La Lumiere High School - Lamplighter Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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LaLumiere 33, South Central 26 LaLumiere Wrestlers Celebrate First Win Over A Marian Team There was bedlam at aLu- miere school Wednesday as the wrestling squad defeated Misha¬ waka Marian, 33 to 19, to give its school its initial triumph over a Marian athletic team after four years of trying in all sports. LaLumiere, just a fraction as big as Marian, had gone 0-3 in baseball and 0-2 in football, basketball and wrestling against Marian in previous athletic meetings. As Coach Dave Kirkby put it, “The win was as big a thing for us yesterday as the South Central game was. It was our first win after four years of trying to beat them in some¬ thing.” The reference to South Central had ■ to do with LaLu- miere’s football triumph over South Central this fall when both were unbeaten. It was the only blemish on the Satellites’ record. Like the South Central grid victory, the wrestling triumph was achieved by coming from behind. Marian jumped into a quick 16-5 lead and still led, 19-10, entering the 145-pound match. But from that point on, the Leopards were unbeatable. Paul Wing, a 6-4, 180-pound sophomore who has been eyed by basketball coach Roir De- Nardo, picked up the clinching victory by pinning his man in 2:26. Coach Kirkby calls - Wing a youngster “with tremendous po¬ tential. He has improved rapid¬ ly in every meet.” Raising their record to 3-0 Wednesday were Doug Given, Jerry Noel, Jim DeMartini, Jim Kunzler and George Frye. Given is 10-0 in his two-year career. All of Frye’s wins have been by pins. The Leopards now stand 2-1 for the season, but will not have another match until Jan. 16 at home against North Liberty. A home match against North Jud- son had been added to the sched¬ ule for Jan. 31 and the basket¬ ball-wrestling doubleheader at Indianapolis Park school March 2 has been changed to Feb. 10. LA LBMIERE SUMMARY 95-Pounds — Dennis Foster (M) decisioned Dick Slevin (L), 20-4. 103-Pounds — Doug Given (L) pinned Art Hemmerline (L), 1:39. 112-Pounds — Angelo Newbill (M) pinned Bill Angsman (L), 3:42. 120-Pounds—Roy Adams (M) pinned Chip O’Neil (L), 3:59. 127-Pounds—Dan Holz (M) de¬ cisioned John Marsch (L), 4-0. 133-Pounds—George Holling ' s- head (L) pinned Larry Schiebel- hut (M), 5:4 ' 5. 138-Pounds—Joe Molnar (M) decisioned Mike Leonard (L), 10 - 0 . 145-Pounds — Jerry Noel (L) pinned Dave Schiebelhut (M), 3:46. 154-Pounds — Jim DeMartini (L) decisioned Dave Howland (M) , 7-3. 165-Pounds—Jim Kunzler (L) pinned Steve McTique (M), 3:14. ISO-Pounds — Paul Wing (L) pinned Bill Plaffcheart (M), 2:26. Heavyweight — George Frye (L) pinned Gene Nicolini (M), 5:59. Final Scoret LaLumiere 33, Marian 19. LaLumiere Records 1st Soccer Victory Mike Birkholz Leading Scorer With 81 Points Underclassmen domi n a t e d football scoring in The Herald- Argus coverage area this fall. A sophomore, Mike Birkholz, of LaLumiere, was the pacesetter with 81 points in eight games. Juniors held down the next three positions. South Central’s Ray Huhnke, Denny Yagelski and Chuck Eaton ranked second, third and fourth, respectively, with 66 , 48 and 44 points. AREA SCORING LEADERS Player, School Points Mike Birkholz, LL . 81 Ray Huhnke, SC . 66 Denny Yagelski, SC . 48 Chuck Eaton, SC . 44 Joe Cash, LP Rich Lenard, LP . Scott Shuey, NC . Dan Ganster, LL . John Stasko, JG . Larry Neiswender, JG Chuck Emerick, SC ... Jim Magnuson, LP . 24 Steve King, SC . 24 Mike Niksch.V SC . 24 Jay Nawrocki, LL . 24 Wayne King, NC . 24 Randy Williams, JG .v 19 Gene Jonas, RP . 18 Mike Anderson, NC . 18 Tom Wilkinson, LL . 18 Scott Spahn, LP . 16 Bill Murphy, LL . 14 Rick Schaub, LL . 13 Larry Mueller, JG . 