Rhodes School - Rhodester Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Laura Berger, Mary Kocik, Terry Voris, Judy Dale. CHEERLEADERS Under co-captains Judy Dale and Terry Voris, the cheerleaders sparked the school to a new enthusiasm at sports events. The cheerleaders, along with the Pep Club, ran sales in school to purchase better equipment. In the fall, the cheerleaders spurred large turn-outs at the intra-mural football games. Although there were no opposing schools, the cheers for the classes were just as spirited as if there had been a real inter- school contest. The basketball season saw the cheerleaders move indoors to generate an almost constant frenzy on the part of the fans at all Rhodes Basketball games. The Woodmere Academy game was the high point of the cheerleaders’ season. The confidence they in- spired in the team caused the Rhodes fans to spur the five on to superhuman achievement in a valiant losing stretch drive. Laura Berger, Mary Kocik, Denise Levine and Andrea Le Boss were the mainstays of the squad. With the Pep Club and Booster Squad, the cheer- leaders were responsible for bringing a new high to school spirit this year. 89 Denise Levine and Andrea Le Boss surround Captain $y. age” 4 Laura Berger, Judy Dale and Denise Levine spend half-time with Mr, Merrall at the Championship Football game.

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fw. 78? ES , Team sill g2 The coach supervises underclass pre-game warm-up. The coach and Basketball Co-Captain Dalley COACH DONALD KEATS The vital role which the coach plays at Rhodes was brought to light this year as the basketball team cop ped top honors at the Garden Basket- ball Tournament. Although this brought Coach Keats into the direct spotlight, his constant activity on behalf of Rhodes’ teams is well known to all students. An excellent athlete himself, Mr. Keats was a three letter man at college and was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers. The coach is an advo- cate of physical fitness for even the non-varsity athlete. He maintains that participation in a sport is not the only reason for fitness, and that even the casual spectator should stay trim. Acting on his views, Coach Keats helped found the school-wide physical fitness drive this year. The success of the intra-mural football leagues, as well as the winter indoor gym seasons, is due to Coach Keats’ untiring efforts on behalf of athletics at Rhodes. The editors feel that because of his major role in the sports picture at Rhodes, as well as his dedication to Rhodesters as individual personalities, Mr. Donald Keats deserves some special recognition. Therefore, this year’s sports section is respectfully dedicated to Coach Keats. Coach Ke: ats with Senior Captains Kozak and Preidel Garden Tournament All-Stars Dalley (left) and Packer receive pointers from coach. 88

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SENIOR FOOTBALL TEAM il ay. i. i (Left to right) Lezama, Navarro, Schneid, Berent, Kozak, Freidel, Ackerman, Andersen, Cohen (face hidden), Lieberman, Lasaponara. The second year of intra-mural football at Rhodes was an unqualified success. The season got underway on October 9, and from that day for- ward there was constant and keen competition between the classes. The culmination of the season came in late November, when Mike Kozak’s Seniors and Mark Cooper's Juniors played to a scoreless tie despite three overtimes in the championship game. Because of the size of the Senior turnout, Mr. Miller divided the team into an “A” squad and a ““B” squad. These two teams played each other in the first game of the season. Kozak, captain of the “A” team, found Mike Lazama in the clear early in the game for a thirty yard touchdown. This turned out to be the only score of the game as fine defensive work | was turned in by Mark Berent, Mike Uppman, and Hans Andersen. The “B” team, captained by Gary Ackerman, marched downfield with a series | of completed passes from Ackerman to Goldfeder. A timely interception 7 | by the ‘A’ squad halted the drive. The final score was 6-0 in favor of Kozak’s “A” team. In the second part of the opening day doubleheader, Mark Coopet’s Juniors downed Reginald Towe’s Sophomores 12-0. Cooper found his favorite receiver, Charley Di Pietro, early in the game for a score. The Juniors cinched the win with a short swing pass from Cooper to Roger Parris late in the game. The line of Howard Baker, Harcourt Carter, Ken Gill, Stephen Lotesta, Ralph Maggio and Charles Manzo held the Sopho- mores to but one first down. The next week saw the lower school in action. Glenn Porter’s Eighth W) Grade defeated the Seventh Grade by a narrow margin. In the closing minutes of the game, Porter took an end run that swept him into the end zone for a score. , At the midpoint of the season, Kozak’s Senior “A” team defeated t the Juniors in a game which saw very free substitution. Some Seniors from P the “B’’ team tried to stem the tide for the Juniors, but Kozak’s attack : was too persistent to halt. Don Freidel connected with Richard Hess early in the game for the Senior “‘A’s’’ first touchdown. Freidel then iced the victory by spotting Mark Berent downfield and hitting him with a long | pass for the second score. The blocking of the line led by Hans Andersen, iM Bob Stelzer, Myron Jackler and Dom Lasaponara was instrumental in the Senior win. This victory guaranteed the Senior ‘‘A” team a berth in the championship game. The following week, the Senior “B’”’ team at least had to tie the Junior te team to remain in competition. Cooper fired a bullet pass to DiPietro i, early in the game for the Junior’s first tally. A faulty pass from center Iunior’s Cooper gets off a pass against Seniors. aponara, Axelson, Schneid and Dalley protect Senior's Kozak as he laterals to Freidel.