Wells River High School - Chatterbox Yearbook (Wells River, VT)

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THE CHATTERBOX which was very favorable to us as we won every game we play- ed. The schools we played were about our size and strength, but because of our more experienced players we won the champion- ship cup which is displayed in our trophy case. Silver basketballs were presented the girls for their good showing in the league at the annual award assembly. We had the misfortune to lose Elsie Wheelock the first part of the season through sickness, but she played in a few oi the last games before her illness again forced her to the side- lines. Although prospects for next year aren't as good as they were this year, we are hoping we will get some help from the Junior High. We lose five of the six regular players: Clara Knight, Margaret Goodell and Gertrude Johnson by graduation; and Avis Pierce and Erla Darling by change of residence, leav- ing only Helen Flanders from the regular team. The Junior High girls show prospects of good players in the near future, playing but two games and losing by only a small score to St. Johnsbury and Monroe. The line-up was as follows: Our schedule opened November 16th with a trip to Mc- Indoes Academy where we were, as always, well received. This being our first game clumsiness was the rule, especially among the Wells River girls. The final score was 35-15 against us, but we learned a lot for future games. On November 18th we went to Groton, full of apprehen- sion and doubt, but it wasn’t as bad as we had anticipated. Al- though there was a great deal of fouling, wdiich couldn’t be help- ed as the floor is so small, a fast and clean game resulted with a score of 37-25 in our favor. After the game refreshments were served which we appreciated greatly. December 1st we played a practice game at Bradford Forwards M. George I. Normand ’C. Keeler E. George Guards J. Lanphere E. Rowden L. Hooker M. Davison

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 Athletics GIRLS’ BASKETBALL For the first time in a number of years Wells River had a girls’ team that it could boast a littie about. With Erla Darling coming to us from Mclndoes, where she had learned the ropes, and two good captains, Gertrude Johnson and Margaret Goodell, we worked up a good team with positions as follows: Forwards Guards M. Goodell C. Knight G. Johnson A. Pierce H. Flanders E. Darling E. Wheelock B. Currier L. Hesseltine B. Crapo For the last few years Wells River has been experiment- ing with skiing as a companion sport with basketball. This year we tried the plan of commencing basketball early, the first week in November and closing at mid-years for skiing. Wells River, this year, entered a league the outcome of

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THE CH TTERBOX where we enjoyed the hospitality of the Bradford Academy students. We played a return game with Groton December 3rd which, was nearly a repetition of the former except that we piled up a bigger score than we should have in the interest of a suc- cessful game, the final score being 44-21 in our favor. At Peacham, December 10th, we staged one of the poorest games we had ever played, fouling and fumbling and careless shooting ran riot on both teams, but we all learned something from it. The game ended in our favor, 38-10. ( n December 13 we went to meet our dreaded foes (or so we thought) at Newbury, but we were greatly surprised at a fairly close game during the first half, then the Wells River girls went into the lead and the winner was never in doubt. I he game ended with the score 45-26 and another victory for us. January 11th Peacham visited us and we played another slow, careless game, but good sportsmanship was displayed and after a feed the Peacham girls were sent home defeated 53-7. The Alumni game was played December 29th and we were kept very busy with them as they were once all good players, but we had the advantage of practice over them and won 39-23. The Concord girls came down January 7th and we played a very listless game of ball. As they were all quite inexperienced we thought this would be a chance to give our Junior High girls some experience, so they played for a quarter of the game, but the Concord girls were optimistic and played hard just the same. The final score was 53-13. Our schedule ended with a return game with Newbury which was the best game of the season although a little rough as both teams were fighting to win, but we came out on top with a score of 35-28. e wish to express our appreciation to the townspeople foi use Oi then cars for transportation, especiallv Mr. Porehan, D. Brock. K George, Mrs. Armstrong and R. Rowell. Also we thank R. Rowell for managing our games. We were expertly refereed by Emerson Carlson and Pat Hill.