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By BRUCE JOHNSON Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times This week we’re going to take a Tillman, coach John Wooden. Eric Shaw, boys soccer coach. Johan one-week break from the rigors of Liz McKeon, girls basketball coach Cruyff, Alex Ferguson, Harry WHS athletics, and spend some time (’99). Tommy Hart (grandfather), McAlarney (grandfather). breaking bread with the school’s ath- Derek Jeter, Pat Summitt. Jillian Shirk, future athlete (’26). letes, coaches, alumni and fans. Steve Merrill, historian (’71). Gen- Antonio Brown, Steph Curry, Eli Tonight’s big event is the third erals Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Manning. mythical Devil’s Den Dinner. We Lee, George Patton. Maria Shirk, future athlete (’29). asked WHS senior athletes, coaches, Don Mokrauer, fan (’63). Ralph LeBron James, Christian Kirk, Mat- alumni and fans to send us a list of Greenleaf, Willie Hoppe, Willie thew Stafford. three (sometimes more; in one case Mosconi. Whitney Shyposh, basketball (’18). just one) people from any time in Kevin ‘Spud’ Monroe, boys basket- John Fitzgerald Kennedy, William history, dead or living, with whom ball (’77). Russ ‘Boo’ Bowers, Barron Shakespeare, Carrie Underwood. they would like to share a dinner. Chambliss, Dondi Chambliss, Donnell Luke Spellman, basketball (’18). Since this is a mythical dinner we’ve Clark, Lew Graves, Rodger Thomp- Tinker Hatfield, George Lucas, decided to hold it in the Armory, and son. Shaquille O’Neal, it will be catered by Charlie’s Italian Bruce Moran, journalist (’76). Jon Stiles, swimming (’18). Steve Deli (aka, Charlie Cheats), a South Dwight Eisenhower, Abraham Lin- Carell, Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart. Ave. landmark in the 1950s and ’60s, coln, George Washington. Dick Stotler, football (’66). Jack but a window business the last I was Eddie Morton, football, track (’72). Martin, Bud Mueller, Dick Myers. up there. If Charlie and his brother Rudy Brown, Chris Campbell, Jesus Chris Tafelski, boys cross country/ David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times John run out of baloney, capicola or Christ, Walt Clarkson, God, Ron Hall, track coach (’97). Walt Clarkson. DRIVING THROUGH...Raider Nya Downing, left, drives past Cougar, Charolette VanWhy, No. 22, as Olivia Speer, No. their famous pizza bread for their Gary Kehler. Bev Torok, girls volleyball coach. 24, prepares herself. Cranford had a huge fourth quarter to win 48-33. subs, we will use the Clark White Mike Murray Jr., baseball (’06). Billie Jean King, Clara Torok (mother), Diamond as our backup food sup- Julius Caesar, Mike Murray Sr., Keith Urban. plier. Thurman Munson. Mark Walter, soccer (’18). LeBron Mark Natiello, basketball (’18). Jeff James, Lionel Messi, President Donald Cougars’ Assists Downs Lady Raider B-ballers A record turnout of 56 reservations Bezos, Elon Musk, Jim Valvano. Trump. was taken this year, far more than the Drew Ortiz, football, baseball (’18). Steve Warren, swimming (’18). CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 43 tables that were reserved in 2009. Gabriel Iglesias, President Barack Warren Buffet, Ronald Reagan, Neil job against her today,” Coach Dyer sists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 points) The first part of the final quarter In 2013 there were just 21 tables. Obama, Robin Williams. deGrasse Tyson. said. initiated it with an assist to Downing. was a trade-off but then the hammer The award for the furthest-away Daryl Palmieri, boys basketball Steve Whittington, girls swimming O’Brien (4 rebounds, 3 steals) also But the Cougars answered with their came. Wichelns, with two assists from reservation was declared a tie, be- coach. Chris Farley, Chris Mullin, Jim coach. Bono, John Kohutanycz, Neil positioned herself well during that 9-0 run, which included Santarelli’s Santarelli and one from VanWhy, tween two members of the Class of Valvano. deGrasse Tyson. run to create turnovers and grab re- pair of 3-pointers. The Cougars won rolled in three layups, was fouled on 1972: Craig ‘CJ’ Johnson in