounge, but what I recall, we went to the home of Mr. MacDonald’s (a sixth grade teacher there) Mother, or Aunt in Wallington (Sodus) , where there were what seemed pretty large pine trees (taller than us) that we were to dig up, such that they could be transplanted. There were at least two, maybe four we dug up, which took quite some effort and time as I recall.

But when we finally finished, we had to re-plant them behind the school. The middle school was only a couple years old then, and had no trees or anything around it. So we dug some holes and re-planted them. It may have been a two day affair, not sure. We also didn’t obviously do all the work. Some number of teachers were helping, and maybe some other school staff.

Though my kids all went there, I don’t recall paying much attention at that time about those trees. So I checked Google Maps, and I can’t say for certain, but at least one of the trees looks like it could be a pine and about where I remember we put them.

Seemed appropriate that the class of 74 was involved, as we first occupied the school as sixth graders, before it was finished. No gym, no cafeteria, no other classes were there in the fall of 1967. If none of those trees survived, I’m sure we left a few other marks!

From 1989 Wayne Eagle Page 110

From 1989 Wayne Eagle Page 110

This was one of my favorite submissions I received during my years of doing this. William Thurston, Class of 1977, sent me this photo many years ago from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. I wish it was a little bigger, but he had his Eagles pennant with him for a photo!

At 19,308 feet, it would be hard to top literally or figuratively. I never got to thank him in person, but when I came across this photo today it made me smile.

The Wayne Boys soccer team defeated Pittsford-Mendon 4-3, on penalty kicks to adavance to the Class A2 finals. #2 seed Wayne will face #1 seed Pitssford-Sutherland for the Class A2 Championship at 5PM Friday Nov 1 at Hilton High School.
As usual, check official Section V website for times, locations.
Good luck Eagles!

For those interested, Wayne Soccer History has been updated. New look, it should work halfway decent on mobile devices. Also added Hall of Fame pages. New information and content for Boys and Girls 1973. More to come as time and info permits. To view, go to the Sports menu or waynealumni.org/soccer.

Hello Fellow Wayne Central Alumni,

It is with great honor that the Wayne Soccer Alumni Association announces our 2019 Hall of Fame induction class. Please congratulate the following Soccer Alumni:

• Margaret (Herzog) Bockus
• Bill Drexler
• Russ Hanks
• Don Johnson
• Karen Schoppe
• John Serafine

The induction ceremony will be on Saturday September 14th on Porray Field at halftime of the boys and girls varsity games, (4:45pm-Girls and 6:45pm-Boys) during homecoming.

Following the games there will be a free reception for anyone who would like to attend at 8pm at Konstantinou’s Restaurant. Stop by and socialize with fellow alumni. Light appetizers will be provided.

Please email me with any questions. More information and details about the alumni game and other fall soccer events will be come out soon.

Thanks,
Jay Marino (jtmarino at waynecsd.org)