Ridgefield High School - Caudatowan Yearbook (Ridgefield, CT)

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BASKETBALL REVIEW The R.H.S. basketball squad won eight games and lost six, not counting league contests. In the B League competition the Orange and Black loopsters fared badly, dropping all six league tilts to their opponents, New Canaan, Staples High, and Darien. Ridgefield lost its first Big Four game by 16 points to Darien. The Darien five, led by Higgins, was on the long end of a 54-38 score. The Allenmen next had a teaser stolen from them in overtime, 39-38. This time the New Canaan quintent were the victors. The third league game found Staples on top of the Hilltop hoopsters with an over- whelming score of 56-32. This fray was memorable for the fact that the Ridgefield defense held Skip Stanton, Staples' captain, to a meager 9 points. R.H.S.'s netmen lost again to Darien in the fourth Big Four scrap, 47-37. fAbout this time, Coach Allen started getting gray hairs.J In our fifth league game, New Canaan won another close contest. This time they came out on top by a three point margin, 43-40. CGroan . . .J The last league game was a see-saw battle between the Allenmen and the Staples courtmeri. Staples, the league leadrs, finally squeezed out an eight point victory, 41-33. However, the most thrilling game of the year was, fittingly, the last. This was the benefit game for the Athletic Fund and for Arty Bellagamba's medical expenses. Arty, star of the j.V. squad, had broken a leg in a game at New Canaan early in the season. After a hard-fought contest New Canaan won the game, 49-42. Profits were over 3700, but all the spectators agreed that they had received more than their money's worth by witnessing a thrilling game. 49