Ansonia 26 – Minster 6

Spectators at the game between Ansonia and Minster were not only treated to a Tri-County league tilt, but also to the first masquerade of the Halloween season.

Undoubtedly someone was masquerading as the Wildcats, for according to Webster, a Wildcat is a “fierce fighting member of the cat family.” Surely none of the Orange and Black gridders resembled such an animal. They were meek and tame in succumbing to a smaller Tiger squad 26-6.

Minster was without Bob Tebbe, Dale Miller, Pat Kuh and had Virge Huelskamp in only a few plays. The Cats took another blow from old man injury when Don Schmitmeyer hurt his knee in the second quarter.

The Tiger’s first score came after they recovered a Minster fumble on the local’s 40. With Paulus and Brewer carrying the attack the Tigers moved to the one yard stripe and Campbell raced around end. Paulus drove over tackle for the point that made it 7-0.

The visitors scored in the second quarter on a drive from their 17. They drove through venter on power plays and around ends on reverses to the four yard stripe, from where Brewer then went over. Paulus ran the extra point and Ansonia led 14-0 at halftime.

The Wildcats, obviously smarting from a halftime lecture, scored the first time they got the ball in the third quarter. Detling got away a bad punt that Minster downed on the Tiger 40. Bob Wente and John Horstman moved the ball to the 10 and Wente raced around end to score. Wente’s plunge for the point was short.

Ansonia came back in the same quarter as Paulus raced 23 yards on a reverse for a score. Paulus, a thorn in the Wildcats’ side all night, put the game on ice with a 46-yard sprint in the final period.

Minster came close in the final minutes as a Froning to Garman pass covered 43 yards, but then lost the ball on downs.

Scoring by quarters:

Ansonia 7 7 6 6 — 26

Minster 0 0 6 0 — 6