Spaulding High School - Red and White Yearbook (Rochester, NH)

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THE RED A ND. WHITE -'--A- --U29 the Raiders 57-40. The Clippers took advantage of a two-platoon system to run the Spaulding quintet ragged. Spaulding stayed in the battle until the third period when Coach Ed Petras' boys turned the game into a runaway. Bob Vanasse's 13 points and John Carrigan's 12 points were not enough to keep the Raiders in the game. It was the Raiders' second straight loss and their record now stands 7-5. ' BERLIN 71-SPAULDING 44 The Berlin High Mountaineers tag- ged the worst defeat of the season on the Raiders at Berlin, 71-44. Spaul- ding was decidedly off and looked little like a team who previously boasted a six-game winning streak. Bob Vanasse was the only Raider to hit double figures, while MacArthur, with 18 points and Sullivan, with 13 points, led the Northern crew. Berlin jumped to a 19-9 lead in the first quarter and never lost it. The Raiders must win one of their next three games to qualify for the tournament. DOVER 44-SPAULDING 38 Spaulding dropped its third straight game the hard way to the Green Wave at Dover in overtime, 44-38. A slow first period revealed a score of 6-5 in Dover's favor. Dover outscored the Raiders 17-9 in the second period to hold a nine-point margin at the half. Spaulding. bounced back to outscore Dover in both of the final frames to tie the game. With Vanasse, Patch, and O'Brien out in the overtime, the Raiders were unable to counter Dover's six points. Diud Flaker and Bob Vanasse dominated the scoring departments for Spaulding with 16 and 9 points respectively while Jack McNal1y's 15 points were high for Dover. Spaulding previously whipped Dover 56-32 at Spaulding. SPAULDING VS. WEST Spaulding continued its winning streak to six straight games as it de- feated West High 36-29, at Manches- ter. This was an important victory as Spaulding has always been jinxed while playing at West's little horse- stall gym. The game was rough at spots but the personals were only ten for Spaul- ding and nine for West. - Don Patch with 11 points and John- ny Carrigan with 10 points carried the scoring burden. The Raiders held a modest 17-11 lead at the half, but only managed to outscore West 19-18 during the last half, with West clos- ing the gap 24-28 in the final quarter, but Spaulding was determined not to lose this one as they had in previous years. The JV game was canceled when the Spaulding team arrived late. SPAULDING VS. DOVER The Spaulding Raiders literally swamped the Dover Green Wave to roll up a surprisingly easy 56-32 vic- tory over its oldest rival. The outclassed Dover quintet failed to dent the rompaging raiders who outscored them 32-14 in the second to tuck the game away. Once again it was Duddy Flaker who held scoring honors, dunking in 17 points, with Vanesse scoring 14 points. By winning, Spaulding kept its winning streak going to five straight games. In the preliminary, the Dover J V's edged the Spaulding JV's 24-23. .SPAULDING VS. LACONIA The Laconia High Sachems hit from all corners of the court to run up afquick 18-2 lead in the first per- iod which the Raiders never could erase. fContinued on Page 31,2

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In teruiew Getting a few ideas from a coach's viewpoint on the value of interschol- astic and extracurricular sports, I picked up this information. Physical education is not only the development of physical but also mental powers. The activity program in this school offers students sports and events in which they can participate, and which will be a value to them when they get out of school. The feeling one gets when he is a member of an athletic team representing his school while participating in interscholastic com- petition is something which you can't get in a classroom. It breeds sports- manship, co-ordination, and the ambl- tion to get ahead, so that he has the willingness to work with his fellow teammates and do everything within his power to obtain the goal which he sets for himself. So it is true in later life, that if this code was followed, man would indeed obtain the sucess which he strives to reach. Discussing the topic of bringing military training into high schools, the coach's personal opinion was that it would not be a good idea. He thought that it would be better if the boys were allowed to mature grad- ually, as boys should, and not heap a feeling of military responsibility upon them, for it would probably frustrate tlaemtand give them too much to think a ou . SPAULDING VS. CENTRAL Manchester Central High beat the Spaulding Red Raiders 53-50 at the Spaulding Gym. Central moved to a 12-11 lead in the early part of the game and boasted a 25-22 lead at the half. Bob Vanasse paced Spaulding with 17 points. Don O'Brien had 13 and John Carrigan 10 points. SPAULDING VS. BISHOP BRADLEY Spaulding High lost its second three-point decision in a row, 49-46. Flaker led the Spaulding attack with 11 points. O'Brien and Carrigan had 10 points each. Healy had 14 points for Bradley. The Raiders went ahead in the 4th period on John Newhall's basket, 38- 37. Don Healy put one in for Bradley. Rod Kearney and Jim Barry added to the score. Don O'Brien came back with one for Spaulding. Bradley scored and Don O'Brien dumped in another two points with Don Patch tossing in a couple of free throws. With 45 seconds, Jim Barry clinched the game with a two pointer. The Bradley JV's beat the Spauld- ing JV's 55-12. PORTSMOUTH 57- SPAULDING 40 The Portsmouth Clippers took full revenge for a previous defeat at Portsmouth by thoroughly drubbing

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BRAIN TEASER A motorist was one hundred yards from an open railroad crossing, pro- ceeding at 'dfty miles per hour. A train, coming down the track at sixty miles an hour was three hundred seventy-Iive feet from the crossing. Problem: Did the motorist get across? Solution: Yes, the motorist got across. A beautiful marble cross purchased by his widow from his in- surance payments. When atomic power Reaches its peak. Perhaps we'll have A no-hour week. CC. W. Philadelphiaj A girl doesn't mind going out with a strong, silent man if he has plenty of money to do the talking for him. Voice from the floor of a Gonic bus: A-a-sh, someone's leaving. Now we can get a place to stand up. Mother: Whatl You flunked that course again ? Fred Perkins: What'd you ex- pect she gave me the same test ? Paul Clark: 'Tm thinking of ask- ing a girl to marry me. Do you think that's a good idea ? . Yvonne: Yes, if you ask me. Mrs. Valley was explaining to the class some of the mysteries of the French language. She told them that madame means a married Wo- man, Hmadamoisellev means 'an un- married woman and monsieur means a man. Then, to see if the class understood she asked one of our brains,' to tell the diierence be- tween madame and Umadamoi- sellef' Immediately the boy an- swered: Monsieur, ' A New Arrival CAROLYN WOODES, '56 In our family surprises are quite common, but one night last week we got an unusual one. We now have a new baby in our house. Oh, she's such a pretty thing. She weighs about one hundred pounds. Of course she is a bit large for her age. We stay up quite late with her on Friday and Saturday nights. All the neighbors come over for her feeding and they stay till 12:00 or 1:00. She costs quite a bit as all babies do. But we enjoy her so much that it makes up for her cost. She has a twenty-inch face. She comes in very clear on almost every night, even though it's snowing or raining. We christened her Philconnie but her real name is Philco. Have you guessed yet who our baby really is? ? ? ?