Orono High School - Crimson Crier Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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OLD TOWN 12 14 SPORTS Extra points was the deciding factor ln this game as Old Town won th1S hotly contested battle by a two polnt margin 14 12 Orono scored first White found a small path of dayllght ln the left slde of the yq lme and high talled It to the Promised Land out racing the Indlan secondarles Vla a pass 1. ,,.,.f'W and a conversion Old Town left J 'fx 5'1- the field with a 7 6 adv antage at +P half tlme The thlrd per1od was M M' evenly played and in the fourth period the Indians again scored on a pass and a conversion to take the lead The Rlots came back strong and added a second tally to close the gap to two points Orono was on Old Towns ten yard stripe and rapidly nearing pay dirt when the clock spoiled all hopes by runnlng out of time DEXTER 6 32 The Dexter Tigers showed plenty of class 1n routing the Red Rlots by a 32 6 margin and neared the L1ttle Ten Championship Both teams scored the first tlme they got pos session of the ball and the score was knotted 6 6 w1th1n thx ee minutes of the start Dex ter wlth its sparklmg brand of ball scored twice in the second frame and at the half time Orono was on the short end of an 18 6 scoie Both teams threatened in the third period with the Riots moving to the Dexter 35 befoze an interception stopped their drlve It wasn t untll the fourth pe11od howevel that the score was changed Wlth Dex ter adding two more counters via a pass and a shoit run to end the one sided contest ELLSWORTH 0 6 The Eagles banged over for a touchdown in the foulth period to shade the Orono Red R10tS in their last game of the season Aftel playing through three scoreless periods the Eagles countered the game s lone score w1th the a1d of a blocked punt 1n the fourth period when trymg to kick out of danger The Eagles broke through the light Orono llne and blocked the kick A series of runmng plays put the ball in pay dlrt. Deerlng with h1s superb passing, tried to equal the score by filllng the air wlth passes, completlng one on the Ellsworth's ten, but the Eagles front wall stiffened and held for the remaining few Forty ezght seconds. . -, 1 Y - . ZS , ' il 'X ' I X-. 5 l : 1 fe - L 1 . . . A -lx N' A, ,K-, .1 'Q 4- ' Y., ' . . . . Q F T f .I Y . lv . . , , , ' ' ' . 5 ' I ' ,K ..n-.- v . y , , , ,.,.. .s E J 1 -', - , ' NP? , ' ' 4 g' v.. U , al , A . . I -, ' v , '. 'f 11 7 A ',' . Y - ' I-N n Q'-5'u. ' -I ' . - ad'-,f' ,Qvs ' , ,A , ,- ' -.,, . ggi . u . ,, 32' A e i ' ffpji H-.fat rig ' -hi., 3 ' ' V ' , . , . . '. . . ' r . . . N b . 1 a ' . , . . .. ' . O , - Y . ' . I I ' , , . . .

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74a Gannon Gum SPORTS H Ht ntotfa Fifty 2 'TWV Izrt rou Wzllzam Fatt Arthur I'lrlm Wallzam Buschmg Rupert Lyons Merle Loun bury Lznu ood Ha hey Jael. Pelletzer Robert lleermg Bernard Cornell Sfconrl rou Mr Bryant Thomas Needham Raymond Dall Donovan Thtbodeau Wzl lzam Beebe John Sears Jack Biscoe Varsity Basketball O1 ono made a good showing on their new coult thlS year by winning one third of their games while playmg a tough schedule John Bapst which accounts for two of ou1 losses last yeal was replaced by Dover The Plots finished low IH the 'P V C but made a good show among the Class M teams 1n Eastern Maine Cthls rating was based on the first 14 gamesi Orono made an excellent showing in their first games against Old Town losing by only 11 polnts and a few weeks later the Indlans went on to win the Class L State Championship Arthur Parlm was the highest scorer for the season with 100 points, while Linwood Hashey, Rupert Lyons, Bernard Cornell and Merle Louns bury were second. third, fourth and fifth, respectlvely. Thus the first five scorers were a Sophomore, three Juniors and a Senior. The team includes iive other Juniors and two othei Sophomores There was only one Senior on the squad this yeal, Merle Lounsbury, who was captain Lettermen were: Hashey, Lounsbury, Pelletier, Deering, Busching, Dall and Gott. With a full team returning plus the experience gained this year, Orono should have a tournament representative playing on the court next winter.