Bishop Feehan High School - Flashback Yearbook (Attleboro, MA)

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Strength in numbers—the varsity pauses to acknowledge that How many balls can you carry? Managers, Ed Shockro and Joe winning a game involves more than luck or even more than skill Caponigro seem to have reached their capacity. alone. With high hopes and high shooting, we aimed At the New Bedford Voke game, Ty Jump ball! Danny Lyons reaches high while Tony Gazzola and John Shea Brennan gets in another one for Feehan. wait to make it Feehan’s ball. 28

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After-school practice begins as players do push- Mr. Maccarone bundles up Mr. Perkoski Frosty the snowman, better known as ups with Mr. O’Boy’s help against the cold, as the Shamrocks prac- Mr. Loew, comes from the snow-cov- tice in the snow. ered field after a strenuous day’s coaching. four wins, four losses and one tie with Stang. August twenty-eighth was not too soon for the Shamrock football squad to practice for its defense of the 1966 Bristol County League Crown. After two heart breaking losses to Taunton and Coyle, 18-14 and 16-12, the (earn bounced back to beat North Attleboro 22-14 and Ringe Tech 14-0. In our next game, Durfee High slipped past us with a 12-8 loss. Another Shamrock winning streak started when they beat Mansfield 18-14 and New Bede Vocational 32-8. Feehan’s dreams were halted when Attleboro scored two quick touch- downs to win 15-14. Thanksgiving Day’s battle with Stang was climaxed with many tremendous goal line stands by the Shamrocks as they battled a 0-0 tie. Only thirteen more points and we would have been B.C.L. Champs again. Presenting Feehan’s former football coach, Mr. Harold Hanewich, with a cake is Kathryn Falzone. Tim Doran slants off tackle against Covle as Phil Driscoll. Dave Pelletier, and Mark Galvin come into the block.

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D cosmranenviienmoniate Remember our glorious Freshmen days and our undefeated team? Thomas Brennan, Timothy Nolan, Paul Sullivan, Robert Goulet, Alfred Reilly, Tonny Gazzola, Shawn Martin, Paul Proulx, Michael at a successful season. Basketball practice started when football uniforms had not even been turned in. For Coach Frederick Bartek and some of the players, there was no rest. Ev- eryday from 3:15 until 6:00 p.m., the gym resounded with the bouncing of balls and the racing of sneakers. Pre-season forecasts said that they were doubtful about the success of the 1968 season because Feehan Old timer, Tom Gay, was outclassed by var- sity stars, Tony Gazzola and Ty Brennan at the Alumni game. another point. Sink it, Tony! and Feehan’s score goes up Shea and Mark Galvin, coached by Mr. Bartek, stormed Feehan’s courts. was beginning with no varsity lettermen. Letters do not make a team, but people do. With the best of coaches, Mr. Bartek and Mr. Andy Whelahan, with Tony Gazzola as captain, and a hard-working varsity and J.V. team, Feehan held high hopes throughout the 1968 season. Freshman players prepared for the future under the direction of Mr. Neil Loew. Tight squeeze for the Alumni when senior, Mark Galvin, interferes with Karl Van den Berghe’s long reach.