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The Greater Cincinnati League Elder • LaSalle • McNicholas • Moeller • Newport Catholic • Purcell • Roger Bacon • St. Xavier

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As was to be expected, the staff uf GCL SPORTS PARADE has selected Gerry Faust's Moeller Crusaders as the likely favorite in this year's race for the GCL pigskin crown.

Moeller received seven of the eight first place votes cast, and was named second on the one remaining ballot.

The Crusaders are strong at nearly every position with quarterback and AU-City hopeful Mark Daniel leading the attack. Halfbacks Dan Molina a::1d Bob Malarkey team with fullback Randy Keith to give Moeller the most potent running attack in the league.

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places in the lineup was fairly close.

Roger Bacon, though no~ expected to be as strong as in recent years, was picked to cop the league's runner-up honors.

Purcell, defending champ St. Xavier, Elder and Newport Catholic, receiver of the one other first-place pick, follow closely behind in that order.

LaSalle and McNicholas, though vastly improved in '69, are slated to pull up the rear.

The vote tally, with eight points awarded for a first-plat:e vote, seven for second, etc.: 0 0 0 0 0 0 63

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Moeller Pre-Season GCL Favorite .. By DEN:NY ·DltESSMAN

that went 6-2-2 overall and tied Elder fo.r thJrd place in the GCL last seuon.

WhY thtm does he try to avoid all this talk about being the league favorite thiS season? · "It's pretty tough . to· go alii the way in thiS league," sald Faust. "Flve teams have a shot at it this year and there are never any pushovers. Even with ·a good riesses?" team it takes a lot of luck to ' Faust began seriously. Win the GCL." ·"Well, let's see, our weakFaust emphasizes luck in 'nesses are. . ." He paused his little spiel, probably be,a. moment. "I'm trying to cause he ~asn't had a lot ·think. our weaknesses are, of it in pre-season drills.

•Uh.· .. I'd say our weakness The . misfOJ."'lune began is uh. . . I'd say we need to develop some defensive with Chris DiSalvo, a 6-efoot ends. That's it. Defensl,ve 5-inch, 245-'POUild senior tackle. DiSallvo lost part of ends." ·. his left thumb in an indusIn most cases, team weak- trial accident during the ..:esses are grouped under summer, and h a s been ~uch general headings as forced to go a little less '.-tack of size, lack of depth, than full speed so far. lne:l(perience, etc. But Faust Then it ·was Kenny Git);an be more specific be- tinger, Faust's only exper>cause he bas none of those ienced defensive end. Gitgeneral worries. Moeller is is out for the season :;big, quick and, best of all, tinger ·a b 1 o od infection :;experienced. Faust has 13 with caused by a cut suffered ;)tarters back from the team last year. The latest casualty is regular guard Dave Schwarber, a 6-foot 3-lnch, 210-pound junior who will be held out of contact all season. Schwarber still will handle Moeller's punting, but a knee injury from last s e a s o n has not healed enough to allow him to play in the line.

EnquiJ'er SportS Reporter '.Jteal.ly, tl)e qW!Stion was n b t supPosed to be a stUmper.

Moeller High School footballtoach Gerry Faust had j~ talked down his team's role as pre-season ta\TOrites .1n the Greater Cincinnati teague, so the natUral fol16w-up was a s!Jnple ''What 'then are your team's w.eak-

All GCL teams open the season against non-conference opponents the weekend of Sept. 5. The league schedule begins the week· 1!nl1 of Sept. 27.

Moeller Grid Squad Has Spirit, .Good Size

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Although Moeller I:tigh Oe et fl 0$fet lost 18 lettermen at the end Position Name weight H1t. Exp •. Class Comment of last football season, the ENDS ~f"Kfel~~~ff 1so 6·2 v Sr. Wesley and Wilr.ox,on fightln~ for ·. tlgllt en~ 160 Crusaders started work on steve Mueller ~:}8 v Sr. soot: Kerkolf. •st<ittrn~s· a new year with a squad of Mark 9'11rien }~g 6·2 ~ ~~: ter. O'Brien and··.Mu~ller candidates that has size, a ~;11n~~~M~:tter }~g t~ ~ ~~: looking good • good attitude, real desire Bill Davis 185 6-0 R Jr. and a spirit of co-operation. . ~~;~\~iO,:i" • t& ~ JJJ~r:.•. · "•fi '' -,Mark.EI.ntlinaer 170 5-11 V· _ . G errY F aus t JS sta rt·:ln.,:·::" Gerry·Mr.GUiness ' 1;5, ·'5·10 , 1!-:., -~Jr. his lOth year at Moeller __ ---~~~~~~L ____ 20.s ~----~__v____ _lr.:.... ________ _ ana• Phil Gigliotti is back as• TACKLES Mike B~oerman 205 6·3 v Sr. A real battle ·here wfiili · Chris D1Salvo 245 6·5 V Sr. co-captain Vecke.r teadasSJStant after a year's alJ.; Jon Nielsen 205 6·3 V Sr. ing the way, ,'$ylvestF.r sence. Mike Cameron and b~nH~~;~h~de ~~8 t~ ~ 11: ~~dd. DW~J~?o~:~ofice ~~ Johny Parker will be in Ralph Schneider 193 6·4 v Sr. defensive tacl<IU. Steve Sylvester 210 6·4 v Jr. . ch arge of t h e defenstve Chip Harpring 220 6·5 F so.

Ur:tits while Dick :Sarrateri ~~~~ev~~~haus tfo ~ ~~: w1ll handle the varsity line ii'ITAiffiS--recrvan Fle-er ·---2os-------s.2 v .;.sr"-.~c~o-·c-ap""'t.,_,va-n"71est. steT. as well as the freshman f~~~ ~~~f?e':igen i~g ti 1 ~ ~;: ;~~wa~bC:r a~:.'f:~ ~:M team.

Jack Kraus 184 5·11 v Sr. top canrlidates.

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Tim Rack 181 6·1 0 Jr. COMPLETING the staff AI Haverkos 180 5·9 R Jr. Tim Marshall 184 5-9 R Jr. are Ted Bacigalupo and Pat Seitz 180 6·2 R Jr. Pat O'Leary, who will be in Jack Muenchen 147 5·9 R Jr. John Kravic 169 5·9 F Jr. charge of the reserve squad.

Rich Goodhart 165 5-10 R Jr. stane----m- -6-:-o -v---sr.-ilreaTbattle "'ilio .. filr The varsity offensive line CENTERS --Mike Jim Miller 196 5-11 V Jr. the center spot.. Koegel will be led this year by coVIc Koegel 197 6-2 V Sr. outstanding linetiacker.

Mark Daniei" ___ Ts2· ·-s;-:r·-v --sr: oani•t-a-s!cond-:-yiii; captains John Uecker and l'BACKS Bert Morris 160 6·2 R Jr. starter. One of the hA•t Ted Van Fleet and will also Dan Engel 145 5·8 R Jr. ~~ell~rng Qu~~;b~hrod include Chris DiSalvo, John ·-·--T45---rr-r·-v---sr::·-· strong--fight for startirii Steffan, Dave Schwarber, ifiDiiitits-MTii-e-fticie_r_ Bi II Hines 145 5·8 v Sr. .•oot• on offense. Vaf .• Steve Sylvester, Jim Miller, g~~ ~gjr,i~ey ~:~ ~ ~~: ~~~~~ re~~i,i1 ~~~r def~"n~ Dave Wilcoxson and Bill .lim Rack 160 5·10 V Sr. sive ser.ondary.

Bob MorrisseY 150 5·10 V Sr. Wesley.

Tom Gilday 145 5·10 R Jr. A real battle for starting Steve Leisrin~ 140 5·7 R Jr. Tom Schmidt 170 6·1 R Jr. berths is being waged DP.nny Stall 156 5-10 R Jr. · Chip Gaith•r 140 5-7 F So. among the offensive back· John Niehaus 170 6·2 F So. . field candidates. Among the FuuaiCiis---··-Randy-i<eiTh.. - --m -- s:o · · v·--- sr. --·co-:caiiT.''KeTii.-:-i~.er:ii;;-a Mark Amorini 205 5-10 V Jr. year starter. with A.mO· prospects at halfback are Warren Whitis 175 5·10 V Sr. rini, an excellent rt· Dan Molina, Bob Malarkey, Mike Heitzman 186 6-0 R Jr. olacement. .hm Rack, Mike Hacker, lETTERMEN LOST--18. STRENGTH--Great desire. team attitude. co·nP.eration . .John Niehaus and Mark WEAKNESS-Inexperience on the offensive anr! defensive line. PREDICTION---'Win 6. lose 4. OVER·All RATING--Good.

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Ready For '69 Gridiron Crusade fense are center Mike Stagge, quarterback Mark Daniel and running backs (left to right) Mike Hr..cker, Dan Molina, Jim Rack and Randy Keith.

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i\T J<'ULLRACK. co-captain Randy Keith is returning for his second season as a starter.

The defensive backfield has Bill Hine1s and Bob Morrissey, both veterans from last season, as a nucleus.

Ron Adkins is showing promise in the defensive secondary in early drills.

There is plenty of size available in the defensive line. It includes co-captain Vic Koegel at linebacker, Warren Whitis, Ken Kerkoff, F r a n k Strittmatter, Fred Von Bargen, Mike Broerman, .John Nelson, Ralph Schneider, Steve Niehaus and AI Kreiner among others.

Moeller High's Greater c Inc i n n at i League favorites opcr:: their season Friday night against· Greater Miami Conference pick Princeton at Princeton.

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AU in all, the .Crusaders are looking ahead to a fairly good, successful season, with some hard work by both the team . and the coaches combining. to pay off in the win ·column. The schedule:

Sent. 5-'-at Princeton Sept. 12-at Wilmington.

SePt. 19-Dayton Cham!nade.

Sept. 26-LaSalle (at Rea<11ngl.

Oct. 3-at Roger Bacon Oct. 10--Newoort CatholiC..

Oct. 18-Purcell. · Oct. 24---Eider.

Nov. 1---at St. Xavier.

Nov ?--McNicholas (All home games will be played at Sycamore High field).

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THE MILLCREEK VALLEY NEWS Section On-'as• Ten

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Tonight's The Night!!

Yes, tonight's the night. And thousands of fans will pour through the turnstiles to watch hundreds of high school ball players inaugurate their 1969 football season, while more hundreds of student-musicians will gather in the ·end zones just before the games are half over to entertain the throngs. · School just sta>ted Tuesday (or Wednesday in some spots) and in those buildings that smell of cleansing materials applied dur J.ng the summer, there has been no real "meaning" as yet.

But that electrifying moment tonight when the whistle shrills, the drums roll and that first kickoff goes booming downfield, student bodies will be solidified. It'll be a group of youngsters drawn together as one - to yell their representatives on against a common foe.

Nothing does as much ~to give a school esprit de corps as football. It has been that way since we can remember and if any -of you hear some of the old fuddy-duddy types running down -athletes, remind them of that one fact: sports make individuals a team.

For the coaches, they've been working for almost a month now to make a smaller group of boys into a team. By the time that kickoff comes; some will have accomplished the task - others MOELLEit'S Cl:tJSADEitS \YeN! taki~~g th~ will still have work. to do. But this is the type of student activity Grders on phetll> ·day afici one photog trioved th<ese four Co-Captins into this j.ose at the ~bat even a poor job is better than none. . Some schools have the material - others do not Some teams schooL The sele~:ted leaders this ·tall will be (74), have the size - others have none. Some schools have experience Vic Koe,el (69~, 6·1,.197; John be~ker ·""-......-....:.....;._ - others have little - if any. Yet every minute that each boy Jtlts in on the practice field or on the more glamorous playing field on weekends, helps to make him a better prospect for. manhood ·and productive citizenship. in the future.

So whether your team emerges the winner or the loser .appreciate th!lm because of the fact that those boys are out there trying. And sadly, there are many who could be out there who prefer not to let football interrupt their social lives.

The same goes for those boys and girls who are in the bands, who are leading cheers and who furnish the lung-power for Pep Clubs. They're all a part of it. And you can be too, mom and dad, if you'll only give up a night before your TV set and visit your local stadium to yell and urge these young people on to greater things.

Why not try it. It's fun!! We know some people haven't been to a game in a long, long, time. Why not try attending one. Grab yourself a hot dog and a coke -or cup of. coffee - instead of a beer before the boob tube. The beer will stay cold until aftex the game.

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Moeller-Princeton Big Game On Prep Card

BY DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Reporter Blood, sweat and tears having been duly ground into the dust the past three weeks, it's time for the kids to have some fun. The moment Of truth for coaches has arrived. The hopes and fears of August are about to become the realities of September.

In otlh.er words, sports fans, high school football season begins tonight. The big kickoff features 14 games.

Highlight of the card is the confrontation between Greater Cincinnati League favorite Moeller - possibly the top team in the cityand Greater Miami Conference choice Princeton at Princeton .

But on Opening Night, the act worth top billing is Moeller-Prin,ceton.

Neither Gerry Faust of Moeller _nor Pat Mancuso of Princeton ts waxing enthusiastic, but just the same it should be a good one. Both teams are big and fast.

"We should get a pretty good idea of how strong our team is from our first game," says Faust. "Princeton will be tough."

Mancuso said: "Moeller could have the best team in the city this season. It's a good way to start our ooys

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·Enquirer Sports Reporter Moeller Hi g h football coach GettY Faust called Friday night's ~son-open­ : er at PrincOO>n hiS highlytouted team's first real test. .And although the Crusaders won by the narrow mar. g1n of ·13·6, Faust says .his bOys passed wit h flying .colors.

'1 was well-satisfied with the performance," F au s t ·sata. "t was satisfied to the e$nt that we beat a very ,~d football team. I was iatlsfied because whim the .BI))'S.had to do it, they did .tt ·And .I was s~tisfied be,. 'eatlse when we fell belli J:l d 6-0 in the second CI\lllrter the boys came back ·~nd · drove 80 yards for a ~~uchdown to g~. ;thead.'~ · . ·Linebacker v 1c Koegel -was the standout for Moeller, the pre-season favorite in the tough Greater Cin.cinnati League. The 6 feet 1 inch senior had six unas.ststed tackles, 12 assists, re·•. covered a fumble and inter.cepted a pass.

"Koegel did an outstand_tng job," said Faust. "De~· fensive backs Billy Hines and Bob ·Morrissey did a good job too."

Princeton scored first on a two-yard run by Reggie Leonard in the second quarter. But Moeller came right back - much m Faust's delight - scoring on the ensuing kickoff.

S t e v e Mueller capped a drive that went 80 yards in 10 plays when he scored on a 16-yard pass from quarterback Mark Daniel.

Randy Keith, who gained 129 yards in 18 carries for Moeller, scored the crusaders' second touchdown on a 4Q-yard run in the fourth period.

An estimated 10,000 !ans jammed Princeton Stadium fpr the game, which pitted the GCL favorite agairist the pre-season choice in the Greater Miami Conference.

"It was just a great game," said Faust. "It seems to get better every year. ·Princeton has a real good team. They should have a great season.

4'We need to get a little smootheJ: on offense, arid there are a few spots where we can improve on defense, but overall l'd say we passed our first test well."

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News photographer, shows where t!te game was decided.

Thf> sav'11':e line play here depicts Moeller's forward w211 ·(,white .ierseys) .. giving. punter protection. Upended ru.sliers are .shown . as ball saUs over the line cf scrimmage a11d · goes d(lwnfield. fn the center photo, Coach Gerry Faust lo_oks down his bench after receiving telephone instrti!C· ,tiOns fa·om the press· box. At right, Princeton cheer· l~.aders lli1d · students urge their team on and the fru!;o tration .can be seen frot,n their expressions. Notice .th~ puddles of mtter tbat reO,ect t)le im~es lQf th~ g~11&

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Moeller - Retaliates .Molina got two and Daniel Warren Whiti·s was also un'])hat'S when ·the Crusaders slithered for eight and a· first Section 'One--Page Ten movable and 205-pound Mike proved their comeback power. do·wn at the Princeton 41. On _...,._,.,._,.,.,._,._,._,.,._,._,..,._,.,.,.,.,.,.,._,._,..,._,..,_,..,..,..,._,._,._,._,.,._,._,._,._,._,._,._,._,._,.,._, I Broerman pr.oved to be such a Hacker took the kickoff on his the next play, Randy Keith stumbling block for the Vikings, 10 and raced 19 yards to the, slanted over right tackle, found they finally started running the 29. MoeUer used an even dozen his blo.;kocs had cleared the ball the other way. In the secplays to take the pigskin 71. way .and reeled off a 41-yard TD ondary, Bill Hines and Bob Mor.yards and gra•b the lead for tri·p to make j,t 13·6. rissey couldn't have been mo11e good. · Princeton· refused to quit. effective if both had been tw-ins Keith started the drive with a Led by Leonarn and helped by . . .

Bill Haverland, the latest of five-yard crack. Daniel faded far another ·15-yard penalty a~ I lt was billed as a game Pit~mg a long line of football players back, a screen developed .and ed against Moeller, the Vikes two potential league champiOns in his family gave PHS fans Mark fliwed one to Keith who'. moved to the 18 and on fourth against each other in the 1969 reason to believe he might be carried tfor nine to the 4~. Theni down there with six. yarns to opener. . Tijat advance buildup t~e best yet. Bill was credited Daniel :~;ipped a four-y_arder to go, ·Leonard was stopped, after was correct. Before it wa·s over, With an al~ost u~believable end . .Steve .Mueller. K~Ith and a four-yard burst to. the .14. . g fans all 21 tackles. Bill Rollins spark!· Molma got another first down L<llter the Vikes took over 011 d f some 7,500 screamm . d b . t th 44 M 1. , • · went away from the stadium e ot~. ways a?d Joe S~lvato a e , o ma s run goo . or a •Punt at t•he 46 . and Carroll's feeling it was a shame that eith-. and Wm Munlin gave It all four yards on a foudih-and.four pass was snatched from the a[r er team had .to lose af-ter Moel- they had - and that's plenty. gamble. .

by Vic Koegel who elimaxed a ler High's Crusader.s started Don Gilland was all_ ov~r. u~til W:inning t~e gamble gave igreat evening of football with a. their campaign off with a bang, ~e was forced out w1.th mJunes IC ~aruel new !if~. He Ioupe~ an 41-yard gallop to Princeton's scodng a 13-6 triumph over a th~ ~econd half. . . e~ght-yard aenal to the r1g~t - mne. The Crusaders merely ran battling ·but unbowed band of . StatistiCs show Ke_Ith the lead- VIC KOEGLE,_ th1s 6-1, 1_96-pound linebacker, was the top . side and H_acker gathered U m the clock out from there.

Hrinceton Vikings. mg ground-gamer with 131 yards ~eason that Prmceton's VIkings_ scored only one touchdown at the Prmc.eton 36. After '11he fans were there, the color lin 16 carries, including a 41- m a 13·6 loss to Moeller's Crusaders Friday night at PrinceKeith picked up seven yards . to the 29, Daniel ke'pt and was ·there and numerous stars yard TD journey in the final· t~m. Koegel, who led the Crusaders tacklers, ended a brilwere there as these two gridiron period. Daniel carried eight ~Iant perforl!lance by hauling in a Viking ,pass and returning raced wide to the right for 13 yards down the sideline and a behemoths matched muscles in times for a net of 42 yards while It 41 yard;!i .m the fin:U perio«L He played the entire game a classic •that has .to be the best Danny Molina with 37 .yards arid' · after receiVmg a cut JUSt below the ear in the first period. first down at the Viking 16. . Mike Hacker with 36 helped the ' The cut was closed with several stitches following the game.

On ·the seoond play after that, opening .gaiP,e oq. rec~>rd.

M St Crusaders. Daniel completed · -- -- · Mark enjoyed brilliant pass de· any ars half of his 10 passes for 47 yards . . fense, .scatte11ed the Princetoq Moeller: generated ~o , touch- and one of Mark's strik~s was a Vikes Fresh four and a fir~t down for· th defenses, finally spotted· Mueldowns with. Randy Keith s run- 13-yard touchdown pitch to · . .

C!1usaders·on.Pnnceton's 43. Tw ler aJil •by himself on- the goal Ding and Mark Daniel's passing Steve Mueller.

At .the outset, Prmcetoll· 'Seem- runs by Molina and a four-ya-r line and let the .ball go. iMuelthe highlights. Princeton had to Leonard gobbled up 91 yards ed to. be all steamed up~· l-eon- er by .Hacker took. to .the 34 •b ler tucked it in and stem!ed over settle for· one six-pointer, de- in 27 lugs .for the Vikes and ard ripped of.f small ch1\JM;s of a sneak on folll1bh down wa for the tying points. Rich Goodspite tl,le slashing running abili- scored the only touchdown. Bob yardage but Moelle~·s •ense shy. hart booted the extra point and ty- of Reggie Leonard and the Brockman, MHan Freeman, Car- ar-ose .0 f! each occasion VI stop · On ·the measurement, Coac Moeller had the lead for good pin-point passing of Tommy Car- roH and Hoyles shared another the ':Ikmgs short. !he ()a;usad- .:ierry Faust ran onto the fiel 7-6, despite a 17 yard kil;koff roll and the reception prowess 22 yards and Br.ockman and er~ picked up one first d01Wn on iO objeot to placement of tht return by Norm Hoard and an of his favorite receiver, Tim Hoyles, both juniors, were very, ~eit~'s 13 yard off tackle <!!rive chain and the il1esulting 15-yar( eight yard pass from Carroll to Hoyles. impressive in their starts. Car- ut It appeared _that both_ teams penalty gave Princeton the bal Hoyles. · •· But the big battle was up r~>ll made good five .of nine were ~robmg mto their OP· at midfield. The Vikes neede Second Half front where two savage · lines passes for 72 yards. ponent s defenses.

11 plays . to break the seori !Bill Wilcoxson gave Moeller a battered each other almost bruTeamwise, Moeller had 14.

Moeller generated the first .ce. golden opportunity earl.Yf in the tally and just behind the lines first downs .to nine for Prince-: real drive, ~fter. a punt rolled r Carroll, a slick operator at third period. Larry Oasada and where Hnebacking left Little to ton and rushed fo·r 228 yards, dead !In their 16. Keith ripped quarterback, targeted a 20- a teammate collided after Larry be desired. against 109 for the Vikes. Prince- I off fiv~ up the middle and yard left flat -peg to Tim caught a Moeller punt and the Vic Koegel, 196 pounds of ton added 72 yards through the' then ~heed to. the 35 on a 14· Boyles and after two short resul~ing fumbie was smothered meanness, was a sparkling air to 47 for the winners. ! yar~ Jaunt. Mike Hack?r took gains by Leonard, found on the Viking 23 -by WilcoxsOn. standout for Coach Gerry In the long run, offensive I ! a. pitchb~ck from Daruel and Boyles open again for seven Four plays later, Casada atFaust's winners. Vic was blocking paid off for the Cru· ) picked his way for 12 to the to the Moeller 17. toned for his bobble by in47 around scooping up ball car- saders. John Uecker, Ted Van • Leonard cracked to the 11 in tercepting a pass on the 13 riers all night and capped his Fleet,. John Stagge, Steve Syl· , ·Molina did the same to the two pla-ys and -then to the eight 1 and legging it out to the 35. sterling performance by inter- vester, and Molina cleared the ll«:_ft ·side for six and Keith got where he fumbled, but the bob- Nothing else happened until cepting a Carroll pass and rip- pathways for Keith and Daniel · ble was declared after the whis- early in the final period when <le. Leonard shot up the middle the Crusaders took over at ping off 41 yards like a sprint· and Hacker. Sylvester was er. largely responsible for the 41· to the two on a six-yard burst their 44 after a short punt. yard TD run by Keith. . and then scored from there The try for points-after was fu~bled , but at the time, that ·six points .oomed big on the scoreboard i with just 4:37 left '>til halftime.

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The Moeller team uses 'a Jim Kno\?'les spends .his week- Notre Dame Four-type defense ends durmg the grid season . looking at films of the preceding a_nd a P.ower I offe~swe for~a­ game and piay charts a~d tion similar to H~mtlton Taft s. ruminates about the rights an\l "I respect their sweeps they wrongs of his team's perform'~· use with the flanker or slot bac~ ances, . ' to one side. Also, they, have an Asked to comment on the 22 outstanding fullback. and tail 14 loss to Hamilton Taft Frida:r back and know how to work ~ight, he rep.lied, "lu~J w~e the flare-out," the COaCh said. I 1m~ed ..l!th our ~· Also singled out for praise for se~oL,mo~ than .I ~e riday night's battle wer bee""lr"" abotre"' te'1in l'v , coa~. , _ Jj~ ~eWUiucl: "Doc" Norman at end, tackle n!Jf.e aggressive than fir!lt ap: Carl SingJeton, guards Steve Alpeared and our mistakes, .for~. · n and· Gary Van Pelt, tackle t\lllately, are the kind that ~' om Smith and ~ youngster, correclible. oe Holdren, offensive ta<;kle.

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"WE WERE down 22-8 in the middle of the .fourth quarter," Knowles said, and most people said we. didn't have a chance~ But the mark of a good team is its ability to bounce back ~nd we scored in less than minute to make it 22-14 and we almost got possession of an on-sidE kick.· "We didn't roll over and play dead."

Fred Garretson, Taft mentor, told Knowles after the game he was "scared to death Wilmington was going to nail him."

Next Friday, the Hurricane hosts Cincinnati Moeller, rated highly in the state this fall, ~.nd whose athletic department has requested 2,500 tickets from Wilmington for the game.

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WHS Game.Tonight Is Already:' S:RO lf you wartt a ·good ~~at ~t play in two otber games, the Wilmington,Cil\cinnati. Moel• . :eliinc;hester, after being shut ler game tonight, you better- out by Paint Valley last week, come -early, Paul Maple, sch®l' travels to Hillsboro in hopes of athletic director, said today.· taking the Indians while Clinton Moeller officials earlier re· · Massie,. the only county team quested 1,700 pre-sale t,iekets: ·to ·wi.n its opening game, hosts and announced that 12 bus-loads· 'East Clint.on's Astros who. were of their fans woUld make· the beaten by Williamsburg in their ·journey up SR 3 and in all, debut. · · · an estimated 2,500 are expected to attend. . ·.

This, added to the Wilmington partisans, wm create a s~. ing-room-o'nly situation, Maple. said. · Reserve single-game seats 01.\ the Wilmington side, between the 35 yard lines, will be ·on sale at the stadiUm. gates to,.. night fur $1.75. ~oell~r is highly rated amonif Cincinnati-area teams and sor,·

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No ... it wasn't the rpros !that Thim, .everything went wrong. Fighting Crusaders from Cin- 32~0 · wben he scampered in for rock~d the w.ilming~on Hurryin' A penalty, and two incomplete cinn~ti needed only one play at a score near· the end of the Hurricane Friday mght But, as passes brought on a Hurricane the s.t. art f the e d rt quarter. The kick by Goodhart . · . . · on ..... one player .,.,e Hurtricane punt to the Moe ller 38 yard ·'line. to score oK. 'th s con . f qua er 17 was good. · ""ker .room on the f'Int pay · . t 1 from scnmpu t I.'t m •uue ':.oc yard_s· · 0 , t ei Th·e agamd' romfull Moeller scored its .final touch·earn . 1' the Moeller back broke u ; tacklepoun mgtackle· down · with· ~e· minutes l~t in· a fter th . e game ... "I f eel .lik ' e mage M . ark Dame . after d Th · . · t the game on a seven' yard run:l faced the Green Bay Pack- quarterback, went for the long to ·g - . .h " b · b b t th ( M ll ) d 1 t · am ·• e en zone. e pom . . , ers. . . 0 Ill u e oe e~ ~n e after kick was no good.

by Mark O~Brien. The. k·~ck was lt was a btg, fast and dev- the ball go through his fmgers. . . . . good and the score was 40-0 astating Cincinnati Moeller A runnirig play by Randy Keith, On the kiCkoff Wdmmgton had . . . . ·. · , · te·am that more than lived up a 192-pound fullback, went 45 moderate success lllOving the Wilm~gton · had one. more to its advanee ·pre-ss clippings. yards to the Wilmington 14: This ball. Big gainers were Petty~tO.. good,. dnve. · _In. fact their only If they have much better teams was a portent of.wha-t to expect: Mike Graham passes good for sustamed drive. Petty to Ga~.­ in Cincinnati it would be bard Daniel· was dropped for a 13. U · and eight· yards, and a 16- man for 13, to Randy Ha~ns to >believe. Kindriess on the part yard loss by Virgil Norman and· yard . pass fr9m P~tty to Jim for 15 · and; to ~o~man for ei~ht. of the Moeller coach, Gerry Steve Allen. On third down Cain. · . were the big gam~g plays .. W~th· Faust, prevented the score from Daniel again faded to pasS.,.mtd Wilmington fumbled the ball ~wo~and-a-half m~utes .. remam• ·being worse vhan :tfue final 40-0. after letting the Wilmington cte- with nine minutes le~t in the m~.. ~etty had his p~ss over Moelier, deep at every .position fenders pour in on him, flipp~Q, half and Moeller recovered. · t~e ~iddle from the run~ y_ard and alternating romplete teams a screen pass over the center ·· . .. . lin~ mtercept~d . ~ · Wilmmgon offense .and defense iliad to'o to Keith. With a host of blockers _·MOELLER quickly moved for ton s only senous bid to score much of everything_ for the out fro11-t the big fullback went another score on a 29-yard,pass was erased. game - but •Completely mis-. in for the first score. Rick from Daniel to Bill Wilcoxson. You might say tire young Hur-. mat~he? - .. Hurricane.

Goodhart kicked the extl:a·.point The kick .by Goodhart was good rjcane ·."faced the hard fac~" Wilmmgton won .the. toss of and Moeller led 7-0 with 5:10 and halftime score was Moeller of movmg completely out of ~ts· the coin and elected to receive left in the first quarter.

20 and Wilmington, 0. · Moeller league to· nieet the .Moeller to start the game. It .picked up . scored again in the middle of team. Be.st thought after the a .big first down on a pass from WILMINGTON agam had only' the. third quarter with Dan Mo- game was "Bring on the Vik•· quarterba¢k'-Duarte Petty .to Jeff three punches at the line and !ina going 28 yards. off-tackle. ings. of Miamisburg" .•. Wtl, Garman to tbe ·~ yard line. punted to the Moeller 40. The John Neihouse made the score mington's opponent next wee,\t.

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''50th For Fuzz'' Victory ·Cry Urges Moeller To 40-0 Landslide From there, Rudy .took off on a rtin that lboked more like Jimmy Brown that the ex-Cleveland star did himself. He shook off no less that st!ven would-be tacklers, spinning off three and running over the other four .

