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The Herald-News from Passaic, New Jersey • 35

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TODAY'S SPORTSC-5 Noth Jersey Herald-News, Sunday, December 15, 1985 The d. ock trikes for Elmwocdl Park 1 mm 4 1 1 -me 1 By Kenneth Pringle Staff Writer ORADELL Elm wood Park gave up 72 points in its first 11 In the 12th game the Crusaders gave up 41 and so ended their Cinderella season. Elmwood ParlM8-4VTan-5mack into offensive powerhouse River Dell (11-0) and was stopped in its bid for the No, Jer. Sect. 1, Grp.

2 championship, 41-0, Saturday. "We thought we play better than we did," a dejected coach Don Pantano said after the game, which was played in bitter cold and gusting-winds. "They're a good football, a really good football team. I guess it wasn't our day." But it was Tony Kyasky's day. AeKiver-DelMialfbaek-rai over 189 yards he had 100 early in the second quarter and scored three touchdowns to add to his Bergen County leading scoring totals.

It was also quarterback Steve Eynon's day (4-of-7. 99 yards, two TDs) offensive tackle John Baldo's day, tight end Jeff Heuer's day (two TD catches), and coach Greg Toal's day. "Execution wins ballgames," Toal said from the welcome warmth of the lockerroom, "and our execution was flawless. When you execute well good things hap- pen. We out-executed them." If doing everything you wanted to do amounts to good execution, then the Golden Hawks had great execuFiohTThey-scored on their first three possessions of the game and led 28-0 at the half.

They scored on their first two possessions of the second half, arid then brought in the second team. The Hawks decimated a defense the previously-stingy Elmwood Park defense, rushing for yards and throwing for another 100. 'That first possession score takes something out of you," Pantano said. "We didn't think they'd move the ball like that." Although River Dell has one of the most powerful offenses in North Jersey, what happened Saturday could not have been anticipated. The Hawks dominated both the offensive and defensive lines, they' nullified Elmwood Park's defensive tackle Scott Miller, and shut down the Crusaders ball control passing game.

"We won the line of scrimmage. Give credit to the entire line for the job they did," Toal said. While many teams this year devised special measuresto contain Miller, the River Dell coach said he did nothing different against, the 6-foot-4, 245-pounder. "John Baldo came and asked me, ne rjeegea me, not 10 ao any thing specialTHe waTitefflolake on Miller He did a great job," Toal said. Miller was Credited with one sack, but most of the time River Dell runners were into the Crusader secondary before Miller or fellow linemen Andy Zavolas, Joseph Cieri and Anthony DiPasquale could look tip.

"They controlled the line of scrimmage. What can I Pantano said. Things started well for the Crusaders, as Eynon's first pass fell, incomplete. Then the Hawks proceeded to pick apart the( Elm-wood Park defense. Kyasky carried 10 yards for first down; Kyasky for six more; fullback -Andy ilaffey picked up40r Kyasky for three more; Eynon hit Brain Gannon for a 35-yard gain; and Kyasky ran 10 yards for a touchdown.

Scott Sarafian's extra point gave River Dell a 7-0 first quarter lead. Following an Elmwood Park punt, the Hawks put together an 1 1-play, 91-yard drive, tins time with Kjtasky scoring on a three- yard retching the1eaJTo 14-0. allowing a 0 1 he Crusader The Knights, now 4-4 overall and 3-0 in Cosmopolitan Conference play, broke the school record for points in a game, most field goals made (51) and most field goals attempted (87) in the, process. The old marks were 111 Hetaid (es PDolosdy Nicholas debregoiy Kevin Ruth breaks a tackle by Dave Kuchar during Saturday 41-0 loss to River Dell. I 'A rj i 1 ,4 4 j.4 t4 4 V.

t. FDUwomeiii in Fairleigh Dickinson 118, LIU 43 Lisa Feistel scored a career high 23 points and pulled down 15 rebounds, also a career high, as FDU crushed LIU in women's action Saturday afternoon in Rutherford. TD was a 33-yard pass from Eynon to Heuer, and the second was a four-yard run by wingback Jim Esposito. "We tried to make some adjustments, move some people around." Pantano said, "but it was a little late by then." It was a disappointing ending jo the Crusaders season, which unexpectedly saw them make the playoffs as the sixth seed and stette son 4-0-8, Jackson 6-0-12, Feistel 9-5-23. ScnreiSer l-0-2 Love 4-1-9 Totals 51-16-118 LIU 21 22 43 FDU 71 47 118 Passaic County Community College 87, Ocean Community 65 Freshman guard Dave Moore poured in a game-high 36 points to lead undefeated PCCC to its 10th win inv men's action Pater-son.

