Moeller High School 1973-74 Football News Articles by Archbishop Moeller High School

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THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

..,~'! . Tuesday, August 28, 1973

GCL Starts Slowly But It's going to take a while to see how accurately Great~ er Cincinnati League coaches have predicted the outcome of the·l973 football race. After five weeks of the season only two league games will have been played. But. once the GCL giants start mixing it up regularly, the '73 season should be fill~· ed with surprises and sus~ pense. Moeller is favored for the fourth time in five years, but defending champ Elder is enthusiastic, St. Xavier and LaSalle both return more starters or lettermen than the favorite and even PURCELL SCHEDUEL ~epl.

7-NORWOOD ............................. 15-HAMIL TON BADIN ............... ~pt. 21-ANDER~ON ............................ ~ept, 28-NEWPORT CATHOLIC ........ Oct. 6-ROGER BACON ..................... Oct. 12-LASALLE ................................ Oct. 20-H. XAVIER ............................. Oct. 26HUGHES ...................................... Nov. 2-ELDER .................................... Nov. 9-MOELLER ............................. ~ept,

Away Away. Away Away Home Home Home Home Away Away

NOTE: Home Games at Norwood High. MOELLER SCHEDULE

Sept. 7-PRINCETON ............. 'Home Sept. 14-WALNUT HILLS ................ ''Home Sept. 21-ST. XAVIER ................... .,........ Away Sept. 28-HAMIL TON GARFIELD ...... Away Oct. 5-HUGHES ................................ 'Home Oct. 12-DAYTON CHAMINADE , .. Home Oct. 19-ROGER BACON ................... 'Home Or.t. 26-ELDER ..................................... Away Nov . . 1-LASALLE ............................... Away Nov. 9-PURCELL..... .. .. 'Home ·-At Sycamore. '"'"-AI Deer Park. •"'•-At Reading . . LASALLE SCHEDULE

Sept. 7-WITHROW ............................. 'Home Sept. 14-PRINCETON ........................ '"Home ~ept. 21-WESTERN HILLS .................. Away ~epi.18-ST. XAVIER ............................ Away Oct. 5-0AK HILLS ............................. Away Oct. 11-PURCELL.. ......... :.................... Away Oct. 19-ELDER.................... .. ........... Away Oct. 16-ROGER BACON ... 'Home Nov. -2-MOELLER.. .. . 'Home Nov. -WOODWARD............ . 'Home •-At Wcs.ternHi\ls..

"-At Oak HiUs. ELDER SCHEDULE

Sept. 14-WOODWARD ............. Homo Sept. 11- TAFT .................... Home Sept. 28-COL. WATTER~ON ....... Home Oct. 5-LANCA~ TER ............... Away Oct. 12-ROGER BACON............ Away Oct.. 19-LA~ALLE ................. Home Oct.16-MOELLER ................ Home Nov. 2-PURCELL .................. Home Nov. 9-ST. XAVIBR ................ Away Nov. 12-WE~TERN HILLS .......... Home ROGER BACON SCHEDULE

Sept. 7-T.AFT ..................... Home Sept. 14-WtTHROW ............... Away ~ept.11-HAM. BADIN ............. Away Sept. 28-MIDDLETOWN ........... Away Oct. 6-PURCELL .................. Away Oct. 12-ELDER......... . . . . . . Home Oc 1. 19- Moener. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. away Oct. 16-LASALLE ................. Away Nov. 1-H. XAVIER ................ Home Nov. 9-NO. COL. HILL. ....... : ..... Home

Purcell, 1~9 last year, is improved and optimistic. Here's a look at team-byteam prospects in the GCL: MOELLER-A year ago when Elder won the GCL crown, defense made the difference. The same could be true this season if Moeller wins its third league title in the last five years. The Crusaders return six starters on their defensive unit, compared to only three on offense. Heading the defense will be tri-captain Denny Engel, 6-foot-1 210-pound a linebacker. Other returnees include tackle Joe Ertel (6-1, 21.1), end Ron Fangman (6'-0, 180), linebackers Mark Lang (6-0, 200) and Tom Rohlfs (510, 190) and deep back Barry Fischer, an outstanding pole vaulter and sprinter in track and one of Moeller's best all-around athletes. Nucleus of the offense is 6-4 260-pound tackle Harry Woebkenberg, 6-3 220-pound fullback John Driscoll and quarterback Jay Rains, whom coach Gerry Faust feels may be the best around. A striking figure at 6-2 and 190 pounds, Rains ·passed for six touchdowns last season. "We graduated 28 seniors," Faust reports. "We have key positions to fill in the offensive line and defensive backfield. We have 32 seniors and 47 juniors to fill the gaps." Moeller opens as usual with Princeton, the defending Enquirer city cha.rr.p and state playoff represen·tative, and t.ackles GCL rival St. Xavier in game three. Those two games could decide both the league and playoff chances for the Crusaders before the season is a month old.

Rains Woebkenberg Driscoll Joining Jones will be jun"Senior attitude has been excellent," Faust allows. ior Steve Rohrer, a 5-9 178"The problem is whether pound halfback who moved the team can jell quickly -up to the varsity when .Jones enough. There are many did last yea.r, senior fullback uncertain factors." .John Callahan (6-2, 192) and senior co-captain Joe EckST. XAVIER-ONLY two ert. league games are carded before the sixth week of the Ballaban will build his season, but St. X will play offensive line around guard both, allowing the Bombers Bill Schuerman, a 6-3 218to get a head start or elimi- pound senior who may be a.-; nate themselves in the GCL. good as all-city star Bill Contender-s Moeller and La- Lukens last season, tackle Ron Brichler (6-1, 217), cenSalle are the foes. "I look for this to be a ter Dave Kissell, whose pretty good ball club," coach brother John started at that Tom Ballaban says. "We position two years ago, and have some pretty good tal- . end Mark Schmerge, a 6-3 215-pound junior. ent" A veteran backfield reGreg Ruehlmann, 6-:3 219turns, paced by exciting junior quarterback Greg pound son of the former Jones. The· first sophomore mayor of Cincinnati, is to start at quarterback for counted on to give the deSt. X -since 1955, Jones took fense solid end play and his over in mid-season and led brother Jim stability at tackle. Jim Dunphy, a 6-2 the Bombers to four win.~ and a tie with unbeaten 211-pound senior w11o has a Elder in his five starts last brother playing for Moeller, is another bright tackle year. prospect and Ballaban is "He's a lot like Bobby confident in deep back Don Klotz who led St. X to the Brichler and linebackers GCL c:rown in l!lil)," Balla- Steve Linz, a GCL wrestling ban says. "I compare them champ, Tim O'Toole, Jim very favorably. Greg ~ a Reilly and John Tuke. dutch player just like Bobby LASALLE-THE Lancers was, and he <:an run or throw just like Klotz. When he's in look as good as they've ever there things just seem ·to looked on paper-returning 11 starters, six on offense happen; he picks up the and five on defense. whole team." "Overall we have better ability because of the depth," coach Steve Rasso analyzes. "We're not a.~ big· as last year, but we're much quicker."

ST. XAVIER SCHEDULE

Sept. 7-UPPER ARLINGTON .. , .... Home ~ept. 14-HAM. GARFIELD ... , ..... Away ~ept. 21- MOELLER ............... Horne ~ept. 18-LASALLE ................ Home Oct. 5-RICHMOND (Ind.) ........... Away Oct. 12-TAFT ..................... Home OCt' 20-PURCELL ................. Away Ocl. 26-WOODWARD ............. Home Nov. 2-ROGER BACON., .......... Away Nov. 9-ELDER ....... , ............ Home

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Rasso has settled last year's uncertainty by installing Tim Rueve at qua.rterback and Tim McCarthy at halfback instead of alternating the two under center. ·'That was one of our problems last year," he has decided. "We couldn't settle on

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\ quarterback. But McCarthy hasn't taken a snap all summer and Rueve has ·looked good." Another definitive move has Bob .Jennings and Mike Massa trading places. Jennings, a 6-3 190-pounder who played split end, is now the fullhaek where he can capitalize on his. size and the speed that made him GCL champ in the 100 and 220yard dashes last spring. Massa is putling "the best pair of hands on the team" to better use at split end.

Other offensive starters returning are guard Mike Larosa and halfback Rusty Hess, who missed three games with an injury last year. Tackles Steve Scheid (6-0, 208) and Steve Donohue (6-1, 196), who have been starters since their sophomore year, anchor the defense, which also includes veterans Dave Arand at deep back, Paul· Kl ug at linebacker, former linebacker Joe Kern at end and question mark Mike Kirchner, a linebacker who started two games then missed the rest of the season with an injury. "You could hear a lot from him," Rasso predicts of Kirchner. "He could be one of the best linebackers to come out of LaSalle." ROGER BACON-"WE are much smaller than usual," frets coach Bran Bacevich, who lists only six players over 200 pounds and four more over 190. ··omr GCL schedule, the order of games (Elder, Moeller, LaSalle and St. X on consecutive weekends). is very tough." Bacon has seasoned performers at center (6-foot, 198-pound Dave Schildmeyer), guard (Ron Henke and John Munafo), tight end (6foot, 210-pound Dave Scherpenberg), middle guard (Joe Chaulk), and halfback (Tom Merkle and Jerry Taylor). ''Remaining personnel untested in GCL varsity competition," Bacevich notes. As with so many teams, finding a new quarterback is a top priority assignment for the Spartans. Two-year starter John Ceddia is off to the University of Michigan, and four candidates are fighting to take his place including baseball pitching ace Mike Tippenhamer and

ST. XAVIER BASIC ROSTER Player Po,. Ht. Wt. Ron Brichler T 6·1 ·217 Scot! Browe G 6-0 182 John Callahan HB 6·2 192 John Dearwester DB 6·0 165 JimDunphy DT 6·2 211 Joe Eckert HB 6·0 178 Kevin Gallagher DT 6·1 180 KevinGreisl DE 6-2 210 Steve Huckin' OT 6·5 219 Greg Jone> QB 5·10 175 Dave Kissel Sieve Linz

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LB 5·11 185 11 Kevin O'Connell LB 5·10 180 12 Tim O'Toole LB 6-3 203 11 Jim Reilly LB 6-2 200 12 Steve Rohrer HB 5-9 178 11 John Romer G 6·0 230 12 Greg Ruehlmann DT 6-3 219 12 Mark Schmerge E 6-3 215 11 Andy Scho~nhoft G 6· 2 706 11 Bill Schuerman G 6-3 218 12 John Tuke HB 5-11 176 12 TomBium C 6·1 225 11 Don Brichler DB 5-10 166 11 John Ditullio HB 5-11 169 II Tim Hardig E 6-0 165 12 Dan Hawkins DT 6-3 180 11 Pete Hil' E 6-2 174 II Jerry Kunkel HB 5·7 170 II Dan Lozier HB S-8 169 11 Cliff Mueller G 5-8 166 12 Gary Radziwon QB 5-8 161 1l Jim Ruehlmann DE 6-0 185 11 John Pechiney G · 5-9 175 II Pete Sabino HB 5·8 166 11 COACHING STAFF: Tom Ballaban, How· ard Tolbert, Fr. Maurice Reardon, Bruce Kombrink.

ELIIER BASIC ROSTER Player PO>. HI. Wt. Cia" 12 Steve Broxterman DE 6-3 l75 12 Don Burkhart G 5·7 170 12 Roger Coffaro DB 6-1 170 12 Mike DeFranco FB 5·10 185 11 Mike Dwyer QB 5-11 162 11 Joe Eilerman T 6-3 194 12 Ken Frank HB 6-0 175 12 Mike Gaiu' G 5·10 170 12 Joe Heffernan G o-0 204 11 Mike Holhtegge C 5-10 170 11 Jim Jump HB 5·10 165 " 12 Mark Lawson G 5-11 200 12 Kurt Leonad E 6-1 181 12 Don Meyer E 6-1 180 11 Tom Meyers E 6-4 190 11 Greg Meye" E 6-3 200 12 Mike Mulligan T 6·2 220 11 Tim Murray T 6-2 205 12 Mike Murray C 6-1 215 11 Don Rice T 6-3 210 I Mike rosenberger FB 6-0 220 12 Chris Rozycki T 6-2 210 11 Bob Sagers TB 6-0 170 John Soudrette LB 6-0 190 11 Jack Streicher T 6-2 205 11 Gary Thom"' Fl 5-11 165 12 Dave Vater LB 6-0 200 12 Tom Wanner QB 6-1 180 12 Dave Hudepohl DE i>-1 180 12 Dennis Berning C 5-9 190 12 Tom Dickman DB S-9 150 12 Craig Johnson G 5-9 m65 12 Steve Pucke E 6-1 195 12 John T,chofen HB 5-9 170 COACHING STAFF: Ken Haupt, Tom Callahan, Steve Klonne, Jerry Meyer.

halfback Merkle, one of the team's co-captains and an outstanding kicker. Bacevich has a potentially explosive runner in Taylor, a 5-10 170-pound junior who started once last year-in the season finale-and earned Enquirer back of the week honors by gaining 256 yards on 28 carries and scoring on bursts of 43 and 55 yards against North College HilL PURCELL-GEORGE Carl's first year as the Cava-

Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Gr.eg Amorini FB 5·10 195 12 Carl Brinker G 5·11 205 12 Jay Case DT 6-3 215 11 Jeff Curry FB 5-10 190 11 John Dillon DB 5·9 155 12 John Dri,coll FB 6-3 215 12 Joe Dunphy E 6·4 210 11 DennyEngel LB 6-1 210 12 JoeErtel DT 6-1 210 12 Ron Fangman DE 6-0 180 12 BarryFi,cher HB 5·11 170 12 Jim Gantzer LB 6-0 180 12 Cliff Harris S S-10 180 12 Jim Heidel E 6·0 185 12 Steve Hockzema DB 6·1 180 12 KevinHuiet PK 6-2 180 12 Eric Jack,on HB 5-10 175 12 Marty Klotz E 5·11 195 12 JeftKyne E 5-10 175 12 Mark Lang LB 6-0 200 12 Ken LaRo'e C 5-11 220 11 Dave Luehrman DB 6-0 190 12 TimLyn>key DE 5-10 175 12 Steve MacArthur S 6-0 l70 12 Andre Parker HB 5-10 175 12 Jay Rains QB 6·2 190 12 Frank Richardson HB 5-10 165 12 Rick Rohlf' DB 5·9 160 12 TomRohlfs LB 5-10 205 12 Tom Schneider DE 6-0 185 12 Greg Storer T 6-6 220 12 Bob Uecker G 6·0 215 12 Rick Volk C 6-1 185 12 WardWilliam' E 5-10 170 12 Harry Woebkenberg T 6-4 260 12 COACHING STAFF: Gerry Fau,t, Phil Gigliotti, Mike Cameron, John Parker, Ted Bacigalupo, Tom Hummel, Dick Barrattieri, Ted Hall, Jim Doherty, Jeff Liebert.

