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Honors and ;Awards for Crusaders
Joe Faessler
. Bill Rohlfs
Man of Moeller Award(Piayer that best represents the kind of person that Moeller strives to produce.)
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Football awards ceremony • ·tops agaan The Moeller Football team of 1987 has had a number of players recieve honors for their · performance on the ·football field, in other sports, and in the classroom. This issue of the Moeller Football Newsletter will pay tribute to the gridders of 1987 for their success football players but also for their success in other areas. Moeller has taken great pride in the accomplishments of its young men as athletes and as students. Some of the following young men have received a great deal of publicity for their athletic success. . We also want to give credit to the fine young men that have achieved success elsewhere.
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The first group to be mentioned is the group of award winners :from the football banquet this past winter. Every year Moeller has an awards ceremony that is second to none. Every year the Captains' mothers and fathers plan to top last· year's. gala. Every year it getS harder to come up with new ideas and a better event but every year these dedicated few find a way to make this year's event more special than the one before. The couples that deserve the great praise this year are Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Hopewell, Mr. and Mrs. Huntington, and Mr. and Mrs. Jennings. A great round of thank-you's ·is extended to them and the challenge has been passed , on to yet another group of dedicated parents. The 1987 Football Award winners are as follows:
Bal,l Hawk Award(Defender that got his hands on the ball the most number of times.) Don Feldhaus Don Feldhaus
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Tom Thiel
Leader Award(Given to players most like a cap¡¡
Art Lewis
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Bill Spoor Mr. Spirit Award
Rich Corsmeier
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Mr. Clutch
Best Linebacker
Best Receiver
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Best Offensive Back :rerry Dickey
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Best Defensive Back Rick Bennett
Steve Broughton
Greg Huntington Best Offensive Lineman continued
Manager of the Year
Most Improved Senior Rick Schulte
Gip Savage
Zaferes Award(Specialist in the Kicking game)
Adam Hyzdu (kiclker) Craig Kon1rad(kick and punt coverage)
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Mike Olexa
Jack Tbrush ¡
Most Improved Junior Jack Thrush
1987.1ron Man Awards The following awards are given out to the players that had the best lift in a particular exercise and to the players that had the best total of all41ifts combined.
Jim Perry
Mike Nichols
Best Power Clean: Steve Busse~ 265 pounds
Best Squat: Jason Griffis, 475 pounds
Best Dead Lift:: Kevin Gilles, 525 pounds Jason Griffis, 525 pounds Best Total in the Upper Weight Class: Steve Busse, 1485 pounds Best Totall in the Lower Weight Class: Don Feldhaus, 1375 pounds
Best Bench Press: Chris Simon, 285 pounds
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Moeller dominates GCL All-Star team Moeller won its 19th GCL championship this past season. The Crusaders have won 15 straight league titles and currently possess a 68 game winning streak in the GCL. This has been an impressive record especially considering the fact that the GCL remains one of the most competitive leagues in Ohio. Excluding Moeller, a league team has made the playoffs amost every year that they have been in existence. So to be named to the GCL All-Star is quite an honor for any you~g man to receive. The 1987 team placed 12 individuals on the All-star team and Steve Klonne was again named Coach of the Year. The list of the GCL All-Stars is printed below:
Center Guard Guard Tackle Tackle Tight End Split End Wide Receiver Running Back Running Back QuarterbaCk
1st Team Offense Steve Broughton(Moeller) Greg Huntington(Moeller) Mike Fisher(Eider) Scott Tate( Elder) Matt Matzet(LaSalle) Rick Schulte(Moeller) Milt Stegall( Roger Bacon) Paul Hopeweii(Moeller) Terry Dicl<ey(Moeller) Lee Heath( LaSalle) Mike Healey(St. Xavier)
Center Guard Guard Tackle Tackle Tight End Split End Wide Receiver Running Back Running Back QuarterbaCk
2nd Team Offense Larry Kalhoffer(St. Xavier) Tom Thiei(Moeller) Steve coffaro(St. Xavier) John Valentine( Roger Bacon) John Gutzwilles( Roger Bacon) John Hummei(St. Xavier) Tom Umberg(LaSalle) Larry Bethei(St. Xavier) Ken Carter(Roger Bacon) John Albers(Eider) Scott Davis(Moeller)
tackle Tackle Tackle End End Linebacker Linebacker Linebacker Def. Back Def. Back Def. Back
1st Team Defense Eric Madaris(Moeller) Matt McBrady(St. Xavier) Don Hilvert(Eider) Matt Klusman(Eider) Miike Otten( LaSalle) Don Feldhaus(Moeller) Dennis DeCarlo(St. Xavier) Tom Bonhaus(Eider) Rick Bennett(Moeller) Matt Pfiester( LaSalle) Keith Meyer(St. Xavier)
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Tackle Tackle Tackle End End Linebacker Linebacker Linebacker Def. Back Def. Back Def. Back
2nd Team Defense Kevin Gilles(Moeller) Doug Redhington(Eider) Rob Smith(Roger Bacon) Tom Gonnella(LaSalle) Matt Dickman(St. Xavier) Mark Summers(Moeller) Mark Meyerose(St. Xavier) Jay Gramke (Elder) Jeff Singler( Elder) Milt Stegall( Roger Bacon) Jamie Wiest(St. Xavier)
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other sports
Player of the Year Mike Healey, St. Xavier '·
Best Offensive Back Milt Stegall, Roger Bacon Best Defensive Back Rick Bennett, Moeller Best Offensive ll neman Matt Matzet, LaSalle Best Defensive Lineman Don Hilvert, Elder Place-Kicker of the Year Mike Caligusi, LaSalle Punter of the Year Andy Dietsche!, St. Xavier
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Moeller obviously sponsors a number of other sports in the fall and .throughout the year. We would like to pay tribute to the athletes that have won awards and honors in their respective sports. 1987 Soccer Award Winners Captains Awards: Alex Lattin Brian Schuermann Chris Shimala Most Improved Player: Chris Bauer Spirit Award: Matt Hughes
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leadership Award: Alex Lattin Best Offensive Player: Brian Bonham Best Defensive Player: Brian Schuermann Most Valuable Player: Brian Schuermann
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STEVE KLONNE Head Football Coach
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1987 Golf AwardWinners Captain Award: Eric Groh Most Improved Award: Aaron Dziech
1987-88 Wrestling Awards Big Moe Award: Mike Jennings Spiri~
Award: Shawn Herman
Pinner Award:
Most Valuable Golfer: Eric Groh
Bill Palerrmo
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Bulldog Award: Crusader Award:
Jon Rice Jason Rothwell Crusader Award: Mark Summers
1987 Cross Country Awards Captain Award: · "· ; ·Kevin Kohls
Most Improved Award: Jerry Willken
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1988 Captain:
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1987-88 Basketball Awards Most Improved Player:_- _- ~ ' Freddie crcn.:vford Best Defender: Best Field Goal Percentage (49%): Paul Ho~ell Captain's Award: Crusader Award: Pat Marot Best Free Throw Percentage (800,{,): Best Rebounder (160): Assist Leader(74): Most Valuable Player: Rick Bennett
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500Ciub: Bill Palermo
Tim Wagner
Todd Costello
AC(:Omplishments: Scott Gregory was State Champion in the 100 meter,freestyle..
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Gregory, Steve Busse, Tim Morrissy. and Scott Egbers were State Champions in the 400 meter freenyle_ relay.
Outstanding Wrestler: Dave Seeger
Scott Gregory was the GCL Swimmer of the Year for the second consecutive year.
*All advanced to the State Tournament
Scott was also Swimmer of the Year in the City of Cincinnati.
1987-88 Swimming Awards (4th in the State) Captains Awards: Scott Gregory Tim Morrissey
1987-88 Hockey Awards .,. The P~il Doucette Man of Moeller Award ' Scott Miller
Most Valuable Swimmer: Scott Egbers Scott Gregory
Spirit Award:
Playmaker Award: Greg Morrison Jamie Sadler High Scorer:
Most Valuable Diver: Matt Borman
Sean Gill Coaches Award: Greg Doucette
Crusader Award: Tim Morrissey Jon Borman
Best Defensive Player: Jason Rothwell
Rookie of the Year: Steve Busse John Matanguihan Most Improved: Mike Klug Tom Stanton
Moeller High School will once again be offering its Football Technique Camp this summer. The Camp will run from June 26 through July 1. The hours of the camp are 9:00AM to 2:00PM each day. For more information and a Camp brochure and application call the Moeller Athletic Department at 793-1811. STEVE BUSSE
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Crusaders end with big win
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Moeller over Hamilt¡QD, 62-0 ,,'¡ Quite a few Ohio prep football teams were breathing easier late Friday night when it was learned that the Moeller Crusaders would not make it to the State Playoffs. After a heart breaking 10 to 7 loss last week to Princeton, the Crusaders stormed back to crush host Hamilton 62 to 0. On Hamilton's first offensive drive, the Big Blue gained 38 yards on 3 first downs. By the end of the game, Hamilton had a total of 3 first downs and 5 total yards. On the other side of the ball, the Crusader offense gained 527 total years, and quarterback Scott Davis com pleted 14 of 15 passes for 223 yards and 3 touch downs. It was a night on which the Crusaders could do no wrong. Moeller defensive standouts included Rick Bennett and Tim LeRoy, both gathering in an interception and decent return. Defensive line. men Kevin Gilles, Mike Jennings, and Brent Rie. senberger all made life miserable for the Hamil ton quarterback. And, quite obviously, the entire defense played together as one intense unit, not allowing the Big Blue a breath of air. Best
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Offensively, Davis rushed for 2 touchdowns while throwing a TD strike to Bill Spoor and 2 to Rick SchuUe. Mike Olexa, Craig Griffey and Casey Fisher all rushed for touchdowns, while Chris Jenkins returned a punt for yet aaother score. Placekicker Rich Baker enjoyed the extra point duty, although early in the game running back Terry Macklin sliced into the endzone for an extra point conversion. Although the Crusaders will be edged out of Playoff contention by only a few Harbin points, Moeller fans and coaches are proud of the gutsey performance and "never say die" attitude of their football team. After losing 13 to 6 to Colerain in overtime, and losing 14 to 7 the following week to Youngstown Ursuline, every.. one wrote off the Crusaders. But Moeller bounced back and won 6 big games in a row, defeating Akron Buchtel, Roger Bacon, Purcell Marian, St. Xavier, Elder and LaSaDe. This set up the familiar confrontation between the top two teams in the City, Prince. ton and Moeller. The Vikings dodged a last minute bullet to down the Crusaders 10 to 7. By beating Hamilton, Moeller ended the year with a 7 & 3 record, and 4 & 0 in the GCL.
BEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN SAVAGE AWARD
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Moeller Defensive Coordinator Jim Lippin. cott had the following to say about his defensive players, "I can honestly say that this was the best Moeller defensive squad I've coached since the 1982 team. Every game we had a great team effort, and that's what shuts down the opposi tion's offense." Moeller Head Coach Steve Klonne offered his thoughts, "We're going out holding our heads high. We improved with every game-and ended the regular season on a high note~-- -Tonight everyone played and performed well. I really admire the leadership of all the Seniors. They worked harder and made more sacrifices on and off the field than any group has made in a long time. They've made this year my most enjoy. able year yet. I know that each one of those Seniors will be a success in life, and that always means more to me than a 14 to 0 record." Klonne also wished to thank all the parents for their great help and support throughout the year. by Joe Faessler Best Defensive Limebacker =D. Feldhaus
Best Offensive Biilck
ZAFERES AWARD Konrad
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DEFENSIVE GRADE POINTS Player Pts Player Riesenberger 24 Madaris Gilles 22 Schiess Feldhaus 21 Corsmeier M. Jennings 21 Folzenlogen Konrad 14 Henderson Hodge 12 Nichols Bennett 10 Perry LeRoy 7 Bangs B. Rohlfs 6. Bachman M. Rohlfs 6 Griffis Stock Hoekzema 6 Summers T. Jennings 6 Kurtz 5 Lindeman Lewis 5
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ZAFERES AWARD
Best Defensive Backs
= R. Bennett KEVIN HENDERSON
1987 Defensive Stats Interceptions for touchdowns: 1-Rick Bennett Interceptions: 2-Mike Nichols 2-John Walker 1-Rick Bennett l-Oon Feldhaus 1-Tim Leroy 1-Ma.rk Summers Blocked Punt: .1-Doug Lindeman
1-Bill Rohlfs · 1-Mike Rohlfs 1-Pat Stock 1-Art Lewis
Pressures: 3-Kevin Gilles 3-Pat .Stock 2-Eric Ma.daris 2-Mike Schiess 2-Mark Summers 1-Don F-e Idha us 1-Joe Hodge 1-Mike Jennings 1-Craig K-onrad 1-Art Lewis 1-Mike Nichols l-Eric Schneider
Quarterback Sacks: 7-Kevin Gilles 6-Eric Schneider 4-Don .Feldhaus 4-Eric Madaris 3-Mike Jennings 3-Mike Nichols Caused Fumbles: 3-Brent Riesenberger 4-Don Feldhaus 3-roa.rk Summers 3-Rick Bennett 2-Joe Hodge 2-Kevin Gilles 2-Craig Konrad 2-Eric Schneider 2-Mike Schiess 1-Rick Bachman 1-Art- 1-"!wis
1-Eric Madaris 1-Brent Rie~~nberger 1-Bill Rohlfs 1-Mike Schiess 1-John W.alke'r
Recovered Fumbles: 2-Rick Bennett 1-Don Feldhaus 1-Kevin Henderson 1-Joe Hoeckzema. 1-Mike Jennings 1-Craig Konrad l...:Art Lewis . 1- Doug Lindeman 1-Jim Perry 1-Mike Schiess 1-Eric Schneider )
Tipped Pass Inter-ception: 1-Don Feldhaus Exceptional Play: 1-Mike Nichols 1-Bill Rohlfs
Tipped Pass: 8-John Walker 6-Chris Kurtz 5-Mike Nichols 3-Don Feldhaus 2-Rick Benne.tt 1-Tim Leroy 1-Doug Lindeman 1-Joe McEntire 1-Ca!?ey Tucker Big Hit: 1-Rick Bennett 1-Kevin Henderson 1-Brent Riesenberger 1-Eric Schneider
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STAYS MOELLER 62 - HAMILTON 0 November 6, 1987 FIRST DOWNS: Passing Rushing Penalty NUMBER OF PASSES An. Completed Yards Gained TD Passes Passes Intercepted Yards Returned NUMBER RUSHING PLAYS Yards Gained Yards Lost Nets Yards Gained TOTAL NO. OFF. PLAYS . TOTAL OFFENSE NUMBER OF PUNTS Yardage Average Blocked PUNTS R._ryURNED Yards Run Back NUMBEF. KICKOFFS Yardage Average KICKOFFS RETURNED Yards Run Back FUMBLES Fumbles Lost PENALTIES Yards Lost
SCORING Davis Schulte Baker Fisher Griffey Jenkins Spoor Olexa Macklin PASSING Davis Fisher
WE 21 10 11 0 17 15 229 3 0 0 35
309 11 298 52 527 1
35 35.0 0 5 114
10 373 37.3 1 35 0 0 5 55
TD 12 12
PASSES CAUGHT Schulte Spoor Dickey Olexa Hopewell Jenkins Cloran
THEY
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o. 12 2 13 0 48 27 48 56 -8 39 5 8 279 34.S 0 1 3 1 46 46.0 10 138 2
RUSHING Griffey Davis Olexa Macklin Fisher Dickey Eutsey
YG 223 6
TCB 6.
7 5 4
7 4
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PASS INTERCEPTIONS LeRoy Bennett
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TD 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
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NYG 163 43 31 30 13 10 8
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PUNTING Tucker
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YDS 35
AVG 35.0
PUNT RETURNS . Jenkins Bennett
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ExPt FG KICKOFFS Baker Fitzpatrick
6 6 6 6 6 6 PC 14 1
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NO 6 3 1
KICKOFF RETURNS Griffey
TD 3 0
NO 9 1
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YDS 368 25 YDS 35
AVG 40.9
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INT 0 0 SEASON RECORD: Won 7, Lost 3
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Cumulative Stats --------------------------------------------------------------------------------WON 7 LOST 3 G. C. L. CHAMPIONS
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RUSHING ATTEMPTS YARDS RUSHING PASSES ATTEMPTED PASSES COMPLETED YARDS PASSING INTERCEPTIONS BY TOTAL YARDS FIRST DOWNS RUSHING PASSING PENALTY NO. PENALTIES YARDS PENALIZED FUMBLES FUMBLES LOST
RUSHING
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YDS
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89 92 6 25 28 4 11 1 3
478 263 163 133 126 24 16 11 -4
5.4 2.9 27.2 5.3 4.5 6.0 1.5 11.0 -1.3
6 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
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374 1955 126 83 1302 9 3257 142 92 46 4 49 400 22 15
1298 166 63 863 1 2161 110 64 38 8 43 378 23 12
Dickey, T. Davis, s. Griffey, c. Love, D. Macklin, T. Eutsey, M Fisher, c. Hopewell, P. Sheppard, s. Totals
--------------------------------------ATT COMP YDS INT TO -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Davis, s. SCORING TO PAT FG TOT 121 81 1253 1 8 Fisher, c. 4 2 49 0 1 ---------------------------------------Dickey, T . Dickey, T. 8 48 1 0 0 0 0 . Olexa, M. Davis, s. Hyzdu, A. Schulte, R. Macklin, T. Hopewell, P. Baker, R. Bennett, R. Fisher, c. Griffey, c. Jenkins, c. Love, D. Spoor, B.
7 6 3 2 2
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1 1 1 2 1 1
PASSING
42 38 30 18 14 12 6 6 6 6 12 6 6
--------------------------------------NO YDS AVG TO --------------------------------------Hopewell, P. 22 363 16.5 2 REC~IVING
Schulte, R. Olexa, M. Spoor, B. Dickey, T. Jenkins, c. Toepfer, J. Macklin, T. Griffey, c. Cloran, D.
