Sanford High School - Distaff Yearbook (Sanford, ME)

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WWE ENSEAI? Basketball Sanford High School opened the'r 1946-1947 season by playing Lexington, Mass. in the Boston Arena. ln spite of an excellent exhibition of basketball our boys lost by the heartbreaking score of 27 to 25. The boys found it a dillicult transition from the Springvale show box to the spacious arena: nevertheless. Deetjen's boys showed courage by leading at the half and Bobby Blake was top scorer with iz points. For the second game of the season Deetjen took the team to Westbrook where they lost to a highly noted Vllesthrook team in the last few seconds of play by the score of 32 to 28. With the roaring of a capacity crowd ringing in their ears the orphans promptly went to work on the invincible 'Ilrookers and tossed in 22 points in the Hrst three periods while using the 'l ' defense to hold NVestbrook to only live field goals. However. the difference hetween victory and defeat proved to be Sanford's in- ability to shoot fouls and keep up the fast pace set by the victors. The fact that Ray Simpson was tossed out of the game on a score keeper's error contributed in no small way to XVestbrook's last minute rally. ST. LOUIS IS DOWNED IN CLOSE CONTEST Sanford won its Hrst game of the season against St. Louis when it nosed out the Mill City quintet m a hard fought fray, 52-47. Although Sanford was an overwhelming favorite to emerge on top in the hattle. St. Louis made the tight close by virtue of some sharp shooting by Potvin and I-Ievey: and at the end of the first half, the Orphans had piled up 28 points while the Saints had 23. PAGE 59

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El'-UE Ib SEM? PAGE 55 drives. As the seconds ticked away, hope-once more came to the Sanford fans as Bill Walker broke through to block a lliddie punt which rolled back to nine. A mad scramble for the pigskiu ensued, but it was Biddeford that recovered as the game ended. The entire Sanford line turned in a wonderful juh of stopping the invaders. and in the hacktield, Howe and Simpson shone both on the attack and in the defense. while Savage's pnnting was superb, lil!! At the end of its tirst gridiron season under the leadership of Coach Alvino, Sanford High has proved itself a football power which is not to he taken too lightly by the larger schools in the states of both Maine and New Hampshire. XVith a 1946 record of four wins and four defeats despite their handicap of being a little bit too light to he at the top of the football heap. the Redskins have turned in a successful season after all factors are taken into consideration. Only one of Sauford's defeats can he considered degrading: that victory hy NVestbrook, 27-6. In their other defeats, Lady Luck was quite a factor in the enemy's favor, to be trampled by font' touchdowns. At St. Louis, the Redskins were expected The Saints did well to come out on top by a t4-7 count. When Sanford met Biddeford in their traditional .Xrnfstice Day boy team in the state. managed to get their clash, the lliddies. strongest school- only score on a break with just 20 seconds to play in the tirst half. Finally, at Rochester, an extremely heavy for the game's only score. .Xlso in Spaulding eleven powered its way 65 yards Sauford's favor is the fact that, while the defeats and losses were equal, San- ford outseored its opposition. Of all the games. perhaps the most thrilling was the night game with Thornton Academy, when Larry Sweeney intercepted a T. A. pass and galloped 68 yards for the only score of the fray, thereby giving Sanford its first victory over Thorn- ton since i929 Qwliich is as far back as the records goj or earlier.

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WWE EUBUAG The Saints outscored Sanford in the third quarter to tnake tlte count 35-33, but Nadeau dropped in three lield goals and a brace of foul shots to give Sanford a decisive margin in the last camo. Blake and McKean took scoring honors witlt I7 and I4 points respectively. Sanford High ventured to Kittery to play Traip .Xvadeniy and win their second game of the year 35 to 22. Sanford got away to a quick start to lead at the end of the tirst quarter ll to 2. 'l'raip came back to tnake the score I8-ll at tlte half. Blake and Nadeau were the high scorers of the game with Blake scoring I3 points and the latter IO points. i il X I i Biddeford High's basketball team, rebounding from two straight defeats, easily snatched their tirst victory of the season from Sanford by a zt point margin, 57-36- Patterning their play after Rhode Island State, tlte Biddies and their fast breaks completely outclassed the Orphans to lead all the way despite a third quarter rally by the Redskins. Rene Fredette was the kingpin of the Biddeford team with a total of to points in a game which saw reserves aplenty hreaking into tlte lineups. lilake and Nadeau started ntl' the scoring with a field goal apiece. hut tlte llidtliezz i caught up in short order and took tlte lead which they held till tlte tinale. Sanford con- tinued to have trouble lindfng tlte range of the liidtleford bucket. and at halftime the Orange and lllack enjoyed a .Io-I4 advantage, ln tlte third quarter Sanford matched the lliddeford scoring, but Bidde- ford really pulled away in tlte last canto with to points to give them tlte tinal verdict. Nadeau. lllake, and Simpson topped the Orphan scoring tlepartment. :exam ln their lirst meeting of the season with 'l'horntnn Acad- emy. the Sanford High quin- tet tool: a territic heating to the inglorious tune of 46 to zo. Everyone, witlt the ex- ception of Bill Nadeau. came forth with an oft night which ruined tlte Orphans' cause from the start. TA held tlte reins throughout the game with Soucy and Harvey each racking up 18 points to pace the Maroon and Gold attack. 'l'hornton outscored the Red- skins in every period witlt the exception of the third. when Sanford scored point for point to leave their position unchanged.