Moeller High School 1971-72 Football News Articles

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yeaa-, S'tx. fu.'au>s, a\ belhemo1lh ·of :a !Ji 6-5 al!l!d :,:· .. 263 ipoun:d,s, .p•l:a olflfem:stve · -c:eon1ter :aud dei1eJJ11~ckle !lior .. ~. Mlo·eJll'eir',s Cmsa:d•ers. P oe tr lh :a p sl Si1}eve'1s taiSSilglllmenlt 11fuis SOOISOI!l .. lis. 'i;ndtiCa.lbive roif illhe Brug Moe's :.:..__ pr-ospects tfoi ltihe :e0ll1111ll.g ;seasoo. ·. :i Steve, at the start of the . ~season anyway, will be play··ing at a linebacker slot and on .. 'defense only. O~er Cru£aders "are so talented they have ..moved into his fornl.er poSi~tions and allowed the big man to play normally and get some _res1J when the offense is oper· fating. < iMoeHeu.· lost ;some tfme ;p·er:f.ormens l~ast ;season wlhen staiW:arts 11ike ''Pa.ppy" '1\~)itlllieiJ:, Jim :Mla.nsh!aWJ., Ratl:ph S'Cihlllei'deu.·, Steve ~ylve!Ster, Obip· ·E~il!lg, BlillJI. Wies'l'ey, M:atrk &moTii.nu, !Rrl!clh ·Good$alit, rDemny iSitallll, 'l1ommy tGi!lday ap;d 10hd.p Oai1Jher •lelfit. But ~ Ooa'dh ·Geu.'Q·y Faust lha!S an .:IG'InW, valent suillJ·,on 'h:alll'd and ttihe may call upon a soccer·style Qrus;ader:s iShoU'~d !be ·lin tale batt- field goal kicker, Greg . Schlble dlcir ltlhe Greater Omcirun:albi warber, who has been booting Leatgue idhalll[lti:on'SfutLp :ailil ltflre them accur:VJely at 35 yards. wa.y. ' this summer. That could be ,;. The offense is built around important in some of the close ·Dan Hauser, a 6·2 quarterback GCL clashes. who won a starting berth ·mid· AfiiSo rln Jiinre dior :pil'ellllty •of .pJ:ay. ~·ay through 1970 and con- ling ttime .an·e :a:tthJl!etes 'ld:ke Ken "Vinced the Moe .mulititudes Oavemer, Den·ny ·G11·amann, .'that he's tops. At wingback GI'anlt .1\!eilbh, Steve Tino and ""'Will be Bob Wesley, a 6·0, 181- · Dave ·M'Ouclh ~tn ()'flfemse .al!ld '"pound junior; at tailback will RJeea tComlisar tD:an .McM!albloo. 'be speedy Rick Boone, a 5-11 ;and J!olhn J)~y.er :on delfiel!liS'e. ~catback who gets the job T.illi'o lhas .been CJSpe'Oi!a~ impres• ,·.done and at fullback will be .sive . .){en Hansen, a ¢typical MoelCoach · Faust has a· top · ..:J.er-style "fireplug" powercoaching staff working with .~house at 182. . his Crusaders, including the ""';tOp·el!l!intg lllhe lh:oles up : ifu,Oillft ,'\Mafia" trio of Phil Gigliotti, W'iili1 ibe ;cenlteu.· Dave He:crosffirlrub., offensive backfield coach; 6,2 rand 210 IWlh'O !SUCCeeds Nre- Dick Barrattiera, offensive fi'aus tait I!Jhl~t tposi:bi'Oill:. 'l1ackoles line coach and Ted BacigalWull ibe I.Kiim iSte;plhenson, 6-2 an1d upo, reserve coach. Mike Cam/228, ;on ;one side and Oh:arielS , eron is back to handle · the :R<all1}liin•g, 6-6 ~alll'd 231 ;p:ourrdls·.on '"1lefensive backs, John Parker the 1otftreu.·. is in charge of defensive li•le, .:: G u a r d s startitig against Dan Gibbons anci Ted Hall .Princeton Friday night are • coach the Frosh and Tom j\Iark DiSalvo, 6-3 and 208 on -Hummel the reserves. ···~ne side and Steve Koegel, 6·3 iThe GCL ltlittfle .m1glht ibe se't· ::and 195. Tight end is Greg llfl:e:d wn 1tthe il:ea•g;ue rtiillit wlhen ••Gates, 6·11 and 165, and the Mo·elien· lballl'glle'S wii[tJh !Sit. Xavier'IS . :tplit end will be returning Bombers N!Oi\liember 6. .fu I!Jhe ·star.tJer Jim Kelly; 5·11 and !In'elallllbime 'Biiig M:a~ lis rcon!C'en• 179. The Hauser to Kelly ito.mlting •on •Pa'lil!l:ceton's Vli:kin•gs, a ~assing combination clicked ·p·owertllul •P.at M•a!ITOU'SO 'Pll'~du•c­ most often last season. _,tJi'on d:laV.Oil'·ed Ito vake tiillS tfiilfitjh =:Defentsivet1y, iBi:g M.~e IW'illl 1be _;s!Jr;aig;ht Greater IMiaimli •Oonlf.eu.·· b,dg. At d•eifren!Si.ve ends WJ.iilll be 1Emce oo~mpti!OOllShlip 'bhlis year. ~n H'Oytloe (6·0, 192) a!ll'd W~ayl!l£e 11he now~traditbi:onaol op·en:er Wlbli:tri1s (6-0, 190)'. 'Da:ckles '\vli.!l1 tbetween ltfhese illwo V!atll:ey ;p~ow­ b:e J!Ot111!l Kil'<l·Ve:C, .a 6-0, :214-.p:ound- ens IWU!lil •be talt ·PQ'.ilnc-e:tlon Vonmr&i, and iB•illil, 1VV'1anner :Wrho :stan:d•s !l~ow mtigiht, F1J.1id'a·Y, ·Wihen 11Jh~ 8 6=4 :and weli;g\h<s 257. lB'a:cklin!g u:p! p.m ..k•i:ck'olff sigJ.l'ais I!Jhe sta11.i .O'f tih.e :berg ~our wi~ll 'be illinebacke1~s l'a ICampa•ig.n 1tha1t :sh:ou~d 'be anSi:eve ·Nlelhiaus (6,5, 263), 'l'ony 10WheJ1: ;good .one illor ltih!is tCr.usa:dN;Qvakov (1.5-H, 199), Del!ln;y Siatp- 1e'l: -squ:ad. · · ~J.~:.(6-2, l68)· lal!l'd Jenry Nied·erMOeller <::ru~aders.

-~liW"man (6~1, 199) .. · sh d1 -.• in itlhe ISerc'onda!l'Y lh:aiJJfbaeks 197 1 c e u e ~· Dn rdefem:se Wllll ~be 'Jdm ~OitUle S ~lO-!at Prtincetlon ,;;;~and Shawn ISiteplhen:son lllill'd s-atfe- IS 17-Wd!tih'l·.ow 1rut l&eadrlng ty wliiJJl ibe J•Oihn Niehaus, 6-1, ·184- tS 24-at Ehler* '!:''pound ~~.-,etum11intg .leitteu.:man.

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Bacon To TestMoeller's 'Twins,.

By DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer sports Reporter The Gold Dust Twins are on the spot Moeller's 'unbeaten crusaders presently reign as the kings of Cincinnati's high school football hill, but someone is plotting their overthrow. And that foe, unbeaten and secondranked Roger Bacon, will be Infiltrating from the flanks when the battle be! gins at 8 p. m. today at Sycamore Stadium. · "Bacon has a real good ' sweep and they go to the :outside a lot," reports M o e 11 e r 's Qerry Faust. . ''They have a good passer and they throw a good screen. T o g e t h e r that's going to put a lot of pressure on our ends.''

T h a t 's where Danny Hoyle and Wayne Wlhi.US, the Gold Dust Twins, come i~. They're Moeller's defensiVe ends.

"I'd say the outcome of the game might depend on ' how well they play their posit i o n s," concluded Faust. "It coUld be .a g-ame of defensive ends." .

If the game that could decide the 1971 Enquirer city champion does indeed develop into a game of defensive ends, one_ thing is sure. Whether Hoyle and W h i t i s sink or swim, . theY'll do it together.

"They've got the pride of being a pair," says Faust.

"We were going to switch one to a linebacker, but neither of them wanted It because they ·wanted to be a pair. They both started their first game at the s a m e time, and now tney're' the best defensive ends - as a pair - that we've ever had.""

The Gold Dust Twins would pass for :fraternal t w in s in mam' ways.

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matching 4.9 speed ln the someone else is bearing l<t'W';~":<:<m««<.~;~W-"<m~$.f"-~'*'i'~'i(~>sm1 Hamilton County League 40-yard dash. the same things with you CINCINNATI ENQUIRER American Division leader "We didn't even know when things go bad."

Mt. Healthy (6-Q-1) is !lit each other before we came Hoy~e and Whitis usually Anderson (3-4) to face a to ¥oell~r:: says ~ o yl e, stay oyeright at Hoyle's team re,juvenated by the addmg JOkmgly: In our home m Deer :Park on r e t u r n of quarterback reserve year I was aJn in- game weekends so they S t e v e · Heis, who might s_ide guard and, he was a can discus~ what's coming_· r:;;( ht'~ have led the Redskins to the league title had he not Jmebacke~; That s when we . up. There s little do.ubt Friday, October 29, 1971 ftrst met. a~out w)?.at the SUbJect missed four games with a Both boys were switched Will be this weekend. .33 knee Injury: Across town, to defensive end last sea"This will be one of the W.1lmMiZ1mi:t'.lli:rMk~'ii:m::<"'X%i>K~U>:n;~ Norwood (4-1-2) and Oal!; Hills (5-2) meet at Oak son, and started together toughest games on our a g a 1 n s t Dayton Chami- s c h e d u 1 e,'' says Whitis. iln seven games. Bacon has Hills with the w i n n e r nade, the third game of "Their running attaok puts four shutouts and has· giv- · emerging as the only team en up 32 point~. capable of catching Mt: the season. a lot of pressur on the Healthy - if the Owls fal"Starting at end is what ends and outside linebackreally ma~e ~he , bond," ers. But we'll be ready."

BESIDES THE Moeiler- ter. said WhitiS.. w_e d talk Roger Bacon comes into Bacon game, Which will be Prinoeton -can clinch its over ga1;11e sttuatwns a~d the game with a 7-0 rec- videot·aped •by WOET, third straight Greater Miho_w wed handle certa¥1 ord, including a ·thrilling ·channel 48, and replaed at ami Conference title (the' l1ihliJnlgls. ~ ~ole stna~gy 22-20 win over previously 10 p. m., a number of cru- Vi k i n g tJed for first the was allke. It s really like u n b e a t n and second- cial games are on tap otheil' ye;m by be'lllting Midwe're brothers; we try to ranked St. Xavier Jast a11ound the city. · dletorwn 0a the road; St. help each other out. It week. The S p' a r t a ·n s' Sycamore and Madeira,· Xavk'!l u·:r·,· to 11eboumd helps a lot to know that sweeps and screen;> were a the top two teams in the tro; n 'iK B·hC(m lo.ss amd keep its Gn; .,;.r;:r mncinnati ~~1·:mm:'''""llifl!S:1l::<i1i%%¥.;~~•·£~:(~~tli:~~m~i:'mt" deciding factor in that Eastem Hi!Js League, face upset tlweaJts on the final League llOP•> •. dli.ve ~alinst : game. · ' · , Moeller a'lso is 7~0. have w e e k e n d before their arch-rh·a! z. ·. cr at Elder;· ing beaten Hughes, 31-0, showdown next Friday at and Harr'~on .~an clinch a::: last ·week. The Crusaders Sycamore. Sycamore (7-0) tie for its se,·ond straight oove shut out :three Of is at Indian Hill (3-4) and Hamilton County National. their loast foUl!' oppol!lEnt:s, Madeira (6-1) at Milford (4- Division crown with a win; at r.n~kland.

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(Continued from Page 10) ·.swept ·end Ifor 35 yartis to .the 'st. Xavier 30.

-Hansen ,got f&ur anti BOOI!le 1bhree, Boone was stopped a•t .the line of scdmmage and with fourth and three at the St. X 23, Boone .g01t lbhe oall and picked up two, but .the valiant Bombers had held .and took over at bhe 21.

St. X consumed most of t.he rest Of tl:he· ltihkd "period with 10 ptlays 1berore ·Randolph kieked · w Kelly at the· Moeller ·20. A. 16-y.ard Hauser quick pass to Slteve Nie!haus •alt end •gave •the Crusaders hope hut the -drive 'fiz2lled and Gramrann's .3econd ·punt •of 1Jhe. :11rg1ht sailed to 1ihe I

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Moelller got one more real dhance t·o win 1aiitea: ·Rand<l'lph'.s punt was !retu. tmed··to lthe St. X 45 iby Jim Kel.ly and a penalty on· the 'J)lay moyed lthe Cr-usaders to the X 35.

Hansen zoomed up ·the middie for seven and then got three on the same play for a first down at the 25. But on the next play Hauser· faded ·back to pass, ~~s hit by Jack ·_Hofman, fumbled and. St. X recovered. After that, a Hanser pass was intercepted at midfield and the Bombers had· their upset victory with less 1 t.han a minute left; Moe\lller's league- leadeTs ·had tthe ·edge :in statistics, :rOlling up 112 firStt ·d·owns to six for Sit. X.

If::::=----:-------:::::=================;., ·~(" for 70 yards, Hansen one fQr -Rich Cul'l, Joe Cummings, ' minus seven on a screen and Chuck Randolph (terri.fic b().tlt Niehaus one for 16. ways>,: Steve Lucas, Bunniag, :Bahl ;play-ers £rom ·b0'1Jh teams and Jack Hoffman, who Wlls held up -extremely well, •consid- responsible for the game-winening !the -elements. Besides ning field goal by causing a·· •Moe's bacros, top 'Offensive play fumble. . ' was turned in by Chip Harpna¥e Qtie·hi, Nutting, Sch;~t­ ring, Steve Koegel, Steve Nie- er, Bunn•ing, •Bible, John Kissel, ihaus and Sit-eve Tin·o. Defensive Kevin R~an, ·iPauil. Guen•thner, standouts . were Nieihaus, Jo:hn Jim Grogan and Hoffman w~te Kravec, Da:n Hoyle, Tony No- oiiferusive s<tickout~.

-· vakov, Jer.ry Nied-enhelman, ·st "Xavier no.w sta'll.ds ·17•2 !Mike •Diebel, John Niehaus, overall- this season .and 2-2~.,ffi Shawn Srtephimson, Jim Bothe the ·GCL. Moeller is 8-1 and and B'illl Wanner. owns .a 3-1 •GCL mark, the same ·St. Xavier had a good per- as LaSalle, F-riday lllight's opformance from the entire de- ponent. St. X wraps the seMon fensive u. nit. Among the stick- un nn>th a I·oop tu"'~le WJ'f>h n;,r "' '"'" . ..,., - :ru • . outs were .Larry Eveslage, Pat cetl'.s Cavallliers at St. x Sat.Ur· i:=-M-:=u=.t-:-c=h=le:'r=:',::::.: : S: : t: : e: v=e= =: : S: : ch: : o: : t : : .I: n: e: r~,:===d=::a§y=:::=at=2=.p=.m=.====-·_'_~_

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·ruslhtng. .plays .and Ha·use,r •completed eighlt o.f 15 passes for 79 yards - <a total ,gain ·of 205. St. X mshed 47 times for 131 yards and completed one of two .pass-es fior.14 and a ·total pickup M 145. . i ''I'he ;Bombens won •the til.t with a· tl!g1ht lbaH control game .aflter takill!g 'lt;he [ead. Scihuster was tlhe ·workhorse Wlitll 63 y.ards to show fnr 19 •Cal'ries. Bible. had 30 y.ards ihis .eight trJps 'and Nutting used 10 -plays for 22 1

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· Hansen. was the game!s top grounlt-gainer. Ken got the call17 times for 105 yards and Boone lugged 12 times for 49· yards. Of Hauser's eight. completions, Kelly hauled in six

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Moeller's Crusaders unleashed from Dan to Gl"eg G_ates for 39 Defensively among ·Coach their most potent .offensive weap- covered the, aistailce with Gates }?aust's regulars, top performens of the season Friday night, scoring _,and Schwarbs bottJing ers were Wayne Whitis, the the ma•riJin to 35-0. Th·e younger other end, Dan Hoyle; tackles semding Dayton Chaminade's Crusaders took over for ·the rest' Bill Wanner and John ·Kravec; once-proud and powerful gdd of 'the half. linebackers _Tony Novakov, Moeller ~ade it !J2.0 when Steve Niehaus, Denny Staples machine home with a 49-6 defeat ·hanging heavily -on their should- Hansen nanced. 22. yards down and Jerry Niederhelman and -ers. Th<! triumph was Big Moe's the Jeit sideline for a TD apd . backs John Niehaus, Bothe and sixth straiight this year and the Sch.waber·_ kicked ..the_ point.. Shawn Stephenson. , 1 • . crusaders now own a 6-0 record. ~pone'~ l~:Yard .sk~nn~h help.· . Offepsively, Big Moe stickouts Friday night, Moeller . cele· ed set that one up. Then Gary · were· Dave BecksmHh,- Steve ·brates Homecoming Day with a Rhein intercepted a Cham.in- · Tina, Koegel, Kevin Stephenson, parade and hopefully . ~an1>tlrer ade pass. and returned it 29 . , _...___ · · parade of _points against the Big yards. to .the ~0 •.

