Bishop Miege High School - Hart / Miegian Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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Total Season Statistics School Records Broken or Tied in 1961. Team records: told records in parenthesis! Rushing ards ave. full season name carries gained lost total carry longest most first downs 109 t107l Bussjaeger 113 651 4 647 5.72 56 punting average 34.1 132.13 Rollheiser 62 335 60 275 4.43 64 rushing defense Lerner 58 290 15 275 4.74 20 a. ave. carry 2.7 L 2.95 Younger 52 244 9 235 4.53 23 b. ave. game 93.2 198.59 Murray 54 276 62 214 3.56 24 I in one game School Totals ave ave most first downs 20 un Rushing First downs yds. gnd. lost game carry most passes att' 18 1161 Miege 109 1929 162 196.3 4.8 Individual records: opponents 72 1074 239 93.2 2.7 full season r ave. ave. most unassisted tackles 60 Meitner Pafsmg attempts compt' pct' Yards game pass most total tackles 129 Meitner Mlege 83 29 '349 449 49-8 154 most fumbles recovered 4 Dickey Opponents 75 27 '360 355 394 133 in one game Total Offense rushing passing total yards gage most assisted tackles 15 Meitner Mlege 1767 449 2216 2462 most total tackles 25 Meitner opponent? 835 355 U90 1322 most first downs 9 Lerner Totalscormg T.D. P.A.T. Safety total ave. Miege 19 10 1 126 14.0 Tackles opponents 8 3 0 51 5.6 name tackles assists total high game Passing 2 attempts e0mDt- Pet- yards T-D- . Murray 68 24 .352 388 2 Meitner 60 69 129 25 Ward McGill 7 3 .428 38 0 Keehn 45 50 95 16 Rosedale Rollheiser 6 2 .333 23 0 Dlekey 45 41 86 16 Argentine Pass receiving: caught yards T.D. ave. Seittel' 30 43 73 12 Ward Rollheiser 8 201 2 25.1 Murray M.D. 36 35 71 14 Rosedale Smith 9 119 0 13.2 Smith 37 27 64 12 Pem Day Murray S. 5 55 0 11.0 ' Bussjaeger ' 4 29 0 7.2 Byard Summarizes Successful Season It certainly doesn't seem possible that it is already time to be recapping the football season. It seems like only a very short time has elapsed since I was making prepara- tions for this season. Perhaps the reason it seems like such a short time is the fact that we have concluded another successful foot- ball season at Miege. I am sure that had we continued in the manner in which we start- ed the season we would have been anxiously awaiting the seasons end. After the two disheartening losses to Rockhurst and De La Salle we were able to rise to the occasion and win six consecu- tive games before bowing to a very good Ward team 13-7. The scores, stories, and heroes of these six wins and three losses, the majority of you are familiar with and it's not my pur- pose here to retell those games. At the end of any venture it is the respon- sibility of people to stop and look back and see what has been accomplished. This is my task at the end of every football season. What have we accomplished by the foot- ball season of 1961? Certainly we have had a successful year in the win-loss column, have played very good, respectable football, and in a sportsmanlike manner that has made us all proud. But what of the lessons we have learned? In regard to the team, I am hopeful that we learned several valuable ones that have and will make us better men. As a squad, we have had individuals learn that what we sometimes deserve most is deprived us. The Ward and Rockhurst games are examples. Why are we so depriv- ed? Is there a reason? Is the reason because one or more than one did not do his job in preparing, practicing or performing? That every person must answer for himself. Some- times we have to accept losses, not only in football, for the reason that things do hap- pen for the best for all of us. But again what have we gained? As a school we have proved that we could be down Qafter two losses! and rise again. It's easy for fans to follow a winning team, but -128- it is a different story when your favbrite team loses. How many of you would have been so enthusiastic at Ward field against Ward in the finale had we only won two and lost six? I hope all of you could answer positively. 1 Yes we as players, coaches, fans, had a tremendous opportunity to learn a valuable lesson this season after two straight open- ing losses, and you were all a part of this. I only wish more of you boys could have been a part of a wonderful team and sea- son. Many of you, I am sure would have been proud to run off the field at Ward with your heads high and proud of yourself and your team as I was. Perhaps many of you will wish to be a part of it next season. Do so if possible because fortunate is the per- son who has the opportunity of challenges to face but courageous indeed is the one who can accept and meet them. 604:11 Kyard

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Cyclones Stop tags Homecoming Stags Short The final game of the season proved to be the stumbling block as the season ended as it began-with defeat. Going into the game with Ward, the Stags were three touchdown underdogs, but ended up on the short end of a 13-7 score. The winning streak stopped at six, and Miege finished off the season with a 6 - 3 record. lflven without their all-state center John Novosel, Ward completely dominated the first half play in running up a 13 - 0 edge. Both Ward touchdowns were scored by Pat Scherzer on short plunges while Franco kicked one extra point, and Mike Murray blocked the other. At the end of the first half there was little doubt that Ward had played the better game. However, the sec- ond half was a dif- ferent storyg the Stags came out of the locker room and completely dominat- ed it statistically. Miege first got the ball on their own thirty-five yard line, and marched the sixty-five yards for a score completely on the ground. The tally finally came with 1:59 left in the third quarter on a six yard plunge by fullback lad Young- er. Mike Murray skirted right end for the extra point, and Miege see med in command with the score only 13 - 7, Ward. During the final quarter, the Stags fought desperately to gain possession of the football, but the first time they got it they had a pass intercepted, and Ward continued to eat up the clock. With two minutes and twenty seconds left, Ted Dickey alertly recovered a fumble on his own thirty yard line, and the offense had a chance to get into gear. A pass