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

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THE GATHERER 31- first half-game of the season. Freddy Brew- ster led the scoring fiends with 12 points, while Eaton and Colwell followed with 11 points each. Our next game was met with many mis- givings, both before and after. At the hands of East Corinth, a non-league member, we met our first and only defeat of the season. At the end of the first quarter, there was only 5 points difference in the score, and we were all sitting on needles. But soon our boys began piling up fouls. Pearl fouled out in the third quarter and Vaughn had four on him. But they still fought back. At the final bell, despite the shooting efforts of Freddy Brewster, the score stood 70-36 in favor of East Corinth. East Corinth, our welcomed guests, had a speedy, well-drilled team. They had a big advantage by starring a 6'5 center, who scored 33 points. This game was good for any overconfidence our boys might have had. But the boys didn't let this get under their skin. They charged back up the line, out- scoring the Brooklin squad, 73-31. Our next game, with Stonington here, was one of the best played of the season. The first quarter was outstanding. Deer Isle held Stonington to nine points, while they, them- selves, slipped through 22 points. The next two quarters were evenly matched, each team hitting the board for 10 points. In the last quarter, our boys rallied and gained 14 points, while Stonington was allowed to sink only fouribaskets. Our sharp-shooter of the evening, Freddy Brewster, fouled out in the last quarter, leaving us high and dry in sus- pense, but two of Stonington's hoopsters, Jimmy Nevells and Lyle Griffin, promptly followed suit. The Hnal score stood, 49-38, in our favor. Next, the boys packed their sneakers, and rode off to Ellsworth, leaving the disap- pointed girls behind. We held the Ellsworth Freshmen 9-8 at the end of the first quarter. They were using an all-court press, trying to outrun Deer Isle. But our boys, not easily winded, despite the long floor, led at the half, 31-20. Ellsworth used up many sets of five, trying to wear out the boys, but to no avail, as the score-board read 56-46 at the final buzzer. Colwell proved his versatility by hitting the 20 point line, and Joyce stacked up 10. The Brooksville game went down per sche- dule, with Freddy Brewster leading the bas- keteers with 21 points. Next, we were hosts to some of the best sports we have met this season, the Winter- port boys. This game was one of the most thrilling battles of the season. The Deer Isle boys entered this game with too much confi- dence, and found out that Winterport would give them a Herce run for their money. At the half, we led by only 2 points. In the last half of the game, our boys all had three per- sonals. The game was won by fouls com- mitted on Freddy and Pearl. The final score stood 48-45. On January 27, we played overnight inn- keepers to the Islesboro Sportsmen. Although Islesboro was told to run up as large a score az possible, we held them to 32 points, while Dicky ran wild and scorched the net with 23 points. Joyce and Brewster followed suit with ll and 10 respectively. Our next trip, being the last for our play- making guard, Sonny Greenlaw, the boys put on the steam, and hit the Penobscot backboard with 87 points. Vaughn Joyce took his hawk-eyes out of his pocket, and flung in 24 points from far out, being ex- celled only by Freddy Brewster, who was hot with 27 points. Rounding out the league season with 9

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30 THE GATHERER BOYS' BASKETBALL This year's basketball season has been one of great honor and pride for the school and townspeople, as well as for the Deer Isle basketball squad. The boys came out in first place in league standings, with a record of 9 wins and 0 defeats. This year, also, the boys made application, and were admitted, to the tournament in Bangor. This is the first team from the Is- land that had had this honor. The boys started off their 1952-53 sea- son with two things in their favor. They had their last year's coach, Roger Davis, and they had a group of boys who were willing to get in there and fight with all they had for Deer Isle High. The team was hit hard by last year's loss of players. Jerauld Hutchinson, Murray Barbour, and James Brewster were lost by graduation. Richard Colwell, Robert Poitras, and Randall Haskell soon filled these vacan- cies. On December 1, the Deer Isle boys plunged into a pattern which has won them the league championship. Our first game with Ellsworth Freshmen, on our home floor, gave a bird's eye view of what the boys would do in the future. The teams battled up and down the floor, until at the final buzzer, the scores read 39-36 for Deer Isle. Pearl Eaton led off the season's scoring with 14 points. In the next game, we easily defeated the Brooklin five, 65-18. Pearl and Dicky racked up 22 and 17 respectively. On December 9, a bus load of excited kids set out for Brooksville, our first away game. Dicky chased our fears away by scraping up 15 points, while Sonny, our cool-headed guard, pushed through 14 points. On December 12, we met our old rivals, Stonington, on their floor. This game proved to the spectators that Deer Isle was going to be a hard team to beat this season. Entering the hall with many misgivings, we sweat blood, as we knew this game would be a close one. At the end of the first quarter, the score read 9-8 for our boys. Deer Isle pulled ahead a little during the second quar- ter, but the score-22-16-was still too close for comfort. The boys kept on fighting, as Randy, Sonny, and Freddy fouled out. Dick had four fouls on him, but in the traditional way, our boys broke through to beat a path to victory, with the Hnal score, 48-43. Col- well led the scoring Islander's with 16 points, and Griffin set the pace for Stoning- ton with 12 points. On December 13, the team took up their suitcases and started off for Old Faithful, the bus, to Islesboro. We arrived just at supper time. The boy's game created much excitement and furor. Some of our boys found Islesboro wood quite hard, but, de- spite all difificulties, rose to the occasion by redoubling their victorious efforts. Even af- ter our able guard, Sonny, was disabled tem- porarily, our boys could not be stopped, and swept on, until, at the final bell, the score read 52-36 in our favor. Our next victims were Penobscot. On our own floor, our boys were completely at ease, and outdid themselves. Colwell fanned the flames of victory with 22 points, a n d Vaughn, our long - range sharp - shooter, stacked up 17 points. The next game was with Castine. As we set out, we wondered if it would be the tra- ditional morning hours and freezing weather when we would again cross the bridge. Fate worked in reverse this time, as we were late in arriving. Our boys, nevertheless, had an easy victory. The second team played their

