Major Edwards High School - Mesa Yearbook (West Boylston, MA)

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This year the season again started at Boston Garden. The game to be played at 2:30, the bus left West Boylston at 12:30 and arrived in time to see North Brookfield lose to Townsend. In a way this cheered us up. But our game was to get under way. Edwards is out warming up, boy! they look sharp. Then the buzzer and the game is under way. Before you know it the final buzzer had rung and Edwards had won 54 to 38. The second game M.E.H.S vs. Rutland. This game was just about the usual Rutland game and Edwards romped over Rutland 66 to 29. Leicester, a newcomer to our league and a team we knew nothing about, was the third game of the season. Not until the game was well under way did we know how we stood with Leicester. At the end of the game the score stood 46 to 32 in our favor. Our first defeat of the season was one of the best games ever played with Northboro. Not until the final seconds of ' the game did Northboro settle this great battle. The score of this thriller was 49 to 48 in favor of Northboro. The craziest game of the season was the Alumni Game. What a time we had ! All the old time greats of M.E.H.S. were there. They needed a few more, for we won 30 to 27. Our next victim of the season was Holden. This year Holden had a strong quintet. But Ed- wards had it this game and put Holden to sleep by a score of 36 to 33. Northboro again. We couldn ' t buy a basket and did we need it. We were drugged and run over by a score of 40 to 26. Well, back on the winning trail! We took care of Brookfield High in a really rough battle. They gave us a run for our money. Brookfield, an up and coming young club, can certainly dish it out. They will have a championship team in a couple of years. The score 55 to 35. The club we were worrying about in the back of our minds suddenly appeared before us, Oxford. In the beginning of the game one of the Oxford players was hurt. This undoubtedly disabled the team quite a bit. While they were collecting themselves we poured on the coal, the score 36 to 32. Major Edwards was victorious again. The Sutton game was a mixed up affair. In this game one of our brave lions — Bob Parkin, happened to thrill the crowd and put in a basket for Sutton. This gym, one of the newest in the league, is really sharp, but Major Edwards looked sharp as they won by a score of 51 to 35. Charlton, — I guess just about everybody got to play in this game, even the second team. There were baskets galore for the Edwardites. But poor little Charlton couldn’t put one in against the second team. The score Edwards 77, Charlton 9. A real good game, the N. Brookfield game. Nip and tuck all the way. The score at the half, tied. What a game. Four lights in the gym. One could almost see the basket. But back to the game. Major Edwards back out on the floor. Maybe a little over-confident, but that went fast. Up until two minutes to go the score about even, then the Lions took off and we won 62 to 56. Rutland was our next win. The Rutland team, a stronger team by a few more games, really gave us a tussle. We were ahead most of the way, but Rutland wasn ' t far behind at any time in the game. We won, the score 54 to 33. (Continued on page 28)

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VARSITY BASKETBALL Top row. left to right: Mr. Kelly. Athletic Director; Donald Bacon, Manager; Ronald Phelps, Donald Geneva, Robert Solitro, Patsy Fallavollita, Robert Stewart, Manager; Mr. Jeffery, Coach Bottom row. left to right: Harry Dellasanta, Royston Buck. Charles Goodale, Robert Parkin, James Beshai, William Manna. VARSITY SCORING Games Field Free Personal Total Games Field Free Personal Total Flayed Goals Throws Fouls Points Played Goals Throws Fouls Points Parkin 23 196 72 45 464 Buck .. 23 126 42 50 294 Goodale ... 23 51 15 45 117 Fallavollita 17 23 5 13 51 Beshai ... 23 11 4 61 26 Solitro 19 23 5 14 51 Manna 7 4 2 15 10 Geneva 18 20 6 24 46 Dellasanta ... ?2 39 13 42 131 Phelps 13 4 4 14 12 Team Field Free Personal Total Team Field Free Personal Total Goals Throw s Fouls Points Goals Throw s Fouls Points M.F.H.S 519 172 335 1210 Opponents .... 348 186 343 882 Average Points Per Game - 52.7. This is the regular season plus the Clark Tournament. This list is not counting the points made at Assumption. THE CLARK TOURNAMENT Schedule Major Edwards vs. Templeton Major Edwards vs. Townsend Semi-Final Major Edwards vs. Sutton (Consolation game) The Templeton game was a hard fought game. It w ' as a game that was played in the middle of the court. Both teams were stealing and then losing the ball to the other team. Major Edwards came through on top and won a place in the semi-finals. The score 43 to 30. Townsend, a very good ball handling club from Northwestern Worcester County took the second game from us. Major Edwards not clicking at all on any of their shots. The score of this semi-final 47 to 61. Sutton. A team that w-e had beaten twice by fifteen points was our opponent in the consolation game. Edwards, looking a little better than in our previous game, won by two points, which were made in the final 10 seconds of play. We didn ' t come home empty handed for we won the consolation cup. The score 49 to 47. Incidentally, Bob Parkin made the basket in those remaining seconds.

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GIRLS ' BASKETBALL TEAM Top row, left to right: Jean Jackola, Coach Miss Topham, Jane Flagg, Marion Hoyle, Patricia King, Maureen Welch. Bottom row, left to right: Joan Bristol, Bette Flagg, Ann Jackola. Cynthia Monroe, Priscilla Jewett. GIRLS’ SPORTS The girls’ sports at Major Edwards consist of only one, namely basket- ball. So far, this has been the only competitive sport. It has been sometime since we’ve been in the winning bracket, but our girls have always been good sports.’’ We are, however, gaining ground. This year there were many members of the Freshman class on the team, rounded out with Sophomores and Juniors. By the time this younger talent has become Seniors we ought to have a top team. It’s been a hard grind for the girls but they’ve done well and I’m sure they’ll keep it up and do better. The members of the team for this year were: Ann Jackola, Joan Bristol, Bette Flagg, Jane Flagg, Ann Garside, Cynthia Monroe, Marion Hoyle, Pris- cilla Jewett, and Patricia King. The coach was, a teacher here at Major Ed- wards — Miss Topham, and the scorer, an eighth grader, Jean Jackola, and the timer, a seventh grader, Maurine Welch. 1 The girls played thirteen games this season, the first five of which were away and the rest at home. They had four wins and one tie, all of which took place at home games. This may sound discouraging from thirteen games, but believe me, all their games were close and the scores were high. They started their season in December and closed it in February. It’s been fun girls, hasn’t it? So here’s the best of luck for your future success ! by Priscilla Buck