St Bonaventure High School - Bona Venture Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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ua '7eam TT Ulmzdizzg Lefl I0 Righlj Father joseph, Athletic Director, D. Broderick, G. Nosal, R. Warholoski, R. Zoucha, P. Michaelsen, D. Noonan, Holys, B. Snell, M. Wfoerth, Bonk, ll. Kavanaugh, A. Roddy, C. Novicki, M. Tooley, T. Dischner, Tooley, L. Moschenross, D. Clark, V. Galley, C. Nosal, N. Henggeler, Tooley, Coach Cletus Fisch- er, Student Manager, A. Pensick. fffllfffffllgy D. Bowe, Robb, C. Gates, Dineen, L. Miller, B. Wemhoff, M Dunn, D. Schmid, Gladfelter, D. Soulliere, Hoshor, K. Cielocha. QL. Sanders, E. Savage, 1101 pirluredj. The best football season congratulations are in order to and to the football squad, who The opening game of the at Pawnee Park and shut them and some defensive errors, but CVCF enjoyed by St. B0f121Venture as a B class team, was the season of 1952. Special CICUIS FiSCl1Cf. our C011Ch5 Jim Thompson, line coach, Father joseph, sports director, chalked up a record of eight wing and one loss. 5021509 WiU1C5SCLl the fif5f Victory of the season. The Irish met St. Cecelia's of Hastings out I9-O. The Shamrocks Were ri little ragged, showing a potent but spotty offens'e all in all it was a pretty gO0d preview of the coming season. This victory also marked the first time St. Bon's defeated St. Cc-celia's in the four years they had met. In the second game, Decatur, proved to be the stumbling block. The Irish arrived late and had to start its con- test without a warmup. The results of this showed up in the first half, where the timing was poor and the defense leaky. Decatur took advantage of this to gain a 13-0 half time margin. St. Bon's came back in the last half but ap- parently not enough. The game ended 13-I2 in favor of Decatur. The Boys Town Reserves were the opponents in the third game. They were a scrappy and hard hitting bunch but went down before the improving Shamrocks 25-7. Seward proved to be one of the bigger games on the St Bon's schedule. A large Columbus following saw the Irish whip Seward I2-6. in a hotly contested game. October 10, saw St. Bonaventure meeting St. joseph cf Omaha in the annual Homecoming game. The rapidly improved Shamrocks flashed a victory over the Bluehawks. fast offense and a tight defense to climax the Homecoming celebration with a 32-6 The Irish traveled to Grand Island to meet St. Marys for the next contest. The varsity offense, coupled with a strong defense helped to gain a comfortable early margin. Final score: St. Bon's 52, St. Mary's 6. The next game on the schedule, highly regarded Holy Name of Omaha, proved to be the big one, Cletus and the boys wcnt all out to win this one and they really made a game out of it.The big gun of the Irish attack was Don Schmid, a senior fullback, who hulled and batted his way to 157 yards and one touchdown. The defense held the vaunted Rambler attatk to a mere lvl yards, less than one sixth of the total gained by Schmid. The game ended with the Shamrocks on top I9-7. This marked the first victory over a lfloly Name team in the five years of annual contests. St. Patricks of Fremont fell before the potent Shamrock attack, 38-7. The Fremont boys had size and speed, but could not-cope with the swift, flashy offense of the Irish. i The final game of the season for St. Bon's and for the seniors was Lincoln Cathedral. The line showed one ot its best defensive games against the fast offense of the invaders. Tlie offense clicked in good fashion and rolled up considerable yardage before the final gun of the game and of the season, sounded. It was a happy ending, with St. Bonaventure coming out in the end with a 20-0 score.