ROGER BACON BASIC ROSTER Player Po,. HI. WI. Class Dave Bruneman T 6-D 205 12 Joe Chaulk C 6-0 190 12 JimDean E 5-11 170 12 RonHenkc G 6-1 195 12 Kevin Huxel QB 6-0 160 12 Jeff Jane' HB 5-7 155 12 Dave Koenig C 6-0 190 12 Jim Koenig T 6-1 260 12 Tom Merkle OB 5-10 160 12 Bill Michnowicz E 6-1 175 12 John Munafo G S-8 185 12 FB · 5-10 185 12 Rick Paolo Roger Pahren T 6-1 225 12 Dave Scherpenberg E 6-0 210 12 Dave Schildmeyer C 6·0 198 12 Mir.e Stenger E 6-0 165 12 Dove Stenson HB 5-10 170 12 Mike Tippenhouer QB 5·8 175 12 Dale Benjamin QB 5-8 170 11 Dave Brockhuis FB 5-10 170 11 Mark Cummings T 6-2 220 11· Terry Donahue C 6-0 190 11 Jim Fiore FB 5-10 188 1l llill Heglin E 6-2 199 11 Steve Heimkreiter G 6·1 200 11 Gerry Hcciog E 6-1 175 11 Howard Martini HB S-10 178 11 Mrke McCraken HB 5-8 165 11· Don Morris QB 6·1 185 1l Ed Murphy HB 5-11 165 II Mike Overberg G 5-11 175 1 11 Rick Ready E 5-11 175 11 Dale Sheehan G 5-10 192 11 Jerry Taylor HB 5-10 170 11 Dennis Wiethorn G 6-1 188 11 COACHING STAFF: Bron Bacevich. Dick. Fuch!:., Jim Tenbrink, Jim Macke, Bob Slarkey, Bob Baker.

PURCELL DASIC ROSTER Pl.:]yer Pos. Hf. Wt. Clas!> Ray Alfaro T 6·1 227 12 DannyAIIen LB 5·11 195 12 Tony Beckham DE 6·i 175 12 Gene Buffington G 5-8 198 12 Mark El,bernd G 6-2 210 i2 Mike Farrell T 6-3 235 12 Tim Grogan DB 5-11 165 12 Joe Grunkemeyer T 6-i 190 j2 Mike Habel LB 5-9 165 12 Paul Held DB 5-10 160 12 BobHowe DB 5-11 165 12 Mike Huston E 6-0 160 12 John Kaiser C 6-0 185 12 Alfred Kinney HB 5-10 170 12 Brian McKeown 08 6-1 170 12 Mike O'Donnell DB 5-11 155 12 Arthur Price DB 5-11 165 12 Paul Reinert E 6-0 185 12 Tom Roebe1 T 6-1 235 12 RobRouse T 6-1 200 12 Mike Schneider HB 5-10 160 12 Mark Spauldrng DB 5-B 155 12 Tom Tarbell DE 5-10 175 12 Pete Tepe G 6-1 200 12 Bi11Young E 6-0 175 12 Mike Krettcn QB S-9 140 11 Kenny Lackner G 5-10 190 11 Denny Uma HB 5-9 165 11 Tim Long LB 6-0 185 11 Bobby Martin C 5-9 170 11 Jack Meier LB 5-10 185 11 Neal Middleberg LB 5-9 150 11 Darnell Parker FB 6·1 175 11 KennyRohan LB 5-11 183 II . CO.ACHING STAFF: MCGeo,ge Cad, Jrm Hrqqms, Paul Conry, Rick Schuclcmcn

LASAlLE BASIC ROSTER Po!.. Hl. WI. DB 5-10 174 Sieve Donohue DT f,-1 196 Tim Bussell OT 6·1 206 Joe Kern DE S-10 192 Fd Robbe c 6-7 191 Randy Haap DE 5-11 180 Dan Flynn MG 5-9 160 Rusty Hess HB 5-9 178 Mike Schroeck DB 5-10 164 Mike Larosa 5-9 182 G Tim Rueve QB 5-11 168 Tim McCarthy HB 5-11 185 Bob Jennings FB 6-3 190 Mark Hnrnmelraltr TE 6-1 183 Mike Ma:>so SE 5-10 168 Randy Berding DT f,.Q 200 Paul Klug I.B 5-10 171 Chip Miller DB 5-10 155 Kerth Baker DB 5-7 146 Jody Feldkamp HB 6-0 181 Tom Foertsch 5-11 183 G John Korfhagen LB 5-10 191 S1eve Scherd OT 6-0 208 Stan Wellbrock. Fl 5-10 174 Steve Scholler 170 TF 6-1 Andy 5choen1ing 1.8 5-10 174 Mike> Kirchner LB 6-1 181 Lnr(y Weber OT 6-1 220 Jrm Houtman c 6-3 205 Tim Brenner QB 5·11 165 John Glankler DE 6·3 184 Jim Schmilz DB 6·0 165 Mike Schnerdcr FB 6·0 190 Rick Reckner DB 5·9 168 Mike Herron DT 6·1 189

Rick Belger, Paul K1ems, Sob Konkaly.

COACHING STAFF: Stevtt Rosso, rioy Heidorn, Bob Freemcl, Sill Felc;hner.

liers' head coach was a long one, but this one ma.y be more fun because of it. Purcell has 10 starters back, including seven on defense. and Carl expects no less than a return to respectability. "We lack experience in the offensive line, but we have 28 seniors," he points out.. "We're quicker than· we've been." Mammoth tackle Tom Roebel, a 6-1 235-pound senior who will start both ways, heads the defensive line

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which returns intact. The other tackle is M'Lrk Elsbernd (6-2. 210) and the ends are Tom Tarbell and Tony Beckham. Backing them up are linebacker Danny Allen and deep backs Mark Spaulding and Mike O'DonnelL The offense hinges on the health of quarterback Brian McKeown. who started last year and saw some a.ction as a sophomore. Aside from center John Kaiser and Roebel, he'll be working with new faces.

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By JoE LYoNs

Enquirer Contributor

Gerry Fan.tst didn't realize .it at the time but when he once had 1;o worry about the Parker brothers: Larry and Mike, from Elder and St. xavier's Bobby K~tz, it -was a good omen. ' -- Thte 'Parkem oandt Kl!oltz, h:ad .bnolthers, Amire and Mart,y, respeetivei,y. TheiY Moeller 8, both• .~:someih'OIW WIO<wnd up St. Xavier 7 p1a~>fut f!Cr Mla.el11er's; F'allllSt, and le!j the Crusadleim to am 8-7 wm. over st. Xavj,.er F:nidJaw m~t. · Mla!IiY Klotz oamoe fr·&lh ' - - - - - - - - - - off th-e' b'er.l:'.lh in tlhe ~l€c Gl'lelg etorer, ooo r-ight taJC-

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bh·e play on oa bloc.k a·ndRa:ins was f/Cl'osd to run wiotlb th-e ball. -Th-e 6- f oo;t.. 2 s e n i o t tlllrntld .am:und, foUIIld! a ho-J.e· on the Jlelft sidle •and nud:g.OO into the· end :u"".Alle foOl!:" thle tJv..·>OI point swre md a ll-7 Moe:J;heir lead. "I wanted to give us a halftime edge," Faust -said about the gamble for two points. "I didn't have any

Jelaid ·earrl-y in tlhe S'eeond qUia·rter r.il!fter a 68-Y'ard touch<lkmn d. r l v e wruoo idea that it would be the took only four paaytc;. Iast1 score of the game." The Bombers were taeed Klotz, mcse b :i-.o tin e r '-with .a f.rmt-lail1d-20 situa- Bn•bby WlillS 111r'Et team zff·J. t~cm . on -thei!r OWIIl 32 alter city k:J" st. x ®aid, "I v.oas t\Vo cOinLsecutive mega! pro- sky higlh ~all" tJh~· g~a.me. It c e d u. r e p:srrtailties. Steve v.~ru::n't ·an~dng more thain Roi1.er took a hand<llff trom t11•~ trad~tiona•l :niv·a•1r~ ~tr Greg ·JQnss oail11d· ;ncmped 27 me," he said• irm an...<'iW-er to - yairdG .a r o u n dJ left oo!Cl. why ·m \S'e'!IO'cliedr to: al\,tendr !l~oe'ller waiS pen.a.lized 15 Mou.erl!l'sr in fla!Vor elf St. X. yar.ds for oa puronoal 1\oul Parker's reason ~or aton the play, put.ting th~· tending- Moeller was simba1ol Cil1 the Oru.."2d!elr5' 26. ple. His famUy moved ~nto on a tlhdlfd. .and ndne· situ- the M-oeller school district ation quartle;r.blaiCk Jones_ in 1971. Lanry, the Enquirroll'etl out ro his right, er's. Player of the Year in broke· a M-o1eu11er tack·le at 1968, and .M~. · a 1970 the 21 for a six point grax:l;uate of Elder,· have s~.e·. BHl Dalhl~ltrom bopttold him tJhalt-they "always ed 'bb·e extta podnlt. respected Genry F1aJust and St: Xavier's Don Bricbler Moeller fOOtball." kicloeod to the C:ruE:ad~er's But, I know . one thing, oalil-purpose- back, B a r r Y we better not lOse to ~dier Flsohelr, following. the TD. thts yerur," the senior halfFisc'h'elr retw-111ed the kick· back mentioned. ~ruf 28 Jl]ar<ls tp ms olWn 43. Mae!ller dominated the Fiv-e pl•al%· !alter after a statistics department. The fir.st down, Moell&'\S Jay crusaders. now 3-0 for the R8.lms ove·rthreW ibis:. split season, had 19 f!l1S't downs . ·e!11d, - W>alrd W<ill!iams on a, comprured to. two for the s·i d·en n ·e pmss' Hlowe'Ver, Bombers. They also out·Rains '·-was. i d;.umped: ·hand gained thie Boniber.s in to(In the pllaJY by the Bomber tal yards, 287-87. d~f.e:i"l!se -a:rid was f:e~r.csd to lea.ve the game .

. 1\foeller's backup quarter- · 'back, Marty Klotz, was ~ _ called into action by Faust, ' wh'o refers to Klotz as the "best second quarterback In ,the ,City." '1Ie opened with a paSIS • winieh Wilhliarrns c a u g 'h t, but · tJhie seniJO;r s:p1it end 111l!1d· -was nm1e!Cl . oo t of b ,o u n d s. F'aceid wi1Jh a fourth· diOiWn sti.tll!altlion on thoe . B o m b e r 46, Barry ' Fischer dropped· back 1xl ' punt. - ._ ·Fischer's Jcick wenlt out· • -'O'f .tJh e. end ZOil1te, Qut St.

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Regular Season Final Ohio Prep Football Poll ClassAAA

1. Cincinnati Moeller, 1IHHI ....................... 259 2. Youngstown Mooney, 1IHHI.................... 206 3. Gahanna,~- ................................ 184 4. Washinoton C.H. Miami Trace, 1IHHI.....•...... 155 5. Stow Walsh Jesuit, 1IHHI ....................... 120 6. OndMali Frinceton, 9-1-0 .....................• 117 7. Centervile, 1IHHI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 1

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10. North canton Hoover, 9-1-0 ...................... 37 Other schools recelv~O or more~- Gene-

l'rie~~o.i~ ~~s~ N; 1l3.Frernont R;:S ~t 17. (tie) Zanesvlle and Newark 12, 19. Parma Senior 10.

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3. Brookville, 10-0-0 .......................•....... 161 4. Cincinnati Reading, 1IHHI ...........•........... 143 5. Columbus Watterson, 9-1-0. . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 1\4 6. Orrvile, 9~ 1 .................................. 110 7. AkrOft St. Vincent-St. Mary, 8-2-0 ................. 98 8.1ronton. 9-Hl. .................................. 76

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1. Woodsfield, 1IHHI ..•.... ·....................... 209 179 3. Newark catholic, 9-1-0 .......................... 16S 4. Sullivan Black River, 8-1-0 ....................... 141 5. West Jefferson, 8-1-0. .. , ....................... 139 6. Arlington, 1IHHI ......•........................ 132 7. Fairport Harbor Harding, 9-1-0 ................... 90 8. Fostoria St. Wei\Getin, 7-1-1. ..................... 60

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Princeton's Strong Finish Whips Moeller, 29-20 ',

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.Enquirer Sports Reporter ,rust about everything o·act· that can happen to a !OObball team happened to Prineet.on in the fltst half )f' Friday night's season-o;l. e-n i n g showdown with Moeller. But atfter intermission the Vilkings plckedi llP. the pieces, l'lallied from oehind and defeated the

Crusaders for the f i r s t time in five years, 29·20. The nightmarish f i r s t half began with Moeller kicking off.

