Moeller High School 1977-78 Football News Articles by Archbishop Moeller High School

' The Farrell game is billed as the nation's championship. Lv Moeller that good? â&#x201A;Źâ&#x201A;ŹYeah, we're good, ''said Coach Faust. ''We've got good coaches; good kids - thirteen good coaches and about two hundred good kids. We're specialized. We break it down. We've got more coaches so we can do that. And we do rUh more sophisticated patterns than most schools.

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Cincinnati Moelle. r football team is proud to be the best. This year. (and last year and the year before that) they are the best. Texas, California, New York and Pa all ride in the back seat. But word gets around, and everyone wants to beat the best so they can be the best. Mostly - because this is, after all, high school football - it never amounts to more than talk, but this year somebody threw down the glove. Monsignor Farrell High School from Staten Island Nlilw York challenged the reigning champs. There to pick up the gauntlet was Gerry Faust, Moeller's Coach of the Year (this year, last year and the year before that). Farrell had twenty wins in a row and $20,000 they raised to make the trip, Moeller had ... well, therein lies the tale. The Locker Room

he locker room is filled with signs and b~nners: e~otio~al_ cl_utter in the m1dst of stnct diSCipline and order. The signs are lettered in the color of the next opponent: for Farrell, red. They speak about dedication, desire, devotion and effort: "Who wants it bad enough'!" The locker room is also a museum of tradition, with history plastered and hung onto the walls: old teams, old stars, one "Killed in a Plane Crash." Inspiration starts on the level of mortal deities like Vince Lombardi and moves up, through St. Sebastian (patron saint of athletes) to rhe Virgin Mary (Moeller is run by the Brothers of Mary. Outside, behind the school, there is a statue of Mary and inside, there is a glossy picture 60

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players: they want to play with the best. Faust is in charge of eighth grade recruitment. He also heads the booster club. He helps run a flag football program for third and fourth graders in the district. His son - one of two - is a quarterback on one of the eight teams. One day he may be yellow 0 star directional Score. Yeah. He just might. The Coach

amily is big with the coach. His dad was a coach at Dayton Chaminade (like Moeller, run by the Brothers of Mary), retiring on a string of fifty-two straight victories. His dad's name is Gerry Faust Sr., nickname: Fuzzy. Jr? He's Fuzzy II. Does he know how many games he's won in a row? (Twenty-four at the start of the '77 season, fifty-two regular-season games) "I'll tell you none of these kids do. We don't think about it." Do you? "Ahhhh, you know ... Not exactly." Would he call his dad if he ever reached fifty-two? "Nah." Would his dad call him? "Ah ... " Would his dad know? "Yeah. He'd know." The coach's voice is like a wet rag squeezed out, wrung dry by intensity and time. That voice will betray him on the field, often giving out by the third or fourth angry word. But what he Jacks in volume, he makes up in sizzling sound: a hoarse, raging whisper that can fry a

would stand up before them and apologize. Now he's on probation for six games (meaning he is eligible for only two games all year - at most). He can help us if he wants to." Old players are always showing up at practice: a halfback from eight years ago, a linebacker who's come back to see how his younger brother is working out. One former player comes into the locker room Âˇ in a gray three-piece suit. He looks pretty prosperous. Faust looks like Faust in his faded t-shirt and shorts. How are things? , Not too bad, not too bad, oh, some bad news, y'know. The kid's father is dying, maybe three weeks to live. Sorry to hear

meet you here then," says Faust. "We'll fix you up." Thanks, Coach. Family is a key word in Moeller football. Many players on the team are the third and fourth brothers to play. Faust says all two hundred boys in the program are one family. Many people say Faust's boys come from an extended family. He denies it, claiming that no one is recruited from out of the district. Three men on the varsity do live out of the district. They play on special permission, whatever that is. Everyone else is legit - although Faust admits: "Some kids have moved into the district to play." The program attracts

man's pride in seconds, or curl his socks. "You can't lose a guy like that, gull-dong it! You gotta attack, keep your nose in his gut. That's it, that's it." He wasÂˇ a quarterback at Chaminade (his dad stopped coaching when he started playing) and the University of Dayton. "I was an average player. I had to work for everything.'' He stopped playing football, but he never quit working, and he still calls the signals. Faust loses his mind during a game: he surrenders it to the contest. Critics of the coach will claim this explains his sometimes wild behavior. It also explains the record: total dedication, complete concentration. In his mind, the perfect game unwinds. He adjusts the game on the field to match that picture. He fumes at players who detract from that ideal. Such men soon learn it is easier to conform to perfectiou than cross up the Continued on p. 93 CINCINNATI DECEMBER 1977

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Moeller Football Is Pride

After the line-up, the warm-up and the pain, the coaches exult: Father and Son, Fuzzy Was He and Fuzzy Now.

graphed reminder from the coach. "To be #I we've got to pay the price ... Be mentally tough ... The tougher the challenge, the finer our response will be." The locker room is painted yellow and blue. It's enough to blind or maim the senses of an interior decorator on sight, but it serves its purpose. In the school corridor that leads to the music department, a huge word is painted on the wall: "\1usic," appropriately enough. Outside the locker room, in the same blue and yellow, seven-foot script, it says: "Pride." The Weight Room

of that statue taped to a support pillar. The statue has this inscription: "The true secret of success in any work is to interest the Blessed Virgin in it"). There are other incentives besides religion, tradition and the red flags of the opponent. There are prizes: the SAVAGE award ("A great individual effort and a great compliment to be called a SAYAGE"), the technique award, ball hawk award, specialist award, a chart listing requirements for stars and skulls on the helmet, and finally, the Moeller M, the varsity letter. A bulletin board in the rear of the room is jammed with scouting reports, clips and photos of the rival players. "Strengths, strengths, only strengths," says Coach Faust. "No weakness." He is correct. Put all this undiluted praise together and Farrell could lick the Oakland Raiders. Taped to every Moeller locker is a mimeo62

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he weight room is painted ... well, you oughta know by now. It wasn't built for fashion or design awards. The place is strictly business: no windows, carpets or chairs. Inside, the weights clang and the variable resistance machines creak and squeek through agonizing repetitions while rock music pounds out of speakers in the ceiling: heavy metal sounds for heavy metal work. On the wall there are charter members of the Iron Man Club along with records and more names: Koegel, Niehaus, Novakov, Sylvester. There are several mirrors inside, with these words written on them, to help a man pump through exhaustion to increased reps or a new maximum lift: "My God, let me live through this day like I knew it were my last." The wall also offers inspirational graffiti for the man who can press or push or curl no more: "Nothing is possible without God." Coach Faust is talking to a man in the rear corner of the musty chamber, a guy who looks like a budding candidate for President of the Iron Man Club. Instead, he turns out to be, not Mr., but Fr. America, one of the priests at the school. "Relates to the kids real well," says Faust as he walks out of the weight room and into the bright sunshine.

he Farrell game is billed as the nation's championship. Is Moeller that good? "Yeah, we're good," said Coach Faust. "We've got good coaches, good kids (thirteen good coaches and about two hundred good kids). We're specialized. We break it down. We've got more coaches so we can do that. And we do run more sophisticated patterns than most schools." Specialization begins right away on the freshman level. Faust calls it the most difficult- and most necessary- decision in the program: where to play a boy. "We like the smaller men on defense," he says. "Speed is it now. Finesse. Strength, not size.'' An assistant defensive coach agrees. "We like 'em fast and tough and mean. By the time they've played four years of defense defense defense, they know what they're do in' out there." If the program begins with the freshman, it culminates with the seniors. They are an elite group, a special unit. They are expected to lead. Offense and defense are the two most prominent divisions. The coach has always played platoon football. Offense is directional, meaning they run set plays to designated spots. They practice in yellow jerseys. They are awarded stars. Their t-shirts say: Moeller Offense Score. Their name is 0. The defense is reactional, meaning they go wherever they have to and do whatever they must to stop the opposition. They practice in blue jerseys. They are awarded skulls. Their t-shirts say: Moeller Defense Zip. Their name is D. When the teams scrimmage (but never first 0 against first D: "We don't want to hurt ourselves."), the yellow coaches cheer, the blue moan, then blue cheer, yellow moan. They argue and spar over infractions. Faust calls the shots. When the team suits up for a game, all the players wear one t-shirt. It is gray and says: Moeller Football Is Pride. If the program concentrates on breaking things down into units and sub-units (special teams, second teams), it also depends on a single unity, a common bond. Victory is the obvious goal, but the glue is applied and apparent in many ways. Coach Faust knows everyone in the program. Everyone gets a good word, including people picking up equipment, a young kid: "Hey there, Tim. You gonna be our fullback in a few years?" The look on the kid's face as the coach musses his hair says he just might. Kids carry the chains, help with the balls, retired men keep the equipment, sell tickets, act as trainers. Everyone has a job, a responsibility, a contribution. It all adds up- to number one. One boy hobbles around watching practice on crutches, a bone chip just removed from his knee. He watches everything. "I can play next year," he

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, .• , Warning to the East: The West football · all-stars are ready to prove tonight which •. side of town is best at the prep gridiron . ::.game. · . · ;;... And probably most fired-up is the · .. defertsive squad. ·;::;';~ Wil Rutenschroer's stop force is psyched ··'UP to show all the publicity given their : · :offensive foes on the East has been unjus.,. titled. .•·~:·: "I want Timmy Koegel," said West · defensive back Doug Layne of Colerain ; Wednesday after his squad practiced at ~.;... . Nippert Stadium, site of tl'\e 8 p.m. contest. ~~~ "That's the· first thing I want and second ~~of' all I don't want to get beat."

to 'make Koegel suffer game-long is Bert Bertagna. ' The Colerain defensive tackle spearheads the West's 52 defense, a requirement for·an-s~r play. , · . "It's a chance to play against all the Moeller players on their team and prove which is the best side of. town," Bertagna remarked. "I think they kind of look down on us and now we get a chance to show that we are just as good as they are."

beoause of a · torn cartilage so this is really a great opportunity for me," he said."There will be a lot of college coaches around so it's also a chance to show them What I cari. do.. . "So I'll be up ,for . it," he added .

"OUR BEST 'kids are on the defensive unit," 'Rutenschroer remarks. "We know' they've got a high-po'wered offense. There's nobody on our side of town with the ink or prestige of a Koegel." Rutenschroer sees this as an edge, howBERTAGNA HAS another target, too. ever. "Mentally that's to our advantage," he He's going to play at defending national says. "They've got all those Moeller and collegiate champion Pittsburgh this au- Princeton kids so it's like playing the state tumn and East offensive lineman Jim champs. Our kids feel they've got more to Brown is scheduled to put on a Penn State prove. We've got that edge emotionally." Rutenschroer feels both teams will be uniform come the fall. So when the heated Pitt-Penn State able to score points, and says he won't "· · KOEGEL IS the East quarterback from rivalry resumes Bertagna and Brown won't mind a wide-open game. "(Tim) Clifford and (Dave) Endres will be able to throw. I . Moeller who has probably been the most be strangers. "l don't know if I'll be playil)g against would like to see some scoring. There celebrated high.school passer to come out him tonight," Bertagna temarked. "But I · should be a lot of excitement." · . :of greater Cincinnati. In his own defense, East coach Ed Lewis ;· But according to Layne, "I don't think might. be playing against him the next four . says Brown (one of four co-captains) "is he's what they built him up to be. He's a . years ... We might as well start tonight." Don Reuss from Elder, the West's the best big man 1I've ever seen in 20 years good quarterback but he had 15 seconds to' throw the ball for Moeller and with our linebacker and co-captain tonight, ·looks of coaching.· And he's got a great attitude ... he's always smiling." forward to action for anotber reason. defensive line, they'll be in there all night." ''I. only played two games this season Lewis warns tpat should the West deOne of those defensive linemen hoping

fense focus on the pass, the East's stable of runners will be 'in full stride.· "There's no question we .can score. We're.gonna put the ball up but we're. not 'gonna make a living doing that," he says.

