Wilmington High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Wilmington, MA)

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I gy I B 1 ya! .... , -a -' .un ,. Q -e n , 9 , ., , .f '- .1 4- 4 '-Zia. if ., 9 5, 4 I ! BOYS' BASKETBALL Front row: Joseph Gilligan, Richard Montgomery, Robert Mullarky, Wilbur Sheldon, Theodore Wicks, Rufus Stevens. Second row: Harold Driscoll fcoachl, Daniel Wandell, Robert Swain, Edson McKens1e, John Hourihan, Arthur Spear, Burtt Holmes, William Chisholm. Third row: Edward Sadowski, Robert Taylor, Edward Welling, Karl Woodman, and Norman Stewart. For the first time Since the war, the close scores and they went on to beat John- Lowell Suburban Basketball League was in Son' Howe. and Tewksbury, OUT tTadiUi0H8l operation. Altogether there were seven rivals in the Years Past- THPOUQUOUU the teams in the league. These included: remainder of the season we were a constant Chelmsford, Howe of Billerica, Dracut, Bur- threat to Such teams HS Chelmefefd, and lington, Tewksbury, Johnson of North And- Dfeeutv who were first and Seeend Teepee' over and Wilmington. tively in the league standings. Due to the inadequate facilities in Through the time and efforts of John wilmington' we played all of our games on Ritchie a returned servicemen, our Junior i foreign courts' Owing to the generosity Varsity was taught the fundamentals of basket of our arch rival' Tewksbury' We were al- ball, which enabled Coach Driscoll to spend lowed to practice on their court. Although his time with the varsity. all games were played on unfamiliar courts, Although all the games were played on the boys did very well, ending fourth in rival courts, they were largely attended by the league standings. . spirited citizens, who were a great help in The spirit of our boys was not broken building up the spirit of the entire team. after losing the first three games by very

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xg M. 1 x . 'i-yi, JI 51' J Y L .' -L 5 ' i 2 -1 lr. .I L A.. ,, l,,-w -N ' 1 .. ? A- , I n y .,H, .f.g4:31a FOOTBALL TEAM Front row: F. Bischoff, L. Harriman, W. Sullivan, I. Squibb, G. Blaisdell, M. Russell, W. Sheldon, R. Mullarky, B. Holmes. Middle row: Mgr. R. Stevens, B. Surrette, P. Carpenter, J. Hardy, D. Wendell, J. Gilligan, J. Landers, R. Bennett, R. Swain, W. Chisholm, R. Montgomery, Mgr. Tom Haynes, Coach Harold Driscoll Back row: Mgr. R. Eaton, C. Woodman, D. Medico, R. Taylor, L. Berrigan, E. Sedowski, A. Spear, J. Tarricone, N. Stewart, D. Eaton, R. Ritchie. The first call for rushing the 'pig- skinv brought out forty-five enthusiastic uboys. Our spirit and team work was good throughout the entire season, but we just didn't get the breaks. We opened our season at Billerica on September 29, in a thunder storm. We were washed out 35-6, Lady Luck turned on us and our passes just wouldn't click. Gus Blais- dell gave his all in a peach of a 60 yard run, letting Howe see we were in there. The Jinx left us October 6 when we took Central Catholic, HB' team. The good old NTU forma- tion and passes worked letter perfect for touchdowns, and we rushed the points. Two sorry misses gave Dracut the game 13-7. We showed nothing but our dust to Burlington, winning 35-6. Our second team looked good in this game. On the return game we set Burling- ton back again 20-O. We dug in well to Phillips Andover J. V.'S, but they were just too good, hitting a 18-12 win. We found Westford tricky, but soon learned what made them tick and chalked up a 26-6 win. Tewks- bury, our real meet, took us for a 28-19 win. we the l9L5 football squad wish to thank the citizens for the very enjoyable banquet and useful gifts. To Mr. Driscoll, our coach, goes our appreciation for his excellent coaching. Our only regrets are that our efforts couldn't have brought the results of victory that he so justly deserved.

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AA' lip sedan GIRLS' BASKETBALL First row--left to right: Elizabeth Martino, Patrice Reagan, Eileen Porter, Dorothy Weatherbee, Maria Tessicini, Geraldine Porter. Second row: Miss Greenwood fcoachj, Roberta Ware, Helen Bedell, Elizabeth Melzar, Phyllis O'br1en, Elizabeth Cavanaugh, Dorothy Oman. Third row: ladeline Lyons, Alice Rooney, Muriel Martin, Barbara Gammons, and Alice Haley. An enthusiastic and hardworking group of girls were those who were seen practicing basketball in the gym practically every after noon. The team started off well by defeating Howe and continued on being victorious in their next three consecutive games which were Johnson, Tewksbury and Burlington. Having won their first four games, two of which, Tewksbury and Burlington, were considered tough opposition, they went to Chelmsford with their hopes high and with much spirit. However, in spite of hard playing, the Wil- mington girls were defeated. Dracut and John son were quite easily defeated. Although three ga es were lost the girls felt as though they had accomplished something in de- feating Tewksbury, their top rival in both games. . Under the excellent coaching of Miss Greenwood and with the cooperative spirit of the girls, the team enjoyed a good season in spite of inadequate gym facilities, chalking up seven wins to three losses.