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

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FRONT ROW: C. Ross, S. Baker, A. Farnsworth (Manager), R. Ross, T. McCormick. BACK ROW: J. Peabody, J. Hawkins, H. Atkins, Coach Moose Davis, J. Hawkins, K. Drew, J. Underwood. Boys’ Varsity Basketball At the close of the 1953-54 basketball season, the Commodores, coached by Ronald C. Davis; held a record of eight wins and 11 losses. Although playing one of their stiffest schedules, they managed to take some of the bigger schools such as Winooski and Essex. In several games the final score was a difference of only a few points, so the won-lost column did not show the brand of play. Tom McCormick led in the scoring department, with an even 10 point average for the season. Charlie Ross had 9.7, Jim Underwood 7.2, “ .Spot ” Ross had 6.3, and Ken Drew had 5.5. The Davismen started off on the wrong foot dropping their first three games to Brandon, Morrisville, and Ludlow. Then they began to click in their win over Middlebury. In their next outing they ran up against Burlington and were beaten. However, they bounced back to trim Winooski on the latter’s court. In their last game of the “ 53 ” season, they were beaten by Brandon. In the “ 54 ” portion they beat Bristol in their first game and followed that with a loss to Stowe High School. Then they ran up two straight wins against Randolph and Essex function. They were defeated by Cathedral, but came back to trounce Middlebury. In their second outing against Bristol the); were beaten and the same thing happened in the Essex Junction game on their home court. In the play-off game with Bristol on the Weeks Court they were beaten 48-43. However, they took two out of their last three, losing to Stowe and beating Randolph and Weeks School. 29 By Wayne Ganson ’55