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HERE ARE THE 1902thethe,tateatsofen-tnjl♦thebillnee,000A A PVP V V7 W W m pp Or v Crixiiti' Roger Scherrep,First Row (Left to Right): Jim Esposito, Don Scales, Frankave. Mason, Jim Bordas, Stive Barrfett, uwimjjvwmu, n»u», —■ - --— Bill Ore, and Anthony Roman . Second Row: Tom Vitello, Don Me- arid Joo Cielenskj^ Assistant Go rich. Fourth Row: Eddie MasonVIRGH NIA CATHOLIC**Bill Dlugos, Jim Irving. Mike Maririo, Steve Divita, John Howanl, lill Annie,• lt;*Terry Smoot, Steve Brandt, Day* VtillrtKeny, Joe White, Tom Swords, Tom Groom, John /Marino Binlon and Mark Kilcollin. Third Row: CoachMike Buscher and Mike Layden, ManagersthepednotI12,-toaterAndundbighallauldttedbe-s ofther e of thesingre-perrhisliere5500iiptsthisin.Iksislng a Inrgu-rges,;uralhavethetion.jllow : for eded also.I onacialBr Danny Well* 'It would take a .harp memory to recall the last time a Charleston football team went through an undefeated, untied campaign.It was In 1947, that a powerful Stonewall Jalt; kson team rolled oJer ten.straight opponents without so, much as receiving e scatch.Only Dunbar and Weirton could score against the mighty Generals and those two opponents managedonly 13 points between them. BussParsons was the Stonewall coach and has since moved on to Parkersburg.Fifteen long years has elapsed since a local high school could equal Stonewall’s achievement.THE TEAM THAT turned the trick was Charleston Catholic and the coach was and is Charles Francis (Mickey) McDade.On Friday night, Nov, 17, the Fighting Irish looked like they didn’t want to play\ football, much less fight, as a strong Wheeling Central team took the lt;gening kickoff and marched eighty yams for a touchdown and it appeared as though-more were to follow.But none’ did. ^ ... ., ’ „Instead, the Charleston teamcame back, as they had doneso many times before in the1963 season, and scored twotouchdowns to defeat WheelingCentral 13-7.Thus, the Irish not only won the tyjjich killed Wheeling’s passing first West Virginia high school attack. In the second quarter, Catholic football playoff, but they white leaped high in the air to also became the first team in def]ect a T.D. - bound aerial fifteen years to go through an and minutes later intercepted a undefeated, untied grid season. pass to end the Maroon KnightIt was the first such team Me- threat.Dade had coached and there is . .still a twinkle in his eye as he „ Reviewing the season game byputs away the football uniforms gl‘n® reyeals the difficulty in for another year and turns his 8 games inattention to basketball. s t _p r®,; „ „n p ..«« j um r ocpt# 7—tatnollc 20* Poca 14' 1McDalt;te has heen coaching foot- ^ ^ 5eason off wUhprevious teams could hold a torchto tills year’s Charleston Catholic team.* * •MICKEY BEGAN coaching atSmlthfield in 1929 and came to Charleston Catholic in 1945 alterserving several years on the Grafton coaching staff.■ - .The Catholic team can't match Stonewall’s record for allowing only two touchdowns to be; scored on them, ‘ but they, did display the ability to come from behind — dferhaps a more impressive measure of a championship football team.The Fighting Irish came from behind in four games, including the title contest, on their way to a 10-0 record.- _ * .. • •,Without questioning Me-Dade's coaching ability grid Ians know it couldn't have been done without good football players. And Mickey bad them..The boy who contributed as much as anyone to the field leadership was an 160-pound quarterback who looks like he would be more at home in a library than, on the football gridiron.joe White passed, kicked and ran, which ever was needed at a particular situation. And in the title playoff, he made two spec-t a c u 1 a r defensive maneuversball for 33 years and none of hisa bang by passing for two T. D.'s arid running 60 yards forCATHOLIC COACHES AND TRI-CAPTAINS DISPLAY VICTORY SMILESHead Coach Mickey McD«4e (left) Shows Inscribed Football to Tri-Captains Joe White (20), Tom Swords (42) and Tom Groom (22) and Asaiatant Coach1 Joe Ciplensky.•; . : • CWchirsi by NmI Burt)comeback drive to Give;.