Linton High School - Lintonaire Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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' N Unbeamw JUNIOR VARSITY TENNIS TEAM FRONT ROW, left to right: P. Chestnut, G. DeOrio, J. Duguid, T. Balcomb. SECOND ROW: Coach LaRocco, R. Gabriel, M. Allway, R. Resnick, T. Crowe, T. Waterhouse. Last spring, our tennis team, coached by Alex LaRocco, finished undefeated in nineteen matches and then easily cap- tured the sectional championship. Led by seniors Jim Cirincione and Doug Ille, who both went undefeated, and Bob Bowers, Bob Whitaker, and Rich- ard Sahr, who each lost one match, the team met serious opposition in only two contests and made a clean sweep of every singles match in fourteen of nineteen outings. Although many boys alternated in the doubles competition, the two most consistent tandems were Dick F etter-Jerry Conners and Jim Callahan-Phil Cognetta. The 1961 season included such outstanding feats as vic- tories over Mont Pleasant and perennial power-houses, Albany Academy and Oneonta. The high point, however, came in the finals of the Section II Championship when our opponent was Niskayuna with twenty-two straight wins and two unbeaten netters. All three streaks bit the dust as We easily won our fourth straight Section II Championship, 5-2. In the Singles Championship, defending champ Cirincione was upset in the finals but Callahan and Whitaker combined to give us the doubles title. ' LINTON 7 7 6 9 4 5 4 6 6 8 5 , 7 6 7 5 6 7 5 5 TENNIS Scotia Mont Pleasant Bishop Gibbons Troy Albany Academy Burnt Hills' LaSalle Oneonta Albany St. Mary's of Hudson Scotia Mont Pleasant Troy Burnt Hills LaSalle Albany Mohonasen Sectionals Hudson Falls Niskayuna VARSITY TENNIS TEAM FRONT ROW, left to right: P. Cognetta, G. Connors, B. Bowers, R. Sahr, A. Dumas. SECOND ROW: Coach LaRocco, J. Cirincione, J. Callahan, D. Ille, R. Whitaker. OPPONENT O O 1 O 3 2 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 2

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Clearing the hurdles is no problem for Bill Makofski. Norman Ehrentraut shakes hands with Phil Palmatier. Fred Mett, foe Korkisz, and Ernie Marotta in the mile re- lay, and Norm Ehrentraut in the pole vault. We then dropped to an eighth place, under heavy com- petition, in the rain-soaked 21st Annual Sports Carnival at Union's Alexander Field. Points were scored by Baron in the mile, Ehrentraut in the pole vault, and in the nalf- and one-mile relays. Qur squad then ran to a second place in the sectional championship with victories in the 100- yard dash, the mile run, and the medley relay. In the intersectional qualifier, our boys earned 7 spots. They were Ernie Marotta, Dick McNeal, Fred Mett, and George Luckhurst of the relay team, F austin Baron, the mile, Roger Truesdalc, the half mile, and Larry Killeen, the hundred-yard dash. Our section, section two, placed last at the intersectional meet. 87

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' IsOllassA The Linton nine finished respectably by ending as runner- up for the 1961 Class A championship. Under Coach Denio's excellent teaching, we posted a 12-5-1 overall mark and a 7-2-1 Class A performance. Seniors Ben Winslow and Norm Timmins swung their bats to the top averages totaling .446 and .304 respectively. Freshman Mike Meola was a close third with .300. At the mound Jim Crosley, Paul Bricoc- coli, Dick F arone and Joe Lesky provided the steam. Behind the plate Mike Caschera, Dan DeMeo and Ted Trapini sup- plemented the pitchers' line work. Perhaps the outstanding game of the year was the 10-1 rout of Mont Pleasant. Behind Bricoccoli's 2 hit pitching, Al Rath smacked two homers. Timmins lofted a 3 bagger and a' single and Pat F ennicks hit a double to aid the cause. Earlier in the season Winslow hit two homers against Coble- skill to lead a 15-1 slaughter. Our final game was a 2-1 heartbreaker against Mont Pleasant. Bricoccoli lined a homer but we didn't quite make it. VARSITY BASEBALL LINTON OPPONENT 3 Shalmont 4 2 Albany 3 4 Amsterdam 1 3 Mont Pleasant 3 7 Bishop Gibbons 6 4 Shalmont 5 15 Cobleskill 1 1 1 Albany 5 1 1 Amsterdam 4 3 Bishop Gibbons 2 10 Mont Pleasant 1 14 Cobleskill 4 4 Troy 3 3 Mont Pleasant 7 6 Troy 2 4 LaSalle 1 2 LaSalle 5 1 Mont Pleasant 2 VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM FRONT ROW, left to right: M. Dorr, M. Cashera, A. Rath, D. DeMeo, R. Perotti, M. Meola. SECOND ROW: Grecco CManagerIb, P. Fennicks, B. Winslow, P. Bricoccoli, N. Tim- mins, D. Epstein CManagerj, D. Denio QCoachJ. JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM FRONT ROW, left to right: B. Schatz, T. Pugh, T. Trapini, J. Foti, S. Stewart. SECOND ROW: R. Juwa, J. Pednotti, B. Ferry, M. Farrone, D. Re jack, Coach Ludwig.