Bill Engelhardt's MUSTANGS GRIDIRON Corner

This site is currently dedicated to covering the fortunes of the South Western High School MUSTANGS football team in York County, Pennsylvania. SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON columns will be posted for a preseason review and following each game during the season. And we will follow my Alma Mater, the CUTTERS of Fair Lawn High School in Bergen County, New Jersey, with THE GRIDIRON columns by my twin brother Dick, the stadium announcer "Voice of the CUTTERS."

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Sunday, October 06, 2013

THIS WEEK IN FLHS GRIDIRON HISTORY – 2013 Week 5



A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE
By Dick Engelhardt

Fair Lawn High School opened September 13th, 1943. This history covers the years ending in “3.”

1943 – Marty Fischbein’s new team was shutout 7-0 by the BLUE TIDE of Harrison in independent action. The CUTTERS had gone 2-1 (.667) in JV action to get started and were now 1-1 (.500) in varsity play. Fair Lawn and Harrison went 1-1 (.500 against each other in 1943 and 1944. 

  
1953 – Frank Bennett’s Bergen-Passaic Interscholastic League (B-PIL) and co-State champion CUTTERS beat the RAMS of Ramsey 27-13 in league action. Fair Lawn took the 1945-58, 1984-99 and 2002-06 rivalry against the RAMS by an astounding 28 games to 7 (.800) in B-PIL and Northern Bergen Interscholastic League (NBIL) action.

1963 – Ed Sheehy’s CUTTERS were shut out 40-0 by the HIGHWAYMEN of Teaneck in Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League (NNJIL) action. During 1954-58 independently and 1959-82 in the NNJIL our CUTTERS went 17-11-1 (.607) over the HIGHWAYMEN. Fair Lawn’s 20-6 victory in 2009 in North Jersey Tri-County Conference (NJTCC) Division 3 action put our CUTTERS up 18-11-1 (.621) in the series.

1973 – Al Reinoso’s CUTTERS were ambushed 21-18 by those HIGHWAYMEN in NNJIL action.

1983 – Pete Natale’s CUTTERS were beaten 33-13 by the HIGHLANDERS of West Milford in independent action. In 2009 in North Jersey Tri-County Conference (NJTCC) Division 3 action our CUTTERS edged the HIGHLANDERS 21-20 to even the record.

1993 – Alberque’s CUTTERS were beaten 49-13 by the GREEN RAIDERS of Ramapo in NBIL Division 1 action. Ramapo took the 1956-58 and 1984-2008 rivalry 17-11 (.607).

2003 – Greg Tanzer’s CUTTERS drew a BYE

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