Amherst Regional High School - Goldbug Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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FIRST ROW: Dimock, Briggs, Hurston, Hardy, Waskiewicz, Martin. SECOND ROW: Campbell, Parkinson, Stone, Crowley, Trachy, Allen. THIRD ROW: Coach Abramson, McCullough, O ' Brien, Putnam, Smith, Coach Robinson. BASEBALL The 1959 baseball season proved to be an ex- tremely satisfactory one with Coach Charles Abramson directing the high school squad for the first time. Coach Abramson did a fine job of whipping his nine into shape in a couple of weeks as Northampton ' s team found out in the opening game. Amherst bats cracked sixteen hits in the Hamp game and for the remainder of the season hard hit balls threatened each opposing team. The team ' s record was nearly a perfect one, with two heartbreaking losses to Arms Academy. The 1960 season looks as though it will be as good a year, if not better, with six of the nine starters back from the ' 59 team. Coach Abramson will have to find men to replace the vacated shortstop, centerfield, and first base positions. Some of the highlights of the ' 59 season might be found in the power hitting exhibition by Bill O ' Brien, who parked one well-hrt ball in the wading pool, and the superb pitching performances by Ed Putnam and Cliff Allen. Putnam had a record of 8-1 while Allen pitched to a sparkling 6-2, very good record for an underclassman. Cliff will be back in the ' 60 season as the number one pitcher. Amherst Northampton - 5 13 Turners Falls 0 2 St. Michael ' s 8 6 Springfield Commerce 0 8 Springfield Cathedral ... . 3 4 St. Michael ' s — 1 8 Smith Academy 1 1 3 Pioneer Regional 0 5 Frontier Regional 0 1 Arms Academy 1 0 Hopkins Academy 0 16 Smith Academy 0 8 Brattleboro, Vt. . — 2 5 Pioneer Regional 0 4 Frontier Regional . 0 1 Arms Academy 2 0 Hopkins Academy 0 2 23

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FIRST ROW: Manager A. Dimock, P. Soufhwick, C. Powers, S. Blackmore, T. Tilley, D. Bysiewski, F. Glaszcz, Manager D. Smith. SEC- OND ROW: Coach Caouette, W. Telega, W. Hewlett, J. Kamensky, V. Zimbruski, C. Andrews, K. Brown, Manager J. Tibbetts. J.V. BASKETBALL The J.V. team wound up with a good season, 1 1-3. A good portion of this year ' s little Hurricanes will supply the main punch for Coach Correale ' s team next year. The J.V. ' s held their opponents to an average of 41 points per game while they themselves averaged 51 per game. Amherst West Springfield 40 42 Athol 39 51 Northampton ... 67 50 South Hadley 32 26 Smith Academy 50 48 Hopkins Academy 44 73 Pioneer Regional 24 48 Frontier Regional .. . 38 54 Arms Academy 43 55 St. Michaels 53 66 Smith Academy 45 52 Hopkins Academy 21 48 Pioneer Academy 31 46 Frontier Regional 47 57 Two more points for Amherst. 22

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TRACK ' 59 track had a good record under Coach Bremner of the junior high school faculty. They came out on top with Turners, Greenfield, Longmeadow, Holyoke, Northampton, South Hadley, Athol, and Frontier. They placed sec- ond to Cathedral High in a three-way meet at Gardner, with Mahar coming in last. With a number of good lettermen returning. Coach Kenneth Caouette hopes to repeat last year ' s record. From all indications interest among underclassmen is high, and the boys may top the list o f valley tracksters this spring. FIRST ROW: A. Horton, H. Moriarty, R. Hankinson. SECOND ROW: G. Goodnow, D. Smith, R. Guyette, D. Chenney. 24