Sanford High School - Distaff Yearbook (Sanford, ME)

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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

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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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IEEE IDUSSMAI? thc score :nt the half road Biclclcforrl 29 San- tcztm was not f1l'1ll1t0Il :1 plucc in tht- XX'cstt-rn fowl 23. lint zllrpnrcntly at this point the Or- Mzlinv 'llonrnzxmcnt hy thv Maint- l'1'incip:1ls' phznislwczlnlchrcrl with ClOlL'I'!Tllll1ltiOl1lJCCIlllSC Association. XX'hilc we hntc to show poor from hull time on thcrc wus no stopping thcm. sportsmzmsliip, wc wish to point ont than Sun- 'llhc whole tczim plnyccl inspirczl hzlskcthnll :mtl fm-11's rccorrl was :ts goorl :ls that of sn'x'n'i'ztl tht- Urplmns rvtii-ul to their dressing rooms tczlms in thc tonrncy, :incl that wc hznl ht-:mtl-n winncrs hy thc score of 50440. llirlcluI'o1'cl, :1 tcztm which i'c:wl1crl thc finals. 'llow:n'cl the curl of the 8085011 thc :ninnnl XYcll, snch is life. XYith onr ncw Gyni lacing fonl shooting vontcst was hchl in l'ortl:nnl. 4-rt-ctcfl lit-rlizlps lllt''lx0lIl'l1IllN0l1l svlt-ctors will S:1nfortl's roprcscntzxtivc, llill Nzulcun, shoot- luke noticc, vomt- gmotlicr ya-:nt ' f ' A : 'z ' 1 ' ' - l - , - 1 mf H' hh tml ll K dm' gold m lmlcl' Sopmd tu llhc Urpllzmns lzuct- :1 st-rioiis loss this yt-:nt XXOSIUVII Nlznnc Clmmpionslnp which zlclrlcrl Q xl N I N HH N, lu Dm, M ,VI VH -' ' -' l ' t hiv own 'nnl Wuiforrl Ili li Qcliooll 5 ml mul M I M hm' ILA L Mlm' il ,,ic.nL5 o . . ,. l- ' ' NX':1llu'1', ll:n'olcl XY:xlsh, :nnl lloh SIIVZIQL' will lmsllgl' , , iwwl' again chin tht- sc':n'lt't of Sznilorcl lligh. XXL- wt-ru somewhat cliszlppointc-cl that our lst row: R. Gilpzltrick, lllglxg U. Zzlmhri, R. Dnhois, R. Sllcrhnrnc, R. llI'0l'1lUl, C. l'iL'kctt, lf. Ross. :nfl row: ,l. Xnnnn, Qilillillg li. 52lllll4lCI'S, A. Llmhot, Q. l zltrick, lt firithn, Assist. lozwll. . , , , , , , . . , . , l'A4l lv