Lunenburg High School - Echo Yearbook (Lunenburg, MA)

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AYER In winning this contest the girls clinched the Wachusett League title., Now they strived to finish the league undefeated. The 'Ayer guards once again played Lunenburgfs forwards very closely, but they couldn't hold the swift point gettcrs from hooping'39 points. The guards held Ayer to 14 pointso WESTFORD Although Molly was sick with the mumps the girls won 30-12 be- cause of their very capable subs. The guards: for the third thne, held the opposing team to four baskets from the floor. ASHBY Lunenburg's last league gave. If the girls won, they'd have fin- ished the league undefeatede They started off fast leading 20-8 at the half. But Ashby cane back strong in the second half out-scoring them 18-15 on some lucky shots. It was u fast game that threatened to spill off Ashby's small court. The girls won, 55-26 anyway, and fin- ished the league undefeated. FORT DEVENS As a warm-up for the Littleton tournament the girls played the Fort Devens girls on the huge arena floors They were forced to play without Ruthie Simon whose trick knee was acting ups The game was very close with the ltad see-sawing back and forth, It finally ended in a 17-17 tie. LITTLETON TOURNAMENT First Round: Ayer Golly, what a game! Ruthie's knee still kept her out of action. Ayer really wanted to beat Lunenburg. The forwards couldn't seem to find the basket at all, Althouah the guards held Ayer to five bas- kets, the forwards could collect only seven from the floor, But three points C19-16, were enough to win the contest. Second Round: Chelmsford This game promised to be a thriller, Chelmsford was the umde- feated winner of the Lowell suburban lesgue and they had a nprima donna.n CUntil Ruthie proved otherwise by holding her to one point .D The girls really clicked that night 1.f winning 58-lO. The guards held Chelmsford to three field goals. Third Round: Townsend Townsend started off terrifically fast and led 9-8 at the first quarter. The girls recovered to take the lead and go on to win 55-19. Ann and Barbara led the scoring attack in place of Molly who was nkept bn the bench in order not to tip our conch's hand to Conant. Ahem, Molly.

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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.

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'i?f TQ 5 -VQLITTLETON TOURNAMENT I Final Round: CONANT Littleton's gym was packed to ,the rafters with' enthusiostici basketball fans on the evening of the finals of the tournament. Rev calling the fantastically thrilling game of the previous year between the two finalists, thc Lunenburg girls and the Conant girls, 'the spectators expectej another thrilling contest. The two teams were a- gain of championship caliber: Conant having won the Monadnock League and Lunenburg, the Wuchusett League, both enjoying undefeated seasons. Because of' their excellent showing in thc tourney, particularly the play of the sensational Phyllis Morrill, the Conant team was the pre-I game favorite. Although Lunenburg hid difficulty getting to the game, their bus being delayed, the girls entered the fray with u dctcrminoi, nevar-say-die spirit. The first quarter was very even with the two teams playing care- fully. clash tcem made use of its speed uni clever training to set up scoring plays. ns the quarter cndc', Conant lcd 7-6 with both teams yet to show their rcul worth. c ' The second quarter found the cfanly balanced teams again' playing on equdl terms. Time and again, clovmr plays and spectacular shots brought the frantically cheering rooters out of their salts. Lunenburg left the floor ot thc half with u 17-15 advantage. An inspired Conant toum came back strong in the third quarter to score eleven points against Luncnburgfs six.. The Conant crpwd went wild as the fourth quarter started with o 26-23 Conant m rgin. . That was all Lunenburg needed. Peggy Deming. diminutive forward inserted into the. game in the last quarter, scored five important. points and seemed to give the girls on important lift just when 'they needed it most. While Ann Harley and Molly Hidden were pumping in the winning points, the Lunenburg guoris were doing o ,marvelous job of holding down the Conant forwards. Ruthie Simon and Joan Kenney held Conant's speedy high-scorer, horrill, to one field goal in the entire game. Lunenburg, scoring 14 points to Conant's one in the last quarter, roared to a 37-27 victory ------ their sfcond Littleton tourna- ment CFQWU.. The girls certainly showed they were true champions by comingifrom behind to score-i decisive win. The team had the fighting spirit and teamwork that marks champions. f Lunenburg made a clean sweep of the Littleton tournament, placing Ann Harley and Ruth Simon on the all-star team, winning the foul shook ing contest with Barbara Whrpule's excellent shooting and having their own captain, Ruth Simon, named the outstanding player of the tourna- ment. The-most important member of the squad wus the coach, Mrs. ihrgar- et Hurley. Every win of tho team wus the result of her untiring traind ing and planning. The girls of the team respected her extensive know- ledge of boskctbillg thcv welcomed her criticism for it was always di- rooted to help the team as well us the individuulg they valued her friendship and association for sho wosdnot-only'their coach, but nlso their team-mute, a seventh player alert to every ploy on the court.Tho girls if the basketball team were proud to be called nhhrgaret Horley's girls. . ' v- A , Y