St John Central High School - Centralite Yearbook (Bellaire, OH)

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ag SECOND ROW George Modreck Tom Coyne, John DeBlasis, Ed Shutler, Denis Wilson, Bruce Driehorst Kevin Shutler, Bill Stewart. , Hg 'sr , Mfr .AQ ,.,L X X. 15... .101 . wig, ,Y . , . f, L ll. With Strong Support From Underclassmen UP TO BAT . . . George Modreck waits for the pitch. After two very successful seasons, Coach Schramm and new assistant Coach Fialkowski began a new campaign with a nucleus of Five lettermen, composed of two Seniors and three juniors. Senior John DeBlasis one of two re- turning lettermen who hit above 300 along with junior Denny Wilson. anchored the Irish bats while Senior Mike Senatore and juniors George Modreck and Ed Shutler toughened the Irish defense. Though losing ten, the Irish were in every garne as they lost six by only one run. The Irish made a strong bid to win the Sectionals for an unprecedented third year but lost to River, who was the eventual Sectional and District Champion. Posting a 15-I0-l record the Irish presented Coach Schramm with his third consecutive winning season while also giving him his 50th victory and a total of 51 wins over his three years as head coach. Coach James Schramm staged a rebuilding year with his dominantly underclassman team which resulted in a winning season. They proved to be very promising for next year's team. 9

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FIRST ROW: Bob Voytecek, Danny Visnic, Jerry Magistro John Rico, Rick Colosimo Steve Halicky, Joe Dubil, Bill Soltesz, Manager. DEDICATED . are baseball coaches Schramm and F13lk0WSkl ED SHUTLER IS afe HS he Sl1dCS to home babe s

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FIRST ROW: Coach Joseph Minder, J. Kutys, L. Kloss, M. Balwanz, D. Beltrondo. SECOND ROW: J. Yanny, M. Johnson, F. Husek, M. Hajdin, A. Soltis, T. Hoffman. ANGUISHING FACIAL FIXPRESSIONS...help Bob Balwanz overcome a close competitor. Our irish entered the 1970 cinder season with the keen optimism of twenty returning lettermen and losing only one record holder in alumnus, shot putter Frank King. The thinclads opened the young season with the first track victory in St. ,lohnis history by defeating always strong Mingo. Having Iroubles in the field events, the Fighting Irish outscored every opponent on the cin- ders scoring a superlative 1,012 points during the season. The Irish saw Eve foes fall before them in dual meets while losing only twice. Mingo, Warwvood, River, John Marshall and Cameron all felt Elmois might. The Interstate championship saw the fighting at near top performance, although their 59 points were good enough for only second place. They saw three league records literally shattered by Frank Husek and two by Mike lVlcCardel. The lrish saw two other league rec- ords fall into their grasps with Husek's 20.8 in the low hurdles and our undefeated two mile relay team. The district meet saw Frank Husek become the first district winner in St. John's history when he ran a blazing 20.2 in the low hurdles. Frank Husek was named all Ohio-Valley for track in both the high and low hurdles with the Valley's fastest time in the highs. Sixteen of eighteen school records were replaced dur- ing 1970. St. John returns seven lettermen for 1971. The track future at SJC looks very optimistic.