Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

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THE FOOTBALL TEAM—“FIRST STRING” Back Row: Peter Zeiher, Frank Pepe, Peter Haughey, John Econopouly. Front Row; William Zirk, Valentine Dexter, John Hennerty, John Hogan, Mike Pakaluk, Richard Lynch. THE FOOTBALL TEAM Back Row: Valentine Dexter, William Cannon, John Slofkin, John Wysolovski. George Cheslock, William Zirk.Elias Stetz, Mike Pakaluk, John Hogan, Walter Kurras, Robert Watson. Third Row: George Gurr, Carl Hille, Matthew Tringali, Ted Mauss, William Heltz, Murray Kellner, Louis Stepkowski, Norman Palmer, William Cheslock. Second Row: Allen Friedman, Richard Lynch, Robert Smith, Louis Zirk, Robert Bean, Richard Scott, Louis Caruso, Wilbert Jarret, Eugene Stepkowski. First Row: William Garbarino, Jack McCrosson, Peter Zeiher, Frank Pepe, John Hennerty, Herman Rigby, John Econopouly, Peter Haughey, Edwin Miller, Jack Tarantino, Coach Louis Millevolte.

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AUTOGRAPHS d FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1947 Hicksville High had an even season in 1947, winning three, losing three, and tying one. In the first game of the season, Hicksville beat Garden City 13-6 as Pete Haughey and John Econopouly scored for the Orange and Black. The COMETS in its second game upset heavily-favored Oceanside as Pete Haughey and Herman Rigby scored in a 14-0 victory. The COMETS then bowed to a big and rough Freeport by a score of 19-7 as Pete Zeiher scored Hicksville’s only touchdown. Rebounding from its first defeat, the Orange and Black COMETS beat its upstate rivals, Tarrytown, as All- Scholastic end Lou Koji grabbed a TD pass in a 6-0 victory. Hicksville, stunned in the very beginning against Mepham, took a 6-0 beating as Lou Koji and John Hennerty were lost to the Hicksville eleven. Starting off slow, Hicksville spotted its arch rivals, Westbury, 13 points in the first half and had to fight back hard to gain a 13-13 tie. Pete Zeiher and John Econopouly scored, with the former tying the game on the extra point. In a torrid battle against Farmingdale the COMETS fought valiantly and had the score tied 7-7 against the once-beaten Dalers with 5 minutes to go. Then the roof seemed to fall in, as the Dalers broke Hicksville’s heart and scored twice to make it 20-7 at the final. Without a couple of injuries, the COMETS might have finished with a 6 and 1 record. But wait till next year!

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BASKETBALL TEAM Back: J. Knipftng, R. Lynch, R Bean, M. Levitt, W. Moieman, P. Zeiher, C. Martin, Coach J. M ina. Front: R. Kerbs, W. Cannon, R. Thomas, J. Econopouly, W. Cheslock, W. Wesnofske. Front: B. Garbarino, J. Econopouly, W. Moieman, J. Tarantino, P. Zeiher. Second: Coach Millevolte, R. Bean, J. Knipfing, P. Haughey, R. Thomas, E. Miller. Back: R. Lynch, J. Slofkin, W. Cheslock. W. Cannon, M. Levitt.