Red of Hughes. But Hughes • Koestet·s waltzed 26 yards and po1ished off Public High .School GPant Keith ma-de it to the •endLeague defending champioo zone with 14 · yards· in three Woodward· last week, handing plays; the six:poiniter coming on the Bul'ldogs their first loop re- ;codng and Schwarbs ·booting · versal in six years and might it 49-0. Chaminade s'cored in the prove a formidable foe. · waning minutes when quarterFive Straight back George IMecul'i plunged in from the one after Moeller· fumAgainst Dayton Chaminade, bled at the 39.

The statistics 'too show it no Big .Moe. scored the first five time<S they got theil' hands· on contest. While Moeller's bril-li-ant the baLL So powerful was the offense was piling up 348 yards, attack that 'the first team only the defense was holding Chamin· play.ed the first quarter, three ade to 98. The Crusader leather· minutes of the second stanza and luggers rushed for 246 on 41 three mi·nutes of 'the ·third. plays while Dayton got 18 yards They fashioned a 42-0 lead on 25 cracks at the line.

In the air, :Hauser completed and then turned things over to Crusader stars· of ·the future. ~ix or seven passes- for 102 yards Even the subs clicked, scoring and one touchdown. Mecu.ri conone first half TD and adding n·ected ·with just seven of 26 another after Coach Gerry heaves .for 80 yards, thanks 'to Faust retired his regulars to the f~ne secondary work by John avoid further embarrassment Niehaus, Jim Bothe · amd Shawn for the school he himself at- Stephenson. tended and played for.

Boolle carried 12. times for Moe drove 62 ya~·ds on seven lays to break the scoring ice 111 yards and a pair of scores.

P · Hansen was called on five early. Rick Boone reeled off times and responded with· 48 runs of 14 and 5 yards, Ken Hansen .churned for four, Boone yards and a TD. !\'like Huster cir.cled left end for 20 and Han- made nin_e yards his only carsen shot up the middle for 12. ry. Koesters added 35 for four Boone scored from the four and trips, Wesley got 19 on four Greg Schwarber booted the first carries, Kelly covered 15 for a of seven· extra points for a 7.0 TD his only ground play and · Keith and Denny Gramann lead.

I tj', I t k d d , .Next IJime Moeller got the eac 1 ac e on SIX yar s. ·oval on lthe 36 and wet'e goal- · As usual, Kelly was Hauser's wat·d . bound again. Boone got favorite passing target. Sure-. seven around end, Dan Hauser handed Jim pulled in all four pin-pointed a 14-yard pass to .that came his way for 49 yards.

Dave Mouch, Boone went over Gates caught one for 39 and a i tackle for eight <and Hansen got 'J;'D, and_ M!JuCh _grabbed the ; 'i¥e before Hauser fired a 15-- other for ;1.4 to help set up a : yard pass to .Jim Kelly. score. Now, in six !(lames,· Moe!- : Then Kelly d a z z l e d the le1' has scored 168 points while ~ fans at Reading. Veteran's Me- ;allowing the oppo~iti1>n just 30. ! ;morial Stadium with the play of ~c-=::==::==:::=::~::==::====­ the nightt. He was handed the ball and started around right .end. Chaminade had plugged that iSide, so· Jam reversed his· field, eluded two would-be tacklers, got bone-shattedng blocks from Hauser, Stev-e Koegel and Chip Harping. He scored from the 15 but ran at ·least 35 yards Ito spring himself and Schwarber made it 14-0. · The next TD drive covered 63 yards with Hansen, R'oo Koesters a!ld Bob Wesley doing the runnmg and Hauser passing to Kelly for 21 and then three y.ards.

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Harpring, Mauch, Derek Hub.:'' b8i'd, Hauser, Boone and Han:: sen. The younger offTCns.ive standouts were Vince Poynter,Randy Osterhu.es, Gary Woeb-. kenherg, Tom Ballman, Chris· Broerma•n and Bob Gerhardstein.

When the first line defense· turned it over to· the Crusaders of the future, stars turned out to· be Joe Oertel, Mike Liebel, 1'erry Weitzel, Gary •Rhein and Arnie. Engel.

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Mom Can A//o,r,,J To Blink Now '

By DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports :Reporter Mrs. Ralph Niehaus is VC"'' pleased with the posi••o.•nJ s wit c "''in· g that·. "" ~· b rought her ·sons, Steve and John, 'together on' the de r e n.s i e ·unit of the· Moeller footbah team.

"She Hkes it tha·t w:~",". oan says John. "Now she ..., · k,_.., li.P with both of us a. t -~.... She doesn't nave to once. w0 .,..,.,, about mI. s sing it .J When One of us goes in and the other comes out.·~· Eld.er's Panlihers, how:ev~ e:r, probablY don't find the arrangement quite as satisfactory At G-feet-S and 260, Steve gives . Moeller probably its

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biggest monster 'man In ·downs, catching p 'asses ;has lost the last two· games, era! other top games· are h i s. t .or y ,when lie plays, and _running .the ball, he'~ the P.anthers hold a 5-4 on tap. there, and J.:epresents pos~ P I ay i n g defense where edge in the series: .. The Princeton (0-1-1) plays sibly. the quickest and there isn't much glory. . . · host , to two-time state most agile .tackle ·in Cru- i "It's funny," Faust add- Clcy's·top two kicking spec~·.. "St · ths cap t am · of · iall~vS are Jim DeFrahco of champion Upper Arlington sa d er h I· s t o r y wh en h e w, . eve IS· · the line. · · bu t J 0 h n lS · th·e Elder (3-for-3 extra points (2 -O)·' defendi ng champ 1·00 I pays m Jo h n· . th e t earn, meanwhile, ranks as one of leader." and three field goals) and. Indian Hill (0-2) tries to get the frastest and ·biggest (6-2, Greg schwarber of Moeller back on the right track 185). defensive backs that • · THE BIG showdown has <7·for-8. extra points and against surprising MarieMoe11 er h as ever h a d• s evern.1 m · t er...,omg ~... ·d one field goal) .... Elder mont (1-0-1) in one Of three SI e. "We really like playing lightlS. This 'will be the first coach Ken Haupt, doesn't i111teresting Eastern HilliS to ge th er,, J oh n says, a dd- appeaTance m · Eld er sta- mind playing Moeller . in ·League games; LOveland · .

1ng another dimellSion. "It dmm .for Moe11er s1nee th e the second game of the (2-0) visits Madeira (2-0) and • · gives. us both . a lift. we pr~Ilt semors were f resh - season for his team. "We . syoomore (2-0) visits Mil· on tac- men. . . ste ve N'1eh aus and had such a good game fard (2-0) in the oth·ers, and real lY J1'ke to get m kles to gebher. It,s some• his off ens1ve coun t erpar t , against Woodward, and we last year's co-champions, thing we shoot for."

6-6, 240~pound Chip Harp- ~~0~{1e~e~~ci1~~sa:~Z Mt. Healthy (2-0) and Oak All of this is of sp~cial ring, will teelebrate their Hills (1-1), cl-ash at Oak 1mpol'tan~ to Elder to- 17th birthdayJ> today, hop- realdy," he said.

Hills in the 'Hamilton nigl'):t, In the. tijrst l;lig i~ to top. them off with a . Besides the Greater Cin~ county League American showdown of the cmcm-_ victory ... ·Although Elder .ci.nnati League feature, sev- DiVision headliner. c

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prep coaches' poH, willl be trying ·to dent· thoat Ndehau9-l•ed de:flense enough to drop No. 1-rated Moeller (2-0l from tJhe unooa•ten ranks and pOSSil.bJy replace tJhe Crusll!ders m; the city's :toP prep team.

Kickoff time is 8 p. m. at Elder stadli.um and a capacity crowd of around 11,000 f·ans is expected.

The Niehaus family re-,. union of defense came aft-·. er two seasons in whichJohn rushed· for· over 1000 yards as a wingback and · Steve e a r n e d first-team all~city defensive tack 1 e honors and sdection as one of the top 25 college prospects in the nation.

"John has played in the· .·shadow of his brother," said coach Gerry Faust, "but he's a real talented . athlete. He did us a ~vor . by moving .over to safety Without· batting: an eye after we lost ·all our expen1.enced defensive backs. Instead of · scoring touch-

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By DENNY DRESSMAN l I · Enquirer Sports Reporter Moeller's Crusaders suffered their first loss of the season, 6~3 to St. ~vier in S•aturdi81Y's brie! snJOIWstorm, but tappru-ently it wasn't convincing enoug'h to knock them .out of the top spot in The Enquirer's weekly city hig1h st:hool footbail polL M€m!bers of the 14-man boar.!ll of coaches, whose votes determine the makeup of the top 10, gave Moeller six first-plaoe votes ·and a total of 128 points. Th-at was only 'half ras many firsts and 11 fewer points than l•ast week, but stiU it was enough for the lead.

Unbeaten Sycamore - the only team left with a chance to finish 10-0 .- moved from third to second after a 48-0 rout of Madeira. The Aviators (9-0) received four firsts and 102 points - just one point ahead of Princeton, which dropped a notch to third despite picking up three firsts.

LaSalle, whicfrl can win its first. Greater Cincinnati League Championship in school history if the Lancers can upset Moeller F1ridlay night at Sycamore, moved from fiftih to fourth by beating Roger Bacon.

St. Xravier climbed from seventh to fifth on the strengtih of beating Moeller.

Mt. Healthy clinched the Hamilton County League American Division title and jumped from eighth to siXtih. Elder dTopjped !from a fifth-place tie to seventh, Bacon tumb1ed to ei:g1htJh and Oak HiHs gained enough ground to tie lrast week's No. 9 team, Withrow, foc that spot after being lOth last week.

The ;ratings, with first-place votes in parentheses· ,and points· mv~aroed on a 1{}-9-8 etc. basis for first through lOth place votes, follow: Pos. Team · Won 1. MOELLER (6) ..... , . , , , ..... , . , . , 8 2. SYCAMORE (4) ... , .......... , . , .. 9 3. PRINCETON ........ , . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4, LaSAUE (1) .. , .... , ..... , , . .. 8 5. ST. XAVIER ......................... 7 6. MT. HEAL THY .... , ......... ·..... , . . 8

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M oeUer Overr H ughe3, 31-0, In Homecoming Highlight . By MARK BEHLERT.

bucked over from the one Enquirer Contributor to make the score 14~0.

It was homecoming and In the closing seconds of ·a weekend of celebration the palf, Greg Schwarber ~at Moeller. The Crusaders booted· a 26 yard field goal had something else to cele- giving Moeller a 17-0 lead : brate, also, they defeated at halftime.

In the second half, the Hughes, 31-0. . M o e n e r coach Gerry C r u s a d e r s scored two Faust knew Hughes was a touchdowns and a l m o s t ,wen-coached team, for last scored two others while pe- r week the Big Red upset . ple,te m 'bhle end zone. on Woodward and were ex- territory. pected to be shifting into 1 HUGHES .......... o o o o- o thigh gear. Except that one Mo~~f~r....:SOMe',' · sl ~~ fsc1~;;;;:b~~ thing was missing. Vernon kic~~lf.er'-liansen, 1 run !Schwari>eT coulter, starting halfback kickl. and 1 e a d i n g scorer for ~O:~~~~~'.i::be'i 26ru~ield(~art>er ·!Hughes,. was out, because l<i~n ....~eith 1 run (Sdlwarber · of a tw1sted ankle, which · l<ickl. ' occurred in last week's vic- c-:: _____ ~- -- ~ - - tory.

On Moeller's second play from scrimmage, the Crusaders were on the scoreb o a r d, as Rick Boone scampered 54 yards for a touchdown. The Crusaders got· the ball back three plays later when Tomy Novakov intercepted a Jerry •Tolbert pass. They drove to the Hughes 19-yard 1; ... ~ ant1 - -

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Kelly caught three passes .to give hiin 26 career c a t c h e s, surpassing the late Jack Repasy's total of 24 set in 1969. The Crusaders, held. to 14 points in their opening victory/ over P r i n c e t o n last week, rushed for 292 yards and added another 95 passing a g a i n s t the outclassed Eagles.

Moel'ler\s 52 points 1iJs the second highest podnt tJota:l Ln the city this season be~ hind Mt. He 'a 1 â&#x20AC;˘t h y 's 60 points. Not to be outdone by the offense, tJhie Crus ad~ er defense lhieUd the visi~ tor'S to 23 total y&ds for t.he game. - TOM WOLF (Moeller) NALNUT HILLS ....... 0 0 0 6- 6 ~DELLER ......... 141 14 7 17-52

Moeller-Boone, 1 run (Schwarber kick) Moeller-Hansen, 10 run (Schwarber <ickl Moeller-Kellv, 37 pass from Hunter Schwarber kick) Moeller-Beane, 19 run (Schwarber <ickl Moeller-J. Niehaus, 1 run (Schwarber) Moeller-Gramann, 3 run (Schwarber dckl Moeller-Schwarber, 24 yd. field goal Walnut Hills-Stewart, 1 run (Run failed) Moeller-Gramann, 3 run (Schwarber <ickl

passes f.a:Hed •to r.eaoo the dislocation a Short ti.me end zone, the V i k 1 n g s latex; a:nl Princton capi~ ca~l,ed IO'I1I .lciclrel' Tom Kl•atalized on .a bad punt snap · ban, who >tocned a bad by the .substitutJe center to .sn:ap :Lnto three points wil.th recover a loose ball on the · a ~ick that took .the ball MoeJ!Ier eight. ·:r:ight out of •the lhoJder•s Elsasser turned tJhe break bands. into siX points with a fourMoeller came back with yard run a short time later. the ensuing kickoff and A two-point conversion marCih1eld 13 pJ.ays to take a made it 14-11, but Moeller's 6-3. lead. A Dan Hauser to· deilense used its ·keys to Rick Boone five-yard· pass lock the door to further got the score. scoring.

A Moeller. gamble paid ·off :to make tlhe touchdown "It was one of our best possib~e. ·Faust palSSing up. openers ever," said Faust. a field goal 1attempt on "I thought we controlled foul'tlh-and-five from .the 10 their offense better than to let . HaJUser pass five I've ever seen us in an yMdS to Bob wesl'ey for a· opener with them, and I first dvwm thought we moved the ball Moeller took a 14-3 lead better." in the opening mln.ute.s of · MOELLER .... • · · · o & 8 0-14 PRINCETON ...... 3 0 , 8 0-11 the second half. John NiePrinceton--Kiall'an. 23 field qoal. haus hit Princeton quar~g~/:~:j:~~n. 55 '~n c~;~:O::.il~e>nl. terback Mike Elsasser and Princeton-8sasser 4 run (Minor run) .. forced a fumble which two r--------__:____;:_:_~­ Moeller defenders covered · at the Princeton 37. Six plays - two of them passes i to senior Jim Kelly, who · sparkled with eight receptions for over 100 yards on the night, carried to the Vikins• five and fullback Ken Hansen carried it over.

Boone ran the two-point conversion and Moei:ler seemed well in command.

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By DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Reporter After that 47-8 licking they ·handed Roger Bacon Friday night, M o e 1 1 e r 's crusaders are once again a solid No. 1 in The Enquir·er's we ·e k 1y city high ~school football poll. And their Closest . pursuer in --the latest ratings, Prince~ton, is a team they beat, 14-11, the first week of the season. · The city's only other unbeaten and untied team, Sycamore, Prevent e dl M o e 1 1 er from being a

Moeller, which polled 13 first and l39 of a possible 140 points,_ faces a tough challenge t h i s weekend.

The crusaders (8-0) play at St. Xavier (6-2) Saturday.·

The Bombers, seventh this week, w.ere s e c o n d for three weeks before losing t w 0 straight. Sycamore also has a big game, hosting Madeira (7_1) in the clash to decide the Eastern Hills League champion Friday_night.

Foliowing Moeller, Princeton which moved up a una n i m o us No. 1. The notch to reach second with Aviators (8-0) received one· 106 points, and sycamore, first-place vote en rout-e to which jumped to third 90 voting points which from sixth, are Roger Ba. e a r n e d them a No: 3 cor:i, which slipped from.· .ranking- Their highest in second to fourth after the the three-year history of loss 1lo MoelLer, then Lathe poll.

Salle and! Elder, co-'holders ==============~ of fifth place with ·75 points.

