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

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l... to R. D. Schelling, R. Habib, G. Lane, M. Moran, R. Twomey. N. Twomey, E. LaRiviere, P. Raymond J. Keegan, B. Smith, R. Leslie, Hackney. Tl1Elt,S the story. ,Great credit is deserved by Bro. Leo Vincent, our coach, for putting such a well-trained, high-spirited and hard fighting ball club on the court this year. ln our books hets tops. May he have many more championship teams. VVe must not forget our faithful manager, .lim Degnan, and his assist- ants .lim Kennett and Bill Donohue, and our timekeeper, Ray Pellerin. They did a fine job and all the boys on the team appreciate the hard work they put into their jobs. We cannot extol too much the feats of our individual stars. On the court they were a credit to themselves and their school. They had class, played as a team, never gave up and were best when the pressure was on. Individually, they are: Neil Twomey- Our big Captain .... high scoring center who racked up 325 points in regular season play .... never ruffled .... an amazing soft shot was his forte .... won the McGuinness Trophy as outstanding athlete in New England Catholic Schools .... he saved us in those two Malden Catholic games especially. . Ray Leslie- second best guard on team .... great team player .... set' up most of our plays .... plenty of heart .... best games were the two regular season tilts with Malden Catholic. Myles Moran- best guard on our team .... hardest tighter, . . .a great competitor .... the best game was the St. .lohn's of Danvers setto when he tied up the game in the last second of play and 'then won it in the overtime. Bernie Smith- our diminutive guard .... another great team man .... noted for his down court one hand push shots .... in that Garden game came through with two beautiful baskets to clinch our victory.

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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

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