Princeton was c a u g h t flat-footed as Moeller kicker Vile Donisi squibbed an a p p a r e n t on-side kick. Moeller's Barry Fischer recovered in Princeton territory and c o a c h Gerry '-;'1

Faust of Moeller was being complimented for his CUI'lning. But the kick was a mistake. "He just ntissed the ball/' assistant coach .John Parker confided. Moeller drove to the Princeton 11 before the VikiLng defense stiffened. · But still Princeton had bad field position. The Vikings managed to drive to their 30, then punted. Moeller went 61 yards In three plays to taKe ana-o lead, scoring on a 10-yard Mike Huster-toDoug M i 11 e r pass after G r a n t Keith raced 49 yards. That came with 5:49 left in the half. Moeller made it 14-0 with &:19 left in the second period when Pdncetoil halfback Mike Gayles fumbled on a punt return and M o e I 1. e r 's Terry Byrnes caught ball 6n the first bounce and· raced 57 yards without oeing touched. The tide. began to turn .a little later. But first came the height of frustration. Following that bouncing tumble~ for ·a touchdown, Princeton tackle Jesse Turbow lost the handle on an· other short Moeller kickoff and Moeller recovered. This time, though, Princeton held and Moeller punted. Naturally the punt rollecL dead on the Vikings' three. Fo·rced to punt foml

his own erid zone, Viking quarterback Guy Wright moved Moeller out to the :n Moeller was driving fOr another score when junior Steve Borden intercepted a Huster pass in the Princeton end zone. Princeton drove 88 yards in the last two minutes of the half, the big plays p a s s e s from Wright to Greg Holloway for 42 yards and to Rick White for 13. Mike Gayles scored on a 16-yard draw play. The Viklrigs took the lead on a break of their own as end Vincent Harrison intercepted a screen pass and ran 44 yards to score early in the second half. Gayles, who gained· · a whopping 193 yards in 24 cames, raced. 79 ya.ros o·rt a third-and-three trap play early in the fourth quarter to put the VIkings on top, 22-14, then scored on a 24. yard run to put things out of reach. Grant Keith's eight-yard run· ended the scoring. MO!LL!R . . . . . . . . . 8 6 G 6-lG PRINCETON .. .. . .. . 0 & 1 14-29 MOELLER - Miller, 12 pass from Hus· ter (Keith run! MOELLER ..: Bvmes, 55 fumble return (pass failed) PRINCETON - Gayles, 17 run (White, pass from Wright) PRINCETON - Harrison, 47 interception (Wright kick) PRINCETON - Gayles, 79 run {Wright kick) . PRINCETON - Gayles, 24 run (Wr,ght

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J'o Grid Playoffs Two-1. Bowlifl9 Green (327.241. 2. Lima COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)- Shawnee (324), 3. Upper Arlington (320). Unbeaten Moeller, holding a ~3~\~;~,.T~r-_:k-;~;, vd'~rl!!\~wr~~~~er. 31.69-point lead over St. Ma••itton (3681. CLASSAA Xavier in this week's Region Four Harbin Ratings, ap- <29~~~~n2. Flvker~~- ~rv~~~'!,~r;ed~~~~ pears headed for the Class (259.44), 3. Elyria Catholic (246.44). Region Lima cathOLIC (317). 2. Lima Bath AAA state football playoffs. Six-1. !241), 3. Columbu• Watter>on (235.681. R"9ion Seven-1. Ironton (275.20), 2. Steu~ttt"less than one point benville Cathoroc (230.08), ·3. Wheeter>burg separates a trio of Region ( 194·20 1-CLASS A Three teams seeking the A•~t~t~ ~it~·~~n'1mn~~~. ~~~~..?;, ~erth opposite the CrusadByzantine ( 169.20). Region 10- 1. Montpelier (193.40), 2. Glb•onbucg (163.561. ers iR a semifinal game to be Norwalk St. Paul (137.121. Region 11-1.3. played November 16 at Nip- Newark Catholic (170.321,. 2. Fredericktown ( 147.321. 3. Wood• field ( 124.841. pert Stadium. Youngstown Mooney Here are the rankings of lea,as· Region Three with a area teams in Southwestern ~J!iputer score of 368.96, Ohio's three regions: 1ihlTa Akron Garfield is secCLASS AAA-U. OxfC>rd Talawanda 9Il.t:l -at 368.56 and Massillon 1236.441, 15. Elder <232.64), 16. Purcel (224), Princeton (215.76), 22. Middletown -last year's Region Three 18. ( 187.121, 24. Anderson ( ln.32), 25. Franklin qt.iiUlfier-third at 368 even. 1175.881, 26. Sycamore (174), 28. FinneyR,eading's lead over Dil.y- town <162.44), 30. Hamilton Tall <137.56), t:s.:,~-36~~::o':l'w~~h?ii. :~:J~~!~~ .£011-Carroll in Class AA Re- Hil• (86.32), 40. Milford (801, 44. Lemon-. gion Eight has increased to Monroe ( 7f.32), 46. Lebanon (70 I, 48. Garfield (60.44), 49. Taft (48), so. 19.56 points. Middletown Hamilton Norwood (47.321, SJ. Walnut Hills (41), 55. li'~ick.. remains comfort- Withrow (37), 56. Lakota (32), SS. Hughes 127), 59. Aiken (26), 60. Fairfield (231, 61. ~top the Class A Region Glen ~te (15), 63. Amelia (7). 64. Pom·

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By JOE LYONS Enquirer Contributor . , f'. I~ must ha·vc. seems'Cl l'latheT l·Cillg and lonely, that summer olf · '73 :fi:Jr Gerry F.a.ust's Moellelf crusaders. - ' Saddled -w·ntn a 29-20 dief.e~at in La~.;:t slea'o-clll's opendng game with P.rdnce>tiQn, the Crus~aa·em he.JV:e s;pent mooy ~ong . •allld ha.rd hours on th-e gridiron thest- past ferw mon.ths in preparation for 1 o o s .e. Tea.mma:te Brian th-is season's openelf re- Davds m:::.oiVemed to stop the CrusadeT d!rive. match with the Vikings. -·::After three quarters of . . Princeton was :fiorced t1o punt atilter its possessi()fl ~iftay F r i d a y night, n; s-eemed those efforts h>a.~a. oold Moellea:, f:aci2id wdtlh a :Peen: pointless, but a crt..· third~and-18 situation aJt tihe Prin::!leton 49, attemptchil Princeton fuwble midway through the las,t·pen- ed• a punt, Harv.ety was ·od gave the Crusad-ea:s tlhe th:€/t1e aJgain to block Barry opportunity to avenge last Fisoher'.s kJi,:::k, S2JOOp it up year's .defeat with a 13-12 and •cJUtrun. his d-ef.end~ers victory: ' to the end 21one. The Vik!ing~s were flo;ro<:ld· Princeton was leading, 12- i, with six minutes Jeft to punt from d121ep in tlheir when Moeller was fomced to own t~emi rory lalte in thi~ p-;;nt:f.rocm the 50-yard line .. second· qUJalfter, 'allld Macr.aer's Ward W i -1 1 i •a m s Barr"y Fischer skyrocket- gr.a!bbed th,e shmt punt on ed· tbe kick, enabling his the 32 and r1etU1r<l1!e'd it tJo .te.aniates to down the ball Princeton's 13. On .a foiUrt·h o,'i'l: .• P,.inceton's one-y2rd dc.wn situat1ion, Rajns, ltih1e line., After a two-yard gain, r a. n g y · 6-3 quarte.rback, Princeton's Maurice Harv- \ thr.ew a "quick-licokea:" to e:~r. · .took a hand off from tight . end Jim HeidJel fiCif J.er.ry. • Ybtgling, but the tih.e se01r\e. The eig:h.t-yard fleet halfback, who had touohclicrwn pass and 'T1im s.cored both Viking touch- Moorman's ex;tna podnt put downs, turned goat as he Moeller •Oill top at tlhe hallf, fmnbled the ball. Moeller's 7-6. \ iTom - Schneider recovered Princeton's othPr scor'e at- .. the nine-yard line. came early in the thi•rd q u a r t e r when Maurice . ,Three plays later, Jay Harvey picked. o.ff a Jay ~alruS flipped a five-yard Rains PflSS into the slot pass' to halfback John Dris- and colL putting the crusader-s score.raced 63 yardl' for the oil 13-12, . with 4:56 re.,. "'·top, ... "We just couldn't run m::umng. · a g a in s t them." losing '':Prin:2ton put tcg·ether a coach M'ancuso ·ltast-dit:::h effort .z.,s Yin- moaned Pat after the game. ~~r:g .dtire:::ted a dr.ive frcm "Their defense is t~oing to hl3. own 37 to Mcei.JE,~'s 13be tough to. crack this ':y~ .line, but the Vikings season." ef1ort.s ended when Rick did not blame w1llis' : field goal attempt H Mancuso a r v e y, his 5-10 sen&or iedt' short. -h a I f b a c k, fo.r the loss. ,_ J:>;ri~oe:ton's Harvey stole Harvey's fumble enabled tneo .. l$crw the first half. Moeller to sco:re the win¥Oell~T re~:::eived the openning touchdown, hut ManinZ , lvj;ekoff anct drove to cuso said, "We had our ~h~.• y i k i n. g s 24, Whiea:e chances to win tt The kid -Rains droipped •back to played a great g2.111e. I'm J]_as~ ,p.nd was blindsid1ed by not surprised by his peT~ry,eY,, .kmcking the .balll formance at all. The kid is _, a gr:ea<t football player." , ,. 1

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Hit Him High, Hit Him Low .. st. Xavier half/back J'Ohn can.ahan is chopped down bY Moeller linebackers Mark La:n.g (top) and Ron Fan;J;man.

The day ~~ricloning is near! Moeller's Crusaders rolled over Walnut Hills 610 Friday night while St. Xavier's Bombers pulverized Hamilton Garfield 40-0. Now t.he two undefeated teams square off Friday night in a vital clash which might decide the Greater Cincinnati League championship and signal a trip to the Ohio state playoffs. Roger Bacon's Spartans kept pace, blistering PHSL power Withrow 33-0, giving the Valley's three GCL teams undaunted records. The Spartans also have an uncrossed goal line as they travel to Hamilton Badin Friday. Moe moves it

Moeller's starters should be well-rested for the crucial clash with St. X Friday. They scored three touchdowns real early and Âˇ then retired to the boards while the younger Crusaders mopped up. Eight different Moe players scored nine TD's and the starters were in such a short time that running ace John Driscoll, who scored one of them, gained just five yards in the landslide, because he just carried twice. Sub back Jim Givens notched two touchdowns with Driscoll, Andre Parker, Barry Fischer, Erie Jackson, Jeff Curry, Gary McNeal and Marty Klotz each laekift8 on one six-pointer. Tim Moorman kicked four pointsafter and Kevin Huielt three.

In the first period, Moeller moved 80 yards on six p~ys with Parker reeling off a 31 yard end sweep to score for a 7-0 lead. Walnut punted shortly after and Barry Fischer raced the boot back 60 yards for a 13-0 Moe lead. . After the kickoff, Ron Fangman recovered an Eagle bobble at the two and Driscoll hulled in for a 20-0 bulge before the first period ever expired. Exit first string! And Coach Gerry Faust allowed the two starting units just one series of downs each in the final half to keep them from ~etting floor-bums from the benches. Jackson averaged 8 112 yards a carry for 68. Givens averaged 11 yards per lug with 44 yards while Richardson added 35 yards ~is seven trips and McNeal 32 for seven carries. Ken LaRose was brilliant his stay. So were Moe 'Iars, I Laub, Tim Heitznan, Dave Meder, Bob Uecker, Mike Schwarber, liarry 'Woebkenberg, Greg itoreer and Mark Heidel. ~uring

Fangman' _pounced on ;wo Walnut Hills fumbles md Ward Williams and Jeff Kyne smotheredone !ach. John Hatfield in;ercepted an Eagle pass for l 12-yard runback and Mark Lang picked off one Nhich he brought back !even yards.

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second chan. ce, 5 ~arrdiS cJiOSeJr. The· secon.d Ume Moeller 17, proved· tJh,e Clh18ill'm as Moorman split the uprights for Elder 7 a 25 Y181l'd fdeld g101aL ELDER ................. 7 0 0 0- 7' 1 Moe,Jl.er came /OIIlt in the MOELLER .............. 0. 3 7 7-17 E: Brown, 4 run (Staggers kick) s·=ccmd half and p.e_~rforrm-ed M: Moorman, 25 field goal M: McNeal, 4 run (Moorman kick) as La,SI::Jille's .Rasso anla. M: Driscoll, 1 run (Moorman) lyzed. "Moeller has ·a big RICK BAUDE;NDISGEL (Elder) o.f:f.'2:nsive lin~e and h1ave: their backs coming amd ·t·l1elr oh~e,,t at th1a1t me,ert:- coming. They g:et four and ing," said Lani::er c1:1ach· five y1ards a crack and St.ev·e RJa,~ISIO, "'l1h1e(Y d Ei::[ldl21d hope you'll broe,ak in the. td put thii'r.gs t . c1getJh.e!r alft- s1=cosnd half," he sadd. La1t1e in th1e third qu8ill'lter -er::- t:hat t•.?,lllg'il:l J,C:,'SIS., Lt diLd, Mce.ller forced tihre' Pan,tht,hp job.'' The Cru.sl:lde;rs pushed t:o ell's to punt ·deep in thenlr own t.enitory and a strong the 19-y8il1d line' and could mslh fo,rced Dave Hudleipohl go n1o furlth,eJr. A fd,elld g101aJ attempt by mccer style to hurry his poot. The Crusaders took the kicwel!' .'llitn Moornvan was wide t1o the right, but to.r- ball on Elder's 34-yard line, and Rair.s came out pass-. tun~tc'ly an illeglal proced·uf!e• penralty ag8JinEt Elder ing, moving the. ball to the provid,ed the Crusaders a Panther 17. A draw play