St. X is seventh, down from No. 4, then comes Mt. Healthy, down a notch to eighth, Withrow, ninth the .. second straight week, and.

Oak Hills, ·new to the top 10 and replacing Harrison.

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By Jeff Hagen Ken Hansen scampered nine yards for a touchdown early in the third quarter to give Moeller a 14·11 .victory over. Princeton at the losers' field· before a capacity crowd. · · .· , f . .

Priliceton opened the scoring l~te in the. ·first quarter . . with a 12-yard f~eld goal by Tom Klaban. Moeller, with Scoring Suinmary · ; ' the help of two key third Moeller · 0 6 8 0--14 down passes completed by Princeton 3 0 8 0--11 quarterback Dan. Hauser, Moeller touchdownsmade it 6-3 with Rich" Boone, Hansen. PAT-Mi" Boone taking it". in from the nor 2. Field goals: Klaban 1. 1 five.

The wmmng touchdown was set up on a Princeton a sweep .around the right fumble in the early mo- side. ments of the second half Princeton's fihal score with the Crusaders recover- came late in the. third quaring the ball on the Viking ~ ter when a high snap frc;>m 39~yard line.

1 center eluded the Moeller Another key · completion . punter and he was unable on third down and long to get it !!way. yardage from Hauser to re-.

Three plays ·later, quar. ceiver Jim ~elly kept the terback Mike. Elsasser took drive alive arid Hanson it in· for the score from the scored four plays later. . three. Chris Minor added . Ray Boone added the fi- the .conversion but it was nal. two Moeller points .with· to~l1ttle, too late, .

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. , 17 l Dan Hause1· to Jim Kelly: if the Moeller Crusaders openinggame 14-11 victory -over Pr.inceton's potent Vikings is an indication, Big Moe fans had bet~ ter get accust·omed Ito the Hauser to K~lJy combination. · W·hen the chip.s -were down: Friday night, Dan Hauser threw to Jim Kelly eight ·times for 121 yards and that combination was the. ·determining factor in i the trJumph.

Of course, there \\;ere other factors too: such as a well· mixed offense that enabled Moeller to win without getting off a pu~t all night, and a i rock-ribbed defense so big that it just wore the smaller Vikes down in the long run.

Stiil it \\<1as an attempted ·Crusader· punt t:ilat ena:bled Prince·ton to score an .the thkd period and whittle the final count to 14-11. In fact, MoeHer .had to come from behind to .po·st the vwto!y, 1another close one, just as ·aU games in -thus tradutonal opener nav6 ·been.

MoelleQ· •put tlhe move on -early, ·moving the openmg kickoff to ''l:Tlnceoon·s 2ti yaru .Une. Ot:IOre ~unndng •out of downs. Then .the Vikes :took .over and sustained a dnve, tilanks to Chr1S Mino:r's ~ti-yard .run, which would have ·-been to!r a touchdown had not John N~ehaus caug·ht him from oemnct.

Princeton tried three passes and none were goou . .:::;o wttn a f_ourth down on the 17, Coach Pat Mancuso called on soccer· style kicker Tom Klaban and the youngster who moved here from Germany two years ago 1 split the uprights for a 3-0 Princeton lead.

After the ensuing kickOO'f, Hauser took :to tlhe air. He completed :six passes on a touchdown j·oumey with three of ·tlhem to Kelly •fo~ 9, 10 and six yards.

Two others W·e<n~ speared •by Bob Wes1ey fo11· 12 and then five yards. After -Bob's 1·ast catch, ' 1 :Rick Boone 'swept I eft i!nto the ·· 1 end zone fm: a 6-3 Moeller lead.

After that, Bi·g M:oe's >big defense stopped P1·inceton wi·tb, just 22 ymds .rushing f.or the :rest of t:he night. The· ;scor-e :s.tayed at £-3 untir the third period · when Denny Staples -pounc-ed on a Princeton fumble at the . 39 after John Niehaus had· c1'eainiid · the VikinJ:! hall can·ier.

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-Hauser passed to Kelly for 14 yards. Keith ground out two more· yards and then ·Hauset" connected wit.h .Kelly, again ·foll' 15 yards to the Princeton five.. , From there, Ken Hansen shot , through on a trap play and af· , ter Boone swept end for two extra points, .Moeller was 1o!l· topl~L

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Princeton narrowed the final' ; count to 14-11 after a bad snap ~ from center 1by MoeHer'.s center · ~n punt fo.rmati.on. Tony Nova- ·· kov, who usuaUy centers only on punt formation, had .been ~n­ jured 1and ,the ·bad :sn•ap was 1'ecovered ·by '!\rayne Whitis 011 the eight B'Ut Princeton ·had the ball and on the thi1'd play, VJking qua~·tet~back Mike E1 sasser scored from the four and Minor tacked on two extra points. Later Moeller intercepted ·a :pass 'and drove to the 10 <a·s time expired.

Offensively, guards S t e v e Koegel, Steve Tino and Mark DiSalvo were p ow e r s o f strength for the Crusaders. inders, '.holding M•oeller to 88 Hansen's blocking was' almost yard's I·n 43 plays. perfect aitd Dave Becksmith Steve Williams, Princeton's .and Chip ·Harpring ttirued in ."Headhunter' of the week, bad top jobs, along with Kim 23 tackles. Alfred Leslie won Stephenson and Bob Wesley. the "Big Hit" award. !\'lost Ef· Boone ·led the •ball carriers ficient Lineman was junior wi~h 36 Y~·rds <fior 11 lugs with . gliard, Rick Naegel and 1\lost Kerth oaddmg 27 yards, Hansen ·Efficient Back was 1\iike El· _24 and We·sley 14. Hauser com- sasser. ple_ted ·1.2 of 26 passe~ for .154 Helpillg Williams :and Leslie yai·~s With Kelly catclnng eight •on .the defen.se were .end Dwight aen?l~ fo11· 121, We•sle~ t~1ree for Walton, junior middle guard 29 yaHis and J-olm Niehaus one Mike Fiele•r and linebackers for _foqr.

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Steve Turner and .nary! Waller, · ~irst do~ns W~ie _1'~-6, Moel- allrof whom tu·rned ;in •blue-chip ler. ?'he Cmsade1 s p1cked up 88 . erf Oi1lTances. l'l1Shl11g yards on 43 thrusts :and P . .

Defensively for Big 1\i~c, the added 154 thr.ough :the ah· f·or a total of 242. ·Pa·.incetJon had 94 s~condary of John Niehaus, y.aPds rushing in 32 attempts and Jmt Bothe and ·Shaw? Step~· m;ade -good fourr of 11 passes for enso;"l, squelched P~1nceton s 51 yar-ds, makJng a total IQf 145. passmg. attac~, alowmg four ·P.rinceton's heroes we•i1e num- comple~ons m 11 lieaves. erous. too. M~eller ooach Gerry Steve N1~haus, Tony Novakov, Faust said f.ollowing •t11e ·game, Jerry . Nie~crbelmau, Staples "'f.hese kids ·play :it tough .an the and Mikc~Licbel, who replac~d way. They'.re going ,to win and ~ovakov when Tony was ID· win big this year."

JUred, were all stars.

-Princet.Qn Coach Pat Mrancuso Whitis, n:an Hoyle, JIQhn Kra.also was ·happry with the .perrorm- vee and .Steve Scherzinger were, <r~nce of his Voikes. "It was 'a. typ- ·other ·Crusaders who joined the]' k:•al Moeller-Pa·inceuon ~pener," parrade ·of stars •after coaches he commented. His r.ushing de- graded .the film follotving the f.o'fl t::t'

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GCL Race To End :P·at Dalhlstrom a.nd Greg Sc'h· wa'l'ber put the .f·oot ba•ck in football Saturday at St. Xavier Sta· dium. They :had to do it, since tthe rfti.e1d oeonddtions were such ·tlh<at foo,bba<ll was out .o.f the ques'tion, .g.ame :plans were cancelled aid .specta•bors mi:ser·ablle.

Dahlstrom b o o t e d f'i e 1 d goals of 2a anct 28 yards wnlle ,::,cnwarber made good one for isa yarus and at tne end, St. Xav1er had ended 1\'loeller's pcr.ect season witn a ti·3 vic· tory, forced tile Crusaders lll· to a showdown wlth LaSalle l<'riday night for the Greater' ·Cincinnati League .. champton· . ship, and knocked Big lUoe from second place in Ohio;s state rat;ings. :A unzz1ing rain w1hkih turned oo ::.now 1at gametrme, soaked the Sit. 2\.!avJ:er •l:ila1(1·1um Flielu. Snow ~et up •at 1ha.lif11J1me, hwt started !Willen tne :players .reuwned. ito the· field,' turned briefly into Sleet ana ..tnen :to snow agam. but the faithful stayed!

Wlh~1e ltney 1bravect lbhe e-lements, a dx.ama unfolded on 'the field w~Vh- tthe lfme punting of Chuck ·Randolph (36.2 yards for S'lX 1boots) •and 1Denny Gramann (45.5 yards !for two pwits) kept. :llhe IB-om;be·rS 1a•nd ltlhe •Crusaders' baocked up IWitlli :tJhe goi111g mighty tough; Dahlstrom missed an early field goal try from the 34. It was low. Then Gramann surprised everyone· with a booming 46-yard quick kick that rolled to St. Xavier's 27. The Bombers couldn't gain and Randolph booted back to Moe's 35. /1

.Mter a five-yard penalty to ·tlhe 40 agaillist St. X, Dan Hause'l' i£ound end ·Jim KeUily open at 1the 45, !hilt lbim penfectly and Jilm did :some fancy running 'to outdista'ltce ~ve-ry.one f.or !What seemed ttJo he 1Jhe game's openling toudhdown. A 'clip nullified ·1lhe ,ga1n .and set 1Jhe rC'l'us·aders 1b·ack 1to ljlheilr 36. :Hauser rifl~d a 28-ya.rd pass to Kelly and 1Jhiis one stood up, to 1St. Xavier's 36. SthontJly •afte-r thought one of his heaves was inter.cepted .at the 34 and the threat IWRS .over. St. X .f:ailed to 1gJruin .and Rand<lilpih :booted to ,Moeller's 33.

Boone lost three on an at11!empted sweep. Then · Hauser faked to Boone, naded off to iKen Hansen and Ken waltzed 27 yards to the St. ,X 43. Hauser found Kelly open again for i 24 yards to the Bombers' 19 I. and with a fourth-and-nine situation at tlhe 19, Coach Gerry F·aust called on Schwarber who split the uprightS with a ' 35-yard field goal for a 3-0 Moeller le!ld at the quarter.

1 St. X ,got 11Jhe :balil at the 40' lllifte•r the kickoff was out of .bouttdis :and IS•tal"lted on a dri'le that ended with the ~&core· dead•}ocked. B'ill Nutting swep•t r~g.ht end f~ !£1ve to star.t •a 55-yard anal'Ch ~and Steve Sclhuster .cartried five :str.a:ilg.ht times for 16

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'With a lfounbh and one at the lM.oelle·r 41, NU!tting gambled and went three for ,a :llinslt dowr.. !Dana Bible picked up 'three and then Nutting hooked up with ·Steve iLUicas on a itackle-eli:gi;ble !pass f.<>r ·14 yards to iMoe's 20. !Nutting .got lfive :to 1the 15, and Schuster three 'to lthe 12 before a penalty set St. X iback to the 1~.

With fourth and 15 coming up, Coach Tom Ballaban waved Dahlstrom onto the field for his .second field goal try and this time, Pat \i.Tas per· feet from the 23 to deadlock the count a-1 3·3. Moeller gam· bled on a first down at the St. X ~4 just before halftime •and lost. Then aFter ll Moeller fumble at the 33, Dahlstrom triPd a ~5·varrl field l!'Oal which John Niehaus gathered in short of the bar.

1Anothei" fumble il"CCOVCl'Y by •St. Xjavier ait :Moelile•r's 25 gave if:ihe 'Bombers if:iheir go.-.ahead ·cihance . .Sohuster, Nutltin:g, Biible and Bonner ·p;kked up 18 yards ibut .a ,penaillty !hurt .St. X and witlh .a fom·th and eight at the <12, iDalh1strom was .ca,lled on again and made ,g,ood a 23-yard tF1G whicih ended the scoring· at 6-3 .and .gave ·St. Xavier lthe vic-

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John N~elhaws .reltunned the St. X kickoff to .the 24 and his fumble :was r·ecovered lby ·a ,te·amanate. 'Nten Ken H.aillSen ltaok ·over and ripped orftf :g1ains of •eigiht, 11horee arud Rkk Boone (See MOELLER, Page 11)

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Gerry Faust, onetime University of Dayton quartei'back, perhaps could teach Brown a point or two..

Dayton native Faust is the only football coach Moeller. High School has had, starting the program with ~. freshman class in 1960 when the parochial . scho~t in northeast Cincinnati came into being •• Since that group became seniors in 1963, Faust-coached Moeller teams have compiled ·a 76-12-2 record and established themselves as. an area and a state power. . .

But it isn't until you get behind the scenes do you come to Faust's really dynamic ciedication to his job. The 36-year-old coach has helpe~ 96 Moeller athletes get college scholarships in less than· a -decade and at the moment, says 18 )::Jf his 1971 seniors are assured of getting them.

The school's super prospect is Steve Niehaus, a 6-5, 260-pound tackle who runs the _40-yard dash in · the fantastic. time of 4.8 seconds. "Notre Dame tells us· h~'s the be:St coll~ge prospect in the whole country~" Gerry says with his customary bubbly . enthusiasm. ' Steve's dad, Biff Niehaus, played at UD and the youngster hasn't said ''no" to John McVay. But it's odds-on he'll play at Ohio s.tate, Michigan or Notre· Dame. .r

17 student managers keep busy There are people who' would say Moeller and Faust are guilty of "over emphasis" but Rev. Lawrence Krusling, the principal, insists this isn't the case. .

"Athletics at Moeller contribute to a great sense of school pride and all-around achievement," says Father Krusling, once th'e principal at Middletown Fenwick. · Faust has nine fulltime a~sistants, who under OHSAA regulations are all classroom teachers.

"I wouldn't have a coach who didn't feel his first r.esponsibility' was to the boys," Gerry insists.

"If ftotball comes first to him, he's not my man. There are two English teachers, a s o c i a I ·studies, a science and a business teacher on the staff.

"That kind of intelligen'ce carries over to the · football field," he says.

Each spring, Moeller's gridders repaint the locker room in school colors, blue and gold. "They take a lot better care of equipment and the facilities that way and we have 17 student managers. Our dressing room in the neatest you'll ever see," the coach says.

The game program published by the Boosters Club is a slick production with color photos and • would stand comparison with the programs'of NFL teams. "You have to go first class," is Faust's motto. ~

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In a sense, Gerry is re-living his father's life.

Gerard "Fuzzy" Faust Sr. started the football' program from scratch at Dayton Chaminade in 1929, and is ih his 40th year as a teacher. , Gerry has ambitions for a college job, but he has set such high requirements t h a t he probably has precluded it ever ~appening. ; "I'm prepared to stay here for life," he says.

"But I'm human. I would like a chance as college head coach. But I guess there's only one Paul Brown who went from Massillon to Ohio State."

Not so long ago, an area school that plays a major college schedule, interviewed him. _ He stunned the athletic board with an in-depth report outlining numerous steps to upgrade the program which was fine. But his salary scale for a 'staff of assistants and a proposal to install a $250,000 artificial playing surface was too high. "I included proposals to raise the money to pay for it," he said of the Astroturf.

Gerry, who was cut from Chamina4e's team as a 113-pound freshman by his father, c*ne back a year later and made the grade.

"You have to be firm and demanding in dealing with kids," he insists. "But that breeds mutual respect. I can't think. of anything in the world I enjoy more than working with boys at the high school level. We win here and we do it with discipline and old-fashioned oride."

yards each game in '70 despite playing about half the time ... club has 28-game win streak going thanks to his offensive punch (50 td's in two seasons) ... kicks points after touchdowns ... junior All-Stater.

KURT HORTON-33 touchdowns and 2,734 yards through the air are only part of the story . . . owns or shares six state grid records ... honor student with extensive offensive savvy ... arm can beat you in matter of seconds.

MIKE KIRKLAND-See cover story.

DAVE LOGAN-Quickness, toughness, endurance combine to make him stand out in any crowd ... excellent blocker and outstanding punter ... All-State in 1970 ... intercepted nine passes playing comer back ... caught 35 for 660 yards as offensive end.

JERRY MANUEL-Makes uncanny catches (42 as a running back in junior campaign) . . . very fast . . . fine student . . . averaged 8.3 yards each time he rushed with the ball . . . standout defensive player who covers receivers like he had authored the book.

WAYNE MORRIS-Few high school athletes have the strength of this speedster . . . better than B student ... gained over 1,700 yards offensively plus having great year on defense last fall ... coach's dream ... intercepted nine passes ... blocks with destructive force.

STEVE NIEHAUS-Another in a long roster of Moeller stars ... could be best of all ... unbelievable quickness for massive frame ... kicks off deep in endzone ... defensive specialist who has a future few athletes ever experience ... true picture of the "hard nosed" gridder.

