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LOFTS J. McGUIRE, Tournament Director

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ELEVENTH ANNUAL

Eastern MassachusettsHigh School HockeyTournament

A year ago, after Billerica saltedaway its third consecutive state Divi-sion 2 tit le, a rumor circulated thatthe Indians would meet Matignon,the Division 1 champ. A dream gameit would have been, yet there was noway such a game could have beenplayed.

But a realignment this year assuresthere will be little or no doubt whohas the top team in Eastern Mass.The three best leagues in Division 2 —the Merrimack Valley Conference,

LOFTS J.McGUIRE

TOURNAMENTDIRECTOR

By STEVE HARRISBoston Herald American

Old Colony League and Dual CountyLeague — have been elevated to Divi-sion 1.

It 's a move that's been talkedabout since the two-division tourneywas instituted in 1972 and one whichmakes sense in a number of ways.

Competitively, the three leagueshave reached parity with most Divi-sion 1 leagues. Year in and year out,the top Division 2 teams — Billerica,Acton-Boxboro, Canton, Waylandand others — would be an even match

for the best teams in the highergroup. So why not let the best fight itout?

Numerically, the realignment near-ly balances the two divisions. Thereare now 10 Division 1 leagues and 12in Division 2.

"The idea was to balance off thetournaments as much as we could,"said veteran hockey tournamentdirector Lofts (Mickey) McGuire."The last few years it was getting so

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1978 EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOLBOY HOCKEY COMMITTEE

WILLIAM REID, CHAIRMANBoston Schools

LOFTS J. McGUIRE, DIRECTOR

MEMBERS

ELLIOTT MacSWAN, Barnstable

JOHN F. KINEAVY, Dartmouth

BURTON MacARTHUR, Triton Regional

FR. PAUL PHINN, Catholic Schools

ROBERT BARRETT, Hingham

DONALD SEAGER, Dedham

JOHN FAWCETT, Stoneham

JOHN DONAHUE, Nauset Regional

RICHARD LILLIS, North Easton

TOM MORAN, Boston Schools

DAVID CLEARY, Hockey Coaches

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 1978 HOCKEY TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE

Seated, left to right: Elliott MacSwan, Barnstable; John F. Keneavy, Dartmouth; Burton MacArthur, Triton Regional; William Reid; Chairman,Boston Schools; Lofts J. McGuire, Director; Fr. Paul Phinn, Catholic Schools. Standing, Robert Barrett, Hingham; Donald Seager, Dedham;John Fawcett, Stoneham; John Donahue, Nauset Regional; Richard Lillis, North Easton; Tom Moran, Boston Schools, and David Cleary,Hockey Coaches.

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we had 18 to 25 teams qualifying inDivision 1 and 30 to 35 in Division 2.

"After looking at how many teamswere qualifying from each league, thecommittee felt these three leaguescould compete in the higher divisionand the move would be beneficial tothe overall tournament.

"We had complaints from teams ineach league, but not to any degree.Maybe one team in each league. Thewhole thing is it will certainly makefor better competition. I think we'llsee that some of these Division 2teams will more than hold theirown."

For Billerica coach Roger Richard,it just means another challenge forthe state's most successful program.The Indians boast a 71-3 record overthe last three years, and don't betagainst them breezing through Divi-sion 1 as easily as they have through2.

"As far as I'm concerned," saidRichard, "I'm not displeased with themove. I thought it was about time. Ifwe win it this year, we're just going tohave to work harder. It's not going tobe as easy as last time."TOURNEY TOPICS -- The effectsof The Blizzard of '78 are still withus, but local schoolboy hockeyweathered the storm reasonably well.Many teams did have to play three orfour games during the February vaca-tion, but McGuire and his committeemanaged to organize the tourney fieldroutinely. "The storm didn't reallybother us at all," said McGuire. "Butif we were still playing all our gamesat the Boston Arena, the storm wouldhave crippled us. Using the six dif-ferent sites, though, we had someflexibility."

Quickie Quiz: How's your memoryabout past tourneys? Here are a fewquestions that should be a snap forany true fan.

1. An easy one to start. In lastyear's Division 1 final, this high-scoring pair had third period goalsjust 14 seconds apart to giveMatignon the title.

2. Too easy? How aboutthis . . . In 1968, a part-time regularseason goalie backstopped unherald-ed Arlington to the title, with vic-tories over Needham, Melrose andNorwood. Name the goalie, now afamous radio personality.

3. This Melrose defenseman andfu tu re Bruin possessed a legendaryslap shot, yet scored just one goal inthe 1962 tourney. Name him and hisnickname.

