30 / March 7, 2015
SPORTS
The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
Basketball seasons wrap up; big scores in local bowling
This week in 1985 ...
The Germantown girls varsity basketball
team posted its 16th straight win of the
season and ended Northville’s bid for further Section II playoff competition when
the Lady Clippers dumped the Lady
Falcons, 60-45 to win the Section II Class
D championship.
Sue Heath was the only Northville player in double figures with 18 points.
Northville finished with a 20-2 record.
Northville entered the title game after
routing Warrensburg 55-32.
Laurie Loveless led the Lady Falcons
with 16 points while Sonja Vollersten had
15 and Heath added 14.
• Kathy Kaczkowski scored 14 points to
lead Draper to a 50-40 victory over Fort
Plain in a Section II Class C girls semifinal
game at Schalmont.
Fort Plain struggled early on, connecting
on just 5-of-26 shots from the field in the
first half.
Ellen Wheeler led Fort Plain with 13
points and Mickey Martin chipped in with
11 points.
• Two members of the Amsterdam girls
basketball team received votes in the balloting for Big 10 All-Stars.
The local girls were Sandy DeMatteo and
Andrea Barczak.
• A sizzling 909 and a pair of 700 scores
highlighted local bowling action.
Jim Hillman Sr. of Imperial Pro Shop
Classic League at Imperial Lanes rolled a
four-game total of 909.
Hillman led off with a 236 game, rolled
another 236 in his second outing, a 200 in
the third and a 237 finale.
Ed Magila, a veteran kegler who rolled in
the Senior Citizens loop at Imperial, hit
one of the highest triples ever recorded in
the circuit, a 707 to set the pace for the
men in three games.
Magila opened with a 194, then came
back with a 278 and closed with a 235.
Tim O’Brien of the Valley League at
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Imperial was just three pins off the pace,
recording a 704 series.
• The Bishop Scully junior varsity basketball team experienced a successful season winning the Tri-Valley League
Southern Division championship.
Coach Rick Cetnar’s club compiled a 142 league mark and 18-2 record in all competition.
John Iarusso topped the scoring mark
with 238 points (12.0 mark) while Tim
Braun and A.J. Johnson followed at 220
(11.0) and 126 (10.0) respectively. Sean
Laurilla had 174 points (9.0 avg.).
In rebounds, Braun led the way hauling
in 100 and Iarusso was right behind with
99. Laurilla had 83 assists and Tom
Stanavich added 51.
This week in 1975 ...
• With freshman Bob Wood providing 32
of the points in his finest effort, Galway
Central of the Tri-Valley League eliminated Lake George, 79-52 to earn a spot in the
Section II Class D semifinals.
Keith Wilkins and Mike Sivik contributed to the win with 12 and 10 points,
respectively and Earl Chase finished with
nine points.
• Dan Dicaterino’s two foul shots with 10
seconds remaining gave Dajim’s a 73-71
victory over Ray’s Place assuring Dajim’s
at least a tie for the title in Over-30 action
at Tecler School.
Fritz Showers scored 32 points and Rich
Andrus 24 for Dajim’s.
Wayne Pooler scored 24 points and
Frank Bochniak and Jim Dietrich added 16
and 14 points, respectively.
• Mt. Carmel of Amsterdam won a pair of
games to advance to the semifinals of the
Fulton County CYO basketball tournament at the Gloversville YMCA.
Danny Kadyszewski of Mt. Carmel netted 24 points and Bob Carnevale added 14
to pace Mt. Carmel.
In the quarterfinals, Tom Roginski scored
35 points and Paul Cisek 12 for Mt.
Carmel.
• The name Eddie McGaffin keeps cropping up in youth bowling circles.
The seven-year-old bowler second grader at Woodrow Wilson School tallied a 450
series on games of 160, 169 and 121 in the
Windmill Bantams.
Eddie is the son of Bill and Mary Jane
McGaffin.
