Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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HOCKEY Although the hockey team had a poor record not wlnnmg a game they drd tle one and they had the satxsfactxon of playmg hard and enjoylng themselves all season Saunders was elected captam for the season Desplte much practlce we lost the first game 6 to 2 to Brewster Brewster had a more expenenced and faster skatmg club but for the first game we made a good showmg Saunders and Armrtage each made a goal on an asslst from each other After more practxce we lost our second game to KUA 3 to O Although thexr team was bngger and thelr defense was stronger the home team made a better showmg than at Brewster especnally in the second perxod We lost agam 4 to 2 when we played Proctor on the home ICC Proctor had a very alert team which was extremely fast Saunders scored both goals for us Takmg to the road agam we lost a closely contested game to New Hampton 2 to 1 1n an overtxme perxod In thls game the teams were very evenly matched and we were defimtely not outplayed Saunders made the only Holderness counter Bad weather forced the postponement of two games and when stock was taken rt was found that monthly marks had placed several players on the mehglble l1st and that a shnft nn lme up would be necessary Agam takmg on New Hampton at thelr rmk we lost another bntterly contested game 3 to 2 because of bad xce and a freak shot Determmed to avenge thexr defeat the team agam took on Proctor at the1r rmk and tled the score 1 to 1 We played a superlor game to Proctor but condxtlons made xt any man s game Bennett got our only goal on an asslst from Sanderson A s1x mmute overtlme was played ln wh1ch the score was not changed ThlS was the only game ln WhlCh we really recelved a number of penaltles Although the team wxll lose three first team men through graduatron there w1ll still be eleven left on wh1ch to buxld next years squad We hope that next years team w11l have as much fun but more success A' a Q s ' s ' Y , , . , . . ., . 1 Y ' , Y ' 1 7 7 ' Q , l - a , . . . . . , , . . , , . .vi 1, W ' K ' ' . ' ff ,' 1 . -f ! I I' fl A -Q . 7 ' 'S 1 . 1 y I I , 'I 3 ft-we Q ' F L1 ,Q A -.w f ' If ,V

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BASKETBALL 1939 no Basketball is a great sport but it IS lost in a country of ite and snow Basketball re turned to Holderness this year as a major sport after an absence of three years Of the fourteen men who came out for the first practice on November 21 only a few were experi enced players these were Rusty Orton a forward with three years high school varsity ex perience Dick Leverich an import from the deep south with two years of play at Ham mond High School Will Huntress playing manager of last years independent team and Dave Ward another player from the independent family As the season progressed the team consisted of Dick Leverich Mike Machell Rusty Orton Dave Ward Grant Meloon Dean Blackwell W1llHuntress Art Bliss ohn Armstrong and Earl Damon These men deserve a lot of credit for their determination and fight The Hrst game was away with Tilton and they proved to be too much for our small inexperienced team Tilton won by a score of forty one to fifteen Disheartenmg as was this defeat the team worked harder and definitely improved The second game was our Hrst home game with the New Hampton V as our opponents New Hampton had the advantage of height on every man but nevertheless it was a good game The final score was New Hampton JV thirty eight Holderness nineteen Our next game was with Plym outh High School here Plymouth won this game thirty one to thirteen The Kimball rather slow game without much scoring on either side The final score was twenty eight to twenty one This was a difficult match to lose as we really out played them as far as hand ling the ball was concerned but we were unable to find the hoop On our first return match which was with Plymouth the mid winter House Party took its toll and the team slumped After three quarters of very careless playing we finally let loose in the last period but it was too late The final score was Plymouth twenty nine Holderness sixteen Probably our best game of the season was our next which was a return match with New Hampton JV on their court Our playmg was hard and consistent and it was really only by man power that we were beaten Due to sickness our squad was reduced to seven of which three Rusty Orton Dick Leverich and Dave Ward played the entire game It might be added that these three players were the iron men of the team playing every minute of every game New Hampton however was able to put three complete teams on the floor and consequently we could not match the pace The score was New Hampton V 28 Holderness 24 Up until this t1me the team had been functioning Without an official captain either Orton or Ward being appointed by Mr udge to act as captain just before each game Before the next game Dave Ward was elected captam The last official game of the season was played in Hanover against Clark School Clark proved to be slightly better and won by a score of 30 to 21 In a last effort to have one win the basketball team challenged the hockey team to a post season game of basketball It is better not to mention the score for the sake of the hockey team which had S0l1C1tCd a few rxngers but the basketball season closed with one victory A , . . y .- Q ' y . Y , . . - . S . . , . . - . 9 . , . , . 5 , . . . y . . . , . , , , , , . , . , J , u 5 , . ' J. . . . , , . . I q . - . Q , . . . - . i . y . - . t . Union j.V. team was the next foe, the game being on their floor in Meriden. This was a . , . y . Q . , . - . . . D , . l . , . , . . . . , - I . , . , , . . , , . U . . y . . ' Y 7 , , . . y i . . . , . . . a . , - I . , . , . , . l .