Cardigan Mountain School - Blaze Yearbook (Canaan, NH)

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1 SKI TE M l rnul Roux' Ohta, Mascitis, Davenport, Hinman, Lincoln, Mr. Leavitt. fsrllik Roux' Barker XV. lCaptainl, Cobb, Freeman, Hamilton, Barker j. This year Cardigan had its second Ski Team. We had only ten boys on the squad, but it was a strong team and the boys placed their scores closely together. We lacked power to do well against prep school cross country teams, but we made up' for this in the other events. Downhill, jumping, and slalom races found us consistently in the winner's circle. The new 15 meter jump was finished before snow came, just north of Brew- ster. It proved to be well designed, and we were very successful using it during home meets. Many boys who had not jumped before learned to jump quite well by the end of the season. We had five dual ski meets this year and the won-lost results were: Cardigan vs Proctor won Cardigan vs Kimball Union Academy won Cardigan vs Stevens High of Claremont lost Cardigan vs Vermont Academy lost Cardigan vs Holderness won We also had two three-way meets. One with Vermont Academy and Deer- field Academy, in which we finished second, and another with Dublin School and Putney School, which we won. This year we were taught many more racing and jumping skills. Combine this with all our enjoyable times, and you have just about all one could ask for in a skiing season. Thanks, Mr. Leavitt, for leading this fine team through such a successful season. -jar,

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HOCKEY Q Gs X. x msg-14 Iirouf Roux- Harris F., Comins, Bergeson fCaptain7, Munro, Seely, Abercrombie. Bfzrle Raw: Knudson lManagerJ, Irwin, XVhite j., XVhite M., Bolton, Easter, Weeks R., Doane, Wfojtul, Mr, Harrington. The day is cool and clear. The ice is smooth as glass. These are the words that send a chill up and down the spine of the Cardigan Hockey Team on the afternoon of a big game. We were lucky this year, and we had many good days both for games and for practice. We started skat- ing right after Thanksgiving Vacation, and continued almost up to the hrst of March. There were times, however, when we had to swap our skates and sticks for a shovel, temporarily, to clear the snow off the ice that had accumulated during the long winter night. The team took this problem in its stride, and at- tacked the snow with almost as much vigor as they did the opposing teams. With the help of Mr. Couter- marsh and his trusty snowblower, the ice was cleared in almost no time. Many of the players this year lacked experience, but they made up for this in enthusiasm. They prac- ticed hard, played hard, and had a very good time in the process. We completed our season with two wins, four de- feats, and one tie. The team took its ups and downs in stride, and accepted defeat after a game well-played almost as well as they accepted victory. Our most thrilling game this season was against Proctor Academy. It was a nip and tuck affair all the way, and even after a six minute sudden death period, the score remained two to two. It was the opinion of our coach and the spectators that this was the best game that we played. Next year there are a number of lettermen return- ing, and we hope that we have built a good founda- tion for the coming season. , . JL! l ll l W .N it 'lil ' 3 ., lf- wil- at ,wax ...Ula ,Mull s,,,,g.ylt .M il, .1-,, ,III. ty.. Ill .- ,fnttiri ff . NL ,.:1-LII' RSI.. A--, I. ll.: ,,:, QL-:'l?gWr 'rj 4, ii w. ,. .-.i.vr-ga. 'i 'nimielgnlllllil

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BASEBALL Front Row: Winship, Barker J., Smith F., Krolme, Stewart CAsst. Managerb, Priestley, White J., dc Mare, White M. Second Row: Sadinsky, Ohta, Hinman, Williams, Munro fCaptainJ, Auer, Irwin, Weeks R., Thompson. Back Row: Mr. Noldt, Brown fManagerJ, Seely, Berge- son, Ball, Wurstcr, Dickson, Schreuder fManagerJ. I think that I can truthfully say that we had a pretty good season. We played eight games, losing four and winning four. We therefore closed the S621- son with a five hundred average. This year's captain was our first baseman, Blake Munro. Our first game was with Woodstock Country Day School at Woodstock, and we lost it, 11-9. It was close all the way, and without the early inning jitters of the season's first game we might have won. Next we played our Hrst home game, the first var- sity game ever played on the new Cotting Field dia- mond. We beat Proctor 12-11. The game was won by a very exciting last inning rally. Our third game was away against Newport. We lost 5-4. We were one run ahead in the top of the seventh, but they came through with some good bunt- ing and scored two runs to win. Our next game was also away against Holderness. We were never out of the running, but lost 4-1. Next game was Holderness on Cotting Field. We took the field with plenty of spirit, but they over- powered us, 23-7. In the fourth inning Jim Hinman hit a home run with two men on base. In our sixth game we played host to Newport and beat them by a score of 9-7. In the last inning Bill Seely hit a grand slam home run that won the game. He was the team's leading batter with an aver- age of .588. Next came Proctor at Andover. At his first time at bat for the whole season Dick Priestley hit a home run with two men on, and put us out of danger of a tie in the seventh. We won 7-4. The last game of the season was played at home against Kimball Union Academy. We played a good spirited game and were victorious 5-4 to finish with our hoped-for five hundred average. Throughout the season we had good pitching from Biff Williams and Jim Hinman. We had a defense that became stronger as the season progressed, being largely responsible for our winning the last three games of the season. Caps off to Mr. Noldt! jj 915 Q49 v.-, . rf