BEVERLY CITIZEN
RAY ALLEN
THEY’RE HEADING TO THE HALL
B E V E R LY H I G H S C H O O L
SALUTES
14
NEW MEMBERS OF ITS
SPORTS HALL
OF
FAME
The Beverly High School
Sports Hall of Fame
will induct 14 new
members during its
seventh annual Induction
Ceremony, Saturday,
March 28 at the
Danversport Yacht Club,
at 5 p.m. Here’s a look at
this year’s inductees:
ROBERT “RED” FABRI
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A 1960 graduate of Beverly High School, Robert ‘Red’ Fabri was rated by the BHS Sports Hall of Fame football coach Charlie Walsh ‘as the best lineman in school’s history.’
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A 1981 graduate of Beverly High School, Maureen
O’Reilly was a fantastic track and field athlete,
both in indoors and outdoors. She set a school
record in the indoor 1000 yard, run at 2:43.0,
which still stands.
A 1960 graduate of Beverly High School,
Robert “Red” Fabri was rated by the BHS
Sports Hall of Fame football coach Charlie
Walsh, who was not known for praising
individuals, as “the best lineman in school’s
history.” Bob played right tackle on offense,
left tackle on defense and never missed a
game due to injury. He was a vital cog in
contributing to the team’s combined 21-5-1
record. He was aggressive, a good blocker
and was particularly effective downfield
clearing the way for the ball carriers.
Red was a three-year varsity player and a
co-captain of the 1959 team. His awards
include the Wiseman Trophy (All-America
Trophy) and the Bucci Award for best lineman. He was also honored as an All-Star by
the Lynn Item, selected to the Boston Herald, Sunday Record American and The
Boston Traveler All-Scholastic Football
Teams in 1959.
In addition to football he played basketball, baseball and was a member of the track
team as a shot-putter.
MAUREEN O’REILLY
A 1981 graduate of Beverly High School, Maureen
O’Reilly was a fantastic track and field athlete, both
in indoors and outdoors. With a tremendous amount
of ability and dedication, she set a school record in
the indoor 1000 yard, run at 2:43.0, which still
stands. Showing her versatility she set a sophomore
class record in the 300 yard dash (40.0) and a junior
class record in the 600 (1:27.7).
In spring track, she is the current record holder of
the 880 at 2:14.9, set in 1981. She was a member of
the 1981 4x440 relay team that won the State Championship in a new state meet record and BHS record
time of 3:57.1. This team (with Chrissy Soucy, Judy
Cass and Hall of Famer Darla Parisi) would go on to
win the New England Championship, also in a meet
record of 3:59.4. Maureen was also part of the 4x880
relay team that set a BHS record of 9:38. She held the
sophomore and junior class marks in the mile run that
stood for 20 years.
Maureen matriculated to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on a four-year scholarship, and
competed in cross country, indoor track, and outdoor
track for four years. Maureen received the MVP
award in track for the 1984-85 season. After college,
she has successfully competed in many local road
races as well as running the Boston Marathon.
The 1935 Beverly High School graduate, Gordon “Scotchy” Winchester, has
now joined fellow teammates Lucien Belanger, Hugh Nelson, and Harry “Red”
Trowt in the BHS Sports Hall of
Fame. He was a multi-sport athlete
participating in basketball, baseball,
and football. However, he was best
known for his exploits in basketball, which was his passion and the
sport in which he was most skilled.
Despite his small stature for a
basketball player (5-foot-6, 140pounds), he was a master dribbler,
who was extremely quick and
could drive to the basket as well as
hit the outside shot. In an era of
low-scoring contests, the senior cocaptain placed second in league
scoring just a few points behind the
leader. In 1934 and 1935, he was
selected to the All Essex County
League Team, to an All Scholastic
Team, and was voted as the outstanding player in several tournaments.
Scotchy played second base on
the baseball team. He became the
football back up QB when the
coach learned of his athletic skills,
and asked him to try out for football. After high school, he went on
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A multi-sports athlete, Gordon ‘Scotchy’ Winchester was to play for the very competitive and
best known for his exploits in basketball, which was his
well known semi-pro team, the
passion and the sport in which he was most skilled.
Beverly City Club, along side the
other future Hall of Famers.
Nicknamed “Scotchy,” his parents moved from Scotland when he was eight
years old. The only sports he knew were soccer and golf. His many friends introduced him to the rudiments of American sports and the rest is history.
STEW COWLES
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ROBERT “BOBO” CARR
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WILLIAM “RED” WALLACE
GORDON “SCOTCHY” WINCHESTER
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A 1953 graduate of Beverly High School, William ‘Red’
Wallace was an outstanding versatile athlete. He had a
distinguished athletic career in football, basketball, and
baseball.
