Higgins Classical Institute - Scroll Yearbook (Charleston, ME)

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56 H. C. I.SC'ROLL I 4 1. l Q 'Q TE I FOOTBALL The football lineup for the season of 1944 was made up a number of inexperienced players, backed by a few veterans. The Hig- gins record for this season was three wins, three defeats and one tie. The varsity squad was coached by Mr. Keith with the assistance of Mr. Fotter. The players were: Captain Neile Soule, Mario DiFrederico, Richard Watson, Carl Young, Reginald Brown, Lester Stevens, Howard Foley, Chester Trundy, Parnell Hare, Vance Foss, Kenneth Masse, Ronald York, Norman Cummings, Bradford Brown, Harold Hanson, Wendell Russell, William MacDonald, John Keith, Fred Lucci, Or- mand Brown, Phillip Thompson, Carlton Lowery, Garth Folsom, Roger Dole, Coburn Johnson, Arnold Amero, Robert Duplessie, Earl Stevens, Jack Weston, Kenneth Cum- mings and Ricardo Shamwell. RESUME OF THE GAMES Higgins 6 Greenville 6 The opening game of the season was played against a fighting Greenville team on September 30 at Greenville. DiFrederico scored Higgins' only touchdown, but the at- tempt for the extra point failed. Higgins was on the one yard line when time ran out. The game resulted in a tie. Higgins 24 Coburn 0 The first Higgins victory was in a game played against Coburn on October '7 at Wat- erville. DiFrederico scored the first two touchdowns with the Higgins team showing plenty of fight. In the next half, Neile Soule intercepted a pass and with good interfer- ence went over standing up. The final score was tallied on an end-run by Reginald Brown. Higgins 6 Old Town 0 The hard fighting Higgins team tripped the favored eleven from Old Town, which was one of the strongest teams in this sec- tion. The game was played at Charleston on a rain. soaked gridiron and both teams con- tinually lost the ball on fumbles. The out- standing blocking of the Higgins team was the reason for their success. DiFrederico and Watson sparked on 85 yard advances down thc field. With the pigskin resting on the fifteen yard line DiFrederico broke away for the lone touchdown of the game. As the ref- Higgins again had the eree's whistle blew ball on Old Town's five yard line. Higgins 0 Higgins' spark Stearns outpaddled at Millinocket. The but was covered in Stearns 19 feebly sputtered, and them to a 19-0 victc-ry field was not only wet, places by six inches of water. The playing conditions were anything but suitable for football. In the second per- iod, Watson dropped the ball in attempting to score from the one yard line. Higgins 6 M. C. 1. 7 On October 28 Higgins lost a hard fought game to M. C I. in the mud at Pittsfield. The first score came in the third period when M. C. I. completed a forward pass for their only touchdown. On the next play M. C. I. plunged over for their extra point. Hig- gins came back in the fourth period to score, but failed to convert for the extra point. Stevens played an outstanding game, sparked the Higgins 70-yard touchdown drive. Higgins 18 Foxcroft 0 Striking back after a smarting defeat at M. C. I., Higgins lost little time in scoring against Foxcroft in a game at Charleston. Foss, DiFrederico, and Stevens scored re- spectively in the first three periods. Regin- ald Brown made several good gains. This was the last home game for Higgins. Higgins 0 John Bapst 6 In a nip and tuck game the Higgins squad lost to the Bapst Crusaders at Bangor. This Armistice Day game ended a good football season for Higgins. The Bapst score came when 2. substitute back grabbed a Higgins punt and ran seventy yards for the only touchdown. The best run for Higgins was made by Dick Watson in the third period. Higgins lacked the necessary punch to score when they were close to the Bapst goal. In the only J. V. game of the season, Hig- gins defeated Foxcroft Academy J. V.'s 7-0 on a. muddy gridiron at Charleston. Brad Brown kicked the point after, the only one made this season by Higgins. J. W. A. '45

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