4. Here's a l i t t le harder one . . .Name the 14-year-old freshmangoalie who had back-to-back 1-0shutouts over Arlington and Nor-wood in the 1965 semis and final togive Walpole the championship.

5. The star of that Norwood team,incidently, went on to professionalstardom — but not in hockey. Namehim.

6. In one of the great comebacks intourney history. South Boston scoredseven goals in a nine-minute span inthe 1974 semis. Name the Southie star- now playing at Michigan State —

who had three of the goals.7. All-time tourney great Robbie

Ftorek led one of the most one-sidedvictories ever in 1970 ove MaidenCatholic. Do you remember the scoreand Ftorek's contribution?

8. If you handled that one easily,you'll probably have no trouble nam-ing the other members of Ftorek'sline, all of which made the all-tourneyteam. (See below for answers).

«• * +Few men, if any, know as much

about Massachusetts high schoolhockey as Boston College assistantcoach Steve Cedorchuk. The formerBoston Tech great agreed to stick hisneck out — a bit — and name histourney favorites. In Division 1,Steve tabs Burlington the team tobeat. ("They're the deepest. Theyreally don't have any weakness").After the Red Devils, it's Don Bosco("Two super lines and great rushingdefensemen.") and Billerica, despitetheir two regular season losses toBurlington. ("They were missingsome key players. If they meet again,it's an even game.") For a darkhorse,Cedorchuk likes Natick. In Division2, he leans toward North Reading,with Canton and Barnstable next.

Asked to assess the best players,

Steve picks the following "all-tourney" team; up front, Burling-ton's Jeff Cowles, Don Bosco's BillyO'Dwyer and Brian O'Connor ofArlington. On defense, he likesBillerica's fine senior backline pair,Tom Mulligan and Jeff Smith. Andin goal, it's either Arlington's JoeHurley or Doug Ellis of Burlington.

Ron Marcellus of Somerset is thenew Mass, career scoring champ. Thehusky (6- foot- 1, 180-pound) Mar-cellus, who'll attend Bowdoin nextyear, had 34 goals and 35 assists thisyear for a four-year total of 121 goalsand 1 1 8 assists. His 239 points toppedthe record of 228 set in 1976 by Ran-dy Millen of Oliver Ames . . . A starof the horizon is 14-year-oldsophomore Danny Morgan of Win-throp. His 23 goals for the North-eastern Conference champs were thebest in the league . . . East Boston'sPaul Maggio was the area's top goal-scorer, potting 48 while leading Eastieto the Boston Conference Division 2crown. His linemates Mike and MarkCambria were no slouches either,with 33 and 21 goals respective-ly ... And oh yes, the quiz answers

- 1. Everyone knows it was MarkFidler and Billy Cotter, now team-mates at BU. 2. None other thanformer Harvard great Joe Bertagna,now a WMEX color man on Crimsonbroadcasts. 3. Why, Paul "TheShot" Hurley, of course. 4. Theauspicious debut was by KevinWoods. 5. Richie Hebner, now aPhillies infielder. 6. Kevin Coughlin.7. Ftorek figured in nine of theRockets 11 goals in the 11-1 victoryover MC. He had two goals and sevenassists. 8. Ftorek centered the line,with Tom Parlato on the left, andSteve Dagdigian on the right.

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EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

DIVISION II-SEMI-FINAL

BARNSTABLENo. Name Pos.

1 MIKE WHITE G2 GLEN THOMAS F3 JOHN MELCHIONO D4 GARYCOUETT D5 MIKE JACKSON F6 BERT PROCTOR F7 JOHNAYLMER F8 BRIAN McVEY F9 PETER MARNEY F

10 JIM PINHO F11 MARK SMITH D12 JEFF TAYLOR F13 NICK NICKERSON D14 BILL SULLIVAN F15 STEVE MURRAY D16 JOHN STOREY F17 BRIAN TUTTLE F18 MARK O'BRIEN D19 PAUL REVERE F20 BILL MADDALENA GCOACH: PETER MELCHIONO

2:30 P.M.vs WESTWOOD

No. Name Pos.1 WILLIAM GAVIN G2 JACK MCELROY F3 JOHN GAVIN F4 TOM JACOBS D5 ARTHURFALES F6 BRIAN MCDONALD F7 ED GAVIN F8 WILLIAM O'CONNOR D9 JOHNMAZZARELLA F

