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

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30 THE GATHERER Best Athletes 1 Vaughn Joyice Patty Spofford BASEBALL spring of 1953 about a dozen boys for baseball practice. They were Sonny reemaw, short-stopg Pearl Eaton, first bas 3 Bobby Poitras, second base, John Snowde , third base, Vaughn Joyce, catcher, Dickie olwell, pitcher, Randy Haskell, right fiel 5 Burt Weed, left field, Fred Brew- ster, een er field, Billy Knight, jerry Brew- ster, and Clifford Quinn. went We wound up our season with a record of five wins and three losses and tied with Stoningt n for the Hancock County small schools' Ihampionship. BASEBALL 1953 Sumner 5 Deer Isle Penobscod 5 Deer Isle Castine 1 Deer Isle Castine . 1 Deer Isle Sumner 7 Deer Isle Pendbscoi 2' Deer Isle Stoningito. 8 Deer Isle Stgningtop 6 Deer Isle When D.I.H.S. Olll' IICW' black a eager gi GIRLS' BASKETBALL November finally arrived, the girls were rating to go. Mr. Feero, girls to ee But thr 4 coach, seemed as anxious as the et going. With seventeen classy new d white uniforms and seventeen rls, practices were soon under way. seniors had graduated and we were determined to have a successful sea- son. The members of the team were Patty Spolford, Mary Hardy, Nancy Colwell, as forwards, Edna Eaton, Deanna Ellis, Eliza Small, and Sylvia Howard as guards. Our substitutes were Carol Woodman, Rosalyn Haskell, Polly Knight, Inez Billings, june Perez, Belvia Weed, Sandra Eaton, Audrey Eaton, Gayle Donovan, and Evelyn Mac- Donald. Of these members, six are junior high players. The girls started practicing at the D. I. Elementary School, but the season had hardly begun before we were sharing the Town Hall with the boys. We managed to squeeze in about three practices per week, starting out with drills and then short scrimmages. When December 4-th arrived the D. I. girls faced the Brooklin girls on our own floor. The 'first game proved to be more than successful with a 33-19 victory. The following Tuesday Brooksville ar- rived. This game was just as successful as our first game with a 57-25 win. The first two games gave our subs a chance for some action. The Stonington-Deer Isle game was one of the thrillers of the season for all of us. At the half we were at a disadvantage with a 21-16 lead for Stonington. When the buzzer sounded at t-he third quarter Deer Isle was still on the short end, but the last period was the big period for us. We finally pulled through with a two point margin 53-51. This was the first time the girls had beaten Stonington in a number of years. Patty Spofford was high scorer for the Sea Hawks with 20 points while Nancy MacKay rolled in 31 points for the Rockettes. Next was our first game away, and we started the new year right by defeating Penobscot 42-21.

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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.

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JUNIOR HIGH 'BASKETBALL AND CHEERLEADERS Front row. loft to right. B. Wm-sid. E. MacDonald, G. Donovan. C. Cart:-r. B, Eaton. .-X. Eaton Svcond row. lvft to right. A. Poitras. D. Snowdvn. N. Hardy. J. Snowdon. R. Dznnon. W. Bill- ings. Third row. left to right, B. Eaton. R. Quinn. D. Eaton. R. Milziil. E. Eaton. T. Colv. P. E11 ton. BASEBALL Front row. lvft to right. Snowdvn. P. Eaton. V. -Ioyrv. F. Bl'l'W5U'1'. R. Poitrus. Back row, lcft to right, Mr. Davis, B. Wccd, Brcwstvr, R. Haskell, R. Colwvll. W. Knight.