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

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BLUE GOLD FIFTY YEARS OF TRADITIOt Ignatius is a school of many traditions. The school itself will be a century old in 1986. As this centennial approaches, students, faculty, and even people not connected with St. Ignatius become aware of the many aspects and memorable events which have molded the school. Ignatius has seen many tra-ditions, such as those of academic and sports excellence, and many events which have shaped both this school and the world such as World War I and World War II, the birth of the nuclear age, the Viet Nam war, peace rallies, Watergate. But as this hundredth anniversary approaches, one very important tradition is going unnoticed. This year, 1985, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the yearbook. This is the Ignatian, and the Ignatian captures Ignatius. Just as there have been good and bad years, so too have there been memorable yearbooks and those we would like to forget. When the yearbook first began in 1935, it consisted almost entirely of student and faculty portraits and group pictures of clubs and athletics. Candids, color, and graphics were all but completely unknown. Like most schools of the time, Ignatius conformed to traditions. This traditional approach was never more apparent than in the yearbook. However, as both times and St. Ignatius have changed, the Ignatian has also. The later lgnatians are best d scribed as contemporary in style. Producing yearbook has kept pace with the style of livir — it has become more complicated. Today staffs must learn a multitude of facts and tec niques — layoi Center: The 1924 Escutcheon was the first yearbook at St. Ignatius. Counter-clockwise from left: In 1935 and several other years, the yearbook came under the auspices of the school newspaper, the Eye. 1939 nxts the near in which the annual was titled the lgn.iti.in. The 194b Ign.iti.m commemorated the sixtieth anniversary of the school. The 1960 yearbook exemplifies the trend toward contemporaru vearbooks, while the cover of the 1970 edition of the Ignatian. reflects a return to a more traditional look. Finally, cover graphics of the 1980 book reflects again the changing of the times. design, fun tional graphic financial recoring, to name few in additic to correct wri ing and goc photography. A yearboc should do as tl name i m p 1 i e reflect the yea Times chang and so has tl Ignatian over i fifty year hi: tory. Yearbool are meant t present to late years, a pictori. and writte expression c what a societ was like at th. time. The Ignt tian staff he tried to live u to this purpos over a prou tradition of fifl years. 16 Golden Anniversary

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Rough Season for Sluggers Conference Losses Prove to be Deadly Although the St. Ignatius Varsity Baseball Team possessed a respectable 14-7 record, any hopes of another ACC crown faded due to six losses in conference games. The team's high points wrere against Lakewood and Euclid. During the regular season, senior Steve Gelinas tallied a season high twelve strikeouts in a 6-1 victor)' over Lakewood. The Cats played possibly their best game of the year in trouncing the always tough Euclid Panthers 11-1. The highlight of the state playoffs were sectional victories over Benedictine, 7-1, and over North Royalton, 5-3. The Cats advanced into the district semifinals against Lakewood. West Side All-Star pitcher Paul Mancino was pitted against another All-Star hurler. Ranger Tom Mayer. Mancino, winner of the MVP award for the second year, rose to the occasion by throwing a one hitter while striking out eleven for a 2-1 victory. The district championship was rescheduled four times due to the inclement weather. When the sun finally peaked through, the Cats were set to face conference rival Fronl: Paul Mancino, Frank Huemmer, Jim Klemens. Bob Stager, Vince Tinniretlo, Scott Kalish, Bill From, Mark So da, Keith Karaba, Dare Gulosky, Jim O'Donnel Bjck: Head Coach Vince Benander, Frank Lozada, M$r. Chris Moye, Enc Croft, Mark Pfaff, Pal Needles, Jim Bellinger, Bill Wolf. Steve Gelinas, Jim Kastelic, Paul Puskonus, fohn Lekan, Mike Smith, Asst. Coach Nick Restifo. Padua. Behind workhorse Mancino, the Cats gained a 7-3 lead in the fourth inning. However that lead suddenly disintegrated to an 8-7 deficit. Showing great character the Cats went to extra innings, but like the rest of the season, a win was not in the fates. Padua snuck home the game winner for a 9-8 victory. This season was a tough one for the Ignatius Baseball Team. This season was a tough one for the St. Ignatius Baseball Team. Although they compiled a fine 14-7 record, their season was marred by the fact that they were not able to capture the conference title. This all however should not overshadow all the fine individual performances throughout the year by players such as Paul Mancino, Steve Gelinas, John Lekan, and Bill Frain just to name a few. Coach Benander and the returning seniors are looking toward next year and will prepare diligently in the offseason to battle their foes yet again next spring. Below: The Play to End All Plays- Catcher Mark Sojda appears to have things under control. Nevertheless the umpire calls the runner safe. Thus Padua wins the district championship 9-8 in extra innings. Bottom: King of the Mound, senior Paul Mancino shows what it lakes to be the best. 18 Wildcat Recap