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

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SCOREBOARD Gunnery ............ 2 Canterbury .......... Gunnery ............ 3 . Gunnery ............ i Trinity-Pawling Millbrook ............ Gunnery ........,... 'I Canterbury .... Gunnery ............ 2 Salisbury ............ Gunnery ............ 3 Trinity-Pawling Gunnery .,.......... 3 Salisbury ............ Gunnery ............ 3 Berkshire .... Gunnery ............ 'I Hotchkiss .... Gunnery ............ i Kent ..,.., the second period, Joe Lowes, a second goalie, made a spectacular stand before the cage. Sandy Bristol, aided by Cotton Damon, both of the second line, managed to tally once, thus saving the team from being defeated. Playing top grain hockey for the first time in the season, the Gunnery pucksters rallied brilliantly with Salisbury, the toughest team in the league. However, with both teams seemingly equal, Gunnery failed to get the breaks and was thus thrown down to its third straight defeat, 3-2. Lashar scored both of the goals, one with the assistance of Charlie Smith. The stickmen really had their first hot game when they clashed for the second time with the Trinity- Pawling sextet. Morley opened Gunnery's scoring in the second period with an unassisted shot. Charlie Smith led the team to victory with two truly outstand- ing goals, one being in the second period, doubly assisted by Lashar and Silver, the other occuring in the last thirty seconds of the game, thus concluding the contest with a hard earned 3-3 tie. Smith's decid- ing goal was unassisted. Victory visited the Gunnery's sextet once again in the season's largest upset. The Big Red handed Salis- bury a 3-'l defeat, their first of the season. Gary opened the scoring in the first period, assisted by John Lashar and Charlie Smith. Smith then took over, pounding in two more goals in the first period to end the team's quick scoring of the first six minutes of the if . A 9 Fight! CAPTAIN GRIGGS

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titiist. ' IS: ' . VARSITY HOCKEY REVIEW With scarcely one week of practice, Coach Golem- beske shaped Gunnery's T956 Varsity Hockey team into the best this school has seen in four years. Helped indispensibly by four returning lettermen, Captain Griggs, Gary, Morley, and Silver, the squad flaunted three victories, six losses, and one tie. Three other invaluable players coming up from last year's Junior Varsity were Charlie Smith, the team's high scorer, Bill Smythe, goalie, and John Lashar, first linesman. The team met with immediate success in the first game of the season with Canterbury. In the first period, Lashar drove the puck home for the first goal of the year. In the second period, Smith assisted by Gary, titled again. From then on the game was dead- locked 2-O. Smyth stopped many opposing shots to make the first game of the season a shut-out. In the second league game of the season, Gunnery met Millbrook on familiar ice to rack up its second straight shut-out. Capt. Griggs, Gary, and Smith stacked the goals for the Big Red by one each. The Red and Gray met its first defeat at the hands of Trinity-Pawling. The Pawling sextet made five goals, while Gunnery was only able to tally once, a spectacu- lar unassisted shot by Gary. At Canterbury, Gunnery was downed, 8-'I, by a united opposition. A partial explanation for the defeat was that Smyth's injury in the first period, put him on the bench for the remainder of the game. During Front row, left to right: Lowes, Smith, C. F., Gary, Griggs CCaptainD, Morley, Lashar, Smyth. Back row, left to right: McKernon CManagerl, Fuller lManagerl, Segal, Bristoll, D., Silver, Moore, Green, Damon, Mr. Golembeske. lil 1 V

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SMITH, C. F. game. Salisbury finally averted a shut-out by scoring near the end of the third period. Again the Big Red found itself unable to cope with a superior opposing team as it was forced to bow to Berkshire by a narrow margin of 4-3. Although it was a thrilling rally, the odds seemed to be against Gun- nery. Capt. Griggs, Gary, and Smith were each able to score, but could not bring Gunnery to a victory. A decisive defeat was again witnessed by the Red and Gray as they went down to Hotchkiss, 4-1, on foreign ice. In the first period, Charlie Smith tallied Gunnery's only point. Mr. Golembeske's team was LASHAR forced to the defensive throughout most of the game. Gunnery ended its season with a non-league game against Kent. With all conditions favorable, Gunnery found itself completely outplayed and suffered a 7-1 defeat. In the face of the overwhelming Kent force, Gunnery's John Lashar managed to score in the second period. This game proved to be the team's most de- serving defeat. Capt. Griggs, who ably led the 1956 pucksters, said of his squad, It was the best coached team I have ever worked with. MORLEY GREEN