COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion

Padua 2012 Schedule BRUINS and Results W 49-21 2-5 Overall; 0-2 in (Blue) 8-23 Strongsville 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium

8-31 Brunswick L 10-38 Lake Catholic 7:30 - Judy Kirsch Field

9-7 Ursuline L 7-21 COUGARS 7:30 - Stambaugh Stadium 4-3 Overall; 2-0 in North Coast League (Blue) 9-15 Catherdral Prep L 6-37 THE MATCH-UP: Fri, Oct 12 7:00 PM Jerome T Osborne Stadium 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium 9-21 Cardinal Mooney W (2OT) 24-21 THE SERIES: 34th Meeting Tonight, Lake Catholic LEADS 24-9 (all regular season games) 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium

9-28 Archbishop Hoban Knights W 27-20 THE COUGARS - BRUINS MATCH-UP 7:00 - Msgr. Richard A Dowed Field

These two teams traditionally play physical, Lake Catholic got senior Mark Baniewicz 10-6 Benedictine Bengals W 13-0 non-nonsense, tightly contested games. back from injury last week, and he 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium responded with a school-record 41 carries 10-12 Padua Bruins Padua is in a rebuilding year after and 187 yards and a TD in a win over 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium graduating 13 starters from 2011 and off to a Benedictine. Junior Dylan Bell has done a rocky 2-5 start (0-2 in the North Coast League nice job filing in at QB and managing the 10-19 Walsh Jesuit Warriors - Blue Division). offense. 7:00 - Conway Memorial Stadium

10-26 NDCL Lions Running back Will Hughes is a talented John Stepec is a bruising running back and a 7:00 - Lions Stadium athlete that the Bruins have to get the ball to. dominant defensive end heading to play at Quarterback Brett James likes to get the ball Toledo. Evan Grosel is an All- tackle who 11-3 Division III - Region 9 Playoffs to Kyle Oktavec in the passing game. keys a talented offensive line. 7:00 - Site To Be Determined

Padua traditionally plays stout defense, has The defense has been the rock of the team good special teams and isn’t afraid to run all year long. Scott Marjak, Justin Kravchuck, trick plays. Kareem Haddix and Anthony Christopher are all impact players on that side of the ball for the Cougars.

COACH BELL SAYS . . . 2012 NCL-Blue Standings School / Team Overall NCL “This is going to sound strange coming from me now that I am calling plays, but the most important thing NDCL 5-2 2-0 for us is defense. Defense is No. 1. We want to be great in all three phases, but we really want to be great defensively. I thought the guys on that side of the ball played very hard tonight.” Lake Catholic 4-3 2-0 “I thought with a big-play opponent like Benedictine, our punting and kicking game was very important to Walsh Jesuit 1-5 1-1 give them long fields.” Archbishop Hoban 1-6 1-1 “(Mark Banieiwcz) is a gifted athlete and a very strong young man both physically and mentally, so we thought he would be able to get back into the flow quickly. But no, I didn’t expect him to have 41 carries.” Benedictine 3-4 0-2

“Right now we can only control what we do and the focus has to remain on us. We just have to keep Padua 2-5 0-2 working to get better as a team.” COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion

