Livingston High School - Crossroads Yearbook (Livingston, NJ)

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Sophomore Tracey Vaillancourt should prove to be a valuable asset to next year's team. Goalie ludy Kall is ready and waiting to put her talents to work in the '77- '78 season. A I-lard Fought Season The Lancer GirI's Field Hockey Team completed their 1976-77 season, with a disappointing record of 1-13-1. Despite a losing season, the team, under the direction of Coach Eleanor lennings, put forth a great deal of time and effort. The year's team was lead by Senior Co-Captains, Pam Smith and Tove Kristofferson. Outstanding players were goalie ludy Kall, Tracey Vaillancourt, Sherry Stein, Fran Weiss, Donna Placko, Pam Smith and Grace Chang. Other Field Hockey players include sophomores Iris Fitzroy, Patty Breitkopf, Michele Garrigan, Donna Stefa-N nelli, and Aruna Vekaria. This year's juniors included Kiml Kowalchuk and Cathy Ench. Livingston placed seventh in the jersey Hills Conference while West Essex, Powerhouse of All North jersey - placed first. Livingston faced formidable competition this year when playing Hanover Park, Morristown, Parsippany and Mountain. The 1977-78 squad is looking forward to having an improved season next year with the returning sophomores and juniors. 1976 Girls Field Hockey Team First Row -Fran Weiss, Michelle Garrigan, Co-Captains Pam Smith and Tove Kristofferson, Grace Chang, Sherry Stein, Cathy Ench. Second Row --Coach Jennings, Aruna Vekaria, Iris Fitzroy, Donna Stefanelli, ludy Kall, Donna Placko, Kim Kowalchuk, Patti Breitkopf, Tracey Vaillancourt. I l l Co-Captain Tove Kristofferson led a strong offense despite a disappointing season record.

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Dan Harry Brian O Grady Ron Blake Back Burke Coach john Lyons H V,,. V . , E ,L , , Win, place, or show, junior Nitin Vekaria consistently led the Lancers. 4 'Wm Pkg Ito r jeff Belsik Tom Vaillancourt Liz McNally Kathy McNally Scott Trien Peter O Grady Middle Nitin Vekaria Ed Dyer, Bob Levy, Casey Ken Marantz Alan Kruger Carl DiFrancesco john Hoffman Darren Olsen Bonnie Vanderhoof, Mal- lr- f I ggi , 'f Bob Levy ran well in his only year of Cross Ron Blake's startling performances, midway through the season, made him one of the strongest Lancer runners, country.

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Best Season Ever The Lancer boys' basketball team completed the best season in the his- tory of L.H.S. The boys totally over- powered the l.H.C. and took the championship with a perfect 14-O record. The Lancers also won the Essex County Coaches' Tournament after beating a tough West Orange team. Although the team beat many other opponents with ease, the games were always exciting. The smooth ball handling of co-captain leff Campisi always kept quarters moving at a fast pace. Rich Woods, who led the team in scoring, was one of the fastest and most aggressive ball players. His consistent scoring aided the Lancers to their big defeat over Mountain. 6'7 lay Stewart had a high percentage of points and rebounds in every game. Co-captain jon Elfin had the speed and timing to set up so many key plays. leff Campisi was the man to look for to set up the plays. Rick Coppola, a very versatile ball player, added the skills needed to the five man starting line to become the champions that they were. Seniors Steve Godfrey and Ron Weiss were top competitors who pulled through when they were needed. Coach Al Maranz worked extremely hard with the boys and produced a team that walloped Mor- ristown and Boonton, usually tough competitors. juniors Dave Lubetkin, lack Fee and Bob Mansfield, saw a good deal of varsity action. They, together with Steve Beck and Larry Goldfarb, will be a strong '77-'78 team. The '77 Lancer basketball team won twenty-one consecutive games, thus breaking any previous L.l-l.S. T basketball record. lon Elfin's accuracy in shooting added to the Lancer's winning scores.