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:' . It wars terribly early for a turning point, b·tl!t wideyed, FUzzy FauiSt of Moel!ler, higih on a wholesome overdose •elf h~gh soh10101 football elmOt]cn, told ihlimseu l•t stil'l was late enough. , The ctty•s top-ranked tearrn, eventually a 14-0 winner o·v& seconrd\.Q"!ated Roger Bacon Friday night, faced a fourth-and-tthree predicament at .the Bacon 46-y:ard line·. Thir:ee full quru-t.er:s pl:us the last 3·6 se:cohds of the first remained, and the game was scoreles.s. • "Kick the ball, Fuzzy," Mc•eller deifensive co-c:reliina· tor· Jolm Parker pleaded under his breath on the sidelines. "Kick i<t; k~ck i<t! Play f!ield position; pLay field' position." · ' · The boss wasn't close enough to lhea·r t:he whisper, thougJh, and probably wouldln't have listened anywa:y. He had d'e~ided to gambl·e. · ,Frank Richardson, the super sub who never starts oii,t leads the team in rushing, went into the line and

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-ended Elder's 18-game un· beaten string, s..o. · "I'm sure s.ome prople a;r~e quoestioofing ~f we're• as gocd an otr:fleirusive team oo we show on paJp,el!',""~st ·a1Cl1'111irt1S. "We've1 only played ~&'.airrlst two gi()Od. defensive t1etams so tar, ISP the oony W'<llY we'll know iS tlhlel nJeiXt few weJe:k& I tt!Wnk tJh.ese ·kids V:'lla.tve reallly ·begum: to jeiln, but you do h\alvle tlhat qUJeStiiOin·" .. · Bacon and Moeller met -u n• d e r .sdmiil!all' cLrcumst..anr::es tJWIO yealt's ag·o. The Spa~ams Well'\B' 7·0 W'il1lh fo\lll' · shuttout.s antd :a No. 2 city ~rankdin-g, Wlhile MoelLer tatro was 7-0 · la!Ild No. •1. Mcl~bleiL' diriOve 71 Y'alt'ds in 12 plJaJYS t.o score tlhe n:rst time lit hjatd 'tihie ball I8JllJdi te-am !n1 rusnllm.g arrere~ routleiCI. BlWCID, 47-B. with a whopp:ing 10.8 YIRI!'dS F1i~lt place- in •tll1iet Great , ,_ JJI:!'l' ~ry~l1'38 Yllli'dE 'iln n MoP-ller'~ Oincin!Illat'i Letague is · talt crurri.es - anldi is tied 'Mtlh El.'.ake, .but tlhe g~ame.'s atf· · RitclhiaJrdson. wi1Jh 30 poill1~. John Driscoll ·(No. 341 is the starting fUllback and Jeff 11~·~ ru thoe Harbim. compu• SecOIIlld~ring w 1 n gCurry (No. 33) his b-ackUp man in unbeaten Moeller's 'tleaized • pliayoi'f 11a/tiiJnlgs ma:y bta{!k Gary McNtela!l AiSI sei:::explosive backfield, where seven runners share three ccilllCem both taalll1S ewen. OOid i11> average :wiitlh 9.7 spots with equal success. mcme. , Bacon cUI'l1enttly is ya:rds per orurry, tbdrd int I seoond am Moollel!' fi:tltlh. y.ards g1ali!nled with 251, amdsecond 01n :tlh·e 1\telalm ood that they're ihe greatest g a~ n e· r Richaa:dson, wa1IOl Thiet leta.idle:r is F a i ll' b o r n backs because it's too hard doeSil'l·'t usUJallly stant. 8Jllldi Bruk:ei, w'hdch mee.ts llhli.n:'d~ 12'Uh in thet CITY !.n scoring Wi'tih 36 pofin!t:5 - a.1ll in. to evaluate. But this is the· won't againlst Baoon, ex:· pJiace Da:yrtlon Stebbins ttl-, best depth. c:epts bd!s :ro'Jle "like a SilCtlll fl1.ig1hit,, t;oo., I oruly 'f:ollll' wames! "We've got clght b~ man !!lOll' ltlhe BstM ~." "We !have 1liive opponents • Secoll1d•'S!lriJng t'l.Llilb ack Jeff Curry is averaging 5.3 whlo tare almosll ·taa1 first- quips of1lelll!Sive coam Phiil ill'll 11/hte :ti0/1> 11 o! 1'.1001 mtmg8 stl1ing, and seedng what GlgUot'tli. . md ltlhey (B a k e 11') l'llaiWI yaros pell' <!'aJrrY m 31 a1tr we•'v>e \Sielelll we wo\lildlnl't be "I 'llhlink tlhlat comdng m two," F.auJ..<jb l!lblbes, p(lottm g tempts.. af-11afild ItO pUib l8llliY o:J: 'tlh:em or.r tlbJe bench y.ou have a ~he poilnts M!Oieller can ac· Add to t.hlat 42 pomts, d1Ul1ill11g 13.! bd.g baa! warne. chlalrlee to acok &t bbie1 dle- cumulate m thtet lla\St 315 y.a.rds and a 7.0 avea-age we've e'Velll got tlw.o g\01\>.d i'etll\Se: :and sese Wiblalt :yJO'U're montlh elf th•E!I S~\ "Witll by start~111g t\afilback .AH'lkl\1'\el quJall'l1ie~r.btackS (st-al11leir Jay gcJilng to do," Fr.run!k ex· om ca/t:dh thieu:n. But we P.all'ker, 220 Yta:rd..'i mtl a 5.4: Ralilns am backup Marty p.l.ains.- "I k'itldla enjoy at." h-ave to W'ill> tbte1 res1t or Olllll." av-ell"a~e- by regullall' fUilnAa1id donlt rorget itlhe ~ Klotz1. Even it !that position game~S or it dtcle5:n't maltba·ck Jobln Dt".iscoJJ, wiho we be arralid to :1\Einsive lli:rue1 Given\S pleads. tteT." missed the l]aiSt l\lwO g~ames mtalkewouldn't ' Just tabc1wt any back could tlll c'hlall'lge." The same g~oes fOr B a-' With a sprained ankle, and 'Ilhe !11Jir1111::;ny is as deep dlo thte job," he s a y s. con. • 223 yart<I'Si an1d a 5.9 aVJen:ta~ "We've got gl'I€J?tt ltiniE:rnan. · . ta~ent., roo. ge by No. 1 wl:ngback Eric as''Ilclhie I t-hinlk wl'}ve i!'Ot prolbal;lly Cl111 ~!Eie• WhY th!€/l1C llil'oG ELSEWHERE it:J o n. i. g h t, Ja:ckson :31!1td It tllig'Uleb ttfi111il~ peop.le aheiaJct Of me· -:we tllw bestl Jlinls in lt:h~ citw." western Wls oan clindh at Moelletr shiOwld lead tlhe b!a'Ve g rea. Ill die~Iltih,". exRoger Bacon, however, :lietaist 1a. ttde :nou: d.ts first Pubcity iLr1 01f;flense wliJtlh. 261 plruilns Gi.'Vem>, WlhiO knOW'S should be tougher than lic 1 Hig1h. saoool L'e:agt~iei p.olints - 43.5 per gmne. most of Moeller's previous foCI'Jballl title ~ 1964 bY he ih:a\S nm yeaT ailre flal· "This is probably the low j u n i o ;r s cuacy ra:ndi opponents. The Spartans eXJten<llng Clo'U.l't.er Tech'S best bacltfield depth-wise McNle~aJl. "All tJblei badCS rure also have won slx straight, losing stlre~ t1o1 25 games • we've ever had," Faust good, 1a111d ltlb.a.lt makte151 me~ five of them shutouts, and . . sycamare 181n'd lJovlellalnJd, notes- "!'rn not saying jt's better," McNiea-1 adds. have a II o w e d only one woo Elao'h gtert; a ahOt 6IIJ the greatest backfield or Even 1 e a d. i\ 1!11 g gi!PIUIJ11t1· touchdown. Last Wllek they East&em HlillS l,le!agu:e Jead·

w i :t h orur .flirsltrstri.nlg:el!'s. By DENNY DRESSMAN Enquifer Sports Reporter Thiey a.renl't p l 31 yin g as much .rus the second '\learn." Supe:rcaU!t<i.OIUS Goer r y It woo an ex;aggte!l'laltion, FauSit, mflectiln.g o.n 'bhe: flirst b!a<lf I(){[' tm.e selaSIOn tlhe• but .oDJl-y Slliglhtly. The un(lither dlay 1a:s. ih.e p.rejp'all.1ed. b -e' ate n CruSiade:cs have for 1\lh:e col'lli.siion between wen thiali!r f1iirE\tJ Sllx game!l, four by SICOre!Sl o!f 61-0, 5~0. tlOip·:t'l~ed M o e 1 1 e r <and s'econtd-rated Rogtel!' B"<l.ICOn . 60.0 :and 64-0, amHihe subs tonli.giht ~ Sye<au:nl()re, a1- h.av,el compdled bettell." st.\S\~1>1 lio1Wed: h,imsel:t laJ· mome111t !Uhan the s\tlaalbellS. Oo:nsLdr Ell': of lie!V!Lt:y. • SelconKir-strlng tlafiJba~k Then, feall'ing tlhe~hauglh W SIOillnd: of his wioo'dls, he F'l."'a:nk Rich al'ldSion is thte' . empthasi:ced he W'<ltS ornJly team's 1 e 1a d i 111 g groiUIIlt::i-_ galliner with 321 y!atl1dS etntd kildcllng. the b u s li. e s t baQJ-oall'rier "If we 11aVIe a llliOII'ale with 53 attempts. H'els al~o' prob~em om. otlhds iiJelau:n," the .•!vfm.llle!l' cOacli cnaiC~ed~ "it's •tued lfOr 'l:lhiJrtd 1n team scorin-g with six oouchdowns ru11d 30, pOiintlfl, • Thiirdt-s:tring llia\Ll.back Jtmmy Givens le'ads ~lhte

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· B_Y JOE QUINN "' · While Moeller has_ given· up . ·What does Coach. Gerry 19 points, only seven of those Faust· plan to do· _when his . have bee_n yi~lded by the undefeated Moeller Crusaders defensive unit,. which allowed tangle with Roger Bacon's un- · St. Xavier a touchdown.· beaten squad in their. big · game Friday night at the ''THE OTHER two were Sycamore High field? . scored against our offerise,~' . "We're not going to change Gerry points,out. "Princeton anything," is.Gerry'sanswer: got' both o,f-thOse,·one on a A blocked ·quick kick and the. ' " 11 we'll be trying to do is other on a pass· interception." perfect the 'things· we've been . . Arid the Crusade·.r. defens.1,ve doing all season and hope · that's enough to win with." gang. has been a_ stingy one, .What the. Cfu~aders· have . according to the figures. been doing has· been enough to . .They allowed Princeton'. a score 261. priints and· give up net of 81 yards, St. Xavier 73 •·. · · only 19 int.he first s_ix g~mes. yards,- Hamilton Garfield 22 · yards, Hughes 36 ya.rds and "WE'VE BEEN impressed Dayton Chaminac"! a net of with ·Roger Bacon,~: Faust only 10 yards. Walnut Hills continues. ·'.'You know. they did best against Moeller on of~ . are· well coached and the fense, arnmassing 102 yards;.: .f,:. thing about them is that they btit a large share of that ,was .... 'don't make the big 'mistfike . ·gained against the second·. that hurts· them. They're a team intheJourth quarter:· . · very solid ball.club.'.' · .. THE· .CRUSADERS h~ve For .one thing; Moeller will . been totigh aga,inst the .pass, be oacl( at full strengtb_ in its too. Opponents have. combackfield. Andre Parker has pleted only 11 of 54 attempted recovered :from a knee .injury and . Moeller has ,picked off ··IF.· and John Driscoll,· held out of . seven. · last week's ga111e with a -sprained· ankle, is.· running at· · -·~imauilliiliwiiiiiUmlmllllllliwlfl1nmm full sp~ed again. · . . ·~ h rid card· Their return gives the· ·9 9 : · . · . crusaders ~~ven good _run·ning . . . '. ·1hur~ciy After,noon ' ':- ... I backs. Besides· Parker· and . Withrow Ns._ Aiken at Western. Hills, , Driscoll, . others>available • . - in-. S:JO p.m. . · Friday Afternocln elude Fran k. Richardson and Taft vs. Woodward.at Trechter Stadium Eric Jackiion, seniors, . and Hughes at Walnut Hills. Gary ·McNeal, .. a junior,· at. . Friday Night . _ tailback, arid-. Jeff Curry and Reading at Lockland .. : .Jim' Givens, pair of juniors; ~.!J.g.r;vs .. ROifer'il'acon at Syc'amore · b . LaSalle at Elder at wmg ack. Greenhills at Finneytown _,'I "THEY'VE ALL been Anderson at..Norwood · doing a super J'ob," the Moe11- .Northwest at Mt. Healthy. ·Oak Hills at Colerain er head coach states." Give Fairfield at Forest Park the eredit for that. to Phil Harrison at Taylor · Gigliotti, who works with our· wyoming at North College Hill offensive backs. He's rea11y Indian Hill at Deer Park · progressed with· them." Five Sycamore at Loveland · ·· , Glen Este at Madeira iI of the seven have scored 24 or Mariemont at Milford more . points so far, led :by ·Courter Tech at western Hi lis Parker with 42. . · ' ·:. Toledo Start at Prjnceton But' Dick Barratieri's Offen•. · Sat.urday Afternaan sive line. should come in for a Louisville Country Day at ,Cincin~ati ·good ;deal of credit ,as. well Country D_ay . .. . . since his. forwards have··been ,· Satin:day.Night · · Columbus St. Charles -vs. McNicholas at:opening up _the opportunities 1lnderson · -'. , · ' ·· ·for the ball-carriers all 'sea- st. xavier vs. Purcell at NorwOod

