The school won PSAL city championships in football and baseball and produced many college and pro stars. And in those days, the school had a population which overflowed with more than 2,000 students. The football program, which in the 1950s and 1960s had attracted 100 players on the roster, has problems attracting students to the team this past season. Because the school only admitted 865 students, there are a limited number of athletes available to the football and other sports programs. Greg Carter, a 1972 graduate and currently the president of the Rockaway Sports Association, is one of the alumni from the school who is saddened by the closing. Carter says he remembers the good times of winning the 1970 PSAL city baseball champions and under legendary coach Jack Kerschman, played with the 1971 city varsity football champions. The Far Rockaway HS Football Team beat Brooklyn Tech in the 1972 PSAL City Championship. Its a sad time for all of the Far Rockaway alumni who remembered that we had a great school academically and athletically. Who is going to remember the great athletes we had like Chuck Herd, Mel Utley, Nancy Lieberman and John Warren? Stan Brown, a member of the class of 1964, and who is the founder of the successful Stan Pepper Steppers Double Dutch team, says a part of history will never be taught to future students.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 19:08:23 +0000
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