St Edwards University - Tower Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Mary Fleming, top, of Lime Crush led all scorers in 1972 with 56 points. Annette Edwards, next page, right, of Sorry Excuse followed with 48, and Yur Gang’s Bobbie Morales, opposite page, was third with 42 points. In the second round the Excuse shut out Yur Gang again 7-0 and squeezed by Lime Crush 8-6, while Lime Crush beat Yur Gang, to climb into the lead by one game. But their capacity for clutch per- formance had barely been tested, it turned out, in light of the remarkable test still ahead. At 7-3 Yur Gang still trailed Sorry Excuse (at 8-2) by one game, with two remaining for each club. A loss would eliminate Yur Gang, but a victory would virtually clinch at least a tie for first. All three contenders would then have three losses, and while Yur Gang’s last game was with the winless Goober Snatchers, either the Sorry Excuse or Lime Crush would be eliminated in their head-to-head showdown the last day of the season. Yur Gang struck quickly in the first half while coach O’Connor and quarter- back Annette Edwards were among the missing for the Excuse. The Excuse twice halted Gang drives, but Mary Fowler finally hit Mary Brady on fourth down for the Gang’s first touchdown. Rosie Garza squeezed the two point conversion and the Gang was winging. On the en- suing series Fowler intercepted one of Kathy Kelly’s floaters and sped 25 yards for a second score. When Bobbie Morales grabbed a tipped pass for another two point conversion, the rout was on. Coach and quarterback were on hand for the Excuse at the start of the second half, but Fowler fashioned a superb seventy yard drive that consumed fully six minutes. However the Excuse slithered off the ropes and stopped the Gang on downs, preserving what little hope they had left. Edwards finally got her offense moving several series later, hitting five straight passes before center Sylvia Poncik snuck open in the end zone to put the Excuse on the scoreboard at last with two and a half minutes left, but when the conversion failed Yur Gang was still very much in command 16-6 in the gathering twilight. However, Yur Gang inexplicably failed to run out the clock and gave the ball back on a short punt. From the 25 Edwards hit Nancy Neuman for ten yards, and then Chris Jackson was interferred with in the end zone, setting up a one yard lob to Kathy Phillipp for another touchdown. The conver- sion brought the Excuse within 16-14 with under two minutes left. Still Yur Gang failed to take advantage of the clock as two clock-stopping passes fell incomplete. But a search for Mary Fowler’s lost contact lens consumed some very valua- ble time nonetheless as twilight faded into darkness. A third down pass fell incomplete when play resumed and Yur Gang had to give the ball back again with thirty seconds left. Annette Edwards launched a prayer into the darkness and it settled in Kathy Kelly’s arms in the back corner of the end zone, and stunningly, impossibly, Yur Gang was counted out by a punch it hadn’t even seen. Lime Crush remained, but what chance did mere athletes have against the winners of the Fiesta Bowl? The Crush completely dominated the first half, but could only wrest a penetration lead for its efforts, and when Annette Edwards raced thirty yards to score with an errant Crush pass, the Excuse snapped out of the trance that lingered from their miracle with Yur Gang. They began to move the ball at will, but the Lime Crush would not be put away. Jeanne Frank inter- cepted Edwards in the end zone, and twice Peggy Kucera, Eileen Walsh, and Mary Fleming sparked goaline stands to keep the Crush alive. However, with Walsh limited to one second half completion in 14 attempts by the rush of Debbie Saucerman and Sherry Smith, Edwards’ 30 yard gallup through the Crush secondary for a second score finally settled the issue. Of course it would now be ideal to re- port O’Connor’s post game remarks about Camelot and how fortunate he felt to win. Naturally he admitted instead, “We de- serve it!” Vince Lombardi might even let slip a grin at that. O7

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1972 All-Stars Standing (1-r) Mary Brady, Marie Slavik, | Eileen Fegan, Mary Fleming, Mary Stevenson, Jenni Vickers, Rosie Garza. Kneeling (I-r) Gigi Guerrero, Jackie Jensen, Bobbie Morales, Peggy Kucera, Janice Lindemann, Eileen Walsh, Cindy Pedrosa, Debbie Bohac. Seated is Mary Fowler; John Barbick coached the All-Stars, who lost to the Champion Sorry Excuse. Sorry Excuse 2, Yur Gang Goal 39 AZ. Lime Crush 8 4 110 60 Circus 3 9 30 164 Goober Snatchers ie ah