Scecina Memorial High School - Scecinarama Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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TeDious practices worth it Opening their season with two losses to Marshall and Warren, the varsity football team could have become discouraged, but morale remained high throughout the rest of the season as they never lost another one, finishing with a record of 8-2. After eking out a narrow 7-6 victory over Shor- tridge, the team had a 42-6 win over Arlington. The wide advantage was partly due to the strike of some members against the coach. Many reserve players had a chance to play varsity in this game. The Cha- tard victory was especially sweet because of tradi- tional rivalry. Ritter and the Crusaders saw how hard it was to hang onto a football in the mud. Mark Foley finally won it with a field goal, 3-0. The Indianapolis News named Mike McNeils and Jim Bell to their all-city team. McNeils was also named to the all-state team. The Indianapolis DODGING the Arlington defense is Steve Kirk as he picks up OFFENSE on the move . . . Charles McCahill takes the snap as Drecious yardage for a Crusader victory by a narrow 14-8 score. the reserves face a wall of defensive players on the Arlington side. 'ARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM: Bottom row: Mike McNeils, lark Foley, Jim Bell, Pat Smith, Joe Logan, Pat Cangany, Joe lallagher, Mike Poetz. Second row: Mike Fleetwood, Rob Con- or, Tony Hofmann, Tom Gerlach, Steve Mescall, Mike Fazio, at Tunny. Third row: Chris Kirch, Kevin Armour, Mike Bew- sey. Bo Hagist. Charles McCahill, Steve Kirk, Jeff Weissen- berger, Chris Smith. Top row: Willie Hutt. Rick Connor. Don Blackwell, Rick Thompson, Rick Stratman, Pat Gardner. Mgr. Bill Cathcart. Football 107

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LOOK OUT for ihem in the futurel commented Coach Scott Fangman. CHECKING OUT Rick Con- nor's si ght injury is reserve player Bill Thomas. reshman Footbal Season Wins 3 Losses 6 Scecina 14 Greenfield 34 22 Tech 20 0 Shortridgc 14 14 Arlington 0 8 Roncalli 14 0 Chatard 14 6 Howe 22 14 Rittcr 24 6 Attucks 0 RESERVE FOOTBALL TEAM: Bottom row: Dale Brown, Dave Sego, Ernie Thein, Jim Swanson, Chris Smith, Robert Wilkens, John Long. Second row: Tim McNeils, John Sifferlen, Aldan Moriarty, Tom Speth. Steve Kirk. Matt Gatto, Tim Jef- fers, Joe Logan. Third row: Bill Thomas, Tom Bewsey, Charles McCahill, Rich Dufour, Mike Flanagan. Roger Haracz, Harold Green. Top row: Coach Mike Hagist, Joe Dippel, Mike Murphy, Daryle Rue, Dan Wood, Tim Tucker.

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Season hottest on record Varsity Football Season Wins 8 Losses 2 Scecina 17 Marshall 22 7 Warren 17 24 Tech 8 7 Shortridge 6 42 Arlington 6 23 Roncalli 17 23 Chatard 0 28 Howe 0 3 Ritter 0 33 Attucks 6 Siar added Willie Hutt to their all-city list, with Steve Mescall, Mark Foley, Pat Cangany, Don Blackwell, and Steve Mescall receiving honorable mention from either Star or News. Enthusiastic crowds at games and at pep sessions reflected the up mood of the varsity season, even in chilly weather. The reserves are really a back-up for the varsi- ty, commented Aidan Moriarty, so we really didn't have our entire team together for the season. Coach Tim Feezle said he was comfortable with the season and with the players' attitudes. Charles McCahill, Joe Logan, Steve Kirk and Aidan Moriarty moved up to varsity for some games. Ernie Thein did a good job replacing Kirk as a running back. John Sifferlen and Dan Wood played a good defensive game, while Daryle Rue and Mike Murphy also added some muscle from the juniors. Games against Howe and Shortridge seemed es- pecially well put together, according to team mem- bers. The plays were all executed and the weather was good, they said. With a large percentage of juniors playing reserve, coaches hoped for a strong varsity team for the coming season. Right behind the reserves came the freshmen, hoping to fill the vacancies left in the ranks of the reserves when they move up to varsity status. Tom Withem said, Although we didn't have £ great season, we played some good games. I think the Arlington game was the one where we had oui plays really down. We played together well. The shut out Arlington 14-0. Even practices in rainy, muddy weather didn'i slow them down. As Coach Scott Fangman said Watch out for them in the future. He also re- marked that the freshman team had it in them tc become as good as the 1980 varsity team. He en- joyed the season, especially the various personalities of the players. The Howe game was a sore spot with some players — a 6-22 loss. Howe players seemed to find the frosh performance in this one amusing, and the freshmen didn't appreciate it. Just wait till next year, they said. John Naughton found the Tech game the most exciting. We were down 12-0 at halftime. Coach Fangman gave us a pep talk then and we came back to win it in overtime, 22-20. Quarterback Dan McCarthy had the honor of making the conversion which scored the tying points, putting the game into overtime and the crowd into a cheering mood. FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM: Bottom row: Coach Bill Tucker, Mike Battles, Trent Short. Tom Withem, Norman Crid- lin, Steve Redmond, Jeff Beauchamp. Brian Keeney, Bob Frye, Coach Scott Fangman. Second row: Mgr. Dean Stratman, David Kahl, Greg Hershman, Chris Smock, Mike Wilhelm. Tim Reese, Brian Crump, Tom Cause, Mgr. Paul Wilson, Mgr. Jay Wurz. Top row: Carl Youngstafel, Sean Fryman, Art Pretti, Dan Mc- Carthy, John Poetz, Brian Cuppy. Bill Sitzman, John Naughton, Danny Myers, Dave Vittorio. 108 Football