St. Mel Eyes rebound against St. Viator after close loss
St. Mel, coming off a 65 63 defeat to St. Patrick, hopes to rebound Friday at home versus St. Viator in Chicagoland Prep league play. Bowden led St. Mel with 20 points while Carlos Melendez had 26 for St. Patrick. Marist beat St. Mel 64 47 last Friday as Ron Smith scored 27 in the win.
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St. Mel
St. Patrick
Knights
St. Viator
DeLaSalle
Meteors
Shamrocks
St. Mel’s Bowden
Ken Kolovitz
Bowden
Carlos Melendez
St. Mel Quint
Marist
Ron Smith
Marshall Five Stays on Top in West Red Division
The Marshalls Commandos finished first-round play undefeated with five wins. They beat Cregier 68 to 51 and Farragut 59 to 54, led by balanced scoring from Johnson McGee 15, Bernard Lane 14, Louis Cheatham 10, and Chester Fuller 14, Stanley Ridley 11, Larry Huff 10.
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Marshalls Commandos
Cregier
Farragut
Commandos
Harvey Hartenstein
Crane
Loyola
Admirals
Johnson McGee
Bernard Lane
Louis Cheatham
McGee
Chester Fuller
Stanley Ridley
Larry Huff
Lane
Fenwick Maintains Unbeaten Run In North Section Clash
Fenwick Friars, 5-0 in Catholic league, top Weber 89 63 as Jim Martinkus scores 22 and Pete Albert and Mitchell lead Loyola win. Weber 2-3, Friday night sectional finale at Weber gym. Fenwick dominates St Philip 84 55 and Holy Trinity 85 32 with balanced scoring.
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Fenwick’s
Friars
Weber
Bill Shay
Friar
St. Philip
Holy Trinity
Loyola
Jim Martinkus
Mark Thornton
Shay
Martinkus
Pinkowski
Fittin
Horde
Fenwick
Ramblers
Up North
Pete Albert
M. C. Mitchell
Jim Zielinski
Mike Francis
Marquette Faces Loyola in Chicago Stadium Opener
Marquette with a 12-2 record eyes a five game win streak as it opens against Loyola at Chicago Stadium on Friday January 26. Brigham Young battles Texas El Paso in the second game, followed by a weekend tripleheader culminating Saturday night with Loyola versus Brigham Young, Notre Dame against Illinois, and Southern Illinois against Michigan State.
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Marquette University
Loyola
Chicago Stadium
Brigham Young
Western Athletic Conference
University of Texas
el Paso
Brigham
Orr Matmen Win Twice To Reach 11-2 Record
Orr high school wrestlers defeated Crane 50 to 10 and Joliet East 22 to 19 to improve to 11-2. Individual Crane wins included Walker 95, Fernandez 103, Vasquez 112, Moore 120, Milan 127, Bostic 138, Henderson 145, Johnson 154, Coletta 180. Joliet East saw five decisions and one pin, with Walker, Fernandez, Moore, Milan, and Bostic earning decisions and Henderson a pin.
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Orr High School
Crane
Joliet East
Spartan
Orr
Marshall
Harrison
Curtice Walker
Joe Fernandez
Henry Vasquez
Brody Moore
Stanley Milan
Orr Still After First Cage Win Of Season
Orr high school basketball, yet to win, prepares for the Blue West division game at home against Tuley on Feb. 1. The Spartans recently fell 116 to 49 to Waller and 80 to 44 to Prosser, with Roosevelt Stroud scoring 17 in the Waller defeat.
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Orr High School
Spartan
Tuley
Spartans
Waller
Prosser
Orr
Roosevelt Stroud
OBA Forms 14 Team Cage Loop In Austin Youth Action
The Organization for a Better Austin launched a 14 team basketball league for grammar and high school students. It runs 14 weeks to March 30 with 15 players per team. Sponsors include Emmet Playground and area churches. Rich Wilken outlines sponsorship and goals of teamwork and neighborliness. A summer softball league is considered and dances to raise funds for referees and trophies.
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Austin
Emmet Playground
Resurrection
Ore Tate Hole
Chrisians
Bey Dese Va
St. Thomas Aquinas
Lamon Methodist
St. Angela
Austin Methodist
Faith Presbyterian
Mandell Methodist
Rich Wilken
OBA
Wilkens
St. Angela’s Church
Potomac
South Austin
Our Lady Help of the Christians
Prosser Quintet Breaks Loss String With Two Wins
Prosser's varsity basketball team, after a 1–13 start, defeated Tuley 49–43 and Orr 80–44 in Blue Division play. They finished the first half with 2 wins and 4 losses and will host Austin on February 1.