Exit Regular!r ~ob Malarkey gave the Cru· saders their next oppor.~unity • ·-· ,1_' . j : ' Moell~r·s Mighty Crusaders, or when he partially blocked a punt tHe starters that is; find them- early in the second stanza. Mos¢lves in a .most peculiar posi- lina romped 25 yards to the tion. The Crusaders want to play enemy 22. From there, Daniel f6otball with ah almost super- dropped into his pocket, fired to human desire - and they ao it Bill Wilcoxson on a. deep down too. But they went about their and out pattern and Bill galtht;rjobs so eii'icietlltly up in Wilm- ed in the pigskin and waltzed ington Friday night that they C>ver to make it 20-0. found themselves temporarily · .ttist five minutes had ~unemployed. while their younger pired when Coach Fta.ust start· mates mopped ut> in a 40-0 vi~- ed working his younger grid· tory over the host club. ; llers into the ac;ti()n, Jeaving .·Years ago, Coach Gerry Faust·~ only .a trio of starters on each dad vzas piling up an outstandi\nit to keep .them s~eady. One ing rec9rd at Chaminiide High of the starters, Warren :WJ;titis, School, _he was known as "Big provided the crowd with a thrill when he recovered a Fuzz," Somehow, .Gerry inherit" fuinble in the air and daShed ed that name and .the passwprd to the Wilmington five just among the M.oeller. Boosters iast week \vas "5bth FQr Fu:tz.'' It befoi-e the lialf, but the s~c· ond offense stailed there. w~rke!} wlien_ t_fie 40.-0 tHt:tmj;h

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hrs Si:lth vich:lry in the 62 games hS has piloted •tlie Crusaders since the school started.

A ceremony on the iieid resulted in his i)res~flt }ilahrs presehtiti~ th.iiir cdath (they tall him Mr. Faust, not Fuzz) with a plaque suitable for the occasion. :Now they must turn their attention to the very team tbat '.'Big Fuzz" coached imd theif. Coa~h !Hayed for Dayton Chabiiiiade. chaminade irlvades Sycamore Stadium Wi:nottow night for ad 8 p.m. clash that matches

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Besides Daniel, Molina, Nie· haus and Keith, offensive fire-works were frniShed by tiglit endS Bill WUcox!li>n. and Bill Wesley, tackl~ ciirls DiSalvo imd sfeve SylvMter, guards John Steffen and Ted Van

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Cincinnati area. All-State candi· :Bob MalarJtey; Warreit Whitdate Dave Blake, fellow backs boo.t was true :to wind it ilp at iS and Mlk~ Bfoetmm .s~ht Rich Flohte and Ri-Ck Fisher and 40-0.

Tli~ Stiiniouts ftiost of tlie tiine they wete in a forward wall featuring_ five During their sh6rtenoo time iri aetioq* ~emg p~ea I~os~ _frbm men who. stand 6-3 to 6-5 will offer Moeller a reai challenge. the gam~; .)!o~iler;S-· l)ac'itfelf} . strangleholds. oli Wilmrngt.on ilgiUb. tiille~slietl a j;)oWetitil at• l~ilther-ltt~g~rs. Niehaus! Goo,d• Idolirla itomps tacit Mllr1i ba'iiiel eomplt!tlid biirt, Ai Ki:~iner, Bob. Moms' Danny Molina started tbe fbUf of tile fiye a@Hals tie sent ~ey atid_l'at Sei~ ~ert also hn' Crtlsildf!rs dff on an early TP sk"ard tor 59 ya;as and two ftiovabte white plar~ lea~g trip Friday when he raced 40 touchdoris, titinging t;.is tWb- hillls iii th~ \\lb.itewasb victory•.· yard!! around ·left end from his ~ame , paii§ing t&taJ fif 9 fdf i5 Stiittfuatt~r's -Sui,cide Squitd is Q.wn 35 . tollo'wiii!t fhe ki~li:tlff. and three scoring fieaves; th~ nafue given a revamped Randy Keith sla,ffimea for 10 tl)i Molina led th~ . rushers With. kirltoff utHt headed by 5-7 Frank a trap ahd after quartetbat!k 124 yards on 10 tfips while Nie-\ Sttibtmattei:-. The specialty unit Mark naniel was pinrtea ftir a baus 'covered. 130 yards his 121 had allt>Wtid Princeton: too nttich 15-!ara setback tryirlg to · pass, lugs. Keith . carried jJ.Ist live yardage on KO returns in the Molinll skirted rigHt end to get tiines fo~: 74 tards , and M§i-k' o,~>en& lil.tt \lgainst Will:riiitgton. it BacK. ~mqrini !llft(4li ya(Q.s . to ~h~' til~ suieM:e stttuid ttiriiea ~ut to for five carries. In all, the back- Ibe a stingy unit tll.at managed to That_ left the ball ori the field corps averaged almost 10 race downfield-alniost as fast as Wilmidkto.ii is. from t~ere, yards per carry, criirichiiig up the baiL . · ~ar~ tlaliiei tadNl lUick; lltew 404 yards in 44 tries.

Moeller i$ now 2-0 for the ih the ~lteiriy tlet~ftder~. th~n In additioil. to !he t-for-S season and t!:ie 50th victory for akifuqlly rtliiP.ea a screen ifass lo Ki!itii 4ri.d litidy \lias escoft. rlight for :Darihil; Morris com· Coach Faust brings the school's tsteted one pass for tlie siX yard record sirlce it §tarted fotstball etJ, in19 the en~ zone b'y a wait ot ~oell~r blockers, Ricii TD and Moeller's net total for to 50-~0-2.

Utiddhart1s boot_ ritade it 'J.o. the night was 469 yards, CODl.· ,......--'----'-Moeller riiade it 13-U next JUjfJ.~ . pared with 160 for the losers whu managed just 61 yAI'ftg on th!!Y got th!! ballon a J>tiiit t}lat rimed dead at the 29. Molina triggered ,this di:-ive too, with a 35-yard end run. Dan came right back for seven . before :keith powered 1or-12 to !the WilmingI

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BY STEVE ASHBROCK, Moeller Correspondent Moeller's Crusaders Sent a highly respected Dayton High School Comapondentl Ohami~ade back to the Gem City on the losing side, JOE QUINN, . Editor bea.ting the Ea.gles, 34·8, in a contest at Sycamore Stadium.

M o e'l'l e r opened the game with an 18-yard touch· down run by sophomore By The Post & Times·Star-11 John Niehaus on its first Cincinnati, Sat., Sept, 20, 1969 set of downs, to start tak· Steve ing control of tne whole first half.

Randall Keith scored for . Coaches' Class AA ratAsh brock the Crusaders shortly after ings, with first-place votes Moeller Ron Adkins set up the score and won-loss records in parentheses: with an interception and it feamsPaints was 13-0.

1 Canton McKinley (12) (3-0) ...... 388 SCORING SUMMARY 2 Upper Arlington (12) (3·0). .... 377 Neither squad could do Moeller ......... 13 14 7 0-34 3 Ma :sillon (5) (3·0) .... 351 anything wrong in the sec· Dayton Chamlnade 0 0 0 8-- I 4 Warren Western ResP.rve (5) (3·0) 230 5 Niles McKinley (I) (3·0) ...... 149 Moeller touchdowns-Keith 3. Hacker, ond quarter as Moealer PAT-Goodhart 4. ., M~~&J rp11 .. d' r 148 scored twice on touchdowns Niehaus.

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94 The Crusader offense carSECOND 10: 11, Elyria. 84: 12. Cleveried 198 yards in the first scoring. Chaminade earned land St. Joseph, 75; 13. St. Xavier, 61: 14. Cleveland Benedictine. 49: 15. half, 103 of which were run its first first down on mo· Marion Hardin. 4&: 16, Zenia. 43: 17.

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by Keith in seven carries. mentum gained after a :fum· Steubenville and East Sleveland Shaw.

Mark D ani e l s completed ble recovery by John West34 each: 20. Springfield South. 33.

OTHERS: local area schools in the three for three in the period endorf. top 50 include La Salle, Princeton, Chaminade gained ground apd A d k i n s intercepted Hamilton Garfield and Hamilton Baden. another one to lead the de· midway through the fourth Fourth-place W a r r e n fensive squad. Moeller took session and put together a Western Reserve trails the a 27·0 lead to the locker Rick Fisher to Dave Blake front-running Bulldogs by pass for eight yards for the room at the half.

58 points. Niles McKinley, The third p e r i o d saw TD. Fisher ran for th another northeastern Ohio Keith scamper 12 yards for points and the s co r i n g power, edged Cincinnati another touchdown behind ended for the evening, Moel· Moeller for fifth place, a l a r g ely secondary line ler carrying off the game 49-148. and the end of thle Moeller 34-8. ·

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A n o t h e r game that should be an exciting one is the Moeller battle with Da~·ton Chaminade Friday ni·ght at Sycamor~.

CoCJch Gerrv Faust. a one-time Chani1nade quarterback, may have the best team in town in Moeller's

Crusaders. And from early reports, Chaminade could be the best of the Dayton teams this year, so Gerry figures to have his hands full with his Alma Mater.

Elder's Panthers, fresh from a 12-6 decision over Woodward in their opener, take on a tough task when they go to Columbus Friday night for a meeting with Upper Arlington's defend· ing state champions.

Although Arlington may not be quite the powerhouse it was a year ago, Coach Marv Moorhead's team )s still potent, having already beaten Mentor, last year's runnerup.

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"I graduated from Chammade. My family lives in Dayton. A lot of my firends live in Dayton. My dad coached at Chaminade. I want to be able to go home holding my heaci high be· cause Moeller. beat the best team in Dayton."

Inspired by Faust's words, Moeller. scored four of the first six times it had the ball, running up a 27-o halftllme lead.

"It gets t o u g h e r from here on out ,though," he said, referring to the start of the·. Greater Cincinnati League schedule.

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BY DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Reporter M o e II e r High football coach Gerry Faust can go home-to Dayton-with his head high and his chest out, just as he told his team he wanted to do. The crusaders r i p p e d Dayton Chaminade, 34-8, F r 1d a y night at Sycamore High field.

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Keith, who gained 103 yards . in the first half, raced 35 yards after Ron Atkins intercepted a pass and returned it to the Chaminade 38.

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M i k e Hacker completed the first half scoring bY cracking over from six yards out after Atkins had intercepted his second pass.

Faust used a sprinkling of underclassmen in most of t he second half. Chaminade picked up its first first down of the game with 10:08 left in the game.

From that first down chalked up against the reserves - Chaminade moved to its only score. Quarterback Rick Fischer passed 14

Moeller ,now 3·0 and rated No. 1 in the Enquirer's city poll, takes ori La Salle in its GCL opener. next week at Norwood High Field. ·MOElLER- ........ 13 14 7 0-34 CHAMIKAM .. . . .. 0 0 0 8- 8 ·Moellou-'- Niehaus, 18. run (Goodhart

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"I was worried before the game," Faust said. "I was afraid of their speed and their size. But I guess we were a little quicker.

"I thought this was the best game we have played so far. We're coming on.

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Through victories ·over Princeton arid· Wilmington, viie. fans ~ai back . to see w.hat mi·ght be fO:rthcofuing when A:he ·"meat'' of : ·1ihe schedurte ·face·s . off. at midfield. ·No~ thene ics ;~ .growing st!~­ picia:n ·that Moel:lerr's Crusaders r WJight just be •tlhe best-billanced ' sqU!ad put together in •these pant~ '•Jlor quite •a spell.

Tlralt •mime ~fter DaY'Ilon Chaminade's Eagles m-e.ekly suiiDend' erep. .Ito the Crursaders 348 here ; F'rriil'a\V night.

The Eagles flew into town touted as the best in the Daytoo area. They didn;t even get a. first down until the final guarter and scored only after Coach Gerry Faust inserted his younger Crusaders against the t.;am representing his former alma mater.

'J:1he "me'ait" Of rtJbe ISCbedul'e ·ll!l'l"J.v,es _.though •thiis Ff'lidray when LaSal,le moves to Reading Sta. dium. The tw:o 3-0 ~e'!liter Cfulcin:ooti League powers ,cfush ;art 8 ;p.m. with lthe winner earnintg the d·isNnction of being favored .. to bump St. Xavier, a~so 3-0 koni t'he GCL ~one !l'oom.

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. Bala~ce liJs.n'!fJ ?ust 1sconing powe~, h:owieVIer. Btalianc~ mear;i rSIJoppm.g tpOIWier rtoo, land ~f -Moe · ler's dlelfense 'had been la±i.'Y bet_~. ,the Ewg!es M~~olllld probably qU!it 1at 1hla'ltit1me •and .gone back Ito Dayl!lon. . . . ·.

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Fl. t (20"'> son and Ted Van ee · a • · . · . efforts Friday to Aft~r. Rtch .. Goo~art~s boot, Chaminade defense Cliiiminl\de lost seven. Jyards around with all the ease of a llaSt pel"lOd ~en Y d ,.. .. st and had ~9 ,punt, .. startJng a ,h . sh- team 50 yrards •on ifJhe ,groun iaa~ k. second straight Moeller pay· c ampiOn IP . . '· • . ::Moe~lLeir'IS YfOUlllgsters. R ') c . off mafcli in- :motion... Keith . , And. a'fter !those ~lV!l _leid .lit Frisher romptlelted 7 of 17 p:asses waltzed seven•, Molina t'WC) and ~front. w:aJ!l itblait :eu<adilcalted Je!Ille- . :~Or 63 yaros.. .. . . ·then Kcltli got .tnere. Hacker 1 my . defenders, dn 'ct.me Rud\V .• It Wlals ·sd _'lOp..Sidted !IJhalt ~e covered 12 yards on sweep KC~ith, Danny . M.~hn,a, Ji~n ·Ol'USaderis . pliJIJ~ up 18 f~st and then he was on the l"eceivNtelhaus,jl\~atk Damel.ood Mike downs ragla:l'lllst .·siX :lior lbhe. Eag re~, ing enii of a pt!r.fect 30-yard Hiacker .ito •gobb'J!e, up.; ·gro~nd ~ ,of ifJh•~if; hfallf. di(}~Ill .m 1Jbiell' pass fr~m Mark Daniel to go 'like wellil-fed :turkeys prepanng Oll!ly ooonng d'l"lv:e as ltmte Wlals all the way. for a lt1'11p to t!Jhe market. running out. ......, ~,},!. b 1 · · · · h · ~v was nulJJlned Y a motMloeiH~ J:"oLled up'_ 2~2 y:a~ds Vic Koegel (19'7) was re· .m.o1 e nai Jthough, s() Daniel 1. .rush;iillg lin 5~ •e:lWU11SEons. Keiith turned to actio~, backing up se·nt ~eithty~P tlie middle and ·~ugged 14 trmes_ ~ 146 Y~ the line, ·imd VIC was almost Rudy !tound a clear path as' his .I :tn mother mJlllgillrflcenlt perfo;m sensational.

Tackles . Steve mates bla!sted . Eagles· ·from lin · 1aJitce. tth!a't _'has the :colleg.ilalte Niehaus (225) and Ralph front Oif hlm arid the 35-yard 11D 'scouts !lll!ockmg to •the MOilltgiom- Schneider (193) re~used to run made •it 13-0 -at the first rest ery Toad campus. budge; guard Pat . ~edz (180) stop.

But Rudy wasn't by him· was like a b r 1 c k wall, .A£ter taking the kickoff in self. Molina rolled for 50 and ends Ken Kerkoff (1'7S) the second period, Chaminade yards, Hacker covered 3'7, and AI Kreiner (160~ must lost three yai'ds then fUIDibled John Niehaus ate up 26 and have thought the h~ntmg sea- and Ken Kerlroff almost knockDaniel, Mark . Amorini .and son had opened With Eagles ed the air out Of the ball when Dan Engel shared another 24. the prime game.· he pounced on :it tllor Moe1liea', Besides that, Daniel continued Backs Bdb Malarkey, Ron Ad- After moving 30 yards, the Cruhis effective passing game. kiins and BdU Hines took care of saders were st<>pped for the Mark threw a dozen and comhe deep work - of which there first time of the night. pleted siX of them •for . 85 . asn'.t much by the .time the B~t on the first play, ~on yards while Bert Morris made ig Mo forward deifenders got Adkins snatched one of Fish-> .. good one other for 30 yards. . through. · • er's passe~ out of th~ air and fu t tl{1 steam The Sconng returned It to Dayton s 19. On · So it wms . 'a! · .' s 1 ' · · •Moeller grabbed a 7-0 lead the first play, Keith was rr"dlling O£foos~~e undt ,. llltea u~ the firs.t time they got trhe ball. .

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On that-- TD ·drive, !Molina zip·~ped ·13 01i· a sweep, Hacker went 35 and then 15 on a win&"-eou:~i­ er, Mol;ina plowed for a yard and then Hacker sweptc end .'for fiive and Goody made it 27-0 wi·th his b<>ot.

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To Tal{e 27-7 Win Moeller's Crusadera open~ Catholic League play .befGre 8000 fans .last night at Reading·. Stadium, beating the LaSalle Lancers, 27·7, after a hard-fought battle with ·a second-half rally.

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Moeller, St. Xavier Tie For Top

BY DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Reporter For one week Moeller was Cincinnati's top prep foot· ball team, according to The Enquirer's board of coaches. And for one week st. Xavier was on top in poll. Now t~ey're tied.

Both with perfect 4-0 records, M o ell e r and St. Xavier each polled six first-place votes in voting by the 12-man board ot coaches. The Greater Cincinnati League powers each totaled 114 points on a 109-8 basis fl'r first through lOth-place votes.

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RANDY KEITH SCORING SUMMARY Moeller . .. .. .. .. .. s o 8 13-27 LaSalle . . . . . . . . . . . o 7 0 0- 7 Moeller Touchdowns-Keith, 4. PATKeith 2 (run): Goodhart (kick).

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at the opening of the fourth quarter, but Bill Hines in· tercepted halfback Crowley's pass in the end zone to end the drive.

Al Kreiner recovered a LaSalle fumble at midfield to set up a Moeller drive that was capped by a Keith run from the 11. Keith, gaining over 200 yards in the game, was not finished though, as he ran 46 yards to set up another Crusader score, that he finally slam· med over from the one, late in the period.

LaSalle Tir·ed Of 7 Losing Grid Seasons

BY DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Reporter LaSalle's football team has the seven-year itch! After even straight losing seasons, the players are itching :>win. · And what's more, they're doing just that. So far, he Lancers, under second-year coach steve Rasso, have eeled o.f three impressive ictories and share a No. 4 aflking with unbeaten iTyoming in The Enquirer's reekly city prep poll. The tlree-game win streak is he longest in school his)ry, and this is the first lme a LaSalle football earn has ever received 1ention in any"ratlngs.

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A sign on the 1 o c k e r room door backs up Rasso's statement. "Seven Years Is Enough," it reads in large, red capital letters. As La~alle · players f i 1 e out to practice each day, the sign serves as a silent reminder o~ the goal they set a year $..~0-

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Some local fans still don't believe that the LaSalle are .for real yet, but Moeller coach Gerry Faust i,s not rttimbered tn that ,group~ Since his team plays LaSa_lle in 'a Fri(l.ay nj~ht contest at Reading that headlines thlS week's scho1ashe program, the Crusader coach may have some cause for ooncern. · "I've seen them play al?d "JACK. OLIVERIO . t they rare a g ·o \l d, solid . · 1s no team," Gerry says. "They on~y our first ~ullback but are well eoae-hed, they a~ he s also playmg cor~er­ quick and they dotl't make back on defense and. domg many mistakes. I know our punting. Roger Roden· they are going to be 9. real b.e r g, a . soph?mOTe, has challenge for us." been backmg him up very Faust is not discounting well. the talent he has assembled "Bob 0 r t h has been on his own team, which is throwmg the ball nicely rated No. 6 iri Ohio this and B o _b Gandenberger, week. He's been particn- our spIt t end has been larly pleased with the way catchmg. tt. Joe Crowley his offensive line has been and M ~ k e Bounan have b~en dom& a lot of the runplaying.

"THEY ARE never given nmg to gtve us a ch.anc~ much credit," Gerry points to keep ou_r offen.se vaned.

The Fnday mght game out "but they get the job done." should be .a good test for He sing 1e s out center eac? team as ~hey open Mike Stagge, guards Ted thetr C at h o 11 c League Van Fleet and John stef· schedule and upwards of fen and tackles John Ueck7500 fans s•hould be on er, Steve Sylvester and hand.

Christ DiSalvo as the people who have been giving an excellent a c c o u n t of themselves.

And LaSalle coach Steve Rasso is equally willing to The top 10 boast 39 wins give credit to his linemen, and just one loss. where the offense has been Coaches' Class AA ratings particularly tough on pass with first-place votes a_nd protection for quarterback Bob Orth. win-loss records in parenthesis: "OUR T A C K L E S, Tom Team Points' I Canton Mr-Kinley C10) .. (4·0) 318 Wachter and Phil Gall have 2 Upper Arlington (10) ... 4-0l 295' been pretty rugged." Steve 3 ~lies McKinley (31 ..... (4·0l 273'• volunteers. So was Jack ~ w~nr~~~kWest: Reserve (3) (~:8!

6 Cinc!nnall Moeller (5) .. (4.0) 121 Ranz at guard, w:ho wiJ.l be 7 Elma (3J . . . . . . . . . . 14·0\ 122 out for awhile now with 8 Zanesville .... (4-0J lll 9 Mentor . . . . .......... (3·1 lOti a broken wrist. The offen· 10 lorain Senior (2) ...... (4·0) 93 sive line averages only 170 SECOND TEN: 1!.

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Cleveland St. Joseph, 62: 13. St. Xavier, 60; 14, Elder, 34: 15. Willoughby "Defensively, Steve ChaSouth and . Akron Garfield. 3! each: bot anrl Joe Stoeckel at ~fctin~i.dn~~·. [~; J~um~~e:el~~~en8 e~~: tackle, Pete Duffy at mid· Kinley. 21: 20. Parma Valley Forge and .

Steubenville. 19 each. dle g-uard, Tcmv Fede at Other area schools in the top sn ~inehacker and Frank Rosinclude Roger Bacon. Hamilton Badin.

Princeton, Wyoming and Lebanon. enacker at safe tv have beeri particula-rly strong for us'' Ras.so. who see rn s to lh:we rh~v,.lol'lr>d a winnin~ l'lt.titude in thf' Lancers in his ~pcn.nr'l ~p::p:on. '"as not f!hout to forst<>t his hacks.

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Moeller The C r u s a d e r s scored first, marching from their own 27 to a score by Randy Keith from the four. The first quarter a 1 so established the LaSalle power point. the throwing arm of quarterback Bob Orth. __ The second stanza saw Orth- co n n e c t on three straight passes to set up the Lancer score as Joe Crowley capped the drive, going into paydirt on a quick opener, f r o m the three.

LaSalle dominated the period and took a 7·6 lead into the locker room at the half.

Moeller's defense came alive in the third period and nailed Orth twice behind the line for the only times in the evening. Taking advantage of their momentum, the Blue and Gold marched for the go-ahead score, Keith crossing the line from the five-yard line.

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As it Is with every team In the tough Greater Cincinnati League, however, the first three games of the season don't mean as much as the last seven. Tthey usually aren't as tough, either.

"This ·next game should tell us how much of a contender w-e'll be In the GCL," Rasso said. "I don't know if we were that good in our first. three games, or if our opponents were down. I'll know after this next ope, though."

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The Crusaders, like LaSalle, are 3-0, and are ranked second by The Enquirer's bol;lrd of coache.•t ·"We mig}Jt get a few people (other than .LaSalle's friends, alufuni ·and students) out just to see the game," kid.cJ.ed Rasso.

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LaSalle Knocked From Undefeated ltauk At Reading "Wiho'rs He! !" shouted LaSalle High School students Friday night when Moolrle·r ISic>oring .ace R~ndy Ke-ith was in~ro­ duced hy the rpubl~ radd!re'SIS annou~.

And the .:same "W:ho':s lJel !" Y~e!ll went up as each l()tre _iGf Coach GeyTy Faust•15 Crusad~ ·!Were .nram·ed. · Two '00\Ws' ~ater, the rand rth'elr 1.6arrs knew fuH we'll Who · ~M ~ Oi:usade11S were.

They ~ire components raf . a .solid·- ~id ~rachine lbh:alt p:iddJed .wound for ra ha1f while 1the Lancers w~~ .\SPI!iik:H.ng 'l:lit 'tlieiil' rbest, an$1. 'then c:anie on , 13:fiter lintermisrsion to complelte- 1 ly d 'nia-t lth · ' - ' ·omi e e prevroursJy un-1 belalten Redmen for ra 27-7 vic-.

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In ·the :firrlst lballf, LaSalle rStaged ra 1bni:llli;anlt bartitlre, holding Mrool:ler itlo ~a 7-6 mte-rmrissi!on ille~d. llt ·wlals because rof ra fun~y piasS€[" niamed Bob Orth who oan 1throw rbo'bh tlong and laJCCllll"artelly - at llea!st lhre did in the ibre~mlli.ll!g. ·Ot.th •curt ·loose w~tJh ooe ;for 52 yarors IIJo Moollea.-'rs 14 wrilth just four minurl:ies .gone off !the d-ock. BU!t the lJaooer1s .g)oit nro funther lbhan b 11 due It-o rSome fancy . plass rov.errage by Bilrl Hines, ra ide£e'111Sive !black wrho · rsaved thre Orosaders rOn ooveool ooo3.si0nls durung rtJhe everuing.

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The Stars tributing short yardage along :. Standouts ;or the Crusaders with Daniel. Randy's 18-yardwere numerous. Keith, of course, er was the big gain, aP.d he was ~he shining light offensively WI•bh Mot.ina coming up with hulled over four yards up the -middle to get the Crusaclers on 44 Y:ards in clutch situations and • . toP,.-ll'ha~'.s $hen lf!\ci(erti~s~·· ·, ~, Daru.~J.. ~5. H'ack,er, .:._i>i~koo_ .up ett· tO Keith:on the lak~ fcon:~:- ~.sev_en;·Just when they were needversion boot for a 14-1 lea«J ; I ed. · with 7:23, left in the third Daniel didn't have to use period. · his strong -passing game. He LaSalle still wasn't through, completed fqur or five, but the bha~s to Orth's · passes of 1Q big one. was to Wilcoxson. In vards twice and __ the ~ L-ancers fact, D.iark didt,i't tbrtJw. a· sing-. drove to a f·ir&t droWn w Moe1le time in the-. last 4alf, when :lerls 23. Four plays late'r, they Hacker got away more passes were back at the 34 . and the - or one more pass - than ' Cnusade-rrs had the hall rafter than his quarterback, the payclutc-h defensive work by Koegel off pitch to Keith.

Moeller ran the ball 52 times and Warren Whitis on one play;, Bob Malarkey and Steve Niehaus' for 299 yards and added 30 on another and finally by Whitis through the air for a net of 329. who dumped Orth for a 10-yard La,Salle ran off 32 rushes for loss at the 34.

115 and Orth connected with 11 AI Kreiner recovered a aof his 22 passes for 162 yards, Sal!e fumble at the Lancer 11 giving the Lancers a net of 277. midway in the final · period First downs were 14-14. Again and after Daniel kept and Dave Schwa.!1ber's punting was a Moeller life-saver. Dave averdanced 10 yards to the ene· aged 35.4 yards per boot and my one, Keith was sent in for the score and Goodhart bootset one down on the LaSalle ed the point for a 20-7 lead three. that put it on ice with 5:38 Leading the way for the ofleft. fensive backs to_ run with ease were Mike Stagge, John Uecker, Bill Wilcox11on, John Stef· (See MOELLER, Page 9)

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Keith crashed in from the thiee but Rich Goodhart's boot was blocked, leaving it at 6-0 with 1:32 to go in the illoiry. . · ' quarter.

Mooller'•s rtriumph, bringing iJJaSa'lile gdt moviln:g agalin, rtheir recocd >to 4-0 for the sea-- rbtit a rvitl~s !Stop by Vlic Koegel 1Son, opened rthe Grealter ·Cdn-: 1and Bob MOOI'!iJSsey~s lpia!SS intercinnaiti Le•ague campaijgn on a ceptOOn stopped ltJhJi5 one. Bob .Successful nolte rand set thie. plucked 1aTI Orltlh 'J)IaSis OUJt of rStage :for 1a M•oe~tetr rvrs. Roger the ~airr llllt 11Jhia i.Mroo1l:er ei~t Hacon ,struggle at Bacon Sta- and rraood down ltlbe !Sideliiie dium FWday nigJ;tt. lila LaSa!Lleis 38, rb\IIt 1a dipping Who's Keith? ; , penalty took rilt :flarr back oo rthe 17 nullifying ra 60-yard rretllT'D. In .answer :to those LaSalle 'J1hree Ort41 lpia!sse!S :iior 17, 11 faniS, anyone wJm watched the and 8 yams sparkled a 64-~ya.rd showdown 1at 'Reading V·eille['an'IS l;aSwUe drive rthlalt ended whoo StadillJlll Fniday night ctan teJll Joe Qr{)IW'ley pllowed :in fur a you 'he'•s rthe •guy who is n1amed ltouchdOWlll worn the thr1ere.

Rlandall, lis called Rlandy by the Throrse "Wrho's He!" funs we:re wriitEirs and Rudy by hi!s 'te•am jubilanJt wlhlen Ovth booted rthle maltes. :poinlt and ttheilr Lancers rt:ook a No matter what you call 7-6 edge into rthe wessing rrooon. him, · the forceful Crusader runner is also the guy who THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER Saturday, September27, 1969 22 scored all four Moeller touch· downs, personally gained 213 yards in 29 trips with the ball and caught a pass for a crucial two-point conversion that really applied the pressure to the Lancers.

That pialss came when Mik(> As he looked ahead to season and closed the gap Warren Whitis broke with Wyoming in the Enflacker a 'Uny pack of dyml LaSalle's clash Greater Cin- on scoring leader Dave through the LaSalle line to quirer poll, saw its record mite pulled off a fake convea-cinnati League opener with Botos of Fairfield, who had dump quarteroack Bob Orth drop to 3-1 overall and 0-1 sion kick, roamed around rabout powerful Moeller, earlier 68 points going into this in the CCL. Moener is now 20 yards fnom 1Jhe end Z'one this week, LaSalle c o a c h we-ekend of action. Includ- twice after LaSalle had 4·0, 1~0 in league play. while IJancel['ls were crowding Steve Rasso had one major ed in Keith's 213 yards marched to the Moeller 30 MIKE BLANCK (Moeller). in ·and then, ju~ .as he W13JS :hit, were runs ot 49, 26, 22 and iin the third quarter. And LASALLE . concern. . . . .... 0 7 0 0--- 7 £ired 1a Jirn!a drrive rto Keith tf·()r MOELLER ........ 6 0 8 13-27 "That fullback of theirs, 15 yards.

Bill Hines intercepted an L•S•IIe-Crow1ey, 3 run (Oliverio kick). two -Poinltls rthlalt could rha VIe Randy Keith, really worMoeller, rated second be- Orth pass in the Moeller Moeller-Keith, 4 run (kick failed). m.itdle .•a .great difrerenoe Jn LaMoelle<-Keith, 3 run (Keith, pass from ries me," he said. "He· is hind St. Xavier in The En- end zone to kill another LaHa·cker).

Salle had scored :again. It put really fast. He can break a quirer's weekly city poll, Salle drive in the fourth Moeller-Keith, 1. run (kick failed).