10 CHAS. FLAHIVE F11 STEVE PRATT D12 GERALD MALLOY F15 RICH JOHNSON D16 DENNIS MEGLEY F17 MARK RUSHTON F18 KEVIN BURKE F19 MATT REDDISH D20 CHRIS POLI F21 PAULENGIEAN D30 PETER McGINNIS GCOACH: KEVIN CROWE

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NO. READINGNo. Name

2 PETER HARTERY5 ALAN LORD6 PAUL SWEENEY7 DANNY POTTER8 DAVEMANGENE9 STEVE FREEDMAN

11 BOBBY GALLAHUE12 EDDIE STAFFORD14 BILLY CAVANAUGH15 RICH LYTLE16 SCOTT OLIVER17 GREG TITUS18 PETER BARBAGALLO19 MARKQUERCIA20 BRIAN McTAGUE21 DAVESTARRETT22 GARYLINDGREN23 TONYGLEASON30 STEVE DOIG31 RANDY TRYDERCOACH: BEN SANDS

VS ARLINGTON CATHOLICPos. No. Name Pos.

D 1 PHILIP TERNULLO GD 2 PAULDONATO F

3 JAMIE KEEFFE D4 PAULFALLON D5 LARRY BROWN F6 PAULGUINEE F7 RICHARD KEEFE F8 JACK IRWIN F

D 9 TIM GEARY FF 10 BILL MCCARTHY FF 11 BOBLoCONTE FD 12 CHRIS BROWN DF 13 JOHN PEER DF 14 TOM CONNORSF 15 DAN GRAHAMD 16 CHRIS PERRYD 17 JIMVILLANDRYF 18 JIM SHEAG 19 JOHNMcCADDEN DG 20 ED MCDONALD G

21 DAN JOYCE DCOACH: STEVE THEALL

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8:30 P.M.

1978

MATIGNONNo. Name Pos.

1 BRIAN MILMOE G2 JERRY AUGUST RD3 PAT COTTER LW4 TOMO'REGAN C5 DAVETIERNEY LD6 JOE HUGHES RD7 GEORGE WHITE C8 JOHN DALEY RW9 JACK WOODS RD

10 DAVE GAVIN RW11 SEAN O'CONNOR RW12 JIM DUFFY C14 VICTRAVASSOS RW15 JACK LEE LD16 RICK AUGUST LW17 BRIAN MURPHY C18 GEORGE BOUDREAU LD19 MIKE ROSENBERGER LW20 KEVIN CONLEY LW30 BILL CROSBY GCOACH: MARTIN PIERCE

VS AUSTIN PREPNo. Name

1 JOHN PELRINE2 GARY SEE3 DANIEL COX4 STEVEN SHELDON5 CHARLES MALTA6 RICHARD ROBINSON7 ANTHONY VISONE8 DAVID STAMATIS9 JOHNCUMMINGS

10 JAMES KNOWLTON11 KEVIN BARRY12 BRIAN McNAMARA13 DAVID MCDONALD14 RUSSELLAHERN15 DANIEL AHERN17 ROBERT HATEM18 JEFFREY GALLAGHER19 DAVID BALLOU21 HARRY SEE30 DAVID HILLCOACH: GARY BISHOP

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FINAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS AND TOP SCORERSBAY STATE LEAGUE

W-L-T Pts.Norwood 16-0-1 33Natick 14-4-0 28Framingham South 10-6-2 22Needham 9-6-3 21Braintree 8-7-3 19Walpole 9-8-1 19Wellesley 7-6-4 18Dedham 3-12-2 8Milton 2-13-1 5Framingham North 0-16-1 1

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

Steve Rich, Natick 19 30 49Jay Miller, Natick 15 22 37Dave Fletcher, Natick 21 13 34BobMcGuire, Fram. So 21 13 34JoeTersoni, Fram. So 15 19 34Jon Fish, Norwood 19 13 32Tom Picket!, Norwood 12 18 30Tom Myrick, Natick 15 12 27DaveChiappini, Fram. So. ... 8 18 26Tom Ravens, Norwood 8 16 24

BOSTON CONFERENCE 1W-L-T Pts.

Charlestown 14-1-0 28Latin 12-2-1 25South Boston 10-3-1 21Tech 6-6-0 12English 3-7-2 8Dorchester 2-8-1 5Brighton 1-10-2 4WestRoxbury 1-10-1 3

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

Mike Evers, C'town 19 20 39Chris Rizzo, Tech 18 16 34John Whelan, Latin 19 15 34Ed Evers, C'town 15 19 34Mike Dolaher, C'town 15 18 33BobSteele, So. Boston 15 15 30Sean Darragh, Latin 12 17 29Tony O'Brien, Tech 15 13 28John Powers, Latin 15 12 27Mike Larkin, Tech 7 18 25

CATHOLIC CONFERENCEW-L-T Pts.

