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Our first attempt to visit Lawrence Acad- emy in Groton was frustrated when the bus that was to convey us bogged down in a snowbank, so we kept our appointment on February 6th, two days later than planned. Upon our arrival, the improvised court re- minded us of the Rivers contest and when our tall opponents went into a zone defense we knew that we would have our difiiculties in finding the range under such conditions. Slow in getting under way, we could only point to goals by Kett and Bradshaw while the home team was scoring 10 points in the first period, although a last minute flurry of four baskets in the second brought us up to a 20-13 deficit by half time. That we could do better than that was not only mentioned by Bob Hogarty during the rest period but also proven as soon as we returned to the court. Sparked by a quick score that was Brooksie's contribution, we edged our way back onto almost even terms with the L. A. team, Frank Kett's basket from the side leaving us just one point down, 25-24. That accomplishment seemed to nettle the home team and, when they put on full steam, our close covering drew fouls against us, the combination result- ing in a gradual lengthening of the Lawrence lead until it climbed to 54-34 by the final whistle. Despite the height of his opponents, Kel found the basket for 10 tallies, Hugh was next with 6, Hearn, Brooks and Shea tied with 4, Kett came up with 3, Fish was good for 2 and Carey sank 1. The setting of our next game was more to our liking, for it was the spacious court in the magnificent St. Mark's gym. Having watched our j.V.'s turn in their superlative performance of the year, only to lose in a second overtime period, the Varsity took the floor to win eulogistic comment from the St. Mark's coach. Handling well and working the ball in close before shooting, the Arrows took the lead in the first few minutes of the contest and were never headed thereafter. Although they established only a 1 point margin in the first frame, it gradually in- creased to 9 by the half and climbed to 16 by game's end. Besides their eagle-eyed -l 124 sharpshooting, the Red and Black also gave their best exhibition of foul shooting to date, cashing in 581k of their free tries. When the points were tallied, the results bore witness to the balance of our team play because Bill Brooks with 10 credits had stiff competition from Collupy, Kelly and Brad- shaw, all of whom registered 8. The remain- ing 7 were distributed among Hearn, Kett and Carey, Frank topping his two team mates with a 3-2 margin. On the long bus ride home the outstanding features of our 41-25 victory were rehearsed and we were back at St. Sebastian's before we knew it. The next opponent to visit our cage was Walpole High and that quintet had not enjoyed too much success in the early stages of the season. When they arrived, however, we learned that they had recently been bol- stered by the return of a star, Turco, who had been sidelined due to injuries. Although Brooksie hung up an early lead for us with two quick baskets, Walpole's Turco dissi- pated it by capturing his own rebound and scoring to put his team ahead, 9-8, just before the end of the first period. Once again Bill Brooks wrested back superiority with a goal immediately after the rest period and, even though we trailed for a second later on, the half time totals favored us, 19-15. As events turned out, we needed that edge for Turco gathered momentum in the second half to rack up four baskets and his substitute, Swanson, accounted for three more in the final chapter. In the meantime we maintained a rather steady pace, but it was not enough to prevent Walpole from forging into a surprising three point lead in the fourth quarter. At that point, Frank Kett captured one of his own rebounds to tie the score at 33-33 and followed Brooksie's good example to get another to make our total 37. Within the last minute of play, a foul was called against us and Walpole elected to take the ball out, a decision that proved sound when Turco broke through to score and cut our edge to 37-36. On the following play with the Arrows freezing to kill the clock, the whistle blew as Bradshaw and Turco 1-