• Bobby Stewart’s prowess and ability
was getting around over Boston way. He
and his manager Matt Baranski had another frustrating experience when Paul
(Preachy) Davis, a local favorite, pulled
out of a scheduled six-rounder at
Brockton, Mass. No reason was given why
Davis didn’t want to fight Stewart.
Stewart, 6-1, since turning pro the prior
spring, gave Davis a trouncing and took a
unanimous decision in the previous meeting.
Stewart, ranked in the top-20
Northeastern zone light heavyweights, was
set to fight next on St. Patrick’s Day in
Boston.
• Joey Hage, a former Amsterdam High
School standout and 1973 Recorder Player
of the Year earned a berth on the Southern
Illinois baseball varsity.
• Perth girls basketball squad rallied to
defeat Tri-Valley foe Broadalbin, 32-20.
• Bob Kowalski rolled a 678 on games of
241, 222 and 213 to highlight bowling
action.
This week 1965 ...
• Brian Mee was selected varsity baseball
coach at Broadalbin Central School.
Mike Twardzik, who coached the varsity
in 1964, took over the junior varsity
coaching post.
Mee, a former Chicago Cubs farmhand
and outstanding area catcher and manager
in the Twilight League, also was named
head football coach at Broadalbin. Tony
Fabozzi remained as head basketball
coach.
• Amsterdam’s Gary Blongiewicz wound
up his Colgate season in impressive fashion, hitting for 18 points in a 76-74 loss to
Rochester.
The big finale boosted Blongiewicz’s
season scoring average to 6.9 points per
game.
• Harry Mosher of Northville, a senior at
Hartwick College, was named Most
Valuable Player in the two-day NCAA
Small College basketball tournament at
Syracuse. He combined for to score 58
points in two games.
• Chuck Lusso, of the Tribes Hill
Merchants, rolled a 679 to highlight bowling action for the week.
• Richard Sponable was named the new
chairman of the Municipal Golf
Commission which set April 3 as the tentative opening date of the city-owned
Muni golf links.
Sponable was named to succeed Chester
A. Peters at the spring meeting.
Winfred Brown was elected vice chairman, Joseph Riley was named chairman of
the Greens committee and Mario Villa,
head of the house committee.
• The “Cinderella” Softball League for
girls 8-12 years of age was set begin its
first season of play in the spring, according
to a joint announcement made by the Prep
Baseball League, which sponsored the
new circuit, and the Recreation
Department, under whose jurisdiction, the
youngsters played
Filling a long-existing void on the local
sports scene, the new circuit was the brainchild of a trio of mothers, Vera Januszewski,
Nadia Tuman and Theresa Scialabba and its
formation met with the immediate approval
of Recreation Director Michael A. Valerio
and the Prep Baseball League which decided
to act as a sponsor.
— Compiled by Paul Antonelli
Area auto racing events help
to cure the wintertime blues
By THOMAS COUGHLIN
For The Recorder
The Associated Press
Rory McIlroy watches his shot on the sixth fairway Friday during the second round of the Cadillac
Championship in Doral, Fla.
Holmes leads at Doral; McIlroy loses cool
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — J.B. Holmes kept his lead.
Rory McIlroy lost his cool.
Holmes was 11 shots worse than his tournament
record-tying 62, finishing with a tee shot in the water
and a double bogey on the 18th hole Friday for a 1over 73. That still was enough to take a two-shot lead
over Ryan Moore (71) into the weekend at the Cadillac
Championship.
McIlroy made the wrong kind of splash at Trump
National Doral — first with a shot, then with his club.
On a wild afternoon of eagles, birdies and big numbers at every turn, McIlroy produced the biggest highlight when he pulled his 3-iron into the water on the
par-5 eighth, and then heaved the club some 50 yards
into the middle of the lake.
“Felt good at the time,” McIlroy said. “Look, I just
let frustration get the better of me.”