BERNARDO PAEZ-Tossed for 1,640 yards and scooted for 412 more as a junior ... completed over 62% of his aerials against rugged opposition . . . 4.6 quickness makes him extremely dangerous on sprintout ... executes with precision.

Spartanburg High. Spartanburg. South Carolina; Marvin Russell. Ford City High.

Ford City, Pennsylvania; John Haldeman.

The Haverford School. Haverford. Penn· sylvania; Larry Suhey. State College High.

State College. Pennsylvania; Ted Pappas.

Medford High. Medford. Oregon; Kirby Kuklensi. Wahpeton High. Wahpeton.

North Dakota; Mike Stock. Elkhart High.

Elkhart. Indiana; Ed DeSchepper. St. Mary High. Independence. Missouri; John Bussey. Morse High. Bath. Maine; Todd

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WOODY PETCHEL- Unlimited potential ... 23 td's in 1970 despite being keyed on constantly ... breakaway speed contributes to long runs on numerous occasions . . . a lot of nerve and plenty of chamcter ... one of two repeaters from LETI'ERMAN's 25 last fall.

GARY PHEASANT-A thorough football player who doesn't make mistakes . . . evasive, mean, determined ... high punter with good distance ... very dangerous after catching passes due to uncanny ability to slip away from defenders ... excels in classroom.

EARL STRONG-Appropriate last name ... had over 2,000 yards running, passing and receiving previous year . . . outstanding tackler and equally impressive blocker ... a doit-all footballer who is motivated by burning desire . . . commands deep respect, on and off field.

AL SZAWARA-Rugged and rapid ... scored 14 touchdowns while picking up over 1,000 yards as junior fullback . . . good punter . . . superior dedication with pain tolerance ... plays defense like an old timer . . . quick start combined with raw power helps overcome continuous blanket coverage foes put on him.

SLIPPERY JOE WASHINGTON -2,000 total yards a year ago ... scored 135 points in tough Texas league . . . All-Stater will go both ways this time and handle kick-off, field goal and extra point duties ... hard to catch because of swift moves ... very intelligent.

VIC WILLIAMS-Defensive specialist . . . intercepted six passes in pair of state playoff titles alone ... · sure hands coaches search for ... add exceptional jumping ability to his 6-2 frame and he covers the secondary with thorough confidence.

BUTCH WOLCOTT- Unusually strong, bench presses 340 ... began receiving honors as a freshman . . .

130 solo tackles, nine fumble recoveries as a junior . . . 3.8 grade average . . . Michigan All-Stater

Smith. Huntington North High. Hunting· ton. Indiana; Rick Carr. Villa Grove High.

Villa Grove. Illinois; Gleason James. East Aurora High. Aurora. Illinois; Alex Kaloi.

Leilehua High. Wahiawa. Hawaii; Eddie Gee. Central High. Bridgeport. Connecti· cut; Roy Howell. Lompoc High. Lompoc.

California; Cecil Gordon. Cabrillo High.

Lompoc. California; Mike Wilbourn. Lee High. Huntsville, Alabama; Neal Moses.

East High. Waterloo. Iowa; Kenny Langs· ton. Fairland High, Fairland. Oklahoma;

sprmgs trom center snap m near-perfect form ... will rattle the best with endless aggressiveness.

JUNIORS TO WATCH

RAY BARRS ( 6-0, 201, running back, West Mesa High, Albuquerque, New· Mexico)-Rushed for 1,386 yards. Speed and drive most impressive.

BRAD BENSON (6-4, 246, tackle, Altoona Area High, Pennsylvania) -Expected to follow footsteps of former Altoona All-American, Mike Ried. As much promise as anY young lineman in country.

CHET DeLUCIA (6-1, 210, fullback/linebacker, Bishop Ludden High, Syracuse, New York)Nearly 1,100 rushing yards and 13 (continued on page 25) Slippery Joe Washington earned his name by scoring 135 points last year for Port Arthur High in tough Texas competition.

Bill Quinn. Pacifica High. Garden Grove.

California; Ruben Elizalde. 'Pioneer High.

Whittier. California; Bobby Everage. Alton High. Alton. Illinois; Rich Cecil. Riverview High. Oakmont. Pennsylvania; Lonnie Kinsey. Dunkirk High. Dunkirk. New York; Scott Copple. Lincoln East High. Lincoln.

Nebraska; Rick Blue. Field Kindley Memorial High. Coffeyville, Kansas; Fred Mortensen. Tempe High. Tempe. Arizona.

Kenny Langston. Fairland High School.

Fairland. Oklahoma.

Ends Leo Martin. Central High. Murfreesboro.

Tennessee; Mike Gordon. Brockton High.

Brockton. Massachusetts: Jinx Johnson.

Tucson High, Tucson. Arizona; Richard Osborne. Lee High, San Antonio. Texas; Rod Ullein. Altoona Area High. Altoona.

Pennsylvania. Guards · Monte Stone. Dodge City Senior High.

Dodge City. Kansas; Dan Ruminski. La· Porte High. LaPorte. Indiana; Linwood Howard. Bethel High, Hampton. Virginia.

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MoeHer-St. Xavier football g1ame tod>ary at St. X? Take · -your. ipitck; iboth te'aims will have plenty of motivation when they take the fd:etld. ·On :tlhe st. X side of t:Jhe coin, there is the memory . or Paul Klein, the oDfensive .tackle wlho d!ied in an auto >accident r last Aug1Ust, shortly ·before summer practice beg1an. 'The Bombers dedicated this season to their f>allen •teammate, for one thing, 13.nd beating Moeller would tbe the lbest !POSsilble ;way to make IUIP for the lback-toback . :losses to Roger Bacon 1and Elder the last two week$· W!):l>ich wiped: ()Ut !hopes of a perfect-season memorial. . . ,-AlsQ, there is the knowledge of what beating Moeller :meant to Paul Klein. "There were two games he . wanted:. to win more than any others this year," coach · Tom11 Ballaban said earlier this season. ''One was Cleveland- .St. Joe and the. other was Moeller.· He expected to 'be ;;~l~ying against two. of the best p~ayers in the state in -thQS'e games, so he wanted to WJn them most of

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And' d'inally, what ibetter way to salvage the season than to rob Moeller of 13.n unbeaten season -1as well as possibly knocking tihe Crusaders out of a Greater Cincinnati· · Leag111e title, a >tihird straight Enquirer city champiomhip a:nd possibly their first mythical state championship?

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l\IOELLER, OF COURSE, has a few rea!Jons olf its own .to be "UIP" for tJhis one, too. _ The Crusaders >are a single' !POint away from tJhe No: 1 state Tanking in botJh wire services pdlls; they're shooting for a perfect season, 13. GOL championship and another city champions!h~p trophy. . FurtJhermore, · Moelller has ibeen living with tJhe memory of last year's 24-7 loss to St. X fo!l' about 13 months. And there's a g;ame f.ilm 1avaHaJble for >a reminttler.· The most effective part of the film is the ending. It s!hows coaoo Gerry F1aust walking out to midfield to cong;rat>Ualte a happy Ballaban, tJhe victor.

'EVENTS OF THE past two weeks have only heightened the SUS!Pense' and ~intrigue surrounding this year's renew•al of the city's most intense rivalry- instead of diminishing it tas some casual fans have suggested·.

The ·two defeats St. X has surffeTed, wlhile ending the dream of .a !Perfect season, have removed the pr.essure. St. ·X can go for ibroke now, wit:Jh nothing to lose.

And -Moeller, while impressing everyone with an overwhelming offensive show in last week's 47-8 win over Roger Bacon, now faces the challenge of duplicating, the effort this week. A letdown is one of Faust's - major worries.

Who will win? 'I1ake your pck.

(The game will be l;)roadcast on WLYK-FM, 107.5, 'beginning >at 1:4-5 p. m.) · .~

THE· COLEMAN SYSTEM must have been used' to produce :.this week's Har'bin S!Jate Playo,f.f Ratings in regions•·one and three of Class AAA. , After Warren Harding beat Massillon, 8-7, lrafst weekend, Hard-ing dr()lpiped to third in Region One and Massillon j'umped to first in Region Three. 'Dhen someone.. 'apParently as·ked for a recount. The resUJlt: corrected 11atings placed Harding first and dropping Massillon to {third_ in tJheir reS\l)ective regions. , ,• "It· .wasn't a computer error. It was a human er. ~o~,'' said a spokesman for National Scanning Inc., the ~1:11pany. which compiles the ratings for the Ohio High

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the clear and ISa,j:!-ed 20 yavds Ito IBa<ion':s 27. lH'<!useil" hit Keihly -wil!lh :an 11y.aa,d sideJ:m.e rpa~ss lbo 1jjh e 16 and tf•r·om 1tffler.e, Hauser tfa·ke:d into lthe ·middle, tGreg •Gates came •alfiOUind d.ir.om ihils end .p:osi1Jion, lbook a ih'<llndoff '<i<nd went ,16 ~all:'ds to S<cme. Sdhwa<ribell:''IS conf.CII'.sion 1made ·lilt 33-0.

Ceddia completed a 16-yard pass ·to Ennis up .the middle at' tlhe 46-yard line after Jtihe kickoff. Then along came Jim Rosselot who had replaced in; jured Dan Hoyle. Jim charg. r ed back and threw Ceddia for an eight yard loss, set him i back 10 more on the next play· I and Bacon quickly kicked to the !Moeller 27.

Ju1s't as 1tffl.e tf·iiil·all ipea·wod sica.rt. ed, iStev·e Koegel II'e<OO'\'ea·ed '•a fumble alt the Roger Bacon 31.

H'<lu:ser passed' 1bo KeiHy for nine <and fuen ih:ilt J~m again in the , end zone .and Sclhrwa!l1be.lf'5. ·extra J polin.t 1111'ad<e rt1he. bulge 40-0. \ On ~Jhe ensuing kickoff, Holthaus returned 24 yards to the 34 <and a piling on penalty set· Bacon up at the 48. On the first .Play, Ceddia cut loose with a bomb. Even l!!hough it was tipped going into the air by a Moeller defender, the ball sailed 52 yards and Ennis stepped under it and skipped · into the end zone. Ceddia also passed to Mike for two ex·~ra points and that made it 40-8.

Moell.le•r StC·ored aoobhe·r •one <a:ftea- Jolhn Niehaus retunwd Jbcoo's kilckJofif l7 ya11diS ·to IJhe 2ti. Hansen pic.k·ed up :liive and Hau<sm· !hilt Keilly with aon · er~gJht­ Y'<lT>der. B·ob Wesley rnu lfo·r seven to ilhe 46 and a face mask penalty ·on ·the tackle se;; Moe up at Bacon'JS 30 . .DeQmy Gramann a-ipped · off five :ymus !bo •the 30 and k'len sub qua'l:terba<ck Ken Cavell~e1· a1med one liior KeHy. Bacon was ~n pnJStti-on to intercept, blllt KeU..ly salipped a<r.ownd the defend· er, caught the baH and pivoted <inlbo lbhe en:d zone wtffl Schwar·bea·',s ·kiick endilng 1bhe scoring at

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'!1o make ·tlhiiilgs wo1·se, Bacon , fumbled ltlhe kilckofif and Lou Adkicrls recovered a1t 'tlhe 33. The Moe secornd unilt drove to the f.our ;be::fiOtre •a !field 1go.al try w<is lbaftted down iby [);on Bm•brink.

F·or iM·oelller ,tlhe a"Ushin~ game wa:s gond for 194 yards and Hawsea· a<nd <CavWlHe<r ip'aSISed for 25'5, :meanli<ng 1the Cr,usad~e•rs rambled over 4~9 yards for the evenJn,g. 'Rio<ger Barc.on ll1ald 14 Y'ards ll'USh1nrg and 95 pa1SSl'111g rOill Ced-, dia 5 ·fioa· .13 arpm tf·o•r a <tolta l of 109. M•oeiJJler U1ad 19 :fik.s1t downs to :four.

Hansen gained 41 yards and Boone 76 with John Niehaus getting .20, Bob Wesley 19,.

Gates 14 and Gramann 13.

Hauser completed 15 of 22 passes. for 230 yards and two touchdowns and Cavillier one of two for 25 y,ards and one· TD. 1\:elly caught 14 passes for 224 vards and three scores.

Boon~ caugM one for 25 and Hansen one for 26. \ 10tfoosi.vely, tiT\e C;rusaders W·ell'e led !by Dlll!ve Becksmith, S<beiVe Tin.o, Wim 'Step·henson, I<!oe·geil, Ohip ~Harrpri:ng and ilVIark ·Di'Salvo. Ovfenshreily, !Jhe 8:tickouts d'O!r' ttJhe rwiDniiJte!I'iS were ,K,r.a· '"V<ec, Steve Nieiharus, J el!'·l"Y Nied · .erJhelmaiTi, Ton<y . Novakov, Jlim 1Ro1ssel•olt. Mtke Lie<beil, Hoyle an.d J.im !Botlhe.

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the horior' the first week of the season, repeated this { week b:f c•atob1ng 14 passes for' 214 YJl(rrds and three touchdowns - •all three sChool records - as Moeller· trounced .. 'Roger Bacon, 47-8. Gorwalez ·carried· 17 times for 183 yards and scored two of Elder's three ~. touchdowns on nlns of 80.and 15 y·ards in a bruising ., '21-15 win' over st. Xavier. Otlher. back nominees inc'ludect the g:uy who thl'ew all <tJhose paJSSes to Kelly, Moeller's olllltsUaJlldin.g quM'te'l'lbaock Dan Hwser, and ·North cone~e Hill halfback ·wmie stewart. Linemen nominees inciuded Oak Hills defensivie end Ken Hauck and NCH defensive end Cooig Foley.

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::, ;i'J'le ·Crusaders, who are • !t.an}{ed third in the state ·:',in: ·.the wire service. poll ~'!lind first in Cincinnati in "'.t;l).e' weekly Enquirer city prep poll, recovered four ';fufubles and Intercepted · · ,;t"wo passes to .sty;mlie st.

Joe ,(2-2). Led by steve Nie. haus; :nan E:oyles and Warr~.!lt • Whitis, the .defense hel(t . st. Joe to- 167 yard total offensive and seven first Clown~.

Moeller's offense, meanwhile, rolled up 17. first ·downs and 369 yards total offense. Quarterback Dan ·Hauser went 8 for 17 passing for 154 yardS and two touchilowns. Fullback Ken Hansen gained 67 yards · rushing and score <f. twice,· ,.o.Ac~ mi a Ha~ser pass,_ to -lead~-· the ground attack which produced 215 yards. ( A fumble recovery by iJohn . Niehaus at . the St. 'Joe 10 set up Moeller's lfirst TD. Hauser hit .Chris jaates with an eight-yard 'pass two plays later.

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'Mom~ Will Be Watching 1 ,.. 8ATiJiwAy· .VISITS TO the hamburger Shop, a seat on the 1 so-yaro, line, petfect atJtendance for six years, :.

•and a.::Hmne that was always open to any member of the ;footban..:team--these are some. of the tJhings Moeller ·pLayers ,and coaches remember ~a~bOut Dave Beck5mith's mom: ·. · . And they're e~eclally wor1111 :remembering tJhl.s week.·· It will be Parent's Night wihen Moeller pl•a'YS LaSaHe :for the Greater Cincinnat~ League championShip Friday •at Syoamore, a special occasion made more im·porta:nt by lthe memory of Dave Becksmith's mom. .

Dave <is Mool!JJeir'IS'siJ:Wbl!Ilrg celiltJer. His mom -died 1m11. ·expectedly the day after 1Jhe Huglbe·s game three weeks ,.. ago when a ratJal blood ciot fornied k>llowing a:n 'opera- l .; tion ,1Jhat usually isn'it critical. :.~.

"She was someone special 'to the whole team," •"Said coach Gerry Faust. "She never missed a game from ·the ·time .Dave started ·playjng in the sixth grade. And ·~she always had players at her house. They could come ::-home with Dave any time. She knew them all, and cared .• about them as much as she did about Dave." ·~ Sb:e even ClhlauiifleUXted aboUit a ihJaJ'f-dozen ott tlhtem ;-;rrom Saturday practices. "We'd· always stop to get ham' :'burgers; 1her treat," Dave recan~s. "And tJhe gtUys would ~-~always freeze up around· her. She'd ask whiat. everyone ·:wanted, and tJhey'd order one hamburger ~ guys who :· ·cou~d · eat four or five - Bec'aJ\lse they ddtln't wa111t to ·:take Mvan1Jage of her. But' she'd alWtays order more :•without ·telling them."

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"I ihad thoughts '!!:bout layhig oft one gtaJille," lhe · said. "But she loved flo see me play football, and for me .not to play would have upset the team (lineups). She, cared a lolt about the team, too. ' "I came to school pne day and talked to Mr. Faust, then I decided to play. She'd rather have me out on the field with the team, than sitting home feeling sorry for myself." · · T.hte ta~k with F1aJUst W'3IS a p0i:g1nlam.t momenlt. Tihey were tallcing in the coaches' qffjce, weiglh)ng the deci-. sion. Faust could see that it Wtas a difficult moment for .nav.e, ,so: he tried to dhange ltlhe SUibject.

