Manchester Regional High School - Aurion Yearbook (Haledon, NJ)

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ILl GER W at 'f f . Talent Overwhelms Last year individual talent flowed through the ranks of the Manchester Var- sity Baseball team. This was evidenced by Mike Petrucelli who made First Team All County, First Team All League and was voted to the Northem New Jersey All-Star Team. Mike was also elected Most Valua- ble Player by the team. Other talents con- sisted of Tom Schmitz, Pat Molino, and Bob Rodrigues. Tom made All County First Team and First Team All League. Pat made honorable mention All League and Bob made honorable mention All County. More great talent came from the pitching staff. Although young and unex- perienced, this team led by Ken Steiginga, proved to be a valuable asset to the team. Without that great pitching, the team could not have stuck in there as long as they did. Coach Grossi gives a pre-game pep talk which sparked a two mn first inning for the Falcons. Glen Rock was defeated by the score of 2 to l. ., ,, , A f ,W W r' V v 1 M h ' d bl - l bination of Mike Petrucelli and Al Arznrbcrogrneztirniiilg afngtliyercgglxble play which ended a Glen Rock threat. Falcon players converge around .Tom Schmitz after he hit a first inning two run home run which proved to be the margin of victory for the Falcons. Tom Schmitz won the Manchester Varsity Baseball Triple Crown. The underclassmen of the 1978 varsity team: Bottom, fl to rj: Bob l1odrigueS, Carl Zeitlinger, Bob Adair,.Chuck Bradyg Standmg: Bruce Terwilhger, Larry Lavooy and Mike Mallamaci. .1 1- -V ..t.- at .. su.. e1:fa,W.....-. ..- ...M .. ,. .,..

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John Scheibelhoffer trying! to keep warm during the coldest game at West Milford in w ich Manchester won by the score of l2to6. 82 J Baseball Breaks 500 i Last year the J V Baseball team under Coach Morgan made a tremendous late sea son comeback The Falcons were not able to put rt together during the first I2 games of the season Their record showed this with a 3 and 9 mark But the team ran up a 7 game wm ning streak which at season end put them l game over five hundred Special credit should Vanas and Tunis Verblaauw all having bat tmg averages over 300 Credit also should be given to Jerry Hill and Jim Bram for their fine pitching performance in every game Between Jerry and Jim they started I7 out of the l9 games and had 8 of the I0 Falcon wms go to Kevin Hager, Jim Ferrante, Glen ji: Y, an S V fa' 'Y -.V M, V ss, . . Q, ,'. 0 5 . A ,W .. , it use , ' .. - . as.. 1 '- ff f B' aug wmszfavsf it -,M Q. fe, Tony Silva sliding into home plate scoring the last run of a five run Manchester big first inning on a Phil Fiorenzo RBI double. , ew. , J K9 - . ,.,., ,.2,i,, I , 'fee' fe W ,.4, an in. it ,,,na.,,W ,, ., J. . ,, 4' 911,-L f 'Q M 1 ' J rs.r V V f: I Q' -fwwgggw :-., g , ,. .- ' A A. www Y' .. ,f ., . 4, J V l .ff KL In ., 1-:Q ,, -' 'T' ,. W ,, ,dw Bob Vander Meulen rounding first base after smashing an RBI double in the top of the 7th inning at West Milford. sl s K I as is ., f 1' K Bob Zeitlinger on third discussing strategy after a Kevin Hager RBI double at West Milford.

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PERFOR ED AT FULL PGTE TIAL The I978 Track team. led by Senior captains Joe Helblc. Pat Cleary. Karen Ververs and John Schott. ended their season with a league record of 5-4 and an overall record of 6-4. During the season. four school records were broken. These feats were accomplished by Pat Cleary with a 40 3 in the triplejump, by Bruce Baumgartner with a distance of 583 in the shot-pu throw. by John Schott with a time of 42 seconds in the intermediate hurdles. and by Mary Sellitti with 5 4 in the highjump. Many athletes were recognized for their per- formances in the different areas of track and field. Bruce Baumgartner was named first All- League. first All-County. third in the Group Two State Sectional. and seventh in the State All Group finals. Mary Sellitti earned the posi- tion of State Sectional champ and was first All League first All County and the State Final runner-up. Pat Cleary was given an honorable mention. All League and All County for the half mile: Joe Helble was an All Area honora- ble mention in the mile. Also, the Girl s 440 relay team. consisting of Diane DeMarco. Kathy Botlick Marie Zuras, and Betty Ven- turo received honorable mention All League and All County. The teams coaches Mr. ONeill and Mr. McGarry. felt that the team performed at full potential, Although they attributed the team s overall success to outstanding senior leader- ship they were especially pleased with the freshman boys. who were fourth in the league. When asked about this years boys team the coaches said that the team hopes to improve but lacks upperclassmen. They are expecting bigthings. Pete Orbe. junior record holder. wins the two-mile run with senior Bill Roca close behind. had K John Schott attempts to gain the lead against strong hurdlers of Midland Park. J' i ...t eteis ,.,. . .V A A 2 it sf v iw -' ' Q , J 7 ?ff'Xfi'?v. i .. ' f yq. - Q, 'r gfi et-way f ,E if I N QQ ' J ' bi. 3- -I 5 4 tir.1 if . . . - it.' ..i' it Mi- J , ., 2ft..s.li1ia-ff,f t.m,: Pat Cleary captures a new school record in the triplejump with a leap of 40'3 .