DonBosco 14-0-2 30Matignon 11-1-4 26Archbishop Williams 11-5-0 22Maiden Catholic 10-5-1 21St. John's 7-7-2 16Catholic Memorial 5-10-1 11BCHigh 4-11-1 9Columbus 4-12-0 8Xaverian 0-15-1 1

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

Billy O'Dwyer, Bosco 27 45 72Ed Rausseo, Bosco 31 32 63Tom O'Reagan, Matignon ... 24 24 48Dan Griffin, Bosco 16 27 43Richie August, Matignon .... 13 22 35TomO'Hear, CM 15 18 33Chuck Marshall, Williams ... 10 21 31John Pascarelli, Williams ... 16 14 30Gerry Buckley, CM 14 14 28Brian Hartnett, BCHigh 15 10 25

DUAL COUNTY LEAGUEW-L-T Pts.

Acton-Boxboro 14- 1-0 28Lincoln-Sudbury 10-4-2 22Wayland 10-5-1 21Concord-Carlisle 5-7-3 13Bedford 4-11-0 8Weston 3-8-0 6Newton South 0-10-0 0

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

Chuck Muggins, C-C 21 29 50Fran Dee, C-C 33 14 47Bob Brooke, A-B 20 19 39Eric Magnuson, L-S 22 15 37Mike Anzivino, Wayland 16 20 36Chris Harvey, L-S 14 21 35Jon Davis, A-B 18 15 33Mark Henley, Wayland 18 14 32Steve Ward, A-B 14 17 31John Burke, Wayland 13 16 29

GREATER BOSTON LEAGUEW-L-T Pts.

Arlington 15-2-2 32Peabody 13-3-3 29Medford 14-1-1 29Revtere 10-5-5 25Maiden 9-7-3 21Haverhill 5-12-2 12Somerville 6-14-0 12Everett 4-13-3 11Chelsea 0-16-3 3

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

Brian O'Connor, Arlington . . 3 4 24 58Rollie Buonocure, Medford . 23 28 51Jeff Hurley, Maiden 21 18 39Pete Lavery, Arlington 9 28 37Brian Dailey, Revere 20 15 35Steve Cameron, Arlington ... 16 17 33Rick Riley, Medford 16 17 33Chris Cappola. Revere 13 19 32Brian Cadigan, Arlington . . . . 10 19 29

MERRIMACK VALLEY LEAGUEW-L-T Pts.

Billerica 18-0-0 36Austin Prep 13-4-1 27Wilmington 12-5-1 25Chelmsford 12-5-1 25Tewksbury 12-6-0 24Methuen 9-8-1 19Andover 5-12-1 11Lawrence Central 3-14-1 7Dracut 2-16-0 4Lawrence 1-17-0 2

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

Steve Arnold, Billerica 26 31 57Mark O'Brien, Billerica 19 25 44Don Thomas, Chelmsford ... 24 18 42Ed Nutter, Methuen 15 23 38Tony Visone, Austin 18 19 37Jim Knowlton, Austin 19 15 34Ed Breen, Tewksbury 13 21 34Tom Curran, Chelmsford 9 25 34Mike Hovnanian, Methuen . . 1 7 16 33Steve Sheldon, Austin 13 20 33

MIDDLESEX LEAGUEW-L-T Pts.

Burlington 16-1-1 33Lexington 13-4-1 27Stoneham 9-5-4 22Melrose 9-8-1 19Woburn 8-8-2 18Wakefield 8-9-1 19Watertown 8-9-1 19Reading 8-10-0 16Belmont 5-12-1 11Winchester 0-18-0 0

Leading Scorers G A Pts.Jeff Cowles, Burlington 24 30 54Bill McDonough, Stoneham . 17 35 52Bob Powers, Stoneham 24 15 39Scott Burns, Reading 18 17 35Matt Shramek, Burlington ... 10 22 32Dave Hinkle, Lexington 7 25 32Larry Kimball, Melrose 16 15 31Tom Silvia, Burlington 14 17 31Tom King, Reading 16 12 28Don Miller, Lexington 19 8 27

NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCEW-L-T Pts.

