Archbishop Hoban High School - Way Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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Mike Harvey races toward the sidelines, searching out a receiver for a halfback pass. DRAMAT 7-0. The Knights finally scored in the second period when Mike Urbano capped a 74-yard drive with a 6-yard dash, only to have the conversion fail. The rest of the game was scoreless, but the Knights put up a terrific fight controlling the ball the majority of the time and barely missing on two field goal attempts. Lacking the ability to score consistently, the Knights dropped their third game to Canton Timken in a 14-6 upset, giving the Knights a 1-2 record. Timken scored in the first and fourth periods on a 75-yard run and an 80-yard drive by Cary Lyons and Iohn Duncan respectively. Hoban's only score came in the third period on a run by Mike Urbano. The drive itself was touched off by a 47-yard punt return. Finding no end to the touchdown drought, the Hoban Eleven dropped the fourth game to Canton Lincoln at St. Mary's Stadium by a score of 12-0. Denny McFadden set up and scored the first Lincoln touchdown in the second period. George Slackford added the insurance, breaking through the Hoban line and running 70 yards for the tally. This was the Knight's third consecutive loss. Finally finding the long-awaited T.D. punch, the Knights rolled over state-rated and very powerful Salem by the score of 28-8. Mike Urbano led the scor- Halfback Mike Urbano smashes through a host of St. Edward's defenders in the '61 opener. IC MOMENTS YIELD ing with 14 points and was followed by Marty Lap- pin and Mike Harvey with each six, and finally, by Dick BoDahley with 2. The record was then 2-3. In the next game, Hoban lost to arch-rival St. Vin- cent in a game at the Rubber Bowl by the score 55-18. The Knights were unable to compete with the strong Irish attack, but were finally able to break the scor- ing ice with two touchdowns by Tom Moore, and one by Pete Baldacci. Iourneying to Canton, the Knights lost another game to a state-rated team, Canton Central Catholic by a score of 38-6. The sole Hoban tally was made by Mike Urbano. Having lost all possibilities of a winning season and depending heavily upon juniors, the Knights dropped their sixth game of the year as they lost to Cuyahoga Falls in a 25-12 contest. The only Hoban scores came on a run by Tom Moore and a pass from Ed Lieberth to Ierry Savoy. Disappointment filled the entire Hoban scene as the Knights closed the season with a 14-8 loss to Akron South. The Cavaliers won the game on an in- tercepted pass by Ray Moore. The Knights scored through Mike Harvey with the team of jerry Savoy and Ed Lieberth making the conversion.

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ffl if ,wh-A VARSITY AND JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM MEMBERS: FRONT ROXV Cleft to rightj: Karl Wilhelm, Mike Patchen, Ray Carr, Emil Lutz, Pat Smith, Tom Reder, Gary Howieson. SECOND ROW: Marty Lappin, jerry Obarski, Andy Roman, jerry Klein, John Mueller, Tom Moore, Dick Mungo, Ronny Orndorf, Angelo Fortunato, Bill DeLuca. THIRD RONV: Manager Iim Rolland, jim Mungo, Pete Baldacci, Frank Alexander, joe Kerr, Mike Harvey, john Neidert, William Bause, Don Zwislcr, Al Rolland, Mike Miller, Manager Art Romito. FOURTH ROW: lim Ruhlin, Dave Slick, Ed Lieberth, Mike Urbano, Gary Smith, Stevc Francis, Jerry Savoy, Jess Lightner, jerry Ionke, Jerry Broadhurst, Steve Englehart, Tom Buzzi, Dick BoDahely, Dan Grill, Paul Wagner. HOBAN ELEVEN DISPLAY UNDYING SPIRIT Playing the roughest schedule the Hoban Knights have ever faced, the 1961 rendition of the Hoban football team posted a 2-7 season, recording the first losing season in their short five-year football history. In the opening game of the season, the Knights de- feated Saint Edward. Drawing first blood, the Eagles scored in the first 29 seconds of play on a 50-yard pass-play from Tom Coughlen to Frank Bonza. The charging Hoban line, however, was able to smother the conversion attempt. Undaunted by first period -results, the Knights drove back in the second period to score. The tally was set up on a 35-yard pass-play from Marty Lappin to Mike Harvey. The actual score was made by Lappin on a 1-yard plunge. Dick Bo- Dahely then kicked the conversion which gave the Knights the margin of victory. After the tally by the Knights, both teams were hampered by intercepted passes. The final score was Hoban 7, Saint Edward 6. In a hotly contested game, the Knights lost to a traditional rival, Barberton. It was a heartbreaking 7-6 loss. As in our previous game, the opposition scored first, after a Magic had recovered a fumble on the Hoban 24 yard line. After Barberton's Patter- son scored on a pass from Molleric, john Biggs kicked what was to be the winning point, and made the score The coaching staff of the '61 Knights-Don Schubert, Bob Zupke, Mike Killian, and Don Halverson.

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