WEEKLY REWIND THE OPPONENT: PADUA BRUINS

Lake Catholic Cougars BRUINS 2012 Bruins Schedule 8/24 H Brunswick L 7-42 2-5 Overall 8/31 A Toledo St Francis W 21-14 Benedictine Bengals 0 9/7 A Strongsville L 7-12 0-2 NCL - Blue 9/14 H Canal Fulton Northwest W 42-28 Lake Catholic Cougars 13 9/21 A Holy Name L 42-43 (3OT) Week 7 - Saturday, October 6, 2012 9/28 A Walsh Jesuit L 7-35 Location Parma, Ohio 10/5 H Archbishop Hoban L 14-30 It is Week 7 of the high school football season, and there is no rest for Enrollment 958 (co-educational) 10/12 A Lake Catholic the weary. Nickname Bruins 10/19 H NDCL Colors Orange and Brown 10/26 H Benedictine So, even though Lake Catholic senior Mark Baniewicz was returning from injury and playing in his first game in four weeks on Saturday Stadium Padua Stadium (Baniewicz sprained his MCL in a loss at Youngstown Ursuline in Week Surface Natural Grass 3), and even though the Cougars’ defense had already done more Head Coach Tony Shuman (6th season) than its share the last month to get the team back to a .500 record, Record at School 41-31 Coach Mike Bell called on them to carry the load against Overall Record 41-31 2011 Bruins Schedule (2-8) Benedictine. 8/26 A Brunswick L 20-21 Baniewicz set a school record with 41 carries, picking up 187 yards 9/2 H Toledo St Francis L 24-30 and scoring a touchdown, and the defense held the Bengals to 39 9/9 H Strongsville W 21-7 total yards and two first downs to help lead Lake Catholic to a 13-0 9/16 A Canal Fulton Northwest L 17-42 win. BRUINS LEGACY 9/23 H Holy Name L 7-14 9/30 A NDCL L 14-32 The defense sparked wins over Cardinal Mooney and Archbishop Five coaches on the Padua varsity staff are Hoban, and posted the shutout on Saturday night at Jerome T. alumni, including Bruins head coach Tony 10/7 A Benedictine L 17-28 Osborne Sr. Stadium as Lake Catholic climbed back over the .500 Shuman (1991) 10/14 H Lake Catholic L 26-48 mark for the first time since a Week 1 win over Strongsville. 10/21 H Walsh Jesuit L 15-42 10/28 A Archbishop Hoban W 7-3 The 41 carries for Baniewicz broke the school record of 39 set by Carmen Ilacqua in 1998 vs. NDCL. Bell said the game plan wasn’t to set a school record for carries, but he was confident Baniewicz could handle a heavy workload in his return. Baniewicz capped off an 11- play drive with a 1-yard TD run to give Lake Catholic a 7-0 lead early PADUA FOOTBALL HISTORY in the second quarter. The Padua football team boasts a strong presence on the field and generates school 2010 Bruins Schedule (8-4) Junior quarterback Dylan Bell added to the Bengals’ issues getting 8/27 H Olmsted Falls W 27-10 going on offense with brilliant punting all night-pinning Benedictine spirit and excitement. deep in its own territory. 9/3 H Shaw W 17-16 The “no-cut policy” means any student can be 9/10 A Strongsville L 14-28 The result was the Bengals gained a total of 39 yards on 30 offensive part of the team. 9/17 H Madison W 17-14 plays and only held the ball for 13 minutes compared to 35 minutes in 9/24 A Walsh Jesuit L 6-42 time of possession for Lake Catholic. The Bruins were State Runner-ups in 1979. The 10/1 H NDCL W 28-7 10/8 A 41-23 Toledo recruit John Stepec had 42 yards on 10 carries and gave the Bruins won Crown Conference Titles in 1974 and Elyria Catholic W 10/16 A Lake Catholic L 7-21 Cougars some breathing room with a 2-yard TD run with 3:42 left in the 1979. Padua has won the North Coast League fourth quarter. 10/23 A Holy Name W 33-29 title five times (1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2008). 10/29 H Archbishop Hoban W 10-6 11/6 H University School W 51-27 Padua Bruins 11/13 N Akron Buchtel L 21-32 Archbishop Hoban Knights 30 COACH SHUMAN SAYS… "We have to come back and have a strong day Padua Bruins 14 of work tomorrow, as disappointed as we are. Week 6 - Friday, October 5, 2012 - Padua Bruins Stadium We have to prepare for a strong Lake Catholic team, it's always a physical game with them. Hoban senior quarterback Dominick Orsini and the Knights took down the Padua Bruins, 30-14, to spoil Padua's Homecoming game. Orsini wnet 20 for We're going to come out and we'll be ready." 30 for 226 yards and three touchdowns.

