Oil City High School - Oil Can Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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Oilers Suffer Through Transition Season. Under new Head Coach Bill Highfield, the Oilers finished the season with a 3-6 record. Assistants Cas Karnish, Bob Taylor, Dan Brown, and Bill Kaufman took over the individual areas in this rebuilding year. First team all conference selections were james Cook in the secondary and Glenn Frantz. Jim was also the team's leading receiver with 17 receptions. Dave Marczak, a second team all conference selection, at halfback, lead the Oilers' ground game with 817 total yards and a school record 7.4 yards per carry average. Other senior starters were Gerry Ross, Bill Clyde, Bob Bab-lak, and Scott Stoltenberg on the line, Denny Topping at split-end, quarterback Marc Cole, and linebackers Gary O'Brien and Dave Shilling. Above Right: Oil City first year coach Bill Highfield is held in high esteem by his players Center and Center Right: Oil City's dynamic duo of Dave Marczak ( 40) and Jim Cook ( 22) execute two ways of gaming big yardage. Row 1 Bill Clyde, Mike Badach, Terry Jones, Scott Stoltenberg, Glenn Frantz, Gerry Ross, Dave Marczak, Bill Osborn, Bob Bablak, Mike Highfield. Row 2: Jeff Dawson, Denny Topping, Dick Pratt, Barry Lesh, Gary O'Brien, Dave Shilling, Dan Thomeier, Mike Roser, Marc Cole, Jim Cook, Coach Robert Taylor. Row 3 Coach Cas Karnish, Tom Schattauer, Matt Hale, Pat Hale, Parker Adams, Tim Enos, Bruce LaVerde, John Heasley, Charlie Skiba, Bill Haylett, Head Coach Bill Highfield, Bob Urban. Row 4: Coach Bill Kaufman, Dave Hovis, Wayne Pierce, Tom Serafin, Dave Behringer, Mark Reinhardt, George Harvey, Pete McIntyre, Fred Kelley, |im Hale, Bob Grimm, Coach Dan Brown. Row 5: Mike Licht, Fred Osborne, Ed Hartle, Brent Olson, Mike Cropp, Garth lohnston. Matt Dolecki, Scott Hutchinson, Mike Dolecki. Mark Winger 20