Mount St Charles Academy - Excelsior Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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Mlefzaf VARSITY Coach lohnny Fagan s basketballers opened the1r 1950 51 basketball season In rmpresslve style by swamprng an outclassed Bellmgham Team 73 41 Drck Lawless rlppled the cords for 19 markers followed by Bernre Faulkner and Walt Petersen w1th 12 and 9 re spect1vely l1m Donovan and Walt Petersen controlled the defensrve and off ns1ve boards Although runnrng Into unexpected opposltlon our towerrng qulntet reeled off 1ts second strarght wrn when It handed North Prov1dence a 62 58 set back Cuba DeArmas and Peter Pet ersen shared scor1ng honors Wlll'1 12 and 11 pomts l1m Donovan and Berme Faulkner were our defens1ve stars A stubborn Bellmgham Team 1n an attempt to snap our two game w1nnIng streak fell before therr taller opponents by a 54 45 score Hank Qumn wrth 15 and Petersen Lawless and Berme Faulkner wrth 10 ap1ece paced our scormg l1m Donovan and B1g Pete handled the maJor1ty of rebounds The Mountres took thelr 4th stralght wrth a 54 43 conquest over Sacred Heart Bernre Faulkner and Cuba D Armas led the Faganmen wrth 12 pomts aprece followed by Benny Gendron wrth 10 Petersen and Donovan dom mated both the front and defenslve backboards throughout the game Our hoopsters were handed then' frrst setback of the season at the hands of a strong Westerly team by a 8962 score The downstaters burlt up a 54 19 halftrme lead to offset our w1nn1ng streak Hank Qulnn led the scormg parade wrth 13 followed by Petersen and DeArmas wrth 12 aplece Bernle Faulkner and Dlck Lawless played well defens1ve1y Explodmq for 24 polnts 1n the 3rd perlod a gallant Sacred Heart basket ball team upset our Mountles by a 54 51 score Our hoopsters were unable to hold a commandmg 12 pomt lead 113 the second quarter Drck Lawless had 11 pomts for the I-lllltoppers and lose Martmez nme Breakmg the game w1de open rn the frnal mrnutes w1th a fourteen pomt erup tlon Pawtucket West downed the Mountres by a 58 46 score Captam lose Martlnez W11l'1 11 pomts and l1m Donovan wlth 9 were best for Mount Brg Pete and Bernre Faulkner played good defensrve games De La Salle Academy defendlng state basketball champrons squeezed past our stubborn qumtet w1tl'1 a 53 5? declsron Coach lohn Fagans attack refused to be awed by the heavlly favored Crusaders and outplayed the boys from Newport for most of the game Hank Qumn and lose Martmev wrth 14 and ll tallles respectlvely were the b1g guns 1n the Mount attack Ber me Faulkner and Pete Petersen played outstandlng defenswe games for the Mount ln one of the season s maJor upsets Woonsocket p1nned a 45 43 setback or- the Hrlltoppers 1n a great game The contest was a thrlller all the way wlth our arch rlvals takrng over 1n the late stages of the fray Cuba DeArmas was our top pomt getter wrth nme whrle Pete Petersen had e1ght Rompmg Into a 154 lead ln the lst perrod East Provrdence overwhelmed our hoopsters 5122 lt was the 6th stra1ght loss for our fast s11pp1ng Mount IGS who put on one of the poorest ex h1b1t1ons rn srx years Hank Qumn was our only pomt producer w1th 7 tallles I . . . - I - . .L . I , . A 3 . se -If -If V . sk sr- :I- . , . I I . . . . . - I ' ' 11 If . . - ' -4- 1- -I- -r -1- -k , I 1 ' .I I I I I I 'I ' - I ' I . I I . .I . . . . I . I ll ll -I -4- -I- . . Us I I . . - 1- -I- -I- . II If . 9 . . I . I I I I ' L . . . . . . . ll ll -I ir -I ' . . -I- -k -I- . - . . . . . ' I - . - . . I I - . . . . . , ' . . . . . . - , . . . . A- A- si -I- -A-

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Emfaff VARSITY The Baseball team enioyed a pros- perous season winning ten while losing but four games. However, it had to be content with third place, finishing be- hind the state champions, Burrillville and Woonsocket. Composed mostly of luniors who gained valuable ex- perience during the campaign, the baseballers look ahead to an even more successful season. APRIL 2l: MSC 7, Pawt. Voc. 5 Lefty Bill Kann survived a rocky start to capture his first win, while the Mount stickers combined six hits for seven runs. APRIL 25: MSC 6, Cumb. 4 Behind Baillargeon's long-distance slugging and Kann's steady pitching, the Mounties shaded Cumberland. APRIL 28: MSC 7, Sacred Heart 3 Baillargeon continued his heavy hit- ting with a double and a triple. Rocky Lapierre's pitching held Sacred Heart to six scattered hits. MAY 3: MSC 16, Central Falls 8 Paul Gibbons with four hits, Bob Pel- oquin with three, and Gil Baillargeon with two were the chief malefactors from the