The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-16
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Another ''Upset''
Goes Into Books

Sports provides many surprising thrills, of which
one of the greatest, is the upset.
One of the most stunning upsets was turned in on
Oct. 3 when Mt. Vernon st. Vincent cracked a 21-game
winning streak by holding Dennison St. Mary to an
88 tie.
The word Stunning" is quite appropriate here
for several reasons. First of all is the fact that ST.
Mary began IFS great streak before ST. Vincent even
had a football team.
st. Vincent, under able Coach Matt Midea, played
its fist football schedule last year when the Blue
StreakS posted a fine 33 record. The losses were in
flicted by. Dennison st. Mary, New Lexington st. Alo-
ysius and Killbuck. All three of these schools finished
unbeaten last season.
The Blue Waves of ST. Mary, under the very cap
able direction of Coach Paul Drotovick, started to
build their great victory string with the first game of
the 1857 season.
Another reason for calling the 88 tie game a stun
ming upset is the fact that st. Vincent was given little
or no chance to stop the forces of st. Mary.
Going into The game, St. Vincent had a IL record
while ST. Mary powered past two opponents by scoring
90 points and holding the opposition seoreless. Thus
TO hold St. Mary TO q tie, q single touchdown and q con-
version, ST. Vincent surely can claim q morale"
victory.
This was further proven last week when 81. Mary
bounced back with a tremendous $50 triumph over
Cleveland Our Lady of Lourdes.
For Coach Midea, it probably was one of his
greatest triumphs. However, he quickly noted that
'the kids deserve all the credit" Spiv Harris, sports
writer for the M. Vernon News, pointed out that it
proved once again that effort, desire and prepare
ton are main ingredients in any athletic endeavor."
incidentally, success isn't anything new to Coach
Midea. Before coming to st. Vincent, he coached Gam
bier High Schools 6-man grid teams to two Knox
County championships during his three-year stay at
the school.
II was quite a letdoWn for Coach Drotovick and
his players to have their tremendous consecutive VIC
tory streak cracked. 1t wasn't any easier to take be-
cause st. Mary rolled up 1853 yards to st. Vincents
1872. st. Mary quarterback Sandy Bonvechio complet-
ed IL of 20 passes on a muddy field while st. Vim
cent completed one of three passes. In addition, st.
Mary had 48 plays, twice as many as st. Vincent.
These statistics show that st. Mary dominated the
game but in the end, the score is what counts, And
it's in the scoring department where st. Mary can find
the Silver lining"
II wasn't until less than four minutes in the
game that ST. Mary avoided o loss. Boneehio complef-
ed two key passes and then bulied over from about
the one for the touchdown. He then threw the con-
version pass 10 Ray Russell, k~notting The score.
st. Vincent had taken the lead in the second
quarter when halfback George Fowler galloped for
some 81 yards and a touchdown. Phil Spencer ran for
the ~tWo-point conversion, which turned out to be an
all-important play.
Although a tie isn't as good as a victory, it isn't
as bad as a loss. This can be a consolng thought for
the Blue Waves.
And besides, the Blue Waves can still boast that
they haven't been beaten in their last % games, dat
ing back to the end of the 1856 season. No other team
in the Diocese can make that statement. In fact, very
few, if any team in the State, can point to such a
record-LVF