Rockport High School - Tatler Yearbook (Rockport, ME)

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24 THE TATLER W Spear 53 M Welt 53 R Thorndlke 53 D McPheters 53 Januarv 20 Rockport 42 Camden 43 At Rockport Thls was anvone s game rlght to the end but the Mustangs got the clmcher ln the final seconds A capaclty crowd was thrllled throughout the game as the lead rapldly changed January 23 Rockport 69 Brldge 39 At Dresden Mllls Ol r tr1p to Dresden Mllls resulted ln evervone gettlng 1nto the game anl lttle dlfflculty was experlenced 1n galmng the vlctory The scorlng ua evenly dlvlded January 28 Rockport 72 Islesboro 44 At Rockport Thls was the day of the blg storm Islesboro havlng played ln Deer et to the mamland to play us so we had a party w1th Islesboro We ex perlenced l1ttle dlfflculty w1th the v1s1tors YV1tl'1 Thorndlke and Welt scormg 29 and 24 polnts respectlvely January 30 Rockport 80 Warren 22 At Rockport The v1s1tors presented l1ttle oppos1t1on and all members of the squad saw plenty of actlon but the score stlll rolled up February 10 Rockport 76 Appleton 29 At Rockport We got awav to an early lead and ln splte of frequent substltutlng contlnued to pull away Thorndxke s 28 polnts were almost equal to the v1s1tors total Thxs vlctory gave us a t1e for the eastern d1v1s1on t1tle February 14 Rockport 63 Washlngton Academy 46 At Rockport The v1s1tors from Washlngton County were on a Wl11I'lWlHd tour of thls sectlon and plalnlv showed the effects of two DTBVIOUS games It was 7 9 , ' Y Y 1 .1 , 1 J 1-W 7 3 . . . Isle the prevlous evening, could not get back home. Vlnalhaven could not gl - u 1 n I - . , . U Y . . . . y . . , . . . . J . .

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THE TATLER 2 Top Row left to rlght Lovejoy Hammg Slmonton Leland Hockmg Dav1s Mlddle Row Mgr Knowlton Crockett Deane Sulllvan AHHIS Farley Coach Sutherland Bottom Row Spear Welt Capt Thorndlke McPhete1s D Grey December 16 Rockport 71 Wlscasset 60 At Rockport Thorndlke really had a nlght for hlmself 1n thls game and personally accounted for 33 polnts Thls vlctory was a very pleaslng one as lt was our first over the Redsk1ns 1n several seasons December 19 Rockport 62 Warren 31 At Warren Th1S was our second league game the first for us 1n Warren s hall and the last before the hohdays We secured an early lead coasted along and the full squad got lnto actlon January 3 Rockport 55 Alumm 39 At Rockport The old grads kept w1th1n h3.1l1I1g dlstance for two quarters and then faded Thorndlke s 28 polnts far outmatched anythlng they could offer January 9 Rockport 53 Unlon 30 At Rockport We had to W1n th1s one to have a chance at the tltle and We d1d lt 1n conymclng fashlon The v1s1tors could not stop th scorlng of Welt and Thorndlke whlle our guards had thelr scorlng threats w ll under control Januarv 16 Rockport 73 Appleton 42 At Appleton We were a b1t Worrled about th1S one but Davld McPheters had been reservmg h1s scorlng for Just such an occaslon He slmply could not mlss from any spot on the floor and turned 1n the remarkable total of 35 pomts Th1s d1d It and we had won another 2 ' 7 J 9 J J ' ' ! 7 7 9 7 9 Z 9 7 ' 7 ' 1 ' k . . . , ! 7 ' 7 ! . , . . . 8 . . . . v 3 V . V 1 T - , K .

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T E TATLER never close after the first quarter although the y1s1tors dlsplay ed a good passmg game throughout Thornd1ke agam h1t the nets for 30 polnts February 17 Rockport 33 Camden 45 At Camden We led the Mustangs 23 22 at half' tune but could not seem to find the range 1n the thlrd quarter when the home team took the lead and held lt to the end February 20 Rockport ol Thomaston 55 At Thomaston It looked llke our game after malntalmng a sl1ght lead from the start and unt1l the last three m1nutes of play Thomaston spurted however an sl1d by us 1n t e home stretch March 6 Rockport 47 Unlon 38 At Camden Thls was the playoff for the eastern dlVl81OH t1tle and y pxcked house yvas thele to see It Both teams played caut1ously for the first quarter yv1th the Beavers holdlng a 10 8 lead The second quarter saw both teams swappmg basket for basket Wlth the Beavers st1ll ahead 22 18 at the half Umon cut th1s down to 30 28 1n the th1rd stan7a but Thornd1ke and Mc Phete1s really cut loose 1n the final frame and boosted the score to 47 38 Whlle Grey and Welt held the v1s1t1ng forwards to elght polnts We were now ready for the western d1v1s1on leaders March 12 Rockport 58 Monmouth Academy 42 At W1scasset The long -1wa1ted moment was at hand Sulllvan Thornd1ke and Welt smoothly It was 31 13 at the half Then came the thlrd quartel and the boys reallv got lnto h1gh gear When the perlod ended the game was practlcallv cllnched w1th the score 58 19 The regulals departed and Mon mouth then started a spurt of 1ts own wh1ch made the flnal score 58 42 Not unt1l the regular guards went out d1d lVIonmouth show much scorlng strength but It was then too late and the flrst boys champ1onsh1p 1n many vears had come to old Rockport Hlgh R Athletlc ASSOLldtl0ll We stalted the year by electlng the folloyvmg offlcers P1 eszclevzt Marvln Welt Vzce Pleszdent W1ll1am Spear 816676411711 and T1easzue1 Dorls RlChHFd8 Th1s year we succeeded 1n I'9Vl3lI1g the Athlet1c kssoclatlon COIlStltLl tlon Wh1Ch had been ment1oned the prevxous year IH the Tatler The mam changes were 1n the svstem of 2lXV2I'd1Hg letters and the rules concernlng the care of the athletlc umforms Alden Dav1s 54 H 20 1 a P 1 v - 1 . 1 I VY. L , , d . 5 A . - - ' - jf C, ' . ' ' - 2 2 . .1 T 7 .T ' D C . A, . . , . I, l teamed up nlcely and rushed out to a 19-8 lead at the start. St1ll worklng Ja ' ' ' Q ' CK ' 73 ' ' ' A 1 n . . , . . . V I C I I I , 1 - K A 4 n I sl I z 1 .K I K ljc 1 ' f ' ' 1 - . . . . V I . 4, T ,, v 'H I ' !