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

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First Row: F. Lannon, mgr. Wilson, B. St. Laurent, D. McCarthy, W. Halloran, R. Chenarcl J. Giles. Second Row: F. Nader, C. Newton, O. Silks, Lewis, W. O'Donnell, L. Pelletier, P. Harding P. LaRoche. Zffaedftmafn Radketdale Good little team .... loaded with possibilities for our future J. V. and Varsity .... Lewis--high scorer for the season with 287 points, and he missed three games on account of sickness .... Nader-how does he put those shots in .... St. Laurent-smart, reliable guard .... Harding-cool and steady .... Newton-best guard on team, held down every high scorer on tl1e opposition .... LaP1ochegstarted late but improved the fastest .... Pelletier-with his impossible jump shots .... Giles- fastest and smartest passer on the team .... McCarthy-joined late, tied up Tournament Championship game to send it into overtime .... Silke-came 'through in Tournament Championship game to help us win it .... Halloran-good set shot .... Chenard-could fake anyone out of the court .... YVilson- joined late, developed quickly .... O'Donne1lF-could get any rebound .... Things we can't forget .... Pelletier dropping one in to win the sudden death game with St. Mary's Alumni .... the teams twice our size We played . . . .the Hve games we lost by one and two points. . . .Lewis's scoring spree in the overtime that won the championship .... the time Nader stole the ball in the first St. Mary's Alumni game with 5 seconds to go and put in the winning basket .... how Lewis held LaPtoque to two points in the championship game .... how we never wanted to leave the Boy's Club .... our wish-to do as good a job next year as Jayvees. Record-- XVins 24, Losses 8 - Wlon the Lawrence Midget Championship

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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.

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