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Bristol County Schoolboys In Tight Hoop League Race
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Andrea Voikos Wins Tennis
BY JOE MIRANDA
Norton High Coach
Andrea Voikos, a 14-year old Bishop Feehan High School freshman, is the athletic toast of the Nation this month. Miss Voikos, who entered Feehan in September, opened the year of 1968 by making ten nis history. Andrea won Nation tennis championships in the 13 and under and l6-and under competition during the holiday school recess. Miss Voikos, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. An drew Voikos, is the youngest champion in the 47-year history of the National Girls indoor tennis championships, held at North Shore Squash and Tennis Club in Salem. AttRebaL"o Native Andrea, who was born :in Attleboro, makes her home with her parents at 92 Pidge Avenue in Pawtucket. The Voikos also have a l3-year old son, John and lO-year old daughter, Karen .. The Fall River Diocese stu dent began her tennis career I1t age nine and showed such p0 tential that her father, a former three-letterman at Attleboro High, enrolled her for tennis in structions. Andrea wasted little time In proving she could find her way around the courts, and although not fully polished, managed to capture the Rhode Island l2-and under crown before her 10th birthday. Aggressive iCollll1Ji)etitor
dicted flit the season'a outset although the alignment may not be strictly the &arne as the forecast. The contenders are locked up in a close pen wmt race. Durfee High O!f Dream'" and predicting a Tech
FaD River and Bishop Stang at Dartmouth are living up to
advance billings whereas New Bedford Vocational and Attleboro High arc dropping :£rom the lofty places predicted fOr them. The 'f'mmton High Ti@m3 are the · It e G I surprise, having matched Dl1lrfee and Stang by win Ding their first two I e a g u e Peter eontests. Coach BaJrtizl'I Bob Reddy sensed II feeling of optimism in the Taunton camp dwing early saason drills and biB hope was thd nt could carry over into the seasG1l. Evidently it has, foJr, l:lS of thin writing, the Tigers have won their first six contests. Reddy's boopsters have already im proved upon their 0-14 league :record of a year ago and appear to be headed for one of their ~ basketball seasons in a long time. Some Taunton fans are already referring to the campaign as the "Impossible
Tournament berth for resurging Taunton. One of the main reasons for Taunton's rise to the summit in the Class A loop is 6'5" Bob Thielker. The big senior liter ally has been shooting the eyes out of the basket scoring nearly 25 points per game. His offen sive and defensive rebounding as well as his setting up of mates for easy shots have made the Tigers ~uite unstoppable. . Joel LaFrance, Frank Pen acho, Charlie Andrade and Dave Silvia round· out the starting five for Coach Reddy:. Anyone of these boys is capable of tossing in 20 points on a given night and all are averaging over 10 points per contest. Coach Reddy eredits the team's bal ance as one of the major factors in Taunton's success thus far. Taunton, who has already disposed of favorite Attleboro, has i~ work cut out in the next two league games. Dangerous New Bedford Vocational will host the Tigers tomorr,ow night and 'then Coach Reddy's charges willl venture to Fall River for their toughest test of the young campaign against Durfee. '
11, 1968
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National Honor for Feehan P1llpil
By PETER BARTEK
The Bri&tol County schoolboy basketbaTI league is just &boot following the prognosticated tight race which was pre
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Andrea's game continued to improve and, as she grew, she developed muscle coordination and experience, meeting high school varsity players andeol lege performers to sharpen her game. Miss Voikos, who' stands five feet, six inches and weighs 115 pounds, would' rather compete 'against boys than girls, expl~ ing that the male tennis play ers hit the ,ball harder and are faster and' she benefits' more when playing. against them. ., . ' Andr~a's big~est assist is ber .' aggresslven~ ~ a compet!ti'N match, but she 18 also res~ ,by, op~nents because of lis outstandimg ba~khand, .forehand and overpowenng servIce. Third Seeded In :HE One . of At:I:ea's accomplim ments 1D tenrns came last 7f/:U when she was named ntllllbft three seeded among New .... gland women competitors, Dat bad f~r a l3-year old grammar IIehoo1 studen.t at the time.
