Chatard High School - Citadel Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Varszty players shape rebuilding The 1970 Trojan Varsity Baseball Team ended their rebuilding year with a 9-11 record. The team of six seniors, four juniors and four sophomores was coached by Mr. David Alexander, and excelled throughout the year. The Trojans may have started the season off on the wrong foot by falling to Pike, but their next game was a tremendous and unbelievable comeback. They defeated Latin School 30-0. An added attraction to the Latin School game was three home runs. Mark Mc- Donough received high honors with two homers, and Steve Stocker hit one beautiful baby over the fence. The next two games caught Chatard off guard. The battle between Marshall, and the long treck to Lafayette against jefferson ended in defeat. But again the Trojans came back with what has to be one of the most exciting games of the season. The score was 11-9, Northwest's favor. john Veza stepped up to bat, two outs, two men on base, bottom of the seventh. A hush came over the crowd, and all eyes were fixed upon the determining Trojan's next move. The pitch was hurled forward, the mighty Veza swung. An earth-shattering crack was heard, and a glimpse of a white object flying over the center field fence was seen. As a result, Chatard won the ballgame, and the sport of baseball was glorified once more. The next three games teeter-tottered between wins and losses, with the Trojans conquering Manual 5-0. The Scecina game was a heartbreaker, losing ir the ninth inning overtime. Then came Ben Davis, with Dave Sheehan pitching all seven innings, letting only eight pitches called as K'balls . Howe and Wood were next in line with Chatard winning both. Arlington captured Cha- tard, but the Trojans came right back and won the Roncalli game. Three losses later, a home run by jim jackson and a team desire to win brought Lafayette Central Catholic to their knees. For Chatard, only one win remained over Carmel. The season came to an end with the sectionals and Chatard again facing Arlington. A two inning overtime ended the boy's long, hard season with Arlington winning 8-6. For the Trojan Baseball Team, it has been a weary, tiresome journey up hill. They have developed well and patched the many cuts and bruises from last yearis player losses. Next year's team should reap the harvest of this year's hard work.

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Traokmen improve during Cinder SQCLSOTL Flying discus, marathon batons and a cloud of cinders mark some of the familiar sights of a track meet. This year, Chatard's track team was under the direction of Mr. Craig Hauss. The team was relatively young with only two contributing seniors, each injured during the season. The underclassmen had an overall good turnout despite the many rainy day practices. The juniors had two participate in the spring sport, the sophomores were represented with eight hard workers and the freshmen were thirteen strong. The experience gathered by the men this year was a valuable building block for future years. Track calls upon an individuals determination and hard work. The events rest on the achievement at- tained by each member during his many strenuous practices. Coach Hauss is convinced that with com- bined efforts and positive thinking, next year's track team will surprise everyone. 054, tit

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Varsity Baseball Team: TOP ROW: Coach Noone, S. Seal, S. Davis, K. Homola, J. Veza, D. Sheehan, M. McDonou h, Coach Nell, Coach Alexander. BOTTOM ROW: J. Alerding, J. Jackson, R. Raderstorlz T. Freeh, C. Miller, M. Sullivan, S. Stocker, T. Wglliams, P. Vogelsang. 41:5 I vm I I AMW K Ei-,sw . FAR RIGHT: Impassable Mark McDonough makes an Impossi- ble catch! RIGHT: Coming home is wonderful, especially when Ken Homola scores a run. ABOVE: Frequent attempted base stealings by john Veza give opposing pitchers thejitters. H5