Suffern High School - Panorama Yearbook (Suffern, NY)

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w- .1 ff fp -3'f ..., . fr Suffern HA., - SutTern 4 Suffern Suffern 3. ' Suflern W B Suffern SuHern Sulfern 9-C This year the Mountie team was centered around veteran stars of last years team. VC'ith these veterans and many younger players the new coaching staff was able to produce a team that was able to compete with the best the county had to offer. Although the team took a little longer than usual to round into shape because of the installation of the famed TN Formation, they were able to win the majority of their games and to produce the upset of the year by beating previously unbeaten and powerful Nyack. They were also able to beat their 'greatest rival Ramsey by an overwhelm- ing margin. The team was led by their veteran' linesmen and co-captains, jim Byrne, great pass receiving end, and Andrew Codispoti, slashing All-County guard. Suf- ferns line, coached by Pete Kuracheck, was classed as one of the best, hardest fighting, charging, forward walls in Rockland County. Besides the co-captains the l.,.. A -, 'r SCORES 0 Spring Valley O 6 Highland Falls l -1 Haverstraw O O Pearl River 6 Spring Valley 9 27 Piermont O 56 Ramsey 6 Nyack 0 i , .Q ,. . ' os- an-vm, ,Mx fly. 'fi Y.-4 line consisted of such spirited players as Bill Morrow, center. Tony Cemeno, guard, All-County Don Stewart at tackle along with Alfy Barnett, and completing this line line. end, Ed VC'aligrowski. The backfield. under the leadership of coach joe St. Lawrence. was one of the nnest backtields Suflern has ever produced. Big john Hoffman started the season as quarterback until he was benched by a leg injury. john was replaced by that star from Ridgewood. Rich Heath who did such a splendid job the remainder of the season that he made All-County. Paul Villarosa did an excellent job at left half. Paul was a running. kick- ing. and passing sensation. At right half. Sutfern had another hard-running and good defensive man who starred for two years. Roger Bauman. The fullback position was held down by hard-plugging, fast-running Bruce W'illiams. A ' .1 gvfdx:v.r.q- wvy- H lb ,Yay if f. V IAN.. .5 '. r 1. .wwf . S YL ...Bmw

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L .3 ff!-AR rrep, I In 1946-47 the Suffern High School Varsity Basket- ball Team played its best season in the history of the school. The team went undefeated in its l2 county league games. easily winning the Rockland County P.S.A.L. Championship for the second consecutive year. In non-league games the Mounties won 4 and lost 2. the two defeats coming at the hands of Tuxedo 151-299 and Ramsey C56-351, who were beaten in return games. -16-50 and 47-2-1 respectively. Other non- league teams met and defeated were Sea Cliff, L.l. 4-i2-201 and Rye 1-il-55 l. ln Section 9 Tournament play Suffern overwhelmed Port Jervis 62--10 and New- burgh Free Academy -I5-52. but lost the final cham- pionship game of Class A to Kingston -i9--15. The game was played on the neutral court of Middletown High School. The struggle was bitterly fought from start to finish, and only the phenomenal shooting of Glaser, Kingston forward. carried the up-staters through to victory. A summary of the entire season, then, shows Suffern winning 18 and losing 5. The three defeats were lost by a total of 9 points. The team was heavily-laden with experienced players. Pour post-graduates-Captain ,lohn Hoffman. Alyn SOYLILI. Edward XY'aligroski, and Richard Heath- formed the nucleus of the six players who carried the burden of the play. The other two regulars were Louis Rittendale, a senior. and john Dembnicl-ti, a junior. SUFFERN HIGH BASKETB , ,-. , 1 - .. Zif-all ' 3 50' C' 4 4 Two other seniors-Leroy Conklin and Bruce Williaims -played the whole season, while seniors Francis Dun- nigan and james Byrne completed part of the season. Edward Be-craft, a junior, was promoted to the varsity early in the season and shows promise for next year. During the regular 18-game season Suffern averaged -41.5 points per game while holding its opponents to an average of 28.5 points per game. Captain Hoffman climaxed a brilliant athletic career by leading the county in scoring 80 field goals and 67 free throws for a total of 227 points and an average of l2.6 per game. ln the three sectional games he scored 66 points for an average of 22 points per sectional game. He was voted the outstanding player of Rockland County. Other members of the varsity who gained positions on the County All-Star Team were Louis Rittendale. who scored ll8 pointsg Alyn Sovak, who scored 95 points: Alohn Dembnicki, who scored 86 pointsg and Richard Heath, who scored 79 points. Mr. Lawrence H. Gallagher coached the varsity. while Donald Smith was the manager. john Dembnicki was elected to captain the l947--48 team. All previous attendance records were broken as Suffern went un- defeated on its home court. New bleachers were in- stalled in the gymnasium. but on four nights the doors were closed before the junior Varsity preliminary had been completed. SCHOOL VARSITY , I Suffern ........ Piermont ......... Suffern Suffern ........ Tuxedo ............ Suffern Suffern ........ Congers ..... .. Suffern Suffern .. Tuxedo .. Suffern Suffern ........ Sea Cliff .......... Suffern Suffern ........ Nyack ...........,.. SuHern Suffern ........ Haverstraw ...... Suffern .....,.. ALL- l 9-i6-47 Spring Valley .. 23 Suffern ........ 52 Spring Valley .. Ramsey ........... 56 Suffern. .... -H Haverstraw Pearl River ..... 34 Suffern ,....... -Z' Ramsey .......... . Piermont ........ 33 SuHern ........ -35 Pearl River ...... Congers .......... 15 Suffern ........ 62 Port Jervis ...... Rye ......... ..... 3 5 Suffern ........ 45 Newburgh ...... Nyack ..... ..... 2 2 Suffern ........ 45 Kingston .........