-: . . '!The ~referee told me -lhe warned you THREE times 1about hold~ng last Fridtay,· Dave," Faust barked. "If you . · hold anymore, you'll run 20 laps."

ThaJt eased the situation d:NUnatlcally, . ,. • ~ • . "It. ~ort ~f ~roke me up," Gerry said later. "He gave •ine :a. hug and I told him. 'Dave, you're a great kid.'

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BEFORE THAT MEETING ended, Faust told Dave a story tJhiat originated wilth Lou llittle, tJhe famed Columbia University football ooach of the 1930s and '40s.

L'ittle told of a fourtJh-string pl•ayer he ihad, whose f.aftihoer Wtas bliind. Tihe ilather dield 'lln.oexpect6clay ·near tJh.e ·end Of th'e ·season lllritl Little' diecided'71lo.put tlhe OO'Y in on the kickoff in the next ~game to help 1Jake his mind off the loss. · T.h·e boy made the tack'le on the kickoff, and llittle 1· ; ,)eft ·him Ln. The bOY pl•ay:ed the whole game ~and per:.ro:rmed . exceptionally, Afterwards, ·.Little asked him >''about lt.

•· ·· j "My dad was blind, you know," the boy is said to •Jia_ve to•d Little.. "AJ]d now he died and he's in heaven. · This is the first game he coul,d see me play." .

T.he tradition at Moeliler's Parents' Night '1s for -e~ch play~r .to es<;:ort his mom and dad onto the field , ·and give eacJh a kiss. Dave Becksmith's sisrter, Martha, Wil:l •aCC~l!llipany her father onto tlhe ·field with Dave Friday·.fiigh~. But Dave will know.

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·:~~No.1 Moeller Overwhelms. :·By DENNY DRESSMAN •two rushing .:plays that 1 " Enquirer Sports Reporter:: ·moved the ·-~ball to the Ba'l1h.>e g-il!rne of lthe yeax con ··h. _That was it,"howev.., ~Jed. ·dhto •a pumpkin two er as Moeller forced the nirghts b.efore Hal'loween >aiS Spartans to punt tli~e· ~~ ·ciJty's top-mn>koo ream,_ plays later. . unib:eart;e'!l! MoeUer, o v e if- · Quarterback Dan. Hauser· ~ll).elined sect>nd-ramked and ·:split end J:iin Kenw, · lllnidJ. · · previous!~ unbeaten -'W!ho vi e r e mag.nifoi.oonlt .RQ~ BaJCOn, 47-S,.IF.tlday thr<>;ug-hout f!lh-e g.a:me, gob<n:igft1Jt at syc:amore sta- bled up most of 'the yar.d: .,dJi.um.. · . ·_ age·.as ehe G r us aden;' ·• · 'I1he 01'Ul9ad~ers, not:Jcihi·ng went 71. YJa.r-d.s :lin 12 Pl>a'YS t!Jhoe.if ei.g1hrtlli streight ~wiih. .fuT tfleir.. r~t touchdow.n" uih-· lbhe moSJt conv.ilncing-of fol1Iowing thoart; punt.· ·· ·

less than .a minute as Dan Hoyle,. wfrlo 001e pl•ay eatlder saw his · 'runmng mate at dJef-erus!ve end, Wa:.y.ne Wihitis, carried. off . tthe ili.eldl with a -brok·en leg, fo.reed Bacon . quarterback . John Cedci.i.a to fumble. Jolm Kreve.:: ·.recovered at tlhe :Baoon · 24 and ·Hauser hit Kd"I!Y

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son to cheer reaJl ear'ly. Afte,r hug1he:s WlaJ3 d1e11d on ·tlhree Clowns and had to punt, t.lhe Crusaders 1took over at !!herr uwn 4;) •and on ·the fws• play, R~_ck went· over leJ1t .t;a,ckle, picked up ,wo key blocks, ,Vi'ITew two terrli<c .:flakes and OC'ace.ct 55 yards br a ·touehdown. Greg SC!hwa•rber·.s . ,.uu. "" v~ •.:v,Uu•~ vW 11•25''"'' .f: lol· eXitiia po.~nt kick made it. 7-0, u«,Y, .tJil.;; pau.'•.Y !~ uVc.l' lu•. ·~~dvL! Thii:rd down after the kickoff, u:~·u.r L' "'L.I!"L" JY,g •'J.:""· ll.ut;ci l'ony P<OV<XKOv can1e Clown W•Ul a oac"'li':i 11 dHl!J'"'gmg "!''"J.'t!an", a~.~ ... Hug1hes ip<aJSS and Tony se-1 Bi:g W•UH a •-u ·mao\. ·anu a SIUMe 01 Moe up .at the 46. A Hauser to the <litreaJter Cllncmnaitl League Kelly pass d'or 11 ru1d runs of lead, wnvade Sycamorre Stau1um I nline ra•nd d:ive by Gate3 moved £or :a 1Sibfowdown c~aSih wiltlh lVioei- Moe to ·the 19 bUit the drive bogler and the Wlinner willl be in ged down. the GGL ·driver's .se,at.

Hug1hes a'gaim. :failed to ga·in Wlhille Bacon was upsetting ru1d punte'd, Moel'Le~~: 'taking .over miglhuy Sit. Xavier 22-20 Fnday iaJt the 38. Boone picked up ·six, nilghlt, lVloet~er barely wocked up HaDJSen fl1pped ·of five and Boone a swe1a1t wlHle d1sposilng of the got two more 'and tJh~n five.

B1g Reds W\h{) h:ao. handed Wood- G1altes tacked on five, Boone wa~rd's Bu11o.ogs 'Vhed:r first PHSL drove d'or ·four mOire and then seDba!Ck m .six years the week be- Hansen lfeeled of.f a 21-yard bore. beauty •to .Uhe &g Reds 14. rOoacih Fawt's "double-dyna- 'Boone dove to tftle 12 a-nd then mite duo," Ken Hoosen and KH!K walltzed 11 yards to the one, Boone collltmue to carry the p.ig- ifrom where Hansen drove in skim dow'n viJCtory trail with :a 'and Sohw:arber's k1ck made it combined ,botl!al of 278 yards :be- 14-0. tw,;.o>l ,Htw. n.ca ,u~~cu Lwc Just ibelfore ·halftime, after an 1ealbher 17 times ·£or 140 yards excJhange ·of punts, the Crusada·nd Ri:ck •caDried 16 times for el.'ls gOit t!he :ball at tJhe 10 deep in 138. · theiT own 1terr:itory. Runs of slX .'Dheilr o.£fensive fireworks were and 14 y:aros by Hansen, then an bac.... tu oy uy 1..:u aa' !'-"''a w uv 18-yard -dazzler by Ken was folt;a;cked ·on 31 yard:s hils six Urnes lowed by two screen passes from wi:tlh ltJhe 1ball, Boo Wesiey whu Hauser :to Hansen for 11: Y'ards auoxcu .5v on a ua1t uo,~;<::n lug;, and !from Danny rto Boon8 for a•nd Bil~l Gates Who ,picked up 34. W1itlh. ·time ronnilug out, S<lhwaTber booted a fie:ld ,goal 19 :yands lfor ±our 'l!nps.

A<lCl Wliatt gll.'oup wlrue!h :c:aJn ram good ilioc 26 yards aJTid a 17·0 the OVl<lll ·ctown your .un.r:oat ·to t:hc haMltime lead. lit ·W:as all over lfor sure 1after ffuesse 'of !lJanny .tilaJUser alt quartt:JroacK .and you 1nave a tJnreat Moeller ~ook the second ha'H gomg alhl 'Uhe l!ID1e. Hauser ,p1ck- kklroff ru1d maJrched 78 yards e1C1 ·vne J:wgnes Clelfe·nse for :seven ·on ·nine pla:ys. Boone's sevenpass ·comp1et~()Jns :out ·of 17 at- ya-rd <toudhdown was 1set up by ~e·mplts for 100 yaro.s even. Jim ~is OWin ,dJaSh d:or ~7 ytaTcLs and l\;e.IIJJy c<~~ugjht fure.e d:Otr 26 y.ar!ls, ·one by Hansen ,for 11. .SchwaTb::.i.luHc vue: ror .5-±, nan~c:c:u Uut er kicked the lead to 24-0. ·o1· 16~ uattb one 10r l'i ana !Javt: Last Moelle-r 'tatlly came a•J1ter Moucll •one ifor 13.

Denny Stap1les .1nteDce,p.ted a 'IIhey we•re sprung by the Hug1hes -pass at 1\he enemy 13. bl:o:ck·~ng .of Dave Becksmith, Hansen went t£ive y<aa:ds to 1bhe Steve ~i:no, Steve Ko~·gel, Derek eig:M. Hauser kept for four, Hubbard and Ga~tes wi:Lih Boone, Hansen :plowed for rUhree more Hansen and Hauser also throw- and lthen Grant Keith pilunged in ilng ·some good ones when not in for .tJhe '1:ouCihdown wibh Sclhwarb pos•session. 'Dhat enabled Big er's oodimg :a perfect nig:ht at Moe <to roil up 374 ya.rds on 54 31-0. ruslhlling .playrs and 100 throug:h Mter rt!hat, ltlhe younger Orutue atr tor a grand tOtal or 'il'i sade·rs played the game out and y<a1rdis. tJhey moved to >the Hug:hes one 1n the meantime, Hughe.; laite in the rgame before the Big coulld gamer only 16 Y'ards for Reds 1he1ld.

19 <running pJays and the Big So now, two te,ams spol"b~ng 7Reds .comple1ted just f·our vf 21 0 Q'.ecor:d:s meet. 'I1he resu1t wi11 passes for 33, so the yardage to- be lfe\lt all over Ohio simce the tJaws ,g:ave Moe•l!ler 1a l:andslid~ 4:7-1 Gre:a1ter C~ncinna-ti League lead to ·49! !feslts •on 1the ·oubcome and Moel'Dhe entire de.fem;i.ve unit le·r's second ll"anki1ng amor.g clicked 1to per:feclioo. W ay;1a Oh1o's AAA schootls is a<t ·stake.

Wlhiltiis, Dan Hoyle, John Kravec, Slteve Niehaus, J•01hn Niehaus, Micke Liebel, Jer.ry N:ederhelman, Tony Novakov, Denny Sltlaples, Billl Walfl!ner, J1im Bothe and Shawn Steplhenson wer·e all .at theilr best. ":Boone ·gave Moelllerr 'fans rea~J,tus~ons

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Roger Bacon

(Continued from Page 8) third period, St. X had a 20-14 edge to nurse.

Maschmeier didn't like the~ rmi'ses. Afte•r Tuttle returned the kickoff 17 yards to the 28, Bacou launched the game-win-. ning drive. It covered 72 yards and required 13 plays, with Maschmeier carrying the leather on . six of those plays for ~5 yards. epttihon!

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. flipped a screen pass to Mas· chmeier and Tom went eight yards to the 11. After Masdtmeier and Tuttle moved the oval to the six. Ceddia risked a dangerous play to get the winning touchdown.

St. Xavier's defense was sucked in near the goal line. Ceddia .sent a jump pasrs downward into the arms of Ennis who grabbed Usually, when Locklanq's run- it, along wi·~h a defender in the game fails, Dave sensi- end zone. T~es •J:elon~ to the ofcompensates for it with fense and siX big pomts o~ the Against thre Blue scoreb~ard flashed a 20-20 tie. though, Dave put nine \ . Agam, ll. key play was com• · t d · t mg up. With everyone expect· · th Ill e aar, comp 1e e JUS ing Ceddia to pass for the of the_m. for 25 ~ardrs and points, Jerry Holthaus cracked three mtercepted. straight up the middle into the Rob CJJnningham, Pat Me· end zone and now Bacon had and Jim Brown were ·a 22-20 lead with 8:11 left. for Reading who The ensuing kickoff sailed out Sensibaugh's passing of the ·end zone. After a threewlth interceptions. Hub- yard pick up by Bonner, he tried completed two of three again and Tim Burks, Holthaus {or 38 yards. Woods and Don Burbrink met him at two for 26 yards, Bob tthe [ine of scrimmage. Then Hoihauled down a 26-yarder thaus and Munafo nailed Bonner cGuffey plucked a 13· :l!or no rgain and the Bombers from the air. punted.

Bacon managed one first Reading notched the wi<Le de- down and then a punt rolled by ball control. The Blue 'out of bounds at the St. X 19. had 52 rushing attempts The Bombers had 3:38 left to 32 for Lockland and move the ball 81 yards. It seem· six passes. Lockl;md tried ed likely after Bonner slashed the Blue Devils had 1the ·for nine yards and a halfback for 58 plays, Lockland for pass was speared by Bonner aft the Bacon 28. a gain of 34 totlale~d 354 yards, yards, and Nutting kept to the rushiJng and 142 passing, Spartans 25.

That',~ when rbig Don Burbrink Lockland covered 141 78 rushing and 63 pass- ea-me along. Don at 6-3 and 225 pounds was injured and not exeedless to say, after the dry pected to play. But he did and which extended over an twice in the last four plays he span, Reading High rswif.tly got to Nuttirng with a 10that victory with re- yard loss resulting each time.

Nutting tried a futHe pass fl'.om his 45 rbut it fell incomplete and UP AND AT 'EM Bacon ran out the clock for the upset of the year!

The fellow who ~reams dreams The Spartans had the edge all nothmg at all - the way. They rushed fGr 179 ess c_omes onl.y to the one yards to 148 for St. Xavier. Cedho carnes out his dreams. dia completed eight of 12 passes . for another 93" yards while X riNCENTIVE !completed three of seven for 50, T!he!l'e's an ·eJ.emeilllt 10£ success· In total yardage, Roger Bacon every man, bult (Sie'ldioon rbergimls piled up a 272 to 198 lead and opetralte unltJil 1soone rwomam the Spartans ihad 13 first downs 12 for the Bombers.

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em Greg 'Soccers It To As Moeller Nips Elder, 10-7

By DENNY DRESSMAN The Schwarber has done Enquirer Sports Reporter so far, however, he may be able t10 at>tend college on a Gerry Faust has always footbaH scholJalrSihip. !had a rule at Moeller High He was second in the School. If you play football, that's urt. No sport city in kicking with one sidelines during the sea- field goal and 7-for-8 extra son. You devote all of your points. The field goal Friday night gave him the time, energy and concenlead over Elder's Jim Detration to football.

But then Greg Schwar- Franco.

"He dlidn't even play ber came along, and Gerry relaxed his r u 1 e. In ex- footba•l:l last se:ason," said change for Schwarber's Faust. "His brother (alil-city kicking talents on Friday g u a r d Dave Sc:hwarbei!') nights, Faust agreed to let was 6-feet-4 and 245 and Greg continue playing soc- Greg thought he had to be thrut big to plaY. But he's cer on Sundays.

The deal paid off Friday really a h•rurd-nosed kid. night as Schwarber booted Dave told me his boo:ther a 34-yard field goal late in could kick, so I gave him a the third quarter to pro- chance."

Schwarber's game-winvide the winning points as No. 1- ranked M o e II e r ning field goal came at the nipped Elder, 10-7 before a •end o1 a 63-yard drive standing room only crowd which Moeller began with exceeding 12,000 fans at the Stecond half kickoff. He got the chance 1lhanks to a Elder Stadium.

"He's a really good soc- rare gamble by Faust.

Moeller seemed destined cer p I a y e T ," .sa~d Faust, "and he has a chanc:e to to give up the ball when it get a college sciholmslhip faced a fourth down and for soccetr. He's from a less than a yard situation family of 13 children, so I at its own 39 yard line. But wanted to 11et him have the Faust decided not to punt and sent quarterback Dan chance bo get to college."

Hauser through the middle on a quarterback sneak that gained three yards and a first down.

"I usually don't do tlhat," Gerry said. "It's a bad gamble. But I felt the team was r e a 1 1 y going good and I really had a f,eeling that we could make

it .. I don't know whY, but I d:id."

Moellier dlrove to t1he Eld~ er four-yard line afte!f that gamble, but \vas pus·h•ed back to the 17 by a holding p e n a 1 t y on Rick Boone's carry to the two. A third down pass f a i l e d then Schwarber came in.

MoeUeT had taken a 7-0 lead with 1:05 left in the· first qUJart:eil' on an unexpected Illi.ne-yard pass to Steve N:i:,eJhaus, the Crusadern' 260-p o u n d d:ef,ensive star who h:as been slipping in on off·ense as a tighit end on occasion this season.

Elder came back to tie, marching 60 yards in 10 p I a y s. Quarterback Bob Kramer, who completed 13 of 26 passes for 122 yards, hit Bruce Broxterman with an 11-yarder for the TD. It was one of four passes Broxterman caught for a total of 57 yards.

