Catholic Central High School - Crusader Yearbook (Steubenville, OH)

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FIRST ROW: Mr. Pietrzak fCoachJ, M. Simera, B. Ghenne, R. Chappano, C. Morelli. M. Froelich, B. Ferguson, 1. Yobbagy. M. Shepard, S. DiMeo. MISSING: R. Weeda. SECOND ROW: i,,....,.,,....-..- . . . .v ska, ........ 2.4 s -. .'.':q - - -3, 'th Court Debut Among the many new attractions at Central this year was the formation of a tennis team, under the direction of Mr. Pietrzak. The team was open to both males and females. After weeks of try-outs, Catholic Central's first tennis team was finally chosen. So gave rise to the birth of a new sport and new talents. The ten game schedule against Win- tersville, Big Red, Weirton, Madonna, East Liverpool and Brooke proved quite an initiation for the new netters. Although no team victory was recorded, individual standouts were apparent. Bruce Ferguson captured best team player award. L 'i 4 I,-f. . wk-f ,M , , , BY . ,- ' , -. -9 I v :sian I 1 lin: penal-.- nw- - -N-,L 165

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Individual Standouts Add Action to Successful Freshmen Track Team As sometimes happens in High School athletics, the Varsity and Reserves are WE THEY seemingly always in the limelight while Freshmen athletes may go unnoticed. Even 85 Newell 26 the Crusader staff was delinquent in its full recognition of the '76 Freshman track team. 75 Buckeye South 38 These young men, coached by Mr. Stryker and Mr. DiAngelo, compiled a very impressive record of five wins and two losses at season's end. Their high standing 54 Chester 60 talents and team effort enabled them to place fourth in the Mingo High Track 40 Mingo 71 League. These were certainly great accomplishments for an initial team endeavor in field and track. 62 New Cumberland 52 Brian Donnelly, shot-putter, went undefeated in the Interstate Meet, placed sec- U ond in the OVAC Meet and was high scorer for the year with 68 points followed by 87 Weusvlue 22 Brian Stultz with 52M points and Dave LaRue with 50 points. 91 Buckeye Cemral 19 We are proud to call them Crusaders and we will be expecting continued success- ful performances in their next three years at CCHS. Record - 5-2 T 1 A ...,...,. . . f'1 '4 ft-w.mst.v.'.....fx.a,gf 'ri FIRST ROW: D. LaRue, S. Zapolnik, R. Mehalik, B. Stultz, C. Bertoia, P. Miccile, M. Ulasiewicz, T. Toriscelli. SECOND ROW: B. Myslinski. M. Farms, C. Zackicwicz, B. Donnelly, G. Almonte, R. Vitlip, K. Terry, P. Antinone, M. Brown. 164

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Steelmark Victor aps Winning Season Coach David Joseph led the baseball team to an impressive 13-9 record. They closed out the '76 season with seven straight victories, including three straight shut-outs to clinch the Steelmark Tournament, defeating Big Red 4-O in a one hitter by Joe Corsi. Rick Habash was selected best defensive player while also batting .311. Dave Jedneski was selected as best offensive player, batting .360 along with 20 RBI's. Bob DeLeonardis closed out the year with a batting average of .302 while Luke DiCola had an average of .298. Joe Corsi finished the season with an 8-2 record, whiffing 101 and only walking twelve. Dave Szydlowski ended the year with a 5-3 record, issuing 65 strike-outs and only 9 walks. FIRST ROW:J. Moziejko, T. Sabatino, D.More11i. SECOND ROW:V. Lamatrrce O Mort M Cadile J Corsi B McKean L Coulter D Szydlowskr W Pickford. THIRD ROW: Asst. Coach McCormick, G.Petrel1a, S. Franckhauser I Wilson D Jedneski J D1Cesare B DeLeonardis R Habash L D1Co1a N Bahen, Coach Joseph. 166