St Mary High School - Marylin Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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PIRATE SPORTS, 1976-1977 St. Mary's sports began the 1976-1977 season with visions of success and escellence as the football team, after starting slow, rambled through its schedule. Coach Rosing's grid corp knocked off one opponent in particular, Abbey fCanon Cityj, 28-18 but more importantly it was the first victory over Abbey in 12 years. With their sails flying high through the initial six games the Pirates set insights on making the State AA play- offs in December, but had those dreams run aground in Manitou. Phil Gray, battling ever so close to the goal line, dropped the ball and with it the hopes of a playoff berth. Only one yard separated the Pirates and a post season shot. Yet, however close it may have seemed, it was too far away to grab. On the gymnastics beam of things, so to speak, there was no doubt about the strength of this year's squad. The girls, under the direction of Mrs. Vicki Brooks, missed the district title by a fraction of a point, with Joan Burrell and Shelly Cox placing first and second on the floor exercise and Mary Smith placing first on vault. At the state tournament in Leadville, the Pirate Crew finished sixth out of twenty-six teams, due in part to the work of Sue Perry placing sixth in the vault, and Shelly Cox winding up sixth on the floor exercise. Mary Smith, Cathie Jowdry, Cindy Gowen, and Marie Giannangeli were the only seniors on the squad, so all looks well for next year. Coach Joe Moroski's band of eleven merry folk, known as the Cross-Country team had a season reminiscent of a window-washer, always up and down. The harriers finished 10th out of 24 teams at State, running with a team com rised strictly of underclassmen. Next year's returning letter winners are: Sophomores john Lohman, Cglim Newell, and liisa Tadie, with juniors Terry Sullivan and Greg Burrell. The squad loses only one Senior, Mike Ra 'gan, the team-selected MVP. The girls volleyball team, under the direction of Carol Feathers, nabbed their chance to compete in the State Tournament in Denver by rampaging through all Pikes Peak foes. For the second year in a row the Pirate volley- ballers ere PPL champs and garnered the third place trophy in the State meet. Though very few people saw or even heard about the volleyball conquest, they turned in the most hardware to fill the trophy cases. Senior spikers jill Cerise, Iris Rauscher, Donna McClain, and Sue Duffy completed spectacular prep careers. at Fr. Mann's golf team was a young and inspired bunch on the links last season. Fr. Robert Mann's Varsity fivesome always came through with a team effort, and were barely nudged from a state berth. The quintet coddled only one Senior member, stalwart Gret Tadie, who was assisted by Frosh Tim Smith, Sophomore Dana Howe, and juniors Tony Alcorn and Marty Smith. ln 'wrestling most of the veterans did not turn out, and as a result the grapplers managed a tough slate with young wrestlers who filled in with great enthusiasm and a hope for the future. The bright spot of the year came when senior Larry Fortner qualified for State and performed admirably under the inspiration of head coach Sam Avalos. In three years our hockey team has advanced from good to great. Comprised mainly of Juniors, the pucksters strove to be Icing of the mountain. Alas, the old giant of the mountain, Cheyenne Mountain, would not give up' its claim to the throne. Having sole possession of second place in the City Hockey League, Coach Mike Bertch's l team was granted a position in the State tournament held for the first time in the Broadmoor World Arena. The home ice advantage was not enough, however, as the Pirates found their counterparts from Littleton tought to keep up with. And the following night playing for third, they were again turned away. The season on a whole can be termed successful. Winter may bring chills, but it also ushers in basketball for both the boys and the girls. The Varsity boys started hot, gaining an Sth ranking in state, but ran into frustration and icy water, as they concluded with 9-12 record. Coach Mick McLaughlin's starting crew was paced by Junior Terry Sullivan, with other regulars Mike Ellison, Captain Mike Radigan, and Greg Ernster--all Seniors, along with Sophomore joe Dr. J. Muehlbauer tossing in their share of points and rebounds. The other regulars were Gary Clagett, Jud Neidigh, and Bob Sickles--Seniors, with Norm Shaw, joe Estrada, and Leonard Palaschalc--Juniors. The Varsity girls, in their first year under I-lead Mentor Joe Moroski, made quite alname for themselves, 1. winning the PPL, and then taking the League Tourney. They won 17 games in a row after an early season loss, and finally went down at the hands of Holy Family, 41-40 in the district tournament. They were paced all season long by Roseann Smith-Sophormoreg Senior jill Cerise, and junior julie Myers. Besides co-captain Jill, the Bucs lose only Sue Duffy and other co-captain Iris Rauscher. The girls ended their season with an incredible 20-2 record. As spring arrived, St. Mary's has also found new strength in another sport. No, not soccer but baseball. The diamond crew hit and ran their way to a 16-31 season record and demolished every PPL squad in the '76 season and hope to go farther in the '77 campaign. The Pirates are hoping for strong performance by Seniors Mike Ellison Greg Ernster, Bill Kennison, Steve Lamz, and Mike Radigan. , At the time of this dubious dissertation, Track had not yet happened. Yet boy's, Coach Mike Hammett and girl's Coach Carol Feathers beamed out radiant optimism for their programs. Mr. I-larriinett wanted to experirnent, and was counting on strong performances in the distance events and the 440 and mile relay. Miss Feathers was looking to have strength in the 440, the hurdles, and the relay teams, with a hopeful humdinger of a discuss to boot. So that was the year in athletics, and it closes with one thought. As the Pirates worked on their respective fields, they learned a little bit about life, winning and losing, and also a little bit about Christian fairness. It was a very good year.