Moeller-Keith, 1 run (Goodhart kick). the Crusadws on rtJop 14-7. game open by himself." scored first in the opening quart&. ,Als ¢1: wras, Moelilea- ;bad rno Rasso had reason to be period en a four-yard run Moeller regained the lead Wlorry. Thle 9'eiiense WlaS driJckworried, as · he found out by Keith. in the third quarter. And i:ng on ail 11 cylinders by then F r i d a y night. Keith, a LaSalle c a m e back to three-yard run by Keith, senior, rushed for 213 yards take the lead. shortly be- then pulled away in the and· thie offrernse plowed rin d1o:r in 28 carries and scored aonther ooup·le m TD'1s that fourth quarter. A fumble four touchdowns as Moeller fore halftime on a three- recovery by Moeller's Al leli\t n.o doubt about which of yard run by Joe Crowley. defeated LaSalle 27-7 at Kriner on the LaSalle 12It~ ltwo 1team1S rllhiart: w:enrt in.to Reading Memorial Stadium. The Lancers threatened on yard line set up the third baitble- w1th 3-0 Tecords was best. several otti'er occasions, but The four touchdowns plus the Moeller defense .c,ame Crusader touchdown: Lancers Threaten a two-p oint conversion up with the big play each LaSalle, which had been gave Keith 62 points for the time. ranked in a fourth-place tie ·

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Th1_s wnter .was stacJ;:ed m_ traff1c on. Wa.Jdmann Ia~ Fnday mght _trymg to get onto Galbra1th road and then 1-75 ~n order to get to Roger Bacon S~adium for the game of the week between Bacon and Moeller. . · . .__ It was 7:20 and k1ckoff time was schedule for 8. So wrmt do we see? Moeller Coach Gerry Faust, sprinting up Galbraith road like a :cross-country runner.!! .

A ftat-bed truck · wit1t a huge· transforaet' was blocking traffic, Up the road. So, the jack-ot~I-trad~ that pilots the Crusaders turned into a traffic dl~fl' ... Moeller's bug (c~ry. ing the ~am) .ap.4 three others (carrying stqdents and band) could get started.

Tha,n'ks to Gerrfs good work, traffic was unsnarled and we were able to get there on time· too.· But just before arrival at the stadium, Moeller's bus dropped Us clutch and the trusty old ·vehicle coasted down the blll, rolling to a stop just short of the stands · · All these .little problems are. ll3rt of the job - our job and that of coaches like Gerry and ·ihe othei fine men who mold our young players into men of Ciharaeter, The tonfuslon for the Cl'\lsaders eontinued 11DtU the magie arm of Mark Daniels loosened thial!l up In the second period and a young Cuban speedster naated'Diuulf Molina teamed with Randy Keith to solve Bacon's fine. def~.

It was a dandy game, thoroughly enjo;)'ed by a packed house.

And we point out again that such .action is available to. YOU eve1neekend. Why not get out and see these youngsters play?

(Th<JJt guaranteed action doesn't include anJ more Galbraith road 8 rints by Faust).

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With everyone, illcluding Bacon's defense, expecting · Moeller to go for two yards · o~ third down, Daniel faded back into his pocket He cut loose far down the right side and Mueller, who had maneuvered himself behind the Ba· con defender, SDatlched the . bill and claneecl into the eRd zone. Daniel passed to· Hacker for the extra points and now it was ;m 8--8 deadloek with 8:32 left in the half.

Alitlhough :tlhT'ee 15 ym-d penai1ties mla.n-ted 1lbe oost of the · ISooond :stlanza, Bla<lOD. threaJtened · once :on paiS!les of U from ~­ :}ips to Yenik<e ood 10 :Wom Van illo Mianeill:i. The <SpM'Iflanls !had a iliill1st dOwn llllt !the Moe-ller 14 be~are a 1~arr-d :Sflepofif set 11Jhem :blliCk 13'Ild 11Jhen Steve Nielbaus mi1ed ~hmmps fur a 16,yard il.oss.

TWo pffiay>s ibei£ore <the hall£ <ended, Danilell :brought 1ihJe :crowd :to ·ilts IOO!et algain Wiltlh a ~2·rmd str<flre tbalt /he pirtlched to Muerl1eT, wlro was kiil!oclred out at Bacon'•s 26.

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Just as a lam-packed Roger Bacon Stadium full of football /fanatics were ready to concede that the Spartans held a "whammy" over Moeller's Cru,saders ·FridHY night, Coa<!h Gerry Faust cut loose with the passing phase of his o£fensive aHac~ and the Crusaders came marchm" m for a 28 _14 v•ictory, riding ~n the oolid arm of senior quarterback •Mark Daniel.

It was a hard-ea-rned victory for the unbeaten Crusaders who ow 5-0 for the season and ~~k~ten in the Greater Cincin'riati Lea·gue with Newport Ca-thOlic coming to Sycamore S•tadium ·this Frid<!Y night to start a wild weekend cal'led the Moeller Fall Festivpl. Bacon, laser of two close GCL tiffs in a row, will visit McNi<!holas to try to get back to thei•r natural winning wa;~,s.

Mark's Night In fo'Ur previous victories, MoeJoler's use. Oif star running •back ·Randy Keith had not gone unnoticed, particularly by such old ·wizened footbaH brains as Roger Bacon coach Bron Bace. ~ich. s~ it was_ not at an surprisMOELLER'S CRUSADERS boosted their record to 5-0 Frimg F'r1day mght when Bacon day with ·a 28-14 victory over Roger Bacon. Mark Daniel, .the pinched in its defense and 6-2, 182-pound quarterback shown here threw three touchstopped Ke~th for a while. down passes and completed 7 of his 14 aerials for 217 yards That's when.Faust gave Dan· to lead the Crusaders. One of the top blockers is Mike Stagge, iel the "go" signal to take to the 5-11, 207-pound center. the air. All Mark did the rest · of the night was uncork a ·Bacon's Van Phillip.s dJ.dn~t do Action was hot and heavy in 54-yard beauty that tied the too bndly either. In the firstillhe second stanza. Bacon got the score in · the second period; period, Van had the Crusadersfirst break olf the game when a then connect with a 29-yard .jn hot water continually. He go(low SlJ.aP on a punting situadandy to Bill ~ilc?xs~n in !he one ofif to Steve Bolin after the•tion gave <t~em the ball at Moel. end zone to untie 1t; lme-dnve opening kickoff :md only a 13.ler's one. The valiant Crusader one to Mike Hacker to spark 'Yard loss when he couldn't find defenders refused to budge for another TD hike and then put a xeceiver stopped a quick Ba- two plays and then on thil'd it on ice with a 53-yard daz- con threat. down, <Bob O'Brien cut over zler to Danny Molina to put Late in the first quarter, rig~'t_ guard for a touchdown. them out of reach.

Van hit Bolin again for 10 Ph~lbps passed _to AI Fa!l'mer For the evening, Daniel was yards, connected with· Ray for the e~tra pomts and an 8-0 true on target with seven of his Yenke for nine and a 13-yard lead. , .

Just as Bac~n s J0}'1£u! fans and 14 .aeria·ls 'for 197 ya,rds and the run by Mark Morelli gave the Spartans a first down on Moe!the Moeller Sllent section of the three .touchdowns and that was the di'fference as Bacon · and ler's 25. Then a 15-yard penal- stands stanted thinking of past <MoeUer ,played another hea.rt- ty against Bacon and Denn:, .ups_ots, the Orusaders ·went into ,throbber that is typical of meet- Stall's TD-saving interception ac;tJon. ·Mu~ller returned the kickoff 'to h1s 38. John Niehaus lil)gs between thorse two peren- at the 13 stopped the Bro and White this t 1·m It wn went up the middle for five and nial powers. e. was Mol' ... th scoreless after the first 12 min· ma .or · 'ree. utes.

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Bacon narroWed ,the count to 22-14 with 5:18 lef.t in the game with the. aid of a 15· . yard step-off against Moeller 78, · but the had 1lbree .iaJter. and aD interfernece call that oepted. gave Bacon the ball at. tile 13.

Mike Broerman stood like Masehmeier rammed to the the jolly blue and gold · giant 6 on a seven-yard slant and on defense. Steve Nielaaus, then went around left end Vic Koegel and Ken Kerkoff for the touehdown. The try joined Mike in gaining ' defor extra points was batted fensive laurels for the night down by Moeller's Bob Mor· with Morrissey, ·Hines and rissey.

Denny Stall throwing up ,Jit took jill!St ,1Jhree plays <aftler fine second-half secondarY dethe .Jm~ fur Daniel 1Jo ice fense.

Up fl"0111t, '.rect Vatn Fleet, away •the decision. Taking over alt :the 29, Kiellth wenlt up 1Jhe S1Jeve Sy!}vesltler, John Uetcker, midme iloc 10 1am.d Molina got J.ohn Ste>flien, Mike Sita:gge :and mgbt •tlo ~ 47. Fr<oin 1Jhere, Ohrils DiSa:l:V1o wetrle rube ~ Danre.t found Mo'IIDa W'idie :open thalt ftlnlw]!]y broke Bacon's dePower Tells When the third period started, up ~h~ mi~dle ;~d Danny ,ga.th- fun:siv<e stmtegy up m tm.e .fliniam Mo~JHer''s su~e/ni'or ma!npower be- :ered ~ hii!s •thiTd TD JXIlSS_ of hailf <a~d afliocdled Dlamed IIJbe •gan to tell. A£ter Blacker re- rt;he night · <IJ, hoost ..the iii:ml ~oiteClhon ihe n~ed·ed to get. -ollf turned the op'en.mg kickoff to count to '"28-14. The play covered :lliose ~a)'~ pliltches. M\liellet" t.he 27 bl1ock·I·ng ad. __. t 53 yards. <a!l]d 0 Br11en 'a<lso were top • ' ' 'J.U,ume>n s . "' bl k •mla_de by th\! Crusaders broke Bm Hines preven:ted ooother oc ers. :Kie~th• loose for seven and Mo- B.aclon comeback whoo b:e linTaekle Don Brockman, BaHna for 14 off :left ~ckle. An- 'ter,cepted a P<hi>1lllips pass on :tbe con Co-Captain, was . like a oth:er six yarder by Keith and MoeLler ,e,igblt :and !brougbt :!1; stone wall against the Cm· M:oli~a1s 11-Y'l!rd .scamper gave out <t:o •the 27 with j.ust; 1:10 Iem. saders. Brockman's turned in the ln'VIadws a first down at In Th B 00k the finest perform·ance seen Ba,con'<s 29. e s

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The ;record will! sh'ow thlalt Don Rabe was just as effec· Daniel faded b k . looked -n s. acd' a~aiD, MoeHer garu.n:ed 183 y<aros iln. 36 tive at his position and Phil· . h. es, 86 :bY "'em v. ·th , d 1 uect10ns and then1 laidevera the ball . t h i .rus ~ 81 by lips and y enk e gav~ the Cru· basket-like a f W~ln t e . Molma, Wihllle Bacon p1~ed up aders fits. o of 1thcoxsond 11 ,111 0 n 46 'c~l'll1liCIS -. IWII!uu ..,.. .u -·'·'' in the right rms corner auOO"'""And , at the end, there wasn't a and _Maschmel'er ithe 11op :}u~gers. man M>~ho :lelilt !the flo01Jbailll dii~ld zone and now Moeller w:sen top 14-8 with 8·24 left · t:n D.am!Jl . complelted ih!aU. ~us ~4 Jtbat waiSil'lt •convinced be'd seen thi~d period. · m e IJ:asses if:or 197 yaros <and PM- :two bll'lilliliJanlt pE!!l'lflorlnimces all. <lips m1ade 'good seven of 17 :floc though itbe dii!nal soore was 28-14.

Tom •Maschme1er hurdled ·Moe<Uer's <~ine shortly a'f:te:r and ;romped 17 )'ards bu~ by this time, Moeller',s 'd:e.£ense had stiffened and .the Spartans booted into the <end zone, Moel.ler 1Jaking ·Over on :the 20. ]t :took 10 p]a.)l's to move 95 ylards - •the 80 fl"om its own 20, :plus 15 yards the Crusaders were :pen:a1iZed and 'had <to ;gain .back.

After :Kienth .got ·£our .Mo,1inla <hit ~bat open ,hole ~t Dight :tackle for 15 and tJhen ·circled righ:t end ,fOil" 14 more. Ke-ith :llaomed up :the mid'd1e for 10 -and 'then 'S]ashed ove:r 'l'igbt guard for 11 :and ,eight in two <strwight p!Jaly;s.

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'defense held mighty Moeller . to a mere 10 yards, all on rims by Randy Keith. In the nu:ial}time, the Spartan off~n~e'tolledto 53 yards with quarterback Van Phillips ·:_~Qmpletiilg passes of 11, 11, and 15 yards' to his ends Steve Bolin and Ray Yenke Steve ·Bolin and Ray Yenke, while Mark Morelli rushed for another 18.

Bacon's offensive drive, however, was stopped when Dave Stall picked off a Van Phillips pass at his own 11 yar<I line.

The Spartans jumped to an 8-0 lead early in the second period when Steve Bolin recovered a Moeller fumble at the Crusader three and Bob O'Brien went over three plays later for the tally. AI Farmer caught a Phillip's pass for the conversion.

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came right back though, .when Steve Mueller latched onto a Mike Daniel pass and raced 60 yards for the scofe. Two point cqnversion evened the score at 8-'8 \vhen Daniel hit Bob Wil· coxsen in the end zone.

Randy Keith and Bob Molina rushed for 121 yards in the third quarter as Moeller scored twice. Daniels hit Wilcoxsen with a 44· yard bomb but the conversion .attempt failed.

After another sustained drive, Randy Keith went three yards on a sweep around left end. The conversion pass by D.aniels was complete to Dave Hacker ·for two and the score after three quarters stood at 20-8.

Bacon came back with a determined drive to open the fourth period, as Tom Maschmeier went 20 yards in 5 carries including a four-yard touchdown sprint.

The· conversion pass was dropped in the end zone.

Moeller iced the cake with only 1:41 left in the game when, on a broken play, Daniels managed to hit Dave Molina In the clear for a 63· yard TD. The conversion failed.

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Moeller Tops Bacon Moeller erupted for 14 points in the third quarter, and overpowered Roger Bacon, 28-14, Friday ni·ght in a Greater Cincinnati League game. · . The game was tied at the end O'f the first half with both teams scoring one touchdown. steve Mueller took :a 60-yard TD pass from Mark Daniel for the Crusaders, and Bob O'Brien tallied on a one-yard plunge to knot the score for Bacon after two periods.

In the third period, Bob Wilcoxsen took a 44-yard scoring pass from Daniel, and Randy Keith, who _gained 81 yards rushin!l', tallied on a three-yard run to giVe the . Crusaders the lead for good.

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Twenty six <te,ams are entered which me•ans tha:t the fir\S't 10 boys in cnch 'Oif ·two ·hP.!ats wHl qualify ·fm· 'the Re.gi:onals 11nd five teams ·will qua·1ify. Princeton, Syoam<>re·, Reading and Wyoming we e:nte·r£d wi,th the qualifying lt:e,ams go,ing on to Avon October 25.

COIN('lDENCE: Moeller's Crusaders have players named Jim Rack :;nd Tim Ra;:;k. Just before the season, Jim (Bimbo) was rushed to Good Sam for an emergency appendectomy. Last week, Tim Rack was rushed in to have his, appendix removed.

By ihe way,. they aren't 1·elated!

Newpont Ca,tholic',s ThQil·obreds found lthat no•ritihern hosp~t-ality ",ain't wor,th a 'ho·o,t' Friday ·night and -t:he Crusader starte•rs found fhalt i:f many opponents 'like •the 'Breds come .along, they'.J:l see mo.re acNon ' f11om t.he bench than on 1the f:i!Pld. The Big Mo ~·,an rough•Slrod •Ov.er !the Kenituckians, 60·0, in •a game <that could have been much mo~'e .than 1thart: if Co·ach' Gerry F1aust had so desired.

The v:ictocy wa•s MoeUer's ·six·t.h •Consecw!Jive, w1bhout a defe'alt, and lle'aw:s :the Crusadel'S 'tied with E.lde•r'•s p,anthe•rs ·in 1the. Grea,ter Cindnml.ti League championship ~-ace.

Ptl.r'ee'H's Cavalier-s visit Sy0aill'OJ'e Stadium Sa:turd,ay a:t 2 p.m. for .a Homecoming Day tussle.

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Kerk Recovers Wi:th · Vta:n li1Lee1t's kkkoiffs ISti:Ll <booming, l'lnd Fronk St'l'ilttAliter the neXlt kickoff Bob ·rn•aibte.r'os . 'iSU:Eoid:e Sqwad" lthe i Matlarkey :hilt a Newporit' baH :Fl'id,ay's 60-0 v:ieitory over Cru~adeTS -that keep e•niE'my ba·H l caq-·J.1ier •savage•ly on iuhe ThO'l'oNew.por.t was so ·easy U.t •se:emed ca,rr,l'ers 1ir?m !funning kickoffs b:ned three l<l'nd Ken Kerkiho£f •ailmo9t 1mpossible for .the joyful b_ack, _wol)'~m_g a'lmm>t to pe'l·.fec·' ·cLaimed :the b'aiH for Moe1He'r Moeiller fans Ito be,11eve wh<JJt 1mon, .lt conhnu·ed. .

11Jhere, 'eiliahiling Kelith 1to 'score they were 1s·eeing. The GrusaNew·pont maqe ltwo f1rst in itw'o :thrus-t•s att Hw line. dei•s bu·Ht 'a 28-0 'lead in the fawns and th~n b'ctoted 'to 1the Go-ody'•s kick 'Swetled 'the •cush- firSit peni•od and coaSite'd ;i.n Mae•l!le•r, ~- On _'the f·i·:st play, ·~on to 22-0 :as •the quarter from ,the,re as Crusade.rs ,of -the Danny lVIIOi1ma :sku"lted r·rg;hit 1end •ended. .fu.ture got •their ·chance a•t comEor 18 y;ards. Then ,af.teT Ke·ith . bat.

That was all for Faust's got one up lthe middle, Danny Hill Wikox'On, who wa•s inrnn the 'sweepe•r to rt:lhe ile:flt and I regulars. The entire offenkept on ,going 43 yaTds. Fol- sive unit never did get back jured slightly Fr•iday, never did · l'O'W'ing (Jhe TD, Danli:el passed . in :;ts a team. Warren Whitis ge1t hack in, but he and his ofto Molina for a 14-0 1e1dge. blocked a Newport punt in 1fensive unH ran ·off 11 plays I Slhort:ly ~a1iter, Newport faMed the second stanza and Mike ' -and had five TD's before the ·to •gain ;and punlted ito Moe,!- Heitzman recovered at the , 'Breds knew w'hat :hit them. ·ler'·s 45. Keith circled right end five. Mark Amorini advanced Ted Van Fleet's long kick· fur 45 ywds and then Daniel the ball to the three and Mike offs kept the crowd buzzing Clonneeted with · ·Mark O'.Brietn Hacker slammed over from and his first one sailed into for 1a 15-ya.rd touchdown pass there with Goodhart again the end zone. Shortly after, ·and Good•ha•nt':S boo•t made it j perfect for a 35·0 bulge.

Newport punted out to the 45 21-0.

Before haUtime, ltlle Cru- and on the first Moeller of· •saders made ·it 41-0. A 63-ymd fensive plav, Mark Daniel hit drive fe'a,tuned good nms by Randy Krith with a pass and J·obn Niehaus, Bimbo Rack and Randy fell behind a screen of blockers to ramble 51 yards Nrehaus scored from the •thne:e Amoriilli and a pair of passes for rthe 41-0 1initermission mllll'- :from Bel't Mor.flis 'VO Btll Wesley for a 6·0 lead. gin. for 12 'and ~:'o G1,eg Eling for 10. 1 ~ 2."'o Y.a--..

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Lt · !llal'l'OWS 'down to 'the facJt that the staflting •offensive ·and defensive un!iJ1Js were a!ll staT!s, along wi:th Van F-leet's booming ~ickoffs and Dave Sehwarbe<r'·s two 'lcmg punt, plus :the ,effecIn the meantime, Moeller tiven'E!SS af FPank S.tri~trnattter gobbled up 395 yards, 304 on ·a.nd his "preven't" crew on V1an the ~round ~nd 91 through Fleet's kickoffs. the rur. Damel, who sparked A:f.ter the ~starters .retired the Cn1saders to victory over or m01st of .them - some stayed Roger Bacon the previous to keep the youngelr ,crusaders week, completed all three of steady, top n1o.toh -p·er£01rmance·s the passes he threw for 69 were <tu·rned in by a host of yards and a touchdown - a MoeHe~· men. perfect night. Morris hit two Offensively, cente1· Jim Mil- of three for 22 yards. ·'er· -~u·a•rd's Al Havle~r~os 'and~~ N..1eh aus wa·s 'ea I d"mg g}'ound 1 , "' . . · Jtim _MarshaH, ~ack~~s, ·~·lup ga.iner wiith 139 yards in l6 carHarprmg and Chr'l<S DlSalV'o a111d /lf'ie's. Mol·ina had 61 yards in end BiH WeSley ·spa·~kled, ta~O?'~, just tw'o lu01s ,an:d Keit1h 48 varus w·th Niehaus :Mom·1s AmOOimti •C'"!l h'lS . rlV8 . ""ltl'tps. . . . · l' ' AmOiflllll, Riack, and ~Rack an :the backf:reld. i Moi.1I'is, Hacke•r and Dan Enge~ Defensively, Vic ·Koegel, added 'another 60 yards to the Warren Whitis and Kerkhoff tolia·l. were the real stickouts. Then It tisn't ltlhatt Moe,ltle·r ~s 6-0 for along came Malarkey, Pat .the _,se1a.son. Itt's the f•act thiart Seitz, Bob Morrissey, Bill they bury .a GCL .foe, 60·0 wii1Jh Hines, AI Kreiner, Rich Good· the ·iiinst StT'ong offense playing hart, Ralph Schneider and jU!st 'a qua111ter •and the defelllse Rack who went both ways. jUist four p 1llays tin ,the third They' also throttled the visi- pw~od 'thalt make's tthe ~austme'll. tors from across the river. a 'ti<llle conltender.

MOELLER'S CRUSADERS are 6·0 for the season and tied th . d _ .. __ - - - - - - - - - . .

So effective w:ere i e.se . 'e-! for the GCL lead after a 60-0 wallopmg of Newport Catholic fenders thalt Newpol'lt ma,na,ged 1 Friday night. These three ends have been instrumental in to net just 41 Yllrdis tfor .the helping Coach Gerry Faust's squad build that perfect mark. night's .work. The 'Hreds :aatuThey are, from left: Bill Wilcoxson (85), 6-0, 180; Bill a!l'ly •lost 17 yla,rdis 10n runDJin,g Wesley (82), 6-0, 205; and Steve Mueller (84), 5-11, 160. They p1ays, hut comp'leiteld 9 of 26 will all be in action Saturday when Moeller meets Purcell's passes· for - 58 yards 1and the C:1valiers in a Homecoming Day game at Sycamore Stadium 41 nei1:. at 2 p.m.

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Nie!ba,us ripped off ~·uns •Of 35 and 14 Ito lood 1a <third-J?er-iod M·oeHer scoring :d1'ive that consumed 71 Y·ard·S 'and Amo·I1ini scored :from 'the one. Goodhal't made H 47-0.

Bimbo Rack go•t ·mto the pass receiving .act later. He. like Kerkhoff, le:aped up to intercep't a Newpotit P'ass and Bimbo lugged it back 20 Y'Rrds. He

On the third I>lay after the kickoff, Ken ·Kerkhoff real· ized a linebacker's prime ambition. Ken plucked a Newpo,I·t pass out of the air at the 40 and sped 60 yards down the side . to score. Goody made it 54·0, Morris sneaked in for the 60-0 final count after Niehaus and Amorini led a 61-yard march.

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Dan Molina ran· for a 42yard touchdown shortly after, on Moeller's fourth play from scrimmage.

'J,'hrowing thr.ee for three in the first stanza, Daniel hit Mark O'Brien for a 15yard touchcJown pass and Keith ran 2 ·yards · for a touchdown after Ken Kerkhoff recovered a New· port fumble deep in their own territory to close the scoring in the first quarter.

A blocked punt deep in Thoroughbred territory led to a touchdown rim by Mike Hacker to open the second period. J o h n Nie· haus also scored, going into paydirt on an eight-yard run.

Newport never penetrat· ed Moeller territory more than 10 yards in the half and the Crusaders took a comfortable 41-0 lead to the locker room.

Kerkhoff picked off a pass by Tom Everson and ran 55 yards for a Moeller touchdown early in the third period. Mark Amorini Moeller tally also added going over from the twoyard line to end the scoring in the period.

Playing mostly reserves since the beginning of the second half, Moeller scored once more as Bert Morris filling in for Daniel, carried the ball over from the one.

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LaSalle, St. X, Moeller Win

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tie for first with Elder, Moeller's Crusaders combined their sparkling of· fense an d tough defense o n c e again to overpower Purcell, 41-6.

Randy Keith, Moeller's husky fullback. held on to second place in t h e !~cal scoring , r a c e by . scormg three Of the C r u s a d e r touchdowns on short runs, averaging six yards a carry in 12 attempts. .Jim Rack and John Nie· haus each scored on oneyard plunges w hi l e Bill Wesley caught a two· yard pass from Bert Morris for the other TD. T he Purcell tally came on a 55- yard pass p 1 a Y from Paul Stickley to Mike Mattia.

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BY DENNY DRESSMAN ' .Elder ·and' St. X, LaSalle Enquirer Sports Reporter moved ui> to No. 4, trading places with the Wyoinl,ng We've come full circle in Cowboys, who dropped a , the EnqUirer'S weekly city notch to fifth. · · prep poll. Moeller's Cru·LaSalle, loser only tG No. . sa~rs are. back v:,here they t. ¥oelle.r in .s~ ~am.e,s, were when the ooari:t -~of waHd:Ped''t!urcell, 3.6-6,: w:hile coaches . began vo'hng ·'fite tll'ltleaten.w·yomln·g (6-D) struggled past o.ak ~Us, weeks ago--in otl:ler·words,. 24-20, it'l its closest CajJ .Of they•te a unanimous No. 1. the season. LaSalle's lead Moeller, which routed over Wyoming ts a comfortable 14 points, 77-63.

Newport Catholic, 611-0, FriPrinceton remained si~h. day night, polled a perfect Colerain seventh, Woo<tward 12-out-of-12 first-place votes eighth and Roger Bacon and 120 voting points. This n i n t h for the s e c on d is the fourth week that straight week, but the tenth spot has a new occupant. the Crusaders, 6-0 and Hughes, a 14-8 winner · sharing the Greater Cin- over Withrow, moved Into cinnati League top spot the top 10 just ahead ~f with Elder, have either Harrison, a 28-8 winner over L 1n co 1 n Heights. Hughes. held or shared the lead in (4-D-1) polled 14 points to the poll.

10 for Harrison (6-0). Hughes Elder's Panthers - 6-0 replaced Purcell and Sycamore, who tied for lOth last winners o v e r St. X a Vier week. Both lost Friday night.

Friday night - have teThe ratings' with firstPlaced the B o m b e r s as place votes in parentheses Moeller's top challenger for and points awarded on a city supremacy. The Pan- 10-9-8 etc. basis for first to thers picked up 107 points lOth place votes: for a comfOrtable lead over · Position, Club Lost Tied Points St. X, which dropped to L Moeller (12) ....Won 6 0 0 120 2. ~lder ........... " 1 0 107 third with 92 points.

3. St. Xavier ...... 5 I 0 92 .. . . . . . . . . . 5 1 o 77 Unlike last week, · When 5.4. 1aS.IIe Wyoming . . . . . . .. . 6 0 0 63 most Of the changes in 6. P'1ncetan .......• 4 2 0 47 Colerain ..... , ... 5 0 1 42 the_ top 10 occurred in the 8.7. Woodward : .•. 4 2 0 39 bottom five, this week;S 9. Roger 8acon.........

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PURCE"'L AT MOELLER: Crusaders are really rolling. The school is celebrating .Homecoming Day Satnrday and we hope that the player~; will keep their minds on their tasks. You can bet they will, especially the first. string that didn't ge~ to play too much last week. Take i\'loelier to rtlll ~)leit r4lcord .to. 1-Q with a 38·8 victory. .&li;S p,~l!4 if'M/'

· Moeller's Crusaders, displaying an awesome ground and air attack, comple~ly throttled Newport Catholi,c, and trounced the Thoroughbreds, 60-0, Friday night in a Greater Cincinnati League game played at Syc~ more.· · Eight different players scored for the Crusaders, with fullback Randall Keitl}.· .the only one to score Ill;o~. than once. He scored tblJ first touchdown of· th~ game on a 64-yard pass from quarterback Mark Daniels ,then scored later in the first period on a tw9-'yard run.

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Fullback Randy R:e1th scored three touchdowns and gained 73 yards on '12 carries. He was replaced 1n the third quarter by, ~k Amorlni, who gained '15 yards on 11 carries.

The Moeller def(lnse . in" tercepte(l t h r e e . ~~11 passes, one b.Y VA~' C:igle, who also· made . ~;it . upassisted and three ··~ted tackles. · · Moeller is 7-0 6Ve.tall lind 4-0 in league Play. J?urceu is 2-5 and 1-3. MIKE 9!'4NCK (Moeller).

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Eling, Niehaus went' the last that leads to a Greater Cincin· was on the opening kickoff Koegel mtercepte<;I a pass ·that five yards on the 48 yard drive nati League ·0hampion.ship, ·boost. when Ted Van Fleet booted ·lied •to t:l?'e ~1-0 haUtime lead. He that started when Bimbo Rack ed 1lhei·r 1969 ~ecovd to 7-0 Satthe ball deep into Purcell's end ~rauled l·t m at the, 42 and ·~an hauled in a Purcell pass and uroay.afbernoon wi•th a 41-6 landzone. That brought a cheer 1 'ill; back to Purc•elll s 30. Keith ran it back 20 yards to the 48. slide vic·tQiry over Purcel'l's Cavafrom Crusader followers. An ~,pped off 17 yards.. Rae~ got Purcell later scored on a 55· tiers. jn a Homecoming Day even greater whoop broke out , SIX ~ a s~ep, Molma. PICked yard pass from Stickley to rorp,p. Now the Orusad•ers al'e on the first play from scrim· 1up SIX 1\"a•rds m two carn•es ~nd Mattei. oq~y three steps away. :firom a mage when AI. Kreiner int_er- . 1:he:n Rack went a·round m~ht Wd·th a 24-7 bu~ge in first ~no·l'·ect s·eason and that coveted cepted a Cavalier pass to give ena for th_ re touchdown. Damel d M ·g· :ned 270 ••aros v=~ · · · · d t M r f ·tw · ts owns, · oe11er a1 ., ci'6Wn,- two step.s :te.aUy. Moeller possession at the 25. passe · 0 0 ma or O prom · ·on the gl'ound and 130 :through . . . b . . f and the 21-0 bulge. d · But ·a giant- stride must · e The "Big Moe" went m on our the air lanes for a 400-yal' net . made F<fiday night if Coach plays. Dan Molina picked up five After the second half kick- Purcell mad·e 68 rushing and 75 Gettry F~u.sts' classy crew is to and Randy Keith seven before off. Moeller drove 70 ya~ds for passing for 143. eil!ter the_ throne room.. Elder's Randy brQike cleear and sail-ed an~ther scorP-. ~hort gams by Aanorini covered 78 yaa-ds in 1 · :Panthers also unbeaten around 1·5 yards for •a touchdown 'De- ~eJth a~d Molina were com- u ca•ries Keith 74 in 12 fugs, these parts and in the GCL IYendalble Rich Goodhart's boot bmed Wit~ »asses of 13 ,:va~ds Molina in 14 cracks, Niehaus rome to Sycamore .Stadium for was _.squa·re·ly ·between the up- from Damel to Mark 0 Bnen 17 M'Oil'riS 33 and Rack H. Dan'lan 8 p.m. cbrsh wi~h the .1~' . rights and MoeUeT 'led 7-0 b~- · on a down and out pattern and made 10 of his 18 passes pay ~rown more than likely ndmg . lfore the fans had reached tJhel!r 1~ vards to. Rack on a hook. olff for 111 yards and Morris :on the ou!come. E1der is ~-1, los- : sooits. ~tmbo earned to the 17. Mo-- completed 2 ()f 3 for 19 yaTds ift"g t>n~y "to Uwer ArLington, Later in .~he f.i·rst ·peri•od, Koe- hna we~t aronnd. end for 12 and a 'liD. Ohio's top-'!"anked team, 16-14. gel rblocked a 1Jhird•down Purcelrl· to the ftve and Keit}) went the 'De~ly the Crusaders -to ~ove. Koegel plaYMoeller,. ranked si~th i~ the pass and the Cavs booted. Kei-th sa"'e ronte fnr _the touchdown I weoo j red another g.reat game and Rack, BtiCkeye State, rou~d practically and. a sho~ pass !from M~·rk and a 27·0 cushion.

