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40 The Herald-News, ThursdoyrMarch 18, 1971 Wildcats Seek State Group 7 Title East Rutherford Era nds Tonight Cage Won 27, Lost 0 81.1 East Rutherford: 2.188 ,5 Opponents: Won 21, Lost 5 Gloucester City: 1,630617 Opponents: Gloucester Cath. 36-53 Gateway 61-43 Kingsway 84-31 HolyCross (Riverside) 78-65 Moorestown 78-32 Haddon Heights (OT) 3844 Clayton 74-39 Pennsville 79-49 Salem 69-62 iV V. if It Vf. f' i It i 5 III 81-66 73- 58 8646 96-47 86-53 79-51 59-36 91- 61 81-60 103-56 77-63 90-60 92- 53 84- 65 110-50 96-62 101-56 92-72 66-62 74- 53 85- 60 70- 54 66-59 89- 79 71- 61 90- 69 77-67 Saddle Brook Queen of Peace Harrison Hasbrouck Heights Wallington Harrison Ridgefield Palisades Park Lyndhurst St. John's (Pat.) East Paterson Queen of Peace Bogota Leonia Fort Lee Lyndhurst St.

John's (Pat.) East Paterson St. Cecilia's (Engle.) St. Aloysius (Jersey City) Eastern Christian Garfield Harrison Wallington IHprth Arlington Ridgefield MountainLakes When Golaszewski enters the game Flowers usually leaves and Frymire moves to the backcourt. Golaszewski sat on the bench for the first three minutes of the Hudson game and once he came in he never left. East Rutherford's lineup should be the same as the one which beat Mountain Lakes, 77-67, Monday for the Wildcats' 32nd straight victory.

Cason, who needs 48 points in the game to become the second high school basketball player to score 3,000 career points, will be joined by forwards Kim Becker and Gary Duda and guards Dwight Hall and Joe Solomini. This is East Rutnerford's third trip to the state finals in four years. When Cason was a freshman the Wildcats lost in the finals to South Brunswick by one point and the next year North Arlington eliminated East Rutherford in district Play. Last season the Wildcats beat South Brunswick in the title game as Cason put on one of his best high school state semifinals was a typical Gloucester City victory. Gloucester used only six players in the game and utilized a good shooting night and some excellent rebounding to down hot shooting Henry Hudson, a team which beat East Rutherford in the regular season last year.

Jim Redstock, the highest scorer in Gloucester City's history, and super sub John Golaszewski had a hand in the win. Redstock, a 6-foot-4 senior who has more than 1,500 career points, scored 20 points and Golaszewski, a 6-5J4 junior, had 14 points. Redstock and Bruce Wilson team at the forwards to give Gloucester a one-two. scoring punch. Redstock averaging 19 points and 16 rebounds a game and Wilson, a 6-3 senior who had 24 points against Hudson, is averaging 18 points and 19 rebounds on the season.

Top Sub Jeff Frymire, a 6-3 senior, joins Redstock and Wilson in the frontcourt and George Flowers, a 5-11 senior, and Leon Harris, a 5-11 junior, are in the backcourt. Woodstown' Delsea Penns Grove Pitman Kingsway Clayton Pennsville Woodstown. Delsea Penns Grove Bishop Eustace Pitman Salem Williamstown 61-46 76-39 60-43 62-53 6446 6941 W7949 58-62 89-39 52-54 52-59 5647 7849 7849 Lower Cape May 65-57 Audubon 60-56 Henry Hudson 79-69 Christmas Tournament New Jersey State Interscholastic A.A. Tournament South Bergen Holiday New Jersey State Interscholastic A.A. Tournament.

FAST BREAK SUCCESS Roger Thomas of Passaic High School scores on a fast break in last night's state semifinal game. Todd Tripucka of Bloomfield is the defender who Thomas has beaten and Phil Salimbene of the Bengals moves in too late. Bloom-field earned a 70-65 decision in the game, which was cal'ed when a fight broke out with 43 seconds to play. (For other photo and story see page 39) StateTourney Doomed? By JOHN ROWE Herald-News Staff Writer The final chapter of any sue-' cess story comes when the subject achieves the pinnacle of its success. For East Rutherford High School's basektball team the hour of decision is tonight when the Wildcats meet Gloucester City at Princeton's Jadwin Gym for the Group 1 state championship.