13 Dave Schroeder, RP . 13 Jim Colter, LL . 12 Pete Hoodes, LL . 12 Bill O’Connor, LL . 12 Gary Trost, JG . 12 Dennis Hancz, NC . 10 LaLumiere school recorded its first soccer victory in history bv defeating the Culver Military j academy junior varsity, 5-0, Saturday morning at the La¬ Lumiere field. LaLumiere was 0-4 in a brief schedule last season and went 0-7-2 in nine previous matches this fall. Larry Sullivan is the head coach. George Hollingshead scored three goals for the victors, while Mike Paul and John Marsch added solo goals. LaLumiere Wins Second O’Neil Sparks LaLumiere JV To 27-6 Win Game „ 69-51 LaLumiere school raised its basketball record to 2-0 with a 69-51 victory over Divine Heart seminary Friday night at the LaLumiere fieldhouse. The Leo¬ pards play host to Howe Mili¬ tary school tonight. LaLumiere took a 17-12 first quarter lead and put the game out oF reach with a tremendous 28 to 8 second quarter. Divine Heart had a 21-24 advantage in the second half. Mike Nolan led LaLumiere with 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Jay Nawrocki scored 15 and had 11 rebounds, while Tom Wilkinson was high with 14 rebounds and added 13 points. LaPorte freshman Chip O’Neil a diminutive halfback, scorec two touchdowns and was the leading ground gainer as LaLu miere school’s jayvee footbal team opened its season yester day with a 27-6 victory ai North Judson. Pete Hoodes got LaLumiere off to a quick lead in the firs’ quarter with an 11-yard touch down run and Jerry Noel ran foi the extra point. Steve Ganstei hit Paul Wing with a nine-yaro TD pass and Bill Regan ran foi the PAT, making it 14-0 at the half. O’Neil’s 27-yard run made i 20- 0 before North Judson scorn on an 88-yard kickoff return O’Neil scored the ' final TD on { 21- yard run in the last quartei and also ran for the PAT. LaLumiere 11 Whips Howe (For 6th Win ★ ★ LA LUMIERE (69) Player FG FT PF TP Wilkinson, f .5 3-7 4 13 Grace, f . 1-2 1 3 Nawrocki, c . .7 1-3 3 15 Schaub, g .... .2 1-2 3 5 Birkholz, g .. .1 1-1 2 3 Nolan i. .8 5-8 1 21 Stephan . .1 1-0 0 3 Slevin . .0 2-2 1 2 Ganster . .1 0-1 1 2 Hoodes . 2-2 1 2 Totals . .26 17-31 17 69 DIVINE HEART (51) yp LaLumiere Wins Sixth Meet In Roiv LaLumiere school won its sixth straight wrestling meet, 29-17, Saturday at Indianapolis Park school. The Lakers, loser only in their opening dual of the LaLumiere school looks fo ward to completing the rtio: successful football season in i four-year existance when travels to Grosse Pointe, Mich University school, near Detroi Saturday. LaLumiere raised its recoi to 6-1 with a 20-6 victory Howe Military school Saturda; Following a scoreless fir half, Bill Murphy hit Mike N lan with an 18-yard scoring pa to climax a short 33-yard driv Murphy also hit Tom Wilkins with an 18-yard touchdown stril in the period, then passed to N lan for the extra point and 13-0 margin. After Denny Overshiner’s on yard scoring plunge cut the lei to 13-6, Mike Birkholz scori from two yards and Murphy r; for the PAT, following a 57-ya drive, to clinch the victory. Murphy hit nine of 11 pass for 107 yards and two touc downs. Birkholz led in rushii with 95 yards in 13 carries ai Jay Nawrocki added 70 yards 10 carries. Hard-running D; Ganster was out with a kn injury. Defensively, George Frye h. a great afternoon with 17 poini, more than double the amon; recorded by the second plaF it ita a 1

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Varsity Track Pre-season practice Left to right: First row: Coach Magenis, Decio, Hiler, Rudolph; Second row: McArdle, Hutchcraft, Regan; Third row: Wing, O’Connor. Schedule Dual Meets Washington Township Kouts Jackson Township Tournament Detroit Country Day School Invitational