20 11 9 9 4 4 2 1 1
305 221 137 90 95 18 52 15 6
15.3 20.1 15.2 10.0 23.8 4.5 26.0 15.0 6.0
3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
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52 23
81 41
75 22
42 21
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RECORD: ---------------------------------------COLERAIN 13 MOELLER: 6 YNGSTWN URSULINE 14 MOELLER: 7 MOELLER: AKRON BUCHTEL 15 18 MOELLER: 42 ROGER BACON 6 PURCELL MARIAN 14 MOELLER: 21 ST. XAVIER 7 MOELLER: 14 MOELLER: ELDER 14 35 21 MOELLER: LASALLE 38 10 MOELLER: PRINCETON 7 MOELLER: HAMILTON 0 62 TOTAL
250
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Jenkins, c. Love, D. LeRoy, T. ·Summers, M. Opponents
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Tucker, C.
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1208 36.6
Opponents
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1841 34.7
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27 18 4
1188 44.0 908 50.4 171 42.8
Opponents
24
1121 46.7
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Opponents
8 2 1
249 23 1
31.1 11.5 1.0
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Bennett, R. Walker, J. Nichols, M. LeRoy, T. Feldhaus, D. Summers, M.
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61 5 0 40 31 -2
30.5 2.5 0.0 40.0 31.0 -2.0
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Frosh finish undefeated On Wednesday, November 4th, the Moeller Freshmen Football team defeated Withrow, 24 to 6. The defense came out first and stopped Withrow. The offense got the ball and drove the ball down the field but was stopped. Then Jason Knecht kicked a 25 yard field goal. The defense then went to work and stopped Withrow again on great defense. The offense then got the ball and scored on a 26 yard touch down to Steve Langencamp. Jason Knecht added the extra point to make the score 10 to 0. The defense came out again and Mark Simmons intercepted a pass and ran it back to the one yard line. From there Lonnie Blackley ran it in. Jason Knecht again added the extra point to make it 17 to 0. Withrow came out and at the end of the
half, scored a touchdown, but could not convert the point after. Moeller came out the second half but could not move the ball: The defense came out and played great with two caused fumbles by Chris Ryals and Ryan Porter. The offense's last touchdown came when Joe McCullough caught a 27 yard touchdown pass to make the final score 14 to 6, ending the Freshmen's season with an 8 & Orecord. The Freshmen team had a great season. All the players worked hard. Each player deserves a lot of credit. We would like to thank Mr. Bjelac, Mr. Shannon, Mr. Paola, Mrs. Gaier, Mr. Fath and Mr. Gallagher for all their time and hard work. by Neil Dougherty
Frosh Stats MOELLER FRESHMEN FOOTBALL STATISTICS 1987 Record: Moeller Moeller Moeller Moeller Moeller Moeller Moeller Moeller
8-0 12 35 16 l3
22 25 27 24
Total: 174
GCL Champions Hamilton 6 Roger Bacon 0 Elder 6 Purcell 8 LaSalle 0 St. Xavier 12 Chaminade 0 Withrow 6 Opponents 38
Passing Cornp.Att. Perct. TO Int Yds Dougherty 38 69 55% 8 3 622 McCullough 37% 3 8 0 0 44 Collins 100% l l 0 0 53 Total 42 78 53% 8 3 719 Scoring PATS FG Collins Langenkamp Adkins Knecht 15/18 5/8 Blackley Hopewell McCullough Total
TDS 9 6 5
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TOTAL 54 36 30 30 12 6 6 174
Rushing Collins Adkins Hess Blackley Dougherty McCullough Total
Att. 78 54 12 15 27 3 189
Receiving Langenkamp McCullough Adkins Collins Nauman Hopewell D. Welling Total
No. 16 8 6 5 4 2 l 42
RUSHING YARDS PASSING YARDS TOTAL YARDS .
Yds. 723 378 61 61 2 -15 1210
Avg. 9.2 7.0 5.1 4.1 .07 -5.0 6.4
Yds. 290 163 78 60 81 29 14 719.
Avg. 18.1 20. 3 13.0 12.0 20.2 14.5 14.0 17 .l
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THE MOELLER FOOTBALL NEWSLETTER is published by the Moeller High School Athletic Depanment, 9001 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242. Athletic Director: Jeff Liebert; Editor and Sports Information Director: Bob Tull; Statistics: John Dumbacher; Photography: RoJ!er Pitel; Composing: Carol Campbell; _ The· NEWSLETTER is published at Moeller in conjunction with the facilities of the Moeller CRU- · SADERS and the Moeller Photography Depanment.
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Moeller rally falls short,
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Friday night, October 30, Princeton and Moeller, the top two teams in the City, battled each other for the City Championship at Riverfront Stadium. It was a clash of two superb defenses, as Princeton won, 10 to 7, before a crowd of around 15,000. Princeton received the opening kickoff and drove down the field to Moeller's own 30 yard line. Faced with fourth down and around one, Princeton elected to go for the first down, but the Crusader defense stopped the Vikings in their tracks. Moeller's offense took the field and it was their turn to drive. However, the drive was thwarted by a viking interception of a Scott Davis pass, Davis's first interception of the year. Princeton began on their own 40 yardline and again drove the ball well. But the Moeller defense would not allow the Vikings to pene. trate the 13 yardline, so Princeton was forced to kick a fieldgoal, making to score 3 to 0. Meoller's offense had trouble against Prince. ton defense and had to quickly punt from the Best Offensive ~inemen
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goalline. Moell~r defensive lineman. Brent Riesenberger spr~ted down the fieRd and immediately hit ;~he return man, keeping the Vikings at midfield. Now the Crusiuller defense, led by lineman Kevin Gilles (2 caused fumbles for the night) and linebacker Don Feldhaus (17 tackles, 1 fumble recovery and 1 caused fumble), didn't allow a drive, and forced Princeton to punt. The punt went into the endzone, giving Moeller the ball on the 20 yardline to begin the second quarter. After both teams exchanged punts, Prince. ton's short punt glall1lced off a Crusader and into the arms of a V ilk.ing, giving Princeton good field position. But MoelJer's Gilles forced a fumble, recovered by I?el.dhaus, allowing Moeller to ¡ dodge another bullet. ¡ Davis took charge of the offense, throwing two passes in a row to receiver Paul Hopewell. Moeller drove to. Princeton's 23 and then was stopped. Placekicker Adam Hyzdu's flleldgoal attempt was short, _preserving tlhe Vikings 3 to 0 lead. Best Offensive Lineman
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The Crusader defense then stuffed Princeton in three plays, forcing another punt. Moeller's offense began on their own 43, and a Davis pass to running back Mike Olexa took the of fense down to the 26. Then Davis connected with running back Terry Dickey for the first /touchdown· of the night. Hyzdu booted Moeller on top 7 to 3, and the first half shortly elapsed. The beginning of the second half turned out to be a nightmare for the Crusaders. Kickoff returner, Craig Giffey, let the kicked ball bounce but a Princeton player raced down the · sideline and dove on the loose ball. Princeton • gained possession of the football on the 19 yardline, and 3 plays later scored on a 7 yard touchdown run by Shawn Vernon. The extra · point kick quickly put the Vikings ahead 10 to
7. The next two series were identical. Moeller received the ball but fumbled deep in their own · territory. But Moeller's charged defense rose to the occasion, causing a fumble on fourth down and forcing two missed fieldgoals. Best Defensive Linebaeker =D. Feldhaus
Best Defensive Lineman
=Kevin Gilles
The llliext three series were also synomous, as each team exchanged punts. Moeller's Kevin Henderson darted down field and single hand edly mrunaged t~ stop one threat of a big Viking return. The monotony was quickly shattered when Moeller's defense forced! and recovered a fumble on the Princeton 45. The Crusader offense moved the ball well, all the way to the Viking 10 yardline ... Princeton's defense copied that of Moeller's not allowing a touchdown. Then, Hyzdu's :lfieldgoal attempt was blocked. With the time remaining in the game dwind ling, Princeton marched down the field, but Moeller's defense held the Vikings on fourth down, giving Moe]ler possession of the ball on their own 22 with less than 2 minutes to play. Davis went to work, hitting tightend Rick Schulte. Then Davis connected with Hopewell who, while being tackled, alertly pitched the ball back to Dickey, who was just stopped short of breaking it at the 18. Princeton then cleverly disguise<Ill and exeeuted 3 blitzes, sacking Davis tWice. Moeller's fieldi goal unit ran onto the field with no time outs remaining, and Hyzdu kicked away. It had plenty of distance, but was just wide to the left. Princeton knew that they were victorious, as the game ended, 10 to 7.
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Scott Davis led the air assault, completing 13 of 21 passes for 196 yards and 1 touchdown. However, the Crusaders were held to 70 yards in total rushing. Olexa gained 50 yards on 13 carries. Hopewell led all receivers with 5 receptions for 67 yards. Schulte and Olexa also had two catches. Moeller's total offense was 266 yards, 7 yards short of Princeton's total offense. Moeller Defensive Coordinator Jim Lippincott who had the game dedicated to him from the players and other coaches, had nothing but praise for his defense, "Those kids fought hard and gave it everything they could. We forced ¡ fumbles at crucial times, and battled most of the third quarter inside our own 20 yardline. It was a great team effort to hold a potent offense like Princeton's to only 10 points." Moeller Head Coach Steve Klonne was also quick to praise his defense, "Our defense gave us all the opportunities we could ask for, but our offense just didn't do it. We played hard, but we had too many mistakes." Asked about the possibility of stili! reaching the playoffs, Klonne ~replied, "Providing that we win next Friday, we;' have as good a chance to get in as we have of J).ot getting in. We just have to concentrate on Hamilton. Our kids won't give up. We're all fighters." Best Defensive Backs
= R. Bennett =J. Walker
by Joe Faessler
Oppqnent's records Colerain (7=2) lost to St. Xavier 3=11. Youngstown Ursilin~ (6=3) lost to Cardinal ' Mooney, 0=14. Akron Buchtel (8="1) defeated Alkron Ellet, 28=20.
Roger Bacon( 4=5) lost to Sycamore 0=14. Purcell (6=3) defeated Norwood 34=0¡. St., Xavier (7=2) beat Colerain 11=3. Elder (6=3) beat Oak Hills 18=7. LaSalle (3=6) downed Western Hills 35=21. Hamilton (4=5) beat ~alnut Hills :a)=19.
Defensi:ve RATS Offensive RATS RESERVE FOOTBALL SQUAD Best Offensive Back
= T. Dickey
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STATS OCTOBER 30, 1987 MOELLER 7 PRINCETON 10 . WE 11 FIRST DOWNS: 7 Passing 3 Rushing 1 Penalty 21 NUMBER PASSES ATT. 13 Completed 196 Yards Gained 1 TD Passes ·1 Passes Intercepted 0 Yards Returned NUMBER RUSHING PLAYS · 33 108 Yards Gained 38 Yards Lost 70 Net Yards Gained 54 TOTAL NO. OFF. PLAYS 26€ TOTAL OFFENSE 5 NUMBER OF PUNTS 185 Yardage 37.( Average 0 Blocked 3 PUNTS RETURNED 15 Yards Run Back ... 6. NUMBER KICKOFFS 88 Yardage 44..( Average <: KICKOFFS RETURNED 36 Yards Run Back ... <: FUMBLES 3 Fumbles LOst 'i PENALTIES 55 Yards Lost
THEY 9 2 6 1 14
SCORING T. Dickey A. Hyzdu
TD 6
Ex Pt FG
PASSING S. Davis
PA 21
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PASSES CAUGHT P. Hopewell M. Olexa T. Dickey R. Schulte T. Macklin B. Spoor J. Toepfer
NO YG 67 5 2 44 1 38 . 26 2 1 9 1 .... 7 1 5
RUSHING M. Olexa T. Dickey S. Davis D. Love.
TCB 13 12 7 1
NYG AVG 50 3.8 38 3.2 -::25 -::-3.-6 7 7.0
PUNTING C. Tucker
NO
YDS AVG 125 37.0
PUNT RETURNS R. Bennett M. Summers
NO 2 1 -
15
7.5
0
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KICKOFFS A. Hyzdu
NO 2
YDS .AVG 88 44..0
KICKOFF H.ETURNf C. Griffe~
NC 2
YDS AVG 36 18.0
TD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
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43 0 0 0 47 244 14 230 61 273 4 150 37.5 0 5 36 ....
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153 51.0
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3 5 69
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PC 13
YG 196
TD 1
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November 6, 1987, 8:00PM Hamilton at Hamilton
Lost 3
INT 1
DEFENSIVE GRADE POINTS Player Player Pts Lindeman Feldhaus 30 Tucker Nichols 17 Walker 15 Gilles 12 Schiess Lewis 9 Stock Konrad 7 Henderson Madaris Summers 7 Riesenberger ·Simon Jennings 6 I;" Bennett "'
Pts 5
5 4 2 2 1 1 1
Cum ala ti-ve Stats ______ __
HOELLE RUSHING ATTEMPTS YARDS RUSHING PASSES ATTEMPTED PASSES COMPLETED YARDS PASSING INTERCEPTIONS BY TOTAL YARDS FIRST DOWNS RUSHING PASSING PENALTY NO. PENALTIES YARDS PENALIZED FUMBLES FUMBLES LOST
OPPONEN .....
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339 1657 109 68 1073 . 7 2730 121 81 36 4 44 345 22 15
335 1306 154 61 850 1 2156 107 62 37 8 41 364 21 11
8 6 21/22 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
SCORING BY QTRS 1ST
2ND
3RD
3/8
4TH
48 36 30 26 12 12 6 6 6 6 OT
-----------------~------------~--------MOELLER 38 60 62 28 0 OPPONENTS 23 7 41 22 21
---------------------------------------RECORD: ---------------------------------------MOELLER: 6 COL ERA 13 MOELLER: 7 YNGSTW 14 s !'lOE_LLER: 18 AKRON 15 T MOELLER: 42 ROGER N 6 MOELLER: 21 14 PURCELL MARIAN MOELLER: 14 ST. XAVIER 7 MOELLER: 14 35 ELDER MOELLER: 21 38 LASALLE MOELLER: 7 PRINCETON 10
TOTAL
188
714 468 220 133 96 16 11 3 -4
6.5 5.5 2.6 5.3 4.0 8.0 11.0 0.8 -1.3
6 6
Totals
339 1657
4.9
18
4
1 1 0 0 0 0
--------------------------------------TO ATT COMP YDS INT --------------------------------------5 106 67 1030 1 Davis, s. Fisher, c. Dickey, T.
2 1
1 0
43 0
1 0
0 0
--------------------------------------TO. NO YDS AVG --------------------------------------2 Hopewell, P. 20 354 17.7 RECEIVING
Schulte, R. Olexa, M. Jenkins, c. Spoor, B. Macklin, T. Dickey, T. Griffey, c. Toepfer, J.
14 10 3 6 2 8 1 4
194 211 87 62 52 80 15 18
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
13.9 21.1 29.0 10.3 26.0 10.0 15.0 4.5
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PUNTING
NO
YDS
AVG
Tucker, C.
32
1173 36.7
Opponents
45
1562 34.7
Hyzdu, A. Baker, R. Fitzpatrick, J
18 18 3
908 50.4 820 45.6 146 48.7
Opponents
23
1075 46.7
KICKOFFS
NO
--------------------------------------180 Feldhaus, D.
Nichols, M. Summers, M. Bennett, .R. Walker, J. Gilles, K. Schneider, E. Lewis, A. Konrad, c. Madaris, E. Jennings, M. Lindeman, D. Schiess, M. Kurtz, C. Riesenberger, B Stock, P. Henderson, K.
110 85 85 25 24 2 1 4 3
114
OPPONENTS
DEFENSIVE GRADE POINTS
Olexa, M. Dickey, T. Davis, s. Love, D. Macklin, T. Eutsey, M Hopewell, P. Fisher, c. Sheppard, s.
PASSING
---------------------------------------SCORING TO PAT FG TOT Dickey, T. Olexa, M. Hyzdu, A. Davis, s. Hopewell, P. Macklin, T. Bennett, R. Jenkins, c. Love, D. Schulte, R.
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____________________________________ RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD,
121 101 88 87 85 76 69 57 53 48 48 43 29 21 21 20
Tucker, C. LeRoy T. Perry, J. Simon, C. Corsmeier, R. Rohlfs, B. Hodge, J. Hoekzema, J. Clouse, J. Browning, D. McEntire, J. Griffis, J. Tenkman, R. Hyzdu, A. Boggs, K. Bachman, R. Bangs, J. Rohlfs, M.
