Queensbury High School - Orbit Yearbook (Queensbury, NY)

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BASKETBALL VARSITY Fred Austin; William Campbell; Dave Daus. Captain; Don Daus; LeRoy Kubricky; Carson Langworthy; Robert McDermott; Daniel Morrell; Dick Purdy; Robert Purdy, Manager; Richard Sawn; Leon Sleight; Dale Taylor. Coach: Mr. Robert Hughes. Last year marked the first basketball season for Queensbury High School. It was to be expected that due to lack of experience and lack of a senior class, the wins would be few. However, the Queensmen earned one of the most prized possessions of the Adirondack Basketball league--the Sportsmanship Trophy for outstanding conduct on and about the basketball floor. By the time the 1952-53 season started, the Queensmen had gained some much needed experience and seem- ed prepared to make a better showing. In league play they won six games and lost four, placing Queensbury third --quite a change from the previous year. The four mainstays of attack were captain Dave Daus, our scoring leader at center; and Carson Langworthy, Dale Taylor, and Willie Campbell. In addition to this, Queensbury High was again honored by being awarded the Sportsmanship Trophy for the 1952-53 season. 23

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On November 19, 1952, Mr. Sydney Van Dusen, a former member of the Board of Education, presented to the school a much needed basketball time and score clock. Mr. John Austin, President of the Board, accepted the gift on be- half of the school. In appreciation, the students of Queensbury Public School would like to thank Mr. Van Dusen for this wonder- ful gesture. Coach Robert Hughes, after completing his elementary education, attended Green Mt. Junior College for two years. Soon after his graduation in 1941, he entered the Army Medical Corps. After Serving 29 months in England and France, he was honorably discharged in December, 1945. He then entered Ithaca College and received his B. S. in Physical Education in August, 1948. This year marks coach's fifth year in the Queensbury School system. This June, coach will have completed his 32 hours of graduate work in guidance at the New York State College for Teachers at Albany. Mr. Nesbcrt DeHoney, coach of our champion JV's, hails from Mooresville, In- diana. He attended high school and Earlham College in Indiana. From Earlham, he went into the navy for three years where he had overseas duty. After being released to inactive duty, he taught and coached football, basketball, track, golf, and tennis in Connersville, Indiana schools. After coming to New York, he attended State Teachers' College in Albany where he earned his Master's Degree. From there he joined us at Queensbury High as teacher of math and science in the junior high. 22

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JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL SQUAD Claude Charlebois, Walter Chatterton, Paul Counter, Henry Graham, Jack Harvey, Fred Hcym, Edward Judson, Paul Lampson, Fred La Pann, Roland Legault, Jack Murphy, Tom Murphy, Daniel Olson, Ronald Purdy. Allen Read. Danny Smith, Robert Tromblee. Coach: Mr. Nesbert DeHoney. The Junior High trophy and the regulars who Coach De- Honey called upon when the chips were down. These boys lost only one game out of eleven, this an overtime ?;ame which was avenged a ter in the season by 15 points. Only two of these boys will be eligible for jun- ior high competition next year. The other four fresh- men have to move up to var- sity competition. 24