Creighton Preparatory School - Jay Junior Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Prep Wins 6 Straight, Ranks Fifth THE FOOTBALL TEAM Was built around the quarterback Brian Linstrom on offense and jim Cross, the linebacker, on the defense. lim and Brian were the Co-Captains and were mainly responsible for a successful sea- son. The running backs Don Mil- one and Mark Nilius and the ends Dan Crnkovich and Pat McMillan Were on the receiving end of the Brian Linstrom hand-offs and passes, and scored most of the points. When building a football team, you start with the defense. Under the leadership of jim Cross, the defense held our op- ponents to an average of seven points in as many games. ' Prep opened the 67 season with the traditional Prep-South clash. Milone and Nilius crashed through the holes opened in the South line and led Prep to a 18-6 halftime lead. Our defense prevented the Packers from scoring in the sec- ond half. The score ended up 25-6 after Crnkovich scored on a pass from Milenkovich. The Prep-Bellevue contest was marked as a championship game. To the dismay of the Bluejays the Cheiftans outplayed Prep and held a 21-7 lead going into the inter- mission. Prep never recovered from the first half and fell victim to Bellevue by a score of 46-13. Westside was looking for its first win of the season and thought Prep would be a good choice. The Blue- jays had other ideas and were out for revenge. The first half was a closely con- tested battle with Prep leading T- O. After a pep talk from Coach Leahy, the junior Jays showed Westside how football should be played. They romped over the hap- less Warriors and rolled up a win- ning score of 28-0. The Ryan football game was close for the entire game. Prep opened the scoring and appeared ready to roll over the Knights. The only scoring that carne was a touch First row: Tom Pmuma, Vick Meyers, Ed Hotz, Miles Knapp, jerry Leahy. Second row: Mark George, Tim VanAckeren, Fred Longo, joe Bast, jeff Peterson, Don Milone, Bill Braig, Pat McMillan, Jim Pluta, -jerry Sharkey, Mark Nilius, Dick Rensch. Third row: Coach Rouse, Coach Maeaitas, Marty Mancuso, Tom Kalin, Bob Kreifels, Tim Cronin, Frank Odor- isio, jim Gross, Dan Morrissey, Tony Buda, Coach jackson, Coach Leahy. Fourth row: Ben Dibiase, Ace Rocek, Chuck Polson, Marty Piotrowski, Andy Sibbernsen, Dan Crnkovich, Brian Lin- strom, Bob Milenkovich, Dan Czyz, Chris McNeil, Larry Suder.

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down. Not until the fourth quarter were more points aclclerl. Ryan scored what seernecl to he the win- ning touehclown with just seeoucls left, hut it was nullifiecl hy a holcl- ing penalty, Preps clefeuse aclclecl the finishing touches as Marty Pi- otrowski brought the Ryan quarter back clown for a safety. Prep fin- ishecl on top, 9-fi. After hearing that Tech was ratecl a sure winner over Prep. the Blue rose to the occasion ancl soundly heat the Trojans, I3-6. Mark Nilius sparkecl the offense the Prep grouncl attack jellecl in this important QLLIIIIC. Our cle- fense held the high rolling Tech offense scorelcss until they scored in the final quarter to ruin the shutout. T. j. threw a Scare into Prep in the next con- test. The Yellowjaekets helcl a T- 6 leacl for rnost of the game, hut in the fourth quarter our clefense carrie through. Liustroiu gets ofl another pass showing wln he was all-state quarterback for tht- seeontl straight year for tht- lays. A blocked punt in the final quarter gave the Bluejays one final chance to win. However. Prep clicl not move the ball until their fourth down. On fourth and ten Brian Linstrorn hit Pat Nlchlillan on the 3 yarrl line. With 11 seconcls left Don Milone took a pass frorn Lin- strom and barrelecl past two T.j. defenders to score the winning touch clown. Prep won the next two games hanclily with a 32-20 trouncing of Benson for our horne- coming victory. The bunnies fell behind 20-6 at the halt' ancl ncxer reeoverccl, Burke was the next challenge. The hullclogs fell he- fore the passing arrn of Brian Linstrorn and never threatenecl the junior as Prep won 32- 12. Preps scconclary hrcaks up another play. The cleleusix e hacks xx ere one of the hriglit spots on defense all season.