17 13 9 9 7
7 6 6
4 3 3 2
2 1 2
1 1 1
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Moe reserves down Vikings2 8-2 2 On Saturday, October 31, the Reserve foot ball team took on the Princeton Vikings and collected their eighth win of the season, 28 to 22. The Crusaders chose to kick off and did so. Princeton received the ball and immediately was hit, fumbling the ball to give the offense great field position at the Princeton 30. In just a few plays, Adam Hyzdu took it across from one yard out to make it 7 to 0, favor Moe. Unfortunately when the Vikings did get their hands on the ball, it didn't take them long to get on track. They broke the first play from scrim mage for an 80 yard run. Moe blocked the extra point to make Moeller 7, Princeton 6. The offense got their hands on the ball and drove to the Princeton 28 where Adam Hyzdu hit Matt Birrell for a 28 yard touchdown pass to make it Moe 14, Princeton 6. The defense came out ready to go and stuffed Princeton, forcing a punt and giving the offense decent position. The offense came out and drove the ball down to the Princeton 29 but stalled and they were forced to punt. They ran a fake punt and Hyzdu completed a 25 yard pass to Mike Beer man giving Moe a first down. Two plays later, Sean Mowry went in from 3 yards out to make it 20 to 0, favor Moe. The extra point attempt was unsuccessful. The defense took the field and 路limited Prince ton's offense and forced a punt. The offense to?k over and fumbled on the first play giving Prmceton perfect field position. The defense trotted back on the field and rose to the occa sion with their backs against the wall and made the Vikings turn the ball over to Moe on
downs. The offerise ran one play and the clock expired for the first half leaving it Moeller 20 Princeton 6. 路' ' Moeller's offense took the field first, sput tered and had to路 punt. The Vikings also sput tered and had to punt. The offense toqk over but in 3 plays an inter ception gave the ball back to Princeton in scoring position which they did, making a two point conversion leaving it Moe 20, Princeton 14. Moeller's offense came out ready to play again and had a long time consuming drive of 12 plays with Mike Eutsey going in from 4 yards out. The offense lined up in a regular formation and Hyzdu threw to Beerman to a 2 point con version leaving it 28 to 14, favor Moe. Princeton wasn't through yet, scoring in a few plays with a long pass. They made the 2 point conversion, making it Moe 28, Viking 22. Princeton attempted an onside kick but it was unsuccessful. The offense took over and ran t?e clock out with running plays, leaving the fmal score Moeller 28, Princeton 22. Everyone should be congratulated on a great game. _The offense gained 258 total yards. They gamed 101 yards on the ground behind a power ful offensive line. Mike Eutsey had the baulk of it with 65 yards. Adam Hyzdu passed for 157 yards being 12 for 20. The defense put pressure on the quarterback forcing him to scramble all day and had many near interceptions. by Russ Speigle
Frosh over Chaminade, 2 7-0 The Moeller freshmen defeated Dayton Cha minade on Thursday Oct. 29 by a score of 27=0. Moeller kicked off to start the game and forced a Chaminade punt. The offense fumbled on the second play but again the defense held Chami= nade in check. On the first play from scrimmage Carlos Collins took a handoff from Neil Dough= erty and raced 56 yards for a touchdown. Jason Knecht added the extra point for a 7=0 lead. Later in the first half, Carlos added a 3 yard run to complete a 62 yard drive and a 13=0 lead. The big play in the drive was a 12 yard catch by
Steve Langencamp on fourth down. The Crusaders received the second half kick and returned it 78 yards on a fien run by Adam Adkins. Two plays later, Lonnie Blackly banged it in from 3 yards out for a 2Q 0 路lead. Late in the 3rd quarter, Adam Adkins broke loose on a 28 yard touchdown run to close the scoring. The defense held Chaminade in check to make the final score 27=0 and the Frosh upped their record to 7=0. The Freshmen close out their season next Weds. against Withrow at Moeller. by Neil Dougherty
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Lancers fall to Crusaders, 3 8-21
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Moe keeps GCL title Friday night, October 23, the Moeller Crusaders defeated the LaSalle Lancers 35 to 21 in Moeller's home game of the season, capturing their 16th consecutive G.C.L. Championship. Moeller took an early lead in the first quarter when quarterback Scott Davis and the offense drove LaSalle down the field. Running back Mike Olexa, who finished the night with 13 carries for 164 yards, scored the first touchdown on a 21 yard run. Adam Hyzdu kicked Moeller on top, 7 to 0. LaSalle's option offense looked to be in top form as the Lancers bounced back with a touch down and extra point, tying the score 7 to 7. The Crusaders struck again, this time much quicker. Davis dropped back and hit a wide open Paul Hopewell down the sideline for a 65 yard touchdown. Hyzdu's extra point kick regained the lead for Moeller, 14 to 7. Moeller's defense, led by linebacker Mike Nichols, lineman Kevin Gilles, and defensive back Chris Kurtz, forced several Lancer punts, allowing the Crusader offense more scoring opportunities.
Best Offensive Back
=Mike Olexa
Best Defensive Linbacker
= M. Nichols
Moeller's offensive line continued to win the battle in the trenches, as Olexa ran well. Again he broke away in a big run, scoring from 44 yards out. Hyzdu 's extra point kick made the score 21 to 9. Moeller's defenSe again kept LaSalle in check, and the Blue and Gold were driving the ball. However, the Lancer defense stiffened, and forced the Crusaders to settle for a 38 yard Hyzdu fieldgoal. With the first half time slowly diminishing, Moeller led 24 to 7. LaSalle's junior quarterback Greg Vatter quickly answered with a 68 yard touchdown run of his own. The extra point brought the Lancers closer, and the half ended 24 to 14. Moeller's defense completly shut down LaSalle in the third quarter, while tlb.e Crusaders accumulated 14 more points. First, there was a 32 yard ¡touchdown pass from Davis to Chris Jenkins. The second touch down was a pass from back up quarterback Casey Fisher to running Terry Macklin, covering 43 yards. Hyzdu's two extra point kicks fur.. thered the distance between the two teams, making the score 38 to 14. Best Offensive Lineman
= Greg Huntington
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LaSalle managed a fourth quarter touchdown when Vatter optioned to keep the ball and rush 2 yards for the score. The extra point kick fin. ished all the scoring for the night and made the score 38 to 21. Other Moeller defensive standouts included linebackers Rich Corsmeier ( 6 tackles) and Joe Hodge ( 4 tackle points), and lineman Chris Simon ( 4 tackles). Lineman Jim Perry recovet.. ed a Lancer fumble late in the game. Moeller punter Casey Tucker averaged 48.0 yards per punt and booted one over 60 yards, which was downed on LaSalle's one yardline by Mike Nichols. Scott Davis was 6 for 9 passing for 169 yards and 2 touchdowns. Hopewell gathered in 2 passes for 7 3 yards and one touchdown. Run. ing back Terry Dickey was Moeller's second .· leading rusher with 11 carries for 49 yards. Moeller's offense racked up 469 total offense, compared to LaSalle's 284 yards.
Best Defensive Lineman
=Kevin Gilles
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DEFENSIVE Player Nichols ..... Kurtz Bennett Feldhaus Gilles Lewis ., Corsmeier Madaris Perry Hodge Henderson-•· Jennings
GRADE POINTS Player Pts Schiess 14 11· Simon 10 Konrad Boggs 9 LeRoy 8 Riesenberger 7 Summers 6 Walker 5 Griffis 5 Lindeman 4 4 Rohlfs Tucker 4
Pts 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Moeller Defensive Coordinator Jim Lippin;. cott has seen his defense play better, ''We lacked consistency. If you take away the long run be. fore the half, and the late score, the defense did well. But you can't always do that. We have. the toughest week ahead of us yet." Moeller Head Coach Steve Klonne was ex.. tremely pleased with his team's victory, ca~ turing the G.C.L. crown, "We've worked so hard, and I feel the team really deserved the Championship." Coach Klonne was also happy with his offen. sive performance, "Our offense was balanced and consistent. · The entire team continues to improve each week, which is necessary for us to achieve our goals. Tonight, we accomplished our number one goal, G.C.L. Champions." On Friday night, October 30, the Moeller Crusaders (6 & 2) will square off against the Princeton Vikings (7 & 1) at Riverfront Stad ium. by Joe Faessler
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Defensive RATS of the week
ANDY FOLZENLOGEN
Best Defensive Back
JASON GRIFFIS
= Chris Kurtz
ROBHANDORF
RICH CORSMEIER
JIM BANGS
MIKE ROHLFS
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STAYS OCTOBER 23,1987 MOELLER 38 LaSALLE 21 WE 17 6 11 0 11 7 212 3 0 0 39 270 13 257 50 469 3 144 48.0 0 4 28 7 286 40.8 4 55 1 0 4 20
FIRST DOWNS: Passing Rushing Penalty NUMBER PASSES ATT. Completed Yards Gained TD Passes Passes Intercepted Yards Returned NUMBER RUSHING PLAYS Yards Gained Yards Lost Net Yards Gained TOTAL NO. OFF. PLAYS TOTAL OFFENSE NUMBER OF PUNTS Yardage Average Blocked PUNTS RETURNED Yards Run Back NUMBER KICKOFFS Yardage Average KICKOFFS RETURN~[) "':L • Yards Run Back •.!:.: -· FUMBLES Fumbles LOst PENALTIES Yards Lost ......_~
PASSES CAUGHT . P. Hopewell R. Schulte T. Macklin C. Jenkins M. Olexa
THEY 11 2 9 0 13 5 61 0 0 0 34 235 12 223 47 284 6 187 31.1 0 2 19 4 204 51.0 .7 118 4 1 2 10
RUSHING M. Olexa T. Dickey S. Davis P. Hopewell D. Love T. Macklin C. Fisher S. Sheppard
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PASSING S. Davis C. Fisher
TD 12
Ex Pt FG 5
PC 6 1
YG 169 43
TD 1 .0 1 1 0
TCB 13 11 5 1 3 3 2 1
NYG 164 49 12 11 10 10 5 -4
AVG 12.6 4.5 2.4 11.0 3.3 3.3 2.5 -4.0
NO 3
YDS AVG 144 48.0
PUNT RETURNS R. Bennett
NO 4
YDS AVG 28 7.0
KICKOFF R. Baker A. Hyzdu
NO 6 1
YDS AVG 249 41.5 37 37.0
KICKOFF RETURNS Dickey Griffey
NO 3 1
YDS AVG 18.3 55 0 0
TD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3
6 6 6 PA 9 2
YG 73 44 43 32 20
PUNTING C. Tucker
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SCORING M. Olexa A. Hyzdu P. Hopewell C. Jenkins T. Macklin
NO 2 2 1 1 1
TD 2 1
INT 0 0
SEASON RECORD
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October 30, 1987 at 8:00 PM ·Princeton at Riverfront Stadium
Lost 2
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CHRIS GROENE
MORRIS ADKINS
KEN BOGGS
MARK ERNSTES
JOE SHARPSHAIR
Offensive 'RATS of the week
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· R·eserves shutout LaSalle On Saturday, October 24th, the Reserve Football Team rebounded from their first loss by defeating the LaSalle Lancers at LaSalle, 26 to 0. Moeller received the opening kickoff and got a decent return from Shawn Mowry to midfield. The very first play Adam Hyzdu completed his first pass to Matt Birrell for a 57 yard TD strike. Hyzdu added the extra point that made it 7 to 0 Moeller with hardly any time taken off the clock. The defense went on the field for the first time and in 3 plays forced a punt and Jeff Crable broke through and blocked it and set the offense up at midfield. The offense engineered a nine play drive and Hyzdu took it in himself from 3 yards out and he added the extra point to make it Moe 14, LaSalle 0. The defense went out again and stopped La. Salle in just a few plays with an interception by Brian Zelina. They gave the offense great field position. The offense attempted a field goal but it was short. The defense came out and forced a punt. The offense took over and had a fumble on their second play.
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The defense came out and forced a punt. The offense came out and marched down the field with the main play being a pass from Hyzdu to Mowry for 40 yards. The score came when Mike Eutsey scored from 2 yards out. The kick was wide and that left the score Moeller 20, LaSalle 0. That conluded the first half. The defense took over in the second half and Jerry Storm intercepted a pass. The offense came out and in 13 plays, took up a lot of time but lost the ball on downs. The defense forced a punt. The offense came out and Keith Valerius caught a 30 yard TD pass. The kick was wide. The score was Moeller 26, LaSalle 0. That was how it remained. The defense came out and made sacks by Craig Meyer and Todd Ille. The offense then ran out the clock. The offense finished up with 315 total yards. The rushing leader was Mike Eutsey with 35 yards and one touchdown. Hyzdu passed for 221 yards. The Reserve Team plays Princeton at Moeller Saturday morning. · by Russ Speigle
Frosh also capture GCL title On Tuesday, October 20, the Moeller Frosh defeated St. X 25 to 12. St. Xavier got the ball first and the defense stopped them. The offense got the ball and Carlos Collins ran the ball 18 yards to put the freshmen up 6 to 0. The defense then went to work again and stopped St. X and forced them to punt. The offense then got the ball and and drove down the field but were stopped and St. X got the ball. The defense came out and played great to stop St. X. Moeller got the ball and Carlos Collins went in for his record touchdown. The offense went for two but could not convert
it.
St. X got the ball and took it down and scored on a long run to make the score 12 to 6. With time running out in the half, Jason Knecht intercepted the ball and ran it back to the 15 yard line. From there Jason kicked a 27 yard field goal to put Moeller up at the half 15 to 6. Moeller got the ball in the second half and took it down on a 29 yard run by Carlos Collins. From there Steve Langencamp caught a 19 yard touchdown pass. The defense played great the rest of the game only allowing St. X to score one more time, but stopped them for the extra point. Jason Knecht added a 39 yard field goal to make the final score 25 to 12.
Opponent's records Colerain (7 & 1) was beaten by Aiken, 7 to 20. Youngstown Ursuline (6 & 2) lost to Akron St. Vincent, St. Mary, 13 to 14. Akron Buchtel (7 & 1) defeated Garfield, 14 to 7. Roger Bacon (4 & 4) lost to Elder, 19 to 30. PurcelLMarian (5 & 3) defeated Portsmouth, 23 to 0.
St. Xavier (6 & 2) lost to Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 0 to 20. Elder (5 & 3) defeated Roger Bacon, 30 to 19. Princeton ( 7 & 1) lost to Fairfield, 10 to 17. Hamilton ( 3 & 5) lost to Lakota in triple over. time, 17 to 20. Going into this past week, Moeller was ranked third in the State District in Harbin computer points. The top four teams in each district go to the playoffs.
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M·oe wins Pit showdown, 3 5-14
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Another GCL Friday night, October 16, the Moeller Crusaders dominated the hometeam Elder Panthers in the second half, breaking a 14 to 14 tie to win 35 to 14. Moeller tailback Terry Dickey rushed 22 times for 166 yards and 3 touchdowns, lead ing the Crusaders to a guaranteed share of the GCL crown. Elder received the opening kickoff but was shut down and forced to punt. Moeller quarter back Scott Davis and his offense took charge on their own 8 yardline. Davis came out throwing, connecting on several passes. He hit wide re. ceiver Paul Hopewell for a good gain across mid. field and then tailbacks Dickey and Mike Olexa ran well behind the blocking of their offensive line. Finally, Dickey capped the 92. yard drive with a 1 yard run and placekicker Adam Hyzdu gave Moeller a quick 7 to 0 lead. Both teams exchanged punts, but at the end of the first quarter, Moeller linebacker Mike Nicholas made a diving interception near mid field. However, Elder's defense held the C~ saders and forced another punt. Elder's offense then struck quickly. Two big passes moved the
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=J. Walker
Best Defensive Back
Best Defensive Linbacker
Best Offensive Lineman
=S. Broughton
=M. Nichols
Panthers down the field, and a touchdown pass and extra point kick tied the gaine 7 to 7. Moeller's offense received the ball on their own 30, but a fumble after a pass completion handed the half back to the Panthers . .Moeller's defense responded by holding Elder on third down, then stuffing a fake punt near midfield. Both teams . again exchanged punts, and Moeller struck quickly from around their own 34. Davis scrambled and hit Hopewell, who eluded several would be tacklers and outran the pursuit to the ~ndzone. Hyzdu gave Moeller the lead, 14 to 1. Elder again used the airwaves to strike back. The Panthers, behind quarterback Steve Keller, drove down the field and scored on a 27 yard pass. The extra point kick tied the game, 14 to 14. Moeller's offense began their two minute assault from their own 35 and drove deep into Elder territory all the way to the 2 yardline. With no timeouts left and only 16 seconds remaining in the half, Moeller lined up quickly. However, the official stook over the ball until one second remained, when Elder jumped off. sides. With one second and the ball on the one yardline, Moeller lined up and waited to hear the
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Moeller's offense, plagued by penalties, was forced to punf~from deep in their own terri tory. But the punt was fumbled by Elder and recovered. by Moeller's Kevin Henderson, who was credited with 5 tackles on Special Teams. Moeller's Brent Riesenberger also played well on Special Teams with 3 tackles.
Zaferes Award
Best Offensive Back
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whistle to begin. Instead~ they heard a whistle ending the first half, so Ekler escaped into the half unscathed. In the second half, both teams traded punts twice, the last one a short Elder punt which was alertly snagged by Moeller's Tim LeRoy near midfield. The Crusader offensive line took charge, knocking Elder defenders off the line of scrimmage and creatiing great lanes for Dickey and Olexa. The drive culminated in an 8 yard touchdown run by Dickey. Hyzdu booted Moeller on top for good, 21 to 14" Elder received the kickoff and fumbled the ball back to Moeller. However, the~official ruled that the runner was already dow~ so Elder maintained possession. Moeller's defense continued to improve with each series, led by linemen Mike Schiess, Craig Konrad, and Eric Schneider. Defensive¡ back .John Walker anchored the secondary, while linebackers Nichols and Don Feldhaus also played well. Elder was soon forced to punt. Moeller's offense began the fourth quarter on their own 16 and again the offensive line won the battle in the trenches. Moeller drove the length of the field and scored on a 5 yard run by Dickey. Hyzdu widened the margain, 28 to 14. Elder's offense drove down to Moeller's 20 yardline, but the Crusaders pushed the Panthers backwards and regained possession for the ball when Elder failed to convert on fourth down.
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KEVIN HENDERSON
Riesenberger
TIM LEROY
ADAM HYZDU
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Davis, Dickey and Company chewed out yards and the clock, and Davis scored from one yard out with 1:17 remaining. Hyzdu's extra point kick made it 35 to 14. Moeller's defense then kept Elder on their half of the field to end the game. Moeller Defensive Coordinator Jim Lippincott was pleased with his team's play, despite a rocky second quarter, "It was another great team effort. In the second quarter a few b~ passes resulted in 14 points, yet we held the number one passer in the City to 11 for 31 passes for 209 yards. We shut them down completely in the second half, and allowed only 44 yards total rushing for the night.'' Moeller Head Coach Steve Klonne had nothing but praise for his team, "Our defense had a rough second quarter but quickly recovered and shut Elder down. Offensively, we executed well and marched down the field in crucial situations. Coming to the Pit and beating a tough team in Elder makes me feel more excited than any other victory of this year." Moeller's offense gained a total of 466 yards. Olexa complemented Dickey with 85 yards on 14 carries. Dickey caught 4 passes for 26 yards, while Hopewell caught 3 for 102 yards and one touchdown. Moeller is now 5 & 2 overall and 3 & 0 in the GCL. The Crusaders can clinch their 17th GCL title in a row by defeating LaSalle next week.
Defensive RATS
of the week Jim Bangs Rich Corsmeier Andy Folzenlogan Ardell Barklay
by Joe Faessler
Best Defensive Lineman
=M. Schiess
Offensive RATS
DEFENSIVE GRADE POINTS Feldhaus, D. Nichols, M. Summers, M. Walker, J. Schneider, E. Bennett, R. Gilles, K. Lewis, A. Konrad, C. Madaris, E. Jennings, M. Lindeman, D. Schiess, M. Kurtz, C. Riesenberger, B. Stock, P. Henderson, K. Tucker, C. LeRoy T. Hoekzema, J. Rohlfs, B. Clouse, J. Perry, J. Simon, C. McEntire, J. Browning, D. Hodge, J. Corsmeier, R. Griffis, J. Hyzdu, A. Tenkman, R.
