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

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arsifyy gBasAefAall iam 'MQW UNIV' 5, 'K' E511 First Row left to rzght Erlc Nfargenau Robert Prezwozny DZHICI laVecch1a james Smnh Robtrt Callahan Th xmas Gorman Wllham Craessle Mlchael Muller Iester Kaar Dale Henderson Edward Horel Peter She-ran Alphont DeRosa Patrlck Kedxan DALE HENDERSON CAGER CHAMP Durln the past few weeks there has been a foul shooting contest ln the gym classes Boys ln the ninth tenth and eleventh ,rades trled thelr luck to see how many pomts they could score out of fifteen trxes FIVC or SIX boys wlth the h1 hest percentaffe of shots made would compete agamst each other unt1l a wlnner and runner up were left from each class The wlnners were Dale Hen Clerson Erlc Margenau Thomas lxapsak Dan LaVecch1a and Ed Horel Runner ups were Blll Luker Mlke Mlller Pete Sheran and Pat RICCI These boys then trled to score as many baskets out of fifty shots as posslble ln order to be the foul shooting champ of the school Dale Henderson took top honors by caglnb thxrty mne bas kets out of the fifty trles The runner up was Bxll Luker who sank thlrty elght points out of fifty throws Mr Anthony Lotola was ln charge of the contest Coach Anthony Cotola ln hls first year as basketball coach at South Plalnfleld Hlgh IS fmdln lt very hard to am XlCtOI'1CS Thls IS not anvthm, to be alarmed about because lt IS nelther the play ers nor the coach s fault The boys suffer from a lack of experlence which IS the mam cause of all the losses It takes a long tlme to bulld a wmnm team and So Plfd IS no exceptlon Coach Cotola IS blllldlflg for the future Boys hke Tom Gorman and Bob Callahan haye two more years to play wh1le Al Derosa Dan LaVecch1a and Pete Sheran have a year left to play after thls These boys wlll be the malnstays of teams ln the future The semors that are holdlnfr to ether thlS years team de serye mentlon also They are playmt. thelr last wear for SP Ed Horel Dale Hender on Les Karr Jlmmv Smlth and Carl lNaegele have all done a sohd job :Z .. K - ,,. 5' 7 . 'XXV 5 ' 6 , ' 1 K l 'fp t , , l t Q 4 to I 1 4 It e A, ,t -.F--f Y A 'mfs ' ,sf 4 s , ,sn , 'M 1 . 5 - , ' , ' A 1 - ' ' ' v ' v 1 1 A 1 1 v Y I 53 Y ' . U . . . . . . U U . U ' 9 g L' I . 'VL - - 7 , v. . I . . . 0' 1 0' ' ' ' ' f ' ' ' - . 7 f -. 1 , ' ' Q ' 'rv M c ., - Z' D 7 . - . . 7. . U i r . Z' ' 9 9 v 9 ' . , ' ' ' I . : , 7 b I- v . A 1 . , I , 5 Y r . Y . v v ' . s I 1 1 . . 0 . . . . H g . , , I ' of '. . . K . . . v ' U ' v . . - ' v V ' I 1 ' 4 - 1 9 Q - . In . . ' V . ., ' , c , , J L I ' N . . I Q Y u

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Warsl fly l3asLefAall qirsf Sfrlng Let to rzght LQ ter Kaar Daniel LaVecchia. Edward Horel, ,lame Smith Dale Henderson SOI TH PLAINFIELD HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY 8 JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 11 14 I8 20 28 4 8 11 18 25 I 8 15 22 27 1 Home Away Home Home Away Away Home Away Home Home Away Away Away Home Home Away 3:30 7:00 3:30 3:30 7:00 7:00 3:30 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 3:30 7:00 St. Peters North Plainfield Bound Brook Metuchen South Amboy Keyport Highland Park Clark Regional Jamesburg Clark Regional Metuchen Dunellen Bound Brook North Plainfield Keyport Jamesburg f

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ffensive Kplanning . ,, -vtiz I Tr? iidfgr sa ,I lm . '-'1' Coach and players renew often ive just before a game TIGERS WHIP JAMESBL RG In an exciting hard fought basketball game the South Plain field Tigers walked off with their first sarsltx win The final score was '53 43 The victims were the Jamesburg Indians who fell to the Tlger s attack on the S P home floor James T1 ers roared back to score Clblll strai ht pomts and took an 06 lead Jamesburg scored a basket just as the first quarter ended to t1e the score at this point 8 3 As the second quarter got under was the South Plainfield fast break tarted to take command Wlth the score tied I0 all the Tigers rattled off six stralrht pomts to jump into the lead they newer relinquished With Ed Horel hlttlng on one handed jump shots Dan LaVecch1a drnmc relentlessly and Bud Naecele hitting from the lnslde So Plfd went mto a big 2 I6 half tlme lead The TIDCTS kept up their fast HUCFCSSIVC play lead at the end of the third quarter Jamesburg came out for the start of the fourth quarter stlflenmg their defense but it made no dlf ference until mid wax throu h the period when the Indians points howewer the Tigers could not be held down Wlth the reboundln of big Dale Henderson and the fast break led bs Lah ecchla and Horel the Tigers put on a burst scorln, sexen stral ht pomts From here on lt was easw as thex coasted ln for a 53 43 vlctorv High scorers for the Tigers were Bud Naegele with 14 Ed Horel with I3 and Dan LaVecch1a mth 12 lhe ,ame was attended bw a large spirited crowd who also saw the T1 er Javees wm their first Dame 39 32 3 . I .' 23.1 sul' . 44, F' X , 0 . . . . Q . 1 . ' 8- - ' . I e 1 ' 'U ' B 3 fro ' ' burg started out fast as they took a quick 6-0 lead. but the Scfffed Seven Straight points to Cul the deficit to onli' SIX .U . .U .U . M: , , U U C L X- ,I . n 1 fi- . M ' g 1 Q n ' V u , ' E , 1 5 . K? Y ' .g - . H. . V 4' - s . 1 ' - ' ' l - L K' -1 l V' . - . , '. . . Y. U 4 ' .U T . J . l U - A ' N' . C- S '