Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26
WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS
Reviewing a Big Year

although among the smallest
in enrolment in the area. have
been at or near the top on ths
sports scene.
The Interhigh League also
some eyebrows during
1868 by announcing in April
that Eastern had forfeited all
Of its football victories of the
previous year because Of an in
eligible player.
While the Catholic and In
terhigh Leagues had their
share of troubles during 1868,
suburban schools moved more
and more into the sports lime
light.
Montgome cry County had
down-to-the-last-d races in
10Th basketball and football,
won by Walter johnson and
Richard Montgomery, respec-
lively. Prince Georges began to
emerge as a hotbed of scholas-
tic sports and the Interstate
Athletic Conference continued
to gain stature.
In Virginia, it was almost the
same as any other year. WASH
nj ton Lee dominated the
Northern Virginia Group Ia,
just about every title
in sight. The Generals took the
State basketball crown for the
straight year and cur
rently are working on a AZ
game winning streak.
Other highlights during the
1868 scholastic season:
January -DeMatha upsets
50-48. in double over
time but later the Stays are
Knocked off by st. Johns,
Eastern's Reggie Greene sinks
two foul shots after time runs
out to give the Ramblers a 6l-
so victory over Phelps.
February Bladensburq
wins third Prince Georges
Glass AA title in four years
despite two losses to Glass A
Fairmont Heights. st. Johns
sinks SO to 40 foul shots in an
1884 victory over Carroll.
March - Eastern beats Car
dozo, 7l-59, for Interhigh title
and ITO season. Washington
Lee wins Northern Virginia
Group la and then the State
the latter by winning
three games in two days.
Bob Lewis of st. Johns, Ed
of Washington-Lee.
Jim Mcbride of DeMatha NOW
at Dunbar. Reggie Greene of
Eastern and Ed Taylor of Tech
make Stars All-Met team.
Douglass wins Class B and
PooleSville Class c title in
Maryland playoffs.
April - Steve Borchers wins
schoolboy golf title for Peary
High Schools first sports
championship. Interhigh speeds
up baseball games in an effort
to cut time for Seven-inning
game to l p hours.
DEM a ha wins Catholic
League. Knights of Columbus
and Eastern States titles and
winds up with 1913 record.
May-Anacostia wins Inter-
high baseball crown behind
the pitching of Joe Slower and
Jim Jenkins. Hammond and
WI finish in dead heat for
N a tional schoolboy rowing
championship.
September - Skeeter Swift
dropkicks a 31-yard field goal
as George Washington defeats
Annandale, 1917. Ronnie Be-
garuS, son of the former
Redskins star, leads Walter
johnson to several early season
victories.
October - Fairfax sets some
sort of a record by tying its
first four football opponents.
DeMatha whips Roosevelt, 81
Z, in what turns out to be a re-
placement for city title game.
DeMatha later wins Catholic
League and Roosevelt takes In
terhigh crown.
November - WI beats CIV.
300, on television for Group l.
A title. DuVal takes first
Prince Georges crown. Eastern
nips Phelps. 60, in playoff for
Interhigh East championship.
don upsets Georgetown
Prep, 14-12, ending Little
15-game winning
December - DeMatha, In
the winning habit, opens the
basketball season with a rash
of victories and king-sized
fight brews between the Stays
and Mackin in Catholic
League. Jim Mcbride, De-
Matthias 1923 All-Met, con-
tinues hot scoring pace at
Dunbar. Unusual close races
are forecast in all area basket
ball leagues.