St James Catholic High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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f1 D 'S l .Q 2 Jie, sg, 4 A touchdown affects people Greenday jumps in time to grab a well directed pass against the Little Explorers. North Catholic 'l3 -- St. James 14 St. James' next battle was probably the biggest upset of the year, the biggest one, that is, for the Falcons who lost by only one point. St. James owes this win to Sopho- more Ron Rodgers who blocked the extra point kick after a 4th period touchdown. ,ff Bllllbgiit .in various ways. Colantuna, Laxton, Finnegan, and Orobono take a well deserved rest after a rough quarter. St. Thomas More O - St. James 'l lForfeitedl St. James didn't play St. Thomas More be- cause of the Tommies injury-riddled team. They forfeited the rest of the season be- cause they couldn't play any more games.

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The Falcons of North Catho- lic, find Charles O'Hara tough to stop. LaSalle 19 - St. James 19 The Little Explorers ran into a roadblock on their march to two straight Catholic League Championships when they met St. James and tied in a 19-19 deadlock. The Bulldogs couldn't have stopped La Salle without the alertness of Big Mike Greenday who re- covered a fumble with 3 V2 minutes to play. Varsity Football We Opponents They 14 .... ...Bishop Neumann ..... .18 38 .... .. .West Catholic . .. .. O 19 .... ...LaSalle ...... ....19 7 .... ...Salesionum ..... . . . .21 14 ..,. ...North Catholic .. ....l3 19 .... ...Father Judge .... .. 0 1 .... ...St. Thomas More ,. .. 0 7 .... .. .Roman Catholic ...... .13 19 .... ...Monsignor Bonner .... .0 Father Judge O - St. James 19 Borcky and Rodgers set oft the first TD with a 5-yard pass play and a 25-yard run. Rodgers also helped St. James cop this one too. He blocked a punt which rolled into the end zone, and Joe Finigan quickly jumped on it for 6 points. St. James stepped across the goal once more to nip the Holmesburg eleven 19-O. Roman 13 - St. James 7 Recovering a fumble on the first play from scrimmage, the Jimmies took over on the Roman 12, and scored tive plays later. Tackle John Hegarty racked up the six points as he recovered Beasley's fumble over the Roman goal. Ed Niedzieiko con- verted the P. A. T. to give the Blue and Gray a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. St. James still held the lead up to the third quarter but the Cahillites proved too much for them with two more touchdowns. Neumann 18-St. James 14 The Jimmies opener of the season against the Neumann Pirates resulted in a loss. ln spite ofthe loss, two of St. James boys were instrumental in engineering an aerial cir- cus. The two performers were Fred Rullo and Charley Borcky. This was done with Rullo heaving the ball 30 yards to Borcky who stepped 35 more for a TD. Despite this effort, however, the Pirates stepped across the goal 3 times edging the Jimmies 18-14. Going somewher buddy? Charles O'Hara is stopped after going through North's line.

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It takes more than teamwork, as Bert Piscotty supplies the spirit. Msgr. Bonner 0 - St. James 'I9 The Seniors were making the most of their last chance to stand out against the Friars. ft f' Wfi X' x J f ,live ,I ex W , ,f H Base' tfiliiihitil D l': 29 l l ' ,ifkl fil l- fy' Lf, if if XL 2 L 'ly U Q Y L wail tv ,waist X ' Borcky finds his target lGreendayl right where he wants him. Graham especially stood out playing about his best game of the year. Bonner passed the 50-yard line only once. There were three touchdowns in the game for St. James, one by Greenday, Beasley, and Graham. Borcky pulled a surprise pass for the extra point. Niedziejko placed the other two for a final score of 21-O. West fullback finds the Bull- dogs more than he bargained for.