St Josephs Preparatory Seminary - Yearbook (Holy Trinity, AL)

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INTRAIVIURAL VOLLEYBALL ver since volleyball came to Holy Trinity five years ago, the in- tramural volleyball season has been eagerly anticipated. This year Father Sebastian, the sports director,chose nine college men to cap- tain the teams: Jim Gillin, John Kavanaugh, Tom Molloy, Pat LltekY.Ted Haegele, Lowell Heuzil, Anthony Lachner, Charlie Woods, andTex liltra- kis. Oh, pardon me! l forgot the other competitor in the league, the faculty playing under the name Mad Monks. . The first couple of matches gave a clear indication of the team to watch which proved quite accurate.'TheMight-Makealts under the capable hands ofJim Gillin captured thelaurels and first place, CharlieGordon Bob Rink. Olaf Langlie, Denny Dunn, Harold Gerken. and Rick Rozynek supplied the speed to this high powered team. Thus they compiled an impressive record of 22 wins and 5 losses. John Kavanaugh's strong HicNacs satisfied fthey had tol themeslves a bit ruefully with second spot in the standings. Finishing up with a 2l-6 record, they realized what a narrow margin of one game can mean. Ever steady anddefensive playing from Don Guilford, Marty Hendrickson, Amby Owens, Ron Stoebenau, Bob Glennon, and Vic Yellen overcamemost of theiropponents. TheSleepers pulled a quick switch when they came on the court. They never closed their eyes while the ball was being battered. Why even their captain, Tom Molloy, woke up to pull his team over many rough games and into a tie for second place. It was thellively spirit of the entire team! Terry Maurer, Dave Lopata, Wayne Cardson, Steve Flott, Jim 0'Donnell, and Bob Lloyd that downed most of their opposition. With the Turkey Bowl under their belts, theMad Monks took the court confident of victory there also, but the other teams had dHTmQnt plans. After trading blows all season, the Monks had to be satisfied with third place. With the cries of: 'Bring on the liniment bottle and Wait'll next yearl' they retired to their cloister. , , Although having comparatively young players, Pat Llteky's bkeeters managed to make things quite uncomfortable for the other teams in the league. Along with Ed Pass, Mike Scarbrough, Joe Appollo and Jim Sullivan, Pat out together a I2-I2 record. Ted Haegele's Two Hands lingered between first and second division most of the season before they finally dropped to the latter. The Two Hands lacked height, which is a very necessary factor in making a top notch volleyball team. Going farther into the depths we find Charlie Woods and his Spikers and Tony Lachner and his Northern Stars fighting it out for sole pos- session of the cellar position - but wait - Wiltrakis' Slamming Sams are the winners ffor last place, that is.l There were tense moments when every point meant the championship. There were the comical moments when some hardy soul dived for the ball and ended face downward on the muddy court. And so ended the season.

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The season ended in a tie between Moose's Potato Bugs and Dick 0hrt's Batsmokes, These teams were very well balanced. Dhrt had the strong hitting of Mike Harvey, Val Ganter, and Joe Appollo to back up his pitching. Moose also had a Murderers's Row behind his mound staff Pat Liteky. The timely hitting of Brother Loughlan, Mike Keown, and Moose was something to stand in awe of. How the league was down to the wire. Both teams mustered their forces for the final clash that would decide the champ. The fateful day arrived. Thursday before the first quarter egams was scheduled as the day for the playoff. Going into the game, the Potato Bugs were a slight favorite. However, in the very first inning, Ohrt was staked to a three run lead. He kept it until the fifth inning when Moose's team retaliated with a three run outburst to knot the score up. In the bottom of the sixth, Dick helped himself to a three run lead again by contributing a long three run homer to his cause. It looked asif this was curtains for the Potato Bugs when, with the sacks loaded and two outs in the top of the seventh inning, Brother Loughlan lofted a short routine fly ball to the right fielder. The fielder must have lost theball in the sun because the ball landed at the tip of his glove and skipped crazily away and allowed two runs to score. A hasty throw at the plate allowed the score to be tied. Dick, a little cha- grmed yet undaunted, continued firing his fast ball over the plate until the eleventh inning when he won the game on costly errors by the opposing team. Final score was eleven tonine, Batsmokes, as the Potato Bugs tallied only once in their half of the inning. Ohrt deserved a lot of credit for his clutch pitching and hitting combined. He walked but four men and struck out ten. He allowed seven hits while his own telm amassed fourteen. It was a tough league which saw stellar pitching by the best at Holy Trinity, by Ohrt and Shaffer. Cieslinski's prodigious clouts will long be remembered, and Appollo's fine playing fromthe Freshmen class, Lachner's lusty hitting combined with Mike Keown's improved batting eye. etc. will serve as a reminder of the exciting moments of this Fall Softball League. Batsmokes 857 Potatoe Bugs 714 Masters 714 Reaches 667 Termites 600 Mosquitoes 333 Weavils 200 Real Kills OOO