Game time is 7 p.m. A victory would give East Rutherford an undefeated season (28-0), its second straight state championship and a perfect ending to an era of excellent basketball. The title game will be the final basketball game for an East Rutherford team and a Wildcats' squad led by Les Cason and coached by Dick Vitale. Next year they will be a Becton-Dickinson Regional High School and a basketball team which will be without the services of Cason and Vitale. Everything New Cason will be a freshman at Long Beach State in California and Vitale, who has been at ERHS for seven years, will be coaching elsewhere, either in the local area as a high school coach or in the college ranks (probably Long Beach) as an assistant If East Rutherford gains its second consecutive New Jersey crown it will become only the third team in 30 years to achieve back to back titles in Group 1 competition.

Sayreville won Group 1 championship in 1951 and 1952 and North Arlington took the title in 1956 and 1957. Only 13 schools have ever won two or more consecutive titles in the state's four public school divisions. Before East Rutherford can claim any additional laurels it must defeat a good Gloucester City team. The Lions from Camden County, winners of the Group 2 championship in 1967, have a 21-5 overall record and have defeated some top flight opponents in the tournament. Coach Art Di Patri's team has defeated Williamstown, Lower Cape May, Audubon and Henry Hudson in the tourney.

The 79-69 win over Henry Hudson Monday night in the Don Bosco, BC Players Gain Honors Bergen Catholic placed two players and Don Bosco High School two on the Northern New Jersey Catholic Federation Conference Northern Division all-star basketball team selected by the coaches. Crusaders Frank McGoff and Ed Hart made the first team, while Terry Duffy and Chuck Harris represent Don Bosco. The fifth player is Frank Russo of St. Joseph of Montvale. Perhaps it's just a commentary of the sad times we live in.

Maybe it's an isolated incident which should be forgotten. No matter how you classify it the feeling here is that last night's disturbance which prevented the playing of the final 43 seconds of the Bloomfield-Passaic game was something which shouldn't be shrugged off. The fight which resulted from a Passaic player (Ken Slappy) downing a Bloomfield player (Paul Lape) with a punch was typical of the events which John Rowe's Sports Whirl Herald-News Photos by Roger Terhune the Jadwin Gym floor at Princeton in the 7 p.m. game. Kneeling from left to right are Kim Becker, Dave Oehlman, Coach Dick Vitale and Les Cason.

Standing are Charlie Rusconi, Gary Duda, Bob Ferraro, Dwight Hall and Joe Solomini. The fault for the Passaic-Bloomfield fight has to lie with the fans. Most of all with the 22 and 23-year old graduates who seem to be more vocal than the high school rooters. There are different opinions to how last night's fight started. Some blame the officials (John Catalano and John Stein-dler) for letting the game get out of hand.

That's a poor excuse. Show me a referee who favors one team and then I'll believe that theory. I've yet to see such an official. Judgment is judgment, not favoritism. But regarless of how the fight started, one only had to be in the lockerroom of the two teams to see what an affect the mishap had.

Hackel Hurt The Bloomfield lockeroom was quiet as Cella related that forward Bob Hackel had lost three teeth when hit by a fan and his availability for Saturday's final game against Ewing was questionable. "I'm the winning coach," said Cella, "but I don't feel like it. This incident took away from it." Solemn was the Passaic lockeroom as Cirignano explained his feelings. "If something was done in the past." said Cirignano, "maybe the fans would think twice before they come on" the-court. "If they have no team to root for in the state tournament maybe they'll learn." Cirignano thinks the seating arrangements for a game of last night's importance should be different.

He feels the fans are too close to the bench in a gym like Hackensack and they should be further away so they don't influence the players. "It may cost Passaic, but I think something should be done," added Cirignano. "The sorry thing is my kids will have to pay." Pay that is, for something that was basically a problem caused by fans. And then there is Broffman, who hasn't completed his first year as state president yet so judgment can't be passed on him, saying after the game: "It was a unanimous decision of the two coaches, the officials, myself and the site manager (Tommy Delia Torre) that the game shouldn't be continued. It was done for the welfare and safety of all concerned.

