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

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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

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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 line up: Forwards: Bernice Crapo Lucille Ilesseltine Colleen Keeler Elinor Bowden Barbara Bidwell Doris Sawyer Guards: Ethelynd Duncan Louise Hooker Jeanne Lanphere Verna Bussell Betty Farnsworth Audrey Bidwell RoseLee Hooker The first game of the season was a home game with Mc- Indoes Academy on November 10, in which our girls lost by a score of 14 to 35. The last game that the girls played was an- other home game against Newbury High School, on December 15. The final score was 8 to 20 in favor of Newbury. Following the regular season the g.rls wished to make up a combination of players who, judging from their play against them, would make up a smooth working all-opponent team. The results are as follows: Forwards: Edwards of Groton, Johnson of Peacham, and E. Emery of Melndoes. Guards: P. Wheeler of Newbury, Cheney of Melndoes, and Laturnau of our Alumni. The schedule of the games was as follows: II—Mc Indoes Academy T—Peacham Academy T—Groton High H—Peacham Academy T—Newbury High II—Alumni H—Groton High II—Alumni II—Newbury High 35 Wells River 14 19 Wells River 20 41 Wells River 31 14 Wells River 23 19 Wells River 9 22 Wells River 23 28 Wells River 15 11 Wells River 6 20 Wells River 8 27