A 1953 graduate of Beverly High
School, William “Red” Wallace was
an outstanding versatile athlete. He
had a distinguished athletic career in
football, basketball, and baseball.
In the 1951 football season, as a
junior, he stepped into the starting lineup as a fullback. This 8-1 BHS team
was loaded with BHS Hall of Famers,
Charlie Manuel, Bob Mattson and Jim
Duffy. Red was the only player in the
starting lineup not a senior. In the opinion of many, Red was the best blocking
back in the history of Beverly High
football and the consummate team
player. Though known for making key
blocks to clear a path for his teammates, he did carry on offense for those
difficult yards. While serving as a cocaptain of the 1952 Panther football
team, he was named a North Shore AllStar and received All-Scholastic Honorable Mention.
On the basketball court, he was an
aggressive guard scoring many times,
by driving to the hoop from as far out as
mid-court. He received well-deserved
All-Star honors. On the baseball diamond, he was the power hitter batting
fourth and was among the league leaders in batting with a .292 average. In
recognition of Red’s three years as an
outstanding athlete, he was selected The
Best Athlete for the Class of 1953.
MICHAEL KERSKER
Robert ‘Bobo’ Carr, a member of the Beverly High School class of 1967, was a three-year
starter in basketball, and who is considered by many to be the best pure shooter in BHS
history.
Steven Kerr, a graduate of the Beverly High
School class of 1987, was a three-year varsity
performer in both basketball and lacrosse.
A graduate of the 1987 class of Beverly High School, Andrew Morency is the
third family member to be enshrined in
the Beverly High School Sports Hall of
Fame. His mother, Emily (Witwicki),
inducted in 2003, still holds the BHS
single game scoring record in basketball
with 45 points. His brother John, a threesport athlete, was inducted in 2008.
Andrew was the quintessential threesport athlete playing football. basketball,
and baseball. He was the football starting quarterback on an 8-3 team, tri-captain as a senior, and helped his team to
two NEC Championships. He won the
John Birmingham and McPherson
Awards and was the recipient of the
Charles Walsh Scholarship.
On the basketball court he was a twoyear starter, senior tri-captain, team
leader in assists in his senior year and
was awarded the George Taylor Award
for determination. Andrew also played
baseball for three years, mostly at second base, occasionally the outfield, and
batted nearly .300.
Andrew continued playing football at
Stonehill College as the QB. He
received Honorable Mention All Star
status in 1989 and was voted to the AllAcademic Team. Andrew was an assistant coach of football and basketball at
BHS for ten years, and is the current
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High
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A graduate of the 1987 class of Beverly High School,
School head football coach, being
Andrew Morency is the third family member to be
named the Cape Ann League Coach of
enshrined in the Beverly High School Sports Hall of Fame.
the Year for 2006. In 2008, he was
named the Head Coach for the North
Team for the Agganis All-Star Game.
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Duke Pascucci, Beverly High School Class of 1986,
and brother of Hall of Fame member Steve, was a
two-year starter for a pair of NEC football
championship teams that went 18-2. He was a
senior tri-captain playing at the center position.
Duke represented Beverly in the Shriners Game and
the Agganis All-Star Game in 1986.
Robert “Bobo” Carr, a member of the Beverly High School class of 1967, was a
three-year starter in basketball. He is considered by many to be the best pure shooter in
BHS history. He scored 735 career points, coming out early in many blowout games.
He was also a strong defensive player and two-time first team Essex County League
All-Star. He was also an honorable mention as a Prep All-American Basketball Team
member in 1967. For his career he shot 82 percent from the foul line and averaged eight
rebounds per game. Bob was also a first baseman for the BHS baseball team.
Bobo was recruited by Rutgers University and was coached by basketball legend
Jimmy Valvano. Unfortunately, his career ended prematurely due to injury.
He was always focused and eager to execute the offense and defense properly. He
spent many long hours practicing to hone his skills to the level he reached. Bobo won
the respect of his coach, teammates, fans and opponents for his consistency, unselfish
play, and constant hustle. Quitting and loafing were not in his vocabulary.
Graduating from Beverly High School in 1990,
Stew Cowles was a standout NEC AllStar in football, basketball, and baseball.
On the football team, he was the tight
end on offense, played defense, was the
prime pass receiver and an excellent
blocker. He was a member of the BHS
1988 Super Bowl Team along with BHS
Sports Hall of Fame members Adam
Mott, Brett Boretti, and Coach Bill
Hamor. In 1989, he was selected to the
NEC All-Star Team as a defensive end.
On the basketball court, Stew was a
three-year varsity letterman, MVP in his
senior year, Salem News All-Star, cocaptain with BHS Sports Hall of Fame
member Adam Mott, NEC All-Star in
1990, and led BHS averaging eleven
points and nine rebounds per game.