Map up the GCL ~rown, or at Dametl to Mdre ~acker got five !'ul!"cell n_ut t~!!ether a ·good returning to iuHtime action for least ·a sbare -of 1t, and could, vards. Then. :Damels kept on. a dnve at this oomt and got :to the fil'St time staT·red both ways, !l'lso convince some of those bootleg for 10. Daniel hit KeLth ·MooH~r's 25 before Steve Nie- contributing MoeHer's of!fens1 write:s up north wh~ cas:t bal- with a scree~ pass goOd_ for 15, haus batted down a· 4th,~own p~ss ive thrust and ·also showing well lots m the state ratmgs If_ ~he and lbh~n Molina ate up six yards and MoeliLer was off agam. Danuell in post-game vi'Elwing of the c;rusaders could score a decJSive on a Wilde one. ;passed to Wesley f_or 16 yards films deferu;ivrely.

VIctory. . Daniel cut loose with a and -then turned thmgs over to . Pu.rcen Folds quick pass to Bill Wilcoxson standin Bert MOII'ris who ran and Bill went 11 yards to the .Except for LaSa!J.'le •and Roger APPROA<'NIJ/G Bacon, none af the 'loca:l teams· three, from where Keith dove ,1 have been able ·ItO make Moelll:er in two plays later for a 13·0 wor~ lJ.i) a gOOd sw.eat. Purcell 1 lead. was .no different Saturday when , :1 the Faustmen rolled up a 21-0' haflrtime edge and mevely added to it ·as time went by.

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The staff was highly-pleased with the defensive work of Ken Kerkoff and AI Kreiner •and gave Warren Whiti!r and Bob Malarkey credit for rushing Purcell's quarterback and stoppjnl( the Cavalier sweeps.

John Niehaus. Mike Jlroerman and RalDh ScbnP.ider were the other top defenders, alnng with the seCondary of Rill Hin~ ·Morrissey and Mike Stall who allowed the enemy to make good just 3 of 13 pass attempts.

Of.feMive standouts up front we:re numerous. Starting wi,th J•()hn Uecker. Van Fleet. SteV'e 'S'-'lvester. Chris -DiSaivo and John Steffen, tthe Crusaders also had •a 100 per cent effort from Birll 'W-esLey, Chip Harpring, John Kraus. Jim MarshaH, Jim Miller, All Haverkos, Dan He:r-, schede and Gveg Eling.

With a 7-0 record and the GCL I championship on ·the Hrie, Moel-; l•er High wiU be· the center of attention in prep .footbail circles 1-hio; week.

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MIAMI, FLA.: A new group called the JJlnior Super Bowl Committee has come up with a first in sports - national ratings of high s h o 1 football teams. The ratings are· done by t!Omputer, In midOctober, these were the first 10 teams in the na, tion:

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JCINNATI ENQUIRER

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Local Scene The Moeller Story DAN MOLINA IS A Cuban refugee. Randy Keith Is a Negro. Their 40 or so teammates are American-born whites.

Together they make up Moeller High School's unbeaten football team. Together they are No. 1.

As it is with · most championship.caliber football teams, Moeller has a wealth of talent. The Crusaders are 7-0, leading The Enquirer weekly city poll and tied for the lead in the Greater Cincinnati League because they have the horses. But there is another side to the Moeller story.

And this side concerns Molina, Keith and their teammates.

Molina, the sta.rting tailback, was a third grader when he came to the United States. Fidel Castro had just started oppressing individual freedom and replacing it with his Cuban dictatorship.

"Before he had full control of the country, my mother realized what he was going to do," Molina said. "We had relatives in the United States so my parents decided to leave.

"I was young, but I could sense something about it.

Usually when you're going to a new country, you tell the whole world about it. But my mother told me not to tell anyone, not even my very best friends."

With Keith, the starting fullback, things were a little different. He didn't come to America to escape oppression.

He was born here, and had to grow up with racial prejudice.

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MOELLER COACH GERRY Faust says the secret to his team's success this year is togetherness. "We're like a family," he says. "If the country could be like our locker room, there wouldn't be any problems."

Keith oould be l~ding the city in scoring if Faust gave him the .b!J.ll everytime Moeller reached the opponent's five-yard line. Keith, who is third with 98 points, has scored only five ot. his 16 touchdowns from five yards or less.

But Faust likes to spread the short scores around to all of his backs, and. Keith doesn't mind. "l~'s not who scores the points that's important," said Keith, "it's just that we score."

Daniel, who is sixth in touchdown passes, could be leading in that department if Faust let him pass more.

Through Moeller's first six games, Daniel had eight TD throws among 28 completions in just 48 attempts .

But Faust prefers to throw only when the run won't work. And that's fine with his quarterback.

"Last year we set a varsity reco.rd for passes and we had one of our worst won-lost records," said Daniel. ''Win ning is most important. The first thing anyone looks at i! a team's record.

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MOELLER'S SEASON IS not yet complete. Far frorr. it in fact. Compared with what lies ahead, the first seven weeks were a breeze.

The Crusaders meet second-ranked Elder Friday night at Sycamore High field, then next Saturday, November 1, play third-ranked st. Xavier at St. X field. Elder (5-l) is currently tied with Moeller for first place in the GCL. Both are 4-0. St. X (6-1) Is right behind at 3-1. ,\It comes down to ,right now," said ace linebacker Vic Koegel. "It's the championship the next two Friday nights.

It's a big challenge for us and everyone will have to work together."

Working together is nothing new to this Moeller team.

The kids have been doing it all year.

1\'Inke Hacker, 5-7, 145pound senior lhalfback, will see action in the Moeller backfield against Elder tonight at the Sycamore field.

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Moeller, Elder Ra,nk 1-2 Ready To Tackle Elder Friday Night ... Moeller tailback Dan Molina and quarterback Mark Daniel Molina and Keith, who know intolerance better than Faust, agree.

"You can't really say how close it is," said Keith.

"You're not judged by coaches or players on what color you are or anything else. There are no black players, or white players; we're all just teammates.

"It's like a world inside of a world. You come out of a world where there is p,rejudice into one where it just doesn't exist. You look out for the guy next to you as much as you look out for yourself."

Molina, a fiery little competitor, is tr.e object of a lot of jokes at Moeller. Quarterback Mark Daniel calls him "The Galloping Ghost of the Cuban Co~t" and others simply refer to him as "the crazy Cuban."

"I don't mind the kidding," he said. "They're doing it because they give a darn about nie. If they didn't want to kid me, it probably would be because they didn't like me."

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OVERCOMING PREJUDICES is a big accomplishment, but it may not outrank avoiding jealousy on a team that is as loaded with talent as is Moeller. And there's no doubt that Moeller's players have remained unselfish.

BY DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Reporte.r The Enquirer's board of coaches has set the stage.

Unbeaten Moeller (7-0) is again number one in the week 1 y city high school football poll. Once-defeated Elder (5-l) is again number two.

So what does that set the stage for? The Poll Bowl, of oourse. Moeller and Elder, currently tied for first place in the Greater Cincinnati League with 4-0 league records, meet head-on Friday night at Sycamore High field. To the winner most certainly will go the city's No. 1 ranking along with a hold on first place in the Greater Cincinnati League.

Moeller, in snatching the top rating for the third straight week, again was a unanimous choice. The Crusaders polled 12 first-place votes and 120 points. Elde.r whose only loss was 13-10 to Upper Arlington, picked up

104 points to lead thirdplace Xavier by 13. Moeller, Elder and St. X were onetwo-three in last week's ratings.

Wyoming, now 7-0 and winner of 16 straight over two years, climbed past LaSalle and back into fourth place after slipping to fifth last week. The Cowboys polled 81 points while LaSalle had 75.

The bottom half of the top 10 underwent a wholesale shakeup. Princeton, sixth a week ago and a 200 loser to Hamilton Badin Friday night, dropped out of the select group. Woodward jump~d from eighth to sixth. Two points ahead of Colerain's Cardinals, who held seventh place for the third straight week.

Filling the eight spot, made vacant by Woodward's advance, was a newcomer to the Top 10 - Indian Hill. The Braves, who have woq five straight after losing their first two, lead

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They polled ?:7 points. six better than Roger Bacon.

The Spartans, despite their third loss of the year Friday night to Elder. are ninth for the third straight week.

Rounding out the Top 10 is another newcomer, Finneytown, the leaders of the Hamilton county Suburban League National Division.

The Wildcats finished a point behind Roger Bacon as they displaced Hughes, which lost 18-6 to Walnut Hills.

The ratings with. firstplace votes in parentheses and points awarded on a 10-9-8 etc., order for first to lOth-place votes: 1. Moeller 112) . 7 0 2. Elder . . . ..5 1 3. St. Xavier _. . . ...... 6 1 4. Wyoming/ 7 0 5. LaSalle.· " . 6 1 5 2 6. Woodward 7. Colerain . . . ..... 6 0 8. lndion Hill . .

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Elder On Way

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Moeller, Elder Battle for Lead BY .TOE QUINN Leadership of the Catholic League football race is the stake when Coach Ger· ry Faust's Moelle.r Crusad· ers play host to Elder's Panthers at 8 p.m. Friday

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The rivals currently are tied with four conference victories apiece. Moeller is unbeaten in seven starts while Elder has suffered

MOELLER LINEBACKERS VICK KOE.GEL, WARREN WillTIS

ELDER LINEBACKERS JIM CHRISTOPHEL, TONY COTTER

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Three Teams Still Boast Perfect Marl{s Only three teams remain with unblemished records on the local high school football front and all three, Moeller, Wyoming and Cincinnati Country Day School, have some storms to weather before they finish their campaigns.

Moeller, now 7-0, still has Elder this week and St. Xavier coming up the following week.

BY DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Reporter Elder's Panthers get their chance to take over the top spot in The Enquirer's weekly city prep poll tonight.

Coach Ken Haupt's team, which cracked the top 10 after a 14-12 loss to defending mythical state champ Upper Arlington and then jumped up to second a few weeks later by knocking off St. X, 6-0, meets No. 1r a n k e d and undefeated Moeller at 8 p. m. at Sycamore High Field. An over· · flow crowd is expected.

one loss in six games. That setback was a 14-12 loss to Columbus Upper Arlington, defending state champs and presently No. 2 in the state scholastic grid poll.

WITH THAT background it is not hard to imagine the importance of the Friday clash to both teams.

Both coaches have almost itlentical estimates of their opponents. Elder's Ken Haupt says, "Moeller just has the overall ability to play good football any time they are on the field.

"On offense· they can throw the ball or run with it equally well. And on defense they are experienced, they're quick and they're lig. They have 20 seniors of their first 22 players, with the two underclassmen both big linemen."

FOR HIS p:~rt, Coach Faust says of Elde'l', "I've been very impressed with their defense and on of. fense they have backs with good speed and a good pa~sing game, with Mar· chioni throwing and Hensley and Dinkelacker as Te· ceiv·ers.

"They have lost only to the No. 2 team in the state :md the way thev moved the length of the field against Roger Bacon last week in two minutes indicates that they can get the jcb done."

Elder will have Steve Meier, 165-pound sophomore halfback, in full action once again now that he has ·shaken off an earlier injury. With him in the backfield will be Mike Parker. with Ed Tieman and sophomore Bruce Broxterman alternating at fullh;rr.k. B r o x t e r m a n also starts at defensive end.

MOELLER ALSO will start its regular backfield of Mark Daniel :~t quarterback, Danny Molina · and Mike Hacker at the halfbacks and husky Randy Keith at fullback.

Daniel. a senior in his second season as a regular, has a pass completion record of 58 percent on 38 of 66 tosses. And eight of the c o m p l e t i o n s went for touchdowns.

Coach Haupt summed up his •estimate of the ball game-by saying, "Moeller is a team that you can't make mistakes a~rainst and hope to win. We've been hurt a couple of time this year by •errors and we'll just have to eliminate or at least minimize them this week.

"All I can tPll you now is that it should be a heckuva game."

ED SHUTTLESWORTH, rugged Woodward fullback, maintained his grip on first place in the individual scoring race by scoring· all of his team's points in the 14· 12 win over Taft. He now has 114 points for the seasun, 16 ahead of second· place Randy Keith of Moe!· ler.

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Riding on the ou•come of the game, in addition to the city's No. 1 ranking, is possession of first place in' the Greater Cincinnati League.

Elder and Moelle'I' share the GCL top spot with 4-0 records.

Elder takes a 5-l overall won-lost mark into the contest. Moeller is 7-0. The PantJhers have scored 87 paints and allowed 32 in six games. Gerry Faust's Crusaders have piled up 243 points and allowed 41 in seven outings.

Moeller and klder have played two common opponents, Roger Bacon and Newport Catholic. Moeller defeated Bacon, 28-14, and Elder beat the Spartans, 21-6. Moeller walloped Newport Catholic, 60-0, while Elder prevailed over the Thoroughbreds, 27-6.

Both teams apparently will be at near full-strength for the game. Elder will benefit from the return of regular fullback Steve Meier, who missed the last two gamec It stacks t::p as the biggest game to date of the local high school season and both coaches are treat~ ing it that way.

"It's going to be an uphill struggle for us," said Haupt. "They're going to be a little bigger, be more ex P e r i e n c e d, and have more depth. We're definitely going to have to play the same kind of game we played against St. x to win."

Said Faust: "It's our biggest game so far this season. They have one of the best defenses in the city."

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.No.1 MoellerShows Its Muscle, Whips Elder,-27-7 ~-.DENNY DRESSMAN •.Eri-Qi:tlrer •Sports Reporter &plOdlng for 19 points .in. _the second quarter, No. 1.-rail.ked Moeller's inspired · C~il.ders made a sham.ble()·: of their showdown -Wifb_ S~d.-ra~ E l q e r -FJ;i'Qfty 111\ght, overpowel'!ng .~1?anthers and cru1slng .~~-~7-7 victory. ' , · '.,Tiie win, W'h.l.c'h upped -:M~ler's-:rocord to s-o, gave 'llliie',GriJsaders sole po.sses·Sl'Oft·_-of tilrst in' the

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hold on first place 'in The Enquirer's we e k 1 y city prep poll, and' added to the Crusaders' stallewide prestige. Elder came within two . points of knOcking off the state's second~anked team, Upper Arlingtcxn, e a r 11e r this seaJSOIJ.~ · Running backs Dan Molin,a and Randy K e i t h, helped along by bone-rattling blocks from the Moeller line, paced the winners' :Molina

104 yards in 25 carries and scored one touchdown while Keith gained 103 yards in 15 runs and scored twice.·.

An e qua 11 y impressive defense was led by · linebackers Vic Koegel and Warren Whitis and defensive back Bob Malarkey.

The game, p 1 aye d at Syca~ore High's field, began as though ilt would be another tight defensive battle, typical of GCL en-

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punts during the first quarter until Moeller took over on its own 47-yard line and began a march to its _ first TD. It took 13 plays, including a 15-yard penalty against Moeller, but the Crusaders finally cracked the Elder defense on Molina's four-yard run. Molina was invaluable during the early going, gain- . ~g 74 ot·l04 yards U1 the first quarter.

Mo'eller struck again quickly on what may have been the turning point of the game. Elder was forced to punt three plays after M•o 1 i n a 's touchdown run, and 5 foot 9 inches Bill Hines return the kick 41 yards for a score. The little senior sidestepped at least' five Elder tacklers at the 41 before starting his run.

Buoyed bY this sudden scoring burst, the Moeller defense agaJ.n held Elder to three plays, and forced the Panthers to punt. . This time 1t was ~ullbacR: · Keith who went to work.

Gaining 59 of his 103 yards on this drive, K e 1t h led Moe 11 er 66 yards in nine plays to make it 19-0.

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-Enquirer (Chip FairciO'Ih) Phorq' threat of the game just'before halftime as cool quarterback Mike Marchioni hit ·four passes for 72 yards. The • • -. ~ • .J • • ) ·drive ended, with Moeller's .... chasing him just ·before he fires a pass are MOener l!etensl.ve' standouts Bob Malarkey (40) ana Warren Whitis (S4) Hines knocking down a pass in the end zone as time rim out. ·· lloegel set up the last Moeller can't ··begin to score by intercepting a Their s p i r it s seemingly rest on its 1aureUr. despite Marchioni pass.at the Elder lifted by the near success the win. Next saturday the 26. A . personal foql call just before halftime, the Crusaders .play St.. X at Panthers almost turned the against the Panthers moved . St. X. . game around at the start ·of the ball to the 21, and Moeller scored in ·fille plays~ the second half.

M o ' 11 e r coach Gerry Sophomore .Bruce Broxterman, the hero of Elder's Faust praised his team 6-0 win over st. XaVf~r after the victory. · "The two weeks ago, intercepted: boy:.; played a great game. a Mark Daniel pass and re- "W had several. boys play~ turned it 26 yards to the ing with minor .Injuries, "' Moeller nine. ·· Marchioni and they did a great job.

"Elder. has a fine. foothit Bill Farrell in the end zone on the first play to ball team. They almost_ turned things around· with make it 19-7.

Moeller regained its com- that ·interception .· -in the posure quick I y, though, second half. It gave ~hem and after trading punts, some momentum, and it scored the last TD of the took a while for us to re· cover." game.

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Saturday is the veal Halloween. You can bet that two high j;chool coaches named Gerry Faust and Tom Ballaban will be pulling every tricl\ out of the bag they can come up wilth.

Last season, St. X had an undefeated season going and had already clinched the GCL championship when along came Moelle1 to spoil things for the Bombers with a 6-6 tie.

This year, things ·are in reverse. Moeller is S.O and two games away from that coveted undefeated record. St. X would _like to avenge last year's disappointment.

And it means more to the Bombers than just being a "spoiler."

With the Crusaders leading the GCL due to a 5-0 record and with Si. X a:nd Elder perched a game dlif the pace at 4-1, a. victory for X ~11uld enable them to get at least a share of the loop crown.

So Saturday afternoon at St. Xavier, located just over the hill on North Bend road from Girl's Town, these two will have a showdown. Both are loaded with stars. Last year, Moeller ac-· complished the seeminglY impossible with a handful of stars .. and a lot of juniors. This year, it is Moeller who has more stars obut there are still guys aro.und like Danny Rebsch, . Tim Hammelrath and Tim Haslerig who bear strong resentment against . the Moeller crew for that 6-6 tle.

Add to the fact that Coach Tom Ballaban and Coach Gerry ;Eatist'are two in the GCL .who ,get along lllOO Kruschev and Ri.chM'I:l Nixon did at the great face-off, and you can imagine what a tension-packed. tilt this will be.

If you intend to attend, better start early. There aren't many seals and the crowd's going to be terrifirc too. See you there!! And for Halloween, maybe a field "ghoul" will be the difference.

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·Thls time H was ·Kelth whO!· Ke.ith got one before Daniel What A Crowd! sparkled. Randy ripped off gai~l hit O'Brien with a six-yard Every corner of Sycamore of 13, 15 and 17 and Molina's flat pass. At the 12 it was Stadium was packed to the hilt short four-yarder was mixed in fourth and one. Molina jumped when the kickoff gDt underway. tfor a firSit down at the Elder 17. · over a stack of bodies up the Estimates have run from 7,000 Mark O'Brien got four to the 13 middle 'and went seven yards upwards. .Just say i.t was the then Kei.th slammed eight more to the five. Keith found a hole <best crowd yet to see a game to the five. at right guard and went five there.

Randy buHed to the two on an for the clinching TD. The 25·7 And they saw a first quarter off tackle slant and then Molina count went to the 27-7 final that was ·a dandr. It was score- hit up the.middie and went in when Daniel found O'Brien It was billed as a battle for less, but when it ended, Moellea· easily •to up Moeller's iead to 19-0 open with a pass good for the the Greater Cincinnati League 1 ' was aready on the prowl a!fter with just 2:58 left !before hal:f- extra points. championship , but Moeller's' taking over .at their 42 on a -sho11t time.

Crusaders a·ve getting accustom' Althmtgh Marchioni -tried to kick.

The last six .plays of the ed ·to those each weekend and That's when Mar~hloni went get the Panthers back Jn with period included runs of 15, 9, 8 Coach Gerry Faust's Men of to work. He hit Bill Farrell four more ·completed passes, and 4 by nanny Molina and a Moe1ler shrugged off Elder with for a nine-yarder after Steve 'the west-siders never got closer f.i.ve-yarder by Randy K'eith, so more of a "ho-hum" styling than Meier zipped eight around left than the 45. One drive by Elder when the second. stanza got anyone ever imagined, ·with a end.

Marchioni completed stopped there when Whitis h~t started, MoeUer was perch-ed at 27-7 triumph that had to impress three more passes, all on third Mai'cllioni so ha1·d he fumbled Eider's 35 with a first down. the hug·e thl'ong on hand. down for 19 to Farrell, 22 to ~d Malarkey was there to Molina then ripped off In fact, if it hadn't been for Mike Dinkelacker and 23 to Sllother it !for MoeUm·. Another · gains of nine and 10 to the quarterback Mike Marchloni, the Greg Hensley. Moeller was in ended a>t the same place when ]}IOELLER'S CRUSADERS scored a decisive victory over Panther's 14. U:e blasted off game would have been no cona prevent defense and those Elder's Panthers Friday night 27·7 to move within a game left tackle for five more. Then test. Mike was good enoug•h to hits carried to the Moeller 16. Morrissey intercepted a long of at least a share of the GCL Championship and within two after Keith shot up the middle keep the fans on edge and the more games on an undefeated 10-0 campaign.

Marchioni was dumped for a one, <thrOwn from the 45, at the for five to the enemy four, Crusaders a'lert with his passing.

Two of the top Crusaders Friday night were Mike 1Q.ya·rd loss by War~n .wmti~eight and .ret\.n·ned •to the 28 as the Classy Cuban took a handHe completed ni-ne of 22 for 122 Broerman, left, 6-2, 205-ponnd defensive tackle who played along the way. With seconds left, time ran out. off from Daniel who had fak· ya!'ds. an inspired game, especially in the first half when Moeller he threw two more. Koegel bated one to Keith and Roindy That was about all Elder piled up a 19-0 lead, and Danny lUolina, right, 170-pound ted one down a·nd the bald' ended See. Moeller Page 12 could show for a net gain for running back who picked up 64 yards personally in the first when Bi'll Hines came up in time the evening. The Crusader deMoeller scoring drive'. to kni>ck down a heave ~n the fenders smacked the classy end zone to Dinkel,acker. field general backwards 10 of 1 ~ It was ,this ty.pe of courage, It is composed of detens•ve Last Half the 11 times he had the ball, plus the abi'lity of another 18j stickouts such as Koegel and most of them on pass attempts 'Elder :threw a s)lock dnto thtt" Mike Broerman, who blew Crusadevs that did in the team I for 67. yards in setbacks and . ·the crowd just after Moeller rethat was a two-point loser to .th-e Elder's offensive blockers out ceived the second ha,llf kickoff.

Continued from Page lO the other Purple backs manstate's top-ranked squad a month I of the way like match sticks. aged just 68 yards on 17 run· blasted the last Panther out On ·third down, Daniel aimed a earLier. The 27-7 triumph is Uke- j And men like Ken Kerkoff and of the way *o allow Molina to screen pass at · Randy Keith, niqg attempts, so Moeller held ly to cause the ·boys up north to'' Warren Whitis and Al Kreiner score. Rich Goodll.art's boot 'Randy tipped the ball up, Elder's the .enemy to a one-yard gain and Bob Malarkey, the latter start wonderi-ng what this Moel-' made it 7·0 and the fans went Tim Btu,vma.n picked it out of the rushing and 122 passing. especially tough on Marchioni ler team is made of. wild. air and Tim kept running to In the meantime, Moelier ate Friday night. Pat Seitz rounds The answer is simple. It's Elder received and three Moeller's nine, a reception ireup 218 yards rushing and quarout the linemen and 'linebackmade of an offensive crew inplays later Malarkey chased turn Of 21 yard11. terback Mavk Daniel completed ers who know they are wincluding Uecker, Steve SylvesMarchioni back to his 13, dropOn the first play, Marchio.ni two passes f~ nine more yards. ners. ter, Bill Wilcoxson, Van Fleet, ping Mike· for a 13-yard loss.. hit Farrell with a quickie over So the winners outgained Elder, That little group back in .the' John Steffen and Chris DiSalBines took the Elder punt ·at the . middle and ;Bill ·score~ .

227-120. vo who overpowered a strong secondary, BDb Morrissey, Bill! the Elder 40, danced around .with the ensuing boot na~:,row- .

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Hines, Mike StaH and .some-· Elder defensive line that infor a moment and dropped inl!l-the count to 19-7. T~se_ But .the ·statistics will never cluded stars Tony Cotter lind . times Niehaus, Rack and the line· back to allow four would-be exira points looked larger ·at · backers dropping •back .to help: show the· courage MoeHer Jim Christophel.

Elder tacklers to elude him; this stage. ·· · them that secondary 'lOQked mustered for this one. Daniel Neither team •threatened until It's composed of backs · like bad for a short whHe just be- then cut across the field, down was ·playing with a bad1y<bruis-' Randy Keith who picked up 123 fore the half. But when the chipS' the far sideline a11d took it aU Keith picked up 29 yards tn fiv-e ed :th-rowing arm, or shOiulder. plays near the ·end of the .third yards in 19 caT-ries, Dan Molina, were down the Crusader defen; the way for a 13-0 lead that John Uec-IHlr played with a period to lead Moeller to Elder's who made 104 yards his 21 trips sive backs 'were there anq they somehow .looks mighty big i!l charieyhorse, Ted Va-n Fleet had a game against Elder. .

31. The Panthers took . over and guys Hke ;Daniel, Mar·k A~o- stopped Marchi .on i 's pa-ssing ligament damages and star line•rini, John Niehaus and M1ke overall. ~he ·Panthers also failed to th<:re, _but on first d~w11 ·March'i·backer Vic Koegel and defensive Hacker who not only 'like ro lug ;ga.in after t-hat and punted out 'Oru tl'led_ to pass ~~d Koegel back BHl Hines both sustained the leather ·but also to block for I to Moelierd's 34.. From there, .. leaped high to g,rab. ~t for Moelankle sprains Wednesday, •two the others who a.re carrying the the Crusaders started a go<rl- ·le~ at the 41, retur?mg •tQ .Elddays before the game.

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EnqQu.er Sports Reporter Only 10 of the usual· 12 H~vtng decisively Wrned .votes were cast this week, back the ch~llenge of No. 2- giving the leaders of the ranke4 · Elder 27-'! Friday Greater Cincinnati ~ague night, Moeller again leads 100 points.

Second this week, reThe, ~·s weeklY city ·turning after two weetss in pr~R ~l pOll. AS it was third place, is St Xavier. ·1~! · unbeaten The Bombers (7-1) bo)!l a . C ·· (${)} were the lO.point lead over. ihird. place Elder C5-2). ; ·$~. X picked up 85 points. •

Moeller's Crusaders captured undisputed possession of first place in the Catholic League last night. defeating highly .regarded Elder, 27-7, before more than 9000 people at Sycamore Stadium.

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' Elder came -alive in the second stanza and looked as if they ·would score as quarterbaCk Mike Marchioni completed four of 11 passes for 70 ya,rds but no touchdo.wn. The Pan t h e r line yielded often enough to allow Marchioni to be nailed several times behind" the line. · Biil Hiries pfcked up an Elder puntand ran 41 yards for a touchdown, midw;~y through the second period and Randy Keith went into paydirt from the one later to end the scoring in the quarter.

With· 14 . seconds to go, however, Hines broke up a Marchioni pass in the end 1.otie to keep the Panthers scoreless for the half, Moeller leading 19-0.

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St. X Is Next Moeller -running backs Mark Amorini (left) and Randy Keith are ready and waiting for the kickoff of today•s big game with ~Xavier at 1:30 p.m. at St. X. Moeller's Crusaders are 8-0, lead the Greater Cincinnati Leagu"C;l and are rankect first in The Enquirer's weekly city prep football poll. The Bombers are 7-1 and second in botp the GCL and The Enquirer poll.

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fOOtball fans promise to fill and .overflow st. Xavhir•s stadium this afte!'n<>On when Moeller's nUmber one ranked "Crusaders" clash with th~ st. X "Bonibers/' rated number two in our Enquirer prep poll. Spirit at both schools has been running hi_gh

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AL KIUtiNER is an 'end on. the ,unbeaten Moeller ·High football team ~nctdo~s his job in such a ~eady,unspectacu­ lar way thatCoac}J Gerry Faust says "people sort of take it for· gfarited tl1~t he's doing the job because they exp~ct it of him. But he's been very important in our .defensive operationall seaso~." .. ' . ' . : .

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Princeto!'l can wrap UJ Its third straight Great«. Mi"Blni Conference title by beating second-place Middletown. The Vikings \4-4) are 3-0, while the Middles (6-.2) are 2-0. And Moeller can clinch at least a tie for Gre11ter Cincinnati League honors .bY beating at. X at St. X. . ·~.

That looms as -~ big game of the year. :Mqeller, leading t{le GCL with a s-o mark, is • 8-0 and ranked firSt ·in the En q u 1 re r•s weekly city prep polL St. X, tied for second in the GCL with Elder at 4-1, is 7~1 overall and second ia. tne. city r"anktngs.

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st. X's return to second It sets up a replay in reverse of last year's meeting in the ·ratings sets up anbetween the two schools. In that one St. X was shooting other. showdown between for a perfect season with nine wins already on the books; DENNY DRESSMAN'S tlre city's two top-ranked while Moeller came into the game with a 6-2-1 mark; teams this weekend. Moeller Underdog Moeller didn't keep St. X from winning )s at St. x- at. 2~ p .m. Satur~ · the Greater CincinnatF League championship, but the day.'

Crusaders did spOil the Bombers' perfect season by play~ Pos. Team Won Lost Tied Ptr. ing them to a scoreles tie.

I. Moeller (10) 8 0 0 100 2. St. Xavier : . . . 7 1 0 85 3. Elder 5 2 0 75 1\-Ioeller most assuredly will go into next week's game 4. Wyoming ... I 0 0 69 as the favorite. The Crusaders could find the going 5. LaSolle .

6 2 0 56 6. Woodw;u'll 6 2 0 51 tougher than they did against Elder, however, because of 7, Indian Hill 6 2 0 29 8. Finneytown . . . . . . . 7 1 0 28 one of those intangibles Haupt mentioned.

