Flushing High School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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Closes Out At 500 The 1977-78 Basketball season was closely contested, right down to the last game, as the Red Devils finished the year in third place with a 5-5 record. We proved we were as good as any team in the league, praised Coach William Jensen as to his squad's performance. Flushing dis- played spurts of excellent team ball and ag- gressiveness and hustle on defense, but a lack of consistency hurt their playoff chances. Four losses by a margin of only five points or less, three of them in overtime, revealed just how tight the division race was. The Red Devils were in contention from the outset. They battled first place Forest Hills before succumbing in overtime. A highlight of the season occured when Flushing tallied 101 points for a new school record against Queens Vocational, The starting team was well balanced with all players equally contributing. At points, guard Guy McBride paced the club with 15 points per outing while Gary Williamson was a great asset with his tenacious defense. The tower- ing combination of center Ricky Hoch l6'5 J and forward Adriano Bortolin l6'4 J proved to be impenetrable as Hoch blocked shots and Bortolin grabbed rebounds. Neal Heller was accurate from the outside with his jumper and Cal Green repeatedly sparked the team with his inside moves.

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Tracksters Improve Our record was only 2-3 in dual meet competition, but tlvye still had a very rewarding season, said Track Coach erry McLaughlin. Many team members broke their in- dividual records every succeeding meet - that's pro- gressl Standouts were field events captain Adriano Bortolin in the shotput, Randy Scott in the 100 and 220 yard dashes, lohn Bradbury in the long and triple jumps, Reggie King in the high and triple jumps, and Andrew Smith in the hurdles and the mile run. Coach McLaughlin expects at least four of these tracksters to go on to college track eams. All are seniors whose graduation will leave a gap in he team's ranks next year. Many team members took advantage of a weight train- ing program designed to improve their strength and en- urance. In addition, long Slow Distance runs were em- loyed to build stamina, sprints were run to increase peed, and a flexibility program was used to encourage Iimberness. Team photo: Back row lL-RJ: Coach Terry McLaughlin, Maurice Lemus, Carlton jones, Anthony Cooke, Darrell Isley, Ken Gordon, Wayne Malloy, Andrew Smith, Sam White. Front row: Jeff Glicksman, Bill Green, Maury Isley, Lorenzo Gonzalez, Kenny Butler.