Venango Christian High School - Saga Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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49-25. George Nalepa helped by Bob Faunce and Ozzie Mizwa held the Bradford middle attack to a minimum. For the game with North East, we travelled to their city on a Sun- day afternoon. Early in the second quarter, Sam Leta plunged across the goal for the Vikings' first score. Steve Trout raced 61 yards for the second T.D. and the conversion to Fletcher was good. Another 11 yard run by Trout was good for the third score, and the extra point to Flet- cher was complete. In the third quar- ter, Dave Henderson scored and the extra point pass to Tony Horos was good. The fifth score was made up of a Bill Eckert pass to Pat Flet- cher. Henderson completed the scor- ing with an intercepted pass. The defense held St. Greg's to 1 yard while Boomer Baker completed 8 out of 11 passes. The final score was 39-0. The last game of the year showed us host to St. Michael's of Greenville. Early in the first quarter Sam Leta put the Vikings on the board with a T.D. A pass from Baker to Trout was good for the second T.D., and Nalepa hitched the extra point. Trout intercepted a Greenville pass and scampered 75 yards for the third and final score. The defense held St. Michael's to 50 yards. The final grid showed the Black and Gold victors at 19-0. T ▼ T ▼ T O o O 0 0 6 © © i ©■ 1 • • .! O Anatomy of a Touchdown A touchdown to many people looks like a stroke of luck, but it really isn’t. Every man on the field has a special pre-assigned job to do. Split-second timing plus realistic fakes are usually the differences between a rou- tine play and a touchdown. The first thing necessary to understand is the number system of denoting plays. Each of the circles has a special number that identifies each of the backs. Now, if the quarter - back wants the no. 3 back in the no. 4 hole, he calls a 34. The first number is the back running the ball; the second is the hole he is going to run in. So, if after a football game you hear someone say 34 was great, you know what he’s talking a- bout. Now, about the pre-assigned jobs. I would like to explain them using our first string play- ers. First no. 5 Ozzie Mizwa giv- es the ball to no. 8 Baker. He fakes it to no. 4 Pett in the no. 2 hole and no. 6 Jim Bruce gets their end and no. 8 Boomer gives it to Leta in the no. 4 hole. Nal- epa no. 9 takes his man left and Schneider no. 10 takes his to the right making a clear hole. On a 34, the blocking looks like this: Low Budget Sports for Low Budget Schools Patrick Cihon Nowdays, any school that has a good reputation has to have a num- ber of athletic teams-such as foot- ball, basketball, baseball, track, cross-country, wrestling, and golf, to name a few. This, however, presents a problem to schools with low bud- gets. It costs money to buy the equipment, maintain a practice field and gymnasium, and to hove the in- surance coverage needed to engage in athletics. I will now propose a solution to this problem-low budget sports for low budget schools. The teams for these low budget sports would incl ude a Monopoly team, a Scrabble team, and a Tiddley-winks team. Expenses would be almost non- existent. The Monopoly game or Scrabble game would be the only equipment needed. It wouldn't be necessary to have insurance cover- age because very few injuries would result from these sports, and a dic- tionary would be the only necessary practice equipment. The Monopoly team would be made up of the tap economic students; the Scrabble team would include the best English and spelling students; and theTidd- ley -winks team would be composed of the expert spitball and paper wad throwers in the school. By using the low budget sports plan, the poorer schools could be known for their win- ning teams with only a fraction of the expense of regular athletics. 15

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Sports Spot Tik e Strang eft Tilting J4appened... Photos by Ted Szalewicz Patrick Fletcher, JV CHEERLEADERS: Sandy McDonald, Linda Heath, Mary Stone, Karen Guyton, Connie Logue, Carol English We couldn't help but have a winning season this year. We got off to a blazing start’ The fire gleamed brighter and brighter; spirits grew higher and higher. The JV cheerleaders of Venango Christian were leading an enthusiastic group of students at s This year the Vikings started off their season with a bang and a win! The days of pointed fingers and mis- placed criticisms are all over now. The team's standings for this year are 4 3 which means we had a win- ning season. We opened the season with a home game against Cambridge Springs. We penetrated the Devils defense for 110 yards passing and 135 yards running for a grand total of 245 yards. Not bad! “Boomer Baker had two touchdowns while John Klesczand Ray Brezinski had one apiece. The final score showed a Viking triumph at 26-13. The sec- ond game we traveled to Randolph where