Litchfield High School - Yearbook (Litchfield, CT)

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,fn 9-fx, of Front row, left to right: P. Naser, J. Knox, Miss Murphy, .l. Miles, B. Barry. Back row: M. Kreis, A. Hart, S. Serkey, E. Ives, L. Harris, P. Knox, S. Weik. Girls, Varsity asketball Only Tour letterrnen returned To This year's team. These composed the kernel around which the L.H.S. squad was built. Jean Miles was Team captain. For The first time here at Litchtield The girls' yarsity had uniforms. With these To bolster Their hopes, a good season was looked forward To, but destiny worked against L.l-l.S. The first game of the season was against Morris. They promptly defeated The Blue and White. Thomaston came next and duplicated lVlorris's Teat. The rest ot the season found the girls playing harder and more cooperatively but still The Toes won, with The exception of The return game with Morris. The final record was l win as against 7 losses. The inter-class games provided The closest competition of The whole season. The seniors proved their superiority by defeating both the iuniors and sophomores. The juniors downed The sophomores in The consolation game. Kneeling, left to right: Nl. Herbert, J. Whitecage, F. Carey, J. Turgeon, R. Williams. Standing: Miss Murphy, Y. Koser, E. Brun, .l. Crutch, A. Del Nero, J. Dudley, C. Clark. xy ,- T7

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oys' Varsit Basketball 3' From row, left to right: I. Harris, D. Alvin, Captain R. Cahill, Coach Knox, J. Scanlon, R. Filippini, T. Knox. Back row: R. Healy, Manager, J. Tompkins, E. Taylor, E. Collins, K. Ainger, J. Karl, T. Panos, G. Simoncelli, Assistant Manager. Litchfield High School eagerly awaited the 1949-1950 basketball season. From the ranks of the previous season came 8 lettermen to return to what was expected to be a better than average season. The team started the campaign by electing Rich Cahill as Captain of the squad. The season started as expected with a de- cisive victory over Watertown, and this was followed by a repeat performance over Morris. Much to everyone's surprise, the third game revealed an entirely ditterent result. New Milford, the underdog of the contest, upset the Blue and White tive by a one point margin. From that day until the end ot the season, Litchfield High became erratic, putting on good performances, which, intermingled with poor performances, led to the tinal team record of T3 wins against 5 losses. When the time came for the annual state tournament, Litchheld High was rated the l2th place team, The drawings showed the tourna- ment game slated between Litchfield and Sut- tield, the latter being rated as the l8th team. The Blue and White took the tloor only to leave very much disappointed, being upset by the score ot 46 to 38, Although the team did not bring home any championship cup, they excelled in good sportsmanship which is really the aim of all athletics.

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A Qui Front row, left to right: Coach McNeil, C. Dudley, R. Rebillard, T. Blazek, F. Freer, J. Bailey, J. Quinn, R. Filippini, T. Knox. Back row: F. ZeHiro, W. Irwin, G. Tyrrell, S. Naser, D. Randall, M. Nigrelli, J. Stull, G. Simoncelli, R. Healy, Manager. ay Vee Bo s The boys' J.V. basketball team had a suc- cessful season. They appeared to be headed tor an undefeated season. However, their hopes were blasted by their first loss to Terry- ville. After this loss the boys seemed to lose their drive and lost the next three games in a rovv. They finally righted themselves by win- ning their last game to compile a season's record ot T4 wins and 4 losses. Many of the boys played in some of the varsity games. These and some others will form the core about which Coach Knox will build next year's squad. I ntra-M u rals