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Page Four THE TRUMPET
C. Gaskin, J. Simonelli
Earn November Honors
Con Gaskin and Jim Simonelli w atched the '.Dhanksgiving game
have been chosen as t he outstand- from t he sidelines, out w ith a
ing athletes in this issue of the
TRUMPET. Con was chosen l ast broken ankle. But his presence
year to be captain of the football has ce rtainly been felt this year.
team and Jim was elected by his Both boys are good all-around
team-mates this year to .serve as
athletes. Con is a very successful
f'\.S. co-cap tain .
wrestler during the w inter season ,
ll~[ Inspire Team while Sim engages in intramural
6b 5T~D
...·GOAL.· E very game , the numbers "32" basketball. In the s pring, both
a nd "62" are a ll over the field, play baseball. Con catches Sim 's
<ti: making tackles, throwing blocks pit ching.
a n d scoring touchdowns. Both
by Stan Lewis boys g.o both ways every game, College Bound
with Con playing fullback on of-
Every Sunday morning you rea fense and linebacker on defense, Both boys pl an to attend college
on the sports pages in at least on while "Sim" is an offen sive guard n ext year with the hope of pur-
of the headlines: an UPSET has and also a linebacker. Their con- suinEi their fo otball interests. Their
tribution to the team is enormous
occurred. A supposedly "inferior" and it is s ign ificant that both are devotion to the game insures Con-
mentioned from a team that has over Gask in and J im Simonelli
-...ii•...,.team has overcome the favorite.,.,
much to the surprise of the foot- THERE GOES CON - Con Gaskin bre aks aw ay for good yard- no real big stars, but is composed su ccess.
ball wor ld. age after taking handoff from quarterback Jerry l\'loser. That's
What is an up set ? The diction- G eorge Bartee springin g Con loose with a good block (foreground). of eleven team players. Con and
ary defin es it as "an act or result Later in the game, Gaskin scored a touchdown to h elp the Wave Sim, as captai ns, are re spon sible
of upsetting or a derangement of beat Freehold, Z5-0.
f.or this team effort and the good
pl ans or ideas." Not much good, Wave Downsspirit that has prevailed this sea-
is it? But we can say th at an up- son. At p r actice sessions they
set occurs w hen the underdog sur- keep the team's morale up, and on
Branchers End Seasonprises the team with the better FR Colonials;Saturdays they get the b oys " up"
r e cord a nd pe r sonnel. But w hy is
for the game.
an upset so su rprising? After all,
it should be r ealized that EVERY
With Victorious Record Falls To Lionsteam that takes the field on Satur-
Con and Sim have played to-
day is a potential winner. Each gether since their freshm a n year , The Green Wave harriers have
team i s given t he sa me ch a nce to a team t hat compiled a 3-5 mark. completed the most su ccessful
win the game. The LBHS soccer team's drive beaten , following an earlier tie. F rom that t ime on, it's been one
A look a t tihis year's college for its second consecutive Shore They got the win · tl\ey wan ted, opening up the boles and the other
scene provides us w ith a good list Conferen ce No r t h e r n Division 2-0. DeSantis (Trix) booted in the running through them. Thus far, cross country season in several
of upsets. Not long ago, the Uni- crown was slightly r etarded as it first goal and Mike .D'Ambrisi got Con has averaged a touchdown a years. Coach Bud Siegmund's
versity of Vi rginia team , quarter- lost its first game of the season. the second on a penalty kick. game, sco·red mostly on sm ash es. runners fin is·hed the season w ith
over the middle. a record of 8 w ins and 3 losses.
