Induction Class Of 1998

Jacqueline Bariteau-Tavares is a 1979 graduate of New Bedford High School. She was a four-year cornerstone of the girls' track and field program as well as competing in field hockey and as a swimmer.

However, it is on the track under the guidance of girls' coach Ron Barboza where Jackie made a name for herself as a supreme athlete. She was the first individual Class A or state champion in the school's history when she captured the 100 meter hurdles in 1979.

Her time of 14.3 seconds was a state record and still stands today as a school record. When the smoke cleared on her meteoric career, Jackie held five individual school records and was part of three relay school records. Her 220 yard record of 25.5 still stands today as the school record and her 4x440 yard relay record of 4:00.1 still is the all-time Class A relay record. In that relay, Jackie carried the baton for a quarter- mile in just 58.3 seconds.

Upon graduation, Jacqueline received a B.S. degree in Elementary Special Education from Westfield State College in 1983. She is currently a PALMS Leader Teacher/Specialist at the Alfred J. Gomes School in New Bedford. She is also the freshman field hockey coach at New Bedford High School.

Jackie resides in South Dartmouth with her husband Shaun and her two daughters.

Jack Cardoso is a member of the class of 1972. His name is synonymous with brilliance on the soccer field as he set scoring records that stand to this day. As a sophomore, Jack scored twenty-six goals during the season. He was able to top that total as a junior when he scored forty-seven more goals. However, he saved the best for his senior year when he scored an incredible fifty-seven goals! That senior year saw the Whaler's capture the state title, winning the championship game by a score of 2-1. It was Jack Cardoso who scored both of those goals. The Bob Parker coached Whaler's went on to capture the New England title as well as finish the season with a perfect 25-0-0 record. Jack concluded his extraordinary high school career with a mind-boggling one hundred thirty goals during his three year varsity career. He was named high school All-American in his senior year. 

Jack's phenomenal soccer career did not end when he graduated from New Bedford High School. He continued his academic and athletic pursuits at the University of West Virginia. While at West Virginia, Jack was the third highest goal scorer in the nation in 1973 and was named ann NCAA All-American. He concluded his collegiate career as West Virginia's team captain in 1975 as well as their career goal-scoring leader.

Today, Jack resides in Dartmouth with his wife Gail and their two children Brett and Colby.

Keith Allan Francis is a 1972 graduate of New Bedford High School. It is inevitable that when discussing the greatest of New Bedford High School's Athletes that the name Keith Francis is often mentioned among this select group. He was an outstanding member of the cross country, basketball and spring track teams.

On the hardwood, Keith was the captain of the 1971-72 edition of the Whaler's under Coach Sal Lombardo. He provided tremendous leadership with outstanding athleticism as a two-year varsity starter who gave the Whaler's a low-post game that was hard for opponents to defense.

As a runner, Keith excelled both during the fall and in the spring. As a senior, Keith was the Eastern Massachusetts Division I champion in cross country. Additionally, Keith also ran in the fall; but it was on the track where Keith literally dominated. As a junior, Keith was part of a distance medley relay team (with Steve Caton, Richard Nichols and David Sylvia) that won the New York Relays and ran the second fastest time in the history of the country. As a senior, Keith was the Class A State & New England Champion in the 880 yard run and his school record time of 1:52.5 is a record that still stands today.

Upon graduation, Keith took his talents as a student and athlete to Boston College where he continued to excel. He was a four-time NCAA All-American. He was the NCAA champion in the 1000 yd. run (indoor track) and still holds 4 school records at Boston College. He is a member of the Boston College Hall of Fame.

Currently, Keith lives in Mitchellville, Maryland with his wife Juliet and his two children Karly and Tiara. He is employed by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

It took Paul Mandeville a while to adjust to the rigors of high school varsity play...about two seconds. That's how long it took for the quarterback to hand off to Paul for his first varsity carry on September 26, 1960 and he was off and running on a sixty yard touchdown run. He never stopped running for the next three years. Yes, on his very first rushing attempt as a New Bedford High School varsity performer, Paul Mandeville left an impression. He would later add a fifty-five yard run in that same game and games like this over the next three years have people still mentioning Mandeville's name when the subject of the all-time great running backs in New Bedford High School history is the topic.

Football wasn't Paul's only sport that he excelled in; there was also track and baseball.

During the winter, Paul was an outstanding sprinter for Coach Al Boucher's highly successful winter track teams. In the spring, Paul was a smooth-swinging left-handed hitting centerfielder who concluded his high school career just the way that he started.

