East Brunswick High School - Emerald Yearbook (East Brunswick, NJ)

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Team captain and end, senior Jon Walling was a threat offensively as well as defensively. Rainy weather, some pregame mischief before the South River game, bracing for the national anthem—part of the football scene in 1972. Junior back Rich Evans missed the early part of the season but was a spark in game with the Rams. EBHS JAYVEES OPP. 20 Madison 0 0 Woodbridge 12 20 Cedar Ridge 12 18 J.P. Stevens 6 0 Carteret 13 21 Jefferson 0 6 South River 8 0 New Brunswick 12 Recap: 4-4-0 JAYVEES. Back Row. Coach George Pinfield, Paul Markowski, Edward Denton, Wayne Gor- don, Julius Feher, Bill Stafford, Ray Pilch, Mike Galgano, Steve McMullen, Mike Shannon. Front Row. Vic Angeline, Pat Shannon, Kevin Rafferty, Kevin Kirkley, Jim Schleifer, Scott McLucky, Pete Ancsin, Tom Anderson, Chris Boynton. Bears prove it: we're number 1 doubt that the title was theirs in the closing game, walloping Sayreville, 41-14. Kingpin for the Green and White had to be Kreilis who, with 8 TDs and 12 PATs, led the team in scoring and paced the county until the last week of the season, despite being side- lined for the last three games. Pushing Kreilis was quarterback Dave Cole, who broke Dave Wohl's record for career touchdown passes in the Carteret game when he hit Jack Gruver with a 23 -V arHor fr r «-U teenth. He ended with 17. Dave passed for a season total of 1246 yards, completing 71 of 151 attempts. Eleven were good for touchdowns. Second in the scoring parade was junior Marty Chomko, with 36. Cole ranked third with 30. Mark Morrison carried 321 yards in 45 attempts for top average rushing yardage, a healthy 7.1 per carry. Kreilis av- eraged 6.0 and junior Rich Evans, out with an injury during the first half of the season, was third with a A C-----

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They rolled over their first six op- ponents, in the process ending two years of frustrating ties with Madi- son, getting revenge for last year's 1-point loss to Carteret, and making it two-in-a-row over powerful Thomas Jefferson of Elizabeth, albeit at the expense of losing Ed Kreilis for the season. Then came South River's late fourth period tally that put the Rams back in front after a phenomenal East Brunswick 4-TD recovery in the third stanza. The Rams iced the cake when they intercepted and scored again in the closing minutes, and the un- beaten hopes were dashed. East Brunswick had not recovered the following week and, in miserable weather, was held to a scoreless tie by New Brunswick. Madison, sitting out the rain, went into the con- ference lead. And Bear fans, recall- ing the 37-6 pasting EB had given the Spartans, stewed. But only for a day. Madison blew it the following day when they were downed by J.P. Stevens. The Bears removed all Left to right across the pages, top to bottom: The Dave Cole-Ed Kreilis combination was tough for any team to stop. Kreilis had great break away speed, as here against Madison. Cole was a passer, but could take to the air in another way, as he did against Cedar Ridge. A fighter, Mark Morrison signalled his touch- down that put East Brunswick into lead over South River till Rams won it on late fourth period score. Tough defense was the word. Tony Pierri and Dennis Belloff teamed to stop Madison cold. Standout among juniors was Marty Chomko, banging out another score against Cedar Ridge, gaining yardage for a first down against South River Rams. Surprisingly, sideline faces were cryptic and one couldn't tell looking at team, coach King., or headcoach Caseiro how play was going on the field. Maybe it was all a part of the psych.

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 VARSITY EBHS OPP. 37 Madison 6 19 Woodbridge 13 27 Cedar Ridge 11 27 J.P. Stevens 7 46 Carteret 6 20 Jefferson 6 24 South River 35 0 New Brunswick 0 41 Sayreville 14 Recap: 7-1-1 MCAC Champions Central Jersey Group IV Champions Rutgers Cup Winner SOPHOMORES 0 J.F. Kennedy 19 27 Edison 6 0 Woodbridge 0 20 Sayreville 0 12 New Brunswick 22 8 Raritan 24 Recap: 2-3-1 The team gained 2666 yards during the season while yielding only 1562. Just over half of the yards gained— 1350—came overland; the other 1350, through the air—one indicator of the balanced attack. VARSITY. Back Row. Coach Mel Caseiro, Coach Charles King, Coach Dave Stout, jay Luberski, Bruce Losiewicz, Jack Gruver, Jack Evans, John Dudra, John Resciniti, Coach George Pinfield, Coach John Emery, Coach Bill Pellagrino. Row 3: Ed Lauzon, George Homeyer, Jim Dunn, Tom Huff, Tom Baker, Ralph Lamo, Scott Daku, Chet Brandt, Joe Curcio, Jim Riccio. 2nd Row: Lee Bernkopf, Bob Lawless, John Parkes, John Gibbons, Al Dubovick, Mike Bonner, Tom Halasz, Glen Kalber, Roy DeBoer, Rich Evans, Marty Chom- ko. Coach John Mansfield, Kevin Kirk. Front Row: Frank Rella, Dennis Henriques, Tony Pierri, Dave Cole, Jon Walling, Mark Morri- son, Rich Aldrich, Dennis Belloff, Dan Casieri, Ed Kreilis. 23