Boxing or organized fighting in the Grundy County youth program
Larry Kenney, coach of the G C Y A A Silver Gloves, defends amateur boxing as a safe sport focusing on self defense and discipline. Officials stop fights for safety and the program emphasizes conditioning, footwork, and controlled sparring under AAU rules.
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Larry Kenney
Silver Gloves
Grundy County Youth Athletic Association
Larry
Jim Yard
Morris
Frank Vigna
Dwight
G.C.Y.A.A
Illinois Boxing Association
Illinois
P.O.W
Coalers pin win over Westmont in 43 19 team match
Coal City High School wrestlers beat Westmont 43 19 Thursday night in Coal City. Coach George Dare called the bout sloppy due to four forfeits and said the team was not aggressive. The frosh soph won 56 9. They stand 5 1 varsity and 4 0 frosh soph and head to the Minooka tournament beginning Dec 28.
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Coal City
Westmont
Coaler
George Dare
Coaler Frosh-Soph
Frosh-Soph
Bowling Varsity and Freshmen Sophomore Meet Summary
Varsity results show Wollsten forfeiting to Esparza via a 1 50 pin at 1 50, Grosvner forfeit, Balderas tie Fisher, Hickier defeating Rohrbach, Sibert forfeiting, Onsen pin Paborslay, Leasure defeating M Bozek, B Bozek defeating Meece, Boero forfeiting, Burzynski defeating Melvin, and Jacobs pinning Roseland. Freshmen Sophomore notes include Togliatti pinning Nega, Vergonet forfeiting, Leasure pin Gibener, Kwasek forfeiting, Salazar defeating Orrico 7 2, O Keefe pin Kieven 2 42, Dispensa with Vincent, Cora pin Glaser, Ryan defeating Dvorek 13 0, Ramsey pin Fumagalli, Jim Roy versus Cerny forfeiting.
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FROSH
SOPH
Togliatti
Nega
Vergonet
Leasure
Gibener
Kwasek
Salazar
Orrico
O'Keefe
Kieven
Ryan
Dec Dvorek
Ramsey
Pin Fumagalli
Jim Roy
Forteit
Cerny
MCHS wrestlers lose to Oswego in Morris match
Morris grapplers fall 27 to 21 as Oswego defeats MCHS in Morris. Winners named: Pat Durkee 105, Dave McTague 138, Tim Funte 167, Ray DeLong 185. Greg Belt tied heavyweight. Other Morris wrestlers dropped matches.
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McHs Grapplers
Oswego
Morris
Pat Durkee
Dave McTague
Tim Funte
Junior Ray DeLong
Greg Belt
Dallas glad to see Bears clinch playoff berth
Dallas fans clamored for a Cowboys Bears playoff showdown after Bob Thomas booted the field goal that sent Chicago to a Monday NFC first round in Texas Stadium. Payton and Dorsett, key duel, loom as the headlines with Payton chasing Bears records while Dorsett rewrote Cowboys marks.
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New York
UPI
Tony Dorsett
Dallas
Walter Payton
Chicago
Alan Page
Minnesota
Franco Harris
Pittsburgh
Freeport
Bahamas
Bob Thomas
Chicago Bears
Cowboys
Texas Stadium
Vikings
Walter
Payton
Tom Landry
James Scott
Bob
Avellini
Bears
NFL
Seneca Overpowers Yorkville In 78 72 Victory
Seneca Fighting Irish outlast Yorkville Fighting Foxes 78 72 as Tollefson leads with 26 points including 15 in the final period. Four Irish reach double figures John Mann 22 Fred Hogue 15 Mike Chapman 12 Gary Higgins 12. Seneca improves to 4 3 overall 2 1 in the Northeast Conference and heads to the Plano Holiday Tournament beginning Tuesday.
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Tollefson
Fighting Irish
Yorkville
Seneca
Foxes
John Mann
Fred Hogue
Mike Chapman
Gary Higgins
Wynek
Hetelic
Mann
Hallett
Chapman
Reardon
Higgins
Rosencrans
Hogue
Fisher
Kruse
Johnston
Szweistis
Stevenson
Fitch
Horton
Cross
Lovetire
Dewar
Serby
Trojans edge Odell 66-65 in makeup game
Dwight trailed at half then surged with 23 in the third and 18 in the fourth to beat Odell 66-65 and stay undefeated at 7-0, 3-0 in the Northeast Conference. Bob Trewartha scored 12 to lead Dwight. Odell impact came from Bill Legner and Mark Noonan. The win sets up a Plano Holiday Tournament start.
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Dwight
Odell
Trojan
Gary Swartz
Trojans
Mark German
Swartz
Bob Trewartha
Plano
German
Pfeifer
Halloran
Trewartha
Gross
Murphy
Verdun
Bill Legner
Doug Noonan
Waldschmidt
Vog
Mark Noonan
Kennedy
Snyder
Terry Legner
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