Stamford Central School - Voice Yearbook (Stamford, NY)

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 Basketball The Stamford Indians completed a fairly successful season in the 1951-52 season, winning six out of sixteen games and three out of ten league games. The Indians ended the season in fifth place. This season marked the end of the high school careers of four seniors: Timothy Germond, Vincent Ruggiero, Carl Sherman, and Robert Smith. High scoring individual on the Varsity was Timothy Germond with 195 points and a .301 shooting average. Best shooting average was marked by Kenneth DuBois who posted a .354 average and scoring 111 points. Robert Smith gathered in the most rebounds and had a 10.3 average per game. The Big Three in Varsity scoring were Germond 195, Ruggiero 120, and DuBois with 111. The Indians’ opponents scored a total of 733 points, against 657 points for the Indians. The starting five for the Indians were L. F. 5’11” Timothy Germond, R.F. 5’8” Captain Robert Utter, C. 6’2” Robert Smith, L. G. 5’8” Vincent Ruggiero and R. G. 5’9” Carl Sherman. The height average of the Indians was a big factor in some of the close games which the Indians lost during the course of the season. Individual high night of the year was witnessed by Timothy Germond who scored 28 points against Downsville on January 25th. Vincent Ruggiero had 19 points at Delhi on February 1st to top his season’s scoring. The Varsity held two victories over Grand Gorge, and Downsville, and one over Delhi and Andes. The Indians have absorbed double defeats at the hands of Roxbury, South Kortright, Walton and Margaretville, and dropped one each to Andes and Delhi. The Indian Junior Varsity, ended the season with a season’s record of five wins and eleven losses. The starters on the 1951-52 edition of the Stamford Junior Varsity were: L. F. Richard Beers, R. F. James Moore, C. Kenneth Peck, L. G. Neil Jones, and R. G. Gordon Churchill. High scoring individual was Kenneth Peck with 119 points and a .364 shooting average and Richard Beers was next with a 3.04 shooting average and 110 points. Other starters scoring totals were: James Moore 78, Neil Jones 42 and Gordon Churchill 59. Kenneth Peck held rebound honors with a 9.1 rebound game average. Neil Jones was next with a 6.8 average per game. Kenneth Peck also held individual game average honors with 17 points scored against Roxbury, November 21st. The Junior Varsity were victorious over South Kortright twice, Roxbury twice and over Grand Gorge once.