Sanford High School - Distaff Yearbook (Sanford, ME)

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WE lb SEM? XllXIilJ ICIXIOTIOXS AS COACH REPAIRS ISETWIYEN THE l-l.-XLVICS lJ.'XlXIfXflliS liiddeford io-Sanford 0 lt was l3iddet'ord's aloe Cartier's passes that spelled the difference between liiddeford and Sanford. The ditlierenee was IO points. 'llhe game was lrarely underway when Savage lwiuieed around right end for a first down. llowerer, in the next play Sanford fumlmled and lliddeford reeovered. Such was the story all afternoon. Fumlnles and had passes kept our Redskins lmehind the eight hall, hut at the sante time Sant'ord's frontier was doing a great jolt stopping l1iddeford's powerful running attaek. 'l'he 'lligers were held for 43 yards on the ground. lfinally after lloth lines had fought almost to a standstill, lliddelord started to pass, attd what passing it wasl All three lliddeford tal! lies were set up and seored through the air. YYe shall all long rememlver this as one of the great line lvattles in Southwestern Maine Higll School footluall. The last game of the season, seheduled with Deering for Novemlver 15, was eaneeled due to the aeeideutal death ol' Raymond Costello, on November o, when at work in the Goodall Sanford Mills. Ray, regular right taelcle, had played each game with determination to carry out his assignments faithfully. Altliougli out- weighed hy many ot his opponents, ueyertlief less he held his own at all times. S'lUX'lllS'l'lCS First downs ......... Yards gained rushing Yards gained passing Yards lost rushing ..... Net from scrimmage .... liorward passes tried ....... Forward passes completed ..... Forward passes intercepted lay Number of punts ............ Average yards punting .. Lost hall on fumlvles Yards penalized Points for ..... Sanford Opponents 61 .go . . Izzo 750 330 433i . . IOS rio . . 1454 83: 60 53 21 18 4 6 2: 31 35 28 I3 o 200 IJO 116 45 THU I l

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WWE IDUSSWAIEI? C.-Xlvll. HOU S.XY.XGE All-State lfullbaek on the seven. I'lamondon bulled over for the touchdown. St. Ignatius never got started and wound up with a minus 2 yards rushing from scrimmage. 'Ilhornton I3-f-Sanford lg Our ram Jafinr Redskins droued another is rlose one to 'llhornton Academy at Sato. In the hrst period 'llhoruton drove 81 yards to a touchdown with Abe Pendleton hnally -foin-' over. The extra moint was missed. In as iw the second period, the Saeoites scored again on a long pass from Huot to llarvey. This time the conversion was good. From the following kickoff on, the game was all Sanford. Although unable to score un- til the last quarter, Sanford ripped gaping holes in the opponents line. Finally Savage fakezl a pass and ran 36 yards to score. The try for the extra point failed. Later in the period Savage, behind superlative blocking, returned a punt from his own 2 to the Thorn- ton 46. From there Sweeney crashed through to the 31. Sweeney added 7 more straight through the middle, and Savage swept left end for the 'lf D. But the all important try for the extra point failed. San ford 27 V- Somersworth 0 NYith Iiob Savage sparking the attack be- hind a fast charging line, Sanford smothered Somersworth .27-0. In the first period, after exchanging fumbles, Sanford took possession on its own 49. Two plays later Savage broke over left tackle, cut back toward the middle behind good blocking, and raced for the score. The Redskins added I2 points in the second period. The first tally came as a result of Savagt-'s 34 yard sprint elimaxiug a 63 yard driveg the second tally was registered by Sweeney, ending another long march. The final touchdown came as the result of a beautiful zo yard run by Demers, followed by a Demers to Matthews pass for the score. JUST BEFORE THE TOSS NF BRAINTREE ROBBIE RACING WIDE AROUND END G E tl 2

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RWE IDUSSFME First row: Gerry, Mgr-.5 XY. XX'alker, R. Mclieon, H. vvaish, R. Savage, R. Nadeau, I.. Schwartz. Second row: nl, Nunan, Coachg C. Caramihalis, j. Caramihalis, O. Maher, O. Matthews, M. Lavertu, F. Grillin, Assistant Coach. Sink Qt! Nineteen lforty-eiglit proved to he a good season for our illustrious Orphans. Taking everything into ctinsideration-lack of a suit- almle Imraetice surface, no home court, and con- tinual traveling--the team was indeed excel- lent. 'llhe team piled 760 points to the oppo- sitions' 6414. Starting off with a hang, the Orphans in- vaded liennelmuuk and literally tore them apart, the hnal score reading 50-28. The next victim was rival St. Ignatius. XYith Bill Nadeau and llick Melieon leading the attack, Sanford emerged on top 58-28. llut the lvest games were yet to come. ln late llecemlmer Sanford invaded the llos- ton Garden and walloped an excellent Lexing- ton team 4:-JJ. Since Lexington is a lmasket- hall power in Massachusetts, the Boston scrilues were astonished and promptly hilled Sanford as potential Maine Champions. Prohalmly the two hest games of the year were with arch rival Biddeford. In the first match, a rough and tumhle alfair, Biddeford just harely managed to squeeze hy with a 42-40 score. Harold Xvalsh stayed close hy joe Car- tier, the Tigers' ace forward, and held him to a mere four points while irritating him con- siderahly. Nadeau was also doing a yeoman's chore. X'X'hen the second match rolled around, hoth teams were after each other's scalp. This was a game which will long he remembered hy all Sanford fans. Playing a typical Sanford- lliddeford game trough and tumlnle, that isl