[Hatz]

Why would they have cancelled? That would have been crazy talk.

Boyle has had some great years since 1963 and some very good to great eras. But they also had some very bad eras.

In '67 and '68 the program was 0-20. After starting with four winning seasons, unbeaten in '63 (9-0), and a District Title in '66 with a close Regional loss to the State Runner up.

But no one thought of axing the program.

Starting in '83 Boyle was:

5-5, 3-8, 4-7, 7-3, 4-7, 2-8, 1-9, 2-8, 1-9.

(FWIW: Rebels were from '74: 8-3, 9-2, 10-2, 8-4, 6-5, 9-1, 7-3, 6-4, 8-3)

But there was never talk of dropping the program. They hired a guy who went to the playoffs his first year, went 2-8 the next and then took them on one heck of a ride since.