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DeteTmined Moeller Qolf;ls Top Spot, 11-7' jured lmee tighil:ie!l]eiCI: up By DENNY DRESSMAN Cln him be'flooe halfftdme. Enquirer Sports Reporter Secand-st:ring tackl•e Bob When h·e limped pff and Joeck& never we!ained he'd Uecker trott€id Ol!l·, Moeillelr · tlnailed, 7-3. le one1 of tthie stlafl'/s. i1n The C 1r u s a d e r s h·ad 11:oelle~r's 11-7 vdc:tlo,ry ·ov& •asaue Frd.,dla:y nlight, buit:J mounted 'a long dlri v.e with the open i li\ g ki:cko.ff,· 11~1 week in pmacltdc·e he did marchil;11g from 1Jhei.r 36 to ~gux·e •he'd· pJ:~ more tlhan lSUrul in the g1ame tu11alt tlhe La,Salle ·e·i.ght belhlnd vou1d delclde tlh,e Grelaltetr stTiong running by Gacy jincinna,ti Lelague, ciham- M:::1Ne1al and J:oihlll Dl'liSiCOl:l and a c1ut<Oh thdr.d d01Wl1 pitO!l113hL'p. "Hlrurry (adl-cit:y candidiate pa,s:s f.rom Jlay Rla~ns tJo :tam'Y Woeibkiettllbetr,g) dlidn't Wall"d · WHliams. B u t LaSalle's defense, ll'lructii'c.<:~ muDh 'all week," ,J:i:e d'elt,erm1n,ed s1enii101l" re- led by Paul Klug, last ateld, "StO I thoug1hlt /he week's Enquirer lineman nLg,hJt n101t p,IJalV to•o much of the week, stopped Drisn the g~ame. I told mysellf coll on a fourth-and-three try at the six ·- a y.ard ;o b-el r,eta1dy." short. Woeibkenberg, •a 6-:fo,ot-3 M '0 ·e I ·1 ·e T COiaCh Ger:ry :59~pounld S'ettllio'r, stlarlied ~g·a·in1st La~athlJe. But his illli- .•• Faust dlidlll't pass Uip ,tJh,e

fjeld goal attempt the next time the opporrt;undt\Y Wlas t:Jhier·e. capitlaUzing on .a 17-•:Ylalrd punt thaJt gave them posetSSLon ,alt tJ'hJe LaSaLle 46, the C r u s a d e :r s dirove to a f'l.r:s.t down 1at tire Lance'l" sdx. A.g1a:in LaSalle's defense stiffened on :1101UJ11tJh~anc1goa,l from tJhe or1g1111a'l line Of <SODimmalg-e Tim MOOTmalll l·eilt-footed a 22-yaJJ:d soccer-styLe f.Qeld goad w:ith 9:2.1 dn tlhe hacrr. LaSrultLe took 1lhie l.e:ad fouir mi·nutes b€!11ore intlermls's'Lon. Quail'te!I'baiCk Tim Ru.eve flipped a shorfb pass to fullback Mike Scih'Ilieddiell" who haidl cle•aii' s a d. l i n g tlhrough the min frOtr 59 yar1ds 18.nd a: touchdown .

"We were sending our outside linebacker on a blitz;" said Moeller defensive coach John Parker. ''They sent both backs out and it beat us. It was a great call." LaSalle returned to ,1Jhe fiJe<ld 45 se,conds lrute1 f.orr thte stJall"t of 1lhie thin:! period ·rund received a 15-y!aro pellllailty, aHowLng MMller to kick o.ff :f!rom the Lasaille 45. , Stlrurt'iln·g at tihed1r 20, the La:nce.r,s put roo:gieth:er thedr best .dri ve1 od' tih1e1 ndg'hit. With Sitlam, w~eillbmck piiCk.ing up two fdlrst dloiWns wil:ih thir:d-dowri· runs of 12 a1nld 33 yrurds, they re1ac~ed the: Moei!Ler 17. An UlegJa,l pnocedu1:1e p e ,n; a 1 t y t/W.O

later, howevetr, wiped the g~ame-winning touoh~ oUJt a 'run thrut oavri:ed in- dOIWn. I·t beg:allli af.te·r Rueve's side tlhe 10, alnd LaSa1lLe: e•v·entually tllirned OV1eir tlhie: fourth-and-24 • pass :!Jeil in.. c om p 1 e t e frOim the 31. ball a:t the 31. "The penalties :r e a 11 Y MoeHelf 11run 16 Sltr.aight roillield: US," · Siaid LaSalle rushiing plays and nine of. CIOia,ch Steve Ra'sso. "With- them wer.e on Uecker's out the 15 yardLS· on the •si:dte of. the lltne, iL111Cluddn.g kiCkoff, oor dirive m~twht two ror f:irStt downs; and have been long enough. the one-yar.d touc'l'lJdK>iwn Witlhout the kid jumping, .mnasih by Driscoll. we would have had first"He's our third tackle!'' ~nd•goal. It wouLd hia ve been a diifferen t g~ame if Faust exclaimed; "What a job he did. That's the we. had s~eored then. "We were j us't a litUe thing about this team. The long !Ln the locker room," guys on the bench are he said. "And kids make ready· to step in."' mistakes Wlhen tlle p["esUecker's brotheT, JOilm, ~Jutre. Ls high." was •a f:irst-tea:m Enqul,rer Uecker d!i:dn't makle mis- al:l-c.i·ty choice in 1969, and take·s, though, when Moell- Bob had ho.ped 'to fol•low er liaUJnC!hed iltiS dri v.e to his example.

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"I've got his nuritber," he said. "I asked for it. It was kind of disappointing, not being a starter like he was. But this makes up for a lot of it. This is the biggest game I've ever played in. It's the best I've done in a big game." LaSa,J.ie tlrded oo· come ba.ck ·again • to sbart the f!oua'tlh quarter. Wtth the help o! a pa:s's interference cal!, the Lancers eventually rea:c:hed the Moe:ller 24. But Tc:m Rohlf.I.S and J1o•e Ertel m::1de bl.g pilays and LaS,a.!le · g1ave up possess~ on at 'the Moe·Jtler 38 with 7:25 left. Moeller then kU:led. the c 1 o c k with an 18--piay dlrive.

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By Les · " ilson Pigskin magic We chose the Moeller-Princeton game Friday night since the two students bodies are composed of some 70 per cent of the Valley area. And we weren't disappointed. In the first place, this scribber learned long ago to get there early when those two schools are playing the first game of the season. ·upon arrival at 7 p.m., an hour before gametime, we found the stands.already pretty well filled. The Moeller home side of the field was running over with fans standing three and foul' deep. Those standing didn't even think aiJout taking some Qf the open seats on the Princeton side of. the field. They might have been regraded as traitors.

Princeton had a good-sized crowd in the stands and. each and every one of them should have been beaming with pride when the great PHS marching band performed. It was great and you could tell these musicians and their leaders had spent plenty of the summer vacation getting ready. It was. a game decided on breaks and it seemed for a while both teams were trying to give the the game away. That's the way !t is on opening night when two great teams are playing each other. The butterflies flutter at the inner-linings of stomachs without respect for those whose ·bellies they irritate. Anxious new players are prone to "goof" occasionally as the competition becomes heated.

But all who saw the rugged defensive battle will witness the fact that both of these teams-the winning Crusaders and the losing Vikings-will have great seasons. Just a couple of years ago, football fans had a habit of gathering at Lichty's Tavern after the games. In four corners of that establishment were pennants of Lockland, Reading, Roger Bacon and Moeller. Fans from· each would fill the tables and enjoy replaying their games and looking into the future. That phase of opening night, 1973, was. a bust. We drove by there and no fans were in sight. We found a goodly number of Reading moms and pops and graduates at Halker-Fiege American Legion Post and Honerlaw's, The Moeller grads gathered at Eddie's in Reading to relive the 13-12 thrill. . .

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It was a typical ~ugged Princeton-Moel!er opening night grid battle Friday night at Sycamore Stadium. Defensive brilliance, memories of last year and finally, Barry Fischer, who put the foot back in football, enabled Moeller to squeeze out a 13-12 victory. Fischer set up the winfollowing the kickoff. Russ ning touchdown with five Williams ripped off 15 minutes left when he belted yards for a first down at the a boot from his own 38 (line 18. The Vikes needed four of scrimmage was the 50) to yards for another first down the half-yard line of the Vikings. Two plays later, , at the 12, but Preston Byars was met at the 10.by Tom Schneider pounced on Mark Lang and Steve a Princeton fumble on the McArthur to end the nine. threat. Powerful John Driscoll A series of fumbles hulled to the six and then followed, with a 26-yard the four in two lugs. Then run by Driscoll sandwiched quarterback Jay Hains, exin between. Fischer's punpected to run Driscoll again, ting also kept Moeller in faded just two steps and the battle during the gritty fired a strike to Driscoll in going. the end zone and ~1oe had Shortly after the final the lead for good. period started, Fischer sailPrior to that, the game ed a beautiful boot from the was a torrid struggle 41 and Princeton's deep between stingy defenses. man made the unwise deciMoeller's stop unit allowed sion to faircatch the ball at the Vikings just two .first the one yard line. He could downs in the first half, and have let it sail into the end Princeton's defenders gave zone, but instead, fumbled, . Moe just one in the second and Frank Richardson half. body-covered the ball at .Defense was responsible for all the points. With 5:19 the two. On the fi~st play, Moe to go in the first period, fumbled and Jesse Turnbow Moeller had shown inreclaimed that bobble for dications of romping before Princeton at his one ..... Viking Brian Davis recovered a fumble to end stripe. The Vike~ ~ ·· mid fP 1'.1..-i ~· •· "' one threat at the 24 and a penal~y st.;"l--l

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Preps Poised For Playoffs olic (9-o) vs. Montpelier (91) at Mansfield_ Stadium: . All state e<hamplonshlp games will be played Friday, November 23- the Class A· finals at 1:30 p.m. at Ohio Wesleyan CoJiege, .the Class AA finals at 7:30 p.m. at Massillon and the Class AAA finals at 7:30 p. m. ·at· Akron's Rubber Bowl. Ass1tant coaches Larry Holstein and Phil Belmont V.i, will be in command when R. Reading faces Ironton, just ti\

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Pairings for the other semifinal playOf~ games Friday night are: • Class AAA - Defending state champ Warren Western Reserve <10-0l vs. Bowling !;lreen (10-0l a.t the Rub~ 'f>er Bowlin Akron. . . 1 Class AA - Cleveland Benedictine (6-2-2) vs. Lima Central Catholic (7-2-1) at Massillon Stadium. Class A - Newark Cath-

defeated Taylor and Mason · N, to complete their· second w straight 10-0 seasop. .M "I don't think this will· $\ have· an adverse effect ori the team," Belmont said. •, 1 "They'll play harder beca. use they really respect the man. -They are concerned, but they know he w~uld want them to play their best.;, • Ironton completed a 10·0 season of its own Friday by edging Gallipolis, 14-7. Win- (' ner of Region Seven, Ironton was ranked fourth - ~ right behind Reading - In . last week's'Assoclated fress ' state poll. Youngstown Mooney, led , by halfback Ted Bell, earned the Region Three tl~le·· ' and the berth opposite 1_ Moeller · by handing 1 Youngstown ·chaney Its < first loss of the year,· 28-0, Saturday night. The·Cardi- ; nals' victory came only hours after Massillon, last week's leader in the Region Three Harbin Ratings, was upset by arch-rival canton McKinley, 21-0. Mooney will come to town with a 9-l record, the loss a 6o defeat at the hands of state f champ Western Reserve - • '"'decided by a 60-yard fumble (.

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Mooney was ranked < fourth •in the last AP pop, ( ' two spots behind Moeller. Little giant Fenwick, the 4 only Class A school in the Mid-Miami League but the MML champion this season, finished a 9-1 season Satur1 day by clobbe_rlng Ports' mouth Notre Dame, 33-0. ' Notre na.ine had been rank: ed fifth in the AP Class A state. poll, while Fenwick ·( was not In the top 10. . 1 In Ashtabula. St. John, the 1 , ·Falcons will be playing the 1 j team with the worst record 1r of the four Class A qualifiers. St.John Is 7-2. Ironton was second to SteubenvUle Catholic Cen- · tral and Ashtabula St. John was runnerup to McDonald In last week's regional Harbin .Ratings. -Mooney was third In Its region, trailing both Massillon and Walsh Jesuit. The three opponents 1 fot Cincinna.tl area schools · are the only playoff qua.llflers who weren't leading in the next-to-last computer- : !zed print-outs. Mooney ejjged Massillon by 5.5 points, finishing with · ,667 30 to the Tjgers' 661 80 · Iron ton's final total was 515.20 to 438.30 tor Steubenville Catholic. Ashtabula St.. ·John closed with 358.10 to 1 325.10 for McDonald. ,_ Reading finished with 551.60 points tq 529.20 for ; runnerup Dayton carroll, a ! close pursuer for the last ~ · ·month. Moeller's final mar, · gin over St. Xavier was a.l- ' ,most150 In· 8 750to69. \ Fenwick's final total was .r 402.40 to 375.30 for Covington.

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}';'class AAA-1. Moeller (292.41 ), 2. Day· ,fOn Stebbins (289), 3. St. Xavier (259.56), 4. ~fairborn Baker (259), 5. Roger Bacon (149.'68), 6. 'LaSalle (249.24), 7. Forest Park 1 %~~~,,>; c~s9?.a1ko. ~~~c:,/n?z~~zt Dayton ; Class AA-1. Reading (245.87), 2. DaY,Ion

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Here are the rankings of other area teams in South· western Ohio's t.hree regions: Class AAA-12: Elder ( 168.77), 16, Princeton (146.20),,22. Flnneytown (125.62), 23. Anderson ( 123.31 ), 24. Franklin ( 120.62), -25. Oxford Talawanda (107.31), 27. MI. Healthy (96), 29.•svcamore (89), 32. Middletown (78;54), 33. Wilmington (72.81 ), 34. Woodward (72), 37. Western Hills (68.81), 40. Hamilton Taft (58.50), 42, Lemon· Monroe (57.3J), 43. Milford (53), 45. Leb• non (48), 48. Hamilton Garfield (39.31), SO. Norwood· (37.31 ), 51. Walnut HIUs (35), 53. Withrow (34), 55. Lakota (25), 56. _Hughes (24), 57. Aiken (23), 58. Taft ( 17.50), 59. Glen Este (11), 61. Portsmouth (5.81), 62. Indian Hill (2), 64. Amelia (1). Class AA-16. Northwest (91 ); 18. Kings (86.31), 19. North College Hill (86), 20. Loveland (82.31), 22. aermont Northeastern (73.19), 24. Greenhills (67.90), 30. Little Miami (51.31), 31. Carlisle ·(47.31), 34, Bethel· Tale (44.38), 36. Blanchester (42.31), 37. Olnton Massie C41h 39.-Ross (37.31),45.

