Sharon High School - Marsengold Yearbook (Sharon, MA)

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THE VOICE 19 ATHLETICS BASKETBALL With the graduation of the class a year ago the regime of the so-called athletes passed, thus giving all the contenders a fair chance of occupying their berths. And so Sharon High must depend on strategy to win. This was done and now Sharon can boast of some successful teams. Playing “heads up” ball is quite enough to win any ordinary high school contest. -Although the participants of the athletic activities received their rewards publicly, much credit should go to the coaches who developed these players. Since Sharon has had special instructors for this branch, the quality of sportsmanship and enthusiasm has grown by leaps and bounds. From the forty prospects that attended the initial basketball practise session, a winning team of ten was selected. A larger representation than in former years sup- ported this team and all the varsity squads. Take the Foxboro series, for instance. For the first season in a decade (or more) Sha- ron defeated Foxboro twice. Very little has been said about the second team, which was composed of the intramu- ral stars. This team came through victori- ously in Randolph at the close of the basket- ball season. So Sharon has an undefeated quintet after all. GIRLS’ ATHLETICS The girls gymnasium work was as a whole much better this year. It was better orga- nized and a great deal more was accom- plished. The girls gym classes started about two weeks after school opened. The classes were not divided as last year, but in each class were girls of all grades from the ninth up. The girls were very fortunate this year in having as a teacher Miss Barbara Flem- ings an alumna of Sharon High School. Miss Flemings has done a great deal for us this year, and we all hope to see her return next year. On October seventh basket-ball practice started. All girls for the varsity and intra- mural teams were there. Miss Flemings picked a group of girls to practice for the varsity. She then divided the other girls into groups. We have had a very successful basket- ball season, even though we did lose a ma- jority of the games. The intramural games showed us that some of the girls were de- veloping into real varsity players, who will probably make the team next year. Peggy Markt was captain of the team this year and she certainly did a wonderful job. Bebe Rafter will take Peggy’s place next year. We all hope she will have as good a team to cooperate with her as Peggy did. The summary of the games played this season is as follows: Medway 28 Sharon 35 Holbrook 25 Sharon 15 Alumnae 4 Sharon 15 Foxboro 33 Sharon 21 W rentham 7 Sharon 39 Randolph 36 Sharon 35 Stoughton 40 Sharon 9 Randolph 30 Sharon 29 Holbrook 27 Sharon 23 Wrentham 18 Sharon 30 Volley ball was started in the last part of March, but as Miss Flemings and Mr. White were planning a gym demonstration it had to be given up and all the time was given over to the demonstration. On Friday evening. May 1, forty girls and forty boys marched out on the gym floor. There were ten girls representing each class. They went on the floor and through their exercises as though it was their regular class period. The sophomore girls won the demonstration. Volley ball, basket ball, base ball and miniature golf, and other games have oeen played in the gym as well as tennis tourna- ments. I think that everyone will agree that we have accomplished a lot this year in the girls’ athletics.

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18 THE VOICE BASKETBALL TEAM BASKETBALL TEAM

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20 THE VOICE BASEBALL TEAM BASEBALL Having formed a strong team, Coach White placed it on the field against such teams as Avon, Randolph, F oxboro, West Bridgewater, Holbrook, and Plainville with favorable results. To win, l’0-9, Pete pitched magnificently for ten innings in the opener with Avon. In the decisive stanza. Chuck Boyden drew a pass with the bases congested to force Don Pike across with the winning tally. Holbrook failed to score against the pitching of Don Pike and Chick McNair. Stevie Stressenger, who pitched two in- nings, fanned six men. Plainville and West Bridgewater didn’t prove such stiff opposition. But in the second fray, the later staged a rally to knot the score which Sharon proceeded to untie through the medium of a walk to Bendinelli and a double by Whitie. After winning five consecutive games Stetson High was the next opponent. How- ever, only a bad break on a bounding ball that went for four bases, scoring two runs, prevented Randolph’s defeat. And on the next afternoon the team went to Foxboro to again meet defeat. This wasn’t so good, considering what Sharon did on that same field a year pre- vious.