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

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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

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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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diS?00l f5 EUHR M109 C BASKETBALL Front Row: Drewes, Checkett, Burnett Back Row: Simmons, Balducci, Goessling, Leiding . . . af Were? Left to right- l l IUNIOR TRACK Front Row: Arconati, O'Brien, Newport, Streck, Checkett, McLaughlin, Wilson, Swoboda, Second Row: Agnew, Walsh, McCarthy, Collins, Schmitz, Bacich, Wittenberg, Harig, McDevitt, Taylor Third Row: Dyke, McAllister, Carberry, Holland, Athie, Bakula, lvankovich, Harrah, Baum, Leiding, White, Balducci, Salvo, Beck bowed to DuBourg, CAC Champs, 60-49 in their second contest. The Bulldogs gave the McBride Micks a defeat, 44-42, in their second meet on February l4. After a second defeat over St. Mary's 54-50 and a sparkling 72-42 victory over Laboure, the Mercy Bulldogs ended this season's play in basketball with a tie for second place in the CAC and a fabu- lous three-year record of 24 victories and only six defeats. The co-captains of this year's squad were Bill Nordmann and Iohn Shelly, the only Sen- ior Varsity players. The little Bulldogs bit hard during the l957- 58 season finishing with a 10-8 record. Al- though they ended with a fourth place in the CAC this was the best year they have had. Mr. Walter Pfeiffer is the B-team coach. The baseball Bulldogs, under the coaching