Corcoran High School - Glen Echo Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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. . . But They Got Buried Anywa Corcoranls ,77 edition football team didnit quite live up to their early season expectations. The C.N.Y.C. football writ- ers gave the young Cougars good odds to put in a strong run for the title contention after a fluke loss to highly regarded Rome Free Academy. The Rome Free Academy loss seemed to set the stage for the entire season. After being down by two touchdowns at halftime, Corcoran rallied back to tie the game at 14-14 with three minutes left in the contest, But a lucky interception had R.F.A. winning the game with no time remaining on the clock. After hard fought losses to Auburn and Henninger, the Cou- gars came up with a well earned 14-O victory over Watertown. Pete Jenkins led a defense which intercepted four passes. Ed Dunn and Darius Davis had the others. While on the offense, Cougar backs Ron Ross and Greg Bouldin ran well behind the blocking of Mike Burger, Ed Dunn, Jim Brien and Joe Beam- ish. After the Watertown win, Corcoran lost a hard fought game with unbeaten, ninth ranked in the state, Nottingham. The Cougars out played their counterparts in every aspect of the game except the score. Most city league coaches agreed that Corcoran was the team with a lot of talent but couldn't put it together. The Cougars placed four men on the C.N.Y.C.L. all star team. Among them were Charles Jackson fdefensive tacklej, Anthony Tra- vis Cdefensive backj, Ed Dunn COffensive tackle and line back- erj, and Pete Jenkins fdefensive backj. Cougar mentor Tony DiBello looks to a bright future as he returns 18 out of 30 players on this year's squad. Key return- ees include Ron Ross, Darell Payne, Charles Jackson, Mike Burger, and Jim Brien. Showing the opponents that he really knows the game, Quarterback, Mark Bono carries the ball to the end zone. QD 4 'Corcoran Rome 20 Corcoran 14 L Ludden 20 Corcoran 6 L lfowler 12 Corcoran O L Auburn 15 Corcoran 12 L Watertown 0 Corcoran 14 W Henninger 18 Corcoran 12 L Nottingham 12 Corcoran 6 L CBA 14 Corcoran 6 L 1 gg,.M---eer'r'c ..... .... outer circle 1 to r: Ken Parton, Anthony Espree, David Brown, Dar- ius Davis, Peter Jenkins, Bill Bartle, Joe Beamish, Carl Bouldwin, Mike Berger, Tim Aiken, Jim Brien, Ed Dunn, Larry Hayes, Steve Davis, Rick VanMarter, Tom Thompson, Don Cook, Darryl Patterson. cen- ter f to b: Darrell Payne, Anthony Travis, James McGriff, Don Kil- lines, Kevin Hafter, Dan Atkins, Mark Bono, Greg Bouldin, Lamar Lee.

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Never Sa Enthusiastic fans make the big difference according to the team players. ie I O O R 2 A An unfortunate fumble is quickly recovered by an agile member ofthe Corcoran gridiron Football Coach Anthony DiBe1lo takes a moment out of practice to ready himself for a game.

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With Nottingham opponents being cut off temporarily, Ron Ross tries his hand at scoring. X 1 5 ff X1 g 'wif Y i . fi V were at --ww. if 93 S wikifxzfk .. 6 Sf .. 5 Y , W - 2 1 zo x A Q, Q J A to 3' Q X3 ff i is lr 2 ,kin A i as t Wye Y i . 9 Q as . . x 1 tr .Avg Q V 4 X , .s 8, r ' Q X Trying to figure out Coach DiBello's strategy are Kevin Hafter and While involved in a game against Nottingham, Ron Ross shows us all Don Killings, what competitive spirit is all about. 1