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33-26 Game Decided In Final 0:18 UNION MILLS — LaLumiere school’s football team appears to thrive on the spectacular. Last year, for example, the Leopards defeated Howe Mili¬ tary school, 18-12, on a tum¬ bling catch in the end zone with just 33 seconds left in the game. The Leopards bettered that one last night, however, as they scored three times in the final quarter to stun South Central, 33-26, in a wild battle of unbeat- ens played before a big crowd at the South Central field. The clincher came with 18 seconds left. The triumph gave LaLumiere a 3-0 record this fall and ex¬ tended its two-year unbeaten streak to seven games. La¬ Lumiere has only 65 students in four grades and is believed to be the smallest school in Indi¬ ana playing 11-man football. First Setback South Central tasted its first loss in four outings this fall. The Satellites travel to LaVille next Friday night, while LaLumiere plays host to Indianapolis Park a week from today at 1 p. m. South Central scored in each of the first three quarters to take a 26-13 lead into the last period. LaLumiere’s defense had been hitting the Satellites hard, however, and late in the •game South Central suffered some key injuries. LaPorte sophomore halfback Mike Birkholz scored three touchdowns for LaLumiere — on runs of three and four yards and an 85-yard return of an inter¬ cepted pass—but the winning touchdown came with only 18 seconds left on a five-yard run by Jay Nowrocki. f LaLumiere coach Ron De- Nardo, a former football letter- man at Notre Dame, exclaimed, “That was one of the greatest games I’ve seen. They stymied us in the first half, but we just rolled right over them in that last quarter.” Line Play Terrific LaLumiere’s line play was terrific and appeared to wear the Satellites down. DeNardo termed it “a tremendous team effort.” Bill O’Connor led with 9V 2 defensive points, while Birk¬ holz had 6% and Greg Stephan six. South Central’s defensive leaders were Bob Clark, Mike Niksch, Steven Allen and Dick Wright. It was a hearbreaking loss for the Satellites, who got tremen¬ dous aerial efforts from senior quarterback Chuck Emerick, who had a hand in all 26 of his team’s points. Emerick hit eight of 12 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns, scored a touchdown and kicked two extra points. Dennis Yagelski (36 yards), Steve King (25 yards) and Niksch (52 yards) caught the touchdown passes. South Central had a minus-14 yards rushing. LaLumiere, in contrast, gained 212 yards rushing and only 61 through the air. Statistic Total Yards Gained SC 216 La. 212 By Rushing . -14 151 By Passing . 230 61 Total First Downs 7 12 By Rushing . 1 8 By Passing . 6 4 By Penalty . 0 0 Passes Attempted .. 20 10 Passes Completed .... 8 4 Intercepted By . 1 0 Penalties . 6 5 Yards Penalized . 40 45 Punts . 5 4 Punting Average .... 33 29 Fumbles . 1 4 Fumbles Dost . 0 3 Score By Quarter BaLumiere . 7 6 0 20- —33 South Central .... 6 14 6 0- —26 Scoring South Central: Chuck Emerick (one-yard run); Dennis Yagelski (36-yard pass from Emerick); Steve King (25-yard pass from Emerick); Mike Niksch (52-yard ‘ pass from Emerick). Extra ’ points—Emerick (2) (by kick¬ ing). LaLumiere: Mike Birkholz (3) (3-yard run, 4-yard run, 85-yard pass interception); Dan Ganster (one-yard run); Jay Nawrocki (five-yard run). Extra points— Birkholz (2) (by running); Bill O’Connor (1) (by kicking). LaLumiere Show Much Balance LaLumiere school had a tremendously well balanced offense during the 1967 football campaign, according to official statistics released today by Coach Ron DeNardo. The Leopards finished || with the best record in their four-year history (7-1), losing only once, 14-13 to Indianapolis Park school. LaPorte sophomore halfback Mike