XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT 1600 W. Prospect Ave. • Appleton, WI 54914 • (920) 733-6632 • FAX (920) 733-5513 2015 XAVIER FOOTBALL Level 2 – WIAA Playoffs vs. Luxemburg-Casco – Spartans 7 o’clock p.m. – Friday, Oct. 30 at Rocky Bleier Field, Knights of Columbus Sports Complex Xavier High School – Appleton – – Info Pack - Game 11 CONTENTS PAGE Index ...............................................1 Staff / Info – Xavier Football 2015 .......................2 Rocky Bleier Field / Knights of Columbus Sports Complex ..2 Photos / Dedication: Oct. 12, 2007 .........................3 Rocky Bleier Run .....................................4 Facility Tid-Bits - Rocky Makeover ......................5 Profile - XHS Coach David Hinkens .....................6 Profile - Xavier High School ............................7 Special Seasons - Xavier Football ........................8 100 wins - Coach Hinkens 10-4-2013 .....................9 State Records - Matt Ferris of Xavier 2013 season ..........10 Playoff Brackets - Division 3 ...........................11 Playoff Qualifiers - Division 3 ..........................12 Playoff Dates - WIAA Football .........................13 Playoff History - Xavier Football ................... 14 - 16 Playoff Tid-Bits - Xavier Football 10-23-2015 ..............17 Bay Conference Standings & Sores 2015 season ............18 At a Glance - Xavier .................................19 At a Glance - Luxemburg-Casco .......................20 Pronunciation Guide - Xavier ..........................21 Roster - Xavier .....................................22 History - Series: Xavier vs. Luxemburg-Casco ............23 Starters - Xavier .....................................24 g Stats, from the season & Bay Conference – available via a link on www.XavierHawksSports.com via the STATS-CONFERENCE page -or- via the FOOTBALL page. g WIAA Football Playoff Info & Procedures – more packs and tons of pertinent info may be found via the WIAA INFO PAGE link, available on the FOOTBALL page, of XavierHawksSports.com. Broadcast info: LIVE TV – MyNew 32 Sports Showdown, produced by NBC 26 TV and online. Also, coverage via online webstream by The Post-Crescent plus on the air and on-line by WBDK radio, Door County. Find links on www.XavierHawksSports.com. The Xavier Football Program is proud to provide this Info Pack. It was made possible through the efforts of Peter Bates, Mike Bates, David Hinkens & Jason Bins plus the Xavier Booster Club. Xavier High School is a member of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic School System. Follow the Hawks... on the web at www.XavierHawksSports.com on Facebook at Xavier Hawks Sports [ M2-C9----XAVIER–MEDIA-PACKS---COVER-2015 ] XAVIER STAFF / INFO e 2015 Football Season e Head Coach ..................David Hinkens 2015 = 15th year at Xavier Assistant Coaches .......Chris Bourassa, Justin Wilson, Drew Bourassa, Brad Gehring, AJ Hollanquest, AC Clouthier, Jason Bins, Danny Higgins, Vinnie Borowski, Ross Visocky, Tim Curran Frosh Coaches: Dave Adamovich, Jonathan Jordan Athletic Director ........................ Kathy Bates Assistant Athletic Director ............ Lori England Administrator / President ............. Ray DuBois Principal ................................. Mike Mauthe Associate Principal ..................... Donna Fahrenkrug Voice of the Hawks ..................... Mike Bates Team Chaplain .......................... Fr. Jim Leary Head Statistician ....................... Todd Bethe Athletic Trainer ......................... Becky Oszman, Affinity Sports Medicine Pep Band Director ...................... Philip Dobernig Cheerleading Coach ................... Anne Koehnke Home Field .............................. Rocky Bleier Field, Knights of Columbus Sports Complex Conference ............................... Bay (first year, after the WIAA-mandated conference realignment) Enrollment ............................... 578 (the WIAA uses previous year enrollment for its Playoffs) School Colors ........................... Navy Blue & White Nickname ................................ Hawks Follow the Hawks ...................... XavierHawksSports.com .....on the web Xavier Hawks Sports ........on Facebook @XHawksSports .............via Twitter Rocky Bleier Field dedicated: Oct. 12, 2007 Xavier’s home football field was dedicated in honor of Rocky Bleier on Oct. 12, 2007. A 1964 graduate of Xavier, Bleier went on to play at the University of Notre Dame and then for 12 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. After winning a national championship at Notre Dame, he recovered from severe injuries in the Vietnam War to earn a spot as a starter on the first team to win four Super Bowls – which the Steelers accomplished during a 6-year span... 1975, ’76, ’79 and ’80. Rocky Bleier His #23 jersey is the first uniform X ever retired STAFF-15 A [ M2-C9----XAVIER--MEDIA-PACKS----X-STAFF--2015 ] in Xavier H.S. history. 