Bulkeley High School - Class Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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Q S, Q? qs. 69. . .U y1'.-.5,,,,f'-- ' , A A ,,., 'Ji ' C Q un ,ll- A st, 4'-PM Q, f,si' far lst row, l. to r.: H. McPhee, A. Puglisi, R. Mason, M. l. to r.: J. Hussey, J. Procyk, J. Sinicrope, J. Marelli, J. Boyle, J. Bracken, L. Camarca, P. McCollam. 2nd row, Puglisi, Coach Flash Atlin. CROSS COUNTRY This year's cross country team looked forward to the oncoming season with determination and confidence. With nearly all last year's team re- turning, Coach Flash Atlin shared their hopes for the future. The team, led by seniors, Captain Mike 'Boyle and Bob Mason, and junior Al Pug- lisi, proved to be a well-balanced team. ,lim Leading the field. 'X Bracken, the freshman surprise, was also in- strumental in many of the victories as were sophomores, Paul McCollam and Harvey Mc- Phee. John Puglisi and Joe Sinicrope rounded out the team. In the initial meet of the season, an all-too- powerful Manchester High team defeated the Bulkeley barriers by the score of 16-44 despite a fine effort by Bob Mason and ,lim Bracken. In the same meet Bulkeley swept the first five places from Maloney in a 15-50 win. The cross country team was never in danger in defeating Conard, 20-35. Bob Mason led the way in setting a record of 13:00 minutes at the West Hartford course. Mike Boyle, Al Puglisi, ,lim Bracken, and Paul McCo1lam captured sec- ond, third, fourth, and fifth respectively, while Harvey McPhee came in tenth. In their next encounter, the Bulkeley team nipped East Hartford by the score of 27-28, even though East Hartford took the first two places. Finishing third, fourth, fifth, and sixth were Mike Boyle, Al Puglisi, Jim Bracken, and Paul McCollam, in that order. The barriers broke even in a meet with Nor- wich and New London in losing to Norwich 24-32 and beating New London 25-30. Norwich swept the first two places with Mike Boyle, the

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Chop Chop defeated in conference play, with the champion- ship going to the winner of this clash. With only four days to ready themselves for this vital match, our boys were left lifeless and unpre- pared. Leaving their best game home, the hopes for a perfect season were drowned in a 26-0 rout. Capitalizing on fumbles and miscues, the Golden Hurricanes buried us under, using their fa- mous home run offense. Featuring Jackie Robinson, a truly fine back, New Britain was an inspired ball club, which refused to be denied. Two Bulkeley drives petered out inside the New Britain five-yard line. Richie Grieve, Pete Dengenis, Paul Uccello, Tommy Sonnone, Mark Buonome, Bob Raifalo, and Zig Pabich fought their hearts out to no avail. The coaches picked Zig Pabich as the recipient of the Babe Allen Trophy, which goes to the outstanding Bulkeley player in the game. Recapping the season, the second under the Double K regime, shows the tremendous ac- complishments achieved by our boys. Quick, tough ends Mark Buonome, Paul Uccello, Larry Mueller, and Dave Manning, giant tackles Art Audet and Rich Grieve, cat-like guards Pete Bi Ra storms over. S Y Terrible Tom blazes across. , i . ,grip H I The Board of Strategy. Dengenis and Zig Pabichg dependable center Ken Jacobs, and fast, powerful backs Tom Son- none, Bob Raifalo, Tom Nyez, Andy Sullivan, Pete Balesano and Frank Gancarz have played their last football for Bulkeley as they move on to bigger and better things. But their mark re- mains in the minds of their fans. Additional laurels were earned by Mark Buonome, Tom Sonnone, Ralph Worth, and Pete Dengenis, who were named to the All-Star C.D.C. Team. Pete Dengenis and Tom Sonnone were named respec- tively the best blocking lineman and backfield- man by the coaches. Pete Balesano was awarded the Scholastic Trophy for his classroom ac- complishments. The season thus had drawn to a close. It was a thrilling, highly successful one of which everyone can be justifiably proud. 99

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4 ,,--n x 'Md Start of the Hartford-Weaver meet. first to finish for Bulkeley, coming in third, fol- lowed by Bob Mason eighth andjim Bracken tenth. The Bulkeley team nailed Windham by the score of 17-41. Mike Boyle paced the team by finishing in first place with ,lim Bracken second, Al Puglisi third, Bob Mason fourth, Larry Ca- marca seventh, and Harvey McPhee eighth. The New Britain High cross country team handed Bulkeley a loss in a 22-35 score. New Britain, one of the perennial strong cross coun- try teams in the state, proved to be too much for the Bulkeley runners. Outstanding in defeat were Bob Mason second, Jim Bracken fifth, Mike Boyle seventh, and Al Puglisi tenth. With Bill Baron of East Hartford setting a new course record, our Bulkeley harriers placed fourth out of a field of seven schools in the an- nual Greater Hartford cross country meet at Keney Park. Leaders for Bulkeley were Bob Mason seventh, Jim Bracken tenth, and Mike Boyle twelfth. SCHEDULE Bulkeley 44 L Manchester ,. ,, Bulkeley 15 W Maloney .. Bulkeley 20 W Conard . .... .....,, , ,. Bulkeley 27 W East Hartford ,.,... Bulkeley 25 W New London .. Bulkeley 26 W Wethersfield .. . . Bulkeley 32 L Norwich .. Bulkeley 17 W Windham Bulkeley 35 L New Britain . .. Bulkeley 39 L Hartford Public . Bulkeley 28 L Weaver .. ., Fourth in Greater Hartford meet Eleventh in Sectional meet Seventeenth in State meet On a rainy and muddy aftemoon the cross country team suffered defeats at the hands of Hartford and Weaver. That meet saw the team fall victim to a strong Hartford High team 16-39 and nipped by Weaver 27-28. Leading the team were Mike Boyle, Paul McCollam, and Jim Bracken finishing sixth, eighth, and ninth re- spectively. The harriers ended their regular season by defeating Wethersfield 26-29. Placing second, third, and fourth were Bob Mason, Jim Bracken, and Mike Boyle, while Joe Sinicrope captured seventh and ,lim Moran eighth. After the regular season was over, the cross country team had accounted for a respectable 6 and 5 record. ln the University of Connecticut Invitational meet, the Bulkeley team placed eleventh out of sixteen teams. After this meet, the Bulkeley harriers captured seventeenth place with thirty-five teams entered in the an- nual C.l.A.C. cross country meet at Central Connecticut State College. Flash gets their times. 2