from Mur- ray to Smith netted 18 yards to the Ward 48. Another pass, this time to Rollheiser was good for seven yards to the Ward 41. But the drive was stopped by a fifteen yard clipping penalty, and four passes netting only ten yards so that Ward took over, and ran out the clock for the victory. The game was one of the hardest fought in years against two evenly matched teams. No individual stars could be named, since all did their utmost for a victory. lt was a fitting end to one of the best seasons for Miege against the toughest schedule that the school has ever faced on the gridiron. tomp Indians The Miege Stags ground out their sixth consecutive victory of the season as they downed Southwest 12 - 0 at Rockhurst stad- ium in a game which was primarily a de- fensive battle. The Stags, who have been forced to use a different backfield every week due to injuries, went with Gary Roll- heiser, a converted halfback, at quarter- back, Mike Murray, formerly a quarter- back, at halfback, regular halfback Dave Lerner: and reserve halfback hd Younger at fullback. This make-shift backfield prov- ed to be opportunists as they took advan- tage of two breaks to provide the margin of victory. The first score came after center Ron Meinert recovered a Southwest fumble on the Indians 15 yard line. Four plays later, Dave Lerner smashed over from the four to give the Stags a lead of 6 -Oat the end ot the first quarter. - . Midway through the third quarter. Mur- ray heaved a long pass to Rollheiser who seemed to take the ball out of two South- west defenders' arms and walk the sideline into the end zone untouched. The play cov- ered fifty yards all together - thirty by air and twenty on the ground. Before, between and after these offen- sive splashes, the Miege defense bottled up the Indians when it counted, twice holding them short of paydirt after first and goal situations. This game showed the caliber of school spirit at Miegeg with temperatures below freezing, the Miege side was full while Southwest had but a handful. This game set the stage for the battle between Miege and Ward since both had identical six wins, and two loss records before the game. -127- Produces Breaking the annual tradition of losses for homecoming, Miege celebrated the oc- casion in a more satisfactory manner by downing the Rosedale Wildcats 19 - 0 at Ward field. The game actually was more one-sided than the score would indicate as the Stags ran up a huge statistical bulge over their opponents. Miege ran up twenty first down's to Rosedale's three gained 305 yards rushing and held Rosedale to only 77 over all. Responsible for most of the yard- age were two junior halfbacks, Dave Lern- er and Ed Younger. Lerner was the big man in the Stags' offense as he picked up 142 on 18 carries and scored two touchdowns. He got a big assist from Younger, however, who added this 81 yards on 18 carries. The first Miege tally was produced almost single-hand- edly by Lerner in the first quarter. ln fact he moved the ball 52 yards includ- ing a thirteen yard scamper for the tal- ly. A run for the ex- tra point failed and the halftime score was 6 - 0. After t he half- time festivities, Miege came back to score again, this time on a fourteen yard gallop by quar- terback Mike Mur- ray, which climaxed an eighty-one yard march. In the final stan- za, the Stags march- ed to the Rosedale six yard-line where Lerner, seemingly bored by the whole thing, nonchalantly scored again, only to have it called back by a pen- alty. Carrying the ball from the eleven, Dave tried a new method as he slyly slip- ped across by running backwards for the last five yards and his second touchdown. Frantically attempting to keep the score from being divisible by six, Miege tried a new attack to the extra point problem, send- ing in Pat Kelly to kick. This method prov- ed successful, as Kelly split the uprights to give the Stags their final margin of 19 - tl. Several fine individual performances were the key to victory. On offense, in addition to Lerner and Younger, stood out a fine new quarterback, Rich tSmalley Hogg! Mctiill in his first starting role. Un defense center, T. L. Dickeyg Phil Meitner, guard, Tom Keehn, tackleg and Mike D. Murray put on an excellent show of skill. The victory top- ped off an already successful homecoming weekend.

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Th - - Mleglan No. 5 l Bishop Miege High - Mission, Hans. Dec. 22, 1961 s 1 1 'lixis all 9 .l.lS'l ' are Rich Koch Q s S y Seen As i, Outstanding 5 S Senior ga X anclsal Crloril lo G cl in ilie iii heal, Qiieiuin, Dear Faculty and Students: Peace does not consist merely in the ab- sence of war or tension among men. True peace is not found in the absence of some- thing. but in the abiding presence of Some- one in the minds and hearts of men. As we celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Peace. l pray that each of you may be blessed with that Peace which the world cannot give, namely. the Peace of Christ which is possessed in the souls of those who serve Him: and that His Peace will abide with y'ou during the New Year. FATHER SULLIVAN The purpose of this article is to give rec- ognition to a senior, Rich Koch, who often does not receive the honor which he justly deserves for his many achievements. liich's academic record has been outstand- ing for his complete tour years at Miege. Last quarter he received the first 4.0 aver- age to be attained by anyone in the class of '62. Rich presently has the highest grade average in the entire class for all four years. lf he is able to keep up his present pace, he will inevitably be named as valedictor- ian at graduation ceremonies. Rich is also active extracurricularly. He is a member of the choir, a charter member ot' the Math Club, has his own column in the school paper, and was admitted to the National Honor Society. He was also recently ap- pointed as the representative from Miege to write for the Eastern Kansas Register. And currently Rich is helping halt' the sen- ior class stay in physics and trig. fl I Kill ,Humphnfy Says l think the country could oe divined up into two opposing groups. those who are staunch supporters of nothing in particular and those who firmly oppose everything in general.