Madison High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Madison, OH)

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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.

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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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Row 1 L to R.-Rich Svagerko, Herb Prince, Dave Pethel. Max Seymour, Jack Holl, Russ Childs, Jake Mavko, Reggie Hathaway, Mike Brown, Bob Sater, Jeff Lintern. Row 2 L to R.-Mike Kalinsky, Tom Hunter, Ted Bukky, Gary Brown, John Reigert, Dave Peters, Doug Norris, Mike Stewart, Bob Trivisonno, Mike Murray, Bill Smith. Row 3: L. to R.-Bob Wilson (Man- ager), Jim Edmundson, Bob Misch, Ralph Lyons, John Kuhn, Joe Cook, Ken Williams. Rod Fisher, Clair Wright (Manager). Fight a little harder uige cheer- leaders Debbie Brockway and Deb- bie Denton. 8-2 Season Summary: Sept. 8 Geneva 20 8 15 at Conneaut 38 6 22 Edgewood 24 6 29 Perry 28 8 Oct 6 at Fairport 26 20 13 Jefferson 42 0 20 at Kirtland 36 22 27 at Chardon 0 6 Nov. 2 at Ash. Hbr. 20 36 10 at Riverside-Forfeited to Madison •League Game