"1997" WALSH UNIVERSITY WRAP-UP OF SEASON

HISTORY: WALSH UNIVERSITY HAS JUST FINISHED ITS 3rd SEASON OF NAIA FOOTBALL. COACH JIM DENNISON IS THE HEAD COACH. HE HAS LED THE "CAVALIERS" TO A 7-3 RECORD IN THEIR INITIAL SEASON(95), TO A 6-5 RECORD IN '96 AND TO A 7-3 RECORD IN 1997. ALSO, COACH DENNISON EARNED HIS 100th CARREER COLLEGE VICTORY (100-73-2) THIS YEAR('97) AS WALSH DEFEATED CROSSTOWN FOE MALONE COLLEGE. THE WIN ALSO BROUGHT TO WALSH THE DICK GALLAGHER MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WALSH'S FOOTBALL HISTORY. WALSH PLAYS IN THE MID STATES FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, THE TOUGHEST LEAGUE IN THE NAIA. QUICK FACTS: (1) COLORS ARE MAROON AND GOLD (2) HOME FIELD IS FAWCETT STADIUM (3) FOR THE 1st TIME ALL TEAM CAPTAINS WERE SENIORS IN '97(and will be from now on): THEY WERE NATE FALVO, JAKE SHOCKLEE, AND JIM WARSTLER. PAUL JACOBS WAS THE 4th SENIOR ON THE TEAM. THESE MEN BROUGHT BOTH MATURITY AND "SENIOR" LEADERSHIP TO THE 1997 SEASON. (4) THE RADIO HOME OF THE "CAVS" IS WCER,900AM.

"1997" RECORD AT A GLANCE

9/16 @ UNION W 37-0
9/13 @ Mt. SENARIO W 38-20
9/27 St. XAVIERW 55-21
10/4 TRI-STATE W 49-28
10/11 @ OLIVET NAZARENE L 34-41
10/19 @ GENEVA L 7-41
10/25 TIFFIN W 49-7
11/1 @ URBANA W 18-6
11/8 WESTMINSTER L 14-7
11-15 @MALONE W 14-6
OVERALL WON 7 LOST3
HOME WON 3 LOST 1
AWAY WON 4 LOST 2
MFSA WON 4 LOST 2


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A FEW THOUGHTS:
THE 1997 CAVALIERS FOOTBALL TEAM WAS HONORED ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23 WITH A BANQUET AT THE SKYLAND PINES BANQUET HALL. COACH DENNISON MADE A FEW INTERESTING COMMENTS AT THE BANQUET, SUCH AS: (1) OHIO HAS 40 COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS AT ALL LEVELS. OF THE 40 TEAMS, ONLY 15 HAD 7 OR MORE WINS IN 1997, THIS INCLUDES WALSH UNIVERSITY.(2) HE TALKED OF THE PLAYERS EARNING "THEIR STRIPES". EACH TIME THE CAVS DEFEAT A TEAM, THE PLAYERS GET A "STRIPE" OF THE DEFEATED TEAM COLORS TO PLACE ON THEIR HELMETS. (3) 1st YEAR LETTER WINNERS RECEIVE THEIR "LETTER", 2nd YEAR LETTER WINNERS RECEIVE A "WALSH UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL WINDBREAKER JACKET", 3rd YEAR LETTER WINNERS RECEIVE A" WALSH UNIVERSITY STADIUM BLANKET", AND 4th YEAR LETTER WINNERS RECEIVE THEIR "OAK" LOCKER ROOM STOOL THEY SAT ON FOR THEIR 4 YEARS OF PLAYING AND A WRISTWATCH. 
"1997" CAVALIER LETTER WINNERS




FIRST YEAR

BRYAN BAUGHER
JOE BODNAR
DANIEL BRYNOLF
JASON CUNNINGHAM
JEFF DOLAN
LAMONT EVANS
TUCKER HEFFINGER
NICK KOVACH
ANDY KUSMITS
PATRIK LUNDQVIST
DRU RHODES
ROBERT ROWLAND
JOE SCHULTZ
MARK SHELLY
BRIAN THOMPSON
TONY VENTURA
ERIC WALTERS
JOSH ZIMMERMAN