Thai- J.B. Raymond, journalist (’63). Paul WHS HOSTING DISTRICT 15 bounds. the quarter 13-10. KC Pringle (4 re- each and converted all three free land, and Phil ‘Flip’ Light on his boat Brown, Bear Bryant, Jim DeSarno, WHS will host the District 15 Tour- “I try to really be an all-around bounds, 2 assists) and Caroline Kelly throws. She closed out the game with somewhere in the South Pacific. Gary Kehler, Nick Saban. nament this Saturday, starting at 9 player. We have counties coming up (2 steals, 4 rebounds, assist) each had another 2-pointer. To say the dinner guests are an Damien Ruparel, tennis (’18). Roger a.m. The locals finished second to and I really want to motivate my team two points and Wichelns had three “We have been playing so well lately eclectic group would be an under- Federer, Steve Jobs, Shrikrishna Kale North Hunterdon last year. as much as possible to get ready for points. Downing had four points, together as a team. We’ve had some statement. You will need Google for (grandfather). The Blue Devils concluded the dual- the big games that are more important Corrinne Lyght (5 points, 5 rebounds, tough losses, like against Westfield some of these names. Molly Ryan, basketball (’18). Luke meet season last Saturday by taking than this game. It was important, but 2 steals) scored three points and and Johnson. We have to stick to- Here are the table reservations (ev- Bryan, Bill Gates, Derek Jeter. two out of three in a quad at right now we need to really focus on O’Brien had two points. gether and come out and win games erything is listed alphabetically). Lauren Sgro, basketball (’18). Ellen Somerville. Those matches started our next county game against UC Defense ruled the 7-4 second quar- that are so close to counties and get us Eric Bebel, swimming (’18). Walt Degeneres, Amy Poehler, Mark roughly 12 hours after they had fin- [Union Catholic] and we need a lot of ter that gave the Cougars a 20-14 lead in the right mindset to win. Bigger Disney, Albert Einstein, George Wash- Zuckerberg. ished second to state-ranked girls stepping up because there will at the half. O’Brien’s third-quarter games are more important games,” ington. Watchung Hills in the North 2 Group be times when Nya and I will be heroics got the Raiders back in front Wichelns expressed. Ryan Bebel, swimming (’18). Ben- Among the hundred-plus people ex- 5 championship match. jamin Franklin, Genghis Khan, pected to attend today’s third mythical safeguarded and we need other girls but with the help of Caroline O’Brien realized that her team was Devil’s Den Dinner are Paul Robeson, The Warriors (23-2), who were ranked to shoot, dribble pass,” O’Brien said. McCaffery (5 points, 2 assists, 3 re- experiencing consistency difficulties Leonardo da Vinci. Bob Behre, journalist. Lou Gehrig, General Sun Tzu, Captain James Cook 14th in the state, won a 39-23 decision. The Raiders had the first scoring bounds) and VanWhy, the Cougars throughout the game. Jesus Christ, Mike Trout. and Mother Teresa. But Kurz’s kids won five of the 12 spurt with a 6-0 run to begin the first gained a 30-25 advantage entering “Definitely miscommunication with Mike Birle, soccer (’18). Zac Brown, contested weights, including a wild, over- quarter and Stefanie DeVizio (4 as- the fourth quarter. girls coming in. When we had subs, Charlie Kelly, Jim Valvano. time, come-from-behind win by senior we just couldn’t get our man. I think Chris Campbell, wrestling (’73). co-captain Isaiah Reese at 160. that was a drop off for us. We were President Barack Obama, Siddhartha The Blue Devils beat Perth Amboy ahead, 6-0, with subs coming in and Gautama (Buddha), John D. 60-15 and Piscataway 32-28 in the no one was calling out who they had. Rockefeller, Sun Tzu. first two rounds. That hurt us. We definitely got to Mike Cappiello, baseball (’08). WHS last won a sectional title in work on that and definitely got to Derek Jeter, Justin Olsen, David 1990, when Kurz was a junior 130- work on defending,” O’Brien said. Wright. pounder. That year’s team also won “If our defense is really strong and Grace Cash, swimming (’18). Mar- team titles at counties and District 11. on, it