Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL Due to the shortage of gas, the glrls were unable to sched ule many games, although they enjoyed scrimmages among themselves Mrs Roy Sinclair did a wonderful job of coaching the girls' team This year after some hard practice, the girls were ready to play thelr first game of the year The first game was w1th New Gloucester They lost this one, but on the return game Sabattus walloped them good and proper, the score being 29 14 Beverly Cheeseman sparked the winners by scoring 27 personal points The guards also shone during the game, holdlng their forward down and f eding Bev the ball The glr s all appreciated the lntelest cf thelr coach and some of the +cwnspeopl who were Wllllng to help them financially and also furnnsh d thelr automobiles when they were needed Thele were only two veterans on the glrls' team thls year was composed of both short and tall glrls We shall start with the hlgh and almost only scorer on the team, Captain Beverly Cheeseman She has scored 79 out of 97 points for thls year She lS tall and is a senior This girl plays center and is the maln function of the team itself Next comes Phyllls Maxwell, right forward for the team Although Phyllis doesn't shoot very often she gets many rebounds and plays teamwork, which 1S necessary for a good team The other forward position lS taken over by Yvonne Russell who is short but fast and plays good ball Yvonne though small, lS a good shot and scores many baskets Right guard is played by Madelyn Brewer who is the other veteran of the team thls year Madelyn is also small but fast and holds her pos1t1on well The other guard is Stella Cloutier Stella is only in the elghth grade, but 's rugged and a great asset to the team Center guard is taken over by Joyce Riley who is a junior She is tall and solid and can hold her own on the basketball floor The team thls year, won 2 games and lost one The games are as follows Sabattus Visitors New Glouc ester 26 Town Team To als 7 JP'4 They were Madelyn Brewer and Captain Beverly Cheeseman. The team 20 23 n ov 14 E u 52 I l 8