NO 141
95 92 81 76 73 62
so
45 41 38
37 37 18 18 18 15 12 11 6 6 4 4 4
3 2
t 1 1 1 1
Tony Walker
of t-he week
Chris Groene
Mark Ernst¡es
Morris Adkins John
Shar~shair
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STAYS OCTOBER 16, 1987 MOELLER 35 ELDER 14
FIRST DOWNS: Passing Rushing Penalty NUMBER PASSES ATT. Completed Yards Gained TD Passes Passes Intercepted Yards Returned NUMBER RUSHING PLAYS Yards Gained Yards Lost Net Yards Gained TOTAL NO. OFF. PLAYS TOTAL OFFENSE NUMBER OF PUNTS Yardage Average Blocked PUNTS RETURNED Yards Run Back NUMBER KICKOFFS Yardage Average KICKOFFS RETURNED Yards Run Back FUMBLES Fumbles LOst PENALTIES Yards Lost
WE 17 5 12 0 18 11 200 1 0 0 39 278 16 262 57 462 6 220 ·36.7 0 4 25 6 271 45.2 3 31 2 1 7 68
SCORING T. Dickey S. Davis P. Hopewell A. Hyzdu
TD 18 6 6
PASSING S. Davis
PA 18
THEY 10 7 3 0 31 11 207 2 1 0 21 81 37 44 52 251 6 204 34.0 0 4 3 3 116 38.7 6 140 1 1 3 20
PASSES CAUGHT T. Dickey P. Hopewell M. Olexa R. Schulte B. Spoor J. Toepfer
NO 4 3 1 1 1 1
YG 26 104 30 26 8 6
TD 0 1 0 0
PASS INTERCEPTIONS M. Nichols
NO 1
YG 0
TD 0
RUSHING T. Dickey M. Olexa S. Davis
TCB 22 14 •3
NYG 166 85 11
AVG 7.5 6.1 3.7
PUNTING C. Tucker
NO 6
YDS AVG 220 36.7
PUNT RETURNS R. Bennett T.LeRoy
NO 3 1
YDS AVG 24 8.0 1 1.0
KICKOFFS R. Baker A. Hyzdu
NO 4 2
YDS AVG 170 42.5 101 50.5
KICKOFF RETURNS C. Griffey T. Dickey P. Daumeyer
NO 1 1 1
YDS 15 15 1
Ex Pt FG
5 PC 11
YG 200
TD 1
INT 0
o. 0
AVG 15.0 15.0 1.0
DEFENSIVE GRADE POINTS Player Pts Player · M. Nichols 28 E. Madaris R. Bennett D. Feldhaus 20 M. Schiess 18 M. Jennings M. Summers 18 C. Kurtz · .J. Walker 16 B. RiesenbergerC. Tucker K. Henderson 10 10 T. LeRoy C. Konrad E. Schneider 6 A. Lewis P. Stock 6 C. Simon D. Lindeman 4 Lost 2
SEASON RECORD
Won 5
NEXT GAME
October 23, 1987, 8:00 PM LaSalle at Galbreath Field PARENTS NIGHT
Pts 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
TD 3 0 1
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C u m u I a t i v e, stats OPPONENTS
MOELLER RUSHING ATTEMPTS YARDS RUSHING PASSES ATTEMPTED PASSES COMPLETED YARDS PASSING INTERCEPTIONS BY TOTAL YARDS FIRST DOWNS RUSHING PASSING PENALTY NO. PENALTIES YARDS PENALIZED FUMBLES FUMBLES LOST
254 853 127 51 746
267 1330 77 48 665
SCORING Dickey, T. Davis, s. Olexa, H. Hyzdu, A. Bennett, R. Hopewell, P. Love, D. Macklin, T. Schulte, R.
7
0
1995 93 67 23 3 33 270 18 12
1599 8:7 47 33
7 4 4
2
FG
MOELLER OPPONENTS
24 13
AVG
TO
62 73 21 21 2 2 2
381 233 116 86 16 0 -2
6.1 3 .. 2 5.5 4.1 8.0 0.0 -1.0
6 4 1 1 0 0 0
267 1330
5.0
16
--------------------------------------ATT COMP YDS INT TO
Davis, s. Dickey, T.
76
48
665
1
0
0
0 0
2 0
RECEIVING
NO
YDS
AVG
TO
Hopewell, P. Schulte, R. Olexa, M. Dickey, T. Spoor, B. Toepfer, J. Jenkins, C. Griffey, c.
13 10 7 7 5 3 2 1
214 124 147 42 55 13 55 15
16.5 12.4 21.0 6.0 11.0 4.3 27.5 15.0
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PUNTING
NO
YDS
AVG
Tucker, C.
24
844 35.2
Opponents
35
1225 35.0
Hyzdu, A. Baker, R. Fitzpatrick, J
15 12 3
783 52.2 571 47.6 146 48.7
Opponents
16
718 44.9
TOT 42 26 24 21 6 6 6 6 6
15/16
2/4
2ND
3RD
4TH
OT
43 34
48
28 21
0 7
7
YDS
PASSING
7
1 1 1 1 1
SCORING BY QTRS 1ST
Totals
34 285 12 PAT
ATT
--------------------------------------Olexa, M. 84 500 6.0 4 Dickey, T. Davis, s. Love, D. l'!acklin, T. Eutsey, M Sheppard, s. Fisher, c.
7
TO
RUSHING
RECORD: MOELLER: l•!OELLER: MOELLER: MOELLER: MOELLER: MOELLER: MOELLER: TOTAL
6 7 18 42 21 14 35 143
COLERAIN YNGSTWN URSULINE AKRON BUCHTEL ROGER BACON PURCELL MARIAN ST. XAVIER ELDER
13 14 15 6 14 7 14
OPPONENTS
83
PUNT RETURNS
NO
YDS
AVG
TO
Bennett, R. ,Jenkins, c. Love, D. LeRoy, T.
20 2 1 1
145 30 1
7.3 15.0 11.0 1.0
0 0 0 0
Jpponents
12
51
4. 3
0
KICKOFF RETURNS
NO
YDS
AVG
TO
151 21.6 194 ·38.8 23 11.5 1 1.0
0 1 0 0
::;riffey, c. Dickey, T. Love, D. Daumeyer, P.
7 5 2 1
11
Opponents
22
382
17.4
0
INTERCEPTIONS
NO
YR
AVG
TO
2 2 1 1 1
5 0 53 31 -2
2.5 0.0 53.0 31.0 -2.0
0 0 1 0 0
Walker, J. Nichols, M. Bennett, R. Feldhaus, D. Summers, M.
KICKOFFS
---------------------------------------NO TO FUMBLES RECOVERED BY DEFENSE ---------------------------------------1 0 Bennett, R. 1 1 1 1 1
Henderson, K. Hoekzema, J. Jennings, M Lewis, A. Schiess, M. Schne ide·r, E.
FIRST DOWN CONVERSIONS Third Down Fourth Down
1
ATT 62 13
0
0 0 0 0 0
CONV PCTG :23 37.1% 5 38.5%
MOELLER DEFENSE HAS SCORED 6 POINTS
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Reserves fall -short against Elder On Saturday, October 17, the Elder .Panthers spoiled the Reserve Football Team's quest for a second straight undefeated season with a 7 to 6 win over Moeller. As the score shows, both teams had trouble finding the end zone. Elder's only score came. at the beginning of the second quarter when an Elder runner swept the outside for a touchdown and with the extra point, made it 7 to 0. At the end of the first half, the offense threw a long pass complete to Chris Asbrock who made it to the Elder 5 but time ran out. The score at the end of the first half was Elder 7, Moeller 0. The second half started out with the two teams exchanging the ball a lot. The ·exchanges went on punting back and forth until some action in the fourth quarter when Hyzdu hit . Matt Birrell from midfield with a TD pass. The
extra point was just wide, making it Elder 7, Moeller 6. The offense faced with a crucial 3rd down play, ran a flea.flicker. Hyzdu passed to Bee:a:. man and Beerman laterally to Sean Mowry to pick up a crucial first down. The offense drove into field goal range· and with just a ·couple of minutes left, looked like a game winner, but a clip took them out of field goal range, back to midfield. It all came down to one play, fourth and long. Hyzdu dropped back in the pocket and under pressure, lofted a long spiral into the hands of Chris Asbrock, but Asbrock was just a couple of yards short of the first and Elder got the ball back. Elder ran out the clock, clinching the victory.
by Russ Speigle
Freshmen roll up another On Tuesday, October 13, the Moeller Frosh defeated LaSalle 22 to 0. LaSalle won the toss and received the ball. Moeller's defense stopped them and forced LaSalle to punt. The offense got the ball and · was stopped. When they tried to punt, it was blocked and LaSalle got the ball deep in Moeller territory. The defense went to work and stopped LaSalle. On fourth down and goal, LaSalle dropped back to pass but the quarterback was sacked. Neither team could move the ball but in the middle of the second quarter, Carlos Collins caught a 49 yard pass and was tackled at. the three yard line. From there, Adam Adkins went
in to make it 6 to 0. Jason Knecht added the extra point to put Moeller ahead 7 to 0. The defense played great the rest of the quarter. With 13 seconds left in the half, Steve Langencamp caught a 10 yard pass in the eml zone to make the score 13 to 0. The extra point kick was blocked. The second half began but Moeller's offense could not move the ball and was forced to punt. The defense came out and stopped LaSalle. The offense got the ball and on the second play, Carlos Collins ran 78 yards to put Moeller up 19 to 0. The defense held LaSalle again for the rest of the half. Jason Knecht added a 27 yard field goal to make the final score 22 to zip.
Opponent's records Colerain (7. 0) over Western Hills 35=7. Youngstown Ursiline (6.1) lost to Broadway 0=7. Akron Buchtel (6.1) 26=12 over Akron North. Roger Bacon ( 4. 3) lost to St. Xavier 13=52. Purcell (4.3)14=7 over LaSalle.
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St. Xavier (6.1) over Roger Bacon 52.13. LaSalle (2.5) lost to Purcell 7=14. Princeton (7 0) over Hamilton 43=0. Hamilton ( 3 4) lost to Princeton 0=43.
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Big comeback downs St. Xavier
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Crusaders- shoot down Bombers Friday night, October 9th,_the Moeller Cru,. saders bounced back from a disappointing first half to down the· previously undefeated St. Xavier Bombers 14 to 7 at St. X. The home team received the opening kickoff and prospered from Moeller blitzes. Quarter. back Mike Healey ran and passed the Bombers down the length of the field for a touchdown. The extra point kick capped off a 7 minute drive and gave St. X an early 7 to 0 lead. Moeller then received the kickoff on their own 25 yardline and executed their best offensive drive of the first half. However, the Crusad~ ers fumbled at their own 26. St. X then took over and again drove down the field. But the beginning of the second quarter marked a change in Moeller's defense, as they stopped the Bombers inside Moeller's own 20 yardline. St. X's fieldgoal attempt failed, so the visitors regained possession of the football. Moeller quarterback Scott Davis and his running backs Terry Dickey and Mike Olexa were limited to short yardage running plays, so Crusader punter Casey Tucker punted the ball to St. X.
Best Defensive Back
Zaferes Award
= J. Walker
=C. Tucker
The Bomber deepman fumbled the punt and dove after it. Although a Crusader wound up with the football, an official ruled that the St. X punt returner was down and had possession of the ball. ~o, St. Xavier began on their own 15. Not much later, Moeller linebacker Don Feldhaus pick¢d off a Healey pass and returned it 31 yards. Moeller offense fumbled the ball right back to St. X around midfield. The Crusader defense forced a Bomber punt with 43 seconds to play in the half. Moeller fumbled again; but its defense denied St. X of another score.··' Moeller was fortunate :to escape the half only trailing 7 to 0. Moeller's offense ran only 15 plays from scrimmage the entire half and fumbled 3 times. On the other hand, St. X gained 232 first half yards. The Crusaders came out passing in the second half, as Davis hit receivers Paul Hopewell and Joe Toepfer for short gains. Davis was sacked for a big loss, so Tucker again punted, and due Best Offensive Lin:eman
= S. Broughton
continued on page 3
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to a St. X clip, penned the home team back on their own 10 yardline. Moeller's infuriated defense forced a short punt and the Crusaders began at St. X's 34. Driving down to the 9 yard.linc, Moeller was faced with a fourth down and four. Head Coach Steve Klonne elected to go for the first down and Davis passed to tightend Rick Schulte for Moeller's first touchdown. Adam Hyzdu's extra point kick tied the game 7 to 7 with 5~ 10 remaining in the third quarter. The now even more..charged Moeller defense thwarted another Bomber drive, this time by ¡ way of linebacker Mike Nichols's diving inter.-¡ ception. Faced with a third down, Davis threw to Schulte who appeared to make an outstanding catch, but an official said the ball was trapped. Moeller punted, hut thanks to a Bomber penalty, received another crack on offense. Now fourth down and a long one, Davis kept on the wedge, but the St. X defense held their ground and gained possession by downs at midfield. St. Xavier drove the ball down to Moeller's 10, and on the next play to the 2 yardline, but this second play was called back because of a holding penalty. The very next play Moeller defensive end charged in and smashed St. X 's Healey and it was a hit that sent both temporari-
=E. Madaris
Best Offensive Back
Best Defensive Linemen
= M. Jennings
= S. Davis
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ly out of the game. On a fourth down and 20, a St. Xavier reeiver made a great diving catch, but it was ruled out of the endzone. Moeller's offense came storming back. Davis connected with Olexa for a 51 yard gain down to St. X's 16. Later Davis, who won Star of the Game honors, kept the ball for a one yard scoring burst. Hyzdu booted the Crusaders on top 14 to 7. The Bombers responded, driving all the way down to the Moeller 18 after a late hit penalty. However, on third down, Moeller defensive back Chris Kurtz leaped into the air and tipped away a touchdown pass. Then on fourth down, defensive back John Walker alertly knocked a pass ¡ down on the goal line. Moeller's offense received the ball with a little over 2 minutes to play in the game. Held on third down and forced to punt, Crusader Casey Tucker boomed a 51 yarder, pushing his average for the night to 48.0 yards, and pushing St. X deep in their own territory. Moeller's de.fense held the Bombers as the 55 seconds event.. ually ticked off the clock. Again the final score, Moeller 14, St. X 7. Moeller Defensive Coordinator Jim Lippincott was extremely pleased with his team's effort, "After the first drive of the game, we settled down and began playing well, especially in the second half. You know you've performed well when you hold a great offensive team like St. Xavier to only 7 points." Defensive lineman Eric Madaris and Mike Jennings were named Linemen of the Week. Feldhaus and Nichols were Linebackers of the Week, while Walker received the honor for Defensive Back. Defensive lineman Chris Simon came off the bench in the third and fourth quarters and proved to be an excellent ready replacement. Coach Lippincott wishes to thank all the
Defensive RATS of the week Jeff Crable Todd I II e ANDY FOLZENLOGEN people, who after the game, praised him and his defense's effort. Moeller Head Coach Steve Klonne was thrilled by the win. "This is our biggest win of the season. Our defense was just outstanding and our offense hung together and came through when we needed it in the second half." Moeller's offense certainly didn't get the job done in the first half, and finished with only 187 total yards. However, Davis completed 7 for 11 passes for 108 yards and 1 touchdown. Spoor, Olexa, Hopewell, Schulte, Dickey and Toepfer all had receptions. Moeller was guilty of only 2 penalties for 20 yards, whereas St. X had 10 for 81 yards. The next opponent is rival Elder at Elder. "Elder has a talented team almost identical to St. X. We certainly have our handls full this week." remarked Klonne. Moeller is currently 4 & 2 overall and 2 & 0 in GCL play. by Joe Faessler
Offensive RATS of the week Chris Groene
Tony Walker Mark Ernstes
Morris Adkins J o h n S h a r .~ s h a i r
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STA.TS OCTOBER 9, 1987 · MOELLER 14 ST. XAVIER 7 FIRST DOWNS: Passing Rushing Penalty NUMBER PASSES ATT. Completed Yards Gained TD Passes Passes Intercepted Yards Returned NUMBER RUSHING PLAYS Yards Gained Yards Lost Net Yards Gained TOTAL NO. OFF. PLAYS TOTAL OFFENSE NUMBER OF PUNTS Yardage Average Blocked PUNTS RETURNED Yards Run Back NUMBER KICKOFFS Yardage Average KICKOFFS RETURNED Yards Run Back FUMBLES Fumbles LOst ·PENALTIES Yards Lost
WE 8 4 4 0 11 7 108 1 0 0 29 98 19 79 40 187 3 136 45.3 0 1 12 3 139 46.3 2 26 3 3 2 20
SCORING S. Davis R. Schulte A. Hyzdu
TD 6 6
PASSING S. Davis T. Dickey
PA 10 1
THEY 19 8 10 1 25 9 158 0 2 31 43 175 22 153 68 311 2 52 26.0 0 1 2 2 88 44.0 3 58 0 0 10 81
ExPt TD
PASSES CAUGHT B, Spoor M. Olexa P. Hopewell R. Schulte T. Dickey J. Toepfer
NO 2 1 1 1 1 1
YG 25 51 11 10 7 4
TD 0 0 0 1 0 0
RUSHING T. Dickey M. Olexa D. Love S. Davis
TCB 7 9 3 10
NYG 33 26 12 8
AVG 4.7 2.9 4.0 0.8
PASS INTERCEPTIONS D. Feldhaus M. Nichols
NO 1 1
YG 31 0
TD 0 0
PUNTING ·C. Tucker
NO 3
YDS AVG 136 45.3
PUNT RETURNS R. Bennett
NO 1
YDS AVG 12 12.0
KICKOFFS A. Hyzdu R. Baker
NO 2 1
YDS AVG 91 45.5 48 48.0
KICKOFF RETURNS C. Griffey
NO 2
YDS AVG 26 13.0
2 PC 7 0
YG 108 0
TD 1 0
INT 0 0
SEASON RECORD
Won4
NEXT GAME
Elder at Elder October 16, 1987 8.00 PM
Lost 2
TD 0 0 0 1
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DEFENSIVE Player D. Feldhaus M. Nichols E. Madaris J. Walker A. Lewis M. Summers M. Jennings C. Kurtz
GRADE POINTS Pts Player 25 R. Bennett 19 E. Schneider 17 C. Konrad 13 D. Lindeman 12 M. Schiess 12 T.LeRoy 11 B. Riesenberger 8 C. Simon
= M. Nichols Best Defensive Linebackers
= D. Feldhaus
Cumulative stats WSHING ATTEMPTS tAROS RUSHING ·')ASSES ATTEMPT'ED ?ASSES COMPLETED lARDS PASSING CNTERCEPTION.S BY rGTAL YARDS ?IRST DOWNS RUSHING PASSING PENALTY -10. PENALTIES CARDS PENALIZED ?UMBLES '"UMBLES LOST
OPPONENTS
----·---
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228 1068 59 37 465 6 1533 76 55 18 3 26 202 16 TO
:)ickey, T,. )lex a, M. ')avis, s. ~'Iyzdu, A. Clennett, R. Love, D. :-1acklin, 'r. · Schulte, R.
