From the late 1980s through a healthy portion of the 1990s, Lakewood Stadium was known as Saint Ignatius' home away from home in football. The atmosphere-rich facility on Bunts and Madison was where the Wildcats geared up for several of their OHSAA Division I record 11 state football championships.

However, the same man who has coached the fortunes of Saint Ignatius football for the past 30 seasons - Mr. Chuck Kyle '69 - will be the first to tell you that Lakewood Stadium has also been awfully good to his track and field Wildcats, a sport he has coached at his alma mater since the mid 1970s.

With the exception of Lakewood Stadium now being known as First Federal Lakewood Stadium, Friday night was no different.

Continuing a string that began in the early 1990s, Saint Ignatius brought home yet another Lakewood District championship with a dominant 174 points. Defending big-school state champion St. Edward was second with 144 points.

Coach Kyle's deep, gifted and versatile team continued the success that began on Wednesday night (see the corner's story from Lakewood on Wednesday that is posted below). The Amherst Regional bound 'Cats won five events and had eight runner-up and nine third-place finishes.

Wildcats standout freshman James Norris anchored the winning 4x400 relay team on Friday night with a strong final push and Saint Ignatius' other outstanding freshman, Luke Wagner, won both the 800 and 1600.

Jack Miller, one of Coach Kyle's senior leaders, won the 3200 on Friday night. The epitome of class, Jack was on Wednesday's winning and regional-qualifying 4x800 relay team, as was Wagner.

Congratulations and all of the best to Coach Kyle and the Wildcats at Amherst next week, as they gear up for a regional that Coach Kyle has referred to as one of the most demanding in the nation, not just in Ohio.