Seneca High School - Arrow Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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Brewer rambles upfield. Garriry poised to hit his receiver. Seneca 38 Westport 6 No one knew better than Coach Gebhart that the time had come for Seneca ' s unsung heroes to prove themselves worthy. Every man was emptied into battle and the result was the trouncing of Westport. Of the many Redskins who played , Brewer, Beckham, and Nathanson did the most damage. Each of them scored a touchdown. The speedy Redskins churned up 251 yards to Westport ' s 12 . As the game ended , Coach Gebhart was left saying, The kids could have look- ed past Westport, but they didn ' t. We needed to win the way we did . Seneca 8 T. J. 28 It was the battle of the unbeatens at Seneca Field. The Redskins pitted them- selves against arch-rival Thomas Jefferson. T. J. scored the first three times they had the ball, on runs by Mike Northington. Seneca sprinter Doug Beckham ran the ball only four times in the game, but his bril- liant 38-yard run set up the lone Redskin touchdown. Gary Brewer lunged over for the two-point conversion. Later Northing- ton scored another touchdown in the fourth quarter to end the game 28-8, Seneca ' s first loss in five games. LiDL backers plu Seneca 30 J- town 9 The taste of last week ' s defeat was still sensed as Seneca sluggishly opened the game against the Chargers. J- town jumped to an early lead, 9-0, but Gary Garrity passed to Bill Pence, after a J- town fumble, for a touchdown. Seneca ' s Leo Nathanson scored on a three -yard run in the third quarter. It was all over for J-town as Seneca scored twice more before the gun sounded. The 30 points were the best out- put of the Redskins as fliey were off on the winning trail again. Nathanson scrambles for extra yardage.

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Vv ' ixson and Gcrlach converge on tlie ball Seneca 8 Southern 6 On August 27, the Redskins opened their football season. It looked like a promising year for Seneca, and as it turned out, it was. But we had to open against Southern, with whom we had had trouble in the past. History repeated itself as Southern had a 6-0 lead at halftime. Gary Brewer, who had a tremendous night, gained 89 yards in 20 carries, and scored the games winning point. But it was Greg Dix who fell on a fumble in the endzone for the Seneca touchdown. Thus the Seneca Redskins were off to a tunning start witli their first win. Patriot smothered by Redskin defenders. Mayer ' s Ivick splits tlie uprights. Seneca 13 Fairdale 9 After Seneca defeated Southern in the first game, they were ready to take on the Fairdale Bulldogs, not a district game for Seneca, but an important game for the morale af the team. From tlie opening kickoff until the final whistle ending the game, it was an slectrifying performance mth neither team putting many points on the scoreboard. The only score in the first half resulted from a 17-yard run by Leo Nathanson and the conver- sion by David Mayer. The second half started out in the same way as the first, but then Fairdale scored in the third quarter with a touchdown and field goal. Seneca scored on a run by Rick Furino to win the game, 13-9. Seneca 12 Ballard 6 This was an important game for both teams. Winning by narrow margins in its previous games, Seneca was up against a potent Ballard . Ballard lead throughout tlie first half, C-0, until Billy Jones fell on a fumble in the endzone, tying the game at 6-G. Then Gary Garrity combined with Gary Brewer to move the team to within t renty yards of the Ballard endzone. The drive climaxed with a touchdown run by Leo Nathanson, winning the game, 12-6. Exhilaration and concern.

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a sucoiiJar - at llicir best. Seneca 22 Waggener 8 Fighting off a late bid by Waggener to spoil our Homecoming, the Redskins boost- ed their record to 6-1 by downing the Wild- cats. The scoring opened when a Waggener snap from center sailed out of the endzone for a safety, as they attempted to punt. Seneca led at the end of the first half, 2-0. Striking nvlce in the third quarter. The Redskins led 16-0. The touchdowns came on a punt return by Leo Nathanson and a 54 yard run by Gary Brewer. The conversion was added by Billy Jones on a pass from Gary Garrity. The next game would be with undefeated Eastern, for the district title. Seneca IS Eastern 6 Seneca gained the fourtli district crown by springing to a surprising victory over the previously undefeated Eagles. After a scoreless first half, the Redskins got a foot in the door when Virgil Robinson scooped up an Eastern fumble at the Eastern 18 yard line early in the third quarter. Two plays later Gary Brewer went crashing in from the 16 yard line. Seneca dominated the play tliroughout the game rolling up 214 yards to Eastern ' s 79. Others starring were Bill Pence, who recovered a fumble in the endzone, and Bruce Campisano, who led the defense in its regular patterns. Coaches discuss the situation. Seneca 20 Buder In the next game of the season the Red- skin defense, which had been tough and effective all year, finally managed a shut- out. It came against Butler, the district one champion. After a hard fought first half, v hich only saw one scoring play, a five yard run by Leo Nathanson, Seneca broke the game open in the fourth quarter with two touchdowns. The first was a brilliant 28 yard run by Doug Beckham, and the second was a five yard sweep by Leo Nathan- son for his second score. A t o point con- version was added on a pass to Virgil Robin- son from Gary Garrity, making the score 20-0. Leo Nathanson charges tluough tlie line