Lunenburg High School - Echo Yearbook (Lunenburg, MA)

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LUNENBURG HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL RLCORD 1945-1946 L.H.S. Opponents Alumni Here 28 21 Hollis There 65 23 Groton Here 59 22 Pepperell There 24 35 Ayer There 47 21 Littleton Here 66 33 Westford There 53 18 Ashby Hero 50 40 Groton There 23 13 Pcpperell Here 42 16 Townsend There 22 56 Hollis Here 53 28 Townsend Hero 33 26 Littleton There 52 55 Ayer Here 59 22 Westford Hero 46 l7 Ashby There 22 17 Clark Tournament Grafton 49 52 West Boylston 55 36 Totals eos 489 INDIVIDUAL SCORING RECORD 1945-1946 Name Games Points Average Robert Burley 212 Richard Mulligan Floyd Riley Raymond Okerman John Arnold James Deming Edward Balcom Donald Cadwell Kenneth Goodell William Deming Einard Whrpula Eugene Heikkila Raymond stone 4 5 7 74 20 20 ll lO l4 10 6 5

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LITTLETON The fourteenth game of the season found Lunenburg gunning for win number 12 against 2 set-books. Littleton was the team doomed to be victim number 12 and they lost by the score of 52-55. With the score close ut the first half,Lunenburg pulled out nheid in the second half and was going away when the ggme ended. Burley, ihlligin and Okermnn all gained oiints to lead Lunenburg in their 12th victory. AYER Victory number 13 was not any problem at all when Ayer fell by the way 59-22. With the score reading 19 to 7, 40 to ll and then with subs playing all the rest of the way, 'Lunenburg vis never in trouble. Riley and Burley, both pouring 18 points through the nets were the big guns for the night. WHSTFORD Westford wus next in order und, as they had been hefcre, were defeated 46-17. Once more Lunenburg hid little triuble und hud a wide 28-8 lead at the half. The scoring for the night was quite even .with Burley's ll, Riley's lO,1nd Mulligdn's 8 leading the way for victory number 14. , AiSH?3Y On the cramped gym of Ashby and in one of the toughest games of the season, Lunenburg defeutcd u vary good Ashby teun 22-17. With d hard fight all the wuy and with no one person diing much scoring, our team gained a well eurntd victory. Ending the regular seuson with this game, the boys had won 15 games and had lost 2. Going into the tournament their final rseird wus 16 und 3. WORCESTER TOURNAMENT First Round: GRAFTON The Lunenburg bays opened in the tourney with Grzfton. The boys hud the regular line-up they hid all seassn and aft 1.A1 r d close first quarter, pulled away to i 19-12 lend nt half time. Then, after Riley had gdllvpfd the whole floor and had scored 2 noints for Grafton, Lunenburg pulled steadily ahead and won eisily 49-31. With the whole team working very wall and with Hurley leading the scorers, Lunenburg had made in ouspioiXus'st rt. Second Round: NEST BOYLSTON In the 2nd and whit provnd the last game Lunenburg lost u heart breaker 56-55 to West Eoylston. With u nip und tuck bottle ull the way Lunenburg led 11-7 and 19-16 at the quarter and half. 'Lunenburg still held the lead At the third quxrter 29-26 with the place in an uproar constantly. In the fourth quarter West Boylston rillied and the lead changed hands szvnrdl tires. With Lunenburg leading 55-34 with 15 seconds to go, Bancroft scored for West Boylston. Lunenburg had e chance to tie the sozre .fter the game was over when Riley had a foul short, but it went ustrdy and the score stood 56-35 With Lunenburg shot one. Hurley, Riley, Okermen, and Mulligun all scored evenly for Lunenburg with 10, 9, 8, 7, points in that order. Bancroft scored l8'big points for West Boylston.

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I LF CF RF Peggy Deming Molly Hidden Shirley Lancey Carol Huntington f2B Ann Harley SS xr X, XX Esther Aho 5B P. IB Ruth Simon ,X ,X Emma x Harve X Y XX Joan XX Penny if!! f Barbara! .uhhrpula .X X X. C 1 Norma Harley The girls' softball team under the very capable coaching of Mrs. Nhrgaret Harley had a very successful season. Although they played only three games, the girls showed the results of their numerous prac- tices by winning overwhelmingly. In the first game with the Shrewsbury girls, the Lunenburg team won l7-6. Ruth Simon with a homer and two singles and Ann Harley with three singles were the heavy hitters. Emma Harvey struck out ten bat- ters and allowed but two hits. Townsend was defeated 20-O in a no-hit game in which all three of the L. H. S. pitchers participated. Pegfy Deming with three hits was Lunenburg's heavy sticker. The girls' second win over Shrewsbury was a 27-O rout. Again, the three pitchers did exceedingly well limiting the opposition to two hits. Ruth Simon, Peggy Deming, and Joan Jenny hit very well and Norma Harley did a great job of backstopning.