Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Path For The Future Central 40 yard line, but the Cavemen fumbled two plays later and the Blazers scored. One senior on the Cavemen team, Fred Keip, grabbed four passes for 52 yards. Joey Jones intercepted a pass thrown by David Schnell, Blazer ' s quarterback, to highlight the Cavemen ' s defense. Unfortunately we lost to Cen- tral by a score of 28-16. The Cavemen played Penn Kingsmen to a draw on the field, but four crucial fumbles and two pass interceptions helped the Kingsmen to a victory of 21- 13. Coach Miller said, We could have beat them. We let the mistakes beat us again. We haven ' t made this many mis- takes in years. I just can ' t be figure it out. Quarterback Doug Kocsis threw Tom Klaer two good passes for 33 yards to start the drive and then hit Bret Romfo with a 32 yard pass for a touch- down. Our defense did everything they could, said Coach Miller. Our kids played their hearts out and we did as good a job as anyone in trying to knock them off, but we just self-destructed. QOOGIC3I1D - mtm-W%M M 31 ia ge.,7? 7P 6|se 70 4J-3CL ) Row 1: Coach Kindig, R. Culp, J. Flatt, T. Mclain, B. Smith, J. Moshak, S. Gutierrz, T. Holdren, J. Danaher, C. Bailey, D. Eggleston, V. Mommolenti, Coach Miller, and S. Sloan. Row 2: L. Morris, T. Vest, T. Taylor, C. Herman, B. Kosta, B. Ashurn, D. Kasprzak, R. Klaer, F. Keip, M. Rogers, B. Romfo, T. Kucela, M. Carpenter, R. Schelle, and J. Fox. Row 3: Coach Cromer, A. Anderson, J. Crop, E. Ellsasser, B. Flora, C. Hill, K. Hardy, J. Cantrell, D. Bloomer, J. Chapla, J. Bordner, J. Jones, D. Hosteller, T. Margraf, Coach Smith, Dr. Shriner. Row 4: S. Siade, J. Kocsis. S. Staples, T. Russell, D. Kocsis, S. Roggeman, J. Grass, B. Kemble, S. Zornig, M. Waite, T. Ashburn, P. Fowler, K. Lough, D. Carpenter, M. Faulkner. Varsity Football Marian Elkhart Memorial Elkhart Central Riley Clay Warsaw LaSalle Penn Michigan City Elston Season Record: 6-4 oach Smith lays out the play of action. MHS Opp 35 27 29 28 13 28 14 20 21 27 13 20 12 6 17 7 21 22 17 7 6-4 Football 21

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Six And Four Season Sets A A six and four season isn ' t altogether that bad considering That we could have done better, stated Coach Miller, head coach of Mishawaka ' s Varsity Football team. Miller also adds, Too many mistakes by a good team lead to too many losses, losses that could have been avoided. No one could figure it out. The mistakes lasted all season. The Elkhart Central and Penn games were two of the best games the Cavemen played because of the stiff competition the teams provided each other, and they presented good spectator games. We played a good game against Penn be- cause they were our rival. Elkhart Cen- tral ' s game was good because we stuck with them for three and a half quarters when they were number one. The score was tied seven to seven in the second half of the Elkhart Central game as a result of Mishawaka ' s deter- mined offense against the Blazers. An onside kick was recovered by Brad Flo- ra which opened the second half of the game. Tom Klaer gained 83 yards in rushing, and snared an eight yard pass from Doug Kocsis in traffic for a touch- down. Ed Ellsasser blocked a Blazer punt to give the Cavemen the ball at the Vince Mammolenti prepares to hike the hall 20 Football

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Learning Football Fundamentals Set Hut 1! Hut 2! Hike! These were the words heard during the practices and football games of the Junior- Varsity Football team who ended their season with a record of four wins and five losses. Split end and flanker for the team Mike Waite said that the game that really stood out in his mind was the Penn game. Even though we got beat by a last second field goal, it was a great game. We showed how good we could be if we just played like a team. I also liked it because I had a couple of inter- ceptions and some good hits and put one kid out of the game. We seem to always play good against Penn because of the rivalry and we ' re tired of them beating us. Self improvement, the goal set for the players according to Coach Salyers, was somewhat completed. Coach Salyers also added, This group of athletes had a great degree of phys- ical ability. Hopefully a good off-season will help them to mature physically, mentally, and emotionally so that they may reach their full potential. Players set main goals for themselves. Mike Waite ' s main goal at the beginning of the season was to go undefeated like last year. When we started the season off with a loss, I wanted at least to have a winning season. We were 4-4 going into our last game at Michigan City Elston and hoped to win. However, we got beat and ended the season with a losing re- cord. I think I learned that to be able to win and play well, a team must be a team. There were certain games where we played excellent and there were games where we played poorly because we all got on each others case about not doing the job; instead of giving encour- agement, we yelled at each other. That is why we had a poor season, Mike Waite concluded. B- Team Football MHS Opp Elkhart Memorial 14 Elkhart Central 25 Rilev 28 Clay 14 St. joe 7 LaSalle 14 Penn 7 Michigan City Elston n B-TEAM: Top Row S. Zornig, A. Anderson, M. Faulkner. J. Kocsis, J. Cantrell, C. Unruh, S. Siade, B. Kemble, K. Hardy, J. Galasso, Coach Salyers, Coach Kindig. Row 2: S. Staples. D. Carpenter, T. Ashburn, E. Johnson. J. Haughee, D. Bradley, B. Zornig, G. Faulkner. M. Dolgos, S. Laymon, T. Parker. Bottom Row: S. Eversole, G. Cousins. B. Nelson, D. Van Vooren, J. Fox, T. Kucela. M. Kring, P. Fowler, K. Loughe, M. Waite. Bob Ashburn is doing a victory dance for a job well done. Tom Klaer prepares himself for his opponent. 22 Football