Rockport High School - Tatler Yearbook (Rockport, ME)

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22 THE TATLER January 15 At Rockland Rockport 43-Rockland 39 The Rockporters Went in, deter- mined to beat Rockland, and this they did. Faithful Sara came through with 19 points, while Crie dropped in 20 for Rockland. January 22 At Union Rockport 48-Union 35 We all knew this was the nightg we would win or lose a championship. We fought hard throughout the game. Finally in the third quarter we pulled way ahead and stayed there. Again our little Simonton girl led the pack with 25 while Spear and Alexander ended with 11 each. January 27 At Rockport Rockport 48-Vinalhaven 26 Victory again. However, the Island- ers have improved very much and gave us a little trouble, but they were handled satisfactorily. January 29 At Appleton Rockport 63-Appleton 23 Another hot game! Rockport show- ed excellent teamwork and plenty of baskets. Simonton, Alexander and Spear made 22, 18, and 16 points, re- spectively. February 2 At Rockport Rockport 63-Thomaston 41 Ah! sweet revenge! We had been waiting for this game to prove we could defeat a class M school. It was a good game by both teams through- out. February 5 At Rockport Rockport 68-Warren 25 This game clinched the Eastern Division Championship of the Bulwer League for the Rockport lassies. Al- though the first team sat out the whole game, the seconds pulled through beautifully. February 9 At Rockport Rockport 36-Camden 53 Camden's tricky six again stunned us but a good game was enjoyed by all. Perhaps next year it will be our turn. February 16 At Wiscasset Rockport 53-Litchfield 30 The Litchfield girls had an excel- lent record as Western Champions. After a close first half we really roll- ed into high gear, grabbing the Bul- wer League Championship. Simonton led again with 19 points and our sub- stitutes looked extremely good. Pat Upham, '55

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got lucky in this and finally bested us by two points. November 20 At Rockland Rockport 30-Rockland 33 Carol Jones led the Beaver girls with 11 points, while the guard sec- tion worked hard to hold down the hard fighting Rockland team. It was another defeat for us. With a stiff upper lip, we were determined to get revenge. December 1 At Rockport Rockport 49--Wiscasset 39 In this game our luck changed. S. Anderson led the scorers with 16, while Simonton and Jones pulled through with 10 each. December 4 At Warren Rockport 62-Warren 11 Our snappy little forward, Sara Simonton, came through with 17 points ,while another hard fighting freshman, S. Heath, netted 14. This, our first league game, was an easy victory. December 11 At Rockport Rockport 49-Union 54 This was a heart breakerg our sec- ond league game was another defeat. Anderson again led the scoring with 17, while fast moving Jerry Tolman paced the Union girls with 31 points. December 15 At Wiscasset Rockport 67-Wiscasset 34 This was a long trip but very much worth while. Simonton again pulled through with 21, while Alexander scored 18. Wiscasset's top scorer, Whitney, hooked 24 through our tough to beat guard section. December 29 At New Gym Rockport 35-Alumnae 23 The old timers put up a good, but losing fight. Our guard section did a T H E T A T L E R 21 SENIOR BASKETBALL GIRLS Carol Jones, Barbara Spear fCapt.J marvelous job in holding our former top scorer, Judy Gray, to 4 points. Dot Richards led the Alumnae with 8, while Alexander netted 16 for the Beaver girls. January 5 At Rockport Rockport 42-Camden 75 Camden thoroughly crushed Rock- port in this one. Nevertheless, the Rockport girls Wouldn't give up, and they fought until the last shot Was fired. Sara Simonton topped our scoring With 26, while Crabtree head- ed Camden with 38. Watch out next year, Camden! January 8 VAt Rockport Rockport 60-Appleton 25 Rockport took this league game with an easy victory. Barbara Wood led the battle With 19 points. The Beavers' guards showed they really had what it takes by not allowing Appleton girls a point during the first half.

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THE TATLER 23 Top, left to right, G. Ames, M. Arthur, J. Annis, H. Simonton, R. Hocking, Coach Sutherland, Harold Leland, R. Nape, T. Lovejoy, W, Knowltong Bottom, H. Annis, C. Farley, R. Deane, E. Sullivan fCapt.b, D. Gross, R. Cash, H. Crockett, W. Farley Boys, Basketball The 1953-54 Rockport High School boys' basketball team had a very successful season. It succeeded in capturing the Eastern Division title, then went on to defeat the winners of the Western Division for the Bul- wer League title. This is the second year in a row that we have captured the Bulwer League Championship. We were also champions of the Region 1, Class S, Western Maine Basketball Tournament, which gave us a berth in the Western Maine State Championship Tournament at Lewiston. Much credit goes to Mr. Sutherland, our coach, who worked hard to whip up this successful team. . Captain Ted Sullivan, our center, was high scorer for the year and worked very hard in taking the place of Ralph Thorndike, our center of last year. Butch Farley and Harold Crockett at the forward posts, With Danny Gross and Carlton Farley as guards, rounded out one of the strongest teams ever to represent Rockport. Much credit also goes to Dick Cash, Herbert Annis, and Dick Deane, who furnished strong alter- natesg and also the second team which was capable of doing just as well as the first team. November 17 At Thomaston Rockport 43-Thomaston 57 We worked very hard to get this game but Thomaston had too much height. Gross and Sullivan fought hard for rebounds. Sullivan led the Beaver scoring honors with 12 points. November 20 At Potter Rockport 50-Potter 36 Mr. Sutherland was very much pleased in beating this tournament