A half century ago, on November 27, 1969, the Livingston High School football team emerged as co-champion of the Jersey Hills Conference after a 12-7 win on Thanksgiving Day. The win tied Livingston with Morris Hills for the conference title.
The stakes were high, and the Lancers gave it their all, and claimed a win against West Essex. Both had entered the game with 4-2 records.
The Lancer offense starting line-up included Tom “Doc” Hoerner (“he’s now a doctor like his Dad, who was team doctor,” says Fineran), Rich Triolo, Gary Heuer, Gary Deter (substituting for the injured Brian Higgins, a third-team all-state center), Eric Fardelmann, Jim Duguid (“who was offered a scholarship at Georgia but turned it down, according to Coach Hope”), Warren Niedhammer, John Fineran, Andrey Nikiforov, Joe Duffy (team co-captain and Livingston High School Athletic Hall of Famer), and Roy Belfer. The punter-place kicker was Steve Kylis, and the top special teams player was Chris Vidal.
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