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

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l... to R. Doiron T. Lawton, G. Lefebvre, E.. Ferris, Moloney, F. Sexton, N. Reidy, R- SHCUZZO, Wadiinger, H. Watts, P. Roy, Bresnahan, missing F. Lavigne. Qagwee Ifiadketfhaii Great though the record of our varsity may he, our small fry, the jay- vees boast of even more enviable accomplishments. Going into this sea- son, we had unbroken skein of victories spreadeagling two years. Un- fortunately, we were unable to keep this streak intact, dropping a heart- breaker to Punchard by one point, and this in an overtime. VVe avenged this defeat in our second encounter by a -L2-18 win. Now we have initi- ated a new winning streak which we intend to keep rolling in the years to come. Our final record this year was 21 wins and 1 loss. Most of our wins were moderately large spreads, but there were a few really close ones. XVho will forget that second game against St. Johnts of Concord, when we just sneaked in under the wire in the final seconds with a one point win. h A Our varsity has always depended on its Junior Varsity for new materi- al. XVe can premise quite a supply of talent to work with next year. As a matter of fact, for the latter part of the season, Bro. Leo topped oft' daily practice sessions with a scrimmage in which the varsity tusselcd with the jayvees, and we gave them a good battle every time. Introducing our hallplayers, we give you: Bob Sacuzzo- Our tall rangy center .... incredibly good hop shot .... our fastest man .... our high scorer .... he hit top torm in the first St. Johnis of Danvers game. . . .we expect big things of him next year.

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OUR OUTSTANDING SPORT SHOT OF THE YEAR ' George Lane- most improved player onteam . .I'L1llIl6I'-ll1J.,.lO Twomey for scoring honors with 218 .... a beautiful set shot and underhand lay-up were his best .... played an outstanding brand of ball all season, but was best in the Dedham Tournament Game. ' Joe Keegan- another of our fighting forwards.. ..popular with the crowd ..... always there with a basket when needed ..... was best in the first Concord game, also in the final against Boston Latin at the Garden. Joe Hackney- a great competitor .... plagued the offense with his ball- stealing .... was all over the court. . . .best man on teamfor pick-offs. . . . best game was the second contest with Concord. Ed Rivers- Twomey's big understudy .... rarely got in the game unless Twomey was hurt, but had a world of spirit .... when he did get in, gave a good account of himself .... best shot was from the pivot. Dick Habib- responsible for good spirit on teamq .... a hard fighting guard ..... best shot was left-handed push shot ..... best game was that first Concord game. Don Schelling- our substitute forward. .... world of ability ..... very fast and cagey .... should hit the high spots next year .... next year's co- captain. Roger Twomey- Neil's little brother. . . .the darling of the crowd. . . . will we ever forget that second Punchard game .... next year's co-captain. Paul Raymond- very fast and deceptive .... good guard .... saved us in that first Concord game when Myles went out on 'fouls .... should be great next year. V

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Howie Watts- hard-driving forward .... has good one hand shot. . . vastly i111proved, he should be up with the best of 'them next year. George Lefebvre- another Speedster .... good ball handler .... our best shot .... also noted for his unstoppable Hwesternv shot from pivot .... without him we would not have been able to win those tougl1 ones. Norman Reidy- another of our big boys .... never lets up. . . .is noted for his pivot shot and his left handers .... saved many a game by his guarding ability. ' Paul Roy- our diminutive integrating factor .... set up the majority of our plays .... outstanding ball handler .... often threw in a shot just when we 11eeded it. Tom Lawton- our trickiest ball player .... all over the court .... al- ways in the hair of the opposition .... noted for his aerobatic one-handers . . . . only a freshman. Frank Lavigne- our little ball of fire .... favorite of the crowds .... made the big boys look bad when he'd fake them off the court and then throw in a beautiful overhead one-hander .... he and Lawton plagued the opposition. Joe Vtfadlinger- most improved ball player on the team .... good head . . . .a team man .... sent Punchard game into an overtime with a beauti- ful one-hander with. seconds to go. Frank Sexton- joined late because of football injury .... only a fresh- men .... very tall .... has ability .... should develop into a good player, Jack Doiron- best underhand shot on the team. . . .drives hard for the basket .... has shown tremendous improvement. Ed Ferris- Substitute center .... unbeatable under the basket .... tbok everything off baekboards .... hard fighter. Frank Foley- Tallest man on team .... came out late should improve. George Stevenson- Small but hard fighter ..,. threw in some impossi- ble shots .... always gave a good account of himself when he was in there . . . .very fast. J. Bresnahan- noted for his underhand shot while suspended in air. . . very fast and tricky .... should improve.