1958 Page 10

Football

Top Row L to R: Coach Fred Duart, John Muscarello, Richard Lind, Harry Selg, Joe Costa, Roger Shannon, Rudy Romano, Coach Joe Sebasteanski
Middle Row L to R: Manager James Jerabek, Frank Wallace, Brent Myott, John Grauenholz, Pat Estelle, John Vino, James Smith, Rob Roy, Don Marquet
Bottom Row L to R: Peter Maher, Alan Bohlert, Skip Price, Co-Captain Todd Clist, Co-Captain Ronnie Frank, Chuck Sargent, Harry Nordlund, Alan Elwell

SMITHTOWN
West Islip dominated the playing by scoring the most first downs, but couldn't coordinate its offensive. We were knocking at their door a few times, but just couldn't score. (16-0, Smithtown)

BAY SHORE
The underdog Lions held the Big Maroons to a 0-0 score at the half. High-lighted by Todd Clist's punting, the game was close all the way. Our touchdown, scored in the third quarter, was on a pass from Marquet to Sargent. (19-7, Bay Shore)

WEST BABYLON
Suffering a bad case of over-cinfidence, West Islip was soundly beaten. Outstanding for the losers were Skip Price's charges into the line. (20-7, West Babylon)

EAST ISLIP
Playing their first varsity game on the new gridiron, West Islip romped to victory. Price, Frank and Roy , scored for the Lions. (20-7, West Islip)

RIVERHEAD
Paced by the great running of All-Suffolk Harris, the Blue Waves swept over West Islip. The Lions never did get moving with the ball. (39-0, Riverhead)

SAYVILLE
Playing on a muddy field, the game was very evenly matched and had we gotten a break, we might have won. The Golden Flashes drew first blood plunging over the 2 yard line. They failed to convert the extra point. We sustained a march near the end of the 4th period when we used an aerial attack. We were finally stopped on the 15 yard line with only minutes to play. (6-0, Sayville)

PATCHOGUE
The Lions were outplayed in this contest with the Red Raiders. We continually had our backs to our own goal line. Our only touchdown came on a short pass from Todd Clist to Chuck Sargent. (20-7, Patchogue)

Baseball

Record: 6 wins - 8 losses
Leading Batsman - Don Marquet .369 Batting Average

BABYLON AT WEST ISLIP Babylon won 5-3 in the opening game of the season.

EAST ISLIP AT WEST ISLIP West Islip bounced back with a 3-0 shut-out over East Islip. The shut-out was pitched by Brent Myott.

HAUPPOGUE AT WEST ISLIP Hauppogue beat West Islip 5-1 on a cold, rainy day. The game was called because of rain after 4 1/2 innings.

WEST BABYLON AT WEST ISLIP The dark cloud of gloom hung over West Islip the day the over confident home team lost to West Babylon 5-3.

WEST ISLIP AT PATCHOGUE Todd Clist pitched a masterful game to shut out Patchogue 3-0.

WEST ISLIP AT SAYVILLE It was a dark day for West Islip batsmen when Sayville beat them 7-0 in a one hit shut-out.

NORTHPORT AT WEST ISLIP The league winning team, Northport, beat West Islip 5-1.

WEST ISLIP AT RIVERHEAD West Islip came back on the winning trail by beating Riverside 10-4 in a game completely dominated by the visitors.

SOUTH HUNTINGTON AT WEST ISLIP This was the day the Lions really roared by beating South Huntington 4-3, and in turn knocking them out of first place.

WEST ISLIP AT SMITHTOWN West Islip proved themselves when in the last innings they earned a run to beat Smithtown 2-1.

PATCHOGUE AT WEST ISLIP After handing Patchogue a shut-out defeat in their first meeting, Patchogue returned to give the Lions their worst defeat, 10-0.

WEST ISLIP AT EAST ISLIP Brent Myott returned to the mound to face East Islip and beat them again with the aid of some good relief pitching by Fred Christopher.

SAYVILLE AT WEST ISLIP Sayville visited West Islip in both teams' second meeting only to hand the hosts a 3-0 defeat.

WEST ISLIP AT NORTHPORT This was the last game of the season for the Lions as they met Northport for the second time, only to lose 7-2.

