Lunenburg High School - Echo Yearbook (Lunenburg, MA)

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Ayer-Our first Wachusett League game this season was played at our gym. Our boys played a cautious game at the beginning, knowingthe potential strength of Ayer. Once the game had started, our boys did not have too much trouble, leading for the entire game by a large score. The final score was 64 to 35. Pete caged 18, Wayne 17, and Fred l5.0ur second game with Ayer, played at their gym, was much closer. The much improved Ayer team made Lunenburg work harder to win the game. The final score was 76 to 61 in our favor. Pete, Wayne, and Fred were again the top scorers. Ashby-This was definitely our most formidable oppo- nent in the Wachusett League. Our first game with Ashby was, as we had expected, a battle all the way. We led by a few points at the end of each period. We won by a score of 65 to 61, but at the expense of! Fred, who was injured in the fourth period. Pete led in the scoring department with 26 points. Ashby defeated Llmenburg in our second game by two points. We played one of the best games thus far in the season, but we could not stop the tremendous shooting of Bob Milliard. Barry played a tremendous game, scoring 26 points. The final score was 67 to 65, which gave each team one loss in league competition. The largest crowd ofthe season witnessed the play-off game between these two teams at State Teachers College Gymnasium. Although our boys outran, Ashby all the way, we could not stop Mllliard. Ashby became Western Division champions. Fred and Pete put in most of the points for us, but all for a 47 to 43 losing cause. Pepperell-Pepperell was another team, like Ayer, with great potential. The game was hard fought. Lunenburg trailed by five points at the end of the third quarter, but finally defeated the visitors by the same number of points. The final score was 64 to 59. Pete, Barry, and Wayne carried the scoring honors for Limenburg. We won our second game with Pepperell by a score of 78 to 52, Our second team saw much action in the fourth quarter. Fred was top scorer with 24 points. Pete and Barry had 20 and 15 points respectively. Narragansett - Lunenburg defeated Narragansett Regional by a score of 55 to 24. Fred piled up 13 points, while Paul had 11 and Barry 10. Lunenburg won its second game over Narragansett byascore of 58 to 30, in their gym. Fred and Wayne nad 12 points each. Dick scored 10 points. Our second team played a great deal in each of these games. Townsend-Although Townsend is our archrival neither town did much pregame rallying. The contest was not rated as one of the top of the season. The whole game was filled by the name of Fred Maki,who scored the unbelievable sum of 44 points. The final score was 92 to 41. The game played at Lunenburg followed the same pattern. Barry, Pete, and Wayne rated high in the scoring column. The second string played half the game and Bunky, Paul. and Pete Harris scored well. The final score was Lunenburg 74, Townsend 37.

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WAYNE CONRAD FRED 'VI XKI PETE PETERSON

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