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

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riff' .- ggi ls INA if iff: -JN! 1 ,ef 3 3 N, So Close Yet So Far i lily lg ul if . . sifllv is l tif' 1-tf'N 1--A., X ,Lrg -tx be .t.llfllwig,,wf,gL,-f .ft . . mia.. i My l xl T PM r,l.gx.gllli.blJggw'i V9 J. vt, T it if fix gf- T l rflwlilt 'ttf ffl. 9 if gilffii lf 7 ' JK! V :xr -N i l Q gift'-flr l ' . 1 :W 'x dk' f i..-lf' aiifl N 4 - 80 r l tl lc Above: Ito r: R. lentis, 1. McDonough, G. Sulovski, Capt. M. Petrone, K. Van Orsdell, K. Fimiani and I. Sincavage. Standing, I to r: Coach Hal Loud, K. Cawley, Capt. C. McCauley, M. Readie, N. Slodowski, I. Geary, P. Eckel and I. Partika. So close yet so far, seemed to be the catch phrase of the Tiger cagers this year. Although they compiled a superb record of 16-6 before the end of the state tournament, the team was slightly disappointed by just missing the Mid-State Conference and Mid- dlesex County titles. First place in the MSC was lost when the team fell to Piscataway in a play-off game to resolve the three way tie between SP, East and Piscataway. A disastrous fourth quarter knocked them out of conten- tion for the county title. Nevertheless, the team had a successful season defeating many formidable opponents. The team had much spirit and bounced back from their defeats by beating North Hunterdon for a position in the semi-finals of the Central jersey Tourna- ment. Starters for the team were Seniors Mel Petrone, Nancy Slowdovvski, Carol McCauley, junior Pat Eckel and Soph. lacki McDonough. Other members of the team were Senior Kim Van Orsdell, juniors Kathy Fimiani, Maureen Readie, Janice Geary, janet Partika and Soph- omore Ginger Sulovski. Above: Coach Hal Loud gives last minute instructions at a crucial time out

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. -f -1 l'V flizirm 4741161 5 '42 lllgf' x ltr 1-1 K 5 ffnjwjn' ,fur ,M yu...- Above: Kneeling, left to right: C. Bowers, D. Smith, F. Vessels, A. Morin, P. Rourke, R. Pellegrino. Standing: Mgr. D, Waiter, l. Scarpito, M. Berkowitz, E. Insel, K. Murphy, M. Sikanowicz, R. Bach, Coach Ken Skillman. Jagvee The 1.V. Tigers enjoyed an outstand- ing season of18-2 which included win- ning the Mid-State Conference. Bob Pellegrino, Bob Bach, Phil Rourke, Alan Morin, Floyd Vessels at guard with Mike Berkowitz, Ed Insel, joe Scarpito, and Mike Sikanowicz at forward. Hardwork- ing and making big contributions were subs Doug Smith, Keith Murphy, and Curtney Bowers. Altogether the l.V.'s showed the kind of hard working, dedi- cated attitude which we hope will pay off in the Varsity records of the future. Timeless efforts and great dedication by Coach Skillman has shown through in his jayvee squad. reshmen Above: Lay-ups come easy for Fred Behr. Above: Kneeling, left to right: C. Vessels, M. Partika, M. Schmid, 1. Licato. Stand- ing: j. Lanza, T. jackson, M. Minland, B. Geary, I. Cox, Coach Steve Timko.

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XQNW! if Z .. ..w M. Above: Captain Mary Ann Bazika, Coach Rosemarie Bleiweiss and Captain Kathy jarema. .S i Above: I to r: L. Malpere, Mgr. B. Green, M. Baszika, Mgr. Z. Doll, K. larema, Mgr, L, Petrone, N. Rabbit. Standing, Ito r: T. Chavis, C. Eckel, C. Holloman, Coach Rosemarie Blei- weiss, L. Barg, D. Smith and L, Atcachunas. Jagvee This year's JV team complied an out- standing record of12-4. In her first year as coach of the team, Mrs. Rosemarie Blei- weiss attributed the success of the team to enthusiasm and cooperation, also pointing out that some of the girls had been on the team last year while others attended bas- ketball camp during the summer. Leading scorer for the team was freshman Cindy Eckel. The team's co-captain Mary Ann Bazika led the team in pulling down rebounds. Others on the team were cap- tain Kathy larema, Lori Atcachunas, Leslie Barg, Cindy Holloman, Diana Smith, Lisa Malpere, Terry Chavis and Nancy Rabbit. Below: Soph. lacki McDonough, who was an important play maker for the Tiger Five, leads the team to another score.