Mattituck High School - Reflector Yearbook (Mattituck, NY)

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VARSITY SOCCER Left to Right, First Row: Clarence Brown, Richard Sabat. George Hughes. Victor Gum- per, Frank Sldor. Second Row; Charles Price, William Wells. Robert Bolling, Fred Hasslinger, David Tuthill, Kurt Klotzer. John Krupski, Herman Strickland. Charles Tyler, Allen Me Caffery. Third Row; John Reeve (Mgr), Kenneth Jablonski, Jerry Sawicki, Peter Strickland, Therman Hightower, John Harker. Ronald Pace. Richard Schiller, Gene Mlska, Wesley Mann.

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VARSITY BASKETBALL SCORES MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS Southampton Easthampton Southold Half Hollow Hills Bayport Westhampton Center Moriches Port Jefferson Greenport Easthampton Brldgehampton Southold Rlverhead Brldgehampton Southampton Center Moriches Westhampton Greenport PLAYOFF COUNTY CHAMPIONS MHS 76 Sag Harbor 46 MHS 76 Kings Park 44 MHS COUNTY CHAMPIONS 1961 MHS entered the playoffs with a 17 and 1 record and after winning a decisive victory over Sag Harbor 76-46, smashed on to play Kings Park for the County laurels. The day of the game arrived, the school was tense, but confidence in the team never wavered. The large crowd from MHS gathered at Sachem long before the game began—they were well rewarded for by the end of the first half MHS had a 28 point lead. The boys continued to play heads-up ball for the second half and brought home the County Class B. Championship; Kings Park bit the dust after a valiant fight—76 to 44. High scorer for the year was Dave Tuthill with 381 points—John Krupski tallied 310 points—and Herman Strickland sank 208. Robert Bolling with great defensive play totaled 114 and Jerry Sawicki filled the hoop with 98 well placed points.

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SOCCER SCORES MHS 0 Garden City 2 MHS 5 Sachem 2 MHS 6 Bayport 0 MHS 0 Center Moriches 4 MHS 6 Hauppague 2 MHS 2 Southold 3 MHS 10 Kings Park 0 MHS 4 Wyndanch 0 MHS 9 B ellport 3 MHS 11 Islip 1 Varsity Soccer COACH ROBERT MUIR VARSITY SOCCER Coach Bob Muir’s blue and gold varsity soccer team had a good year, for a record of seven wins and three loses is not to be passed over lightly. With most of the soccermen returning to the fray next season we are looking for a championship aggregation. It is true that the Muirmen made a stumbling start in the early season competition, but after the first few games the team seemed to melt together and really got the old “go-go” spirit. To analyze a team’s successes and failures in a post play resume is both unfair and trite. . . however, to give credit where it is due ... is both pleasing and necessary. To compile a record of seven wins Jerry Sawicki booted in 20 points and Herman Strickland belted over a total of 10. The backfield, recovering from a slow strart, and sparked by two senior co-captains, George Hughes and Rich- ard Sabat, caught fire, and with Bob Bolling, Kurt Klotzer, and Joe Krupski using the hard boot, burned through most opposition in late season play. Dave Tuthill, all six foot plus of him, played a hanky-panky but always lanky goalie position—and stopped the opposition at the end of many a long drive down the greensward. The fact that we were able to finish among the runners up is a tribute to the fine coaching of Bob Muir and to the “never say die” spirit that he always inspires in his boys.