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

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BOYS' BASKETBALL Lvft to right. SllOWd0Il. txuwugcr. Mr. Davis. couvh. Brvwstcr. R, Smith. R. llznskt Brs-xvjtvr. P. Eaton. R. Colwvll. B. Wm-d, W. Knight, R. Poitras. V. Joyce, H. Hatch.

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26 THE GATHERER BASKETBALL The boys were very glad to welcome Roger Davis ba k as their coach for the third con- eason. Although only one player, secutive Sonny G eenlaw, had been lost by gradua- tion, his absence was felt greatly. However, his position was soon filled competently. John Snowden was chosen manager. The Hrst game in which our boys partici- pated was the Round Robin Tourney at Ellsworth on November 21. In this tourney every team played a half game - each quar- different team. In our first quarter ter with 3 we met umner and our second we clashed with Mt. Desert. We emerged victorious from both by scores of 16-7 and 15-6, respec- tively. In the second game of the season we met the Ellsworth Freshmen on our home floor. Pearl, with 18 points, led the boys to a 57- 39 victory. for the fi st time. We were expecting a more difficult a , was need ess, since we won 60-43. Pearl led the scori On Drfember 5 we entertained Jonesport S me than usual but our worrying Our xt rivals Brooksville, were easily downed y a score of 78-38. Pearl racked up 22 mts and B Blodgett and Andrews of Brook ville came through with 16 and 17 points re pectively. Jonesport proved a little 'harder to defeat on their 54-38 wilf own floor, but we pulled through Pearl scoring 20 points. g with 26 points. h On D cember 17 we met our old rivals Stoningtdzn on our 'home floor. When the final whistle blew the score stood at 94-52. Fred Brewster led the Islanders with 36 points. On Jztiuary 6 at Monson we had the closest g. me of the season. This trip was slated for both 'boys and girls, but because of the bad weather and the long distance to be traveled, only the boys went. The game was tough and one the boys will long re- member. Our opponents lead us 8 to 18 at the end of the first quarter, 34 to 24 at the half, and 45 to 42 at the end of the third quarter. However, our boys came through in a blaze of glory in the last quarter, scoring 9 points to Mon'on's 4. To the relief of our players the score stood 51 to 49 for Deer Isle at the final whistle. On January 8 we returned to our league games, meeting Penobscot in the first game off the island for 'both boys and girls. Dickie and Vaughn each scraped up 18 points to lead us to a 84-52 victory. The Bangor jV's were our next opponents. They proved a little harder to subdue than the league teams, but we came out ahead by a score of 56-48. Our next two games, with Castine and Islesboro, were two of the easiest of the sea- son. The first, at Castine, was won 84-27. The score of the second, with Isles-boro, on our 'home floor, was 85-51. The Islesboro team was entertained afterward with a rec- ord dance. On January 26 we packed our sneakers and set out for Brooksville in the bus. That night Fred and Dickie were high scorers, with 17 and 16 points respectively, as we bat- tled to a 79-40 decision. On the weekend of january 29 the boys set out on an all-male expedition to Eastport and Machias. Sin-ce Eastport is Mr. Davis' hometown, this game was eagerly antici- pated. Fred set the pace for the Islanders with 19 points, as we rolled on to a 52-44 victory. Our luck was not so good the next

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28 THE GATHERER night, however. At the hands of Machias, an M school, we suffered our first and only de- feat of the regular season. It may have been e boys' lack of sleep, 'bad luck or to t plai .. careless handling of the ball, but at the end of the game the score stood at 50-43. due just On February 2 we clashed with Stoning- ton on their floor. This game was more difli- cult than the one with them at Deer Isle but no match for our boys and we they werf downed hem 67-41. Dickie pushed through 25 points, while Griffin was high scorer for Stonington with 15. With playing the teams in our league. At Castine Dickie led the attack with 18 points to post a 67-45 victory and at Deer Isle Fred picked up 20 .points in a 73-32 decision over Penob- scot. the next two games we finished up Our l season w s with the Ellsworth Freshmen on r. For the first quarter it looked we might be in for a defeat but st non-tournament game of the their flo as thoug the tables were turned for the rest of the game. At the final whistle the score stood: Deer Isle-51, Ellsworth-30. This year the H.C.S.S.A. Tournament was again 'h d at Stonington. Winterport and Searspor were the non-league teams who were ask d to participate. The team stand- ings wereii as follows: 1. Deer Isle 2. Stonington 3. Winterport 4. Searsport 5. Brooksville 6. Castine 7. Penobscot The t nights or February 18, 19, and 20. How- ever, th game scheduled for February 18 was post oned because of bad weather until urnament was scheduled for the the afternoon of February 19. Since there was an odd number of teams participating in the tournament, Deer Isle did not play in the first session. On February 19 we met Winterport in a thrilling contest. We were behind most of the way with the score see- sawing bark and forth by a few points. In the last quarter we 'began to get worried for fear this might be our last game of the sea- son. just as we almost lost all hope the boys staged an amazing comeback. With five sec- onds remaining in the game and the score at 38-37 in favor of Winterport, Dickie stole the ball near the Winterport basket, dribbled the whole length of the floor and, just as the final whistle -blew, dropped in the win- ning basket, a beautiful layup shot, for Deer Isle. The crowd went wild because for the second consecutive year Dickie had sun.k the winning basket in tournament games. T'he next night we played off with Stonington for the league championship. We romped through the game, and at the end the score stood 46-33, thus winning the Hancock County small schools' championship once more. And so on to Bangor. On February 25 school was -closed in the afternoon so that the people who wanted to go to see the boys play in the tournament at Bangor could leave early. We were slated to play Schenck at 8:00. The game was a thrilling one, since the teams were very evenly matched. They 'battled back and forth, with first one team leading and then the other. At the end of the first quarter the score was 15 all, and at the end of the third quarter 42-38 in Schenck's favor. In the last period, however, the boys staged a quick comeback. Dickie scored 12 points and Pearl 10 in that quarter alone. By skill- ful interception and capable ball-handling we were able to sew up the game. Even then the score was too close for comfort - 64 to 57. Pearl and Dickie pushed through 26 and 24 points respectively to assure the