"WE THINK the running game is our strong point. We don't see this as a duel between Koegel a'nd Clifford (Princeton quarterback Bob Schrader is expected to see a lot of action as well)." Lewis concedes, however, ;'They've gotta be concerned abOut Koegel and (Dave) Condeni. That Condeni is the best athlete out there." · . The East back!ield is so deep that allcity runners like James Bettis (Woodward) and Jerry Gordon (Wyoming) will start in the defensive secondary.. . . :•We haven't talked emotion ·at all," ·Lewis says. "So far we've talked pride. We're gonna start talking emotion tonight (Thursday)." Along with Brown, the other players elected captains are Daryl Gade ('Roger Bacon), Sam Kinker (Princeton) and Tom Fouchey (Reading): The West's offensive captain is Forest Park's Daryl Brown. Tonight's officials will be Bob Dennedy, referee, Bob Rieman, umpire, Jim Mahan, he ad linesman, ·Jim Dorsey, field judge,

and Franklyn Holthous, back judge. Dennedy, Dorsey and Rieman have worked state playoff games and Mahan is presently president of the Ohio Valley Officials Association. All have officiated at least 11 years. Tickets for tonight's game will be on sale at the gate and can also be purchased at The Enquirer.

Probable Lineups EAST OFFENSE SE Dave Condeni, Moeller TE Don Andric!, Milford OT Jim Brown, MoeHer OT John Budde, Moeller OG Greg Barnes, Reading OG Marl< Wick lora, Roger Baton ()G Bob Green, Wyoming c Jeff Base-5mill1, Princeton A Glenn Bullock, Reading RB Corron Hunter, Princeton RB Tom Fouchey, Reading RB Steve Givens, Moeller QB Tim Koegel, Moeller EAST DE:FENSE DE Rick Hubbard, Moeller DE Dave Greenwald, Madeira DE Jeff Crabtree, Mariemont DT Joe Btack;Woodward DT Lucky Wallace, Glen Este MG Greg HiH, Withrow MG Chip Fry, MoeHer LB Daryl Gade, Roger Bacon La Stan Browder, Princeton DB Sam Thacker, 'Prineton DB Sam Kinlier, Princeton DB Jerry Gordon, Wyoming DB James Bettis, Woodward

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At Least Something ll'est Right Pnnceton wide recatver corrals pass from Biily Le=:~ch during first quarter sccring drive Friday nignt. Moeller defensivE back Billy Long (13) prepares ~o make the hit ..

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Tim Koegel, Bob Massong, Jack ·Givens, l . Karl Woods, Dave Condeni and Jim Brown :were some of the names that made Moeller . High School the Class AAA Ohio state ;champion two years in a row and the No. 1 . ·. Jranked high school team in the nation. · It's now up to Bob Crable, Pete Hum-. phrey, Bill Long, Vince Sylvester, Kirby Clark and Tim Niehaus to live up to the ranking under the pressure of the·toughest schedule in the nation. The Crusaders carry a 24-game winning streak and a regular s~ason streak of 52 straight games into the 1977 season. Ready to test those winning streaks are Princeton, ranked No~. 12 in the ·nation. and·Moeller's . opening opponent Frid~y; Findlay a~d 'Mi~- ,- · dletown, both ranked m the top 15 m Oh10 - · last year; Farrell, the. top team from New York City and the 18th ranked team in the country; and the rest of the teams, in the Greater Cincinnati League which promises to be better balanced than il) years. .. · Having won everything in Ohio, Moeller may be beginning a yearly. tradition of playing out-of-state teams when . Farrell visits Nippert Stadium Sept. 30 for the showdown with Gerry Faust's ,Moeller machine. . ~ The Crusaders find themselves target~ ·: for every aspiring national high · school · power. Farrell wanted the game so badly it . "' man·aged to raise 'the $20,000 it needed to~ make the Cincinnati trip within a month after the game was scheduled in the sum.:: mer. · · "If this game· works out we're thinking about bringing in the best teams from California and Texas," said Faust,· who is~. ready to snuff out contentions in those two · · states that their football is tops. The desire ·by out-of-state teams to get Moeller on ·their schedules is such that Honolulu's largest high school offered an all-expenses paid trip. to Hawaii for. the .. · . ... entire Moeller squad for a game. ~~But.the Ohio High School Athletic Assn.~ · · (OHSAA):"'prohibits trips over 300 miles andf would not make an exception in· Moeller's! · · : case. "It would have'been a great trip for our kids," said Faust, "but it's a good'rule (the travel restriction) and I'm not questioning\ the state's decision at all." There app_ears .to· be no end in ·sig~t to~

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:. , ·. :i, r· ·,: ·:_."/' .•::-·" er." '1,1le .ve~_t11e.s1x-footer p~~y~~~· EnqulrersportsReporter ' -.. . thr.ee po~ltions fo~ th~ Cru~~~.et;..$:, •· · • •. 1 , • ~his year. Such was the respec.t. Pic~ing an all-city team is~ t an Monsignor Farrell· of New York.had!: enviable job but, at least in this · for Long the the team didn't thto~;.' case, going against ~nnual tradition . one pass to its Ali-American r~_cejv~: and selecting a ~inebacker player of .. er when Long· covered him. one!..oQ,;;: the year wasn't a .trying decision. . · · .. .: ;,, . ·.... , . .' · • -.;., .1-o..Jr~;::.J Moeller's Bob Crable who never ·one... · ·· · ' ' '.··· .• ,t.H···· ·. ··'!-1~·;,_s· tasted defeat while leading Moeller . Ries was· named the GCL's:.U:ip' to three straight state titles; is the defensive back by the eoaches~ii;(id: first full-time defensive player to be·: Egbers, who played nioristet', te!i)n?. named The Enquirer's player of the · ed witli Jack ·Burkhart (ori the sec·;~ year, heading a star-studded lineup . ond team) tO give Bacop'oneof.~-ri~: which include five of his teammates . top defensive secondaries· 1Ii flie: on the first teams.~: :*l-'~h.. ~ . ' area: • lfl. :-- ... , , . . '".' ·:~ •••·.p ~·~~~~! ····wy-oming's' Bob· L"ewis ,... who c '~~.-.--;,'~:7, . . · ~- -.. ~;.·i·····q=:.c . . ~. ~,•....,, -~-~.:....::~:~-: ........,... coached his way through the state AND CRABLE .. ·. there'S .llttre: AA playoffs with a·team he 'admit- left to be said of the 6-3; 210-pouiia: ted didn't have the personnel of• · all-everything·unebaclter. that:ifvel~ some of his previous squads, is The coaches haven't already said; Iri,ost~ Enquirer's coach of the year. Lewis · of the time sadly. Dennis Bariett·~l has earned that honor twice before, Farrell called him the· ..b·e.s.t/ .and to give you an idea of how lorig linebacker in th·e countcy. Crd>'li! he's been around, the last time he led Moeller in tackles for the thirdreceived th~ honor was 1962.' · · -· straight year, leading a defense-.th;;Lt: .-· · •. - • . . • · ·. outscored the total offense .61;./10 ALONG WITH· Moeller, Elder, regular-seasori 'opponents. CratHe' Princeton, Roger Bacon and Wood- scored eight points on his own:··:·".. ward had multiple selectiqns on the · . .. . •·: · .,n : '. . ·· . · ..": first-team s·quads. Along with .. 'Moeller kicker Harry Oltver hit Crable at linebacker, other Moeller 37 or 39' point.:ar~r attempts' p.ljz~ first-team selections were offensive two field goals to lead-the city· in. guard Kevin McCarthy, center. kick scoring, wh_ile Forest Park's. Vince Sylvester, defensive tackle . Wiers, its quarterback and' Jack:·,¢~ Pete Humphrey, defensive back BUl all trades, averaged 42 yards. 'per Long and kicker Harry Oliver.. · · punt best in the city... · '' · ·f.'' •:·~ :· Elder dominates· the all-city · · · '·· · · r. ~ • ••..,.'; ;~~-- ·~'· ~o.• :·,J;·.:'l~r backfield with quarterback scott · · Moelier a"·rici-Eicter have ·th~~e·, Moeschl and halfback Paul Oren- more players apiece on the'secorid·: nan.· Tight .end Chris Koehne fills . teams, with three oak HUls playefs.' out the Panther contingent. Prince-. on the defense. Northwest arid·: ton halfback Randy Turner and ~rince_ton have two players seco~d-..,i Woodward fullback Marcus Jolin-· team. '· ·. · · · '""":_." ·~:.. •t.i':;~: son f111 out the backfield.. Turner is,• · · · The · · •.'second-team ·: .: · ·: ...backfield •· > ·,.·:in::' ;e:;i joined by teammate·Tony Wilhite·, chides '1000-ya'rd runile'rs Ke'rr on the defensive line, while John- Brothers of Northwest and ·..Tom son's .woodward compadre·Jim Spr.lngmeier of Deer Park at tl'ili-· Cleary, an offensive tackle, g~yes the ._ back 1and Dwayne ci:utchfleid~ cit' Bulldogsafirst-teamduo.· . · . ·NortB College Hill at fullback. Roger Bacon wide receiver Steve Crutchfield scored 20 touchdowns'~::· Bellman joins the offensive line, · ·.... with defensive back Dan Egbers representing the Spartans as well. LaSalle's Paul Apparius; a:'griard, ·and Deer Park's Josh Howard, a tackle, fill out the first-team offen- · sive line. . ': : ~.. \:. - · •

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Yes, Staten Island is 75-80% Italian. No, Rocky Balboa is not in the starting lineup of Monsignor Farrell. High. But a stable of Italian Stallions are. They'll be trying to go the distance with Moeller tonight. · Farrell's top operative out of the veer is wide receiver Frank Marone.. Steve Siracusa runs out of the backtield. And the lines are full of names out of Mama Leone's menu. Farrell, on a 20-game unbeaten streak and winner of the Dally News city poll the last two seasons, is in town tonight to face Moeller in a challenge game at Nippert Stadium. Farrell coach Dennis Barrett, a one..;time University of. Cincinnati• player, knows what he's up against.

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• '~GEEZ, HE'S got It goin' there," DENNY BARRETT, shown here ·Barrett says or his Moeller counter- In his UC playing days, is coach ·part, Gerry .Faust. "They've got peo- of Moeller's New York foe, ' •ple.all over the place. There's no Monsignor Farrell of Staten question they're an extremely wellcoached team. They've got·an awful Island. .lot of talent-as good as I've ever seen. They're the best high school inches of rain, Farrell edged arfootball team I've ever seen. And chrtval New Dorp, Staten Island's public school, 18-12, despll.e gatrJ.ng that's not nattery." · Barrett spoke from New York, no yardage on the ground. The sj)ark in the veer-offense, di,where Farrell squeezed through its first two· games, having to come rected by quarterback Bob Skofrom behind in the fourth quarter rinski, has been Marone. He caught each time. "I think we have a good •all six completions in the first game · football team," he says. "The-scores and is termed by both F:aust and were not indicative of Farrell's foot- Barrett "great." Fullb~ck Bob ball team. Moeller has been kinda Hartle gained 125 yards the Urst . staring us in the face all summer. game. "We've got good team speed. and We,may have taken our opener good quickness," Barrett assesses lightly." - Farrell won that game, 26-14, his strengths. "We've got tough kids. scoring three times in the last peri- We've got a great receiver, our quarod. Last weekend, playing in two terback can throw and we're well-1 balanced."

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the ~ll real well. I never saw (Tim) Koegel but Schweitzer (quarterback Mark Schweitzer) has certainly replaced him. He can let it go. Their backs have a world or talent," Barrett says. But it was Barrett who first initiated the challenge and he's not conceding anything beforehand. "We're always good," he says. "We booked Moeller. We knew what they were."

