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

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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.

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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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32 The THE GATHERER Deer Isle-Castine game was our first defeat oi' the season. Castine didn't take long to the scorj et rolling. At the half way mark stood 24-13 in favor of Castine. Something had to be done! Our spirits were still high of the th that old as we faced them at the beginning ird quarter, but spirit or no spirit, clock kept right on ticking and at the final whistle the score favored Castine 35-33. It. was a tough game to lose, but we lost to a good team. Islebor on Janu retum g ingly, an lowed th The r be very Our n ton. Aft on our with a d butterfii was 29-2 The thir five poi the scor front. turn gar fioor. scot. W half, wh back in 's team was our overnight guests xy 22nd. Although there was no me scheduled, Islesboro came will- were beaten 42-27. A social fol- game. tum game at Brooksville proved to uccessful. We won again 50-32. xt scheduled game was at Stoning- r chalking up one win against them wn Hoor, we went onto their fioor termined feeling falong with a few .J At the 'halfway mark the score , with Deer Isle on the short end. quarter Stonington outscored us by s. When the final buzzer sounded s read 57-41, with Stonington out e weren't as successful on our re- ne as we had been on our own were ahead by a large score at the ch gave the subs a chance to get ction, after warming the bench for Our njxt home game was against Penob- l ' ' I e quite a 30. The the gam their tea won, th Stoningt tie. Eac it w games. The final score was 48- eague Championship depended on at Castine. If we lost to Castine, would be the champions. If we season would end with Castine, n, and Deer Isle in a three way team would have lost two games. At the end of the quarter the game was tied 5 the half found us with a three point lead. Deer Isle :pulled through to a win, the final score being 49-48. Brooklin was our final game, which was won by us 41-9. This meant that Stoning- ton, Castine, and Deer Isle were tied for first place. Patty Spofford was elected captain, and Barbara Eaton and Janet Snowden were elected manager and assistant-manager re- spectively. A, great deal of credit for our successful and enjoyable season goes to our new coach, Mr. Feero. GIRLS' BASKETBALL SCORES D.I.H.S. Opp. , 33 19 Brooklin 57 25 Brooksville 53 51 Stonington 41 21 At Penobscot 33 35 Castine 42 27 Islesboro 50 32 1 At Brooksville 41 ' 57 At Stonington 48 30 Penobscot 49 48 At Castine 41 9 At Brooklin STATISTICS F.G. F. Pts. Patty Spofford 84 25 193 Mary i Hardy 65 13 143 Nancy Colwell 56 23 135 Belvia Weed 2 0 4 Sandra Eaton 2 1 5 Edna Eaton 1 0 ' 2 Inez Billings 0 1 1 Eliza Small 1 0 2 Deanna Ellis 1 1 3