Cathedral High School - Pantherpix Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Panther batmen clash with foes in tight city league race Greatly exceeding their pre-season expectations the 72 baseball squad fought their way into the Western Mass. semi-finals and lost a heart-breaking elimination game to Tech. Losing six key players to graduation, the team was 6-2 in league play, and 11-3 overall. By the midseason mark, John Bodolay and Phil Suse, ’72 grads, had established themselves as standout sluggers with .560 and .469 averages respectively, and scored or drove in nearly half of Cathedral's runs. Ken MacLeod, Tom Savoy, and Tim Dunn showed consistent prowess at the plate, gaining more hits every game. Keying the Panthers’ success was the mound duo of Paul Stelzer and Bob O Herron, both displaying their talents with some clutch performances. Paul's best showing was in the Classical game, where he pitched 7 1 3 innings of relief, enabling the trailing Panthers to pull out a 10-6 win. Bob Duquette, Glenn Ligenza, and Ken MacLeod earned praise as defensive players. The squad played much better than Coach Dan Balicki's pre-season hopes of “just a .500 season, but couldn't muster up enough punch to stay alive in the playoffs. 9O ee ee a ines RET he Rm ae capac gh a ee ees bad Tae oe ee ae ras Us m3 ae ilk CEPI BERR ar Blaine Oe . eo ort wo ae : eeemton PES SY AR han % ee 1 A crucial point of the game captures Coach Dan Balicki’s full attention. 2 Whipping his bat around ... 3 Paul Stelzer bunts on the squeeze play 4 and he is off and running. 5 Exasperation covers Glen Ligenza’s face as he receives a ‘Strike Three!” call. 6 Scoring the go-ahead run, slugger Tom Savoy receives con- gratulations from teammate Phil Suse. 7 Home run swing of Brian McKenna s, boosts his teams efforts

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1 Sharpshooting Bob O' Herron lets one fly from the charity strip. 2 Stretching high above his opponent, center Bill O'Grady lays one in for the Panthers. 3 All eyes are on the ball as Bob Hawley leaps for two points. 4 Sure-handed guard Bob Duquette rifles a pass to a teammate. 5 Cathedral's big gun Mike Julian drives hard for a layup. 6 Under tough pressure, Steve McKeever goes up with a short jumper. CHS 53 82 76 48 60 73 59 67 54 49 46 63 62 76 87 64 74 67 73 66 Scoreboard Holyoke Catholic Holyoke Hoosac Holyoke Holyoke Catholic Chicopee Comp Taconic Classical Pittsfield Tech Commerce Putnam Hoosac Pittsfield Putnam Commerce Classical Tech West Side Chicopee 89

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Me me ; eee twit, G, x ea oat AO, i rr Kaas St Baseball team front row: Charles Casartello, Arthur Demers; middle row: Tim Dunn, Tom Savoy, Bob Berard, Bob O' Herron, Jim Whalen, Phil Suse, Wally Keene; back row: Bob Duquette, Richard Stocks, Larry Berte, Bob Ashe, Mark Shay, Brian McKenna, Glenn Ligenza. Scoreboard Holyoke Catholic Holyoke Trade Classical Commerce Holyoke Catholic East Longmeadow Enrico Fermi Tech T rade Commerce Classical © Tech Noe RK OoOon Were DOA to 91