1::Other ~:f.~~~:aco~.: :::: : ~ f V f~ Wl'>at bigger emotional and inspirational tool could Poll Bowl Refle~tions teoinf reeeiving votes with ••inti aeeumulated: Harrison 7. Sycamore 6, St. X coach Tom ·Ballaban have, than a simple plea to Taft 5; Hughes 1,, Princeton I, ON THE MORNING after the m()rning after the night turn the tables on Moeller in revenge for the scoreless before, here are some reflections on Friday night's Poll tie of 1968?

Bowl-the battle between the city's top-rankeq high school football team, MOeller, and second-rated Elder.

Beginning where almost everyone's thoughts' most surely are centered following Moeller's 27-7 victory, here is how Elder coach Ken Haupt compares the Crusaders with Upper Arlington.

(Upper Arlington, you know, was second in the state ~ in last week's Associated Press poll, while Moeller was fifth. And Arlington, as you also know, played Elder earlier this season and won, but by just two points, 14-12). ",I definitely do believe that if the two teams would lock up head-on," said Haupt, '"Moeller would come out

BY JOE QUINN Sunday afternoon game at ing, the things we knqw on top. It wouldn't be a runaway, though; don't get me Moeller's Crusaders have Elder. best." wrong. I think it would be a real close game, but I think a chance to just about AND THE . Crusaders Moeller would win."

ALL THREE of the top clinch the Catholic League teams still have another kl)ow them well enough to title by beating St. ·Xavier be unbeaten in eight ~ames league game to play after .and ·be ranked No. 4 m the tomorrow afternoon at the POINTING OUT THAT a myriad of intangible facSt. Xavier field while St. this week but Moeller's as· state at the m()ment. tors influence the outcome and both teams' performances Xavier needs a victory to signment is the least diffi- · Gerry was more interestin every high school football game, Haupt declined to get gain a first-place tie in the cult since the Crusaders ed j~ . giving his assistant involved in a wholesale comparison of Moeller and Upper hectic C a tho I i c League will oppose McNicholas in coac~es credit for their Arlington. race. the finale. part m the season.

"Our kids may have played over their heads against Going in, Moeller is 5·0 So a victory over Coach "Phil Gig)otti, Mike Cam· Upper Arlington, or their kids may have had a bad game," In conference eompetition, Tom Baltahan's Bombers eron and John Parker have he said. "We didn't play as well against Moeller as we did while St. Xavier is 4·1 in a tomorrow woulo put Moell· peen · great. The players against Upper Arlington or St. Xavier. second-place tie with Elder, er firmly in t)1e <Clriver's really li~e them and they "You can't get anything from comparative scores, which plays Purcell in a seat. know what they're doing either. st. X beat McNicholas, for example, ~4-0. We beat Asked if he had put in all the time. They sure McNick, 9-0. By comparative scores, St. X should have any special stuff for St. have been a help to me, I walloped us, but we won, 6-0.

Xavier this week, Moeller can t~ll'you.'' Faust avers.

"This isn't meant to take anything away from Moelcoach Gerry Faust replied, Gerry also singled out ler, though. They have a great team. Both I and my "We did put in a few new John. Uecker, senior offencoaches agree that they probably would beat Upper things at the. start of the sive tac;kle for his play all Arlington if they played."

-week but we've thrown season and particularly last them out and decided to go week when ·he opened big · Although Haupt insists comparative scores can be with what we've been u~- holes for Randy Keith and misleading, it will be interesting to see what effect MoelDanny '·Molina. "Actually, ler's convincing victory Friday night has on the Crusadthe whole offensive line did ers' state ranking.

Cincinnati, Mon., Oct. 27, 1969 18-The Post Br Times-Star a great job, I thought," the Members of the AP statewide panel have no yardMoeller coach pointed out. stick other than comparative scores when it comes to judging teams for places in the top 10. It would seem that COACH BALLABAN, aftMoeller deserves to be ranked higher than Upper. Arlinger saying "we have the ton-not only on the basis of cOilllparative score~ but also highest regard for Moellbecause of the truly impress1ve overall performance er's ball club," added, "we against Elder-yet in all likelihood Moeller w~ll b~ very won't be able to be as slow fortunate to wind up with even equal acclaim m the starting as we have been in several games because they polls. might be too far ahead by that time. And we'll have ALTHOUGH ELDER LOST to Moeller, the Panthers to minimize our mistakes."

Every week seems to be one of decision in the Cath· have nothing tO regret.

Tom, recalling that. the olic League football race and this week is no exception.

J.t'alling behind 19-0 in a short span during the second Crusaders had played St. And Moeller's loop-leaders are once again involved in quarter Elder did not give up. The Panthers caused Xavier to a 6-6 tie to mar the big game.

Moeller' coach· Gerry Faust a few anxious mom~nts ju.st an otherwise perfect seaso11 Coach Jerry Faust's Crubefore halftime by almost scoring, then scared. hlm. agam a year ago for the Bombsaders, .with a 27-7 victory just after halftime by turning an intercep~l_o,~ mto a ers, pointed out that his -river Elder behind them, intouchdOwn in one play. squad certainly would like vade St. Xavier for a 2 p.m. to return the favor this Quarterback Mike Marchioni in particular desen:es Saturday clash that could year. if at all possible. praise. ·Fac-ed with a pass rush that repeatedly forced him clinch the crown for the All of which adds. up to to scramble out of the pocket, and one that often dropped visitors. another "big game" in the him behind the line, the wiry senior displayed the comSt. Xavier, on the other Catholic League. The conJKISUXe of a veteran pro. hand, c,ould gain a tie for test is scheduled for 2 p.m.

After Moeller had taken that 19-0 lead in the second the lead by beating Moeller, tomorrow. quarter, Marchioni passed for 7~ yards as Elder threatsince the Bombers now are ened in the last minutes of the frrst half. His percentage in a second-place tie with was bad in that drive-he hit just four of 11--but he made Elder after taking a 2Q·B the big play three times in a row on third-d?wn-and-.10, victory over LaSalle iii' and did it despite a wall Of tacklers snatchmg at ,h1m their Saturday clash at St from all sides.

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"He did a real fine job of sticking in there," Haupt Coach Tom Ballaban's said. "He didn't play much last year, but he has really team ac~omplished this by coming back from an 8-0 become a leader. The kids believe in. him _because ther, know he'll stick in there the way he d1d agamst Moeller. deficit to score in each of the last three quarters Surprisingly, Marchioni has not yet caught tht; eye of (!gainst the· Lancers, who

BY DE_NNY DRESSMAN unanimous choice of the college scouts. A few more gritty performances llke ~h~ put up stubborn opposition board Of coaches.

Enquirer Sports Reporter one he turned in against Moeller, though, should brmg all_the way.

Only 10 of the usual 12 the bird dogs out in full force.

Having decisively turned votes were cast this week, back the challenge of No. 2- giving the leaders of the ranked Elder 27-7 Friday Greater Cincinnati League ONE MORE STERN test stands between Moeller anct night, Moeller again leads a perfect season. 'l.'he Crusaders, who close the season The Enquirer's weekly city against ·winless McNicholas, play St. X at St. X at 2 prep football poll. As it was p. m. Saturday. last week, the Unbeaten Crusaders (8-0) · were the ,

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m.~ point," sai<t St. Xavier coach Tom Ballaban. "I think we shook them up a little by holding them twice so close to our goal.

"But his run restored tl:iefr confidence. I felt all along that the team which scored first would have a decided psychological edge m a game like this. And his run set up that score."

In the late stages of the game, St. - Xavier was stopped at the Moeller 25 on downs, was stopped at the Moeller 14 by Bob Morrissey's interception of a •: : : :l: :; :;:':l: : : : : : •: : : : :•:•: : : : ,:•: : : •: :;: : : : : : : : :l: •: : : : : : : ;l: :;: ;.:;:;,:,~:,:;: : Marty Mooney pass, and both the Greater Cincinnati was stopped at the Moeller League standings and The - 25 by Ken Kerkoff's interEnquirer's weekly city high ception of another Mooney aerial. school football poll.

But the Bombers just MOELLER .. _..... ·O 7 6 6-19 Moell!r-Keith 18 run (Goodhart kick). didn't have enough muscle - Moeller-Keith 29 run (kick lolled).

Moeller-Keith 2 run (run failed). to cope with the Moeller team which Faust calls, ''t h e b e s t I've e v e r coached."· As it has been in all of Moeller's nL _ victories this season, picking out the stars is difficult.

"Give the whole team credit," Faqst said. "The. line realiy blew them out, and the backs really ran."

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Enquirer S-::orts Re·•:10rter Quagmires are supncsed to at least·-sJow down even the .bes.t of fc0tba!l te<>ms_ S!imcr rwct is supposed to hinder rvnning backs, and 8. cirivJng rR.in is supposed to make it difficul.t to pass effectively.

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MOELLER XAVIER Fi~st Downs 13 8 Offense -281 100 That's the way it's sup- Total - 71 RllshinQ Ya·dage 240 posed to be, all right, but Passf's ·Completed 1· 3 14- 4 someone forgot to brief Att'pted Had Intercepted 0 2 Lost 0 1 Moeller's unbeaten Crusad- F•1mbl,.s Penalties 7-61 3-55 ers before they took the Punts 3·20.3 5-32.6

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That final score would be enough of a shock on a clear day, when you can see· and run forever. But on a day fit only for Marine recruits, Moeller's 19-point win over the Bombers ranks as almost phenomenal.

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If there must be a key man or a key play, however, the distinctions go to halfback ·Dan Molina and his 47-yard run in the second quarter.

"You broke it open for us, Dan," Faust told Molina late in the game as they stood together on the sidelines: "You broke it open right here. You were a big man for us today. I'm goIng to miss you and all the. seniors,"Molina's run. which set up Moeller's first touch. down, indeed was the big play of the .game. Until he broke loose, Moeller had driven inside· the. St. Xavier 10-yard line twiee, only to be thwarted on both occasions by a determined Bomber defense.

And after blowing those opportunities the first. two. times they had the ball, the Crusaders· settled down to trading punts with the Bombers.· St. Xavier end AI Sabato's punt to the Moeller 14 preceded MD-' Una's run.

Fullback Randy Keith, who scored all three Moeller touchdowns, moved the . ball from the 14 to the 29 · In three plays. Then Molina 1 turned left end, seemed to be stopped at midfield aftter a 20-yard gain, but broke loose and was dragged down from behind on the St. Xavier 24. Two plays later Keith exploded up the middle for 18 yards and his first TD."There's no doubt that Molina's run was the turn-

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Marty Mooney completed two -straight pooses to -renew Cheers on the 'St. X side, completing one for clgM yanls to 'rerey ·Kiroth and one far 11 to Don Keelin·g. Tlmt cart'l.e.l · to the 46

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Moell~r Motivated By USAF Planes d_ay l<tst week, Coach Gerry Faust and his staff were CWJ.Cel)tr<tttng \)n_ a to~gh practive sessiOn while the Moeller Crus";~qers were preparmg for Saturday's pa_yoff clash with St. :x;av~er -"- a gaJll~ th~t could give Moeller the championship pr<~~tite~IJ.y, or a ti~ with St. X and Elder for the top spot.

11f a sud!illD, high allove the field, two US Air Force jet plaaes )lUlled a maneuv~r that was to have something to do with the outcome 11f the game. The "pia"nes crossed and left trails, forming a hqge "X" in the sky. It hove{e«<. over the Moeller practice field for almost an hour. · F_ootball coaches being the superstitious souls that they are and Gerry Faust being of sound religious foundation the Moe!ler coach is reported to have dashed int() his offic~ and then . returned to the field, stopping along the way in front of the shrine at the rear of the buih;ling fm' a few minutes of prayer.

On the minds of the players and coaches alike, the "X" upstairs seemed to be an omen of an X-Hex and they became determined to work and pray even harder for Satm·day's game. '\'"l,l.g 1>n11w the rest- TIJe two teams - the Bombers and Crusaders - were de\ldlorked in a scoreles.s duel Saturday untif. !Ill of ' Slllld\ln, the skies ope11e~ up and a driving rain drenched the crowd. WIJen that rain came, the Crusaders shifted into high ge<!.l" ant:! ha,d a touchdi\WI\ within two plays on long runs by :Pl!Il !\~9lina for !>0 yards and Randy Keith for 17.

Then, leading 13-0 and with St. Xavier on the 14yard line, it appeared the Bombers were com\ng b~k and it was still the third ·neril)\1. If l)t. :x; !>COred and got the point or points-aftertouchdown, they would be in a position to come back and .win.

The word, "PrlJY! Pray!" went up from coaches and players on the sidelines. All of a sudden,, big AI Kreine-r c-rashed through ~ throw DQn Keeling for a three yard loss and two p~ays later, St. X had gained nothing ani! t11rned the ball over to Moeller at Ute 16 · . . · lloes praye~ work? Just ask Qerry Faust and his Moeller Crusadtlrs, tl!eY l~ tell YO\L Ail the rugged pl;tY on the fjeld Saturday afternoon would le~ve fans with the opinion that th_e players of the two schools dislike each other very much. Not so, in all cases.

Big tackle Mike Broerman of Moeller believes in sharing with the enemy. At ;my rate, Mike discovered that his girl friend already had a date S~turday night - with fullback Tim Hamelrath of St. X. Mike's comment, "Oh, he's a pretty nice guy."

Broerm~n spent a good d.eal of his- time Saturday a,fternoon slamming into MartY Mooney and Clint Haslerig but never did get · a crack at 'Tim when he carried the ball!

The togetherness of the Crusaders is examplified by the case )f a second string back who Coach Faust was about to put in after .'t appeared Moeller's 19-0 lead was enough -in the last period. T~at back reminded Coach Faust that Keith was just short of toppmg 1,000 yards for the season and urged the coach to let Randy stay ln. Now·Keith stands at 1,021 in the 9-0 season.

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Some battles for the city honors and school :records will be underway this weekend. ·_ Ed Shuttlesworth of Woodwa~d _and ~eith of _Mo~ller are the two top scorers in Greater Cmcmnab, each With JUSt one game to go. Bulldog Eddie leads by 10 points right now.

Friday afternoon, Woodward play~ a tough Hughes team that is 4-2-1 in the league. That mght Big Ed Wl~l have ~ored as -many as he can for the season, and _Moeller will_ be a_gamst MeN!cholas a_t Syca~ore Stadm!ll, ,n~owmg what Keith will need to wm the City Sconng ChampiOnship.

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nation, survived a double-challenge Saturday afternoon and conquered both. The Big Moe found a slippery, muddy field to their Iilcin" and carefull ow. "' Y. P ered their way -to a 19-0 victory over a super-tough St. Xavier powerhouse that had lost only once previously.

The mudbath victory elevat, , ed Mll~IIer s seasons record to 9-0, gave them undisputed . . possessl(m of the Greater Cm· cinnati League championship race and they can slip back into a tie with Elder only if a band of McNicholas Rockets that haven't even been able to score this year pull a miracle up at. Sycamore Stadium Friday mght.

That isn't likely to happen, because Coach Gerry Faust has more talent si.tting around on his berich waiting for next year than most coaches have on their entire squad.

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Durmg the fm;t eigh~ manutes ~f play sa;urday, ,the ram-soaked ans 'thou,ht that 'penhaps Moeller and ~t. X would ~attle It out :for nothing. The footing was unsure, to say the least, with huge puddles on the playing field. No one present imagined the offense that the Faustmen would .generaJte. · 'Before it was over, Moeller had ground out 308 yards and the defe_nse -had held St. X ·to a meager 99 net. The Crusaders did it on possession, running off 46 plays rushing for 268 yaros and trying eight passes for 40 rmore when three of them were caught.

Mark Daniel turned in a brilliant game from his quarterback slot. Mark didn't have to pass much, but made good three. What made his day a day of glory was perfect execution on fakes, handoffs and his ability to do the job in such rotten weather without a single fumble.

The dynamic pair of ·runners who have ·carried the load most of the season did it again. Randy Keith was called on 23 times and responded with 125 yards and Danny Molina car!'ied 16 times f(}r 116, both of them topping the entire yardage pickup of St. Xavier.

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Six reasons why the Crusaders are un· beaten with a 9-0 re~11I"d are, fr11m ~eft: Pat Seitz, 180-pound glla1"d; Ken }\er~off, 6-1, 175, defensive star Sllt\lrcfaY; W;u-r~ll Whitis, 175; Vic Koegel. 6-1, \~7; Ffed Vo11 Jlargen, 6-1, 190, and Rich ~~~~~d~~~rt,. 5-_J,\}, l65. AU are outstanding t.ea~ ~i;\yf-1"-s with Ullllillt~~r-$ responsible for e.x,tr;t pll.\"~ ·.~nversions.

That Rain Al,though it had been rammg all morning, only a drizzle· was.t dete-cted at game tiine. An iild[- \ cation of what was to come came 1 on the second play of tJhe game t when Danny Rebsch fumbled a pirohout and Ken KerkoJlf buried it with his body and the mud lfor Moeller at the X 15.

The Crusaders got seven yards on !Jwo plays before Dave Heidel!· stopped Molina for no gain and . a fourth-down .pass from Daniel to Bill Wilcoxson in the end' zone was dropped.

X got only three plays before punting out to the 42.

From there, Big Moe marched 37 yards, mainly on a 25yard pass from Daniel to Steve Mueller that carried to the 12.

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by Bob Menke and Jim Lockwood, Xavier held at the three • lot was still 'scoreless art the quarter and in most of the second period as ·each 'team g(}t two chances hut couldn't get anything going. Then as the drizzle t'umed into a driving :rain, AI Saharto punted dead on Moeller's 14 and the Crusaders sta-rted what was to he an 86-yard touchdown march.

'Gains of five and eight by Keith moved the ball out. '11hen Danny :Molina broke onto the clear. s-plashed through the slop for 60 yards until finally knocked down by Lockwood at the St. X 22. Keith got -three more yards ~nd Mike Hacker two to the Bombers' 17.

From there, Daniel slipped a handoff into Keith's belly, Randy shot up the middle and while !lome -,spectators were still looking 'at the line of scrimmage, . Randy galloped into the end zone on a 17-yard payoff ramble: Rich Goodhart's boot made it 7-0.

'11hat's the way it stood at ha1f time. 'But once Moeller got 0 ball on the open,ing kickoff the second half, the Crusa<' were ·off on another touche trip that would virtuaUy it up. BH! Hines returne boot 15 yards to the Mo'

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Sew It Up Keuth got three and .then Molina went 13 on a second-'!llanbhrough play to the 47. Keith reeled off runs of four and nine for another forst down at the enemy 35.

Randy rammed in f«¥" eight more to the 27 and then broke clear again on the next play, eluded defender Bill Wash· ington at the five and literally dove into the end zone.

Goody's bo~t for Point hit the goal post and bounced back, but the Crusaders had a 13-0 cushion with 8:36 left in the quarter.

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Bob llorrissey intercepted a Mooney pass at the goal line and seemed headed f11r a tone h down before Dl~Dlli Rebsch knocked him out of bounds at the St. X 35. Morrissey's interception runback was good for 65 yards.

'Moeller iocked it up at 19-0 in eight p1ays with the assistance of a 15--yard· personal foul walkof.£ against St. X. The drive was actually good for 26 yards since .Moeller was also -penaMzed five.

Molina picked up 14 of those yards and Ketth the. other 12, Ra-ndv scocing from the two for the big lead. :Mooney went to the air. He completed passes of seven yards to Clint Hasletig and kept for 21 yards down the side. Manty handed t-o Bob Birslenn on a draw p1aoy for eight but aJ1: the 35, defensive work iby Mike Broei!"man, AI Kreiner, Vic Koegel, Ken Kerkoff and l!dll Hines ended the last Xavier bid to avert a shutout and Moeller took Q¥er, run-ning out the clock.

The Defense "It was ~ur greatest team victory," wa-s the -cons~ of fue playel"S after the con~IUCSt Olf St.; Xavier. All were good defensively, but real noticeable f.req'wently were Kerkholff, Koegel,, Hlines and 'Morrissey.

After that quartet were Warren Whitis, Bob Malarkey, Kreiner, Broerman, Steve Nie· haus ,and Denny Stall. A bril· i Iiant performance under the ' adverse conditions by these Crusaders was made even more illuminating by the work of Frank Strittmatter and his "suicide squad" forcing short returns on the kicking situa· tions.

Olf:fensively, the ground-gainers mentioned before were >;reat. It was made possible by \>lark O'Bl'ien, Steve Mueller, Wilcoxson and Bill Wesley at 'he t1ght end slot and by tac'k\es John Uecker, Steve Sylvester and Chris DiSalvo. John Steffan was outstanding aJ1: guard and Ted Van ·Fleet and F·red Von Ba~gen, plus cen-ter Mike Stagge moved St. X well.

Mter cighrt: straight wins, (}ne might suspect trouble from 'both St. Xavier and the elements.

Moeller's 1969 Crusaders solved both problems-the way champ. ~ns usuall'Y do.

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Crusaders Now 9-0 For Season Only winle,ss McNicholas s t a n d s between Moeller and an unbeaten season and an outright Catholic League champiOnship this week.

Coach Gerry Faust's Crusaders made it nine in a row by, blanking St. Xavier 19-0, Saturday before ~ standing-room c r 0 w d of rain-drenched fans.

Elder moved into undisput~d second place by defeab~g Purcell, 28-6, in t h e I r Homecoming Dav game Sunday and retained ~t l~ast a. chance of finishmg m a be for the title. .But Moe 11 e r virtually clmch~d the crown with the wrn over St. XavieT and Randy Keith moved closer to ~he ~ity scoring lead by registenng all three of the touchdowns.

The husky Crusader fullhack. with a big assist from t~e le~t side of the offenSJve lme, blasted out on runs of 18. and 27 vards ;~d a one-yard plunge for • .. o f~J11"S. But it was a team victory as both off~nse and dr.fense combmed to throttle the strong Bombers.

Moeller High's potent offense gets star~ed when center Mike Stagge, ·a 5-ll, 207-pound senior, snaps the ball to quarterback Mark Daniel, also a senior and 6-:~ and 182. The Crusaders are uabeaten in nime games:.

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Enquirer Sports Reporter ,surprise! surprise) Moeller's unbeaten Crusaders With their sights set on the No. 1 ranking in Ohioare again uhanimpusly the No. 1 team . in The Enquirer's weekly c it y high schoo.l football poll. ·

. coach G e r r y . Faust's team, coming off an Impressive 19-0 win over St. Xavier last Saturday, polled a perfect 120 points from the 12-m an b o a r d or coaches T h e Crusaders close their season Friday n!ght as . Sycamore High Field agamst winless McNicholas.

Elder replaced St. X in second place by a scant two points. The Panthers had 99 points whale St. X had 97. Wyoming- again was fourth, LaSalle fifth, Woodward sixth, Indian Hill sevan d Finneytown t;1th ·:.ghth. All five teams won Jver the weekend with Wyoming, Woodward and Indian Hill clinching championships in their respective leagues. · ' Colerain is a distant ninth with 15 points and Sycamore, replacing Roger . · Bacon, is lOth. Here . are the ranking:; With first-place votes in parentheses a n d points . awarded on a 10-9-8 etc basis for first to lOth-place., votes: ~chool I-MOELLER (121 2-ELDER 3-ST. XAVIER.

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PERFECTION ... Moeller (10-0)

l{eith Leads Moeller, In Romp Over McNick ·The Moeller Crusaders closed out an. undefeated :seliS'On with a. resounding · 74-0 trouncing of the winless Rockets of McNicholas Friday night a.t Sycamore.

Randy Keith led the potent Crusader attack with 159 yards gained on 20 carries and five touchdowns.

The 30 points scored by Ke1tJh gives him 158 points, for the· season, four more than Woodward's Ed Shut· tlesworth In the city scoring race. Keith finished 22 points short of area leader David Botos of Fairfield, however.

Keith who set a school record for cal'Jl'ies in a season received some early scoring support from Mark D a n i e I who fired two touchdown prusses in the .first quarter. Tlie first scot'· ing toss went to Jim Rack for 45 yards aad the second was a 26 yarder to Mark O'Brien. Rack also scored on a 25-yard interception.

The 74 poin1;s represents a new school record for the Crusaders in one game.

The old record was 60.

Moeller's final season record 10-0 matches their record of 1966.

The Rockets finiShed Q-10 and went the entire se·ason withOUt scoring. They posed no offensive threat in this· final gaJIDe of the season, failing to penetrate beyond the Moeller 30-yard line - M I K E BLANCK, (Moeller.)

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Moeller gave up 4.8 points a game but got better as the season went along a.~d permitted only 322 yards total in its last five starts.

MOELLER finished o n top iP team and individ'la·l s cor i n g. Coach G<>rrv FausJ's club compilP.d ;;r :38 1 per game a\'(~rage anrl R<rndy .Keith captured the indiVIdual honors.

THE BATTLE for indivirlu~l honors went right to the Wire as Keith nosed nul Ed Shuttlesworth for the tille.

The 5-ll, 1 9 0- pound Moeller senior fullback scored five times FridaY night against McNicho!a·s a f t f' r Shuttlesworth 11ad picked up three touchdowns 1n Woodward's afternoon win over Hughes.

Although Moeller had removed its first string team after one quarter, the players a~ked coach Faust to allow Keith to re-enter the contest when the Crusaders ~ear_ed t~e McNicholas goal lme to gJVe him a shot at the title. And he responded with the five-touchdown burst.

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Daniel fdred a 45-yard touchdown pass to Bimbo Rack, ev- That's ~e way i,t w_as in t~e p~ays and Daniel completed four eryone in the ball yard knew second penod. Amorm1 and N1e- of the five passes he threw for what was going ·to happen. And haus carried the mail dose and 95 more and rtwo touchd~ns. even .though Coach Faust didn't Randy barreled over and Goody That means Moeller outgamed want to roll U!P a 74-0 count, made it 33-0. That was the inten- McNick, 486-11. First downs there was little he coUld do tion just before halftime, but were 19-2. this time, Niehaus was sta~:ting Keith carried 20 times for about it.

Rack's 'J1D after Danny Mo- from the 23 and c_ouidn',t find 135 yards and Molina five lina had set it up with a 22- anyone to tackle h~m so Good- times for 78. Amorini had 68 har,t booted the intermission yards to show for seven trips Y~ sweep was followed _by and Niehaus 60 yards on fi':e Rich Goodhart's conversion margin to 40-0 Faust let his seniors play jaunts. Engel, Rack, Morr1s for a 7-0 lead, Then after Ran· and Daniel added the rest. dy Keith reeled off ruus of 6 one series of downs in the secRack caught one Daniel pass and 9 yards, Daniel closed ond half. They drove 60 yards for a 45-yard TD and O'Brien out a brilliant high school in just six plays with Keith another for 26 yards and a career with a 26-yard payoff scoring (lnd Goodhart booting score. Mike Hacker hauled in the bulge to 47-0. Then. the pitch to Mark O'Brien to run first defense, composed of one for 20 yards and Keith it to 13·0. seniors got their last look and the other for four. ·Before the quarter had ended, \Stars were numerous for the Bil'l Hines ran a punt back 35 B~mbo Rack intercepted a Me· yards and Kei<lih and Molina each Nicholas pa~s and raced back unbeaten Cl1US·aders, believed by lugged the leather three times 25 yards. B1mbo, who turn~d some to ·be the best football team before Molina went in foc . a ·in a dazzling performance m around southwestern Ohio in touchdown and a 19-0 bulge. the _finale. boosted the im· quite a number of years. Rack Alfter MoNick got o.f1f a bad punt possible pileup to 54·0 after s1aned both ways, snatch,ing the TD pass and intercepting a pass to start the second quarter, Keith Goody booted. went 34 yards on rtwo plays and Then the younger Crusaders, for another.

Vic Koegel, Warren Whitis, Goody made it 26:0. That was aH .1\.morini, Niehaus and Bert Morri.s took over, maTChed to' ~he Bob Malarkey, Mike Broerman, for the startel's._ Afte~ that, Mark Amorini McNkk six. Keith still needed Ken Kerkhoff Fred Von Bar· one touchdown foc ·the City gim, Bill Hin~s, and Bob Mor~nd John Niehaus did the ~a­ Scoring Crown and he got it rissey all were standouts in Jor part of the grounl_l.-gaimng trom the six and Randy too was the last game in Moeller's and when those two moved the retired for the season after colors. Rich Goodhart, Tony ball close enough, in came Novakov, Pat Seitz, Ralph Kieth to lug it over, since Goody's boot upped it to 67.0. :rile last TD came when Amo- Schneider, and Bill Haywood Randy was shooting for - and easily wrapped up - the scor- rini and Niehaus led a drive that all turned in brilliant games ing championship for the City · ended with Danny Engel carry- and all will be back next sea· ing over from 14 yards out. 110n. of Cincinnati.

Goodha1:1fs boot ended the sea- OJlfensively Mike Stagge, John son's scocing at 74-0.

Steffan, Ted 'van Fleet, John Moeller had the 'bali three Krous Chris DiSalvo, John Decktimes after that in thee I·ast eight er mil Wilcoxson and Mark minutes. The quarterback ruere- o·i3cien were at tops of perfecly dropped or sneaked and then tion in their personal bow-out punted. rper·fol'lllances.

Underclassmen It was easy to see why the who were standouts and will be Rockets failed to score all back again are AI Haverkos, Jim year. They lost 18 yards on 23 Marshall, Steve Sylvester, Steye running plays and completed Harpring, Dan Her~chede, B!.ll five of 13 passes for 29, so Wesley and Greg Elmg.

Moeller's defense doled out The 74-0 victory was a fitting just an 11-yard net for the closeout for a Moeller team that evening even with the subs in 1 knew at the outset they would action. ' be champion? ~nd spent three Moeller in the meantime, cov- months convmcmg the rest of ered 391 yards rushing in 46 OhiO.

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Moeller Clinches Title; Crusaders Blanli: McNicholas'> 7-4-0Reported By Our Moeller's Crusaders clinched their third Catholic High School Corrnpondenh League crown in five years last night, beating the McJOE QUINN, Editor Nicholas Rockets, 74-0, at Sycamore Stadium.

Randy Keith took the SCORING SUMMARY city scoring title, with 158 Moeller ... 20 21 26 7-74 points, going into pay dirt McNicholas o o o 0- o five times for 30 points, 0 ./J'r?i~~er N~~~ia~.ow~~e~eit~olrna.Ra~~r~ 1Q-The Post & Times· Star

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Keith scored twice in the period, once on a 36-yard TD sprint to open the quarter, and once· from the six with 5:09 left in the half.

Sophomore.John Niehaus scored. with 2:45 left, on Moeller a 23-yard run to pay dirt, and Moeller set a new rec- allowing the Crusaders to · t · carry a 41-0 lead .to the ~r d f or pom s 1n t?ne game, locker room at the half m the Crusaders fmal game · . . : of the grid season. ~ovmg t;oward the title, The Crusaders sC()red on Keith .carn_ed over ·~rom the third play froni ~crim- the fo?r wath fiye llllnl!tes mage as Mark Daniel hit · gone m · ~he third penod.

Jim Rack for a 50. yard ~ack agam scored as he touchdorwn run.· Shortly mtercepted .a Bob Cadden after Daniel threrw ·another pass. and r~n 32 yards for ,pass, this time for 26 yards the _defensiVe TD of, ·the and a Moeller TD, to Mark evenmg.

O'Brien. Dan Molina ended Keith carried twice more the quarter as he scam- in the quarter, scoring on pered into the end zone runs from the six and seven from the four to give the yard lines to capture the Crusaders, 20-0 lead. scoring title.

