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Wakefield prepares for 1954 baseball season opener
Wakefield high teams begin their 1954 Michigan Wisconsin Conference schedule with a Park Falls opener next Wednesday. Twenty six candidates reported for Wakefield baseball and track, nine lettermen return, and the coach is Roman Yatchak with Tauno Maki assisting. Letters for track and tennis were awarded, and efforts start to organize a Wakefield City Softball League with details for local players and teams.
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Roman Yatchak
Wakefield Cardinal
Park Falls
Eugene Valesano
Myron Swanson
Gordon King
Kenneth Bertetto
Douglas King
Kenneth Nurmikko
William Lusa
George Finco
Jack Hero
David Cvengros
Robert Schiltz
Roger Niemi
Donald Pikka
Joe Orlich
Glenn Rowe
Romilly Gilbert
Gerald Mateofsky
James Valesano
David Wertanen
Edward Hellen
Brian Yatchak
Bruce Tomczyk
David Koski
James Ferrando
Richard Ferrando
John Finco
Bat Boys
Yatchak
American Legion
Tauno “Prince” Maki
Wakefield
Ironwood
Bessemer
Hurley
Cardinal
F. W. Duffin
Wakefield High
James Bedell
Kenneth Berretto
Donald Doney
Douglas Gallo
Edward Hocking
Harold Linn
Warren Niemi
James Olson
Sylvester Russ
Wakefield City
Thomaston
Verona
Comet
Jackson
Castile
Pike
Ramsay
Marenisco
John Niemi
Eugene Maki