Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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BOYS ' BASKETBALL BOYS ' BASKETBALL The basketball picture at Smith Academy this year was very impressive. The season opened under a new coach — Russ Bastin — the man whose constant prodding and rug- ged practice made it possible for the boys to come up to third place in the league, with nineteen wins and four losses. We are losing many of our better players through graduation, but coming up in their places are boys whose talents have been recog- nized on the Junior Varsity team. Our biggest loss is our score-happy champ, Giles Dutch Kellogg, who plans to attend a prep school next year. Giles broke several records this year and is now all-time New England Schoolboy Scoring Champ with 666 points. He also holds the title of Hamp- shire League individual high scorer, after he rolled up 50 points against South Deer- field. This year a special game was held be- tween the Varsity subs and the Junior Var- sity — the Jayvees won, showing that we still have good material on the way up. The American Legion presented the school with appropriate printed schedules for basketball. The school wishes to ex- press its great appreciation to the Lions Club and the Men ' s Club for the electric score board, which is in the Town Hall, as well as presenting gold basketballs to each player at a banquet in honor of the team. All in all, we have had a basketball season long to be remembered. JUNIOR VARSITY This year ' s Junior Varsity made an ex- cellent showing, with nineteen wins and four losses. It was composed of boys from all years, who gained much-needed experience — in fact, two of them, Mickey Raffa and Bernie Goclowski, were promoted to Var- sity regulars. There is good material to replace the boys who are leaving this year.

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GIRLS ' BASKETBALL VARSITY GIRLS ' BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Jan. Feb. Mar. 22 Deerfield 24 (here) S. A. 26 25 Amherst 45 (away) S.A. 22 1 Deerfield 33 (away) S. A. 16 5 Hopkins 48 (away) S.A. 46 12 Burnham 41 (away) S.A. 28 26 Amherst 31 (here) S.A. 29 4 Hopkins 22 (here) S.A. 30 14 Easthampton 22 (here) S.A. 53 18 Burnham 15 (here) S.A. 34 The girls ' varsity basketball team did a good job this year, winning four out of nine of their games. The basketball team can certainly be considered a success this year, for all the girls certainly gained a lot from being on the team and participating in com- petition with other schools. The playei ' s on the varsity this year in- cluded the following girls: Theresa Wilkes, Teresa Brassord, Judy Ryan, Jane Dugal, Peggy Ziezulewicz, Sylvia Raffa, Pauline Backiel, Sally Toczko, Rita Vollinger, and Dorothy lVlis. Annie Foster, manager, and Judy Jenness, assistant manager, did an exceptional job of taking care of the problems that arose, planning the game schedules and all that goes with a successful team. Mrs. Muller, coach of the team, did a won- derful job of coaching the skillful team, as usual. The team had to travel to four games this year. The first out-of-town game was at Amherst; second at Deerfield; third at Hopkins; and the fourth at Burnham School in Northampton. The other five games were played at homo.

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TOURNAMENT Again this year we were invited to the Small High School Tournament in the Uni- versity of Massachusetts Cage. The hoys met the Dalton lightning streaks on the polished surface on March 5. The score was 70-55 in favor of Dalton, but it does not give a true indication of the fine basketball exhibited by the team, be- cause most of the boys were sick with colds. Despite this factor, the boys stoutheartedly went about their task, in the true Smith Academy style. BOYS ' BASKETBALL SCORES FIRST ROUND St. Mary ' s 50 S.A. 48 Westfield Trade 46 S. A. 60 St. Mary ' s 44 S.A. 58 Belchertown 32 S.A. 79 Orange 42 S.A. 52 Amherst 41 S.A. 51 Chicopee 49 S.A. 52 Arms Academy 51 S.A. 62 Hopkins 36 S.A. 37 Deerfield 53 S.A. 57 Smith ' s School 44 S.A. 65 South Hadley 62 S.A. 35 St. Michael ' s 37 S.A. 38 SECOND ROUND Orange 47 S.A. 60 Amherst 43 S.A. 50 Belchertown 38 S.A. 67 Arms Academy 59 S.A. 88 Hopkins 51 S.A. 41 Deerfield 42 S.A. 82 Smith ' s School 44 S.A. 86 South Hadley 62 S.A. 36 St. Michael ' s 38 S.A. 45 Clarke School 51 S.A. 68