and another....another

Tuesday we wrote about Bound Brook senior wide receiver Deven Baker, who has committed to playing at Division I-A Temple next year. I wrote that lineman Mike Sandusky, who went on to play football, wrestle and throw the shot at Maryland, was the last Crusader to earn a D-1 scholarship in 1954. But...but....

Well, we found out about a few other Crusaders who also did it

We ran a clarification Wednesday. Bound Brook running back Donnie Iarkowski, who was one of the standouts of the BBHS '64 club, was an all-around athlete, who was also a Division I football scholarship player.

He went to the University of Tulsa. I remember watching Iarowski play and he was a tremendous player. He had an outstanding season with the Tulsa freshman team in 1965, but suffered what turned out to be a career-ending injury.


On that same BBHS '64 team was two-way tackle Tom Sinibaldi, who earned a football AND wrestling scholarship. It was a partial scholarship for both sports, according to Sinibaldi, who I spoke to this afternoon. Sinibaldi played football at Maryland for two years and wrestled for four.

Also, quarterbacks Alan Beatty -- who would eventually coach Bound Brook -- was on the '64 team and went to the University of Connecticut. Chuck Fox, who played some quarterback on the '65 team as a junior, played at Colgate.


I think that's it for now. The bottom line -- Baker is the first Crusader to get a D-1 scholarship in a long, long time.