1955-1956 Senior Girls “B” Soccer Team

HeadMasters was formed in 1933 solely as a forum for educators to discuss common interests.
With a host of new schools being built in the early 1950s (can anyone say baby boomers) it was recognized that there was a need for organised extracurricular sports teams. Those initial efforts took shape from 1951 until 1955 and would evolve as time went on.
For both female and male students, 1954 was the first year in which soccer was offered as an interscholastic sport.Very quickly, BRHS would establish itself for excellence in sports, but it was the 1955 senior girls’ soccer team that brought the school its very first provincial Headmasters Championship.
After two weeks of intense practice, an exhibition game was held against New Germany, which BRHS won 3-0. Next up were four games against Annapolis and Digby to determine who would be Congress champions. Bridgetown won those games with scores of 7-0, 1-0, 1-0 and 2-0. The game in Annapolis was described as a “mud bath” after heavy rains had drenched the field.
The next opponents were Berwick, the upper-valley champions. After splitting the first two games, a 3-0 victory and a 1-0 loss for BRHS, a third and final game was needed, with BRHS winning easily by a score of 3-0.
Bridgetown was now scheduled to play a single game against the South Shore champion (Lockport) to determine who would advance to Headmasters.
The game was played in Lunenburg and after a hard fought 90 minutes the score was tied 2-2. In the second overtime Ruth Jackson and Edie Durling both scored to bring BRHS to a 4-2 victory and a berth in the Headmasters final against River Hebert.
A two-game tilt was scheduled to be played at BRHS on November 10 and 11, 1955. For the first game on November 10th, the weather played a significant role in outcomes. After 90 minutes of play, the game was tied 1-1 and according to the 1956 yearbook, “the game was played on a field covered by about six inches of snow.”
It was decided that weather conditions would not permit a second game, so Bridgetown and River Hebert were declared co-champions of the province.
The team was managed by Margaret Muir and coached by Jack Walker.