the weather wasn't too sharp- and neither were we. The Vikings faced their first defeat 13-0. bonfire held September 11 on the eve pr For the third contest we ventured to Erie to face Saint Mark's Semi- nary. We found our way quickly into the scoring column when Steve Trout ran 91 yards with a kickoff for a touchdown. Tom Pett tacked on six more points with an end run, while nimble Mike Schneider recovered an enemy fumble for the Black and Gold's final score. Hard-hitting George Nalepa and Bob Faunce helped holding the score down for the Seminarians. The final score was 20-13, and we were riding a horse called 2 wins and 1 loss. It was a delightful feeling. On October 3, VCHS boosted Elk County for our fourth game of the season. The Vikings hit for two »ding our first game. TD's before Saint Mary's knew what was coming off. John Klecz and Steve Trout gave the Black and Gold the offensive punches. Yet despite the fact that we netted 259 yards, the Crusaders triumphed 29-13. 1 re- member a nursery rhyme about for the want of a horse a rider was lost or something like that. I n our fifth game, we met the tough Bradford Ramblers. Tom Boomer Baker's passes to Jim Garin added 150 yards plus two touchdowns to our offensive attack. Tome Baker's sneaking behind George Nalepa plus Sam Leta's constant running attack gave us two addition- al scores. The Rambler powerful line was too much for us, however, and they handed us another defeat.

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Alumni News Where the Grads Are... by Rhea Ann Stevenson It is always of interest to high school students to know where the grads are, what they’re doing and how they look at high school life from their new stand point. A questionnaire was mailed to all the alumni, and here are a few answers we received. MARCIA CAMP, a first-year student at Saint Vincent’s Hospital, School of Nursing, says that college life gives her “much more to do on my own.’ She also adds. “Study hard and pay attention in class.” STEVE SZALEWICZ, a biology major at Saint Vincent’s College in Latrobe, takes part in the Democratic and Biology Clubs. Ilis observation on college life—“It’s fairly organized.” ROBERT WOLLASTON, a pre-med student at Saint Vincent’s College, sends along his advice to the high school student, “Stress the point of good study habits, and the need for a good, solid basis in their major field.” The Stensen C lub and Saint Vincent de Paul Society are his extra curricular acti- vities. PAM ALLIO, a freshman cadet at Mercyhurst College in Erie, writes us, “Work hard now and get a good background in fundamental subjects.” JOYCE WALENTOSKY, a student at Saint Vincent’s Hospital, School of Nursing, makes a very interesting observation about college life, “The re- sponsibility of education belongs to the student alone.” Her “word to the wise”—“Heed the advice of high school teachers: college years are a little too late to discover that they know what they’re talking about.” M ARGE ROGERS, a student at Mercyhurst College, finds her outside in- terests lie in Elementary Education Club and Athletic Association. She be- lieves students should read all types of literature, “especially current events.” What Ever Happened to Baby? Ever heard anyone say: Isn't he a chip off the old block? Isn’t it funny how adults can tell exactly how a child of light will look six or seven years later. This reporter wonders about the validity of this statement, so we’re hav- ing this contest to see if you can tell who these young toddlers are? You do know them. The rules for this contest are that each student is allowed only one en- try which he will submit to room 109 no later than 4:30 p.m. tomorrow Happiness-A Fifth by Daniel Goodman Do you enjoy school? If you find yourself responding with a negative answer to this question then perhaps this article can help you. If you an- swered yes, I enjoy school, then you are beyond help. It is my belief one will like school if one try to under- stand it. Last June I made up my mind that my senior year would be vastly different from any school year I had known before. I wanted to like school so much that I would look forward to Mondays instead of Fridays. If I could achieve this goal it would make my entire life happier. There are approximately four-fifths as many school days as there are free days. Last year when I did not enjoy school I was happy only one- fifth of the time. If I enjoyed school it stands to reason that I would be happy four-fifths of the time instead of one-fifth-of the time. When September rolled around I remembered my promise and decided to do something about it. I remem- bered hearing that if a person heard something often enough he would be- lieve it. I started my brainwashing campaign on the first day of school. All the way to the bus stop I kept repeating, ”1 love school... I love school.” Everything was going fine until the bus rounded the corner; when I saw it I almost choked to death. 16