Spaulding High School - Our Echo Yearbook (Barre, VT)

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Paul Greenwood (13) goes high for a rebound against Cathedral with Gardner Corey (10) looking on. Things get a little rough when Bob Blow (12) gets off a jump shot on an SHS fast break after taking a pass from Bob Waugh (22).

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3rd row: G. Corey, R. McKee, J. Corogolos. 2nd row: Coach Wescott, R. Rossi, P. Greenwood, A. Eisen- winter, D. Sargent. 1st row: R. Blow, R. Brault, P. Fisher, R. Ford, R. Waugh. 'penal 'HoxtAew uleayue '7oufma nen( “SintA Perfectly summing up the 1952-1953 hoop season, a fan remark- ed, after the heartbreaking tournament defeat to Burlington, We came one game and a couple of lucky tap-ins away from the State Championship. Not bad for a team that wasn't supposed to win a league game. At the season's outset we had only three substitutes returning from last year's squad. But with a lot of hard work and hustle, the first team of four Bobs and a Pete settled down to trounce Spring- field and Rutland, avenge an early defeat at the hands of Berlin N.H., win six out of our first seven league games, and defeat the highly-vaunted Burlington Seahorses. In the Northern Tournament we defeated a fast-breaking Hart- ford club at their own game by a margin of 66-53. In the final, after overcoming an early deficit, we led all the game until, with three minutes left to play, Burlington went ahead to win 41-36 by virtue of their superior height and a few lucky breaks. We finished the season with a 14-7 record. Pete Fisher and Bob Blow were All-Tourney choices, and Butch Ford was selected on the All-Northern quintet. Co-captains Bob Brault and Pete Fisher shared scoring honors in the Burlington game, a fitting climax to four years of hard work. Pride ran high at Spaulding in the magnificent per- formance of the Tide and in the great job handed down by Coach Wescott, certainly in our book, Coach of the Year. Coach Richard Wescott, in his sophomore • year at Spaulding, deserves a world of praise for moulding this years' green material into one of the smoothest quintets in the state. m9 27

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Three Bobs, Waugh (22), Brault (5) and Blow (12), are all in for a rebound in the Montpelier game. Mar. 6 Spaulding 66 Hartford 7 Spaulding 36 Burlington Pete Fisher (14) lays up a left-hander against Cathedral as Bob Blow (12) and Bobby Brault (5) look on. into t 'S'uUccutt (PCctHax Dec. Jan. Feb. Date Team Score Opponent :. 2 Spaulding 49 St. Michaels 5 Spaulding 42 Berlin, N.H. 9 Spaulding 42 St. Michael's 12 Spaulding 59 Springfield 16 Spaulding 49 Peoples Academy 19 Spaulding 48 Rutland i. 6 Spaulding 41 Burlington 10 Spaulding 64 Peoples Academy 13 Spaulding 45 Cathedral 16 Spaulding 67 B.F.A. 20 Spaulding 57 Berlin, N.H. 23 Spaulding 75 St. Johnsbury 27 Spaulding 51 Winooski 30 Spaulding 45 Montpelier . 2 Spaulding 48 Burlington 6 Spaulding 52 Norwich 10 Spaulding 45 Cathedral 13 Spaulding 53 B.F.A. 17 Spaulding 68 St. Johnsbury 20 Spaulding 52 Winooski 24 Spaulding 32 Montpelier Vermont Northern Tournament Score 38'V 63 52' 41 45 36 . 51 41 50 43 48 40 ■ 42 v 41 V 43 38 ■ 46 51 61 55 55 i- Pete Fisher (14) hits for two against Cathedral as Butch Ford (11) gets set for the rebound.