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.. · . l ·. ~ ·t } (,~7~:~~~~~~,_~~~~~x~4?tfti~;tfi\ft~~~,~~~~''W%:=-::r~:~0~~~~~(« ~~t'"fuS~f~S#~J ". · · ~ r ~ . t .. . .· ~~ somebody got ,;.hurt and - di\-~J!,d\n'flJ\t\%JlfW~t~J:'%-0i.d&Pb· ''&'Wi'<$'%lt-i\lf,~"~i&t.$)*ltt'J,iWt"i0JW • varsity jerseys had already ing position.' It could have participant is allowed to use ' · · p,, •. "•" ·•"· ,.,..~ "''"""' ' 'mhi' '"''*'It '1hil''~-~ ·• ~"''*~f~ · H e •wore It · · last•.game too ·the· game · ,,·.site · c«C{h*"14P«·~~t~A'*S':'??{bf 'Mt1Sttf¢f\t;t1~'4~ been· been Jay's before th e Enq,_ui'rer Sports Reporter "- ~ couldn't· play," he adds. •·"I ~:~/:~ xi;;;.:,~~~,,~:::::..~',""::;: ':.l::-~:~-:;: :=:: ~,\... tl-:....-,~~~~~:!r:~~ ''Y'W'«<#U ~~:..::-: ,~ "( given out. f th ,' ' ' .... . :... . - • ·dressed for five games, and I·; f't:'fl\A""'-5};\'\!:".>A·!:<:tJ~ wr<•·J''+~t'\t"t]>{Aii"5;H~i;~:~ ,untl the last game 0 e' .'but he wante~. M~rty to . pr.e-,F;an:e drills.: . - • Jim Thamann, makwore •a different number ·/ f'Y/,"i:\.;;;.~<'·<"~t''ili+¥Ji~. &¥.JAw~-f,,:,{4.@iili::·t•:Sx~·~ regular season, Moeller's 40- ·,start."· . · .. \ 1 •, •• -1 · 1·• ·:':'It was .a· • thnll for.· every", ·F'or ""1~·, · - ~4 ,.;.;:-;~,~,--w~~ ~"::':!;:.:.;,,-=-::-:-' ~::;::~ -:.~...,,",,"~~::: ';.:':-.:x:~,~"'-;.,-,:.;;:~ • , lf!g~;~!:.~,.)Vloell~r-footb~ll .. each.tnne.•I got 111 for one fF~<·<;Li?>/>{<ri.'-t.·" · ·ft;;~~;Li'~·J~~'j'{fh>~.:-~ O~mo~er_Purce!L . Mo~ller prepared. for .. i,ts ,player, on the team, but',! ~~~1!1. w.~.~ .it snap. But that, · .• play the whole season. :: .. M:':'"'k~- {{~·l'u\·.' · · · . ,;~~1:-.f:~,;,~;;:><A: . I notrced be fore the first game on artific!aJ.tu~f ~ ~sp~crally for the former 1 1 ioesn't mean it was easy. 't ·"I was /just standrng · ~~"" ·*,~.·\'li h"''"''~ ·game !ast week that. Jrm . . bY ;practicing at 'Riverfront spectator, Jun Thamann .. • ·! :Before,' he earned: a_treas- · around, but at least I was on · had a varsity .jersey," J•'aust . Stadium ·Tuesday.· The.!. .• "It sure 'is different ,than 1 llre-d "Moeller jersey' and, the field. That's better thalh ·, relates. "The only·;drffer-. .Crusaders will 'work· out.,., sitting in the· stands,'-' he.:.··, llltiinatelv,' the chance to sitting In the stands."· ence is the newer ones-have· there the next two day's; too,· sighed~- "It's hard· to, dew,.e'ar'~it'~into' battle 'against Last spring,F'aust advised · TV nml'!bers. .. _ ; ' · because neither playoff 1 scribe. It's just great." · 1 Votirigstov.ln Mooney 'in the :.~haniann, Moeller's catc}1~: "I asked him wtt_ere he got I . I . ,.:,., . -• : .. ~·· semifinals of the Class AAA er, to concentrate .on. baseit, ,and he told me ..Greg state;'playoffs at· Nippert ball during the summer."'" . Le~seman, one of our'junior, Stadium Friday night, Tha~ ;·. ','I. told him not to come -linebackers, traded' with maim ·saw-duty as a stude'nt · out for football 'this'·year," him. They both wear No. 89. manager; an injury substi-'' Faust admits .. "I, didn:t , ·..· .. '- . , ~ ., f . ' ~ute and.a spectator. .• tl~lnk he 'could make the.. } .~s~_cd Gr~~ •.why hc ..d_Hl' . . ·. · . . • . 1 ·football team; I ·thought it .. :t, ..h~~tadds,_.,a'!d ~~ s~I~I·;. 1\s latc.as,thetlurd.\lcek !Jf. would be a waste. of time.· This ,Is thcJ.semors !ast. the 1973 s.eason h~ expected , Since he was a good catcher,:, g_amc .. Three or f~ur ~h.Ings Ln_pay .. his way mtt) er~ry .I told him to stick with' . , II_kc tha~ happened Fnday MI.J.~I!~r~gamc, to ehccr.,m- . sulrimer baseball as late as. · mg~t. It~ reall~:,t~c story st.c~~ ~f .b~ t'hccred. "-~ had· he could." ' ..' . bchm?'tlus ~cam. :·.. • . re~!g_l,lCil.l!lffiSclf to herng a Thainann wasri't sure he . ' L', t- . II d. th . t . [ai'C 10 the rrowd . . . . , , r a us reca e . e. earn ~"'' "·•:•• · • . wanted to try f<?otball agam · Mass;· where each player .·But Friday night he'll be. anyway, so his ~oacl~ merely .• · t~gets to deliver a shorthorn!:. over·· the~ball every time helped hun decrde. . .' . ly once 'during the _season. Moe!Ier'punts, -attempts•a '.'I boughtt a. Mo-Town l<'riday_It was second-string, field' goal;·or kicks an extra· Sol!nd sr•~t II_ke all the sen 7 . • quarterback Marty Klotz poiii1J-: lil>erallv "the center wrs who slt ~ogether at the taking his turn.• /' of attention for the 10 or 12. 'football games,'' he'says. ;·I "He gave a ,great·little RlaY;'L.!-!J~.l \\;'ill __r,efle~L("li~~. wore '!t .to t~re_e ga.~es. ·I. ., , , . . . . spee<:h about how·it·was a team's success or failure in haven.t worn It smce. " . .• . · . . ·· "'.-Enquorer (ark Tre• 1•!> Photo · disappointment not to be tis first step toward a·· state' 'Thamann rJOmed· some · -~ . L' · · b. starting but· that he. was ~hampio,nship. • .: ' friendS'for a game of sand' - 'J'all.,. llfl,IC · •qol \happy. just to ·be a part of II "I do•aird I 'don't want to~ lot football a· few days after . . ' . • . . .' ' . , . . . .. ··•.. . . Moeller, the school and the :.,, . , J.1msm1es. .1 "I wan t .• Moeller st. Xavier for his specialty, a kick snap.~,. football teatn,. F'austsays .,"'Lr-·ln, . .defeated . . ... ''· ( Moeller.s.Jnn . .Thamannr ~ .. eadi~s ~-~ to play, but I don't want· us 8-7, and_ wrthout knowrng •t . . .. ~ ., • · • \. . . . "Afterwards I .went up to have to punt. r just ·want p~actrc~d for.another tryo~t. ·~ eve_n_lmnself; beat ~he elock ·"'didn't e,·en knnw if 1 was in Jay Rains, ·our starting ¥.s to kick plenty of extra ~Ith the Moeller vars1ty ~he consistently that.flrs~day ... ·. the right world;" · , . quarterback. I guess he Jioint's:";~~";·· .' ·::: ·. , verynext.day.-, .·. '·. . . . . ··.'After·about,I5'snaps':"· ·~· ".-. } . . knew'what I was going to "I· sa~ .. him- in the hall," ' .lim_ rei a tes happilY. ·~l\1 r. · ' Thamann . characterrstl-' ·say because he stopped· me • Tha;na.nn tried out as the· 1 JSicking team's center .last ..,.I<'aU:<;t .r~calls, "an~ I asked .. Faust said, '(;() l(et a .uni~ ' • cally was assigned ~-.JUI1lOr ·. and said,''You don~t have to ~JLS._Qn...,,t~-~t couldn't~~;t[sfy • .,~im! 'Hey: ~ou sr~ap ~h;, ball.~ ft!~_m ..5ou're on_ th~~ tcan~.' I. var.sity jersey because all . ~sk me. Give him the startcoach Gerry I<'aust. . . .tny better. this• year. 1 He 1 ~ • _ ~\ • t ---. ~·c•··· · ~ - · · , sard, -·Yesslr!: I said, 'Come · .#'1 told hint we'd kcc(l liim -:-out this afternoon and we'll ·lw rould snap the ball;" let you try_ a few.' ., aust explain>. "Rtil he was "The kid.who was doirig it · st too .~mall, about 5·fecl i wasn't doing a .bad job," nd a 140 pounds. 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' .•·:couple 'cf 'we·e~s \ago_. :'pre;,. . "\:Ve·::were/1' makin1g •mi.::· <} ~: ?.:r~'P!9ii.l ;9~;Mo~!l~r·s ~rus.-.. ball was .. I don't think' we j ' 1 ·f•SUI}lab!y t9 ~e.crUlt:~lmfOII' takes'jbefore~·..1Jhe ~gram€," ·. , ; ·,>t.ratlor:.•tW~_;;· v~.e !Hl<;l .two, ,hacl eill·ht"fnmb!es''nllsea··"":.. :~r\-.Squt,h~lmi,,Call~Qrnlia Vfoot-1!;~ f~·!J:/t, 1w~ed,. {We, c:tdln't, · •• R .. ·~ plavs: ·~f.,.the.: flr~t..• ha!L 'snu, arid. we lu))t tlU'ee to:·::: . . :.·t>.~~!l~~o:ac}:;~9l).n ¥c~ay.:r• .. :;:r.Yfl:' 1do_:~h)n~;H1ghti.n 0\-U'..')' \ • Mooney. attelllpLe~ ·:a 4.~- ui~ht.". ,: . :. .;:; , I 1 ~ ... ,.BuL . t11e ~Na•tion~I Foot- • w.ar.·mup c:,rills., We h~v·21:) :t .~·-~· ~~. · ... i · . • • • yard .field; g?a~' ":'lth :s1x • · : • ~ , , ·.... • .~ .k I ball Le>ague·s ,leadling rush- p1_ayed a .IJ'~d ·,~am.e. si.nce · Nn\'ember n; 1!17:1~· ·,. ,JJ seconds .to gQ, and_ 1t sa1!ed , .. Mo1c.ney 1~ow g>etL;;. a ~oc-.r~ , 1 '€1'_ migJ.:lt l1aye been asl~ing . c:1·2 of cur. ~:cr~mmage:s.i_:.. _. · . ··, . :•, :.:~ .:..,_.,.,.,..~, we~~IY:. far· ·left: 'Moeller, o~ci ~:net· :J.u d':fendang· tl'1-.,~ .. · ~ . '·: for.' a.:few · tips, 1 too. Ted You're bound to have these. . · ~ " ~ ~~· ~:')!'1;.~~\1.-,, wa:-;~ ~all~d' for 1a personal P:e·A st.t'l,le · cha.mp ·W.a~relt11}" 1 • ._, • 1 1' Bel,l·'~"~ Rfter · aal s h owe <1 j-~•ll . jU<.t hope. t.h•ry dciTJ't · · .· . foul, .however, and the. 15- \\estern " RE:3e.t ve ln, tih.e ~ .l r M;elier's t;:prou'd doefensi.ve . cc.i)Je a;~ suc-h an i~p'crtill1ih. As' tl}ey st?od and·Wll!ted I yata 'p e'n a 1 t y ;enabled ~b!ite ·finil.ls <l·l AR•ron· F'li-:~~. • · · ~tinl!•t a I thing or two Friday' t!m2.'' . ·; , ~ : • •' ~"tor t~e · b,1ll t.o cod~e qo'~~n, '.. ·MCCiu1 ~;to kiclr suc·ce.~.~rui-; •d•a•y '.~'lglht. ,· Th-e R R~d1er~~(~ • ·.; :,rnight .• ,l . . • • : ·· · th • • ... • · • •. . . • Fa 11 1 n ), steppe ,be.tween ly from~:ll 'yfl,ds out.' ,. · · ·. WOti c1 n:gtu.ar-s.eascn meP.t- --~~ . } 1 I'.· . , .... , :,· ·. •..., .. • ,.,. ....... •.Mm;I!£:E".'tooi{,tllc.lr..~,~ on,. them fm~ tll~JIICCPtl~nf ~~ ~: ;: ,.''. ·~· ... ·~ ing,· e:u . . ~· . · · · · .'J·~· ·: • ' .Rumblmg. fc·r, 1.85· Y?·rds:" a fi:l-3'aul. tuuchaown run R 29-yard ~ain •for· a 'first . Mv .. n~'Y\~:ld;_r~, f!l Pvl~-IS • _,.; • · .. :··.: · ·' · . ~~.: . .,.·ln , 33. cannes ·.en offense liy'·' Gary-· .ncNeal· with10 36 d·own. Blll McClure eveiltu-• 111 the~- ...-·::ccnrd • )~1al]f ., as.· \ .'1'h·a,t· was one .of the big:;: . • • and ·maki!~Jg a.· pa~r of key seconds •left hi thc:first.pe- "ally kicked; a, 24-yard' field Mc·en~:- ;tw2.~.t. tq ~ 1?3.ES-<a- incentiyes: w2 u:.ed• to _ge~:~· .' .. · pla~s· en de~1ense,_ the sen- ri<!d. The mistakes. started ,-goaL ~': ·.·.. · 1 ! ~ _ ~~-: ... ··:,, · · dow~ c.ff~.n,,~ ~~at falled. to· our 'kid', ... ready·. fc,r. t.his,·j ·, I ' EJa:lonal: s.emor tall back-de- c:oming after ~that,· though ,:"It ·'f' wa~s ''just 'ba~ ~de- I mak,. up ·!Cd g~CU::J•d. Re'll . g·1m::!,"· Bur.r·l I'Tl'Hled. ;·~vc. :.: I ··fensive• ,-back -led 'Youngs- and Moeller •never.~recov~ !' 'f€ms:e'•; Fa;.5t .iid '"'rnev · >':'Wie.d t.wcJ 'of. t:.;, TD.s, Lhe 1. think. we can':'w:.n >Lhe ,re~i . l 1 ':;,::.town' Carddn.al ·:Mooney to'a. 'ercd.-.. ,. ·...:;. ·~ ~.,- .~;.. . .: ~ .. to.ok' '\heir<· e;~s; oft . the la..;.t"~IP~ ~he ,iM~CEIP•ti'C'D: of~ ' matcih:" • !i I ! ·:· ' ···.§' ·,· 1 ' t. stagg-ermg 34-7 !rout. of tlie '·rh'e: Or,us~,d~rs' had ~00 <-;;·ball;, ' ,. 1: ,';: ::t' .. : ·.one' . :,the' '11eiSpielr~~on' MOON!Y ·, . ' '·o' lJ·-~ .~-3 i;:.~ . I 1 · ·p~ravioU,Iy~undefeated Cru- ,..~ ··~~ ··~4 ·~~"".'ht· · ... pa.c::~eL5:.-·' ·•· t , • • ,' • • ~ •· .. ~ - - •~.., . ,: d- -·-: th 'f' I - f-. ne;y don a th-ird-•and-2fi ,.,le '·Moeller ·lastiits,first fum~'f,:'J.'·'I ·had· ..~ J!~'tE!ng, title,; MOELLER • ,., . 7 .o o o- '·•~: , 1 ·'·Sa ers lTI e Sel!ll Jn•;l S 0 • tl th . C ·d. I , 30 · 1 " , .,. . •I• ~. · " J • MOELLER-McNeal, 73 run (Moorm•n.·· 7 ~ the Class.AAA··state foot ,a)' e ar mas, ·eary., 1ble thrce\pl·ays later,;and:~m:gnt~'b-2 toot's~r:r:•ngJfcr kickl. . • ...... 't'-~~ •. b a11 .jJ I·ayo r'· fs bef ore an' estl.- •. tin. tll:e :;.e:~'11Ci: quart.::·. but ·Mooney,:,.·. took the lead' in ;tis"· Mc•onev 'coaah D:;m, '·~0000NNEEYY:FBG.I'1241 1. k..IC•').- "··· M 111 ' d A d i .. ,•. ' • f ' - ' e . McCI(uMre-' run ... u" ..... mate· d 6900 fans; Fr·iday "'o • oe• · e·r e"en. ·e•rs n:' o- four pl-ays •....: three 'or·' Bucci .~::emitted with -loi~J!i-e.-1.'~· .•• MOONEY-FG, 31 McClure · :· ·•:.t ' ~· -··•)]a)'"'dt a ·wcbbly fl•"ioi~I"'IO' th ·1 b B II t t , . d' · MOONEY-M•rtmo, 36 oass frcm lock·". 1 1 1 0 1 \niighta-tNippertStladiUm· ·'; •• • -~-•·o" em,rus1es Y e oa''.lr.memen Ida.g,:.:rv.,t.,,haw(Bellrun)·,• ,. --·-·>: .· · . • I' . ·, 1·; P:~ £ s· fr1~m: qua:·t-e.~bE.•:::k ing 31\yards. --,.:-, • , • "jcb"gE>ttir.O' Ctf th,~;bal!:r '•,.· MOONEY-Bell, 3 r~n (Mcclur•,k•cq .~·~ • • ~ · · · . • - ·• ~a\'"t-L'"C'"<h""' .. ~ Toln Fa' · · . "'· .. , . . ·~. 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Moeller's c-rusaders, tlie state's second-ranked ·Class AAA a' crucial Catholic League contest 'last night when .,. they defeated LaSallfi's Lancers, 11-7, before a capacitY Par:;' ~~t's Night crowd at the Oak B:ills field. · After a scoreless first quar. ,· __ ~er in which Moeller did what SCOIING SUMMARY · · -11- 1t does best, run the ball and Moeller........... 0 3 8 0-11 · · . eontrol the clock, the action LaSalle ••••• ;.... o 7 o 0-7 Moeller touchdown-Driscoll. -.- picked up in the second period Fleldgoai-Mocirman (16 yards). PAT.... , _with Moeller moving the ball Parker (run). ~: team, won

