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

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WILDCAT History was made in Columbus on June 4. 1983. when Mike Huber, shown hero crossing the finish line, captured the Stole title. RECAP Magazine 17

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Rapid Transit EM Nexus Ignatius as a Bridge Between Suburbs When Moses Cleaveland landed on the shores of the city that now bears his name, he had a vision of developing a cultural melting pot. As the city developed a vision of excellance grew along it. Ignatius, which started almost one-hundred years ago. has come to be the epitomy of Cleaveland's dream. Being centrally located. Ignatius draws students from places as far east as Novelty and as far west as North Ridgeville. Students travel long distances every day in search for excellence. In this search they create the excellence themselves. Because students bring different backgrounds and ideals from numerous places. Ignatius has developed into a mixture of all that is Cleveland. St. Ignatius High School acts as a bridge between the gaps of the many different people who attend and links them together in a way that nothing else could. Ignatius is unparalleled in this respect. While other suburban schools deal with a small field of people. Ignatius deals with a vast array of people and in this way creates more of a learning environment. Through St. Ignatius’ efforts. Cleveland has become a more unified city. The students of St. Ignatius will always remember their school as being a place where people came together. Three sophomores wait for the Rapid at the West 25th Street station. 16 Behind the Experience

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Spring Sports Sluggers Finish Champs The 1983 edition of Varsity baseball opened at Rocky River with a vvindchill factor below 20 degrees and visions of another ACC Championship. Throughout the season coaches Vince Benander and John Marinelli had to contend with twenty-two rainouts, the most in recent history. This season featured various outstanding performances including junior Paul Mancino's no-hitter against Benedictine. This was only the second gem in the last fourteen years at Ignatius. Mancino also had a pair of twelve strikeout games to lead the pitching staff. Junior Steve was of the bat of Pat Needles. This 2-out. 2-strike, seventh inning grandslam-home run gave the Cats a 7-5 victory at St. Edward's home field. The ball travelled 200 feet. When the season had come to a close, after the rainouts. the wins and the losses, the good plays and the bad. the Wildcats had won their conference championship, were State Sectional Champs, and State District Runnerup. Individual honors were bestowed on Paul Mancino as he made the Plain Dealer Dream Team, and Mike Menoes was chosen to the West Side All-Star Team. VARSITY BASEBALL Back Row: Mr. Benander. lohn I.ekan. Tom Coogan. Bill Sheehan, fohn Proszek. Pat Needles. Joe Velky. foe O'Donnell, Dove Gutoskey. Jim Lour. Mr. Meranelli. Front Row: foe Stack. Mark Sojda, Bob Sfoger. Ed IArbron. Bill Praia. Steve Gclinas. Paul Mancino. Keith Karaba. Tom Salem. NO-HITTER Prediction comes true Jn his two previous outings in the Benedictine game. Paul Mancino had thrown one-hit victories. With little room for improvement, he was destined to toss the ace. B-Man and I both predicted a no-hitter before the game said Junior Paul Mancino. concerning the 4-2 Wildcat victory over the Benedictine Bengals. A combination of walks, stolen bases, a passed ball, and an infield ground out produced the opposition's runs. I was a little nervous going into the seventh.” admitted Paul, but he went on to strike out the first two Ben Bengal batters, and retired the third out by himself to pitch the Cats only nohitter of the season. Paul Mancino shows his strike-out style which earned him his famous no-hitter. i i B-Man and I Both Predicted a no-hitter before the game J J Gelinas and Senior Mike Menoes saved two crucial victories in their late innings over Padua and St. Joe's respectively. In the hitting department. Junior John Lekan blossomed. He lead the squad with a .407 batting average and a .537 slugging percentage. Lekan also had the most hits (22). most RBI’s (14), and best on base percentage (.543). In spite of these statistics, the most memorable swat 1983 VARSITY BASEBALL OPPONENT ST. IGNATIUS 7 Rocky River 8 3 St. Edward's 7 6 Padua 2 5 St. Edward's 7 2 Holy Name 5 3 Kent Roosevelt 2 3 Kent Roosevelt 10 9 Richmond Heights 4 6 Like Catholic 8 10 11 University School Lakewood 2 9 2 St. Joseph's 6 6 Parma 11 2 Padua 0 6 Benedictine 2 1 Bedford 4 7 Padua 2 2 Benedictine 4 10 7 St. Joseph's St. Edward's 11 5 2 Padua 4 0 Lake Catholic 7 WINS: 13 LOSSES: 9 18 Wildcat Recap