Winthrop 14-2-2 30Saugus 12-4-2 26Beverly 11-4-3 25Gloucester 12-5-1 25Danvers 8-4-6 22Salem 6-8-4 16Lynn English 6-9-3 15Marblehead 6-11-1 13Swampscotl 2-16-0 4Lynn Classical 1-15-2 4

Leading Scorers G A Pts.Paul Nigro, Saugus 21 21 42Walter White, Gloucester ... 22 19 41D. Montgomery, Gloucester . 22 18 40Mike Stewart, Saugus 18 16 34Gary Munzing, Danvers 15 18 33John Rhoades, Marblehead . 20 12 32Miles Boulter, Winthrop 8 24 32Scott Brazis, Saugus 10 21 31Dan Morgan, Winthrop 23 7 30Ted St. Pierre, Danvers 16 14 30

OLD COLONY LEAGUEW-L-T Pts.

Silver Lake 12- 2-2 26Marshfield 12-3-1 25Randolph 12-4-0 24Hingham 10-4-2 22Plymouth-Carver 5-8-2 12Bridgewater-Raynham 5-8-2 12Scituate 5-8-1 11Whitman-Hanson 2-13-1 5Rockland 0-13-3 3

Leading Scorers G A Pts.Jerry Welch, Marsh 20 13 33Rick Cox, Hingham 13 14 27Jim Harrison, SL 9 16 15Paul Doherty, Marsh 13 10 23Bill Santos, SL 13 10 23Charlie Mulrey, Marsh 3 20 23MikeSocha, PC 7 14 21Dave Lewis, WH 12 8 20Jeff McCune, Hingham 10 10 20MikeDelaney,SL 9 11 20Paul Doyle, SL 8 12 20

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The WinnersSTATE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS

1943-MEDFORD 3, MELROSE 1 1958—CAMBRIDGE LATIN 2, WALPOLE 1

1944-MEDFORD2, NEEDHAM 2 (co-champs) 1959—ARLINGTON 1, MELROSE 0

1945-WALPOLE 4, NATICK 1 1960—MALDEN CATHOLIC 2, AUBURN 1

1946—NEEDHAM 5, LEXINGTON 0 1961 — FRAMINGHAM 3, NEEDHAM 0

1947—ARLINGTON 7, BOSTON TECH 0 1962—MELROSE 2, NEWTON 1

1948—MALDEN CATHOLIC 6, ARLINGTON 3 1963—WALPOLE 2, ARLINGTON 1

1949-ARLINGTON 7, FRAMINGHAM 0 1964-ARLINGTON 5, MARBLEHEAD 1

1950—MELROSE 6, MALDEN CATHOLIC 2 1965—WALPOLE 1, NORWOOD 0

1951—NATICK 10, MALDEN CATHOLIC 1 1966—NEEDHAM 2, MELROSE 0

1952—WEST SPRINGFIELD 4, STONEHAM 3 1967—ARLINGTON 2, NORWOOD 1

1953—WALPOLE 1, MALDEN CATHOLIC 0 1968—ARLINGTON 4, NORWOOD 3*

1954—NEEDHAM 3, WALPOLE 2 1969—NEEDHAM 6, MELROSE 3

1955—WINCHESTER 4, BELMONT 2 1970—NEEDHAM 11, MALDEN CATHOLIC 1

1956-LYNN ENGLISH 5, MALDEN CATHOLIC 2 1971—ARLINGTON 3, NORWOOD 0

1957—LYNN ENGLISH 2, MELROSE 0

EASTERN MASS. FINALS

Division One Division Two1972-NORWOOD 3, ARLINGTON 2 1972—BARNSTABLE 7, WAYLAND 2

1973—ARLINGTON 5, MATIGNON 1 1973—WAYLAND 3, ACTON-BOXBORO 2'

1974—MALDEN CATHOLIC 8, SOUTH BOSTON 0 1974—ACTON-BOXBORO 1, BILLERICA 0

1975—MATIGNON 7, ABP. WILLIAMS 4 1975—BILLERICA 5, AUSTIN PREP 4

1976—WINTHROP 4, BRAINTREE 2 1976—BILLERICA 4, CANTON 3 (OT)