NOW FOR the bad news. "I don't know if we're that big a team tn terms of .numbers as Moeller a;..:n.d we're not gonna be that big physically. They'll be bigger than us on the lines. It anything will hurt us that will. It's gonna be tough in the pits." . ' Barrett has .been tmprnssed by wnat he's seen of Moeller, touting linebacker Bob Crable and center Vince Syh•ester as perhaps the best he's seen at their positions. "On attense the kids really execute well. Hunter (junior receiver Tony Huoter) is great. (Kirby) Clark can catch

YES, THERE are other games going on tonight, Including two league clashes of unbeatens. In the County National Division unscoredon Wyoming (2-0) travels to Green-, htlls (3-0), where split end Mike Huffman is playing quarterback In the wake of a first-game injury to QB Kurt Huesner. And tn a Greater Cincinnati League opener Roger Bacon is at Purcell. Both lire 3-0. Northwest needs a victory at Oak Hills to remain in the Countl American race, whlle Deer Park 1~ at Loveland and M1ltord at IndtaiJ Htll in the Eastern Htlls League M1ltord is 1-0 in EHL play, the otheJ three 0-0-1. WCIN will broadcast to· night's Moeller game with UC coacl Ralph Staub sitting tn, whtl1 WVXU-FM will carry Lextngto1 Bryan Statton at Elqer.

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ing quarterback is 5-feet-4, when every otl;ler source, including the Dallas morning newspaper and the Qerry Faust's Moeller squad may roster Pasqua sent to Moeller, lists not meet its match in Dallas Jesuit him at 5-9. Friday night, but in Jesuit's coach, veteran Gary Pasqua, Faust at least YET DESPITE these two princihas probably met his match. ·pals-or maybe because of themIt would be tough to find a more the battle of wits promises to be at flamboyant high school football' least interesting. Jesuit comes in coach than either of them. with a 1-0 record, having beaten On the one hand, Faust touts Texarkana, Texas, 6-5, in its opener . Moeller's 8 p.m. Friday match with last weekend. 'Moeller is 1-1 followthe Texas team at Nippert S~adium ing last weekend's 13-12 loss to as ·a test of the relative strengths of Princeton Friday which snapped prep:football in Texas and Ohio-as the Crusaders' 37~game winning. ifZ.M.oeller's year-in, year-out streak. strength is representative of high Pasqua's teams have put togethsclieol teams in Ohio, or anywhere er a 160-37-2 record in his 18 years at et_re;'for that matter. Jesuit, including seven straight .. On the otl;ler side, Pasqua claims trips to the Texas Catholic Interhe hasn't a player on his roster "who scholastic League playoffs. Jesuit ·coUld make their (Moeller's) start- won the Catholic state title in 1973, ing lineup" and rates his team as 1974 and 1975 (public and parochial "about the 20th best team in Dallas schools compete in different playright now." He even says his start'- offs in Texas), and has finished secBY WEBB MATTHEWS

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ond the past two years. Pasqua, who's never had a losing year at Jesuit, is rebuilding this season, though. Only two starters returned from last year's 9-3 club; which allowed only 3.2 points and 80 . offensive yards per game. What's more, Pasqua counts seven sophomores and seven juniors among his starting 22. STILL, JESUIT does have talent in its lineup. The two returning starters are Pasqua's running backs, Dalston Reed and Keith Forster, both of whom are among the top ballcarriers in Texas. Reed, a 5-foot9, 195-pound senior, runs 40 yards in 4.4 seconds. Pasqua's "5-4 or 5-9" quarterback is Mike Lucido, while Dion Pride, son of country-western singer Charley Pride, and Dean Elkins alternate at flanker. Tight ends Robbie Finegan and Jay Evans, bo.th starters in Jesuit's two-tight

end offense, are also both sophomores. But, as Pasqua points out, playing' tight. end at Jesuit is quite an honor. Notre Dame· has recruited every starter Jesuit has used at the position in the past 13 years. Robin Weber, who caught the touchdown pass that defeated Alabama iri the 1977 Sugar Bowl, was a Jesuit prod· uct. On the offensive and defensive lines, Pasqua builds with players a lot smaller. than last year's starters. "We're not anywhere near as big as Moeller," he says. "Last year we had about a 240-pound line average. This year it's about 175." STILL, DALLAS managed to pull: out a victory over a highly-regarded Texarkana team in Its opener. Dow~5-0 late in the fourth quarter, Pasqua said his team moved 83 yards to the only touchdown of the game despite being hit with five penalties in the drive.

"It was a fine drive," Pasqua said. "We used up four or five minutes." At the end, Pasqua explained, his team benefitted from a "hail Mary play"-Lucido hit Forster with a nine-yard touchdown' pass with no time remaining to give Jesuit the win. "We were very fortunate to win," Pasqua said. Then, noting his team ·was not guilty of a single turnover, he added, "We didn't make any errors on offense." · Except for one, coach: You forgot how tall your quarterback is.

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1For the fifth straight season Moellrules The Enquirer's final high 'schoor football coaches' poll, the l playoff-bound crusaders receiving 110 of 11 first-place votes to wln the Jetty championship. Elder, which got l the other vote as No. 1, finished a ~distant second, while unbeaten j Wyoming, which qualitied for the ;Class AA playoffs, edged Prlnceton ;for.third. --

HIS TEAMMATE at quarterback, Scott Moeschl, already has the passing yardage and touchdown crowns, and needs about 160 yards for the school mark. Harrison's Gene Jacobs caught 47 Todd Powers passes to lead the city in that mark, with Roger Bacon's Steve Bellman· second. Bellman broke five school receiving records Friday. Northwest receiver Steve Wyatt also set a school record with 33 receptions, Roger Bacon nosed out Greater while junior teammate Ken Broth~ Cincinnati League rival LaSalle for ers had 1122 rushing yards for a ; sixth. Woodward, Mariemont, Coler- school mark. ,ain and Oak Hills round out the top Alqng with Johnson, Brothers, ·]10 but there was a wide margin be- Drennan and Crutchfield, other ·tween the top six and the rest. 1000-yard rushers were Deer Park's ; Individually, Woodward's Marcus Tom Springmeier and Country Johnson flnished with the top rush- Day's Kevin Appleton. · ltng total while North College Hill's The tlnal log shows 27 tea.ms iDwayne Crutchfield led in scoring. with :500 or better records. Moeller showed both the highest scoring of1However, with the Thanksgiving lgame still to go, Elder's Paul Oren- tense (35.2 ppg) and set a team :nan is in contention for both. He record for defense (2.2 ppg), winning •needs 43 yards for the city title, seven games by shutout. Wyoming, ~about 170 to break the school rush-- right behind, won five of its nine -ting record. games by shutout. ~er

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Did you realize that since the Ohio High School Football Championship Playoffs started, not a single season has passed without the Valley having at least one team present, and usual_ly two? Yes, Monday morning was a wonderful one for Coaches Gerry Faust at Moeller Hi~h and Bob Lewis at Wyoming High. For the second t1me in. three years, Valley fans can watch Wyoming try to bring home a "Class AA title and Moeller, another Class AAA one. It almost happened two years ago when Moeller won the state championship and Wyoming was edged by a point in the championship game. Since the playoffs started, Moeller has been picked by the Harbin System four times and Princeton twice . Reading has joined Wyoming as our representative three times in Class AA.

And both the Crusaders and Cowboys seem destined to field great team for years to come. . In Wyoming, for instances, Coach Tom Ritz saw his ··t. Jr. High team finish undefeated and unscored on. Half1 ,, backs Andy Cromer and Keenan Robinson, fullback Mark Terlesky and quarterback Stuart Bartsch led the Jr. High team to a 7-0 record and the closest anyone t.\.": came to them was 24-0! Coach Don Rahe's Reserve team also was undefeated ' with a 7-0 record, led by QB Jeff Russell, varsity kicker; running backs Tony Clark and Aaron Samuels; Pat Clark and Robby Edington and linemen Wendell Reed (tackle), Chuck Wright (center) and Sammy Ach (guard). Watch for them on the 1978 varsity team. Speaking of Moeller, Kirby Clark, the speedy wide receiver who suffered a broken leg, is coming along nice.. ly and will be able to. play basketball sometime in ' I. December. Rumors that he would never walk again and would never play any sport again, were all false, and the youngster's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baxney Clark of Lockland have been deluged with,. n~r'ne calls from well-wishers. _.~~.., .;;, • Not onlv 1will ~irby play a~Rin, he -be with the 1 · Crusader basketball and bas~.l)all teams,\and has set his goal of reducing his speed for 40 yards from an outstanding 4.6 seconds, down to 4.4 or 4.5! · (

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the field, reeled off their 55th consecutive regular season victory Friday night, obliterating St. Xavier's Bombers, 40-0, to finish the 1977 campaign with a 10-0 mark, just as they have the last three seasons.

Roger Bacon Friday night. .

Moe stingy

The Fighting Irish had better have a good offense, because they're going _ag~inst a Moeller defense that is as stingy as Mr. Scrooge. That stop unit ex· The triumph also earned celled against St. X Friday during the 40-0 rout, their Moeller another trip to the seventh shutout of the O'hio Class AAA State Playoffs and a· chance at an season. unprecedented third con- ' In fact, the defensive unit secutive _ state crown. Moe has given up just 22 points all year, another school already holds the record of record, and has scored 24 two in ap:ow, and will launch their battle for the "Triple points itself on interceptions, fumble recovery Crown" Friday night at 7:30 in Dayton Welcome Stadium returns and safeties. against Toledo Central Catholic. 1

In the other state semifinal clash, Canton McKinley will tangle with Cleveland St. Joe at Akron.' The Toldeo regional champs own a 9-1 record aQd ca:me on. strong after losing the second game of the season, to edge Toledo Whitmer and Sandusky for the berth. "They are an outstanding team," said Coach Faust who had scouted the Fighting Irish Friday night. They have a tight end named Basche who is six feet five and weighs 220, to go with a good quarterback and two outstanding running backs. The Valley area's other champion, Woodward's Bulldogs, who the week b~fore.locked up the Public High School League title, dropped a 13-0 dElcision at

Jot downs the names of these defenders who wrote · their names into the record books with a sterling effort during the victory over St. . X: Pete Humphrey, Tony Perroti, Mike Haggerty, Mike Rohlfs, Bob Crable, Tim Kolkmeyer, Dave Breitenbach, Steve Cavvelier, Jim Roelker, Tim Schira, Russ Huesman, Steve Klein, Bryan Baunan, Ted Catino, Rick Keller and Phil Schneider.

If reading of the same men in starring roles every week seems monotonous, it's because these gridders are thoroughly consistent. So are the key offensive performers who have made it possible to ~core 352 points. Offensive staridou'ts against St. X were Rob Perin, Mark Schehr, Tom Woebkenberg, Mike Pohlman, Joe Lukens,

Mike Mendenhall, Tony Schweitzer hit Hunter Hunter, Bill Long, Dave with a 13 yard payoff pitch Wilking, Jeff Wiebel, Vince in the first period and furlvester, Steve McGraw, Harry Oliver's PAT boot Tim Dugan, Mark Meyers, gave Moeller a 7-0 edge. Bill Wersel; Kevin Schroeder upped the lead McCarthy and Kevin • to 14-0 with a one yard dive . Greve. · into paydirt and Russ The News stated last Huesman raced back 45 week that Tim King was yards with a punt to make Moe's·halftime cushion 21the only Moeller freshman .ever to run for . a 0. Schweitzer ran for nine touchdown. A research of the records showed that yards and a TD in the third Bill Long did it. So, Tim period and' Schroeder raced for another Friday to notched his second of the night on a three yard trip to become the first frosh running back ever to score pull ·out of sight at 34-0, . and after the subs took twice!' He sped 60 yards on his only carry of the over, freshman King shot upfield 60 yards to close out evening. the scoring at 40-zip. Charlie Milton led the Moeller will take a 35 runners. with 62 yards for game winning streak into nine Jugs. King had 60, the playoffs. The Crusaders Rick Neal added 54 on his ,haven't lost since Warren six trips, Tom Schroeder Harding downed them in the got 53 on eight carries and playoffs four years ago. No Eric Ellington 49 for nine member of Jhe present team lugs. In all, Moeller rushed who started his career at for 290 yards and passed for Moeller has even par208, netting 498 yards for ticipated in a losing football the game, while St. X got game. 131 rushing and 39 passing That is why the 'for a 170 yard net. First Crusaders have generated downs were 18-6, Moeller. publicity from coast to Mark Schweitzer com-' coast, two of the major pleted 8 of 13 aerials for national networks using 160 yards and a TD, while film features on them. Larry Gates was on-target with two of •hree heaves for 48 yards. Leading receiver was 'Hunter who speared three for 65 yards. Neal hauled in two for 82, Schehr two for 35, Long two for 15 and Wilking caught one.for 11.

