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Longwood honors the bestpart of athletic programs

Longwood High School honored its outstanding male and female student ath-letes recently at two award dinners sponsored by the school district 's parent-boosterorganization, the Lions Backers.

Special individual awards werepresented to Michael Bobinski ,Daniel Courtenay, Robert Harris ,Maria Chen and Judy Fountaine.At the girls ' banquet , held on May28 at the Island SquireRestaurant in Middle Island ,team MVP 's and gold keys werealso presented. Similiar honorswere bestowed on the boys attheir dinner , held at theWatermill Inn in Smithtown lastweek.

Bobinski received the school 'sscholar athlete award forqualities of "leadership andscholarship", while Courtenaywas presented with the Henry J.Neuss award for "100 percenteffort 100 percent of the time".Harris captured the GuyMastrion award for "excelling inat least two sports , displayingleadership, sportsmanship,selflessness and team concern".Fountaine won a similiar sport-smanship award and Chen wasselected as overall MVP.

In individual team honors :soccer

Harris was the soccer MVP, andwas an all-league selection , alongwith Carlos Prados. MarvinBrooks won the "Bulldog Award "for superior effort. Calvin Leeearned a full scholarship toHoward University inWashington , D.C.

cross-countryCraig Araujo , who was league

and county champ, and theseventh best cross-countryharrier in New York State, wonthe MVP award in that sport. RayCardinal captured the "WhiteLetter ", the MVP equivalent forunderclassmen , and Courtenaywon the "Bulldog ".

basketballIn basketball , Fred Molone , an

all-league performer , waspresented by Coach Bob O'Neillwith the MVP . Roland Hawkinswas an all-league and all-countyselection for the second year in arow , and won a full scholarship toC.W. Post. Lonnie Cartwrightcaptured the "Bulldog " andSteve Macintosh took the "WhiteLetter ". O'Neill also madespecial presentations to JamesMolone who worked with theplayers while sending three sonsthrough the Longwood basketballprogram , and to Cecil Ra .nsey,an assistant high school principaland team supporter. He alsoawarded to Carol Peltz , a teammanager , the "first varsitybasketball letter presented to afemale".

wrestlingCo-captains Mike Robinson and

Pat Quinn headed the awardwinners in wrestling. Robinson ,an all-leaguer , was also team

MVP , while Quinn took the"Bulldog " and was also all-league. The "White Letter " wasearned by Albert Rossi , who,together with Chuck Robinson ,rounded out Longwood's all-league list.

winter trackIn winter track , a first-year

spor t at Longwood , Coach TonyToro gave the MVP plaque toAraujo, who was league champ inthe mile and two-mile, and amember of the all-state team.Besides Araujo , five other per-formers were all-league: Car-dinal ; Brian Deery ; FredDenigris; Ron Hartman andHenry Ross. Mark Worth won the"White Letter " and Denigriscaptured the "Pole VaultAward".

baseballBobinski , an all-league and all-

county selection , was thebaseball MVP. Other all-leaguenods went to David Jurgens andJerry Henderson. Coach FredKemp gave the "White Letter " toRon Hartman and the "Bulldog"to Carl Gerhard.

trackToro , whose track team was

the defending league champs ,and who knocked off Riverheadfor the second season in suc-cession this spring, had 17 teammembers win all-leaguerecognition . Starting with teamMVP , Harris , all-star trackmenincluded : Araujo ; Lou Caisey ;Pat Chen ; Ed Christian ; Cour-tenay ; Denigris ; Andrew Hardy ;John Muller ; Alex Norton ; TarraPhelps ; Stan Radcliffe ; Ross;Jeff Saunders ; Sam Spencer ;Vincent Wallace ; Harry Welchand Carl Woodley. Leaguechamps were Araujo in the mile ,Chen in the quarter , Woodley inthe triple jump, Phelps in the 880,and Hardy ,as a freshman , in the330 intermediate hurdles. Phelpsreceived the "White Letter " andKevin Morrison won the "PoleVault" award.