€atholic its eighth straight win hn orily its first over, the Blck .Eaglesn ' 1 •since 1956. Trailing iS-12 in .the fourth quarter, Catholic drove 50 yards to the winning tally, which came with only 1:25 left to-the game. White, McKeny, anlt;J Qrbombtd^'their way: vto.'thpeq Wdf*McKeny went over thW'itoe ilfe^ I ~ cher. White scored Catholic’s1 other touchdowns on, runs of 13 and 41 yards.Nov. 9 — Catholic 30, Cedar Grove 0: The Irish stormed over winless Cedar Grdve to end the regular season unbeaten and untied. The win marked the best season for McDade since 1953 when he guided his team to a 74-1 mark. Groom, McKeny and White were the cogs in the Irish offensive machine. Groom scored ttice and McKeny and White added one each.Nov. 16 — Catholic 13, Wheeling 7: The Irish once again fought back from a first quarter Wheeling touchdown drive to putTHE FINEST IN ITS FIELD ' * LIFETIME ADVENTURE IN PHOTOGRAPHYHALL TJTLETravis Carroll. Chuck Butler, dolph, Keith Baber, Tom Fink, i Meeks, Larry Minardi, Tom xnd assistant coach Tony Car-listant coach Charles Wheeler, 1 Ford, Ron Pekral, Skip Mason, assistant coach Earl Martin and(Staff Photo),iGUE CHAMPSntnd, Chuck Roberts, Jim Shoe-inshlp. Phi! Golden, Bill Forbes, 1 H-pithy, Dave Huffman, Ricky Titt, David Moorhead and coach at when the picture was taken ry Galyean, Steve Bradley, Jim coach Sheldon Kingston.itthe third. McKeny and Groom the unbeaten, once-tied Maroon were on the receiving end of Knights out in front, 7-0. Catholic White’s bombs. The Irish scored not only copped the first state twice in xhe second period to Catholic championship, but spoil-break a 7-7 deadlock. ed wheeling’s bid for a grand13—Catholic 6, Clendenin slafln in state Catholic sports, The 0: The Irish defense rose to the Knights had already won the occasion and held off two fourth baseball and basketball titles, quarter Clendenin offensive Charleston tied the score hi the thrusts for the* win. White hurled second quarter on a one-yardhis third touchdown pass of the plunge by Groom. It took a fourthseason for Catholic’s tally. Smoot quarter tally to win and McKeny was the receiver. The Irish held took the ball in from the one to the Cardinals who advanced to the tie. The Irish held the the Catholic five and the 28 in Wheeling team deep in its ownthe fourth quarter. territory for the rest of, theSept. 20—Catholic 12, DuPont game.6: Groom and Swords dived over for Catholic’s touchdowns to give the Irish their second win over DuPont since the two schools started playing in the 1940’s, DuPont threatened to tie the score several times but the Irish held.Sept. 30—Catholic 20, Montgom ery 18: Both teams scored three times but Irvings extra points gave Catholic the win. Groom scored all three of Catholic’s touchdowns. The Irish pulled the win out despite the offensive per formance of Montgomery’s BevDavis, who also tallied three times.Oct. 6—Catholic 26, Bishop Donohue 7: The Irish rolled up a 264) lead before yeilding a fourth quarter touchdown. Groom scored twice, McKeny oncq and White dashed 80 yardi for another T.K The Bishop squad was com pletely outclassed by the local Irish and the game provided Catholic with one of their few easy wins.Oct. 13 Catholic 38, MarshFork 7: Smoot gave an indication as to how the gamp was going to turn out when he took the opening kickoff back 85 yards forCatholic’s first score. Kicker Irving raced 45 and 40 yards for two fourth period scores, addingto a e-yard T.D, by Dlugos and a 45-yard touchdown pass from White to Groom.Oct. 19 ~ Catholic 21, Elkview 7: The Elk Herd scored first, but the Irish came back to tie the score when Groom ran 80 yards with a fumble into paydirt. Irving’s extra point kick put them ahead by one point and touchdowns by White and McKeny to the third and fourth quarters put the game on ice.Nev. 2 ~ Catholic If, South Charleston IS* White engineereda determined fourthThere is nothing in photography too demanding for a Leica*No matter how far you want to roam in tlie world of pho- * •tography, your Leica can go along. For business or pleasure, at home or abroad, your Leica will help you bring back sharp, brilliant pictures for a record or souvenir. Come in today and see the Leica M-3 and the Leica 3^1-2, with automatic features that make fine photography easier than ever.Small Down Payment a Take A Year To PaylmwdiLPHOTOSUPPLY233 HALE ST. • OPPOSITE LIBRARY BUILDINGMONEYFOREVERYNEED!4iBORROWto*’.r »•r / f.1». i1 .. • t-i tSURHCTTO OUtWUAl CHIDIT roticvAVAILABLE TO OP PUTNAM AND CABELL COUNTIES* it *CO.stows no* you, convinibm * —»'SSMi.VfcVIRGINIA ANA SUMMRS g,CON HAfTBUM* nu.m Dl *4861
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Charleston Gazette Mail
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Sun, Nov 25, 1962
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