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'Hawks' Hot Line The Farmingdale Hawks Senior team had a very busy weekend as they hosted the Lauderhill LIONS up from Florida. A generally good time was had by Floridians and New Yorkers alike as Friday nite marked the start of the festivities with a group gathering at the Masonic Temple in Farmingdale. To the delight of some and the dismay of others, Disco music dominated the aura of the evening. Some people made names for themselves. Louis Calderone earned the title.\Gene Gene - the dancing machine\ Jack DiPaola won a basket of cheer, who said the coach has no luck! Greg Wildes guest found happiness in dancing with himself and Francis Farinella found soliloquy out in the parking field. The evening was a success as most of the players from both teams got to know each other by night's end. Saturday afternoon in the bitter cold the teams met at Howitt Junior High School for the game. The Hawks showed everyone at the field Saturday just what kind of competitors they really are. Having come off a bitter defeat the week before, Farmingdale dominated and manhandled a fine Lauderhill ballclub which incidentally had tremendous efforts from split end Jim McClinden, Lineman Joe Visconti and running back Oliver Bradwell, who scored the only Lion touchdown. The Farmingdale defensive unit was again incredible as they halted the fine Lauderhill offensive attack. The Lions scored points on one touchdown and on a safety, the latter started out as a Farmingdale interception by Francis Farinella. The Farmingdale offense had one of their better scoring days with four touchdowns. Tight end John Detommaso had his finest day this season as a receiver. He had one touchdown reception and caught a multitude of passes all day from Quarterback Greg Wildes. Rob Robitzek, who has played fine defense all year also had a touchdown on a slant off right tackle. Jimmy Santore rekindled his running flame as he gained the big yards when they were needed. Letters of con^- dolence should be sent to Rob D'Aquino who had a 50 yard scoring reception from Grey Wildes (which was reminiscent of a pass he hit Santore with early in the season against Roosevelt) called back because of a clipping penalty. Poor Rob hasn't had many breaks on the field this year. Joe Langis, a new found running back also had a fine day rushing. Louis Calderone used his dancing skills on the football field as he also contributed with his running. But the one player who stole the show for Farmingdale was running back and defensive halfback Tommy Walsh. He had two touchdowns mixed in with some unbelievable running. Everyone questioned is in agreement that his 45 yard run in the second half in which he was touched by every Lauderhill defender before being stopped inside the Lion five yard line is one of the finest they have ever seen. The game ended with the Hawks on top by a score of 24-8.: Many thanks should be extended to the Hawk organization who hosted the coaches of Farmingdale and Lauderhill Saturday night. Sunday marked the last planned activity for the Seniors and their guest. They traveled to Westbury to see the Broadway play Godspell. I'm sure the Floridians enjoyed their brief stay in Farmingdale as much as we enjoyed having them. With the advent of the'recent'cold' weather I can assure them that the Seniors are more than anxious to visit a much warmer climate in Florida. In a toughly fought game this past Saturday, Peanut #1 was defeated by Plainview 24 to 7. The Peanut attack was halted from the first whistle, and as a result, by the half, Plainview had jumped ahead by 24 points. The second half proved to be a plus in the Hawks' favor. The \Bandits\ played ex- cellent defense and cut off the Plainview offensive attack. Outstanding on Defense were DeStefano, Keck, and Mclntyre, who also had a fumble recovery. The Peanut offense began to move the ball and marched down the field. On an explosive play from scrimmage, Romano burst over the left side of the line for the Hawks' T.D.'The PAT was scored by an excellent pass from Hoenings to Freshour. The Peanut coaches would like to wish all the Peanuts, parents and cheerleaders a happy holiday and we hope to see you all back next year. A special thanks to Mr. Foresta and his crew for making our jobs a little easier by taking care of Field and Safety. Also thanks to our Manager, Mr. Cohen; one of our most faithful fans, Mrs. Kruss; and Mrs. Lomuto and her telephone mothers. The Pee Wee Hawks played the Levittown Red Devils in a post season holiday bowl game this past Saturday at Howitt field. The score of the game might be important to some but the idea of the. game is even more important. Last year the Levittown Peanut team hosted our Peanut team and showed what a class organization they are by showing our team, cheerleaders and coaches a tremendous time. This year the Hawks wanted to reciprocate in kind. Hopefully this can be carried out throughout the years to other teams and organizations. Before getting on with the game story the Hawk Pee Wee head coach Jim Reilly would like to thank the Hawk organization as an entire entity and would like to single out for special thanks his assistant coaches, junior coaches, team manager, cheerleaders and their coaches Patty Weldon and Patty Sanders, team parents for their vocal support throughout the long season and most especially the boys who made up this fine team. Now on with the Bowl Game. Levittown scored on a well executed drive for the only score in the game and was the victor by a 7-0 margin over the Pee Wee Hawks. Both teams hopefully had fun and we know that they will be back next year. As the football season comes to a close and with the advent of the Holiday season many of us will be too busy to think of things to do with our spare time. But, as soon as the first of the year comes around all the little busy bees will be working hard to get a new season underway. There are Fund-Raising events to be scheduled, uniforms to be in- ventoried, new equipment to be purchased, registration dates to be set, special events to be looked into and decided on and a great number of things to be done to prepare for the Hawks 16th Football season. There are many people behind the scene and it takes alot of hard and dedicated work to get it