translates to our offense. Get- tin Luther King Jr., Jennifer Lawrence, Kurz’s team ended the Union County ting steals and forcing turnovers and Neil Patrick Harris. portion of the regular season the way being in the right spot on defense Jack Cifelli, swimming (’18). Jesus they started it: with a huge win over a helps us with our offense,” Coach Christ, Muhammad, Cornelius major longtime rival. The youthful Dyer said. Vanderbilt. Devils opened with a 40-25 victory The Cougars received the fifth seed Jay Cook, boys volleyball coach Capt. James Cook over Scotch Plains-Fanwood and closed for the upcoming Union County Tour- (’02). Michael Jordan, Dean Smith, with a 43-18 romp over Union County nament and would host the winner John Wooden. Tournament champion Cranford. between New Providence and Hill- Tom Cusimano, fan. Russell ‘Boo’ “We can be pretty good when ev- side on February 13, while the Raid- Bowers, Peter Braun, Dickie Myers. erybody is available to compete,” ers will compete at Union Catholic. Colin Daniel, swimming (’18). Will Kurz said. “And we often had five The Cougars have beaten New Ferrell, Michael Phelps, President sophomores and as many as three Providence twice in the regular sea- Donald Trump. freshmen in the lineup. If we can find son but Santarelli cautioned, “They Teddy Diamantopoulos, swimming some upper weights, or get some kids David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times had two girls hurt when we played (’18). Morgan Freeman, Glenn to grow, we can be in the hunt for a CRANFORD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK...Camryn Wichelns, a senior on the them, so we have to focus with their Howerton, Christopher Nolan. sectional title the next two years.” varsity basketball team, recently scored her 1,000th point. She would lead the new team and we can’t take them Jim DeSarno, football coach. Den- Cougars into the Union County Tournament hosting New Providence at CHS on THIS AND THAT February 13. Ryan Faraone (not available), a senior captain on the varsity ice lightly.” nis Arnold, Walt Bartlett, Dave Moyle Molly Ryan was selected to play in hockey team had five points in recent victories over Nutley and Bayonne and is Cranford 13 7 10 18 48 (his football coaches at Pompton Lakes the North-South All-Star Basketball second overall on the team with 25 points for the season. Sc Pl-Fanwood 10 4 11 8 33 High). Game, Saturday, March 17, at Rider Grace Elliott, soccer, basketball University. Tip-off is at 2:30 p.m. She (’18). Steve Jobs, Carli Lloyd, Robin is a three-year starter and (through Williams. Sunday) has scored 825 career points Voorhees Slips Past Cougars for Section Title Josie Greenwood, soccer, basket- (No. 8 all-time at WHS), while mak- ball (’18). Neil Armstrong, Pope ing 111 3-pointers (No. 4) and com- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 Francis, Leonardo da Vinci. ing up with 291 steals (No. 3). Her Bruce Johnson, journalist (’63). three steals Saturday enabled the In the 170-lb bout, Viking Matt hammers for that team. Even our Fernandez in 1:27 with a cradle. The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jimmy Brown, Tufts-bound senior to break her single- Brandner rallied from a 4-2 deficit to heavyweight had a great scrap with 120-lb bout was a snake fight and Chris Campbell, Colin Kaepernick, Paul Robeson season record with 114 (112 was the claim an 11-4 decision over Justin that kid,” Cougar Head Coach Pat Viking Aidan Taylor recorded a five- Martin Luther King Jr., Paul Robeson. old mark). Alpaugh-McLean then Cougar Zach Gorman said. point Merkel move to edge Pat Craig ‘CJ’ Johnson, memorabilia Sophomore Maddy Katz scored a Blevins went to town with seven Viking Lewis Fernandes, ranked Kalnins, 9-6. In the final store owner (’72). Muhammad Ali, school-record four goals as the girls bout at 126-lbs, Viking Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Johnson, Babe ice hockey team defeated Immacu- Hunter Rinehart defeated Ruth, Mother Teresa. late Heart Academy 8-7 for its first Christian Esposito, 4-0. George Kapner, boys tennis coach. victory after 14 losses. “I think that we wrestled Thomas