The second stanza was In the fourth stanza, Dan mor~ of the same as the Engle racked up the only McNicholas defense could score going into pay dirt not stop the· har~ driving early from the 13-yard line Crusaders and their offense and the scoring ended for could not mount a threat. the evening.

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BY DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Reporter Area coaches knew what they were talking about last August when they agreed almost unanimously that Moeller would be the best high S<:hool football team in the city this season. The Enquirer's board of coaches confirmed it today by unanimousiy voting the unbeaten crusaders the mythical city' championship via the weekly city prep poll.

Moeller, which won the Greater Cincinnati. League title and posted Its second 10-o record in the last four years, received 11 first-place votes. One coach did not vote in the final poll.

"To be number one in Cincinnati and to be number one in the GCL is like being number one in Ohio," said Moeller coach Gerry Faust. "It's a reaJ honor.

Our kids worked hard for it all season.''

Moeller led The Enquirer poll for all but two weeks.

The second week of voting saw st. Xavier in the lead, and the n~:xt week St. X and Moeller were tied. Moeller t he n began a surge which made the Crusaders a unanimous choice the last six weeks. In Moeller's last five games, the Crusaders allowed only ·324 yardS total offense, an average of only 65 yards per game. ·

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Pos. Team Won Lost 1. MOELLER (11) 110 10 0 94 2. ELDER 7 2 3. ST. XAVIER 8 2 85 7B 10 0 4. WYOMING 65 5. WOODWARD 8 2 39 8 2 *6. INrliAN HILL 7 3 39 *6. LaSALLE 9 1 37 8. FINNEYTDWN 15 8 2 *9. SYCAMORE 6 4 IS. *9. PRINCETON *Tie. Other teams re.,ivino votes with points accumulated: Taft 9; Harrison 9; Coler· ain 3; Country Day 3; Oak Hills 3; Roger Bacon 1. '

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Moeller·s city champions picked off an amazing 23 pass interceptions with Bob Morrissey leading the way with five. Linebacker Vic Koegel, who led the team with 53 unassisted tackles, intercepted three passes.

He made them pay off in the return department, averaging 23.2 yards per try.

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FOR THE f i r s t 't I m e, coaches were inVited to send in final offensive and defensive statistics for publication In The Enquirer.

Not all coaches were prepared and therefore the statistical wrapup is not complete.

Some schools did not keep statistics and some were unable to complete them by the publication· deadline.

From those statistics submitted, however, Moeller quarterback Mark Daniel edged st. Xavier Marty Mooney as the most proficient passer. Dan-iel completed 48 of 88 passes for a ;545 p e r c e n t a g e, While Mooney hit 60 of 121 for .496. Daniel gained 749 yardis, and Mooney picked up 806.

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Moeller Close 2d To Upper Arlington COLUMBUS (UPI): Offensively, Upper Arlington averaged 18 points a game less than last year, but the result was still the same.

The Golden B e a r s are still winner . and United Press International Class AA state football champions. · By a margin of victory of 18 points over surging MPeller, the Golden Bears became the first team in UPI "AA" history to clinch three straight championships.

Last year, Upper Arlington's devastating offense scored at a 52-point-pergllme clip to beat out Canton McKinley for the crown.

THIS SEASON, however, it was a gritty and unyield!ng defense which set the stage for another unbeaten season, yielding just 54 points in 10 games. ~Vlarv Moorehead's Golden Bears, winners of 30 straight, including 10 this season, compiled 458 points and nine first-place votes from UPI's board of coaches, who cast their ballots on a 10-9·8-7-6·5-4-3-2-1 point basis.

Fifth a week ago, Moeller SECOND TEAM D£FENSE End-Tom Smyth, McNicholas.

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Linebacker-Miloo leen, McNicholas.

Linebacker- Tom Schmutte, LaSalle . linebacker-Ken Kerkhoff, Moell•r.

Defensive Back Frank Rosenacker, LaSalle.

Defensive Back- Bruce Carusi, Newport Catholic.

Defensive Back-Bob Morrissey, Moeller.

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picked up 221 points and nine first-place votes, but still fell 18 points shy of overtaking the Bears.

Moeller, also 10-0, finished with 440 points in the four-way dogfight for the "AA" title.

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OTHER CLASS AA Cincinnati teams did well. Elder, which lost an early 1'eason game to Upper Arlington by a missed conversion, ranked 17th. St. Xa· vier was 26th and Wyoming 33d. Wodward and Prince· ton also received votes to place in the state's elite dass.

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Moeller, 10-0 and the eity champion, p I a c e d nine players on the first team offensive a n d defensive units, had the GCL player of the year in fullback Randy Keith, and had . the coach of the year in Gerry Faust.

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McDonald has won 21 straight games.

U n be a t e n Cincini1at Country Day placed amon1 the top 50 "A" teams.

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Team Po 1. Upper Arlington (19) lO·Ol 2. Moeller (16) 10·0) 3. Elyria (11) .. .

(10·0) 4. Canton McKinley (9) (9·1) 5. Warren W. Res. (9·1) 6. Niles McKinley 17·2) 7. Cleveland St. Joseph (2) (8·0l

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End-Mike Dinkeleker, Eldar.

Tackle-John Uecker, Moeller.

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Quarterba.ck-Mark Daniel, Moeller.

Halfback-Joe Crowley, LaSalle. · t!alfback-Ciint Haslerig; St. Xavier.

Fullback-Randy Keith, Moeller.

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End-AI Sabato, St. Xavier End-Bob Gandenberger, LaSalle.

Tackle-Dave Mueller, ;:,t. Xavier.

Tackle-Bill Schmidt, Purcell.

Guard-John Wischer, Newport Catholic.

Guard-Neil Schuckman, Purcell.

Center-Jeff Cusic, McNicholas.

Quarterback-Bob Orth, LaSalle.

Halfback-Dan Rebsch, St. Xavier. f!alfback-Frank Shands, Purcell.

Fullback-Jack Oliverio LaSalle.

End-Warren Whitis, Moeller.

End-Mike Heil, St. Xavier .

Tackle-Joe Stoekel, LaSalle.

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Linebacker-Joe Wehby, St. Xavier.

Defensive Back-Mike Parker, Elder.

Jloefensive Back-Bill Heins, Moeller.

Defensive Back-Rick Kaiser, Purcell.

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Honorary captains are halfback .Joe Crowley of LaSalle and defensive back Rick Kaiser of Purcell.

Jerry Faust of Moeller j was named coach of. the cell. Guarii-John Wischer, Newport Cath· year and Randy ~eith ' his -Jeff olic, and Neil Schu~kman, Purcell. Center CuSic, McN~tholas. Quarterbackf t.: Ilbac k,, was se ecte d as Bob Orth, LaSalle. Halfbacks-Dan Rebsch, pla:rer. of t.he year. ~!ck~Ji~i< a81~v:~r:,\~~~7~~~· Purcell.-FunJ.Im Christophel of Elder, HONORABLE MENTION. DEFENSE a linebacker, was selected Ends-Gallahan of McNicholas Kruthaupt as lineman of the year, ahd of Moeller, Malarkey of Moeller 'and Menke · St X · of Xavier. Tackles-French of Roger Bacon, eli n t H azeIng, · aVIer Frekin,& of St. Xavier, Foley of McNicholas, halfback was chosen back Kuhn and Lipke of Neivport catholic. Mid· . f th · ' Guards-collins of .Elder, Foley of 0 e year. T.h. · e • aII·St ar die McNicholas and· Ron Rabe of Rorer Bacon. selections: · 'l.inebacker~Reid ·and Gottmer of Pur·

FIRST TEAM, DEFf.NSE . . cell. Farmer and llon Rabe "bf Roger Bacon, P-Piayer. ·. Schoo.!.

Wet. Yr." Cotter .and 8tennan of Elder, Fede of LaE-Wa•ren White, Moeller., .... 185. Sr.- ·S'a~e: ·Mile and Wen$trup of Newi>ort Cath· E-Mikli-<Heil, St. Xavier.,. •'· :... 196. Sr. one. Kreiner: oj Moeller, O'Leary,' Burke T-Jo'e Stoeckel, LaSalle: .•. . . . . 185. sr: and Menke of st. Xavier, Sutter and Meade .. T-Mike Broerman .. Moeller ...... 220. Sr. of McNicholas. Halfbacks Zinser and J:;~G-Pete Ouffy, .laSalle .......185, Sr. Schoett~r of Roger Bacon. l'latt of Me· ·LB-Jim Christopher. Elder ... - .. 200, Sr. Nicholas 1Federle of Elder. Adkins of Moel· LB,-Vic ··.Koegel, 'Moeller ... :. ,.:~ 195, Sr, Lo~•wood . .flowe and Washington of LB-Joe Wehby, St. Xavier< ..... · J.g4;·.sr . .Sti X~votr; Jenkrns of Purcell and Ridder rlB-Mike Parker, Elder .· ........ 155 .. ·Sr. of Newport Catl!ollc.

HONORABLE MEI'IriON OFFENSE DB:-B!II Hei~s. M~ener · · · · · · · · 'Bo; Sr. 5 DB-Rock ~f~~e·hfN{,fD~FFENSE. · · ' Sr. tndS.:..:.Wilcoxen. Mu~ller' and O'Brian of ·E-Mika Mattia, Elder 180, Sr. Moeller. Yenke of· Roger Bacon, Croth. and E-Mike. Dlnkelaker. Elder..

175, Sr. Cullinane of St Xavier, Gardner of Purcell, T-.John ·vecker, Moeller : ..... 215, Sr. Farrei'lof Elder, Huber of Newport Catholic.

T-Don .Brockman, Roger Bacon. 210. Sr. Tackles-Josper of Roger Bacon, ·Bolger G-Lee Meyer. St. Xavier . .

186. Sr. of ~lder, Bondi and Kilo of St. Xavier ..

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210. Sr..1G•ll and Waechter of LaSalle, ·Russ aJ.-Mc· ' C-John Stagge, Moeller..

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185. Sr. Guards-Zeche!la QB-'-Mark Daniel, Moeller.

HB-Joe Crowley, LaSalle .

195, Sr. Pierce and Mclilenn~ HB-Ciint Hazelrig, St. Xavier.

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FB-Randy Keith, Moeller 195, Sr. Mattis of I SECOND TEAM, DEFENSE of Moeller, Ends-Tom Smith, McNicholas, and Terry cell and Sc Flanagan, LaSalle. Tackle-Dave Heidel. St. Thien of : Xavier, and Bill Eilerman, Elder. Tlddie Xavier. Qu .Guarll-sob Bruneman, Newport Catholic .. Catholic. P

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Moeller. o• SECOND TEAM, OFFENSE St. Xavier. . End-AI Sabato, St. Xavier, -and Bob Harris. Chiod Grandenberger. LaSalle. Tickle· ,....; Dave Purcell. Linr -Mueller, St. Xavier ,and ·Bill Schmidt, ·Pur· Hammerra!h

Moeller 3rd In State Poll Biggest jumps in 'Cia¥ A:•· were Cincinnati Mei~· jump from fifth .to tlrM and Akron Garfield~ !Cii{rib from eighth to sixth.

In Class A, MeehanJft~ burg moved from fiftb to third and Marion Cathollc vaulted from ninth to six&b for the biggest moves.

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Make All-State Two Cincinnati players-both from Moeller's cham· pionship team-were named on the first team, two more were picked on the second unit and one on the third team, along with five honorable mentions on the annual UPI All-Ohio scholastic football squad.

Fullback Randy Keith and Linebacker Vic Koegel were the first-team selections. Don Brockman ()f Roger . Bacon at offensive tackle and Elder Linebacke·r Jim Christophel were second-team choic·es.

All of the local players il•amed include: FIRST TEAM -------....,_.Offense Randy Keith, Moeller ....................... Fullback a • r rn Defense Vic Koegel, Moeller ...................... Linebatker •••• SE{;()ND TEAM Offense Don Brockman, Roger Bacon .................. Tackle Defense Jim Christophel; Elder .................... Linebacker THIRD TEAM Offense Ed Shuttlesworth, Woodward ................ Fullback

HONORABLE MENTION -------Offense John Uecker, Moeller ......................... Center Barry DotzaueP:'"1\1kim .................. Quarterback Defense Joe Salvato, Princeton . , ........................ End · Hovace Williams, Taft ........................ Tackle _Rete Duffy, LaSalle .................... Middle Guard

MOeller's Vic Koegel Casts Lot·· w·ith Bucks Vic Koegel knows the game of fo_otball thoroughly.

Until the last three months, though, the young Moeller Crusader didn't know the pressures that could come before a decision on where he · would continue his educa- a scholarship, sight unseen. The word had spread around. tion and his football career.

AU that ended t~is week, when Vic and his family called off the recruiting wars, called Coach Woody Hayes in Columlbus and told him that Vic would become an Ohio State Buckeye when the d'irst day of Big Ten •grant-in-aid signing rolls around March 15.

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Coaches from some of the nation's larger schools who viewed movies of the 1969 Crusaders, unbeaten in 10 starts, told Coach Gerry Faust at l\foeller that Koegel was the finest linebacker they saw in covering the country's prep schools.

There was no doubt about that in the minds of his teamMany other phone calls were inates; his opponents 'a'ncl fans necessary. One of the toughest who had watched Moelle¥ play. for the youn.g linebacker to make· That big guy wearing number 69 was to South Bend. He informed seemed to be where the ball was the Notre Dame coaching staff ot~in the general vicinity every of his decision to go to OSU. time someone ran a play. _"The _coaches at Notre ;J?afl'!e Solidly put together, Vic ar.e a.. great ~unch _of g_uys, sard stands six feet or a little over VJC. -Mr. Pa~~eghran IS a num- and played at 195 pounds last ber ~ne man. season. He was all All City, . It' was· Notre Dame and All-GCL and All State selecOhio State. that the Moeller tion and was, even before the star finally considered after season was over, tabbed as a visits to such schools as Neb- "blue 'chipper" by the collegi. ate talent scouts. raska, Michigan, Miami, UC ·C()Iach H . d L M c and Xavier. He 'yas scheduled to go to Michigan State and ayes an ou c u 1Io d Indian and Purdue lough were the- Bu.ckeye coaches wa an a . ' who ·persuaded hrm to attend b?t cat~c~lled those tnps after OSU. Sunday, Woody, who has h1s deciSlon became clear. recruited hundreds of stars in In the long run, 'several fac- his career was at ·the Koegel tors caused Vic to choose Ohio home in. Blue Ash. State. The university offers· an "Football is much like baseeducation on a par with any in ball," said ·Co-<wh Hayes, "if the nation and the football pro- you're strong down the middle, gram is one of stability and ex- you'll b•ave a good ball ·club." 1 cellence, he feels.

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His Record Randy carried the football 161 times last fall and covered 1,156 yards for an average of 7.2 yards per carry. He holds numerous school records now and is quick to credit the effective Moeller blockers for his ball"carrying records.

To win the City Scoring Championship, the 1\loeller ful~back scored 26 touchdowns and two extra points for a total of 158 points, which naturally is a Moeller record too . ., He wori the title, on· that dra-

matic night when Moeller slaughtered McNicholas and Keith was called upon only when the ball was advanced to scoring posit.ion.

This was because he and other • first-stringers had piled up a 48-0 halftime lead and while Coach Faust wanted his younger players to get in time, he also wanted Randy to have the championship.

After the season, he made "All-Everything," including AllCity, All-State and he was also Most Valuable Player· and CoCaptain.

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As was to be expected, the staff uf GCL SPORTS PARADE has selected ·Gerry Faust's Moeller Crusaders as the likely. favorite in this year's racefor the GCL pigskin crown.

Moeller received seven of the eight first place votes cast, and was named second on .the one remaining ballot.

The. Crusaders are strong·at nearly every position with quarterback and All-City hopeful MaL·k Daniel leading the attack. Halfbacks Dan Molina a:1d Bob Malarkey teani with · fullback Randy Keith to give Moeller the most potent running attack in the league.

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Roger Bacon, though not expected to be as strong as in recent yeats, was picked to cop the league's! runner-up honors. · Purcell, defending champ St. Xavier, Elder and Newport Catholic, receiver of the one other first-place pick, follow closely behind in that order.

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The vote tally, with eight points awarded for a first-pl~e vote, seven The vote tabulation for the next flve for second, etc.: _0 0 0 0 Moeller Crusaders 0 0 7 ~ 1 63 2 2 Roger Bacon Spartans 0 3 0 1 0 0 44 2 0 2 Purcell Cavaliers 2 2 0 0 0 '' 42 0 3 1 St. Xavier Bombers· 2 0 1 1 0 40 Athletics in our s&ools do ma~y things to prepare an individual for hi~.

0 0 1 Elder Panthers 1 6 0 0 0 35 ·life ahead. First, athletic disciplines; second, it develops a winning or a posi1 0 .2 1 Newport Cath. 'Breds 0 2 1 1 34 tive attitude; and third, it stimulates. teamwork and cooperation.

0 0 0 1 LaSalle Lancers 0 1 6 0 20 Discipline is a key factor in everyone's life. The person who properlY' 0 0 0 0 0 McNicholas Roclcets 1 0 11 disciplin~s himself to do those things- that he. does not especially care to do, successfully accomplishes his work.

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You have heard the saying, "Winning isn't everything, but it sure .beats coming in second." To win is to compete. Competition is the. key factor in all athletics. The highly competitive athlete will.always do his best and then even more. If one does not care about winning and competing, why bother to. even play the game? ·

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Too many people are not only this way in athletics, but in their everyday lives, also. They are not interested in striving to do their best, but are content with mediocre efforts, finding excuses to give for their results, such _as "things just aren't going right." Many people have the attitude that if things do not go just tight, tlley will quit .trying. They dwnot want to accept anything that they rna~ fail at A positive attitude does away with the give-up attitude and this typ~ of thinking is so essential in life as well as athletics. The positive attitude ~uilds confidence and a winner. . " .. .. -'.~ •• · 1 · Teamrork and cooperation are so important that a lack of them prodl1ces1 inferior teams. If one cannot get along with the other members of a team, then - he will.. probably have difficulty getting along with his business associates · later in.life. Through teamwork, each person has to sacrifice for another•for the good of everyone.. Cooperation is essential in almost everything we rdo, and this cooperation can be installed in high sChool athletics. An amount o{ pride is present if the group of boys funation as a team, and as the pride becomes greater, the teamwork becomes greater, and in turn, the team becomes better. Teamwork binds those participating into a close fellowShip and a kind of relationship that all seek to maintain.

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High school athletics prepare one for the life ahead in discipline, positive thinking and cooperation. There are few substitutes for high school athletics for building not only a strong body, but a strong desire and also.

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As President of the Greater Cincinnati League, I a.'ttend a cordial welcome to you to join with us as we prepare to open another season of"'interscholastic athletics.

It takes team work.

It takes teamwork to be a winner in football and in real estate

The league is :iriost appreciative of those individuals responsible for this excellent publication whose sole purpose is to helr:> create and maintain a continuing pleasing climate within the GCL. ·

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As participants in the various interscholastic athletic _contents, you 1are Urged to continue to improve .attitudes of sportsmanship between member schools. As spectators at these contests, you are urged .to enthusiastically support your team and look upon the opponent as a "competitor" not an "eriemy''. · · .

Already there is much good sportsmanship between league members, but . this can be improved and deepened. We invite each of ·you whether, as a participant or a spectator, to join with us in buildin{(better relationships within the league while continuing the competitive spirit of the GCL. A. J. "Bud" Schaub, Jr. President ··-·-~·-===-~=---------~~-------..

GCL SPORTS PARADE Published by the students of Elder, LaSalle, MNicholas, Moeller,.

Newport Catholic, Purcell, Roger Bacon and St. Xa.Vier High Schools, members of the Greater Cincinnati League.

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Elder's .Big Purple achine Overhauled . 'by Greg Noble C'ollins and Eilerman is the lone varFriday, September 12th, will mark si1y veteran. not only the debut of the 1968 ~dition Guarding against pass are senof the Elder football Panthers, but of ior Den Federle and soph. Meier. an entirely new coaching staff as well.

Inexperience and a lack of depth At the helm for the first time will be are two of the problems Coach Haupt Ken Haupt. A former assistant' at will have to deal with in '69. He is Roger Bacon, Coach Haupt succeeds more worried about the third. . . the Mike Honold, who resignedlastspring opposition. after ·compiling the most successful The schedule: r coaching record in Purple and White Sept. 12: WOODWARD history.

Sept. 19: UPPER ARLINGTON .

Under Mr. Haupt are assistants (at UA) Den Borchers, Tom Callahan, and Sept. 26: NEWCATH Ray Ba..chus, all first year men.

Oct. 3: McNICHOLAS B archers, a 1964 Elder grad .and Oct. 10: ST. XAVIER an All - GCL end as a Panther, is Oct. 17: ROGER BACON watching over the backs and ends.

Oct. 24: MOELLER Callahan, 1 1960 graduate of An(at Sycamore) derson High; -is working primarily Nov. 2: PURCELL. with the centers, guards, and lineback(Homecoming) ers. Cocah Callahan was theRedskins' Nov. 7: LaSALLE (at Colerain) assistant line coach for four seasons.

Nov. 29: WESTERN HILLS Bachus, a '65. Elder grad and a defensive star, 'is supe1•vising the tackAn area powerhouse, Ohio's top les and ends. He ear)1ed All- Stl:!.te football. machine, and a traditional honors as a Panther'and also starred neighborhood rival team ~th seven at the University of Dayton. ever-tough GCL opponents to Igive the Graduation has left Us mark on the Elder Panthers their most rugged schePanfuers. All the big -name stars from . dule in years.

I '68 are gone. Elder will sorely miss With new head ·boss HauJt at the the running of All - Everything tail- helm, Elder will. raise tlie cuttain on back Larry Parker, the rugged defen- the '69 seas3n witha September 12th sive play of middle guard Jay Mayer, home encounter with the Woodward and the standout performances of Kim Bulldogs.

Knoppe, Tom Stricker, and others. · , But Elder is certainly not crying The ·Publk'League's headrunnerfor .· over spilled milk. The Panthers have 1969, the Bulldogs have 23lettermen three experienced quarterbacks with returning, including 6'2" 220 lb. bulk whom to work. Bill Farrell and Mike dozer Ed Shuttlesworth, one of tire Dihkelacker, though· presently mari- league's top ground gainers in '68. ning offensive end positions, team with Defensive tackle Al.Jackson will lead "~·-~·= _J,'.!'J.It.gy .• ail:lrJer~Mike Marcllloni to give a fierce Blue and White rusk the Big Purple Machine a fine corps Head Coacli Jack"Bear" Campbell. of signal callers. In addition, junior owns a fine 47-15-2 record in his seven Tim Reilly, a very.promising thrower, seasons at Woodward. His sq~ad Starting Quarterback l~~'tike l'-'iarchioni . ( 1'7), is waiting in the wings should he be copped its third consecutive league flanked by running backs !vJike Parker (41) ·needed. crown in-'68 with a 6-0-1 mark. and Ed Tieman (24), leads ail inexperienced The power running of seriiors Mike Elder owns a 17-5-l leadi in. the Parker and Ed Tieman give the Panbut potent attack. thers a very respectable ground attack. series, including last year's 30~18 vicPlayer Hgt. Wgt. Gr. Exp. Dari Brennan Sophomores Steve Meier and Bruce tory over. the Bulldogs.

5-8 156 12 . i Ray Broxterman 152 12 5·11 The following Friday, the Price Hill · Broxterman have also been quite ENDS 5-7 151 11 Ed Bauer 6-2 183 11 Res Art Illing pr01nis~rig -in pre-season drills and squad treks northward to tangle with 5-IO 149 12 6-1 193 12 Var Rick Krauser either could crack the lineup.

Upper Arlington High School, the top Jim Christophel Matt Manion 5-10 15.0 11 Tony Cotter 182 12 .

Var 6 At the receiving end of Marcllloni's . Buckeye gridiron po:wer for the past · Dick Jasper 5-8 166 10 6-1 181 11 Var Steve· Meier aerials will be tight 'end Farrell arid two campaigns: 5-6 142 -11 Tom Kersting 6-1 163 12 Var Mike Rizzo 168 12 wide receivers Dihkelad.cer and Greg The Golden Bears have tasted de- Greg Vonluehrte 6 6C1 163 11 Res Ed Tieman 5-10 150 11 Hensely. A junior, Hent>ely is a 10.2 feat only once in the last four years. Dan Warnock 6-3 165 11 Res Mike Parker 5-11 . 149 11 6-3 193 12· Var Tim Burman sprinter and in scrimn1ages against The Central . Ohio League power' will Bill Farrell 6-2 164 12 Var F BACKS DaytonWayne and Roth simply out- be led by co-captains Doug Miller, Mike Dinkelacker Greg Hensley 5-10 152 11. Res Tom Beck 154 12 §~7 ran the defensive secondary· to snare Jeff Stark and Mark Zellmer.

164 10 Bruce Broxterman 6 TACKLES the long bomb.

Coach. Marv Moorehead, twice Pat DiMuzio 5-10 192 11 6-2 Tom Bolger 12 Var 215 Two of:· last season's starters return tabbed Ohio's "Coach of the Year", Tom Solomon 173 11 5-8 Tony Contadino · 6-0 205 11 Res to plug up the gaps in the Panters' is in his 15th season as head coach . Bill Eilerman 6-6 215 11 Var protective ·wall. Senior veteran Tom_ at Arlington, and has compiled a 105- PatKief 6-2 .200 11 Res Bolger (6-2, 215) and junior Pat Kief 23-3 slate during that span.

Ted Koppen):wefer 6-2 178 11 Res . (6-2, 200) patrol the tackle posts. . 191 11 Res'· 6 Elder will climax the 1969 gridiron Tim Tepe All ~ League hopeful Steve Hemsath parade with its traditional·. Turkey Day GUARDS (5-9, 176) and senior Gary Lorenz battle with Western Hills. Under third~ George Ames 5-10 152. 11 Res (5-:11, 198) are the guards. Den year head coach Jan Knepshield;:.the. Dennis Bedel 181 11 Res 6 Bockhorst (6-1, 180)r delivers the Mustangs will have 31 lettermen··re-. Gary Broxterman 5-10 151 12 Var 6-1 198 12 Var snap.

Mike Collins 1· turning with which to form the nucleus 5-9 176 12 Var Steve Hemsath .

Defensively, Elder ·should .be its of their attack.

Tom James 5-9 183 11. Res. ·'NEW lOCATJO_N typically stingy self. They are un5-8 160 11 Res West Hi will vastly improve on last Curt Johnson scored upon in two pre-season con5-11 12 Var' 198 Gary Lorenz tests (The Panthers have scored in season's disastrous 0-10 record. Stand- JimMetz 5-11 177 l1 Res· out receivers Alan Stewart and Jake John Purcell excess· of 60 points themselves.) and 6-1 170 12 Var 6-2 180 11 Res have forced numerous interceptions Carter, together ·with rarigy signal- · Gary Meyer caller . Roy Carter will direct the CENTERS and fumbles.

Maroon scoring thrust. Senior Tom Den Bockhorst 6-1 180 12 Var The mainstay of the defensive unit Schneider is an outstanding blocking JimDaffm 180 11 · Var 6-1 is senior linebacker Jim Christophel 157 11 Res 5-9 guard. Back Bob Spille and 225 .lb. Gary Seal ( 6~ 1, 193). Seniors Tony Cotter and tackle Dan Leist should be two of the Tim McLaughlin 155 12 Var 5-9 Dan Brennan currently occupy . the 172 10 Fr . 5-10 Purcell Mark defensive standouts. other linebacker spots. · Q BACKS The Panthers have opened a wide Mike Marchioni 6 160 12 Var The forward wall consists of ends 5-10. 147 11. Re!l Ed Bauer (6-2, 183) and Gary Meyer lead in the series, now in its !forty- Tim Reilly 6 164 11 Res ( 6"2, 180), tackles Tony Contadino . first year. Garnering ten· eons<1cutive Bob Wassler (6-0, 205) and Bill Eilermann (6-6, victories, including last season's~ mud. H BACKS 5-10 185 10 Fr 215), and middle guard Mike Collins splattered 26-0 win,, Elder ov\ms a B'ob Bauer 6 175 11 Res John Bauer (6-1, 198). All are juniors except 26-13-1 mark.

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LANCERS LOOK FOR FIRST WINNING SEASON EVER

by Bill Koch ·_ ;r'he offense will be _engineeied: by LaSalle Correspondent ~emor quarterback Bob Orth. Bob was LaSalle's Lancers are looking for- injured last season and-sawlittleaction ward to the 1969 football season with as LaSalle used- several .different quaranxiety and optimism. Coach Steve terbacks in a valn attempt to generate Rasso has predicted a. 6-4 season for an attack.

LaSalle, and if h_e's right it will be the This year Orth will go into the seafirst time in LaSalle's history that the son as the Lancers' Number One quarschool has had a winning_ record. terback and, barring-injuries, can pass In this, Coach Rasso's second year with the best in the league,. as LaSalle's head coach, there are Backing up Bob will be two juniors several factors upon which to base who shared the quarterbacking chores this early optimism. on the reserve squad last season. Both One of these-is speed. Although the Ron B~lla and Ken 'Keller did a credittea:in is somewhat smaller than last able job last year in leamhg the sopho- · year's squad, Mr. Rasso feels that his mores to a successful year. ·Lancers are also much faster. A lot of Orth's favorite target. will be Bob speed will be found on the offensive Gandenberger. Gandenb~rger _led the squad with Joe Crowley, Rick Brown, · team in pa~s receiving in ,'68 and could , Jack Oliverio and Bob Gandenberger very well repeat that peHormance in all blessed with quickness afoot.

'69. Orth may also becpme fond of While speed is plways a big factor juniors Terry. Wiebell, iJon Curran in a team's succe;,s, so is experience. and Denny McManus a~ passing tarIn this department the Lancers are gets as the season progresses. lacking. The teatn lost 18 lettermen Wiebell, a veteran dfI last year's' through graduation and have 19 varsity, has/ acquired va}uable experplayers . returning who had varsity ience. experience. Four of those are juniors Behind Orth in the backfield will be who saw only limited action. with the senior halfback and cd-cl3lptain Joe big team in '68.

-Crowley. Crowley broke Ihis ·arm last Although these facts show promise_ fall . and missed a good part of the , for next year, it doesn't add anything ·season. Coach. Rasso feels he"has · to the team's hopes for the upcoming tremendous running potehtial.

Tackle Joe Stoeckel (73) should lead ' , I . season.

