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

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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

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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: R. Owen, V. DuBois, M. Niedeck, N. Rule, S. Payson, E. Winn, S. Berry. SECOND ROW; L. Janse, B. Thorpe, P. Grybko, J. DuBois, D. Fuller, L. Carey, E. Emery. THIRD ROW: G. Jacque, B. Paradise, B. Crossmon, D. Keegan, L. Carey, J. L. Moore, J. Kzcowski, A. Mathieson, S. Joy, A. Jacque, E. Lachman, C. Horton, Coach Layson. SOFTBALL The 1959 softball team completed a short season of six games with four wins and two losses. Averaging 15.8 points per game to their opponents ' 8.8 points per game, the team won decisive victories over Pioneer and two very close games over Frontier and Nort- hampton. Good pitching, hard hitting, and strong de- fensive work proved to be a valuable asset to the suc- cess of the team. Amherst Frontier . 6 7 Frontier 14 5 Northampton 11 12 Pioneer 8 16 Northampton 7 6 Pioneer 7 49 25