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8 GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1968
Maloof’s Golden Lions
St. Pius
Takes AA
State Championship
Maloof made All-State in his
junior and senior years at Marist,
was named to an All-America
team and awarded a scholarship
to Georgia Tech.
By BARRY FRASER
St. Pius High
Eleven years of coaching has
paid off for Coach George Maloof
when his 1968 edition of Golden
Lions defeated Gainesville 6-0 in
Gainesville Dec. 13. The
rain-soaked field did not dampen
the spirit of the football team nor
that of the avid St. Pius
supporters.
The long season’s work and
effort paid off for the team,
cqaching staff, and student body.
The season opened on Sept. 6
against Sandy Springs. The
Golden Lions lost their only
game of the season that night and
Coach Maloof made a statement
thanight that has come true. He
said,” It’s a long road back to
Number one, but we will be
back.” St. Pius had been rated
very high at the beginning of the
season by area sportswriters.
George B. Maloof has spent
his life in football and it has been
quite a success story.
He has starred as a player at
Immaculate Conception School,
at Marist and at Georgia Tech.
Now he is one of the most
successful high school football
coaches in Georgia.
Woody Euart (14) carries the ball for St. Pius.
During his three-year stint at
Tech, he played fullback and
halfback and was an honorable
mention selection on the
Southeastern Conference’s
All-American listings. Maloof also
served as alternate captain of the
football and baseball teams.
As athletic director at St. Pius,
he had led one of the
best-coached teams in the state.
Including an unblemished 10-0
record this year.
41 of their opponents scoreless.
In all of the games played at Joe
Bean Stadium, only St. Joseph
has scored more than one
touchdown in 31 games.
The team ended the regular
season with a 9-1 won-loss
record. Being 5AA Region
champs pitted them against
Sandy Springs a second time. St.
Pius won this one 13-10 after a
hard fought game with the
Springers. This win gave them the
Southwest State AA
Championship.
Close would not be the way to
describe the game for the South
AA State Championship against
Thomasville Dec. 6. The Lions
got off to a good start and went
out at halftime leading 14-0. The
Thomasville Bulldogs came back
in the third quarter and scored 14
points in the last half. The clock
ran out with a 14-14 tie. The
penetration rule was in effect and
the Lions won 16-15 on
penetration.
Gainesville had won the North
AA State Championship and thus
became the opponent for the
state title. The two teams had
met earlier in regular season play
with Pius winning 14-13.
Senior football players have helped to carry the Pius team to the
A A Championship. They beat Gainesville in a rain-soaked game
6-0 Dec. 13 in Gainesville. L-R Bobby Griffin, Kevin Dawson,
Craig Edelen, Mike Thompson, Scott Peiit, Mike Nellis, Woody
Euart. 2nd Row. Claude Hartridge, Jim McKenzie, Kerry Stewrrt,
Bruce Boehnlein, bob Shell, Dave McCrrty, Jerry de Golian, 3rd
Row Bob Fannon, Jim Arnett, Steve Morgan, Kevin Korner, Joe
Pelt, Mike Mulvihill, and Steve Warrell.
Jim Arnett (88) toes a ball through the cross bars for PAT.
Following graduation, he had
several offers to play professional
football, but said he realized his
playing days were over after he
left the service.
Although Coach Maloof feels
that this year’s squad is not as
good individually as previous
teams, he does feel that it plays
better as a team, and is more
diversified on offense and
defense. In fact, he feels that in
the region play-offs, St. Pius
stands just as good a chance as
anybody else if it gets the breaks.
The coach feels strongly about
the spirit at the school and thinks
“It is second to none when the
school is challenged and realizes
it.” He also has deep feeling
toward the school because of the
“pride, tradition, aims and goals
of the principal, faculty and
student body and their
willingness to pay the price.”
But when the laurels of glory
are thrown to him for a good
game and coaching job, he
doesn’t fail to recognize the
players and the assistant coaches
Joe Pelt (26) carries the ball. Joe scored the touchdown against
Gainesville that gave Pius the AA state championship.
who also make it possible. “I am
extremely appreciative of the
assistant coaches especially Coach
Donald Heller who has done a
fine job in his first year as
assistant coach. He is the type of
man who has enthusiasm,
dedication and character
necessary to be a good coach.”
The world can be sure that his
wife, Edina, and their four
children, Kevin, Karen, Kathy,
and Keith are very proud to have
a father like Coach George
Maloof. Also Marist is probably a
little regretful in the fact that he
once coached there for two years
and went on to Pius.
Even with teaching three
classes of algebra a day he has
had time to rack up one of the
best percentages in the won loss
column in the DeKalb area for
regularseason games ‘61-‘67. Only
Avondale is better, but not by
far.
All games combined, St. Pius
has won 76, lost 16 and tied 6. It
has a combined total of 1830
points to their opponents’ 556.
Out of 24 home games played at
Joe Bean Stadium the Golden
Lions are undefeated with one tie
against Marist, 6-6.
They have scored 483 points
against their opponents’ 38. Out
of 98 games in 10 seasons, only 6
opponents have scored more than
two touchdowns against St. Pius.
The Golden Lions have scored
more than two touchdowns in 54-
games. Also, the Lions have held
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