North Attleboro High School - Northern Light Yearbook (North Attleboro, MA)

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Above, the Varsity and J.V. Football Kzms, first row: Bill Cavalieri, Mitch Meyer, and Rick Sanville. Second row: Mike Schmidt, Steve Rickard, Bob Thresher, Dave Paulhus, Kevin Schmidt, Gary Viera, Gary Carter, Kevin Blount, Joe Plath, Norm Achin, and Ken Greaves. Third row: Kerry Dolin, Randy LaCasse, Brian Turley, Jay Daly, Bob Mochrie, John Rabuffo, Jay Gaboury, Brian Patch, Carl Hebert, Tom Cronin, Chris Poholek, and Chuck Reinbold. Fourth row: Bryan VanLeeuwen, John Bourgeois, Ray Savard, Mike Brunell, Steve Shumila, Keith Waterman, Bill Curren, Bruce Bliss, Curt Wells, Matt Reynolds, and Roger Letendre. Fifth row: Ray Emerson, Don Johnson, Gary Beyer, Steve Savard, Chuck Shumila, Ray LeClerc, Chuck Averill, Mark LaBonte, Bob Pouliot, Mitcb Forbes, Scott Potter, and Bill Texeira. Sixth rawv John Kelly, Brian Ives, Abe Barker, Bill Robinson, Mike Redding, Tim Lalancette, Ed Cbretien, Greg Schmidt, Mike Kraskouskas, Frank Teixeira, and Rich Nolin. Seventh row: Bill Con- roy, Mitch MacDonald, Mark Barrett, Joe Fitzgibbons, John Bits, Kevin Wilber, Ed Trost, and Scott Mochrie. Eighth row: Kurt Hagarman, George Johnson, and David Boucher. Left: Defensive player, Steve Rickard, carries the ball. 27

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Football The 1976 Red Rocketeers opened their season with a 34-6 victory over traditional rival Bishop Feehan. After a close first half. North’s new wide-open offense, led by Quarter- back Carl Hebert, struck for two T.D. passes and one T.D. run. The victory was dampened when Tri-Captain Bill Cavalieri hurt his knee, an injury that sidelined him for the season. North next met the Sharon Eagles under the lights at Community Field, where they built up an easy 21-0 halftime lead and held on to win, 21-14. The key play of the game was a 5 5 -yard return of a blocked point-after- touchdown kick by Tri-Captain Rick Sanville. North next travelled to Canton, only to be shutout by a tough Bulldog defense, 7-0. North bounced back the next week with a 7-6 win over Stoughton. In that game. North scored the first time they had the ball on a 17-yard pass from Hebert to Wide Receiver Mike Redding. Although North had a wdde edge in the play, it took a great defensive play by Tri-Captain Mitch Meyer to save the victory. North’s next game was against the King Philip Warriors where they lost a 21-13 thriller. The fans were treated to a great passing show as Hebert completed 15 passes for the day, ten of them to Redding for 183 yards and two T.D.’s. North was behind for much of the game but ended play on the K.P. one-yard line as time ran out. After this, the Red Rocketeers were due for an easy game, and got it in a 28-6 win over the Foxboro Warriors. Returning home the next week to play Oliver Ames, North’s ground game compiled 336 yards in rushing as the offensive line tore huge holes in the Tigers’ defense. The next game was one that will be remembered for many years to come. The undefeated and heavily-favored Mansfield Hornets paid a visit expecting to take out years of frustrations on the Rocketeers. Big Red” had different ideas, however, and won an astoundingly hard-fought vic- tory, 21-20. Scoring highlights of the game included a 26- yard pass from Hebert to Fullback Jay Gaboury and a one- yard plunge by senior Mike Schmidt. North then played Franklin and suffered a controversial loss to the Panthers, a protested pass-interception call set- ting up Franklin’s go-ahead score. For the fourteen Rocketeer Seniors, Thanksgiving Day symbolized the dream of all NAHS football players — a win over Attleboro. Led once again by the passing combina- tion of Hebert and Redding — good for five completions, 164 yards, and two T.D.’s, North scored a come-from- behind victory over the favored Bombardiers, 13-7. Mike Redding received the L. G. Balfour trophy as the game’s Most Valuable Player. Post-season honors went to Mike Redding and Mike Schmidt, All-Hockomock-League Selections. Chosen to the Sun-Chronicle All-Star Team were Mitch Meyer, Gary Viera, Mike Redding, Carl Hebert, and Gary Carter. North’s Annual Unsung Player Award went to Dave Paulhus, while the Defensive Player Award went to Gary Carter. Above: Slippery little devil, isn’t he. ’’ SEASON REC;ORDS X’arsHy N.A. A Bishop Feehan 6 N.A. 21 Sharon 14 N.A. 0 Canton 7 N.A. 7 Stoughton 6 N.A. 1,S King Philip 21 N.A. 27 Foxboro 8 N.A. 27 (Oliver Ames 0 N.A, 21 Mansfield 20 N.A T Franklin 14 N.A. 13 Attleboro 7 . I ' N.A. 18 Bishop Feehan 6 N.A. 18 Sharon 6 N.A. 0 Canton 6 N.A. 0 Stoughton 0 N A 6 King Philip 22 N.A. 0 Foxboro 20 N.A. 0 Oliver Ames 2 N.A. 21 Mansfield 20 N.A. 0 Franklin 6 26

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Above, the Freshman Football first row: Tom Wilber, Randy Hebert, David Thorp, Michael Nolin, Keith Beyer, Lance Woodbury, Steve Dupli- sea, David Pratt, and David Astin. Second row: Jeff McGlashing, Timothy Redding, Bill Lepere, Joh n Simms, Tom Messier, Greg Horton, Jackie Johnson, Timothy McCretton, and Todd Johnson. Third row: George Nitso, Mark Andrews, Michael Fulton, Paul Fredette, James Butterworth, Shane McKenna, Russell Hall, and Michael Cavedon. Fourth row: Glenn Plante, James Savard, Brian Copely, John Chaplow, Shawn Jorde, James McNamee, Glenn Feder, and Mark Labrie. lop right: Coaches Perkoski and Beaupre — Fifteen yards for what??” Bottom: The Senior and Sophomore girls show their spirit at the Homecom- ing rally. Opposite page, top left: Number 33 Jay Ciaboury — Please pass the Buffe- rin!” Opposite page, top right: The Jumpy Juniors tell everyone how bad they want it” at the Homecoming rally. Opposite page, middle left: The freshman float crew — Why does our truck have to be the one that won’t start?” Opposite page, middle right: Oh, no, it’s floating away! Now we’ll never get it back.”