Joliet Central High School - Steelmen Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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. P 'Q V 4' , tl Bow grow 1 'r E Y CH, fe H' fggf V Nag! 1 , X I l 1 Ray Klootwyk, head football coach at IT, sent out 0: call for all prospective players to report on August 26th. On that day, medical check-ups were completed and the equipment was issued. The following day prac- tice began under the hot August sun. For the rest of the summer they practiced twice a day and refreshed their knowledge of fundamentals. By having them challenge each other for positions, the coach gave the players a goal, which helped make this season the most success- ful ever at IT. ISSUING THE STORY OF A SUCCESSFUL SEASON IOLIET TOWNSHIP 19 IOLIET CATHOLIC 6 fozf . P A, . 5.15, ,Aft 4 QQ Townships coaches Howie Scheit, Ray Klootwyk, and Frank Miller map gridiron strategy for 86 the season. 800632 O 1 Af 124 fo 6206664303 fe fo locifiy, P 062, 2 JO! J 4095206

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SSL CHAMPIONSHIP Fourth Place in State Ratings ,ZSwf . P - flag 1-- -V X1 xi? S a ROW ONE' Bob Furlan. Ioe Marconi. Len Capista, Robin Dowse, Steve Azuma, ROW THREE? Bob Gates- Bob Norris. Charles Wuhlolu, 50m Miller. Carl ' Bu Bob M , H Br an Ro er Frazier, lim Anderson, Russ Fergason, Dave Lambert. ROW TWO: Dlck Iorgenson, Dave Kienlen, Schulz, Ierry rzawa. eyer enry y , g Louis Gale, Tom Rickhoif. Iohn Young, Wallace Allen. Ieif King, Rich Altenhoff. Mel Masters, Iim Walser, Head Coach Ray Klootwyk. ST PEP EAM

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Joliet Township Stomps Catholic High For the second time in two years, our mighty Steelmen handed a loss to the cross-town rivals, the Hillmen. What a better way to start the story of a successful season than by Stomping Over the H.ill by a 19-6 margin on the wet stadium turf. Ioliet Township's offense and defense proved excellent as IT marched for three touchdowns, while holding the Hillmen to six points. Dave Kienlen, junior halfback, was given the Caterpillar Sportsmanship award. This game marked the beginning of a new season as well as a new era in football at Ioliet Township High. xlFfUVEH'THEt 11 OW' HEL... yy stomtied G HE- . OVER T sign SGYS' 'STOMP he . cflufottc High 19 S' Joliet Swamps West Aurora 25-O Forty-two Steelmen were used in this clash with old Big Eight rival West Aurora. An almost torrential rain cmd the first, second, and third strings of Ioliet proved too much for the Blackhawks as IT trounced over them 25 to 0. Ioliet was given 10th place in the weekly Associated Press poll of high school football teams in Illinois after this game. Dave Keinlen, recipient of the Caterpillar Sportsmanship award, crashes through Ioliet Catholic's defense for first down yardage. ason's Beginnings Foreshaclow Success Joliet Steelmen Edge Thornton 14-12 Seventy-five hundred cheering spectators filled Ioliet Memorial Stadium for our Homecoming game against Thomton of Harvey. This record crowd watched what most people called, the game of the year. Indeed, the come-from-behind victory for Ioliet was one of the most exciting games ever. Thornton led 6-0 at the half. In the third quarter, Sam Miller plunged over the goal line for a touchdown and Bob Meyer kicked the extra point. With the score 7-6 Thornton scored again during the last quarter. With 1:14 left in the game, Tom Rickhoff went in for the winning TD and Meyer again kicked the point after touchdown. Those 2 points after touchdowns gave Ioliet Township a victory over tough Thornton. This was a garne that will be re- membered by IT fans for a long time to come. The talented toe of Bob Meyer was the extra margin needed by Ioliet to beat Thornton 14-12. Joliet Invades and Conquers Bloom Veni, vidi, vici. We came: we saw: we conquered. We came alright. The Ioliet fans outnumbered the Bloom rooters at B1oom's home gridiron. The Band went to perform at an away game for the first time in 15 years. We really saw. We saw a powerful ground display by our fiery Steelmen. IT made the most of every scoring possibility by scoring five touchdowns and WALSER two extra points. MTU-EF We conquered. We ripped apart the highly touted Bloom Trojans 32 to 12. KLOOQYIQIEJT Our successful season was now really underway. CATERELLO