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

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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

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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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THE GATHERER team of a place in the semi-Hnals the next night. The Bridgewater quintet was our oppo- nent. Since their team was rated first in the tournament standings we were doubtful about the outcome of the game. However, by holding on stubbornly we managed a one point lead at the end of the first quarter. Although Bridgewater had an excellent de- fense, our boys just would not give up. In spite of all our efforts we soon lost our lead, and when the final buzzer sounded the score- board read: Deer Isle-35, Bridgewater-40. Consoling is the fact that for the second year we were defeated in a close game by the team that went on to become the S cham- pions of Eastern Maine. Another thing to console us is that by reaching the semi-finals we showed advancement in tournament play over last year. Perhaps next year we will be able to go all the way, we certainly hope so. 1 At the close of the very successful season our record stood at 21 wins and 2 losses. We are extremely proud of our boys and the work they have done and we feel con- fident that in the years to come they will continue to bring honor and glory to our school. Name r.G. F. '71, ofF. PE Pearl Eaton 134 56 59451 324 Dickie Colwefll 128 60 65'Z1 316 Fred Brewster 104 60' 59W 268 Vaughn Joyce 49 33 66'Z: 131 jerry Brewster 58 30' 44-'Z 146 Bobby Poi-tras 11 4 3616 26 Randy Haskell 33' l'l 42W 77 Burt Weed 7 1 33W 15 Bobby 'Smi-th 11 3 60W 25 Harold Hatch 8 5 8371 21 Biuy Knight 1 0 - 2 Season's Scores In Basketball 'Sumner 7 Deer Isle 16 'ML Desert 6 Deer Isle 15 Ellsworth Freshmen 39 Deer Isle 57 Jonesport 43 Deer Isle 60 Brooksville Deer Isle 'Jonesport Deer Isle Stonington Deer Isle 'Monson Deer Isle Penobscot Deer Isle 'Bangor JV's Deer Isle Castine Deer Isle Islesboro Deer Isle Brooksville Deer Isle 'Eastport Deer Isle 'Machi'as Deer Isle 'Stonington Deer Isle Penobscot Deer Isle 'Castine Deer Isle 'Ellsworth Freshmen Deer Isle 'Winiterport Deer Isle Stonington Deer Isle 'Sohenck Deer Isle Briidgewater Deer Isle ' games away 'H' 'Stonington 'tournament Bangor tournament JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL I This year it was decided to organize a junior high basketball team for the boys in the seventh and eighth grades. Mr. Mathe- son acted as their coach and Pearl Eaton served as his assistant. The boys attending practices were Neville Hardy, John Snow- den, Wiley Billings, Darrell Snowden, Rod- erick Damon, Bradford Eaton, Eugene Ea- ton, Arthur Poitras, Bobby Milan, Douglas Eaton, Tommy Cole, and Richard Quinn. This team played two games with Castine, one with Bar Harbor, one with Brooklin, and one with Ellsworth. On the trips away, which were taken by bus, the team was ac- companied by junior high cheerleaders and junior high fans. The record at the end of the season was four games lost and one won. Most of the games were against larger schools and valuable experience was gained. Junior High Basketball 49 C'astine Deer Isle Brar Harbor Deer Isle Casftine Deer Isle 'Brooklin Deer Isle Ellsworth Deer Isle 4' Games away.