Cohasset High School - Tessahoc Yearbook (Cohasset, MA)

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COHASSET HIGH FOOTBALL TEAM 1944 Front Row: Ira Stoughton, Manager, Winthrop Graham, Richard Drake and Donald Souther, Co-Captains, Vito Conte, John Bates, Manager. Second Row: Arthur Rowe, Charles Patrolia, George Jednick, Edward Barrow, John Patro- lia, Robert Barrow. Third Row: Bradford Mulhern, Robert Figuereido, William Kelley, Charles Neagle, John Souther. Top Row: Burditt W. Collins, Coach; William C. Ripley. 15

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The cast: Rose Bufalo, Shirley Dixon, Elizabeth Emery, Marjorie Higgins, Josephine Jason, Robert Kelley, Eugene Klebenov. Jean Knight, Doris McNamara, George Mealy, Henry Purslow, Jessie Sinopoli, James Sullivan, Glover Thompson, Catherine Warren, Mary Wheelwright, and Grace Wood. FOOTBALL A Cohasset team, fast and brushed, met five opponents last season ar d bettered its previous season ' s average by four hundred points as they won two of their five engagements. The squad, very small in size, is indeed de- serving of praise for its earnest efforts and unchecked fight to win. Coach Collins ' boys beat Farm and Trade and Marshfield. They fell at the hands of Scituate, Kingston and Hanover. A bright Columbus Day saw the first game of the season; a scoring loss for Cohasset. Scituate, gathering its points on a blocked punt and an unusual completion of a pass for touchdown, took the game 13-7. However, the specta- tors generally agreed that Cohasset was the more potent on the field, although they couldn ' t get over the line until the closing minutes. Cohasset won on the rainsoaked field at Thompson ' s Island. The score, 6-0, was a monument to the hard-fought game that Cohasset played through- out. Many of the fellows displayed bruises and other inflammatory conditions the next day. John Patrolia left his front tooth in the beaten sod with the prayer that the Farm and Trade directors would erect a proper marker over its final resting place. Kingston, playing on its home gridiron, gave Cohasset a second beating 17-0. The men of Cohasset could not cope with a sturdy Kingston team and suffered their first real defeat of the year. The team excelled in its next game, played on Milliken Field. The win- ning score 20-0 made it a glad day for Cohasset. The fellows had much cause to congratulate each other for the game was exceptionally well played. The season ended with the Hanover game. Perhaps it was because the cheerleaders missed a train and arrived late or possibly it was because Hanover was well on its way to become Class D Champion, but our boys fell 20-0. They played well, indeed, but Hanover had too much strength to be overcome. Only praise is due the team; their play and spirit were great. 14

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GIRLS ' SPORTS Softball, field hockey, and basketball are sports which are loved by the girls of the Osgood High School. For two seasons, the girls have won the South Shore League Champion- ship in softball. Last season two of the outstanding players on the team were Peggy Chisholm, who played first base, and Dotty Hines, pitcher. The girls have played field hockey for only two years, and last season they played nine games and won seven. They lost to Marshfield and Scituate. If anyone has ever watched a game, he has realized that the girls have to work as a unit, or there is no team. There are eleven players on the team and the girls worked together so well that they should all be mentioned. They are as follows: Goalie, Mary Ann Gray; Right full-back, Josephine Jason; Left full- back, Carol James; Right half-back, Betty Emery; Center half-back, Catherine Warren; Left half-back, Peggy Sullivan; Right wing, Grace Beal; Left wing, Rosalie Froio; Right inner, Mimi Wheelwright; Left inner, Phoebe Crampton; Center, Dotty Hines. Basketball has really just started in Cohasset, for the girls have been in the league only two years. Although the girls have not won too many games, they are working to the top. This may be seen in the fast pass work of the team this year. Last season the first team forwards were Dotty Hines, Mary Mulvey, and Joanne Gonsalves. The guards were Mary Keating, Betty Sin- opoli, and Mary Mitchell. This year the forwards are Dotty Hines, Rosalie Froio, and Dotty Longo. The guards are Joanne Gonsalves, Peggy Sullivan, and Connie Sullivan. The coach of all these teams, as you know, is Miss Florence Ayers, who is loved by all the girls on her teams. She is not only a good instructor, but also a wonderful person to know. The girls owe all their success to her. CHEERLEADERS Lending encouragement to Cohasset ' s football team were eight cheer- leaders. The five Seniors were Mary Wheelwright, Josephine Jason, Shirley Dixon, Mary Whittaker, and Betty Emery; while Peggy McNamara, Mary Mitchell and Theresa LeClair were the three Juniors. The girls attended out- of-town games as well as home games and cheered the boys on with spirit. Leading the school yells at the basketball games were Mary Wheelwright, Grace Wood, Peggy McNamara, and Betty Emery from Senior High, and Barbara Merritt and Doris Taft from Junior High. The girls cheered throughout the games, whether triumphs or defeats. 16