Colebrook Academy - Clipper Yearbook (Colebrook, NH)

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BOYS' BASKETBALL Colebrook Academy played basketball this past winter in spite of all the difficulties. Some of the basketball trips were taken by car and some by bus. At first fifteen boys came out for basketball, but at the end of the season there were only ten. The team played some veg fast and close games during the season. About two weeks before the' first game, Coach Sezak was called into the Navy and the headmaster, Mr. Hounsell, took his place. . Colebrook's first game at Stratford started our Nnot so success- ful as planned basketabll season on December ll. At the end of the first quarter, Colebrook led 15 to 7. During the last quarter Cole- brook could not close the gap, the result of the second and third quarters, and Stratford defeated us 48 to 55. Colebrook downed Groveton in the first home game. In the last quarter our boys played the best ball of the season and held their opponents to one point. The game ended 27-26 in our favor. On January 15, Colebrook, under their third coach, Richmond Stickney, played Gorham. Both teams played defensive ball during the second quarter., The last half of the game was exciting with Gorham trying to close the leadvddeh Colebrook had held from the start. They failed, and the game ended Colebrook 25, Gorham 20. Stratford's game at Colebrook was scheduled to be very close and in the first half this was true. Both teams played good basketball, and at the end of the half the score was 17 to 16 in Stratford's favor Du ing the second half Stratford took the lead and the final score was 57-H5 in their favor. Although the floor at Pittsburg was small, Colebrook, on January 26, was able to overpower its weaker rival, winning 51 points to Pittsburgfs 21. Colebrook lost to Groveton on our second trip away. Groveton took the lead at the beginning of the game. The minutes of the second and third quarters ran by, and we were still losing ground. We could not close the gap in the last quarter and the game ended with Groveton 29, Colebrook 19. The last out-of-town trip was taken by bus to Gorham. The game started out well, but Gorham led at the end of each of the first three quarters. The last eight minutes of play saw Colebrook score eighteen points and held Gorham to fiveg but it was too late to win, and the score ended 40 to 54, a six point defeat. All of the Colebrook team played in our second game with Pitts- burg. Colebrook led all the way through the game which ended with a score of 54-24 in our favor. BASEBALL Due to the lack of transportation Colebrook Academy was not able to have its regular baseball schedule this year. The results of our games are as follows: Colebrook 29 Canaan 123 Colebrook 21 Canaan 73 Colebrook 2 Stratford 183 Colebrook 6 Stratford 15. , -58-

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Q ,- SJC? K C .fm X W 39 v D ' Q3 'El ,mm I Nik-L-. ' ... .:?x1::-N Girls'Sports 'M -e Due to gasoline ration, basketball this year was limited. After much practice under our new coach, Miss Cunningham, who took Miss Patterson's place, we played Stratford, Groveton, Pittsburgh, and the town team. Our first game was with our greatest competitor, North Stratford. At the end of the first quarter, the score was 5-5. What an uproar dns caused among the Colebrook people attending the game! North Stratford was ahead by eight points at the half and gained another ten points in the third quarter while our score remained unchanged. The final score, 61-7, was in Stratford's favor. ' Our next game was with Groveton and proved to be a gratifying victory. The hall was filled with people eager to see us win and ready to cheer ue. It proved to be very exciting, as the Colebrook girls were ahead all the time. The final score was 17-12 in our favor. Be- cause of no late bus connections, the Groveton teams stayed overnight, and we were able to get better acquainted with them. Most of our second team played against Pittsburg in a game which was quite close all the time. At the half Colebrook was ahead by three poin s. This was the first time in the history of Colebrook Academy that the girls have taken. a bow to Pittsburg. The following Friday we again played Pittsburg. During the first half of the game, we observed rules of basketball. The score at the half was l2-10 in their favor. No expert would ever call that basket- ball! Every rule in the game was broken. If we had played the first half the way we did the last half, we would have beaten easily but as it was, Pittsburg won by four points. The game we played with the town team was much more exciting this year because the town team had practiced with the Academy girls before the final game. At the half the score was 6-5 in their favor. The thpught of getting beaten by the town team made the Academy girls dig in hard and bring a score of 6-5, ll-5 in the town team's favor to a I final score of 14-14. We again played the town team on February 12. This game was very exciting, and at the half the score was 6-2 in our favor. Everdean Van- core, home on a vacation, played against us. The final score was 19- ll in the Academy's favor. Stratford played Colebrook on January 29 and in the first quarter scored 14 points almost before anyone knew what was happening. Our team did its best but it wasn't enough,for the final score was 15-25 in their favor. On the afternoon of January 29, the basketball squad went to Growr ton by bus. Our luck wasn't very good. Groveton took the lead, the final score being, ll-25, in their favor. -57-

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