Norton High School - Sojourn Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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BOYS ' BASKETBALL Bhck row, left to right: Ernest Roy, Edward Pickett, Coaeh Paul Clark, Derek Litde, Donald Carlson, Front row: Fred Scott, Vincent Ferrini, Jack Cosgrove. Basketball (Boys) Despite a great amount of hard luck, Coach Paul Clark ' s Tigers came through with a fairly good season of eight wins and eleven losses. With only two letter- men from last year ' s successful team to work with, Coach Clark had quite a job on his hands; but, nevertheless, he brought us through quite an exciting season. And, for the second straight year, Norton High was represented on television. Last year, Derek Little appeared with Coach Clark on Bump Hadley ' s T pro- gram for scoring forty-one points in a game played against Wrentham High. This year, Vincent Ferrini, who captained this year ' s team, set all kinds of records by scoring sixty points in a single game against Avon High. Vincent also appeared on television and again gained quite a bit of publicity for Norton. Everyone considered the season successful when we beat our arch-rivals, Plainville, in our last league game of the season. After trailing throughout the contest, 22-9 in the first period, 35-22 at the half, and 49-39 at the end of the third period, the Tigers ran wild in the last period to pull out a 61-56 ictory. In this game, Vin Ferrini scored twenty-six points to become the outstanding scorer in the Mayflower League with three hundred points even. After the regular season was completed, we competed in the Small Schools Tournament at the Maiden High Gym in Maiden. We were eliminated from the

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BASEBALL TEAM First Row, left to right: David Monteiro, Jack Cosgrove, Billie Clarke, Raymond Coubron. Second Row: Derek Little, Donald Carlson, Vincent Ferrinni, Edward Pickett. Third Row: Bob Bellavance, Coach Paul Clark, Edward Coubron, George Robilard.

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tournament in the second round when we lost a heartbreaker to Burlington High School. Burlington went on to play in the finals. This year ' s starting five was composed of Vincent Ferrini, Donald Carlson, and Edward Pickett, who are graduating, and Derek Little and Fred Scott. Tow- ards the end of the season, Donald Carlson became ill and Jack Cosgrove filled in efficiently for Donald. Athletic Association Officers President Vincent Ferrini Vice President Donald Carlson Secretary Dorothy Marcure Treasurer Shirley Yelle SCORES OF GAMES XT L Norton 70 vv rciiiiiaiii ox at XT I Norton Avon 39 Norton 37 at Avon Norton 38 Wrentham 27 at Wrentham Norton 52 Oak Bluffs 37 at Norton E. Bridge water 63 Norton 43 at Norton Bridgewater 52 Norton 51 at Norton Holbrook 53 Norton 40 at Holbrook Norton 54 Howard 44 at Norton Plainville 58 Norton 55 at Plainville Norton 93 Avon 45 at Norton Norton 59 Alumni 55 at Norton E. Bridgewater 60 Norton 47 at E. Bridgewater Bridgewater 47 Norton 30 at Bridgewater Holbrook 64 Norton 50 at Norton Howard 49 Norton 48 at Howard Norton 61 Plainville 56 at Norton Duxbury 59 Norton 38 at Brockton Norton 45 Groton 39 at Maiden Burlington 50 Norton 47 at Maiden INDIVIDUAL SCORING Player Hgt. Pos. Goals F Points Vin Ferrini 5 ' 8 LG 160 77 397 Derek Little 6 ' 2 C 113 37 263 Ed Pickett 6 ' 3 RF 71 13 155 Fred Scott Sir LF 31 11 73 Jack Cosgrove 5 ' 8 F 16 8 40 Don Carlson 511 RG 5 6 16 David Monteiro 6 ' C 2 2 6 Dick Madden 5 ' 6 F 1 2 4 Ernest Roy 511 G 0 4 4