1977-MATIGNON5, NEEDHAM 4 1977—BILLERICA 8, SILVER LAKE 2

EAST-WEST STATE FINALS1968-AUBURN 3, ARLINGTON 2*

1969—NEEDHAM 3, AUBURN 0

1970—NEEDHAM 4, AUBURN 1

1971—ARLINGTON 8, SPRINGFIELD CLASSICAL 3

Division One Division Two

1972-NORWOOD 3, ST. JOHN'S (Shrewsbury) 1 1972-BARNSTABLE 11, AMHERST REG. 2

1973—AUBURN 5, ARLINGTON 4 1973—ST. JOSEPH'S (Pittsfield) 4, WAYLAND 3

1974—MALDEN CATHOLIC 10, W. SPRINGFIELD 3 1974-ACTON-BOXBORO 9, PITTSFIELD 3

1975—MATIGNON 10, WEST SPRINGFIELD 1 1975—BILLERICA 9, PITTSFIELD 6

1976—WINTHROP 4, SPRINGFIELD CATHEDRAL 1 1976-BILLERICA 14, PITTSFIELD 3

1977—MATIGNON 4, HUDSON 2 1977—BILLERICA 15. ST. BERNARD'S (Fitchburg) 2

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FINAL STANDINGS AND TOP SCORERSSUBURBAN LEAGUE

WNewton North 11-Quincy 11-Brookline 11-Weymouth North 9-WalthamBrocktonWeymouth South 5-North Quincy 2-Cambridge 1

Leading ScorersG

Brian Bertoni, Quincy 21Tom Cahill, Quincy 15Tom Hagerstrom, New. No. . 15Lee Waxman, New. No 16Jim McHale, New. No 13Mike King, Wey. No 13Mick DeMeo, New. No 7Chuck Coyle, Wey. So 11Jim Merlin, Wey. So 12Ray St. Cyr. Waltham 10

Division 2

BOSTON CONFERENCE 2W-L-T Pts.

East Boston 16-1-0 32Hyde Park 12-4-1 25Latin Academy 11-3-2 24Jamaica Plain 7 -7 -2 16Burke 6-8-1 13Madison Park 6-9-0 12Copley 5-10-1 11Umana 2-12-1 5

I/-L-T- 2-3- 4-1

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Mike Cambria, E. Boston 33Paul Maggio, E. Boston 48Mark Cambria, E. Boston — 21Ted Rivera, MP 29Terry Tuplin, Burke 26Jack Guerin, Latin Acad 18JoeOreto, JP 25Tom Lema, Latin Acad 25MikeConcannon, Burke . . . . 17Jeff Tuplin, Burke 13

A Pts.46 7925 7327 4816 4518 4422 4013 3812 3719 3620 33

CAPE AND ISLANDSW-L-T Pts.

Nauset 8-1-1 17Chatham 7-2-1 15Harwich 6-2-2 14Sandwich 4-6-0 8Provrncetown 2-7-1 5Cape Cod Tech 0-9-1 1

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

Matt Bridges, Sandwich 16 15 31Andy Mason, Harwich 14 9 23Todd Brown, Nauset 11 9 20Russell Meads, P'town 10 10 20Ron MacLellan, Chatham . . . 16 3 19

Bill Douglas, Chatham 12 6 18Bob Hewitt, Sandwich 7 11 18George Ferreira. Harwich . . . 4 14 18Bill Crosby, Harwich 4 12 16Phil Lotane, Chatham 7 8 15

CAPE ANN LEAGUEW-L-T Pts.

North Reading 16-1-1 33Triton 12-4-2 26Ipswich 10-4-4 24Amesbury 8-5-5 21Masconomet 7-6-5 19Hamilton-Wenham 7-8-2 16Lynnfield 7-9-1 15Newburyport 7-11-0 14Georgetown 4-14-0 8North Andover 0-18-0 0

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

Stan Applelon, Ipswich 28 26 54Bob Apponis, Ipswich 27 17 44Jeff Dodge, N'port 18 22 40Chris Reedy, Ipswich 8 28 36Scott Oliver, N. Read 15 18 33Brian MacLaughlin, Triton . . . 14 19 33Dave Berens, Mascon 15 16 31Perry Plummer, Triton 17 12 29TonyGleason,N. Read 9 19 28Garry Lindgren, N. Read. . . . 12 15 27Dave Mangene, N. Read 8 19 27

CATHOLIC CENTRAL LEAGUEW-L-T Pts.

Dom Savio 12-2-2 26Arlington Catholic 11-4-1 23Marian 6-7-3 15St. Mary's 6-9-1 13Pope John 5-9-2 12Bishop Fenwick 3-12-1 7

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

JimMosca 25 19 44Dean Ferrari, St. Mary's 15 20 35Kevin Gill, Savio 11 18 29Mark Sampson, Savio 8 20 28Tom Connors, AC 13 14 27Bob LoConte, AC 10 16 26Tim Friday, Marian 13 12 25Nick Enfanto, PJ 11 13 24PaulDonato.AC 10 13 23Bob D'ltalia, Savio 9 13 22

COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCEShawsheen 18-0-0 36Northeast 13- 3-0 26Greater Lawrence 10-6-1 21Lynn Tech 10-7-0 20Lowell 9-7-0 18Tyngsboro 7-8-1 15Minuteman 4-10-3 11Somerville Trade 5-11-1 11Whittier 3-14-1 7Rockport 0-13-3 3

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THENNER!

