Atlantic Highlands High School - Atrecall Yearbook (Atlantic Highlands, NJ)

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BASKETBALL 1937 First Row - Oakes, Paddack, Herbst, Johnson, Bell, Stokes, Kozak. Second'R5w - Kantarian, Poppa, Janus, Dimiceli, Morse, Pleasant, Brittingham, Keyesj Posten, Coach Truex. 1FHE 1937 edition of Atlantic Highlands Basketball teams was one that will be re- membered for a number of years. The team was composed of three veterans, Louis Poppa, Robert Morse and James Keyes.. The two new comers Abe Pleasant and James Pos en completed the Quintet. In the course of the regular season thirteen games were played. Atlantic igh winning nine and losing four. In the past season our- nmmn. We ogened the season by defeating Matawan 30 to 14. Keyport was next and they gave us t e first of three defeats that we suffered at their hands during the sea- son. The next was a pleasant hard fought victory over Manasquan 29 o 27. We continued on the winning side of the ledger defeating Rumson 30 to 9 but then suff- ered our second defeat of the year at the hands of Neptune, 30 to 18. A fine game winning streak followed starting with our ancient rival Leonardo and including Rumson, Manasquan, Red Bank, the first in a few years and the second victory over Manasquan, which was the first time an Atlantic Highlands Basketball team had defeated this opponent twice in the same year. A thriller at Keyport fol- lowed with Atlantic fina ly succumbing 26 to 22 after a bitter struggle. In the remaining two games on the schedule A lantic beat Leonardo for the second time but lost the final of the regular season to Red Bank 30 to 22. On the basis of our season record, we were invited to play in the Shore Con- ference. Our first-round opponent was Freehold. We were successful and easily trimmed them 38 to l8. The ollowing night we met the Keygort High School team for the championship. Keyport won t e game 31 to 22 but tlantic took the second place cup and left as though we had made a good account of ourselves. The following week we met gSouth Amboy in the first-round of nament. After a bitter battle we won 35 to 31. A week later at Convention Hall we lost to Neptune High School 53 to 29 and thus from the tournament. Our season record, including the past season the State Tour- the Asbury Park were eliminated games, stood at ll victories against 6 defeats. The prospects for 1938 are very pleasing. Jim Keyes is the only veteran lost to the team and several junior varsity players have s own promise of filling his shoes. Let's look for another successfu season next year. By Robert Kurau '37

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l FOOTBALL 1936 First Row - Koch, Koehler, Nelson, Herbert, Naylor, Coleman. Sec6nd'R6w - Cottrell, Johnson, Loux, Delaney, Mendes, Eldredge, Kurau, Morrlsy Emerson. Third Row - Mchowell, lllo, Bedle, Mr. Egidio, Dempsey, Keyes, Pleasant, Brittingham, Coach Truex, Minor, Posten, Gardner. IfOR THE first time in a good many years' Atlantic Highlands could boast of a football team that was above the average, when the whistle blew ending the Toms River game it climaxed a season of six victories and two defeats. Among our victims were Point Pleasant, Matawan, Rumson, Asbury Park Junior Varsity, Leonardo, and Toms River. We lost to Freehold and Manasquan. when the season opened we were presented with the problem of filling th.e shoes of such fonner stars as Herb Pos en, William Loehn ng, Edmond Dorsett, Rob- ert Brown Charles Rich, John Romandettl and Sonny Vaughn. Mike Mendes was shift- ed from his old tackle position to an end and Ed ardner was converted from a halfback to the other end position. The tackle positions were filled by two inex- perienced but aggressive boys, Bob Kurau and Al ert Loux.. The guard -was taken sick and VanNess ldridge very capable nsubned until he recovered. The other guard position was gillgd by walgeg Dilangy, a convergedbhaigpacg. Tgedcenxer pos tion was occup e y e ve eran o er o nson. n e ac ev we a .0 ve erans Jim Keyes at fullback and Abe -Pleasant at left halfback. A freshman, VBoon1en Keyes,tg1tEed nicely at right halfback and Louis Poppa, Ed Pitts, and Thomas Minor sp e me a quar er ac . This line up scored 148 points while holding our ogponents to 45. we were the highest scoring team in the Shore Conference and had t e honor of placing Jim Keyes and Abe Pleasant as the individual high scorers of the conference. Our final rating was third place. Lakewood and Mahasquan finishing ahead of us. Our otllook for 1957 seems very bright. Mike Mendes Robert Kurau, and Van- Ness Eldridge are the only seniors tha will be lost to the team. Let's hope for an undefeate season. For the first time in the history of our high school a banquet was given in honor of our athletes who had participated so creditably in Football and Basket- ball during the past seasons. The dinner was given by the local Lions Club at the Log Cabin Inn on Ocean Boulevard. A turkey dinner was served after which Dr. Thomas Mcvey called for short talks by Herbert S. Meinert representing the High School, Wil iam Fehlhaber, representing Highlands, Arnold Truex, representing t e athletesg and J. Wilder Taskar, Head Coach o Football at Rutgers University. we hope the banquet will become an annual affair for the high school athletes. - By Bob Kurau '37