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payoff pass. from Jeff Riley to Steve Bellman Friday night and downed a rugged Woodward eleven that was unbeaten Public High School League champion, 13-0. Marcus Johnson who will be remembered as one of the all-time great running backs for Coach Jack Campbell's Bulldogs, picked up 58 yards in the loss to wind up the season over the 1,100 yard mark.

Woodward drove to the two yard line to threaten

once,· but Riley's passing, 14 of 21 for 195 yards enabled Bacon to protect the 130 lead and end the season at, 7-3. Woodward had a 6-4 mark, including a brilliant 6-0 PHSL campaign that earned them another championship. ~..-.1.1.111I I11'1 ;

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. __ amouht Of praytn.~~th~t_,w~nto~. ·man SOme Othe;.~!!-Ql$-ffi8.ke_o~ a - • - -. . ··:·. ;. Faust,- t~e ·players :an~ the ra.rls lill. tood day.. ~~w. l m no_t rt;!f~rr~ng t.o ; .. l ~. · T}?e stage Wa& set. ..· . . _· :, ~\. were praylrig~'It was tiqt only one ot any local teams." _ .· _ · -•, :;Lf~_., .; .~oeller High Sch.ool ~upporters· tftebest atlifeilc events but.one ?f . For aJl hts conflaence, F~ust ·~-.:\'k ,i':re.lll_~aid thelr team Saturda-y for _that_. t_he most re_ Hglous ones," Pllatczyk . ll,dmttted. _ wnen the snow begnn to ·-~ .thlr,d straight Class AAA· sta.te Mtlll ·satd ....· _, .. : · ~·~:.. · . \/ · fall heaVIly In A~ron, so dld hls :• .. ..:;\-;wo~ Frlday·in Akron by ~efeatl~g: · , The ga_ni<e_ Vlts.de.dl~ated. to . spirits. The last ti~e. t~e.Crusaders. ;~..., ,. C~nto~ .McKinley, 14-2,· wltl} a:n. , Brother t.a;wrenc<{Evesla:ge·, toun<J-· \ l~st was In 1971 (00 wins ago) in a. (~~~ m ~''mm o th appreciation rally · tng prinCipal ()t. Mo'eller. Also a.~ ; contest ()lagued by snow.. . 1 "?'»;: equalled only by the fervor dlsplar- - QrincipaPat rival school Purcell, .: ~-· ·ed on the football field the night J?e- .E:veflllige declare.d Purcell the best " . '·I WiSH We .could take you_~~~ · ~·~·~ !ore. _ . _ . . . ' ,___ ·· . , footbf!Jl team tn the-world, wttho~t · 1 through our pre-game. You sho~Ia t~' . At the o~s:t of the .celebration;: raalllltng he had 1nserte.d the wron_g . see how the players belleve ana love 1;'· '· the school s gymnasium. waif 'schoolname.Faust nearby laughed·,. each other. They are a lot better ; !>"~-shrouded In da;fkness: Suddenly, the' ' goOd naturedly. ' ' · '. than the kid!J t grew up wtth a._nd w.e ::,~; ~~e explOded wlth a fanfare remi.;.' .- -Dave. srttenbaC::h., _tft~. Fe~IJI.'S· . '.h!J.~ more 'ad\'etsittes to deal with," ~~·f - nJ~~nt. of p~~ Four.~h of J).lly, fes-: : spoJtesman, .s!Ud the players were •· Faust said. ·~;: "ltj.ttte~. P.roclalmipg ·."We .wa~t · ·orteh.'askM whytheyneverlosk . Moeller's senior safety, Tim ~·;~ , >Sis:~.'~ lp;:btlgl}tly colored fadia.nt , ,._,. . : . . ; 'f • '~ ·' · : . , , . Behrle, ·tntervtewed after the .rally, r ,;}~ ·~e(~rtng, the capacity crowd roared : ,, ~:JT'S,RAJlPJ-?t people to,under- ~'Said pl~ing tor .Moeller h~.s enwb.~u!L·_su~~.--~tl!_c1d_ed.;~oener.~lgn, .•. ;-~sta.nd. !l.':lt-trs·~q_p.rJ~gethent~!IS ~nd . ha.hcf!<l.b.ls chance_s or orlta.lntn_.g a I : appeared' from below the platform. . • unity. Many C!IJH U$ the Moeller college athletlc scholarship. .. ~- ,, . TheschoorssoundsystemplaY,-. -ramUy,"hesald. .: ~- .. .: ~~-"I live ln.Readlng and I_knevl ~~·: ing, ·:we Are T·he Champion~,'!_ by .· · As befltttng the dccaaion, Faust.' ·there wasn't .a chance tor me _to ........ .the rock group, Kiss,-_was accom~~-, .. spoke -lBrSt, ,M!!,klJ.lg_hts· way to. the •, . maKe college and the pros playing ~ :~1:~ nted by a sllde presentation cot· mleropbone, the omsR.,der ·co_a.ch there. Here wo wor~ h~ci"r. t,han ~_ Moellerls um footbo.l! B_<I\Jad~ _ ___ . . was met w:~th a. thundoroW! ovation. ~nfbody,:an~ my triends_ WfiQ play ~:,ct: The.Cru;mders.h~an•t planned. .~'I'ril!sure you patents get upset 'o~.other·teamsa.reenvlous. . _ ·.. ""~i • o~ losing. · , ... ·. when I yen·at your kids on the side:_· "I haven't seen anybody t1Jtn out ;;·i:•: · - · .. , ..1 · _ .·: '. < Un~s. but just to reassure you,~ also worse bY playing foOtball here at • -:}-: WHfi;N THE Ughts.came,ba.c~r:,on,, paHhemon the back. I know you s.1I -~Mpellel'; We learn to keep our ears :f·.... a stra.i~ht-fac~d Jv!oeller team w~k-:·,·. w_ art t to go home and watch th·e op~n ~dour mouthli !!hut when. we. · : ed ~cross t.~e stage whll!! the baQ~- game_ on. TV\ so I wlll make this , are taunted l>1 other team_s. The ~ ~. ,bl~ted the school'~. fight song. . : ~ short. .. ~ ')- 1, , . , \ • prega.me is re$lly neat ..when :11/e Bi~hep Da.nlel J!:. })tlarczyk, V!P!!of' • "I haven't. rel!-llY. had, ttme to pia,yed Elder, our m~thers asked <1 ~"-~of edUClj.tlon of .the. Archdiocese of· think about tt. But it was just as -coach i( they co1Jl4 write us letters. : ,~:'-r.~C!n.~lnnatl, provoked laughter when : · t_lirtlllng. as_ th~ first tiii).e. Maybe Ri~ht before the game we got t~,em, ne:.co,mmented o~ ,coach Oerrl: .. e.v~n ~or~. beca~se.:of the ~ondi:>: an~ everyone ended up crying, he :.,-t~..:-'·#fa.usts,1'~11~t?us,r~Jua1s.. 1 .;·, ~; : tions..~~_'1,,~. Anyone:coilld·have won."We · sal<l. 1 . ...._'f•• ?,,. ,:<-"'tl~~~~j,; _~,,' ,,.:~·_.•' '. • EnQuirerSportsReporter

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touchdowns all year, one through the air. Beier also fears he'll be at a disadvantage on the lines and in· Toledo Central Catholic's football terms of fresh bodies. team not only has the very real "One handicap is we· play slx or problem of facing Moeller .tonight, seven both ways; we don't have a but must face down the fierce aura great deal of depth," he admits. He of invinclbtlity surrounding the points out, however, that's not a Crusaders these days. To Central plausible excuse should Moeller win. Catholic coach Mike Beier, that may · His team came from behind to be his biggest challenge. catch Toledo Whitmer in the fourth The "Fighting Irish" (9-1) take quarter, and beat Cuyahoga Falls, on Moeller (10-0) and its reputation 14-7, by breaking a 7-7 halftime at 7:30 tonight at Dayton's Welcome deadlock. His loss came in the secStadium in a Class AAAc semifinal. · ond game of the year, 14-12, to FreMoeller Is driving for its third 'mont Ross. "We just didn't show up straight title. .. the second half," he says. "It's the old intimidation." Beier "Moeller's gonna have us 20 says of the Crusaders, who have pounds across the llne," Beier says. gained a national reputation this "Their-size and depth worry me." season. "In .the public eye we're "They present a problem for us probably playing the best team in two ways," Moeller defensive coorthe nation. The press has turned dinator Tom Hummel says in reply, Moeller into a national high school. "Their M&M attack is really potent. The problem I have Is to convince We feel Masztak is a legitimate Allthe team, school and our followers American." Moeller head coach we do belong on the same fleld." Gerry Faust says, "People say they don't belong 1n the playoffs but IT HAS been suggested, includthat's not true.. They're a good ing by the hometown Toledo Blade, team." that the Irtsh are lucky even to be in MOELLER HAS a potent offense the playoffs. They were third 1n the of its own to go with its stingy 'deHarbin ratings going into the week- . fense. Qup.rterba.ck Mark Schweitzend, but the teams ahead of them· er'has hit 60% of his passes for 1200 lost. Still, don't suggest to Beier his yards and 11 TDs. Eric Ell1ngt9n, team doesn't belong. Charles Mllton and Tom Schroeder Enquirer photo BY ED REINKE "The players are upset that some have all rushed for over 500 yards. people are claiming we don't stand a NOT YOUR basic sideline sphinx, Moeller High coach Gerry Faust delivers Instructions and Tony Hunter, Schroeder and inchance against them," he says heat- exhortations with considerable body language. · Jured Kirby Clark all have over 20 edly. "My team Is confident." receptions. Moeller has 2183 yards rushing, another 1400 passing. Moeller may face its first well- stop. When he's ott we're In trouble.". the ground as fullback 1n the goal 195-pound halfback John Oramllng, cathollc will counter with a 5-2 llne power I. Mangas has scored has rushed for 907 yards at 7.2 who balanced offense since its 14-8 score · defense that has given up only 64 tour touchdowns running. yards per carry. He's scored 10 TDs. with Elder. Or it may not. Quarter-· Mangas, highly recruited at 6Overall, the Irish have totaled 1415 points. back Rob Mangas has hit 88 of 163 foot-3, has a favorite target In even. It all means Catholic is riding an passing yards and 1648 on the eight-game win streak while MoellWide receiver Rick Cappelettl passes tor 1325 yards and five touCh-: ·more sought-after tlglitend Dean~ ·ground. · has caught 25 Mangas tosses tor 359 downs this season. "Our passing Maszta.k, a massive (6-5, 220), sureer hasn•t'lost since the 1974 playoffs. game makes our running game handed receiver who has caught 35 yards and two TDs. The Irish wlll have to beat both The problem _tor Cathollc Is_ work," Beier believes. "Mangas Is off·~ pa.Sses tor 643 yards and two touchMoeller and its ethereal minions to THE RUNNING attack features' Moeller has allowed only three win. · and on. When he's on he's tough to .downs. He's also scored four TDs on BYALDROOZ

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M·>eUer d·~fensive Hne coach To::n Hummel puts Moeoer•s defensive front hnr through a workout ia preparatian for the Class AAA playoft game against T•)ledo Central Catholic. The MaeDer players arE (from lelt) Mike Haggerty, Tony Perotti, Pete Humphrey and Mike RebUs.

