Schenectady School District Athletic Hall of Fame Trivia

SCSD Athletic Hall of Famer and basketball coaching legend Sig Makofski had a 461- 35 career record at Schenectady HS and Mont Pleasant HS. What college did he attend?

• RPI — 0%
• Harvard — 8.3%
• Union — 75%
• LSU — 8.3%

Name the former Nott Terrace High School student and member of the Athletic Hall of Fame who had a movie, Heart Like a Wheel, made about her drag racing career.

• Pat Riley — 0%
• Billy Connors — 0%
• Marty Servo — 0%
• Shirley Muldowney — 91.7%

Name the Hall of Fame member, and former Linton Basketball star, and Baseball star who became a pitching coach with the New York Yankees.

• Billy Connors — 91.7%
• Jim Barbieri — 0%
• Billy Martin — 0%
• Yogi Berra — 0%

What was the nickname for the Mont Pleasant High School athletic teams?

• Blue Bombers — 0%
• Red Raiders — 91.7%
• Blue Devils — 0%
• Green Martians — 0%

What was the nickname for the Nott Terrace HS and Linton HS athletic teams?

• Red Raiders — 0%
• Yellow Jackets — 0%
• Blue Devils — 91.7%
• Pink Panthers — 0%

Name the Hall of Famer and former Nott Terrace student who won the World Welterweight boxing championship in 1946.

• Marty Servo — 83.3%
• Pete Shula — 0%
• Bill Kirvin — 8.3%
• Ron Oyer — 0%

Name the SCSD Athletic Hall of Fame member who was an All American on the undefeated 1969 –70 Linton boys’ basketball team (ranked #1 in NYS). He later played with the Harlem Globetrotters.

• Pat Riley — 0%
• Sidney Edwards — 91.7%
• Dick Suprunowics — 0%
• Tommy Brennan — 0%

The football field at Schenectady High School is named for a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame. Who is this former Mont Pleasant HS football and wrestling coach?

• Tony Parisi — 8.3%
• Ray Vacca — 0%
• Larry Mulvaney — 83.3%
• Bill Manikas — 0%

What National Football League team drafted SCSD Athletic Hall of Famer Pat Riley (Linton ’63) in 1967?

• NY Giants — 8.3%
• Chicago Bears — 0%
• Dallas Cowboys — 83.3%
• Green Bay Packers — 0%

Name the Hall of Fame member who had an outstanding wrestling career at Mont Pleasant HS and Cornell University, and later coached in numerous Pan Am Games and Olympic Games?

• Joe DeMeo — 91.7%
• Dom Denio — 0%
• Barry Kramer — 0%
• Bill Leonard — 0%

Name the Hall of Fame member and former Linton baseball standout who played in the Little League World Series (Sch’dy LL) and the Major League World Series (LA Dodgers).

• Mike Maietta — 0%
• Walt Suprunowics — 0%
• Bob Czub — 0%
• Jim Barbieri — 91.7%

Who was the Hall of Fame member who managed the 1954 Schenectady Little League World Championship team?

• Mike Maietta — 83.3%
• Walt Przybylo — 0%
• Ed Catino — 8.3%
• Marty Servo — 0%

Hall of Famer Pat Riley (Linton ’63) was a member of the 1971 – 72 Los Angeles Lakers World Championship basketball team. That team set an NBA record for consecutive wins. How long was that winning streak?

• 42 Games — 8.3%
• 33 Games — 66.7%
• 26 Games — 8.3%
• 56 Games — 8.3%

Name the member of the Schenectady City School District Athletic Hall of Fame who officiated/umpired more than 4,100 games in forty-two years (soccer, football, basketball, and baseball).

• Bill Rapavy — 8.3%
• Ed Catino — 0%
• Shirley Muldowney — 0%
• Tommy Brennan — 83.3%

Who was the winning pitcher for Schenectady Little League in the championship game of the 1954 Little League World Series?

• Bill Masucci — 83.3%
• Joe Loudis — 8.3%
• Ron Oyer — 0%
• Sid Edwards — 0%

Name the 2008 SCSD Athletic Hall of Fame inductee who was the lead off hitter on the 1954 Schenectady Little League World Championship team. He was a four-sport standout at Mont Pleasant HS. He has won 422 games as a high school basketball coach.

• Abe Feldman — 0%
• Joe Loudis — 75%
• Tony Parisi — 0%
• Don Blaha — 16.7%

Name the outstanding runner at Nott Terrace HS (Class of ’42) who went on to set records at the University of Notre Dame. He later coached at Nott Terrace and Linton. He was Director of Parks & Recreation in Schenectady from 1970 –1976.

• Bill Leonard — 66.7%
• Bob Czub — 8.3%
• Jim Barbieri — 0%
• Ed Catino — 16.7%

What team did Schenectady Little League defeat to win the 1954 Little League World Series?

• Tokyo, Japan — 8.3%
• Colton, California — 66.7%
• Asheville, NC — 8.3%
• Tampa, Fla. — 8.3%

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