Sanford High School - Distaff Yearbook (Sanford, ME)

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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.

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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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WE IBIJSSWAI? Early in the final Canto Sanford held a ten point lead and it was successful in holding down a 'l'horutnn rally while Bill Nadeau iced the verdiet with a pair of late-quarter goals. Both he and Blake were on top for Sl-IS with ii points apiece. ' -r if 41 fr Spaulding High of Rochester. already picked to compete in the New lrlainpshire state tourney gtll quite a seare during a March-of-Diines exhihition game at their gym when Sanford ripped off to a terrific start in the first canto to chalk up a H7-7 lead with ltill Nadeau pouring in five goals to pace the Orphan attack. Gradually. however. the Rochester defense tightened to the point where it re- semhled a loose hockey defense and Sanford's shooting went from very good to worse then very had. Vaeed hy Breton, Spaulding aec. the N. H. five gradually whittled away the Sanford lead unt'l they managed to net a 35-34 lead hy the he- ginning of the fourth canfo. Once ahead. Spaulding stayed there, lint the outcome was in dnuht right up to the finish, ta disputed one at tliatj. As the final huzzer sounded. a shot hy llill Nadeau was dropping through the twine, hut the ofiieials ruled that the buzzer had sounded before the shot was taken. As a result of this, the Orphans were left two points hehind and Spaulding took the verdict, 40-38, -if sf me ar l'ortland Higlfs tourney hopes took a rude jolt when heretofore dormant San- ford suddenly found itself at Portland and proceeded to shoot the opposition silly, with Roh Blake and Bill Nadeau racking up twenty-seven points hetween them to pace the Orphans to a .io-59 victory. Although Sanford never came anywhere near running away with the game, they led throughout, with the exception of a few minutes in the tirst eanto when l'ortland held a slight lead and once in the third when the eount was knotted, IQ-IO. 'l'lie Orphans hit on gow of their shots, many of them set shots, and early in the fottrth quarter held it 3,6-.ZS lead. Portland put on a terrific hid for a win in the last frame when ltlike Colello came into the game and sank nine points of his own to bring the l'ortlanders wnlnn one point of tying the score. Colelltfs last shot Int from way out with two seconds left in the game. lk lil HY wr Sanford lrligh hnally gained sweet revenge for that first druhhing hy rolling over St. lgnatius. 37 to JS. The Saints, fresh frtnn the Class ll tourney at Lewiston. were left in a Cloud of dust at the heginning of the game as the Orphans started at a terrific pace to run up an it-5 lead at the tirst quarter mark. Still going strong. they stretched the margin to 18-5 figures early in the second eantu, hut the Saints recovered and were only live points hehind, 2.2-I7, at the half. The third quarter was extremely quiet as far as scoring went, with each team scoring only three points, leaving their positions unchanged. ln the final period. Sanford onee more applied the pressure and finished fast with a total of twelve points for the quarter while the Saints were putting together eight, letting the Redskins wind up the season with the 57-.18 victory under their helts. GIG fi