Longwood High School - Lions Den Yearbook (Middle Island, NY)

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VARSITY CHEERLEADERS Penny Ranta--Captain Karen Nicolay--Co-captain Frances Sccsny Diana Sccsny Maria Peraza Linda Carrabus Joann Nimmons Stephanie Muller Susan Becht Sylvia Thomas JUNIOR VARSITY CHEERLEADERS Carol Gilderslccve: Co-captain Paulette Kramer: Co-captain Dorothy Parsons Terri Nanninit Stephanie Rizzo Darlene Peters Pat Goodine Georgette Wurst Fannie Pressley This year's cheerleaders have done an especially outstanding job. They have dedicated many hours in practicing for pep rallies and games, learning new cheers, making signs, and trying to arouse the spirit of the students to support the teams with the enthusiasm that they deserve. The varsity was presented with new sweaters by Mr. Kurt Ress. They sincerely appreciate this generous gift. The Student Council thoughtfully provided cheering coats. This has been a year of true support, due to the cooperation between the faculty, students, team members, and the cheerleaders. We had the misfortune of losing the advisor, Mrs. Flom, who moved to Florida. When she left, the cheerleaders gave her a charm to show their gratitude for her help. Miss DiBlasi will assume the responsibilities of advisor next year. We hope that next year's cheerleaders will continue to increase the spirit of the school and help to lead the teams to victory. no

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This season has been the best in our history. We have broken records and made the county aware of Longwood High School's basketball potential. We have had the best won-lost record ever, with twelve wins and six losses. We finished in third place in league standings, which is the highest we have ever achieved. We had the best defensive record in the league. Mentioned as one of the top ten teams in Suffolk County, we went as high as eighth place. In the final game of the season, two other records were broken. Leon Robinson broke the high single score for a player, which Gene Allen held previously with 32 points, by scoring 33 points. This effort led to another record. By defeating Center Moriches with 84 points, we had the highest score ever by a team in our gymnasium. Of the five members of the All-League team, two of them were ours. Our captain, Leon Robinson, was named to this team as a guard, and 6'4 Ronald Manning was named to the team as a center. We were the only team in our league to defeat the league champions, Southhampton, and also defeated second place West-hampton twice. We narrowly missed the county play-offs in an extremely tight league race. Next year, we hope our boys will bring Long-wood its first basketball championship.

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The girls' basketball team had a faily successful season this year. Our most consistent high scorer was Dianne Lee. In overtime play of the tournament game, we defeated East Islip by 2 points. Guard Beverly Boyd was named the Most Outstanding Player for the team. Many of the girls are returning next season. We should have a major advantage of height, along with the sense of team work gained this season. GIRLS GAIN EXPERIENCE; LOOK FORWARD TO WINNING SEASON 1st ROW D. Kangas, Z. Kane, L. Volturo, L. Donath, C. Griffith, L. Hartmann. 2nd ROW P. Spencer, P. Ranta, D. Lee, W. Smith, D. Sanders, B. Boyd, M. Taylor, C. Owens. MISSING M. Augustine, D. Tip-pins, K. Fingar, F. Scesny, G. Robinson, D. Sullivan JvL Qienel, A. Longtin, S. Becht, D. Peters. Longwood 19 Sachem Longwood 14 Port Jefferson Longwood 21 Smithtown Longwood 22 Newfield Longwood 31 East Islip 23 34 33 14 29