Valley Forge High School - Archive Yearbook (Parma Heights, OH)

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4. Coaches James F ritzsche and Robert Ramlow instruct Charlie Specht. VF hits hard on defense. The Patriot line develops its technique. I VF 's hard hitting line opens another hole. Mike Yurcheshen hauls in another pass

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-' IEW VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM BOTTOM ROW: DiAngelo, Buchholz, Preston, Sency, Mucha, Parrish, Caravona, Smith, Nowak, Latimer, Speck, Juratovac, Manager Skotko. SECOND ROW: Coach Calabria, Coach Ramlow, Manager Stuchlak, Fenda, Doskocil, Furman, Zavotka, Makoski, Varabkanich, Dagata, Loebs, Mellis, Palange, Coach Carlo, Coach Parrish, Coach Fritzsche. THIRD ROW: Manager Mikulas, Stasiak, Lovelady, Bolenski, Stahlberg, Fackler, Scheutzow, Kencson, Pigott, Witkow- ski, Guska, Musheno, Kroupa, Polski, Manager Huge. FOURTH ROW: Yurcheshen, Mayer, Petrus, Kircher, Kunz, Johnson, Bunk, Biller, Kijanko, Dornbrook, Ference, Bourquin, Zaremha, Manager Carmichael. P TRIOTS FINISH SECO D 1 LEL WE THEY 20 Willoughby South 16 14 Berea 0 12 Benedictine 12 12 Lakewood 20 19 Parma 12 12 Brush 0 6 Shaw 24 16 Cleveland Heights 6 6 Euclid I 0 22 Shaker 6 32 Beginning practice in the middle of August, the Patriots worked to mold the various team members into a unit. After testing their new offense in scrimmages against Admiral King and St. Joseph, the Patriots were ready for their first game. Traveling to Willoughby South, the team played a fine first half but received a scare when Willoughby roared back to pull within four points of the Patriots. The game ended with the score 20-16. Spirits high, the team rolled over Berea with a score of 14-0 in their second game. Benedictine, the third gams, proved to be one of the Patriots' best played games of the season as the teams battled to a 12-12 tie. In contention for the LEL crown, the Patriots saw their hopes for an unde- feated season vanish as Lakewood played outstanding football to win 20- 12. The team then reached the emotional high point of the season in a 19-12 victory over the Redmen of Parma. Coming back, they defeated Brush 12-0. In the next game against Shaw, the Patriots played their poorest game of the season, losing 24-6. Against a strong Euclid team, the Patriots played good football in the mud to win, 6-0. The next week the Patriots beat Cleveland Heights 16-6. In the final game of the season, the Patriots beat a young Shaker Heights team 22-6 to finish the season tied for second in the LEL and ranked among the top ten teams in the city.

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CROSS COUNTRY BOTTOM ROW: Al Martens Bob Reich- elt, Terry Emmons, Toni Hren, George Dietz, Rick Steinfadt, Gerry Fitch, Jim Haug, Rich Pamer, Jeff Grady, Gene Zayac. SECOND ROW: Don Kispert, Scott Hill, Frank Sandusky, Bill Burhoe, Bill Bloom, Paul Retsch, Bill Flowers, Ed Flegel, Al Graham, Dennis Kabasan. THIRD ROW: James Geiger, Jerry Johnson, Wayne Blabolil, Bob Taylor, Tom Higgins, Jim Charvat, Jim Dalessandro. Dave Haburchak, John Konecsni, Tom Rea, Jim Savarda, Coach Mindek. t DEFEATED I-IARRIERS WI THE LEL CROW Ample potential, a year's experience, expert coach- ing, and the will to win, all contributed to Valley Forge's first LEL championship in cross country. Living up to pre-season predictions, the undefeated Patriots com- piled a season's record of eight dual meet victories. As the season progressed, each additional victory brought the team closer to the title and a perfect record. Through- out the season the team traveled to many major meets at .Q . .Q ,.,. .,,,,..,. The LEL champs warm up before a meet. 34 which they made a reputable showing. The Bowling Green Invitational at Bowling Green University was one of the biggest in this area of the country. At the invita- tional the cross country team placed eighth in a field of fifty-one teams from three states and Canada. Finishing the season, junior Rick Steinfadt, undefeated in this year's meets, placed third in the individual state championship. Captain Rick Steinfadt leads the spirited team in a workout.