Go with the namethat grew up with

the game, leading morethan ever in fine sticks,

face masks and Stan

Mikita helmets.

Go with the winning

feeling. Go with

Northland'

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Massachusetts Secondary School Principals Association

The Massachusetts Secondary School PrincipalsAssociation is composed of heads of the Commonwealthpublic and Catholic secondary schools.

M.S.S.P.A. is sponsor of the Eastern Massachusetts-State Hockey Tournament held at Boston Garden onMarch 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15,20.

Besides the hockey tournament, the responsibility forother types of competition includes cross-country and soc-cer in the fall , basketball, indoor track, wrestling, swim-ming, and gymnastics as well as hockey during the winterand baseball, outdoor track, tennis and golf in the spring.

Responsibility extends to the regulation of all sportseligibility, all-star and other non-season competitions aswell as to the many other facets of athletics.

Until the M.S.S.P.A. took over regulation and opera-tion of multiple school athletic events in Massachusetts,the situation approached near chaos. Everybody andanybody were running post-season games and tour-naments. Seasons overlapped and conflicted. In generalthere was mass confusion.

The M.S.S.P.A. took over, organized and installed rulesand regulations. School events were run by school people.Athletes had to be school students in good standing in theirmarks and citizenship. The M.S.S.P.A. sports credo is thatathletics are a privilege, not just inherited.

M.S.S.P.A. is, however, much more than an athleticorganization.

That can be deduced from its other committees whichfar outnumber those concerned with athletics, all underdirection of the Executive Board.

The committees are Academic Affairs, EducationalPolicies, Music, Drama, Forensics and Debating; Citizen-ship, State High School Equivalency, Professional Stan-dards, Legislative, Science Fair, Officials Fees, Scholar-ship, National Honor Society, School and College Rela-tions, External Testing, N.E. Association of Colleges andSecondary Schools, Student Council as well as discussionalgroups.

Thus it is apparent that everything about everything per-taining to secondary schools in Massachusetts is the in-terest of M.S.S.P.A.

However, sports led to the formation of the M.S.S.P.A.which took the initiative and brought order out of chaos.

This is an organization of voluntary members, ademocratic and permissive body operated with democraticrepresentation across the state and parliamentary pro-cedures whose members abide by the regulations of theorganization through their own initiative in membership.

The income from tournaments such as this BostonGarden competition, after the competing schools are reim-bursed for expenses in keeping with a policy that no schoolshall suffer financially from such competition, cover ex-penses of the so-called 'loser' sports like cross country, in-door and outdoor state track meets and competitions insoccer, swimming and wrestling as well as those in golf,tennis and baseball.

It goes, too, into an annual scholarship fund distributedproportionately to qualifying students throughout theCommonwealth and for science fair and festivals in musicand drama as well as other programs which benefitstudents — male and female — in the state's secondaryschools.

The M.S.S.P.A. is the Watchdog of school sports andthe Guardian of school academics.

It also is the staunch friend of school students.

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In Last Year's Tournament . . .

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FINAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS AND TOP SCORERSHOCKOMOCK LEAGUE

W-Franklin ................... 10-Canton .................... 8-Oliver Ames ............... 9-King Philip ................. 7-Stoughton ................. 4-No. Attleboro .............. 2-

Leading ScorersG

Danny Craig, O. Ames ...... 13Jim Zaccardi, K. Philip ...... 10Glenn McLeod, Franklin ____ 5Tom Carlow, Franklin ....... 5Bob Williamson, Franklin ____ 8Bill Trayers, Canton ........ 10Steve Rooney, Canton ...... 8Tad DeCouto. Oliver Ames .. 6

L-T Pts.4-1 213-4 20

204-26-2

11-812-1

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A PtS.10 2311 2112 1712 178 165 157 159 15

MAYFLOWER LEAGUEW-

Blue Hills 12-Southeastern 11-South Shore 9-Avon 6-Bristol Aggie 3-Bristol-Plymouth 0-

Leading ScorersG

GaryCooney, SS 25Len Hutchinson, SS 11Mike Lyons, B. Hills 16Robbie Wheelwright, SS 11Steve Zager, Avon 9Mike Porazzo, SE 9MikeDeeb.SE 10Steve Morse, SE 5MikeSanford,SE 7Keith Gould, SE 6

L-T Pts.2-0 242-1 234-2 20

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A Pts.17 4218 2910 2613 2412 218 176 16

11 168 159 15

SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE 1W-L-T Pts.

