St Charles High School - Halo Yearbook (St Charles, IL)

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A winning but rainy Homecoming St. Charles defeated Upstate Eight Conference foe East Aurora 16-O Homecoming night October 7 in a steady rain at Reid Field. Running back Todd Willing topped all runners with 98 yards on 23 carries to lead St. Charles' ground attack of 270 yards. Willing scored the first touchdown on a one-yard plunge that was followed by quarterback Randy Wright's four-yard touchdown run. Kicker Mark Grossklag made a 22-yard field goal to account for the Saints' final three points. Clockwise from right: Ray Foster, 1615, tires to help out as three Saints tackle an East Aurora runner. Senior Mark Schingen, a defensive captain and middle linebacker, greets a Tom-cat runner with a crunching tackle. Two referees signal a touchdown for St. Charles on Todd Willing's one-yard score. Mark Schingen gives instructions to his defensive team in a Homecoming game that was played in a steady rain. 162

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St. Charles' football team provided fans with last-second losses and thrilling victories during the course of its 4-5 overall 1977 season. St. Charles suffered two consecutive Upstate Eight Conference defeats at Elgin, losing to state-ranked Elgin 28-21 in the last two minutes, and Elgin Larkin 25-21 in the final 34 seconds. Closing out their tough year with a 14-12 victory over the DeKalb Barbs, the Saints ended up tied for third place in the UEC with DeKalb and West Aurora, all three of which possessed 2-3 records. Four Saints were named to the Upstate Eight all-conference team. The four were Randy Wright, a junior quarterback, Dennis Warford, a senior wide receiver, Joe Ftinghofer, ajunior defensive lineman, and Mike McCurdy, a senior center. fBelowi, Looking for a hole between two DeKalb players and a teammate is Tony Grossklag. fBelow lefty, Saints Jeff Seeck and Jim Webb, with towel, huddle on the bench to keep warm. fFar belowj, Mike McCurdy, 1541, and Dave Johnson, 1881, apply pressure as theirteammate sacks the opposing quarterback. O K, M, W 4 , .Nw-ww' 161

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lophs, frosh enjoy good seasons iman football: Joe Ayala, Tony Baert, Charles Barr, Bill Bealles, Chris Beary, Rich les, Pete Broecker, Mitch Brown, Dan Carlson, Scott Campbell, Tim Clancy, Dave Char- au, Rod Cregier, John Dallesasse, Rob Diplotti, Jeff Escamillo, Dave Evers, Dave Forni, foster, Joe Gil, Gavin Harshbarger, Jeff Hovorka, Jeff Hultine, Randy Hensey, Todd Karas, Kerner, Tony Loera, John Linden, Scott McKay, Rich MacNeille, Keith Millard, Dave Mor- Jim Mzhickteno, Allen Leap, Ron Neri, Dan Neilson, Tom Osland, Andy Panatiere, Mike y, Dave Potter, Terry Rogers, Chris Russell, Chris Schmitt, Jeff Seda, Mike Simmons, a Steidl, Pete Stevens, Jeff Straughn, Marc Thicksten, John VanBogaert, Steve Van- en, Tyler Viernow, John Verner. Head Coach Jim Parker, Coach Ron Johnston, Coach Gilmore. l l f 4 . E dis ' ' '.f:-H , 1 . as -QUMQ rf The St. Charles sophomores enjoyed a 6-3 overall season while finishing 2-3 in the Upstate Eight Conference to gain a third-place tie with East Aurora. The sophs began the season with five straight wins before losing to Elgin 22-16. The Saints' freshman team had a 6-2 year behind Rich Bridge's 1,017 yards rushing. it V T W wg 'L A V .st A . A sjfl A ' g .5 1' K ' - fir e 2 ' if F... f- 4- 3. 1- W if ,- ta- 'K . --Lf wish' M Q saga 'N K 'jf Z V yn, gk Q15 k','Sr ' -n. ' 1 aux . - . , .s. -- 1 gf-+ . f -- - rr 9 Q' - ,,,k,,. ,, ' -5 . .s rf ' ' , -ms.,-M xg. '3 5 g - . -.. , , . 'sir s 1- . - ' . 1 ' iomore football. First row, left to right: Pete Morgano, Tony Simpson, Doug Marvan, John Doba, Jeff Stoner, John Donnelly, Jeff Carl- Tim Willing. Second row, l. to r: Mark Middendorp, Dan Hultine, Odell DeBerry, Greg Bartosik, Marty Schingen, Rob Claus, Dave nach, Tom Cada, Scott Carlson, Russell Bishop, Doug Horton. Third row, I. to r: Head Coach Tom Kerner, Clay Kelly, Steve Page, Scott cy, Mark Rice, Rick Gomez, Mike Carr, Kirk Brown, Fred Koch, Wayne Roby, Stan Krasinski, Lance Maxwell, Coach Tom Haymond. Fourth I. to r: Greg Ninkovich, Mitch Williams, Steve Schreiber, Joe Bennion, Lance Zahner, Don Soderquist, Brian Larson, Dean Reader, Scott wson, Jim Wicklund, Coach Lee Mirabelli. iMissing, Tim Willman.J 163