Struthers High School - Hopwell Yearbook (Struthers, OH)

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l l Behind the great blocking of the Wildcats' charg- ' ing line, Struthers led the state's best teams in scor- l ing with -102 points. Lucas. Gentile, and Bruno attained first place berths on the 'Q-Xll Steel Valley Teamf' Gentile and Lucas received honorable mention on the HAH Ohio Football TCHIILT Struthers had a very successful pass defense this year with their opponents hitting on only 129 per cent of their passes. The Wilclcats intercepted 22 passes of which 3 were converted into touchdowns. Struthers was rated 16 in the state in the final A.P. Poll. ramen ' ' 402 ' ! Gentile romps through Wilsoll defense Third row: T. Reedy, manager: P. .-Key. T. Gentile. R. Gilboy. J. Thompson, J. Tkauch, E. Mitchell, T. Eisenbraun. R. Alexander. D. Jonda, J. Bowshot, T. McGraw, B. Strickland. E, Strouss, coaclig D. Cicoretti. Fourth row: R. Phillips. coach: J. Schibone, D. Fye, L. Amendola, P. Carbone, B. Eiscnbraun, W. Eiscnbraun, A. Kosco. C. Hall. L. Lissi, F. Wilson. D. Hartzell, R. Novak. H. Fire, l. Farrah. coach. . W

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.bwff.f,, 5 it ?F 45+ . x The Wilclcats had a very successful season. win- U . i' . ning nine and losing only one, under Coach Tom i t '4Red7, Phillips. One of the most important cogs in V ' W .Eileen this team7s success story was the desire the boys H possessed. It was truly a great team effort displayed by a great team. The Wildcats were paced hy Ben H Bruno, Nick Gentile. Jerry Lucas. and Tom Mc- lntire, who will long he relnenihered as the Hfour 7 spacemen' of S.H.S. Gentile led the Wilclcats in total yardage racking up 1,021 yards and scoring 18 touchdowns. Lucas set a new school record with his 21 touchdowns and also proving a valuable pass receiver snaring 10 passes for 22-1 yards gained. Mclntire and Bruno also performed admirably, rounding out the hack- field. ga- ' Zmwmwdeaawmzeadq First row: T. Rex, mrznagerg N. Sandru, D. Pavlov, L. Brabrant, G. Kocinski, T. Phillips. mascot: S. Hnzicko, R. Perry. F. Chako, R. Deniocko. R. Barber. J. Estok, manager. Second FOIUI R. Sim- fuse. nzanagerg P. D'Ainico, R. McCollum. .L Paris, J. Carlucci. G. Valentine, T. Ecknian, A. Ault, N. Gentile, J. Lucas, B. Bruno. T. Estok, K. Horvat. J. Rudzik, B. Morell, A. Penson, manager. .. . MM y..,.. M, ,gym zliylxlitxim .1 , w 11 x.amen..i.1!5 1 . Isilmwmmmf

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S.H.S. 48 WARREN ST. MARY'S 0 The seasonis opener saw the visiting Struthers Wild- cats run rough-shod over Warren St. Mary's 43-0. Leading the Wildcats' scoring parade was Jerry Lucas with three markers, one on a 16-yard scarnper. ,lim Paris hit paydirt twice on passes covering 49 and 19 yards. Pudge7' Kosco intercepted a pass and ran for a touchdown and Nick Gentile plunged over for still another score, Hartzell converted six times out of seven attempts. S.H.S. 52 RAYEN O ln their home opener the Wildcats looked very pow- erful in trouncing Rayen 50-0. The Wildcats scored in every stanza which included 18 points in the final quarter. Nick Gentile and Jerry Lucas led the Struthers scoring spree hy nahbing three TD7s apiece. Benny Bruno, quarterhacking brilliantly, pitched two touch- down passes to Lucas, covering 27 and 50 yards re- spectively. Tom Mclntire also hit paydirt on a third period plunge and Rich Hartzell kicked four extra points. 36 S.H.S. 35 GIRARD O This gridiron tussle saw Struthers scalp the visit- ing Girard Hi Indians 35-0. Jerry Lucas led the Cats with three six-points. Struthers scored first when Lucas plunged over in the first quarter and Hartzell converted. Lucas scored twice more in the second stanza when he slammed over from the 13-yard line and tallied from up close. Hartzell converted both times, putting Struth- ers in front 21-0 at halftime. Nick Gentile's smashing line bricks sparked a third-quarter drive which ended with Njck's ramming over from the two-yard line. Hartzell booted the extra point. The Cats, final score came in the fourth quarter when Tom Mclntire slashed over from the six. with Hartzell converting five. S.H.S. 48 FITCH 21 The Wildcats journeyed to Fitch and they kept their high scoring grid machine in high gear hy walloping the Falcons 48-21. The fleet-footed halfhack scored twice in the first quarter on 25 and 18 yard jaunts and rambled for two more in the second period in scampers of 17 and 30 yards. Fitch came hack with three TD's in the third and fourth quarter, hut Nick Gentile scored three times himself. He steam-rolled his way for a 47-yard score in the third quarter and smashed over from the 10-yard line and the one-yard line in the final stanza. Hartzell was successful in six out of seven extra point tries. S.H.S. 35 EAST LIVERPOOL 12 Traveling to East Liverpool, the Wilclcats outmanned the Potters to win their fifth straight game 34-12. Jerry Lucas and Tom Nlclntire chalked up three and two touchdowns respectively.