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

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Top Left: Jim Cook displays how it feels to score a touchdown against Oil City's arch-rivals, the Franklin Knights. Center: Quarterback Marc Cole discusses offensive strategy with Coach Highfield. Lower Left: Disheartened Oilers. Ed Hartle, Gerry Ross. Glenn Frantz and Eric Tarleton look on as victory slips away Oil City Football 1977 Opponent 21 Titusville 30 22 Grove City 8 8 Meadville 16 8 Greenville 32 33 Franklin 6 8 Sharpsville 28 8 Warren 31 8 Reynolds 39 34 Hickory 0 WON 3 LOST 6 21

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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

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Junior Oilers break even The J.V. football team broke even with a 4-4 record in the 1977 season. Leading the offense were junior halfbacks Pete McIntyre and George Harvey, and sophomore quarter-backs Dan Serafin and Rick Moyer. High scorer was Eric Applequist. Defensive standouts were linebackers Mark Winger and Brett McGinnis, and Linemen Dave Buchna and Bruce LaVerde. Leading defensive players were backs, Charlie Skiba and Matt Hale, and an end, Tom Serafin. Top Center: Wayne Pierce ( 73) and Brett McGinnis ( 33) show joy after an Oiler score. Top Right: Dave Helms breaks up a Grove City pass attempt. Center: Oil City Coaches Kaufman and Brown share in the jubilation of their players. Oil City 6 Titusville Opponent 14 8 Franklin 0 f 12 Grove City 6 6 Greenville 0 8 Titusville 22 14 Meadville 8 0 Warren 8 6 Hickory 12 WON 4 LOST 4 |.V. Football Team — Row 1: |im Hutchinson, Ricky Moyer, Steve Frawley, Tim Keltz, Mike Crose, Dave Buchna, Steve LaVerde, Matt Sopher, Dave Harper Row 2 Coach Bill Kaufman, Kevin Moon, Craig Courtney, Kevin House, Vance Chase, Dan Serafin, Dave Helms, Eric Lundquist. Coach Dan Brown Row 3: Tom Powers, Dave Turk, Steve Turk, Tom Higbee, Eric Applequist, Brett McGinnis. Scott Benedict, Marshall Tyler 22