WILDCATS ! A HISTORY OF ST. IGNATIUS FOOTBALL VOLUME 1 THE EARLIEST YEARS TO 1945 VOLUME 2 THE TRADITION 1946-1996

This first volume, of a two volume set, describes the earliest years of Cleveland's St. Ignatius High School football team, from the team's formal organization in 1917 thru the 1945 season. This detailed, game by game, account includes the team's first "golden era" from 1923-26, their intense rivalry with crosstown foe Cathedral Latin School, as well as such historical firsts as St. Ignatius' participation I , and winning of, the first night high school football game ever played in Ohio. 30 photos. 8 1/2x11, double column format.

From Chapter 1: The stream of headlights seemed to stretch on forever as it flowed north on I-77 from Massillon to Cleveland on the night of December 2, 1995. Seven or eight cars, then a bus, seven or eight cars, then a bus - as far as the eye could see. The destination for many of the passengers was the campus at St. Ignatius High School, to give thanks and then to celebrate the school's 23rd straight football victory, fifth consecutive Ohio Division I State Championship, and third National Championship. Yes, those were pretty heady days, but it was not always that way...