Madison High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Madison, OH)

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Mike Murray jars loose the ball as Jeff Lintem approaches with ideas of its recovery. Edge wood experiences momentary elation in Madison's third victory of the season. Rewards Streaks' Exceptional Gridiron Season new faces. Seniors predomin- ated the rugged front lines, while several underclassmen won starting positions in the backfield. Junior Doug Norris impressively stepped into the duties of quarterbacking. Senior Rich S v ag enkos switch to fullback really pay- ed off, as his three touch- downs meant the difference in our opening conquest of Gen- eva, 20-8. The Eagles were kept off the scoreboard until the final minute. In the following victories over Conneaut and Edge- wood, sophomore Mike Mur- ray dashed into the spot light. His six touchdowns aided in bolstering the growing team momentum. 17

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Reggie Hathaway begins interfer- ence for a Madison sweep around right end against Jefferson. Coach Hance listens intently as Coach Opron discusses the next play. Final WRL Crown A strong offense that could score from anywhere on the field, a jarring defense, ana few key injuries—these were the ingredients of a thorough- ly successful season of foot- ball at Madison High. Coach Opron and his four assistants directed excellent performances from both re- turning lettermen and some 16

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Chardon Breaks 7-Game Winning Streak Fine overall effort by the Streaks enabled us to roll over our first league opponent, Perry. Svagerko repeated his three-TD spirit of the Geneva game. The 28-8 triumph built up the team for its clash with highly-ranked Fairport the fol- lowing Friday. The Skippers' spirits were up that evening too, as the Streaks barely edged them, 26-20. With two minutes left, Norris tossed a long scoring strike to erase a 12-12 dead- lock. In an amazing come- back, Fairport retied the score. But the Streaks' tremendous desire for victory drove them for the winning T D before time ran out. Homecoming weekend be- gan on a spirited note as Madison froze Jefferson in their tracks, 42-0. Svagerko Murray, Brown, Norris, and Edmundson all got in on the scoring to make it our biggest rout of the season. Traveling to Kirtland, both Svagerko and Trivisonno scor- ed a pair of touchdowns. We finally halted late scoring heroics by the Hornets to ice the game 36-22, and more im- portantly, the league crown. Madison had plans of sweet revenge against Char- don, the team who had cost us the crown the previous year. However, the bitter weather and the equally se- vere Hilltopper defense kept the Streaks scoreless. Char- 18 don's single TD established our first defeat. Ashtabula Harbor played host the following Thursday and surprisingly ran up an early lead. We were forced to play catch-up ball, b u t never did regain the lead. The season did end on a some- what satisfying note as River- side forfeited their game to us. In this final year of the Western Reserve's existence, Madison really earned the outstanding distinction. Be- sides copping first place, ten of our players were named to the all-star team. As a re- sult, this year's squad can be looked upon for a long time as one of the school's most brilliant ones.