Sanford High School - Distaff Yearbook (Sanford, ME)

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IME lbN3Mtl? Only bright star shining through the gloom of defeat y was Nadeau. who was defi- nitely on and racked up I3 points. ST. IGNNFIUS ROMPS THROUGI-I REDSKINS Xllorst finally came to worst at St. Ignatius llall when a strong St. Ignatius team liter- ally tore Sanford l'ligh's live to pieces in the lirst meeting of the two town teams this year. Although they started slowly. the Saints gained ra- pidly in the second half to huild up a 51-35 victory mar- gin, Getting off to fast start. the Redskins made it look as if the boasts of the rival school might soon he crushed to earth with little trouble, hut despite a 13-S lead at the end of the First quarter, the Orphans be- gan to fade slowly for one . reason or another, among them lieiug a hit of tough luck on many of their shots. fatigue, and the fact that the tiny hall was packed with a huge crowd whose feet made the playing surface even smallerg and at the end of the tirst half. the Saints held a slim to-17 edge. lu the second half. the Redskins started off at another fast clip, but even though they huilt up a narrow lead for a short time, the St. lguatius live pulled ahead again, and at the three-quarter mark the Saints' lead was increased to 27-24. Sanford failed to score after this until late in the fourth quarter when hoth Blake and Nadeau hegau to find the range againg hut time was running out, and St. Ignatius emerged victorious. Bk if K lk 'llhere's such a thing as giving the crowd a thrill, but Sanford High's Orphans almost carried the thing a little too far in edging out 'l'raip at St. Ignatius Hall. 55-34. Although the Redskins easily heat 'liraip in their tirst meeting. the second game's outcome was in doulit right up to the tinal huzzer. The Redskins held a slim lead at the half. but the Kittery team hung on. and in the tinal two minutes of the last quarter. they were leading 34-55. XVlth a minute to go, Simpson broke through the defense and tossed in a beautiful lay-up to give Sanford the necessary edge. sf wr is fx Sanford took it on the chin onee more at Biddeford as the Orange and Black worked their fast hreak offense successfully and tinished on top, S7 to 39. Although lliddeford didn't quite run away with the lirst quarter. they did just that with the second when they scored 25 points to stretch a I3-S margin to a 38-IS lead at the half. The Redskins couldn't seem to lind the key to a successful de- fense until the tinal eanto when they dropped in I6 points to the Riddies 7. By the time our team was red hot however, the game was over. Cartier, sticker man on the liiddie hreak, was high man with .17 points, while Blake was the best Sanford could produce with Q. PAGE 01

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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.

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WWE lb SUM? PAGE G2 It was a wild and wooly game at Bath that the Morse Shipbuilders finally won, thanks to 24 foul shots, over Sanford. 50-42. Things were considerably livened up along about the end of the first half, when both referees saw the same foul and proceeded to call the infraction on two separate Sanford players, Nadeau, who actually committed it, and Simpson, who was several feet away from the scene. This climaxed two periods of sloppy officiating, and Coach Deetjen forth- with gathered up players and equipment and left the tloor to Morse and its officials. After an absence of several minutes, Deetjen agreed to finish out the tilt. Ouellette of Morse then sank his two foul shots and one more taken tor a technical against Sanford for leaving. The Shipbuilders held a 25-20 lead over the Redskins at the half, and out- scored Sanford in the third period for a 40-3: advantage which they rlnng to through the final canto. Sanford was considerably weakened by the lass of four key men-Simpson, Nadeau, Caramihalis, and Mclieon-via personal fouls. Although they outscored Morse from the floor, the Redskins sank only twelve fouls while Morse dropped in twenty-four. 'F IF il 41 History almost repeated itself at Portland, when Sanford High met Westbrook at the Exposition Building for the second time in as many years. lfans who re- called last year's 45-II druhhing which the Blazes handed the Orphans then, had visions of another such occurrence, when with fourteen minutes already gone in the Hrst half, the 'Brooks held a I7-3 lead over Coach Deetjen's crew. Those three little points were the result of a series of free throws hy Bill Nadeau. and it wasn't until the half only had fifteen seconds to go that the tirst field goals for Sanford were tallied. two of these finally dropped in by Bob Blake. Thus NVest- brook held a 17-S lead at the half. ln the second half, though. the fans saw a new team. ln less than .15 second-1, Blake and Nadean had each scored for the Redskins, and XYesthrook called a time out to talk things over. Blake and Gouzie then exchanged foul shots, but Hanson scored for the 'Brooks to leave them with a 20-I3 edge. 1-Xt this point Sanford began to pour it on. McKeon tossed in a free throw, lllake laid up a two pointer, Nadeau scored two foul shots. then he and lllake hulged the twine with a field goal apiece. lVhile this was going on, Westbrook sneaked in one foul shot. This burst by the Orphans knotted the count 21 all as the third quarter closed. In the final period. Simpson dropped in a field goal to offset one hy Chamard. 'l'he 'Brooks scored a field goal and a foul to go ahead 26-23. but lilake knotted the count again with a field goal and foul of his own. Finally. just before thc automatic time out, VVestbrook tallied from way out. and Sanford never quite caught up again, After the time out, Blake made a free throw good to leave the Redskins behind 28-27, hut Hanson, Chamard, and Gouzie used the game to give XN'esthrook the victory. 34-27. Blake and Nadeau were the big guns for Sanford, while Chamard sparked the victors. tr ss tr :- Sanford finally came through in a rough battle at the Saco :Xrmory to get re- venge for an earlier defeat hy the TA hoopsters as they fought to a 38-32 victory over Thornton. The Orphans picked up a 7-6 lead at the end of the first canto, and were never headed throughout the rest of the game. Harold NYa1sh, who has previously seen very little action in Sanford's other games, proved to be the spark plug of the Redskin attack in the second quarter after he had replaced Simpson, who retired temporarily with four fouls against him in the first period. XValsh dropped in three field goals in this quarter.