'.!!'he league's third top rankWhile Taunton is shocking nrea fans, Coach Tom Karam ing quintet, Bishop Stang, also is in for a rugged test in its has his Durfee Hilltoppers'roll ing along in their traditional next two games. The Spartans unspectacular fashion. Durfee play Msgr. Coyle High in TaunbaD been the class of the county toll) tomorrow night and they' for years and, for some reason, 'will host Vocational Tuesday next. " ,things ""ere going to be differ , ,ent this year, but not so. Thus far, Coach John O'Brien's Coach 'Karam, who lQst AB ., lads .have handled the league's American Ernie Flemming hom weaker combines with relative 1afJt season's championship club, ease. Senior ,Tom Ryan has been bas p~oceed¢ to fill his ,shoes ,eontrolling the b<lckboards for 'by developing a Smooth work the Spartans. He has been aided ANDREA VOIKOS
~ensive unit eoupled' with • in the scoring department by Iitingy defense. . , .Jim Mahollley and Kevin Phelan. In the National finals, 'Miss. the previous record of l5-,-yenl'll " Dave Morley, Frank Bigos, ·TheSe stalwarts, it appears, win Voikos received strong oppOsi old, held. by Sarah Palfrey who Lou Silva, Dennis Carey and have to get more help i1 the the crown in 1927. tion from Connie Capozzi of, _ Kevin Manning have progresSed Spartans are to remain in eonJ4iddletown, Ohio, a former . mpidly as a unit and may yery tention for neague honors. Good Student , champion in the 14-and under well take Durfee to the top of Miss Voikos, who maintains a Ooaeh Jrim Lanagan's Coyle braekett. the league for yet another year. B-average at Feehan, was de High Warriors should provide Andrea topped Miss Capozzil, · '!'be Hilltoppers have won lIix stiff competition f<Dr Stang and 8-3 and '1-5 to win the IS-and scribed by one of her teachers nraight games since the season'. eould possibly emerge from the as a good student, quiet and under tournament and contin opener without a ·super-star. ., my 85 one of the league's ued her doJnination over the 'dedicatc:;d. '!'be Karammen are schooled ia leaders. Said her teacher when he Ohio .lass with a 6,-2, '1-5 victory defense and display one of the in the finalle of the l6-and heard of her accomplishment in · toughest in the area. OHensive17 George aathaway, Jim Crow the National tennis champion und~r championship match. 'they take only the good shots and ley and Matt Chamberlain have Miss Voikos by winning the sbips, "well she is anything but make very few mistakes. The been Coyle'. mainstays. It is . against Bishop Feehan Bigb ." conceited, ! die' not even kno'w l'eSults speak for themselves. upon their Shoulders that· the Attleboro last week has beeR l8-and under tournament· be- , she played tenn~." '~ , , came the youngest player' ever Tuesday night's important Warriors' !lUccess rides. Coyle, earrying the bQ.l'den by hirmell
dash with Taunton' should which finished behind Stang in' Be lleeds help if Voke • .. to aeoomplish the feat, eclipsing , The comment was a tribute to Andrea's character and showed prove an interesting battle be ,the loop standings a year ago, "measure up to advanced notice.
that although a national, ten!1is tweel). defensive-minded Durfee hopes'to avenge last Winter's .Coach Ed Lowney. one of aae figure, she is stin a 14-year old and bigh-scoring Taunton. The twin losses .to the Spartans by pJ:eJDiere conche;;! in the area, • FAJRBANKS(NC) - Coad- . teenager interested in things winner may be the best in the eapturing· theil!' fim meeting of working out the kinks and will jutor Bishop-designate Robert L. that interest teenagers with the dreuit. the present ea:nprogn. have Trade functioning ~ Whelan, s.J., of Fairbanks will exception being that Andrea b' before long. be consecrated Thursday, Feb. has a special place in her heart North Attleboro and BishoP 22 In Sacred Heart cathedral fvr tennis ond will probably Tbere have been pleasant more fo:rmidable opponents in Feehan have been having tbetr here in Alaska. make iit a career. problems but both clubs . . . IUl'Prises, in the young seascm. order to qualify for 1be Teeb But, for others, disappointment ~urnament. The Jewelers meet doubtedly will play a vital role bas already set in. Joost Norih Attleboro tomorrow in the BCL nee before the cur Two of the league favoritel in an encounter which Coach tain falls Feb. 13. Feehan will host Durfee ... Attleboro and New Bedford .Jim Cassidy hopes will give
morrow night while North will Vocational bave experienced biB elub the momentum neces are ~tb3c:ks which may be difficult sary to upend Coyle on Tuesday. be at h<>me to Attleboro; ~ the Attleboro-area rivals will to oven:ome. All c:oaches,in Vocational, in somewhat the • • eluding Ed Lowney and Jim same position as Attleboro, will battle it out between themse1'ftS
em Tuesday at Feehan.
Cassidy, set their sights OIl the try to make tbe necessary ad Boston Garden in March but justments to move itself beck The rise of Taunton and . .
• • each loss they suffer takes them into contention. The Artis--. fall of both AttIeboro and Voea
further from this goal. led by Tommy Gomes, have yet. tional have surprised many bas
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