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seconds to preserve a slim four-point Lancer lead at the half. 1 • · LaS~lle held the ball the first five minutes of the third LaSalle quarter but .Moeller denied the Lancers a score. The Crusaders' runnin_g attack down to the Lancer six-yard found the Lancers defense line. vulnerable as John Driscoll, Here they failed to convert Gary McNeil and Andre Parka third down play, so the er made holes that led to- the . Crusaders settled for a Tim Lancer one-yard line~ . Moorman field goal from the Driseollleaped into the· end six-yard line with 9:21 left on. zone for the touchdown with the clock. 12 seconds left· and Andre LaSalle started its second Parker ran for two extra possession of the quarter on points on a second try made their 36-yard line and after possible by a La Salle inter~vo unsucces~ful pla~s they - fel'ence penalty,' ~ere: fa~ w1th a third and Moeller's ground game SIX Situation. gave the Crusaders complete Tim Rueve fired across the control of the last period as ' middle to Mike Schneider 'Yho LaSalle had the ball less than rambled 59 yards for the f1rst five minutes of the quarter. touchdown.'of the game with Superb play by Gary 4:05 lef~ m the. half. Da_ve ·McNeil who gained 113 yards Arand k1cked the extra_ pomt on the ground and Jay Rains to m~e the score 7-3 m La- who passed for 65 yards on Salle s favor. five completions helped the A Moeller field goal at- Crusaders amass their 205 tempt fell short in the waning total yardage.

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The MILLCREEK VALLEY NEWS Lockland, 9.!:~ Page Eight-Section A Thursday, November 1~

More or Les What will happen statewide? With Moeller and Reading both leading the Harbin ratings for state playoff berths, many _'fans ?ave ?ee!l calling to find out' when and where they w1ll be m actwn tfthey hold to their lofty positions. Reading playoff game After winning Massillon the

is in Class AA competition. Their first state will be held at La.ncaster on ~ovem~er 16. there, the Blue Devds would be m the fmals at Friday after Thanksgiving Day. . .

Moeller in Class AAA, gets a better break m the first playoff gam~. The Crusaders will be at Nippert Stadium on the UC campus for their first playoff tilt. A win there would take them to Akron for the championships in the Rubber Bowl there. By the way if either get to Massillon or Akron, fans should dress fo~ lousy, cold and bleak wefither .. We still haven't received from that trip to Akron wtth Prmceton a y~ar ago. Difference is Akron U. now has astro-turf, so the playing conditions will not be lousy like last season when the Vikings needed water wings and skis. By the way, the Moeller-LaSalle game is the key to the whole ball of wax. Last week, Moeller led the triple-A ratings with Dayton Stebbins second, St. X third, Fairborn Baker fourth, Ro~er Bacon fifth and LaSalle sixth.

Stebbms played a tie, while Fairborn Baker and Bacon both suffered defeats. That leaves Moeller, Stebbins, St. X and LaSalle very much in the picture and should LaSalle upset Moeller, the result would m~ke it very close.

Showdown struggle Fri. nite Moeller's Crusaders stopped Elder's running game cold Friday night before coming from behind to conquer the Pant~ers 1~7 in the western hills p1t and extend their perfect record to 8-0. At the sa~e time, LaSalle's Lancers scored a first-half TD and had to hold off Roger Bacon's potent Spartans for a 7-0 victory. That leaves the Lancers and Moeller pitted agairist each other at Oak Hills High this Friday in a GCL showdown. Bacon hosts St. Xavier Friday and after those two key GCL battles are over, the championship picture could be heavily clouded, or perhaps settled if Moeller whips LaSalle. A combination of a Moeller defeat and St. X victory wou,ld leave Moe, St. X and LaSalle deadlocked for the lead. Panthers bottled

Moeller's classy defense cut off any semblance of a rushing offense on the part of Elder Friday and the Panthers couldn't generate enough through Âˇthe air to forestall a 17-7 Moe victory at the Panther Pit. Elder took an early lead when a Jay Rains to Andre Parker pass was completed but the ball popped into the air when Parker was tackled. Joe Hefferman grabbed the ball and raced to the four and Ken Brown went over from there for a 7-0 Elder lead. Moe had a chance Âˇlater in the first period but after an 11-yard gain, Parker hohhiPrl s>us>in

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'i.nal canto. . . By this time, Elder's >ffense was through. The A!ams traded punts twice Jefore. Moeller marched 60 rards for the TD which ced the decision. McNeal 1tayed it with runs of six lnd three • and John )fiscoll picked up five, ~hen exploded up the midile for 21 yards. Driscofl got four more md then McNeal waltzed nound left end for 20 yards ~o set up the TD scored by Driscoll on two thrusts at ~he line. Moorman ended ~he scoring at 17-7. · Just as against St. X, Moeller completely iominated the statistics t>ut had trouble getting :>oints. on the board. Moe ~ad an '18-3 bulge in first iowns and ground out 220 rards rushing while the nif;y defense threw Elder for a ~ollective seven-yard loss. Net gain was Moe 272, ~lder 55." McNeal lugged l8 times for 100 yards. Driscoll picked up 56, Givens 35, Parker 18 · and Marty Klotz carried once ~or 9 yards. Besides the ground ~ainers, offensive stars .vere Harry Woebkenberg, Greg Storer, Ward Williams. Mark Heidel, Ken LaRose, Mike :lchwarber and Carl Brinker. Defensive stalwarts were :lteve McArthur (a great ~arne). John Montag, Tom Rohlfs. Barry Fischer. Ron Pangman, Dennis Engel. Mark Lang, Joe Ertel. Jay :::ase. Tim Lynsky and Jeff :::urry. LaSalle 7 -o·

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NORTH COU.EGE- HTI..L q~tle'I"bruck Leon MU["ray and riroeiJer lineback'€!: Mrurk Lang h.a.ve belelll chosen 'Th~ Enquirer's ·high SChDOl foO:hbaill btarck and line.l'lll3.1ll Of the week, respectively. for their play last weeki:md, Murray; rdurning fro~ ,arri.im.k;l,e• injurj, leo_ the 'Ilrojans t:J a-· 4;2-26 ups·et ·.victory over Wyoming ttlhllit !EJJresented tl11·e most poNlts eiVffi" :alLowed by a· Wyommg 1.el2llll. ms contribution includ-ed a 99-y;aro kJi.ckoff ret11-:-n fo< a touchdo~. a 57-YJ!llrd punt return for a TD, a IG-Y>lliDdl _,CO-ring ;run from. scramma,ge·, a-44-ya.rd UotUCtl:down paLSS 'and 6-for-6 iu tl:e .'f:l\.ilrn polint ldcki;ng cfiepall'!tmenit. La'11g, a 6-foot 200-pouJJd sen1ior, led a Moellet def.en.se tbialt ccmpltte:Iy stifled pre'Viously U'l11belaiD€ln Rog.e~r Bacon illl a ·14-0 win. ·Lang .was e:ilediiteld with_12 a$iisted bafclclies oo.d a one soJo as MoeUer s:hUit off. ,BacOill wM:ifi two fu:slt downs and turned bac:k the ._Spartans f,rom ins}de the· 20 twice. Otlh1er back nominees· inclded ·Pet-e Patterson cf For€6t Park,. ·Joh111. Schetidt of 'West:Jern itli•Is:, .John. ,Compton of Northwest, Mark Davis of .Greenhills, Bill Keefer of Indian Hill, .rim Jordan of Mariemont, Harry Tume;r of W1.throw .a'llld ~tlarrl Wellbrock ·<lf LaS'alle' · un:em;~:n candidla•bes · WJEire Bob Ehrenschwender ot North ColLege Hill, steve Cooper of Mariemont, Eddii:e, Beamon of Withrow and ~:11{e Trainor of ForeSt Park~ ·

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for 1973 Moeller's Crusaders concluded a perfect 10-0 ' regular season Friday night by manhandling Purcell's Cavaliers 40-0 to capture • the Greater Cincinnati j League championship and i earn a berth in the Ohio L • State Football Championship Pla):'offs. · St. Xavier, Moe's nearest competitor for a berth in the playoffs and \ .still alive for a shot at a share· of the GCL crown, was Victim of an upset, bowing to Elder's Panthers, 20-12 Friday.

