Deer Isle High School - Gatherer Yearbook (Deer Isle, ME)

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game from the first minute of play. With only seconds left in the game, Deer Isle was trailing by one point, then, amid wild cheers from the crowd, Deer Isle scored a basket just as the buzzer sounded ending the game. We met our worst defeat at Winter Harbor, the final score being 44 to 24. We provided extra enter- tainment for Winter Harbor when they played the return game here, as firemen sought vainly, as the game progressed, to locate the source of smoke, which was evident through- out the hall. The fire was finally lo- cated after the game was over and extinguished with little damage to the hall. The team showed improvement in team work over last year. Frank Mc- Veigh accomplished great work in the Brooklin game and was recogniz- ed through the season as a good gen- eral player. Frank McVeigh scored 15 points in the Brooklin game. Charles Poitras scored 14 points in the Islesboro game and the same in the Penobscot game, becoming high scorer for the season. Milan scored 55 per cent of his foul shots. Games with Blue Hill, Winter Har- bor, Brooksville. and Sullivan were games on the side. Deer Isle tied with Brooksville for fourth place in the league. At the tournament held TRIBUTE Another hill in high! And who is surprised, with Ev Dunham doing the driving? Through sleet and snow and over icy roads, this win- ter, Ev guided the bus which con- veyed our teams to all the out-of town games. Minds of parents and players alike were always put at ease when they heard the words Mr. Dunham will drive. Never once was our confidence in him shaken. Who but Ev could have maneuvered the big bus so successfully on to the Islesboro ferry, even when the brakes in Blue Hill at the end of the season, Deer Isle was defeated by Brooks- ville in the opening game. Blue Hill won the tournament and went on to win the State championship in Class S. At the basketball banquet letters were awarded to Richard Knowlton, Frank McVeigh, Frank Pickering, Benjamin Pickering, Lindsey Milan, Charles Poitras, and Dowe Eaton, manager. Numerals were given to Bruce Haskell. Lindsey Milan was awarded the gold basketball for foul shooting. in Basketball Season's Scores 27 Stonington McKinley 12 Alumni 12 McKinley 31 Islesboro 7 McKinley 26 Brooklin 14 McKinley 37 Stonington 22 McKinley 21 Penobscot 20 McKinley 21 Blue Hill 41 McKinley 36 Brooklin 25 McKinley 36 Blue Hill 25 McKinley 20 Brooksville 22 McKinley 24 Winter Harbor 44 McKinley 24 Islesboro 22 McKinley 40 Sullivan 13 McKinley 19 Brooksville 39 McKinley 27 Sullivan 14 McKinley 27 Penobscot 40 McKinley 41 Winter Harbor 30 McKinley 28 TO EV locked half way down? And who but Ev could have so inevitably brought us up Hardy's hill in high when ice covered the length of that hill? Small wonder spontaneous cheers so often rang out. Admired as an expert driver is Ev. Popular also for his forbearance, and for his ability to remain calm and unruffled when noisy passengers vo- ciferously celebrate victories antici- pated or won. Yea, Ev! ! Thirty-one

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nr emu la rsmures To PLAY, 2 Ruaemsml RF Lrr1B1m'51 mas wr :minister HlLL 7. Zl 19... awww E EEATUN .mnwmnzu New sfxrfug selamzuzzers artumss an surtrvnt Fiont row: J. Haskell, N. Greenlaw, C. Howard, L. Poitras. Middlelfowlx J. Howard, C. Billings, S. Eaton, M. Barbour, E. Hill, L. Small, C. t . u cnnson. Back row: ll. Snowman, M. llavis, W. Spoflord, C. llunliam, B. Eaton, G. Barbour, Mr. Matheson, B. Perez. Girls' Basketball One year's experience and the loss gave us a good start for 1947-48. We welcomed three new girls to the squad, Wilma Spofford, Denise Snow- man, Marilyn Davis, Barbara Perez. Mr. Matheson was able to devote all of his time to the girls this year, so, with everything in our favor, we had an exceptionally good season, win- ning all but one of our league games and all of our non-league games. The first team was composed of: Elizabeth Hill, center: Mary Bar- bour and Lucy Small, forwards: Sylvia Eaton, Cornelia Billings and Joan Howard, guards. It should be said that Beverly Eaton is also on Tlll7'fjf-fZl'0 of only two players from the squad, the first team, for she plays a large part of all our games, as either a for- ward or a guard. Although in many of our games last year the score was so much against us that the sub- stitutes were put in, this year the substitutes were in a large part oi' the time because we were so far in the lead. Many of these substitutes made an excellent showing and did as well as the first team. During the first of the season the defensive work of the guards was outstanding, dur- ing the last part, the forwards show- ed great improvement, especially Lucy Small, whose teamwork and good shooting made her the outstand- ing player in some of the last -games.