Drury High School - Class Book Yearbook (North Adams, MA)

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U-, ,r 4.3, ,-, ,,.v f- , M. , 2- , . . .,,,g5 M -v-Q. as 1' 1 .g 'J- Tf' J' if 0 . A. ug' 1.. 'I Vx vig.: A x J., YM, 4. ' ' g ,.s QL .J 'fifgzff fs ' ' Wx QV., , -. fu- f , ,c..',, W, NN WL s fiff.-W vu. S ' Ai., '- nv I it In the opening game of the season Drury bombed Mt. Anthony 38-O, behind a four touchdown attack by Dave Libardi. Drury scored five touchdowns, with the other one being scored by Mike Falcon on a 3 yd. plunge from scrimage. The Drury rushing attacks were well balanced as Libardi picked up 98 yds. on l l car- ries, while Mike Falcon and George Galli went 8 for 47 and 2 for 34 respectively. Defensively, Jammallo, Falcon and Crawford led the tenuous Drury defense, which allowed Mt. Anthony only 173 yards in total offense. Drury picked up their second win of the season by trouncing St. Joe of Pittsfield 34-O. Joe JammalIo's passing arm was in fine form as he completed 2 touchdown passes to Libardi in the first half, one for 33 and another for 42 yards. Jammallo scored a TD himself in the second half, and George Galli also crossed the goal line twice in the fourth quarter, once on a I9 yard pass from Bruce Johnson and once on a 3 yard plunge over the goal line. The Drury defense was fantastic, allowing St. Joe only 34 yds. rushing and 22 in the air. Coach Cirone said it was impossible to single-out any defensive standouts, and the entire defensive line did an excel- lent iob. Northampton's highly-touted wishbone offense stunned Drury 31-16 in the third game of the season. Drury misuses probably caused the loss as two fumbles and a blocked punt set up three Northampton TD's. Mike Falcon and Dave Libardi scored the two Devil TD's, and also led the Devil ground game with I28 and 42 yards respectively, while Jammallo completed 4 of 6 passes for 34 yards. The Devil defense was led by Co-Captains Crawford and Ghidotti, and Mike Falcon, Jim Simon, Bruce Johnson, and Joe Jammallo. Running back George Galli sustained a knee iniury in the game, which was to start a series of complications and put three sport athletes out of action for both football and basketball. Drury suffered it's second loss at the hands of Pittsfield, as the Generals beat Drury 20-6 in a night game at Wahconah Park. Drury was down I4-6 at the half, with what was to be their only TD, scored by Bruce Johnson on a 4 yd. run. Although the Devil offense was stymied, Coach Cirone had particular praise for the defense which he said was outstanding. Bruce Johnson, Dave Puppolo, Ron Chenail and Matt Crawford all excelled on defense. 1 ' i Co-Captains Matt Crawford and Gary Ghidotti 1 1