2 Rocky Bleier Field Rocky Bleier Field at Xavier was dedicated Friday night, Oct. 12, 2007 in a special ceremony prior to the XHS football game at the Knights of Columbus Sports Complex behind XHS. The gate was manufactured by Metalist Laserfab of Oshkosh as a gift to Xavier High School. Note how there are 23 spindles at the bottom of the gates, the same number as Rocky's football jersey number for the Hawks when he played for Coach Gene ‘Torchy’ Clark. Below, the Fox Valley Vietnam Veterans Honor Guard presents the colors and the Knights of Columbus Honor Guard awaits to escort Rocky & the dignitaries into the facility for the dedication ceremony. Rocky, captains & game officials meet before the game for the coin toss. 3 Rocky Bleier, left, and Tim Hanna, the mayor of the City of Appleton, during a ceremony on Saturday morning, Oct. 13, 2007, when the City of Appleton dedicated Rocky Bleier Run. The street is near Jones Park in downtown Appleton, close to where Bleier grew up back in the 1950's and 60's. He used to run the steps and hills of the park as part of his athletic training and then his rehab from injuries suffered in 1969 during the Vietnam War. Artist’s Rendition: Rocky Bleier Run This is an artist’s drawing of what the City of Appleton will create in the area of Jones Park in downtown Appleton as part of Rocky Bleier Run. The entire plan includes making the area a gateway from downtown through Jones Park to the city’s new Waterfront Riverwalk. 4 FACILITY TID-BITS - ROCKY MAKEOVER Rocky Bleier Field on the Knights of Columbus Sports Complex Xavier Football The former Knights of Columbus Athletic Field at Xavier has undergone a major makeover, and there now is a new name for the Hawks’ home turf. The facility received: 1. a new grass playing surface, 2. a new 8-lane running track which has a top- of-the line rubberized surface, 3. a new 4-foot high permanent fence entirely around the outside lane of the track, 4. new & huge aluminum bleachers -- with fully- enclosed, increased seating and a specially designed sight-line... which enables spectators to better see all of the lanes for a track meet when runners go in front of the seating area, plus it gives significantly better visibility for the football field, 5. new, much larger 2-level press box to accommodate news media and coaches, 6. new, double-wide runway for the jumping Aerial view, 2005 events & pole vault, 7. new, larger high jump area, 8. new, handicap access ramp and wheelchair seating areas in the bleachers, 9. new, pro-model 30-foot-high, arched football goal posts, with an 8-foot offset, 10. new underground, automatic watering system and drainage tile, 11. new main ticket entrance area, spectator walkway and engraved brick area, 12. new, larger scoreboard – in memory of the late Bradley Williams, the Xavier football player who in September, 2005 collapsed and died on the XHS football practice field from a congenital heart problem completely unrelated to football, 13. new, brick concession stand with storage & restrooms, and, 14. new, 485-foot deep well to pump water from an underground river deep below the game field. It enables water to be put on all of the athletic fields at Xavier without expensive city water. Most of the work was done in 2004, when Xavier played its home games at the St. Joseph Middle School field in Appleton. The huge KofC field project was spearheaded by the Xavier Booster Club, which also recently helped with the installation of 4 new tennis courts on the St. Joe’s grounds as well as a complete renovation of the Xavier football practice field, located adjacent to the game field. Considerable work has been headed by the XBC since that major makeover. TID-BITS ROCKY MAKEOVER [ M2-C9----XAVIER--MEDIA-PACKS----TID-BITS | ROCKY FIELD MAKEOVER ] 5 PROFILE Xavier Coach David Hinkens e 2015 Football Season 2015 = 15th season as head football coach at Xavier. He is only the 10th head varsity football coach in school history, as XHS begins its 56th season of Xavier Football. Hinkens is the first to coach a Hawk team in the WIAA Football Playoffs. He has coached Xavier in the Playoffs during 12 of the past 13 seasons going into 2015. His first XHS team missed out of the Playoffs via an obscure, since-eliminated tiebreaker. And, 2012 was the first time XHS did not qualify for the Playoffs after 10 straight post-season appearances by his teams. 2015 = 13th time in past 14 years for a Hinkens team in the WIAA post-season. – Six of the Xavier teams coached by Hinkens won a conference championship (2011, ’10, ’09, ’05, ’04, ’02) and 4 times his Hawks finished just one game out of the top spot in league play while