Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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6PEATCC BOSTON LEAGUE QUINCY 65—MALDEN 40 With a win over tlu alumni and North Quincy under their belt, the first G. B. L. victory over Malden was no contest for the unpredictable Prexies. Ram- poni paved the way for the Blues with 11 points. QUINCY 50—EVERETT 41 The President’s rolled in the second half to take their second league vic- tory. The boys figured out Everett’s one defense and went to work with Rain- poni leading the parade with 15 points and Drake and O’Rourke right behind him with 10 points each. QUINCY 47—MEDFORD 46 With Dick Drake, the keyinan in the freeze of the last minutes. Quincy managed to get by Medford with a one point verdict. It was acting Captain Larry Dovle who kept the prexies in the game with 1H points. QUINCY 59 CHELSEA 46 It was Ramponi, Drake, and Ciriello hitting double figures for Quincy, to give the school another league victory. Between getting the rebounds, the footwork, and passing, it was too much for the Red Devils. SOMERVILLE 73—QUINCY 68 With a crowd of more than 1500 people at Quincy's gym Somerville man- aged to edge Quincy in an overtime period. Somerville led all the way until the final moments, when Ciriello threw in a long one which was followed up by an- other by Ramponi, making a new game. But in the three-minute overtime, the Red and Blue out-scored Quincy 10 points to 5. Ciriello led the attack with 10 points, followed by Ramponi with 18 and Drake, 11. QUINCY 98—REVERE 46 Two scoring records were broken in Quincy High’s gym when the Presi- dents scored 08 points and also when the combined score of 144 set a new record. The starting five of Ramponi, Doyle, Ciriello, Page and O’Rourke all hit double figures. QUINCY 57—MALDEN 42 Quincy started the second round of the G. B. League by taking the Gold- en Tornadoes 57 to 42. The Prexies were led by Ramponi, who was again the team’s high scorer, while Bobby Page’s and Buzzy Ciriello’s floor work was bril- liant all night. QUINCY 55—EVERETT 33 Quincy High outclassed Everett easily with a score of 55 to 33. Trigger man for the Blues was George O’Rourke, who tossed lb markers. Doyle and Ci- riello registered rapidly at the basket at various times. QUINCY 63—MEDFORD 51 Quincy took the lead with the first basket and held it throughout the game. At the half, MacLean’s men were leading by 20 points. The third period score was 56-36. Ciriello, Drake, Ramponi, and Doyle all hit double figures. Ciriello got 15, Drake and Ramponi 13, and Doyle 10. QUINCY 70—CHELSEA 36 Again Quincy look the lead on the first basket and failed to lose it through- out the entire game. The first quarter read 21 to II. By the aid of team work. Quincy made the score 40-20 at the half. The last quarter the substitutes repre- sented the high school and it was Dwight Hubbard who put in the last point to make the final score 70-36. O’Rourke was high man with 16, while Ramponi got 14, Ciriello 13, and Dovle 10. QUINCY 58—SOMERVILLE 54 Quincy handed Somerville its first defeat of the season to tie with Somer- ville for first place in the G. B. League. The Prexies trailed Somerville for the first period, but managed to overtake them at the half 25-24. The third quarter they had them 40-35. With 20 seconds to play, Rego scored two foul shots, mak- ing it 54-53, Somerville. Ramponi then put in two foul shots, making it 55-53. Doyle came up to score a lay-up and Ciriello scored the final point on a foul shot, making it 58-54. Buzzy” Ciriello was high scorer with 19 points, followed by Ramponi. 13; Dovle, II : O’Rourke, 9. QUINCY 78—REVERE 43 The Blues completed the G. B. league by taking Revere over the hurdles in one ol the smallest league gyms. Bob Page was the leading scorer with Mi points.