Padua senior Will Hughes ran for a 3-yard touchdown, and QB Brett James completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Oktavec. Hughes finished with 87 yards on 16 carries, and Oktavec racked up 86 yards on six catches. James completed 11 of 27 passes for 128 yards and a touchdown. COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion

HEAD COACH MIKE BELL Frosh Schedule JV Schedule Mike Bell is entering his 11th year as the head coach 8/22 A Strongsville L, 18-208/25 A Strongsville L, 7-24 at Lake Catholic. In 10 seasons, the Cougars are 8/30 H Brunswick W, 24-20 9/1 H Brunswick W, 21-14 88-41 and have won 6 NCL Championships, qualified 9/6 H Ursuline L, 12-34 9/8 H Ursuline W, 9-6 9/13 W, 8-14 9/17 W, 22-19 for the state playoffs 8 times (playoff record of 16-8) A Cathedral Prep A Cathedral Prep 9/20 A Cardinal Mooney W, 28-219/22 A Cardinal Mooney L, 6-21 with 5 Regional Title appearances (2003, 2006, 2007, 9/27 H Archbishop Hoban L, 6-229/29 H Archbishop Hoban W, 20-7 2009, 2010) and 3 State Semi-Final appearances 10/4 A Benedictine W, 13-1210/8 A Benedictine *cancelled (2007, 2009, and 2010). 10/11 A Padua 10/13 A Padua 10/18 H Walsh Jesuit 10/20 H Walsh Jesuit Prior to 2002 Bell served as the Cougars' defensive 10/24 H NDCL 10/25 H NDCL coordinator for three seasons, winning the Division III State Championship in 2001.

Prior to coaching at Lake Catholic, Bell spent three years at Willoughby South as a The freshman Cougars traveled to Benedictine The game scheduled October 8 vs Benedictine position coach and defensive coordinator, four years at Maple Heights, and two and prevailed 13-12 over the Bengals. The was cancelled. seasons at Pymatuning Valley. Cougars were sparked by a staunch defensive effort and touchdowns by Ricky Osborn and Conner Fitzgerald.

Coach Bell's Coaching Record - Year-By-Year The Cougars trailed 6-0 at the half and scored on a 50 yd run by Ricky Osborn to start the second half. The Bengals moved ahead 12-7 with a 4th YEARW L T Perc% Results quarter touchdown of their own. Connor Fitzgerald scored on 3rd and goal from the 3-yard line with 3:00 left in the game to stake the Cougars to a 13-12 lead. The Bengals staged a 1 20022 8 0 0.200 did not make the post season late drive and moved into Cougar territory before the defense sealed the game up with a late 2 2003 10 3 0 0.769 Lost in Regional Final defensive stand.

The freshman Cougars record now stands at 4-3. 32004 9 30 0.750 Lost in Regional Semi Final

4 2005 10 2 0 0.833 Lost in Regional Semi Final

5 2006 8 5 0 0.615 Lost in Regional Final JEROME T OSBORNE STADIUM 6 2007 9 5 0 0.643 Lost in State Semi Final Address: 6477 Center Street, Mentor, Ohio Built: 1965 (renovated 2006) 7 2008 4 6 0 0.400 did not make the post season Surface: Turf Capacity 7,333 8 2009 12 2 0 0.857 Lost in State Semi Final

9 2010 12 2 0 0.857 Lost in State Semi Final The facility was originally built in early 1980s, For the next 20 seasons, the stadium was 10 2011 10 2 0 0.833 Lost in Regional Semi Final simply called Mentor Cardinal Stadium. That was until 2006 when the venue was fully renovated and renamed 11 2012 4 3 0 0.571 CURRENT SEASON Jerome T Osborne Stadium, in honor of the well respected local businessman and entrepreneur. 11 seasons 90 41 0 0.687 OVERALL

On March 14, 2006, the Osborne family made the announcement 74 33 0 0.692 REGULAR SEASON that they had donated more than $1 million to the capital improvement campaign for the stadium. The renovations included 16 8 0 0.166 OHSAA PLAYOFFS the installation of state-of-the-art FieldTurf, a rubberized, 8-lane track, and a new scoreboard with a 15-square foot video board within it.

ASSISTANT COACHES The playing field is named Jerome T Osborne, Jr Field and the scoreboard was dedicated to Tommy Osborne. Scott O'Donnell Defensive Coordinator / Safeties Chuck Grebenc Special Teams Coordinator / Wide Receivers / Cornerbacks Bill Sowers Offensive Coordinator / Offensive Line Prior to 2006, Lake Catholic played home games at Mentor Memorial John Gibbons Defensive Line / Offensive Line Junior High School. Art Bortnick Linebackers / Fullbacks / Tight Ends Robert Reho Running Backs / Cornerbacks Seating capacity the JTO is 7,333. John Struna Head JV Coach / JV Defensive Mark Martinis JV Offense COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion

LAKE CATHOLIC COUGARS IN WEEK 8 GAMES PAST SEASONS

The Lake Catholic Cougars have won five consecutive games played in Week 8. Overall, the team has won seven 2011 Season / Results of the last ten played in Week 8, including a 48-26 win last year against Padua 10-2 overall; 2nd Region 9

October 14, 2011 W 48-26 Padua Bruins Padua Stadium 8-26 Strongsville W 21-15 October 16, 2010 W 21-7 Padua Bruins Jerome T Osborne Stadium 9-3 Ravenna W 21-14 October 17, 2009 W 17-0 Archbishop Hoban Knights Jerome T Osborne Stadium 9-10 Ursuline W 9-0 October 9, 2008 W 21-7 Archbishop Hoban Knights Dowed Field 9-16 Cardinal Mooney W 27-22 October 13, 2007 W 28-0 Archbishop Hoban Knights Jerome T Osborne Stadium 9-24 Walsh Jesuit L 12-14 October 13, 2006 L 7-24 Archbishop Hoban Knights Dowed Field 9-30 Benedictine W 30-6 October 15, 2005 L 21-22 Padua Bruins Padua Stadium 10-7 NDCL W 24-10 October 16, 2004 W 28-7 Holy Name Green Wave Memorial Junior High 10-14 Padua W 48-26 October 11, 2003 W 21-9 Padua Bruins Memorial Junior High 10-21 Archbishop Hoban W 28-6 October 12, 2002 L 9-22 Holy Name Green Wave Memorial Junior High 10-28 Avon W 25-21 11-4 Benedictine W 47-21 (regional quarterfinal) 11-11 Akron St Vincent-St Mary L 14-31 COUGARS HEADLINES AND MILESTONES (regional semi-final)

DIVISION III - REGION 9 HARBIN POINTS DID YOU KNOW 2010 Season / Results 12-2 overall; 2nd in Region 5 1 Chagrin Falls Tigers 12.6000 The Cougars have a 24-9 all-time record against 2 Ravenna Ravens 11.1357 Padua. The only school Lake Catholic has more wins 8-28 St ignatius W 28-21 3 Niles McKinley Dragons 11.1143 against is Holy Name with 27 victories over the Green 9-3 Benedictine W 45-3 4 NDCL Lions 10.0204 Wave. 9-10 Ursuline L 10-14 5 John Hay Hornets 9.9643 9-17 Walsh Jesuit W 31-14 6 Woodridge Bulldogs 9.0500 9-25 Eastlake North W 68-0 7 Akron St Vincent - St Mary Irish 9.0280 10-1 Holy Name W 55-0 8 Jefferson Area Falcons 8.4877 10-8 NDCL W 38-0 9 Hubbard Eagles 8.3367 10-16 Padua W 21-7 10 Rocky River Pirates 8.0000 10-22 Archbishop Hoban W 24-3 11 Ravenna Southeast Pirates 7.3571 10-30 Central Catholic W 59-8 NORTHCOAST TO THE WEST COAST 12 Norton Panthers 7.3500 11-5 Kenston W 42-0 13 LAKE CATHOLIC COUGARS 7.2857 (regional quarterfinal) 14 Benedictine Bengals 6.3929 Lake Catholic's uniforms this year are modeled after 11-12 Warren Howland W 24-7 15 University School Preppers 5.8571 and inspired by the Oakland Raiders. (regional semi-final) 16 Field Falcons 5.8071 11-19 Ashland W 35-28 17 Akron Buchtel Griffins 5.6571. (regional final) 18 CVCA Royals 5.5786 11-26 Maple Heights L 17-27 19 Orange Lions 5.5286 (state semi final) ASSISTANTS WITH THE HARDWARE 20 Crestwood Red Devils 5.1000