4 4 3
PAT
FG
2 10/11
2/4
1 1 1 1
3CORING BY QTRS lS'T 17 13
DEFENSIVE GRADE POINTS
233 809 96 40 539 0 1348 _ . ___ 77 44 26 7 31 264 11 6
11
:>CORING
'10ELLER . :JPPONENTS
MOELLER
TOT 24 24 20 16 6 6 6 6
2ND
3RD
4TH
OT
36 20
41
14 21
0 7
7
Feldhaus, D. Summers, M. Bennett, R. Schneider, E. Nichols, M. Walker, J. Gilles, K. Lewis, A. Madaris, E. Jennings, M. Konrad, C. Lindeman, D. Schiess, M. Kurtz, C. · Ri esenberger, B. Stock, P. LeRoy T. Tucker, C. Hoekzema, J. Rohlfs, B. Henderson, K. Clouse, J. Perry, J. McEntire, J. Simon, C. Browning, D. Hodge, J. Corsmeier, R. Griffis, J. Hyzdu, A. Tenkman, R.
NO 121 74 70 70 67 65 62 49 37 35 35 33 19 15 15 12 10 10 6 6 5 4 4
3 3 2
2 1 1 1
1
Pts
7 7 6 6 3 2 2 1
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Reserves add another shutout On Saturday, October lOth, the Moeller Reserve Football Team ran its record to 6 & 0, defeating the St. Xavier Bombers 20 to 0. This was the defense's 5th shutout. Moeller received the opening kickoff and drove down in just 3 plays with Mike Eutsey scoring the first of Moeller's touchdowns. The extra point attempt was wide and that left the score Moeller 6, St. Xavier 0. The defense came out on the field and in no time, Brian Zelina got the ball back for Moeller on an interception. The offense came out and· took the ball down the field with Adam Hyzdu scoring from 4 yards out. The extra point was good and the score was Moeller 13, St. Xavier 0. Moeller's defense forced St. X to punt and Moeller took the ball down the field and Mike Beerman caught a Hyzdu pass to make the score with the kick 20 to 0.
The first half came to an end and the score at halftime was, Moeller 20, St. Xavier 0. The score remained the same through the second half til the end of the game. The offense, in the second half, only sputtered one time, turning the ball over on downs once. The offense never had to punt and totaled 258 yards. The passing was led by Hyzdu going 6 for 10 for 85 yards. The rushing was by Mike Eutsey with 8 carries for 113 yards. The defense had a final performance. Jerry Storm killed a St. Xaiver drive in the 3rd with an interception and Ken Darby had a near one. The defensive line again had good penetration that pressured St. X. The Moeller Reserves will play for the GCL Championship against Elder, providing they beat LaSalle next Saturday. Elder is 6 & 0 and look.:-ing strong for a good game Saturday, Oct. 17th.
• • Moeller frosh keep Winning On Tuesday, October 6th, the Moeller Freshmen defeated Purcell Marian 13 to 8. The Moeller Freshmen kicked off to Purcell. The defense stopped them and forced Purcell to punt. The offense then went to work and on the second play, Neil Dougherty hit Steve Langencamp for a 70 yard touchdown pass. Jason Knecht added the extra point to make it 7 to 0. The defense held Purcell again and forced them to punt. The offense couldn't move the ball and was forced to punt. The Moeller defense went to work again and held Purcell scoreless the first half. Moeller's offense got the ball at the second
half. The offense moved the ball but were stopped. Purcell then got the ball and moved down the field and scored. Purcell then went for the two point conversion and got it to make the score 7 to8. The third quarter ended when the offense got the ball. They took time off the clock and took the ball down the field and scored on a tipped pass by Steve Langencamp to Pete Hopewell. This put Moeller up 13 to 8. The defense then stopped Purcell and ran out the clock. by Neil Dougherty
Opponent's records Colerain (6 & 0) beat Oak Hills 16 to 11. Youngstown Ursuline (6 & 0) beat Austin town Fitch 21 to 16. Akron Buchtel ( 5 & 1) defeated Akron Central Hower 21 to 6. Roger Bacon (4 & 2) defeated Purcell Marian 27 to 21 in overtime.
Purcell Marian (3 & 3) lost to Roger Bacon 21 to 27 in overtime. Elder ( 4 & 2) defeated LaSalle 10 to 7. LaSalle (2 & 4) lost to Elder 7 to 10. Princeton (6 & 0) defeated Lakota 55 to 14. Hamilton (3 & 7) defeated Lima 14 to 13 in overtime.
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Moeller over Pa reel I, On Friday night, October 2nd, Moeller's homecoming proved to be a happy one for the Crusaders as they defeated the defending AA Ohio State Champion, Purcell Marian Cavaliers, 21 to 14. Moeller tailback Terry Dickey paved the way for the hometeam with two rushing touchdowns (27 and 60 yards) in the first quarter. Purcell Marian received the opening kick, but was shut down and forced to punt. Moeller gained possession of the ball on their own 46 yardline and proceeded to move downfield, sparked by a 19 yard pass from quarterback Scott Davis to receiver Bill Spoor. Then Dickey shot through the line of scrimmage for his first touchdown. Placekicker Adam Hyzdu booted Moeller on top, 7 to 0. Moeller's defense, led by defensive back Rick Bennett, linebacker Don Feldhaus .(16 tackles), and lineman Eric Madaris, saw the Cavaliers drive the ball rather successfully. However, the defense stood its ground at the 20 yardline, forcing Purcell Marian to attempt a fieldgoal. The attempt was short and to the left, so the score remained 7 to 0.
Best Defensive Linebacker - D. Feldhaus
The Cmsader offense fumbled the ball right back to the Cavaliers on Moeller's own 14 yard. line. Purcell! transformed the fumble into a rather hiard fought 6 points. The extra point kick hit the dght upright and bounced back, keeping Moeller in the lead, 1 to 6. The C1rusaders received tbe kickoff, and on tile second play fmm scrimmage, Dickey dazzled once again running hard behind his offensive line then side stepping and kicking his way through tthe secondary. Dickey cut loose 60 yards for his second touchdown. Hyzdu's extra point kick was good, giving 1!he hometeam a 14 to 61eacll. In the second quarter, both defenses seemed to settle down and both punt teams enjoyed suecess. The Cavaliers had Moeller backed up on their own 2 yardline, whereas Moeller punter Casey Tucker¡ penned Purcefl back on their own 3. Both offenses held in check, Moeller carried its 14 to 6 lead into the half.
Best Offensive Lineman
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Purcell Marian received the kickoff in the second half but didn't retain possession of the ball for long. Moeller defensive end Eric Schneider forced a fumble, recovered and advanced by Rick Bennett, to the Cavalier 41 yardline. Purcell's multi. schemed defense forced another Moeller punt, giving the ball to the visitors on their own 20 yardline. Moeller's defense returned the favor, forcing the City's leading punter into action. The Crusaders were driven back all the way to their own 16. On the first play, a Purcell linebacker slid untouched into the Moeller backfield and forced a fumble, recovered by the Cav~ tiers at the 8. Purcell soon scored from one yard out and trailing by 2, elected to attempt a 2 point conversion. The attempt was an incomplete pass play, but Moeller was flagged for interference. Purcell then just bulled its way into the end zone on the next play, tying the game 14 to 14. Moeller's offense began from its own 11, but thanks to good execution and key passes from Davis to receiver Paul Hopewell and tightend Rick Schulte, the home team was near mid. field. But the beginning of the fourth quarter, saw the Crusaders punting once again.
Best Defensive Back . RIC1{ BENNETT
PurceiLMarian began on their 10 yardline, but got no ¡ furthe1r as Moeller's defense rose to the occasion and forced a punt from the goalline. Moeller's deep man Rick Bennett returned the punt to Purcell's 33, and a big penalty moved the ball down to the 18. Then Davis took matters iinto his own hands as he optioned to keep the ball and run for the tiebreaking touchdown. Hyzdu's kick gave Moeller the advantage, 21 to 14. Purcell then received the kickoff on the 33 yardline and went to work. The Cavaliers drove across midfield and across the Moeller 40. Purcell was faced with a big third down, and ¡elected to pass.. Meeler's Don Feldhaus, coming on a blitz, chased the passer and finally di!'agged h.im down-_ Since several minutes remaiined on the clock, Purcell punted. Tbis point in the game is where the Moeller offense really won the game. After Davis picked UIP a first down at his own 38, the Crusader offer~Sive line began creatin.g large holes, and tailback Mike Olexa, who rushed! for 106 yards on 9 carries, carried ¡ Moeller down the field u111til the clock expired, giiving the Crusaders their third straight victory, 2'1 to 14. Best Defensive Lineman
=E. Madaris
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Defensive. RATS
Moeller Defensive Coordinator Jim Lippincott felt that not al~ eleven on defense were playing consistently at the same time. "I feel that Eric Madaris played well, coming off an injury, and Don Feldhaus continued to display excellent technique, Rick Bennett played as good a game as any Moeller DB has in I don't know how many years." . ,, . Moeller Head Coach Steve Klonne was obviously pleased with his team's big victory, "Right now every game we play is the biggest game of our season. Tonight our offense scored when it had to, and the defense would occasionally bend but not break. We beat a very talented Purcell Marian team. Now we must build on and improve all phases of our attack as we prepare for a big, bi~Lgame at St. _)(.~jE!I"._':~ __ ,-~----·co--·•1!---
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ANDY FOLZENLOGEN
by Joe Faessler
MIKE ROHLFS
Opponent ' s records '
Moeller's opponents have continued on their winning ways overall. The Crusaders are confi dent that if they win the rest of their games, they will have enough points to make the PlaYoffs. A previously unreported score was Youngstown Ursuline's 21 to 7 victory over Akron Easton September 19. The results of the games played on the weekend of September 25 were as follows: Colerain (40) defeated Woodward 27 to 0. Youngstown Ursuline (4..0) defeated 27 to 7 over Hubbard. Akron Buchtel (3.1) defeated Firestone 14 to
7. Purcei~Marian
(3.1) beat Hamilton Badin 14 to 0. St. Xavier (4.0) beat LaSalle 24 to 0.
Elder (3 1) lost to Kettering Alter 21 to 28. LaSalle (2-2) lost to St. Xavier 0 to 24. Princeton (4 0) beat Middletown 24 to 0. Hamilton (2-2) lost to Fairfield 0 to 1. The results of the games played on the weekend of October 2 were as follows: Colerain (S.O) beat Mt. Healthy 24 to 14. Youngstown Ursuline (5-0) defeated Hickory, Pa. 2 to 0. Akron Buchtel (4-0) played Akron East. The score was unavailable. Roger Bacon (3.2) defeated LaSalle 16-3. St. Xavier (5-0) defeated Elder 2l.21 in overtime. Elder (32)' lost to St. Xavier 2t27. in overtime. LaSalle (2-3) lost to Roger Bacon 3 to 16. Princeton (5-0) beat Lima 24 to 7. Hamilton (2-3) lost 14 to 38 to Middletown
Offensive RATS of t,he week
JON RICE
JASON GRIFF IS
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STAYS OCTOBER 2, 1987 MOELLER21 PURCELL MARIAN 14 FIRST DOWNS: Passing Rushing Penalty NUMBER PASSES ATT. Completed Yards Gained TD Passes Passes Intercepted Yards Returned NUMBER RUSHING PLAYS Yards Gained Yards Lost Net Yards Gained . TOTAL NO. OFF. PLAYS TOTAL OFFENSE NUMBER OF PUNTS Yardage Average Blocked PUNTS RETURNED Yards Run Back NUMBER KICKOFFS Yardage Average KICKOFFS RETURNED Yards Run Back FUMBLES Fumbles LOst PENALTIES Yards Lost
WE THEY 12 12 2 2 10 9 : 1 0 10 ,8 5 4 44 41 ,0 0 0 '0 0 .0 37 i 45 271 '.174 36 . 31 235 143 47 '53 289 184 4 7 137 293 34.2 41.9 0 0 4 3 24 14 5 2 267 93 53.4 46.5 2 5 19 93 4 3 2 1 3 7 25 61
SCORING T. Dickey S. Davis· A. Hyzdu
TD ExPt FG 12 6. .. 3
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PA 10
PC 5
YG 44
PASSES CAUGHT P. Hopewell B. Spoor R. Schulte
NO 3 1 1
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TCB 9 5 16 3 4
KICKOFFS A. Hyzdu R. Baker
NO 3 2
YDS AVG 156 52.0 111 55.5
KICOFF RETURNS T. Dickey C. Griffey
NO 1 1
YDS AVG 19 19.0 0 0
PUNTING C. Tucker
NO 4
YDS AVG 137 34.2
PUNT REUTRNS R. Bennett
NO 4
YDS AVG 24 .6.0
NYG 106 88 29 . 13 - 1·
DEFENSIVE GRADE POINTS Player Pts Player R. Bennett 32 C. Konrad D. Feldhaus 21 D. Lindeman E. Schneider 15 M. Schiess M. Summers 13 K. Gilles M. Nichols 12 C. Tucker A. Lewis 10 K. Henderson J. Walker 8 T.LeRoy E. Madaris 7 B. Riesenberger M. Jennings 6 P. Stock
TD 0
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INT 0 SEASON RECORD
Won 3
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October 9, 1987 St. Xavier at St. Xavier 8~00 PM
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MIKE OLEXA
=T. Dickey
Best Offensive Backs
1987
=0. Olexa FOOTBAL~
STATISTICS
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Reserves remain unbeaten On Saturday, October 3, the Moeller Reserve Football team defeated Purcell.Marian at Purcell by a score of 14_8. Moeller came out like gangbusters with Brian Zelina returning the opening kickoff 75 yards for the first Crusader touchdown. Adam Hyzdu made the extra point kick to make it 7_0 in favor of Moeller. The defense forced a punt and the offense took over. The offense sputtered some, picked up a couple of first downs but had to tum the ball over on downs. The defense again forced a punt and gave the offense the ball back. The offense engineered a 12 play drive that took up most of the second quarter capped by Mike Eutsey's 2 yard touch. down run. Hyzdu again added the extra point kick to give the Crusaders the 14.0 lead. The defense came in and got the ball back to the offense with 10 seconds to play in the half. Moeller ran one offensive play which resulted in a 30 pass completion to Jody Smith but the half ended on that play.
The defense started off the second half and torced another punt. The offense took over but an interception stopped them. The defense came out and gave up a couple of first downs and let a pass come through and Purcell scored. The Cavaliers converted the 2 point play which made the score 14_8 in favor of the Crusaders. The offense took over and started a drive but ended it with a fumble. The defense came out and had to really show some heart. They forced Purcell to punt and the return was muffed. Put. cell got the ball back and was in the position for a score. The defense held on and got the ball back for the offense to run out the clock. Some great defensive performances were turned in by Scott Weibold adding 2 sacks. Jeff Crable and Chad Whitaker made punishing tackles and Todd Ille saved a possible touchdown with a diving sideline tackle. This brings the record of the Reserves to 5_0 with the defense recording 4 shutouts. by Russ Spiegle
Freshmen claim Group Zaferes • another WID award On Tuesday, September 29th, the Moeller Freshmen defeated Elder 16 to 6. Moeller won the toss and elected to receive. The offense took the ball down on a 27 yard run by Carlos Collins. The offense was stopped. Then Jason Knecht hit a 39 yard fieldgoal to put the Moeller Freshman up 3 to 0. The defense then went to work and stopped Elder. The defense forced Elder to punt the ball. The offense then got the ball and on the third play, Carlos Collins ran the ball 55 yards to put Moeller ahead. Jason Knecht added the extra point to make it 10 to 0. The -defense went to work again and stopped Elder. The defense forced them to punt. Carlos Collins received the punt and returned it 73 yards to score. This put the Moeller Frosh up 16 to 0. The second half began and Moeller kicked off. Again, the defense stopped Elder. Moeller received the punt but could not do anything with it. Moeller then punted it back to Elder who then went down the field and scored. After that the defense played great and there was a key interception by Dale Burger. by Neil Dougherty
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Moeller over Bacon, 4 2-6
SENIORS
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• Offense rolls ID Bacon
• WID
Friday night, Sept. 25th, the Moeller Crusaders put everything together in a 42 to 6 thrashing of visiting GCL opponent Roger Bacon. Roger Bacon began the game on offense, but Moeller's defense forced the Spartans to punt early. Moeller's offense, under the direction of quarterback Scott Davis, began driving the ball downfield. Faced with a fourth down and one yard to go around Roger Bacon's 45 yardline, Moeller Head Coach Steve Klonne elected to try for the first down. Davis pitched to tailback Terry Dickey, who found an opening around the right side and scooted ahead for the first down. Eventually the Spartan defense stopped the Blue and Gold at the 20 yardline. Moeller attempted a fieldgoal, but the kick was wide to the left. A now fired-up Roger Bacon offense moved down the field, mixing the run with the pass. The drive extended into the second quarter, but the Crusaders forced a 4th down close to their own 2 yardline. Bacon's fieldgoal unit
Best defensive Linebacker - D. Feldhaus
Best Offensive Lineman
• T. Thiel
lined up, but Moeller jumped off sides, giving the Spartans a first dowrn, and ultimately a touchdown.-:· Moeller safety Doug Lindeman managed to· block the extra point kiick, so Roger Bacon had an early 6 to 0 lead. The Spartans kicked a sqi!Jib kick that bounc.. ed deep int9 Moeller territory, but Craig Griffey fielded the : baiJ and advanced the kickoff all the way t6 the Spartan 26. Then tailback Terry MackHn received the handoff and darted ahead. Macklin quickly bounced outside and outran eve1tyone as he scored Moeller's first touchdown .of the night. Place kicker Adam Hyzdu boo'led Moeller on top, 7 to 6. Moeller's' itenacious defense, led by ends Craig Konrid and Eric Sc'h1neider, again forced the visitors to punt. Altholllgh Moeller's offense then had excellent field position, they fumbled the ball back to the Sparta~ns on Bacon's own 15 yardHne. Moeller's defense went right back to work, also red by linebackers Mark Summers and Don Feldhaus and defensive back Rick Bennett. Again Roger Bacon was forced to punt, and the baU rolled to Moeller's own 44.
