Topic: HZ: Iacovone Strengthens Moeller-to-Marshall Ties

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By JACK BOGACZYK
HERDZONE.COM COLUMNIST

HUNTINGTON – Every day for several years when he walked into the Moeller High School football locker room that’s been recently remodeled, Spencer Iacovone could see photos of three Crusaders players from the late ‘60s.

The photos are of quarterback Bob Harris, lineman Mark Andrews and wide receiver Jack Repasy. They went from the Cincinnati high school with the storied football program to Marshall University, where they were three of the 75 people who died in the November 1970 Thundering Herd team plane crash.

“There’s a memorial to the three of them in the main hallway of the school, too,” Iacovone said. “We take a lot of pride in the fact that they were part of Moeller, and they’ll always be remembered here.”

Iacovone will have a greater bond with those three late Crusader and Thundering Herd athletes, too, since he signed last month to play baseball for Marshall. With his partial scholarship in Coach Jeff Waggoner’s program, he also will get financial help from the proceeds from the annual Moeller/Marshall Memorial Golf Outing played in Cincinnati -- help – about $2,000 for his freshman year, outing chairman John Widmeyer said.  The fifth outing will be played next summer.

Link: http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/121212aaa.html

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You forgot three other Moeller football players that played for Marshall. Marshall class of 1976; Moeller class of 1972 : John Kravec (MG/NM), Dave Bechsmith (C/G), Bill Warner (DT).