Assistant Coaches John Gibbons and Art Bortnick have each led teams to state championships. WORKING OVERTIME STEPEC WILL BE A TOLEDO ROCKET Gibbons did it in back-to-back years here at Lake In the last 10 years, the Lake Catholic Cougars Catholic (1991 and 1992), winning the school's first two have played in TWO (2) overtime games. Standout two-way RB / LB John Stepec verbally football championships. Overall, the Cougars are 4-8 all-time in overtime, committed to play college football for the Toledo with the win on September 21 against the Rockets in July Bortnick took the Benedictine Bengals to three Mooney Cardinals. The last overtime win came consecutive Division III title games, winning two (2003 in the 2001 state championship game vs Stepec had offers from several schools, including Ball and 2004) and adding to the mystique of the 'Home of Columbus St Francis DeSales State, Bowling Green, Kent State, Miami of Ohio and Champions' Western Michigan in the MAC, as well as schools from traditional BCS conferences like Boston College, September 21, 2012 - Week 5 Cincinnati, Minnesota and Syracuse. Ultimatley, he Jerome T Osborne Stadium - Mentor, Ohio was impressed by first-year Toledo coach Matt Cardinal Mooney Cardinals 21 Campbell and the Rockets’ staff. 2OT Lake Catholic Cougars 24 COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion

PADUA 2012 ROSTER COUGARS 2012 ROSTER

Player Pos YrYrYr HtHtHt Wt Player Pos YrYrYr HtHtHt Wt Player Pos YrYrYr HtHtHt Wt 2 Brett James QB/DB SO 6-1 '175 1 Jimmy Cvelber TE-LB SO 5’10” 195 45 Nick Mottola TE-LB SO 5’8” 180 3 Matt Koler QB/DB SO 5 11 '155 2 Sam Cicconetti WR-CB JR 5’9” 160 50 John McDougall OL-DL SO 5’10” 200 4 Kyle Kaminski WR/SS SO 5-9 '152 3 Jake Floriea QB-S SO 5’8” 155 51 Sean Wynne OL-DL SR 6’ 275 5 Nick Medaglia WR/DB SO 5-8 '150 4 Jeff King RB-S SO 5’7” 140 52 Andrew Paliobeis OL-DL SR 5’9” 185 6 Mike Onorato SS/RB SO 5-7 '155 5 Trevor Boslett RB-LB JR 5’8” 170 53 Nick Manno OL-DL JR 5’9” 195 7 Kyle Oktavec WR/DB JR 5-11 '160 6 Mark Baniewicz QB-S SR 6’2” 200 54 Corey Davis OL-DL SO 5’11” 180 8 Colin Fyock WR/DB SO 5-11 '150 7 John Stepec RB-DL SR 6’3” 240 55 Tyler Widmann OL-DL SO 5’8” 220 9 Brian Kornowski WR/DB SR 5-11 '170 8 Kyle McKenzie K SO 5’8” 140 56 Mario Amato OL-DL JR 5’8” 215 10 Danny Schmock SS/WR JR 5-11 '170 9 Malcolm Reho TE-DL SR 6’3” 210 57 Jerry Rostocil OL-DL SO 5’10” 200 11 David Hoying SS/WR SO 6-1 '170 10 Mike Robinson RB-LB SR 6’2” 165 58 Corey Regovich OL-DL JR 6’ 200 12 Nick Mog QB/DB SR 6-0 '165 11 Dylan Bell QB-S JR 6’ 170 59 Charles Kornokovich OL-DL JR 5’11” 200 13 Brad Zerucha DB/RB JR 5-8 '155 12 Scott Marjak RB-LB SR 6’1” 185 60 Chris Scruggs OL-DL SO 5’10” 220 14 Isaiah Howard DB/WR SO 5-6 '150 13 Connor Robinson WR-CB SO 5’10” 150 61 AJ Marinucci OL-DL SR 6’2” 260 15 Connor Farrell WR/DB SO 5-8 '140 14 Luke Turk RB-S JR 5’9” 175 62 Jason Spivey OL-DL SO 6’2” 195 16 Michael Liana DB/WR JR 5-10 '160 15 Zach Folino WR-LB JR 6’ 185 63 Kyle Anspach OL-DL JR 5’9” 170 17 Eddie Szmigielski WR/DB SO 5-10 '145 17 Brandon Rassavong WR-CB SO 6’ 170 64 Casey Davis OL-DL SR 5’9” 250 18 Will Hughes RB/DB SR 5-10 '175 19 Kaz Struna WR-S JR 6’ 165 65 Miguel Olvera OL-DL SR 6’2” 200 19 Matt Bahnij K SR 5-10 '150 20 Nick Valentino WR-CB SO 5’10” 150 66 Marcus DeSantis OL-DL JR 6’1” 260 20 Dan Madden K/P SO 6-2 '155 21 Bruce O’Toole WR-CB SO 5’9” 150 68 Dominic DiTirro OL-DL SR 6’3” 240 21 CJ Yonek LB/RB JR 5-10 '190 22 Bret Zimmerman RB-CB JR 5’8” 155 70 Shane Krisby OL-DL JR 6’ 200 22 Ryan Kazimour DB/WR JR 5-9 '145 23 Matt Ludwig RB-LB SO 5’7” 155 71 Dylan Gardner OL-DL SO 6’ 240 23 Mike Roder LB/RB SR 5-7 '175 24 Max Klepcyk WR-CB SR 5’9” 160 72 Evan Grosel OL-DL SR 6’4” 310 24 Drew Langford LB/TE SO 6-2 '185 25 Anthony Christopher WR-CB JR 5’10” 175 73 John Harwood OL-DL JR 5’10” 240 25 Tim Dobeck LB/WR SR 5-8 '160 29 Joe Federico RB-LB SO 5’6” 195 74 Dominic Adams OL-DL JR 6’2” 230 26 Joe Landino LB/WR SR 5-8 '190 30 Justin Kravchuck TE-DL SR 6’2” 205 75 Chris Martin OL-DL JR 6’ 205 28 Arthur Mason LB/TE SO 5-6 '155 31 Jon Brace TE-LB JR 5’11” 205 77 Jon Emley OL-DL JR 5’10” 215 29 Andrew Mog DB/WR JR 5-10 '140 32 Mitch Spittler WR-CB SR 5’9” 175 78 Colin Sheahan OL-DL SR 6’ 250 30 Nick Ludwick LB/RB SO 5-11 '170 33 Ryan Cahill OL-LB SO 5’9” 170 80 Tom Grosel TE-DL SO 6’3” 180 31 Kevin Cuba RB/SS SO 5-7 '155 34 Will Vettel RB-LB JR 6’ 190 81 Kareem Haddix TE-DL JR 6’ 195 32 Tony Liana RB/LB SO 6-1 '180 35 Joe Korb K SR 5’9” 135 83 Pat Fitzgerald WR-S JR 6’2” 150 33 Matt Devney LB/RB SO 5-9 '170 40 Matt Munz WR-LB SR 5’9” 160 86 Mike Seifert WR-CB SR 5’8” 155 34 Michael Culkar LB/RB SR 5-8 '180 41 Eddie Brkic K SR 5’10: 160 88 Dan Morales WR-CB SO 5’9” 150 35 Devon Greer DE/TE SR 6-1 '195 42 Trevor Suttie RB-LB SR 5’10” 180 92 Christian Janek OL-DL SR 6’1” 205 36 Anthony Chesek LB/RB SO 5-10 '160 43 Jim Szep RB-LB SR 6’ 195 98 Steve Johnson OL-DL SO 5’10” 225 37 Vinnie