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Davis, behind an aggressive offensive line, moved the Crusaders through and around the Spartan defense. Tailback Mike Olexa iiinished the dr,ive as he burst a few yards into the endzone. Hyz'du's.kick seemed to be good, sneaking through the right upright, but the officials disagreed. So, Moeller now Jed 13 to 6.
Best Defensive Back . RICK BENNEIT
-C. Konrad
ERIC SCHNEIDER Best Defensive Linemen
Best Offensive Back
- S. Davis
page 4
The Crusader defense continued to totally shut down Roger Bacon, arid the Spartans had to punt yet another time. The Crusaders, with time running out in the first half, began on their own 31. The backs ran through gaping holes created by the offensive line and tightend Rick Schulte made a key, diving reception. Moeller was knocking near the end zone, and Olexa kicked in the, door with his second rushing touchdown of the night. Coach Klonne decided to go for 2 points and Davis kept the ball on the option and scored. With seconds remaining in the half, Moeller soared on top 21 to 6. Moeller's defense kept the Spartans penned deep in their own territory as the first half ended. Moeller Defensive Coordinator Jim Lippincott was obviously pleased with his de. fensive team effort, but he also praised the kickoff team. Moeller defenders Craig Konrad and Jason Clouse each made 3 tackles on the kickoffs, the main reason why the Spartans had such poor field position all night. Moeller received the kickoff to begin the second half as tailback Terry Dickey advanced the kick to Moeller's 41 yardline. The Crusader's drive was highlighted by a 48 yard pass comple. tion from Davis to wideout Chris Jenkins. Shortly afterwards Dickey galloped into the endzone. Hyzdu's extra point was good, giving the home team a 28 to 6 advantage. For one of the first times of the night, Moe!. ler's defense did not force Roger Bacon to punt. Instead linebacker Don Feldhaus racked a Bacon ball carrier, forcing a fumble that was recovered by fellow linebacker Art Lewis at midfield. Wideout Craig Griffey caught a Davis pass for 路 15 yards, and tailback Denny Love made a smooth run around the left side and into the endzone for Moeller's fifth touchdown of the night. Hyzdu put the Crusaders further ahead, 35 to 6. The Moeller defense then held the Spartans and forced them to punt for the fifth time of the night. The home team accomplished all ten路 of their defensive goals, an admirable feat. Bacon, whose offense exploded the week before for 35 points, had only 159 yards total offense . .''We really had a great team effort when we (the defense) accomplished all ten of our goals, you know we did many thing right." Coach Lippincott continued. ''We're looking forward to facing Purcell-Marian next week."
Defensive 路RATS of the week
JOE HOEKZEMA '.路
ROJB HANDORF
ANDY JFOLZENLOGEN
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STAYS SEPTEMBER 25, 1987 MOELLER_ ·42 ROGER BACON - 6
FIRST DOWNS: Passing Rushing Penalty NUMBER PASSES ATT. Completed Yards Gained TO Passes Passes Intercepted Yards Returned NUMBER RUSHING PLAYS Yards Gained Yards Lost Net Yards Gained TOTAL NO. OFF. PLAYS TOTAL OFFENSE NUMBER OF PUNTS Yardage Average Blocked PUNTS RETURNED Yards Run Back NUMBER KICKOFFS Yardage Average KICKOFFS RETURNED Yards Run Back FUMBLES Fumbles LOst PENALTIES Yards Lost
WE 18 5 11 2 6 5 124 0 0 0 45 275 12 263 ·51 387 0 0 0 0 2 15 7 350 50.0 2 94 2 1" 4 32
SCORING M. Olexa S. Davis T. Dickey D. Love · T. Macklin A. Hyzdu
TD 12 6 6 6 6
PASSING S. Davis
PA 6
THEY 9 3 3 3 14 5 63 0 0 0 35 130 36 94 49 157 5 154 30.8 0 0 0 2 99 49.5 7 83 3 2 3 29
PASSES CAUGHT R. Schulte C. Jenkins P. Hopewell C. Griffey
NO 2 1 1 1
YG 43 48 18 15
TD 0 0 0 0
RUSHING M. Olexa D. Love T. Macklin S. Davis T. Dickey M. Eutsey S. Sheppard C. Fisher
TCB 12 8 5 6 8 2 2 2
NYG 73 67 43 34 32 16 0 -2
AVG 6.1 8.4 8.6 5.7 4.0 8.0 0 -1.0
PUNT RETURNS R. Bennett
NO 2
YDS AVG 15 7.5
KICKOFF R. Baker A. Hyzdu
NO 5 2
YDS AVG 242 48.4 108 54.0
KICKOFF RETURNS C. Griffey T. Dickey
NO 1 1
YDS AVG 60.0 60 34.0 34
DEFENSIVE GRADE POINTS Pts Player Player C. Kurtz D. Feldhaus 21 D. Lindeman 12 C. Konrad J. McEntire 12 E. Schneider J. Hodge 11 A. Lewis M. Jennings K. Gilles 9 P. Stock R. Bennett 7 J. Walker M. Nichols 7 P. Browning J. Hoekzema 6 J. Griffis T. LeRoy 6 K. Henderson B. Rohlfs 6 J. Perry M. Summers 6 B. Riesenberger 5 M. Schiess C. Simon 4 C. Tucker R. Tenkman J. Clouse 3
Expt FG
2
TD 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Pts 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 PC 5
YG 124
TD 0
INT 0 SEASON RECORD
Won2
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October 2, 1987 Purcell Marian 8 :00 PM at Galbreath
Lost 2
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Group Zaferes award
Moeller's offense was not yet fjnished. Still in the third quarter, Davis drove the team downfield, and kept the balll himself for a one yard touchdown plunge. Hyzdu finished the scoring of the night with a!lo·ther extra point, making the score 42 to 6. Now in the 4th quarter, Moeller's second team defense swarmed to the bali and knocked down Spartan passes. The defense held the Spartans on 4th down, turning the ball over to the Crusader's second team offense. The offense, led by quarte1rback Casey Fisher and tailback Mike Eutsey, chewed up yardage and time, driving the ball down to around the 10 yardline. However, the Spartans lrnelld their line on fourth down, putting Moeller's defense back onto the field. They weren't on the field long, thanks to a Joe Hoekzema ·ffumble recovering and Moeller's offense ran only one more play
CRAIG GRIFFEY be·fore time expired.· Klonne was extremely pleased with his team's performance, ''Our offense finally clicked, our defense was ferocious, and our special tearps did the job. We needed a big victory like this one. Now we're getting ready for Purcei~Mlarian." Moeller's offense rushed for 275 yards, gathered 18 first down, and Davis was 5-6 for 124 yards, bringing the total offense to an impressive 387 yards. Crusader leading rushers were Olexa (12 carries, 73 yards), Denny Love '8 for 67 yard's), and Terry Mack1lin ,. (5 for 43yards.) Moeller evened its record at 2. 2; and is 1-0 in the GCL. Next Friday, the Crusaders will pi~ host to the Purcell-Marian Cavaliers, Moe~ ler's Homecoming. by .Joe Faessler
Offensive RATS of Matt Baer
week
Matt Birrell
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Reserves are 4-0,four shutouts On Saturday, September 26, the Moeller Reserve Football Team defeated the Roger Bacon Spartans at Roger Bacon 33 to 0. The offense struggled only putting 6 points on the board in the first half but they came back and scored 21 points in the second. The defense scored the other 6. The defense played superbly, only allowing 3 first downs. The defensive line did an exceL lent job by holding up the line and letting the linebackers play havoc with Bacon. Brad Hindersman made a fumble recovery to
give the offense great field position. John Gunning recovered a ball in the endzone to score 6 for the defense. Ardell Barkley saved a possible touchdown late in the game by diving and just getting a pieee of the ball to prevent the Bacon receiver from catching the ball. Overall great defense performances were by Craig Meyer, Pat Holt, Chris Hurst, Jeff Crable, Brian Zelina, Ken Darby and Jerry Storm. This makes the defense's fourth Zip in a row and not allowing an opponent to score on them in the first four games of the season. by Russ Speigle
Freshmen go to 2-0,beat Bacon On Tuesday, September 15, the Moeller Freshmen defeated Hamilton 12 to 6. Hamilton received the opening kickoff and was stopped. Moeller's defense stopped Hamil ton and forced them to punt. Moeller's offense didn't score until the last pssession before the end of the half, on a nin~yard pass from Neil Dougherty to Steve Langenkamp. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Ha.. milton scored but the conversion was stopped by the defense to make it 6 - 6. On the next series, Moeller's offense scored on a two yard run from Carlos Collins to make the score 18 - 6. Moeller's defense then went to work and stopped Hamilton on the 20 yardline to win the game. Next up for Moeller was Roger Bacon on September 22 and the Frosh defeated them 35 to Zip. On the opening kickoff, Moeller stopped
Roger Bacon cold. The defense held Bacon and gave the offense great field position. Moeller scored when Adam Adkins ran 44 yard for a touchdown. Jason Knecht added the extra point. On the next series, the defense caused a fumble and the offense took it down and scored. The defensive team caused 5 more turnovers, two interceptions by Ryan Porter and also Mark Simmons, Chris Wyake and Steve Larkin had one. The offense then scored 3 more times on a three yard run from Adam Adkins and also a 43 yard run by Adam. Carlos Collins also rambled for a 49 yard run to score Moeller's final touchdown. The Moeller Freshmen are looking forward to the game on September 29 against Elder, who is probably the toughest oppenent in the GC L. by Neil Dougherty
Defense also has good night Going into the Moeller-Roger Bacon game, the Spartans had a number of players that were tops in the City statistics. Their quarterback, Jeff Stofa, was the second ranked quarterback in the Tr~ State area with 34 completions in 56 attempts for 597 yards. Stofa was tied for third in passing points with 30 points on five touchdown passes. Against Moeller, Stofa completed 5 of 14 for 63 yards. Matt Stegall was the leading receiver going into Friday night's game with 15 receptions for 371 yards for a 24.7 yard average per reception.
Stegall had 2 receptions for a total of 27 yards against Moeller. Roger Bacon's running back, Ken Carter, has been one of the top running backs with a 6.5 yard average on 46 carries for 297 yards. The Bacon team was held to a total of 95 rushing yards on 35 carries for a 2.7 yard average.
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Special teams highlight win
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• win column Moe puts one In Friday, Sept. 16, the ·Moeller Crusaders returned to their winning ways' at the expense of the visiting Akron Buchtel Griffins, 18_15. The big story of the game was excellent special teams play by the Crusaders. "It was the best all-around special team's play we've had in years," commented Moeller Head Coach Steve ·Klonne. The punting, place-kicking, kickoff and kickoff return teams executed all night. Bechtel received the opening kick and gave the Crusaders a scare on the first play from scrimmage. Akron's QB connected with his wideout who ran along the sideline and into the endzone~ However, he was bumped and just stepped out of bounds near midfield and Crusader hearts began beating again. The defense settled down and forced the Griffins to punt. Moeller's offense led by quarterback, Scott Davis, . ran the ball left and right down the field. The physical Buchtel defense barely
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stopped the Crusaders on third down and the Blue and Gold punted the ball to the Griffins. Moeller's defense, led by linebackers,' Don Feldhaus (17 tackles) and Mark Summers (f8 tackles) continued to pressure the quarterback and swarm to the ball. Both teams took turns . punting, a battl~ that Moeller punter Casey · Tucker won, averaging over 45 yards per kick on 4 punts and cine over 50 yards. Still in the first quarter, the Crusaders drove inside the 20 yard line, but again, Buchtel defense kept 1\il<~eller out of the end zone, but placekicker Adam Hyzdu booted the home team on top 3 _ 0. The Crusader. defense remained hungry and forced another Akron punt. Moeller fumbled the punt deep . in its own territory and the Griffins later capitalized, running the ball for a TD. The extra point kick gave Buchtels the edge, 7-3. Best Offensive Lineman
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Moeller's offense drove down the field, but was again stopped short on 3rd down in Griffin territory. The Fieldgoal unit again took the field. The snap was pulled down and placed by Joe Faessler and Hyzdu kicked his second 3 pointer of the night, this one from 32 yards, bringing Moeller within one, 7_ 6. With time running out in the first half and Akron Buchtel with the ball, the Crusaders would have been dlown but content to enter the locker room behind one point. But Moeller DB and Co. captain Rick Bennett felt different. ly. While covering an out route, Bennett step. ped in front of the falling receiver, scooped up the low throw and dashed 53 yards for a shocking TD. The Crusaders sent in their offense to try for 2 points, but the attempt failed. The score, which was the score that carried into halftime, saw Moeller on top, 1.2_ 7. The second half began just as startling as the first half ended. Moeller tailback Terry Dickey, the deep man for the Crusader kickoff return team, caught the baH on his own 15 yardline. He then scooted straight ahead into the funnel Best Offensive Back
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formed by his blockers. Dickey broke into the open field and had one man to beat. Terry side. stepped and juked, freezing the defender in his tracks while the Moeller back blazed into the endzone. Again the Crusaders tried for 2, and, again, Buchtel prevailed. However, the home team was quickly up 11 points, HL 7. Hyzdu kicked off and, again, the Griffins began deep in their own territory. Moeller's defensive line, led by linem;m of the week, Kevin Gilles, relentlessly chased down Buchtel runners. Both defenses held the opposing offenses in check throughout~ the entire third quarter.
the receiver darted across the field and into the endzone. The Griffins were successful on their extra two point conversion, so the score now read 18 _ 15. Now with little time remaining, Buchtel attempted an onside kick, but Moeller junior tightend Brian White recovered the kick. The Crusaders then just sat on the ball for 2 plays as the clock ran out and the Crusaders had their first victory of the year. Moeller Defensive Coordinator Jim Lippincott was pleased with his team's effort. He also praised Rick Bennett;~s play before tlhe half, "Rick's interception for the touchdown was the turning point of the game. Now we have to gear it up and get ready for Roger Bacon and an impressive aerial attack." Coach Klonne expressed his pleasure with the win but emphasized the team's need to ove~: come inconsistencies. by Joe Faessler
o¡efensive RATS of th.e week
ANDY FOLZENLOGEN
In the 4th quarter, Moeller' seemed to be in charge, driving the ball, mixing the run with ¡ the pass, as Davis began hitting tight end Rick Schulte, who ended up with 4 receptions for 28 yards. Once again, the Buchtel defense thwarted a Crusader drive, this time by recovering a fumble near midfield. Moeller's defense responded, stifling Akron Buchtel. Then Moeller defensive lineman Gilles recovered a Griffin fumble. Moeller's offense was pushed backwards, and Tucker boomed a tremendous punt. With time gradually running out, Akron Buchtel began moving the ball. Suddenly Buchtel's quarterback connected on a post pattern, and
Jeff Crable Brian Zelina
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STAYS SEPTEMBER 18, 1987 MOELLER -18 AKRON BUCHTEL -.15
FIRST DOWNS: Passing Rushing Penalty NUMBER PASSES ATT. Completed Yards Gained TD Passes Passes Intercepted Yards Returned NUMBER RUSHING PLAYS Yards GainPd Yards Lost Net Yards Gained TOTAL NO. OFF. PLAYS TOTAL OFFENSE NUMBER OF PUNTS Yardage Average Blocked PUNTS RETURNED Yards Run Back NUMBER KICKOFFS Yardage Average KICKOFFS RETURNED Yards Run Back FUMBLES Fumbles LOst PENALTIES Yards Lost
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SCORING R. Bennett T. Dickey A. Hyzdu
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PASSING S. Davis
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PASSES CAUGHT R. Schulte P: Hopewell T. Dickey M. Olexa
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TD 1
KICKOFFS A. Hyzdu J. Fitzpatrick
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YDS AVG 166 55.3 101 50.5
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TD 0
INT 0
SEASON RECORD
Won 1
Lost 2
NEXT GAME
Roger Bacon at Galbreath Field 8:00PM, Sept. 25
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Group Zaferes -award
ADAMHYZDU
CASEY TUCKER
Moeller's opponents Colerain (3..0) won 35-7 over Northwest. The Youngstown Ursiline score was not available when we went to print. Roger Bacon (2.1) won 36.6 over Mt. Healthy. Purcell-Marian (2.1) lost to Fairfield (&15).
St. Xavier (3.0) won 2&20 over Woodward. Elder (3..0) beat Western Hills, 19.14. LaSalle (2-1) lost to Aiken, 17-34. Princeton (3-0) won over Sycamore, 42.0. Hamilton (2.. 1) won 20 17 over Wilmington.
Offensive RATS of the week Todd Shaffer
Chris Asbrock
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• Reserves Jump to 3-0 record
On September 19th, the Moeller Reserve football team beat Hughes Big Red Machine, 44__ 0. Hughes received the ball on the opening kickoff and was stopped at their own four. On their first play, Brad Hindersman sacked the quarterback for a safety and the score was quickly 2-0. Hughes kicked from their own 20. Moeller took the ball and drove down for a score capped off by a 5 yard touchdown pass to Keith Valerius from Adam Hyzdu to make the score 9- 0. On the next drive, the defense held and Hughes fumbled it away. Sean Moury ran in from the one and with the kick, made it 16-0. Defense again held and forced Hughes td punt. Moeller took over and Hyzdu threw to Mike Beerman and with the run, it was a 7 5 yard catch and made the score 23-0. Defense held and Sean Moury scored on a 15 yard run. Doug Burwinkle made the kick to make the score 30--0. The second half started off with the second team and they had to punt on the first posses. sion. The defense held them and the offense took over again and they were forced to punt. Defense again forced them to punt and the offense pieced together a scoring drive, Jody
Smith scoring on a 23 yard punt to make it 37_ 0. Defense held aitd the offense took over on the 4 yard line and on the second play, Tony Walk-er scored on a 4 yard touchdown run to make the score 44_ 0 with about 2 mintues left. Defense was led by Chad Whitacre, Jeff Crable and Brian Zelina.
