Nashua High School - Tusitala Yearbook (Nashau, NH)

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, 3 -- N - ' .,' 5 'E ABQ? 'K SQ M g ,wig will B' if 7 fs. Q - is Bi .. is X5 'wa 'SS' - .Q,. . ,Q , . A E... Q. 5' as H Q R , sa X gm N ..--M . 9' swag.. ri Q , 1 5, Q -' lem.. 2 1 'M' ' I i X hz. , . .-- ! Xl 2: ., N ..,. .- FOOTBALL In 1951, Burleigh Briggs and Paul Bellavance were members of the team from our class in a season ending with a 6 - 3 record. The following year added to the squad James Kopka and Roland St Onge. That year we got off to a bad start, losing our first four games. Our first victory was over Manchester Central 26 - 7. We won the rest of our games except for the Keith Academy one, in which we suf- fered a 12 - 0 loss. With our record 5 - 5, the in-state victories recaptured the New Hamp- shire title. Burleigh Briggs made the All-State Team. In '53 the squad started off with victories over Leominster and Malden, only to meet a stunning defeat by Lowell. We then suffered another loss handed down by Salem, 7 - 0. After that we rolled through our schedule with- out another setback. The big game, however, was a 19 - 13 victory over Keith Academy. Our 8 - 2 record kept the state title with us. Burleigh and Tony Mandravelis made the All-State Team. Marois, Kopka, Katsohi, Lehoullier, Bellavance, and Arel were other members of the club. PAGE FIFTY-FOUR 3 fs X 'lun is X X At the close of the '53 season Bellavance and Briggs were named co-captains for 1954. That year found us with a 5 - 4 record, retain- ing the state title besides having the honor of not having been defeated by a New Hampshire club for three years. We received three defeats from Massachusetts foes before we could get our feet on the ground to win decisive victories over New Hampshire teams. Quincy handed us our fourth and final defeat. The season was rounded off with a victory over Bishop Bradley, a game which retained the state title for us. Briggs, Poliquin, and Bellavance made the All-State Team. Johnny Anastasiou was a new-comer to the club that year. We should give Burleigh Briggs special praise for his fine four seasons as a first-string player and for being chosen captain of the All- State Team. Our thanks go to coaches Charles fBuzzJ Harvey and Tony Marandos for three instructive and enjoyable years of football. PAUL. BELLAVANCE TUSITALA

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BASKETBALL In our sophomore year, 1952-1953, Flahive was the only member of our class on the Senior High basketball team. He was on the first string of the J. V. squad and proved to be a valuable addition. In our sophomore year, 1952-1953, Flahive and George Manley played for the varsity, the former securing a starting position and Manley playing as a reserve. Paul Bellavance, Albert Beaulieu, Bernie Moran, Ralph Lucier, Bill Gagnon, Jim Dobens, and Bob Theriault made up the J. V. squad. The team had a fair sea- son, ending with a 9-7 record. In our junior year, Red Flahive kept his starting assignment on the varsity team, and Bellavance, Beaulieu, and Theriault joined Manley on the reserve list. This was a good year for basketball at N. H. S., as the team rolled up a 22-2 record and copped the Merri- mack Valley and State Championships before going on to Boston to be eliminated by a strong Brockton team in the New England tourney. GRADUATION ISSUE In 1954-1955, we had an inexperienced team. Flahive was elected captain, and Theri- ault and Bellavance joined him on the starting five. The team compiled a fair 9-7 record, but was eliminated by Central in the opening round of the state tourney. Congratulations should be accorded Tom Flahive, who played four years of excellent basketball and was always a steadfast pillar of support to his team mates. He did an excep- tionally good job in his senior year as he led the team in scoring and obtained the most valuable award in the Merrimack Valley Con- ference. We should like to thank Coach Tony Marandos for the long hours he labored coach- ing us, and also for the wonderful time we had on our trip to New York in 1954, after winning the state title. ROBERT THERIAULT PAGE FIFTY-FIVE

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