cheerleadingIn cheerleading, the girls

themselves stole the show , wheneach carried a rose up to thepodium to present Coach PegBarron with a dozen bypresentation 's end. Kathy Parlowwas team captain , and DodiCameron was co-captain. Otherteam members were KarenDwen ; Renee Guyton ; DoreenDimptlmaier ; Cindy Klein ;Linda Spillett and MaureenMcCauley.

goldAt the girls ' dinner , nine Gold

Keys (earned by points ac-cumulated through participationbased on four years) werepresented. Nadine Young, in anunusual achievement , won a goldkey as a junior. Others winners

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BY DAVID P. BE RIMERPATCHOGUE RECREATION AtMD PARKS DIRECTOR

The direct damage of vandalism is enormous and comes out of theVillage expense budget , made up of the taxes Village residents pay.This damage includes excessive littering, graffiti , and other van-dalism which involves thousands of dollars in repairs and services.

Defined by Webster 's Dictionary , the word vandalism refers to the"willful or malicious destruction or defacement of public or privateproperty ", and includes all ages of people (not just teenagers) .

Too many times our young adults are directly blamed fordestruction in our parks. The simple act of picking flowers in a villagepark is a form of vandalism. A specific example of recent vandalismin the Village of Patchogue is at your new Lakeland Avenue Park.Individuals have been stealing the different variety of shrubs. (Aspecial note - the police force has been keeping a watchful eye on thispark and those who feel it necessary to steal the plantings will beprosecuted when caught) .

According to national statistics , the vandal is most often betweenthe ages of 12 to 20 years of age , not known as a delinquent and mayeven be someone who is a "good kid" . In many cases, a youngsterdoesnot want to become a vandal , but group pressure to "go along with thecrowd" turns that person into one .

/\& a paiem anu-or viuage citizen , you can iiibim in cniiuren arespect for public property. Take an active interest in what they dowith their leisure time and try to participate with them. Remember :just because they are your children does not mean they will stay out oftrouble.

As a young adult , when you see your friends acting destructively, donot join them , warn them. It takes a bigger person to say "no" in thissituation than to "follow the crowd". To report an act of vandalism ,call the Police at 911, or the Department of Recreation at 475-4302. Youmust help report these occurrences in order to stop this growingproblem . Vandalism hurts ' everyone, help make it stop .

VILLAGE REC. REVIEW

Yaphank Indianson warpath, 10- 1The Yaphank Indians hammered out a lopsided , 10-1 decision over

the Brau Haus last week to remain on top of the town 's Open South 'B'loop in action that was also highlighted by the town 's longest game ofthe season , an 11-inning affair won by Patchogue Nursing over SandBar , 14-13.

The Indians outslugged Brau Haus , 17 basehits to five , in dancing totheir fourth win of the campaign after five games. Mike and SteveTrusnovec each collected three hits to lead their team as elevenplayers got a hit for Yaphank , and seven different hitters had at least asingle rbi. Jim Kramer , with a triple , had the game 's only extra-baser

Brau Haus " lone tally broke a 7-0 shutout in the fourth , as Bob Pet-tipan singled in Arnie Schottland .

But in the marathon played at Hallock Park in Patchogue , Sand Barscored eight times in the seventh inning to send the game into over-time. Each side scored once in the eighth to keep it going, before JohnInterrante doubled in Ron Palermo in the bottom of the 11th to sendeveryone home.

Interrante wound up with three hits and two rbi's in the contest. MikeConnelly and Frank Frascogns also had three hits for PatchogueNursing, with Connelly 's three rbi 's topping the list. The winnersopened with seven runs in the first frame , scoring four more in thesixth to take an 11-4 edge into the seventh . They had to score in Lhebottom of the inning to extend the contest.

Jerry Savarese and Ray Farmer banged out triples for Sand Barw..ii6 -ii.i anu Gary Geiger and Frank Savarese each had a pair ofnbby s. Jim Geiger had three hits . Sand Bar also benefited from fourunearned runs.Unearned runs also played a major role in the week's other tilt a 7-4win by Steak Pub over Atlantic Avenue Deli. The Pub tahW sixunearned scores , leading, 5-1, after ju st two innings. They added a pairof insurance runs in the fifth to withstand a brief seventh-inning rallyby the losers. JSteve Sinclair singled home the Pub's only honest run . Ralph Gallohad three hits , while Sinclair and Joe Dettiger added two apiece PeteLang, with a two-run double, and Mike Turano , with three-for threepaced the Deli.

