Vergennes Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Vergennes, VT)

Page 25 text:

BLUE AND WHITE BOYS’ ATHLETICS EDITOR, MERRITT RAYMOND, ’40 Center row—Gardner McCabe, Bernard Austin, Arden Slack, Chas. Franklin, Vincent O’Brien. Front row—Francis Bearor, Stuart Haven, Merritt Raymond, Arthur Moorby, Guy Smith. Harland Bodette. Basketball Letters Despite the unsuccessful season which the V. H. S. Blue Devils encountered, the letters which they receive will be of a higher grade. The Block V, which in the past has been six inches high and of plain white chenille will be larger and have blue trimmings. The following players will receive letters: Arthur Moorby, forward, high scorer for the season, 68 periods. Merritt Raymond, forward, second high scorer, 68 periods. Stuart Haven, guard, 68 periods. Harland Bodette, center, 61 periods. Arden Slack, center, 56 periods. Bernard Austin, guard, 51 periods. Guy Smith, guard, 35 periods. denotes Senior. PAGE TWENTY-THREE

Page 24 text:

VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL to meet the opposing B. H. S. sextet. by a final score of 37-29. Dan-yow and Hawkins tied for high scoring, each credited with 10 points, while Capt. Fuller was close behind with 9. January 12—Paced by Mary Gage, who dropped in 14 points, the V. H. S. Alumni girls met up with a strong high school sextet. This game, being the fastest girls’ game played on the V. H. S. court for some time, was a thriller. The final quarter was especially exciting as the game ended in a 15-15 tie. Helen Barrows scored 7 points as a substituted forward. January 16—The Verge nnes girls bowed to Bristol for their second defeat of the season. Capt. Fuller started off by scoring 7 points in the first quarter, putting V. H. S. in the lead, but that was the end of Vergennes’ scoring until after the half. Bristol had warmed up and led 11-7 at halftime. Again V. H. S. started scoring with Fuller making four complete baskets and a foul shot; Hawkins, also, scored two nice ones. With Bristol trailing right behind and scoring 11 points in the last quarter, the contest ended 22-18, a victory for Bristol. February 6—The V. H. S. Girls’ Varsity journeyed to Milton, Feb. 6, to find a fast opposing team waiting for them. Fuller gave her team an encouraging start by scoring 6 points in the first quarter. In the third quarter Dan-yow made good her long shots. All through the game the teams seemed evenly matched and was proved as the game ended in a tie score of 28-28. February 1-1—Paced by Capt. Dot Fuller, the V. H. S. girls flashed to their fifth vistory of the season as they overpowered the Mil-ton High girls by a 27-23 score. Although only four points separated the teams at the final whistle, the game was never close. Fuller and Danyow led the V. H. S. scoring with 13 and 9 points respectively. February 26—The V. H. S. girls dropped a close decision to the Winooski girls, Feb. 26, the final score of the game being 20-13. Winooski led 13-8 as half time and held their margin throughout the contets. Dot Fuller threw in 9 points for V. H. S. McQueen led for the victors. February 29—The V. H. S. girls pulled a fast one when they won over a powerful and fast team from Bristol High, on Bristol’s court, by a score of 26-24. With but a minute to go. Dot Danyow sunk a beautiful shot from the center of the floor to tie the game 24 all. To climax the game, Danyow was fouled as the final whistle blew; she made the first shot good to sew up the game for V. II. S. Then, to add to their lead, she sunk the second, too. Danyow had a total of 13 points for the evening, to take high scoring honors. Dwyer of Bristol scored 12 points for her team. Capt. Fuller kept V. H. S. in the winning, too, with 11. The season’s scoring, as done by the forwards, was as follows: Capt. Dorothy Fuller 101 Dorothy Danyow 60 Margaret Hawkins 55 Helen Barrows 12 Alice Ryan 2 (Continued on page thirty) PAGE TWENTY-TWO

Page 26 text:

VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL SUMMARY FOR THE 1939-40 BASKETBALL SEASON Pts. P.F. FA FM Pet. PP Moorby 133 21 27 15 .556 68 Ravmond 81 20 30 11 .367 68 Haven 48 26 29 8 .276 68 Bodette 39 56 24 9 .375 61 Austin 28 32 10 4 .400 51 Slack 25 12 14 3 .214 56 Ploof 13 8 8 7 .875 29 Getchell 9 18 14 3 .214 35 Fuller 6 3 4 2 .500 32 Larrabee 3 8 4 1 .250 24 McCabe 2 0 1 0 .000 7 O’Brien 0 0 0 0 .000 6 Smith 0 10 1 0 .000 35 Bearor 0 0 0 0 .000 2 Franklin 0 0 0 0 .000 2 Totals 387 204 156 63 .403 Pts—Points made P. F.—Personal Fouls FA—Fouls Attempted FM—Fouls Made Pet.—Percentage of fouls made PP—Periods played Baseball Outlook Having just closed a very poor basketball season, the best we can do is to look forward to the baseball season. We could say that V. H. S. will have a banner season but we won’t because all too often we have been disappointed. Eight letter men will be among those answering the first call for candidates early next month. Guy Smith and Merritt Raymond will be returning for their fourth seasons at catcher and shortstop, respectively. Other letter men returning are Bernie Auston, second base; Robert Morris, third base; Stu Haven, field; Charles Frank- lin. field; Bill Fuller, field; and Bill Larabee, catcher. The team will be without the services of Art Moorby, another fourth year man, because of the age limit. The big question centers around the pitchers corp as Bradley, last year’s standout who graduated, was the only pitcher and through an oversight of the pitching staff no replacement was trained. Class Tournaments The Annual Class Tournaments started on Monday, March 11, with the Freshmen opposing the Sophomores. PAGE TWENTY-FOUR