Lunenburg High School - Echo Yearbook (Lunenburg, MA)

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Lunenburg Tops 16 Schools SPENCER Lunenburg Hgh a last mmute entrant today hold the team trophy won at me 32nd annual Davxd Prouty High School Invxtatxona Track Meet on the Athletxc Fleld yesterday Merrxll led the fxeld m the broad Jump 100 yard dash and the 220 yard dash He teamed up wxth Ron Ostertag s record break I mg drscus throw to lead one of the smallest schools competxng to vlctory Sets Record John Pmsmskt of St Johns Prep also set a meet record by tosstng the shot put 42 feet 4'z mches l Late entrxes by Grafton I-hgh land Lunenburg swelled the meet number to 17 schools with over '300 athletes tn competltron An lestxmated 500 spectators were on hand for the four and a half hour meet Uxbrldge Hlgh wrth 15 pomts I was runner up to Lunenburg The' wmners scored 21 Notre Dame nfl Fxtchburg fxmshed thu'd wrth 14 Auburn was fourth wlth 13 'vlxll bury took flfth with 12 and North brldge fmlshed rn slxth place wxth 11 pomts Lunenburg Wms Western Crown, :Beats Ayer, 5 0 AYER May 31 Lunenburg 1-hgh I wrth a perfect 100 mark for the season as wmners of the western drvxsxon of the Wachusett League defeated Ayer Hrgh 5 to 0 on a two hxt shutout by Eddre Hytxnen I Thursday afternoon The vlctornous LHS lads now awart the outcome of the Actonl Groton game Monday to decxde they eastern league playoff team Hytlnen an sportmg hrs two hxt shutout fanned 14 and lssued four bases on balls George McCracken lwas mcked for four runs on four huts struck out two and walked 'three untll the fourth when he was 'relieved by Gene Evansaclt who worked that frame passxng one and fannmg two Rob Norton flnlshed up for the v1s1tors strxkmg out two Ayer was charged wrth SIX errors to one for the wmners Hytlnen Sknp Rollms Dave Eck strand and Porter collected the hlts for the wmners whxle J1m Quxgley and Dxck Cournoyer had the lone loser h1ts Wachusett League Lunenburg, Ashby Clash For Crown At FTC Court l 1 l 1 Lunenburg Wms, 6 2 For Fourth TOWNSEND May 7 A four run frrst 1nn1ng combmed wrth the steady prtchme of ace Eddle Hy tlnen enabled vrsxtmg Lunenburg I-hgh School to defeat arch r1val Townsend 6 to 2 rn a Wachusett Baseball League game played yes terday afternoon at Fessenden Fxeld The w1n was the fourth straxght for unbeaten Lunenburg 1ts thrrd m loop competxtxon whlle the re versal was the frrst for Townsend m three league starts Hytmen who plCh9d a no hxt no run game agamst Ashby earlxer m the young season gave up four hrts struck out 13 and walked three hrs blmdmg fast ball bexng narxcularlv effectxve under the cloudy weather condxtlons Ronnie Dodge on the mound for Townsend allowed f1ve safe blows but was the vxctxm of a palr of er rors two walks and a timely double by Stu Dodge the LHS catcher whxch accounted for the four tallles 1n the openmg frame The wmners added another run ln the fourth and a fmal tally ln the seventh Dodge the THS hurler fanned f1ve and walked three Townsend rallxed for two runs ln the srxth frame a thrrd counter bemg prevented when a base run ner raxled to touch thxrd base on hrs way to the plate Ron Ostertag had a double and slngle to lead the vxctors attack whlle Emorv Merrxll had two sm gles Drck Ekstrand also slngled for the same cause Tonv Consalves contxnued hxs rfme battmg for Townsend rappmg a trrple and smgle The three games he has seven brngles ln 12 trrps to the platter for a frne 583 average Wachusett League Lunenburg Hands Ashby First Defeat The v1s1tmg Lunenburg Hlgh, School basketball team handed. Ashby its fnrst loss ln seven startsl last night bv a 65 to 61 score at the Elementary School gymnasrurnl In a Wachusett League contest The Lunenburg vlctory wasl marred ln the fourth perlod when Fred Mak1 17 year old LHS semor sustained a bram concusslon when he fell following a collxsxon wlth an Ashbv player and hls head struck the stage He was taken m the Fltchburg mumclpal ambulance to Burbank Hospltal where hrs condltxon was reported as good by hospxtal au thorltles today The