Mechanic Falls High School - Pilot Yearbook (Mechanic Falls, ME)

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M. F. H ful team this year and much of our suc- cess is due to him. At the first of the year Esther Severy was elected as manager and she scheduled many games for us. Mrs. Helen Aaron, our chaperon, who accompanied us on our trips, encouraged the team when they were facing defeat and cheered when victory came. The following is the summary of the games played this year: M. F. H. S., 32 Casco, 11 M. F. H. S., 32 Winthrop, 34 M. F. H. S., 21 Casco, l8 M. F. H. S., 15 Winthrop 25 M. F. H. S., 14 Lewiston, 34 M. F. H. S., 17 New Gloucester, ll M. F. H. S., 43 South Paris, 34 M. F. ll. S., 17 Oxford. 36 M. F. ll. S.. 24 Bridgton, 22 M. F. H. S., 14 Lcwiston, 40 M. F. H. S.. 35 South Faris, 26 M. F. H. S., 32 VVest Paris. 17 M. F. H. S.. 14 Oxford. 15 There was also a game with the Alumni, and to crown all, a trip to Livermore 'Falls to compete in the girls' tournament. We drew for an opponent Livermore Falls and were defeated. The score was 43-26. ' Gladys Cox, '31 BASEBALL 1930 The Mechanic Falls High School baseball team, under the skilled coach- ing of H. S. Thomas, proved very suc- cessful, winning 70W of the games played. In the league, which was made up of Leavitt, Winthrop, and Mechanic S. PILOT 27 Falls, M. F. H. S. held first place until near the close of the season and then lost to Leavitt, who won the cup. The score and record is as follows: Casco, 2 New Gloucester, 2 M. F. H. S., 21 Monmouth, 0 M. F. H. S., 10 New Gloucester, 13 M. F. H. S., 6 Winthrop, 5 M. F. H. S., 7 Leavitt, 8 M. F. H. S., 5 Monmouth, 2 M. F. H. S., 9 Leavitt, 7 M. F. H. S., 5 Winthrop, 6 M. F. H. S., 24 Casco, 3 M. F. H. S., 7 M. F. H. S., 16 W. E. G., '31 TRACK ln the fall Mr. Small, coach at M. F. H. S., suggested that we have a cross country track team. as there was no other activity for the boys to take part in. VVe ran in several meets. only los- ing two. Those were to the state champions, Pennell lnstitute of Gray. Maine. From the large group of candidates for cross country those who madeithe team are as follows: Clarence Campbell Kenneth Mitchell Gilbert Maxim Harold Raymond Clayton Milliken Ernest MacDougall Preston Bailey Francis Taker Harold McAllister Earle Briggs, Manager Campbell was perhaps the most out- standing man throughout the season with Maxim a close second. Milliken also should receive honorable mention for the Bates Freshman meet, where he came in first and we won the meet by one point.

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26 M. F. H. S. PILOT ed Ill I WU mi sf fm? mifilis V , ..-A C firm h Y Athletics. GIRLS' BASKETBALL The girls' basketball team was started in 1926 and has been growing steadily better. Of course it has not yet reached perfection. At the tirst practice many new girls reported. 'I' li e y xv e r e :,Val111a lid- wards, Viola Raymond, Evelyn Scully, H e l e n Keene, Caroline McAllister, Margaret Naimen, Mary Sargent, Gladys Hapworth. The Hrst team consisted of Captain Eleanor MacAllister, who played side center, and this year assumed the posi- tion of centerg Mary Farrar, who has played forward for three yearsg Mar- jorie Keene successfully played side centerg Gladys Cox, who played cen- ter her Freshman year as substituteg and two years as regular center, this year played forward. The guards were Louise Snow, Anna Maxim, Brenda Strout and Caroline McAllis- ter. The regular substitutes were Winnie Thompson, Mary Mains, Iola Chase, Viola Raymond an d Leora Millet. 0 ll r coach, hlilllll K. Pottle, has worked faithfully to build up a success- GIRLS l BASKETBALL SQUAD

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28 M. F. I-I. S. PILOT GROSS COUNTRY TEAM The home course is over three miles in length and the most difficult one the team ran. The average time for the team was about 20 minutes. At Otisfield Fair our team took first place and brought home a beautiful silver cup, the first the High School has ever XVOl'1. The record of the season is as follows: M. F. H. S. at Qtisfield Fair, M. F. .H. S. won. M. F. H. S. vs. Pennell Inst., Pennell Inst. won. M. F. H. S. at Litchfield, 6 schools competing M. F. H. S. Srd. M. F. H. S. vs. Canton, M. F. H. S. won. M. F. H. S. vs. Sabattus, M. F. H. S. won. M. F. H. S. vs. Canton, M. F. ll. S. won. W. lf. G., '31 BAS KETBALL, 1930-31 XVhen Coach Small sent out the first call for candidates for basketball, about twenty boys reported. Only two of the twenty boys had received letters last year, so for the most part, this year's material was inexperienced. Mr. Small saw at once the task con- fronting him of getting a team in shape and immediately set the boys to work. After several weeks of hard practice the squad was told, to their great joy, that they would meet the alumni the next Friday evening. There was a fair crowd when the High School and the Alumni met. It was a fast, close game with the Alumni holding the