SECOND YEAR

ROBERT ALLEN
DON BURNS
RICK CARDINAL
JON COURT
FRANK GANT
JOHN GECKLE
ANTHONY GOLDYN
KEVIN GROSS
BRYAN HANLIN
BLAKE HUTCHINSON
RICH MAMIE
BRIAN MATHEWS
ADAM MAURER
EDDIE PRYOR
CHRIS PULLEN
ANDY PUTMAN
BRYAN REGISTER
SEAN RING
JASON RODERICK
MIKE SCHAEDLER
BEN SPILLAR
MARK STARCHER
CHRIS WALLS


THIRD YEAR

BOB BERWALD
RON CARLSON
DAVE CLARKSON
JON DEWITT
RYAN DUTTON
BRIAN FARMER
BRIAN FARRAR
MICHAEL FLAHERTY
DAVID GRIMM
MATT JENSON
TIM LESZYNSKI
PHIL MARQUART
RON MESSER
DON PATTERSON
DOUG POPEK
DAMONT SKANES
ADAM STEINER
BOB SULLIVAN
JASON TOMCI
CHRIS ULRICH
ALBERTO VILLALUNA
JOSH WEHRING
MATT WOOD
DAN YACECZKO


FOURTH YEAR

NATE FALVO=captain
PAUL JACOB
LOU JOHNS
JAKE SHOCKLEE=captain
JIM WARSTLER=captain


RED SHIRTS

FREDRIK BEGIC
KEVIN CHAMBERS
DANNY CURRAN
BADRE EL-BARDAWIL
ERIC FRAZEE
MIKE FRINZL
JESSE GANNON
BILLY HUGHES
SHAWN KELLEY
JEFF KLUSTI
TIM LOUGHRY
NICK MARCINI
PAT MCNEIL
DOUG NEFF
CHRIS PATTON
JIN PURSES
JON PURSES
RYAN SEMAN
SCOTT SLOBODA
DAN VELTRE
PERRY WARD
RON WINPHRIE
CHAD WISE
PAUL WULFF
MARTY YANIGLOS
MORE "VERY" IMPORTANT WALSH U. PEOPLE OF "1997" 

CHEERLEADERS


ADVISOR-JULIE BABBIN

JULIE BUYNAK-SECOND YEAR
ERIN FAY-THIRD YEAR
JENNIFER FOSTER-THIRD YEAR
MARK HATALA-FIRST YEAR
STEPHANIE KARLEN-SECOND YEAR
SARA SECURRO-FIRST YEAR
KELLI SHAEEN-FIRST YEAR
KELLEY SPALTEN-FIRST YEAR
MARIO STROIA-FIRST YEAR
KELLIE TROYER-SECOND YEAR



MANAGERS


ADAM ADDAIR-FIRST YEAR
SHELLY BURNS-FIRST YEAR
JAY CRAMER-SECOND YEAR
TOM CRIST-SECOND YEAR
BRIAN FLAHERTY-FIRST YEAR
BRITTANY HARMON-THIRD YEAR
JULIE KRYSTOWSKI-THIRD YEAR
DANNY SIMON-FIRST YEAR



TEAM DOCTORS


DR. MARK SHEPARD
DR. LARRY HANDWORK



TRAINERS


SAM PITTERA==HEAD TRAINER
JORENA SIMPKINS
CRAIG SISAK
DIANA SCHAEFER



WALSH UNIVERSITY COACHING STAFF


HEAD COACH: JIM DENNISON
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR: GREG GILBERT
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR: MIKE WOODFORD
LINEBACKERS/SPECIAL TEAMS: DAN DRAKE

QUARTERBACKS--RICK BAILEY
WIDE RECEIVERS--BOB CLAYTON
OFFENSIVE LINE--TOM FLAHERTY
RUNNING BACKS--MIKE IRBY
WIDE RECEIVERS--MATT HAMSHER
TIGHT ENDS--GARY GREEN

DEFENSIVE INTERIOR--PAUL DORANDO
OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS--DAN SIMON
GRADUATE ASSISTANT--DAN GRAVO
KICKERS/PUNTERS & EQUIPMENT--GEORGE KEGG