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With so much at stake, Moeller lost no time in stacking away Purcell. The Crusaders had a .14-0 first period lead, built a 27-0 halftime bulge and added to it in the second half as they pleased. Andre Parker notched three touchdowns to lead • the offensive show. Joe Dunphy. Cliff Harris; -and Jeff Curry each had a ~ix pointer. Tim Moorman and Kevin Huiett each booted . two extra points. Moeller piled. up 400 yards for the night, covermg 198 on the. ground and adding 202 through the air. Jay Rains completed three of nine pass attempts for 73 yards and one TD, Marty Klotz made good four of six flings for 118 yards and another score and Pat Fehring completed his only attempt for 11 yards. Frank Richardson led the rushing pickup with 69 yards, with Gery McNeal next with 38. Eric Jackson added 31 yards, •Parker 28 and John ·Driscoll, Curry and'. Givens shared the rest. Clearing the path for the Crusader leather-luggers were Bob Uecker, Mike Schwarber, Harris, Dunphy-' Ward Williams, , Mark Heidel, Jeff Kyne, ,. Carl Brinker and Bob , Schmidt. 1 Defensive brilliance, .~ leading to another shutout,. J w~s exhibited by_Jay Case, Joe Ertel, Mark Lang, Tom Rohlfs, Rick Rohlfs, Ron .·Fangman, Denny Engel, · . Barry Fischer, John Montag, John Dillon, Steve '· Hoc-kzeina, Steve MacArthur, Curry and John Hatfield. The defense gave Purcell just 50 yards rushing and the Cavaliers added 108 via the airlanes, completing 9 of 21 passes, most of them by Brian McKeown. Tom Roebel- was one of the tougher ·Cavs to handle. In the pass receiving department, Duffy speared one for a 78-yard TD and Harris caught a 14-yard payoff pitch. Williams caught two for 75 yards, ~Givens two for 22, Driscoll 1 ~l)r 17'and Parker, or~0

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Ohio berth Moeller's Crusaders used ball-possesion to come from behind -and edge LaSalle's Lancers 11-7 Friday night. The victory upped mighty Moe's record to 9-0' for the season and left them perched atop both the GCL and the Harbin rating which led to the Ohio Class AAA championships. · • The state playoffs berth will go down to the final night. Moeller tangl(ls with Purcell at Sycamore High Stadium and St. X, a surprisingly easy 28-0 victor over Roger Bacon are the two top contenders and the· Bombers close out against Elder Friday. . . Moeller is 9-0 and St. X 8-1, the latter having lost just once, that setback 8-7 at the hands of Moeller . . Fridays tilts here, plus the Upper-Arlington vs. Newark and the Woodward-LaSalle games ' will determine which shall get a playoffs spot. Moe rallies

After enjoying a brief 3-0 lead on Tim Morrmlm's 22 yard field goal, Moeller fell · behind when LaSalle took a 7-3 lead, then rebounded in the third period to score the game-winning TD in an 11-7 thriller at Oak Hills High. Coach. Gerry Fausts 's Crusaders used ballpossession to get the job done. They had the pigskin on 68 plays, compared to just 38 for the Lancers. And Moe outgained LaSalle 286 yards to 163, grinding out a · 19-7 superiority. in first downs. Moeller had lost the ball after a beautiful drive in the eai-ly going when they needed three yards for a first down inside the 10 and got just two yards. Shortly after, though, the Crusaders got close again and this tini.e, Moorman booted a 22 yard field goal ·· for a 3-0 lead. After the ensuing kickoff; LaSalle had a third-and-five situation at its own 41. Mike Schneider took a short pass from QB Tim Rueve and rambled 59 yards to score. That put LaSalle on top 7-3. In the second period, Moeller drove to the enemy 20 but the drive stalled and with 1:30 left in the half, Moe took over and marched- 55 yards in.40 seconds before a· 16 yard field goal , try misse·d. . After stopping a LaSalle move at the 33, Moeller took over and generated the winning . march. John Driscoll and Gary McNeal were the sparkplugs, cov~r ing 7-to-9 yard chunks of yardage on the 67 yard TD trip, with Andre Parker adding short gains. Driscoll got two after a first down at the four and then sailed into paydirt from there. McNeal ran for two extra points to wind up the scoring at 11-7. Moeller later put together a 68 yard march to the LaSalle three where a .15 yard penalty bogged the opportunity: After LaSalle took over, Steve McArthur picked off a LaSalle pass · and the Crusaders ran out the clock. MeN eal was the workhorse,· carrying 26 times for 114 yards. Driscoll lugged for 60, Parker 34 and Jim Givens seven. Jay Rains completed -5 of 11 passes and Ward Williams speared all five for 69 yards. Defensive stalwarts were McArthur, John Montag, Jeff Curry. Bary Fischer, Dennis Engel, Ron Fangman. Tom Rohlfs, Mark Lang, Joe Ertel and" Jay Case. Offensive pathclearers were Mark Heidel, Ken LaRose, Mike Schwarber, -Bob· Uecker. Greg Storer, Joe Dunphy, Cliff Harris. Tim Heitz-· man, Williams and the backs all did a- great job. Kevin Huiett handled the kickoff chores because Moorman is a soccer-style hooter and the rain-slick turt hurt his game. Kevin ay~raged 44 yards on his

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By Les Wilson In Ohio, there are 268 Class AAA high . ·schools playing football. Moeller's Crusaders will go down in history as. one of the best four among the 268! Les All hopes of being THE best were dashed · Friday night, not entirely by the A strange thing hapened Friday night and Saturday in Youngstown Mooney Carour Valley. Our men of action, Reading's Blue Devils and dinals, but by Moe's misMoeller's Crusaders had both been eliminated from Ohio. take plagued night at State Football Championship Playoffs Friday.. Nippert Stadium, the Usually, when ertswhile undefeated teams are finally team's first. on UC's new beaten, sadness prevails and words of criticism come flowing astra carpet~ The Redbirds from fans who sometimes self-appoint themselves as coaches. walked off with a 34-7 vicPllryers. ~re the. tar~t. to rid!cule for mistakes 'made. ' tory. But m Readmg Fnday mght and Saturday, this writer Actually, the· Cardinals lea~ed a lesson. He found that fans have pride, they aparen't that much better. preciate classy play and they are human. · Co a c h. G e r .r y F au s t' s . First, we returned from coveriJ:?.g the Moeller game .. So Regional Champions were did about a dozen Moeller fans with whom we gathered to very much in the thick of · the battle until Youngstown share our grief. ' But there was no hardened grief. Regretfulness ·yes but scored a TD 59 seconds , these fans were still high in their praise of the c.:Usaders. before the last .period They might easily have had unkind words for Gary started after recovering q McNeal who fumbled twice to give Youngstown Cardinal fumble. Mooney scoring opportunities. But they didn't. · Six fumbles, three of "Did· you see that McNeal kid shift into second gear on that them pounced on by the run?" This was the thinking. Moeller's fans were thinking of UPstaters, led to the GO<?D things Gary did, instead of the bad. They pointed Youngstown getting a 19-7 out too, that he had made a first down before the Cards lead, forcing the Crusaders _jarred the ball loose. to gamble. Gamblers they They also pointed out that Ward,Williams had made a aren't ... losing four ~imes gre?t catch of a 44-yard pass from Jay Rains before he as the invaders piled up fumbled-or at least; before one ref said he did (the other points in the final quarter. had called it a dead ball but reversed himself). · True enough, the state's They were ple_ased with the play of Tom and Rick the finest halfback, Ted Bell, sons of Reading businessman Tom Rohlfs and his mi~sus. dazzled the 7,000 or so The entire conversation was about good things the frigid fans with his Crusaders did and with a- few "if that hadn't happened" beautiful running style wishes throw in. . , which included hipwork . An hour passed into two and in came a group of fans back alike a go-.go gal, twisting, from Lancaster after watching Reading's Blue Devils lose squirming, spinning and by a touchdown for the second straight year. bouncing off tacklers for ' They could easily have second-guessed Randy extra yarda!;'e, but that still.· Christophel on his fourth down run which just fell short. wouldn't have beaten the But they didn't. , Crusaders had it not been "With just a break, he'd have gone for a touchdown," was for the costly miscues. the feeling of most. The conversation took a trend toward the History will record that great football the 'Devils had played all year and how Randy the Crusaders. gave it a Christophel had been a carbon copy of his dad, Bob, who valiant try. Defenders like. m~stered the game for Reading High 26 years ago. (You see, Jay Case, Denny Engel, Rick we ve all got some years on us). Rohlfs, -Toni Rohlfs,. and Instead of bellyaching about the _7 ~0 loss, Reading's fans Bob Kolkmeyer stuck their talked of where . the seniors might go on football ·hoses into the bellies of the scholarships. They spoke more often of Coach Jerry Cards all night. You Daugherty and his health battle. couldn't have asked for ' They mentioned that Jerry must feel worse than anybody better work from that about the loss. But this writer will bet that the great coach group. Gary McNeal gave Moe's was sharing our thoughts of pride in this dedicated group of athletes he has brought from adolescense into manhood. fans their only cause for We left these fine fans and dropped by Reading Legion happiness all night when clubroom where more fans of both schools always gather for he broke into the clear Up I ,,pos_t;gf!me replays, , • ,·.. :;_.,-;-k· .the middle, angled to the. There was no post·mortem ..They weren't ready to bury the "left sideline and "'outrun "' greatness of the Blue Devils. These good people were smiling . Youngstown's defenders 73 instead of shedding tears.' They were proud anil spoke ·l•yards'iri.t'o'glocy laiid:'Tim glowingly of that stout defense! · Moorman was perfect 'on And they were right. After all, Moeller is one of the top his only conversion try and four football schools in a field of268 Class AAA teams'and Mpeller enjoyed a 7-0 lead the Blue Devils are one of the top four in a field of 269 Class with 39ticks left in the first AA entries. · · . · · · · quarter. Brother, that ain't bad!! . Turning point qur ~holehe~rte.d apl?reciation goes to Hod Blaney, the The second chapter Umvers1ty of Cmcmnati Sports Information Director and signalled the end. Moeller his assistant Howie News tate, a Woodward High grad who only had the ball four plays also races trotters and pacers, and is frequently the target during that time and two of · the four tries ended in of boos while umpiring baseball locally. . Their press box operation is first class all the way, This is fumbles l e ad in g to the second y~ar of the playoffs. Last year we covered games Youngstown scores. at Ohio State and Akron U. The Cards mounted a 16 Hod and Howie provide needed materials much more play drive which'ate up 5 1h quickly than at Ohio State and they make you feel more at minutes with· Bell, naturalhome. Akron simply doesn't compare. They have a poor ly, the workhorse, covering press box and a poor operation, with the working press 37 yards. Still, Moe's 1 squeezed due to Akron home fans being given seats in the defense, with key stops by small, inadequate facility. Case and Steve McArthur, Thanks gentlemen. . halted them at. the six and Bill McClure's 24-yard field We enjoyed sitting beside Dick Bray, former official and sportscaster here. Dick is still right in there and spent a -goal shaved Moeller's lead great deal of time teaching a young reporter coverage to 7-3. Two plays after the techniques ... and talking about the old days. · ~hil ~amp and Bill Brown were in the adjoining seats, kickoff, McNeal fumbled takmg m what they termed a great game which is a comand Mooney had the pliment after their day-in, day-out work among the pro pigskin at the Moeller 36. . In four plays, Bell covered football teams. - Moeller and Youngstown both have wonderful bands. The 31 of the 36 yards and Cardinal Mooney band released a bird at the end of their pre· zoomed in for_~ 7 game show. The team's nickname is Cardinals, but this·. Yo~ng~town lea~l. . appeared to be a homing pigeon said observers. He probably got back to Youngstown before the happy team and fims. · There could have been a pizza battle Friday. Ken LaRose . played for Moeller and Ron Pasquale was a Youngstown starter. · · • Yes, despite the two setbacks, it was a rewarding weekend. To all those coi:mected with Moeller and Reading we assure you that the Valley is proud of you. ' your accomplishments have gone into the record books, never to be erased. This writer often scribbles accomplishments of your dads in the 25 Years Ago column on our editorial page. · . We will remind fans often of YOUR accomplishments and only hope we'll'be around in 25 years to remind your sons of the days when their dads made history for "The Valley of Champions." . · .·

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Uh the second play after he ensuing kickoff, Jay ~ains hit Ward Williams vith a beautiful 44-yard >ass.· After he was tackled, Nard let the . ball squirm ree. One official called the >lay dead and stood firmly 1t the spot where he had Jeen downed. ·

But after another official ndicated the Cardinals·had ·ecovered, the first official's 'irmness left him. He meeky left his ball-spot stance md went along with his eammate official.

With six seconds left Jefore halftime, McClure ;ried a 45-yard field goal. It !Vas short and to the left. i3ut down went a flag and l5 yards were walked off, ;aking Mooney to Moeller's l4. This time, with one tick .eft, McClure's field goal Joot sailed 31 yards for a l3-7 halftime lead. Early in the third stanza, \tcArthur smothered a "oungstown fumble at the enemy 36 and Moeller had a ~ood shot to go ahead. But a fired-up Cardinal defense ~llowed just four yards on· three plays and when Rains tried to pass ··on fo.urth ilown., he was sacked at the.

12. . Youngstown drove to the Moeller five and seemed rreaded in. But Barry Fischer pounced on a fumble at the four to stop that threat. Six plays later, McNeal fumbled again and 'rom the 35, the Redbirds .1eeded four plays, QB D'ave Lockshaw heaving a 36 yard 'TD pass to Hob Sammertino to up the count to 21-7 after Bell ran two extra points with 39 o~n~~rlo

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In the last quarter, ·Moeller had to take chances in order to get back in the game. With 8:47. left, QB Marty Klotz tried a pass on fourth down with 17 yards needed at Youngstown's 47 and was sacked at his own 48. The Cards fumbled and Jay Case recovered ·at his 44 ·with 7:47 to go, but again a fourth down pass was incom.plete and Mooney took over at the 49 and went on to score for a 27-7lead left with 1:40 left. It was all over then. Moe didn't give up. They tried to get on the boards again. ·But that super-star named Bell plucked off a Moeller pass at the Youngstown 16 and capped a brilliant performance by zig-zagging 84 yards for a 34-7 final as time was running out. Moeller's demise goes back' to that second period when. two fumbles and a personal ·foul penalty cost them 10 points. Otherwise, the ending of a sad story might have been differeni.

Fandom in Mo-town was understandably disappointed. But these fans and the Mighty Moe Crusaders should hold their heads high with pride. Mter all, when you're among the top four from a field of 268 teams in a solid football state, you're something special. A 10-1 record would make any coach happy with his1 ball club. Coach Faust is happy. It's just that Gerry, his outstanding coaching staff and the Crusaders would have been hgnnit~~,.

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