Washington High School - Memory Lane Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Wa Stars ALLEN C0UN1 Y PIIHLii. I IHHAH V GC %1 State 3 1833 01877 6358 977 202 S08WH, 1974 7 i South Rend Wash- ch from Mishawaka Seen named to the mnd Thompson (of- Dean Downer and icked as the second rs Nip e, 7-0 Ra :i Severs fumbled and Tom Burkus ii lor the Panthers. and Rzepka finally punted, this time reaeh- anthcn failing on a fourth-and-onc ards for Rzi and the Slice: ketball. threaded the i rhers Shoot for No. 1 Sy TOM GRl ' BER Tribune Staff Writer - One more 1 on ' s victorious Panthers hustled off th d here Friday with the traditional arm alute At least that is how Wash- Donaldson am! ington High School fans felt the chai Saturday night at School Field running Washington Elston S. Washint lult on . d the first half ended (tin will rep- Dale Garwood rt to Washing ■playoffs Ion ' s Frank Stec at the Panther 48 to open the second half and Rzepka promptly broke .ids on the fi Her ant n overall Jerry Jennings combined for 20 yards ir isivc unit three bites to the Fa Porte five. After Millei maneuvered down to the one, : ' guard for t: Oference His I nd it was 12-0. rlrnvp tioalward again foui ie Devastates Cavemen ickpot ■ ■ ve rst place in the Northern Indiana shington and Bill Doha ' s Mishawak- the Cavemen became the last to real i Washi goal t Was the se The punte after ; Call Elkhart By EARL MISHLER -South Bend Washington football fans ought isn ' t a third high school in Elkhart nd time in three weeks, the unbeaten and Panthers barely escaped upset at the hands ;am s 13-9 victory over a fircd-up Memorial team idn ' t produce the last -second heroics of that Panthers Nab First Crown; Finish 12-0 B BOB TOWNER Tribune Sports Writer The world is rosy for the Green Machine today. Traveling the paih of suc- cess all season. Washington ' s Panthers capped a glorious autumn with a three-touch- down performance and triumph over Indian Cathedral to win the first Class AAA football chain pionship before about 9.000 frenzied fans in School Field Stadium (iron tn quarter anu ai uif n. ul- timo whistle But Washington ' s domina- ed into the end zone junted to Mike Miller 38 and, after a motion .coring Thompson set up I A-hen he sidrsteDped drove them back five yards, the Panthers launched drive. ika ' s flat pass to Armond Thompson, good for 43 yards shawaka 19. was the big play. Jerry Jennings th to the 10 where the Cavemen were penalized half-tl e for face masking. Miller ' s five-yard run on the ne id Rzepka ' s kick made it 14-0 a minute and 19 seconds elapsed before the Panthe uchdown No 3. Tim Shelby returned the kickoff a dor to the Mishawaka 38. but on the first scrimmage t ske ' s over-the-line pass was intercepted at midfield by B Givens. Two plays later Rzepka and Zanka connected on 41-yard pass play for the score with 3:41 remaining in the ha Rzepka ' s kick for the point was blocked. Just before intermission Rzepka boomed a punt 40 yards ai Lawrence Dippel downed it on Mishawaka ' s one, but t Cavemen wiggled away without further mishap. Early in the third Washington drove 67 yards, mostly in she -l u c . ' ,ntjl WtWnr nnntoH IB .r 2n ic tr thp three DaV6 Ca Washington Ties for No. 1 rl,, m . ff llr,n W the break on a i. ■ ington ' s starting runni backs a touchdown Rzepka stalled off the ond half with ry Zielinski then took ove: ind intended for Lou Mihajlovic ploded for 11 yards on the fii couple plays later and. aftf Cavemen. Mdler dashed a rushed through the line for mounted to 32-0 Washington I o o n o- ■e return ( rtzepka kick; from Rzepk f— —» - — B n ' s Panther , me -—; ■if % •••. ■ nv on all four of his passes - w-Oan Zanka IP ■ Their Champs J State Chamos: Cathedral Bows, 19-13 day. as long as the time wj mutually acceptable. The Washtngton-Gavit gam will begin at 8 p m EST. wit all ihe rest starting at 1:1 p.m. local time. The rankings with first place vote! pareniltesis. won -lost records and ra ing points (ISpomlsfor first place do to one point for 151H-240 possible) 1 Bloomington South (8). 230 1 South Bend Washington fR). 1M. 3. Indianapolis Cathedral. 10-0. 1M 4. Fort Wavne Luers. 8-1 1M 5 South Bend St Joseph s. 9-1. 17» R Hammond Cavil. 10-0. 162