Chatard High School - Citadel Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Varsity team sets many new reoordsg exhibits teamwork Chatard's basketball team was not supposed to be very tough this season. At least that's what the ex- perts said. They had lost jim Pratt and Dick Proffitt by graduation. How could the Trojans hope to replace these two outstanding individuals? Mr. David Alex- ander, new head basketball coach, proved that what the Tro'ans did have has teamwork. He would replace two indjividuals with five teammates. This is evidenced by the fact that the difference between the leading scorerls average and that of the fifth leading scorer is but 6.9 points. Yes, the 1969-70 season was surely a team effort! The season started off with victories over Deaf School and Latin School. It was in the Latin School game that the Trojans set the all-time defense record. They allowed the Cougars only 36 points, while they gathered 95. Then came the New Palestine Tourney. This may have been the high point of the season. By Wiping out Morton Memorial in the afternoon, Chatard advanced to the final game against New Palestine. They scored a 78-63 victory and became the tourneyls champs. The next two season games saw the Trojans com- ing home winners, while playing some very good basketball. Then they dropped one to Northwest which left them 7-8 for the season. Brebeufs Braves were next in line. They were scalped 74-63 as Bill Rodecker played his best game. He hit on 9 of 11 shots. In their sectional encounter with Northwest, the Trojans finally succumbed 67-65. Northwest went on to win the sectional and advance to the regional. Over all Chatard ended the season with a 10-11 record. Not bad for a rebuilding year. A number of new records were set this season. Bill Rodecker set new records for a game, a season, and a career, shooting percentage. He connected on 62. 72 of his shots for the season. Mark McDonough finished his four year varsity treck as a member ot the 1000 point club. Billy Lynch established the best free throw percentage for a season. He made 49 of 64 free ones for 76.62. Billy didn't stop there, however. For a game and a season, Lynch had the most assists and recoveries. 102 VARSITY BASKETBALL T 7 CHS OPPONENT 82 Deaf School 42 95 Latin School 36 61 Broad Ripple T T 69 67 Ritter ' 1 1 71 45 Shortridge A A 77 52 Scecina 58 49 Cathedral 54 j Holiday Tourney 1 73 Morton Memorial 57 78 New Palestine 63 75 john Marshall 82 City Tourney 5 A 57 Shortridge Q 98 84 . . john Marshall 7 is 5 766 82 . j Hamilton Southeastem 76 82 A A B Roncalli 77 52 Northwest 74 74 Brebeuf 63 68 Greenfield-Central T Q 69 60 Wood A ,ytt 1 . 55 75 Beech Grove 5 A A 73 60 Franklin Central T A 61 Sectional 65 Northwest 67 7 T Won 10 Lost 11

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F rosh, reserve grapplers supply depth RESERVE WRESTLING CHS OPPONENT 42 Board Ripple 12 46 . Wood 1 S 6 48 Howe 3 46 Brownsburg 3 19 Scecina P 33 21 Carmel 28 Indianapolis City Toumament 15 Northwest 33 30 Ritter 16 . 35 Brebeuf 14 i 19 Pike 29 15 Marshall . ee'e R 33 Carmel Tournament 47 Roncalli 10 Sectionals Won 8 Lost 4 Psyching out his opponent comes easy to junior Tim O'Brian, as he readies himself or the takedown against his Wood opponent. The Reserve and Freshmen wrestlin teams have shown true dedication to the sport and have proven this with a winning season and city tournament ribbon placements. The reserve team finished with an 8-4 record and placed fourth in the City Tournament. Under the ex- pert coaching of Mr. Steve Purichia, four reserve wres- tlers placed in the city meet. Richard Raff took a sec- ond, Bill Connor and Mike Shelly took third, and Tom Welch took a fourth place ribbon. The Freshmen team was one of the best Chatard has ever produced. They, too, took fourth in the City Tournament with six individual ribbon winners. Dan johnson took first place in heavyweight while Victor York and Dan Clark placed second. Pat O,Brian took third place with Steve Prout and Tom Curley placing fourth. The freshmen were coached by Mr. Richard Pfarr, and ended with a 2-3 record. Pin him, Persy, Pin him , chants the enthusiastic crowd, and john Persinger followed orders. 101

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ABOVE: Heavily guarded Jim York lets loose with one of his famous quotes, Get oil' me sonu. RIGHT: After being fouled, Senior Bill Rodecker approaches the foul line, takes steady aim, and watches the ball swish into the basket. BELOW: VAR- SITY BASKETBALL TEAM: Coach Mendez, T. Sage, S. Stocker, J. Dowd, M. McDonough, E. Lacey, B. Rodecker, K. Homola, J. Veza, J. York, S. Seal, B. Lynch, C. Clancey, L. Cuynn, Coach Alexander, Coach Nell. if-A X . X! . In .A -cf- 9 lf