"The fans have to understand that if they are going to "attend an NNSJIAA function they are going to do it orderly and with sportmanship. We will not tolerate any violence. And the players should realize this also." Broffman went on to say that "you can be assured that this incident will be reported lo the executive committee and will be investigated." Right Mr. Broffman. but will the executive committee do anything? We doubt it.

Unless the state association starts to function as it should, situations such as last night's will continue. If they do the feeling here is that the stale tournament should be discontinued. Playing before empty gyms is no HOPING FOR A REPEAT The East Rutherford High School basketball team takes a time out from practice yesterday as they prepare for tonight's Group 1 state championship against Gloucester City. The Wildcats will be seeking a second straight state crown when thev take Christian Brothers Advance have plagued the state high school basketball tournament over the last several years. True to past form the fans were more responsible for the degree of violence than the players.

After Lape was hit a minor scuffle broke out, but the officials and police seemed to have everything under control. But a fan went after a Bloomfield player near the Bengal's bench (after Bloomfield coach George Cella and Passaic coach Larry Cirignano had done a good job of keeping their teams from running on the court) and the major scuffel was on. Police Clear Gym Police quickly cleared the Hackensack gymnasium and the impression was that the game would be completed when the fans were exited from the court. But a meeting between the game's officials, coaches and New Jersey State In-terscholastic Athletic Association president David Broffman of Nutley decided that the game should be curtailed. The entire premise of the whole situation is not who was at fault, but what can be done in the future.

Unless the NNSJIAA wakes up from its Rip Van Winkle type sleep the only solution would be halting the state tournament. The state committee has done little in the past and there is almost no hope that they will do anything in the future. The NJSIAA showed its color (yellow) earlier this year when it put Camden High School on probation for disturbances stemming from athletic events and then lifted the probation before the basketball tournament. If the state doesn't exert its authority in the near future then the basketbail tournament shouldn't be staged. Just like other normal day happenings no- one will do anything until the worst has occured.

And the worst as far as sporting event disturbances could be a knifing of a teenager. game, at Hackensack High School, was called with 43 seconds left after fans spilled onto the floor and a brawl lead Ewing, but was in foul trouble most of the second half. Ed Hayes led Neptune with 21. The Bloomfield-Passaic By The Associated Press Ewing edged Neptune, 61-59, and Bloomfield downed Passaic, 70-65, Wednesday to advance to the Group 4 final NHL Standings State Tourney Mat, Cage Slates Division Pts. East Boston 52 New York 44 Montreal 35 FIRST TEAM Forward Terry Duffy, Don Bosco Forward Frank Russo, St.

Joseph Center Frank Mc Goff, Bergen Catholic Guard Chuck Harris, Don Bosco Guard Ed Hart, Bergen Catholic SECOND TEAM Forward Jack Chimento, Bergen Catholic Forward Pete Clare, Don Bosco Center Jim Donnelly, St. Joseph Guard Jerry Moye, Bergen Catholic Guard Jim Mc Grath, Paramus Catholic HONORABLE MENTION Jay De Yonker, St. Joseph Brian Mc Grail, Don Bosco Joe Stripling, Paramus Catholic Jack Klrnan, Paramus Catholic St. Andrew's Advances To Final GF GA 356 176 228 151 248 190 225 186 182 258 192 264 188 264 10 7 111 14 11 99 21 13 83 29 6 74 37 13 51 38 10 50 42 7 45 and Christian Brothers eked out a double overtime Parochial A win over Bishop Eustace in the New Jersey High School basketball tournament. Christian Brothers, which will meet Essex Catholic in the Parochial A final, survived only because Tom Mel-chionni's layup for Eustace came a second after the final buzzer.

