Fordson High School - Fleur de Lis Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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 VARSITY FOOTBALL Fordson Opponent 35 Del. Southwestern 13 21 Garden City 0 27 Wayne 0 12 Trenton 6 40 Lincoln Park 6 33 Monroe 8 27 Belleville 0 31 Wyandotte 0 24 Edsel Ford 3 21 Henry Ford 12 9 Farmington Harrison 7 12 Ann Arbor Pioneer 38 W - 11 L - 1 1984 was another spec- tacular season for Fordson football, with this year's squad going to the state finals before bowing to Ann Arbor Pioneer 38-12. The trademark of this sea- son was the hard-hitting defense which had 4 shu- touts. Standouts included Seniors Domenic Tassielli, David Caiss, Eric Bartlett, Jeff Schertzer, and Chris Estrada. The offense was trans- formed from a ball-control style to a high-powered pass- ing attack, with junior Mike laquaniello throwing T.D. passes to many receivers, including Dan McDougall, co-captain Caiss, and Estrada. The running game was also strong with John Janowicz, co-captain Tassielli, Jim Fer- ris, and Dan Herman carrying much of the load. The offensive line that provided superb blocking throughout the year was led by Schertzer, Mark Pultorak, Pat Bruno, and Keith Moore. This year marked the 5th time in 6 years that Fordson has qualified for the State Playoffs. The Tractors beat two of the state's three best teams in the playoffs, Henry Ford, 21-12, in the Quar- terfinals, and Farmington Harrison, 9-7, in the Semi- finals. Once again the Trac- tors could not come with the coveted Class A champion- ships as they were over- powered by a tough Ann Arbor squad in the Dome.

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1984 Varsity Football 1984 VARSITY FOOTBALL. Front Row: Mark Pultorak, Jim Ferris, Keith Moore, Jeff Schertzer, John Janowicz, David Gaiss, Domenic Tassielli, Russell Donelson, Dan McDougall, Chris Estrada, Dave Marcon, Mark Blust. Second Row: Dan Herman, Tony Militello, Tony Zahler, Ali Dag her, Bob Mercer, Dan Drummond, Fat Bruno, Mario Badia, Tom Kostovski, Eric Bartlett, Joey Kopchia, Mohammed Beydoun, Mohammed Sareini. Third Row: Coach Stergalas, Khalil Salame, Jeff Mallad, Frank Talerico, Joe Williams, Matt Bis, Bob Bucciarelli, Kama Salame, Eric Johnson, Andy Salagan, Mike Papoulias, Joe Beydoun, Manager Joel Hurley. Back Row: Bob Cole, Alex Homayed, Noah Ayoub, Mike laquaniello, Scott Lewis, Cino Sessa, Michael Orr, Coach Bone, Coach Jestice. LEFT: John Janowicz tries to find a hole to run through. RIGHT: Domenic Tassielli dives for some more yardage. 12 Varsity Football OPPOSITE PACE. TOP RIGHT: David Gaiss rambles around right end for the Tractors. TOP LEFT: Andy Salagan looks the ball into his hands before heading up field. LOWER LEFT: David Gaiss smells the endzone and tries to avoid an opposing tackier. LOWER MIDDLE: John Janowicz picks up a crucial first down against Belleville. LOWER RIGHT: Mike laquaniello sheds off a tackier on his way to the endzone.

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LEFT: The J.V. Tractors hustle down the field on special team's coverage. RIGHT: A host of Fordson tacklers stop an opposing runner. OPPOSITE PAGE. TOP LEFT: Mario Badia brings in the next play for the varsity squad. MIDDLE LEFT: Coach Lewis and Coach Bukowski congratulate the J.V. gridders. BOTTOM: A huge crowd gathers to watch the J.V. defense in action. MIDDLE RIGHT: John Janowicz runs through a huge hole opened by the offensive line. TOP RIGHT: Gino Sessa and Dan Herman come in to help with a tackle. 14 Football Football