St Dominic High School - Echo Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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SPORTS The educatlonal value of sports IS well recogmzed No one concerned wnth the physlcal mental and spmtual welfare of youth may lgnore the 1mportant part they play rn burldmg up man physlcally and morally Every game has 1ts code of laws and sanctxons whlch a good sport wxll never challenge any more than you and I would a decxsxon of the Supreme Court The dnscxplme spmt and teamwork whlch bnng admlratlon and vlctory to one snde are the very same factors whrch have taken successful men to therr goal IH sp1te of an ever opposmg team of men and crrcumstances St Dom Hugh provrdes well organrzed sports as IS evxdenced by the adjoln mg photographs and scores Brother lean Rosamre IS cred1ted wrth 1n1t1at1ng and fmarcmg our frrst attempts mn the f1eld of athletxcs Hls enthusla m and devotedness no less than hrs amazmg bag of coachmg tncks are the secret of hrs success wlth St Dom s flrst basketeers 'They were runners up and that s why they got the cup as an amateur put 1t A few well known local athletes helped Bro lean Rosaxre along wxth the coachmg We are thankful to Messrs Maurlce Courchesne George Ferguson and Norman Lavore for guxdlng our frrst steps How Brother Fernand managed to coach hockey and baseball desplte the other dutmes claxmlng hls every monnent rs not yet clear to our mmd But the S64 O0 quesuon rs Who pald for the basketball hockey ard ba e ball equ1pment7 We remember that Me srs Rc meo Lavallxere and Gerald Leblanc provrded for the hockey equ11:ment by sol1c1t1ng ul: crrptron from frxendly busmess men of the clty The rest of the answer rs Brother lean Rosaxre and Fr Drourn s secret In the summer of 1943 the Arena the so called Bartlett Street Ice Box was torn down for reasons elsewhere stated Our hockey team whlch ul: to then had grown by leaps and bounds went underground for the 1944 season But wlth 1945 the lrghts came on agaln and hockey sprang up to hfe more vxgorous than ever Fans w1ll long remember the fast clean games played agaxnst the Berlm Notre Dame Bates Sallors Lewxston Maple Leafs and Dlxheld Hxgh At a certam tlme our pucksters had the State Hockey Champlonshrp wxthm grabbing range We unfortunately were nosed out bv the more expenenced Dlxfxeld team I - - - u ll - , . I , ' . ' 4 , . . . . . C . .. , I I 4 ll! . I . . - , H . 1 ' ' I I . , . ,. . ,, . C. . , , . .. . ,, . . S . ' ' s S ' ' 5 - A 1 I 1 ' ' I . , . , . . . . , I I , . . . , ,, ' I . .,, . . .

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5 Ours 1. 1' - LY I a BASKETBALL 1941 1942 Che-stnuts L H Walton B1ddeford L H S Frosh L H S Frosh Doughnuts 4,14-I Thexrs

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HOCKEY 1941 1942 Ours Therrs S H Alumm M L Irs Lisbon Falls Mechamc' Falls. Mechamc balls St Mary Alumm Lxsbon S1 Peier s A S Bxddeford M K Alumnl HOCKEY 1942 1943 Ours Thelrs Holy Famrly Brothers 81 Fathers Brothers 81 Fathers Maple Leafs St Mary s Cadets 3 St Peter s Stars St Peter s Stars Bxddeford M K Blddeford M K Holy Famlly Soph Frosh Soph Frosh Sophomore Frosh Commandos