Elder suff:ered from costly penalties, including one which gave Moener a sec-

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Moeller ball c01111trol was a f:actor, too. The Crusaders c1hurned out 216 Y'arcts rushing and controlled the bal:l foT over two-thirds of the second haLf with two long dirives.

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LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Jim DeFranco and Jim Kelly were famous names in a famous OincLnnati football rivalry 22 years ago. At that time the present Dr. James DeFranco (left) was the star end of the Xavier Musketeers and the new coach Jim Kelly (right) of the University of Cinctn-

nati was UC's ace pass receiver. Jim and Jilm Kelly met again Friday night I important Cincinnati football game sons of the two former greats lining the Elder-Moeller clash. DeFranco as er for Elder and Kelly as an end for

Irish Go Against Purdue

Vols, Auburn Collide

By Associated Press The Colorado Buffaloes are keeping their fingers crossed that 1Jhe only lucky buckeyes Salturday wm. be those in the hands of the Tennessee Volunteers.

The dictionary defines a buckeye as a large, nutlike seed, whic'h is what the Tennessee players all received this week from ten-year-old Richard Buttrey of Nashville.

"Last year I sent you buckeyes the week after the Auburn game," he wrote coach Bill B a t t I e.

"You didn't lose another game. I thought I'd better get them in early this season."

Fifth-ranked A u b u r n faces ninth-rated Tennessee in Knoxville, one of two college footbaiJI games matching members of the Associated Press Top Ten. The other pairs No. 10 Colorado with the Ohio State Buckeyes - dictionary definition: No. 6 - in ColumOhio.

sprintout plsys, if he gets to the corner and finds his receivers aren't open, he'll take off. He is an outs t a n d i n g passer going deep, he has a quick deUvery and is extremely ace u r a t e with the short throws."

Ohio State hasn't played since its opener two weeks ago.

Lal'ry Kennam, a Colorado assistant, scouted the Buckeyes and said they "just lined up and kicked the

Chaminade Gets To Reading For Clash Tomorrow Moeller's Crusaders -sputtered offensively Fdday night, but a tough and solid defense preva·il-\ ed as the Crusaders took over as kingpin of the ·Greater Cincinnati League with 17-0 victory over Purcell's fastly-improving

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own a 2·0 GCI. mark and are 5·0 overall. They tangle with Dayton Chatninade at Reading Veteran's MeJtlOrial Stadium Friday night. Kickoff time is 8 p;m, -Big Moe got sta1~ early when the Cavaliers tried an onside kickoff to start the g!)me.

But Moe smothet~d the ball at the 48 and was Off to the races. · Ken Hansen pi:cked up three yat·ds and aHer Dan Hauser passed to Jim Kelly for five, Hansen rammed for three more and. a first down.

A 15-yard walkoff against Purcell took the ball to their 28: From there, Rick Boone went wide around left end on a sweep and raced the 28 yards team," be said, adding, "Tom to break the scoring ice. Greg Schwarber booted- the extra has ·the spirit going for him and ·his boys never did quit. point for a 'i·O lead.

That's the way H stayed until He's doing a g1·eat job." Faust halftime. Moeller put together spoke of new Purcell coach a long drive in the second pet- Tom Lichtenberg.

Defense w.as the key to viciod, spm·ked- by passes of 28 and 11 yards from HauSe!' to tory for the Crusaders. The stop Kelly but a penalty stopped that unit allowed Purcell. a net gain chance after 62 yards. ·Mter ·Pur· of 15 yards On 25 rushing plays cell punted to the Crusader 20, and only one of seven passes the Kelly gather·ed in the baH and Cavs threw was good, that one 1 sped 80 yards, but ·the TD was for 24 yards.

• nullified by a !Clip.

While 'Pureell was Ueld to aj ' In the third chapter, Hauser net rtotal of 39 .ya1-ds,. Moeller connected with Kelly: on passes was picking up 291, with 191 of: for 11 and 18 yards and hit that total on 48 rushing playsj Dave Mauch with one for 15 and the other 100 yards on six yards to spearhead a drive pass rcompletions in 14 attempts. which ended when Gtant Keith Kelly caught three of· those scored from the flour and aerials for 57 yards. 1\louch Schwarber's boot made it 14-0'. · snagged one for 15, Ken HanLate Jn the thit'd, Moe moved sen one for 16 and Niehaus b Pure:ell's five where· the Cavs. one fOi: 12. Boone was the l!le1d. Then in the final •Canto,, workhorse, lugging 17 times the younger Crusadens took over for 101 yards. Hansen added and drove 1to Purcell's 10 with 45 yards his 12 .times with the .

De.nny Gramann leading the oval ·and Keith tacked on 21 charge. A penalty .set them:,back yards for seven carl'ies. to the 20 tand •Gramann crunched Defensively,'J&ll~ Niehaus w::~s to the 15 on tw'o runs. From great. So was his b~·other, Steve. there. Schwarher came on .a Other defensive standouts were kicked· a 30-yard fie~d goal to Reed Commisar, Wayne ..Whitis, end the .6caring at 17-0. A 12- Dan Hoyle. John Kravec, Mike yard pass from Ken Caveliier to Liebel, Jen·y Niederhelman, John Niehaus helped set tlre FG Tony Novakov · and Denny Staples. · . up.

Offensive mental ·errors hurt.

Aliter that, Purce:ll got a drive going, moving into posi- The Crusad~rs lost the ball twice tion on a 24-yard pass, but a on fumbles and were nenralized f~eld goal shot was short as 85 yards to 35 for Pu/cell. Jim time ran out.

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The Crusaders (6-0) got their first touchdown on a Rick Boone four yard run that climaxed a 61-yard drive in seven plays. The next time they got the ball, they moved 65 yards for the touohdown when Jim Kelly scored from 15 yards out.

While Moeller was building-up a 35-0 halftime lead, the Crusader defense never let the visitors penetrate past the 32. For the game, Chamlnade was held to 18 yards on the ground and 80 through the air, while Moeller gained 244 yards rushing and 102 passing.

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Enquirer Grid Poll

Moeller Repeats As Champion

By DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Re~ · The vottnrg ds oveir and the 1971 nquirer city hr~gh school f·ootbaN champion h1as en d'ecided. The question, however, is :not who won the honor, but rather will any team ever break the str-anglehold Moeller has on the tropihy presented to each year's champion.

The Cnm:aders, wh,o won the first two Enquirer city ohampiolli'lhips - delterm:Lne;d by the ftnal fdinish of .The Enqudrer's weekly coaches ·Poll, made it three-for-thr-ee by piling u:p a 30-point margin over Sycamore and Princerton, who 1Ued for runnerup honors.

Moeller (9-1) received 11 of 14 possible first-place votes and 137 points in the final vote. That was the highest point total of all three Moeller championship teams, although the 1969 team was a unanimous choice with 100 points when 10 coaches voted instead of the present 14.

Sycamore and Princeton finished in 1a tte on the final vote for the second time in three years. They tied for ninth in 1969's final ratings. Sycamore, which recorded the first unlbeaten season in school history (10-0) received two f,irsts and Princeton, Greater Miami Conference c!hamp for the fourth straight year, got one. Each had 107 points.

'St. Xavier, Which handed Moel1ler its only loss of the season, 6-3, two weeks ag•o, wound up fourth with 83 points, Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County League Am&ican Division champs who like Sycamore rec-. orded the f,i-rst unbeaten season lin scihool history , (9-0-1), finished fifth with 75 points.

LaSalle was sixth, Elder seventh •and Rober Bacon eig1hth. Public High School League champ, Withrow, which was ·tied with Oak Hhl1ls for ninth last week, !held onto· ninth despite a 6·0 season-ending loss to Woodward. · · Oak Hills, however, didn't stand up as well in the face of a similar end-of-the-year defeat. The Highlanders lost· to Western Hills for. the first time in the history of that series, and fell to 15th.

Harrison,: co"champion of the Hamilton C<Y11nty Natiom:ul · Division, ·surged into lOth in the final poll after being in a 11Jhree-way tie for 13tih a week ago.

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Beginning A Problem With The End UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI assi!Stant football roach Jim Kel~y stood on title Slidetilnes and lik!ed what he saw as he waltc'hed tihe Moe,Ue!r- Princeton footbfrll game Frilday rt[ght at Princeton. BUJt hi. t;he baJCk of his_ mind, be cr1nged at the tihough<t o:f wha~ lies alhead.

Keuy hard: his eyes on No. so in the Mo'eilet White ramrd: gi<liid, ,frn end named J;im Ke·lly. Yep, his son, No. 80 hauled down eight. passes, one short of the Moeller school single game record,. and gained 121 yard~·. His longest gainer of the night was a'sommersaulting, 40-yard grab in the first half, and only o~ catch, a nine-yarder, was for less than 10 yards. ·· If Kielly didln't .establish hdmself with OIIlJe game as the city's top prep pass re,ceirver, it s1houldn't take much lo.nger ·to convince the doUJbtielrs. He h<as greaJt h:3111ds, anld d!e,ceptive moves.

"I'm very happy, to say tlhe least," Staid ooach Jim Kelly alb01Ut pLayer Jim Ke111y. "In f-act, I'm tlick~ed. He's · doing a pre-tty good job." ' By the time Keny gmdwates, he should own all of Moeller's pass rece<ivmg :recoTd:s. He's now one short of the cdreer teco:rd fOil" receptioiilS set by the late Jac:k Repa:sy, a vi.ctim of t!h'e Marshall University pDane crash last f·aill. Repasy ca'Ug.ht 24 fror 590" yards in \hii~s senior yea;r, his orhly varsity season. Kelly should break the .oareer .catche::. record in hiis I.lext game, wlhile it may be mid~seaso~ before he cra1cks the sin;gle seas0111. receptions ~and J-laJrdage ma~rks and tihJe career yaJrdage mark.

When he does all of this, it will only complicate matters even more. He's sure to be the object of a s:ririted recruiting battle, . and dad will be in on it.

Coach Jim Kelly wouldn't say where UC fits into the picture, though.

"It's going to be a tough dec:isiron," he sa!Qd·.

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PRINCETON AND M 0 E L L E R played o.f tlhe 1ongest hd·gh school halves ever recorded. A 24-minute ihalf usually lasts about 40 minutes. The first h-alf Fri- ~ day mght, haw-ever, ral!l one ihrour and two minutes. The limit olf .eight timeouts WaiS ·caned by the two teams, th·e~r,e were eiglht fdrst down meaJSU'l'ements, and 14 in.: complete passes combirl!ing ,to stop ttJhe C'llock freqwently.

AP High School FootbaU Ratings FINAL /171 CLASS AAA

SCHOOL I. Warren Hardino 2. Elyria 3. Akron Garfield 4 •. Troy 5. Cincinnati Moeller 6. Massillon 7. Fremont Ross 8. Youngstown MooneY

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SCHOOL W. L. T Pis. I. Steubenville Catholic 10 0 0 219 2. Warren Kennedy 10. 0 0 188 3. Cleveland Holy Name 9 0 0 17(1 5. Ironton 9 1 0 140 6. Poland 10 0 0 113 7. · (lie) Napoleon 8 1 0 92 ~ :~ 9 _ ~~~~~1i~nwn North 1 10. St. Marys· 9 1 0 42 Other scools receivino 10 or more points, New LexinQton 25, Minerva 24, (a rrollton 20, Riverdale, Oreoon Stiitch and Cincinnati 'Harrison 1_8, Ontario 17.

LaBrae 12, Columbus Wehrle and Lodi Cloverleaf 10.

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computer· Puts, Moeller First COLUMBUS, Ohdo (AP) - · Parma Senim, Uppe;r Arlington, MassUlon and Cincinnati Moel~~er ·are 1the 1971 Class AAA regiooal fo'OtbaH champions in the Ohio High School Alihletic AJssodation computerized ratings. .

Ln mass AA, the leaders in1 t!he final ratiJn:gs. by .a Columbus 1iirm were Cleve•Iand Holy Name, Oolumbus Watterso'll:, Steubenville· catho'Hc · and Dayton Jefferson.

The Class A regional kings are Lorain Catholic, . Marion Pleasant, Crooksville and Middletown Fenwick.· The ratings were based on toughness of a team's schedule as well as tJhe schedUles of d!ts oppo'llents.

Fol•lowing are the top 10 teams in eaCih region.

CLASS AAA REGION 1 1. Parma: 2. Warren lfa-rding; 3. Menfor; 4. l·a-kwood St. Edward: · 5. Ma·yfield: 6. Elyria: 7. Warren Wester·n Res~rve: 8. Garfield Heights; 9. B·edfurcl: 10.

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1. Ui>per Arl;ngton: 2. T!>ledo Wood· ward: 3. Sprin<Jfield S<>uth; 4. Columbus Linden; 5 Toledo Waite; 6. Columbus Northland; 7. Fremont Ross: 8. (Tiel Columbus Eastmoor and Worthington: 10. lima Senior.

REGION 3 1. Massillon;. 2. lanca·ster; 3. Akron

~;~n~\1,~, ~- ~a~~l!sty:.~it:M~~nennto~· Central Catholic; 8. Stow: 9. Ba·rbeton·; 10. Newark.

REGION 4 1. Cincinnati Moeller; 2 Cincinnati St. Xavier; 3. Troy; 4. Princeton: 5.

Cincinnati· Elder: 6. Kettering Fairmont East; 7. Kettering Fairmont· West; 8.

CinoinMti RJoger Bacon; 9. .Oayton Carroll; 10; Sycamore.

CLASS AA REGION 5 . r: Cleveland Holy Name: 2. Warren KennedY; 3. Campbe II Memoria I: 4.

Cloverleaf; 5. Chargin Falls; 6 Youngs. town North: 7. Ashtabula Ha,riiJor: 8.

Cardinal: 9. Pol-and; 10. Triway. .

REGION 6 1. Columbus Watterson: 2. Oregon Stritch: 3. St. Marys Memorial; · 4.· Columbus Wehrle: 5. Naooleo·n: 6.

Fostoria; 7. Vermill•ioon; 8. Columbus Mohawk; 9. lima Central Catholic; 10 Fremont St. Joseph.

REGION 7 1. Stwbenville Centra I Catholic· 2.

Ironton; 3. New lexinqton; 4. River ·View; 5. Hartvil·le lake: 6. Gallipolis: 7. New Concord Glenn: 8. Tri·Valley; 9 .

Minerva: 10. Fort frye.

REGION 8 1. [>ayton Jefferson; 2 .Sprinofield Shawnee; 3 Milton-Union: 4. Maileira: 4. Reading; 6. Wyoming; 7. Harrison; 8. Greenan: 9. loveland; 10. Graham. ·

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REGION 9 1. Lora.in Catholic: 2. Kevstone; 3.

Smithville: 4. Smithfield; 5. Mineral Ridge; 6. Ki:rkland: 7. McDonald; 8.

Fairport Ha111x>r; 9. Cuyahoga H~ights; 10 leetonia.

REGION 10 1. Marion Pleasant; 2. Cory Rawsen; 3. Marron Catholic; 4. Ada; 5. ~nroe· ville; 6. ,Sa n d us k v St. Marys; 7.

Montoelier; 8. (Tiel lccas and Norwalk St. Paul: ·10. tibertv Genter.

I REGION 11 1. Crooskville; ·Newark Cathol-ic: 3. 1 ZanesviHe Ro-seJCt,W!rntS'; 4. Tvscilra:Was Catholic; 5 Ironton St. Joseoh; 6.

Tuscarawas Valley: 7, Scio·Jewett; 8.

Millesri>Ort; 9. Eastern (Meigs); 10.

Bloom-Carroll. · REGION 12 1. Middletown Fenwick: 2. West Jefferson: 3. Covington; 4. Jonathan Alders; 5. Port-smouth Notro Dame; 6. lockland; 7. Sou~heastern (Clark); 8.

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By DICK FORBES Enquirer Sports Reporter For. tlhree years, Dan Pasotrini labored at tin~ Santa Cl>aT•a as· a qua:rterbiaJck, leadi;ng the National Collegi•ate AtJhletic Association's Coi:leg€ DiV'ision in passing week after week eac•h footblall season.

Pastorini, wh·o stands 6 feet 3 inches, and weighs 216 pounds, wound up his college career last year by completing 293 of 540 passes for 3820· yards and 35 touc·hdowns on !hi•s way to a 54% completion average. · He went on to make tJhe College Division allA."lierica team, and pl•ayed in the East-West Sh·rine ' <md se'hior Bowl g~ames, and was named most valuable player both times.

Yet, somehow, no one ever heard of Pastorini, except, of course, the pros - who hear about everybody. One reason, perhaps, was that not far from Santa Clara, down the peninsula from San Francisco, a· guy named Jim Plunkett was setting all kinds of records in the NCAA's University Division, the so-~;alled "majors." . .

Plun}{letlt's sta!ti:stics at StaJDford were not as gd as Bastor-in~'s. He was 191 of 358 as a senior, a 53% . average, and threw fQT 2715 ,yards .•and 18 touchdowns. But ther.e w;as a differe!Ilce.

