Higgins Classical Institute - Scroll Yearbook (Charleston, ME)

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H. O. I. SCROLL ri? 61 31 l il the game at Guilford, the Higgins team es- tablished and held an early lead. Soule and Allen, who until this game were substitutes, showed great promise for the remainder of the season. Higgins 38 M. C. I. 22 Higgins continued on the victory trail with a decisive defeat over M. C. I. in a game played at Charleston on January 26. The M. C. I. defense was not functioning properly and the Higgins players were repeatedly in the clear under the basket. Stevens again led the scoring for H. C. I. with 24 points. Higgins 48 Foxcroft 34 Winning their third game in a row, the black and orange tripped the Academy boys at Charleston. In the third period the Dover players staged a comeback, but the Higgins boys remained in front by a comfortable margin. Stevens and Foss teamed up to score 32 points. Higgins 24 Stearns 31 Losing a hard fought battle to a fast Stearns quintet, H. C. I. vainly tried to make it four in a row. The Higgins boys tired quickly being unaccustomed to a floor as large as the o-ne at Millinocket. Pacing the Higgins att-ack, Stevens and Allen tallied eight points apiece. Higgins 37 C'oburn 29 In a game at Charleston that was very evenly matched, Higgins set back a strong Coburn team 37-29. Good ball handling and clever passing were displayed by both teams. Allen scored 15 points, to become high scor- er fc-r the first time while Stevens scored 14. Higgins 30 Stearns 28 In a very fast and exciting game at Charleston, the Higgins team defeated the Stearns' Minutemen, 30-28. Coming from be- hind in the third peri:-d, Higgins climbed within one point of their pace-setting rivals. Working smoothly together, the Higgins boys made their set plays pay dividends. In a nip and tuck fourth period which was not decid- ed until Stevens sunk a rebound shot in the clcsing seconds, the lead see-sawed back and forth. A packed gymnasium saw Stevens end his season in a blaze of gl-ory. Stevens, Allen and DiFrederico scored 22 points for the Higgins cause. Higgins 29 Guilford 44 In a one-sided contest, at Charleston, Guilford defeated the Higgins team, which was without the services of Stevens. The up- state team made it two in a row over Higgins, who didn't give up without a fight. Allen was high scorer for H. C. I. with fifteen points. Higgins 29 M. C. I. 36 On February 23 at Pittsfield, Higgins lost a hotly contested game to M. C. I. After battling evenly for three quarters, M. C. I. finally pulled ahead ts- clinch the verdict. Higgins' high man for the night was Foss. Higgins 40 John Bapst 23 The last game of the season resulted in the first Higgins victory since the depar- ture of Stevens, Higgins showed great im- provement in toppling John Bapst who had a place in the Eastern Maine tourney. At no time did Bapst threaten to take the lead. The H. C. I. score was evenly divided among their starting lineup. However, Foss and DiFrederico shared top honors with ten points apiece. J. W. A. '45 JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL The Higgins' J. V.'s had a good seas:-n, winning six of their ten games. Although the J. V.'s were outclassed in s:-me of their games, they won their share. Dunnett was high scorer for the season with 89 points, Archer came in second with 70, and Mac- Fadden third with 69 paints. Scheduled results: Higgins J. V.'s 17 John Bapst J. V.'s 21 Hgiins J. V.'s 42 Foxcroft A. J. V.'s 16 Higgins J. V.'s 42 M. C. I. J. V.'s 29 Higgins J. V.'s 30 Bangor J. V.'s 36 Higgins J V.'s 50 E. C. A. 34 Higgins J V.'s 17 Higgins 2nd. 33 Higgins J. V.'s 36 Milo High S. 59 Higgins J V.'s 51 M. C. I. J. V.'s' 15 Higgins J. V.'s 27 John Bapst J. V.'s 22 Higgins J. V.'s 38 E. C. A. 16 Higgins J V.'s 50 E. C. A. 34 In a game at Charleston, the Higgins team romped over the East Corinth quintet while every member of the H. C. I. squad saw action. The pre-game gossip expected a much closer game than it turned out to be. Archer was high man for Higgins with 14 points. Higgins J. V.'s 27 John Bapst J. V.'s 22 Higgins, using three of their second string defeated Bapst in a hotly contested game at Charleston. Bapst had been winning most cf their games and everyone expected them tc- have little trouble in downing the H. C. I. J. V.'s . After the first quart-er Higgins grab- bed the lead and managed to hold it until the end. Leading his team with 13 points, MacFadden held top honors. Higgins J. V.'s 38 E. C. A. 16 In the final game of the season, and their second straight victory over E. C. A., the Higgins J. V.'s closed their season in grand style. The game at Cc-rinth was easily taken by Higgins who made the best of their scoring opportunities. Dunnett was high man in this important game, scoring 15 points. In a preliminary game the second string J. V.,s nosed out E. C. A. 23-22. H. Hanson '46 GIRLS' SPORTS GIRLS' BASKETBALL The girls' basketball squad was organized shortly after Thanksgiving vacation, with Miss Evelyn Estey as Coach. Althc-ugh they did not have as successful a year as some, their time was well spent. They had a great deal of fun in practice and showed good school spirit. With the careful coaching of Miss Estey

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QUAD S RLS' BASKETBALL CI Estcy, Moocrs, Miss urriet H Brown, lice Lou A Colson, rjoric Ma Buck Row 11 Green. Sylvi af o ra T1 Z 5s f- .-1 ... Z C 5 vi F 2' T rl ,- .- 'II v1 llen, Marilyn nA H ggins, jezl orothy D Smith ..-4 Ruth Stinson Second Row-Eva l. Trask, Violet Cal Shirley Powers, ibby, yL Osgood, Doroth Phyllis Front Row-Colleen Snow, Marion Stanhope.