Home Plate

Pitcher

First Base

Third Base

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Second Base

Wrestling

Top Row Standing L to R: Manager Fred Christopher, Frank Wallace, Ken Bossung, James Smith, John Muscarello, Coach Richard Harlboro, Coach Fred Duart, Lou Passannante, Skip Price, Al Bohlert and Manager Mike Lynch
Center Row L to R: John Factora, Al Geyer, Al Keilitz, Roy Mongelli, Harry Selg, Roy Everett, Mike Ryvicker, Richard Lind and John Grauerholz
Bottom Row Sitting L to R: John Perrone, Frank Whitehouse, Joe Costa, Ken Clausey, Joe Cavalieri, Al Valentino, Gordon Kelly and John Ferry
Absent: Foster Hardy

WEST ISLIP vs. SMITHTOWN 1. West Islip's wrestling team opened the season with a victory, beating Smithtown,
    31-17. The highlight of the match was Al Bohlert who pinned his opponent in 1:10.

WEST ISLIP at SACHEM 2. The Lions roared against Sachem with the 48-8 victory. Joe Costa gave an excellent
    exhibition of sound wrestling techniques when he pinned his man in 5:40.

ISLIP at WEST ISLIP 3. Our visitors were the Islip grapplers whom we defeated with an impressive victory
    of 44-10.

WEST ISLIP at KINGS PARK 4. At Kings Park the Lions scored our fourth success with a 32-20 score. Foster Hardy,     of the 167 lb. class, pinned his man in 1:04.

WEST ISLIP at EASTERN MILITARY ACADEMY 5. We had five in a row when we upset the undefeated cadets, 22-19. Jimmy Smith
    put the cap on by winning a tough decision, 9-8.

WEST ISLIP at AMITYVILLE 6. Our matmen lost their first game to Amityville, 30-18. Harold Cannon helped to get
    five of the points by pinning his man in 2:32.

WEST ISLIP at BAY SHORE 7. Bay Shore defeated West Islip, 35-13. John Ferry got five out of those 13 points by
    pinning his Bay Shore opponent in 3:54.

RIVERHEAD at WEST ISLIP 8. The visitors lost 26-21 as our Lions continued to show improved strength. Joe Perrone
    won his 19th straight victory.

SOUTH HUNTINGTON at WEST ISLIP 9. The home team was crushed with a 32-20 defeat. Ken Bossung pinned his man in 5:43.

PORT JEFFERSON at WEST ISLIP 10. Briant Notine, second place winner in the A league and fourth place winner in the A-2
     league, aided in the Lions triumph.

LINDENHURST at WEST ISLIP 11. The Lindenhurst matmen were defeated by a score of 35-15. Harry Selg won with a
     double arm bar lock.

WEST ISLIP at HUNTINGTON 12. Perhaps over confidence was responsible for our overwhelming defeat by Huntington,
     38-8.

EAST MEADOW at WEST ISLIP 13. The Lions ended a highly successful season with a 43-11 score, losing only 3 of 12
     matches. John Muscarello won a 5-0 decision.

Basketball

DECEMBER 3, 1957--HUNTINGTON 58--WEST ISLIP 39      West Islip's first game against a top-notch Huntington team might have been closer if we had a better shooting percentage. West Islip only made 24% of their floor shots.

DECEMBER 6, 1957--HAUPPAUGE 48--WEST ISLIP 50      Trailing by four points with a minute and a half remaining in the game, West Islip rallied and won, 50-48 in the closing seconds on a lay-up by Todd Clist. Clist led the scoring with 16 points.

DECEMBER 10, 1957--SETON HALL 45--WEST ISLIP 47      With Al Snyder scoring 14 of his 16 points in the first half, and with John Pinnero picking up the slack in the second half, scoring 7 of his 10 points, West islip defeated Seton Hall in another thriller for Lions' fans.

DECEMBER 17, 1957--ISLIP 54--WEST ISLIP 42      West Islip just couldn't start moving this game. When they finally came to life, they were too far behind to catch up.

DECEMBER 27, 1957--BABYLON 52--WEST ISLIP 46      Plagued by fouls, losing four straight via this route, West Islip did not have the bench strength to keep up with the Redmen.

