Falmouth High School - Crest Yearbook (Falmouth, ME)

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F- I-IE Naturally, on the day the game was scheduled everyone was excited. We chartered two railroad cars and the team wlth.a large number of the towns people, who all through the year had a long, tiresome ride but we finally arrived about noon. Although we were all very hungry, the team had just a lunch before playing which made us all fthe more anxious to beat Lee as fast as we could. Finally the game started. The second quarter we were able to lead as we had in the first. At the half, Coach Atherton gave us a pep talk as only he can. The third quarter was much the same as the other two, but, in the last, Lee started a rally. As usual Donny Cole, Johnny Stimson, Buddy Hinks, Tommy Meehan, Dicky Plummer and Butler Pratt came to the rescue and the final score was Falmouth 56, Lee 27. I don't think that there were ever a happier crowd of boys or towns people. Falmouth, for the first time in the schools history, won three championships in basketball in one year, the Tripple C, Western Maine Class B, and the State Class B. The spirit of the boys, coach, and the people was the prime factor in our winning these coveted awards. GIRLS' BASKETBALL Victory! The most crucial game of the season was played with Cape at Cape on Friday, February 13. The game was a closely fought contest, with one team and then the other in the lead. About the last second an unidentified Fal- mouth forward dropped in a basket to make the final score 25-21. For the third consecutive year the girls won the Tripple C Championship by playing clean, aggressive ball. The team was composed of the following girls: N. Hawkes, H. Villacci, M. Bragg, M. Cooper, E. Prince, L. Kloth, I. Russell, S. Lane, R. Wallace, L. Villacci, L. Anderson, A. Hansen. Since only Nancy Hawkes and Rosie Villacci are lost through graduation, the prospects for next year are very bright. Congratulations, Coach Smith, you have done a swell job producing championship teams for Falmouth. GIRLS' SUIKMING Bang! They're off. The 1941 Swim ing Meet was held October 22, at a new place, the Portland Boy's Club. Lined up on the starting line for Falmouth were J. Smith, N. Hawkes, M. Bragg, D. Bjorn, B. Clement, I. Russell, A. Lane, J. Storer, M. Cooper, and P. Russell seeking revenge for their l point defeat by Cape last year. When the splashing stopped, Falmouth had a total score of 29, 12 more than their nearest rival, Windham. Those receiving medals were N. Hawkes, B. Clement, M. Bragg, D. Bjorn, J. Storer, I. Russell, and A. Lane. The relay team composed of B. Clement, M. Bragg, D. Bjorn and I. Russell did some fancy swimming to Lake first place 0 We wish coach Rogers and her future team many more championships.

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ylHtm'm BUYS' BASKETBALL With the fall of 1941 here, another basketball sea- son which finds coach Atherton and his boys getting lim- bered up for the tough games ahead of them has rolled we had our first little trouble good floor game next Friday we and good floor around. After a few weeks of hard work, test of strength with Scarboro. Having we beat them 38-15. Butt Pratt played a besides getting a lot of rebounds. The journied to Windham. With his passing game, Red Leighton contributed much to our winning by the score of 44-21. The third week we kept on the road by going to Gorham to play a highly favored team. They gave us plenty of fight but the Falmouth team as a whole pul- led us through to a victory, 27-11. The fourth week we played host to Standish. Dick Plummer played an outstand ing game besides making 16 points which assured us of a win of 50-25, also Newall Tibbals aided with his 6 points and grappling rebounds. The next game' with our perennial rival, Cape Elizabeth was one we all looked forward to with great anticipation. During the game they were never ahead of us but they were too close for com- fort. Although he did no scoring, Bobby Moore, playing his first game as forward, did much in breaking up the Cape offense. The game ended 20-14. Thus closed the first half of the season with no losses to our record. Starting the second half of our scheduled games with Scarboro was postponed because of circumstances beyond our control. The following week Windham came down to fall prey to our winning streak with Buddy Hincks as a guard scoring 7 points and also getting a high percentage of rebounds. We won 46-9. We entertained Gorham the next week making a score of 50-16. Our youngest star Kark Stimson as guard turned up 8 points. A trip up to Standish was our next week's assignment and still our winning streak was in effect. With brilliant playing by John Stimson besides his scoring we had a fine score of 57-50. The following Friday was the 15th of Feb. Something must have had an ill effect upon the Falmouth boys because they went out to the Cape and lost 24-29 despite hard fighting and great spirit. The loss to Cape kept us in first place but our crucial game was with Cape for first. We played Cape on a Friday and the next night went out to Scarboro. Although everyone was very tense and nervous, we pulled through famously to the score of 40-21. Tommy Meehan played a good game as guard scoring 12 points. So ended the Triple C season for 1941-42, Falmouth coming out as winners with but one loss in ten. Herely we were put in line to play in the Western Main Class B Tournament. A couple of weeks after our Triple C victory we went to Saeo where we were paired with Farmington, who the year before had won this tournament. Leading most of the way, we suceeded in showing them off 22-12 although at no time were we ahead of them any considerable number of points. The next night we went back to play Kennebunk who previously had beaten Gould Academy. Although they were an excellent group of players also a nswell bunchn of boys, we had little trouble in running up a score of 45-27. By beating these two teams, we won the Western Maine Class B Championship which entitled us to go to Brewer to play Lee Academy who had won the Eastern half. 3

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I YN First row: Marjorie Bragg, Beth Clement, Arlene Lane, Ina Russell, Dorothy Bjorn. Second row: Nancy Hawkes, Miss Rogers, coach, Jane Storer. Left to right: Coach Higgins, Robert Ames, Butler Pratt, Tommy Meehan, Donny Cole, Dickie Plummer. ME