Warren Central High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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During a time out Coach Jerry Stauffer and senior quarterback Chuck Reeves discuss the situation. Senior place kicker Tom Fuxborg winds up before splitting the uprights with another point after touchdown conversion. With juniors Chip Murphy and Rhett Hartley running interference, senior fullback John Begley is brought down from behind. Vitality Football

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equipment. As a result some closed because they were ordered by the gas company to do so or because it was just too cold for employees to work. With the closings came a jump in the- unemployment figures. Warren Central was not heated by gas but by oil. Nevertheless, by the middle of February, crews of township maintenance men turned thermostats down to 65 in every room in the school. Students complained about the colder temperatures for the first few days but soon learned how to dress to stay warmer. At the height of the storm crisis, Mr. Roland F. Knox, supervisor of street operations for the Indianapolis Depart- ment of Transportation, commented in the Star, “We are fighting a losing battle right now. As long as the wihd Mr. Austin Walker, superintendent of continues as it has— up to 34 miles an Warren Tpvynship schools, said final hour— there is very little we can do. We exams would be given to Waffen Ceri- have plenty of salt, but it is useless tral High Schoor students on a ‘‘no with these cold temperatures. If the fail” basis, meaning students couJd wind stops, we will start an ali-put ef- help their. grades, but not hurt them by fort to clear roads.’’ taking final exams During the crisis some faced not “Our concern was that some stu- only shortages of fuel, but milk and dents Who needed final exams to im- food, because highway and rail travel prove their grades would be hurt if we was at a standstill, especially in the didn’t allow the exams to be given,’’- northern half of Indiana. Mr. Walker said. “But we’ve lost so Finally, with so many days of school much school, and many students missed, several events were canceled might have been hurt by the layoff,” and had to be rescheduled or forgot- In an effort to help students catch ten. Students were worried about upon lost studies, the State Depart- being faced with final exams when ment of Education scheduled general school resumed. Worries were over, classes on television. The classes however, when they learned that the were to benefit public school students exams would not be compulsory. of all ages and could be viewed at 7 a.m. aturday. ; ; Sqj Mrmid-term graduates were origir Hscheduled to graduate Janu- ary aHUHowever, like many other evenflBBe snow delayed the occasion un 1Bfc ary6 Th H ter storm also brought a set- back fedminiatrative organization. • Repod M Js for the fall semester, HW ic K V anuar y 21 , were not is- February 15. i l HPhigh school sports jA HI Kurricular ; Ee. «| Vrh e faculty play, “Ar- Lace,” originally planned ' ' bnuary 15 and 16 was rescheduled to February 5 and 6. “Some One Acts with Class,’’ the class plays, was rescheduled three times. It • ri i2 a, iL planned for January -S, || 0 , 1uary 1( and final| y P er 19. The girls ' gymnastics season to begin Jah- uaryi nibwever, the snow storm de- layed it until January 26. The various winter sports teams had to work twice as hard in order to make-up their lost meets. The winter of 77 will be one. to re- member in the years to come, ' Senior Dan Stites and Junior Dawn Graves keep warm by the fireplace dur- ing the energy crisis. : Vitality Energy crisis

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Lawrence sophomore halfback Tom ■petty is hit by Warren Central defender junior Reid Willen, causing the pass to fall incomplete. Rolling around left end, junior Pat Pat- terson looks for running room as junior Don King looks on. gndders rewrite book with break-even mark With the 1976 version of Warren Central football being described by Head Coach Jerry Stauffer as an “av- erage football team with an average record,” the team closed out its 10 game slate with 5 wins and 5 losses, plus several team and individual records. Continued Starting with the offensive records, the team established 2,705 yards for total offense, averaging 270.5 yards per game. In the scoring department, senior Tom Fuxborg, a foreign exchange stu- dent from Sweden, established the record with 16 consecutive points kicked after touchdown conversions. Fuxborg also tied the record of two field goals kicked in a game and tied for the longest field goal kicked in the county against Arlington. The field goal was recorded from 47 yards out. In the passing department, junior Pat Patterson moved into the record books as number one for season pass- ing. Patterson connected on 77 out of a record 162 attempts for 1,113 yards. He also set a record when he tried to pass against Decatur Central 28 times. On the receiving end, junior Rhett Hartley was the leader with 383 yards. That put Hartley in the number four spot for all-time season reception yardage. Right behind Hartley is an- other junior, Bob Goodwin. Goodwin hauled in 25 passes for 380 yards, moving him into the number five spot for season yardage. Finally, senior Dan Teague moved into the number 10 spot, catching 18 tosses for 218 yards, while senior Mike O’Connor set a record for receiving yardage in a game with 147 yards for two touchdowns against Greenfield Central. The rushing department belonged to senior John Begley. Begley moved into the number eight spot for all-time run- ners, totaling the ball for 549 yards in 75-’76. Begley also set the record for the longest touchdown run with a 93 yard scamper off left tackle against Greenfield. Vitality Football