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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 45985, member: 34"] Match the Parochial League Members with Big East schools That will take some time, will think about this question later on Assumption Most Holy Rosary Sacred Heart St Anthony's St John the Baptist St John the Evangelist St Lucy's St Patrick's St Vincent's You left out the 10th Catholic school Cathedral Who won the most? 1. Sacred Heart 2. St John the Evangelist 2. St Patrick's That's the way I remember it from my 5 years at Parochial Schools Which had the most rabid fans? Sacred Heart, they had the most to cheer about. Going to their gym was crazy. Which schools were the snootiest? I never thought any of them were snooty Which schools bent the rules the most (recruiting, playing ineligible players, etc.)? Being at St John's we would hear other schools accuse us of all kinds of things related to recruiting. When we were on top it would come in heavy doses. We would dish it back. There is no doubt that Bob Felasco was highly competitive. I can remember the day he recruited me. We had just played our last game at Franklin School, our home court, and we just got finished shaking hands with the other team. Coach taps me on the shoulder and says, "I hear you play baseball as well, you are planning on attending St. John's high school aren't you!? I told him that it was my dream to follow in my cousins footsteps. My cousin was the point guard for basketball and catcher on the baseball team a couple of years before. Then Bob would go to the next kid on the team that he wanted, etc. One of Felasco's co-workers from GE, Tony Nardello, who just recently passed away, was our coach. He acted as a secondary scout since he saw all the players in the grammar school division we played in. So say we played Blessed Sacrament and he spotted Russell Cusano, who was the best point guard in the league, he would no doubt let Bob know about him. With Felasco's contacts being strong from his hey days at North and SU, he had a lot of friends who were both refs and coaches. I never heard of any of the schools using ineligible players. I know our school was very strict about academics. Who was the biggest loser? During my time it was Cathedral who had a run of glory before my time. One area you didn't cover was the social aspect. Most of the schools had dances after their games. I was very shy and would go to the dance but I would hover with the rest of the guys on one side. There we would check out the chicks who were on the other side and tell war stories, mostly lies. My wife says the CBA dances were the best, you can only imagine why. Cherie, did you like the CBA dances? Dianne also said St. John the Baptist had good ones. Usually you would stay for a while for the dance at the school you just played unless there was too much bad blood going on or you lost. When you won, you were sort of kings of the castle. I used to like the St . Pat's dances because my buddy said a girl there had a crush on me. I never did find out who she was. He lived just down the street on Milton so as I look back at it, he played me like a cheap violin. Whatever school had Sam & the Twister's would have the best attendance. Sadly only one member of that group, Jan Fetterly, is still playing, and yes he is Kyle's uncle. I get out from time to time to get in touch with the past, Fooba Wooba John. [URL='http://www.wolf1490.net/id18.html'][B][COLOR=#000080][U]Here is a site that will stir some memories.[/U][/COLOR][/B][/URL] [URL='http://www.famousinterview.ca/interviews/sam_amato.htm'][B][COLOR=#000080][U]Interview with the late Sam Amato[/U][/COLOR][/B][/URL] [URL='http://mywebservice.net/wendi/SyracuseMusic.html'][B][COLOR=#000080][U]Syracuse, New York Rock Music: 1960s - 1970s[/U][/COLOR][/B][/URL] [URL='http://www.smokintheband.com/jfetterly.htm'][B][COLOR=#000080][U]Fetterly's present band, Smokin[/U][/COLOR][/B][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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