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

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Junior Matt Not! struggles to gain the inches needed to place first in the long lump. ifmfVVVVV7 wmammot Nearly knocking down a hurdle with his cleats. Ron Chernak thinks of his next leap. Using all available effort, senior Tom Abood releases the shot put with a thought of winning his event. 12

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Pitching Cats to Title S V Led by brillant pitching fj and clutch hitting, the Jfl Wildcat baseball team registered a highly successful year. Coach Gallagher’s team repeated as West Senate Champs mainly because of the consistent stellar performances of pitchers Pat George and Al Wildcats earned the right to play for the City Championship. As in the football title game. Collinwood again provided the opposition, but, unfortunately, the results were not the same. The Cats lost a 3-0 decision to the rugged Railroaders. The St. Ignatius baseball squad, aside from capturing the West 1973 BASEBALL RECORD Ignatius Opponents 0 Parma 2 12 Parma 7 9 Lincoln-West 3 5 Bonedictine 9 3 Marshall 0 4 Rhodes 1 10 Chanel 0 2 Valley Forge 3 3 Holy Name 1 2 West Tech 0 1 Padua 0 9 Latin 2 7 West Tech 2 7 South 6 2 Walsh 3 0 Walsh 2 6 Benedictine 2 4 North Olmsted 0 4 Rhodes 1 8 Lorain Southview 4 6 Marshall 2 0 Maple Hts. 1 0 South 2 2 Holy Name 0 :0 Collinwood 3 Won 17 Lost 8 Huniz. The Cat's excellent pitching staff and defensive unit had only four games where their opponent scored more than three runs. With one of the best defensive catchers in the city in Roger Andrachik and the clutch hitting of Rick Kray and Bob Bader, the Senate Crown, faired well in tournament play. Showing true championship form the Cats advanced all the way to the Regional Tourney before bowing out to Maple Heights in a tough pitchers' duel. 1-0. II :Senate Title

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 Individuals Perform, Sophs Provide Future Last spring's track team was characterized by some strong individual performances, but the team a rather disappointing season on the whole. A strong point of the team was the distance running with Greg Lawler and Bernie Weber providing the punch. Field events were solid also. Bob Humphrey and John Dobrowski gave the Wildcats the best pole-vaulting team in the senate, while Roger Andrachik and Thom Abood put the shot with authority. The sprinting team, however, lacked depth and talent and tended to drag down the other two. turned in Because of the strong individual talent, the team, under the direction of coach Al Wilhelms, did fairly well in the Senate meet. Finishing above all other West Senate Teams. One bright spot was the performances of the sophomores. Many strong runners, in both distance and sprinting, gave the Sophs a first place finish in the Sophomore Senate meet. This excellent showing gives promise to the track team in years to come, and hopefully, the team will be able to grow in depth and ability as these sophomores take the leading role on the squad. Many barriers, both mental and physical, are ahead tor unior Tony Mastroianni as he attempts to keep pace with the opposition. 13