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INTRAIVIURAL BASKETBALL n the game for the intramural league championship this year, Jack Kavanaugh's battling Wanderers staged a sparkling comeback in the sec- eond half to overtake Tom Molloy's red-hot crumbs. At half-time the scoreboard read I3-4 and it looked like the Crumbs had the title well in their grasp. The Crumbs had been the unchallenged masters of the hardwood throughout the first half. But when the Wanderers took the floor at the beginning of the third quarter, th9Y began to Show that they had no intention of going down. At the end of the third Qvafter it was a tie ball game I7-I7. From then on the Wanderers were in com- mand. Kavanaugh was setting up the plays, Liteky and Pass took control of the boards, and Dunn was stealing the ball and putting an aphenome- nal scoring exhibition. For the six minutes of the fourth quarter they Completely outplayed the stunned Crumbs and emerged the champs after a weil- d t . In fztrsrteplvaicce om the 'A' league were Tom Molloy's Crumbs. At the beginning of the season this team looked like somewhat of adark horse. They had the scoring punch they needed to go all the way, coupled with one of the fastest teams in the league. But they were in dire need of height. Carl Seeba quickly stepped into the shoes of the missing link and matched the big men around the league in therebounding department, thus rounding out the Crumbs into the webl-balanced team thatwent all the way into the playoffs. In second place we find Jim. GiHin's CryBabies. This team was highly touted at the beginning of the sea- son as the team to beat. Besides the highly effective Gillin-Gmdon combo, Schoessow, Mayer, and Dicks rounded out a very formidable quin- tet. Their bench was unquestionably the best in the league. They only taste of defeat came at the hand of the Crumbs early in the season. Tony Lachner's Rabble Rompers finished up in a tie for second with the Crybabies. The main offensive punch of the Rompers was supplied by Jim Mellonig and Edkoscinski. They lacked the needed depth to goall whe way to the top., and could habe used another scorer. Moving downa notch, we find Brendan Harringtonls Beatniks who managed to salvage 8 Single game, in which they squelchedany hopes the Gnomes hadof win- ning a game. Mike Harvey and Bob Rink pushed most of the Beatniks goints. Jim Pryle's Gnomes had the basement exlcusively to themselves or the entire season. In the words of Mr. Leo Hissey, the Gnomes: stellar guard: Wha' hoppen??? At the top of the 'B' division we find Jack Kavanaugh's Wanderers, who swept through four straight games inleague competition and went on to winthe playoffs andthe title. Only once were they really threatened in league competition, when Ted Haegele's Pointers held themdown for most of the game and they were forced to pull the game out in the last few seconds 29-27. This team had all the height, scorin punchand speed that they needed to win and they did. Ted Haegele's Pointers fin- ished in second place. The Pointers had a very strong offensive attach centered in Marty Hendrickson with his long and deadly sets, Pat Evans with hisunerring jumpshot, and with'TedHaegele scoring under theboards They lacked speed which was too big adeficit to evercome despite their good shooting. Tom Suhr's Never Miss squad wound up the seasonwith I