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

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 Coach Henke, W. Cotter, G. Warner, W. Wallace, J. Kistner, G. Campani, M. Lortie, W. Smith, F. Nicolay, T. Guider, D. Owens, K. Dingle, L. Simpson, R. Dingle. Missing: Tim Hough, Joe Coplan, Fred Mitchell (capt.), W. Remski, J. Fektovitch. INJURIES HAMPER SEASON Longwood 11 Deer Park 34 Longwood 22 Sayville 31 Longwood 15 I indenhurst 35 Longwood 11 Walt Whitman 36 Longwood 6 Brentwood 49 Longwood 6 Bay Shore 41 Longwood 24 Westhampton 33 Longwood 33 William Floyd 14 Longwood 18 Huntington 27 Longwood 13 Easthampton 35 Longwood 38 Patchogue 13 Longwood 23 Southampton 26 Longwood 35 Bcllport 14 Longwood 14 Riverhead 39 Longwood 21 East Is lip 31 We had many team members unable to wrestle because of injuries. This was unfortunate since we had high expectations for this season. The team consisted of mostly ninth and tenth graders, competing against boys with age and experience to their advantage. Outstanding wrestlers this season were: Tim Hough in the 98 11). class, Ken Dingle in the 136 lb. class, Capt. Fred Mitchell in the 130 lb. class, and Gary Warner in the heavyweight class. Some of our wrestlers placed in the league tournament. Tim Hough placed third, Russell Dingle placed second, Joe Coplan placed third, Ken Dingle placed second, and Gary Warner placed third. Our new coach, Mr. Henke, an outstanding wrestler himself, has brought much to the team.

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Longwood's baseball organization has had the potential to be a championship team for many years, but this year has finally brought the results to prove it. We are the League V champions, with a record that was the best in all of Suffolk County. For this outstanding accomplishment we have been presented with the Walt Williams Memorial Trophy. All season Long Island has been aware of the name LONGWOOD through constant mention in the newspapers. Great Scott , as he has been referred to, has the best won-lost record of any pitcher on Long Island, with 14 wins and 2 losses. When Coach LaPrarie is asked about his team's success, he explains that it wasn't the effect of any one person. He attributes this success to the great cooperation he has received from the coaching staff and the high degree of team spirit and ability that the boys have. The choice of seven of our starting ballplayers for outstanding honors is proof of this ability. Out of the sixteen boys named to the All-League team, seven of them were from Longwood. They were pitcher James Scott, catcher Jerry Neuss, first base-man Lance Lewin, second baseman Ken Fritz, shortstop Eric Brown, leftfielder Ronald Manning, and centerfielder Leon Robinson. More noteworthy, James Scott and Leon Robinson were named All-County. Jerry Neuss was named Honorable Mention in the county. We had a strong hitting team with a .308 overall batting average. Jerry Neuss led the team with a .400 batting average. We had seven home runs hit. Ronald Manning led with three. Eric Brown and Jerry Neuss each had two home runs. Since we were League V champions, we made the play-offs in the county tournament. In the first game, we defeated Grcenport by a score of 12 to 5, and went on to our second game. That game was against Half Hollow Hills, who defeated us, and went on to win the county championship. As far as the J.V. team went, the invincible Coach Mastrion has done it again this season. He had an undefeated season, and collected his 100th win of his career. We join in congratulating our boys in achieving something which they have worked so long and hard to accomplish. We hope to continue the tradition set by this year's ball club. With the heart of this championship team returning next season, we hope to go all the way and be proclaimed County Champions. Longwood 0 Scton Hall 10 Longwood 1 Seton Hall 0 Longwood 4 Center Moriches 0 Longwood 8 Southampton 2 Longwood 4 Easthampton 0 Longwood 5 Bellport 1 Longwood 7 Floyd 1 Longwood 5 Riverhead 4 Longwood 10 Nyack 2 Longwood 5 West ha nipt on 3 Longwood 3 Center Moriches 0 Longwood 6 Southampton 2 Longwood 9 Easthampton 0 Longwood 32 Nyack 2 Longwood 8 Bellport 1 Longwood 0 Floyd 3 Longwood 2 Riverhead 0 Longwood 5 West hampton 4 Longwood 12 Greenport 5 Longwood 1 Half Hollow Hi Us 6 SENIOR LETTERMEN