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

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Bill Eckert tries a run around the right end against the «pgertown defense. The Vikings ended up with a record of three wins and five losses for this past season. They lost to Bradford, Cam- bridge Springs. Randolph, George Junior Republic and Elk County. They triumphed over West Middlesex, St. Marks and Saegertown Photos by Ted Szalewicz Vikes to See Best Season Yet Bench Strength to Be Key to Success by Edward Oliver Good height, speed, strong de- fense, and quick outside men will be the combination for this years bas- ketball season. This year the Vikings have four varsity letterman, Joe Homan, Pat O’Malley, Joe Fonzo, and Bill Eckert, all of whom were veterans last year. As quoted by Coach Eckert about this season he said, We have the most bench strength in the history of this school and to me this is one of the most important things.” Mr. Eck- ert feels that bench strength is im- portant because when one of the players either tires or gets hurt during a game then he can rely on one of the other players to take his place and do a good job. Many people think that if your sitting on the bench youareno good. This is very seldom the reason. I feel that a team is only as good as its substitutes. The Vikings will rely on Joe Hom- an, Bill Tipping, and Bill Eckert in the rebounding department and ar 10 O'Malley and Joe Fonzo will be the sharpshooters from the outside. These five players will probably make up the starting lineup for Venango. The other tall rebounders are Pat Fletcher and Jerry Beichner. Tom Baker, Terry McGinty.Jim Bruce and Jim Prenatt make up the other out- side men. The Vikings will open the season on Nov. 27 with the Alumni on the court, They will travel to St. Marks on Dec. 5 for their first game of the regular season. The teams that the Vikings will want to beat the most will be Cathe- dral Prep, Bradford, and Clearfield. Venango Christian will play threfc new teams this year. They are St. Marks Seminary, Kennedy Christian, and George Junior Republic. St. Marks will probably be a fairly easy team to defeat but Kennedy and George I unior may be a little tougher. As far as the JV s go there is a lot of new blood most of whom are freshmen. They should also have a good team. They have height and speed and some real quick outside men, too. Coach Jim Lynch, a new- comer to Venango, will be the JV coach and will also help Coach Eckert with the varsity. Both teams will probably be using the press” a lot and the offensive game should be wide open with good fast breaks. The varsity this year should bring the best record yet to our school. It is a little early to be making predictions but I think this is as good a time as any. The varsity re- cord for the year should be very close to 15-5. Which would be a very good season. The JV record will be around 13-6 due to the inexperience of a younger team. All in all, this should be a very interesting and exciting season and we would like to wish the team the best of luck for a winning season!

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DESIGNED WITH YOU IN MIND Photos by Ted Szalewicz and students in Phase 1 are given special help in meeting the require- ments. The grading system is ar- ranged so that the higher the phase, the more a mark is worth in grade- points. Those unphased subjects, such as home ec and language, are graded on the Phase 3 level. Schedules and assignment sheets are made available to the students each week. In general, the material by Diane Wilson covered each week consists of two large group lectures and a number of small group discussion and indepen- dent study modules, which are de- signed to give time for additional research in depth subject Remember the fairy tale about the man, the boy, and the donkey? It’s difficult to please everyone. :»t most of the students will agree that it would be even harder to return to the old system. Term paper time is here, and Karen's making good use of Room 215. Karen takes advantage of lingual supplies made available in the library. Free modules may be spent in the library studying or doing research. 9

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Tag Day Receipts Insure NewEquipmentandUniforms On Friday, September 24 many of the girls of Venango Christian High School conducted a tag selling cam- paign to raise funds for the Atheletic Committee of V.C.H.S. The diligent efforts of the girls were well rewarded. The total receipts amounted to $1,664.62. Working in both Franklin and Oil City the girls began in the morning and finished at approximately eight o’clock. Among the high sellers were Carol hisler, $48.17; Theresa Everman of Franklin, $42.62; Jean Mahaffey, $38.23; Karen Burke, $28.06; Diane Czlonka, $25.35; Paula Henry, $22.28 Sandy McDonald, $22.24; Mary Megnin, $22.23; Margaret Burns, $21.50; Irene Fisher, $20.48. The tag day campaign is a mark of the school spirit as well as the teacher-student cooperation at Venan- go Christian High School. The girls of V.C. offered their time and efforts toward the improvement of their school. The money collected, among other things, will pay for new uniforms, new equipment, transportation, and various other necessities for the three teams. On the day of the sale, the girls worked in shifts. One shift was dis- patched to work in the cities in the morning. They then returned to school for lunch and an afternoon of classes. The second group ate lunch in school after spending the morning in study and then was taken by bus to its des- tination to begin selling. The girls who had collected con- siderable sums were awarded with varying cash prizes ranging from five dollars to two dollars. As a result of the support of Reverend Lawrence J. Antoun, head- master of V.C.H.S., and the combined efforts of the girls at V.C.H.S. the. tag day was slated as an immense success” by those supervising the Four Lettermen Raise Court Hopes In early season play, the Vikings beat a strong alumni team 82-49 and edged St. Marks Seminary 82-48. Pat O'Mally and Joe Homan have been the one, two scoring punch and Bill Eckert and Bill Tipping have both been strong in the rebound department. Pat Fletcher, JoeFonzo, and Jim Prenatt are ready for reserve duty at any time. The Vikings will host an ever strong Bradford team on Dec. 15. The Vikings could go all the way this year if not hampered by inj uries. • Joseph Homan, 66Patrick O’Malley, 66 William Eckert, 67Joseph Fonzo, 67 center guard forward guard The girls intramural basketball season will pit both gym class squads and elected grad teams from each of the grade levels in tournament play. Trophies have been awarded in these areas for the last three years. SENIORS BOW TO FRESHMEN A 4-2 victory over a senior team, The Royal Schmoos-Rollin’ Bones, gave the girls freshman soccer team, The No-Names-New Beats, the 1965 Intramural Championship. The agressive freshman offense fin- finally penetrated the senior defense to score the winning goal in the last quarter. Michele Fletcher scored the fourth quarter points. Both teams floored complete of- fensive and defensive squads. Mem- bers included: Rollin-Bones--Royal Schmoos defensive captain, Emily Sustak, and Julia Navajas, Donna Fedorek Jean Mahaffey, Shirley Camp, Emily Bliznasky, Kathleen Irwin; Of- fensive captain Kathleen Florck,and Kay Martin, Linda Etzel, Karen Burke, and Jo Anna McGreevy. Members of the championship team included: Cynthia Owens, cap- tain of the offensive team, and Mich- ele Fletcher, Diane Rogers, Mary McMahon, Susan Ward, and defen- sive team Mary Wilson, Pat Ward, Sandra Ward, Margaret Drelick, Lynn Marshall, and Diane Schwa benbauer.