The Gunnery School - Red and Gray Yearbook (Washington, CT)

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VARSITY BASKETBALL REVIEW By vrrtue of last years champronshrp Basketball Team whrch sported an unblemlshed record the oprnron was rmbedded 1n many of rts followers that the 48 season could never be bettered nor nearly as successful the followrng year But by the splendrd coachmg of Rod Beebe who seems to reach hrs peak every season the 49 squad made an almost s1m1lar performance of the prevrous season by wmmng 17 out of 18 games New herghts were attarned when after havrng the prevrous 15 game wrnnmg streak snapped the team went on to better rt by copprng 17 contests rn succes sron and also achrevrng the drstmctron of wrnnmg the Trl State League trtle for the second strarght year Gunnery playxng host to the Black and Whrte of Westmrnster dropped the 1n1t1al contest by a 55 51 score desprte a blazrng last half rally whxch outscored the vrsrtors 18 8 Four days later on the 12th of anuary a deter mmed Gunnery squad wrth the rdea drrven IHIO them by Coach Beebe that defense was as xmportant as offense began 1ts sensatronal wrnnmg streak by crack rng a stubborn Berkshrre zone defense 1n the last quar ter to eke out a 28 25 vrctory An unrmpressrve contest wrth Canterbury followed but nevertheless a 31 27 score was recorded rn favor of the Red and Gray Then rn the first real test of the season Gunnery bolstered by a cheering partrsan crowd sprang to lrfe rn the second half after trarlmg Taft by 14 pornts and wrth the brrllrant play of Drck Sherwood who flipped rn three hook shots IH the fleeting seconds squeaked out a hotly contested 42 40 wm A tap rn by Captarn Paul Mortell rced the close game over at Kent on anuary 22 and gave the vrsxtors a 39 54 wm Gunnery returned to rts home floor where rt rang up an easy 52 27 wrn over Mrllbrook the fol lowxng Weclnesday Bruce Bradshaw contrnually cut through the zone defense regrsterrng 24 pornts for the vrctors The Red and Gray team contrnued to break up opposrng zone defenses and made jesse Lee therr next v1ct1m as they crushed the Danbury boys 62 17 High scorers for Gunnery were Bradshaw and Sherwood who notched 26 and 18 markers respectlvely Gunnery traveled to Trmrty Pawlmg for the next game and whrle poppmg rn 50 per cent of therr shots came home wrth a 59 57 vrctory Scorrng was well dlvxded among the flrst five Drck Cohn and Captarn Paul Mortell berng especially accurate as they Cut the nets for 18 and 14 pornts respectrvely In a return match Berkshrre trylng to defeat Gun nery by copylng therr presslng defense falled agarn and the boys rn green were beaten by a 43 32 score On Wednesday February 9 the Red and Gray really began to look and work lrke a unrt Wrth the pressure on they handrly defeated a baffled Taft qurntet on the latter s hardwood as Bradshaw poured through 27 markers IH the 47 56 wrn Salrsbury was then swamped before rts Parent s Day crowd by a 51 28 count wrth Bradshaw and Mortell accountrng for the scorrng punch whxle Parks Cohn md Sherwood starred on defense ' 4 1 E 4 , 1 . , . 1 I . . 1 ' ' ' 4 . t . 7 Y a s , - - . 1 . ' 1 1 t . , K , L . . - . ' 9 . . . . . . . . N 4 4 - . . . 4 ' 4 - 4 D t . 7 . rc L 7 I , 5 ' . . . . . . L .bu I - , L 1 ,,' 1 c ' c 5 . 4 , J y - 1 , . 5 v C v 1 ' l . Y , . . . 1 v 1 ' 4 ' . a 1 4 c . 1 - - . . . , c c L . , . c ... y s . . - - 4 - . 4 , 1 . . , . . .. L A 7 . . . . . - - L I it a 4 v . 7 H c 5 7 , 1 '..' . I L -