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It's ·:lard to believ~ ~hat Moeller could be a better foolbdl team this year than last. In 1976, the Crusaders mauled 12 opponents to win the state Class AAA foo~ball champi·:>nship, outscoring the opposilicn along the way by a 492-40 margin. Moe:ler's offense ha:;; scored 352 paints so far in 1977, winning 10 ~;t::-aight games again for the fifth year in succession. The Moeller offense could have sccred far fewer pcints and the story wuuld have been the same. Onl~ ooe team this season-Elder -scored on Moeller's first-team defense and only three teams scored period. The M~ller defense scored more points (2•0 than it gave up t22); sacked the opJ:.osing quarterback 38 times; recorded seven shuteuts; intercepted 20 p.3Sses; recovered 10 fumbles and blocked two pants. Two of t.!ile interceptions and or:e of f:te fumbl~ recm•eries resulted in Moeller toucb:lown&. Moe!ler's defensive statistics make the Crusaders •eavy favorites ta repeat as Ohio Class AAA champX>ns. Moeller's first obstacle is Toledo Central Catho~ic in the Class AAA semifinal gaJIU! at Dayton's Welcome Stadium Friday. MOE-ller coa~h Gerry Faust will not allow himself to get in the position to !!all his 1m defensive unit the best he's had in his 14 varsity years. But he probably can't think of one tltat's been better. Four reasons for Moeller·s great

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defense are tackles Pete Humphrey and Tonv Perotti and <llfensive ends Mike Haggerty and Nike Rolll(s. all coached by Moeller defensi·;-e line coach Tom ..Hummel. The four linemen recorded seven sacks in one game alone. Humphrey, a 6-1'/z, 21Z-polD!d senior, is the third boy in his family to play at Moe:h~r. Rohlfs, sma:l for a defen~;ive end at 5-9, 170 potmds, is also t:1e third boy in ~'lis family :o play at the Montgomery s :::tool. Rohlfs, a senior, is a two-year starter. ~

fer Faust's No 1 rankec Crusaders. .. Mike was alnc.sr c·:Jt as a freshmar,, soJito:n:rre alld junior," noted Faust, alter his ~..bird straight Ohio Class AAA grij titk. ''We only gave h:m a 10 percent char.o~e of making the team this year b1~ he's started e·;ery game." Getting pa;t Moel:er's defensive line has its drawbE.~. namely linebackers Eob Crable and Tim Koltmey.er. Crable, 6-3'/z, ~15-p.:..nd senior, is a rare t1ree-y~ar s:arter at Moeller. Faust is com[iling a waiting list for C·:>llege coachEs who ~ant to talk to Crable. Four names tjgh on the list are WooC!y Hayes, Be· Schembechler, .S:>e Paterno a11d Dac-, Devine. Kolkmeyer, a '"6-;;"1#,_ 190-pound s:mior, has play~a in Crable's s:1adow the past tw-: seasons. ·•T1m could care less," stated FatlSf.. ''111at'S t:.1e uy to our suc•::!ess. These kids v.;ar-,1 to win as a t~am_ They cculd care less who does the job a;; long as it gel; done." Kolkmeyer, acCD::-d:r:g to Faust, \rill 'be another h~gbly recruited player from h:s team. Perhaps the m·lsl recruited &:layer will be qcarterback-safetyY1ide rec~iver Bir. Long, the best athl~te on MoeLer'S team, Faust bel:eves Long. along V'ith senio\- Mark ~.chweitzer, was Tim I(.oegel's understudy at quar:erback bJt lost the job

because he was needed more at safety, where he started last season. Long, 6-{)'/z, 196 pounds, has been working at wide re·~eiver the past two games in place of Kirby Clark. who ·sustained a br(j[en leg agai.Jlst Roger Bacon. Long has been so impressive at wide receiver that Faust plans to make him a two-wa} starter against Toledo Central Catholic, only the second two-way ~;tarter in the school's history. The first was· AllAmerican Steve Niehaus. "I really had my heart set on playing quarterback," Long admitted during practice 'Iuesday. "It was a disappointment for me but I tr~ed thinking along the lines of a coach and could see it was the right decision." "Bill has been willing to p:ay anywhere he's needed and he's an excellent player anywhere he plays," Faust said. Faust says he can sense a different mood in his team from the past month. "For the last three or four weeks they were just going through the motions," said FausL "But it's the same as always now. We're excited again." . Faust attributes the team •s emotional letdown to its rugged opemng schedule which inc~uded Princeton, Findlay, Middletown, Monsignor Farrell of New York and Elder. "There was a loc of pressure on us those five games,," Faust admitted, "a lot of excitement. We're ~oming back now. The whole school goes crazy when plaJoffs come."

'Twtts tile Settson It began in July, and all through their training, They wanted it badly; their spirits not waning. How the seniors came through would determine our fate And with it maybe our third trip to State.

On opening night, we started off right; We blew out poor Northmont, to show all our might. The win Âˇleft our record unsullied: 1-0; But the mighty Crusaders had a long way to go.

We marched over to Princeton for game nu~ber two; The dauntless Crusaders knew just what to do. They pushed and they shoved and they matched wit with wits, But Moeller's real strength was down deep in the pits. The But For And

writers had called our strong lines "second string," glory to Moeller they surely did bring, the next week we turned up at ole Middletown, from packed Moeller rooters came nary a sound.

At the start of the fourth frame things looked very bleak, I.Jhen suddenly their pass defense started to leak, And the game's final outcome turned out very well. Now bring on the Lansers and the whole G.C.L. Late in that game i t was tied--7 All! We had a drive going, but it started to stall. Naber kicked sure field goal which gave us the lead, With our dirt-digging defense that's all we did need.

That brought on the Bombers from puffy St. X. We knew from the start they were under a. Âˇhex. Moe's Givens ran wild, to Coach Fuzzy's liking; Now let's travel upstate for. a St. Joseph's Viking. The But And Now

ballgame was close from its start to its finish, Moe's winning streak was not to diminish, the game was decided in the last few ticks; it was Moe versus Purcell: which one should we pick?

On a windy and rain-drenched Homecoming night, The Hackberry Cavalliers didn't bother to fight. Besides our strong offense, which did all the crushing,' The spirited defense held them to just twelve yards rushing. Then came the only breather in a season of thrills; Another victory over an inept Walnut Hills: 45-8, but it could have been more; How on earth did those bald Eagles score?

Moe played Bacon for game number nine, And as expected, things turned out quite fine. Score: 28-Zip; so much for the Brown, Most are conceeding, we're the best in our town. Showdown at O.K. Corral were the words, But this year's Elder game was strictly for birds! We knocked-off the Panthers for another clean slate, And now we've got our third shot at winning the -State!

In the· playoff opener 'gainst Findlay up north, On a Saturday evening, the Crusaders set forth; for the first 3 periods, they looked just the same, a break was needed to reach further fame. Then the interception and score by John Ba.uer, and suddenly the Trojans' dreams looked. very sour, Another interception, and Findlay was dead; Now on to Akron to meet with St. Ed. The Crusaders and Eagles slugged it out in the snow, The difference turned out to be Ken Naber's toe; 14 to 12, what more can one say: Uoeller rules the State - in class triple A!

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AKRON, Ohio-Christmas .came a month early for Moeller's football team Friday night, an·d it was white. ·· A first-half snowstorm blanketed Akron's Rubber Bowl. Moeller's defense blanketed Canton McKinley. The result was a 14-2 victory for the Crusaders, their third straight Ohio AAA high school tootball title and 36th straight victory. The opportunistic Crusaders .took advantage of two fatal McKinley errors for their touchdowns. The Rubber Bowl, site or Moeller's two previous state triumphs, was host Friday to 11,662 chilly spectators who bundled up and sat on their hands, a. ploy Moeller's usually prolific quarterback and receivers were forced to do most of the game as well. The wind, which swirled the . snow around the horseshoe stadium and made the chU1 factor 16 degrees, took care of that. "I WAS praying," Moeller coach Gerry Faust said, describing his. halftime feelings as his team protected a 7-2 lead. "I'm thinking to myself, 'If we have to lose in this weather ... ' The last time we played in snow, we lost (in 19'11)." Faust described his reaction. as "as great as the othets and even better in weather like thiS." The wintry conditions virtually removed the pass from Moeller's repertoire. Quarterback Mark Schweitzer fa.Uing to .complete a pass until the fourth quarter. He finished 2-of-13 for 4'7 yards. · "We were gonna throw at least 30 . or 40% of the tlme," Faust said. "We tried It in the second quarter but Schweitzer couldn't grip the ball." Neither could McKinley center Mike Randazzom, who gave Moeller its first break by snapping-over punter John Brideweser's head by 10 feet. Moeller then took over the ball at the 13. Tom Schroeder, who got most of Moeller's tough ground yardage, finishing the night with 96 yards, lunged in from the one for the half's only touchdown. "Those breaks there ... " McKinley coach· John Brideweser (the punter's father) moaned. "There was a chance we were gonna get 'em. In this weather, anything can happen. But we got two bad breaks.': ·

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zone, the Moeller quarterback dumped the ball with no receiver in the vicinity. Grounding-and a safety-were called. · - "That Lee was the meanest guy I ever .played against," saki running back Tony Davis. Davis could· smue, · however, as he stored Moeller's. other touchdown on a three-yard ··plunge in the fourth quarter.2-add · Moeller suball That score came after Moeller failed on what appeared to be a · cinch score: a first down on t'he four, set up by a.n interception by deep back-turned-receiver-turnedlinebacker Bill Long. He stopped a . McKinley drive w1th his bit of thiev' ery. ·Moeller was intercepted·, however, at the goal Une, Doyle Lewis of McKitlley running with the ball to. ·the 20. Beyond the 20, he was run:. ning without the ball. Bob Perin recovered his fumble. The ·Cru'saders, however, moved backward $d Long came tn to hold' for an apparent field goal attempt. But Long, a: sometime quarterback, faked and threw to Dave Wiiking, . open in the encl zone. McKinley's hit, though, jarred the ball roose. WHEN MOELLER. drove for the final score, keyed by a 24-yard run by Schroeder end a 10-yard completion to Tony Hunter, McKinley was out of the game. Faust felt the weather hurt McKinley at least as much as it did his team. "They're basically a running team," Faust pointed out. "Most teams would be better ott playing on grass and· mud than this (AstroTurf)- this is much slipperier. Moeller held _1000-ya.rd runner Ricky Asberry to 30 yards on 12 carries, and McKinley to 102 yards · totally. . Brideweser gave at least part of the credit to the Crusader defense, especially linebacker Bob Crabl.e, who was greeted by Ohio State ~Y coach Woody Hayes afer the game·: "That linebacker has gotta be the >4 finest I've seen in a long tlrne," the McKinley coach said. Moeller's revitalized second-hal! offense was due in part to a decision to simpllfy things atter McKinley threw up several unfamillar defenses. . "They showed us a lot of stuff we didn't practice against," said run-

