St Joseph High School - Magnet Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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Standing, left to right: Sally Bostwick, Phyllis Meo, Eleanor Miklosovic, Mary Lou LaVigne, Sandra Cardinal, Patricia Packard Kneeling: Richard Bricault, Mary Jane Civello. THEY CHEEREDFOR THE BUCS With ye - - - ah Bucs, seven freshmen tried out for cheerleaders for the foot- ball season: Rita Mrozinski, Eleanor Miklosovic, Mary Lou LaVigne, Sandra Cardi- nal, Patty Packard, Phyllis Meo and Thomas Bennett. Under the direction of Helen Reyes, and Richard Bricault, Mary Jane Civello, Olympia Surian and the new freshmen were taught the essentials of good cheer- leading, new yells and motions. In a short time the cheerleaders were ready for a tryout at St. Mary, Bay City football game. Their first appearance proved to everyone their good qualities of cheering. With basketball season approaching Richard Bricault, a Senior, gave up cheering and played the game as forward. Mary Jane Civello, also a Senior, left the cheering squad and left her place for Sally Bosfwick, a Freshman. NI s . , , 2 4. . is ff. . , . , f:1',11e'2P , . g . .. ,., :iii ., ' La .z I, M . If W ,K 1, T W K ,H P 3' S 3 g,:3gQ'Qg, f J,-fi 5 3 QQ.. W f js , :ii 15 E 'H - Vw sQa..' ' 2 - , x. , , , ,:::,,: - z T W. Q as i 'T r fi 5 iilfi... . ,., Ui .. E-'5 '.a3vs'---. ee Eafwiig- ' Qvnz, ziggy- ft - jg wed M fu stai r f , A -, wt-W - sz as -2 .g fgiz r ' 'SS if . :'. V . f if. , 4 -is em, EIT .fs ' . -7 5 4' .fQ.t'Nis'mav . ' Thomas Laundra Robert Bonk FOOTBALL HONORS Thomas Laundra, '49, was chosen most valuable player of the 1947 Bucca- neer Football squad while Robert Bonk, '49, was selected as a guard on the All Valley Parochial Football team. Both boys were outstanding in league com- petition and were invaluable to the '47 grid squad.

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ior Gridsters Battles of The Gridiron Although featuring a fast charging line, the Buccaneer gridsters of '47 were unable to keep on the tracks long enough to win more than two of the seven scheduled football games. Lack of spirit plus menacing injuries proved to outweight talent and experience as the Bucs were trounced into 5th place when they failed to coordinate against equal if not tougher competition. lt was only against the cellar dwellers, Bay City, St. Mary and St. James that the Bucs were able to connect and pour it on with respective scores of 32-0 and 36-0. SS. Peter and Paul and St. Mary, Saginaw, rated by the local paper as the teams to beat, did iust that with respective scores of 20-'I2 and 'I4-7, but only after trying and tense moments, did the Buccaneers take an impressive lead in both games. The second half in the Midget clash proved to be too much for the maize and blue who faltered under a McColgan-Kruske air attack while fumbles marred the St. Mary game as the Bucs powered their way across the field six times only to lose it within the five-yard line. St. Andrew fthe Valley Championsj silenced all hopes for the title when they literally ran all over the Buccaneers who could not even manage to gain one first down, losing 44-0. Lack of team spirit was blamed for this defeat. Crippled, the Bucs ventured against a powerful Bay City, St. Joseph eleven November 2, only to get beaten solidly again by the score of 41-7. Big guns in the Buccaneer forward wall were Ray Michalski and co-captain Leo Gembrowski, vicious tackles, Bob KAII-Valleyl Bonk, Ed Bogar and Mike Guevera at the guards and Frank Gonzales, Jerry Higgins and co-captain Al Soto at the flanks. Tom Laundra fMost Valuablej handled the Center chores most of the time with Jerome Miller helping him. Raul Ceia and Ben Gonzales were used as utility men on the line and displayed sparking de- fense work. The scoring threats in the backfield were led by John Passariello and the Sullivan brothers, Jim and Dick. Harold Prueter and Tony Gembrowski rounded out the other slots and played splendid defensive games. 43