Seneca High School - Arrow Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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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

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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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Redskins get it together before kickoff. A touchdown saving tackle. Seneca 34 Trinity 26 The night, October 29, 1971, was filled with an air of excitement as the kickoff ap- proached. This was the last game of Sen- eca ' s regular season, and also the last game on the home gound for the seniors. Seneca was out to avenge its 1968 defeat by Trinity in the State Championship. Seneca led throughout the first half, and as the squad left, the score stood at 28-6. However, the second half was entirely different . Trinity proved to be determined opponents as they scored 20 points to Seneca ' s 6. With the win, the Redskins were headed to the Fairgrounds for the County East Cham- pionship. Redskins watch as another victim leaves the field. Thomas Jefferson 35 Seneca 14 After winning their respective districts, the stage was set for the game of the year. T.J. , with a 9-0 record, faced our Seneca Redskins with a 9-1 record. The Redskins ' only setback was against T.J. earlier in the season. The spirit was high for both teams as 9,000 fans packed into Fairgrounds Stad- ium. After a scoreless first quarter, T.J. jumped out to a 14-0 lead at halftime on touchdowns by Mike Northington, who was the leading rusher for the Patriots. Leo Nathanson, Seneca ' s top scorer, separated his shoulder the first time Seneca had the ball, hurting the Redskin offense considerably. Gary Brewer ran the ball only twice the first half, but became the workhorse in the second half. He carried the ball 20 times for 100 yards during the game. The Redskins scored on two 63 yard drives in the last two quarters. Brewer wrapped up both drives with runs of six yards, while T.J. cashed in on three Sen- eca errors. Thus the struggle to the top was cut short, and the season came to a close. The Big D holds opponents to minimal scores.