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Prosser
Tuley
Orr
Falcons
Austin
St Philip Gaels Seek rebound after two losses
St Philip High School Gaels aim to end the first round with a win after dropping four straight in the North division. They host DePaul on Friday and visit Mt Carmel on Saturday in non league action. Recent losses include 84 to 55 to Fenwick and 61 to 52 to Gordon Tech.
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St. Philip’s
Gaels
DePaul
Mt. Carmel
Fenwick Friars
Gordon Tech
Fenwick
Gordon
Local high school stars spark area basketball and wrestling news
Marshall high’s Commando cagers gain state recognition with ex-stud Dan Johnson at NIU improving freshman squad. Northwestern adds Pat Naughton as defensive line coach. Kelvyn Park wrestling shows standout 95 pound Vince Gutierrez undefeated in 11 matches with several teammates winning at Lane Tech.
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Marshall High School
Our Fair City
Marshall
Northernlinois University
DeKalb
Ill
Dan Johnson
Harvey Hartenstein
Tom Ludwig
Northern Illinois
Johnson
Ludwig
Rock Valley
Ails Florio
Huskie Pups
Joe Welkomer
Mer
Austin
Welke
Marquette University
Pat Naughton
Alex Agase
Northwestern University
Naughton
Clem
St. Philip
Wildcats
Larry van Dusen
Kent State
Northwestern
Southern Illinois University
DePaul Academy
Fenwick
Detroit
Kansas State
Marquette
Michigan
Richard Kerby
Kelvyn Park
Vince Gutierrez
Panthers
Lane Tech
North Side
Twin Cities Weekend Trip For North Austin Boys Club Teams
North Austin Boys Club will send its Junior Varsity and Varsity squads to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul for the annual Twin City tournament. Twenty five players depart Friday morning and return Sunday, with Varsity boasting an 11 2 record and a string of recent wins.
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North Austin
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Twin City
St. Peter
St Paul
St. Austin
St. Ferdinand
St. Edward
St. Stanislaus
St. Angela Prep
St. Celestine
Moore
Mooris
Carmichael
Hanrahan
Kowalski
Canizzo
McDowell
Cossman
Kelvyn Park Maintains Share Of Blue North Lead In Close Wins
Kelvyn Splits and Shares lead Kelvyn Park's varsity cage squad split two Public league games last week and hold a 4-1 record in the Blue North division. Taft's Eagles share top spot after beating Kelvyn 73 71 and defeating Amundsen, with the Panthers in position for a playoff berth. Petrucce and Piurkowski led Kelvyn scoring, Petruc ci scoring all six in OT win over Mather, while Piotrowski netted 21 in the big win.
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Kelvyn Park
Panthers
Taft’s
Eagles
Kelvyn
Amundsen
Lake View
Taft
Gary Gabbert
Jack Schwartz
Gary Piurkowski
Mather
Orland Petrucci
Petrucci
Piotrowski
Teamotal
Tigers Quiet As They Prep For February Conference Return
Austin's cage squad, after a narrow league loss last week, will idle until Feb. 1 before resuming at Prosser. The Tigers closed the first round 41 with wins over Prosser, Orr, Tuley and Wells and expect Aubrey Logan back to boost balance. Edwards led scoring in the latest setback to Walter, with 21 points, while Crutz and Love added double figures for the Tigers.
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Austin
Cage Varsity
Tigers
Prosser
Orr
Tuley
Wells
Aubrey Logan
Wailler
Wolves
Hugh McInnis
del Hart
Ozzie Edwards
Darryl Crutz
Emmet Love
Tiger Court
Edwards
Love
CYO Free Throw Meet Opens Across City
The CYO boys free throw contest begins in schools and gyms citywide with four age groups. Local preliminaries require specific out of 25 scores to advance to the March citywide playoffs for top ten in each division.
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CYO
S. Wabash
Chicago
Llinois
Boys Club Boxing Drills Kick Off Saturday in Austin
North Austin Boys Club opens its annual boxing program with a Saturday session from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the second floor of the Austin Police station. Bill Calabrese Bill Conrick Tom Sloan and director John O Gara lead drills for West-Northwest area youths in kindergarten through seventh grade ahead of the Silver Gloves show in late April.
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North Austin
Austin
Chicago
Bill Calabrese
Bill Conrick
Tom Sloan
John O’gara
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