C. F. viewpoint. MAY 5: MSC 6, Burrillville 14 Mount fell from the unbeaten ranks at Burrillville's precision attack. Mount errors aided their cause immeasurably. MAY 9: MSC lO, Woonsocket 2 R. Fortin playing his first game con- nected for three hits while Chico Amor and Baillargeon slashed out two apiece. MAY l2: MSC l8, Pawt. Voc. 4 Ben Gendron's fastball kept the base- paths free of enemy runners while he also sparked the Mount stickers with three hits, one of them a triple. MAY 23: MSC 5, Cumb. O Bob Peloquin collected 2 of the 8 hits for Mount while Cumberland amassed the unimposing total of 2 hits off Red's deliveries. MAY 22: MSC 9, Sacred Heart 15 Ineffective pitching proved the down- fall of the Saints as Sacred Heart solved the offerings of two Mount pitch- ers for 15 hits. MAY 25: MSC 9, Central Falls 3 Resnisky connected safely three times while Kann and Peloquin ac- quired two singles. MAY 3l: MSC 3, Burrillville 8 Pete Cavanaugh allowed no Mountie to collect more than one hit. IUNE 2: MSC 3, Woonsocket 17 1 Baillargeon and Peloquin were the only successful Mount stickers, each getting two hits. IUNE 7: MSC 4, No. Prov. l The Mounties concluded their carn- paign in a successful fashion as they bested No. Prov. 4-l. Kann struck out 9 to run his season's total to lOl.

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Exploding for 21 tallies in the 3rd quarter, our quintet broke its six game losing streak as it handed its Alumni a 55-50 setback. lim Donovan and Ben Gendron paced the Mountie attack with 12 points apiece. Petersen and Faulkner were our defensive standouts throughout the game. Q 'I' 'k Fading badly in the final three min- utes after losing five men on personal fouls, Coach lohn Fagan's forces drop- ped another heartbreaker to St. Raph- ael's 52-47. Paced by big Walt Peter- sen, Mount held its own against the favored Saints for three periods and entered the final quarter boasting a 9 point bulge. Petersen, playing his best game of the seas-on, led the Mount with 21 points. Pete was also a defensive bulwark clearing rebounds time and again. 1' i' i' After a fairly close opening period, Westerly put the steam on in the sec- ond stanza and rolled to a 90-24 victory over our completely outclassed hoop- sters. Mount was unable to solve Wes- terly's pressing defense and made only 8 points during the first half. lim Don- ovan was our only consistent scorer with 13 markers. k 'I' 1' Coming from behind in the final six minutes of play, Killingly High of Dan- ielson, Conn. handed Mount a 60-57 defeat in a rough and tumble exhibition contest. lim Donovan led our scorers with 15 tallies followed by Pete Peter- sen with 10. Dick Lawless and Bernie Faulkner played a fine defensive game. i' k 1' Scoring 20 times in the second period, Coach Iohn Fagan's hoopsters broke in- to the win column routing Pawtucket West 58-35. Play was close in the first period but our quintet opened up with a barrage of points in next period to coast to their first league triumph. Our scoring was split between six men. lim Donovan and Cuba DeArmas led with 10 points apiece, while Gen- dron had 9, Lawless and Quinn eight apiece and Petersen 7. I' K' I' Romping into a commanding 28-5 first period lead, De La Salle Academy swamped our unpredictable Mounties 76-30. There was no doubt of the out- come after the opening whistle with our hoopsters being completely out- classed. lim Donovan was high man for Mount with 10 points. 'k 'k 1' Woonsocket High School basketball- ers swept their annual two-game series and clinched the city championship by scoring a brilliant 52-48 win over the Mounties. Our hoopsters played a courageous game, but failed to use its superior height to advantage. lim Don- ovan dropped in 13 points while DeAr- mas and Petersen followed with 12 and 9 respectively. 'k 'lr 'k Scoring only two field goals in the lst half, Coach lohn F agan's basketball- ers dropped its 10th league decision when it was thurnped by East Provi- dence 56-22. The Mounties were never in contention as they fell behind by a 23-7 halftime score. Ricardo Martinez was top scorer for the Mounties with eight points. 'A' 1' 1' The curtain came down on our long and disastrous basketball season as the Mounties once again faded badly in the last five minutes and dropped a 58-43 decision to St. Raphael's Acad- emy. The winners iced the verdict with an 18 point spurt in the waninq minutes. Walt Petersen was high man with 11 points followed by DeArmas and Deltoche with 8 apiece. lim Don- ovan and Bernie Faulkner performed well defensively. l