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brought to an end our highly successful Saturday night was a great night for Deer ted that We would be 32 THE GATHERER wins and no defeats, we set our next goal for the H.C.S.S.A. Tournament Championship. The tournament was to be held in Stonington this year. We met Stockton Springs, for the first time, Monday, February 16. Meeting the new team with anticipation, our boys gave the rivals no time to get under their skin. Dicky's sensational lay-up style paid off in 25 points, while Vaughn swished the net for 13 points. The final score registered 63-34 in favor of our spark-plugs. Our next game was a thriller. Even though the Island-Penobscot fans willed us to defeat, our snappy five led the twelve points at the end of the Hrst quarter. At that time the hall was in an uproar. Freddy Brewster had just sunk a sensational long shot from three- fourths down the floor, as the buzzer rang for the quarter. At the end of the next quarter, though, there was no room for mirth. Pen- obscot had crawled up on us, and we were tied at 30 points. But this didn't stop our boys. After their talk with Coach Davis, they bounded onto the floor with new confidence. From then on, we forgot to be scared. The game was all Deer Isle'sg as the clock ticked away the last second, the score stood 63-42 for Deer Isle. Sonny and Freddy tied for top honors with 15 points, while Moon and York slapped the cords for Penobscot with 17 and 12 respectively. Much excitement remained, because Saturday night, we would play Ston- ington for the league championship. Isle. just before the championship game, we learned that our boys had placed sixth in the Eastern Maine Small School's Tourna- ment, to be held in Bangor, February 26. Our rivals at that time would be Clinton. During the championship game, while the fans went slowly mad, the boys showed ex- cellent self-control by their calmness in set- ting up their plays and carrying them out. The two teams were too evenly matched for comfort. At the end of the first quarter, the score was tied at 17. The boys pulled away with all their might, but were not able to get more than a five point lead at any time. At the half, we led by only two points, but in the third quarter, we took a turn for the worse g and, as the buzzer rang, we were 3 points behind. During this quarter, every- one's ulcers began kicking up, and gray hairs appeared at the temples. Both teams matched baskets until the last minute of the game, when Sonny and Pearl fouled out. We were greatly relieved when Lyle Griffin and Ger- ald Robbins, followed suit. With one minute to play, Deer Isle was trailing by 3 points, when Dicky Colwell calmly stepped up to the line, and dropped in two foul shots. Fred- dy captured the ball next for Deer Isle, and made a beautiful lay-up shot, puting us one point in the lead. With one second to play, a foul was committed on Bobby Poitras, and he neatly sewed up the game by slipping through his final shot. The buzzer rang only a split-second afterwards, followed by cheers and yelling by Deer Isle fans, as our cham- pions walked coolly off the floor. This league season. On February 26, the Deer Isle boys proud- ly stepped onto the Bangor Auditorium floor. Having heard much shooter, Bobby Jones, be greatly out-classed. about the state-foul our boys expected to Everyone else expec- c'Clinton's Goats. But we almost pulled the upset of the tourna- ment. During the first quarter, our boys were so nervous, they didnit do much, but at the half, we had staged a comeback, leading by 7 points at the bell. Dicky Colwell was taken out temporarily because of his four fouls, but we still kept our heads above water by one point at the end of the third quarter. Colwell was put back in for the fourth quar- ter, and we forged ahead until the last