St Stanislaus High School - Spire Echoes Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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P E 2 . wks., S 5, 2 -lr WA A lv N LEFT Rich Kniola center on the basketball squad, uses his height to bang over a point tor his volley ball team RIGHT At the halt time ot the Gilmour game, the Coach points out some ot the flaws his boys made during the first stanza ot the game. During the quarter ot the hard-fought game with Gil- mour which Saints won, Coach laniak gives some on- the spot advice to his Iunior Varsity. At this writing St. Stan's Varsity basket- ball team had just won the first half cham- pionship in the Catholic High School Congress, while the I.V.'s were in the three- way tie for first place with Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Boniface. The Panthers won their first three Congress games easily, but met their match in the then unbeaten Lourdes' quintet. Going into the half trailing by two points, and into the last quarter, by four, the Red and White came out the victors, 28-25. With one defeat handed them, the Stan's Iunior Varsity met the undefeated Lourdes' Iunior Varsity. The Panther I.V.'s played their best game thus far, and came out with a 35 to l4 victory to their credit. The Panther Varsity also won four inde- pendent games from Thomas Edison, Lorain St. Mary's, Gilmour, and Saint's Alumni. The I.V.'s won 3 and lost 1 in independent tilts. .KX ix fkl

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.........J...i 'C Q A Y' ,g Q! , . , , 4 1 me 'J , 1 F.. ? Cool-headedness in an emergency would probably be the most fitting caption tor this on-the-side-lines scene. The varsity players in this picture include: Clarence Hapanowicz lon the tloorl, Bob Badarzynski lkneelingl, ln the rear we see, lett to right: Rich Kniola, Dan Siewko, Art Slezak, and Rich Greczanik. Each ol the six boys are playing on the team tor the last season. Bob, Dan, Rich Kniola, and Rich Greczanilc played tor tour years on Saint's teams. Clarence put in three yearsg Art Slezak, one. Coach laniak will lose all ot them come this lune and graduation! 'WN

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- , it it A , J? 6 in y 111- Q 4 J, ti, 'K' tv The Panthers got off to a bad start in the '48 season by losing to a powerful Edison team 16 to 0. Saint's won its first victory of the season by rolling over Lorain St. Mary's 26 to 0. The game, played at St. Marys field saw left half Vic Duber come out the hero by scoring three of the four touchdowns. The Red and White second stringers defeated a small but spirited Parmadale eleven 26 to 6, The Panthers, held scoreless in the first half, racked up 26 points the second half, Trouncing the Cathedral Latin Lions I.V.'s 30 to l2, at Garfield Park, was the Panthers' victory of the year, Although the Latineers scored first and last, Saint's piled up enough points between the enemy scores to come out the victors. Three of the five touchdowns were made on passes. Left end Art Slezak scored 2 T.D.'s, while right end Ray Glinka and halts Norb Przybylski and Vic Duber each tallied , by once. fought b In the last game of the season the Panthers won a hard- attle from Bendictine-'s Iunior Varsity 18-G. The game, which was Saint's fourth consecutive win against one loss, was played at Woodland Hills Park. Of the three touch- downs, fullback Allen Stuczynski scored two, and end Ray Ari' 'r.- ffl Gllnkd, ORG. 1948 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Saint's 0 .......... Thomas Edison ...... . . . 15 Saint's 26 .... . , Lorain St. Mary's . . . 0 Saint's 26 .... . . Parmadale .......... P. . . , . 6 Saint's 30 .... . . Cathedral Latin I.V. s . . . . . . 12 Saint's 18 .... . . Benedictine I.V.'s ..,. . . 5 Saint's 100 .... . Opponents . . . . . . 40 Fi: Edmund, director of athletics, consults with his as- sistant, Fr. Flavius, ln the two years during which Fr. Edmund headed the sports department, it has won the recognition of local athletic organizaions. Fafher has also organized the first Dads' Club in Saints history. Fr, Flavius' responsibillty is the training ol future re- cruits now in the ranks of grade school athletes.