The aftermath
1981 — The following spring, Pell gathered the team at the entrance of the practice field.
“He had the rising juniors rip the tape off the reels and the rising seniors bury it in a hole,” Peace said. “And the next day, he had a big rock put on top of the hole. He told us we had to touch it every day to remind us we could never play like that again.”
Said Hewko, “I bet that tape is still out there. Someone should dig it up like Geraldo Rivera after Al Capone’s vault.”
1981 — The following spring, Pell gathered the team at the entrance of the practice field.
“He had the rising juniors rip the tape off the reels and the rising seniors bury it in a hole,” Peace said. “And the next day, he had a big rock put on top of the hole. He told us we had to touch it every day to remind us we could never play like that again.”
Said Hewko, “I bet that tape is still out there. Someone should dig it up like Geraldo Rivera after Al Capone’s vault.”
