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

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ing won the meet, winning every event for a score of 4()0, Stowe took second with 373, Wells River High School took third with 362 and Vt. Jr. College took fourth with 262. Feb. 17. The team went to Lyndon to the Northern Dis- trict tryouts for the Interscholastic Championships at Stowe. The first three teams in this meet would qualify for the State Championships at Stowe. Newport won the meet with 394 points. Lyndon took second with a score of 385 and Wells River High School clinched third with 349. St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Albans, Craftsbury Academy and Barton Acad- emy finished in that order. Mar. 2. Wells River returned to Lyndon for a dual meet as a tune-up for the State Championships. Although Wells River did not do as well as usual in Cross Country, the Down- hill, Slalom and Jumping especially showed improvement. Lyndon won the meet with 395 points to Wells River 389. Mar. 15-16. The team participated in the State Inter- scholastic Championships. The two cars taking the team to Stowe were delayed by a snowstorm and arrived in Stowe at twelve o’clock, too late for the Downhill race, scheduled for 10:30. The team did well in the other events however, taking second place in the Cross Country, tying for sixth in the Sla- lom and taking eighth in the Jumping. Competing in only three events however, spoiled any chance of a high score in the final standing. Woodstock won the meet with 377.5 points, Newport was second with 374 and Springfield was third with 368. There were twelve teams in the meet and over sixty con- testants in each event. Deserving special mention Were Harvey flooded’s seventh in the Cross Country and John Coodell’s thirteenth in the Jumping. Mar. 20. The ski team closed its season with a meet with Bradford and Newbury. Wells River won with 388 points. The mainstays of the team were Harvey Coodell, John Coodell and Reginald Rowell, all four event men. The team loses II. Coodell and R. Rowell, along with Frederick George, a Jumper and Cross Country man. That leaves next year’s team with one four event man and if the team expects any success, it will have to develop two more capable of four events. 25

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THE SKI TEAM This has been the most successful season the ski team lias had since skiin »• became a major sport in the high school. The team was composed of eight boys: Harvey Goodell, John Goodell, Regin'ald Rowell, Donald Bidwell, Frederick George, Donald Merchant, with Albert Bailey and Benjamin Hanson during part of the season. The team competed in ten meets without an injury that kept any member off the “boards” on the next day. The success of the team was due to two factors. One was that it was a well balanced team with the Jumping and Cross Country being somewhat stronger than the Downhill and Sla- lom. The other was the coaching, with Bailey Goodell and Scott Rowden, former high school stars, furnishing able as- sistance to Mr. Wells. Jan. 27. The first meet of the season was a dual meet with Spaulding at Wells River. Wells River won the meet 279.8 to 278.5. The team was very strong in Cross Country and Downhill but weak in Slalom. Feb. 10. The team went to Barre to compete in a meet with Spaulding, Stowe and Vermont Junior College. Spauld- 24

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GIRLS’ BASKETBALL The Wells River High School girls’ basketball team started practice on Monday, October 16. The outlook for the forthcoming season was not as bright as it had been in former years as the squad consisted of no seniors, two juniors and lower classmen. Most of the girls had had at least one year of basketball but it was almost certain that lack of experience would be our greatest draw-back. Through graduation we had lost Helen Flanders, our very capable captain and high scorer of the previous year. There will be no loss of players this year and the girls are looking forward to next year. Lucille Hesseltine was captain of this year’s team and Bernice Crapo was high scorer, both members of the junior class. All home games except the Newbury game were ref- ereed by Mr. Emerson of Bradford. The Newbury game was refereed by Mr. Mosher of Mclndoes. The girls’ team wish to express their gratitude to the own- ers of the cars furnished us during the season and also to George Downing for a very efficient job of managing the team. 26