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REGIONAL REPORTS Jerry Wright, Coordinator
RegiOn One
Region 1 - Connecticut, "Mahle, Massachu路 setts, New Hampshire, Rhode lsltlnd, Vermont.
Yale University - Coach Don Tonry reports that the 1970-71 Yale team has more depth than all his past teams. AA: Steve Young, Rich Miller, Ray Kinoshita. FX: AA + Chris Khoury , John Malick. SH: AA + Malick, Bob Rossback. SR: AA + Juhn Waxman, Khoury. LH: AA + Malick , Hunt Buckley. PB: AA + Tom Mooney , Paul Zorabedian. HB : AA + Ca rl Pabo , Mooney. Princeton - Coach Joel Baba gives us practically no indication of what he has as a team or what his prospects for the season are. The only thing Joel does report is that he has at least two gymnasts, captain Fred Gooding and Jack Sackett. The team apparently will be building character this year. Boston State - No indication as to what this team is capable of scoring so here is the lineup : AA: Kent Albrecht, James Farley, David Montani , Tim Wright. FX: AA + Brian Boyd, Owen Boyd , James Perry. SH: AA + B. Boyd, O. Boyd , Bill Reynolds , Skane. SR: AA + Robert Ameroso, Mike Clark, Richard Furguson, Richard Simmonelli , Ed Simpson. LH: AA + Ameroso, Mike Capobianch, Reynolds , Perry. PB: AA + Ameroso, O. Boyd, Capobianch , Ferguson , Tom Schell, Skane. HB : AA + Perry, Schell , Simpson. Coast Guard Academy - Coach Jeff Cardinali indicates that several new freshmen and a young team will make the coming season much better than the last one. Lost from last year's squad was captain Mike Kirby - AA , and fine SH performer. Team members include Larry Brudnicki AA ; Tim Dohert y - AA; Paul Russell - AA; Kevin Eldridge - AA ; Mike Hathaway , John Malmrose, Dave Smith, Herb Williams, Bob Skewes , Mike Hoskins , Mike Coutois , Phil Matyas and freshmen Jim Dwyer, Steve Hilferty , John Ahern and Eldridge. Lowell Tech - Coach Dick Aronson is optimistic about the fact that the team will be greatly improved over last year. Dick expects Larry Fava to be his outstanding sophomore performer and Paul Nea le, a state high school finalist in SH a nd H B, to
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possibly crack the lineup as a freshman . AA: Hank Anderson , Nick Cicciu, Paul Neale, Walter Pauli , Stuart Tolley. FX: AA + Dan Mitchell, Mark Brooks , Jack Meagher, Larry Fava, Dick Morelli. SH: AA + Mike Holmes , Clarence Poisson. SR: AA + Tom LaCosta, Frank Alden , Eric Johnson , Fava , Richard Mach, Morelli. LH : AA + Hank C roteau. PB : AA + Fava, Mach , Croteau. HB: AA + Croteau , Morelli. M.I.T. - Coach Bob Lilly reports th at the Massachusetts I nstitute of Technology will be strong on HB and vaulting, about average on PB and weak in FX , SH and SR. Losses from last year were Dick Hood, who scored 40 points per meet and Tom Hafer, who scored 25 per meet. AA: Ken Gerber, Larry Bell , Dan Bocek. FX: AA + Dave Beck, Bob Barrett. SH: AA + Paul Bayer, Larry Willson , Dennis Pubro. SR: AA + John Kiehl , Dave Ashley , Gregg Oppenheimer. LH: AA + Donn Wahl , Neil Davies. PB: AA + Mace Rudd. HB: AA + Wahl. Plymouth State (New Hampshire) - Coach Art Bourgeois sends in a brief report stating that he has a young and inexperienced team with only two gymnasts with more than one year of experience. The 17-m"a n squad will be led by cocaptains Richard Alexander a nd Daniel Phelan. Other top pelformers will be Tom Rays and Maurice Boucher, with Davis Clouth, Richard Gordon , Rich Martin and Michael Demers adding depth. New personnel include Richard Franchi , Barry Keith , Robert Carlisle, J a mes Silley, Paul Hewitt , Ronald Blankenstein , Charles Robbins , Robert Kilian and Robert Todd. Southern Conn. State College - Because of the loss of Jim Amerine (no! you're kidding! Already?) , Jim Yearwood, Mike Shey , Paul Stevens and Vincent Barone , coach Abie Grossfeld is somewhat downcast about his prospects for this season. Abie figures his team for about 120-130 points so will be relying on John Crosby to bring in the spectators. John finished fourth in the NCAA FX last year and 15th in the World Games Trials this summer as a freshman. Other team members include Jim Ball (cocaptain) - SR & PB ; Tony Tamburri (cocaptain) - FX , and Tony Guarnieri - HB , plus two freshmen with potentia l that have to be made into AA men. University of Massachusetts Gone from the scene are Joe Reed , Mike Kasavana , Frank Dean and Joe Godwin ; however, with ten returning lettermen a nd the addition of last year's undefeated freshman squad , the 1970-71 U Mass gymnastic team has the material to have its most outstanding season to date. In the important all-around positions , Se-
nior Norm Vexler, Tony Vacca a nd so phomores Steve Scuderi and Danny Spier will be the chief challengers , with freshman Richard Seikunas as an outside possibility. Floor exercise should provide a strong starting event with specialists John Calabria, Jack Berner and Bob Nelligan adding their talents to those of the all-around men. The Side horse , as usual , is a critical event. Norm Vexler and senior Rick Riley assure some strength in the event, but finding a strong dependable third score makes the event a question mark. Junior Len Aubrey , transfer senior John Walsh a nd sophomores Steve Scuderi and Steve Nelson appear to be the chief candidates at this point. The development of sophomores Dan Spier, J ay Aronstein and John Oliver in a ddition to the proven capability of Norm Vexler seems to be the key to the success of the ring event. In long horse , the vaulting of Ton y Vacca, Scott Stover, Steve Cary a nd Bob Henry provides a strong base. The parallel bar event has three New England Championship finalists returning in Steve Cary, Norm Vexler and Tony Vacca. Juniors Dave Genest and Doug Salisbury provide added depth in the event. The high bar also has three New England Championship finalists returning. Captains Scott Stover and Tony Vacca along with senior Tom Myslicki combined for a 27 point total in that event las t year and should provide a strong final event for the team in 1970-71 . Goals for the team will be to improve last year's five win and three loss record and fourth place standing in the E.I.G.L. With the hosting of the Eastern League championship meet for the first time , the Redmen hope to be in position to provide a strong challenge for the league title.
RegiOn I,D
Region 2 - Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York , New lersev. Maryland.
Penn State University Another strong Eastern team that expects to be in the top three is Penn State. The Lions a lso suffered some significant losses in Richard Swetman , Tom Clark, Jim Corrigan, and Scott Bressler. First-rate newcomers include Jim Kruest and Mike Greene. Proba ble lineup: AA: Marshall Avener, Tom Dunn , Bill Mitchell ; FX: AA plus Greene, Kruest ; SH: AA plus Kolnig, Murph; SR: AA plus Bloom, Faust ; LH: AA plus Kruest , Greene; PB: AA plus Greene, Kruest ; HB : AA plus Johnson , Kemmel , Greene. U.S. Military Academy Coach Frank Wells reports that he hopes to see the Army in the top three this year in the Easterns. Losses from last year's team include John Senor, Pat Dunphy, Bill Elliott and Bill Arcuri. New gymnasts that are expected to help are Bob Cadow-SH , Jim Hayes-SR , Jack Rotherford, Mike Amidon and Gordon Israelsonall around.