Darrj i Jacobs, meanwhile, add; ed a dozen more points and John Tillman chipped in another 11 and led the winners in rebounding with 11. PCCC never trailed in the contest, jumping to a 37-29 first half lead. PSMit 87, Ocean 65 OCEAN (2-4): Fogarty 9-3-21. Randolph 4-0-8 Gannon 8-2-18. Grady 3-2-8, Oiao 2-2-6.

Hpyt 1-2-4 Totals 27-11-65 PASSAIC (10-0): Bertiune 3-0-6 Jacobs 6-0-12. Ti.ll-"hian 5-1-11; Moore 15-6-36. Edwards 4-0-8. Fields 1-0-2. Russ 3-0-6, Sullivan 3-0-6 Totals 40-7-67 J.

Ocean 29 36 65 Passaic 37 50 87 Gloucester 104. Bergen Community 81 Marvin Gray poured in a game-high 31 points to lead once-beaten Gloucester to its ninth win in men's action in Sewell Saturday. Dennis Rogers led Bergen Com-munity with 26 J4 rebounds while Marvin Usher added 18 points. Gloucester took control of the game from the beginning, taking a 25-9 lead: Gray scored six points during the stretch. Gloucester 104.

Bergen Community 81 BERGEN COMMUNITY (4-4): Schruuffer 1-3-5 Batn-el 7-3-17, Piccmick 1-0-2. Usher 9-0-18. French 0-2-2 Stenten 3-1-7. Rogers 10-6-26. 0 Connor 2-0-4 Totals 33-15-81 GLOUCESTER (9-1): Gray 15 1-31 Crandall 2-2-6 Johnson 11-8-29.

Booth 5-0-10. Miller 0-1 -1 Yuitie 4-2-10, Loscalzo 3-4-10, 2-0-4 Magil! 0-0-0 Rios 1-0-2 Totals 43-18-104 Bergen Community 40 41 81 Gloucester 56 48 104 Ramapo 66, Upsala 54 Loretta Thomas and Stephanie Dawson Quarterback Tom Kochis of River Dell's Andy Claffey. punt. River Dell completed a nine-play, 57-yard drive with Kyasky scoring on a two-yard dive. The Crusaders trailed 21-0 with five minutes left in the first half.

ElmWood Park stopped the Hawks on their next possession, and the Crusaders drove down to the River Dell 35 before being stopped on downs. with less than a minute left in the half, River Dell went to the air.ynon hit Ganon-for gains of 43 points on 50-of-74 shooting in a victory' over Brooklvn College in 1979. Diane Campbell (14), Kerry Dressel (13), Lynne Jackson (12), Stephanie Burt (11) and Carolyn Rodgers (10J were also double di defenders Shonda Nichols 11 Elmwood Park is pressured by 21 and 20 yards, then found Jeff Heuer triple-teamed in the end zone, and the 6-3 tight end hauled the ball in for a TD. "Since he's guess that makes me a great coach," Toal said, tongue firmly in cheek. The second half was no improvement as far as Elmwood Park was concerned.

The Hawks' scoreTlhe first two times thev had the ball, and again they did it with re arka bl e-easer The- rrst recori git scorers fr FDU, FDU 118. LIU 43 LIU (0-8): Rishar 2-0-4. DeVivo Sanderter 1-. 1- 3 OsSome 6-1-13, Sacca 1-0-2. Hawkins Gal-Jagner 1-2-4.

1 DeVivp 1-2-4' King 3-1-7. Totals 17-9-43 FDU (4-4): Bryant 4-0-8 Campbell Rodgers 4- 2- 10 Iskowitz 2-4-8 Burt 4-3-11. Dressel 6-1-13. Harn- Heia'U Nes Piioto Jon" Dpcw and Mary Cue (32) during sists of: Bob Arata (def. line), Rudy Ference (off.

backs, def. ends). John Graf (off1, line, def. co ordinator) Ed Rogers (receivers and def. backs) and Frank Mento and Len Smith Jr.

(freshmen). "We have gotten the program off on the right foot and we hope things will only get better." Arata said. "We have to work at being the best we can be Originally the attitude came from us, but now we want it to be sparked by the kids." back then go ail the way to the championship game. "They've got nothing to be ashamed of." Pantano said. "We got here -and nobody expected that.

