"...Friends, classmates, teammates, coaches, teachers, residents, and family members said a final farewell to Michael J. Mason, a former three-sport captain and Winthrop Hall of Fame inductee, during memorial observances last week.
   Mason, who is being remembered fondly as a great athlete and a great person, died on April 13 after a valiant battle with an illness. He was 36 years old. He will be forever etched in WHS sports lore for his achievements during the 1992 football season when he quarterbacked the Vikings to the Super Bowl that was played before a crowd of 5,000 fans at Miller Field...."