A slick-fielding first baseman on the
baseball team, Stew hit .380 his season
year with five home runs, earning him
BHS co-MVP honors as well as a Salem
News and a NEC All-Star accolades.
In a memorable game against Salem,
featuring a future major league pitcher
Jeff Juden of Salem, Stew laid down a
perfect suicide bunt to bring in the winning run from third base for a 1-0 victory.
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Graduating from Beverly High School in 1990, Stew
At Stonehill College, he played footCowles was a standout NEC All-Star in football,
ball in his freshman and senior years
starting at tight end. He was a teammate basketball, and baseball.
of newly-elected Hall of Fame member
Andrew Morency. He also played baseball in his
freshman, sophomore and junior years of college.
A 1990 graduate of Beverly High School, Michael Kersker is considered among
the best players to ever lead the BHS Panthers soccer team. He was a four-year varsity starter and two-time all-star player in 1988 and 1989. He was the first BHS
player to be named All-New England in 1989.
The team’s four-year record during Mike’s high school soccer
career was 56-13-10. Mike and his
teammates helped establish the
BHS soccer program as one of the
top teams in the state, according to
the Boston Globe and Boston Herald weekly polls. The team won the
NEC Championship twice. He led
Eastern Mass in scoring as a senior
in 1989 with 21 goals and 19
assists for 40 points.
He took his formidable soccer
skills to Salem State College for
two years, before transferring over
to Division I San Diego State University, a high-powered soccer
school. As an unrecruited walk-on,
Mike won a starting position and at
the end of his first season was
named captain for his senior year.
He has returned to Beverly and
has been a BHS assistant coach,
head coach at Endicott College and
Salem State College Men’s teams.
Mike has taken his love of soccer
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A 1990 graduate of Beverly High School, Michael
to help cultivate a generation of
Kersker is considered among the best players to ever
soccer loving youths at the 6-10
lead the BHS Panthers soccer team.
year old level.
Not to be overlooked is the fact
that he was a four-year member of the outdoor track team participating in several
events. He was a state finalist in the 4x400 relay and had a personal best of 6-4 in
the high jump.
Duke Pascucci, the brother of Hall of Fame
member Steve, was a two-year starter for a pair
of Beverly High NEC football championship
teams that went 18-2. He was a senior tri-captain in 1986 playing at the center position. Duke
represented Beverly in the Shriners Game and
the Agganis All-Star Game in 1986.
He was named to the Salem News, Beverly
Times, and Boston Herald All-Star Teams. In
addition, Duke was the Birmingham Award
winner, Eastern Mass Chapter of the National
Football Hall of Fame honoree, a Sons of Italy
Italian-American All-Star, and a Jewish War
Veterans of the North Shore Scholar-Athlete
winner.
Duke was also a four-year standout in hockey.
He was tri-captain as a senior, and named team
MVP, and a Beverly Times and Salem News
All-Star Defenseman. His outstanding athletic
achievements and academic success (first in
class) led to his selection as the Salem News
Student-Athlete of the Year Award in 1986. He
is one of only five BHS athletes to ever capture
this prestigious honor. The talented student-athlete then moved on to Harvard where he played
varsity football and JV hockey.
TIM FLAHERTY
During his years at Beverly High School, Tim Flaherty received
numerous well-deserved accolades for his many sporting and civic
achievements, as well as for his efforts on behalf
of BHS and contributions to the community of
Beverly. Tim was a three-way athlete in football,
indoor track and spring track. He was captain in
all three sports during his senior year in 1985.
A wingback and cornerback, he led his team to
the 1984 NEC football title, leading the Panthers
in tackles and interceptions. A Salem News and
Beverly Times All-Star, he won the McPherson
Award and was named Sportsman of the Year. He
was also selected to play in the Agganis Football
All-Star Game.
In winter track, he was undefeated in the 600,
placing second in the Class-A State Meet. He
competed at the Eastern Track Championships in
New Jersey. He also holds the school’s indoor
record in the 440 (53.4). In outdoor track, he set
records as both a freshman and a sophomore in
the mile relay, 100 yard and the 220. In his junior
and senior year, Tim was named to the Beverly
Times and Salem News All-Star track teams for
indoor and spring track. Tim then went on to play
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football for Northeastern University. He returned Tim Flaherty was a three-way athlete in football,
to BHS to coach the girl’s track team to an unde- indoor track, and spring track, and was captain in all
three sports during his senior year at Beverly High.
feated NEC championship. For all his accomplishments, he is most proud of starting the Beverly-Salem “Bridging the Gap” ceremony.
DICK CARR
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STEVEN KERR
Steven Kerr was a three-year varsity performer in
both basketball and lacrosse while at Beverly High. In
his senior year in 1987, he scored 33 goals and added 12
assists, as the Panthers lacrosse team set a new school
record with a 17-2 mark, advancing to the Division 2
Eastern Mass. Championship game. He was named the
team’s MVP.
