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

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Considering the inexperience of this year's Houlton 11 Stearns 19 cluster, they made an excellent showing, Houlton 33 A. C. I. 11 winning 8 out of 10 Aroostook league battles, Houlton 13 Fort Fairfield 14 and finishing second. Houlton 37 Washburn 15 Through graduation, Coach Wood will Houlton 23 Caribou S lose the following girls: T. Gartley, G. Kear- Houlton 34 Presque Isle 23 ney, P. Anderson, J. Hovey, G. Stephens, J. Houlton 18 Lincoln 18 Donovan, and R. Mooers. Houlton 12 A. C. I. 8 The Season's Record Houlton 30 Fort Fairfield 23 Houlton 18 Oakfleld 11 Houlton 29 Washburn 30 Houlton 30 Merrill 19 Houlton 37 Caribou 9 Houlton 26 Patten 1-1 Houlton 24 Presque Isle S Houlton 4 Stearns 11 i 1 Houlton 11 Lincoln 19 Total 390 points Total 260 Tenms Coach Sherman has lofty hopes for an- proposed three-day trip down state. other tennis championship this year. With The Schedule several veterans back from last year's team, May 9 Houlton Fort Fairfield Home prospects are bright for another successful May 13 Houlton Washburn H. S. Home season. Two top ranking players who will May 16 Houlton Caribou Away lead the attacks are Tom Donovan and Joe May 17 Houlton Bangor Away Ward. May 18 Houlton U. of Maine Away The loss of such stellar performers as May 20 Houlton Presque Isle Away Frances Donovan, Dot Hawkins, Del Mar- May 27 Houlton Fort Fairfield Home tin, Jean Jackins, and Joyce Lambert will June 1 Houlton Bangor Home be felt greatly. June 3 Houlton Caribou Home A big feature in this year's schedule is a June 6 Houlton Presque Isle Home SENIOR DIVISION TENNIS SQUAD

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With Gerry Kearney as the only veteran graduation: but with such a squad of re- serves as we now have, Houlton should turn out another good team next year. The Season's Record Houlton 32 Oakfield 8 Houlton 54 Merrill 16 Houlton 42 Patten 19 Houlton 22 Stearns 19 Houlton 46 Mattanawcook 14 Houlton 29 Stearns 3-I Houlton 33 A. C. I. 21 Houlton 26 Fort Fairfield 23 from last year's Aroostook Championship team, Coach Wood had the tough assignment of building up a strong girls' team, but he camo through as he always does. Houlton no Old Town 30 dei Houlton 34 Washburn 21 Houlton 35 Caribou 26 Houlton 14 Presque Isle 43 Houlton 34 Lincoln 35 Houlton 36 A. C. I. 26 Houlton 40 Old Town 28 Houlton 38 Fort Fairfield 22 Houlton 41 Washburn 2:2 Houlton 37 Caribou 39 Houlton 27 Presque Isle 47 Total 653 points Total 494 Girl's Basketball At the beginning of the season, Coach Wood discovered Elsa Bostrom, a lanky six- footer who during the 1939-1940 season dropped the ball through the net for a total of 170 points, high total for county league. GIRLS' BASKETBALL Left to right: ffront rowy Watson, Kelley, Kearney, Donovan, Mooers. Stephens: fbzuck row! Hovey, Gartley, Bostrom, Coach Wood. Anderson, Rossignol.

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CROSS COUNTRY Left to right: tseatedj Dow, Berry, Ferguson, Hall: tstandingzb Murphy tuigt Albert. Doesuher, Herron, Coach Stinson. Cross Country Pat-od by Abe Hall, the Houlton hill-and- dalers ran themselves into another State Championship. In winning tirst place in tht- State meet, Plourde of Caribou was forced to break the previous record: and right behind him was Abe Hall, who equaled the record set last year. The only difficulty Houlton has in Cross Country is finding a new way to honor the boys after winning a championship. In the last ten years, the Stinson-coached teams have hung up the amazing record of seven rounty and six state championships. and one national title. The boys who made up the team were Captain Berry, Fred Doescher. Patil Albert. .Iohn Dow. Irving Ferguson. Sterling Hall. and Dean Herron. The Results of the Meets Maine Frosh defeated lloulton Houlton defeated Caribou. Houlton defeated Colby Frosh. The County Meet: 1st Caribou 42 2nd Houlton 52' 3rd A. C. I. 57' 4th Fort Fairfield S2 5th Presque Isle 116 The State Meet: lst Houlton 'Til 2nd Caribou T6 3rd A. C. I. Sli 4th Fort Fairfield 91 5th Lincoln Academy llti