Knoxville Catholic High School - Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Hop photoj The lunior-Senior softball game players in 1951 were Gene Huber, lohn Humphrey, Philip Rueff, Bill May, Doug Ayres, and lohn King. tMiddIe photo, Attending the KCHS Basketball Banquet in 1956 were Father lames Driscoll 1381. Clair Rauen, Mr. Herbert Kidd, Mike Retenbach, and Father Philip Thoni. QBottom, left photoj KCHS Golf team of 1959 were Philip Sharp, lim Greene, Ray Franconi, George Greenup, Harold Reynolds, Ralph Saraceni, Greg O'Connor, and Dennis McCarthy. QBottom, right photo, Preparing for battle in the intramural baseball team game in 1955 were tleft to right, lohn Luttrell, joe Waters, lohn Gallagahn, Mike O'Connor, David Rueff, and Harry Shelton. ecord participation 1956-57 The Irish Lassies made history 'hen they became the first Knox- Ile school ever to win the egional Tournament March 16, 957. Captain Claire Rauen, izabeth McMahon and Patsy Jillard won all-tournament onors. The men's team, led by I-round athlete Mike Retenbach, iffered several costly injuries uring the year but still finished fith a respectable record. This ras also the first year for a Track sam at KCHS and also a com- etitive golf team was formed. 1957-58 The women again repeated as District Champions with the sparkling play of Barbara McMahon and Mary Meighan. The men posted a respectable 17-11 record with lohn Reynolds and Bill Deatherage selected to a All-Knox Prep League first team. Others who contributed to the winning season were Captain Ed Ketchen, lack Norris an Bobby Pryor, Also in 1958, the track team won its first ever victory in a triangle meet with Rule and TSD. Scorers were Deatherage, Hicks, Mears, Plotnicki, McMillen, Whelahan, Kelly, Pryor and Haynes. 1958-59 For the third year in a row, the lrish women were Crowned District 6 Champs. New coach Bob Shoffner had three outstan- ding all-District players in Barbara McMahon, Susan Muse and Terese Rauen. The men's team were A division Champs but were upset by West 59-54 in the district tournament. The men were led by lack Norris, Med Bowman and Bob Pryor. KCHS fielded its first baseball team led by Captains lohn Green and Greg O'Connor and coached by Tom McCord were very competitive in their first season. Ed Talone hit the first pitch of the year for a home run and batted .538 for the year.

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1 79 1 0's perpetuates KCHS legacy Jopular cheerleading chant of the early 50's expressed so much of the spirit of KCHS during this decade. lt goes: We're on the floor and the floor is hot. We can't lose With the stuff We've got When you're up, you're up When you're down, you're down When you're up against CATHOLIC You're upside down. y, the end of this decade completed twenty-seven years of building a 'lwinning tradition of religious education, emic and sports excellence, a tradition that was Uhard to beat by any other school. KCHS was hard to beat in Christian iction, exellence in staff, rapid expansion of campus and enrollment, fun, and memories. During this decade, as with those re it, the theme of Knoxville Catholic High, l1That I may Bear Christ was the focus of all activities. Many chose to llbear it inlay vocations, as some chose religious vocations, 1950 Father Gerard tNeil Austinl, 1953 loe Ann Hughes fSister lolita, if 1953 Xavier Mankle fFather Mankeli, 1953 Bill lolly flfather lollyl, 1955 lohanna Chandler tSister Mary Vernon, R.S,M.1, Cecilia Mankel lSister Ceorgeanna, R.S.M.1, 1954 Frank Dowling lRev. Dowlingj, 1957 Iudy Bush lSister Marietta, RtS.M.1, Mr. Bill McCarthy flesuit orderj. 1958 Barbara Naber lSister Mary Martha, R.S.M.l, 1959 Tom Hicks lFather Hicksj, and Bill Sherman fFather Shermanl. But whatever the choice, all students had obtained a goal, a purpose, an ideal to strive given to them by their experience and education at KCHS. Perhaps Bill Sherman fFather Sherman 1940-19701, editor of rst annual Shamrock, expressed it best in the first annual, when he said that The truths of our religion are not merely for lassroomg but we must be ready to, not only bear Christ in our own lives, but become Christ Bearers' to those we meet r quest for happiness . This is the legacy of Catholic High School, then as now.