JANUARY 3, 1958--BABYLON 52--WEST ISLIP 45      Trailing West Islip by six points at the end of the third quarter, Babylon put on a late spurt and overtook the Lions. Todd Clist led the losers with 17 points.

JANUARY 10, 1958--SAYVILLE 55--WEST ISLIP 48      Playing without the services of Chuck Sargent West Islip never did lead in this ball game. Back court men Pinnero and Don Marquet were high scorers.

JANUARY 17, 1958--BAY SHORE 65--WEST ISLIP 57      West Islip failed to hold the lead again in this ball game. Leading at half-time, West Islip could not keep up with the Maroons in the second half. Sargent led the losers with 17 points.

JANUARY 21, 1958--HAUPPAUGE 72--WEST ISLIP 54      West Islip was soundly beaten by a taller Hauppauge squad. High scorers for the losers were Pinnero 15, Snyder 11, Marquet and Clist 10.

JANUARY 24, 1958--PATCHOGUE 57--WEST ISLIP 71      Paced by John Pinnero, West Islip won its first league game. Pinnero playing his last high school basketball game, scored 30 points in his best varsity game.

JANUARY 31, 1958--WEST BABYLON 66--WEST ISLIP 27      West Islip showed plainly that they needed a back court man such as Pinnero as they were trounced by West Babylon.

FEBRUARY 4, 1958--ISLIP 50--WEST ISLIP 63      West Islip was out to win this game. They had lost to Islip before, which shouldn't have happened. Marquet 19, Clist 14, Snyder 13 and Andy Cuiffo 11, led West Islip to victory.

FEBRUARY 7, 1958--BABYLON 84--WEST ISLIP 47      With Pinnero and Sargent sitting on the bench, West Islip was badly beaten by Babylon. However, Marquet and Snyder gave outstanding performances scoring 20 and 14 points respectively.

FEBRUARY 11, 1958-- SAYVILLE 75--WEST ISLIP 57      After building up a first quarter lead, West Islip folded and Sayville ran away with the ball game. Todd Clist with 14 points and the injured Chuck Sargent with 12 points led West Islip in point production.

FEBRUARY 14, 1958--BAY SHORE 84--WEST ISLIP 47      Bay Shore went right to work on West Islip and by half-time had a commanding 16 point lead. High point men for West Islip with 10 each were Jeep Snyder and Don Marquet.

FEBRUARY 21,1958--PATCHOGUE 64--WEST ISLIP 55      Playing a disorganized game, West Islip could not catch up with the Red Sailors from Patchogue. Clist, Marquet and Sargent scored 12, 12, and 11 points respectively.

FEBRUARY 28, 1958--WEST BABYLON 70--WEST ISLIP 45      The Lions played their last game against a superior West Babylon squad and fell far behind at the outset which never made a close contest out of this game. Seniors Marquet and Sargent played their last high school game and scored 15 and 13 points each.

Swimming Team

     West Islip made a splash as it launched its first swimming team. Everything was new, the pool, the coach, and the boys. There were over forty candidates at the beginning of the season, but the team was narrowed down to twenty-nine. This year's competition was limited to Uniondale and Brentwood as West Islip was not in a regular league.      The first meet with Uniondale was a proving ground to see what West Islip could really do. Uniondale had won ten straight before encountering our Lions and although West Islip lost, 68-18, there were many close second places. West Islip's strongest swimmers were Lance Elwell, Ray Campo, Alan Elwell andDave Bradley.
     The home meet with Brentwood turned out better than expected. Before a capacity crowd of over 300, West Islip's natators romped over Brentwood. West Islip took every event except the 100 yard butterfly. Lance Elwell came in first in the 50 yard freestyle event; Alan Elwell copped first in the 100 yard breaststroke. First places were also won by Ray Campo and Burt Schwartz in the 200 and 100 yard breaststroke respectively. Dave Bradley, who is one of the team's best swimmers, doubled by swimming the 100 yard backstroke and the 150 yard individual medley. Dave, a sophmore this season, is certain to be a star for West Islip within the next two years. In diving, George Vehstead, a freshman, took first place honors. George, is another boy who will do a great deal to help lead West Islip to victory in the next few years. The final score was West Islip 55, Brentwood 31.
     The scores of the next two meets were almost repeats of the first encounters. In the second Uniondale meet, Lance Elwell won the 50 yard freestyle event with an impressive time of 26:8. He also went on to get a second place in the 100 yard breaststroke. Another second place was won by George Stanton in the 150 yard individual medley. A strong combination of Dennis O'Brien, Alan Elwell, Jay Losee, and Bob Millen beat Uniondale's four men for seven more points. The final score still left a lot to be desired, but it was an improvement over the first time, Uniondale 58, West Islip 28.
     In the last Brentwood meet, Lance Elwell, Jay Lossee, Ray Campo and Alan Elwell all won first places in their respective events. The score of West Islip 47, Brentwood 39, would indicate a close meet, but the Lions definitely had the power.
     This year's team is fortunate because only two of its swimmers,Lance and Alan Elwell, are graduating. Their swimming will be missed next year, but undoubtedly underclassmen will come to fill the gap. Lance Elwell was also the team's captain and worked closely with Mr. Brown, the coach, in helping to get West Islip's first swimming team organized. Coach Brown and the boys did an impressive job in turning a group of green swimmers into an effective, fast swimming team.