LaSalle's other runriing •back is a formidable LaSalle' forward walL. Added to the experience problem is likely to be Rick Brown. 1 the fact that several . of the returning ~---1--------~------------~~--------------------------~ few opinions that have been formed in Brown and Crowley, along with lettermen missed a good part of last · The defense will be led by the other the past about LaSalle football. season. Four of the 15 seniors were juniors Jim Manley andMikeBoiman senior. co-captain, Pete Duffy. Duffy . out last year at o~e time or another hope to give the Lancers! a potent outperformed well last )"ear and _is exside running attack; · due to irijliries. Among these were Joe . ',-. ' ' pected t6 be the mainstay of the defenThe-schedule: -Crowley and Bob Orth, two players To go with thi<!. cotps of halfbacks sive uriit. Senior Terry Flanagan will Sept. 6: BISHOP 'READY · who will be counted upon heavily to . are senior fullbacks Jack Oliverio and probably see actiori at a defensive end trigger the offense.' (at Oak Hills) ·Tony Fede~ Oliverio, at 6'1", 190 post. Junior Steve Chabot picked up Sept.-12: WITHROW (at Colerain) pounds is the bigger of the two and ·The· team seems to have excellent some valuable playing time last season· Sept. 20: HAMILTON GARFIELD spirit this year. Last season, the injury seems to be the prime candidate for the and will be afactor. (at Oak Hills) jinx hit LaSalle hard and many of the starting fullback position. Oliverio, an The defense will be the key to La- Sept. 26: MOELLER (at Reading) experienced kicker, will also handle players· feci that this year it must hit the punting duties. · Salle~s success and it seems to be Oct. 3: NEWPORT CATHOLIC someone else. shaping up nieely, as was evident in (at Oak Hills) On the battle line, -tryi_ng to clear There have been no serious injuries the Lancers scrimmage victory over Oct. 10: PURCELL (at Colerain) to the team as of press tiine, and the a path for these runners will probably Woodward.

Oct. 19: McNICHOLAS (at XU) prospect_ of having a full squad this . be senior tackles Phil Gall and Joe Stoeckel. Tom Schmutte and Greg · LaSalle's outlook is good, while Oct. 25: ST. XAVIER (at St X.) season has heightened morale._ Ranz, both seniors, are fighting for not excellent. But the future is bright Oct. 31: ROGER BACON (at Colerain) Beside's this, Coach .Rasso and his the starting guard berths. for Lancer football fans and the Scarlet Nov. 7: ELDER (at _Colerain) staff have been working hard to instilL. Senior Greg Miller is likely to start and White are expected to change a a winning spirit into the team, something that LaSalle teams have lacked at center.

The line is one spot where LaSalle over the years due to their unimpressive rE;Cords and history of never will have plenty of e~perience as all Sales having a winning·season. five probable starters saw varsity action last season.

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by Dan Aylward.· September 5 murks the beginning. of another football season for the Rockets of McNicholas High School as they encounter Anderson's Redskins on the latter's field. · · '

The Rockets have come"!IP with an almost completely new coaching staff headed by Mr. Fred Colvard. Colvard,· a graduate of West Virginia University where he starred on the mountaineer gridiron, comes to the Rockets ' from Watkins Memorial High School in Columbus, Ohio. He has four years of coaching experience to his· credit, three of those years as a head coach.

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Colvard, a quarterback inhis playing days; is specializing in his ·oversiglJ.t of the quarterbacks. Dominic Giordano ie working mainly'with the backs and is entering his third year of coaching at McNiel~' Centers and guards areworkingout· under the careful guidance of AI Early, who is a graduate of Xavier University and is in his second season as a All - GCL hope.fU.ls Tom Foley ( 75) and Mike Rocket coach.

Leen · ( 49) give the Rockets an extra boost.

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190 12 Var 6-3 XU grad.this year. Senior Russ Flatt and Steve Tom Smytl:.i 165 . 12 Res .6-2 Sandman, a junior, are the top candi- Joe Farrell Coach Colvard feels that it will take 180 12 Rick Kijinie!d 6-2 a real tea:m effort to win ball. games for dates but neither has experience yet. Tom Lillk 150 11 5-8 _5-10 165 10 McNicholas. He sights _sam~ .of &,e ,,,.__ }\7h().~y~r~s,Jge s,tar_ti~~ b.~.~">yill Ken Jaryi~ . sta:rtdouts.. for· both' 1the'' offense · and have a :fiiJ.e pair of experienced receivers . TACKLES defense. . with which to work. Andy Callahan Tom Foley 195 12 Var 6 195 12 Res 6-3 Tom Foley (6 -0, 1 9 S), Paul Russ (6-2, 185) and Tom Smyth (6-3, 190), Steve Coleman '5-11 210 11 Var returnees from the'68squad, bothhave Paul Russ (5-11, 210), Tom Smyth (6-3, 190), good height as pass targets.

Gary Tumser 6 180 11 Res Andy Callahan (6-2, 185), Jeff Cusic Dave Bechtol 205 11 6-1 1 (5-10, 160), John Schuler(5-10, 180), "The biggest thing this year, I think, John Schuler 5-10 180 11 Res 170 10 Fr 6 and Richard O'Toole (5-11, 170) are is that we~have so many coaches this Jim McClure 185 11 Res 5-8 the offensive lineman upon whom Col-. summer," remarked halfback Tom Troy Kaycher 190 11 Res 6-2 vard will rely· to check the opponents' Linz. Foley ·was quick to agree that Greg Williams ·charges. with so many coaches the team has GUARDS 5-11 170 12 Var All but Schuler starred on the var- . been able to have a system of rotating Rick 0' Toole Gary Wilfert 6-1 185 11 Var sity in '68. In Foley, Colvard feels he drills which has. proven effective.

Greg Sutter 6 180 12 Var could have one of the.league's-finest' Upon his arrival at McNick, Coach Tom Hassenger 165 12 6-2 tackles. ·The rugged semor had a good Colvard was met with a great deal of Larry Welage 5-10 185 12 year last season and has improveq. enthusiasm from the student body as Jim McGee 5-10 . 160 11 Res 150 10 Tim Link 5-9 He looks for backfield candidate~ · the Rockets had a squad of 69 candi10> Fr ;155 5-10 Russell Flatt (6-2, 185), Steve Wolfer dates out for pre-season practice Dennis Ianitti (5-8, 170), Dave Meade (5-11, 175), sessions.

CENTERS 5-10 160 11 Res Tom Linz (5-10, 165) and SteveSand-.

"I'mtold that number is more than . Jeff Cusic 5-10. 155 11 Res Dave )\1essemer ck l th t 3 R d (6 0 170) man - ' · to ea . e ___ e ever before in thehistoryoftheschool," Steve ,Johnson 5-10 160 10 Fr scoring thrust. Meade has no eX:per- Colvard pointed out. "We'll have our Q BACKS ience whatsoever, but has shown great problems but at least a lack of numRuss Flatt 6-2 185 12 Var prowess in ·pre-season drills. bers won't be one of theii,l." · Steve Sandman 170 11 Res 6-3 "I'm eXpecting we'll be pretty solid 5-10 150 11 Res ''Realistically thinking, I am sure Bob Cadden on defense," remarked Coach Colvard.

165 10 Fr 6-1 we have an excellent chance of greatly Ken Oberton He named five young men whom. he improving our record," declared .H BACKS believes will be the mainstay of his 170 12 Var' 5-8 Foley. "The coaches have compiled ·a Steve Wolfer defensive unit. They are: .Mike Leen 5-10 165 11 Var complete record of out previous GCL TomUnz (5-11, 180) 1 Dave Bechtol (6-1, 205), 5-10 160 11 Res seasons because this year we are out Bill Davin Gary Wilfert (6-1, 185), Jack Stem Tim Dezarn 5-10 150 12 Var to break all. school records."

(5-11, 155), and Tim Dezarn (5-10, 165 11 Res Bob Farrell 6-0 The Rockets' spirit, which should be Rick Iannitti . 150). .

5-8·~· 170 12 Var at rock bottom after a 26-game losing Chris McCormick 5-10 155 10 Fr Colvard enters this. season< vvith strea:k; is nevertheless high, and if de- Tony Kasselman . 5-11' 170 10 Fr 5-10 160 12 Res termination can get the job done, they · Greg Vonderhaar great deal of enthusiasm for "improvF BACKS ing the overall record,·. _freshm_ en,·. re-_ . should enjoy the fruits of a better camMikeLeen 5-11 180 12 Var paign in '69. serves, and varsity." · . · Dave Meade 175 12 5-11 11'55 11· 5~8 As of yet, the Rockets: have ·not · ·''He's been an inspiration to us all. . Dennis Gildea .

160 5-10 10 :Barry Devine . suffered any serious inju:i-ies. ":J3ut Already we have put full corifidence in The schedule: minor injuries have hindered us iP the . him. Confidence that we'll have a wininterior line,'' stated the coach. Af one- ning season because we know that . Sept. 5: ANDERSON's Red,skins . workout there were as.many.as twelve . we'll.be doing (>ur best for him." This host the Rockets for the season. opener. players sidelined with minor injuries. · ·is how tackle Tom Foley, a McNicholas The HCSL squad, led by signal-caller Most positions were.stillwide open . tri-captain described the squad's atti~ · Steve :Lainhart, is out to avenge last as the· Rockets · entered . their. second. tude and feeling ·toward the; Rockets' season's 1&6. loss to their neighbor..: · hood rivals. · week of "two-a"<ifiY" pra~~-s~s~~PI!~ _ ~e~ coc:~~- Fr_e~-~9lvard.

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Moeller St fJ ... Plenty f Everything qy.:Dave Vargo and Steve Ashbrook Although Moeller High lost 18 lettermen through graduation, the '69 Crusaders are blessed with size, experience, a good attitude and real desire.

The varsiiy"offensive line will be led this year by co -captain Joe Uecker (6-0, 205) and_ Ted Van Fleet '(6-2, 205). Also include in the "Big Moe" forward wall are Chris DeSalvo (6-5, 242), Dave Schwarber (6-2, 210), Steve Sylvester (6"3, 210), Jim - Miller (5-11, · 196), Dave Wilcoxson (6-1, 180)andBillWesley(6-0,205).

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Over a six year span he has compiled · a fine 48-10-2 record. Faust doubles as the athletic director for the Blue and Gold. ·Mr. Faust will once again have . Phil Gigliotti as an assistant. Gigliotti is back at :Moeller after a year's absence.

Mike Cameron and Johnny Parker will watch over the Crusader defensive units for Faust, while Dick Batrateri will handle the line. .

The schedule: September 5: PRINCETON'sVikings, defending champs of the Greater Miami Conference, should prove to be a formidable opponent for the Crusader opener.

September 12: WILMINGTONhas twelve starters back from last season's . 7-3 squad.

Septemb~r 19: DAYTON CHAM_INADE's Eagles have an offensive forward wall average 6'1", 195. They are expected to be the Gem City's top gridiron power.

A real battle is being waged a.niong the offensive backfield candidates.

Probable starters are veteran halfbacks Dan Molina and Bob Malarkey ..

September 26: LaSALLE (at ReadJim Rack, Mike Hacker, JohnNie- ing) . · haus and Mark Amorini, however, October 3: ROGER BACON(atRB) _are all promising runners .

October 10: NEWCATH·(atSyca. . At fullback, co -captain Randy Keith more) October 18: PURCELL (at Sycais retutning for his secund season as · a starter. Keith enjoyed a fine season more) 24: ELDER (at Sycamore) October in '681 and should give the Moeller November 1:ST. XAVIER(atSt.X) atta~ I a big boost with his power . November 7: McNICHOLAS (ai runrung.

Thel defensive backfield has Bill Sycamore) Hines and Bob. Morrissey, both vet- ·Player Hgt. Wgt. Gr. Exp. erans from· last season, as a nucleus.

ENDS Ron Adkins showed much pro:rriise ste'I.Te :Mueller i60" 1 1i. Var 5~11 in the ~econdary throughout pre-sea- Mark O'Brien 180 12 Var 6-1 son drills.

170 12 va.r -5-9 Dan MolinaVeteran Crusaders quarterback Mark Daniel ( 12) 5-10 158 12 Var The:t:e is pleniy of size available in Bob. Malarkey .. 5-9 160 12 Var halfbacks Dan Molina (44) and Bob Malarkey ( 40) , the defensive line. Itincludesco-captain Al Krien,er 180 12 Var 6 Bill Wilcoxson and fullb~ck Randy Keith (33) lead the G .. C .L.~ - Vic Koegel (6-1, 197) atlinebacker, Frank Strittmatter 5-7 150 12' Var Warren Whitis (5-10, 175), Ken Ker- Bill Wesley 205 11 Var 6 most awsome attack. · koff (:6 -1, . 177), Frank Strittmatter, Mark Elmlip.ger -\ 5-10 161 11 Var Fred Von Bargen (6-1, 190), Mike Barry Doyle 176 11 ·Res 6 · Broerman (6-2, 205), John Nielsen Bill Davis.

175 11 Res 6 .6 145- 11 Res· (6-3, 206), Ralph Schneider (6-2, Greg Eling 152 11 Res 5-8 193), Steve Niehaus (6-4, ~25) and Gerry McGuiness . Al Kriener among others: · TACKLES 6 205 12 Var The Crusaders should beexception- John Uecker Friday, September 26, 1969_ . ROGER BACON vs .ELDER Chris·DiSalvQ 245 12 Var 6-5 ;:illy · strong at the. quarterback spot At Elder ~ 8:00 Mike Broerm.an 205 12 Var ELDER vs NEW'PORT CATHOLIC 6-2 where AU., City hopeful Mark Daniel Jon Nielsen 206 12 Var 6-3 At Elder- 8:00 returns for another season as starting Ralph Schneider 193 11 Var Saturday, October 18, 1969- , 6-2 LASALLE vs MOELLER signal-caller. He's given able backing Steve Sylvest\\!r 210 11 Var 6-3 PURCELL 'vs MOELLER by junior Bert Morris, a very pro- Mike Faulhaber At Reading ..,... 8:00 225 11 Res 6-1 AtSycam.ore - 2:00 Steve Niehaus 6-4 225 .10 Fr mising:thrower.

PURCELL vs ROGER BACON Pete Volk 192 11 Res· 5-9 · With 13 starters returning in '69, At Roger Bacon - 8:00 220 11 Res .Dan De Herche · 6 Sunday, October 19, 1969 .. Moeller is just· about everybody's GUARDS ST. XAVIER vs NEW. CATHOLIC favorite. "But," said Head Coach Saturday, September 27, 1969 ·6-2 Ted Van Fleet 205 12 Var Gerry Faust, "it's pretty tough to go John At Xavier U. - 1:00 Steffen 190 12 Var .6 ST. XAVIER vs McNICHOLAS all the way in this lea~e. Five teams John Kraus 184 12 Var 5-9 McNICHOLAS 'Vs LASALI:.E At Anderson - 8:00 have a shot at it this year and there Dave Schwarbei: 210 11 ·Var 6-2 At Xavier u. - 3:00 are never any pushovers. Even with Jim Marshall 5-9 184 11 Res Friday, October 3, 1969 · a good team it takes a lot of luck to CENTERS Friday, October 24, 1969 win the CGL." McNICHOLAS vs ELDER Mike Stagge 5-11 207 12 Var MOELLER vs ELDER 5~11 196 11 Var ·Jim Miller At Elder- 8:00 At St. Xavier. ,_ 2:00 At Sycamore - 8:00 Q BACKS NEW. CATfiOLIC vs LASALLE 182 12 Var Mark Daniel 6-2 PURCELL vs McNICHOLAS Sunday., November 2, 1969 At Oak Hills - 8:.00 6 ·Bert Morris 170 11 Res At Anderson - 8:00 PURCELL vs ELDER" ROGER BACON vs•MOELLER H BACKS At Elder- 2:00 At Roger Bacon - 8:00 Vic Koegel 197 12 Var 6-1 Saturday, October 25, 1969 · Warren Whitis 5-10 . 175 12 Var ST. XAVIER vs PURCELL · ST. XAVIER vs LASALLE F]riday, November 7, 1969 145 12 v-ar Bill Hines 5-9 At Norwood::..- 8:00 Bob Morrissey 5-10 150 12 Var At St. Xavier - 8:00 LASALLE vs ELDER · Fred VonBargen 190 12 Var 6-1 ROGER BACON vs NEW. CATH. At Colerain ~ 8:00 Jim.Rack · Friday, October 10, 1969 . 5-10 160 12 Var . At Newport - 8:00 KenKerkoff 175 12 Var 6-1 ·MOELLER vs McNICHOLAS .

ST: ·.XAVIER vs ELDER 155 12 Var· Ron ,Adkins 5-8 At Sycamore _: 8:00 At Elder~ 8:00 5-8 . 145 12 Var Mike Hacker Friday, October 31, 1969 Mike Heitzman 5-11 186 11 Res PURCELL vs LASALLE ROGERBACON vs LASALLE ~atrirday, November 8, 1969 Denny Stall 5-10 156 11 Res At Colerain - ·8:00 At Colerain - 8:00 5-10 170 11 Res Tom schmldt PURCELL vs NEW. CATHOLIC ROGER BACON vs McNICHOLAS Dan Engel 5-8 145. 11 Res NEW, CATH. v:s McNJCHOLAS At Norwood- 8:00 145 11 Res Tom Gilday 5-9 At Anderson_:' 8:00 At Newport- 8:00 5-8 140 11 Res .Steve Liesering NEW. CATHOLIC vs MOELLER Sunday, November 9, 1969 F BACKS ·At Sycamore _: 8:00 Saturday, Novbnber 1, 1969 ST. XAVIER vs ROGER BACON Randy Keith 5~10 192 12 Var ~ .. ' · Oct .. 1"" . 196·9 ... i'vn.'•. '"'"'V--I~ER·vs···' ·M··O·E·,T•L··D·R··· ......... .,.~~~"······ ''At St;· :x!aviet"'·"'-" ·2:·00 .. ·•'-c.-<~.,-•,•-.-c'··Madl::AmorinL·; , c>,5!'10 2.05. . . l;L, ;, ~~r. >, (··<···--·•·'-'••··.·'·Fnday;-· · -· o'ber-· .,.,·~ · ... _. ~c • • • ~·· ••oL ~ .u "'

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NEWCA'l'H'S H-OPES REST ON N.Y. JOE . ·by Dan Connor __ ·NewportCatholic's Thoroughbreds~ under head coach Bob. Schneider, appear to have the strongest squad since the 'Breds joined the league three years ago.

NewCath has 15 returning lettermen and a record number 23 seniors.

The 'Breds have size in two-year lettermen Bob Bru:hneman, 235, Greg Kuhn, 235, Bill Lipke, 230, and third .year fullback Bruce Carusi, 210.

Newport Catholic also has speed in deferi.~ive backs Bob Jeffries, Denny Seibert ,an,d three year starter Steve Mason. ·

Probably th_e 'Breds' weakest point is the lack of depth. The backs include a 200 pound fullback, several.quick halfbacks· and a good throwing quarterback. .The line may be a bit weak ·at center and defensive ends but overall it is solid.

Newport Catholic has a good solid club, with a chance to take it all. But with the tough league competition, who knows? · The schedule:

COVINGTON HOLMES (at Holmes) Sept. 13: COVINGTON CATHOL-IC Sept. 19: HAMILTON T,f\FT (at Taft) _ Newport Catholic is also blessed Sept. 26: ELDER (at Elder) LASALLE (at Oak Hills) with a group of experienced backs h:d Oct. 3:

by Mason and Carusi, both starters Oct. 10: MOELLER (at;Sycamore) since 'their sophomore year. Ken Oct.19: ST. XAVIER ('at XU) -Klingenberg, also a starter from last Oct. 25: ROGER BACON Oct. 31: McNICHOLAS· I year, is back in a halfback slot.

Nov. 8: PURCELL (atjNorwood) Joining these regulars· is transfer Joe Adamo. Joe, a transfer from New York where he was a standout signal caller, will take over the quarterback spot this year and-send Mason to a running back post.

In the· defensive secondary, Coach Schneider has two returning starters in track stars Jeffries and Siebert.

Larry Wenstrup wiU:take over at the other defensive halfback spot, with Mike Stone, who saw plenty of action last season, as the mo;nster.

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Newport ca,tholic 's s·eniors .form the nucleus o.f a title contender.

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'ENDS The second opponent will be 175 \.12 ya.r ().;3 Rick Ridder another arch~rival, Covington Cath- Jeff Wiechman _6 160 11 Res olic. Although the series is just one Frank Huber Q BACKS 180 12 Var 6-3 game old, the two schools· have fierce Grady Gibson Steve Mason 5-10 . 165 10 Fr rivalries in almost every' other sport. Jim Broomall 165 12 Var Joe Adamo 6-2 N ewCath topped the Colonels 6cO in Vince Sticklen 5-11 160 12 Var Tom Everson 5c1.! .· 165-::- 11 Res Paul Adamo :Le.s Str~ltel ~ . ... _,_,llp_Jr.<)J;lfthe Thoroughb,r-edp haye V~-~8~-- ........ · . ~,~... ,. ,. :inore than enough' talent provide.· The final .b.on-league ad:.,;ersary is TACKLES plenty of running room for their backs. Hamilton Taft. The Tig~rs, who are BACKS 5-11 170 ro Fr Co-captain Frank Huber, playing his. replach:ig Hamilton Badin on. the sche- Bob Brueggen Mlke Schadler 235 12 Var Dan Connor 6-1 third year on the varsity, is at one end; dule, are playing the -'Breds for the Bob Brunemann Bill Lipke230 12 Var Larry Geiger 6-2 and should be on thereceiving end of -first time. · • · · 5-11 180 12 Var Chuck Mile many Adamo passes this year.

Th e ·h ea. d coach o f .th e .N. ewpor ·· t Tom Zechalla GregK~n 6-4 230 ' 12 Var Rick Lange Sophomore Grady Gibson will prob- Catholic Thoroughbreds is Mr. Bob Jim Bintz. ably hold down the other end position. Schneider, Coach Schneider, . now in GUARDS · Bob Jeffries 5-11 185 11 Res Bruce CarusiThe tackle positions will be he}d his ninth year of coaching, is sta.rling Terry Vote!

145 ' 12 Var, Jim Woods 5-8 down by one of the best linemen in the ·:his fourth season at the helm, of the Bill Velkly 180 12 Var Mike Stone Mike Matt 6 ~area, co-captain and third year starter 'Breds._ .

5"10 188' 12 Var Dennis Seibert Bob Brunneman, and sophomore Bob.· In his first three years his NewCath Jim Brown 175 12 Var Larry W enstrup Mark Wanstrup 5-9 Brueggen. The gut:trd spots are being. squads have compiled a 16-13 wop- Greg Snell 190 11 Res Bill Spreher 6 fought for by Mike Matt, Tom Zech- loss record, which includes a fine 7-1 Mike Leising 5-11 180 11 Res Ken Klingenberg ella ·and John Wischer. Seniors Matt non-league mark.

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Coach Schneider waS tauted GCL .

Th~ centering assignments appear to "Coach of the Year'' in 1966 when he be m hands of Ed Broomall ...·. led the 'Breds to anB-2 season and a 4934 GLENWAY AVE. On defensive, the 'Bre9-s have got · second-place GCL finish. · FIRST QUAUT'f MERCHANDISE both experience and beef. Bob BrunnePERFECT FIT OR YOUR MONEY GLADLY REFUNDED Working with the backs asanassisman is the head man and Greg Kuhn tant coach is Jerry Risch.

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Coach Paul Gronefeld is cautiously optimistic about h,is Purcell Cavaliers as the Big Red prepare for another·· gridiron season.

A\ year ago the Cavaliers had a 6-4 season mark, with a fifth place GCL finish at 4-3. Coach Gronefeld feels that the Big Red can better that record.~ · The current Cavaliers have experienced starters and lots of speed. The only big question mark will be depth of personnel. If the Cavaliers can stay healthy, they will be tough to handle.

Leading the Cavaliers will be tricaptins Neil Schuckman, Bob Gottmer .and Steve Harris. Schuckmann and Gottmer are guards, while the speedy Harris is a flashy .flanker.

Junior Tom Stickleyis handling the quarterback chores while his senior counterpart, Clarence Williams, mends from a broken finger.

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teams. On Friday, September 5, Purcell will unveil its Cavaliers against Walnut Hills, a new opponent. The next weekend on September 13, PUrcell takes on Courter Tech who fell to the Cavaliers 40-0, and on September 19, Purcell fares Dayton Carroll, who was defeated last year 18-10. Coach Paul Gronefeld evaluated these teams as ''ones which would be a good indication toward the GCL opponents, the toughest ones being in order: Roger-Bacon, Saint Xavier and Moeller."

With Purcelrs first league game Sept. 26, against Roger Bacon, the next week against Saint Xavier, and two weeks later Moeller, the Cavaliers will have their work cut out for them early in the season.

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Vi!ALNUT HILLS (at Norwood) Sept. 13: COURTER TECH runnmgback, with junior JohnChiodi Sept. 19 : Di~~;~w~~~ROLL and ~enior Ron McKenzie fighting it out for the starting assignment at full(at Norwood) back. ' Sept. 26: ROGER BACON (at RB) • · · · · Oct. 3: ST. XAVIER Ste:Ve Gardner, a junior, and senior (at Norwood) Mike M, attia will start at the .end posts. 0 ct. 10 : · L. ASALLE .( a t c o1errun · ) Big Bill Schmidt, 266 pound senior, Oct 18 1\lfOELLER ( at Sy<;amore) .'J. · and sern.•·or Ken F_l_echter, a lightweight 0 ct. 24: ~McNICHOLAS at 19~, will man the tackle slot. (at Anderson) Bo\J Reiners, a senior, get!J the nod Nov. 2: ELDER (at Elder) atcenterandwillbeflankedbyguards. Nov. 8: NEWPORT CATHOLIC Neil \Schuckman and:s. either Doug (atNorwood) Studley or Dale Frietch. Junior Paul Player Hgt. Wgt. Gr. Exp. Gerad will see a lot' of action along ENDS the Iinb. · Mike Mettia 178 12 ·Var 6-2 175 11 Res 6-1 catalier Castle is brimming with Steve Gardner 6-2 181 ' 10 optimism. The . Big Red a,re a real Carl Brown 160 i 11 Res 5-10 contender for top honors in this year's Bill Witte Greg Flick 175 12 Var 6-1 GCL Big skin parade. · 165 12 Var JoyBraig 5-10 Entering his second year ·as com- Steve Halpin 5-10 145 .12 Var mander of the Cavaliers, CoachGroneTACKLES feld views his squad as one with "good Ken Fletcher 5-10• 196 12 Var size on the offensive and defensive lines,. Bill SChmidt 266 12 Var 6-3 . tremendous speed in the backcfield and Joe Ellison 6-4 243. 12 Var excellent spirit and enthusiasm.".

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SPARTANS SMALL BUT TOUGH Thien. Dave Tenhover will be at "monster".

Jim Zinser and Bob O'Brien will be at the halfback positions with Mark Morelli at safety. Sophomores Tom Maschmeier may find a berth in the secondary.

Overall it'll be a tough season for Roger Bacon. They lack size, experience and depth· in rnos.t positions, but with eagerness, desire and great coaching from Bron Bacevich, they're sure to be a power to be reckoned With.·

by Leo Brausch "Small, buttough!" were the words ;used oy defensive halfback and letterpan Jim Zinser to describe the 1969 )Roger Bacon Spartans.

The general attitude in pre-season drills and scrimmages was one of extreme confidence and "Spartan Pride", even though prospects for Bacon's fourteenth Greater Cincinnati League champiorrship seem dim. 0 n l y six lettermen are returning from the 8-1-1 ''68 squad. . ·

The team's hopes ride on their determination and "blow torch;, desire The schedule: to win, something which Coach Bron Sept. 5 : CINCINNATI TAFT, BaceviGh calls the most important coacheQ. by Stan Viner, owns art 0-6-0 aspect of the game~ record against the.Spartans, including Hopes for success also rest on the last year's 34-0 whitewash. The SenaBacon .line stops Elder's arm of experienced quarterback Sher- tors ·promise to be vastly improved·in in last year's 0-0 tie. man Van Phlllips. His quickness, size '69, touting . greater speed and more (6'.2", 201-lb. ), poise and passing size and experience than Bacon. It Player Hgt. Wgt Yr. Exp. Center!l accuracy ranks him among the top should be a tough opener · for the Tony Thien 5-8 . 175 12 Res Ends quarterbacks in the area.

Spartans. . · _5-9 175 11 JV 6 135 12 Res 'Ken KistnQt :Steve Bollin Junior Jim Zinser, another strong, _ Sept. 12: FT. WAYNE BISHOP :Mike Cioffi 5-8 168 11 Res 176 11 Res Paul Cook 6-3 accurate thrower, is also a potential. LUERS, is coached by former Spartan \Tim Kruthaupt 6-4 185 12 JV Q·Bacl!;s standout.· assistant Jac~ Lehr. The Hoosiers :Mark Munifo 6 180 11 JV Sherman Phillips 201 12 Var 150 12 JV 6-2 6-1 . Thr~e veterun linemen _ guards· were 6-3-1 in '68, sUffering a 31-0 set- ·Preston Triggs -- 5-11 170 11 Var Jim Zinser 180 12 JV 6-4 Tom Pierce and Ron Rabe and tac1de back at the hands of the St. Bernard Ray Yenke Don Brockman _ will afford most of crew. Luers' biggest strength will. bei HBacks 'irackies the protection for Phillips, .along with their size, something which Bacon' · Alfonso Farmer 168 12 JV 5-8 12 6 195 JV Doug Burks · junior tackle Bob Jasper and senior lacks.

Bob O'Brien 6 170 12 JV 5-10 200 11 JV Tony French center Tony Thien. Pierce. sUffered a Sept. 19: 'WALNUT HILLS, under Bernie Henke 158 12 JV 205 11 Res Dave Tenhover 5-9 6 shoulder dislocation in early drills this former UC great Will Stargel, is outl.. Bob Jasper 176 11 JV 200 11 Res Mark Morelli 5-9 6-6 202 11 Res Tom Maschmeier 5-10 153 10 Fr 6-1 season, but is expected to see action. to avenge nine straight losses at the' Joe Riechman 5~8 165 11 Res 5-10 208 11 Res Charles Asmann Thien sat out most of the '68 season hands of the Spartans. Halfback Gary Tom Shea 174 11 Don Benjamin 5-11 JV with an injury, but is fully recovered Kanter will.be leading the Eagles' ofts5 12 JV F Backs Richard McK.enna 5-11 Rabe is strong, experiei:{ced and a fensive thrust.

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Munafo's experience and size (6'0", 185-lbs. ), however, should give him the starting berth. · The tight end spot is up for grabs with Tim Kruthaupt, Ray Yenke and Mike Ci~ffi all showing fine potential..

Defensively the Spartans will not have the lii.assive size of recent years but are guaranteed to live up to the Bacon tradition of stingy, rugged and alert defenses.

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Xavier Bombers are determined to Al Sabato, who has been doing the . prove :that the winning spirit is still punting for the Varsity for the last there. I . two years will handle the punting ·..- Altogether St. X has lost 21 letter- chores and the placekicker will prob- · men in~uding the whole offensive line, ably be John Cullinane who saw two very fine runners, and a large · fair. amount of action at that position· part of a· defense that only gave up 33 last year. points lastyear.

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The schedule: The~e is experience ;·the backfield Sept. 6: FINNEYTOWN, a newalso. rian Rebsch, whose punt return comer to the Bomber schedule, travels against! Roger Bacon last year could to St. x: for an afternoon contest. be labeled· the play of the year for St. Sept. 12: COVINGTON HOLMES' .

X., looks like a sure starter athalfback Bulldogs host the Ohioans; St. X. • even thbugh he played defensively last smeared Hohnes, 60-0, in '68.

-..,._____ . year. fushinghim hard is junior Don Sept 19: PRINCETON Wosts the ~ Keeling1 an extr.eniely fastruni1er \vho . lacks size. At fullback, seniors Tim Blue and White in an attempt to Hainmelrath and· Bob Brislenn are avenge last year's 18-0 defeat. competing for the starting post Sept. 27: McNICHOLAS (at Ariderson) ...

