BLACKSTONE VALLEY MEMORIES

November 1

1967

Fleet-footed Tolman halfback Al Scanlon, who captured the Blackstone Valley batting championship as a ninth-grader with a .433 average, has taken over sole possession of the schoolboy scoring lead with 54 points on nine touchdowns and the Valley’s receptions with 19 and receiving yards with 282. Following Scanlon in scoring are Charlie St. Peter of Cumberland with 36 points and Lincoln’s hard-hitting fullback John Graham is third with 26 points. In pass-catching, Saint Raphael Academy’s Dave Zaborski has 11 catches and tied for third are Larry Calabro of Pawtucket West and St. Peter with 10 apiece.

1987

Coach Joe Bagaglia’s Shea eleven erased an 8-6 deficit late in the fourth quarter on Mike Lindell’s threeyard dash to claim a dramatic 12-8 verdict over coach Bob Holt’s penalty-prone Tolman Tigers. The Raiders opened the scoring in the second period on Scott McNally’s 22-yard scamper. Tolman showed its mettle in the fourth stanza when QB Lony Bourgault hit end Scott Potter over the middle for 27 yards and on the next play Phil Murtha tallied from the three-yard line with Bourgault rushing the two-point conversion.

1997

Senior Shawn Nassaney was a key cog in helping the Bryant College men’s cross-country team snatch a third-place finish at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. Nassaney, a former Saint Raphael Academy standout and a Pawtucket resident, hustled to a five-mile clocking of 27:47.7 to take 11th overall. In the process, Nassaney earned All-Conference second-team laurels.