He batted .450 during his senior season and was selected to the all-state team.

Upon graduation, Paul played three years of varsity football at Bridgeport University. He led the team in rushing for two of those years. He also returned to the diamond as a junior and promptly led his team in hitting. He concluded his career at Bridgeport by serving as an assistant football coach while he pursued his master's degree.

However, Paul's greatest contributions as an athlete were summed up in his 1963 New Bedford High School yearbook where it was written, "an all-around athlete Paul was constantly an example of the finest in sportsmanship, both on and off the field".

Currently, Paul is a health education teacher at the Dartmouth Middle School. Paul reports that his busy hours after school are spent with his wife Janice and children Tim, Amy and Peter and his grandchildren, Andrew, Lauren and Morgan.

Joe Bettencourt graduated from New Bedford High School in 1947. He was a three sport star in football, basketball and baseball who was playing varsity ball for New Bedford High School as a freshman. His excellence carrying the ball on the gridiron, ball handling and ball hawking on the court and batting and handling pitches behind the plate resulted in his being selected All State and All Bristol County in all three sports as a senior. He was named as the outstanding athlete in the Class of 1947.

Joe went on to the University of Connecticut after a brilliant year at Admiral Billard Academy Prep where he was voted the Outstanding Prep School Player in the United States. He captained both the football and baseball teams while at Connecticut. He was a two-time All Yankee Conference team all star and also made the Little All American team. In football, he led New England colleges in scoring as a senior with eighty-nine points. Joe was named the outstanding back in Connecticut history by the Hartford Courant newspaper more than fifteen years after his graduation.

Upon graduation, Joe played professionally in both football and baseball. He was in the Green Bay Packers training camp and also was part of the New York Yankees baseball system. His coaching career began in 1955 at Dartmouth High School, went on to the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center that was located in Cape May, New Jersey before he returned to New Bedford High School where he served as head football coach and athletic director.

Al Boucher is a coaching legend at New Bedford High School. A 1944 graduate of New Bedford High School, Al coached cross-country, winter-track, spring track and gymnastics in a coaching career that began in 1955 and concluded in 1966.

Prior to his coaching career, Al was the New England Teacher's College Conference 100 yard dash champion as well as serving as the captain of the gymnastics team at Arnold College. He finished second in the Connecticut weight lifting championship and was named the best all-around athlete at Arnold College in his senior year.

Coaching at New Bedford High School and teaching physical education is where Al Boucher is mostly remembered. How many coaches have ever coached two different sports during the same season as Al Boucher did? Can you imagine having a 5:45 a.m. gymnastics practice and then an afternoon winter track practice? Add in the fact that Boucher had two winter track teams, a red and white squad because his teams were just too strong! Boucher maintained this schedule and amassed a coaching record that very few could ever think of matching: an overall dual meet record in cross country and track of 128-10-1. His teams captured 14 Class A, state and New England titles during his twelve years! He captured a championship title in all four sports that he coached. From

1960-64, his cross country teams literally dominated the state scene during the fall.

After 1966, Al moved on to Old Rochester Regional High School where he taught until his retirement. He is a member of the Massachusetts Track Coaches' Hall of Fame. Al still lives with his wife Henriette and enjoys spending time with his children and six grandchildren.

Clarence "Clarry" Haskell, sixty-six years after the fact this name is still revered by all sports aficionados as belonging to the greatest NBHS athlete of his time. He was called the, "Crimson Express", so as to conjure up a locomotive of strength and speed smashing into defensive lines, breaking through with astonishing power and then going the distance with the speed of and iron horse in full throttle.

Clarry attended NBHS from 1929-32 and during that time he was the best athlete in New England. In 1932 he scored 134 points on the football field with many of the points coming from kick-off and punt returns. So great were his exploits on the gridiron that he was named to the Walter Camp All-American High School football team. He earned a scholarship to North Carolina State University.

In basketball Clarry became the first Crimson player to be selected on the All New England Tournament team as a forward. He was also chosen All Bristol County as a baseball outfielder.

His speed and power were also evident in track where he participated in the 100, 220, and 440-yard dashes, the running broad jump and as the anchor on the 440 yard relay team. He never came in less than third in any event that he ever participated in and never scored less than ten points in any track meet. On two occasions he scored more than seventeen points.

As long as Athletics are a part of the tradition of New Bedford High School, Clarry Haskell, the "Crimson Express", will be remembered as the best of his time.