Elder Panther Football -
1958
REGULAR SEASON RECORD:
3-7
|
Game
#
|
Date
|
Opponent
|
Site
|
Score
|
W/L
|
Record
|
|
1
|
9/19/58
|
Hamilton Public
|
H
|
46-26
|
L
|
0-1
|
|
2
|
9/26/58
|
Withrow
|
H
|
26-8
|
W
|
1-1
|
|
3
|
10/3/58
|
Chillicothe
|
A
|
14-0
|
W
|
2-1
|
|
4
|
10/10/58
|
Dayton Colonel White
|
H
|
20-14
|
L
|
2-2
|
|
5
|
10/17/58
|
Toledo Scott
|
H
|
12-8
|
W
|
3-2
|
|
6
|
10/24/58
|
Portsmouth Public
|
A
|
26-6
|
L
|
3-3
|
|
7
|
11/2/58
|
Purcell
|
XU
|
14-0
|
L
|
3-4
|
|
8
|
11/9/58
|
Roger Bacon
|
H
|
8-0
|
L
|
3-5
|
|
9
|
11/16/58
|
St. Xavier
|
XU
|
9-6
|
L
|
3-6
|
|
10
|
11/27/58
|
Western Hills
|
H
|
31-14
|
L
|
3-7
|
Head Coach: Virgil J. Scardina (Career Record: 33-24-3)
Captain: Jim Hilvert
Final GCL
Standings
|
|
Overall
|
League
|
|
1. Roger
Bacon
|
10-0
|
3-0
|
|
2.
Purcell
|
7-2-1
|
2-1
|
|
3. St.
Xavier
|
8-2
|
1-2
|
|
4.
ELDER
|
3-7
|
0-3
|
Season Highlights: With only
one returning starter and Captain Jim Hilvert lost for the season
recovering from rheumatic fever, the Panthers struggled in 1958,
achieving a record of 3-7. Senior quarterback Frank Fiorino connected
with George Fay for four touchdown passes in the season's opening
loss to Hamilton. "Butch" Bedinghaus, George Link, Terry Wainscott,
and Gene Doll led the ground attack as the Panthers won the next two
games, over Withrow and Chillicothe. Hurt by five fumbles, Elder was
upset by Dayton's Colonel White Cougars, but recovered to defeat
Toledo Scott on two Gene Doll TD runs. The team then lost on the
road, dropping the Portsmouth contest 26-6.
Following shutouts by Purcell and Roger Bacon, the Panthers scored
on a 61-yard punt return by Tom Lagaly but lost to St. Xavier on a
10-yard field goal with under a minute left in the game. The defeat
placed them fourth in the league for the second year in a row. (The
Spartans dominated their opponents under the leadership of Coach Bron
Bacevich, finishing 10-0 and winning the City Championship.) Western
Hills took the Thanksgiving Day game, 31-14. Highlight for the
Panthers was a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Mike
Paschka; Mustang halfback Pete Rose intercepted a pass and scored a
touchdown.
Fay led the team in scoring with 32 points, on 5 TDs and a
conversion (now worth 2 points). Fiorino passed for 750 yards and 6
TDs, and scored 3 TDs rushing to finish tied with "Butch" Bedinghaus,
Gene Doll and Tom Lagaly for second in team scoring. Center Dick
Buechler was named the team's MVP and was named to the Enquirer's
first-team offense All-Stars.
Team Roster
|
Number
|
Name
|
Position
|
Class
|
|
48
|
Austing, Bernard
|
OT
|
Jr.
|
|
33
|
Averbeck, Richard
|
|
Jr.
|
|
26
|
Bedinghaus, Harold
|
HB
|
Jr.
|
|
51
|
Belbot, William
|
LB
|
Sr.
|
|
50
|
Bucher, Barry
|
OE
|
Sr.
|
|
72
|
Buechler, Richard
|
OC/DT
|
Sr.
|
|
25
|
Bushman, Thomas
|
|
Soph.
|
|
60
|
Coleman, James
|
|
Jr.
|
|
42
|
Day, Dennis
|
|
Jr.
|
|
38
|
Doll, Eugene
|
FB
|
Sr.
|
|
31
|
Farlow, Russell
|
|
Jr.
|
|
70
|
Fay, George
|
OE
|
Sr.
|
|
23
|
Fiorino, Frank
|
QB
|
Sr.
|
|
35
|
Fox, Stephen
|
|
Jr.
|
|
40
|
Fry, Harry
|
|
Jr.
|
|
65
|
Geiser, David
|
|
Jr.
|
|
37
|
Gramke, Harold
|
LB
|
Jr.
|
|
27
|
Harper, Thomas
|
HB
|
Sr.
|
|
45
|
Hayes, John
|
OG
|
Sr.
|
|
|
Hilvert, James
|
|
Sr.
|
|
41
|
James, Robert
|
OG
|
Jr.
|
|
29
|
Jansing, Thomas
|
|
Jr.
|
|
21/61
|
Kain, James
|
|
Jr.
|
|
71
|
Klosterman, Wilbur
|
DT
|
Sr.
|
|
49
|
Krumdick, Michael
|
DE
|
Sr.
|
|
24
|
Lagaly, Thomas
|
HB/QB
|
Sr.
|
|
30
|
Link, George
|
HB
|
Jr.
|
|
75
|
Mees, Lawrence
|
|
Jr.
|
|
46
|
Ottaway, Michael
|
|
Jr.
|
|
22
|
Owens, John
|
|
Jr.
|
|
39
|
Paschka, Michael
|
FB/LB
|
Sr.
|
|
76
|
Pedoto, Joseph
|
OT/DT
|
Jr.
|
|
73
|
Peters, Gerald
|
DE
|
Sr.
|
|
77
|
Schulte, John
|
DE
|
Sr.
|
|
52
|
Schutte, Howard
|
DT
|
Jr.
|
|
43
|
St. Charles, Frank
|
DC/OG
|
Jr.
|
|
|
Tensi, Stephan
|
|
Soph.
|
|
34
|
Tepe, Lawrence
|
|
Soph.
|
|
28
|
Wainscott, Terry
|
HB
|
Sr.
|
|
47
|
Waltz, Edward
|
|
Jr.
|
|
36
|
Weber, Jerome
|
|
Jr.
|
|
44
|
Whelan, Frank
|
|
Jr.
|
|
32
|
Zloba, Paul
|
|
Sr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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No. of Players
|
43
|