CENTER MORICHES honored their high school athletes last week when the Varsity Mother 's Clubsponsored an Awards Dinner ai the school. Among the evening's highlights was the presentation of a teamautographed baseball to coach and athletic director , Howard Heckman (left ) by catcher Dennis Donovan.At right , some of the cooks for affair included ( from left) , Mrs. Titmus ; Mrs. Smith; Mrs. Gibson ; Mrs.Lake , and the chairperson , Mrs. Failla.

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Over the past two or three seasons, tennis has taken giant strides upthe popularity ladder in all parts of the country and Brookhaven Townhas been no exception.

Its sudden rise from rags to riches so to speak might be attributed tothe Bobby Riggs - Billie Jean exhibition a couple of seasons back , ormaybe to the establishment of professional team competition and ofcourse the nationally televised matches involving the cocky butnevertheless great Jimmy Connors. Whatever the reason it is safe tosay that tennis has arrived. Go to any local court and you will find theplace crowded with players.

In order to meet the demand this summer the Recreation Depart-ment has set up a Tuwnwide program with supervised activity attwelve separate sites. The program will open on July 7th and is open toall Town residents. A flier outlining the activity has been preparedshowing the locations and hours and may be obtained by calling theRecreation office at 732-5610.

We would also like to mention that our opportunity to offer thisprogram has been made possible though the cooperation of schooldistricts in the Town who are making school courts available for thispurpose.SIDELINE SLANTS--If a team 's ability to produce the long ball hasanything to do with success then Sonny 's Chair has to be considered asthe club most likely to succeed. With only six games in the book in theSouth Open 'A' , Sonny 's has clubbed out sixteen four-masters. On theface of it this might not sound overly impressive - that is not until youstop to consider that all of the other teams in the league have only hit acombined total of 14. Last year at Raynor Park the Chair had a teamtotal of 66. Their curren t pace at North Bellport where the left fieldbarrier is about 15 feet closer to the plate would give them a seasontotal of 80. Tony Musso is currently leading the team and the leaguewith five while Jim Kennedy has four... Boy 's Baseball opens on June23rd as some 77 teenage teams go at it in Junior and Senior Divisionplay... Happy to say that interest mounts higher with each passingseason in the summer soccer league. A pre-season meeting was heldlast week and the teams will kick off in Junior , Senior and Opencompetition during the final week of June... Things are just about setfor the annual Town Track and Field Meet for boys and girls. We are inthe process of finalizing the location and will announce it officiallynext week... Town beaches on the Ocean , Bay, Sound and lake frontsopened last Saturday. Town free swimming instruction program willbegin on Monday June 30th... Schedules ou tlining all of the Council onthe Arts music series and special events are now ready and may bepicked up either at the Recreation Office on Old Town Road in Coramor at the Town Hall in Patchogue... Of the 145 teams included in theTown slo-ball program only 17 of them remain in the ranks of theunbeaten... Our outdoor fencing tournaments will begin on Tuesday,July 1st at the Centereach Pool on Hawkins Road , Centereach. Theywill be held every Tuesday at the Pool site thru August 26th starting at7:00 p.m...If there is any team manager who has a team in the boy 'sbaseball program who hasn 't as yet received copies of the schedule ineither Senior , Junior A, Junior B or Junior C please give us a callwithout delay at the Recreation Office (732-5610)... Good Open "B"League game at North Bellpor t as Patchogue Nursing Center andBon Vie , two of the contending teams meet head on... Free courses inLifesaving for Town residents will be given at the Holtsville Pool fromJune 30 to July 12; at Cedar Beach in Mt. Sinai from July 28 to August 8and at Kaler 's Pond in East Moriches from August 11 to August 22nd...

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