65er Parade participation doubles!

Joe Drexler joined Tom Obert this year at the annual homecoming parade down Broadway, thereby doubling the Class of '65 participation over last year, and making our magnificent class over-achievers again. (You can exhale now, boys)

The mighty mighty Cardinals won the football game, 28-17 over Bemidji and are now 3-1 on the season.

Here's Obert's report on the first half:

Our quarterback outweighed Bemidji's quarterback by 103 pounds - which must be some sort of record. Our Colin Erickson is a 6' 2", 238 pound senior; their quarterback is a 135 pound sophomore. But diminutive as he was, we had no answer for him. He wasn't particularly fast and didn't have much of an arm, but made all the right decisions.

In the half, the Lumberjacks probably controlled the ball for 3/4's of time, going on long, extended marches of 5 yard plays. The Cards were the opposite. The second time they had the ball, Erickson launched about a 60-yard pass that hit the receiver in stride, but was caught just out of bounds. He tried again, and hit Mark Whiting, our 6'5", 4.5 in the 40, wide receiver, for a 58-yard touchdown. For some reason, we never tried a long pass again. The Cards also scored on a long run. At the half, Bemidji led 17-14.

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Due to cutbacks and economic conditions, there was no streaker this year. Unless Obert missed her.

Pom poms at the ready, these gung ho members of the Class of 1967 were dutifully photographed by the Cub Reporter. Underclassman Al Grundei, back left, was informed that 65ers could have easily surpassed this modest turnout, but were already celebrating homecoming at the big All-Classes keg party at Woodtick Lodge.

"What keg party?" Grundei asked. "Nobody told me about any keg party. Is there a party?"