Lima Central Catholic High School - Flame Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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Left to right: Iim Bruin,Ed Helmig,Carl Helmig,Iim Sweeney,Bill O'Keefe, Roger Bowersock, Denny Houlihan, Steve Madigan, Tom O'Connor, Paul Schroeder . Freshmen Varsity The Central Catholic varsity basketball team, under the guidance of C o a c h Robert Williams in his Pre shman year as coach, faced a rugged schedule which included two Cla s s AA teams . Although the record at the end of the season read 9 wins, 10 defeats, it is by no means the crite- rion by which to measure this team. A true yard- stick would be the one which could measure the amount of support which the team received at op- portune times . In s pot s during the season the team showed flashes of brilliance as does a rough gem when it is being cut. They displayed coordination and team work which every coach pleads for and de- sires. It wa s truly a successful season in that the players learned a lesson in sportmanship that will long be remembered. Standing at left: Mr. Robert Williams, Head Basketball Coach, talking things over with Rev. Cannen Nardecchia Lima Central Catholic athle- tic director.

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A Sv -.,. Paul Schroeder Fullback Backs Make Up Varsity T HEY Shawnee 1 3 Lewi stown 0 Min ster 6 Hardin Northern 1 2 Bath Tomm ship 7 Lakeview 6 Delphos St. Iohn's 13 Wayne sfield Rockford 1 4 Bill O'Keefe Junior Guard Bob Kaple Fresh. Tackle AVIA Mike Leonard Soph. Center Q. J 1? . V S as ,age ay Q N Om qyconnor Mike Dimond Quarerback Soph Fullbacl' 41 Q Phil Stump Soph . Guard 5 Qs? K Dave Mathias Iunior Guard Tom Bruin Senior End Carl Helmig Senior End

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The Cards started the season winning the first games against Celina,Cridersville,and Sidney. The fourth game was against Miller City. The Wildcats defeated the Cards by the over- powering score of 64-40. In their fifth appearance, against Dayton Chaminade, the Cards showed improvement over the previous games. Wapak Blume became the Cards fourth vic- tory. And then came the classic of all classics--the Delphos St. Iohn game. Before an enthusiastic home crowd, the Cards managed to stay with the taller, more experienced Blue Iays and led going into the last period, 42-41. It was in the last three and an half minutes that the Delphos rally beat the Cards and wound up the scoring, 60-57 . In the Holiday Tournament , the Cards were beaten by Kalida , but managed to come out with a victory over Wapak St. Ioe in the loser's bracket. In an overtime period, Central clipped Ottawa Parochial by the score of 61 - 52. The Cardinals suffered two straight set- backs by Coldwater and Kalida. They lost to Coldwater because of a poor first-half, and to Ka- lida because of a poor second-half. By defeat- ing Piqua Catholic, the Cards pulled into second place in the Wayne Con- ference with a 3-l record behind St. Gerard's. The Cardinals lost their next game from the foul line, as usual, 49-42 to Fremont. Central then defeated a fine Minster team in a defensive bat- tle, which produced one of the few games in which the Cards did anything at the foul line. They tied Minster in foul shots made and came out ahead Wapak St. Ioe, coming around for the second time and having been the first team to beat St. Ger- nals in a fairly close game. Central played with all their hearts against St. Gerard's, but unfortunately, they played too hard. It was because of the Card's over-aggressiveness that St. Gerard's was able to come out ahead. Hitting on 40 out of 45 foul shot attempts, the Gerries beat Central, who had made l2 more field goals than St. Gerard's. In the last game of the season, the Cards appeared to be ready for the tournament grind, as they overpowered Waynes- field 77-54. Hitting on over 45 per cent of their shots, they picked up their ninth victory of the season as compared to nine defeats. In their first and final tournament game, the Cards stayed with Hicksville and led at the early stages, but were defeated in the second half. This game ended the season for the Central Catholic Cardinals. with the score of 49-47 . ard' s ,defeated the Cardi-