Brother Rice High School - Quest Yearbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

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Harriers Surge Puri Couut , League or Tilley Discipline, courage, spirit prove prime ingredients for championship team The cruel slash of winter had been healed by the passing of the searing, sticky summer, and already the fall had left the trees barren of all foliage. For a group of boys it was the end of the beginning, the end of an eight-month preparation for another cross country season. The feet upon which they stood had covered at least one thousand grueling miles since january. Led by an admirable and eHicient coach, Br. Castellanos, they set out to conquer. Dual meets became mere stepping stones as the war- like Warriors prepped for the invitationals, and all opposi- tion fell under their tempered feet. With the advent of the big meets Rice immediately captured first place in the West Bloomfield Invitational and went on to claim first in the All-Oakland meet and the Pius X Invitational in Milwaukee. This victory inadvertently made Rice better than any Cath- olic cross country team in the Chicago-Milwaukee area. 134 When the All-City meet eventually arrived the War' riors were in their prime. They scored a total of forty seven points, a new record. Led by Chuck Hotaling C9:5lD, lack Bennett C9:53D, Bill Miller Q9:56D, Bob Schreiner C9:'58D, Kevin Keating 191595, and Brian Jordan flO:O3D, their score was one half that of any other team. Plagued by costly injuries, the harriers placed only second in their Regional meet. However, they qualified for the State Finals, with Lou Ciavarella and Chuck l-lotaling claiming All-Regional honors. The State Finals proved to be the disastrous anti-climax to a glorious season, for the Warriors, crippled by even more injuries, grabbed a meager eighth place. Even though their season terminated on a sour note, no Brother Rice cross country team will ever easily equal the records which this year's team has left. Half dazed and dejected, Steve Nagengast wonders if the grueling pain is worth being an active member of a championship team. '- wiv-.,,,, N..

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BouNoLess Des-ine T0 exeet VAULTS Rice IJAST A'rhLeTie Meoioenity t uman nature rears in its daring aloofness A competition rooted deep, And identified as basic to the being of man. W7ild in its haughtiness, it thrusts blindly, Probing eomplacence of spirit Until it explodes with a savageness Having only to will the foray of the loftiest heights To assure its infinite reign. Embodying the strong, It masters with seorning urgency Each achievement, And dangles to delirium each goal As just beyond attainment. Q The athlete tolerates only the motivation Of the enslavement, Yet bears the oppression in realization That the static glory of physical exploits belongs Not to any but himself. sp onts 133

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Illomentum carrying him downhill, Lou Ciavarella His body tightened by the throbbing pain, Kevin begins to relax his arms as he nears the Hnish. Keating assaults the final half-mile. With every muscle straining, Bob Schreiner overtakes a faltering runner and lengthens his stride for the all important Hnal kick hoping to improve his Hnish. r fu xx, I sig riff :E-, , - :'- :sy t 1 ii-- H p , Q X I , L' ,it,pAg Q, gs .2-ff - I - :Sf -f iles? as Having placed sixth in the Oakland County Meet, Chuck Hotaling accepts his award. 135