The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-11-21
Three Grid Teams
Post Fine Records

Three Diocesan teams-all outside the Metropolitan
Columbus area battled through the l9oS tootpalll
campaign with outstanding success.
The three teams: Dennison st. Mary, New Lexlng.I
ton st. Aloysius and Portsmouth Notre Dame chalked
up a combined 25-1-1 record. Added TO hosarys WIN
mark the record for the top four teams in the Diocese
reads: 33-1-1.
DENNIsoN ST. MARY, under the able guidance
Of Coach Paul Drotovick, blasted through Its second
unbeaten season in the schools history. 1t was also the
schools second unbeaten season IN a row.
The st. Mary Blue Waves chopped down nine op-.
ponents last season and rolled past ten more THIS past
Campaign to run their victory string to 10 games
Although the Glass A school hs. an enrolment
Of only 81 boys, St. Mary was blessed. WIN some
top-noieh grid talent which was forged into q mighty
football machine by Coach Drosoviek.
In knocking off ten opponents, St. Mary rolled up
326 points while holding the opponents TO *. Inc
Waves scoring effort was best in Tuscarawas County.
A key to the Blue Waves outstanding success was
It's sophomore quarterback, Sandy Bonvechlo, VINO
stands So and tips the scales at 100 pounds.
The crafty field general, underStudy to graduated
Jim Guida, who piloted the Waves to their unbeaten
season last year, scored 40 points and was responsible
for many more points by virtue of his touchdown passes
With Bonysehio in the baekfisid were !s.pov ;ec
senior Dave Riksr, leading scorer in the county with
SO points; and ~I6opound sophomore Mike Dorsey.
In front of this swift, powerful backtleld, was 2
line whose weight averaged only 1873 pounds. Members
of the forward wall include: ends Ken Beamer ano
Scotty LeMonte; tackles Mickey Polili and Joe Franz
guards Dale Donohue and Tom Meechan; and center
ST. Mary should fare well again next season since
losses will include only four first team members
Beamer, Riker, LeMonte and Meechan. Also TO be
graduated are Joe Mossa, Rocky Civiello and Ray Ross
ST. ALoYsIUS, because it was playing its first Jul
season in 11-man football, certainly ought to be cltec
for going through the 1858 campaign unbeaten.
Coached by Bob Fowle, who, incidentally, also
coached the Blue Knights to the State Class B cage
championship in 1854, St. Aloysius defeated all elgn
of its grid opponents-some in heart-stopping battles
The unbeaten football mark, was the first IN me
nl.~ K~srtxes ~;vuonr orid history.
For five years, St. Aloyslus played o-rnan. footDai
which is a tough brand of ball as anyone who has seer
TO transfer to 1l-man football meant plenty o
hard work since new play patterns had to be learned
Apparently the Blue Knights learned their grid lesson
In racking up eight victories, St. Aloysius chalke'
up 1866 points to AZ for the opponents. Close calls were
sc over Junction City; 20-18 over Mt. Vernon st. Vim
cent; 1876 over Hanover; and 1915 over Howard; Othe
games were 1856 over Frazeysburg; 14-O over Carroll
$40 over Maysville; and $50 over Lancaster BIS.
NoTRE DAME came out of nowhere to win tn
1853 Southern Ohio Conference football championship
the schools first SOC title ever.
The Notre Dame Titans, under Coach Bill Ape
won only two of seven games last year. However, tn
two victories came in the last two games in 1857, caus
ing fans to wonder if perhaps the team had just pegu
Their thoughts were confirmed As the Titsns
became the surprise team In The Portsmouth area by
knocking off q! six SOC opponents TOR the fiis. sn :;
thereby Unssating Waverly which had sornswnsf OF
. monopoly on shs crown: ,.
Notre Dame, which didn't even have a complet
second team. recorded a Til record. The Titans los
q tight one to Falkland, 1914 and tied Newark Cathe
Lie, 1920, both montague tilts.
Victories included: 1855 over Wheelersburg; e.
over Portsmouth West; 80 over New Boston; 8-6 owe
Waverly; 41-0 over Ironton St. Joseph; $50 over Pix
ton; and DAG over Portsmouth East.
The Titans suffered a big blow early when DC
Weems was sidelined with a bad injury. However Mic
Weber took up the slack and scored 148 points, best
the Portsmouth area.
Weber put on q ons-msn show against Piketor
a 10 scored IS points and tossed . pass for the other
Two markers on . conversion m. He duplicated this
against Portsmouth East, getting all ~ OF Notrs
Danes points.
Notre Dame fans have every reason for hailir
the Titans grid warriors.-lvF
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