It's true. Once upon a time Rocky Grove High School had a football team. And the Orioles -- well, they weren't known as the Orioles then; actually, The News-Herald referred to them as "the suburbanites" -- played Franklin. The year was 1914. The score was 50-0. Franklin won the game, which was played on a Wednesday -- Sept. 30, 1914. The Knights -- although they really weren't known as the Knights then, not even the Nursery -- pretty much ran at will against the Grove. Harry Biery scored touchdowns on runs of 22 and 69 yards. He also made runs of 35, 28, 25 and 10 yards, mostly on the same fake pass play, during the game. Said the TNH after the 69-yard run: "It was such a good play that not a Rocky Grove player knew what had happened." Joe Woodell was another problem for the Grove. He scored on a 23-yard run and a 35-yard double-pass and had two runs of 15 yards and another of 45 from scrimmage. The Knights scored eight TDs -- three by captain Allan Besly, but the distances weren't given for all of his touchdowns. A 36-yard interception by Phil DeWoody set up Hub Kennedy's 18-yard TD. The Grove's best gain came on a 23-yard run by J. Mong. The Orioles had other games that season. They played Emlenton on Nov. 14, and lost 33-0. Harry Bensinger, who played for FHS a few years before, suited up for Emlenton. The Orioles also bowed to Emlenton, 21-0, Oct. 10. The Grove did beat Rouseville, 52-0, during the course of the season, but then lost to the Rouseville All-Stars, 12-0,  Nov. 18. Two years earlier, in 1912, the Grove had a practice game with Franklin, and lost 7-0. Because the Franklin players arrived at the game so late, it got dark before the 20 minutes they agreed to play was up, TNH reported. Polk High School had a pretty good team in 1912. Here's Polk's record for that season: Polk 7, Eighth Street Stars 7 Polk 38, Franklin Freshmen 0 Polk 14, Sandy Lake High School 0 Polk 20, Kennerdell Athletic Club 0 Polk 18, Sandy Lake High 0 Polk 50, Franklin High reserves 0