Cardinal Stritch High School - Existence Yearbook (Oregon, OH)

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With only three games left, the morale of the Cardinals couldnit have been lower. The loss to Rogers made their record a poor 1-6. Things aren't going our way, but we've got to keep pulling together, keep fighting, Coach Doug Neuendorf told the team after that game. The fol- lowing Monday, he spoke to them alone in the locker room. What hap- pened there isn't important, but when they emerged, the team had a changed attitude and a new determination. They practiced all week with spirit and confidence, and when Friday ar- rived, were ready to meet arch-rival Clay. The temperature at game time was below freezing, but Stritch was red hot and never gave Clay a chance. The Cards scored in the first quarter and again in the fourth for 15 points. The defense shut out the Eagles for three quarters, allowing only one touchdown. The result: A Stritch win by six. . Then Libbey arrived in Cardinal Country, bringing along a talented offense. Stritch scored first with a pair of touchdowns early in the game, but Libbey came right back to match the score. The Stritch offense continued to score, but Libbey kept up. Libbey passed Stritch late in the fourth quar- ter to go ahead, 50-23. Stritch, though, was able to score once again and used a two-point conversion to win 51-30. The Cards didn't fool around when they met Waite for their final game. A pair of Stritch touchdowns and a. field goal against a scoreless Waite brought the season to an end with three straight wins and the East Side! Oregon Championships. Tom McCrory earned many awards for his rushing efforts this year. His 1567 yards broke the school rushing record. He took all-state, all-district Cbeing named back-of-the-yearj, all- city, and all-blue division honors. Tom also received the most valuable player, the Ned Smith Ri , and the Cham- pion Club award Other player: were Todd Kovacl. with special mei. first team all-disti ceived an all-city Procaccini receivL tion. Procaccini and the blue division firs. eiving awards Norm Henney, all-state and vach also re- with Vince 'ble men- s tc made 54 X football bird cage is back Far above: Senior tailbaok Toni McCrory looks for Above: The Cardinal backiield, consisting of 'l'o an opening as the offensive line surges forward McCrory, Art Billups, Steve Hunizinski, and Quai against Libbey. terbaok Scott Sylak lead the attack against Libbe

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