Lunenburg High School - Echo Yearbook (Lunenburg, MA)

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Lunenburg Tops 16 Schools SPENCER Lunenburg Hgh a last mmute entrant today hold the team trophy won at me 32nd annual Davxd Prouty High School Invxtatxona Track Meet on the Athletxc Fleld yesterday Merrxll led the fxeld m the broad Jump 100 yard dash and the 220 yard dash He teamed up wxth Ron Ostertag s record break I mg drscus throw to lead one of the smallest schools competxng to vlctory Sets Record John Pmsmskt of St Johns Prep also set a meet record by tosstng the shot put 42 feet 4'z mches l Late entrxes by Grafton I-hgh land Lunenburg swelled the meet number to 17 schools with over '300 athletes tn competltron An lestxmated 500 spectators were on hand for the four and a half hour meet Uxbrldge Hlgh wrth 15 pomts I was runner up to Lunenburg The' wmners scored 21 Notre Dame nfl Fxtchburg fxmshed thu'd wrth 14 Auburn was fourth wlth 13 'vlxll bury took flfth with 12 and North brldge fmlshed rn slxth place wxth 11 pomts Lunenburg Wms Western Crown, :Beats Ayer, 5 0 AYER May 31 Lunenburg 1-hgh I wrth a perfect 100 mark for the season as wmners of the western drvxsxon of the Wachusett League defeated Ayer Hrgh 5 to 0 on a two hxt shutout by Eddre Hytxnen I Thursday afternoon The vlctornous LHS lads now awart the outcome of the Actonl Groton game Monday to decxde they eastern league playoff team Hytlnen an sportmg hrs two hxt shutout fanned 14 and lssued four bases on balls George McCracken lwas mcked for four runs on four huts struck out two and walked 'three untll the fourth when he was 'relieved by Gene Evansaclt who worked that frame passxng one and fannmg two Rob Norton flnlshed up for the v1s1tors strxkmg out two Ayer was charged wrth SIX errors to one for the wmners Hytlnen Sknp Rollms Dave Eck strand and Porter collected the hlts for the wmners whxle J1m Quxgley and Dxck Cournoyer had the lone loser h1ts Wachusett League Lunenburg, Ashby Clash For Crown At FTC Court l 1 l 1 Lunenburg Wms, 6 2 For Fourth TOWNSEND May 7 A four run frrst 1nn1ng combmed wrth the steady prtchme of ace Eddle Hy tlnen enabled vrsxtmg Lunenburg I-hgh School to defeat arch r1val Townsend 6 to 2 rn a Wachusett Baseball League game played yes terday afternoon at Fessenden Fxeld The w1n was the fourth straxght for unbeaten Lunenburg 1ts thrrd m loop competxtxon whlle the re versal was the frrst for Townsend m three league starts Hytmen who plCh9d a no hxt no run game agamst Ashby earlxer m the young season gave up four hrts struck out 13 and walked three hrs blmdmg fast ball bexng narxcularlv effectxve under the cloudy weather condxtlons Ronnie Dodge on the mound for Townsend allowed f1ve safe blows but was the vxctxm of a palr of er rors two walks and a timely double by Stu Dodge the LHS catcher whxch accounted for the four tallles 1n the openmg frame The wmners added another run ln the fourth and a fmal tally ln the seventh Dodge the THS hurler fanned f1ve and walked three Townsend rallxed for two runs ln the srxth frame a thrrd counter bemg prevented when a base run ner raxled to touch thxrd base on hrs way to the plate Ron Ostertag had a double and slngle to lead the vxctors attack whlle Emorv Merrxll had two sm gles Drck Ekstrand also slngled for the same cause Tonv Consalves contxnued hxs rfme battmg for Townsend rappmg a trrple and smgle The three games he has seven brngles ln 12 trrps to the platter for a frne 583 average Wachusett League Lunenburg Hands Ashby First Defeat The v1s1tmg Lunenburg Hlgh, School basketball team handed. Ashby its fnrst loss ln seven startsl last night bv a 65 to 61 score at the Elementary School gymnasrurnl In a Wachusett League contest The Lunenburg vlctory wasl marred ln the fourth perlod when Fred Mak1 17 year old LHS semor sustained a bram concusslon when he fell following a collxsxon wlth an Ashbv player and hls head struck the stage He was taken m the Fltchburg mumclpal ambulance to Burbank Hospltal where hrs condltxon was reported as good by hospxtal au thorltles today The Lunenburg cagers led throughout ln handmg Ashby Its flrst loss rn two league contests The perlod scoles were 1210 31 25 and 49 40 wlth the vlsltors n front Bob 'vllllard of Ashby took the game scormg honors wlth 38 pomts wh1le Pete Peterson was hlgh for Lunenburg with 26 The Ashby gtrls won then' srxth straight, of the season ln the pre llmmary defeatmg the Lunenburg glrls 50 to 45 Lunenburg Hrgh Can Wm Crown In Game Today LUNENBURG June 6 The Im beaten Lunenburg Hxgh School base ball team can wxn the 1958 Wachu sett League champronshxp by de featlng Acton when the two clubs meet this afternoon at Marshall Park here m the second game of the best two-out-of three tllt txtle playoff series Lunenburg drew frrst blood ID the COHIPEUUOII yesterday regrstermgr an 8 to 1 wln at Acton behmd thc, four hlt pxtchxng of ace rlghthander Eddie Hytlnen The husky semor hurler struck out srx and walked our John Mulvaney on the mound for Acton was touched for elght safe tres fanned four and passed four Skill Rollms wrth a double and: smgle led the Lunenburg attac Barry Tlkka added a double whlle' Emory Merrill Ron Ostertag Petel Peterson Dlck Ekstrand and John ny Beaulac each sxngled For Acton Ron Peterson Bobr Gould Vm Corneher and Mulvaney each smgled - , , 1 1 c , .. 