MR. BOB KOLKMEYER
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lri sh were full of fight YOUNGSTOWN URSULINE PREVAILS OVER MOELLER Saturday night, September 12, the Moeller Crusaders traveled to Youngstown to play the Ursuline Irish, but the Irish were far from hospitable as they defeated their guests 14- 7 at Youngstown State University Stadium. Although Moeller led in almost every statistic, the Crusaders earned for the second straight week that better stats don't necessarily mean a "W" in the win column. Moeller's defense took the field first, and amid a steady downpour of rain forced Ursuline to punt after three plays. The Crusader offense, under the direction of quarterback Scott Davis, moved the ball well at times, but due to a physical Irish defense, turnovers and several intangibles, the Blue and Gold just couldn't find the endzone. On their first drive, they did just make it into fieldgoal range, but the attempt was wide to the left. However, the Moeller defense thrived on adversity. The Crusaders fumbled the ball
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around their own 30 yardline. But their defense held tough and forced a fieldgoal attempt, which was short and wide to the left. Moeller regained possession on their own 20 yardline, but fumbled again on the first play. The Crusader defense was barely off the field before they had to strap on their helmets again and trot onto the field. Ursuline attempted a pass which was nicely broken up by safety Doug Lindeman. A delay of game call moved the Irish back 5 yards and defensive end Eric Schneider did the rest as he read a reverse perfectly and threw the ball carrier for a loss. The home team was bumped just out of fieldgoal range, so Moeller's defense did ilt again. Both defenses kept the opposing offenses from scoring in a first quarter that literally flew by. It was the Irish who drew first blood in the second quarter against a Moeller defense that had been on the field about as much as the offi cials. The score came suddenly and without warning, Ursuline's extremely talented tailback Best Offensive Lineman
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DOUG LINDEMAN
broke one tackle and zoomed 66 yards for a touchdown. This one play accounted for almost all of Ursuline's total rushing yards of the half. The extra point kick put Y oung'Stown ahead 7-0. All the luck was with the Irish as iUustrated by M0eller's final drive of the half. Starting at their own 20 yard line with under two minutes to play, Davis led the Crusaders right down the field, l>parked by a big catch and run by tightend receiver Paul Hopewell. Moeller had the ball on
MIKE NICHOLS Best Defensive Linebacker
MIKE OLEXA Best Offensive Back
the Irish 35 yardline with one second left in the half. Davis dropped back to pass and had great protection from the offensive line. Seeing that none of his receivers were open, Davis kept the ball and scurried along, chewing up yardage while getting closer to the goal line. But he was stopped just short of six points as he was brought down on the 5 yardline. So, the Irish escaped into the locker room with a 'J __ 0 lead. Moeller began the second half on offense, but not for long, as the Crusaders fumbled the ball away on t.he first play. Ten plays later, the Irish scored their second touchdown of the night, and the added extra point put them on top, 14-0. Three plays after the kickoff, Moeller struck back on a 43 yard run by tailloack Mike Olexa. Placekicker Adam Hyzdu !booted Moeller to within seven. In the fourth quarter, Moeller began driving but was forced to punt. The Irish received the ball with 8:40 remaining in t\he game and kept possession of the ball until stopped on a fourth down on the Moeller 7 yardline with only 1 ¡:27 left. Davis drove the Crusaders past midfield, but with 10 seconds left and no timeouts, a Moeller reception proved fatal as the clock ran down.
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As mentioned earlier, statistically, the Crusaders did well. They had only one penalty (for 5 yards) and accumulated 278 yards total offense, 65 yards more than the Irish. Davis was 9_14 passing for 85 yards. His main targets were Hopewell ( 4 receptions, 54 yards) and Olexa (2 receptions, 18 yards). Olexa carried the ball 14 times for 87 yards and one touchdown, while Davis carried 18 times for 90 yards.
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ERIC SCHNEIDER
Defensive RATS of the week
PAUL HOPEWELL Moeller's defense was led by lineman Mike Jennings, linebacker Mike Nichols, and defensive backs Doug Lindeman and Rick Bennett. Linebacker Don Feldhaus had 13 tackles and has 32 tackles in two games. Moeller Defensive Coordinator Jim Lippincott was pleased with his defense's effort, but saw plenty of room for improvement, "I felt we performed well in crucial situations, but I'm unhappy with their one big play and their long, time-eating drive at the end of the game. We have up 14 points, and that was too many." The Crusaders will square off against an explosive Akron Buchtel team Friday, Sept. ember 18, at 8:00 on Moeller's Galbreath Field.
PAT BROWNING
ANDY FOLZENLOGEN
JASON GRIFFIS
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STAYS SEPTEMBER 12, 1987 MOELLER-7 YOUNGSTOWN URSULINE - 14
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WE 15 4 11 0 14 9 85 0 0 0 37 211 18 193 51 278 3 84 28.0 0 4 12 2 105 52.5 2 23 4 3 1 5
SCORING M. Olexa A. Hyzdu
TD 6
PASSING S. Davis
PA 14
THEY 11 3 8 0 15 7 36 0 0 0 39 194 20 174 54 213 6 205 34.2 0 1 14 2 94 47.0 1 11 1 1 4 28
PASSES CAUGHT P. Hopewell M. Olexa C. Jenkins B. Spoor J. Toepfer
NO 4 2 1 1 1
YG 54 18 7 3 3
TD 0 0 0 0 0
RUSHING M. Olexa S. Davis T. Dickey D. Love
TCB 14 18 4 1
NY 87 90 10 6
AVG 6.2 5.0 2.5 6.0
PUNTING C. Tucker
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YDS AVG 84 28.0
PUNT RETURNS R. Bennett D. Love
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YDS AVG 1 0.6 11 11.0
KICKOFFS A. Hyzdu J. Fitzpatrick
NO 1 1
YDS AVG 66 66.0 45 45.0
KICKOFF RETURNS D. Love
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YDS AVG 23 11.5
Ex Pt FG 1 PC 9
YG 85
TD 0
INT 0
DEFENSIVE Player Nichols Feldhaus Gilles Lindeman Walker Lewis Schneider
GRADE POINTS Pts. Player 15 Summers Jennings 13 10 Schiess 10 Bennett 10 Perry Corsmeier 9 Riesenberger 8
Pts 8 7 5 4 2 1 1
SEASON RECORD
Won 0
Next Game
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Lost 2
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Alumni news Some alumni news. Mark Kamphaus (Senior season '84), threw two for four completions to passes for 20 yards in Boston Colege's win over Temple. Moeller and Eagle teammate Tom Waddle had four receptions for 77 yards in that same game. Ray Hilvert ( '85) and Brian Williams ('85) are also on the BC squad. Scott Schaffner ('86) is the backup quarterback for Minnesota and was 3 for 7 and 60 yards passing in the Gophers opener. D'Juan Francisco ('84) has made the switch from running back to defensive back at Notre Dame. Greg Hudson ('84) is a backup linebacker for the Fighting Irish. More on others next week. We appreciate any information our readers can send us concerning Moeller alumni still playing college or profession. al sports.
• opener Frosh wtn 12-6 over Hamilton
Moeller's opponents Colerain (2.0) won 12.6 over Hamilton Akron Buchtel (2.0) won 21 O¡over Brecksville. Roger Bacon (1-1) lost 12 35 to Western Hills. Purcell Marian (2.0) won over McNicholas in overtime, 2~20.
St. Xavier (2.0) won 30-0 over Warren DeLaSalle from Michigan. Elder (2.0) won 27-13 over Lima. LaSalle (2.0) won 33.8 over Northmount. Princeton (2.0) won 17-0 over Upper Arlington. Hamilton (1-1) lost 6-12 to Colerain.
Offensive RATS of the week Tony Walker and Jody Smith
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Reserves down Middies, 3 4-0 On September 11 the reserve football team brought its record to ~0 by beating the Middletown Middies by a score of 340. 路 The game started with Middletown getting the ball first. On the second they fumbled it over to the Crusaders. Tony Walker carried the ball across the goalline for a 7-0 Moeller lead. The Blue and Gold' kicked off to the Middies who fumbled the ball away again. The oppor路 tunistic Crusaders converted the turnover into another score with Mike Eutsey running it over. The second score and second extra point kick left the score at 14-0 in favor of the hometown Crusaders. The third Middletown fumble of the game left the Crusaders with another chance to put quick points on. the board. This time it was quarterback Adam Hyzdu running the ball across the goalline. The third conversion kick made it 21.0 Moeller. The Middie offense sustained a long drive but the defense again forced a turnover. Chris As. brock caught a Hyzdu pass and carried across the goalline for the fourth touchdown of the game. The kick was wide so Big Moe led 2'7-0: The Middies were stymied by a tough Cru. sader defense. The 'D' forced many turnovers and denied the Middies field position as well. The final Moeller touchdown came on a Hyzdu pass to receiver Keith Valerius. The pass was deflected but Valerius came up with the big catch. The conversion kick was good leaving the final score at 34. 0. The backup offense drove down the field but was unable to score.
The路 defense recored its second shutout of the season. Excellent defensive play was turned in by Chad Whitaker, Craig Meyer, Todd Ille, and Brad Hindersman. Pat Holt had one fumble re. covery and Jeff Crable had a near interception. The class of '90 is still undefeated in football competition. As freshmen they were undefeated and have added 2 games to their win streak. Also, on the reserve level last year, the Crusaders were 8. 2 with 7 shutouts. This year they have already added two shutouts to add to reserve defensive coordinator Tim Schira's impressive list of 'Zips.' The reserves will play Hughes at Moeller on Saturday, September 19 at lOAM.
MR. TIM SCH/RA
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First show of '8 7 On Sat., Aug. 22, the 1987 edition of the Moeller Crusader football team began the year with a pre-season shutout against host Mt. 'Healthy 28-0. Moeller's first team offense scored on every possession. Crusader tailback Terry Dickey, who ended the day with 9 carries for 110 yards, got things started on the second play in the series when he broke off a 40-yard run. Running behind an aggressive offensive line which really moved people around, Dickey darted his way 15 yards for the first Moeller TD of the year. John Fitzpatrick's -extra point put the Blue and Gold on top, 7-0.
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SCOTT DAVIS Statistically, Davis was 9-11 passing for 145 yards. Tight end Rick Schulte was the main target, gathering in 4 passes for 88 yards. Receiver Chris Jenkins caughts 3 passes for 32 yards and blocked well downfield. Rushing leaders, besides Dickey, were Davis (7 carries for 24 yards) and running back Denny Love (5 Carries for 24 yards.)
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Typical of Moeller teams, the defense was successful due to a total team effort. Constant pressure on the opposing quarterback as well as sticky coverage on the receivers held Mt. Healthy's passing attack to only 70 yards. The Owls carried the ball 31 times for only 65 yards, a net yardage of only 135. Hats off to the defense! Offensively the CruSa.ders weren't to be denied. Quarterback Scott Davis led the offense straight down the field an"d kept the ball himself for an &.yard TD run. Fitzpatrick's extra point put Moeller on top 1~0. Moeller's first team offense received the ball two more times in the¡ scrimmage and the results were much the same. Davis capped off the third drive himself with another TD run. This one a 6-yard gallop. Then Dickey scored his Second TD of the day on a 16-yard run. Rich Baker added both extra points and Moeller was now ahead 25-0.
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Moeller's defense, besides stuffing Mt. Hea~ thy and forcing numerous punts, also came up with 2 big turnovers, both interceptions. First was· Junior defensive back Joe McEntire and he was soon followed by .fepow. junior defensive , back Kevin Henderson, who made a nice return. However, Moeller's second and third team offensive could not capitalize. Despite passes from quarterback Casey. Fisher to wideouts Greg Stofko and Dan Cloran, inconsistency plagued the Crusaders, the end zone was not to be found. However the second and third teams did contribute to Moeller's 437 total yards.
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Moeller's Head Football Coach Steve Klonne wa5 pleased with what he saw. It was encouraging that the new offense did so well and that the defense had a shut out. · However, Coach Klonne warns that, "Its not how you (the team) are now. that counts, but how much you will improve in the days to come." The Crusaders. will certainly be tested this coming Friday night when they travel to play a "loaded" Middletown team in a final runeup for the regular season. by Joe Faessler
There will be one more issue of the Moeller Football Newsletter this year. ·This is an expanded issue as will be the nert one; If you wish' to renew your subscription to the Newsletter please consult the back page for the subscription information. Any orders received by Sept. 5 will receive the first issue of the new year which w~ start with a summary. of the Moeller-Colerain game.
What did they do during the off-season? This -issue of tile Moeller Football Newsletter will highlight the activities that many of the Moeller gridders participated in during the off-season. Moeller High School has always prided itself on being a well-rounded school. Between involvement in other sports and other school activitiies the Moeller students have proven that there is more to Moeller than championship football.
Basi(etball PAUL HOPEWELL Coach Dan Ragland is the head basketball coach at Moeller. Dan bas completed his second year as the bead basketball coach with a 13-7 record. Coach "Rags" formally coached the Freshman football defensive backs. The' varsity basketball team was lead by seniors Dave Terry and John Hilvert but a number of gridde:rs also helped out on the court. Rick Bennett was the third leading scorer on the team. Rick was a starter last fall as a defensive back and still has his senior season to look forward io.
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Tom Thiel and Paul Hopewell also helped a' lot on the court. Tom was a junior offensive lineman and Paul was a wide receiver for Moeller last fall Both predict io play of lot of football this coming fall
The reserve basketball team was 6-14 under Coach Carl Kremer. Coach Kremer is also the freshman football offensive backfield coach. Sieve Busse (TE), Pete Daumeyer (TE), Brian Hlndersman (C), Tim LeRoy (DB), Greg Stofko (WR), and John Walker (DB) were all reserve football players that played reserve basketball. Brian Cain and Kevin Harpring were two standouts on the reserve team. The freshman basketball team went 16-4 under the coaching leadership of Rick Bohne. There were ten former frosh football players on the squad: Chad Beuerlein, Todd Ille, Joe Currin, Chris Asbrock, Matt Messersmith, Jeff Crable, Matt Birrell, :Mike Hivert, Mike J?eerman, and Marcus Colosimo.
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Track ~fi? The Moeller track team has a tradition of success in its own right. Moeller has placed high in the district meets every year and regularly sends athletes on to the State meet. Marc Bjelac has been the head track coach for seven years at Moeller. Marc has been coaching football for eight years at Moeller, the last five as the varsity defensive backfield coach.
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Drew Codner was part of record-breaking 300 meter shuttle hurdle team. Steve Gahr was one of the state's best shot-putters this season. Carl Knepler pole-vaWterl 12 feet during the season. Dave Willging was an excellect field event performer for the Crusaders. Tom Teuschl and Keino Williams both ran well for Moeller. Knepier and Teuschl were two of the track team's captains.
The track assb-tants have some football expertise in their background also. Dan Bjelac is an assistant track coach and is the head freshman football coach. Tim Schira is an ~-b-tant track coach and the head reserve football coach. Forrest Brandt and Rob Philpot are the other two track assistants.. This year's track team was dominated by youth but still had a good season. Senior track men that also played football were: Dave Beutel Drew Codner Steve Gahr Vince Gillen Dan Henson Carl Knepler Matt Latzy Jim Logan :Keino Williams Tom Teuschl Dave Willging
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Steve Broughton was an excellent weight man for the track team and will be a captain along with Bill Spoor and Don Feldhaus. Many of these seniors to be will be starters this fall on the grid· iron. Sophomore football players that ran track in the spring were . Jon Baer Morris Adkins Craig Griffey Andy Folzenlogan Chris Jenkins Kevin Henderson Jeff Morrow Tim LeRoy Jim Perry Mike Nichols Mike Schiess Mike Rohlfs Scott Sheppherd Eric Scheider Casey Tucker Joe Toepfer John Walker Jim Vondran Kevin wliitton
Dre\o.T Codner Junior track men that also played football this past fall were: Steve Broughton Rick Bachman Rich Corsmeier Dan Cloran Terry Dickey Anthony Darby Chris Groene Don Feldhaus Paul Hopewell Joe Hoekzema Dave Langefels Greg Huntington Doug Lindeman .<\rt Lewis Rick Schulte Bill Rohlfs Chris Simon Bill Spoor Tom Thiel
Many of these young men ran on the varsity this year. Craig Griffey was a regional qualifier in the 300 meter hurdles. There is a strong nucleus of track talent within this class as well as an abundance of football talent. · Moeller's freshman track team placed second in the GCL freshman tournament and rightly so. This is a talented class. Gridders that also ran track were~ Chris Asbrock Mike Beerman Matt Baer Chad Beurelein Doug Bull-winkle Matt Birrell Ken Darby Jeff Crable Doug Daley Gerry Feldhaus Jeff Herricks Keith Fulmer Steve Krimmer Matt Kennedy Craig Meyer Brian Nugent Jeff Poore Bob Sanford · Jody Smith Russ Spiegle Tony Walker Keith Vonderhaar Chad "\Vhitaker Chris Weisbrod Pat Holt Brian Zielinski Ryan Wardlow The combined frosh-soph team took first 'place in the Lancaster Invitational showing great future for Moeller track..
BILL SPOOR
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Tennis Tennis may seem like an unlikely sport in which to find a linebacker but not at Moeller. Brian Clark, a co-captain in 1986 and starting linebacker on the Crusader defense, was also the captain of the Moeller tennis team last spring. Brian was also the Most Valuable Player on the tennis team. Brian and his partner, Andy Ackerman were 3rd in the District in doubles and made
it .to 1he second rounde of the Regional tournament. Moeller tennis has enJoyed Brian's success on the varsity for three years. Other stalwarts on Coach Traxler's team were Brian Davis and Aaron Dziech. The young team was 8-11 over~ last year and their ~5 finish in the GCL was good enough for 3rd place.
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Wrestling The 1986-87 Moeller wrestling team had a good year with three 2~plus match winners and two State qualifiers. Head Coach Jeff Gaier has been the head coach for three years. This fall, Jeff will also coach football at the freshman level Bill Palermo had an outstan<ling sea.¡~on for the grapplers with a 27-5 record. Bill placed 3rd in the Regional meet and was a Stare qualifier.
