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Battlin Midgets Football Leaguers Keep Coaching Faithful
Impatient coaches guide 11 and 12 year olds in Ottawa Midget League at five area schools. Lions Club and ORC fund gear and collect fees. broom sale to fund the program. Since 1947 the league has drawn as many as 220 players, with 102 this year and limited by class sizes. Girls join about five years in, Stacey Brady among the hard hitters. Games set Tuesday at Ottawa High School. eight minute quarters. two games weekly with byes. Coaches include Leecy of Hawthorne Sacred Heart and Skiles of Eisenhower. rosters listed for each team.
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U.S.C
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Wally Leecy
Hawthorne
Sacred Heart Panthers
Oren Skiles
Eisenhower Cowboys
Colorado
Nebraska
Lions Club
Ottawa Recreation Commission
ORC
Lions
Stacey Brady
Hawthorne Sacred Heart
Steve Queen
Queen
Ottawa
Leecy
George Parker
Skiles
Charlie Bowling
Jim Hornbeck
Lincoln Lions
Dave Mille
Ken Cole
Eugene Field Chiefs
Joe Moody
Sonny Larios
Garfield Braves
Jack Rutter
Jack Shepard