Benedictine High School - Benedictine Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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THE INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS pose triumphantly for a group shot. They are. from left; J. Peterson. M. Sterkel, C. Tews. M. Ilalapy, M. Patterson. I). Scholle, B. Glinka, D. Piunno and L). Spuz .illo. onvtT?, ONE OF THE WINNING JUNIOR TEAMS, (standing, left) M. Soltes, M. O'Connor. G. Gatto (kneeling, left) I). Mozina, T. Brickman and K. Mucci were the basketball champs. (above, left) INTRAMURAL SOFT-BALL was a hit with both the players and the spectators. JUNIOR MIKE O’CONNOR goes up for a shot during the championship game. He and teammate Kevin Mucci were on both the basketball and volleyball championship teams. Student Life 15

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Junior Teams Win Big by Kevin Grobelny This past year saw three junior teams win intramural championships, and another junior team come in second. After a junior team won the football championship and basketball season bounced around, Junior 2, consisting of Kevin Mucci, Mike O’Connor, dreg Gatto, Mike Soltes, Dave Mozina and Todd Brickman, defeated a darkhorse sophomore team to take the title in that sport. The volleyball championship pitted the juniors against a senior team. Once again, though, the junior team, this time consisting of Kevin Mucci, Ron Crosel, Bill Murphy. John O’Neill, Mike O’Connor, Mike Car-red and Preston Hrisko, came out on top. When softball season came, many questions popped up. Would the juniors sweep the championships? Would Mucci and O’Connor be on three of four winning teams? A senior team answered those questions. Taking out their frustrations with a bat in their hands, a senior team made of Bill Glinka. Mike Halapy, Jack Peterson, Dan Piunno, Doug Scholle, Dennis Spuzzillo, Mike Sterkel and Chris Tews finally beat the juniors. WHILE THE GAME IS STILL GOING, students gather on the sidelines for the start of the next one. 14 Intramurals

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Seniors Say ‘Farewell’ bv (lari Camillo T minus sixty minutes. This was it. After four years, the time had arrived. Starting at 6:30 P.M. Thursday. June 11, eighty nine seniors made their way into the cafeteria. Mere, they chatted about what they were going to experience. GRADUATION! T minus thirty minutes. Miss Rable started giving instructions. She lined up the impatient students, preparing them for their big moment. A few hundred feet away, parents, families, and friends started to fill up St. Benedict Church. The instructions continued. Pew assignments were given. The seniors were told when to sit. stand, and when they should move their tassels. Miss Rable tactfully warned the seniors about throwing their caps. If you wish to do wiiat other students have done in the past, just make sure that you get it back. They have to be turned in afterward.” T minus five minutes. The seniors began to move. They exited through the main doors toward Martin I.other King Drive. Cars passing by honked as the seniors marched toward St. Benedict. The evening was windy. The students struggled to keep their caps on and their tassels right. Faculty, staff, and monks followed the rambunctious seniors. As the procession entered the church, the crowd turned. Flashes started going off. Home movies started rolling. The band began playing. When the procession left the church about an hour later, there were still flashes, film, and music. But there were no more seniors or students. Only graduates. DERRICK DENT accepts his diploma from Fr. Abbot Roger. SENIOR CLASS VICE PRESIDENT BRIAN EN'CI.ISIi is presented with his diploma. Brian is among the 97% of the graduating class who will be attending college in the fall. 16 Graduation