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October 12,1977

Weaver, Griggs, Harkrader Scoring Uaders

By'EDCHAY Tom Weaver, senior halfback for unbeaten Napoleon, has surged to the front of the pack as the state's leading scorer and rusher, accordi~g to the latest statistics released today by Ohio Football CLASS AAA 1. Cincinnati Moeller 5-0 News. The 6-1, 185-pound halfback lel!ds with 72 points, topping the 2. Miami Trace 5-0 Class AAA scoring derby with 11 touchdowns and six extra points. 3. Cincinnati Elder 3-1 Weaver, who paced the Wildcats in scoring last season with 130 4. Zanesville 5-0 5. Dayton Meadowdale 5-0 points, also is: the leading rusher in Ohio with 733 yards to date. · Napoleon is coached by veteran Charles Buckenmeyer who has 6. Canton McKinley 5-0 7. Massillon 4-1 · haen at the school 30 years. The Wildcats, 10-0 last season, have 8. Lakewood Si. Edward 4-0 won their first five games this season. The statewide statistics which appear on page f!ve of this issue 9. Stow Walsh Jesuit 5-0 are an exclusive feature of Ohio Football News. The information 10. Centerville · 5-0 was compiled from a network of correspondents around the state 11. Mentor Lake Catholic 5-0 and will be up-dated for the remaining three issues. ·12. Cincinnati St. Xavier 5-0 Weaver helped gain his lead as the top rusher when he romped for 13; Gahanna Lincoln 4-1 197 yards against Sylvania Southview two weeks ago. 14. Columbus Northland 4-1 15. Barberton 4-1 16. Cincinnati LaSalle 4-1 17. Fremont Ross 4-1 18. Toledo Central Cath. 4-1 1~ Garfield Heights 5-0 20. Toledo St. John 4-1 21. Lima Senior 5-0 22. Toledo Whitmer 4-1 23. Clayton Northmont 5-0 24. Napoleon 5-0 25. Worthington 5-0

The Class AA state leader is Mark Griggs of Orrville who has a two-point lead over runnerup Kurt Johnson of Millbuey Lake with 68 points. Pacing th~ Class A field is Rob Harkrader of Middletown Fenwick with 70 points. A tight race is !haping up for the Class AA rushing title with Bryan Thomas of defending state champion Elyria Catholic holding a slim lead over Curlin Brck of Kenston. The leading AAA passer in Ohio is Rob Mangas of Toledo Central· Catholic with 44 completions in 8& attempts for 730 yards. While it is still early, two punters have averages of 46 yards with Bob Weis of Richmond Heights· topping the combined listing with a nifty 46.3. Coaches who have additions to the list are urged to send their stats to Brian Zawicki, Ohio Football News' chief statistician, at 3528 East 80th St., Cleveland, 0., 44105 or to Ohio Football News, P.O. Box 5576, Cleveland, 0., 44101. Keep us informed.

CLASS AA 1. Elyria Catholic

5-0 2. Cincinnati Wyoming 5-0 3. Brookfield 5-0 4. London 5-0 5. Portsmouth West 5-0 6. Brookville _ 5-0 7. Beloit West Branch 5-0 8. Trenton Edgewood 5-0 9. Upper Sandusky 5-0 10. St. Marys 5-0 11. Pemberville Eastwood 5-0 12. Cols. Independence 4-1 13. Orrville 4-0-1 14. Coldwater 4-1 15. Hamilton Township 4-1 16. Springfield Catholic 5-0 17. Urbana 5-0 18. West Milton 5-0 19. Akron Manchester 5·0 20. Cleveland Latin 3-2 21. Bryan 4-1 22. Loveland Hurst 4-0·1 23. Sunbury Big Walnut 5·0 24. Hebron Lakewood 4·1 25. St. Clairsville 4-1

Four 1947 Barberton regulars at the pinnicle of their high school carrer, from left, fullback Bob Sabol, the "G-Men" halfbacks Dick Goudy and

Paul Gonder and end Danny Yakus, after they had been in dte moments of their final home game, the 22-6 conquest of lincoln.

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season opener at Barberton that And they rolled all season, they gave the OK for their team defeating Akron South, 26-0; to participate. Akron St. Vincent, 35-7; Al· A violent thunderstorm struck liance, 20-6; Dayton Roosevelt, 34-6;.Toledo Libbey, 28·6; Niles McKinley, 40-13; Canton LinFINAL 1947 AP POLL coln, 22-0, and Finally Massillon, Barberton .............................. 9-0 26-12. CLASS A The victories over Alliance Elyria .....................................9-0 Canton McKinley .................. ~·1 and Toledo were particularly 1. West Jefferson 4-0-1 Cathedral Latin .....................1)"1 satisfying. Alliance had spoiled a 2. Ashtabula St. John 5-0 Columbus West.................... 10·0 perfect regular season in 1946 3. Dalton · 5-0 Hamilton ............................... 9-1 with a one-point victory and 4. United Local 5-0 Warren Harding..................... 9'1 Libbey won a post-seasQn con• 5. Columbiana 5-0 Salem ..... ;;;;;;;;;,;;;;;;;,'; ... ,;;;;;;;; 9~1 test by one touchdown. ·Michi6. Tiffin Calvert 5-0 Upper Sandusky.;.;;,;;,; .. ;;;;,;; g;o gan ~ead football coach Bo 7. West Liberty Salem 5-0 Toledo Ubbey.;.. ;;;,.. ;;·;,;;;;;;.. 7~3 Schembechler was a senior tac8. Sullivan Black River 5-0 kle on that 1946 squad.· 9. Sandusky St. Mary 5-0 For the Libbey game the Bar5-0 · 10. Beallsville berton Elks sponsored a special the night of the game and light11. Newcomerstown - 5-0 ning knocked out the lighting . football train made up of 11 cars 12. Twin Valley North 5-0 system delaying the start for an - seven for adults, two for stu13. Northwood 5-0 _ Saline. Southern Loc. ~ CINCINNATI-Moeller High School, three·time Ohio high school _ dents, one for the band and one 'hour. 5 0 14 footb.all champion, is still the king after the Fighting Crusaders crush- ~ But then the season finally to serve refreshments. The price 5.0 15. St. Henry ed New York state power Monsignor Farrell of Staten Island, 30-0, got underway and, with half· for the (lombined round trip and 16. Cleveland Hawken 4-0·1 Oct. 1 before 2s;ooo in Nippert Stadium. back Paul Gonder scoring three game ticket was $6.60 for a5 0 17. Richmond Heights In a game billed as the prep Super Bowl, Moeller gained a 14-0 touchdowns, the Magics rolled, dults and $5.40 for students•. · 18. Patrick Henry 5-0 19. So. Char. Southeastern 5.o halftime lead and continued to roll as the Crusaders extended their 34-13. (Continued on Page 6) 20. Shadyside 5-0 regular-season streak to 46 while Farrell suffered its r~rst loss aftEr 21. Portsmouth N. Dame 3-1 winning 20 in a row. 4~l The Moeller offense was in high gear,rolling up 254 yards to 47 22. Cedarville 23. Canal Winchester 4-1 for the visitors, and the alert Moeller defense picked off five passes. 4.1 Farrell, ranked second nationally last year· behind No.1 Moeller, 24. Van Buren 25. Mt. Blan. Riverdale 4-1 accepted the Cincinnati team's challenge to this showdown and raisNEXT ISSUE-Mailed Oct. 25; Deadline copy, stats is Oct. 21. L...,--....,.--"-----"~---':....,-...;..:..""'--"'-''~d more than $20,000 to finance the trip to the Queen City. . By DON KERR Barberton's season almost didn't start that year and by the time it was over, 1100 students were clamoring to get into one history class. The year was 1947, the first year of the Associated Press high school football poll which proclaimed Harry Strobel's Magics champs of Ohio after they clim· axed a 9-0 season with a 26-12: victory over his alma mater, Massillon. The second World War had just ended - in fact, some ·teams featured veterans in their

lineups, boys who had enlisted prior to graduation and were now returning to finish their schooling. Johnny Bench was born in December. Houses were free of TV antennas and cars of anti-pollution devices. Polio remained to be · conquered and Summit County was hit by epidemic proportions that summer with 263 cases of the grim disease reported countywide and a dozen in Barberton itself. This situation had officials at Lorain Clearview concerned and it wasn't until a couple of days before the September 12th

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(Les Horvath was the second of seven Ohioans to win the Heisman Trophy while playing at Ohio State University in 1944. He prepped at Cleveland Rhodes under the coaching of Warren les Whalen, Jr. (3d District); Vannorsda/1, who is now deceased. Donald J. Pease (_13th Distric9; Andy Moran began his coaching career at Rhodes in 1938-Ciarence P. Wyl1e (15th DIS· Horvath's senior year-as an assistant to Vannorsdall in football and drict and Thomas Kindness (8th 1 basketball. lie has been at Rhodes for 39 years, serving as head footDistrict) did not play football in ball and head basketball coach until 1972 when' he retired from high school. coaching to aevote his entire time to teaching.) . 1 ,; r ~ . ' nl R .' Oh 10 s o y woman epre- t ,,·.I ..-: / sentative, Congresswoman Mary .~ Rose Oakar of the 20th District, t 1 .~ , had three brothers older who · playe_d football. She was a cocaptain and star forward on St. Patrick grade school's 7th and 8th grade Catholic Youth Organ-' ization basketball teams which won the Cleveland city title. Ail-in-all it's a pretty representative team.

