Area Gymnasts Capture Three Waukegan Crowns
Hinsdale Central won the invitational with 46.0 points as Hersey 42.5 and Waukegan 41.0 followed. Prospect’s Jay Benson on trampoline 8.45 Morava on parallel bars 8.65 and Fernandez on rings 8.75 led first place finishes for area gymnasts.
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Hersey
Elk Grove
Prospect
Hinsdale Central
Waukegan
Evanston
New Trier East
Arlington
Niles West
Maine East
Jay Benson
Gary Morava
Benny Fernandez
Benson
Morava
Fernandez
Pete Klein
Boyan
Craig Sjogren
Mike Ossowski
Greg Datillo
Hersey Tops Knights in Gym Dominant Huskies sweep Prospect in dual meet
Hersey 136.38 Prospect 125.99 as the Huskies win five of six events led by Gary Morava with a pair of eight-point routines and three blue ribbons. Knight star Rich Chew struggles as Hersey tops Prospect 136.38 to 125.99 in a conference dual.
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Hersey
Don von Ebers
Rich Chew
Knights
Huskies
Gary Morava
Morava
Ron Wold
Jay Bensen
John Weaver
Bensen
Scrimmage Lines on the elusive super star label
Larry Mlynczyk argues the term super star is overused, citing players across baseball, football, basketball, boxing, golf, soccer, and high school scenes. He insists true super stars prove sustained greatness and fan appeal beyond a single sensational season, with Mickey Mantle as the exemplar.
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Cubs
Kessinger
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankees
Mantle
Willie Mays
Mays
Hank Aaron
Frank Robinson
Ernie Banks
Harmon Killebrew
Willie McCovey
Pete Rose
Aaron
Warren Spahn
Sandy Koufax
Bob Gibson
Spahn
Koufax
Gibson
Boog Powell
Denny McLain
Juan Marichal
al Kaline
Roberto Clemente
Reggie Jackson
Richie Allen
Tom Seaver
Gale Sayers
Dick Butkus
Deacon Jones
Joe Namath
Lance Alworth
Johnny Unitas
Sonny Jurgensen
Tommy Nobis
Bart Starr
Roman Gabriel
Daryle Lamonica
Leroy Kelly
O. J. Simpson
Joe Kapp
Kapp
Joe
Elgin Baylor
Jerry West
Oscar Robertson
Wilt Chamberlain
Lew Alcindor
Bill Russell
Elvin Hayes
Pete Maravich
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Bill Casper
Rocky Marcianos
Archie Moores
Bobo Olson
Pete
Jim Ryan
Jean-Claude Killy
Peggy Fleming
Jim McGraw
Jack Bastable
Skip Peterson
Dave Hasbach
Carl Fricke
Wheeling
Wheeling High School
Jim Brewer
Proviso East
Micky Mantle
Gymnastic meet results show Morava leading in multiple events
The report lists Morava of the home team placing first in Free Exercise and multiple events such as Horizontal Bar and Parallel Rings with scores around 7.6 to 8.6. Competitors from Prospect and other opponents, including Benson and Wilcox, placed second or third across events.
Arlington tops Fremd in league meet to stay in first tie
Arlington Cardinals beat Fremd 128 to 76.81 in the Mid-Suburban League as Steve Von Ebers and John Boylan each won two events. Von Ebers swept free exercise and trampoline, while Boylan won the horizontal bar and parallel bars and led all-around with a 6.05 average. Fremd's best finish was Tom Stinson on the horizontal bar for third.
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Steve von Ebers
John Boylan
Arlington
Fremd
von Ebers
Boylan
Pat Brousseau
Greg Datillo
Cardinals
Tom Stinson
Elk Grove Gymnasts Triumph Over Conant In Clear Win
Elk Grove gymnasts defeated Conant 123.37 to 86.67 as Elk Grove swept the top three spots in four events and won several individual titles including Bartley on rings and Olson on side horse. Conant’s Bartley and Armstrong highlighted the Cougars’ day with rings and high bar runnerups. Elk Grove nears a key conference showdown with Prospect while Conant prepares to host Wheeling.
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Elk Grove
Conant
Doyle Bartley
Tim Armfield
Bartley
Benny Fernandez
Trampoline Results From EG Meet Highlight Medals
Mitses led with a 7.25 in second place while Helbig and Dorsey took third and fourth in EG events. Fernandez and Stencin posted strong marks for EG and Con rivals, with Brennan winning free exercise style among several close scores.
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Helbig
Dorsey
Gardner
Sinnott
Post
Eepy
Clete
Sakata
B. Fernandez
Miller
Nene
Fernand
L. L. Fernandez
Anderson
L. Mayer
L. Fernandez
Stencin
Armfield
Anderson Na Hex
B. Bings
Conne Fernandez
Malmaidahl
Rambo
Brennan Tea
Ie Eeo
RG Son
Ooh
Forest View Gymnasts Claim Conference Victory Over Wheeling
Forest View won their first conference gymnastics meet 92.09 to 76.61 at Wheeling. Bob Berglund led with four blue ribbons and the all around title 5.74 while Rene Mathis of Wheeling added key scores. Wayne Olsen paced Forest View in free exercise and Berglund dominated side horse and parallel bars helping the Falcons snap a skid and win the frosh-soph meet 55.2 to 41.5 for their third straight MSL conquest.
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Cialist
Ron Rebmann
Kurt Hendershot
Hersey
Kyle Wooldridge
Wayne Sjogren
Wooldridge
Laurels
Jeff Farris
Jim Wilcox
Howie Beck
Sjogren
Prospect
Mike Ossowski
John Valentino
Morava
Huskie
Todd Klehr
Pete Klein
Steve Klingaman
Wold
Farris
Lance Boyett
Boyett
Steve Lamp
Bob Berglund
Forest View
Wheeling
Falcons
Wildcats
Berglund
Rene Mathis
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