Minosky WR/DB SR 6-0 '165 44 Nick Christopher RB-LB JR 5’7” 175 38 Kevin Gilmore LB/TE SO 5-10 '195 40 Nathan LaGuardia LB/TE JR 6-2 '175 41 Adam Ackerman TE/LB SO 5-10 '200 42 Joe Iannelli DB/WR SO 6- '150 43 DeMarcus Treadwell LB/RB JR 5-11 '185 Individual Statistics Team Statistics 44 Nathan Kaszei LB/TE SR 5-11 '195 RUSHING LC OPP 45 Brandon Sforzo LB/RB SR 5-10 '200 Att Yds Avg Lng TD SCORING 136 158 46 Jason Woodman DE/OL SR 6-3 '200 M Baniewicz 99 557 5.6 66 6 Points Per Game 19.4 26.3 47 CJ Felice DB/WR SR 6-1 '160 B Zimmerman 78 381 4.9 28 1 FIRST DOWNS 99 89 48 Sam Platt K JR 5-10 '170 J Stepec 57 312 5.5 41 4 Rushing 77 35 49 Gage Sovey TE/DE SO 6-2 '175 L Turk 39 156 4.0 19 0 Passing 18 52 50 Jake Hartman OL/DE JR 6-2 '200 D Bell 18 55 3.1 39 1 Penalty 4 2 51 Nick Dzurnak OL/DE SR 6-2 '200 D Morales 1 9 9.0 9 0 RUSHING YARDAGE 1,467 934 52 Steve Ripepi LB/OL JR 5-10 '180 J Floriea 3 3 1.0 3 0 Rushing Attempts 299 193 53 Greg Zavesky DT/OL SO 5-7 '220 A Christopher 1 1 1.0 1 0 Average Per Rush 4.9 4.8 54 Anthony Bobak DT/OL SR 5-11 '225 J King 2 -3 -1.5 -1 0 Average Per Game 209.6 133.4 55 Lou Martin OL/DE JR 6-0 '220 TOTALS 299 1,467 4.9 66 12 Rushing TDs 12 11 56 Derrick Spagnola DE/OL SR 5-11 '210 OPPONENTS 193 934 4.8 83 11 PASSING YARDAGE 464 1,165 57 Brian Shirk OL/DT SR 5-11 '230 Completions-Attempts 32-103 87-150 58 Matt Malen OL/DT SR 6-7 '260 PASSING Average Per Attempt 4.5 7.8 59 Josh Mason DT/OL SO 5-11 '220 C-A-I Yds Per Lng TD Average Per Completion 14.5 13.4 60 Ian Schwind DT/OL JR 5-10 '200 M Baniewicz 19-62-2 259 30.6 53 2 Average Per Game 66.3 166.4 61 Dan Trainer OL/DT SO 6-1 '240 D Bell 13-41-3 205 31.7 34 2 Passing TDs 4 10 62 Frank Melena OL/DT JR 5-11 '230 TOTALS 32-103-5 464 31.1 53 4 Interceptions 5 5 63 Michael Awad OL/DT SO 5-11 '225 OPPONENTS 87-150-5 1,165 58.0 68 10 TOTAL OFFENSE 1,931 2,099 64 Mike Talarico OL/DT SR 5-11 '195 Total Plays 402 343 65 Steve Fernandez DE/OL SO 6-3 '210 RECEIVING Average Play 4.8 6.1 66 Michael Krizmanich LB/OL SO 5-7 '175 Rec Yds Avg Lng TD AveragePer Game 275.9 399.9 67 Ricky Reinholz OL/DT SO 5-7 '220 B Zimmerman 5 66 13.2 36 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 42.9 26.9 68 Lou Marich LB/OL SO 5-10 '170 A Christopher 6 56 9.3 22 1 Made-Attempted 15-35 7-26 70 Jimmy Duman OL/DT SR 6-0 '240 P Fitzgerald 4 76 19.0 25 1 FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 33.3 0.0 71 Christopher Walker DT/OL SR 5-10 '225 M Reho 4 60 15.0 17 1 Made-Attempted 2-6 0-3 72 Andrew Lucci OL/DT SO 6-2 '285 D Bell 3 71 23.7 53 1 FUMBLES-FUMBLES LOST 6-5 15-11 73 Justin Bruce OL/DT SO 6-1 '205 M Spittler 3 21 7.0 9 0 Recoveries-ret yards 15-8 2-0 74 Michael Kleem DE/OL SR 6-1 '220 J Stepec 2 33 16.5 20 0 Aver per recovery 0.5 0.0 75 Paul Sambor OL/DT SR 5-8 '200 Z Folino 2 21 10.5 0 0 Fumble recovery TDs 1 0 76 Dino Buttazzoni LB/OL SO 5-10 '175 D Morales 1 34 34.0 34 0 INTECEPTIONS 5 5 77 Jake Cramer OL/DT SO 6-2 '280 J Kravchuck 1 16 16.0 16 0 Interception return yards 106 0 78 Vladimir Petre OL/DT SO 6-5 '265 S Marjak 1 10 10.0 10 0 Average per interception 21.2 0.0 79 Ben Novotny OL/LB SO 5-10 '180 TOTALS 32 464 14.5 53 4 Interception return TDs 2 0 80 Corey Takacs WR/DE SO 6-1 '190 OPPONENTS 87 1,165 13.4 68 10 TURNOVER RATIO +6 -6 81 Chris Byke WR/DB SO 5-8 '140 83 Tim King WR/DB JR 6-0 '180 85 Sebastian Stone LB/WR JR 5-10 '165 88 Michael Stryffeler TE/DE JR 6-1 '195 95 Josh Penko OL/DE SO 6-0 '175 97 Abanoub Awad DT/OL SO 5-10 '220 98 Alex Arnst TE/DT SR 6-2 '215 COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion

THE LAKE CATHOLIC LEGACY PROJECT

Tradition never graduates. Dominic ADAMS '14 Connor FITZGERALD '16 Perhaps no high school sports program embodies the spirit Adams, a junior, played CYO Fitgerald, a freshman, played CYO of that message more than Lake Catholic football. football at Saint Gabriel’s, where he football at Saint Mary’s in Mentor, In 1972, a group of boys formed a bond that would be was a two-way lineman. Dominic is where he played quarterback and passed down through the generations. That initial team currently Lake Catholic’s starting linebacker. Connor is a quarterback only won a single game in 10 attempts, but the genesis of right offensive guard. and linebacker for the Cougars. Cougar Nation was born. Lake Catholic football is a tradition of undersized, hard-nosed student-athletes who give every ounce of their being to represent the green and gray. Players became dads who brought their little boys to Mike ADAMS '85 Greg FITZGERALD '86 games to see their alma mater years after they last put on the helmet and shoulder pads. These little boys sat in the stands soaking in all a Cougar football game has to offer, and became a member of Cougar Nation long before they were aware of how special it was to be part of that Pat FITZGERALD '14 Brendan GALLOWAY '16 club. These boys began to play football and wore their Fitzgerald, a junior, played CYO Galloway, a freshman, played CYO CYO jerseys with pride hoping one day to turn in that football at Saint Mary’s in Mentor, football at Saint Mary’s in Mentor, uniform for the unmistakable green and gray. where he played wide receiver. where he played linebacker. Lake Catholic has been playing football for 41 years. Less Patrick caught his first touchdown Brendan continues to play than 1,000 players have worn the green and gray jerseys. against Erie Cathedral Prep this linebacker at Lake Catholic. Brothers have played together, dads have coached their year. sons. Cougar football has always preached a family atmosphere - teammate to teammate, player to coach and team to fans and community. Greg FITZGERALD '86 Mike GALLOWAY '86

The statistics, wins, distinguished alumni and state championship trophies help shape the tradition and reputation of the Lake Catholic football. But, the heart and Luke TURK '14 Ken KOVACH '16 soul of the Cougars tradition are the young men that wear the green and gray today and the legacy left from those Turk, a junior, played CYO football Kovach, a freshman, played CYO before them. at Saint Gabriel’s, where he played football at Saint Mary’s in Mentor, quarterback and safety. Luke is where he played wide receiver. This year the Lake Catholic football program continues this great family tradition as 12 boys currently in the program Lake Catholic’s current starting Kovach currently plays wide have had fathers who played for the Cougars long before safety. receiver for the cougars. their arrival to Bellflower Road.

These 12 young men were born into the Lake Catholic football family and wear the same green and gray today Greg TURK '87 Ken KOVACH '84 that their fathers wore many years ago.

Mitch SPITTLER '13 Nick MOTTOLA '15 Ricky OSBORNE '16 Spittler, a senior, played CYO Mottola, a sophomore, played CYO Osborne, a freshman, played CYO football at Saint Gabriel’s where he football at Saint Gabriel’s, where he football at Saint Mary’s in Mentor, was a defensive back. Spitler is one played quarterback. Mottola plays where he played running back. of the Cougars’ starting tight end on the junior varsity and Ricky plays running back and cornerbacks. he has caught two touchdowns this linebacker currently for the year. Cougars,

Dennis SPITTLER '84 Chris MOTTOLA '86 Rick OSBORNE '87

Malcolm REHO '13 Sam D'ANGELO '16 Christian TOPAZIO '16 Reho, a senior, played CYO football at D’Angelo, a freshman, played CYO Topazio played football in the St. Justin Martyr. Malcolm plays tight football at Saint Mary’s in Mentor Painesville Youth Leaque. Topazio end for the Cougars and scored his where he was a lineman. D’Angelo plays receiver and cornerback at first touchdown against Archbishop currently plays offensive guard for Lake Catholic. Hoban. He also is in the rotation on the freshman team. Lake Catholic’s defensive line.

Bob REHO '77 Sal D'ANGELO '81 Wally ACKLEY '83