Central Falls High School - Souvenir Yearbook (Central Falls, RI)

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BASKETBALL SHOTS C.F. . . . Woonsocket Game A Pawtucket Times Staff Photo

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BASKETBALL SHOTS C.F. . . . Woonsocket Game P.iwtucket Times Staff Photo

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BASKETBALL REVIEW The Bluejackets of Central Falls got off to a very good start in their defense of their CLASS B TITLE, by beating Classical by a score of 72 to 45. It was Capt. Joe Nield and Russ Salhany setting the pace with 26 and 21 points respectively. C. F. in their second game of a still yoang season got a scare thrown into them by a fast and smooth playing Vocational outfit. It was a game which was tightly played, but the Bluejackets finally came through and won it bv a score of 11 to 43. Pacing C, F. was Joe Nield and Bob Wallace. C. F. going into this game with Sacred Heart was ruled a slight favorite. Both teams played a game well fought and it ended up in a tie in the regulation four quarters. Sacred Heart in a great surge in this overtime period pulled ahead and won out by a score of 54 to 47. C. F. now with a 2 and 1 record was facing West Warwick on the Warwick court. The Bluejackets had an easy time of things as all five starters hit double figures. The final score C. F. 68 W. W. 57. The Bluejackets of C. F. with now a 3 and 1 record was playing Woonsocket for the first time in league play. Woonsocket made Central Falls their victims by a score of 70 to 56. This was a game which C. F. wanted badly but could do nothing about. Joe Nield and Bob Wallace paced the C. F. five. C. F. playing at home after two away games made North Prov. their fourth ictims by a score of 72 to 66. Joe Nield, Bob Wallace, Lenny Deffew, and Russell Salhany set the pace with 23, 14, 13, and 10 points respectively. The hard fighting Bluejackets of C. F. took apart Classical in their second meeting of the season by a score of 58 to 34. Central Falls went into this game with a 4 and 2 record, and knew that all games from this point on had to be won. Again it was Nield, Wallace and Deffew setting the pace for C. F. C. F. in their second meeting of the season with Pawt. Yoke were upset by a score of 63 to 58. Joe Nield did most of the C. F. scoring. But it was some fine rebounding by Bob Wallace, Mick Faber, and Bob Nelson that kept the Bluejackets in the game. C. F. played very hard but was outscored at the foul line. The Bluejackets of C. F. gained revenge in their second meeting with Sacred Heart by beating them by a score of 56 to 51. This was a very important game for them to win and win it they did. They played a very fine floor game and it appeared so, as they came out on the long side of th e final score. Central Falls with only 3 games remaining had to wm all 3 m order to be assured of at least a tie for second in Class B. The first of these games was with West Warwick. They beat the boys from Warwick by a score of 70 to 58. Setting the pace was Joe Nield and Bob Wallace. The Bluejackets upset Woonsocket ' s newly crowned Class B Champs 73 to 65. With Ron Felber setting the pace with 23 points, the Bluejackets insured themselves of getting into the playoffs by beating the highly rated Villa Novans of Woonsocket.