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

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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

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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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fABOVEl Bill Wehrspann rounds the end of the Kankakee line on his way to another touchdown. JT Squeaks Past Porters 'Y-2 For 45Vz minutes Lockport was able to hold Ioliet Joliet Blanks Kays 13-O Friday the 13th proved no bad luck to our high flying Steelmen as Ioliet racked up its fifth win of the season over Kankakee 13-0. Fullback Bill Wehrspann scored all 13 points. A third TD, a 60 yard run by Wehrspann, was called back because of an offsides penalty against Ioliet. While Wehrspann was chalking up 121 yards, two touchdowns, and an extra point, the IT defense held the Kankakee squad to a meager 83 yards. KBELOWD With 2V2 minutes left in the game, Ioliet's Dave Kienlen finds a hole in Lockport's line and races for the only TD of the game. scoreless. With 2 minutes and 22 seconds left on the clock, halfback Dave Kienlen shook loose for a 19 yard run for the touchdown. Bob Meyer kicked the extra point. Ioliet had now beaten Lockport 7-2, making the Porters the 6th victim in the present Steelmen winning streak. In a freak play in the third quarter, Iim Walser cen- tered the ball into and out of the Lockport end zone for an automatic safety and 2 points' for Lockport, Ioliet led in rushing with 162 yards to 74 for Lockport on the muddy Porter field. Tom Rickhoff breaks through the Thornridge line on a 70 yard quarterback sneak for a Ioliet touchdown. The Argonauts fell to the mighty Ioliet Steelmen 35-O. It was a long night for the Argo team. Ioliet made 418 yards to Argo's 67 yards gained. Six Argo passes were intercepted by the alert Steelmen. Ioliet made 12 first downs to Argo's l. Dave Kienlen made two TDS., while Sam Miller ran for 3 touchdowns for Joliet Whips Argo Joliet's State Rating Soars 27-O Joliet Steamrolls Thornridge As the victorious Steelmen entered their dressing room, Head Varsity Coach Ray Klootwyk was leaning on the locker room door beaming. Coach Klootwyk exclaimed, We could have poured it on them, but we wanted to play as many of the boys as we could. Klootwyk was referring to the neat job Ioliet had just done in polishing off Thornridge of Dalton, 27-O. Many Ioliet substitutes saw action in a game that saw junior fullback Wallace Allen pour it on for 2 touchdowns. Dave Kienlen and Tom Rickhoff were credited with one TD apiece, while Bob Meyer was kept busy kicking 3 extra points. Again our stonewall defense proved almost impregnable by giving Thornridge only 24 yards on the ground. In all Ioliet piled up 269 yards against the Falcons. Iim Henderson, Joliet Township's number 2 quarterback, goes on a keeper play around the left end for live yards against Argo Ioliet. Bob Meyer connected for 3 extra points. This wrapped up the scoring in the game. Joliet played one of their best games of the season as they extended their winning streak to 8 games. 88