Ewing, now 234, led most of the way in its battle with Neptune, but had to come from behind in the final two minutes on Ron Henley's passing and scoring to earn its win. Neptune, down by as much as 11 in the second half, pulled ahead 57-56 on two foul shots by Mancel Durrett with a minute and 45 seconds left. But Henley fed Jim Hearns for a layup basket and then hit a jump shot with 30 seconds left to put Ewing back in front. Sylvester Cuyler had 26 to Toronto 34 Buffalo 19 Detroit 20 Vanc'ver 19 Wrestling Friday At Princeton Quarterfinals and Semifinals, 7:30 p.m. Saturday At Princeton Consolations and Finals, 7:30 High School Tourney Scores Group 4 Semifinal Bloomfield 70, Passaic 65 Ewing 61, Neptune 59 Parochial A Semifinal Christian Brothers Academy Lincroft 62, Bishop Eustace Pennsauken 61 Thursday At Princeton Group 1 final, 7 p.m.

East Rutherford vs Gloucester Group 3 final, 8:30 p.m. Cliffside Park vs Haddon Hgts. Friday At Rutgers Parochial final. 8 p.m. St.

Joseph's (WNY) vs St. Rose At Toms River North Parochial fir.al, 8 p.m. Sacred Heart vs St. Patrick's(E) Saturday At Princeton Group 4 final, 1:30 p.m. At Cherry Hill Arena Parochial A final, 1:30 p.m.

Group 2 final, 8 p.m. West Division Chicago 44 16 9 97 254 167 St. Louis 29 23 17 75 193 182 Minn. 26 30 15 67 174 204- Phila. 25 30 13 63 185 201 Pittsb'rgh 20 32 18 58 193 207 L.A.

20 36 12 52 202 268 Calif. 18 47 5 41 ,172 274 Wednesday's Results California 5, Pittsburgh 2 Fall, Winter Sp orts Feature Of NJICA Spring Conference COUPON Mon. thru Sat. 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Sun. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be Clifton's St. Andrew's against Morristown's St.

Margaret for the Paterson Diocesan Junior Division basketball championship. The game will be played at 2 Sunday at DePaul High School, Wayne. St. Andrew's advanced to thel finals by beating Little Falls' Holy Angels, 60-54, Tuesday night. Ed Bednarcik paced the winners with 25 points and Butl Campbell had 19.

John Gerdy tallied 24 and Mike Sug-lia 15 for the losers. In another game, Immaculate Heart of Mary of Wayne nipped St. Nicholas of Passaic, 70-68. Immaculate scored the winning two points in the last second of the game. Elwood scored 26, English 18 and Lavoie 15 for the winners, and St.

Nicholas had Slavin with 16, Hall and Bulna 12 each and Farnella 11. SPECIAL SAVINGS CLEAN INTERIOR yMTE WALLS FREE WINDOWS CLEANED INSIDE AND OUT VACUUM CLEANED mo WITH THIS COUPON FMJELE WAS NEW BRUNSWICK Clinic sessions on five fall and winter sports will be included among the offerings of the 29th annual Spring Athletic Conference sponsored by the New Jersey Interscholastic Coaches Association at Rutgers University March 2G-27. Soccer, wrestling, swimming, fencing and ice hockey, in addition to detailed programs in football and basketball, will come under the consideration of college and scholastic coaches and players during the two-day meeting. Films, demonstrations and panel discussions will be devoted to 17 sports in all. Seven high school and throe college coaches will partici-pat In the soccer section and will consider such topics as financial aid for soccer players, a 1 1 i g.

soccer camps and offensive and defensive aspects of the game. A panel of high school coaches will discuss "Top Twenty, All-State Selections and Federation Rules." Cradles, escapes, takedowns and reversals will come under discussion in the wrestling clinic which will feature Fu-miari Nakamura and Sonny Greenhalgh of the New York Athletic Club. Greenhalgh's subject will be "escapes" while Nakamura will lecture on the international style of wrestling. A two-hour swimming clinic will be headed by Charles Caiilncr nf Westficld High School. Pie-season prepara tions and stroke mechanics will be covered in films.

The fencing section will feature two addresses by Anthony J. Orsi, director of Santel-li's Fencing Academy. A film on foil fencing, featuring Michael Gaylor, will be shown. Two groups will consider high school fencing, one made up of fencers who did not participate in high school, and the other of college coaches. In the ice hockey clinic, local college coaches and several New England high school coaches will discuss a variety of topics and engage in a discussion on "Placing New Jersey High School Hockey Players in College." Clinics begin Friday at 9 a.m.

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