Golf

     The first golf team in the history of the school climaxed a successful 1957 season by being runner-up in the Suffolk County Championship. The team, composed chiefly of sophmores and juniors, intends to repeat their fine performance this year. Captain George Stanton was one of two players who qualified in the Long Island High School Tournament.

Girls' Sports

Grace and Skill on the Apparatus

Swimming

Top Row L to R: Arlene Gilbert, Virginia Brehm, Pam Whitcomb, Rose Marie Carrano, Miss Weiss (Coach), Pat Pfenning, Margi Gottsch
Middle Row L to R: Carol Kelly, Judy Horton, Carol Schenck, Carol Pellicio, Evelyn Marino, Anne Lauer, (Manager) Virginia Gravesen, Eileen Jerabek, Sue Arink, Barry Lowell
In Water L to R: Carol Strauss, Stella Bogdanowich, Joanne Haggerty, Cindy Hald, Eileen Benjamin, Joan Theobald, Ann McCabe, Diane Kublin, Eleanor Emmerich, Marcel pechin, Dorothy Griebling

Basketball

     During the winter season about 60 girls enjoyed the basketball intramurals. Two teams were chosen to play in the invitation games played with Huntington and Half Hollow Hills. At the Suffolk County Girls' Athletic Association basketball play day March 1, 1958. West Islip won all three of the scheduled games. These victories resulted in a tie with Babylon. The playoff game was won by Babylon.

Volleyball

     Approximately 80 girls met in the gym on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for volleyball intramurals. The girls were most enthusiastic players and two teams were chosen to play invitation games with Brentwood. From these two teams, a school honor team was selected to play in the annual Suffolk County Girls' Athletic Association playday held on December 14, 1957 at South Huntington High School. Of the three games played, West Islip won two and lost one.

Hockey

Standing L to R: Ginger Taylor, Barbara Wells, Virginia Brehm, Pam Whitcomb, Barbara Hackett, Joan Busweiler, June Druian, Arlene Hagon, Arlene Gilbert, Carmelita Schoeps, Donna Root-Manager
Kneeling L to R: Diane Ratto, Jackie Geyer, Diane Kublin, Marcia Root, Judy Horton, Judy McLaughlin, Kathy Graham and Carol Schenck

     Field Hockey intramurals were held every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during the Fall season. Approximately 25 girls participated. On October 26, 1957 the Suffolk County Girls' Athletic Association sponsored a hockey playday at Hecksher State Park and the honor team, selected from the intramurals group, participated. Although the team lost both games played, the score in each case was only 1-0; thus, a moral victory was won.

Cheerleaders

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
All good children go to heaven
When they get there
They repeat
West Islip, West Islip
Can't be beat.
*****
Lions, Lions, Hear our cry
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y
Are we with them
Well I guess,
Will we beat them
YES, YES, YES.
*****
For the Blue
And the Gold
For the Blue and the Gold
We will Fight, Fight, Fight.
*****
We've got a good team
And no one could be prouder
If you don't believe us
We'll shout a little louder
T-E-A-M yea Team
T-E-A-M yea Team
T-E-A-M yea Team
TEAM, TEAM, TEAM.





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Dedication
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Seniors
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Memories
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