In a memorable state semi-final game against Hingham, Steve led the offense with four goals and an assist.
At a key juncture in the third quarter, he came out of the
game after being hit in the throat by a stick. He returned
in dramatic fashion, scoring twice in 21 seconds to put
Beverly in command in a 9-8 victory. Steve was selected a Salem News and Division 2 North All-Star.
In basketball, Steve was named the team MVP as a
junior, a Salem News All-Star and senior captain. He
went on to play lacrosse at Westfield State College
where he scored 23 goals as a freshman and received
honorable mention in the All New England selection.
As a sophomore, he scored 24 goals in the teams first
seven games before suffering a season-ending injury.
His athletic accomplishments speak volumes, but it is
clear that Steve was more than a great individual athlete.
Time and time again he battled injuries, and courageously came back to help his team.
Ray Allen was named the best athlete in the 1970 graduating class at
Beverly High School, as a result of his numerous athletic accomplishments.
Ray was a two-year starter at end, and a senior tri-captain for the
BHS football team. A Salem News All-Star and Birmingham Trophy
winner, he later bought his skills
back to BHS as an assistant varsity
football coach.
In basketball, Ray was a threetime selection to the Essex County
league Defensive First Team All
Stars. He also led the team as a cocaptain in his senior year.
His superb defensive skills at first
base and his great offensive skills at
bat helped the 1970 BHS baseball
team becoming the first Essex
County League Champs in school
history. The team’s 12-straight victories took them to the Eastern
Massachusetts Finals.
Beyond his high school athletic
achievements, he played freshman
football at the University of Maine,
transferred to Northeastern University as a walk-on, and earned a
starting role on the varsity squad.
Most recently, he has run the New
York, Boston, and Chicago
Marathons.
Ray’s long-time community service has included starting and organizing athletic leagues for woman’s
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volleyball, middle school basketball Ray Allen was named the best athlete in the 1970
and high school recreational basket- graduating class at Beverly High School, as a result of his
numerous athletic accomplishments.
ball, as well as organizing a girl’s
basketball and golf tournaments. He
has also coached, officiated and served as a board member for Beverly
youth organizations. Currently, he continues his coaching aspirations in
the Manchester Essex Regional School District girl’s basketball pro-
DUKE PASCUCCI
ANDREW MORENCY
A 1951 graduate of Beverly High School, Dick Carr is
considered one of the most versatile athletes of his
time participating in football, basketball, and baseball.
A 1951 graduate of Beverly High School, Dick
Carr is considered one of the most versatile athletes of his time participating in football, basketball, and baseball. As a football player (co-captain
with Fred Bucci), he was an outstanding quarterback. He excelled with a strong and accurate passing arm as well as being a running back, punter and
a fine defensive back. In a notorious game in BHS
history, he was outstanding in the riot-marred
Saugus game victory.
Known for his rebounding prowess on the basketball court, he was a strong-armed defensive
catcher on the baseball diamond.
Dick took his many football and baseball skills
to Columbia University where he was a three-year
quarterback doing it all, passing, punting and some
running. In 1954 he played every minute on
offense and defense, which may never be done
again at the college level. Of all collegiate teams,
he ranked seventh in total yardage for one season.
A dental student, he played football at McGill University in Canada where he was the team MVP for
the 1955 and 1956 seasons.
DICK BATCHELDER
Dick Batchelder became the Beverly High School basketball
coach after four years at Rockport High where he had an impressive
record. He was a JV coach in Beverly for one year
and continued that winning mode as the Panther
Varsity coach for three years.
He compiled just the second unbeaten season
(17-0) in school history, the other belongs to Hall
of Famer George Taylor. Dick holds the best winning percentage (77 percent) and was named
Essex County Coach of the Year for 1996-97,
when his team won the league championship.
Two of his three teams went to the prestigious
Tech Tourney, and his 1966-67 team was the best
defensive squad in the state. Dick also coached
baseball for one year at Beverly High.
Dick has been inducted into the St. John’s
Preparatory School Athletic Hall of Fame, was
the AD at North Shore Community College, and
played baseball at Dartmouth College, as well as
for a local semi-pro team. His sports cycle is now
complete, starting as a boy who had a desire to
coach at Beverly High School and now being
inducted into the Beverly High School Sports
Hall of Fame.
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After 36 years of devoted service to the Beverly
Dick Batchelder became the Beverly High School
School System and now retired, Dick has cobasketball coach after four years at Rockport High
authored Beverly High Football in the 20th Cen- School.
tury, with Hall of Famer Sandy Kessaris and Bob
Carr.
The ultimate coaching accolade was given by one of his former
players. “What made Dick great was his ability to convey (basketball) knowledge to his players,” Tom Martin said. “He was a teacher
of the game of basketball.”