The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-06-08
SPORTS of NJ
Recalling
highIights
BY LOU FABRO
Times Sports Editor

A M Times SPofrS EuHoF
Quiet has settled over the empty athletic fields of
the Diocesan high schools. Muffled are the shouts
and cheers and almost forgotten are the thrills and
excitement of the 1862 athletic season.
From an overall Diocesan standpoint, football
was the most successful activity of the year. In fact, 1t
was the most successful Diocesan grid season IN
memory. Twelve of the Diocese'S Is teams emerged
with winning records and 10 improved their previous
years record.
Two teams - Lancaster FenWick and Dover st.
Joseph - rolled unbeaten. Both won nine games.
FENWICK, GUIDED BY ZACH jim VEELEY,
ended the grid season with an l8-game winning
streak - longest existing In the Diocese. The irish,
who also won all their games in the 1860 campaign,
have lost only one football contest since reViving the
sport in 1859 under Veeley. They have won u In the
t~hreeyear span.
ST. Joseph's unbeaten football season was its first
since 1851. The Ramblers, under Coach Art Teynor,
finished their campaign with an 11-game winning
Longest football streak in the schools history.
No Diocesan team won a league championship
but four took runnerup honors. Rosary finished second
in the Franklin County League; Portsmouth Notre
Dame tied for second in the Southern Ohio Conference;
Aquinas placed second in the Columbus City League;
and Marion Catholic was the runnerup In the MID
Ohio Conference. -.
particularly outstanding except for the performance
of the big Three" GAINESVILLE Rosecrans, Dover
ST Joseph and Chillicothe Central Catholic. They
forged a combined record of So wins and only seven
losses.
Topping the triumvirate was Rosecrans which
notched % victories before losing in the title game of
its district tournament. Coach Gene Nangle's Bishops
were beaten in that game by another indicated -
and taller - squad.
In taking % straight. RoSecrans posted its first
unbeaten Irregular season. record and won two tourna-
ment titles Class "a Non-County and Sectional.
The % straight cage victories is a school record as well
as a Diocesan mark.
ALSO CELEBRATING ITS BEST BASKETBALL
season ever was st. Joseph which posted a 1862 mark.
Coach Art Teynor's team won Is consecutive games
before losing to pesky Dennison st. Mary.
Chillicothe Central Catholic, guided by Coach
John Herrnstein, rolled up an 1874 record. IL was one
of the best cage campaign in Gees history.
Watterson won the only league championship
when it captured the Central Catholic League cage
crown for the first time. Coach Dick Walkers Eagles
had to fight a hectic bid from Springfield Central
Catholic TO emerge the champions.
ESlDE n TOP THREE, ONLY FOUR other
cage teams posted winning records, one finished with
an even mark while the remaining II lost more games
than they won.
Other cage notes Lancaster Fenwick was the
only other Diocesan team to win a tournament title
the "Cinderella' Irish won a Non-County tourney
crown; DeSales made its cage debut and came through
with a commendable As record; st. Charles suffered
its only losing cage record under the 24year reign OF
Coach Jack Ryan 10. the Cardinals had a III record.
Dover st. Joseph capped its greatest athletic year
by fielding a top-flight baseball team. The RamblerS
climaxed their diamond campaign by winning a Class
"A" sectional tournament co-champlonshlp.
ST. HARLE HANDIL WON TIE CENTRAL
Catholic League baseball championship for the third
time by posting a 81 record. Newark Catholic took
runnerup honors,
Rosary and Marion Catholic dominated the Do
cesar track scene again. The Crusaders won the Frank
lin County League track crown for a second straight
year but in a thrilling dual meet with Marion Catholic,
Rosary lost by a single point, 59b to 5812.
Marion Catholic followed up by winning the Col
umbus Diocesan Invitational Track and Field for a
second year in a row. The Irish rolled up a 50l2 points
while runnerup Rosary tailed "A.
NINE DIOCESAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS were
named TO the 1861 All-Ohio grid team. Five were re-
cognized on the AllOhio basketball squad. Winning
firstteam All-State football honors were Jack Evans
and Bill Krantz Of Dover St Joseph; Bill Joos and Jake
Fhrler of Lancaster Fenwick; Bill Shaffer of Ports
mouth Notre Dame; and Joe Bradley of Dennlson st.
Mary. Picked for the second team were Mike 0ber-
holzer of DenniSon st. Mary and Jon Schneider OF
Fenwick. Tom Gorius Of Newark Catholic earned
honorable mention.
Chosen for second team AllOhio honors in basket
ball was Jim Young Of GAINESVILLE Rosecrans. Earning
honorable mention were Joe Pangrazlo of Dennison
st. Mary; Bill Joos of FenWick; Dick Wilson Of Rose
Grams; and Tom Young Of Dover st. Joseph.