Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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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

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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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32 THE PHILLIPIAN GRAMMAR SCHOOL BASKETBALL First row, left to right: T. Richmond, M. Hood, B. Wing, E. Smith, E. Heath Second row: G. Pillsbury, R. Douglas, C. Voter, D. Worcester Third row: R. Worcester, G. White, R. Hood wanted to get another game with Rangeley to Find-out who really had the better team, so on March 13th they came out and we played them and won the victory we had all been waiting for. The score was 32 to 27 at the finish. This year the girls lost only two players, Feralyn and Ioyce. Feralyn was our high scorer this year, scoring 279 points in 15 games, an average of 18 points a game. All in all the girls had a very successful season. Of the hfteen games played, there were three losses, two ties, and ten wins. VVe owe much of our success to Virginia VVebher, who has been our very helpful and faithful manager, and to Earl Eustis, who coached the girls and taught them a lot about playing and sportsmanship in basket- ball. The summary of the fifteen games played is as follows: Phillips 17 Wilton 8 Phillips 39 Jay 51 Phillips 39 Wilton 34 Phillips 35 Kingfield 34 Phillips 28 Strong 31 Phillips 29 Rangeley 29 Phillips 49 New Sharon 19 Phillips 39 North Anson 32 Phillips 39 Stratton 25 Phillips 21 Kingfield 27 Phillips 42 Liv. Falls 30 Phillips 24 Rangeley 24 is Phillips 31 Strong 26 Phillips 37 Stratton 34 ff Phillips 27 North Anson 19 Home games GRAMMAR SCHOOL The last of September, 1946, the boys of the Phillips Grammar School met to organ- ize a basketball team. Bion Wing was chosen Captain. The boys agreed to let Cap- tain Wing Hnd a coach. October -9th a