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For the return match with Middlesex on the Concord court, we were stronger than we had been for the first contest because our invalids were now ready for duty once again. Playing on the newly installed macadam court under a glass roof, we put on one of our most consistent exhibitions of the season and, even though we trailed the home team 1 1-9 at the end of the first quarter, a big second period gave us a lead of 24-22 at the half. Two quick goals by Stodghill erased that, however, as soon as play was resumed and it was only Charlie Hearn's capture of his own rebound that permitted us to go out in front again on the last play of the third stanza. From there in we were never headed and in the last frame We doubled the Middlesex tallies to emerge a 42-35 victor. Although he did not start the game, Bob Kelly made good use of his op- portunities to garner 13 points and surpass Bill Brooks' 10. Frank Kett and Charlie Hearn contributed 6 each to top Hugh Bradshaw's 4 and Hilt Collupy's 5. 1 souTH QNGS OWN 1N QONTROL fl 123 lf BATTLE FOR POSSESSION
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wrestled for possession in Walpole territory. Thus ended one of the most thrilling games of the season and Brooks' 15, Kett's 10 and Bradshaw's 8 were major factors in our victory. While Kelly's total only reached 4, one of his baskets came with lightning speed after he had passed out from under the Walpole hoop to Kett who promptly re- turned it to Bob inside the court and the tally followed. With a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, we entertained Thayer Academy in our own cage on the 11th of February and the result had to be entered on the wrong side of the ledger. Although Fish broke the ice to score first, the most we could achieve thereafter was a fleeting tie at 4-4, and the visitors went on to a 43-33 triumph. Beside the 10 and 11 point totals for Thayer in the first two periods, our 6 and 4 achievements were puny and, although we outscored them 23-22 in the second half, our start came too late and could not offset the early lead they had ac- cumulated. Our foul shooting, however, was a bright spot in the defeat, for 7 conversions out of 11 attempts gave us a 63? average. By this time it was becoming a habit for Brooks to lead the scoring parade and his second half performance entitled him to that honor and a total of 12 points. For second place Collupy and Kelly ran neck and neck with 6, another tie developed between Brad- shaw and Hearn at 4, while Frank Kett had an off day with 1. It was reserved for a night game at Our Lady's, Newton, to produce more chills and thrills than any other contest during the season. The neighboring parochial school had done very well in Catholic League com- petition and we knew that it would be a hard club to beat on its own court. Once again we drew first blood on Frank Kett's set shot from the side, but Bradshaw was the only other Arrow to find the range during the first period and at its end we trailed 8-4. Before we tallied again, the home quintet had scored three times in quick order and it was only near the half that we climbed to an 5 18-11 view of the leaders. In the third stanza, however, it was our guns that carried the heavy ammunition and Kett showed the way with 3 goals that helped to give us a 13-9 edge and reduce our deficit to 27-24. When the fourth quarter began, once more it was the home team's turn to press and, by the time the automatic was reached, they had raced ahead, 35-29. With 2:45 remaining, Kett scored on a lay-up but joe Lord matched it, whereupon Charlie Hearn tossed in a free try and Bill Brooks followed with two goals in rapid succession, one of which was made possible by a Kett steal. Leading now by the narrow margin of a single point, Our Ladyfs called for a time out and they breathed easier when they were given a free try on a technical foul and made it successfully to go out in front, 38-36. From our standpoint all seemed lost for the technical gave our opponents possession on the side and it was only to be expected that they would freeze for the seconds that remained. Out of a clear sky, however, the play boomeranged for Bill Brooks interposed himself between the ball and the receiver, and then proceeded to dribble all the way unopposed, racking up the equalizing goal and making it 38 all. Pandemonium reigned and, when Our Lady's brought the ball down the court, a despera- tion long-shot by Nally swished through the strings but the scorers ruled that it had been attempted after the bell. By mutual agree- ment an overtime period was played and, sad to say, although we scored first to break the deadlock, our rivals took advantage of five free tries and added a goal to settle the issue at 45-40. Naturally, the lads were dis- appointed to have been defeated after making such a comeback, but they were consoled by the fact that they would have an opportunity later on to face the same team again. As the players dressed, Tom Barrette read out the scoring figures and they gave the palm to Frank Kett for his 12, even though Brooks' 10 and Bradshaw's 8 were not far behind. Kel hung up the majority of the remaining tallies, 6, while Hearn's 3 and Collupy's 1 closed out the columns. 1-
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