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

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'TH E CHRONICLE 59 VARSITY BASKETBALL Front ROWJB. Day, J. Merrill, R. Huotari, Coach Briggs, B. Edwards, J. Seely, Manager Hicks. Second Row-L. Gatchell, A. Ranger, L. Neit, G. LeBlanc, Manager Burgess. Third Row-D. Hall, J. King, R. Moorehead. Paris High had a winning season this year, winding up with 15 wins as against 7 losses. Despite those losses, Paris was one of the strongest Class M teams in Western Maine. Three of the losses were in succession, as Paris hit a slump. After ending in a tie, Paris played Bridgton for the Western Division championship of the Sun-Journal Lea- gue. Paris also took the Regional .ournament by defeating Bridgton and Mechanic Falls. The local five suffer- ed a defeat, however, in the Western Maine Semi-Finals by Jay High, who also defeated Paris for the Sun-Jou1'- nal cup. There were no losses due to injury, but John King was absent for two weeks and Merrill was lost at mid- season. Although the Varsity will have lost six Seniors, next year looks very promising. Good luck, boys. Round Robin In the annual Round Robin, which gives a preview of the coming year, South Paris rolled up three wins and one tie, thus taking the honors. The home to-wn boys licked Bridgton 20 to 6, Norway 17 to 2, Mexico 14 to 6, and tied with Gould 9 to 9. This dis- play gave the Paris fans a bright out- look for the coming season.

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60 'TH E CHRONICLE Paris 57-Norway 44 Paris opened its defense of the Sun- Journal League title by trouncing Norway High. Leading all the way by a comfortable margin, Paris clean- ed the bench and used twelve men. Big John King dunked twelve points from in close and Jim Seely sailed twelve points through the hoop from his guard position. Paris 49-Gould 48 Paris High squeezed by Gould Aca- demy after losing a four point half- time lead. It was a see-saw battle the first half with Seely tossing in the winning basket. Seely 1131, King 1121, and Huotari 1111 led the way for Paris, while Knight 1221 led Gould. Paris 64-Mexico 51 After breaking a 12 to 12 first period deadlock, Paris raced on to- down Mexico by thirteen points. Seely led with twenty points, while Ed- wards and Merrill had sixteen apiece. Paris 47-Lisbon 58 Paris met their first defeat at the hands of a strong Lisbon five. After leading the first half, Paris fell be- hind, the loss of four starters on fouls the last quarter being a big factor leading to defeat. Seely 1131 and Huotari 1121 led Paris with Kinney being the high man for Lisbon. Paris 63-Freeport 87 Again the defending Western Maine champs went down in defeat. It was strictly an offensive game as two Free- port men hit the thirty point mark. Seely and Huotari were the high men for the Cardinals. Paris 58-Windham 63 Paris plunged to their third straight loss. Windham took the game from Paris, the game being held in our Junior High Gym. Seely led the scoring parade with twenty points. Paris 61-Mexico 25 Paris went to town on Mexico- to end a three game losing streak. Pull- ing out in front at the start, Paris continued stretching the lead. Merrill 1161, Day 1121, and Edwards 1111 led the way. Paris 68--Bridgton 34 Paris played a fine defensive and offensive game to beat Bridgton. No Bridgton man hit double figures. Paris sco-ring was led by Huotari, Seely, and Merrill who all wound up with double digits. Day displayed his usual finesse throughout the game. Paris 58--Lisbon 49 Cutting down Lisbon, Paris squared the season with the Greyhounds. Play- ing a hard, fine game, Paris really showed their power with Huotari pouring in 18 po-ints. King and Merrill also hit double digits with 12 and 11 apiece respectively. Paris 81-Freeport 63 Paris avenged Freeport's early vic- tory by pulling away in the second half to win by eighteen points. Big John King 1261 and Merrill 1241 led the Paris scoring with Seely also in his usual fine form. Paris 60-Bridgton 64 The Cards bo-wed to the Black Hawks on their home court in Bridgton by four points. This game left South Paris and Bridgton tied for first place in the Western Division of the Sun-Journal League. Seely, with