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

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Wild Horsos couldn't play onough lor the music-hungry Homecoming crowd. The student center became a house of frenzy when the band performed their hit single Funky Poodle. With the new step learned, senior Tim Fitzgerald boogies with date Mary McIntyre. Junior Frank Swanson awaits his date's arrival on the floor.

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nd the blessing of the would draw anyone's atten- AALord Our God be on tion. you in all you do. Go in The students in the open i peace. convertibles screamed and Huge wooden doors yelled over the honking of • swung wide open in the the horns, “We're Number . ;j early September sun. All One . . . We're Number J poured out, a mass of more One ... Their cry was ] than a thousand students, continuous; the inevitability i The Cathedral spewed them of their victory inescapable, forth in unending numbers. “We're Number One . . . They filled the streets and We're Number One . . . •topped the cars, they No car was allowed pas-stopped all traffic and the sage before the holy caval-many moved as one. cade had passed. Pedestri- A group gathered at their ans stared in astonishment, cars—some plain, others so The students aimed for the wildly decorated that they highest point on the skyline. They headed for the tower. win this world. They were “We're Number One . . . the power. They were Num-We're Number One ... ber One. The gym echoed the cry P S.: They lost, of a thousand voices with a single thought. The nearly flat music of the band was filled with glory. They must win. They rallied around faculty. They rallied around students. All who approached the mike spoke and invoked the command. They were the best. “We're Number One . . . We're Number One ... They called upon the gods to win this game, to Pennsylvania hillbillies Frank Uhlir.'Jon Con nolo, Brian Rowland John Roilly, Jerry Chambers, and Tom Wilhalm demonstrate tho potency of tho Penn Hills offonso to the Wildcats. Only their jugs of moonshine were found to be more potent. September 1 5

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o CO o K U m o E- o o 2 Soccer v . North Ridgeville, 12-0 3 Cross Country—Bowling Green Invitational 4 Football vs. Lake Catholic, 6-0 Soccer vs. Toledo St. John, 3-0 6 Soccer vs. St. Joseph. 2-1 Golf vs. Benedictine 7 Golf vs. Holy Namo 8 Sophomore Parent-Teacher Night Soccer vs. Gilmour Academy, 3-2 Golf—Sectional 1 1 Football vs. St. Edward at Stadium, 0-1 I Soccer vs St. Edward. 3-1 12 Cross Country—Run for Your Life Invitational 14 Soccer vs. Lake Ridge Academy. 5-1 15 Freshman Parent-Teacher Night 17 Football vs. St. Joseph, 0-0 1 8 Homecoming Cross Country—Sectional Championship 20 Golf vs. Benedictine 21 PSAT NMSOT testing day Soccer vs. Mentor. 4-1 Cross Country—Walsh Invitational 22 Ouartor Exams 23 Ouarter Exams Soccer vs. Eastlake. 4-1 24 Faculty Day (no classes) Football vs. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney. 0-7 25 Soccer vs. Gilmour Academy, 5-0 Cross Country—District Championship 27 Junior-Senior Retreat and Career Week 28 Junior-Senior Retreat and Career Woek Soccer vs. Brecksville. 1-4 29 Junior-Senior Retreat and Career Week 30 Junior-Senior Retreat and Caroer Week 31 Junior-Senior Retreat and Career Woek Halloween Heavy rains could not dampen the spirits of Homecoming Oueen Mary Palumbo and senior Tom Skerl. Escort Bill Friend was busy rushing against tho tough St Joseph defense. Students Corral Wild Horses They entered the student center and lost touch with reality. The sounds of Wild Horses blared They passed each other, exchanging greetings, casually introducing their girls, quickly confirming their plans for the coming evening. The crowd was rowdy right from the start. Bodies crammed the Student Center, girls brushing their bodies against boys, boys against girls. The band, known for its renditions of the Doors and the Rolling Stones, not to mention a few of their own songs, rocked the crowd into a frenzy. They jumped up and down, ran in circles, and shook every moveable part of their bodies. There was barely enough room to breathe on the dance floor, but no one cared. The sweat poured down their faces; suitcoats were strewn over the chairs and floor. Everyone was having the time of his life. They were a crowd that would make any band feel like they were playing at the Coliseum. When Wild Horses played Funky Poodle, the crowd—separate individuals—united. It went wild. A spirit permeated the crowd, a spirit the school had lacked for several years. The theme echoed this spirit: Blue and Gold: an old fashioned homecoming. A wayward spirit had returned home. In full force. October 1 7