St Josephs Academy - Twin Towers Yearbook (Collegeville, IN)

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Bottom row, left to right—F. Jones, assistant coach, G. Burton, R, Tonner, R. Worden, R, Nolan, J. Raster, Richard Scharf, coach. Second row—E. Walsh, R. Shaefer, J. Costin, L. Hess, R. Lamkin, L. Rossi, D. Thurin, R. Woodcock. Back row—R. Kempel, J. Briener, S. Dulack, G. Pacholski, A. Cantieri, G. Kinsella, W. Briody, E. Hartlage, D. Kasperan, J. O’Malley. Jootlaff In this, their second year of eleven man football, the Puma eleven proved that they were no longer Cubs, but fully developed Puma avengers. Sending his somewhat inexperienced team into the season, Coach Scharf pulled the boys out of the game with a glorious seasonal record. The Puma record was outstanding. In a seven game season, they won five games, lost one and tied another. Two crowning events proved highlights of the season. Probably the more meaningful of the two to the Cubs was the 13-0 victory over Rensselaer. However, winning the Northern Indiana Catholic Championship title gave the Pumas Midwestern fame. Thus, with a glorious football record, the Puma Cubs of St. Joseph’s Academy bow out of interscholastic competition. Page sixty-tliree

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Co-captains—Don Kasperan, Jerry Diver. ST. JOSEPH’S—26 SOUTH BEND CATHOLIC—0 In their opening game the Puma Cubs lived up to pre-season expectations by defeating a strong South Bend team 26-0. The brilliant line play by A1 Canteiri, end; Lee Hess, center, and Gene Hart- lage, tackle, and the running of Don Kasperan and Jerry Diver in the back- field proved to be too much for the boys from South Bend. Diver with beautiful blocking ran for two touchdowns and passed for a third. Bob Lamkin, scored the other marker on a plunge through the line. ST. JOSEPH’S—13 RENSSELAER—0 With the stage set from their previous game, this contest was shaping up to be the battle of the season. St. Joe went into the game a favorite, but with such hot rivalry anything could happen, and almost did. In the first half we couldn’t get rolling. There was an air of too much tension. Don Kasperan, our fullback, was injured. To add to the gloom, Rensselaer was playing inspired ball. Plagued by penalties, neither team could score in the first half. In the second half, with Kasperan back, the team came to life. We soon scored via a pass from Raster to Lamkin. Kaspe ran converted to put the score at 7-0. Rensselaer began a march, but Lamkin intercepted on our 15 to set the stage for Costin’s 83 yard gallop to pay dirt. After this score, it wasn’t much of a game. It was evident that St. Joe was the aggressor. In this game St. Joe lost the services of their halfback, Jerry Diver, for the rest of the season, through a broken ankle. ST. JOE—0 LOWELL—7 Both teams went into the game unde¬ feated. The mythical championship of the county hinged on the outcome. It was an even battle the first half with both teams having scoring opportunities that couldn’t seem to materialize. In the second half St. Joe began to show the effects of the week before and Lowell scored. Beckman was the troublemaker. Kasperan played his usual hard driving, vicious tackling game.