Plunkett was leading Stand'·ard · 'to an undefeated season and victory in the Rose :s®wl later on, and there never was an~ doubt Who t'he NQ. 1 draft ChQiCe WOU}d be. .

Plunkett was tJh·e first p}ayer chosen (by New England) and PastoriJnli, pl-aying second fiddle ·aJS always, w.as chosen third (by Houstc;m).

All of this set the stage, finally, for the mammotJh confrontation Dan Pastorini had wdtJh Jim PlunketJt just two Sund•ays ago ·at Foxboro, Mass., and just w.hen Pastorini thouglht he. had th·e battle won Plunkett came throug·h again.

The Oilers were in command, 20-14, with just over four minutes left on Pastorini's 28-yard touchdown pass to Charlie Joiner, but the Patriots intercepted two of Dan's passes and won, %8-20: It had been b~lled ln Boston as the "duel of the century" between the two rookie quaJTterbacks, and Pastorini carrie out ahead everywhere except on the sqoreboard aga~nst the Heisman Trophy winner.

Dan completed 18 of 36 passes for 260 yards and

PITTSBURGH 124, INDIANA 123 DENVER liS. VIRGINIA 113 NEW YORK 129, CAROLINA 127 KENTUCKY 114, FLORIDIANS 102 (Only qames sclledu\eo). .

TODAY~S GAMES' CAROLINA AT KENTUCKY PITTSBURGH n. MEMPHIS at Jackson, Tenn.

FLORIDIANS AT DENVER DALLAS AT UTAH (Only games scheduled)

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RICHMOND 3, SPRINGFIELU 1 Big Brown Shield "· 122 W ROCHESTER 3, PROVIDENCE 1 Bear 118 Spectocle 118 C• (OnlY games schedulelfl Kisco Boy 122 A Khale · 122 B TODAY'S GAMES Folsom Blues 122 a·Patrie 122 CINCINNATI AT BALTIMORE 122 Product 122 Barred Rock RICHMOND AT CLEVELAND Fantastic *Benissimo 117 H BOSTON AT HERSHEY 117 (Only games scheduled) we~~t·~~.iner ;~~~Wen~·· ~Last M;nute Fortune 118 :::w~;<::~';i;';:;;;c;};:::;::o;:;:;:;:::;::~:;;;;:;:;:;;;:;;:;::;;:;m:;;::;::;::;':}:i::::,:;;:;::::::':'t::r.: Gu~~~'us 118 ~~Pi~~·, ~~~~boy 51

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Bucky Albers of the Day-· ton Journal-Herald is the new chairman of the Cincinnati chapter, Baseball W r i t e r s Association of America.

Elected at the annual meeting of the chapter Thursday, Albers succeeds Bqg~:.,The Bill Ford of Tne'Enquirer, 7th-$50,000 ..... H-.t'•

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lit's Kelly, Kelly, Kelly{ ~y DENNY DRESSMAN

q u i r e r first-team all-city selection, has good reason ~!I'hey've never . met, but to be concentrating on KelortLaSalle's Stev·e Hautman IY so heavily. His assign:;t~ls. he knows Moeller's ment will be stopping the ~}3!.1 Kelly as well as his superstar receiver w h e n ~next-door neighbor.

LaSalle meets Moeller for ·~;~'Kelly, Kelly, Kelly the G r e a t e r Cincinnati · that's aH I've been hearing. League championship at 8 >f:rtO in. the kids in the p. m. tonight at Sycamore •haus·" said Hautman. "His Stadium.. pict~e is in my mind; his An<I what an assignment· move's oare in my mind; his that w.ill be. KeHy, oa 5size is in my mind; his his- · foot-11 175-pound senior, tbiy ·'is in my mind .. Since has caught an amazing- 48 last Saturday ·morning aft- passes for 691 yards and er we beat Roger Bacon; :fiour touohdowns in Moelthat's all I've been . think- ler's first nine games. Most ing abo)it." coaches agree that he's. the Hautman, a senior who key man in the Crusaders' inherited t h e defensive attack. halfback position held last "He's quite a ballplayer," year by graduated Rick Htautman says respec-tfully.

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etrs in the GCL, if not the whole city. Moeller's Dan Hauser has completed 69 of 136 attempts for 1022 yards and seven 'touchdowns. I.JaSaile's Jack Hess has hit 59 of 141 passes for 1149 yards run!d 11 TDs. LaSalle's top receiver is 6-7 Don Hasseibeck, who has 31 receptions for 830 yards . and three scores. Both ~el­ ly and Hasselbeck broke t h e i r respective schoQl's · single-season. record for receptions.

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"I'm definilltelY c o n ! 1d,enlt," he sa<yg. "I think I can do it. I've been hear'.!< ing rabout !him .aJJil year.

He's the man I wanrt."

Coach Steve Rasso is optimistic, too.

"He has .the quickness and the size (5-11, 180) to stay with him," Steve said.

"I think he has a goOd shot at it. I know if we didn't have him, or some' one with his~bility, we'd have to change our defen. sive plans."

L a s a 1 I e almost didn't have Hautman. He suffered. a dislocated thumb in a 26-0 Win over western H!lls September 24, and missed three weeks. He says it has healed now, though.

LaSalle and Moeller both carry 8-1 records into the . · ganie, and both are 3-1 in the GCL. While it's almost old hat for Moeller to be . in a championship game, this is the first time in LaSalle's history that the Lancers are in. a position to grab a league title by winning their last game.

The ·etXcitement reached ·a plateau Thursday night with a pep rally to end all pep rallieS-Complete with members of several past LaSalle teams as guest speakers. Tonight, LaSal1ie1 will send about 27 busloads of fans across town for the game-that's 1350 fans at 50 per bus. And who knows how many more will come by car, The game· wi}l .Pit th~e··' . two most outstandmg pa: h

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THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

Moeller~s

By DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Reporter A comparison .had to be

made. Moeller's top-ranked and probable Enuirer city dhampions had just beaten liaSalle, 31-13, to win their second Greater Cincinnati League title in three years.

So Gerry Faust had to compare this team with the inb~aten champs of 1969. "! pei\SOnally feel this is

as · good a team as we've ever had, at !:east :as good a the team two years ago and maybe better,he said.

"This team played a much tougher sclhedu}e, and we could do· more things.

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'Best· Ever~ Nails Down GCL( Tit

M o e II e r, finsihing 9-1, had to · b o u n c e back against LaSalle as the Lancers took the opening kickoff and marched 73 yards ain eight plays to score.

The payoff came on a 34yard pass from Jack Hess to Dan Korfhagen.

The Crusaders took te ensuing kickoff and carried it from their 43 to the LaSalle e1ight. A fourth down pass fell incomplete, however, and LaSalle was on the attack a~ain.

The M o e 11 e r defense forced tbie LanoEIDS to punt in four plays, however, and a 31-yaxd kick gave Moeller good :!field position at

the LaSalle 35.. Three plays later it was fioUJrth down on the 30, and Faust, )Instead of ignoring a field goal attempt as·he had _done earlier at tlhe eight, called on Greg Schwarber. · The soccer"style city kickscoring 1elllder blasted away from .the 37 and it zoomed· :.iJn - a 47-yaxd field ~al!

Linebacker Tony ~va­ kov intercepted a Hess pass early in the second quarter to halt a LaSalle drive that had carried trom the Lancer 26 to the 38. Novakov returned it to the LaSalle 12 and four plays later Rick Boone cracked over from

the two as Moeller took the lead for good at 10-7.

Alnother Hess pa:ss was pi<cked o:ff ;!Jhe next t!me

LaSalle 1h1ad 1tJhe baLl. John Niehaus veturned lilt five yards to Mle LaSal[e 44 and nine plays ~a:be!l' it was 17-7. Ken H:rurusen sco!l'ed OIIl a one-y:a.Td run. 'I1he big play was a 14-ya!l'd pass from Dan Hauser to JJ.m Y..elly - tlhe only receptlJotn of the night for Kelly.

MoeUer maa:e it 24-7 on the first p~ay of the fourth p e r 1 o d, Hauser sneaking over from IUhle one to cap a 44-yard dlrive :rortowing a L as

Lancer end zone.

LaSalle came to life after that, moving 78 yards on eight plays and scoring on a . 29-yard pass from Hess to Steve Hasselbeck.

Moeller got it right back, though, marching 60 yards in nine plays, as Bob Wesley went the last six Yards with 4:09 left to put things out of reach.

LaSalle It lh r e a t e n e d Moeller nine on a 74-yard flea-flicker play. Hess fired to Korfhagen, who lateraled to Bill Troehler. But Hess · was injured on the next play, and three ·Plays a 11 e punt from :the . later sub quarterback Bill

l:!chmitz's pass was inte!l'cepted in the end zone.

"We really played like champs ton 1 g h t," said Faust. "We came back after a defeat and did a greklt job. It was as good a grur.e as we've ever played." \ Moleler fi:.nfushed wit~ a total Offense of 395 yards, , 1ncl:udilng 338 on t h e ground. Boone Jed the rushing attack with 132 yaids in 25 carries. LaSalle had 223 yards tota:l offense -214 in tne .air •and only a net nine on the ground.

Hess hit 10 of 25 throws, ' but tJhrew thr'ee intercepticms.

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Niehaus, one of three 'ciri. c i n n a t i Moeller players named to th~· t team, headed the 1971 United Press Internatw .aJ ·c1a:ss AAA All-Qhio f 0 b t b a 1'1 1 team announced Thursday:~ : He was named lineman .of the year.

Niehaus,. a quick 6-5, 265 pound defensive t a c k 1 e, runs the 40-yard dash in ·4.8 and, accordiing to:coach· Gerry Faust, uses his agility more than· his strength; The presence· of Niehaus~ voted most valuable player by his· teammates in! both his· j u n i 0 r and senior ;years, forced·: most _of ,,Moe II e r 's opponents to 1 ' plan their attack to ·the 1 other side of the line hut ·he . still got in on 95 .tackles in. his team's 9-1 seas~~- · Niehaus 1 is a member of the ¥oeller "Iron iMan Club," which has requirements to .bench , pre8s 100 pounds over . your · body weight, 365 pou.rids in Niehaus' case. .

Other local people mak!ing the / UPL first team AAA: ·.· •t Offense · ' End-Jim Kelly,.Moeller,· 5-10, 175; tackle..:..Ch~p Hlarpring, Moeller,.. 6'-5, :235; center Steve· TUTner; Princeton, 6-3, 195. . · Two lOcal people .made the Class AAA a 1 1 oS t a r squad. Jeff Kelly of :Harri- . son, 5-11, 205 was selected j first. team all-defense team i at tackle. Roger Balsly of , .

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Black Stars In Own, Bowl HOUSTON (AP) - Sixtyeight black football players. from the National Association of IntercOllegiate AthletLcs schools and almost as many p:ro scouts gather in the Astrodome today for the first black all-star football game.

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Twenty per cent of the ~~~ proceeds from the benefit k~'s~~ar~etde~~:r. ~~w:r~ ~~-:,~~ ~~~~ ~~S;r~~n.wws:;,~~n B~:~, · · · · · · ~jb game will go into sickle Kay Henshaw. Western Bowl ' 566 564 cell ·anemia research. An- Betty Doll. Western Bowl Mary Jane Bernard. Millcreek Bowl 563 other 10% Will go toward a Ann Messmer. Western Bowl 560 rly He·cht. Western Bowl . . . . . 559 music scholarship and tb.e Seve Elaine Laug, Western Bowl .

559 ;rest will be used for ex- Anita Vollmer. Western Bowl 55~ Pat Burns.

Millcreek Bowl SSE penses in putting on the Carol Monroe. Lookout Bowl 55E Sally Staat. Glenmore Bowl 55E game, which has been in Vera Arszman. Glenmore Bowl 55! the . planning for three Rose Hoffman. Lookout Bowl 55!

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•Hack ·in 1966, a ;gorod :M•oeller Crusaders team w12s :htunillli•ated 'by :a super iRoge.r Bacon Spartans tgi'id power w1bli:ch !'.o~led up j a 26·0 !lead •md wentt oo •to win, 45-0. Fll'idllly nti.glhlt at Sycamore S'tadtium, tllhe sitbua~tion wa:s exactly !reVersed. ·Might!Y Moeller is the super team this seasQn and Roger Bacon the good one. But Moel· ler· raced il.<o that same 26·0 halftime bulge and then thrill· ed some 8,000 rabid fans with - a 47-8 ,trouncing of the pre· viously undefeated Spartans•

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We feel sorry for the 1,492,000 persons. WhQ missed the Mo-ei'ler-Rogei· Bacon football game Friday night at Sycamore Stadium.

It was ttru~y the "Greatest Show on Earth" in more ways than one.

The lop-sided (47-8) score doesn't begin to tell how the game was played. It wou~d seem that the Spartans were humbled ana just there in body. This is definitely not the case. · Roger Bacon hit hard, make nb' mistake about that. This is why Warren Whitis· and Dan Hoyle were injured. Even when .the Spartans were,26 pOints behin.d, t)Jey came battling back . . and should by no means be ashamed of this effort. ·Moeller simply was ready to prove they are Number One in Ohio and they had AP Wld UPI .writers from Columbus on the sideline covering the ganie, comparing the Crusaders with Warten Harding. That school was stHIJ. first in the AP poll,· but otilly by a single point: If there is a team in Ohio which .can beat Moeller, they couldn't have done it Friday night. Dan Hauser and Jim Kelly •were unstOppable. John Niehaus was running with his old ef:fective ·style, to add to the· ground game of Rick Boone and 'Ken Hansen. ' ·

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Up front and on defense,' Big Mo·e had e\lerything going for with big .Steve Niehaus, John Kravec, Jer.ry Niederhelman, Chip Harpring, etc. towering over Bacon: Fd'naHy, Jim Rosselot came along to grab the limelight. · . But in a different colored uniform, John Ceddia, a junior, was a more than adequate .passer. You· can't find a better ·defensive ball player thai!. JerrY Holthaus and Rick Schottmer was also a shining star for the ,Spartans.. · tM:1g1hJty tMo.e· !SCOred the !first~~-::::============.::.:~====:=::=:==::::::::=====­ Alt halftime, fans of both schools cheered wildly as ·Roger Bacon's .Marohing Spartans, a unit that IS Number One in Ohio, fo'U!r tlffies IIJhey ,g:ot ttlbe tbaill and dazzled them with tricky and preciJSe maneuvering and a top quality ;Uhat·'spetlled aoom: fur a ~oger t.>a,;Q~J. Ct;<:u.l.l WHO~e Ut::ICllSC uaQ musicatl performance. · ' oeen superbly eftective as tne;y We would have to rate Moeller's Marching Band as the comp.tled a 7-0 tVecord ,g.oiiil:g tinto second best we have seen at all of the games covered this season. this one.

So it was that the concession stands suffered, because no one -It stacled after 'BacO'll pll.IDited left their seats during the halftime show to paUse and refresh. tO tlhe .Mo€\ltler ~9. It took lbhe Any citizen who couldn't enjoy a nighlt; like that doesn't .Or.usa'Clers ta d<>zen ·plaYIS t1Jo iil{le mother, apple pie or shiny red apples. If we should ever 1IlJ.IaQ1dh· 71 ~-a\l'ds with 'Hauser to ~nd a per5on who couldn't enjoy a night like Friday, we bet he Ke\lly passes .good Ito Ke1ly !£orr Qr she wou~d be drinking yogurt and carrying an anti-establish- 14, 8 ain'Cl 9 yal'ds and 181!1:otlherr ment baooer. , of 'Da•n'IS :iihlngs ,completed 'to . There are only two weekends left for you to enjoy a night Ken Han'Se<n dior •six. like this, or perhaps an afternoon. Don't pass it over. You'll love' !Hansen tand tBo0111e added tp.e show, the sport and the atmosphere, one where no one is in. short 1galim.s and •Rick lf:i:nahly .srcorl hurry, except the ball carriers! ' · ed on ·a tfak!e 'Cliv-e Wl1llh •Greg * * * S·dhwa'l'bea: 'booting tt!he •colllnt to --------------------------...;::c~ 7-0 and ~:52 leftt :in the .iilrrst quOO"~em

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JUter 'tne KICKon, warren Whitis was carried from the field on a stretcher with a broken ankle. Ceddia surviv· ed a good rush bu.:, his pass attempt was incomplete. Then on the next play, John faded to pass, was hit by Dan Hoyle and John Kravec smothered the fumble for Moeller at the Bacon 24.

F·1rst play, Hauser found Kclly open ·aJt the goal!. lime and Jim hawled lin rtlhe pass, 1stepped i.rnlto (•he end zone for a 24-y.a•rd 'SCOT· ing pa5s and a 13-0 •lead.

