Notre Dame High School - Canticle Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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W-. I All-City back Ed Stoy cuts through Morrisville defense as a determined Fred Singer leads interference. Ed Stoy scores one of his five touchdowns against Bishop Egan, leaving a host of defenders in his wake. HAMILTON Q0-391-Coach Walt Porteris Fighting Irish stretched its unbeaten skein to iive games as they romped to a 39-0 victory over Hamilton High School on the home gridiron. Quarterback Ed Stoy ran for two touchdowns, and passed for three others to jack Chebra and to Bill Mate, who caught two of the scoring heaves. Iunior quarterback Mike Williams threw a pass to junior end Rich Melore for the final tally. Ed Stoy ran for one P.A.T. while Al Proccacini booted two extra points. Denny Cannon goes over for the score that gave Notre Dame its first victory. STEINERT C14-475 - The Fighting Irish showed an awesome display of power as they bombed Steinert High School from the ranks of the undefeated on the winner's home gridiron. Coach Walt Porteris club, winning its fourth game without a loss, treated the fans to an im- pressive show as quarterback Ed Stoy ran for two touch- downs, and passed to end Bill Mate for another, while fullback Denny Cannon scored twice with Charlie Com- fort and Gerard Dixon each tallying one touchdown. Cannon added three extra points, lack Chebra caught a pass from Stoy for another, and Bill Mate caught a pass for the other extra point.

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Notre Dame co-captains Steve Wilhng and Pat Ryan present the cider ing, em- blematic of the Thanksgiving Day Game, to a happy Trenton High team. FOOTB LL Junior Charlie Comfort awaits action as coaches Walt Porter and Jim Petruccio plan strategy on the sidelines. A vastly improved Irish team proceeded to win their first eight games. The remaining loss, to their Turkey Day rivals, fixed the sea- sonal record at a formidable eight wins to one loss. Scores and high- lights follow: BISH-OP EUSTACE C7-135-It was a great day for the Irishv as Notre Dame won the first game in its varsity football history by de- feating Bishop Eustace of Pennsauken on the loser,s home field. The fighting Irish took the lead early in the first quarter When halfback Joe Maruca plunged into paydirt from the two-yard line. Al Pro- caccini's kick for the P.A.T. was good. MORRISVILLE Q0-341 - Having first tasted victory the Week before, Coach Walt Porteris Notre Dame varsity football squad won its second game of the season, and the first varsity win on the N.D. gridiron. The Irish were paced by the brilliant offensive play of seniors' Ed Stoy and Denny Cannon. Stoy, a quarterback, scored three T.D.'s for the Irish, while fullback Cannon scored one touchdown and ran for two extra points. Senior Bill Mate intercepted a Morrisville pass and re- turned it for a spectacular 65 yard touchdown. Lou Altieri booted a pair of extra points in the one sided contest. . HUNTEDON CENTRAL C6-181 - The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame scored a major upset by defeating highly touted Hunterdon Central of Flemington on the loser,s field. Hunterdon took the lead early in the game, but the Irish tied it up in the second period on senior Ed Stoy's quarterback sneak. The score remained tied until the fourth quarter when the Blue and VVhite marched the length of the field and went ahead on Denny Cannonis carry for a touchdown. Within a few min- utes the Irish scored again on Ed Stoy's second touchdown of the clay. FRONT ROW: Coach Walter Porter, Vincent Convery, Joseph Wroblewski, Vincent Hoffman, William Mate, Patrick Ryan, Steven Willing, Stephen Gallo, Louis Altieri, John Chebra, Coach James Petruccio. SECOND ROW: Richard Burek, James Moran, Steve Wolfer, Fred Singer, Dennis Cannon, Edmund Stoy, An- thony Shanko, Joseph Maruca, Sam Zoda, Richard Ketterer, Coach John Pallay. THIRD ROW: Dennis Carrig, Gerard Dixon, Robert Keliher, William Ford, John Walters, Michael Williams, Richard Melore, Donald Appleby, Paul Kapp, Charles Comfort. FOURTH ROW: James Duffy, John Groch, Dennis Grove, Rob- ert Flynn, Charles Stewart, Joseph Baczewski, Leonard Schaffer, Ronald Zukowski, John Hawkes, James Cacciabaudo. FIFTH ROW: Charles Engennach, Thomas Everitt, John Tobia, Anthony Salemo, John Herdman, John Barry, William Belzner, Anthony Apicelli, Edmund Casey. SIXTH ROW: Michael Thoma, Patrick Solan, Al Procaccini, Robert Valentine, Martin Przemienieski, gogerl Thomas, James Oliver, James Meriwether, Garrett Mc- anle .

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Center Pat Ryan is inches away from tying a touchdown as Tren- ton High,s Tony Di Cesare recovers a fumble in the end zone. ST. IOSEPH,S, CAMDEN C14-46D -The Irish de- feated St. Ioseph,s of Camden on the Blue and White gridiron. Mike Thoma, Denny Cannon, and Ed Stoy each scored twice as Ioe Maruca tallied once for Notre Dame. Bill Mate scored two extra points as Joe Maruca and Denny Cannon each accounted for one to complete the Irish scoring. BISHOP EGAN 121-331 -Senior quarterback Ed Stoy put on one of the greatest scoring shows ever seen in the Delaware Valley, as he led the undefeated Fighting Irish to an upset victory over Bishop Egan High School of Levittown, Pa. Stoy scored 31 points on five touchdowns and one extra point as the Irish won their sixth game without a loss, and their third in a row on their home Held. Denny Cannon added two extra points to account for the rest of the Blue and White scoring. Ed Stoy picks up interference from Mike Thoma and Jack Chebra as he cuts back against Bishop Egan defenders. Fred Singer gains long yardage in seasorfs opener against Bishop Eustace. f Janmnmnmnnmamrw aw-as-nf,-M'-w-Mu,-IN, M--M . aww..-W -.fwwup we M.,.f.f --au fm:mwmif nmmnn