South Plainfield High School - Regit Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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j tv goofgall qeam Ftrs! Row Left to rzght Anthony Kolenskl Bruce Crosby lm Yom Chan James Kohora Paul Slkanowlcz John Perruccl Pat Rlccl Henry Cavalier Orlando Vladambo Second Row Let to right Joe Krajewskl John Dallessandro Wllllam Butrlco Al DeRosa Harold Mlller Kenny Ayres James In a hard fought battle at South Plaln field Borough Park the Tlger Jayvees beat a tough Sayrevllle team 19 13 South Plamfield bullt up a 130 half tlme score only to let Sayrevllle battle to a tle late ln the fourth quarter At thls polnt South Plamfield showed a great amount of spark and wlth 24 seconds re malnlng ln the game Tom Gorman fllp ped a touchdown pass to Al Laszewskl for the final and w1nn1ng score of the LINEMAN OF THE WEEK ln the past week the sports wrlters of the Plalnfleld Courler News named the lme man of the week Blll Matheslus a semor 61 170 pounds tackle spent great deal of tlme IH the Roselle Par backfleld dropplng Roselle Parks bal carriers for losses from 4 to 15 yards He al o was a SO1ld blocker on offense and was a blg reason why the Tlgers chalked up the1r flrst varslty vlctory ln history Luker Kelth Llddle North Plalnfield Jayvees bowed to South Plamfield 136 at Boro Park as two long plays spelled vlctory for the Tlgers ln the first perlod John Peruccl teturned a punt 60 yards for a score and ln the second quarter Orlando Madamba caught a 20 yard pass from Paul Slkanowltz and scooted an addltlonal 35 yards to paydxrt Tom Kapsack who mlssed the first converslon booted the ball through North Plamfield bounced back ln the thlrd perxod by marchmg 55 yards wlth the TD bemg scored by Dlck Stansbury on a 25 yard run off left tackle But the Tlgers defense sparked by center Jlm Kahora tackle Joe Kf3jCWSkl and guard Tony Kolen k1 prevented the Canucks from making any other serlous threats A 60 yard klckoff return by Paul Slkan owltz of S P was nulhfied by a holdmg penalty The Tlgers are now 2 4 while the Canucks are 2 6 JUNIOR VARSITY So Plamfield vs H1 hland Park Sept 24- 1956 Home 3 30 PM So Plalnfield vs Roselle Park Oct 1 1906 Away 3 30 P M So Plamfield vs Sayrevllle So Plamfield vs Clark Oct 22 1956 Away 3 30 P M So Plamfield vs Flemmgton Oct 29 1906 Away 3 30 P M So Plamfneld vs Bound Brook Nov 12 1956 Away 3 30 P M So Plalnfleld vs North Plamfield Nov 19 1956 Home 3 30 PM I O - f ' I ' 1 , ' ' ' , , ' , ' , U . - . 9 ' l . 7 ' 1 . . , 2 . . . . . . -- . , F : . . ' ' ' , ' I . . . 7 Same- on his second attempt for a 13-0 lead. Oct- 18, 1956 Home 3:30 RM' -t+ 1 s I . 4 . . , . ' - - ,, . , ' : . . l s . . , . , , ' V s . . 9 ' 1 e a ' ' . , T I . . ' 9 li S .9 ' I . , . U . ' - S - ' ' t ' - . , : . . - - . . , ' : . .

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Fzrst Row Left to rzght Bob Colburn Carl Naegele Doug Austln Mike Miller John Buczek Ron Yurmko B111 Matheslus B111 Luker and Al LaSlCWZSkl Second Row Left to rzght Bob Botexlho Erlc Margonau Dxck Dower Ray Crosby Harold Klpp Tom Kapsak Dan LaVecchla Tom Gorman B111 Coluccl .lohn .lessop and Charles Flgllo VARSITY DEBLT The Flymg Tlgers played some heads up football tin the words of the Courler News reporter! last Saturday when they met Highland Park Although the score was 366 the boys rallied ln the last half p1Ckln up the ball on a fumble at the 30 yard lme From there on they bulled thelr way through to the 2 yard lme where Keith Llddle went over for the score Congratulations Tlgersl -io CEREMON IES The week of November 19th was one of mourning at S P H S Students pald tear ful homage to the forlorn figure of Miss Canuck lym ln a black rotesque coffin at the end of our stately hall MISS Can uck N PHS football queen had dled of some unknown maladv and had come oy er to S P H S by the Black Coffin Ex press there to be ln state The death of this northern figurehead caused great sorrow to her southern neighbors ln an excess of grlef a group of boys reported to be frlends of a mor t1c1an contrlbuted forty dollars worth of chrysanthemums to show thelr respect Many others sent sympathy cards The dear departed had a warm welcome waltlng for her at the Pep Rally on Wed nesday night Amid shouts of cheer Mlss Canuck was sent mto the fiery land where all bad football queens go At seven oclock the gym was filled to capacity wlth S P H S students parents and N PHS spectators Dr Eaton Mr Cook Mr Dallmg Mayor Apgar and Mr Jost congratulated the football players on their fine season Mr Wyckoff told the audience that the boys had done much better than the ex perts had antlclpated and that no wms had been predicted We had two wms one tle and our losses were considered moral victories We were not held score less at any tlme Captaln John Buczek thanked everyone for backmg the boys and Dan LaVeech1a ave an excellent short speech Dld S P H S really lose the Thanksgxv 1n Day football game to lNorth Plam field on Wednesday November 22 Sports wrlters wlll say yes and ln tech mcal terms the answer to the question above IS still yes But let s forget about these other IIIHUCDCCS for a minute and consider what a SPHS student saw and felt when the game ended with a final score of 12 to 7 ln the eyes of every South Plalnfield spectator we did not lose He saw only the v1s1on of a game terrlfically played w1th our boys in there fightmv every mch of the way for the honor of SPHS What more could any town ask for than to know that their team went down fightlng that we put up a hard battle and that we accepted our loss gracefully knowmg that next year well have another try to make the green and white come out on top Everybody felt that wonderful sting of prlde when the final quarter ended and they reallzed what a stlrrmg game they had just wltnessed South Pla1nfield has proven ltself to be a champlon 1n IIS very first year of varsity playmg Wlth more experlence behlnd our school ln a few years we should be one of the top teams ln New Jersey Our loss thls year will only serve to make the team stronger for the time when we clash agalnst N PH S next Thanksglv mg The w1ll to win will be there agam but by that tlme lt w1ll have doubled xt self and North Plalnfield will be fightmg a losmg battle Ivarsifcy yooflall J eam ' ' D I , , n I O n FAREWELL T0 FOOTBALL ' D 7 - , ' - , .... v , 0 , 1 e -. . ' g ' I Y . - g ' '

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