Massapequa High School - Sachem Yearbook (Massapequa, NY)

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78 The Bi g Game Every team has a 'tbig game. Since 1969, the Massapequa Chiefs' big game has been against crosstown rival Berner. After tvvo years and two victories for Massapequa, the 1971 game resulted in a heartbreaking 8-6 overtime defeat for the Chiefs. The loss cost the Chiefs the Division I title and possibly the county championship and another Rutgers Cup. Dave Van Nostrand charges through the Berner defense. Y Q. . Q., j,,K5y,.ge.. 1 . s .jf 1-f' 0, 3' , 1' - , 1 , ,,.,.i t., .if .1-fre-. -. frm... .- ,. fir- ., . a ' A 4 A' ' I Q1 M K W. .., :Irv-, ', . John O'Neill looks for running room. al Chiefs players and coaches plan overtime strategy after regulation time had run out. S w 'tl Grim Massapequa bench late in the game l

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Mike Duffy: I 9 71 Thorpe Award Winner 1971 was a good year for the Chiefs' football team but it was an extraordinary season for Mike Duffy, Massapequa's star linebacker- running back. And the post season was even more extraordinary. Duffy went from virtual obscurity to a place on the most prestigious trophy in Nassau County football, Newsday's Tom Thorpe Memorial Award, given annually to the single best football player in the county. The list of past winners includes Jim Brown, Matt Snell, and John Mackey, so Duffy is in good company. Duffy was not a headline maker, making him an unusual recipient. He was mainly a blocking back. lt was his job to create the holes through which the headline makers - John O'Neill and Dave Van Nostrand - could run the ball. Of course, when Duffy ran the ball himself, he carried in the style of a truly outstanding football player. Massapequa High School has seen it's football teams honored many times. It has seen numerous division titles, two Rutgers Cups and countless players being named to All-South Shore, All-County, and All-Long Island teams. But Mike Duffy has brought the No. l award to Massapequa and you can't do any better than that. Duffy about to show his Thorpe winning style to Berner's Joe Quinn. 'I7