Houlton High School - North Star Yearbook (Houlton, ME)

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AROOSTOOK LEAGUE CHAMPIONS Front. l. to r.: Bates. Lambert. Donovan, Hawkins. Rear, l. to r.: Anderson, .lat-kins fMgr.J, Coach Wood, Kearney, Bither. Girls' Basketball The 1932-39 Houlton High sextet re- cently established somewhat of a record in girls' basketball with a seventeen-game Aroostook League winning streak which stretched over a period of three years. This long string of victories came to an end at the hands of a strong VVashbnrn team. who defeated the locals. 24-22. in an overtime period in one of the most exciting contests ofthe past season. Thisloss proved to be the only league defeat suffered, and in spite of it, they successfully defended their Aroostook League title for the second consecutive year. ' The Seasons Record Houlton 21 Merrill High 17 Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Houlton Total Y 26 30 16 18 34 16 14 27 24 IS 22 20 34 2.1 23 369 Patten Academy Stearns Stearns Hodgdon Fort Fairfield Presque Isle Washburn Mars Hill Paribou Fort Fairfield Washburn Presque Isle Mars Hill Caribou Hodgdon 22 28 24 14 18 15 13 12 15 11 24 6 18 16 23 276

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4, , Houlton Oakfield 24 Houlton 18 Presque Isle 26 Houlton Dexter 22 Houlton 23 Washburn 18 Houlton Woodstock 14 Houlton 43 Mars Hill 17 Houlton Fort Fairfield 16 Houlton 28 Caribou 26 Houlton Presque Isle 32 Tournament Games Houlton Washburn 15 Houlton 30 Caribou 13 Houlton Mars Hill 25 Houlton 14 Presque Isle 18 Houlton Caribou 24 -T L- Houlton Fort Fairfield 15 Totals 523 415 Cross Country The 1938 cross country edition was a slightly less successful group than its pre- decessor. which walked away with both county and state titles, but nevertheless showed up very well all fall, considering its loss of such stars as Lyle Wiggins, Don Mason. George Roben, and Donnell Graham. Two underclass boys with much natural ability surprised cross country followers by consistently leading the field in last fall's meets. These boys, John Dow and Irving Ferguson, should develop into ace runners with this year's experience, and will no doubt win many an honor for Houlton High in their remaining years. The boys who made up the Houlton cluster were Capt. Farrar, Sterling Hall, Charlie Boyne, Clayton Berrie, Irving Ferguson, Ralph Watson, John Dow and Paul Albert. The results of the meets: October 8 Houlton defeated Maine Frosh October 14 Caribou defeated Houlton October 28 State Meet lst Caribou 96 6th Houlton 153 November 3 County Meet lst Caribou 37 2nd Houlton 47 3rd A. C. II. 65 4th Fort F, 72 Track Although Coaches Wood and Stinson are expressing no great delight over this year's track prospects, the enthusiastic group of under-classmen and juniors now working out under their supervision provide much hope for a bright future in this sport. Some of the boys with track experience who should bolster up this year's aggregat- ion are Leighton Bell, Paul Ayotte, Ralph Watson, VVesley Carpenter, 'Lloyd Murphy, and Fred McCann. The schedule for this springs meet is as follows: May 13 Presque Isle at Houlton May 18 Fort Fairfield at Houlton Uunior Varsityl May 20 Aroostook vs. Maine Frosh at Orono May 27 Caribou at Caribou June 3 County meet at 'Caribou

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f-M4 'Wu A 1 THE BASEBALI. SQUAD Front. left to right: Mason. Ifldwards. K. Taylor. XVatson. II. Taylor, Berry. Logan. Back. Lambert. Gardiner. NVard. Downie, Ayotte. Capt. Tomilson. Albert, Mgr. Thompson. Baseball Baseball prospects in Houlton High for the 1939 season could hardly be called bright. considering the long list of veterans lost through graduation last spring. Vernon Titcomb, Hal Bossie. Fred Monahan. Gordy Bither, Bob Ruth. Ralph Hodgdon. and Henry Cameron will be sorely missed in this year's lineup. Nevertheless, a scrappy and enthusiastic array of underclassmen is working hard under Coaches Tibbetts and Peabody to make them forget their loss. Captain Earl Tomilson. Reggie Downie. Phil Mason. Buck Logan, Ken Taylor. Paul Ayotte, James XVard, Everett Gardner, and newcomers Bob Huggard and Jim VVatson will probably see plenty of action this year. After losing two p1'eliminary practice games with Oakfield, our boys lost to Fort Fairfield and won from Presque Isle in the first two Aroostook League games. At Fort Fairfield, the feature of the game was the effective pitching of Reed, the Fort pitcher, who held our inexperienced boys to five hits, winning 5-2. At Houlton, Presque Isle was surprised by the airtight pitching of our Captain Tomilson, who pitched a threee l1it game, winning 541. This game was feat- ured by the heavy hitting of Houlton in the last three innings, particularly by Mason and Ayotte. Because the team is almost entirely a new one, built largely of sophomore and freshman material, it will be a miracle if we do better than break even in the league games. Yet, as we go to press, it begins to appear that our young team may justify its new uniforms by doing that, or more. The boys, fired with a fine eager spirit, are trying hard and learning fast. Coaches Tibbetts and Peabody very likely have the makings of another championship cluster, if not in 1939, then in 1940. V 1