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Daler Cagers Bomb Plainedge, Herricks \ Hawks' Hot Line Each year the Hawks replace worn equipment to insure the safety of its players. In addition, worn and unserviceable uniforms must be replaced to maintain that first class quality that has become our trademark. This obviously takes a great deal of money. The man responsible for the fund raising activities for the Hawks this year is Bob Maroney. Bob is a life member and has held many positions on the Board of Directors throughout his fourteen years with the organization. A tireless worker, he has chaired or acted as committeeman on just about every committee in the organization, sometimes on two or three at a time. He is one of those people who just can't say NO, and doesn't believe in resting on his laurels to let others do it. Fund raising is a very difficult and extremely important, job because without the proper funds, the Hawks just simply couldn't offer the type of program that Farmingdale has come to expect from us. Bob has the experience necessary for a job of its magnitude and in fact has already lined up his committee chairman for this year's fiindraising efforts. He has also found time to do some coaching through the years. This past year he was a defensive coach on the staff of the Championship Senior Team. His son Bob Jr. played with the Hawks. Two daughters Ellen and Rita were cheerleader graduates, and Rita was a peanut cheerleader coach this past year. Christine was a cheerleader on this years Midget team that won top honors in the cheerleader competition. His lovely wife Kay has served on many committees through the years for the ladies auxiliary As you can see the Hawks are habit forming and it is usually a family habit. Why don't YOU make the Hawks YOUR Habit. The men's organization meets the second Thursday of each month at DeMarco Hall 640 Fulton Street, 8: 30 pm. The ladies meet on the second Tuesday of each month, same time, same place. NO EXPERIENCE IS NEEDED ... ONLY YOU. by Mark Faber With each passing week, the Dalers pass a new milestone and add to the long list of ac- complishments in the 75-76 season. This past week's ac- complishment was a 100 point performance against Plainedge. . \You don't like to see a low point game happen to the other team, but for us it was nice,\ said coach Carl Savalli. The 102-59 victory was not all Farmingdale's doing. They had help from Plainedge. The Red Devils turned the ball over 33 times, gave the Dalers 39 foul shots (30 were made), and seemed intimidated by the Dalers right from the start. \We are tough on our home Grapplers Fell Trees, Knot \A\ Conference By Gerry Brogan The Dalers ended their dual meet season last Thursday night with a decisive 33-11 win over Island Trees, which put them in a tie with Locust Valley for the championship of North Shore's Conference A. Besides finishing with an amazing 11-2 record, the Dalers also captured the North Shore Division One championship for the tenth straight year. The Dalers started off their meet on top with decisions by sophomore Mike Gloria and j junior Eric Armour>-Despite^idefeated losing the next weight class, the Dalers led 6-3. Senior Jeff Waters and junior John McCall augmented the Daler lead to 12-3. A draw at the 132 lb. class made the score 14-5 in favor of Far- mingdale. The Dalers lost the next weight class, but decisions by seniors Wendell McKenzie and George Phillips helped maintain the lead 20-R The Dalers dropped the 167 lb. class, cutting the lead to 20-11. A major decision by junior Bob. Heller and a pin by senior Steve Insolaco dashed Island Trees hopes for victory. The Dalers convincingly defeated Island Trees 33-11. \They were a very good team.' We wrestled well and won where we had too. We won 4 of 5 of the lower weight classes whereas in the beginning of the season we would be losing after them,\ explained Coach Irv Apgar. Earlier that week the Dalers Northshore, another Nassau powerhouse, 29-14 The Dalers won 8 of the 12 weight classes. Now the Dalers compete in a number of post-season tour- naments. \We have always wrestled well in tournaments,\ said Apgar. First up on the post- season schedule in the Divisions Tournament to be held Feb. 21. Hawks Harem Tobay Plans Ski Trip Spring came a little early last week and it was particularly enjoyed by all our boys and girls who had the week off from school. The fact that the weather was so nice meant that at one point in the week, I had a variety of sports equipment in my den from a hockey stick and basketball to a baseball glove. Decisions, decisions! The L.A.F.H.'s first big fund raising event will be held Monday, March 29. This is our Annual Card Party and it will be held at The Hoenigs' Pancake Cottage in Massapequa. A complete dinner will be served with your choice of a main dish. There will be prizes galore and you won't believe the price. The tickets are only $5.75. Start thinking about getting a table together because Lee Barrella,the chairman, is anxiously waiting to give you your ticket to a fun evening. Hope Jeff Jones is feeling better after ski trip. The busy bee of activity was present at Allen Park from the very early morning hours this past Saturday and Sunday mornings. The roller hockey league held their try outs for both the junior (12-13-14) and senior divisions (15-16-17). Teams were picked Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. Coaching staffs were hard pressed to separate from this fine group of boys. Junior division coaches are Mark Russell-Red, Jerry Mayer - Blue, Danny Allen - Green and