TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS

Record: 24-2-0

• Massachusetts All-State Tournament Champions

• Tech Tourney Class B Champions

• Middlesex League, 2nd Place

SCOREBOARD

Pre-Season Games

• Melrose 66 - Boston Tech 51

• Melrose 75 - Swampscott 42

• Melrose 63 - Boston Latin 57 (Boston Garden)

Middlesex League

• Melrose 76 - Belmont 52

• Melrose 59 - Wakefield 47

• Melrose 43 - Reading 44

• Melroser 4 - Concord 35

• Melrose 54 - Lexingtion 57

• Melrose 95 - Winchester 45

• Melrose 95 - Stoneham 58

• Melrose 84 - Belmont 55

• Melrose 73 - Wakefield 46

• Melrose 63 - Reading 50

• Melrose 57 - Concord 30

• Melrose 76 - Lexington 44

• Melrose 90 - Winchester 40

• Melrose 82 - Stoneham 49

Pre-Tourney Games

• Melrose 62 - Danvers 38

• Melrose 75 - Danvers 4

• Melrose 79 - Woburn 40

Tech Tourney Class "B"

• Melrose 57 - Don Bosco 56

• Melrose 64 - Hyde Park 57

• Melrose 70 - Natick 38

Mass. All-State Tournament

• Melrose 73 - Doherty Memorial 49

• Melrose 70 - Cathedral High 50

• Melrose 70 - Holy Family High 51

ROSTER

FIRST ROW: L. Coughlin, M. Miliotis, J. Higgins.

SECOND ROW: W Greeley, R Dix D. Cranford, J. Dyson, W. Jacobson, Coach Killilea, W. Pereira, J. Barrett, N. Nelson, D. Chaffee, J. Rogers

TAKEN FROM THE 1967 MHS YEARBOOK

"This year’s team really was sky high, the tallest team in the state, and finished the regular season with 18 wins and just two defeats. One of the team’s wins was a 66-51 drubbing of class A Boston Tech, the winner of its division of the Tech Tourney. Although finishing second in the Middlesex League, the Raiders were clearly the best team in the circuit. Coming into the Tech, Melrose was seeded third, but had to fight for its life against unseeded Don Bosco in the first round, finally winning on Bill Greeley’s jumper with two seconds left, 57-56. This heart-stopping victory sparked Melrose to play its very best basketball, and the Raiders went past Hyde Park in the semifinals, and thrashed Natick 70-38 in the finals to become the only champ to repeat. In the All-state Tournament the Raiders really proved that the Basketball team from Hockeytown was the best in the state. Melrose ran right by Doherty, Springfield Cathedral, and Holy Family The Raiders were led by captains Wayne Pereira and Bill Greeley; Wayne the high scorer and Bill the team play maker. Bill Jacobson, Jim Barrett, and Joe Dyson scored in double figures also. The only member of the starting lineup not a senior was Jim Rodgers. Nels Nelson, another junior also played often."