Mercy High School - Mercian Yearbook (University City, MO)

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6S00I'f6 QOUIICJMID H . . . Af Wife? BASEBALL VARSITY Front Row: Drury, Keeshan, Reichert, Nordmann, Barrere, Boyd, Ceruti, Hedrick. Second Row: Corsignia, Lang, Coyle, Finn, Floyd, Cafazza, Waggaman, DiBlasi, Evoy. Back Row: Saffa, Hennessy, Benben, Clark, Deckert, Schutz, Coach Houston, Brennan. VARSITY TRACK Front Row: Colandro, Ponstinql, Garrity, Roche. Second Row: Mohleman, Park, Stansberry, Bultas, Cambron, McDevitt. Third Row: Coach Stocker, Dudenhoffer, O'Keefe, F. Witte, I. Witte, Shelly. two league plays. On November 9, Mercy squeaked out a 12-7 victory over Laboure. DuBourg scored twice in the fourth period to defeat the Bulldogs October 20, 20-0. Bill Nordmann and Dewey Mundwiller, co- captains of this year's team, won berths on the second string of the CAC All-Conference team. The B-team football, coached by Mr. Walter Pfeiffer, tied for third place in the CAC with St. Mary's. Their final record for the season was two wins, one tie, and four losses. Before football season was over, basketball practice was in full swing with high hopes for another successful year despite Graduation of many key players. The team dropped its first four games by very small margins, Cham-

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cigpaorfd pounclula 'J The Mercy Bulldogs, coached by Mr. Bill Houston and Mr. Harvey Stocker, began foot- ball practice August l5 when perhaps most Mercy students were taking it easy in the hot summer sun. Every day the boys worked out to get themselves in condition and ready for the tough season ahead. The Varsity got off to a bad start Friday night, September l3, when they were trounced by a powerful Normandy squad, 36-U. Poor ball handling was the team's main weakness. . . . ,411 Wm, However, the Bulldogs beat Western Military September 28, l8-O, in the first home game. Although the team was defeated 7 to 6 by St. Louis University High, they can be proud of their spirit of fight against this always powerful team. Mercy opened league play in the Catholic Athletic Conference October l3 with a rousing 24-6 victory over DeAndreis. The Bulldogs were overpowered by the McBride Micks 35-6 and the St. Mary's Dragons 25-6 in the next BASKETBALL VARSITY Back Row: Coach Stocker, Nordmann, Westhoff, Livingston, Hennessey, Lodes Front Row: Waggaman, Mclntyre, Benben, Keeshan, Shelly FOOTBALL VARSITY Back Row: Coach Stocker, I. Agnew, Rodell, Hess, Soncleren, Waggaman, Buhr, Ward, Westhott, Lauck, Griser, Harvey, Guittar, Weingaertner, Rekart, Coach Houston, Nordmann Middle Bow: Burnett, tMgr.J B. Agnew, McDevitt, Wilson, Boyd, Lodes, Shelly, Anderson, Flynn, Lang, Benben, LaFtocca, Ritter Front Row: Lavin, Reichert, Blackburn, Bacich, Bultas, Ulrich, Mundwiller

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M l00I'f:5 WOLIJLJLLIU V inade 50-45, C.B.C. 47-45, Soldan 55-54, and Normandy 42-4l. At the Normandy Christmas lnvitational Tournament the Bulldogs pulled one of the major upsets of the year by defeating the unbeaten St. Charles' five, last year's State Champs 42-4l. The Bulldogs handed a defeat to DeAndreis in the first CAC game, 47-39. Two league de- feats followed by the powerful DuBourg and . . . af Were? McBride squads. ln the fourth league game, Coach Harvey StoCker's team edged the St. Mary's Dragons 52-45 and then trounced the Laboure Lions 47-30 on lanuary 24. The DeAndreis Tournament was short lived as was the Clayton State Regionals at the end of the season because we were defeated in the first games by McBride and Chaminade. The Bulldogs went on to edge DeAndreis 53-5U and trounce Central 53-48. They then B BASKETBALL Back Bow: Gogel, Gallagher, Goode, MacNamara, Carberry, Grisham, Witte, Coach Pfeiffer Front Bow: West, Finn, Garnier, Harig i i 4 B FOOTBALL Bacich, Martin, l-larig, MacCarthy, O l'oole, Wilson, Harvah, MacAllister, McNamara, McDevitt, Forestal, Carberry, Pedrotti, lvankovitch, Adams, Hartman, Fears, Griser, McGerrin, Chase, Fonskee, White, Agnew, B., Simpson, Gerding, Neubauer, D,, Athie, Evoy