Barnstable 11-1-0 22Falmouth 8-2-2 18Somerset 8- 4-0 16Durfee 3-6-2 8New Bedford 3-6-1 7Taunton 3-8-1 7Attleboro 1-10-0 2

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

Jeff Taylor, B'stable 8 20 28Ron Marcellus, Somer 16 11 27Jim Pinho, B'stable 13 10 23Bryan Paskowski, Somer 7 16 23Rick Stafford, Somer 8 14 22Dave Connors, Falmouth 10 11Gary Couette, B'stable 6 15Bill Sullivan, B'stable 13 7Greg White, Falmouth 5 15Dan Reponza, Attleboro 9 10

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SOUTH SHORE LEAGUEW-

Hull 11-Cohasset 6-Hanover 6-Abington 3-Holbrook 4-E. Bridgewater 2-Duxbury

Leading Scorer1-

Mike Getchell, E. BridgeMark Getchell, E. BridgePete Crowley, HanoverGlenn Lindsay, HanoverFrank Lemieux, HolbrookPaul Bergin, Hull 12Joe Durkin, Cohasset 12Phil Haley, Hull 11John Durkin, Cohasset 11Joe Trudeau, Hanover 10Bill Curtis, Hull 5

L-T Pts.1-0 223-3 154-2 145-4 106-2 107-4 67-3 5

A PtS.13 2613 2414 2415 237 219 219 21

10 219 207 17

12 17

TRI-VALLEY LEAGUEW-L-T PtS.

Holliston 13-1-1 27Westwood 12-2-1 25KeefeTech 8-5-2 18Millis 5-9-0 10Medfield 3-11-0 6Dover-Sherborn 1-14-0 2

Leading ScorersG A Pts.

Jerry Molloy, West 15 19 34John Gavin, West 9 15 24Matt Thompson, Holl 14 10 24Sean Farrell, Holl 8 16 24Tom Ozzella, Holl 10 12 22Jack McElroy, West 10 12 22Mike Thompson. Holl 11 10 21Doug Haney; Keefe 7 13 20Mike Porter, Keefe 10 9 19Doug Page, Keefe 8 11 19

IndependentsKELLER LEAGUE

North DivisionW-L-T Pts.

Belmont Hill 8-1-1 17Lawrence Academy 3-4-0 6St. Paul's 3-5-0 6BB&N 1-6-1 3

South DivisionW-L-T Pts.

Thayer 6-3-0 12St. Sebastian's 5 -4 -1 11Milton 5-5-0 10Nobles 3-6-1 7

Central Mass.CENTRAL MASS. CONFERENCE

(Final)W-L-T Pts.

St. Peler's-Marian 5-1-0 10St. John's 4-1-0 8Leominster 3-2-1 7St. Bernard's 2-2-1 5Fitchburg 2-4-0 4Wachusetts 1-3-1 3Gardner 1-5-0 2

CENTRAL MASS. LEAGUE(Final)

W-L-T Pts.Hudson 11-2-0 22St. John's 10-3-1 21St. Peter's-Marian 8-5-1 17Auburn 7-7-0 14Algonquin 6-7-1 13Wachusett 5-8-0 10Marlboro 4-8-2 10Maynard 1-12-1 3

WORCESTER INTER-HIGH LEAGUE(Final)

W-L-T Pts.Doherty 9 -1 -2 20Vocational 7 -3 -2 16South 5-5-1 11Burncoat 5-5-1 11North 0-12-0 0

MIDLAND LEAGUE(Final)

W-L-T Pts.Hudson 7-1-0 14Algonquin 5-2-1 11Marlboro 4 -3 -1 9Maynard 3-5-0 6Clinton 0-8-0 0

NORTH CENTRAL MASS LEAGUE(Final)

W-L-T Pts.St. Bernard's 17-Lunenberg 13-

1-0 342-2 28

Leominster 13-4-1 27Fitchburg 11-6-1 23Nashoba 9-6-3 21Monty Tech 6-10-2 14Gardner 6-10-2 14Murdoch 5-12-1 11Hudson Cath 2-12-2 6Notre Dame 0-17-1 1

SOUTH COUNTY LEAGUEW-L-T Pts.

Grafton 11-2-1 23Southbridge 11-3-0 22Oxford 9-4-1 19SheppardHW 8-4-2 18Bay Path 8-6-0 16Blackstone Valley 2-11-0 4Tantasqua 1-11-1 3Milbury 1-12-1 3

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