The defeat came at the hands of Trounce Shore
Monmouth Regional's talented Fal- ,
backed by Neptune's great Bob cons. The final score was Mon- , In the l ast regU:ip_f ·.~eason g~me, ·.
mou th 3, the Branch ei.s 0. The the Bra"nthch er sm awdeh1'ittewthasr_ehe ma Large and Sm.all Tom Bazley led all finishers in
Davis, trounced the stron gest loss evened the two teams for t he row wi . a 3-0 over
Army team in several years. A The two are a contrast in si'Zle. the final dual meet, which ended
real shocker c.ame when Oh io Year at one w in apiece, each a Shor e Regional. Wave goahe John Con stands only 5-7 but is solidly in a victory for the Wave over
State, ranked number t wo in th e shutout. M. Rise achieved bis eighth shut- p acked. He uses his size to his F r eehold's Colonials. Lou Stalsc
n ation , w as comple tely shackled out of the season to eclipse the old advantage, carrying the b all so w orth was the second Brancher
by four time loser Penn Stat e. E x- Whitewash Bucs record of six held jointly by Dick low that he's unstoppable in a scorer. Other Brancher point men
p erts were astounded when Boston Sherman and Bill Finger by tw o nec essary yardage situation. On were Carl Jennings, George San-
College beat Syr acuse, and last The Bran chers next clashed with games. A loss to the Devils defense, he straighten s opposing t an elli and Vallie Mitchell.
year's n ational champion, Texas, the Red Bank Bucs. The Wave would have meant a loss of the block er s to m ake the tackle. Last
fell to Arkansas. offense p·r evailed, and the defense Northern Division title, but D esan - ye ar, at the defen sive end posi- Prior to this meet, the Wave
enabl ed the Bran cher s to come out tis, Sacchetto aud Grasso scored tion , very little ever got out side was defeated by Middletown's
The winner in each ga me h ad on top, 2-0. The D esantis brothers goals to prevent this mishap. The of him. champion Lions and the Falcon s
been pfoked to lose for every re a- combined efforts for the second victory puts the hooter s in the of Monmouth Regional.
son from t he favori te's supe rior time this s·eason to account for the state t our n a ment. Sim is mu ch la rger a t 6-1 a nd
r ecord, to jinxes, to th e coach's scor ing. Younger brother Charlie 195 pounds. H e is a devastating The Brancher r unners finishe d
pess1m1sm. But n aturally w h en score d first a n d Felix " Trix" The Wave soccer t eam's chances blocker on offense a nd m akes sixth out of nine teams in th e
the underdog finds it i s picked to n otched the second goal. Good de- for the Shore Conferen ce title many key tackl es from his line- Shore Conference Meet. They
fensive play by Chet Phillips, Bill were dealt a crushfog blow by b acking position. Last year, he were handicapped by injuries
los·e the game merel y to make the Sacchetfo and Steve Grasso stood Monmouth Regional. The Falcons w hich slowed the t imes of Bazley
newspap ers and oddsma kers look out throughout the game. beat the Brancher hooter s, 2-0, for Senior John Tomaino won and Stalsworth.
good. To tJhe contrary, the under- a Friday t h e 13th win at Mon -
d og accepts the ch allenge an d The next conflict pitte d the mouth College. The gam e wa s
plays all out on Saturday t·o make Wave against Asbury Park. The n ecessitated w hen the two teams
Blue Bishops wer e the only team were deadlocked at the end of the
I ~o.mai.no. ~l/.i.umphd- Iall the exp0rts think twice before~hat Coach West's boys had not
calling i t an underdog a gain .
Then , aft er the game , you hear great g ames. They are explain ed regular season in the Northern the TRUMPET'S football con- Captains Bazley and Stalsw orth
people say, "It's funny how the by the game itself-football. Division. test . He picked the Branchers are to be commended for their
better team got beat. " The better But the triumph did not come to beat the Bishops 13-6 , only l ~adership. They have built up
6 points off the shu tout score. the cross country team to the posi-
team did not get beat; it won t he Special congratulations are in easily for the Falcons. The goals He also picked the exact num-
g ame. The pre-gam e record is only order for this year's outstanding cam e after one of the lon gest con-
a n indication of how well a team soccer t eam and several individu- tests in the ·histor y of Shore soc- ber of first down s, 17. John tion it desel·ves a mong high sc·hool
has done a gain st previous opposi- als who h elped ma ke it out sta n d- cer. Bob Dugan notched both win s a free pass to the Branch- sport s .
tion. The only way the bett er ing. F elix Desantis set a new .scores in the first half of the sec- er ·home basketb all games.
team can be determi ned is the school r eco ro fo r goals in a sea- ond over time p eriod. The over- Air Conditioned
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