Sanford High School - Distaff Yearbook (Sanford, ME)

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WWE EUBUAG The Saints outscored Sanford in the third quarter to tnake tlte count 35-33, but Nadeau dropped in three lield goals and a brace of foul shots to give Sanford a decisive margin in the last camo. Blake and McKean took scoring honors witlt I7 and I4 points respectively. Sanford High ventured to Kittery to play Traip .Xvadeniy and win their second game of the year 35 to 22. Sanford got away to a quick start to lead at the end of the tirst quarter ll to 2. 'l'raip came back to tnake the score I8-ll at tlte half. Blake and Nadeau were the high scorers of the game with Blake scoring I3 points and the latter IO points. i il X I i Biddeford High's basketball team, rebounding from two straight defeats, easily snatched their tirst victory of the season from Sanford by a zt point margin, 57-36- Patterning their play after Rhode Island State, tlte Biddies and their fast breaks completely outclassed the Orphans to lead all the way despite a third quarter rally by the Redskins. Rene Fredette was the kingpin of the Biddeford team with a total of to points in a game which saw reserves aplenty hreaking into tlte lineups. lilake and Nadeau started ntl' the scoring with a field goal apiece. hut tlte llidtliezz i caught up in short order and took tlte lead which they held till tlte tinale. Sanford con- tinued to have trouble lindfng tlte range of the liidtleford bucket. and at halftime the Orange and lllack enjoyed a .Io-I4 advantage, ln tlte third quarter Sanford matched the lliddeford scoring, but Bidde- ford really pulled away in tlte last canto with to points to give them tlte tinal verdict. Nadeau. lllake, and Simpson topped the Orphan scoring tlepartment. :exam ln their lirst meeting of the season with 'l'horntnn Acad- emy. the Sanford High quin- tet tool: a territic heating to the inglorious tune of 46 to zo. Everyone, witlt the ex- ception of Bill Nadeau. came forth with an oft night which ruined tlte Orphans' cause from the start. TA held tlte reins throughout the game with Soucy and Harvey each racking up 18 points to pace the Maroon and Gold attack. 'l'hornton outscored the Red- skins in every period witlt the exception of the third. when Sanford scored point for point to leave their position unchanged.

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WWE ENSEAI? Basketball Sanford High School opened the'r 1946-1947 season by playing Lexington, Mass. in the Boston Arena. ln spite of an excellent exhibition of basketball our boys lost by the heartbreaking score of 27 to 25. The boys found it a dillicult transition from the Springvale show box to the spacious arena: nevertheless. Deetjen's boys showed courage by leading at the half and Bobby Blake was top scorer with iz points. For the second game of the season Deetjen took the team to Westbrook where they lost to a highly noted Vllesthrook team in the last few seconds of play by the score of 32 to 28. With the roaring of a capacity crowd ringing in their ears the orphans promptly went to work on the invincible 'Ilrookers and tossed in 22 points in the Hrst three periods while using the 'l ' defense to hold NVestbrook to only live field goals. However. the difference hetween victory and defeat proved to be Sanford's in- ability to shoot fouls and keep up the fast pace set by the victors. The fact that Ray Simpson was tossed out of the game on a score keeper's error contributed in no small way to XVestbrook's last minute rally. ST. LOUIS IS DOWNED IN CLOSE CONTEST Sanford won its Hrst game of the season against St. Louis when it nosed out the Mill City quintet m a hard fought fray, 52-47. Although Sanford was an overwhelming favorite to emerge on top in the hattle. St. Louis made the tight close by virtue of some sharp shooting by Potvin and I-Ievey: and at the end of the first half, the Orphans had piled up 28 points while the Saints had 23. PAGE 59

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IME lbN3Mtl? Only bright star shining through the gloom of defeat y was Nadeau. who was defi- nitely on and racked up I3 points. ST. IGNNFIUS ROMPS THROUGI-I REDSKINS Xllorst finally came to worst at St. Ignatius llall when a strong St. Ignatius team liter- ally tore Sanford l'ligh's live to pieces in the lirst meeting of the two town teams this year. Although they started slowly. the Saints gained ra- pidly in the second half to huild up a 51-35 victory mar- gin, Getting off to fast start. the Redskins made it look as if the boasts of the rival school might soon he crushed to earth with little trouble, hut despite a 13-S lead at the end of the First quarter, the Orphans be- gan to fade slowly for one . reason or another, among them lieiug a hit of tough luck on many of their shots. fatigue, and the fact that the tiny hall was packed with a huge crowd whose feet made the playing surface even smallerg and at the end of the tirst half. the Saints held a slim to-17 edge. lu the second half. the Redskins started off at another fast clip, but even though they huilt up a narrow lead for a short time, the St. lguatius live pulled ahead again, and at the three-quarter mark the Saints' lead was increased to 27-24. Sanford failed to score after this until late in the fourth quarter when hoth Blake and Nadeau hegau to find the range againg hut time was running out, and St. Ignatius emerged victorious. Bk if K lk 'llhere's such a thing as giving the crowd a thrill, but Sanford High's Orphans almost carried the thing a little too far in edging out 'l'raip at St. Ignatius Hall. 55-34. Although the Redskins easily heat 'liraip in their tirst meeting. the second game's outcome was in doulit right up to the tinal huzzer. The Redskins held a slim lead at the half. but the Kittery team hung on. and in the tinal two minutes of the last quarter. they were leading 34-55. XVlth a minute to go, Simpson broke through the defense and tossed in a beautiful lay-up to give Sanford the necessary edge. sf wr is fx Sanford took it on the chin onee more at Biddeford as the Orange and Black worked their fast hreak offense successfully and tinished on top, S7 to 39. Although lliddeford didn't quite run away with the lirst quarter. they did just that with the second when they scored 25 points to stretch a I3-S margin to a 38-IS lead at the half. The Redskins couldn't seem to lind the key to a successful de- fense until the tinal eanto when they dropped in I6 points to the Riddies 7. By the time our team was red hot however, the game was over. Cartier, sticker man on the liiddie hreak, was high man with .17 points, while Blake was the best Sanford could produce with Q. PAGE 01