Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Milford High
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Seniors Conclude Hockey Careers

Seniors Conclude Hockey Careers
Ten seniors concluded the r
hockey careers at M.H.S. when
| they defeated Georgetown for their
seventh straight victory and ended
an undefeated season.
The seniors participating in var
sity hockey were: Kaye M e r e r,
left wing; Florence Scott, eff t
inner; Mary Ann Kitchens, center
forward; Rachel Grier, right in
ner; Eileen Short right wing;
Mary Joy Hudecz, right halfback;
Judy Jacquette, center halfback;
Mary Lou Lankford, left halfback; ;
Sue Issacs, left fullback; and Bon
ME Jones, goalie. Jean Acko, right
fullback, is the only junior W h o
played this year.
The hockey team set new rec
ord by scoring Al goals and hold
ing their opponents to a total OF 3.
This is the first undefeated team
in five years.
The summary for this season is:
Milford 5, Air Base L; Milford 2,
Seaford O; Milford Z, Rehoboth 0;
Milford Is, Caesar Rodney O.; Mil
ford 8, Laurel O.; Milford 8, Lewes
2; Milford 8, Georgetown 0.
The goals for the season were:
Mary Ann Kitchens 21, Eli e n
Short, g.; Rachel Grier, 5; Kaye
Mercer, 4; Florence Scott. 2; Judy
Jacquette, /.
J. v. completes undefeated season
The j. V. hockey team complet-
ed it's third consecutive undefeat-
ed season with a 60 record.
The girls, led by co-captains
Norma Bennett and Carol Dabson,
scored 81 goals and had l goal
scored against them. Of the 21
goals scored, Colleen Teare scored
s, Norma Bennett 5, Gail Corder
5, Ellen Kunkle 2, Donna Fischer,
/, and Susie Hudecz L. One Milford
goal was scored by the Caesa
Rodney goalie when it hit her and
bounced into the cage.
The summary for this season is:
Milford z, Air Base, o; Milford
2, Seaford, /; Milford 2, Rehoboth,
O.; Milford 6, Caesar Rodney o.;
Milford 2, Laurel O; Milford 2,
Georgetown O..
In the last three years the girls
have compiled an impressive rec
ord of 17-0-1.
Milford Downs Caesar Rodney 1876
The Milford Buccaneers closed
their season on Thanksgiving de-
feating the Riders of Caesar Rod
ney 1876. Milford's first score came
after Gene Fitzgerald blocked a
punt and Skip Jones recovered the
ball. Howard Shockley scored from
the two. The attempted pat. was
missed.
Before the half ended Blu t C h
Davis scored on an IL yard end
run. This time Milford made the
conversion and led 1870 at h a If
time
After playing a score1ess h d
quarter, Caesar Rodney scored in
the fourth quarter. Their pat. was
blocked and the game ended 1876.
Milford, in beating Caesar Rod
ney, scored their second win The
season record stands at 2-6-1.
The seniors playing their la
game for Milford were: Skip
Jones, Rhett Dill, Leon Hipkins,
Tom Robbins, Paul Wintzen, Gene
Fitzgerald, Curt Galloway, an d
Dan Gibson.
Despite poor weather conditions,
large crowd was present to view
the annual turkey day fray.
Miller takes first place in invita-
tiOnal Meet
Jerry Miller finished first in the
Harrington Invitational cross
country meet held last Wednesday,
North Caroline won the meet with
80 points Milford finished fourth.
Despite the driving rain, Miller
ran the 21a miles in 1924, 100
yards ahead of his nearest oppon-
ent. He missed the course record
by one second.
The six schools which partici-
pated in the meet placed as fol-
lows: North Caroline, first; Har-
rington, second; Easton, t h ir d;
Milford, fourth; Holy Cross, fifth;