Paris High School - Chronicle Yearbook (South Paris, ME)

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54 'TH E CHRONICLE FOOTBALL Front Row-G. Plummer, J. Timberlake, K. Kozak, B. Morton, N. Foster, C. Merrill, B. Moorehead, S. Hicks, J. Seely, L. Gatchell, A. Colby. Second Row-S. Gordon, W. Kennagh, W. Bryant, P. Welch, A. Knight, H. Foster, B. Day, B. Whitley, R. Huotari, E. Swett, J. Welch. Coach Gouin started the season off with only nine main stays on the team. But as the season developed he had a team which was in better condition than those of the two previous years. Injuries were few and the boys really had the spirit and ability which we haven't had in the past years. Paris although having a light team did a very fine job. The boys who were on the first team deserve most of the credit for our wins as Coach Gouin had little op- portunity to substitute. These boys were: Leslie Gatchell, Bruce Day, James Seely, Billy Morton, Gard Plummer, Alden Colby, Edward Swett, Norman Foster, Bob Whitley, Raymond Huotari, and Stephen Hicks. Paris 21-Bridgton 9 Paris jumped to an early lead to defeat Bridgton 21-9. Whitley showed very good early season form and scored two of the Paris touchdowns on intercepted passes. One of these was a 95 yard return. Seely then cracked over from the 15 to complete the Paris scoring. Paris 7-Norway 6 Paris playing again for the second year in a row in the rain won a 7-6 victory over our twin town rival, Nor- way. A lo-ng pass from Seely to Whit- ley took the ball to the five. Seely then plunged over for the T.D. and Whitley made it 7 to nothing with his

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THE CHRONICLE 55 conversion. The only Norway score came when Frechette drove off his right tackle for the score. Paris 7-Gould 6 Paris chalked up its third consecu- tive win by defeating Gould Academy of Bethel 7-6. Day made the play of the year by plunging through the cen- ter of the line and then ran down the field for 64 yards. Huotari taking over fo-r his first full game at quarterback passed to Seely who m'ade a beautiful catch for the final point. Jay 34-Paris 0 Paris suffered their first defeat of the season to Jay High. .Paris having one of their poorer games of the sea- son were never close to the scoring. Plummer played an outstanding de- fensive game for Paris as he recovered three fumbles along with some beauti- ful tackling. The Jay attack was led by Boivin who scored three of their five touchdowns. Mexico 27-Paris 0 Paris playing a very snappy and large schoo-l were defeated by Mexico 27-0. Paris played a very fine game but the Mexico team was much stronger. George Cricross proved the scoring punch for Mexico with two of the Pinto touchdowns. Paris 6-Livermore 6 Paris pulled out of their scoring slump by tying Livermore in our next to the last game. The Livermore An- dies were outclassed by a smooth run- ning Paris team who scored three touchdowns. Two of the touchdowns were called back on account of penal- ties. Getchell showed goo-d mid-season form in racing for three of the Paris T.D.'s. Paris 6-Norway 6 Paris again was unable to defeat their rivals Norway in the last game of the year. Penalties nullified the Paris extra point and many long runs which would have given us a victory. The bo-ys showed good sportsmanship and played a fine game. Touch- Player: downs Extra Pts. Tot. Whitley 3 2 20 Seely 1 1 7 Gatchell 1 6 Foster 1 1 Day 2 1 13 Total 47