Creighton Preparatory School - Jay Junior Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Frosh Also lnfercify Champs For the second straight year the frosh have gone unbeaten. They gave up 18 points while scoring 187 themselves. Under the able leadership of Coaches Dudley Allen and Phil Gradoville, the frosh took the intercity title for the third straight year. This year's team scored twenty-eight touchdowns, fifteen ex- tra points, and two safeties. This resulted in a net gain of one point over last year's scoring, The small but speedy freshman team held four of their opponents scoreless and allowed the other three only one T.D. apiece. The mighty midgets averaged 28 points per game with a high score of 47-0 against both North and Central. High scorer was Carl Carlentini with 68 points for the season. Mike Von Dollen followed Carlentini's lead with 39. Phil Bruning and Jim McCormack came next with 19 and l8points respectively. With these young Blue Jay gridders coming up, Creighton Prep football looks forward to nothing but the best in future varsity squads. FIRST ROW: Tom Leahy, Terry Reiff, Ron McFarlin, Lee lvlockelstrom, Greg Drew, Jim McCormack, Mickey Diesing, Ron Proskovec, Tim Mosser, Bill Hawkins, Mike Danze, John Cooney, Tim Donahue, Doug Crosby, SECOND ROW: Bob Bowser, Jim Hoefer, Tim Anderson, Steve DePetro, Tom Fenlon, Mike Reece, Tim McGill, Mike Slragusa, Phil Bruning, Carl Carlentini, Dick Wright, Mike VonDollen, Fred Ber strom, Dave Creguska. THIRD ROW: Coach Gradovigle, Coach Allen, Central Eagles fail to find weak spot in potent Prep de- fense. Rich Boettcher, Ed Van Ackeren, Dave Wilson, Paul Surber, Gary Ketteler, Rusty Prophater, Joe Tamayo, Tony Cemore, Bob O'Doherty, Ken Kontor, Rick Hema, Coach Tom Jaworski, Coach Dick Bayer. FOURTH RO : Fred Zack, Gary Birch, Phil McMillan, John Kocarnik, Mike Miner, Mark West, Mike Ricketts, Mike Keller, Tim Hoffman, Steve Scavio, John Trummer,Gary Mangiameli, Steve McCann, Joe McKenna. .mn.1 mmfm't4f 1f1a:s:f.e:nsfw:ta1tw-sf fafwwssaauta e fn: mzsmmsasfmmmazsasssvznazs ,mv-wa Prep 28 . Holy Name Prep 19 . . . South Prep 12 . . . . Tech Prep 1 2 . Westside Prep 41 . . North Prep 41 . . Central Prep 34 , . Benson 125

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MANAGERS: Gerald Sobczyk, Tom Dillon, Denny Circo. FIRST ROW: Mike Reiff, Fred Longo, Larry Ganiglia, Pete Umatum, John Kern, John Olson, Rich Williams, Tim Herek, Rich Lombardo, Joe Buda, Barry Linstrom, John Scalzo, Ted Williams, Bob Lanphier, Gary Backenstose, Tom Savin, John Nudding, Paul Chubirka. SECOND ROW: Coach R. W, Miller, Ron Gartlan, Mike Riss, Tom Kusleika, John Sanchez, Bob Ege, Pat Quinlan, B-Team Wins hare of lute 124 Dave Bouda 1145 rolls out looking for a possible re- ceiver. Gary Schuetz, Jim Swartz, Fred Riva, Bill Kucirek,Mike McGowan, Don Miloni, George Pongruber, Mike Hayes, Mike Zorad, Sam Bonofede, Joe Baratta, Tim Halloran, Coach J. Jackson. THIRD ROW: Pat Mitchell, Ed Warin, Steve Barney, Keith Leslie, John Letter, Tim McCormack, Frank Navratil, Jim Kadell, Rich Deitering, Ron Zakaras, Tim Sheridan, Jim Turner, Larry Hoffman, Harold Povondra, Bob Hrupek, Tony Joe Militti. rciiy Crown The re serve s, under the supervision of coaches Jackson and Miller, enjoyed another successful season, taking a share of the Inter- city title. Finishing with an identical 6-1 rec- ord Were the Benson Bunnies who share the intercity crown with the Junior Jays. This fine squad carried such yard-gaining backs as Gary Backenstose, Pete Umatum, Jim Kadell, and Larry Caniglia. Fine leadership by quarterbacks Rich Williams and John Olson kept the ground game moving, The powerful line of Joe Buda, Tom Savin, and Tom Kusleika stopped most opposing teams from going far. The season in general' saw no really outstand- ing players: a concentrated team effort mater- ialized into the successful season. B-Team Results Prep 13 . . . Benson l2 Prep 38 . . . . A. L. 0 Prep 20 . . . . Tech 13 Prep 20 . . Westside 6 Prep 20 . , . North 7 Prep 32 . , Central 23 Prep O . . . South 7

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126 The Best Cager Team in Prep's History More points were scored, more games were won, and more records were set by the 1962-63 varsity basketball team than by any other Prep team. The record 21-3 was a tally equalled by no previous Prep team and by only one other Class A team in the state this year. This quintet was a TEAM. Each of the players was an integral part of the squad, and not one of them completely dominated the spot- light. Almost every game's statistics showed three or more Blue Jays in contention for the Prep scoring honors. Great depth marked this team. When any one of the team members had an off night, another Jay alwa s hit a few more shots than he usually did. Where was a strong starting seven. Dave Bouda, in the last few games, sub- bing for Tim Pugh did a fine jobg and Tim Hanrahan, subbing for injured Dave Burnett, led the Jays in the District and State Tourneys. Next to winning the Omaha Christmas Tournament, the team's most outstanding suc- cess was the record in the District and State Tourneys. After defeating South and Westside in the tough district competition, Prep blitzed North Platte in the first round of the State. In the next game the Blue Jays defeated Omaha Central, a fast team on any court. Finally the loss to Tech ended the season as Prep finished second to an excellent team. But the Prep team is by no means to be discounted due to the Tourney loss. Only one team in this state could beat Prep. Only one team ever did. Many teams, coaches, and fans underestimated the caliber of the intercity competition and thought their teams could take Prep. Excluding the Tech game, these people had 21 chances to prove their pointg and 21 times they failed. Creighton Prep bolted into the l962-63 basketball season with a 38-33 victory against South. Prep then met number-one ranked Tech. Playing a poor first three quarters, the Junior Blues hit hard in the fourth outscoring the Trojans by seven points. Prep bowed, but not shamefully, to a 71-61 Trojan triumph. The next week, our Junior Jays met the upset- minded North club. For the first three quarters the revenge-seekers broke through our weak defense and trailed by only seven points head- ing into the final period. Their desperate at- tempts to heal the wound of their loss against Prep on the gridiron came to a stone wall as our young Jays exploded, staging a 25-point blitz during the last eight minutes to bring an 81-67 end to the Viking hopes. The next night the Prep squad trounced the Lynx across the river. Without any serious threat after the first five minutes of the game, the Junior Jays drowned the A,L. club in their wake. With Wally Anderzunas scoring 21 points in the first half, the Jays sat high with an 83-59 victory at the end of the contest. Following the A.L. rout, the next Friday, Prep met the confident Central Eagles, The game was marked with a sharp J ay defense led by Joe Cuziec. The next period Tim Pugh, Wally Anderzunas, and Dave Burnett boosted the Prep lead ten points in a 26 point frolic. The Eagles in a vain attempt succeeded in trimming the Blue Jay lead by only one point in the last period and bowed out 70-61 to the victorious Prep squad. Pugh leaps towards the rafters for another two against Tech.