Tigers Lose Goddard Bowl – Await Thanksgiving Day
The White Plains High School Varsity Football Team ended their NYSPHSAA season with a 3-6 record. The Tigers were defeated by Port Chester High School in the Dave Goddard Bowl 28-14, on Friday at WPHS. The game concluded their public high school football season.
Dave Goddard was the longtime Athletic Director at Arlington High School, who worked earnestly to support Section 1 Athletics. Goddard retired this year, so Section 1 honored him with the Bowl Game distinction.
The Tigers will take one week off before coming back to the weight room for a week and then strapping on the pads again a week later to prepare for the Turkey Bowl against Stepinac High School on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 10:30 a.m. at White Plains High School.
It will be the first time since 2012 that the Turkey Bowl will be played and hopefully both high school communities will come out and show their support for the City of White Plains rivalry football game.
Tigers Head Coach Mike Lindberg finished his first NYPHSAA season at WPHS with a 3-6 record, while having “ big shoes” to fill after taking over for longtime Head Coach Michael “Skip” Stevens this year.
Lindberg made the Playoffs his first season but lost to powerhouse New Rochelle High School in the Qualifying Round. Nonetheless, Lindberg has seemed to rejuvenate the Tigers football program with a sense of pride and competitiveness.
“I think we started a little slow but we are a much better team than when we started,” said Lindberg. “It is a process, one year with the team and we really did not get in a good offseason, as I did not start until April. Therefore, the players worked hard and we got the most out of them. We just have to get a little better.”
Tigers junior running back Glenmour Osborne went over 1500 yards for the season when he carried 29 times for 151 yards against Port Chester. Osbourne has gained 1584 yards rushing in nine games, while averaging an outstanding 176 yards per game.
WPHS Athletics Hall of Fame
The White Plains High School Athletics Hall of Fame will induct 17 new members, on Friday, Nov. 4, in the Media Center at White Plains High School. The event begins with a reception at 5 p.m. and the Induction Ceremony commencing at 6 p.m.
The WPHS Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2107 include: Tom DePaso (’74), Manson Donaghey, (former Principal and co-founder Loucks Games), Alan Egler (’47), Whitney Ford (2006), Otis Hill (’66), Aaron Hopkins (’64), Charles Jenkins (’62), Ed Kehe (legendary Track Coach and Athletic Director), Oscar Moore, (’56), Frank Navarro (’49), George Rooks, Sr. (‘47), Don Salls (’38), Art Schult (’46), Carl “Rusty” Waite (’21), Bruce Weinstein (’65) and Sal Yvars (’42).
For more information about the WPHS Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony contact WPHS Athletics Hall of Fame President Chuck Stogel at 914-428-6111 or at chstogel@aol.com.
