Linton High School - Lintonaire Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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my ,. 3 X Qmocxx Track Team-FronT Row, lefT To righT: Coach Leonard, Male, De- Trzeca ec a o mn S PM OTH PCCGFC3 CON Grd Flippo, Sfipano, RaeThka, T'lackeTT, Baron Bailey, Za'ondeck Lelzlore FourTh R rame u a eo R cc Te o Lohes LockhersT ox Volpe, Negro. Second Row: Doc ClemenTe, Ivlangino, Berger Trues- M59 Gram MQTT dale, Killian, 5TcwarT, Zalondeck, Bianchi, EaTon. Third Row: Torre TRACK-T959 Leonard's Trackmen sTarTed The season againsT Hudson Falls wiTh a 75 To 20 win. LinTon Then losT To Tv1onT PleasanT 86 To l8. LinTon came back sTrong in a 65 To 30 win againsT Glens Falls. LinTon Took eighT TirsT places and made a clean sweep in The 440 yard run and The discus Throw. AT The New PalTz relays, LinTon enTered seven evenTs and placed in six of Them: Two TirsTs, Two second places, and Two TourTh places. The 2200 yard medley Team, comprised of Jim DePasquale-440, Dan O'Rourke-220. Dan I-lackeTT-660, and Joe Male--880, Took TirsT place. Barry Kramer Took TirsT-The high jump. The Two mile relay Team wiTh Dick ClemenTe. Garry Bailey, Tom Finnegan, and FausTin Baron copped a second place. ln The shoT puT Dick Brainard Took anoTher second. LinTon scored TourTh place Tinishes in The 880 yard relay and in The pole vaulT. On our own Track, LinTon beaT Albany 53-42 in a hard foughT meeT. LinTon scored seven TirsTs againsT Albany's Tour. wiTh LinTon Taking TirsTs in all evenTs excepT The sprinTs, sprinT relays, and low hurdles. AlThough LinTon losr in The secTionals. FausTin Baron wiTh his 4:37 mile. Tom Finnegan wiTh his 2:02.I half mile and Dan l'lackeTT wiTh a 52.9 quarTer mile earned Themselves represenTaTion Tor This secTion in The inTersecTionals aT Cornell UniversiTy. 86

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l,wI2ocwgluxpeA ITTTHNQTTQTMT LINTON'S RECORD-7 WINS, 4 LOSSES LinTon 3 MonT PleasanT 4 LinTon 7 Troy O l.inTon 5 Albany 2 LinTon O Albany Academy 7 LinTon 6 MonT PleasanT I LinTon 7 Troy O LinTon 2 OneonTa 5 LinTon 7 Albany I LinTon 2 Albany Academy 5 LinTon 6 HeaTly I LinTon 5 Hudson ISecTionalsl O I959 TENNIS LinTon High Schoolls Tennis Team improved on lasT year's record by posTing' under Alex La- Rocco's second year oT coaching, a 7 win 4 loss record. The pealcs oT The season were The meeTings wiTh TradiTional rival MonT PleasanT. ATTer losing The TirsT maTch To MonT PleasanT in a close 4-3 duel, LaRocco's boys came back sTrongly To posT an impressive 5-I vicTory. Also highlighTing This year was The copping oT The SecTional Championships. This came via a 7-O win over Hudson. The only blemishes on This year's record, be- sides The loss To MonT PleasanT, Tell aT The hands oT a powerful Albany Academy squad and peren- nial SouThern-Tier powerhouse, OneonTa. This year's young squad gave each of These Teams a real baTTIe scoring 7-O, 5-2, and 5-2. Seniors Barry MaleTzlcy and John BarTleTT were senT To The InTersecTionals aT Garden CiTy, Long Island. WiTh The loss of only These Two boys Through graduaTion, LinTon's '60 Team, wiTh Tive ouT of seven refurning, can look Torward To im- proving This year's record. Besides The Tive varsiTy reTurnees-Jim Cirincione, Ron Backer, Richard Sahr, WalT Harp, Doug Ille-up Trom The junior varsiTy are Bob Bowers and Jerry Connors. ' . Varsify Tennis-FronT Row, leTT To rigI'1T: Barry MaleTzky, Richard Sahr, Zachary Hannan, Ronald Backer. Second Row: Coach LaRocco, Douglas llle, James Cirincione, WaI+er Harp, George Miller, John BarTIeTT. Junior VarsiTy Tennis-Fronf Row, leff To righT: Richard Sahr, RoberT WhiTaker. John Rylrowslci, Gerald Connors. Second Row: Coach LaRocco, Douglas llle, RoberT Bowers, James Callahan, Charles Hanrilen, Philip CogneTTa. 'Fri I 1.

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QQ :-.1 '15 ' .Q G Spiked Shoe Club-Fron'r Row, lefT To righT: Mr. Leonard lCoachl, Dick STipano. Joe Male, Dan l-lackeTT, Gary Bailey. Second Row: Mike Volpe, Al Raefhka, Fausfin Baron, Ted Zalondek. Lou Negro gin Qui? ofTem W X1 SPIKED SHOE SOCIETY Spiked Shoe SocieTy is composed of boys whose main a+hIe+ic inTeresTs lie in The fields of Track and cross counTry. They keep meeTs running smooThly by having equipmenT in The righT place aT The riqhf Time. GOLF LinTon's golf Team has done very well during The pasf Two seasons. Since Mr. Boehm has been coaching golf, boTh aT Terrace and LinTon, his Teams have won The Sec- Tionals six ouT of Ten years. LinTon's firsT golf Team had Ten wins. one Tie, won The Secfionals, and finished second aT The lnfersecfionals. LasT spring's Team had anofher good season wiTh Twelve wins. and one Tie. They meT wiTh dis- appoinTmenT aT The Secfionals, however, losing iT by one sfroke. The highlighT of The season was The preseason inviTaTion To Long Island where LinTon played a pracTice maTch wiTh Three Long lsland schools. Mr. Przybylo, who will coach golf from now on, looks forward To a good Twelve-maTch season wiTh a probable Team of Mike Sahr, Jack Gold, Tom SchmidT, Jim Reid. Don Dwore. PeTe Famiano, and Al Bilgore. Golf Team-LefT To righT: John Gold lvlke Salnr Don Dwore Tom Schmidt Jim Reid, Coach Boehm. GOLF I959 I2 wins f, no losses l Tie wk -- --l