St John High School - Aquila Yearbook (Concord, NH)

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AQUILA PAC 1 19 Illflllllllllilflllllllllllfl Nine gfrllllltlflflg seniors wxll leave fl depleted squad for next season The dep1rtces melude Bill She 1, .1 great quarterlmtele llltl most eooperatne team m1n his Cllcflpltllll oe O sllkl Dnele and h1rd and uns 1 grew end and team man, Marty Kung one of the greatest guards exer to we1r the green and whlte Ill Mayhew, a tower of strength on the defense and 1 wonderful pass reeelver, Frank Qtaelepole, Blll W.1lsh and Bill Lyons, ewreellent fellows and IyP1L'il Flgllflflg lrlsh These members of Stunt Iohn team tramped the lush green grndlrons of the state to land Samt Iohn Hlgh to the Champlonshlp of Class C' teams m New Hampshlre joseph OSbe1z 46 . I , I 4 ' ' A I f I ' ' ' if h A 2 ' I A ' Forest, one hundred forty-live pounds of l5I'2lXVI'l, who ran low 1 2 1 v C 2 A2 1 A f 1 1 v . w A . , L 5 H , 2 . , , ' .2 BV, . . 1 r kv 3- ' . , L - , ' 1 ' I . .v ' A fs s Y 1 V ' -K ' ' ' ' . 1 1 1 r i l . 1 ' l 1 1 3, '

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PAGE 48 AQUILA The Flghtmg Irlsh AIN'l Iohn Hugh footbzll squ1d bcgan to prep1re for thelr se1son IH the spring of 1945 hlhe germ of a team nourlshed 1t thrs tlme grew during the summer Through the generoslty of our p1stor Rlght Reverend Monslgnor Buckley the players enjoyed 1 weeks trfunmg on the grounds of Camp Gregory Marne Thls prep1r1t1on proyed to be lnvalulble for the season to comc Coach lohn lzmmct H1nn1g1n a h1rd vsorklng efhclent te :Cher drllled thns team untnl 1t vsas one of the best eyer to spot and spanglc the green 1nd vshnte IH the 1nnals of our parochlal 1nst1 tutron The Ifxghtmg Irish as the te1m ns popularly c1lled played one of thc toughcst schedulcs nn thc history of the school and cxmc through vuth 1 br1ll11nt record xxmnmg exght and losmg one game to 1 Cllss A team Thns lost glme vs IS the opening wedge of the selson played rn Memorlal Fxeld under the flood lnghts before a throng of four thousand spectators Fnve mght games before a total attendance of nmeteen thousand enght hundred people g1ye the team an attendance record that vu is excellcd by only one h1gh school of the st1te Nashua 'Ihe openmg defeat dld not dnshearten this aggressxve well drllled hard hnttlng te lm for II defeated the next elght opponents vuth the followmg scores Saxnt ohn Laconla Samt ohn Somersworth S11nt ohn Pmkerton Academy 911nt ohn Tovsle Hxgh Samt ohn franklln Samt ohn Lebanon Sannt ohn Exeter Samt Iohn Saxnt Patrlck 6StonehamJ f-I-I-1-I-I-f.,..f.f.f.f.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., I I I T ' 7 , s y I A . . . . . . , . 1 . 7 L . . Y . i . A , .Y . g Y K , - K f, ' . ' . . ' f ' 2 ' - , , ' K 1 1 . 'n , . - f ' Y, ' 2 , . . . . Y I X Y K Y . . L . . .- .. .. . Y . ,, I - 7 C Y s y 1- - - A ' 1 ' y s , -2 X V. S . .K , V. . Y . I . 7 Y . . 2 . ' 2 'z ' Y Y 2 V . . . 7 I , V V2 ' 1 ' ' Y . , . 9 . , - . . Y 2 . ' 14 ' 0 ' 34 13 . ' 27 ' ' 6 c 1 ' 26 ' ' 0 Q ' 26 ' ' 0 . ' 20 18 ' J 20 8 ' L 12 ' ' 0

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PAGE 50 AQUILA Coach Haller ILLIAM Haller rs not only the greatest hrgh school coach of basketball rn New Hampshrre but he rs the greatest rn all New England The record made by hrs team proves that thrs statement rs wholly true In hrs tvso years at Sarnt Iohn Hrgh Coach Haller has the satrsfactory record of thrrty nrne games vson and erght lost In these tvso years hrs team has recerwed myrtatrons to partrcr pate rn the New Hampshrre State Tournament at Durham and the Nevs l'ngland Catholrc Tournament at Boston At the Neva Hampshrre Tournament Sarnt Iohn team reached the fmals both years Thrs year rt non the Class B trophy March of 1946 brought to Coach Haller to hrs team and to the athlctrc fans of Concord the glory of Sarnt ohn teams yunnrng first place rn thc New Pngland C itholrc Tournament Thrs meant the honor of recenrng from Hrs Izxcellency Most Reyerend Rrchard Cush mg the trophy aw arded to the wrnnrng team One of Mr Haller s players Thomas Hardrman won the trophy grven to the out standrng play er of the tournament Thorough and clever trarn mg and drrll vsork on the part of Coach Haller rs responsrble for thrs grand achres ement Whrle a game rs gorng on Coach Haller rs the coolest person rn the hall He rs a perfect gentleman at all trmes never brusque vsrth hrs players and ever courteous to all oilicrals Hrs boys are taught the same technrque Every boy who comes under the drrectron of Coach Haller rs much the better for rt Thrs rdeal man leaves the mark of hrs remarkable personalrty on every one of them The Boston Globe states that Mr Haller rs the coach who coaches for fun Hrs precrous trme rs dewoted to develop mg an excellent basketball team when rt mrght bc spent wrth hrs beautrful wrfe and srx lonely chrldren The latter however are loyal rooters vshose cheerrng has helped the cause of Sarnt ohn s team Long lne Coach Wrllram Haller' John Fraser '46 'l-I-1-I-1-1-1-I-I-1-1-1.1.l.1-,.l.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., c ' 7 . Y . . . 9 y v . Y 7 . . Y V I . . , . v 7 . - . r Y 7 . I . Y . V. . . .- ' c f I ' . . ' 1 4 5 ' v K . ' r ' r v. ' X Y K . Q ,K , , . , v 7 y V . J , 7. . 1 X . i 7 , 1 -2 ' . c i . V. Y . . V Y . ' - 9 . Y Y y . . , , c . . . Y . - 4 9 1. . 7 . - . V . . r 9 ' 1 Y. . 7 . . ' ' r v u rr - ny . 1 ,, . W. . . 1 . ' ' 7 1 L c 7 A . . . . V V . 1 . 4 , r v ' ' J , . . . v