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62 4 H. C. I.SCROLL Pze- - many new plays were worked out which proved successful. The girls were divided into two strings. Those on the first string were manager Ruth Smith, Captain Dorothy Libby, Evelyn Dunham, Marilyn Trask, Phyllis Osgood, Vi- olet Call, Colleen Snow, Eva Stinson, Shirley Powers and Marion Stanhope. New suits were issued to these girls. They were black satin with burnt orange trimmings including numbers, orange socks and hair ribbons. Those on the second string were Alice Lou Brown, Marjorie Cols:-n, Dorothy Higgins, Sylvir. Green, Harriet Mooers, Jean Allen, Dorothy Mace and Joan Johnson. RESULTS OF THE GAMES Higginz 28 Guilford 17 The first game of the season was played at Guilford January 6. The Higgins girls came home with a flashing victory. All those on the first string had a chance to play. Higgins 28 East Corinth A. 7 The :eco-nd game of the season Was played on our own flo:-r January 10. Another vic- tcry for our girls-28-7. The lineup was the samc. Higgins 21 Dover-Foxcroft A. 38 Our next game was with Dover-Foxcroft p'ayed at D:-ver January 19. The Dover girls ran away with the game and the Higgins Their flashing forward sank sixteen baskets, girls were defeated by the score of 38-21. that being more opposition than we could account for. Higgins 22 Dover-Foxcroft A. 36 The next game of the season was a return game with Dover-Foxcroft Academy on Jan- uary 31. The girls were defeated again by a score of 22-36. The out of town girls had careful. team work but the Higgins girls showed no signs of giving up. The same line-up participated. Higgins 9 Maine School of Commerce 24 Our team went to Maine School 'of Com- merce for their next game but came home defeated. The experienced players had ex- ceptionally gocd team work and outclassed the Higgins' girls by a score of 24-9. Higgins 27 V Guilford 10 At the return game with Guilford played on our own floor on February 20, the Hig- lm Girls defeated the Guilford Girls by a scc-re of 27-10 Higgins 22 - East Corinth A. 13 In the return game with East Corinth Academy on February 23, the girls defeated them with a score of 23- 13. The careful team- work in the beginning ended up with a victory. Higgins 21 Maine School of Commerce 28 The last game of the season c-n the home floor was against Maine School of Commerce and was a close game. The team-work in this game proved most successful encouraged by determination. However The Maine Schools exceptional players outscored the Higgins girls by, a score of 28-21. Those winning basketball letters for the season were as follows: Dorothy Libby, Cap- - 4 taing Evelyn Dunham, Marilyn Trask, Colleen Snow, Marion Stanhope, Shirley Powers, Vio- let Call, Phyllis Osgood, Eva Stinson and Ruth Smith-Manager. OTHER GIRLS' ACTIVITIES Beginning the first of the year many sports were started and these included soft- ball and tennis directed by Miss Estey, arch- ery by Miss Brown and hiking by Mrs. Grin- dlc. Many of those participating worked towards earning their letters. SOFT BALL Soft ball was again started early in the spring by Miss Hillman. It was unusual this year to have such an early spring but the girls interested in sc-ftball took advantage of it. There were thirty-two candidates who in- clude: Dorothy Libby, Violet Call, Marion Rozelle, Marilyn Trask, Marilyn and Gwen- dolyn Grant, Marie Scott, Faith Harris, Col- leen Snow, Shirley Powers, Greta Scott, Ruth Smith, Evelyn Dunham, Dorothy Har- dy, Marion Stanhope, Harriet Mooers, Jean Allen, Phyllis Osgood, Eva Stinson, Joan Johnson, Marjorie Colson, Jean To-tman, Charlene Frazer, Joyce Call, Pauline Lime- burner. Alice Brown, Dorothy Higgins, Max- ino Scott, Rebecca Merrill, Sylvia Green, Barbara Strout and Dorothy Mace. They elected Evelyn Dunham, Captain, and Mar- ilyn Trask, Manager. The team sounds promising and with the old rules and with new ones we've learned experience will prove us. The girls hope to win the six proposed games with crashing victories. M. Trask '45 VARSITY BASEBALL Due tc- the early spring this year, base- ball started the first week in April. This year's team is made up of many veterans from last year's squad. Coach Keith picked thc following players for the varsity: Carl Young, Ronald York, Parnell Hare, Bud Fish, William MacDonald, Mario DiFred- ericc, Richard Watson, Carleton, Lowery, Bradford Brown, Harold Hanson, Reginald Brown, Kenneth Masse, Vance Foss, Garth Folsom and Calvin Stinson. The schedule for 1945 is as follows: April 11 Milo at Higgins April 21, Higgins at Schenck April 28, John Bapst at Higgins May 2, Higgins at Bangor May 5, Open May 9. Greenville at Higgins May 10, Higgins at Milo May 12, Higgins at M. C. I. May 16, Bangor at Higgins May 19, Higgins at Greenville May 22, Schenck at Higgins May 25, Higgins at Foxcroft May 26, M. C. I. at Higgins June 2, OPBI1 June 4, Foxcroft at Higgins Higgins 10 Milo 2