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

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sa SS 0 SS 6 SE 6 EE 0 SE 6 0 EE 0 0 a 69g eS 0 SO SO EE 9 = 0 = “Not again!’’ muses Mr. O'Boy as the referees make another controversial call. Setting a record pace in the 80 yard hurdles, John Wis- niewski strains every muscle to achieve perfect form and speed. ‘‘Hey! Where’s my spear catcher?’’ asks Feehan’s own bionic woman, Carol Cronin. 27

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Bang! The gun has sounded. Balloons bursting. . . Energy thrusts forth. Every ounce of energy bursts from within. Blisters, before-the-game- butterflies, sliding into home. We have begun. Striving. Super marathons, sore muscles, football films, batting practice, jumping for the rebound. “Six miles? You're crazy!” ‘And no shortcuts!”’ ‘‘Hey! Remember that time we filled his sneakers with water?”’ Catching the long bomb and pushing your way through to the endzone. The pressure. Game tied 75-75. Winning shot made with perfect aim and agility. Striving. Last lap, thinking, ‘‘My legs feel like spaghetti. | hope | don’t collapse.”’ But, something inside pushes, surge of new energy blasts, now faster towards the finish line. Each muscle strained to the utmost. Striving. Every ounce of energy, effort, determination is set free. Everyone learns to win, lose, compete and mostly to strive in Feehan’s festival, seventy-seven. Smashing a forehand, Vincent Germani strives to hit the ball on-the baseline, past his opponent. 26

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28 VV On cmoch cs Feehan Style Besides eating hot dogs and driving Chevies, baseball ranks as America’s favorite pastime. The reason is obvious to anyone who has attended Hayward Field in the spring and seen the game as it should be played, the Feehan way. Feehan’s 1976 season was a long his- tory of too-close defeats and come-from- behind triumphs that culminated in a more- than-respectable (8-13) win-loss record. But more often than not, the actual score took back seat to the excitement generated by the Shamrock team as they battled opponents with world series feroc- ity. Fairhaven Seekonk 3 7 5 3 3 2 4 0 0 2 5 £2) 1 , 2 0 6 3 Front row: David Benoit, Terrence Smulligan, Robert Lee, Thomas Manning; second row: Thomas Grimes, Shawn O'Brien, David Lucia, Timothy Scullin, Frank DiRenzo; top row: Coach Peter Galligan, Anthony Ciarocco, Christopher O'Neil, Daniel Kirby, Gregory Borden. “Did he get him out or not?”’ queries Thomas Manning as his team scores yet another run. Focusing in on home plate, Thomas Grimes concen- trates on striking out the opponents’ player.