Lakewood Hall of Fame to induct 14 athletes, two teams

LAKEWOOD - Fourteen people and the 1936 Lakewood High School football, basketball and baseball teams will be inducted into the Lakewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame at a luncheon Sunday, April 22, at the Woodlake Country Club.

This is the first time the association has honored an entire team at the third annual honors program, association President Ed Brandt said.

The 1936 football Piners, coached by Russ Wright, posted a 9-0 record.

More than 200 families and friends of the inductees are expected to attend. The program emcee will be Jan Kristbergs.

The selections were made by the Hall of Fame Committee from more than 30 nominees.

Tickets are $30 per person and can be obtained by contacting Pat Halpin at (732) 905-3537, or Ed Brandt at (732) 363-4841. E-mails can be sent to phalpin@piners.org.

The inductees, their class and sports in which they excelled are:

Purnell Mincey, 1937, football, basketball and baseball

Sterling Rozier, 1948, football, basketball and baseball

Herbert Kurinsky, 1949, football, basketball and baseball

Dr. Joseph Gluck, 1950, basketball, baseball and team physician

Steven Zacks, 1960, football, basketball, baseball and track

Melvin Brown, 1965, football, basketball and baseball

Melvin Sharpe, 1965, football

Melvin Lowe, 1967, football and baseball

Janis Kristbergs, 1967, football and baseball

Howie Madsen, 1968, cross country, wrestling and outdoor track

Tony Vega, 1983, soccer

Carol Walters, 1987, field hockey, basketball, softball and tennis

Danny Lindner, 1987, soccer

Randy Holmes, 1991, basketball.

The general public and community are invited to come out and give these Piner honorees the honors they richly deserve. Brandt, a 2006 inductee and retired football coach and athletic director, said, "A reception with a cash bar will commence at noon."