Winthrop High School - Winthrop Winner Yearbook (Winthrop, ME)

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ggmzj . WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL 33 Back Row, Left to Right: Antionnete Dostie, R. Bruneau, M. Rourke, E. Tibbetts, Virginia R k 0 F1 A 't D t' our e, . eury, nl a os ie. Front Row, Left to Right: Betty Webb, M. Fleury, Capt. K. Nedza, Edna Young, Racheal Kinney. Girls' Basketball The prospects of a good team this year didn't look so bright when the girls started their first practice session. All green players came on the court. Mabel Bisson and Marjorie French, vet- erans from last year didn't return, and on account of illness we were sorry to lose Madeline Bisson. Coach Jordan drilled and drilled his players to perfec- tion. Every player on the team worked hard and this team had the best fight- ing and cooperative spirit in the history of girls' basketball at Winthrop High School. We opened up our first game with Rockport on our own floor. The girls started right in to work and over- whelmed the visiting team. Rachel Kinney scored most of the points. The next game was plaved with the Alumni which was a glose battle but the girls won 23-20. Lawrence High School was our third opponent. We are always glad to play this team for they have the fastest and the best sporting team in the state. Our girls put up a great fight to the finish but were defeated when the final whistle blew. We traveled to Mechanic Falls for our first game away. We walked away with this game. Edna Young's long shots were the greatest attraction of the game. Next came Livermore Falls. the unde- feated team from their section. Our girls had an off night and were defeated without any complaints on their part. To the amazement of the townspeople we were very glad to say that our next game we won was a victory which was played at Fairfield. We were the first to defeat Fairfield on their own fioor. Nedza and Webb stopped the shots of the Levesque and Pooler forwards.

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'32 WINTHROP WINNER Back Row, Left to Right: F. Smith, R. Cobb, N. Reaume, R. Stetson, C. Lowden, W. Allan, J. Johnson, J. Hinds, J. Lachapelle. Second Row, Left tg Riglat: Drapeau, A. Maxwell, . G S. Kus, ay or . Front Row, Left to Right: J. Hinkley, R. Fontaine, R. Boys' Basketball The basketball season was not as suc- cessful as some of the past seasons, but the success of the game is not all in winning. I am not going into much detail of the past season, but I can rightfully say the boys have cooperated to the best of their ability in playing, and also in sportsmanship. We had four veterans this year, Cap- tain Stewart, W. Cobb, C. Cobb. S. Kus, L. Gaylord, G. Stetson, and J. Hinckley. The new faces in the line-up included such men as Fountain and Healy, both doing a great job at the center position. The schedule is as follows: R. Cobb, Coach J. Jordan, W. Healey, Stewart, W. Cobb, G. Stetson. e They X Dec. 13 Rockport 26 30 4' Dec. 20 Alumni 32 35 it Jan. 8 Fairfield 22 42 Jan. 10 Mechanic Falls 13 52 lk Jan. 17 Livermore Falls 32 30 jan. 22 Fairfield .20 50 jan. 24 Gardiner 19 47 ' Jan. 31 Richmond 28 42 Feb. 7 Hallowell 21 44 Feb. 14 Mechanic Falls 25 36 Feb. 19 Richmond 19 45 if Feb. 22 Gardiner 27 32 ' Feb. 28 Hallowell 27 40 These scores are estimation only. if Home Games. The squad is losing only two men this year, Cobb and Stewart, whereas the rest of the squad will report next year. With mostly veterans, we wish them lots of luck.

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34 WINTHROP WINNER Gardiner and Richmond were the fol- lowing- games, which were taken over very easily by our girls. Hallowell, our biggest rival, was next It was played away. This couldn't be called a basketball game, it was a strug- gle to the finish. Losing, however, just made the girls more determined than ever to get even on their floor. Next came Mechanic Falls again. Our girls won 10-28. For the first time we had the honor of playing Kents Hill Seminary. Al- though this was an older, experienced team our girls came out on top. The Dostie sisters played a good game for us. The next two games were also taken over easily. The subs had a chance to warm up and score a few points. At last Hallowell in our own gym. The girls had been practicing very hard for this game, which was to be the best one of the season. It was a fight and any- one's game till the last shot was fired. With five seconds to go Kinney scored the winning basket and we won 23-25. We then went to Kents Hill Semi- nary. We enjoyed playing on their new gym floor and we took them over 10-28. The girls were rewarded for their fine work by having an invitation to play in the Fairfield Tournament. We accepted. very proudly. On March 4 we played Carmel. Both teams were unevenly matched and we won, 10-30. By winning this game we were to play Hallowell. Saturday night. The game was called at 7.30 and everyone was anxious to see this game played off. We started out wonderfully and thought that we could take them over. but at the beginning of the second quarter we had the mis- fortune of losing Betty Webb, one of our best guards. This was very discour- aging, and conseqeuntly we lost. How- ever, this didn't hamper us from play- ing for consolation on Monday night. We tackled Oakland, one of the fastest teams in the tournament. The girls were very sad at their defeat from Hallowell but they put their chins up and went out to fight. The girls are to be admired for the spirit they showed after com- ing up from defeat to victory. The girls fought for every basket they made and won, 13-14. Olive Fleury was the win- ning scorer of the game. Having only two minutes to play she came in the game and tied the score. With two sec- onds to play she shot the winning basketg the gun was fired and Winthrop had won the Consolation. A beautiful trophy was presented them. Captain Nedza was awarded a medal for All- Tournament guard. Another wonderful season is finished. Five veterans will return next year, cap- tained by Marguerite Fleury. The fol- lowing girls will receive letters: K. Nedza, B. Webb, M. Fleury, K. Kinney, and E. Young. The basketball gymna- sium closes its doors for a period of rest until next year. GIRLS SCHEDULE Winthrop 37 Rockport Winthrop Z3 Alumni Winthrop 19 Fairfield Winthrop 38 Mechanic Falls Winthrop 10 Livermore Falls Winthrop 26 Fairfield Winthrop 30 Gardiner Winthrop 31 Richmond Winthrop 20 Hallowell Winthrop 13 Livermore Falls Winthrop 16 Mechanic Falls Winthrop 40 Kents Hill Winthrop 33 Richmond Winthrop 29 Gardiner Winthrop 25 Hallowell Winthrop 28 Kents Hill Winthrop 30 Carmel Winthrop 28 Hallowell Winthrop 14 Oakland Won 4 Lost 5 Winthrop 476 Opponents 375 Baseball Although the baseball boys have only been outdoors three or four times thus far, they have been working out in the gym for about a month and everything points to a far more successful season than last spring. We have for veterans: Cobb and Hinckley as backstopsg Fountain,