Lunenburg High School - Echo Yearbook (Lunenburg, MA)

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ALUMNAE The Lunenburg girls' first game with the Alu nae was a disap- pointing Z3-15 loss. Lining up with Emma Harvey, Molly Hidden, and Ann Harley as forwards, and Captain Ruth Simon, Esther Aho, and Ann Jandron as guards, the girls didn't have the experience necessary to defeat their Alumnae, The first half was played on even terms, but it was the Alumnae all the way in the second half. HOLLIS Crossing the state line to play Hollis, New Hampshire, the girls came through with a 45-15 victory. The team showed signs of rounding into a fast, hard-playing sextet. The guards covered the Hollis for- wards very closely while the forwards worked their plays effectively . The subs gave a very good showing of themselves. With faced Groton in threat, the tall Ruthie Simon as footed Ann Harley GROTON their eyes on a ninth Wachusett League crown, the girls the first league contest of the season. Groton' s Jane Ferguson, was effectively covered by Captain the team swept to a decisive 50-15 win. The fleet- gernered 20 points to lead the scoring parade. PEPPERELL The second league game against the Pepperell girls proved to be a thriller. The aggressive Pepperell guards again and again bottled up Lunenburg's offense. The entire Pepperell team out-fought the girls in the first half, but Lunenburg came back strong in the second half to win 33-15. The guards seemed to have invented a new system of guarding. TOWN S END Townsend! The game against Lunenhurg's traditional rival was al- ways a toss-up. The girls played a hard, fast game and won 44-31. Polly Rutherford was Townsend's main threat, scoring 15 points, but Lunenburg's forward field proved too fast for the opposing guards. The gane was an exciting cortest played before a capacity crowd of partisan rooters. AYER hHth Ayer tied with Lunenburg for first place in the league, the next game was a decisive one. The forwards couldn't seem to click and the first quarter ended in a O-O score. While the guards were doing a Herculean job of holding the Ayer forwards down, the forwards finally found the basket enough to drop in 50 points against Ayer's 14. Lunen- burg now held undisputed first place in the league. t ' ALUMNAE The second encounter with the Alu nae was one of the most excit- ing and well played games of the sensor. With the lead changing hands many times during the gave, the girls were one point behind with only seconds to play. Gaining the ball on some qpick passes, Ann Harley raced in for a fine u der-the-basket shot and victory for the high achool.

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LITTLETON Annexing another league victory over the Littleton girls, the Lunenburg team continued to play steidy basketball. Peggy Deming led the 56 point scoring attack with nine baskets while the guards heldthe opposition to 20 markers. The subs played much of the game. WESTFORD Although the girls played a slow, sluggish g.me against a peppy Westford team, they won 35-14. The Westford teams really put on a good show with an excellent copy of the sportsmanship code hanging in their hall and pictures being taken of the teams for newspaper copy. ASHBY With the team clicking aglin, the girls swept to a 45-17 decision over Ashby, finishing the first half of the Whchusett League schedule undefeated.Emnn Harvey and Ann Harley led the offense while the guards turned in their usual dependable game. Again, the subs were N'given an opportunity to gain valuable experience. GROTON t The girls' second win over the Groton girls was a'42-21 victory. Molly Hidden was top man with 16 points. The girls weren't quite in top form for they threw the bell away too much. . PEPPERELLT This 41-21 win over Pepperell was a thrilling contest for the Lunenburg girls. The first two quarters were very evcnly played with the Pepperell guards once agahlbreaking up Lunenburg's offense. The local guards hed trouble stopping Baraby's pivot shot under the bas- ket. Ann Harley tossed in 28 points for Lunenburg. ' TOWNSEND Townsend, again! Those games are battles of nerves as well as basketball battles. They started fast in the first quarter, but Lun- enburg come back strong to pull into the lead and win 46-16. The see- ond half was a guard's dream---only one Townsend floor goal and three foul shots, only four baskets from the floor in the entire game. HOLLIS Again the guards held the opposition to four baskets while four Lunenburg forwards hit double figures to pile up the largest score of the season. The subs played much of the game and gained valuable ex- perience in the 65-10 rout. LITTLETON Although the girls won by the sizable margin of 56-21 they didn't seem to play with thier usual vim and vigor. The game was slow and the girls didn't handle the ball with their regular smoothness. Ann and Molly again lead the scoring attack.