Demarest / Hoboken High School Red Wing Sports Trivia

Demarest / Hoboken High School

Red Wing Sports Trivia

By Dennis Sevano

Throughout the years, many outstanding athletes and memorable brother combinations have made Demarest and Hoboken High School proud as Red Wings. This trivia collection is a small tribute to their legacy and contributions to Red Wing athletics.

Questions

1.Which former Red Wing from Demarest baseball umpired a World Series game using an outside balloon-chest style protector?

2.Which former Red Wing Demarest baseball player pitched for the New York Yankees?

3.Who is the Hoboken High and Stevens graduate who recently retired from teaching math at the US Military Academy at West Point, and is widely regarded as a New York Yankees historian, especially on Babe Ruth?

4.Which Hoboken native attended Our Lady of Grace School, served in the military, and pitched for the Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Athletics during the 1950s and 1960s?

5.Who was the basketball coach who led Demarest/Hoboken High to a state championship in 1924?

6.Who was the outstanding Demarest/Hoboken High basketball player in 1924–1925 who, along with Joe Whalen and Paul Adamo, later coached Holy Family High School to national Catholic basketball championships in 1935 and 1936?

7.In 1950, Demarest football coach Joe Marino called this young star “the best lineman he ever saw.” The player later competed at Notre Dame on a team that finished 9-0-1. Who was he?

8.After completing their basketball careers at Demarest High, Tony Radovich and John Wendelken combined to score how many total points?

9.In 1959, Hoboken’s Pop Warner football team won the USA title. In what state was the championship game played, and who was the team’s MVP?

10.In 1960, the new Little League baseball field was dedicated. Which teams played in the championship game, and who announced throughout the year?

11.The late Jerry Molloy surpassed 900 career wins as a high school basketball coach at St. Michael’s (Newark), St. Patrick’s (Elizabeth), and which other Catholic school?

12.Legendary Hoboken High and North Bergen football coach Vince Ascolese graduated from which high school?

13.Hoboken High and Montclair State University basketball standout and coach, Maureen Wendelken graduated from which elementary school and high school?

14.At which high school did Ed Groomes score 55 points in an away game — a basketball record that still stands?

15.In 1974, Hoboken High’s quarterback and wide receiver led Hudson County in passing and receiving. Who were they?

16.Who starred at Demarest in the late 1950s as a football halfback, baseball second baseman, and basketball guard?

17.In 1966 and 1967, the North Hudson baseball batting titles were won by the Red Wings. Who were they?

18.Who was the first Red Wing varsity coach at Hoboken High for both baseball and basketball?

19.Red Wing standouts John Barone and Nicky Martinelli earned scholarships to which college?

20.In 1997, which Bergen County high school football team ended Hoboken High’s winning streak?

21.From 1994 through 2000, what was Hoboken High football’s record under Coach Ed Sinson?

22.Who officiated high school and college football, basketball, and baseball; served as president of the New Jersey State Football Referees and the New Jersey State Baseball Association; and was also a successful Hoboken High basketball coach?

23.Milt Goggans, Ed Groomes, Jerry Smith, Peter Vecchio, and Frank Chioccio shared one common distinction beyond their coaching and athletic success. What was it?

24.What did James Ronga, Mauro De Gennaro, Derek England, and Frank Scott all have in common at Hoboken High?

25.At which high school did Red Wing star Anthony Giordano later coach, earning induction into the South Jersey Sports Hall of Fame?

26.Who were the two most outstanding Red Wing swimmers elected to the Demarest/Hoboken High Sports Hall of Fame?

27.Which two Hoboken High girls’ basketball players scored their 1,000th career point in the same game — and in the same quarter?

28.Which Hoboken High coach was instrumental in establishing pay parity between girls’ and boys’ high school sports in the Mile Square?

29.Who hit the game-winning buzzer-beater for Demarest in 1961 at the Jersey City Armory to win the junior varsity basketball title?

30.Who is the only athlete in the past 50 years to play varsity as a freshman at Demarest or Hoboken High in both basketball and baseball and continue for four consecutive years?

Answers

1.Bill Kunkel

2.Bill Kunkel

3.Fr. Gabriel Costa

4.Leo Kiely

5.Dave Walsh

6.Salvatore Calabro

7.John McMullan

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9.California-Andrew Amato

10. PAL/LionsMr. Elwood Walker

11. St. Mary’s Paterson

12. St. Michael’s Union City

13. Brandt/St. Dominic Academy

14. Union Hill High School

15. Bobby Pellecchia/Joe Maccaquano

16. David Little

17. Peter Costello and Angelo Salvetti

18. Buddy Matthews

19. Monmouth University

20. Ramapo High School

21. 67 and 1

22. Gene Sparta

23. Veterans

24. Athletic Directors

25. Asbury Park High School

26. Tommy O’Connell and Mark Goldstein

27. Cathy Serripierro and Debbie Fullam

28. Peter Hetzel

29. Kenny D’Andrea

30. John Wendelken

Dennis Sevano was born and raised in Hoboken. He writes frequently about sports figures and notables in the Mile Square City. He currently resides in Teaneck.