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| Varsity letter, from 1976. (Property of Tony Procaccini). |
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| Varsity numbers for sweaters, from our class. |
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| Coach Bob Jackson`s "Big Red Machine" underwent a rebuilding year in quest of a fifth straight state tournament berth. Although they didn`t qualify for the states, Bob "Half-a-Deck" Henry, school record holder for home runs and RBI for one season, made the All-FCIAC squad. |
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| The highlight of the baseball season happened May 12, 1976, when the Eagles scored four times in their last at-bat to post a thrilling 4-2 come-from-behind victory over Ludlowe "on the road." Read players` personal accounts of the game in the "Great Memories" section of the Web site. |
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| Varsity Baseball team cloth logo for sweaters. (Courtesy Tony Procaccini) |
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| Pre-season newspaper article on announcement of Varsity Baseball players for the 1976 season. |
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| Article on our great Varsity baseball comeback victory over Ludlowe. May 12, 1976 at Ludlowe`s field. |
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| Final composite statistics for Warde Varsity Baseball season, 1976. (Property of Tony Procaccini) |
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| Coach Bill Davis` gridiron heroes finished the season at 2-9, but they played well against Fairfield Prep and Staples. The Crimson Eagles defeated arch-rival Roger Ludlowe an unprecendented two times in one season. |
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| Senior members of the Eagles` football team included co-captains Steve Cameron and Glen Brown, linemen John Hey, Kevin Shay, and Mike McKernan, receivers Tom Skultety, Ted Plummer, Tom Fairfield, and Steve Trifone, and barefoot kicker Steve Lang. |
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| The boys` basketball team finished the campaign at 5-15, but they posted impressive wins over Kolbe-Cathedral, Jonathan Law, and Norwalk. Basketball players are invited to share their memories in the Great Memories page of our reunion Web site. |
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| Coach Ed Bengermino`s boys` basketball team was forced to field inexperienced players. The team`s outstanding senior, Tom Knuth, was awarded honorable mention status. |
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| Andrew Warde`s most successful Fall sport was girls` volleyball. Under the excellent coaching of Ed Bengermino, the team finished at 14-1 and FCIAC runners-up. Their sole defeat came at the hands of FCIAC champion Westhill. |
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| The girls` volleyball team was ranked third in the state. The girls won their first state playoff match and were led by senior Diane Dionis. |
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| The boys` track team finished at 3-7, but senior Floyd Scholz and senior co-captain Pete Hellfach both broke school records. Floyd broke the high jump and triple jump records. Hellfach beat the old discus record by 10 feet. |
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| Tom Knuth and Andy Larsen captured the state LL tennis championships. The tennis team finished at 8-5. Larsen earned his third state tennis championship his senior year, "an achievement that will be hard to match," according to the yearbook editor. |
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| The cross-country team, under the guidance of Fred Klee, managed more victories than the previous year`s team, and they defeated more teams in the FCIAC championships than during the regular season. Stellar performances by senior co-captains Tim Schoenhorn and Ed Bintz, and fine running by Joe O`Brien and Ira Fried highlighted the "channeled" efforts. Though small in size, the 1976 Warde Cross Country team had great camaraderie and a special relationship with Coach Frederick Klee (who passed away in 2005). Some of our runners placed well at the FCIACs, on a cold day on a Stamford golf course. Tony Procaccini, not known for his distance running, placed 107 out of 108. Rest in peace, Coach Klee.
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