1 . . . ,l I e . . . . 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Lunenburg Volleyball l LUNENBURG Jan 28 The Se nlors defeated the Juniors 11 to Cn l0 in a Lunenburg High School LUNENBURG May 15 Host Lunenburg High School collected six first places established a new Marshall Park record in the discus throw and went on to win handily in a triangular track and field meet with Milford N H and Clinton here yesterday afternoon The locals collected a total of 61 points to 21 for Milford and 17 for t, lnton Top winners were Ron Ostertag who won both the shot put and discus to post 10, points Ray Ostertag who won thel high Jump and placed second in' both the broad Jump and 100 yard dash and Emory Merrill who cupped the 100 220 and broad Jump for a 15 point total Ron Ostertag tossed the discus a total of 134 feet 7 inches to estabhsh D The summary Shot Put 1 Gordon Murray CMD 2 Ron Ostertag CLD 3 Pete Peterson CLD 4 Jack Philbm CCD Winning distance 38 feet 9 inches Discuss Throw Ron Oster tag CLD 2 Ronald Frye CMD 3 Philbm CCD 4 Neil Osborne CMD Winning distance: 134 feet 7 inches a new park record D 100-yard dash- 1 Emory Merrill CLD- 2 Ray Ostertag CLD 3 Tom Fadgen CCD 4 Ken McLean CLD ' time 10.2 seconds. . High Jump - 1 Ray Ostertag ECLD' 2 Paul Gibson CLD' 3 Pete 'Regonini CCD 4 Jerry Tor CCD. 'Winning height: 5 feet 31141 inches. L 440-Yard Dash - 1 John Beaulac CLD' 2 Frye CMD' 3 Joe Ryan CCD' '4 Ken Terrell CLD. Winning time: 57.3 seconds. 880-Yard Run - 1 Murray CMD' 2 Allen Hoffman CLD' 3 RiCh31'd LAnderson CLD' 4 Frank Gorski CCD. 'Winning time- 2 minutes 16 sec- onds. - Broad Jump - 1 Merrill CLD 2 Ray Ostertag CLD 3 Beaulac CLD' 4 Fadgen CCD. Winning distance: 19 feet 254 inches. Mile Run - 1 Osborne CMD 2 Charles Proctor CLD' 3 Walter Dunn CCD' 4 Thomas MacPherson CLD. Winning time: 5 minutes 18 seconds. 220-Yard Dash - 1 Merrill CLD 2 Beaulac CLD' 3 Fadgert CCD' 4 MacLean CLD. Winning time 23-5 seconds. l 'Boys volleyball match held yes ll terday at the LHS gymnasium Area Baseball Lunenburg, Eddie Hytlnen Gam 3 O Wm I That seemingl unbeatable com bmation the Lunenburg High er Eddie Hytinen defeated arch rival Townsend 3 to 0 in a Wachu lsett League game played yesterday at LHS Marshall Park The triumph was the eighth of he season for undefeated Lunen urg their seventh in lop compe tltlon. The fast-balling Hytinen gave up but two hits in the encounter struck out 12 and walked four while holding the opposition score- ess. Ron Dodge on the mound for Townsend pitched quite well too. He was reached for but two hits fanned four and passed four. Hytinen Barry Tikka and Stu Dodge had the winners safeties Bob Wilson and Tony Gonsales the THS bingles. Lunenburg had two double plays 'the last started by Catcher Tikka who threw out a base runner at lthird base to end the game. ' Lunenburg had a single run in the first inning and two more in the fourth. There were two errors in the fray both by Townsend. Wachusett League Lunenburg Unbealen, Wrns Title LUNENBURG June 7 The Lu nenburg High School baseball team won the 1958 Wachusett League championship by defeating Acton 10 to 2 in the fmal game of the loop playoff yesterday afternoon The winners completed a 15 game unbeaten season as Western D1v1s ion titlist by coppmg two straight from the Eastern victor The locals whipped Acton 8 to 1 in the opening tilt of the best two ies last Thursday in Acton Johnny Beaulac tossed a two hit ter at the visitors while his mates collected a total of 17 bmgles Beau lac walked three and struck out 10 Norm Duren started for the losers and was touched for nine hits passed two and wlffed two He gave way to Jim Flannery in the sixth. Flannery gave up eight hits walked one and fanned one. Stu Dodge had a triple and single Beaulac a double and single Barry Tikka Emoiy Merrill Pete Peter- son and Dick Ekstrand two singles each. Ed Hytinen Skip Rollins Ted Woodbury and Paul Porter con- tributed singles. Bob Gould and Dick Cornelier connected for the only hits by the visitors both singles. Lunenburg scored three runs in the second inning and added four each in the fourth and fifth frames to win handily. Acton scored single runs in the third and fourth. The season turned in by the win- ners coached by Floyd Barney with Al Frost as manager was one of the best the school has enjoyed. LHS won,10 regular season league games one non-loop contest andthe two playoff tussles. L ID VV' o Q p ..,.r...-................ xl 1 . L' . , . . in ' -, ti ' ' . . 1 . . 1 o 0 , U I . . .I . . . , . H D . , 1 . - , , I 7 , ' - L . . . . L. . - the -new park mark. D School baseball team and ace pitch- out-of-three-game .title playoff ser- , ' 1' . '. ,L - . . . ' ' . ' ' L ' ' . . 1 ,N D 1 1 , ' . s

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