Definitely a power run the first year, speed and agility that second year.” Tepper then echoes Micken’s opinion about the Bulldog defense. “Both teams were running teams, but the second year had maybe more of a pass complement. “Our line was bigger that first year,” he says. The linemen were able to create enough of a seam for me.”Ĭhuck Tepper was a junior in 1982, and returned for his senior season in 1983. “In both state games, the Hackettstown game and the Caldwell game, we felt as though we could dominate the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, and then we could run on them,” he recalls. He also played cornerback on defense that season and returned punts. He was not a big guy but he was quick, which changed a little bit what we did offensively.” The Butler High School 1982 NJSIAA North II Group II state champsĪgainst Caldwell in 1982, Alexander rushed 32 times for 162 years and two touchdowns.
Howie (Howard Alexander in 1982) was a big power runner, and in 1983 we had a running back named Brian Woop who never played until he was a senior. We were just so good defensively, and we ran the ball effectively with a big offensive line. “I’ve been there for many, many years and I don’t recall us ever having a more dominant defensive team. “The 1982 team was so dominant defensively,” he says. Mark Mickens was a first-time coach in 1982, helping out with the defensive line and special teams. Howard Alexander, Chuck Tepper, Mark Lisa, Mark Tracy, Kevin Duffy, Steve Zignorski, Gary Geiger, Dan Dooley, and many others. Some familiar names ring a bell immediately. Davies and Butler had their first state football title, and they’d get another a year later, when the Bulldogs traveled to a snowy field in Hillside and claimed a 16 – 8 victory over the host teamīutler finished 11 – 0 both seasons, and won 24 straight games until an early season loss in 1984. That all changed in 1982, when the Bulldogs – featuring a grind it out offense and extremely stubborn defense – defeated Caldwell at Pequannock High School, 23 – 7, for their first NJSIAA North II Group II state sectional championship. Bob will talk endlessly with pride about his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and their accomplishments.Īnother daughter –Wendi – passed away seven years ago.By Steve Sears Center Chuck Tepper hiking the ball the quarterback Mark Lisa in 1983įrom 1967 to 1981, legendary Butler High School Bulldog head football coach Jack Davies and his teams averaged almost eight wins a season, won a number of Suburban Conference championships, but a state title for the gridiron-talented school was elusive. His daughter, Linda, and her husband, Scott, hosted family gatherings at their home in Kinnelon during the holidays. Bob said he wants his family to enjoy the lake and boating opportunities in the beautiful setting.Įver proud of his family, Bob said his daughter, Debbie, has retired after 36 years of practicing law and has become a snowbird– wintering with her husband Phil in Florida and spending summers at their Sparta home. Never without some sort of project, Bob acquired a 1926 lake house on Lake Mohawk this past summer. The business was sold last year and the two companions– father and son – these days are spending happy and leisure time together The Nicholson family started the Eastern Propane business and some time ago Bob passed responsibilities of running it to his son, Rob Nicholson. A member of the BHS Class of 1949, she was the class secretary, served on the student council and sang in the school choir and glee club. The past year has been a most difficult time for Bob – with the necessity to cope with the passing of his wife Shirley Kitchell Nicholson. He said he is looking forward to again being at this year’s Florida reunion.Īpproaching his 90th birthday in May, Nicholson is currently focused on finishing a book telling the story of his life. He graduated 73 years ago in the Class of 1945. Therefore Bob went to Butler for his high school education. The township was a sending district to BHS. A longtime resident of Sparta he grew up in the Oak Ridge section of the Township of West Milford. Robert Nicholson was the earliest class representative at last year’s reunion luncheon in Sarasota. The students came from a large area surrounding Butler and today these communities have been established as townships and boroughs and have built their own high schools.
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