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, lf' ' -,T-'1if4'E Q- f .V 7 'T 'gl ' ' ' .A ' . ' ' BASEBALL First Row - A. Kantarian, Loux, Coleman, H. Kantarian, Luick, Bedle, Naylor Second'R6w - Coach Truex, Posten, Delaney, Kozak, Kurau, Illo, Pleasant, CardnerT'Keyes, Pitts. w'HEN the Atlantic team lined ug for its opening contest of the 1937 season five new faces were to e seen. J m Posten replaced Charles Rich at second base' nBoon1e' Keges filled Jack S1mpson's shoes at short stopg Frank Illo played t 1rd base in place o Robert Kurau' walter Delaney roamed over t e left field territory in place of Ed ond Dorsett and Ed Cardner replaced George Richmond in rig t field. Our pitching department suffered heavily w en Frank Cassone dropped out of school and im Keyes was declared ineligible. The burden fe then on Robert Kurau,veteran third baseman with imited experience as a pitcher. Our first game was against our old rival Keyport. The game turned into a pitchers battle, export handing Atlant c its first defeat of the season 2 to l. South boy then came to Atlantic and was defeated 15 to 6. Our old nemesis: Manasguan, came to Atlantic the following week. Atlantic shook off the J nx and revenged a football defeat beat- ing Manasguan ll to 7. Our next game gave us a victory over Coach Truex's lma Mater Neptune, to t e tune of 10 to 3. we continued our winning ways by defeat ng Manasquan for the second time of the season 8 to 4. -This was the first time in twelve years that a team had beaten Manasquan twice in the same season. we ,re urned South Amboy's visit and eked out a victory by a 2 to l score. Freehold was the victim of our sixth straight win 14 to 5. Our traditional rival Leonardo, was our seventh vict m. The game was called in the seventh inning at which time Atla tic- was lead ng 21 to l. This was the highest score ever compiled against Leonardo K an Atlantic team. Neptune was on the short end of an ll to 3 score t e following week making eight straight wins for us. A great disappointment came when we faced Leonardo for t e second game. After a bitter nine inning struggle the Leonardo boys broke ou.r ine record by beating us 5 to 2. e returned to the winning side of the ledger the next wee , however, beating Freehold again by a score of 3 to O. The final game of the season wit Keyport attracted considerable interest. The winner of this game would be crowned the Shore Conference Champion. Atlantic 'started very poorly letting Keyport get three runs 1nd he first 'inning and five in the second. This was too much of a handicap to overcome and Keyport won the game bg a score of 9 to 7. This victory gave Keyport e Shore Conference hampionshlp for the second year in a row. tlantic took second place in the Conference by virtue of its nine victories against three defeats. - e ge our a s o o e ne c n o urau an eyesg e W tak h t ff t th fi pit hi g f K d K th fine batting of Kozak, Pitts, Pleasan and ardnerg and the good all around play of Posten, Illo, Bedle,-Delaney, and Morse. Better luck next year, oys! .