Clarence Central School - Saga Yearbook (Clarence, NY)

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The 1986 Varsity Football team fin- ished with a won 8, lost 1 record. They finished in second place in Di- vision II, losing only to Orchard Park by a 6 to 3 score. That loss came on a “monsoonish” Friday evening, where neither team was able to display its true talents because of the field and weather conditions. Due to the team’s outstanding playing ability during the season, they were select- ed by the WNY Football Federation as the “wildcard” entry in the Rich Stadium post-season playoffs. The team finished strong by defeating the powerful and perrenial Division V champions, the Springville Grif- fins, by a score of 21-12. Outstanding members of the team were: Dave Lally: best offennsive lineman, Ron Kiener, best offensive reciever set a Clarence record with 30 pass catches, and was chosen MVP, White Letter Winner and selected to the first team All WNY as a defensive back. Mark Dalfonso: best offensive back set a Clarence total yards pass- ing record and was awarded the Fred Barone trophy for best player in the Rich Stadium Playoff game. Jim Thorpe was best defensive line- man and was selected as Division II All-Star defensive lineman. Jeff Da- mico was our best defensive back and first team Division II All-Star defensive linebacker. Todd Burks recieved the coaches award and sec- ond team Division II all-star running back. Playing in Rich Stadium in 1986 was the biggest thrill of my sports career. Last year was great, but being a senior this year, and knowing that this was my last High School football game, meant much more. I knew we were ready when we pulled into the stadium and the bus was filled with the sound of a solitary scream “Are you ready?” and 39 others screaming back “READY!!!” This was a grueling game and Springville was just as ready as we were. They scored first, but we didn’t give up. Our offense came back and scored a TD. We were leading 7-6 and Springville scored again, but failed to convert the extra point for a 2nd time. Our defense held the opposing offense to a standstill for the rest of the way and the offense punched the ball in for 2 more TD’s. We won the game 21-12. The game’s MVP was Mark Dalfonso. Dalfonso, Ron Kiener, and Todd Burks had the TD’s for Clarence with Tom McLaughlin kicking 3 extra points. Credit the defense for holding the power- ful Springville offense to 12 points. Gee coach, what do I do know?