St Vincent College - Tower Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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The 1960 St. Vincent College football team shortly before their first game. -'Xl DeLuca, and Assistant Couch Mitch Barron size up the 1960 prospects. St. Vincent rallied the following week and rolled over hapless Waynesburg College as Mike Scatena's three-touch- down, one-man show paced the 19-7 Bearcat victory. With title hopes in the West Penn Conference at stake, the Green and Gold entertained Wesnninster the following week in the annual Homecoming game. Capitalizing on every op- portunity, the Titans came home the breadwinner with a 14--6 victory. Play of the game, however, was Dorn Mas- socco's 86 yard touchdown run. In a game between the only two small Catholic football- playing colleges in the East, St. Vincent engaged Kings at Wilkes-Barre. The two squads battled to a 0-0 deadlock. At home again, Lock Haven State Teachers was the fifth undefeated opponent of the season for the Green and Gold. The Teachers' ground attack was too much as St. Vincent came out on the short end of a 20-6 score. Eleven senior gridders suited up for the last time in the season-ending game at Grove City. Playing a second half game strongly similar to the one against Geneva, St?Vincent called almost all the shots as Mike Scatena scored his last touchdown and Lennie Burrello scored his first for the Bear- cats. The season terminated on a sweet note with the Green and Gold victorious, 14--9.

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1 as 11 F 5 .i wa! t . -3. F-51 -4 v, 1 ga fag 1-A Spring training exists to condition the gridders and to set up the team for the following season. Here Coach DeLuca tells a player how to correct a mistake. l02 FOOTBALL The 1960 football season at St. Vincent, while not an outstand- ing one, was not without its great moments. The impressive early- season victories over highly ranked Carnegie Tech and Geneva portended greater things to come for the Bearcat squad and its veteran coach, A1 DeLuca, then a heartbreaking loss to Cali- fornia State Teachers seemed to crush the spirit of the determined squad. After that, the Green and Gold managed to pick up two wins against two losses and a tie to finish out the season with a four-three-and one record. The season was not, however, without its individual stars, namely Mike Scatena and Billy Wydo. Halfback Scatena cul- minated his college career with a host of honors which included honorable mention on the Little All-American team, third string on the All-Pennsylvania team, the Curbstone Coaches' Most Valu- able Player in the Tri-State Award, the Most Valuable Player in the West Penn Conference Award, and a place on every all-op- ponent team. Wydo, a junior guard, garnered honorable men- tion on the All-Pennsylvania team and landed the first string guard position for the second consecutive year on the West Penn Conference team. Tackle Bill Beck joined Scatena and Wydo on the West Penn Conference team also. St. Vincent opened the season against Camegie Tech, a highly-regarded team that had sustained only one loss the season before. Led by Scatena's two touchdowns, the Bearcats pulled out a 13-12 triumph. A week later the gridders engaged Geneva, a team ranked fifteenth among the nation's small colleges. Putting on what was undoubtedly the best second half in several seasons, St. Vincent toppled the undefeated Golden Tornadoes 14-6. Al DeLuca's hopes for an unmarked season ground to a halt the following week when the undefeated California State Teachers squad squeaked out a 6-0 victory. Athletic Director Fr. Roderick, Head Coal

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