"The offensive line's inexperience is -Oct. 3: PURCELL (at Norwood) probably our biggest weakness," said Oct. 10: ELDER (at Elder) Coach Tom Ballaban. As has been Oct. 19: NEWPORT CATHOLIC stated, the whole offensive line was (at XU) lost from last year and all the positions Oct. 25: LASALLE are wide open.

Nov. 1: MOELLER At center, senior Bob Ferguson and Nov. 9: ROGER BACON junior Andy Rohan are competing. At (Homecoming) guards, seniors Lee' Meyer and-Craig Mense will try for one position while senior Jim Boerger and junior Tom Rowekamp will go for the other.

At· the tackle positions, senior Jim Bottenhorn will.be paired up·with junior Steve Santen and senior · Dave Mueller!will be paired up with junior Dave B6ndi.

Defensively the Bombers are somewhat stronger on the line than they ~ are in the backfield. Bob Menke, a· senior who saw a fair amount of action last year, looks like a sure starter at defeilsive end. Senior Mike. Hell and j~nior Dave Overbeck will compete for the· other spot. At tackle, senior Dave Heidel has a good chance to start while senior Ted Kreking and junior Gerry· Rouse try for the other tackle.

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Of these six, Wehby is the only one with experience altho:q.gh he has been . . moved from outside linebacker to the inside position.

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G.C.L. SPORTS PARADE

PRINCIPAL OFFICIAL SIGNALS FOR HIGH

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The optimism arnong some of the Greater Cincinnati League cross country coaches may be proven in the upcoming weeks by the ·strength of their squads. GCL schools fared well in competition with non-league opponents last year and the trend should be repeated ..

Elder was the class .. of the league. · in 19S8 and then placed second in the Illegal ProDelay of Game .

Offside Illegal Motion State Meet. Their squad lost numerous cedure ar· 5 Yds, 5 Yds. 5 Yds. Position- 5 Yds. outstanding seniors through graduation. However, a bevy of talented but inexperienced runners are eager to extend their GCL ·title streak to four ina tow.

Seniors Tom Wesseling and Glen Grosardt will be among the leaders of Defensive HoldIntentional the squad.

Grounding. ing (illegal use ~..i of hands or Lou of 5 Yds. Grosping LaSalle has· not been among the UnsportsmanRoughing the orms) and Down, Coli .. opponent's like Conduct Clipping league contenders for a few years and Kicker 15 Yds., Coli.

15 Yds. and lac" protector 15 Yds. 15 Yds. again will find it difficult to break into 15 Yds. 5 Yc!s. for Pro's Down for Pro's the first division. '1'hey do, however, have some ycmng talent moving up the varsity that may surprise some of the other schools, McNicholas is also depending Pass Inter· . greatly on their younger runners. SecBal.llllegolly Ineligible Receiver ference. Lou of · Crawling 5 Yd. Loss Touched, ond year coach Ter.cy Wallace is deDownfield Loss of 15 Yds. Legal for Pro's to extent run.:' 15 Yds. and Illegal Foror Kicked if boll is touched by I.R., veloping his squad, but they appear ner advances, Down, Coli. word Pan Bolted also Down Lou. ·except when Lon of 15 Yds. to be another year or two from being Loss of 5 Yds. Loss of 5 Yds. . Loss of 15 Yds. but Not Down s,rounded by in contention for the title. and Down and Down Only for Pro's. opponent. for Pro's Moeller will probably remain in the second division. The Crusaders have PROCEDURE SIGNALS; some fine junior talent but they seem ....

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Newport Catholic may slack off a bit this year after a recent string of fine season.

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St. Xavier is headed by ·Dennis Lunne, the area's premier distance runner. Traditionally, they have had top -notch teams and this year will be n:o exception. Ther(1 is talent to back· in nine interscholastic sports. In the For organizational purposes, Ohio up Lunne to disprove anyone' that fall it's cross country and football. divides its member schools into two feels this will be a one -man team. Bl:).sketball, swimming ·and. wrestling classes. At present the dividing line The B qmbers have their sights on a · are winter sports, while spring comThe OHSAA, with offices in Ohio's between "A" and "AA" four year high very successful season. · petition is held in baseball, golf, ten- capital city, has a new Commissioner. · schools is 250 boys. In a three.-year Dr. Harold A. Meyer takes over ,as school the dividing line is 200 boys. · nis. and, track. the head man of 833 private, paro- · There is some movement in the Buckchial and public high schools in regu- eye State to start a third classification The annual G. C. L. football double~- lating.. athletic competition between for middle-sized schools. · . 'T'he Greater Cinci.nnati League, re- header was origi.:t;J.ated in 1932. The member scholars.

The State basketball. tournament cognized as one of the most competitive 37th ·annual pigskin cla-ssic will be member schools. brings in 'inost of the money needed to' school boy leagues i,n the Buckeye . held at Xavier University, Sunday, All existing rules and regulations conduct business at. the main office State,. began in 1928 with the charter October 19, with St.· Xavier meeting of the OHSAA have been approved by and pay the bills for the state tournamembers, Elder, Purceli,' Roger Bacon . Newport Catholic in. the opener and written vote of member schools. The ments which operate at a deficit. and St. Xavier.

LaSalle colliding with ·McNicholas in Commissioner, along with the six Newport Catholic was a m~mber the nih~cap. member state Board of Control simply During the '68-'69 school ·year, of the G.C.L. in 1935 and !3-gain for enforces existing rules. . basketball led in the number of teams three years beginning in 1949. The Cross country league competition Local matters and tournaments are fielded. Only. one of the 833 senior Thoroughbreds reentered the league began in 1957, while the. swimmers handled by District Boards. GCL high schools failed to have a basketin 1966. began to splash for league titles in the members are in the Cincinnati District ball squad Football led in the number Hamilton Catholic competed as a year of 1931-32. Th,e youngestG.C.L. of the Southwestern Region. of participants with 44,358 boys playG.C.L. member in 1950, but dropped sports, wrestling, began G.C.L. cor;nDistrict and state playoffs to de- ing on 721}eams. after only two seasons of competition. petition in 1965. .termine a state champion are held in Specific questions relative to policIn the beginning only three sports G.C.L. track and field champion- all sports except football. Kentucky ies and standards may be answered were involved i,n League competition, ships have been held since 1932, the already has such playoffs in the pig- by addressing the Commissioner at baseball, basketball and football. At same year that the netters and golfers skin sport. Ohio is considering such 4080 Roselea Place, Columbus, Ohio, ~p:;:r!:.e~~--==n~t~C!.;'.~1.:.:,:.;;_L:.:_.~ti~tl;;c~c~h~a!se:;·s~a:':r:.::e~h~e:_:ld~:-!=b~e:Eg~a~n~G~.C::.·.:.:L~. · t~i~tl;:.e,..:;c;:::o::;;m::;Pr~e::.:ti:.:'ti::'o::n:·~--::---...;a;;..;:s:=:ta~t;;e..lp':l,;a~y..:o:::ff:..s:::y~s;::t;;em;;;;.;,•-::::---::-~~__,.,....;::4':3~2;.;;1:,:4;;,;·==='~'""""':-~"":"",......~....._,- . ~~

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10-0

CCL Champs...

The Crusader

~TWO IN Coach Gerry Faust and the 1 69-'70 football team went 10-0 this season capturing for the second time by a perfect season the G.C.L. crown.

The team, besides being ranked first in the city, received 440 points in the U.P.I. poll to place second, 18 points behind undefeated Upper Arlington. Also, our team was ranked seventh in the nation by a computer poll in Florida, a real

Coach Faust and team.

D. Haidle honor and distinction for a great Motown team. Congratulations!

When asked about the team this is what Coach Faust had to say: "I am really pleased with the, whole outcome this year. The team spirit was great." This surmnarizes a great coach's thoughts about a perfect year. Mr. Faust was really proud of this great team.

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He thought that the best trait of this year's team was the close-knit family spirit. Everyone went out to The 1 69-'70 offensive backs and help each other, not for their own split ends include senior quarterpersonal glory. There was no indiback Mark Daniel and' junior Bert vidualism, as everyone went out for Morris. Mark, in his third year of the same goal.

The team really wanted to go 10 and 0 this year, Varsity play, proved to be the playmaker that his sophomore and and this desire was evidenced junior years show~d him as. In his everywhere. This desire and the final year in the starting role of fans spirit are what made the team QB, Mark's passing average was betgreat.

Some students, for the first time ter than 50% and ranked among the really rallied behind this great Top 10 in the city of Cincy in team. It was through this concerted passing.

Bert Morris showed the effort, Coach Faust thinks, that passing ability that everyone exthe student body was made better. pected of him and promises to fill "I would like to thank the faculty, the shoes of his predecessor. Senadministration, student body, stuior halfbacks Dan Molina, Mike Hacdent council, and the cheerleaders ker, and Jim Rack, along with unfor their tremendous su~port. They derclassmen Dan Engel and John Niehaus, exemplified what everyone helped to make it all possible." expects of a Moeller backfield--Mr. Faust went on to say that it great desire, speed, and the abiliwas the'combined effort by everyty to catch the ball. one that helped to produce the 10-0 Combined with fullbacks Randy record.

Mr. Faust wanted to give a Keith and Junior Mark Amorini, they special thanks to the tremendous ran past, over, and through the coaching staff composed of: Mr. defenses of the league and those of the non-league opponents, ' at an Barattieri, Mr. Cameron, Mr. Gibaverage of 365 yards per game. bons, Mr. Clark, Mr. Bacigalupo, Crusader split-ends proved to· be a Mr. Parker, Mr. Gigliotti and Mr. very vital movement of the Motown O'Leary. Without the sacrifices of football machine. Seniors Steve Muethese dedicated coaches and teachers, we could not have gone as far • ller -and .Mark O_!Bri-a_n ..... came- thTu .. with vital catches in the games of as we did. These loyal men did evPrinceton, Roger Bacon, and that . of erything that was requested of them cross town rival St. Xavier to· help and more.' motivate the Crusader offense. JunIll ior Greg Eling promises to be an able fulfillment for the graduating players at the split-end position.

And such is our salute to the offensive backs and split ends of the '69-'70 footbali team. Congratulations gentlemen!

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Little attention is given to the defensive line and only the greats like Warren Whitis and Vic Koegal ever receive praise. Mr. Parker and Mr. Cameron were very impressed with the way other members of the defense improved. Broerman, Kerkoff, Kreiner, Malarkey and Niehaus showed great ability this year.

Mr. Parker feels the attitude of all the players was a major factor in developing a strong defensive line. Extra sprints, workouts and watching films after practices made great players who broke records.

They broke the Moeller record for interceptions and for the most yards gained in rushing. We gained on offense an average of 250-300 yards a game and the defense only~ gave up an average of 135 yards.

This was a great factor in winning· the G.C.L. "The defense took a lot of pressure off the offensive line. They don't even try to run on us any-· more. They have to pass or sweep," said Coach Cameron.

The players really sacrificed in· order to make the defense stronger.

Whitis moved from a linebacker to an end and "Bimbo" Rack moved from tailback to linebacker. Bob Malarkey did a great job as a defensive end and turned out to be one of the key people on the squad.

Rich Goodhart has developed, in the last five games, into a great linebacker in the Goodhart tradition here at Moeller.

If someone made a mistake someone

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Vic Koegel was the QB of the defense and called all signals. He helped inspire the team.

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else covered for him. Accordini to Coach Parker, "In my opinion they are probably the best defense in the nation!"

November 14, 1969

10-0

The Crusader

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10-0

THOSE MANY MEN

Behirid The Scenes

If you've ever accepted a large amount of responsibility, you know it can be a tough job living up to what is expected of you. Well the managers of the new G.C.L. Champions accepted a great deal of responsibility this year, and lived up to their expectations magnificently. This responsibility ranges from coming in many hours before the games, to staying long after practices have ended and the players have gone home. The managers are not only responsilbe for the balls and first aid equipment, but for over $30,000 worth of equipment.

Coach Gibbons, along. with most. the players, feels that the managers this year have been the pest Moeller has ever had, and that they have been essential in the team's success this year.

Kevin Morand was head manager. this year, and was vital in running the practices and games smoothly for the coaches and players, Mike Stubbs was in charge of outside equipment, and Ted Hall was responsible for the locker room and its facilities. John Lehmkuhl was head trainer this year, and is to be

INTERCEPT Coach Cameron points out that the defensive halfbacks live with a lot of pressure, knowing that the slightest mistake is costly. They accept each game as a challenge.

Crusader opponents this year were attacked by the "Nine Little Indians" otherwise known as Moeller's group of defensive halfbacks.

Coach Mike Cameron directs the secondary, which was led by Bill Hines, Bob Morrissey, Ron Adkins, and junior Denny Stall.

Coach Cameron had these comments about his defensive backfield stars Bill Hines: Bill was a 2 year starter and usually drew the toughest receiver this year, Bill has pulled in 5 interceptioris over the last two years. He performed the tough assingment of returning punts - returning one for a toughdown in the Elder Game.

Bob Morrissey: Bob was a 2 year starter at safety. He intercepted 6 passes last year (school record) and 5 this year. Bob was a constant, sure tackler, frequently coming up with the big play.

Ron Adkins: Ron had 2 interceptions against Chaminade, and was making great progress when he suffered a shoulder separation against LaSalle.

Denny Stall: A junior, he played in the LaSalle game and came in the clutch in the following crucial ballgames.

Frank Strittmatter: As a senior, Frank was a very dependable replacement and captain of the "suicide squad."

commended for a iob well done. All the managers, but especially the senior managers, should be congratulated for an outstanding job this year.

J. Lehmkhul on the job.

K. Kreiner

BROKEN RECORDS Records of previous years were shattered by this year's team. A new team record of 363 pts. scored was set. The defense allowed an average of only 1.6 yds. per play to the opponents.

The biggest accomplishment by Dan Molina and Randy Keith, came in the rushing department The old record of 709 yds. was broken by Dan with 767 yds., and by Keith with 1156 yds.

Also, Vic Koegel set a record for unassisted tackles by making 53 of them, old mark 45.

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The offensive line is the basic building block of Moeller's outstanding power machine, which took the G.C.L. this year. The line consists of nine workhorses, who have spent many agonizing hours striving for perfection. Without holes to run through, backs are nothing; and without protection, the QB is nothing, Consequently, their success has been exemplified by the outstanding running of Keith

man.

The individual offensive lineman has to be aware of diversity of defensive possibilities presented before him during each play.

Ther can be no second thoughts, only quick and accurate execution.

Besides intelligence, the offensive line also needs self-discipline in order to refrain from using his hands---a natural defense against the opponent's forearms, punches, and so on.

Offensive Line Opens way for score. and Molina and the beautiful execuAnother asset of Moeller's offtion of a variety of plays by Mark ensive line was their experience, Daniel.. Perfection was the goal size, and strength. This year's and 10-0-0 was the achievement. line had at least one full season These are the men that compose behind them. And the power behind the mighty structure: Bill Wesley these men was supplied by three and Bill Wilcoxson-tight ends; John years of weight training at Bill Uecker-left tackle; John SteffanClark's. Coach Clark's training left guard; Mike Stagge- center; has been termed one of the finest Ted Van Fleet-right guard; . Chris in Ohio by area college coaches.

DiSalvo and Steve Sylvester-right There never was a great back tackle; Mark O'Brien and Steve Muewithout an equally great line. Beller-split end. cause of this, THE CRUSADER would Intelligence is the key to the like to acknowledge these true Men making of a great offensive lineof Moeller for a job well done.

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by Dave Vargo One year ago Moeller embarked on a basketball crusade which earned them a third-place GCL finish. Four of the top six men froii). that squad return this season to give coach Jerry Doerger a team with potential capable of near-comparison with the awesome Crusader footballers.

Doerger, whose cage crew was. tabbed Cincinnati's No. 2 roundball squad by a poll of the area coaches, is quick to admit that he has enough material to deserve this recognition.

A scrappy defensive stalwart, Daniel is being switched to guard this season

by Coach Doerger, leaving a forward post vacant.

That position is beirig contested for 6-foot 4-inch senior Steve Wolf and lanky 6-foot 7-inch senior Pete Schuebler. Senior Greg Sander, although just 6-foot l-inch, should ·see plenty of action at both guard and forward.

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The fourth returnee is .6'foot 3-inch junior center, who sith brother Mike provides some of the Moeller board strength.

"We have a pretty good nucleus, but, of course, we're in a tough league," states Doerger. "I'll admit I feel we have a pretty good ball club."

Three of Moeller's returnees averaged in double figures last season.

Heading the list with a 15-points-pergame average is senior forward Mike Sylvester. The 6-foot 6-inch threeyear varsity veteran holds the Moeller record for rebounding and is one of the league's premier forecourt men.

Guard Al Eling (12 points - per game) is an expert ball-handler and rugged defensive star. The 5-foot 11-inch senior is also a three year varsity veteran, as is hustling forward Mark Daniel. Daniel, the Crusaders' All-GCL gridiron quarterback, averaged 11 points-per-contest in '68-'69.

Tom Gerrein is a varsity assistant while Don Schlosser is the frosh coach.

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GO ROCKETS! Mark Daniel, Crusader quarterback, is also a starting guard on ·the Moeller basketball squad.

MOELLER TENTATIVE ROSTER

Me NICK

IS WITH YOU ALL THE .WAY!

Player *Sylvester, Mike *Daniel, Mark , *Eiing,AI *Sander, Greg Wolf, Steve Schubeler, Pete *Sylvester,Steve Schmidt, Tom Luhan,Mike Wesley,Bill Schneller, Tom Matuszek, Len Niehaus, John Niehaus,Steve

'Denotes letterman.

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Jr. . Jr. Jr. So.ph.

Soph.

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Ht. 6-5 6-1 5-11

6-1 -6-4 6-7 6-3 5-11 5;10 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-4

Wt. · 200 ·.

180 160 · 170 .170 180 205 170.

160 200.

175 160 · 175 200·

MOElLER SCHEDill"E Nov.28-COURTER TECH .......................................... Home Dec.5-LaSALLE ...:.......; .................................... ;.......... Away Dec.l2-PURCELL ................................................... ,.... Home Dec.l3-ELDER. ............................................................. Away Dec.19-BACON ......................................... :................... Away Dec.23-McNICHOLAS ............ c................................... Home Jan.3-SYCAMORE ...................................................... Home Jan. 9-NEWPORT CATHOLIC ...............;.................. Away.

Jan. IS-XAVIER ........................................................... Away Jan.23-LaSALLE.,..,........................... ;.......................... Home Jan. 24-DAYTON ROTH ............................................. Home Jan.30-ELDER ....... w. .................................................... Home Jan. 31_:__BACON ...... .,..................................................... Home Feb.S-NEWPORT CATHOLIC .................................. Home Feb. 7-McNICHOLAS .................................................. Away Feh.13-XAVIER ........................................................... Home.

Feb.14-INDIAN HILL ................................................ Home Feb.20-PURCELL.................................: ................;...... Away

Congratulations Crusaders

On A 10-0 Season!

Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior .Senior• Senior .Junior Senior.

Ta.cK.teS·-,-Jioe St<u~ckelle \•J'""'"'"" Pat Leahy (Finney.n".n"'.u. ((~reentlllll;J, Andy Glass (Woodward).

Schiclmer (Wyoming), Bill Noel Middle (Harrison), Ray. Thurl~ill (Withrow). · Linebackers-Steve Immelt (Finneytown), Bill Haverland (Princeton), Joe!! Wehby (St. Xavier), Greg Battle (Lincoln Heights), Greg Linder (1\:Iadeira), James Johnson (Hughes). · · Defensive Bacl;;s.....::Mike Parker (Elder), Bill Moores (Oalt Hills), Kevin Clifford (Reading), Milm Morrissey '(Wyoming), Barry Dotzauer (Aill:en), Franll: Rosenacker (LaSalle), Doug McCray (Woqdward), Bene Ziegler (Harrison).

Bills Win Midwest

Soccer Title; 2-1 · AKRON, Ohio (}PI - St. Louis University's Jack Gil~ miche scored twice withiri a three-minute span late in the fOtu'th quarter Saturday to give St. Louis a comefrom - behind 2 - 1 victory pver Cleveland state Uni" ,)versity in the midwest 1 finals of the NCAA soccer tournament.

St. Louis goes to San Jose State college tor the national · championships December 4-6. . Keith Reid scored' the · c·leveland State goal in the third period.

It was the .lOth straight

. victory for st. Louis.. Cleve- ,

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carry.

Elder's Panthers were tabbed finish in fifth~place in .the GCL Halfback Dan Molina was second in the league in rushing, but was given but rookie coach Ken Haupt's only honorable mention recognition shunned off its inexperience by the league's coaches. Molina ground of size and road the talented 1'"""""·~~ 6 out 767 yards in but 115 attempts, arm of senior Mike Maichioni league runne.r-up slot. averaging 6.7 yards-per-carry.

Marchioni completed Bl of 172 Another of .Big Moe's offensive stars was strong.:armed quarterback · 1228 y·ards tolead theleague>in · Mark Daniel. The. All-League signal- departments. ·His A 71 • passing caller· led the city · in passing, com- centage was the city's f()urtn-best. pleting 48 of 88 (54.5%), and was .rewarded with speCial mention by the Times-Star.

Senior offensive linemen center Mike Stagge (5-H; 207) and tackle John Uecker (6-0, 205) were named to the All-GCL and All-City first teams while guard Ted Van Fleet Was voted firststring All~League ·and received AllCinciimati special mention.

Passing

Player and School Daniel, Moeller

Att Comp

Mooney, St. Xavier orth. *Marchioni, Elder

LaSalle

Harris, Purcell · Phillips, Roger Bacon .

Everson, NewCath

88 121 135 154 77 180 . 45

48 60.

62 58 34 75 16

Pet lnt

Ydg

.545 3 .496 3 .459 10 .442 7

749 806 . 1199 1062 303 569 141

.442 .417 .356

3 9 4

*Denotes nine game totals.

Defensively, the Crusaders placed three players on both all-star squads.

EndWarren Whitis (5-9, ·175); l;Jack Bill Hines, and linebacker. Vic Koegel .(6-1, i95) received the recognition~ Koegel led Moeller with 53 unassisted·tackles. arid als~ picked off three passes. Tackle Mik€ Broerman . (6-2,. 205) was All- · League and honorable mention All-CitY~

St. Xavier's

voted

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the Year". it was a :football season in the Gr'eater · League~successful for. . frustrating· for others, and exciting- !or all.

But most of the· excitement was generated by the ta'lent-laden Moeller .

Crusaders, everybody's pre-season favorite-. The Crusaders employed· a devastating and balanced offensive attack and a bone-crushing defense·in annihilating their ten opponents and capturing the GCL crown and the No.2 ,-cmking in Ohio from the United Press· rdern;tional. ' '

RUSHING'S '"l'OP 20" Player and School Keith, Moeller Molina, Moeller Morelli, Roger Bacon Maschmeier, Roger Bacon Shands; Purcell Mason, NewCath Crowley, LaSalle Rebsch, St. Xavier O'Brien, Roger Bacon Niehaus, Moeller Haslerig, St. Xavier Boiman,

OJive.rio, LaSaHe

Chiodi, Purcell *Parker, Elder Carusi, NewCath Rodenberg, LaSalle Amorini, Moe11(':r Hammelrath, S.t. Xavier

FOOTBAL~ FINISH

:School J':ioeller Elder St. Xavier LaSalle Roger Bacon Purcell Newport Catholic McNicholas

w 7 6 '5

4 2

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L 0

1 2 3 5 5 5 7

T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pet. 1.000 .858 .715 ,572 .286 .286 .286 .000

·us 112 97

71 111 51 77 108 85 74 : 74

89 47 80 45 70

Ydg 1156 767 670 530 527 504 451 442 420 382 382 376 340 340 315 .

310 i 298 273 270 260

*Denotes nine R"ame totals

It was an array of standout per.formers which gave GCL "Coach. of the Year" Gerry Faust his greatest Moeller team ever. Moeller dominated the .All-League squad as twenty Crl.lsaders received recognition, nine being named to the first. team. Six of these were also named to the 1969 Post and Times-Star Metropolitan Cincinnati . all-star team, with three others receiving specialmention. .

Fullback Randy Keith was selected the Catholic League's "Player of the Year" and honorary captain of the· AllCincinnati team. The powerfulnmnirig . back led the city in scoring with 26 touchdowns and 2 ;PAT's good for 158 points. In addition; ;Keith led the GCL in rushing with 1156 yards in 161 carries:- an -a-verage-- T 7.2-. :Yards-per: . -

of

LaSall~

*Tieman, Elder

Att 161 115 156 136

Rugged linebacker co-captain jim Christophel (6-1, 193) was selected the GCL' s "Lineman of the Year" and was first-team All-City. Halfback Mike Parker was also chosen to the AnLeague ·first team ·and to the spedial mention Times-Star squad. . The Panthers finished 8-2 on the season, losing only to the No. 1 ~nd No. 2 teams in the state, UpperArlihgton and Moeller. Elder was picked l'7th in the final Buckeye poll. · "

ing the twd

for Whiti~ and center Mike GC~ cha~pion Crusaders.

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St. Xavier, behind the pass catch~ng and power nmning of GCL "Back of the Year" Clint Haslerig, copped the th'ird position. Hasslerig's :16 recepti(ms covering 484 yards· were the city's highest. Ha.slerig also rushed 77 times for 382 yards and was the league's fourth-leading scorer with 70 poi~ts.

Halfback Dan ~ebsch was third' in the GCL scoring race with 76 points and gained 442 yards in 71 carries.

Bomber defei:isii.ie-erid Mike-Heil (13'-1, j

Moeller •·and St. XaVier who niceived the lone; dissenting'fitst~place vote; each pollt2@ 60 .p~l.nt~; to tie for · the runner-up P~'sition. The Crusaders and Bombers w~:repicked Nos. 2 and 3 · respectively, in ell."llcinnatiby the city'~

190) was named to the Cath~1ic' League and All:City first tean1s, Guard Le~ .

Meyer was All-GCL ana. received· honorable mention recognition from the Times-Stare · · . · :i · . . .

Coach . Steve· RaJ~o's · LaSalle .Lancers complEited tl~eir most sue- · cessful' season ever with . a. 7:3 mark and fourth-place _leagu~ ·finish. 'QU.ar-. terback Bob Orth completed 62 of i35 for 1199 ya_rds and 14: 'touchdowns .. a . league high. Halfbacl(! Joe CrowlEiy; honorary captain of the All-GCL team was second in .the 1ertgue in. scoring (98 points), fourth in th~ league 1n pass receiving (23), and sev¢hth in the .lea~ gue in rushing (451 yards). · ,. ' . :i· Player and School Keith, Moeller. · Crowley, LaSalle Rebsch,:St: Xavier Hasl~rig, St. Xavier Boiman, LaSalle Gandenberger; LaSalle *Parker, Elder .

10 9

8

' · *TierD.an, Elder . 0 1 Brien, •Roger Ba.Corl -.

Shands,' Purcell Molina, Mo~ller Niehaus, Moeller . · Oliveri~, LaSalle *Hensley, Elder.Morelli, Roger Bacon 'Keeling, St. Xa,Zier

· Defending champion Purcell arid ··· Elder:,_ who. finished a 'dis_appointirig · Roger Bacon ~received nine of the seventh last-season, each garnered 44 - ten first-place votes cast and was 'votes to tie for fourth~place. District .. named .third on the one. ·remaining . finalist LaSalle registered 40 points ballot. . . and was picked sixth. ·· · Newport. Catholic, wh~se squad ap. The. Spartans have two potential . pears too small to compete in the All-City standouts .in 6-foot 6~inch . league but who cciul~ e.asily pull off a forward Bob Wiegele, a membe.r of. few surprises, was tabbed seventh. last season's All-League first team, McNicholas, rebuilding unde.r rookie. and 6-foot 7-inch center Jerry Foley. head coach Jim Stretch, is slated to Seniors Mike· Stoll and Ken ··Kernen occupy the cellm;. return at the guard posts with last The vote tally, with eight points year's sixth man, Van. Phillips, man- awarded for a first-place vote, seven ning the other forward position. for a second, eto.:

10 10 2

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Ranking and Team

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. 1. Roger Bacon Spartans 2. Moeller Crusaders St. Xavier Bombers 4. Elder Panthers Prucell Cavaliers 6. LaSalle Lancers 7. Newport Cath. 'Breda .

8. McNicholas Rockets -

9

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MaSch meier, Roger Bacon

coaches~.

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Buck, St. Xavier

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2

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FINAL 1968-69 RECORDS _*Deiiotes nine gB.me tbt_als ·

Conference-. · .Won

Team·-

l'URGELL ST,XAVIER ROGER BACON MOELLER . LASALLE ..NEWPORT CATHOLIC ELDER . McNICHOLAS .

. .. . P~~s Receiving· Player and School r : . flasle'rig, St. Xavier .

Ganden berger. LaSalle Crowley, LaSalle Mattia, Purcell *Dinkelacker, Elder Huber, NewCath Rebscb,St.Xavier . 17 *Hensley, Elder 15 Carusi,NewCath 15 *Bauer, Elder 12 Keith,Moeller 10 Hacker, Moeller · 10 .Mueller, Moeiler 7 7 Cullinane. St. Xavier 7.

Wilcoxson,Moeller

12 10

Lost . 2

Over8:n

Won· ·Lost . 21.

15

·a

9 7

8

Ath.Ietic

4 6

.nii~i:t6r8

· ,.._,,_-.. ·

these league directive-s. in . tickets for .league basketball ·Listed first is .the size of .the home school's gym and in parentheses, the number of pre-sale tickets allotted to . ·. the visiting school.

418

. 3i'j7 • 314 148 '147 .

24.1 361 13.0 195 10.0 120 146 ·14.6 12.4 124 154 . '22.8 126 ·18.0 il2 16:0

Elder- i,100 (400) LaSalle- 850 (350) . __ McNicholas - 1,600 (600) . Moeller -1,050 (4()0) ·Newport Catholic- 1,600 (800) Purcell - 850 (350) Roger Bacon 1,000 (500) . St. Xavier - 1,600 (800) ·

*Denotes nine game totals.

Roger Bacon, Purcell and New-. port Catholic· each owned· identical 2-5 league marks and tied for fifthplace.

Spartan rushers junior Mark Morelli and .sophomore Tom Maschmeier finished third and fourth in the league with 670 and· 530 yards, respectively.

Tackle Don Brockman was both an AllCity and All-League selection.

Cavalier end Mike Mattia snared 22. passes for 357 yards and was both AllGCL and All-City. l)eep back Rick .· Kaiser, the other league co-captain, was honorable mention in the _city~

On the day of the game, or on the _last class .· day before _the game; the Visiting school must call the · home '• school by 1:30 p.m., and notify them of the number of pre-sale tickets sold..

Any surplus then will be opened up, for sale to the home school, or at the gate the evening of the game. . . In the event; of a pre-game sell-out,, every effort is made to inform the stu- : dent body and the general public that · · no tickets will be on s~le the evening · · · · of the game.

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Published by the students of Elder, LaSalle, MNicholas,: M Newport Catholic, Purcell, Roger Bacon and St. Xavier High members of the Greater Cincinnati League.

GLENWAY

Staff

Gregg Noble, Elder~ Editor bick Gargana, Elder- Business E~itor Rev. Edward L. Rudemille~~ Mqderator · Hoad Runner

Rick Hines, Elder Bill Koch, LaSalle Dan Aylward, McNicholas Dave Vargo, Moeller

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