They learned to run,. pass, "was too small for football." block and tackle on the football Representative Clarence J. fields of the state and carried Brown (7th District) "graduated these skills into their lifetime from high school in 1944 in the avocation where they run for of- midsts of World Warll when the fice, pass bills, block legislation choice wai; competitive high.sch· . they don't want and tackle dif; ool cade~ military trai~ing or ficult problems. high school athletics. I was in They are Ohio's congressmen. the military cadets at Western Senator Howard MetzenbiiUm High School in Washington, D.C. and Representatives Thomas Lu- that won evlh-y city title in ken (2nd District); William Har- 1944. I graduated from 3-;-ear sha (6th District); John Seiber- high school if} 2 1/2 years and ling (14th District) and Charles joined the Navy on my 17th Carney (19th District) did not birthday." i answer the Ohio Football News Congressmen Douglas Apple. inquiry concerning their football gate (18th District); Tennyson playing activities in high school. Guyer: (4th bistrict); Willis D. But of those whO did;· a Uradison, Jr. (1st District); Charpretty fair football team could be assembled. Congressman Ron Mottl, the 23rd District, was a quarter back for Parma High where he graduated in 1952. He averaged TOLEDO -:--The football season for City League schools has been a touchdown pass per game and extended from six to eight weeks. Originally, Toledo schools were to close Oct. 13 due to lack of in his senior year received the Cleveland Touchdown Club's money. Now, because the schools' payments for Workmen'~ ComLesHorvath "Player of the Year" award for- pensation to the state can be ·made, in part, after Jan. 1, the schools independent high schools. will remain open until Friday, Oct. 28- thus allowing an additional By ANDY MORAN J. William Stanton the 11th two playing dates. Yes, I remember Les Horvath. You never forget boys that were Opponents of Toledo teams .which picked up other games for the outstanding, Hlthough, to tell you the truth, I can't honestly say that District's Representative quarterbacked Culver Military' Acade· seventh a~d eighth dates havebe~n invited by City ~ea~e school~ to the first moment I saw him I said, "He's going to be a great one." my to a 6-1-2 record in his sen- honor theu_ new contracts and City League teams will prur off agrunst I was just out of Wittenberg College and wasn't experienced enior year of 1942 He was cap- each other m such cases. ough that I could evaluate talent critically . There will still be no divisional or City League champions. The . tain of the team that year In retrospect, though; I'd have to say he was the trickiest high . J h · Ash Shoe Bowl game, a charity for the Old Newsboys Goodfellow AssociRepresen t a t Ive school r'unnet I ever saw at that time. He was average in size, about o n . . "II ~ tu th h"al h I d t . d 'th . b brook of the 17th District, let- at10n, WI 1ea re e top two para~ I SC 00 S e ermme eJ er y 160 pounds and very deceptive. As the defensive men would try to tered at end for 2 years at Johns- best overall record or computer pomts. tackle Horvath, he would use a reverse spin around and leave the tackler reaching for him as he went on to the next defensive man and town, where he graduated in 1946. Clarence E. Miller, Dis.. u,sing the same tactic. He was a hard ball carrier to bri~g down. trict 10 Congressman, graduated I studied his style of running and in the·years that followed, in 1935 from Lancaster where tried to teach our younger running backs this technique, but with a Ohio Football News will have expanded statewide statistics he played end. Samuel L. Desmall degree of success. . · beginning with the next issue. In addition to top &Corers, the vine, 12th District RepresentaHorvath was a good student, had Jots of confidence in himself, leading rushers, passers, receivers and punters will be listed. tive played end for the 1932 un~ with a kind de happy-go-luckY attitude; he was always even-tempered. League secretaries, school statisticians and coaches are urged defeated and untied Upper Arl· He was a good athlete, after football, he played forward on the bask-;to send us .weekly stats to Ohio Football News, P.O. Box ington squad. He graduated in etball team and ran on the track team. 5576, Cleve'iand, Ohio 44101. 1933. Divine was also a football Information also may be telephoned if the call is prepaid official for 27 years and oneWe had a great team while Les was at Rhodes. Don McCafferty, to Brian Zawicki, OFN's chief statistician, at 216-883-1459. time president of the Central who also played with Horv:ath at Ohio State, bter became head coach Calls also rriay bf! made to OFN's automatic answering machOhio Football Official's Associa- · of the Baltimore Colts, was a member ·of the Rhodes team. McCaffine any timf. The "HOTLINE" number is 216-356-1090. tion. , erty played tackle at both schools. Thomas L. Ashley, 9th DisWe had an unbeaten string of 20-some games until the last game trict, was fullback for Perrysburg, ,. . . l_' . • .1 in 1938, when we played West Tech our arch rivals for the West Segraduating in 1942. Delbert L. '1. nate Championship. They were unbeaten that season, also, and outLatta, 5th District, played guard , LOu Venditti, secretary-treaMembership ~or the head _coa, . weighed us by 20 pounds to a man. We played them even for three for McComb and graduated in -surer of the Ohio High School ch is $10.0~, 'Y1th $5.00. gomg quarters, 6~6, and then they just wore us down, beating us, 18-.6. 1938 and Senator John Glenn Football Coa'bhes' Association, for a subscnpt10n to Oh1o Footwas a center for New Concord. ' announeed coaches· have until ball News. Assistant coaches' We had the largest crowd ever at our field for that game--the per. Oct. 15 to send their member- membership is still $5.00. He graduated in 1939. manent stand holds about 2,000 and there must have been 10,000 in Memberships can be sent to Congressman Charles A. Yanik ship dues and~have their athletes attendance. Temporary stands were set up all around the field. (22nd District) said he didn't eligible for the North-South All· Venditti at 152 Poplar , N.W.. One thing I remember about Les, being assistant coach and train"play football, my favorite spec- Star Game in Canton. Canton, Ohio 44708. er, I would :tape the players ank~es and check on their injuries. Les tator 5port." Representative Lo- !,.'---------~--------------..,. used to get a lot of contusions-that is a bruise where the skin is not uis Stokes (21st District) r~;tn broken-and he got hung up on the word "contusion". Everytime track. Representative Ralph S. he got a bump he'd come around to me and say, "Hey,coach~sthis Regula's (16th District) school a contusion?" Maybe this was a start on his medical terminology since he later SEE PAGE 8. became a dentist and now resides in the Los Angeles area.

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After the season was over I took Les and· Don to Wittenberg, my alma mater, to talk to the football coach there. The coach told the boys he liked them and to "come on down", but didn't offer any Scholarships or help they needed. That kind of disappointed me, as I figured they would do well at Wittenberg. They su~e did for Ohio State.

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Where ~o they come from~.• · By EDGAR ALLEN, Nashville Banner Where do they coine from, the

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Players on the major college teams playing around the nation? To start with, they are spawned at the grassroots level-more than a million plavers in 15,000 high schools " stretching from Caribou, Maine, to San Diego, California; from Bellingham, Washington, to Key West, Florida. From there, it's a drastic funneling process, sifting down to about 1:3,000 major varsity gridders. In other wor ds, about one player in 80 on the nation's prep gridirons this autumn will ina_!<:e. it to a major-college v·arsity roster. · However, there is no equal distribution of that ·1-in-80 ratio. According to a'recent NCAA survey, exactly.30 per cent of the country's major-college play·ers Jist hometowns in three states-California, Texas and Ohiobut these three have only 20.7 per cent of the nation's population. California was No. 1 by_ just nine players over Texas ( 1,:307 tb 1,298), and Ohio is right behind at '1,233, in the in-depth study of the nation's 130-odd major teams' varsity rosters (freshmen included). It's a tradition:• The same three states ranked in the same order in producing consensus all-America players over the last 50 years (California 72, Texas 69, Ohio 60). On a per capita basis, however, 'l.ouisiana high schools lead the nation, produ'cing one major collegian for every 8,480 people, with Ohio and

{Texas 2-3 and California down in 20th place. Four states in the bottom 25 of the country in population make the :per capita top 10-Mississippi, Utah, Kansas and New Mexico. Of all the major-college teams, per-' 'haps Notre Dame is best qualified to ' · h 1 d · · -iiPPraise t e P ayer-pro ·F h 1 · h hucmg areas. · . or many years t e ns ave recrUited nationally. Last year's roster intluded ·players from- 21 states; and e·xcept for 26 from nearby - Indiana and Ohio, there were no more than five "'rom·any r . other state,

528 over metropolitan Lo.s 'Angeles, using a nearly 2-to-1 pop\ilation advantaged (17,l50,000 to 8,960,000 fh - b for LA) an a lot o e1p from ne1gh oring New Jersey (more tharl half-:326 players-ca~e from 112 different New Jersey suburbs). ,. ,; Here are the top 10 major-college · varsity pJayer producing areas:

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"Why? Because of a number of factors, like football interest in the school and communi(y, tradition and quality of organization and coaching. Almost all states have some first-class high school programs, but these have more ofthem. . "Population has a great deal to do with it," he added. "All things being equal, most football players are going to come from where the mo~t people are .. " · NCAA figures confirm Boulac's population observation: The New York City metropolitan area produced the most major.college players, 60:3 to

States (per capita): Louisiana 1 for each 8,480 population; Ohio 18,706; Texas 1-9,383; Mississippi 110,104; Georgia 1-10,:397; Virginia .l12,407; Utah 1-12,46:3; Kansas 1 1-12,903; New Mexico 1-13,023;·Ala-' bama 1-13,608. · Metropolitan Are·~ (total numbers): New York 603:. Los Angeles 528, Chicago 480, Pi1i!adelphia 327, Dallas-For·t Worth 295, San Francisco-Oakland 267, Cleveland 241, Detroit 228, Washington 227, Pittsburgh 218. , 'j . Metropolitan Area (pe~ capita): Youngstown-Warren, C>hib l-4 762· Canton -·Massillon, Ohio"l'l-5, Beaumont-Port Arthur. ~Texas 15,439; Shreveport, La. 1-6,233; Jackson, Miss. 1-6,405; Toledo; Ohio l6,706; Cincinnati, Ohio l-7,524; Baton Rouge, La. 1-7,894; Dallas-Fort Worth 1-8,:356; Atlanta,Ga. 1-8,94.'1.

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Cincinnati Moeller and Northwood, a Wood County team, are both 4-0 this season. Moeller has outscored its foes 158-14. North· wood has dominated its opposition, 170-34. Both these Ohio schools have potent offense and stingy defenses. That's where the similarity ends. At Cincinnati Moeller 120 freshmen turned outfor practice. Northw0'6d's squad has ONLY 18 players, the smallest in the state, Quarterback· Bob Snider directs the Northwood attack. He has fired 12 touchdown passes in the four victories and completed 42 of 76 for 906 yards. His fav-. orite target has been Rick,y Coy who has gathered in 9 of the TD pitches. "This is a good team," Northwood's coac~, Lew Tudor, told the Toledo Blade's Dennis Horger. "But the problem at a small school is that if you lose one fr key individual you can go om a · good team to a poor team in a week's time. "Our weight traihinghas been important·, it keeps us strong and well-condi"tioned. That's helped us avoid injuries. "All 18 of my players play. Most play on a rotatl·ng basi's and · t 1 1 tw th mos·t· Payers P b ay th f"a' or ree d pos1 IOns on o o •'ense an

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"For example, I use three half· backs and rotate them, two ,plays at a time. I do the same thing with my two fullbacks, and one fullback goes to end sometimes. "The most difficult thing for us is practice, simulating defenses. We have to use dummies and tires . . . but with no one holding them. "We aren't big or powerful. We have to go to the air. We've worked a long time together. A lot of these kids played as fre~h· men. Snider has been the quarterback ever since he was a sophomore. They'ye taken their lumps. Now they're in a posi· tion to have fun."

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CLEVELAND BENDICTJ.: NE, Frank SiUCs': "I don;t find too much difficUlty in being a kicker. I ,like<~,.kicki~ for my team and it's ?·· . CINCINNATi PRINCETON, Steve Feht:' ;,jThe hardest thing about being' ,)dcker is to concentrate on keeping your head down, gettinji',Uie ball in the air quickly and ~not trying to kill the ball on longifield goals." CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS, Jeff Steve Michalik Piasecki: "Ws keepinl! your Steubenville head down at the ball until the "Concentration. Kicking infollow through is completed." MIDVALE INDIAN VAL- volves a lot mentally. Not only LEY NORTH, Doug McPeek: does a kicker have to keep his

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concentration on the ball wnen it's snapped,. he has to coordinate his steps at; the same time. Any break in the kicker's concentration more than likely results in a mis~d extra point. For any kind of, success a kicker must depend on his center and bolder along with his team's ability to hold~ the opposite team." ;: STEUBENYILLE, Steve Michalik. "So far, I haven't found anything difficult except the timing. I havJ a little trouble with the height." STOW, Greg Wood (Greg sc-

ored tbe only points against Walsh Jesuit in 1976 with a field goal): "There are two difficult. things, I believe. 1. Being accurate and to kick the same way· all the time. 2. Pressure. You have to shut out everything when you kick. It's just you and the ball and the holder." RICH BUTERA, .Willoughby South. "Not breaking your concentration." There have been a lot of key kicks that won games this season around the state. Space limitations prevent us from listing them all, but here are some:

