Running Past Basketball
1964, the first of a several state championships in cross country and track for Peterborough High. B efore its merger into Conval High in the fall of 1970 , basketball was king at Peterborough High—with five state championships, and no other sport coming close. Until the fall of 1964. Led by the determination and expertise of Coach Bill Yeo (pictured at right), the Hilanders won their first of four consecutive Class M-S (D3-4) cross country state championships. It marked the first time since 1941 that a state championship, and other than basketball, had come to Peterborough. Participating in the 1964 trophy presentation were (pictured above, from left): Ken Taylor, Coach Yeo, Murray Latti, Nat Mason, Steve Gorski, Jack Thibeault, Jim Kearney and Ken Sutcliffe . Coach H. William “Bill” Yeo, who served as a science/biology teacher at the high school since 1959, was instrumental in igniting the most successful sports program in Peterborough High history. He recruited in the hallways, an...