Lunenburg cagers led throughout ln handmg Ashby Its flrst loss rn two league contests The perlod scoles were 1210 31 25 and 49 40 wlth the vlsltors n front Bob 'vllllard of Ashby took the game scormg honors wlth 38 pomts wh1le Pete Peterson was hlgh for Lunenburg with 26 The Ashby gtrls won then' srxth straight, of the season ln the pre llmmary defeatmg the Lunenburg glrls 50 to 45 Lunenburg Hrgh Can Wm Crown In Game Today LUNENBURG June 6 The Im beaten Lunenburg Hxgh School base ball team can wxn the 1958 Wachu sett League champronshxp by de featlng Acton when the two clubs meet this afternoon at Marshall Park here m the second game of the best two-out-of three tllt txtle playoff series Lunenburg drew frrst blood ID the COHIPEUUOII yesterday regrstermgr an 8 to 1 wln at Acton behmd thc, four hlt pxtchxng of ace rlghthander Eddie Hytlnen The husky semor hurler struck out srx and walked our John Mulvaney on the mound for Acton was touched for elght safe tres fanned four and passed four Skill Rollms wrth a double and: smgle led the Lunenburg attac Barry Tlkka added a double whlle' Emory Merrill Ron Ostertag Petel Peterson Dlck Ekstrand and John ny Beaulac each sxngled For Acton Ron Peterson Bobr Gould Vm Corneher and Mulvaney each smgled - , , 1 1 c , .. 1 . . . ,l I e . . . . 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GI ,ii if in af I ff! 4- C' G5 V fra F ASHBY-We got off to a good start by defeating Ashby 13-0, with a tremendous no-hit game pitched by Ed Hytinen. Hytinen fannedtwelve batters and walked four. Pete was the big player in our hitting department with two hits. We had a big second inning when we collected six runs, In our second game at Ashby, we again won by the score of 11-3. John Beaulac and Barry Tikka did the hurling for L,I-I.S. Ed Hytinen had two triples .nd a pair of singles, AYER-In our second Wachusett League game we downed Ayer High School 5-3. Ed Hytinen pitched a four-hitter. Barry Tikka and Emory Merrill each had a pair of singles. In our return game in Ayer Hytinen pitched a 5-0 shoutout and struck out fourteen batters. Hytinen, Rollins, Ekstrand, and Porter had hits for L,H.S. NARRAGANSETT-Again with Ed Hytinen's fine one-hit pitching we beat Narragansett Regional 8-0. Lunenburg hitters banged out twelve hits. Dodge, Beaulac, and Tikka all had two hits. Emory Merrill made a spectac- ular catch on a fly ball in deep center field. In our second contest we clinched the Western Division of the Wachusett League by downing host Narragansett 7-1. Beaulac, Dodge, and Petersonhad two hits apiece. PEPPERELL-In our sixth Wachusett League victory, we beat Pepperell 15-1. John Beaulac hurled for L.H.S., allowed four hits, and struck out twelve, Skip Rollins and Stu Dodge both hit well for us, Barry Tikka ended the game with a tremendous catch in left field. Behind the five hit pitching of Barry Tikka, we once again defeated Pepperell 15-7, Skip Rollins had two singles, while Barry Tikka had a home run to help his ovm cause. At the end of the third inning we led 12-0, therefore, all our players had a chance to play, TOWNSEND-In the first game with our arch-rival Townsend, we won by the score of 6-2, Ed Hytinen on the mound for L.I-I,S. gave up but four hits and struck out thirteen. In the first inning, we took adva.ntage of Townsend's two errors and turned it into a four run stanza for L.H,S, Ron Ostertag and Emory Merrill both collected two hits. Behind the two hit pitching of Ed Hytinen, we won our second game from Townsend, a 3-0 shutout. Lunenburg was able to get but three hits in that contest. ACTON-In the first of a series of three games for the Wachusett League Championship, we defeated Acton on their homefield 8-1. Ed Hytinen hurled for us and was touched for only four hits. Skip Rollins had two hits for L,H.S, We were proclaimed Wachusett League Champions by defeating Acton 10-2 in a best two out of three series. John Beaulac pitched atwo hitter for Lunenburg, while our batters collected seventeen hits. Tikka, Dodge, Merrill, Peterson, and Ekstrand had two hits apiece. 79