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The other two wrestlers with more than 20 wins were Terry King and Mark Summers. Mark was 20-11 and was a regional qualifier. Terry compiled a 27-6 record and was first in the region and 8th in the State meet. Terry was a starting defensive back this past season and Mark was a back-up linebacker. Other gridders that also took to the mats were Mike Powell (&13 and a Regional qualifier) and Mike Jennings ( 4~1 ). Jon Rice (So) and Keith Fulmer (Fr.) and Brian Zielinski (Fr.) also wrestr led for the Moeller varsity wrestling squad. ~--' ''••'"~~-:""'"'07',.,..,·''7-~""".;;'"-"'·'"~!!~....;.~~-..'!""W
MIKE JENNINGS The following football players wrestled at the reserve level last winter. Ken Darby (2-3) Ken Boggs (1L 4) Ben Pschesang (2-3) Sean StantOn (2-'0) Adam Hyzdu (~1)
Terry King
The following football players wrestled at the freshman level last year . Ken Darby (15-5) Brian Nugent (5-7) Sean Stanton (7-5) Tom Nugent (1-0) Bob Sanford (0-2) Matt Kennedy (2-3) Dave Besso (5-2) John Guiming (~4) Sal Fucito (12. 4) Adam Hyzdu (12-0) Keith Fulmer ( 12-0)
Baseball The Moeller baseball team has enjoyed immense success under the leadership of Coach Mike Cameron. Mike regularly turns out squads and quality players. Moeller has 5 players currently playing professional baseball~ Buddy Bell, Len Matusak, Billy Long, Barry Larkin, and Ken Griffey. Larkin was a former football· star at Moeller and was member of the 1984 Olympic Baseball Team. Ken Griffey played football for three years at Moeller and this past spring he was the number one dra..~ pick in the baseball draft going to Seattle.
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This past year's team was a talented one with players like Griffey. Ken was also the team MVP, Best Defensive Player, and has the best batting average. Moeller football safety Rick Bennett also starred on the baseball team as a pitcher and hitter. Wide receiver Jeff Madden was a baseball Most Improved Player. Scott Schaffner was an AllAmerican quarterback in the fall and an All-GCL baseball player. Scott also was a baseball co-captain. 1
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Other football players that also played base-ball were. Scott Davis Joe Faessler Brian Hindersman Jiin Nienaber 1\.fike Olexa Brent Riesenberger Wayne Simpson BRE!\1 RIESE~"'BERGER
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Mike Olexa, as a sophomre, made 1st team GCL as a shortstop. The following football players played on the Reserve baseball team this past Spring. Pat Browpirig Pete D~umeyer Casey Fisher John Fitzpatrick Brad Hindersman Sean Mowry David 0 'Connor Greg Stofko Ron Tenkman John Walker
The following football players were on the freshman baseball team this year .. Jeff Belle Marc Browning Mike Eutsey AdamHyzdu Todd Ille Scott Remmy Todd Shaffer Rob Steltenpohl Jerry Storm Scott Weibel Keith Valerius Brian Zelina
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Meet
the
1987 varsity staff
The 1987 football season is about to get underway. The varsity football staff has changed a little bit during the off-season. The staff had been intact for three years. Defensive line coach, Gary Leibold has left Moeller to join Howard Schnellenberger's staff at Louisville as ':1 graduate assistant football coach. We at Moeller thank Gary for his years of dedication and assistance. Good -luck, Gary and the Cardinals. Defensive backfield coach Marc Bjelac has left Moeller for a head coaching position at his former high school, Steubenville Catholic Central Marc had also been head track coach at Moeller with a very successful record. But Marc is still a "Crusader'' - just at a different schooL Thanks, Marc, for sharing your enthusiasm and experience with Moeller. Good luck to the Catholic Central Crusaders. STE\T h.LO:\":\"E
Coach Jim Lippincott remains as the coordi nator of one of the stingiest defenses inthe state. Jim will coach the linebackers again this year. Bill Straub moves from coaching the inside linebackers to take the defensive backs. Bob Tull moves over from the offensive line to the de.fensive line. On the offensive side of the b~ Head Coach Steve Klonne returns to work with the offensive backs. Steve is entering his sixth season as head coach of the Crusaders. '
GAift LEIBOLD.
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Jeff Liebert remains Moeller's Athletic Director and quarterback and receiver coach. Jeff is e~ tering ·his 15th year of coaching at Moeller. Pat Orloff remains with the varsity offensive line. Pat also runs the weight program with Steve Klonne. The newcomer on the offensive side of the ball is coach Jim Higgins. Jim is not completely new to Moeller having coached at Moeller until 1980 before going to Notre Dame and Navy. Jim will be the other offensive l.iile coach on the varsity staff.
JIM LIPPINCOTT
JEFF LIEBERT
PAT ORLOFF
1987 Crusader Schedule DATE Fri., Sept. 4
Sat., Sept. i2 FrL, SepL 18 Fri., Seot. 25 F r!., Oct. 2 Fri., Oct. 9 F~., Oc~ i6 Fr:., Oc:.. 23 Fri., Oct. 30 Fri., Nov. 6
OPPONENT Colerain Youngstown Ursline Akron Buch.tel Roger Bacon Purcell-Marian St. Xavier Elder l2.Salie
PLACE Galbreat;, Field Youngstown State Galbreath Fielc Galbreath Fieid Galbreath Field St. Xavier Stadiurr• Elder Stadium Gaibreath Field
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Hamiiton
Garfielc Satium
TIME 8:00PM 7:45PM 8:00PM 8:00PM e:OOPM . 8:00PM 8:00PM 8:00PM 8 :OOPI>~ 8:00PM
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Returning Varsity Lettermen NAME Rick Bachman Jim Bangs Mark Becker
POSITION
HEIGHT
LB LB
Rick Bennett Mike Boehner Steve Broughton Dan Cloran Rich Corsmeier Scott Davis Terry Dickey Joe Faessler Don Feldhaus Rob Fischer Kevin Gilles Chris Groene Chris Higgins Joe Hodge Joe Hoekzema Paul Hopewell Greg Huntington Mike Jennings Craig Konrad Chris Kurtz Dave Langetels Art Lewis Doug Lindeman Marc Lyon T.J. Mackey Terry Macklin Eric Madaris Greg Meyer Mike Olexa Brent Riesenberger Bill Rohlfs Rick Schulte Chris Simon Wayne _ ~!:J:npson Bill. Spoor Mark Summers Tom Thiel John Walker
DB OT
6'1" 5'10" 5'11" 6'3"
OG
c WR
LB OB TB 08/WR
LB DT DE
OG OT
LB FB WR OT DT DB DB
WEIGHT
181 179 203 190
6'0"
218
6'3" 5'11" 5'10" 6'1" 5'8" 5'1 0" 5'11" 6'1"
220
6'1'' 5'11" 6'4" 6'0"
5'10" 6'4"
6'3" 5'11" 5'11" 5'9" 6'3" 6'3"
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CLASS
12 12 12 12 12 12 12
173 205 152
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12
12
168
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184 212 204 213' 230
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12 12 12 12
181
12
178 192 225
12 12
210 181
12
5'10"
152 202
DG
6'1" 6'1"
12 12 12 .12 12 12 12 12 12 12
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FB
6'0"
197
11
DE
20E
12
168
12 12
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6'2" 5'1 0" 6'5" 5'11" 6'1" 6'3"
LB
5'9 . . '
c LB DB DB OG TB DT
LB TE
LB
6'2'' 5'1 0"
6'2"
OG
€'5''
DB
6'·1"
151 198 188
186 158 218
193 206 i79 189 189 228 187
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Moeller over Middies • ID final scrtmmage .
The Moeller Crusaders ended a successful football preseason Friday night, August 20th, .by defeating a very talented and highly-ranked Middletown team 31-14 at Middletown Barnett Stadium. The first play of the scrimmage proved to be an ill open for Middletown. It was a routine dive handoff to the right, but defensive lineman Kevin Gilles stripped the bill loose, scooped the fumble and ran 30 yards for a shocking score. Placekicker Adam Hyzdu kicked the extra point, and seconds into the contest, Moeller led 7-0. Moeller's defense, guided by Gilles as well as senior linemen Mike Jerinings and Eric Madaris, shut down the Middies. For much of the night Middletown's offense was in for 3 plays then out. The Moeller offense did lack some consistency in the early going, but Crusader punter, Casey Tucker, along with the defense, kept the Middies deep in their own territory.
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TERRY DICKEY
I ART LEWIS
KEVIN GILLES
ERIC MADARIS
Early in the 2nd quarter, the Crusaders, sparked by a fumble recovering, moved the ball down the field. The large offensive line, anchored by guard Greg Huntington, created many running lanes for backs Terry Dickey and Mike¡ Olexa. Quarterback Scott Davis engineered a drive to the Middletown 10-yard line, but the Crusaders were forced to settle for a Hyzdu field goal, increasing the score to 10--0. Now it was the home team's turn. Sparked by two big running plays, the Middies scored a touchdown of their own. The extra point made the score 10-7:
However, that was as close as the purple and white would come. Moeller took the ball and drove down the field. Then Olexa burst for a 31-yard TD, making an excellent cut to elud~ two defenders near the goaline. Hyzdu then booted the Crusaders on top 17-7. Moeller's swarming defense did not allow the Middies to score again before the half. Linebackers Don Feldhaus and Art Lewis continued to stuff Middletown's running game,· while defensive backs Rick Bennett-and Doug Lindeman mangled receivers and delivered chilling blows on run pursuit. Lindeman spoiled the Middies' hopes for a score when he intercepted a pass. · During the 3rd quarter neither team scored. Moeller did drive the football, but sudden spurts of "little mistakes" plagued the blue and gold.
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RICK BENNETT
MARK SUMMERS
DOUG_ LINDEMAN
On the other hand, Moeller's defense seemed to get more energetic as the night wore on. This proved to be the case, as the defense forced 6 fumbles, recovering 5, Coach Jim Lippincott, Moeller Defensive Coordinator, was pleased with his defense's performance, ''I felt the victory was due to a total team effort. Our smaller defensive line handled Middletown's offensive line very well, and our linebackers and DB's really zipped to the ball. When you force 6 turnovers, you ought to win every time." Less than halfway into the 4th quarter, Moeller's offense struck again. In five plays, the Crusaders marched the ball 7 6 yards, culminated by a 9-yard TD run by Davies. Hyzdu's kick put Moeller further ahead, 24- 7.
Moeller's second team offense was called upon shortly, and way before they ran the· clock down, they ran the Middies down, scoring on running back Scott Sheppard's 10-yard run. Rich Baker's kick upped the score to 31-7. In the waning minutes of the game, Middletown sustained an eight play, 7 ~.yard TD drive against Moeller's second team defense. With 4 seconds on the clock, Middletown's quarterback snuck into the endzone. The extra point was added and the final score, once again, was 31-14. Rushing leaders for the Crusaders were Olexa (14 carries for 95 yards), Dickey (14 carries for 62 yards), Davis (? carries for 51 yards) and running back Denny Love (3 carries for 38 yards). Overall rushing statistics reveal 259 total yards for Moeller and only 156 yards for Middletown. Like Coach Lippincott, Moeller Head Coach Steve Klonne was also pleased by the play Of his Crusaders, "We beat a very talented Middletown team. The defense did a great job. Our down linemen prevailed over a larger offensive line and our linebackers have steadily in proved."
Asked of Moeller's offensive play, Coach Klonne replied, "We made good adjustments coaching wise. We still are inconsistent and need to improve on the little things. Our guys
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showed a lot of enthusiasm and heart. we're gearing up for Colerain."
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by Joe Faessler
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Reserves • ID
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On Saturday, August 22, the Reserves opened their season on a winning note by defeating Fairfield 28-13 at Moeller High SchooL The Crusader's offense had an impressive outing, scoring 4 times against a proven Fairfield defense. Jodi Smith, Adam Hyzdu, Tony Walker and Sean Mowry all scored touchdowns. Moeller's defense surrendered two touchdowns to Fairfield's offense. The Crusaders were also victorious in ·their second scrimmage against Western Hills by the score of 3a-:O. Western Hills got the ball first and they were immediately . forced to punt in three plays. Moeller started play from their own 18 yard line. On the very first play, Jodi Smith ran for an 82 yard touchdown. The point after attempt was wide to the left. Due to the over-powering play of Moeller's defense, Western Hills was never able to get a decent offensive drive. West High was again forced to punt. Moeller didn't waste anytime and this time they scored on the second play of the drive on a 62 yard run by Mike Eutsey. This time the point after was good which made the score 13-0. West High again had bad luck and could not piece together a drive. So they had to punt the ball away again. The punt was blocked and recovered by Craig Meyer. Moeller responded quickly by having a drive that ended with another touchdown for 'Jodi Smith on an eight-. teen yard run. Moeller's defense did the job again, forcing West High to punt. This time Moeller put together a long drive that led to a 25 yard TD pass from Adam Hyzdu to Chris Asbrock. That was the conclusion of the first half. Moeller .got the ball first in the second half and fumbled it away on a bad exchange from Mike Beerman and Tony Walker. West High could not capitalize and had to punt the ball away. Moeller was stopped just as quick and also had to punt it away.
Moeller's defense was again astounding and forced West High to punt. On a bad center snap, Moeller recovered the ball on the half yard line. Mike Beerman took it in on the keeper for a TD. The point after was added to make the score 33-0. That is how the scored remained; thanks to more excellent play by the defense.
by Rob Faessler
MR. BOB KOLKMEYER
MR. TIM SCHIRA
AUGUST 28, 1987 SCRIMMAGE MOELLER-31 MIDDLETOWN- 14 -------------- --
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FIRST DOWNS: Passing Rushing Penalty NUMBER PASSES ATT. Completed Yards Gained TD Passes Passes Intercepted Yards Returned NUMBER RUSHING PLAYS Yards Gained Yards Lost Net Yard~ Gained TOTAL NO. OFF. PLAYS TOTAL OFFENSE NUMBER OF PUNTS Yardage Average Blocked PUNTS RETURNED Yards Run Back NUMBER KICKOFFS Yardage Average KICKOFFS RETURNED Yards Run Back FUMBLES Fumbles LOst PENALTIES Yards Lost
WE 12 1 11 0 11 2 23 0 1 22 40 277 18 259 51 281 6 183 30.5 0 0 0 6 284 47.3 0 0 1 0 4 25
THEY 12 2 9 1 11 5 49 0 1 9 43 186 30 156 54 214 5 152 30.4 0 0 0 3 165 55.0 0 0 6 5 4 30
SCORING Davis Gilles Olexa Sheppard · Hyzdu Baker
TD 6 6 6 6
PASSING Davis
Ex Pt FG
3 1
3
PA 11
PC 2
YG 23
PASSES CAUGHT Dickey Spoor
NO 1 1
YG 21 2
TD 0 0
PASS INTERCEPTIONS Lindeman '-,
NO 1
YG 8
TD 0
RUSHING Olexa Dickey DavisLowe Sheppard Macklin
TCB 14 14 7 3 1 1
NYG 98 62 51 38 10 0
·AVG 7.0 4.4 7.3 12.7 10.0 0
PUNTING Tucker
NO 6
YDS AVG 183 30.5
KICKOFFS Hyzdu Fitzpatrick
NO 5 1
YDS AVG 238 47.6 46.0 46
TD 0
INT 1
TD 1 0 1 0 1 0
LNG 31 39 14 14 10 0
Ironman contest concludes Another big part of the off-season program is the quickness and weight progr3D1. ·During the winter, all football players not involved in a winter sport participate in the Moeller quic~ ness and weight program. The quickness program runs from the second week after the season ends up until. spring sports start. The players report several times a week for flexibility and, agility drills. The weight training really never ends. The players start their lifting at the same time as the quickness and try to continue until the season
starts. The Ironman contest always marks the culmination of the weightlifting season. A pro- gram of strength maintenance is followed during . the season but the heavy lifting is over. All players are tested in four major lifts. the bench press, squat, dead lift, and power clean. The first tests are taken in June right at the ena of the school year. Each lifter is then given a goal to achieve by the time the season starts. The following is a list of the players and- their four lift totals that made Ironman for the 1987 football season. .
SENIOR IRONMEN Jim Bangs Mark Becker Rick Bennett Steve Broughton Dan Cloran Rich Corsmeier Scott Davis Terry Dickey Joe Faessler Don Feldhaus Kevin Gilles Chris Groene Joe Hodge Joe Hoekzema Paul Hopewell Greg Huntington 1335 Mike Jennings Chris Kuitz Doug Lindeman Denny Love Marc Lyon T.J. Mackey Eric Madaris , Brent Riesenberger Bill Rohlfs Rick Schulte Chris Simon Bill Spoor Pat Stock Mark Summers JUNIOR IRONMEN ' Morris Adkins Pat Browning Steve Busse Pete Daumeyer Mark Emstes Casey Fisher Andy Folzenlogan Jason Griffis Kevin Henderson Brian Hindersman Chris Jenkins Tim Leroy Mike Nichols Mike Olexa Jim Perry Mike Rohlfs Mike Schiess Eric Schneider Joe Sharpshair Scott Sheppard Greg Stofko Jack Thrush Joe Toepfer John Walker
1180 1165 1090 1280 1015 1235 1150 1115 1035 1375 1410
1150~
1230 990 1225 1335 1005 1230 1145 935 1115 1305 1305 1210 1125 1370 1180 1080 1325 1285 1085 1485 880 1235 1045 1110 1465 1125 1040 915 930 1125 1290 1350 1145 1130 1080 880 1320 830 1195 1125 900
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SOPHOMORE IRONMEN Chris Asbrock MattBaer Mike Beerman Marc Browning Jeff Crable '" Rob Faessler Ken Feichtner Keith Fulmer John Gunning Jeff Hampel Brad Hidersman Todd Ille Bill Morabito Craig Meyer Brian Nugent Jeff Poore Scott Remmy Bob Sanford Todd Shaffer Russ Speigle Rob Steltenphol Jerry Storm Keith Valerius Keith Vonderhaar Tony Walker Ryan Wardlow Scott Weibold Chad Whitaker Brian Zelina
PAT ORLOFF
1000 1110 1020 885 1050 810 935 1110 960 710 935 915 ·810 960 730 1115 800 740 1060 930 1015 795 730 1000 900 865 865 980 ·1055
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MIKE JENNINGS
DON FELDHAUS
MARK SUMMERS
CHRIS SIMON
GREG HUNTINGTON
ERIC MADARIS
BRENT RIESENBERGER
CRUSADER FOOTBALL Sept. 4 ................ Colerain Sept. 12 ..... Youngstown Ursuline Sept. 18 .......... Akron Buchtel Sept. 25 ............ Roger Bacon Oct. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . Purcell-Marian Oct. 9 ............... St. Xavier Oct.'l6,..... ·~· ........... Elder Oct. 23 ................ LaSalle Oct. 30 .............. Princeton Nov. s· ............... Hamilton RICH CORSMEIER STEVE BR,OUGHTON
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