St Ignatius High School - Ignatian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 73 FROM Barrett-Rupp. Inc. Oberlin Farms - Dairymens KICII Mil) HOI II ’5M DAVID D’ A'HKC ‘67 HON AM) l) A HKC W St. Ignatius High School Band Booster Club SPONSORS OF: DANCE BAND BALL ANNUAL CARD PARTY WILDCAT POM-POMS WIIJJCAT DECAL PRESIDENT: DAVII) BASAI.LA SECRETARY: ALICE BRUCE TREASURER: FRANK ECKERT VICE-PRESIDENTS: NORMAN CASSAMATA THOMAS U)CK MARCELLA HENRY Give Us Your Support HI SS l) AHK 73 H T o o r a n d y s Kl HI Kill 21

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WIGN Brings Shift Of Emphasis Blasting rock music into the Student Center from high atop the seventh floor studio, the Radio Club has certainly changed in the past two years. As late as 1970. the club was a gathering of Short Wave and Citizen's Band enthusiasts. Its priorities have changed drastically in the last few years to the point where WIGN, the station operated by the students, is almost the sole operation of the Radio Club. Under the leadership of station manager I erry Meissner and radio technician Paul Culley. the station has blossomed into a whole-day operation, broadcasting from 7:30 in the morning until 3:30 in the afternoon. The station plays mostly progressive rock and top forty music, taken from a poll of the students’ musical preferences. WIGN broadcasts closed-circuit to the Student Center and the sixth floor hallway. One of the latest endeavors of WIGN is a news department consisting of a number of juniors who bring world and local news to the students of St. Ignatius. Commenting on sports be-Rushed to start another song and sur- tween rccor(js J|m p,u. rounded by strange gadgetry. Kevin cinsky attempts to look the McCarthy becomes completely en- part Qf sports announcer grossed in radio broadcasting. Radio Club. Front. Jim Plucinsky. Terry Meissner. Tom Meany. Back. Bob Mader. Paul Culley. Mike Riley. Rich Kenney, Don Petit, Mike Wypasek, Rob Maloney.

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We Won oidly printed on the locker room wall is a sign that reads: “If you score, you may win. If they never score, you will never lose. Defense wins championships. This last sentence is the 1972 football season in a nutshell. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower once said. You can measure people by the way they respond to challenge. If this is the case, then the Ignatius defense would receive a five-star rating. It was a defense that allowed only a 4.8 point per game average, that came up with five shutouts, that turned in two major upsets in as tough a first three games as anyone on the state played. that surrendered only 16 points in the entire West Senate campaign, and that made the big play to clinch the City Championship. There are a number of underlying reasons for the success of this 22 defense, as well as the entire team. One of these is the support and enthusiasm that the football program received from the entire school. In a favorite quote of head coach Paul Nemec. John Hcisman stressed the importance of this school spirit when he said. It's spirit, in the last analysis. that wins in football, and much the greater part of that spirit must be infused in the squad by the rest of the college — the president, trustees, alumni, undergraduates, friends and so on down even to the very janitors of the building. Another important factor for the team's victorious season was the addition of a fourth coach. After last year. Coach Nemec realized that three people trying to achieve a technical competency required in modern football was simply not enough. Dan Barnhart became the new line coach. replacing Mr. Mike Setta who stepped dow n because of wrestling conflicts. The fourth coach then, was Chuck Kyle, who worked with the defensive back field. In 1969 Kyle played under Coach Wirt here at Ignatius. Perhaps the most important cause, however, was the cooperation of the players. Mr. Nemec. in describing the most cooperative team that I ever coached relates: There was an almost deliberate extra effort on the part of the players, in that they carried out their assignments with a special ardor because they felt that any display of disunity or discontent would someway affect the tenor of the ball team. They wanted to excel and achieve, and so they sacrificed their personal inclinations for the common good. 22 KF.HIKJII