WALSH UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF:


DR. KENNETH N. HAMILTON....PRESIDENT WALSH UNIVERSITY

JIM CLARK...DIRECTOR, SPORTS INFORMATION
SAM PITTERA...HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER
PAUL WACHTEL...FACULTY REPRESENTITIVE
STEVE LOY...MARKETING
SHERRY BOSSART...ATHLETIC COORDINATOR
KELLEY HARTLEY...ASST. AD/SID
DAVE JONES...WALSH GROUNDS-KEEPER
DOROTHY KELLER...FOOTBALL SECRETARY
TIM MEAD...ASST. AD
JEFF YOUNG...ASST.AD
"1997" OFFENSIVE STATISTICS

RUSHING

 G TD ATT YDS AVG
SKANES 8 8 178 1,229 6.9
MESSER 10 15 151 810 5.4
GOLDYN 5 1 59 199 3.4
SPILLAR 9 2 41 194 4.7
LESZYNSKI 8 1 14 60 4.3
MAURER 8 1 17 57 3.4
KUSMITS 2 0 2 7 3.5
PULLEN 7 0 3 -1 -0.3
SCHULTZ 3 1 4 -7 -1.8
JENSON 10 3 42 -31 -0.7

PASSING

 A---C---I--- .PCT YDS
JENSON 177---80---8 45.2 1,135
PULLEN 15---5---2 33.3 76
SCHULTZ 3---1---0 33.3 22

FIELD GOALS

 ATT GOOD LONG
BAUGHER 8 3 38
HUTCHINSON 4 2 26

PUNTING

 NO. YDS AVG. LONG
FARRAR 52 2072 39.8 71

KICK RETURNS

NO. YDS AVG. LONG TD
CUNNINGHAM 18 279 15.5 25 0

PUNT RETURNS

NO. YDS AVG. LONG
CUNNINGHAM 21 178 8.5 0

RECEIVING

 NO. YDS TD AVG.
STEINER 24 286 1 11.9
ULRICH 23 440 3 19.1
CUNNINGHAM 12 222 2 18.5
KOVACH 7 90 0 12.9
MESSER 4 40 2 10
SPILLAR 4 27 0 6.8
SKANES 4 22 0 5.5
MAURER 3 51 0 17.0
RODERICK 3 32 0 10.7
WEHRING 1 11 0 11.0
LESZYNSKI 1 11 0 11.0

SCORING

 TD XP FG PTS
MESSER 17 0 0 102
SKANES 8 0 O 48
HUTCHINSON 0 36of39 2 42
JENSON 3 0 0 18
ULRICH 3 0 0 18
BAUGHER 0 4of4 3 13
SPILLAR 2 0 0 12
CUNNINGHAM 2 0 0 12
SCHULTZ 1 0 0 6
MARUER 1 0 0 6
STEINER 1 0 0 6
RING 1 0 0 6
FARRAR 1 0 0 6
WOOD 1 0 0 6
GOLDYN 1 0 0 6
LESYNSKI 1 0 0 6
CARLSON 1 0 0 6

TOTAL OFFENSE

 Pl. Ru. Pa. Tot. Avg/G
SKANES 178 1229 0 1229 153.6
JENSON 219 -31 1104 1104 110.4
MESSER 151 810 0 810 81.0
GOLDYN 59 199 0 199 33.3
SPILLAR 41 194 0 194 21.6
PULLEN 18 -1 76 75 10.7
LESZYNSKI 14 60 0 60 7.5
MAURER 17 57 0 57 7.1
SCHULTZ 7 -7 22 15 5.0
KUSMITZ 2 7 0 7 3.5
SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4
WALSH 80 97 83 55
Opp. 31 57 45 54