Jefferson, Harold Kapner (fa- IN PASSING tough and we didn’t get ther), Gary Kehler. Gary Meserole passed away on Feb. some bonus in some spots. Greg Kasko, cross country, track (’83). Walt Clarkson, Joan Kasko 8 at age 64 after a long battle with We didn’t give up bonuses cancer. He was the father of two tal- in some spots, so I was (mother), Mother Teresa. Allie Kehler, fan (’08). Gary Kehler ented WHS swimmers: Callie, co- proud of how we wrestled. captain of the 2006 girls team; and I was proud of how far this (grandfather), Glen Kehler, Scott Newman, Justin Olsen. Matt, co-captain of the 2010 boys team came. We got a lot of team, and the holder of three indi- new guys in the lineup. Glen Kehler, JFK assassination buff (’75). Frank Giancana, J. Edgar vidual school records. Only two guys in this lineup ON THIS DATE have ever wrestled in the Hoover, President Lyndon Johnson, Dorothy Kilgallen, Johnny Roselli. 1963: Bob King scored 33 points in district tournament. It was a 59-50 basketball win at Roselle. a good run at the end. We Glen Kehler, football, track (’75). Rudy Brown, Paul Byrne, Chris AROUND THIS DATE are very young and we are Feb. 14, 1948: Charlie Schrope tied looking for bigger things Campbell, Frank Jackson, Gary Kehler, Joe Monninger, Eddie Morton. Sun Tzu the Union County Tournament record next year and in the post with 24 points as WHS routed season, we got a lot of wres- Alex Kingsley, swimming (’18). Julius Caesar, Jesus Christ, Cranford 74-49 at the Elizabeth Ar- tling left to do,” Coach mory. Gorman said. Muhammad. Phil ‘Flip’ Light, football, wres- Feb. 14, 2003: Matt Rothstein beat “Sections are over. Now Lenape Valley’s Rob Paul 201-158 to it’s time to get into the tling, sea traveler (’72). Captain James David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times win the state bowling championship. room, get this off our brain Cook, Alfred Wallace, Alfred Wegner. WORKING ON A SPREAD EAGLE...Cougar Max Nock, top, tries to pry Viking Garrett Tom Madaras, fan. Chris Campbell, Rothstein also rolled series of 744 Loescher to his back with a Spread Eagle in his 145-lb bout. Nock recorded a 2-1 decision and go work hard and look Chuck Cosenza, Butch Woolfolk. and 756 as WHS finished sixth in the forward to districts, regions team competition. takedowns and a pair of escapes to No. 1 at 285-lbs, dropped to 220-lbs Muriel Maloney, swimming (’18). and then states,” Bencivenga said. Ansel Elgort, Blake Lively, Michael seize a 16-6, major decision over and used a double-leg grapevine to BOUT SEQUENCE: Phelps. Reading is Good For You Charlie Eberle at 182-lbs. pin Rob Schork in 48 seconds. A 132: — Swiston (V) p Snover 2:58 Sandy Mamary, director of athlet- An important bout came next at battle was next between Cougar Matt 138: — Korzeneski (C) p Peterson :41 ics. Billy Jean King, Jackie Robinson, 195-lbs when Cougar Dylan Budnik Savino and Sam Huff at 285-lbs. With 145: — Nock (C) p Loescher 2-1 152: — Bencivenga (C) p Baytoff 2:48 Roger Staubach. had to face Scott Fernandes, a notori- the bout tied, 1-1, Huff scored a 160: — Roper (C) md Kalinchak 13-4 Kerry McDevitt, boys basketball ously dangerous leg wrestler. Budnik takedown late in the third period to 170: — Brandner (V) d McLean (’81). Johannes Gutenberg, Charles J. was taken down twice in scrambles earn a 3-1 decision. 182: — Blevins (C) md Eberle 16-6 McDevitt (father), Dr. James Naismith. but yielded no back points in a 4-0 The Cougars’ final win came at 195: — Fernandes (V) d Budnik 4-0 220: — Fernandes (C) p Schork :48 Melina McDevitt, girls soccer (’18). decision. 106-lbs when Jimmy Gluck tallied Hwt: — Huff (V) d Savino 3-1 Muhammad Ali, Joey Chestnut, Kerry “Budnik wrestled one of his best four nearfalls to grab a 15-1 major 106: — Gluch (C) md Rich 15-1 McDevitt. matches, shutting that kid down like decision over Josh Rich. At 113-lbs, 113: — Koshinski (V) p Fernandez 1:27 James McKeon, assistant coach that. Those three boys up top are Colby Koshinski pinned Will 120: — Taylor (V) d Kalnins 9-6 goleader.com/subscribe 126: — Rinehart (V) d Esposito 4-0 (’02). Tommy Hart (grandfather), Pat Mother Teresa