Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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BASKETBALL TEAM First Row: Varney, Rosanski, LiMardi, Hopkins, Masterson, Flossic. Second Row: Mele, Quirk, McGill, Moynihan fcaptj, Heidel, Grady, Francis Third Row: Coach Stewart, De Pietro, Reid, Davis, Salimon, Burghardt Gonzales, Procopio, Cook fmanagerj. l02

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Football HE 1939 football season dawned with high hopes in the minds of both the students and the team. This enthusiasm was heightened by the fact that the team was outfitted in new uniforms and was to play its home games on the new Dorothy Deming Field, with its splendid playing surface and extensive seating capacity. We opened a strenuous schedule against a superior Greenfield eleven, and our inexperienced forces suffered a 20-0 setback. At Springfield the Tech Tigers avenged the defeat that they had experienced here last year, turning back our boys by the score of 14-7. Returning to the home field, Pittsfield played host to a smooth-functioning Agawam aggregation. Due largely to the power of their back, Pisano, Agawam rolled up 20 points to our 6. Adams High then came to Pittsfield, and despite a sixty-three yard touchdown jaunt made from a kick formation by Grady, the North Berkshire team was victorious by a 7-6 margin. The Purple next invaded Noel Field in North Adams, where it held Drury to a scoreless deadlock. In the following game, before Albany Academy could ring up their fourteen points, Simeno caught a pass and ran some distance for our only score. On the Saturday following Armistice Day instead of on the traditional Thanksgiving Day, we clashed with St.joseph's High. A huge crowd witnessed the defeat of the favored Saints at the hands of our determined eleven. Our aerial attack clicked, with Mitchell scoring twice on passes from Grady. The final score stood at 14-7. P.H.S. had completed an unusually poor season. Nevertheless, we must re- member the sportsmanship and continued effort on the part of our boys. john Grady, our triple-threat quarter-back, and Twining, Captain Roche, and Mitchell deserve much praise for their fine work. 101

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Basketball THE 1939-1940 basketball season was opened auspiciously by a 48-33 victory over Lee. Next, Adams fell before our boys, losing a hard-fought battle by a 29-2 1 score. After defeating Lenox 4 1-29, the Purple, led by a barrage of baskets from our two lanky forwards, McGill and Moynihan, overwhelmed Dalton 45-19. Williamstown proved more difficult, but succumbed finally 37-32. The Stewart- men continued to win, beating St.-Ioseph's of North Adams 3 1-27 and Bennington 31-25. However, our winning streak was broken in the first game of the City Series when St.,Ioe won 25-16. Then, a smooth Drury quintet nosed out our team 32-29. After losing an exhibition game with Searles 27-2 1, we suffered a defeat at the hands of two spirited North Berkshire teams, St. joseph's of North Adams setting us back 26-21, and Williamstown trouncing us 30-28 in a thrilling over- time game. Next on the slate was Drury. The Tunnel City boys stopped our quintet again, this time 46-29. The defeat suffered by Bennington at our hands earlier in the season was avenged as the Vermonters romped to a 45-31 victory. Following a 27-20 loss to Adams, Pittsfield regained the win column when they overcame Dalton 45-31. Our underdog but determined team again met St. joe., the undefeated leaders of the North Berkshire league, and as a result of a grand display of team work, highlighted by a brilliant exhibition by joe McGill, they emerged victorious with a slim margin of 30-29. In the third and deciding game of the series, however, St. joe came back strongly to win the city title 23-15. So ended an entertaining, if not spectacular, season. The team was made up of the two consistently high-scoring forwards, joe McGill and Captain Frank Moynihang the dependable guards Iohnny Grady and Gene Quirky and center, Carl Heidel. THE SEASON'S RECORD Pittsfield Lee St. joseph fN.A.j Pittsfield Pittsfield Adams Searles Pittsfield Pittsfield Lenox Williamstown Pittsfield Pittsfield Dalton Drury Pittsfield Pittsfield Williamstown Bennington Pittsfield Pittsfield St. joseph fN.A.j Adams Pittsfield Pittsfield Bennington Pittsfield Dalton St. joseph Pittsfield Pittsfield St. joseph Drury Pittsfield St. joseph Pittsfield