Monson Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Monson, MA)

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,ge-1, .5 't , ,fwitvsz - . ,N . ftflitllgft 't 1 f -v-F - ,l W - A A- . ' X IUNIOR BASKETBALL First Row, left to right-Eric Francis, Kenneth Comee, Donald Robinson, lean Beauchemin, Francis Martell, Lawrence Cushman, Milton Andrews. Second How-eAndrew Young, Donald Delong, Andrew Townend, Stevenson Iacobs. The I, I. V. Basketball team of 1945-46, composed of the younger boys, played five games, of which the first four were home games and the last at Wilbraham Academy. Their record was four wins and one loss. The scores were as follows: Monson Academy 20 Monson Ir. High 16 Monson Academy 27 Monson Ir. High 2 Monson Academy 28 Wilbraham Academy 18 Monson Academy l8 Monson Ir. High 17 Monson Academy l8 Wilbraham Academy 19 The team was composed of the following: Steve Iacobs, center, Francis Martell, right forward, Larry Cushman, left forward, Andrew Young, right guard, and Captain lean Beauchemin, left guard. The utility men were: Don De long, Ken Comee, and Don Robinson. Since the score of their only lost game was by one point, the team has a right to be proud of themselves, and the boys are looking forward to another season together next winter.

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,V -4-r wif? vt it f 4 'f fiSE'1Sfu'Y't f?K'-I RIFLE TEAM First Row, left to right-Roger Castle, William Sullivan, Archie McConnell, Irwin Rosenthal, Ioseph Stone. Second Row-David McLamore, Robert Holland, Ronald Knight, Elmer Tidmarsh, Capt. Iames Berger. The 1945-46 indoor shooting season saw about 60 contestants at the firing line of the Monson Academy Indoor Rifle Range. Notwithstanding the unusually large number of participants, everyone was able to shoot quite a bit. It is believed that more ammunition was expended on the range this season than during any other season since the range has been in operation. This year, as in all other years, the rifle group has maintained a perfect safety record. The rifle team, under the guidance of their coach and instructor, Mr. George D. Morrow, who was ably assisted by the captain of the team, Iames Berger, fired two shoulder-to-shoulder matches and eight postal matches during the season. The team showed considerable improvement in its work in the matches this season, winning against Vermont Academy by a score of 758-739, but losing to the top-rated Wilbraham Academy team by the score of 490-476, although there is considerable contrast between that 476 and last year's 463. Team Captain Iames Berger, the outstanding off-hand shooter, was the only person to achieve the rating of Expert here in recent years. Together with Paul Simon, another distinguished off-hand shot, and William Francis, runner-up in the intramural prone elimination contest, Berger shot a perfect 50 out of a possible 50. Elmer Tidmarsh, the winner of the intramural prone elimination contest, shot, in that contest, 99 out of 100. Roger Castle was top man in the War Department Iunior Small Bore Four Position Course. Due to the efforts of the Rifle Instructor, Mr. Morrow, who was assisted by Team Captain lim Berger, a new 50-yard range will be opened at Sullivan's Field this spring. The scores in the various matches were: Wilbraham - 490 U Monson - 476 Wilbraham - 484 Monson - 461 Vermont- 739 Monson - 758 Hearst Trophy Monson - 746 The squad also fired eight of the National Iunior Club Matches of the National Rifle Association. Exami- nation of the scores in these matches shows that the quality of the shooting improved as the season progressed.

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I. V. BASKETBALL The Monson Academy Iunior Varsity Basketball team opened up its season with an impressive 20-14 victory over the Suffield I. V. After a poor start the team was forced to rally in the second half to post their first win. Captain Reed spearheaded the rally with 10 points. In its second encounter of the season Monson ran up against a taller, more experienced Wilbraham team which set Monson back on the small end of a 33-14 score. A hard fought game in which Cushing finally subdued Monson 28-21 was followed by Mon- son's second win over Suffield 24-23. Monson's second game with Cushing saw Mr. Sweeney's I. V. team defeated 20-14. In a return game with power- ful, undefeated Wilbraham, Monson was overwhelmed 55-17. The last two games of the season were with Worcester Academy's I. V. Both games were well fought battles with Worcester coming out on top in both by slim margins 29-26 and 26-20.