Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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ABOVE-Varsity Football team: FRONT ROW: Steve Cripe, Scott Mann, Dyrk Miller, Howard Nellist, Jeff Hostetler, Mike Russell, Dave Snell, Steve Clindaniel, Ben Pfaff, Kirk Holiday, George Thomas, Greg Craft, and John Owens. ROW 2: Head Coach Tom Kurth, Coach Dave Peterson, Dave Edel, Fred Blaisdell, Marty Phillips. Jim Wiskotoni, Tom Boomershine, Ken Cantrell, John Futterknecht, Phil Gelatt, Willie New- some, Steve Owens, Andre Wallace, Greg Ferro, and Coach Tim Osborne. ROW 3: Coach Marshall McCollough, Jamie Lovely, Mike McKinney, Jon Rheinheimer, John Morningstar, Greg Herron, Paul Ogren, Charles Taylor, Tom Sipe, Mark Holiday. Terry Sites, Denny Swartz, and Coach Fred Voorde. ROW 4: Coach Mike Wall- ace. Tim Downey, Marty Smith, Jim Piedmont, Dave Troyer, Dan Nom- may. Dale Ballard, Doug Coss, Mark Mossey, Tom Ghrist, Greg Kilmer, Ernie Martin, and Bruce Mann. Football 9

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Blazers smash 1 ranked Washington With the band playing the fight song, and student body echoing the lyrics, the Big Blue streamed onto the field in a spirited rush. After five victories in a row and a high state rank- ing, Central fans and players were eyeing the possibility of a state championship. Perhaps the biggest victo- ry in Central's history came against South Bend Wash- ington. Coach Tom Kurth's spirited Blue Blazer football squad proved their ability by smothering the 1973 State Champs 27-0. In the sixth game of the season, the Blazers con- ABOVE—With a defender closing in, sophomore wide receiver Rod Rober- son leaps up to grab a long pass. Rod led with 19 receptions for 450 yards. fronted the eventual North- ern Indiana Conference Champions, the Mishawaka Cavemen. After a difficult battle, Central fell in defeat by six points, as hopes of a playoff berth diminished. Central continued to win the next three of four con- tests, bowing only to upset- minded Fort Wayne Snyder. Included in the Blazer victo- ries was a 54-6 Homecoming thumping of Michigan City Elston. As for the battle of cross- town rivals, both Central and Memorial predicted a victory. However, the Blue ABOVE-Seeing daylight ahead, Mar- ty Phillips struggles to get away from the line of scrimmage. Before his in- jury, Marty gained 522 yards. Blazers prevailed with a 26- 0 shutout of the Crimson Chargers. When looking into the visitor's stands, a strange mass of blue was to be seen. For this contest Central be- came the visiting team and blue poms-poms were dis- tributed to the crowd by the Adult Booster Club. Blue Blazer fans weren't alone in spirit, and the fired- up football squad crushed Memorial. Jumping to a 26- 0 halftime lead, the second half became monotonous as the Blazers were headed for certain victory. ABOVE RIGHT-Quartefback Jim Wiskotoni looks fof a receiver as he drops back to throw. Jim led in total offense with 1,108 yards. TOP RIGHT—Spirit was high for the city championship game as exhibited by the enthusiastic Blazers. Central won the contest convincingly 26-0. 8 Football

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Spirit activities are school effort Mr. Bias in overalls? Ka- zoo bands running down the middle of Main street. Blazer Spirit Week got off to a rolling start as students and faculty alike became involved with home- coming activities. Floats, decorated in blue and white bunting carried out the theme Blazers do more in 74 . Slogans on the crepe papiered vehicles ranged from DeFeet 'Em to Rock 'Em , all wanting a victory over Michigan City in the coming game. The floats were followed by a decorated car caravan and a volunteer kazoo band, who diligently hummed the fight song along the en- tire parade route. Although the cloudy skies gave way to rain only clothes and crepe paper were dampened, spirit re- mained electric. Shouts of 'Victory' echoed through the halls as spirited students met afterwards in the gym for a pep session. Floats were judged the next evening, seniors taking 1st, sophomores 2nd, and juniors 3rd. The weekend was topped off by a 54-6 win over the Michigan City Red Devils. Spirit activities including wall decorating, bulletin board decorating, pep ses- sions, and a bonfire con- tinued into the next week as Central prepared for its cross town rival Memorial. The day of the game, principal Al Bias appeared in overalls. Mr. Hungate and Mr. Minichello had on cowboy outfits. Many fac- ulty members wore cos- tumes or just put on their jeans and Blazer T-shirts. The faculty's clothing fling and student's spirit triumphed as the Memorial Chargers fell 26-0 to the Elkhart Central Blue Blaz- ers.