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

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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

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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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 I Defending Lake Eric champs Parma hosted the Wildcats in their traditional opening game rivalry. Wishing to revenge their 38-22 slashing from last year, the underdog Ignatius team came into the game without the services of their starting quarterback, Jim Kubacki. but held an ace up their sleeves in their senior backup quarterback. Pal George. He deftly look over the reigns of the team and led them through the rugged first three independent games of the season until he himself was injured. This gave Jim Kubacki enough time to recover from his pre-season thigh injury. Both defenses held firm in the first quarter, but next quarter with third and twelve on his twelve, halfback Don Buynack slashed off right tackle for a 67 yard pickup. After a pass interference call against Parma, fullback Roger Andrachik bulled over from the one. His conversion kick split the uprights, and Ignatius led 7-0. Andrachik chalked up another touchdown in the fourth quarter as again he plunged over front the one. However, the Ignatius defense were the real game heroes. Their goal line fortress stopped the Redrnen on the Ignatius one, while they thwarted two Parma attacks with interceptions inside the Ignatius 20. They also recovered three timely tumbles. The following week the Wildcats' defense was again put to a brutal test. This time it was at St. Ed's, before an overflow crowd of over 10,000 restless onlookers. Ignatius drew first blood, as Roger Andrachik Hew 55 yards over right end for the game’s first points. With 9:54 left in the second quarter, his extra point was good, and Ignatius led 7-0. However, four minutes later the Eagles put eight points on the Cats Destroy Parma: Ed’s Spoils Perfect Record 1972 VARSITY FOOTBALL RECORD Ignatius 14 Parma Opponents 0 7 St Ed s 14 7 Latin 6 26 West Tech 0 35 Rhodes 0 12 Marshall 0 14 South 8 20 Lincoln-West 0 13 Holy Name 8 •14 Collinwood 12 Won 9 ’City Championship Lost 1 scoreboard. Pullback Pat Whelan spurted into the end zone from the three, and then proceeded to catch Keven l.ehane's two-point pass. Whelan again scored a St. Ed s touchdown when he drove 7 yards in the third quarter. I he extra point attempt was stopped, and St. Edward led 14-7. After this neither team could score, and so the Wildcats lost their first and only game of 1972. Master of football strategy and maker of men. Mr Nomec stalks and stares the opposition into submission.