Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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30 THE PHILLIPIAN TRACK First row, left to right: G. Thompson, C. Coolong, R. Dodge, G. Golden Second row: C. Heath, A. Hardy, O. James, F. Sargent, W. Davenport, S. White, R. Beal expected to lose this game because of the reputation of previous Dixiield teams. The game was close with Toothaker holding the mound. We Won by a 7 to 4 margin. Strong came up on May 19th. Golden was on the mound while C. Heath stood be- hind the batter. Strong gained a lead of 5 to 2 in the Hrst three innings. Finally our boys began to really play ball and came out Winners with a score of l7 to 7. The last game, to date, was our return game at Dixfield on May Zlst. The boys gained a quick lead and came home victors with a 27-7 score. Track Iune lst, 1946, l3 boys Went to the State meet in the Portland Stadium. The boys averaged first and second Wins throughout the meet. Dodge took first on the 880, Coolong first on the 440, the rest were sec- ond and third placements. The 880 relay team was composed of Golden, Dodge, Cogren, and Coolong. SUMMARY Mile run -- Golden - 2nd 880 yd. run W Dodge - lst 440 yd. dash - Coolong - lst 440 yd. dash - C. Heath- 3rd 220 yd. dash - Coolong - 2nd High hurdles - F. Sargent - 4th Broad jump -- Golden - tied for 3rd 880 yd. relay ! Phillips team - 2nd The total number of points captured by the Phillips team was 232 which gave us third place, Class C. The First track meet scheduled for the Phillips team was for Saturday, May 3, at Hippach Field in Farmington against Farm- ington High and Gould Academy. Because of the rain the meet was post- poned until Monday afternoon, May 5. The most exciting events of the day from the point of suspense were the mile run and the S80 run.

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THE PHILLIPIAN . 29 l'nic:icmiciioioiciioioioioi-011mioioic - A el ei ATHLETICS Y :Alfa . vi C C ' I AJiemicJioioioioitvioioioioioioioic BOYS' SPORTS Basketball UR '46-l47 basketball team proved fairly successful, six of the First team being sophomores. Last year the boys played good ball but this season was still better. ln two more years we should have a great team. On Dec. 3 our team went to Wilton. lt was the Hrst game and the boys were really rusty all through. The final score was 33 to 19, VVilton's favor. When Wilton came to Phillips, Dec. 20, we were a little better. We lost the game by a three point margin. We were ahead 21 to 18 at the half, which made the VVilton team worried and the game in- teresting. Ian. 3, the team went to Strong for an- other exciting game. At the half Strong led l4 to 12. We were tied at the last few sec- onds to play when someone dropped one through the loop and we came out with a 28 to 26 victory. lan. 7, the Rangeley team came to Phillips for the 6th game of the season. Although Rangeley had a much better team, the Phil- lips boys fought hard until the last whistle. Rangeley won by a three point margin cap- tured in the last quarter. lan. 28th, Phillips motored to Rangeley for another fast and exciting game. At the half the score was 25 to 7, Rangelcyis favor. At the Final whistle Rangeley led 39-36, an- other three point victory in their favor. The two Stratton games proved very excit- ing. Phillips lost at Stratton 23 to 29 and won at Phillips 37 to 29. The game of the season, which proved that we had a Fighting team, was the game with Kingfield at the tournament. This game was the play-off for the consolation cup. liingheld led by l0 points at the half and 15 at the third period. Three seconds before the Hnal whistle the score was tied 37 all. One of the Kingheld boys fouled Dodge, giving him a free throw and the winning chance. Everybody stood and all was quiet as the ball left his hands for the winning point. Phillips 19 Wilton 33 Phillips 23 Jay 50 Phillips 33 Wilton 36 Phillips 18 Kingfield 36 Phillips 28 Strong 26 il: Phillips 16 Rangeley 19 Phillips 37 New Sharon 25 Phillips 29 Anson A. 11 Phillips 23 Stratton 29 Phillips 33 Kingfield 45 it Phillips 35 Livermore 50 Phillips 36 Rangeley 39 Phillips 33 Strong 18 Phillips 37 Stratton 29 Phillips 39 North Anson 23 :li Phillips 39 Jay 68 X Phillips 13 Jay JV's' 19 :li Home games Baseball The second baseball team in six years was organized last fall. The team played Strong, Rangeley, and Dixlield. The boys went to Strong for the first game. Strong took over by a 7-3 victory. When they returned the game, Phillips obtained revenge by a 13-ll decision. LIST OF POSITIONS C. Heath - Catcher Toothaker - Pitcher Golden - lst Base 'V Guerney - 2nd Base K. Heath - Short Stop Davenport - 3rd Base Dodge -- Center Field Beal v- Left Field F. Sargent - Right Field On May l2th Dixheld came to Phillips for the First gamefthis spring. VVe all really

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THE PHILLIPIAN 31 GIRLS' BASKETBALL First row, left to right: M. Kinney, E. Webber, M. Eustis, F. Wing, Y. Richmond, M. Plog, D. Ellicott Second row: G. Wilbur, M. Raymond, J. Hinckley, L. Bolduc, V. Webber, Mgr. The ll points that Phillips took in this Hrst meet of the season were more than We expected because Gould Academy won Class B State Championship last year and Farrn- ington the championship the previous year. Farmington and Gould were evenly matched throughout, with the final scores 63 for Farmington and 58 for Gould. The Phillips boys placing were George Golden, winner of the mile rung Bob Dodge, second in the 880, Charles Coolong, third in the 440, and Franklin Sargent who tied with five other high jumpers for second place. GIRLS' BASKETBALL ' WVe started practicing basketball early in November. At the first few practices there were sixteen girls present but it wasnit long before six of them dropped out. This left the line-up as follows: First team- Yvonne Richmond RF' Marion Plog LF Feralyn Wing CF Maxine Eustis Dorothy Ellicott Marion Kinney Substitutes: Marylyn Raymond, Laurette Bolduc, Gloria Wilbur, and Joyce Hinckley. CG RG LG We played our Hrst game at Wilton on December 3 where we won an easy victory. When we played Kingfield on our own Hoor, which was our fourth game, we were greatly surprised and pleased to see Evelyn Webber, who had been operated on for appendicitis in November, come onto the floor as we were warming up. The game was close and exciting but we finally beat them with a score of 35 to 34. When we went over there they were all out to get revenge which they got. The two most exciting games, as usual. were with -Rangeley, which both turned out to be a tie. Of course every one of the girls