Archbishop Rummel High School - Raider Yearbook (Metairie, LA)

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Raiders win district, advance to playoffs Lacking size and experience, the Raiders were supposed to have a rebuilding year in 1974, instead, the squad's size was overcome by speed and its lack of experience was offset by determination and pride. The end result was the school's first outright Catholic district football championship. Under the masterful eye of head coach Don Perret, the Raiders utilized a potent offensive attack via the veer and combined this with its vaunted Super Ants defense. He said the district title was the climax of the season, but his Raiders advanced to the State Semi-Finals where they were outpointed in Shreveport by state runner-up Fair Park. ' The Raiders began their road to state in the annual Christian Brothers' Jamboree where they outmanned the St. John Chargers, 14-O. Pre-district action began the following weekend against East Jefferson. The veer offense began rolling and picked up three touchdowns for a 21-0 score. Abramson proved tough as the 21 -1 9 score indicates. The Raider defense faltered several times, but produced one of the Rummel scores as Tom Coon recovered a Commodore fumble in the endzone. Quarterback Joe Burckel led the team by completing 6 of 7 passes for 91 yards and by running for 86 more. Greg Schaff ran for 1 12 yards. Football 75

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OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: Quarterback Joe Burckel and head coach Don Perret discuss game strategy. OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM: The Raider defense breaks huddle against the Chalmette Owls. RIGHT: Co-captains Greg Schaff and Charlie Hodgins await the toss of the coin. TOP: Linebacker Sal Caccioppi makes one of his crushing tackles against Chalmette as defensive guard Quentin Kelly l62I looks on. BELOW: Catholic Football Champions and Louisiana State Semi-Finalists are lfront rowl Olin Kropog, Joe Burckel, Charlie Hodgins, Greg Schaff, lsecond rowl Coach Easten Roth, Gary Solera, Tim Fournier, Ray Pasqua, George Cenac, Lou Trager, David Spako, Chuck Melito, Coach Henry Rando, lthird rowl Coach Randy Johnson, David Martin, Steve Maloney, Steve Clesi, Sal Caccioppi, Rene Toco, Tom Coon, Ron Stromeyer, Jay Hussey, Head Coach Don Perret, lfourth rowI Coach George Ryan, Bobby Casse, Craig Carson, Danny Deer, Larry Dupont, Larry Oestricher, Miguel Kenning, Tommy Laurendine, Tommy Benge, Greg Brien, Charles Montelaro, Coach AI Pontiff, lfifth rowl Robert Pavlovich, Turner Kirkwood, Mike Wiedemann, Gerald Taylor, Roy Schlaudecker, Quentin Kelly, John Morise, Steve Gurley, Daryl Burckel, Mike Warren, Wayne Nosacka, Keith Robert, lsixth rowi Perry Giambrone, Dan Bosse, Don Rice, Tom St. Germain, Gary Viola, Jeff Jones, Kevin Gratia, Tommy Oddo, Chris Bonnett, Greg Deichmann, Kenneth Pfau, Eric Minshew, Mark Monrose, lback rowj Robert Fiedler, Chris Prieur, Greg Farnet, Henry Gonzales, Ed Horridge, Rod Grayson, Blaine Fury, Rickey Robards, Brian Castanza, James Hodgins, Felix Burch, Scott Zimmerman, David Romig, and Mike Jones. it

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The Rummel defense came back strong the following week against Redemptorist and was led by linebackers Olin Kropog and Sal Caccioppi. The Super Ants recovered fumbles deep in Ram territory twice and the offense converted these into scores. An additional score came when Ray Pasqua topped off a 63 yard drive by scoring from 3 yards out. The final score was 21-6. Even the squad was surprised by its 35-O romping over the Chalmette Owls the next week. Quarterback Burckel dazed the Owls by his ball handling. Pasqua scored 3 times while teammates Greg Brien and Ron Stromeyer each added scores. It was the defense's time to shine the next week against De La Salle, as the Cavs were held to only 40 total yards offensively. The Raider offense churned out 16 points, with one score coming on a well-executed 30 yard strike from Burckel to Tim Fournier. The final score was 16-O. 76 Activities