St Pius X Catholic High School - Golden Echoes Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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Baby Lions Gain Experience The Junior Varsity Football team ended its season with a 0-5-1 record, but gained valuable experince for the upcoming year. Under the direction of Coach George Sattele, John Warren and Cory Stephens led the team offensively, and Steve Newbern provided exceptional defensive play. The Freshman team compiled a 3-2 record and averaged 22 points per game to complete a successful season. Coached by Mr. Wright Vermillya, the team had an excellent offensive running game and defensively, had two shutouts. Halfback Frank Maloof led the offense with over 100 yards per game. Linebacker Adam Teague was also an outstanding offensive player. On facing page, corner Dwight Stout watches the offensive unit do its thing. On this page (bottom) Freshman quarterback Chris Markham barks out the signals while Joe Orr and Matt Marsden anticipate the upcoming play. At top, the Freshman offensive unit prepared its next series of plays. 71

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Varsity-continued from page 68. finally wearing down the determined Lions 14-0. The homecoming game was a thriller. Trailing 14-0 into the fourth quarter, St. Pius managed to pull out a 14-14 tie in the last seconds of the game against Ridgeview. Mike Hunsucker showed signs of greatness as he led his team on two long drives to tie the score. During the next game, this time against the Roswell Hornets, the Lions failed to take advantage of several opportunities to score, and lost 24-13. Scores in this game came on a one-yard run by Lance Clark and a 21-yard pass from Mike Hunsucker to Ron Logan. The Lion ' s next opponent, West- minster proved to be too strong, Westminster capitalized on errors to beat St. Pius 34-19. The Lions closed out their season with a tremendous victory over Riverwood. The Lions rolled up almost 300 yards total offense, with Dan Melvin and Phil Bentley catching touchdown passes of thirteen and eight yards. Toby Hughes scored on a run of 18 yards. Througout the whole season, the Lions displayed great determination and poise, and despite their final record had a fine year. Freshman Football 1978-1979 St. Pius Opponents 20 Woodward 12 Marist 7 30 Ridgeview 24 Roswell 32 8 Westminster 32 70

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Cross Country Goes Over Boys ' Cross Country team are (back) P. Gerdes, M. Homrich, M. Goode, P. McGonegal, D. McGraw, M. Stephens (front) Coach Gene Brisbane, B. Bergmann, R. Buechner, C. Bear, B. Ollinger and F. Gerdes. Under the guidance of Coach Gene Brisbane, the Boys ' Cross Country team was off and running again this year. Over all, the team finished third in region behind two tough teams, Marist and Ridgeview. Individually, Senior Mike Goode finished first in region with a time of 16:40, and Felix Gerdes finished fifth with a time of 16:50. By placing among the top five finalists in the region meet, Mike and Felix went on to compete on a state-wide level. At the state cross country championships, Mike placed fifth in a three-mile course with a time of 16:40, while Felix finished sixteenth with a time of 16:50. At right is Mark Homrich, pouring on the speed toward the finish. 72