Birkholz was the rushing leader with 398 yards in 62 carries for a 6.4 average. .But righ t behind him were Dan Ganster, 377 in 73 for a 5.2 average; Jay Nawrocki, 371 in 72 for a 5.2 average; and Rick Schaub, 345 in 50 for a team high 6.9 Four LaLumiere Gridders Honored Four athletes won most val¬ uable honors on LaLumiere school’s once - beaten football team, it was announced Wednes¬ day night at the annual fall ath- George Frye Picks Up 4th Straight Win LaLumiere school raised its wrestling record to 3-1 with a 30-14 victory over North Liberty Tuesday at the LaLumiere field- house. The Lakers go to the In¬ dianapolis Park school tourna¬ ment Saturday. LaLumiere heavyweight George Frye won his fourth con¬ secutive match by a pin, but 103-pounder Doug Given suf¬ fered Ms first defeat in two years in a 12-9 thriller. He had won 10 in a row. LaPorte fresh¬ man Dick Slevin came through with a 14-6 win at 95 pounds. 95 Pounds: Dick Sleven (L) dec. Jim Lynch (NL) 14-8. .103 Pounds: John Megyeri (NL) dec. Doug Given (L) 12-9. 112 Pounds: Cyril Welter (L) dec. Joe Setnor (NL) 3-0. 120 Pounds: John Marsch (L) dec. Chuck Springman (NL) 17-2. 127 Pounds: Dale Borton (NL) pinned George Hollingshead (L) 2:54. 133 Pounds: Bob Lappin (NL) dec. Mike Leonard (L) 8-0. 138 Pounds: Kenny Ross (NL) dec. Jerry Noel (L) 3-0. 145 Pounds: Mike Everist (L) dec. Gene Toth (NL) 11-4. 154 Pounds: Jim DeMartinl (L) pinned Mike Mroczkwrocz (NL) 0:37. 165 Pounds: Jim Kunzler (L) dec. Gary Smith (NL) 19-6. 180 Pounds: Paul Wing (L) pinned Gary Cohee (NL) 2:55. Heavyweight: George Frye (L) pinned Devon Ross (NL) 1:18. Final Score: LaLumiere 30, North Liberty 14, ord by passing for 253 yards in a single game and Nawrocki caught passes for 125 yards in another contest. LaLumiere W restlers Whip Judson LaLumiere school scored a lopsided 49-3 dual wrestling victory over North Judson [Wednesday evening at the ! letic banquet held at the school. Jay Nawrocki and George Frye were named co-winners of the most valuable defensive player trophy by Coach Ron De¬ Nardo. The most valuable of¬ fensive performer was LaPorte sophomore Mike Birkholz, wMle Bill O’Connor was named the most valuable performer on of¬ fense and defense combined. Dan Ganster, of Michigan City, and Mike Nolan, Elm¬ hurst, Ill., will captain the 1968 LaLumiere grid squad, it was LaLumiere Wins Title In Last Match LaLumiere school went from last to first in one year as it captured the team champion¬ ship and trophy in the annual Park school wrestling Invita¬ tional Saturday in Indianapolis. The Lakers, who were fourth in a four-team field last year, won with 41 points. Danville had 39, Indianapolis Deaf School 25 and Park school 23. The meet was won in dra¬ matic fashion as unbeaten heavyweights George Frye (La¬ Lumiere) and Boiler (of run- nerup Danville) met in the final match of the day. Frye won, 4-3, to raise his record to 6-0 and snap the 39-39 deadlock. Other champions for LaLu¬ miere were Doug Given (103), Mika Leonard (138), Jim Kunz¬ ler (165) and Paul Wing (180). Leonard (3-3) was a surprise champ. Kunzler, Wing and Frye had to win the final three matches of the evening to as¬ sure their team of victory. Kunzler is 6-0, with both Wing and Given being 5-1. Mike Everist took a strong second at 145 for LaLumiere as a substitute for injured Jerry Noel. Jim DeMartini suffered his first loss in six outings at 154. LaLumiere, loser only in its season opener by two points, goes to Liberty Township Tues¬ day. LaLumiere Gagers Go 3-0 First Week LaLumiere school picked up three victories in its opening week of basketball and hopes for more of the same this week— but not in exactly the same manner it obtained Saturday’s 71-70 triumph at home against Howe Military school.