We did the best we could." Elmwood Pirfc 18-4) River Dell (11-0 0 0 ,0 0 0 14 14 13 0 41 R0 Kyasny 10 run iSaratian RD Kyasky 3 run Saraf an Vex) --RDKyasky I run iSarafian kicnr PQHeuer trnm-fytinn iharat jr, cm R0 heuer 33 pass from Eynon (Sarafian 4 run (kick failed combined to score 37 points, as Ramapo earned its first win in women's action in East Orange. Dawson pumped in 19 points while Thomas added 18 to hand Upsala its fourth loss. Upsala led after the first half. 32-31. but Ramapo outscored the Vikings.

14-3. to open the second half and never trailed. from then on. Ramapo 66 Upsala 54 RAMAPO (1-6): KavKa 0-0-0 Thomas 6-68 Nxho -las 4-1-9 Rooney 4-0-8 Dulack 0-3-3 Dawson 8-3-19 Washington 1-0-2. VanOroen 0-0-0 Le si 2 1-5 Cue 1-0-2 Totals 26-14-66 Eoor git 6-1-13 Far-' ro 2-0-4.

Stoeckei 6-4-16 Messinec 0-0-0 Carson 4-4-12 Totals 21-12-54 Ramapo 31 35 66 Upsala 32 22 54 College basketball Rutgcrs-Npwark 66, William Paterson 53 Angela Roney poured in 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as undefeated Rutgers-Newark earned its seventh win in women's action in Rita Lawrence added another 19 points for the winners as the Pioneers fell to their fifth loss William Paterson pulled to within four points, 44-40, with 11:49 to play but Rutgers retaliated with a 10-1 spurt to put the game away. Sherry Patterson led William Paterson ith 30 points and 11 re: 'bounds. Rutgers-Newart 66. William Paterson 53 WILLIAM PATERSON (2-5): Patterson 14-2-30. floD-bms 1-5-4 Vergona 2-0-4 Macalle 1-0-2 Hendricks 0- 0- 0 Williams 4-2-10 Totals 22-9-53 RUTGERS-NEWARK (7-0): Roney 9-3-21 Lawrence 9- 1- 19 Mc0onaid6-2-i4 Stephens 3-0-6 Dameis 2-0-4 AOadia 1-0-2.

Poter 0-0-0, Glackin 0-0-0 Totals 30-6-66 William Paterson 28 25 53 Rutgers-Newark 32 34 66 Bill Sansone Hawthorne punter When in doubt punt, and when Hawthorne coach Tom DeMaio felt the-need, he called on Sansone. the area's first-team punter for the second year running. Sansone kept a 37.4 average on 32 kicks, including a 65-yarder and 12 kicks inside the 20-yard line. As well as distance, he got the ball away quickly with a two-step form rarely seen at the high school level. Sansone is probably better know in Hawthorne for his work at quarterback, leading the Bears to two straight playoff appearances.

This past season, Sansone threw for nine TDs and ran for eight others out of Hawthorne's wishbone attack. Will ft it 'M'JV 2f f. i v.i 7-r-vn 4 Z' 8 i ilt.WHrrlh.ni 11 Upsala's Lisa Stoeckei tries to dribble through Ramapo Saturday's game won by Ramapo. annock brought Pequ Is 's, 1JI i -L-J Game against Passaic Valley, which came in with a 3-0-1 record. Pequannock won, 15-7.

the first of four straight wins that made its season. "That was the critical game for us. We had to win it if we were to have a big year," Arata said. "It really set us on our way." The senior leaders of the team were co-captains Jim Murphy (qb-db) and Ken "I chose those two at the May meeting and they were tremendous the whole year." Arata said. "They were looked up to by the teani and were a real inspiration." Running back Glenn Esposito had 1.047 yards rushing and linebacker Troy Terlizzi was the leading tackier and "one of the finest linebackers the school has ever produced." according to Arata.

Arata said his staff helped him pull it all together. It con (Continued from Page C-4) "I learned from my coachels to be fair and honest," Arata said. "I hope to be' the best person I can be and be a good example tq, the kids. If I can say that.J am happy." 1 Pequannock opened the season with wins over Morris Catholic. Montville and De-Paul before losing to Madison and Delbarton.

If ever there was a crucial game for the Golden Panthers, it was their next jone. the Parents Day EkySansone.

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