Walpole High School - Topper Yearbook (Walpole, NH)

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The Walpole Vars1ty, cont the best games of the year they lost to Bxlas 45 43 before many exc xted Walpole fans Wlnchester and Troy agam offered the team dogged opposition A surprxsmgly easy wm over Troy February twelfth cmched the Chicks a game m the tourney playoffs The last game of the year at Charlestown was played nn Charlestown s new gym wh1ch was rushed to completlon for the event The Walpole team held nts own for three pertods and then Charlestown pulled ahead never to be overtaken by the Ch1cks The xndxvldual scormg this year has been as follows B111 Houghton 365 pomts Tom Klnxry 142 pomts Donald Houghton 176 points G1b Chandler 111 points Arthur H111 109 points Billy Kopacz 83 pomts Duck Murray 12 pomts Bob Cobb 57 pomts James Audet ll pomts and Clarence Houghton 8 points The highest team score was 85 pomts against Hinsdale The team scored 1 lll pomts ln twenty games wxth an average of 55 6 pomts per game against their opponents 788 pomts and average of 39 4 pomts per game B111 Houghton hlt 33 pomts agamst Hillsdale for the hxghest individual score of the season and finished the regular schedule with an 18 3 average per game The team all feels that without the coachmg and the help of Mr Desmaraxs that every thmg would be a dzfferent story No one s troubles or problems are too large or small for Dana O Nenll has done an excellent job as manager of the team this year as have Jack Crehore and Mr McCool an dtlxgently scormg the games Much of the success of this year s team has to be gwen to the new gym whxch our boys are so fortunate to have The convenience of the gym for practice plus the modern equip ment xncludmg spacxous locker rooms and showers certainly has xnfluenced greatly our wuuungs The team as well as the entire school certainly appreciates the contrxbutxons of those who have made these advantages possible Gzrls Varszty Cont The Chxcklets scored 500 to the opponents 492 points m their seventeen games Out of the 500 pomts the records nndxcate Becky Graves was hzgh scorer w1th 140 potnts and Kay Whitman second w1th 105 poxnts The highest percentage of foul shots 52 3 IS found m Kay Whitman s record the second h1ghest 50 percent rn Barbara O Brien s It might be send that the girls would have had more victories 1f the foul shot percentage had been higher Perhaps the gxrls have been too apprecxatwe of the beautiful floor they have because their record at away games seems to show too great a fondness for vlctorxes for the home court The girls have all appreciated the excellent guidance of thexr coach Mrss Frances V Weeks and the efftcxency of themr manager Phyllis Yamzyn The Gzrls Junior Varvzty Alstead Home Won 13 8 Away Won 32 26 Bellows Falls Home Won 16 8 Away Lost 19 16 Warner Homes Home Won Contmued on page 45 43 O Coach, who is always willing to extend a helping hand to the boys. 0 ! ' ' 7 O Q I l : 1 1-8

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The Gzrls Varszty SEATED Left to Right Kathryn Whitman Barbara O Brxen Co Captalns Deborah Bartlett and Janet Whitman Margaret Reed Hazel Bramard STANDING Manager Phyllxs Yamzyn Joan Kopacz Janet Prentlss Kathryn Graves Jeanne St Peters Eleanor Jennlson Ethel Hurd Coach Frances V Weeks Alstead Alumnl Bellows Falls Charlestown Chester Hinsdale Troy Wmchester Home Home Home Home Home Home Home Home Won Lost Won T1e Won W on Won Won THE VARSITY Aw ay Aw ay Aw ay Aw ay Aw ay Aw ay Away Away Won Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Lost The Clucklets began their season following the election of the co captains Janet Whztman and Deborah Bartlett w1th the first game jxtters thus droppmg the game to the undefeated Marlboro team As the season comes to an end we hnd that the gzrls have a record of 8 8 and one tie game Perhaps one explanation of this record xs that there was a lot of sxckness which caused the absence of players at several games It can easily be saxd that every member of the team showed excellent co operatxon and team sparxt Throughout the season with the exceptxon of two games the opponents score have not been high This proves that the guard section has been doing an excellent job of holdmg them down with the use of their close and fast movmg zone defense The forwards offenswe has equaled the guards defenswe play throughout the season The forwards have always come forth with a good passing attack Continued on page 43 42 35-Z0 ' 13-12 19- 18 ' Z7-Z7 34-Z4 ' 44-Z0 Marlboro Home Lost 32-18 Away Lost 39-18 ' 2.3-18

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The G11 Ia Jumor Vars1ty SEATED Left to Rxght Shella Barry Murlel Button, Co Captains Carole Graves and Barbara Licence Betty Cowglll Mary Ramsay STANDING Lucille Cobb Loxs Cobb Bermce Cobb Dorothy Lund Nancy Perham Coach Frances V Weeks Girls Sbftlmll Team FIRST ROW Left to Right Kay Menard Joan Kopacz Janet Prenhss Kathryn Graves Ruth Janxeson Carole Graves SECOND ROW Margaret Reed Dorothy Lund Patricia Morrxssvy Shf-lla Barry Coach Frances V Weeks THIRD ROW Manager Phyllis Yamzyn Be-rmre Cobb Janet Whltman Barbara O Brnen Score ks eper Deborah Bartlett 44 . ' ' , 1 ' A Lx Q A .Q MW. l I W M f I I 4 if I ' . I ' ' ' - - . , . - . , . , , . . 43 .1 , Y Q S - J Q , N . K, . A 2 Z , , . n . , . 3 f V . , , 1 - . . . . . - - 1 9 I I I '