Class Notes

GRIDIRON GROUP: Former Yellowjacket football players gathered for their 13th annual spring “Dinner with the Coach” celebration to honor their iconic head coach, Pat Stark, and to reconnect with one another at Perlo’s restaurant in East Rochester in April. A Rochester and a Syracuse Hall of Famer, Coach Stark is credited with elevating the stature of the Yellowjacket football program during his coaching tenure at Rochester from 1969 to 1983, including a No. 1 Division III ranking in the East. This year’s dinner was an additionally special event as it marked 35 years since Coach Stark retired from the Rochester football sidelines, and he was presented with some special mementos of that occasion. A member of each of his Yellowjacket teams, and one from his coaching staff, traveled from throughout New York State, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Delaware, and Virginia to join in this celebration of enduring camaraderie. —Phil Chrys ’75

Kneeling: Brian Pasley ’76, Brian Heagney ’77, Mike Roulan ’71, Dave Cidale ’71, Rick Stark ’79, Tony Cipolla ’81, Mike Garritano ’76.

First row: Dave Skonieczki ’71, Phil Chrys ’75, Coach Pat Stark (head coach, 1969–83), Bill Falandays ’74.

Second row: Erick Bond ’77, Rick Magere ’72, Jim Mazur ’78, Paul Macielak ’72, Kevin Maier ’78, Andy Fornarola ’79, Sam Guerrieri ’87, Steve Sloan ’78, Lou Spiotti (assistant coach 1971–73), Erv Chambliss ’76.

Third row: Jim Wesp ’74, ’76M (MS), ’78S (MBA), Bill Hammond ’73, Don Barber ’79, John Cogar ’71, Mike Flanigan ’72, Herm Neid ’76, Ray Kampff ’74.

Fourth row: Roger Watts ’72, Jim Vazzana ’87, Leo Fusilli ’80, Rick Basehore ’72, Jim Juraska ’73, Ralph Gebhardt ’76, Paul Caputo ’73.

Fifth row: John Loiacono ’84, Kevin Callahan ’77, Dave McNelis ’74, John Badowski ’77, Joe Novek ’73.

Sixth row: Quentin Call ’76, Bob Quirk ’72, Ron Haines ’72, Bob Kulpinski ’71, ’73 (MS), ’86 (MS), Tony Hanley ’82, Ed Heffernan ’76.

Not pictured: Rene Piccarreto ’71, Tony Serratore ’74.