McIlroy managed to salvage a bogey, made three
birdies on the back nine and shot a 2-under 70 to stay
in the hunt at this World Golf Championship. He was
still eight shots behind Holmes, though the Blue
Monster is a tough course for anyone to protect a lead.
And it didn’t take much to get into trouble.
Holmes began the second round with a 360-yard
drive and a 6-iron onto the green at the par 5. It rolled
into the water, and he made his first bogey of the tournament. His approach on the third hole came up just
enough short to go into the water for another bogey.
And his tee shot on the 18th was pulled just enough for
another splash. He at least countered with five birdies
to stay in the lead.
Holmes was at 9-under 135.
He was more irritated by the bogey on No. 1 than the
double bogey at the end of his round, and what set him
off was a reminder than he thought the old Blue
Monster was too easy for a World Golf Championship.
“There’s a difference between easy and hitting two
perfect shots and the ball going in the water,” Holmes
said. “That’s a joke. I hit a 6-iron straight up in the air,
it landed 3 feet off the left of the green and 5 feet on it
and it goes in the water on the right side of the green.
That’s not hard. That’s stupid. That’s unfair.”
Even though the Glen Ridge
Motorsports Park and Fonda
Speedway may be covered with
three feet of snow and have a threefoot frost line, technically the racing
season is less than a month away.
With that being said, fans of all levels are looking for some relief after
this record-breaking winter.
That relief is here as today kicks
off a very busy schedule of activities. The New York State Stock
Car Association will be holding its
seventh
annual
NYSSCA
Nationals at K1 Speed-Indoor GoKart Racing. The race course is a
road course lay out using electric
karts located in the Crossgates
Commons near the Wal-Mart at
161 Washington Ave. in Albany.
Sign ups will begin at 10 a.m. with
racing scheduled to start at 11. The
$49 per person event includes time
trials, heat races, and a feature
event for qualified racers. The proceeds from this event will help
support the injured member fund.
Cash prizes and trophies will be
awarded for the top three finishers
and fastest time trialer. Naturally,
there have been some challenges
laid down between the local tracks,
so grab your helmet and come join
in the fun and support a great
organization at the same time.
Later today, Ivan Joslin and his
602 Sportsman race team will
hold their racing benefit in
Cobleskill from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
at the Cobleskill Elks Lodge No.
2040 at 152 Legion Drive. Event
cost is $15 for the spaghetti dinner
and dance and $10 without the
dinner. There will be a DJ and
they have been adding items daily
to the silent auction and there will
also be a 50/50 raffle.
Only a stone’s throw away,
Bobby Vedder’s Modified team
and The County Line Rebels
Band with be holding their 25th
annual preseason dance to shake
off the winter blues at the Caverns
Palace (formally Boreali’s) on
Route 7 in Howe’s Cave. Their
dance and party will go from 8
pm. until midnight, with a big
Chinese auction and raffles. Entry
fee is only $5 per person and there
will be burger and appetizer specials all evening, along with special deals on Vedder racing shirts,
mugs and decals.
Tuesday, the NYSSCA will conduct its monthly meeting, the first
one since the racing season began
in Florida and maybe the last one
before the local tracks kick off
their season. The meeting starts at
7 p.m. at Boulevard Bowl on Erie
Boulevard in Schenectady. The
meeting is open to everyone and
is a great way to become involved
in supporting and promoting auto
racing. Pizza, soda and coffee
will be served.
Thursday, the North East Stock
Car Old Timers will conduct their
monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the
Pine Ridge Estates on Route 9W
in Selkirk. NESCOT is another
fine organization that is dedicated
to preserving the history of auto
racing and supporting today’s
competitors.
A sure sign of spring is the
annual Fonda Speedway car
show held at the Rotterdam Mall,
which this year runs from March
13 to March 15. This is a great
opportunity to cure that cabin
fever or make it worse, if we get
a late start to the season. This
year’s event is looking to be as
big and exciting as usual as race
teams display the pride and joy
they have put into their cars.