Hempstead, Long Island: A Documentary
Hempstead Tigers, 1971 South Shore Champions with a record of 12 and 2. List of identified players below:
Back Row: Hank Lunde, Stanley Johnson, 46 Mendoza Wallace, 44 M. Kaprowski, Chuck Sherwood, 17 Herbie Jenkins, 9 J. Jackson 7 David Weaver, Raymond, Terry Walls, Parker, Dennie,
Middle Row: 28 David Raymond, 22 M Leszkiewicz, 1 David Wilson, 21 William Hunt, 10 C. Harris, 13 Larry Jackson, Donald Weaver, Dave Dantis, 3 Ronald Coleman
Front Row: 11 Pete Johnson, 24 Tony Parker, 40 Katola, 12 John Sierra, 36 S. Watala, 43 Tom Sierra, 8 Bill Beroza, 6 David Crosstone
Today Hempstead is a predominately-lower working class black suburb of New York City. But it had not always been that way. Hempstead had been a diverse but largely white middle and upper class city that thrived on the economic vitality of Mitchell Airforce based started in 1918. The town had a nationally recognized High School for its academic and athletic excellence. The closing of the Mitchell field in 1961 resulted in a gradual economic decline of the city over the next thirty years. This show is a documentary history of Hempstead 1960s-1990s based on the oral history of 4 of the schools legendary student athletes who all played lacrosse in high school and college. The documentary is done in celebration of former Tiger Al Hodish who will be inducted into the Long Island Lacrosse Hall of Fame in January 2019. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on You Tube, iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn, tell others about it and share and post the link to the show.