--------------------Foot Feats---------CELINA - Todd Baker booted CROOKSVILLE - Rob Embrey 25-yard FG to defeat Ottawa-Glan- kicked il 21-yard FG with 1:26 left dorf, 3-{). for 3-{) verdict over Sheridan. CINCINNATI COLERAIN-Mark DANVILLE - Steve Boeshart, Gutnecht kicked 37-yard FG and 2 EPs in 17-14 victory over Northwest. leading Knox County punters with an average of 38.2 on 11 kicks. CINCINNATI MOELLER - Har. DRESDEN TRI-V ALLEY - Ron ry Oliver, leading kick-scorer in Cin· Baker's 31-yd FG beat Crooksville, cinnati area with 16 EPs and one FG 3-{). . fo'r 19 points. ELYRIA WEST - Mike HoUoCINCINNATI OAK HILLS T. Maher, leading Cincinnati area in way's 29·Y4 FG helped beat Lorain punting with a 44.7 average for nine Catholic, 9:6. Jdcks. . . FAIRBORN PARK HILLS ·CINCINNATI· TURPIN - Dan Randy Howard kicked FGs of 21 and Weaver kicked 19-yard FG and EP in 26 yards but_ PIQUA's Alan Ash· 10-6 verdict over Mil.ford. worth kicked key extra point and CLEVELAND JOHN MARSHALL Piqua won, 13-12. - Marty Lowzy' had FGs of 46 and KEYSTONE - Wes Hoicomb's 44 yards and an'EP in 19·7 decision 26-yd FG beat Lutheran West, 3-{)•. · CANFIELD - Mike Duncan, lead- over North' Canton. ing Mahoning Valley Conference punt· KENT ROOSEVELT - Mike De- . CLYDE. - Rosenberger kicked er with an average of 38.9 on 13 leone kicked 15-yd FG and EP in FGs of 35 and 41 yards in 14-8 conkicks. 16-12 win ~JVer Cuyahoga Falls. quest of Bucyrus;; CANTON GLENOAK -Dan Rei· 'LIMA - Brent Fackler's 30-yard . ·1. • singer's 36-yard FG and two extra COLUMBUS EASTMOOR - Bons FG helped beat Cincinnati Princeton, Kos<>vski kicked 25-yard FG and EP points tripped Oeveland Kennedy, 15-13. in !{o.i•wirto-()ver Briggs. . 17-14. LISBON - Bret Ashton kicked a COLUMBUS WEST - Mark HarCARROLLTON- Gary Peterson 22-yard FG and two EPS in 17·14 rison hit ·18-yd · FG with 29 seconds- decision over Springfieid. kicked FGs of 36 and 35 yards in Ieft in 3-{) victory' over Ready. 9-6 triumph over Sandy Valley. MONROEVILLE - Mickey Hof· icker's 26-yard FG tripped Edison, 1 ... 3-{). NEWARK CATHOLIC - Jim Oder kicked two field goals of 30 yards each in 15-{) win over Gran· * Good recruiting toof for coHege coaches. ville. * Money making project for high school booster clubs or teams. NEW PHILADELPHIA - Chuck * Locates all the public, private, parochial and special high schools Albaugh's FGs of 23 and 21 yards gained 6-6 tie with Canton South. in the state of Ohio. Rich Hutson, leading Cardinal Confer· * 109 maps showing the locations of Ohio high schools. Cross reference ence punters -.yith an average of 43.0 index listing schools and their addresses in each city and county. on22 ounts. * 'Alphabetical index of all schoois. . NORTH OLMSTED - Tim HyThis Atlas is very useful [or persons traveling to high schools duk's 23-yard FG and EP helped beat in Ohio for athletics, business, supply deliveries or meetings. The Westlake, 16-15. Atlas provides the purchaser a map of all cities and counties in NORTON - Kevin Wheeland kick· the state of Ohio. , 22-yd FG for 3-{) verdict over Send for your OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATLAS today. Hudson. NORWAYNE=-Fritz Hurd kicked Cost is $10.00, less than 10 cents a map. Save time and money 22-y.d llG with 53-seconds leftfor when traveling to high schools in Ohio. Send order to: 3-{) win ovu GIVS. RAY RUSSELL, 215 N. Chillicothe St., Plain City, 0., 43064 ORRVILLE - Kelly Handwerk's Tel. 614-873-4882 27-yard FG-beatWadsworth, 9·7.

AKRON BUCHTEL -Myron Aus· tin kicked 26-yard FG for 10·7 win over Akron BuchteL AKRON HOBAN - Lou Marino kicked FG and EP in 10-6 win over Ellet.· ANTWERP - Nick Cruz kicked 25-yard FG and EP in 17-14 triumph over Ayersville. BARBERTON - Dennis Sellers kicked 27-yard FG in 9·7 verdict · over Massillon. BEVERLY FORT FRYE- Dwig· ht Matlack's 45-yard FG and EP beat Frontier, 10-6. CANAL WINCHESTER - Rhen Blais kicked 20-yard FG in 9-8 con· quest of Millersport.

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OTTAWA GLANDORF - Nick Rosselit kicked 2 FGs, an EP and scored on a pas_s in 13-6 conquest of Fostoria. PERRYSBURG - Steve Pheasant kicked 32-yard FG and two EPs in 17-3 win over Springfield. PICKERINGTON - Terry Griffith kicked 46-Yd FG and 2 EPs in 17-6 win over New Albany. PROCTORVILLE FAIRLANDRobbie Jones kicked 37-yard FG and EP ill 10'-0 conquest of Nelsonville York. RAVENNA SOUTHEAST - Tim Heavner's 23-yard FG with 14 seconds left topped Windham, 16-14. RITTMAN-Tom Gammell kicked 4 EPS and 47-yd:FG in 31-6 decision overWRA. ST. HENRY - Tim Niekamp kicked 31-yard FG for 10·7 win over Parkway. ., SANDUSKY - Fred Pou kicked. 31 and 33 yard FGs in 14-6 win over 'Toledo St. Francis. . STEWART FEDERAL HOCKING - Nathan Drigg's 33-yd FG defeated Miller, 10.7.

STOW WALSH JESUIT - Jeff Baka kicked 20-yd FG in 3d period ~as Walsh beat Buchtel, 3-{). STRASBURG - Ed Warinner's 20-yd FG beat Ridgewood, 3-{). STREETSBORO :.. Albert Castro kicked 20-yd FG with 1:06 left for 10-8 verdict over Hudson. SYCAMORE MOHAWK - Bill Wise's 31-yd FG with four seconds left beat Buckeye Central, 17-14. TALLMADGE - Kevin Keller kicked FGs of 31 and 29 yds, but Tallmadge lost when Stow's Greg Wood kicked a key EP, 7-6. TOLEDO WHITMER - Lonnie Meridith kicked 31-yd FG in 3·2 win over Newark. UNIONTOWN LAKE - John Ha· bick kicked 27-yd FG in 3-0 con· quest of Doylestown. WARREN HARDING - Maurice Hall's 37-yard field goal beat Steub· enville, 3-{)~ WILLARD - Mark Miller kicked 27-yd FG to defeat !l{orwalk, 3-0. YOUNGSTOWN SOutH - Rey Edwards, top punter in Youngstown City Series with an average of 37.6 yards on 12 kicks.

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Walsh Jesuit Blanks First 5 Oppone~ts

By MILAN.ZBAN AKRON-Walsh High's Bill Ricco feels there is :something very special about this year's Warriors' football team which is unscored upon after the first five games,, but you/ could probably g~t him to admit that about each of his squads in his 13 seasons at the school. Last season Walsh was unbeaten and unscored upon through the first nine games and just missed a lOth shutout in the last game of the campaign when Stow kicked a field goal in the final minutes.to :::: end that streak. Ricco lost nine offensive and four_defensive starters from that team and it was generally believed this would be a rebuilding season for the Warriors.

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basketball team and a hurdler in track-'- as he continues the three-sports family tradi fion that saw four brothers· before do the same thing. . . "You just can't wri.te down some of the ways he is valuable. A Jot of it is just reacting to the ·situation," explains Worthington assistant Jim VanArsdall, who adds as ·a highlight: ·:He even took algebra II in summer school to get it out of the. way." · Some families hand-me-down clothes but the Athas passed along various· guides to make the younger ones better athlet~s - ail assembly line of pointers that started down from father Howard fir,>t to son Dave, now

But they proved the experts-wrong. They knocked off Buchtel 3-0 itt the opener and posted a 7-0 victorv over St. Thomas Aquinas, beat Cuyahoga Falls, 14-0,; Hoban 17-0 and Akron Ellet, 33-0. By blanking Hoban on Oct. ·1; Walsh posted its 20th straight victory·, stretching over three seasons. The Warrior defense has shut out

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How do they do it? Ricco himself can't explain it fully. Some of· :::: the old cliches such as teamwork, dedication, sacrifice and loyalty ~:~: creep into th~ explanation, but in Walsh's case, they work. ;:::

"I don't know how I mig this will contine," said Ricco. "I don't believe we are as strong as we were last year, but we're quicker, ~marter and I th~nk our pass defense might be a shade better. "We really don't throw anybody around. We don't sack the quarterback or running backs for great loses. But we iil'e:consistent and I believe we have the ability to come up with a key defensive play when it's needed," said Ricco. Ricco literally blushes when he hears praise. He would rather spread it among liis three assistants, defensive coordinator Gary Vitu- .:~-~:~:.· ccio, offensive line coach Phil Flanagan and specialty teams boss :~;~ .Joe Benes. "Without these guys; I'd be nothing, we'd be nothing. One of the keys to our success is that we've been together so long. They're loyal people and it rubs offon the kids." · Ricco admitted Walsh's fast start, Jet alone the new shutout string, is surprising.· · "I dind't think we'd be 4-0 at this stage. But they keep on doing· the job; nothing·spectacular;just 100 percent," ne.sm_d. ~-,_, ·

. Worthif1it_o_n_· QB B_ob At_ha · By BOB WHITMAN Columbus Citizen Journal Writer, What ever will Worthington do aW~r this year-when the last of the three-sports Athas graduate? There's . been an Atha for all seasons for the last decade.· But now only B9b Atha remains to carry on the family tradition.

Football _Coach Tom Rutan, only in his · third year· at the Worthington helm, may be pondering the-same thing, although he's only.· had ONE Atha he couldn't do without. "He is also a smooth p·asser ·with .an ... excellent .arm and though he l:loesn't ·.look

"EVERYONE OF THEM had their own hints and m~dad.helped me a lot. Qad told them and they hl:utded it down to me," said Bob. "Dick and Bill helped me most because they w~re quarterbacks." Dick, 26, quarterbacked at Army after . Worthington, Bill was next of boys, three years after Dick. Tom's 21 now and an Ohio Athetlic Conference pole vault-champion at Denison and in between the boys is Nancy, who led cheers for Worthington during her three years in nigh school and leads cheers · · for Bob now I'm four years younger than Tom and was <Jiways too young to play," is how the S·oungest. the Athas starts to explain. his kit-king prowess. .. 1 HAn TO SIT on the sidelines and I just · kitkcd the b<Jll whHe they played. I picked it_ up from watching the pros on TV and sort of taught myself. When it was halftime of TV t-oiiege games, I would ·go .out and kiCk." If there were a younger Atha, kicking . would be· Bob's contJ:ibution, but .now he : hopes it's a way into college: "I figure I will go to college for my kicking but 1 like quarterbacking the best. . . f.You are the leader and the quarterback has · · 1 d h If h b kh

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A. national· high school record' was· set Sept. 25 ·when Detroit Southeastern and Detroit Northwestern battled through eight overtimes with Southeastern winning, 42-36, in a game that took three· ~, hours and 43 minutes to play. The game was tied 8-8 at the_ end Of regu:iation play. Under the rules in Detroit, each team has. four downs from the;other's 10-yd. line to score. The other-team is allowed the same chance. · The game !las strung out because when one team scqred, the other followed suit. Or if one was shut out, the other failed to score. Southeastern quarterback Winford Byrd scored ion· an eight- . yard sprint to end the marathon contest, getting hi~ third touch- . down, all in overtime. : The previous 'national prep record was seven_over~imes between Strawberry Point, I_a. Starmont and Edgewood-Coles~urg, in 1974.

.. . ac as a cef!ter our offense around applauds "THERE;S. PRESSURE on the quarter·nack. it's a challenging position and like that Rutan. Atha passed for over 700 yards as a junior 'Pressure and the challenge." starter and is 14 of 25 f{)r 169 yards and two c Winning has been prominent with the touchdowns -through the air already. this :,,\thas, participating has too; three-sports · f}erformanccs have run through the family season. His kicking is deadly. He's seven for .with each one adding some advice, some due. seven in placements, has kicked off nine times for a 56 yard average and punted nine ·M :success to the others. times for a 33.9 mark. · ·· i· ~ow the end of the line comes with Bob ' ·.~\Jha but not the end of the memories. HE'S BUSY, PERPETUALLY hi motion. · l 'nfortunatcly for Worthington,. it's tougher Beside the . football starring, the 5-11, ·,~uiliJ:tg up those memories. Ttie Cardinals -170-pound Atha is a starting guard on the ~.vould rather have an·Atha in uniform:

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