Billy Johnston - Black. Senior coaches are Mike Lore, Herb Horner, Chris Schroeder and Kevin Johnston. Their team colors have not yet been picked. A soccer clinic under the direction of Eric Jones was also held this past Sunday at Allen Park. There was a large turnout of both children and interested adults. The fine points of the game were discussed and sim- plified to make the game easier to comprehend. The demon- strations were both informative and fun to watch. As of the last count there will be 16 farm teams and three travel teams. This amount has shown how popular the game has become in Far- mingdale. Successful family life depends upon team work rather than individual joy rides. A ski trip to Davos Mountain for Town of Oyster Bay junior high school students, will take place on Saturday, February 28, it was announced by Town Councilman Gregory W. Car- man. Sponsored by the Town's Department of Parks and Recreation, the day-long trip will cost $11.50 for those who own ski equipment and $15.50 for those planning to rent, the fees include transportation, ski instruction and $1,000 medical coverage. Checks should be made payable to Coachman Tours and returned in person or by mail not later than Wednesday, February 25, to: Coachman-Butternut Tours, 1010 Fulton Street, Farmingdale, 11735. These fees do not include the price of a lift ticket ($6.00) or lunch. The ski area has a cafeteria, but it is suggested that skiers bring their lunch. The trip will be supervised by trained chaperones. Permission slips will be required of all participants. Forms may be obtained at the main office of all junior high schools or by writing or calling the Department of Parks and Recreation, 800 South Oyster Bay Road, Hicksville, 11801 (433-8810) Bus departure times and locations are as follows: Plainedge H.S., Boundary Ave., N. Massapequa 6 a.m.; Bethpage Jr. H.S., Broadway 6:15 a.m.; Syosset-Woodbury Community Park Center, 7800 Jericho Turnpike 6:30 a.m. For further information, contact the Department of Parks and Recreation, or Coachman- Butternut Tours at 694-0922. New Position Whether it be the weather, clean living or just plain Great Plains spirit, Nebraska is growing people as well as tall corn these days. The lastest American head count shows that state to have grown in population from less than one and a half million people to a new high of 1,546,000. /Since facts are facte, Nassau County Executive Ralph Caso has been prompted to write Nebraska Governor J. James Exon in Lincoln to officially recognize that salient statistic. \I bave often had occasion to refer to our locality as 'larger than 16 states,* \ Caso wrote. \In 1976, and henceforth, I will be factual by saying Nassau County has a population 'larger than 15 states.' \ Nassau's population of 1,500,000 ranks it ahead of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. court (undefeated for three years) and I guess Plainedge come in expecting to lose,\ stated Savalli. The Dalers shot only 46% (36 for 79) but were aided by 15 of- fensive rebounds and the tur- novers. Farmingdale jumped ahead right from the start and midway through the first quarter led 14-0. Jim Graziano and Bob Pur slow added nine points each to push the Dalers to a 27-6 first quarter lead. Farmingdale kept feeding Graziano when they set up, and the guards chipped in fast break buckets to give the Dalers a 53-25 lead at half time. Graziano scored 12 points in the quarter to give him a 21 point half. The Dalers 1 kept the scoring •pace in the third quarter with Graziano on the bench. John Purnell arid Dan Cote both scored eight points and Farmingdale held an insurmountable 84-39 lead with a quarter to go. The subs came in to hit the century mark and it seemed they would, have no trouble. Rich Rogers' foul shots gave Far- mingdale 99 points with 2:42 left, but then the Dalers went ice cold. They missed their next six shots and two foul shots. Then, with 39 seconds left Bruce Cohen hit a layup and was fouled, he hit the free throw for the final 102-59 'margin. It was the second time in Farmingdale history that the Dalers scored 100 points. The first time was against Plainedge, last year at Farmingdale and^fte score was 104-46. W \As I've said before/ our defense dictates our offense and tonight our defense was ^ex- cellent,\ said Savalli. Graziano led Farmingdale with 21 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots, all in just a half. Purslow added 16 points, Cote 14 and Purnell 13. Farmingdale made it 15 straight Friday with an easy 81-56 win over Herricks. Herricks tried many tricks to help their team. They made Friday senior night, which drew a large, vociferous crowd, they had many off court distractions and they even went as far as to play \God Bless America\ before the game. It worked for a quarter as the Highlanders gave the Dalers a tough time and Farmingdale only held a 16-13 lead. However, in the second quarter the Dalers got their fast break going and they pulled away to a 44-26 lead. Graziano and Purnell both scored ten points in the 28-13 second quarter. \It took us a while to adjust to them, but they just couldn't keep up with us when we started to fast break,\ noted Savalli. The second half followed the same pattern as the first. In the, third quarter Farmingdale played Herricks even, but Farmingdale dominated the fourth and won 81-55. Graziano led Farmingdale with 25 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocked shots. Purnell scored 18 points and Purslow 11. The Dalers, now 10-0 in the league and 15-1 overall, meet second place Syosset (8-2) at home Friday.
