Central Catholic High School - Florentian Yearbook (Lawrence, MA)

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09 Us ffpyl . J, My V , , CHAMPIONS - 1946-1947

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r.. ....1. Q... , ee 9,wcetaze1946 y Highlights ...... George Lefebvre's 95 yard run at 3 yy 1 Brooks .... Pouly plays for varsity at Methuen .... - J 1 Bill Kenney wins a dollar at Manchester on a quarter- back sneak .... Tucker', Roy makes a good catch and touchdown at Newton .... regret G'Chevy's fracture at XVihnington .... next year we look for most of the boys to he included on the varsity squad and to attend coach Moynillalfs 19-17 T party. ' The SC21SOl1,S record: Sacred Heart fShawsheenJ St. John's fDanversj C.C.H.S. 25 ' C.C.H.S. 0 C.C.H.S. 0 St. Joseph's CManchesterj C.C.H.S. 18 Punchard 4C.C.H.S. 6 Brooks C.C.H.S. 0 XVll1UlDgt0I1 C.C.H.S. 7 St. Joseph's C.C.H.S. 12 St. Sebastiarfs V C.C.H.S. 6 Newburyport C.C.I-LS. 7 ' Manchester Central C.C.H.S. 13 Punchard C.C.H.S. 13 Sacred Heart fShawsheenj Brother nus Joseph THE JAYVEES

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. I3a4ketZLa.ZZ . Brother Leo, our Coach Through the few years of its short history, Central Catholic has created an enviable record on the basketball floor. During this 1946-47 season, however, Central topped all its other performances. Operating in a lea- gue in which every opponent was loaded with talent and fight, we came out on top to take cha-mpionship honors. A glance at the schedule will reveal that most of our games were of the hair-raising, spine tingling va- riety that came right down to the final whistle. The team did get the breaks in some, but in the majority of these contests it was very simply dogged determination and heart that made our breaks for us. VVho will forget those first two wins against St. John's of Concord, each by a margin of a basket, or that sudden death game against St. .lohnis of Danvers, when Myles Moran clinched a 60-58 victory, by an almost impossible over- head shot, or that first Mission game won by a slim margin of a foul shot or those two games with Malden Catholic both of which were in doubt until the last final minutes, .... and so on thru the whole season, they are memories we will not soon forget. As a result of our fine showing during the season with a record of 18 wins and 2 losses, we received invitations to two post season basketball tournaments, the New England Catholic Championships and the Tech Tournament. XVe were the first Catholic school ever to receive an invita- tion to the latter tournament. In the New England Catholic Tournament we came up against a deter- mined Malden Catholic team, out for revenge. In a close, hard fought game they bested us by the margin of one basket. In the Tech Tournament we beat Dedham in the iirst round, but in the semi-final we lost in an overtime match by one point to a determined and strong Boston Latin combine that went on to capture the Class B Cham- pionship. . A