WALSH==315/31.5ppg

Opp.=====187/18.7ppg

DEFENSIVE & TEAM STATISTICS & AWARDS

DEFENSIVE LEADERS

 UT A T L FR SK
SHOCKLEE 52 47 99 6-28 1 1/11
FALVO 46 34 80 5-11 1 0
YACECZKO 32 38 70 7-24 2 .5/5
CARLSON 40 24 64 1-1 2 0
HANLIN 22 27 49 2-6 0 1/3
REGISTER 25 14 39 5-33 1 2.5/24
RING 28 7 35 0-0 0 O
WOOD 17 18 35 7-20 1 1.5/12
TOMCI 25 10 35 8-44 0 4.5/28
FARRAR 25 9 34 0-0 0 0
JACOB 12 21 33 6-21 2 1/16
DUTTON 16 14 30 4-28 2 1/16
PRYOR 14 9 23 0-0 1 0
FLAHERTY 9 11 20 5-14 0 .5/2
MAMIE 10 8 18 0 0 0
ALLEN 9 9 18 2-18 0 1/12
RHODES 10 7 17 0 0 0
BURNS 8 6 14 5-18 0 2/13
PATTERSON 6 7 13 0 0 0
GRIMM 4 6 10 1-1 0 0
VILLALUNA 3 7 10 1-1 0 0
SHELLY 3 6 9 2-4 0 0
VENTURA 2 4 6 1-3 0 0
WALTERS 3 2 5 2-8 0 1/7
UT=Unassisted tackles
A =Assists
T==Total tackles
L =Tackles for a loss/yards
FR =Fumble recoveries
SK =Sacks/yards
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. Avg. TD Long
RING 5 40 8.0 1 36
FARRAR 4 74 18.5 1 50
FALVO 3 53 17.7 0 53
TOMCI 1 23 23.0 0 23
YACECZKO 1 0 0.0 0 0
PATTERSON 1 4 4.0 0 4
CARLSON 1 0 0.0 0 0
TEAM STATISTICS W.U. OPP.
FIRST DOWNS 194 161
RUSHING YARDS 2517 1531
PASSING YARDS 1233 1500
TOTAL OFFENSE 3750 3031
Yds. per game 375.0 303.1
TAKE AWAYS 32 16
POSSESSION TIME 31:22 28:37
3rd DOWN % 37% 34%
SACKS 17 16
TOUCHDOWNS 43 26

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
OFFENSE DAMONT SKANES
RON MESSER
DEFENSE NATE FALVO

1997 MID-STATES FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION MIDEAST LEAGUE TEAM

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
  • RB-DAMONT SKANES
  • P-BRIAN FARRAR
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
  • DB-NATE FALVO
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
  • OL-PHIL MARQUART
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
  • DL-MATT WOOD
  • OLB-BRYAN HANLIN
HONORABLE MENTION
  • TE-CHRIS ULRICH

MUCOWSKI AWARD

  OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS
UNION BEN SPILLAR PAUL JACOB BRYAN REGISTER
Mt. SENARIO DAMONT SKANES JAKE SHOCKLEE JASON CUNNINGHAM
St. XAVIER DAMONT SKANES RYAN DUTTON RICH MAMIE
TRI-STATE MATT JENSON NATE FALVO MIKE FLAHERTY
OLIVET NAZARENE DAMONT SKANES RYAN DUTTON BRIAN FARRAR
GENEVA ADAM STEINER BRYAN HANLIN BRIAN FARRAR
TIFFIN DAMONT SKANES FRIAN FARRAR CHRIS PULLEN
URBANA RON MESSER RON CARLSON BRYAN BAUGHER
WESTMINSTER RON MESSER NATE FALVO BRIAN FARRAR
MALONE RON MESSER DAN YACECZKO BRIAN FARRAR

EXECUTIONER'S CLUB

DAVE CLARKSON
JASON CUNNINGHAM
NATE FALVO
BRIAN FARRAR
MICHAEL FLAHERTY
BRYAN HANLIN
MAT JENSON
NICK KOVACH
PHIL MARQUART
RON MESSER(all ten games)
DOUG POPEK
JAKE SHOCKLEE
DAMONT SKANES
ADAM STEINER
BOB SULLIVAN
JASON TOMCI
CHRIS ULRICH(all ten games)
JIM WARSTLER
JOSH WEHRING
DAN YACECZKO
WELL, THAT'S IT!
A YEARS WORTH OF VERY HARD WORK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE!
©; 1998, Dave Spillar e-mail:abcd4896@ix.netcom.com

Last revision: 05-09-98

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