rolling. DALER GOALIE, Kevin Kiendle, makes save while John Booth [7], Mike Fallon [6], Mike Gamblin (2nd from right] and Mark Everett [far right] come back to help out. Action took place in Far- mingdale's 5-1 victory over Syosset. Icemen Ice Long Beach CO -4 By Kathy Theal And the Green Machine goes rolling on, this time by a 4-1 score over rough-tough Long Beach HighMn a penalty-filled game, Farmingdale kept its cool and refused to be rattled by Long Beach's tactics. It worked to the Dalers advantage as they played a good part of the game a man up. While putting on pressure early in the first period, the Green were caught up ice and Long Beach scored on a break-away. About five minutes later John Booth picked up a rebound of a shot by Mike Hendrickson and converted tying the score 1-1. Early in the second period Alan Barth threw a pass from behind the net to Scott Everett who slid the puck across the crease to Joe DeFlorio. Rather than trying to set the puck up. Joe instead deflected the puck in one motion and Farmingdale took a 2-1 lead. After several minutes of end-to- end action, Danny Collins took a pass from Mike Gamblin and, using the defenseman as a screen, beat the goalie low and the period ended with the score 3- 1. Icemen To Play On TV In what has to be the biggest step towards recognition of High School Ice Hockey oh Long Island, the Farmingdale Hockey Team will play Half Hollow Hills on December 11. The game will be taped for showing on Cable TV on December 14. George Karman, Com- missioner of the Islander High School Hockey League, stated: \This is something we have been working towards for years. We believe that we have one of the finest high school leagues in the country, but not enough of the general public knows about our program. The league would like to see each high school in the Nassau-Suffolk area establish hockey as a varsity sport. Until the day this happens, and we hope it is soon, we will continue to make the game of ice hockey available to high school hockey clubs, Interest in this game is running high throughout the league, tickets are selling fast, and we anticipate a large at- tendance at this event.\ Remember the date: Sunday, December 11, 2:30 p.m., Rink \C Racquet & Rink, Conklin Street, Farmingdale. Tickets are $1.00 and can be purchased from any team member or at the Specialty Print Shop, 477 Main Street. Spend a Sunday afternoon with us, we're sure you'll be entertained. Who knows, you may even be on TV. Wolverine 9 s Lair By Bob Durienio Belated Thanksgiving Best Wishes from the Wolverine Board of Directors and their families to all our fellow Wolverine niembers and their families and friends. We who live in this area at this time have much to be thankful for this year. Materialism aside, we do have some of the nicest and most community active people around. Whenever something Comes up whether it be athletic or community oriented you can count on the surrounding areas of the Wolverines to become in- volved. The people of this area are the doers that make things happen and sometimes things might go a little bit wrong, but at least they tried and that is the first step in every success story. The Wolverines are thankful for all their good friends and we hope that they and their families wherever they may be have an enjoyable holiday season. There are some things that are very hard to put into words but the relationships that have been formed as a direct cause of the Wolverines are really something to behold. Friendships have been made between Wolverine parents and children that maybe would have never been made and some friendships have been bonded together even stronger. This is an intangible asset of every organization that joins together to help other people. These friendships are so very important to everybody and we know that they will last throughout the years. A reminder that registration will be held at Allen Park on Satur- days, December 3 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Sundays, December 4 and 11, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. We hope that all the players that played in the fall session of soccer and the new players that want to join up will come down with their parents on these dates. It was an early Christmas present for Mike Fallon in the third as the goalie mis-handled his high shot from the point and the puck found its way into the net. Mike Hendrickson assisted on this goal. The rest ot the period found the losers taking out their frustrations in the form of penalties. With a three goal lead. Farmingdale settled into a defensive posture and the teams skated off the ice with the Dalers winning by a final score of 4-1. Coaches Everett and Markison told this reporter: 'We stayed with our game plan - skate, check and play position. We could have played their kind of game but we showed the kind ot discipline that makes for winning hockey. Once again everybody played and contributed to this victory.\ ICE CHIPS Farmingdale now has a 6-1 record in the Orange Division of the Islander High School Hockey League. There are three divisions in the league with the Orange consisting of the better teams. Next game: Sunday. December 4. 6:20p.m.. Rink *C. V Racquet & Rink. Conklin Street. Farmingdale, against Friends Academy. In addition to team members, tickets may be pur- chased from Kathy and Kara Theal and Kris Nenstiel. On Monday, December 5. the Dalers open play in the Oyster Bay League with a game against Plainedge at 4 p.m. at Bethpage Rink, Stewart Avenue, Bethpage. No admission is charged for these games. Don't forget this date: Sunday. December 11, when Farmingdale plays Half Hollow Hills on Cable TV. Pistol Permits The Nassau County Police Department is requesting county residents who hold a Nassau County pistol license expiring December 31, to file their ap- plications for renewal early. Deputy Inspector James Kinney, commanding officer, records bureau, said, \The renewals have been slow coming in so we are urging prompt filing to avoid delay and inconvenience due to heavy holiday mails.\ Kinney also noted that licensees should be aware that the failure to file renewal application prior to their expiration is cause for revocation of the pistol license. For additional information or assistance, call the Police Records Bureau at 535-5163.
