Boonton High School - Echoes Yearbook (Boonton, NJ)

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Damp • Defense • Destroy The 50th year of football promised to be successful after a 21-8 triumph over our perennial rivals Morris Catholic. The next four games saw spirits and conditions dampened by a succession of rain postponements and one sided losses to Livingston, Randolph, Morristown, and West Essex. The final four games showed tremendous improvement in the squad. The defense allowed only 31 points to be scored against it. The offense mounted enough of an attack to post three wins. On the wettest Saturday of the year. Bomber fans were thrilled by a 6-0 victory over Mountain. Following a loss to Morris Hills, an upset victory over Hanover Park in the last three minutes inspired the entire team for their remaining contest. The traditional Thanksgiving Old Shoe Game saw our boys, again underdogs, at their peak. In the opening minutes, after a Bomber kickoff, Parsip-pany was forced to kick deep in their own territory. A faulty snap from center resulted in a Dennis Goldenberg recovery on the Parsippany nine yard line. On the second play from scrimmage Boonton was on the score board. A pair of timely interceptions by (continued on page 136) Row I Captains B. Davis, M. Mattiace, and M. Nardone. Row 2: S. Murray, I Spinozzi, R. AmcxJei, M. McCormick, I). Vaillancourt, I). Barclay, R. Merc hak, M. Smith, T. Grady, E. Mutter, |. Curatolo. Row 3: D. O'Neill, B. Franke, j. Mattiace, T. McCormick, J. Vanlangen, M Ross. J. Sikora, M. Silbernagel, C. Marshall, D. Reeves, W Whitehead Row 4: K. Runquist, K. Krum, J. Lonergan, E. Andersen, K Kominiack, S. Korevo, I). Heyrich, K. Eckhart, R. Yanni. Row 5; ID. Cunningham, I DiVite, T. Janouski, R. Yasson, B. Crocetti, A. Ludwig, H. Drugac, D. Pierceson, A. Onorati. |. Herlx?rt

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Continued from page 134 junior John Curatolo thwarted long Redskin drives. The win marked the sixth consecutive Turkey Day victory for Coach joe Molitoris' teams. Mike Ross' eighteen points topped the ten players who contributed with scoring efforts. Ground gaining honors went to Mike Mattiace with a respectable 4Vi yards per carry for a total 419 yards. Individual praise was also extended to other point producers: joe Mattiace, brothers Tim and Mike McCormick, Dave Vaillancourt, Mark Nar-done, Hal Drugac, Ed Mutter and Wayne Whitehead. Two Bomber seniors: Defensive line backer, Bruce Davis and offensive center Al Bellini, received special recognition by being named to THE RECORD 1972 All Area and CITI-ZENLAND Dream Teams. 1972 Results BHS Opponents 21 Morris Catholic 8 8 Livingston 26 ■ Sfe - jMT ..... ' 0 Randolph 16 6 Morristown 28 6 West Essex 28 6 Mountain 0 0 Morris Hills 12 19 Hanover Park 13 14 Parsippany 6 136