GHS 12, Turners 8
Thanksgiving 2005
Bill Phelps, Linda Wolanske and Rich Shortell being COOL
Bill Phelps and Coach Tom Suchanek (GHS '64)
It was a
great Thanksgiving Day in Turners Falls, unless you were from Turners
Falls. The Green Wave slid past Turners Indians 12-8 in a very snowy
game. For those of us who live even a little bit south of Hartford, the
photos of this traditional rivalry were astonishing. Slammed by an
Alberta Clipper so there can be no remaining doubts, winter has come to
Franklin County.
Weather has never been a reason to cancel the
challenge and this year the Powertown gang was loaded for a win.
At half-time the Indians may have been feeling pretty good as they
had an 8-0 lead over the Green Wave. Our alma mater had posted only a
1-9 record for the season, so they should have been easy pickings in
this 79th Thanksgiving meeting of the two teams. But it was not to be
for Turners.
To add insult to injury, the one win that Greenfield previously had all
season
came against Springfield Central High which had beaten GHS 42-0 but had
to forfeit the game.
Our team picked up two touchdowns, with the
second
coming in the final 30 seconds of the game to deliver a win.