Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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ghofdaff Last fall when we turned out for the first day of practice, a lot of the old familiar faces were gone. Graduation had taken our entire starting backfield and left some noticable openings in the line. It was clear to every- one that a lot of hard work would be neces- sary to build a winning team. For two weeks we worked diligently, mold- ing the new and old faces into a team that would be ready for our opening tilt with Kimball Union. Finally, after an intermin- able bus ride, a very green and nervous team took the field to face a formidable foe. It turned out to be one of those hot, humid days when even the thought of a football uniform was tiring, and we couldn't seem to function together as a team. Our new uniforms pro- vided the one bright spot in the picture for us. We came back from Kimball Union deter- mined to field a winner against New Hamp- ton on the following Saturday. In the ensuing week of practice, Coaches Hinman and Carey changed the team from a group of players into a well organized unit. The team, profiting by the unfortunate experi- ence of the week before, turned in a credit- able performance as they defeated New Hampton. The improvement in the line play was outstanding and for this Coarch Art Carey deserves a vote of praise. The line- men found that the quotation, get there firstest with your mostest, was good ad- vice to follow. On one occasion an opposing back was tackled so viciously that he fumbled and Harry Piper gathered it in to go eighty- four yards for the initial score of the season. This proved to be the necessary incentive to lead us to our ultimate victory. Once having tasted victory, we were all the more anxious to win our next game. Our primary aim was to avenge the 7-6 beat- ing we had taken from Kennett the year before. Even with a rejuvenated squad, the sight of the heavier opponents seemed to cast a shadow of doubt as to the outcome of the game. However, the determined eleven were not to be denied and, playing an aggres- sive game, we out fought and our charged our opponents. The Kennett game on all accounts was our most successful game of the season. There are very few traditions at Holder- ness, but beating Proctor is fast becoming one. All season we had heard rumors of the determination of the Proctor team to break our consecutive string of victories at eighteen. With the opening whistle we were frustrated in our attempts by Proctor's superior knowledge of our personnel and plays. This factor added greatly to our in- ability to function as a team and at the end of the first half found Proctor leading by the score of 7-0. As the game proceeded and the clock did likewise, we found ourselves in the unenviable position of trailing by seven points with only five minutes remain- ing in the game. Then whether it was Providence, the Rector's pipe, or our sheer will to win, we will never know, but within the remaining five minutes we had managed to score two touchdowns. Paul Wilson sparked and climaxed both of the scoring drives. We dropped the curtain on the 1947 foot- ball season by battling Brewster to a score- less tie, falling only twelve inches short of the winning score. We can't expect this team to be considered a great team. It was a good team with a good record, but more impressive than its record, was its spirit. It will be a long time before Holderness forgets those two last minute touchdowns at Proctor. Coach Hin- man and Art Carey injected into us this spirit which has always been a trademark of Holderness teams, win or lose. Thanks should be extended to both coaches for the hours of patient work they have put in, and we also wish the 1948 team the best of luck.

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Front Row: Chase fCaptainJ, Weld, C., Pierson, Dunn, P., Hanson, Jones. Back Row: Mr. Stephenson fCoachD, Lind, Baskin, Miller, J., Spalding, Kitchen., Clark, Rennie, Whitney. Skiing The Holderness Ski Team of 1948, stand- ing in the shadow of the previous year's exceptional team, started practically from scratch with a group of untried and rather inexperienced hopefuls. Under the instruc- tion of coach Wendy Stephenson, this group developed into a team of skiers who enjoyed skiing together immensely, and who were exceptional in no one event, but re- spectable in every type of racing. Most of the positions on the squad were wide open at the beginning of the season, and several converts from other sports stepped into vacancies along with the usual crop of new material. Peter Lind, Jake Pierson, Chris Weld, and Bart Chase made up the nucleus of the team throughout the winter, and proved their ability to ski well consistently beyond a doubt. The season itself was not exceptional. The Holderness men emerged from their schedule with a record of four victories and seven defeats. Few of the losses were unwarranted as the team, never at its strength during the season, skied near its capacity most of the time. Some schools, such as Hanover High and our traditional rival, Proctor, proved too tough this year. About the meets with these teams, little can be said except, N ext year .... The wins on the record were put there by hard work and were fought for every inch of the way. The week end ski trips provided their share of the excitement and fun for this year's season. Besides the trip to Bishops College, Canada, a new trip to Northwood School, Lake Placid, appeared on the schedule this year. Although neither of these trips was successful as far as victory is concerned, they were thoroughly enjoyed by everyone along, and will be looked forward to eagerly in coming years. The most outstanding single feats of the winter were accomplished in cross-country racing. After a sharp awakening in the first meet, when the Holderness skiers were vir- tually swamped in this event, the team buckled down to work and come up with a perfect cross-country race against St. Paul's School and Brewster Academy three weeks later. By capturing the first four fastest times, the Holderness langlaufers gained the ultimate in racing, a 10074. Beyond this, Peter Lind broke the school cross-country record twice during the season and reduced the time to a figure which will be hard to beat. The succeeding years will, no doubt, bring ski teams with better records to Holderness, but these teams will have difiiculty in de- riving more pleasure out of a ski season than the ski team of 1948.