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by Stan Lewis
The Bra ncher athletic squads
have comple ted another fairly suc-
cessful year. The past seasons
have produced a host of new stars,
records and surprises. There were
also several obvious disappoint-
ments. For the second consecutive
year, the Branchers did not win a
Shore Conference title. The com-
petition was terrific, and it is al- Desantis, who broke school scor- plers were Jim Vincelli, Steve The track team lost a series of Evan s, and Steve Strollo all return
most unbelievable that Neptune
High won 5 "A" Division crowns.
(Football, soccer, basketball, base-
ball, and track ).
Gridders Strong
The year began excitingly when a fine job in leading th e team. by the bowling squad. After wal- and low hurdles respectively and ting and s tellar defensive play earn
the Wave football team defeated
East Orange in a pre-seas·on scrim- The winter season brought the ings, the team finished strongly to Ken Short was injured, but never- baseball player nomination.
mage, 12-7. The Panthers later
went undefeated during the regu-
lar season, and w ere rated the
number one team in the state.
Heartbreaking losses to -Lakewood,
Brick and Freehold marred the
team's record, but it came on
strong to defeat T oms River,
Middletown , and Red Bank by wide
margins. The final mark was a
good 6-3. Wave fans will long re-
member the passin g attack of Jerry
!Moser and Bernard Nelson, the
hard-nosed running of Capt. Zane
SUMMER SESSIONAbel, and the receptions of Frank town ·and Asbury Park. It should
Onacillo a nd Ken Short. Short was be noted that the team defeated
voted the outstanding gridder at ever y conference opponent except
the season's close .
Booters Almost Win
Perhaps the closest a Branch er w restling t eam finished over the
team came to winning a ch ampion- 500 level. A third place in the
ship was a great effort by the soc-
cer team. It com piled an 11-3
overall record, after winning the
annual Round Robin. T he only
losses came at the hands of Nep-
tune twice, and Kearny. In the
championship game against the
Fliers, the team w as defeated 1-0
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Friday, June 12, 1964 THE TRUMPET
SCRAMBLE FOR THE BALL-Action at the Brancher soccer
field. The hooters posted the best percentage of any of the school's
ALMOST BREAKS LOOSE-Richie Caldwell gains good yardage teams in an 11-3-2 season. 'rhe team lost a 1-0 decision to Ne.p-
against Manasquan, enroute to a 40-0 romp over the Big Blue. The tune in the Shore Conference championship game.
team finished with a 6-3 record, including a whitewash over Nep-
tune, the eventual champ.
in a bitterly played contest. Out- District 9 tournament proved the contests to be held. Baldwin , Bill Yale, Dan Dilly ,
standing boaters included Felix team's depth. The str ongest grap- Meets Close Roger Wilbert, Joe Bova, Tony
in g records, Mel Jones, Dick Sher- Grasso, Neal Green, and Conover amazingl y close meets and tied one next year. Frank Onacillo turned
man, and Bm Finger. Gaskin, all of whom will r·eturn against Red Bank. Individual per- in many fine performances on the
next year. Grasso's district class
The Cross-Country squad met formances were the :highlights of mound and behind the plate. Bert
with little su ccess after star Tom championship advanced him to the the season. Leading all scorers Stronstorff broke Bob T omaini's
Bazley w as sidelined by an injury; Regions . w as Mel J on es w ho set school school record for total hits as both
J unior E d Hartman, however, did Another slow start was staged marks of 14.6 and 20.6 in the high enjoyed a fine season. Bert' s hit-
Cagers Victorious lowing in the midst of the stand- cor;sistently won the pole vault. him the TRUMPET'S outstanding
excitement indoors. Coach Bob theless, won the conference 440 yd.
Walsack's fast brea~ing cagers wind up in second place. Bill Busby run. Neil Mayberry was an out- Court Needed
took the first four games, but then led the kegle rs with consistent standing hurdler and sprinter. Nick
slumped to fall below the 500 efforts. Delmore topped the weightmen. The tennis team :had an un-
mark. However, the t eam came on Tom Bazley's injury made the mile impressive 3-7 record. but many
strong to finish with a 12-8 record. Weather Hinders the weakest Br.anche r event. lettermen will return. The team
Led by the high scoring Herkie The athletes once again turned is hindered by a lack of a court at
Jones, Ken Short and Chris Foltis, to the outdoors for the spring sea- Players Return th e school.
son. The weather, however, s ty-
the team was disappointed at not Coach Pierson's baseball team Congratulations to all Brancher
playing in the state tournament. mied all efforts to get in a solid finished a losing season, but it has athletes for their superb efforts
But the highlights of the season week's play at first. Baseball to be cons idered a su ccessful build- and the best of luck to the teams
were numerous. They included a games, track meets and tennis ing year. Underclassmen Bob in the coming year.
tremendous victory over Nep tun e matches were all postponed due to
and later triumphs over Middle- many downpours. The skies finally
cleared to permit the rescheduled
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