A bomb by Ceddia was drropped by Ebn1is de·ep lin Moeller 'territory on 1thkd down. Bacon punted to tlhe M1oe 35 and the Crusaders ·were off and running a•ga:in. IJ1he Q'lllnnin•g ·of Boone, H>a•n'Sen and. Jolhn Niehaus wh'O performed 'like he !Hd as a sophomore rushing star, combined w.iJtlh a 30-yai,der fmm Hause•r to Keily earned to Bacon's 33.

On 1Jhe 't!biro down, Hauser hit Kelly aga·in at the 24 and Bir; Moe went tfor tlhe one yard.

Boone g'ot four and a :f,iorst down at 11Jhe 20. An eig.ht-yaord jaunt 1-hY John Nieihaus was followed by a penalty that set Moeller back to the 27.

So, Hauser 1to Kehly for 21 oearTied ;to •Vhe six, Nielhaus drove off <tackile to ;the two and then John pierced in from there for a· 19-0 Moeller lead.

Bacon had the ball three downs before Jerry Holthaus punted 38 yards :tlo Moeller's 23. The Crusaders needell 10 plays to drive 77 yards. Niehaus and Boone picked up 11 and six yards. Hauser passed 16 to KeiJy, hit Jill!- with another for 21 and then threw a 25·yard screen pass t<J Boone.

That carried to the three and Boone cracked over from there with Schwarber's kick making the halftime score 26-0.

Roger Baoon generated a l'llild tlhrCialt a!Jter Ceddi:a's screen .pas~: ibo ~om !Maschnwier foT 10 y•ards and an e1ght-yard run by Rick S0hotJtmer ca·r·11ied to MoeJ.le·r's 31. But :on a broken play, a Bacon fumble was gobbled up by nenny S~aples ·1o end ithat clhan£e. :Bacon lbhrea.tened first in the thiord chapite·r Wihen Ceddia unw:ound •a 16-yard pass up the middlle to S<ihoVtme•r but Moel:ler lintereepted at the 30 and ' lsnaw:n Stephenson returned it to ;the 35. Boone g.ot 13 ya~-ds and Hansen seven before Boone cUlt ·over left tackle, broke 1ion.to (Sec MOELLER, Page 12)

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47-yard field goal: a 55-yard! ~+v'W.~­ punt; a tenacious ground attacked, mbced libemUy wj.t,h . effective dinch passes, and a rockribbed defense. All of those things went 1nto a championship · football- classic Friday' night when Moelle/s Mighty Crusade;·s burst LaSalie's dreams of a '·Greater Cincinnati · League championship with 'a 31~13 victory.

'Every nook and corner of Sycamore Stadium was filled 30 minutes before game time.

A small plane flew overhead flashing the message, "We've ·waited long enough. Go LaSalle, beat Moeller!" But even that expensive morale-builder failed to work, because Coach Gerry Faust, his dedicated staff and possibly the finest Big lUoe 'team ever had prepared carefully for this clash of 8-1 clubs.

When it was all over; ·the hitting·had been so hard that MoelJer's star defensive back, John Niehaus, and LaSalle's brilliant I quarterback, Jack Hes\>, has both been carted off to a nearby hospital. Fortunately, neither was seriously •injured and were back in school Monday.

It was a poised He·ss who th.rew a real s0are into Moeller's fanldom :.: the opening stages 'of j the first pe•iod. Jack comp•leted passes of eight and 'three ya,rds to Ron Ware. Roger Rodenberg ripped off a classy 27-yard run to Moe's 34 and from there, Hess targeted a .pass to Dan Korfhagen on a cross pattern with Dan hoofing it in from the 10 on a 35-yard scoring play.

Trailing 7-o, Moeller d-rove all . the way to LaSalle:s eight with Rick Boone and Ken Hansen picking up the yardage before fourth down -pass fell just short of Steve Niehaus' outstretched arms. The Lancers failed to gain and booted to_ the 35. .·

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After the kickoff, Hess fired a 17-yard pass to Don. Hasselbeck and a five-yarder to Ware.

But by now, the Crusaders were accustomed to ·Ware's patterns.

Next time Hess tried to hit the little · flanker, Tony Novakov slipped in front of the intended receiver, speared the ball and :legged it 28 yards down the side: lihe to LaSalle's 13.

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up on the Moe 30, from where Hess passed to Steve Hasselbeck for an easy TD. That cut the lead t<> 24-13. · Moeller's faithful had been wondering why LaSalle failed to take advantage of the injury to John Niehaus. That payoff drive ended the wonder and paid off because of .John's absence.

Big Moe came right back, marching 67 yaJ,"ds for a final counter. A 15-yard screen pass to Boone and Rick's 12-yard shot up the middle were top gains, but mostly, Boone and Hansen canied the load, picking up 37 of the yards before ·Bob .Wesley ran a reverse and twisted into the corner of the end zone. Schwarber was per. feet for a 31-13 lead. · LaSarl!e ·threatened after 'that when Hess uncorked a dandy to Korfhagen, who latera-led to Bill Troheler. tWhen he was hit and Bill kept going to the nine on a 74-yard pickup: Hess was injured when hit by Steve Niehaus on the next..play anQ. that was the ball ·game: · · ' Moeller ignored the defensive reputation of the 8-1 lJance::s by rolling up 395 yards from scrimmage. Boone got 132 yards of that his 25 lugs and Hansen was next on the list. LaSalle picked up 223 yards but had to go to the air to get it with 214 of those yards through passes.

'Fans of the Crusaders surrounded Coach Faust and his Eig Moe whistle, hoisting many of the Big Moe starts to their shoulders.

Steve Niehaus, the big 265pound tackle -linebacker- end who can do anything, including kicking off, was outstanding throughout the night. He was somber at the finish, wondering how seriously his brother,- John, was injured.

Steve and Rosselot kept constant pressure on Hess, dumping Dan Hauser intentionally the crack quarterback numer.ous threw one beyond the en!l· times. Heroes of this were too zone with the Lancers · doubl- numerous to mention. Just mark, ing up on star receiver Jim ·, it down as a super-brilliant ball' Kelly and no one open. Then I game, turned in by a Mo~ller Hansen slipped through for team that will more than hkely six yards to the seven, Rick be named as the greatest ever Boone got four to the three at the Kenwood school. and next play, Rick drove over Champions all· - and ·in the ' for a touchdown and Scwar- confines of Gerry Faust's ofher's conversion had Moeller fic.e, 15mHes ,are again abundant. ahead 10-7.

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That's all she wrote. John NieI haus, who injured his 1eg earlier, inte~cepted a Hess pass and: Ibrought tt to the enemy 44 where I he was injured when stopped. As 'John prepared fo:- a trip to the x-ray room, his teammates started on another TD journey.

Boone broke through for eight to the 36 and Bob Wesley shook off three tacklers for a first down at the 32. Boone and Hansen kept the drive going with short chops, Hauser hit Kelly with a crucial 14-yard strike at the five and Boone drove to the one from where Hansen bucked in to score. Schwarber made it 17-7 at the half, with Steve Niehaus and Jim Rosselot collaring Hess for a nine-yard loss just before time expired.

The score was still the same after three heats. Moeller drove to LaSalle's nine on the arm of Hauser who hit Boone with a 27-yard screen pass, but a field goal try from 27 yards out by Schwarber was wide. ' Moeller was on the way to an. other TD when the final. stanza started. A 21-yard dazzler by Boone with shorter gains by Rick and Hansen had the Crusa¡ ders perched at LaSalle's six when the final <."anto started.

Hansen drove five yards to the one and on the first play at the other end of the field, Hauser sneaked in before Schwarber's conversion boosted the count to 24-7.

That's when Hess cut loose.

He hit Don Hasselbeck with heaves of five and 22 yards, threw one to Ware for four and a pass interference call helped 1

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: Moeller's Crusaders f 1 ex e d their· muscles Frid·ay night with cf52-6 victory over ilhe out-man·o/,d Eagles of Walnut Hills. After tl1e 'Big Moe s11arters piled up a Sizeable lead, the subs continued t9 . bui)d it and at one time, i Coach Gerry Faust tried. to hold· t11e scoring down by calling for Greg Schwarber to try a 24ylu·d fj·eld goat on second down -:;'and· Gt~g made it. ' Moeller got on the boards early in the first period. Dl'iv!J!g .f.roJp the 35, Dan ·Hauser JJit passes 9f e~ght and then 16 yards to. receiver ,Jim Kelly_ Ken Hansen 11te up yards wfth two ~arries and then Rick Boone zoomed in from the fiv~ ~d Schwarber's first of seven . extra points made it 7,0.

Third down aft!)r the liickof£, WaLnut fumbled and John Kravec r~cqve;red :at the Eagles 33. Hauser flipped 16-yard pass to: Kelly and Hansen reeled off; mns of four and then 13 to sco"e..k---:-----------with Schwarher enlarging ~ · but· ' ' . . .. · ~ard punt return later count· to 14-0. . Shortly after the second stl ;a time ran out. started, Moe:ller took over 'e Rushing, Big Moe reeled off 46 48. Hansen got seven yards, ~b p!Eys for 292 · yards -and they Wesley five, Boone three td ~mnpleted four of six p<~sses for then K~ly gathered in a 37-;·;d another 95 yards and a net gain heave from Hauser for the D of 387. Walnut HiLls managed and ~chwarber's boot upped ae just 13 yards for 26 rushing atmargm to 21-0. tempts and completed two or 10 · The varsity stayed aroud passes for 10 yards and a net of for one ·more toudldo\11. 2& for t.h~ night. , Boone ran seven yards, ~sAs the Crusaders ran their ley ripped off 25 arqund rght record to 2-0 at Reading's .ve• end and then Boone swept eft eran's Memori~ St\c:!ium, Cooch end 19 Yards for the sc,~re. Dick Baratteiri's offensive line Schwarher made . it 28-0 and and :coach Mike Camei'on's debefore halftime, the yollJlger fensive secondary _Proved" the big Crusaders had taken over. surprises of the mght. · · Ofensively up front, besides Coach Faust let hi~ Big_ Moe Big Moe's normal starters, the ~tarters take the openmg kickoff young' Crusaders who looked outm the tlurd pierJOd and they standing included Randy Osterw~rk~tl the ·Eagles for another hues Vince Poynter: Bob GerqUlckle ars Hansen covered ~ on. hal"d~tein, Mike Potti>cary, Jim a _trap, Boone_ got f_our around Rosselot, Harry woebkenberg, leiit end and John N1ehaus went Doug ·Miller and Mike Kelly. . around the other end to score. · · I Schwarbet made it 35-0.

Defensively standouts who ·The subs didn't allow the replaced the stal'ters were Joe Eagles a first down the .r'est of ._Ertel, TeiTY Fay, Dan Methe w:ay. In the meantime, Den- ·Mahon, Terry WeitzeL i\1ike ny Gramann scored and· ISctiar- Liebel, Arnie Engel,. John ber kicked for a 42-0 lead and D\\--yer, ."Termite" Sc.herzinger, Sdiwarber booted one right Tom Ballman, Bill Gant:ter, th.rough !Tom 24 yards out on Jeff 'Elmlinger, Terry Byrnes second down Ito make it 45-0. · and Louie Adkins.

Walnut Hills scored after a 1Jeading rusher was Ken Han~ad center snap on punt forma· sen wi'th 69 yards for six lugs, tion. gave them the ball at the Ken Koesters, 54 yards for eight, five. After that, Ken Cavel- Denny Gramann, 46 for nine, lier uncorked a 34-yard pass to Grant Keith, 45 for 11,. Rick Doug Miller and Gramann Boone, 34 for _six and Bob Wescracked 1over for his second ley, 32 :f<lr three.

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Section O•e--Poge Eight

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By Les WilsonSalute To A Pair of Winners ••• Doug Crum and John Niehaus

John Niehaus He may be a Crum but this guy is strictly class. We speak of ::J)oug Crum, the great All-State linebacker from Lockland High.

-i<>hnny might be a Crusader now, and he's turning into Johnny ·~ebel but John Niehaus is a football player who has always ....-iJlaced team .considerations over his personal ambitions and :jt ·has paid off for him . ..,;.~ Doug Crum, who was ~elected for the Annual "That's My .::Boy" Award, will be honored tomorrow night when the Dolly ,..·Cohen Chapter of the Nati011al Foundation Hall of Fame 5th .~Annual Awards Dinner is held at the Cincinnati Club. He's .:!headed for Purdue University in September. ::;:;· John Niehaus might be in the audience, since John just inked .:t letter of intent to enter the University of Alabama next fall, · -<Qnd another of Bear Bryant'~ chosen few, John Musso, an Alii ~erican Halfback •and All American Academic team member, ~ill receive the Th>lly Cohen National Scholar Leader Athlete ~!ward, .along with $1,000 for post graduate studies.

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.i-J;hoice, ·Purdue along with Michigan, Miami U., Wisconsin, Iowa, ~!ndiana, Navy, Kentucky, Ohio U., Rice, Cornell, Columbia, Xa-j · vier and UC, among others. · . ·' - Doug then went on to earn a sta1ting berth on Lockland's. . -basketball Panthers and helped them advance all the way to the j Sectional Finals after winning a Co-Championship in the HCSL . .The Panthers finally were upset 'last week, 67-66, or Doug would . •be playing while they honor him in his absence at Cincy Club ·wmorrow ·night. Now he can make it. · A straight-A student, Doug told us he' plans to study pre· • .:medical courses at Purdue while playing for t~e Boilermakers: ;.:U:e chose that school after visiting the campus with Tom Lukens, ' -who plays for Purdue and whose father owns a business in · ::Arlington Heights' where Doug reside_s. . ; ..:.;:: His dad Bob Crum and his mom; Mrs. Elsie Morrison are ' :'Q.oth Lockland High graduates;along with aunt and uncle Robert · ·Elfers, uncles Jack and Walter Schultz, aunt Mrs. Ruth Morari; jiid his great uncles, Dr. Ralph B. Cunningham, from whom he', -inherits his desire to. be a doc. His uncle, Bud Morari is President I • "Of the Lockland Board ·Of Education. · ' ::: So when Doug chose to return home ~and live 'with his. _ji:andmother, Mrs. Waiter Schultz Sr.;. he· started a year in sports . ..~at will be hard to equal in ,Years to come.

1 -·. "That's Our Boy!" He's a young Crum who is real class!! Best ..::f.iishes ~t Purdue, Doug. ·

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·~ John Niehaus has spent his high school at Moeller High -:l;chool doing many things. As a sophomore, he played in some . · ':""iames and as a junior,' he started at· wingback. He was a hard :Tnd clever runner who picked up more than 1,000 yards on his' -¥!ay to being selected for many All honors before his senior ':J'.ear a1'rived. · · :...: So how do you feel when you've covered 1,000 yards for :;a team and the coach calls you in and suggests perhaps you ...;might become an outstanding defensive back? 1\lost glory-hungry ......,..football players would have cocked an eyebrow and asked him· ~elf "What's with. this guy. Is he ready for the funnyman from -seymour and P·addock?" · · , .---!' Coach- Gerry· Faust did just that.. His Moeiler Crusaders had .::l'ost All City Defensive Safetyman Denny Stall and a glaring 1 .:::::l!eakness existed in Moeller's defense with a t'Ough group . of ...passers from LaSalle, Roger Bacon, St. Xavier, Purcell and Elder -ioming to throw for the GCL Championship. ' . :::::: John Niehaus accepted the c)lallenge. "Anything that's good ..,...for .the team is good for me," he told Coach Faust and he· dedicat· -ted hims'elf to plugging the defensive leak. He did too, and his =play there was of "AU-Everything" calibre. ' . ~· John suffered a leg injury in the LaSalle game and when I :Piaced on a stretcher, his dad, Biff Niehaus .sta11.ed to climb -into the. ambulance' to go to the hospital with him. "Stay and l .:lvatch the game," John told his dad, "I'll be okay." _ That's the spirit' of John Niehaus. He know:s he can handler 1ny assignment and by golly, he does it too. 'So what more could :;ou ask?

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Everyone thought J~hn would go to•the same school that . ...chis brother, Ste~e, selected. Steve is CJ. 265-pound behemoth ·1 ' -who played five positions for the Crusaders and now has .:;narrowed his !!election to two - Ohio State or Notre Dame.

-:: Bear Bryant, one of the greatest of them,all, sent an assistant ·loach here to talk with John. Then the Bear came a calling him·-ielf. He invited John down to look over the Football Palace which 'Bear built for his players.. · ~ , :- So Tuesday, John Niehaus and his coach, Gerry Faust called ~s: .John had picked ·'Barna ·over the 52 other schools who sought' .liis presence. ·Bear liked the young man who played basketball J ni1d ran track for the Crusaders, besides becoming un outstanding · Qifensive and defensive back. · · · · ~,:- · Jolin Niehaus accepted the defensive assignment willingly, .: and his hard work paid off when Bear Bt-j•ant came here seek· ..,'ing a defensive back. He'll either play .defensive halfback or -safety for the Crimson Tide. ;. Johnny will make it ·at either position .. We hope he will get"i down to talk with John Musso tomorrow night at the Dolly Cohen t Dinner. And we hope John comes ba\!k to ~ccept the same award

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