The Barrons Sidelines
The Countdown to Win Number 400!
By: Charles McDevitt -
When the Woodbridge HS
Football Team takes the field, and wins the 5th game of the upcoming
2005 season, they also will be creating some local history by chalking up the
400th win of the High School’s football program!
In the 81 year football
history, the Barrons have registered 395 wins, 303 loses and 40 ties,
establishing an overall winning percentage of .562.
Football began in 1915 at
WHS, but unfortunately it quickly was cancelled the following year after a
player sustaining a serious injury.
Although a photograph of the ’15 Team exists, there is no statistical
information about the season records.
Football eventually returned
to WHS in 1924, and it is from this point that Dr. Nick Sardone has compiled
the statistical history of the program.
He is a diehard Woodbridge HS Football fan and was a close contact of
legendary head coach, Nick Priscoe.
Sardone was also instrumental in getting the current home field, renamed
“Nick Priscoe Stadium” in 1979. Without
the passion and dedication to the football program by Sardone, a lot of
historical data would have been lost.
According to current head
coach, Brian Russo, attaining the 5 wins and the 400th overall team
victory, is “doable”. He believes he has
the talent to produce a winning team in 2005, and is looking forward to August
and the start of practice sessions. He
is also looking forward to the 400th and beyond!
The Woodbridge HS Football
season opens in