Towson Catholic High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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D W 'I' .awk an Guards left to right June Cahill, Arlene Davis, Dorothy Schaech, Jeannette Radebaugh Emily Mercer, Gertrude Pugh. rr 5 wrdifg Z?cL5AefAa! Lois Reed, president of the Girls' Ath- letic Association, was elected Captain of the Varsity, in recognition of her outstand- ing teamwork. Lois began playing basket- ball in the grades, but it was not until her Freshman year in High School that her true value as a player became obvious. Her accurate timing, her marvelous co-ordina- tion, and 'her excellent shooting ability have earned for her the honor of being high scorer for three consecutive years. In her third year of varsity play, Lois alter- nated between guard and forward posi- tions, thus often crippling the opponents' score as well as building up their own. We wish to pay tribute to a fine player, a worthy captain, and a loyal team-mate. .ffm

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A-ae' ye st- Ed. Bermel set' TOWSON CATHOLIC DEF EATS Towson Catholic High School, showing superior strength in winning its fourth straight basketball victory, defeated Tow- son High by a 54-22 count at the Towson Armory. Towson Catholic bounced to a half-time lead of 27-14 and was never headed thereafter. FRIENDS BOW T0 THE T. C. OWLS IN TITLE GAME Towson Catholic Wins, 54-I9 To Take B Conference Crown Lzimiting theilr opponents to a single OLD RIVALS Pete O'Brien paced the victors with 15 points and his team mate, John St. Ledger, trailed him with 14. For winning, the Catholic team received a trophy given by the Towson Catholic Alumni, which will be held for a year, when Towson High will again try to lift it Chick Scrivennr field goal, in the second half, Towson Cath- olic won the B Conference Championship by decisively beating Friends School, 54- 19, on February 24 on the losers' Roland Park court. The visitors from Towson led by 22-12 at the half time intermission, and then applied the scoring pressure, with 32 points, in the last 2 quarters to remove all doubt as to the final outcome. Previous to this encounter, the two teams were deadlocked for leadership with 2 league victories apiece. Eddie Bermel, John St. Ledger, and Pete O'Brien were the pace setters, for Coach Al Barthelme's newly crowned champions, with 10 points apiece. The Jim Krauter trophy was presented to the Owls by Mr. James Krauter, a few days after this contest, Towson Catholic's Jay-Vee also clinched a championship, for Friends, although set- ting the Owls' Jay-Vee back by a 31-26 score, used three Varsity players, therefore fnrfnitinn fha nn:-no

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J X0 Forwards, left to right: Jeanne Faisant, Mary Billingslea, Ann Mooney, Lois Reed, Mary Hatch, Coach Miss Cassandra Mudd. The predominating sport for girls here at T. C. is basketball. This year the re- sults of the season are evenly divided, with 7 victories and 7 losses. First on the list of wins is the Alumnae, 23-I3, then Sparks twice defeated, 40-25 and 35-I2, Park School, 33-2l, Belair, twice 40-20 and 33- 29, and the Institute of Notre Dame, 44-33. VARSITY WINS C. G. S. A. OPENER The Towson Catholic C-irls' basketball team boasted a 44-33 victory over the ln- stitute of Notre Dame in the first game of the newly formed Catholic C-irls' Scholas- tic Association, on February i, in our gym. Lois Reed's point-a-minute scoring gave her a total of 33 points. Notre Dame succeeded in tieing the score at I5-I5 in the second quarter, but Lois Reed followed through with two field goals which put our team ahead I9-I5 at the half. A new zone defense put in play by the T. C, guards enabled them to limit the Notre Dame forwards to I8 points in the second half, while our forwards: Billingslea, Mooney, and Reed racked up a total of 25 points. OUR FRIENDLY RIVALS LOSE In the initial fray of the season, T. C. triumphed over the alumnae, 22-I3. The High School team sparked by Lois Reed's I5 points, succeeded in keeping the lead throughout the game, the score at the half being I2-9. T. C. TRAVELS The Towson girls traveled to Sparks on two separate occasions, to defeat the host team 40-25 and 35-I2, Our girls proved to be faster than the comparitively short Sparks team, and were able to hold a safe lead throughout both games. THE TEAM LOSES A CLOSE ONE In another early battle this season, the Varsity six bowed to Patterson Park, 22-I9. Unused to a large court, T. C. lost out in the first half -by registering only 2 field goals and 2 foul shots, giving the Pats a I3-6 leeway at the half. In the final half we outscored them, I3-9. BELAIR TWICE DEFEATED As the result of a trip to Bel Air, T. C. took the latter team into camp 40-20, The highlights of the game were the two strings of guards, who were alternated quarter by quarter, and allowed Bel Air only three field goals in the first half.