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R\ SAILS FLORIOCatholic League is still king as far prep football in Chicago is concerned The 9,000 plus fans who journeyed to Hanson StadiNick Sowa of Mendel (11), one of three Catholic League All-Star quarterbacks, gets a pass away before defensive end Steve Classens ofMorgan Park (88) gets to him in last Wednesday’s Prep All-Star football game in Hanson Stadium. Classens was deterred by MikeHolmes of Leo (32), shown under Classens’ legs. No. 77 (on left) is Walt Verson (77), offensive tackle from Loyola Academy. The Catholic leaguers won, 31 to 8. (Photos by Keith Swinden)urn on Wednesday evening of la**! week for the second annual Chicago High School All Star Football Game got convincing proof of that re a 1 it\ when they saw the Catholic luminaries rollover the Public standardbearers, 31 to 8Now if wasn't that the city leaguers didn’t try. As a matter of fact, their ea gerness to stop the Catholic leaguers got them into trouble throughout the contest. They were penalized 12 times in the course of thecontest, most of the time on defense when jumping be fore the snap of the ballOur guys were eager and anxious and knew they would have to be a step ahead of their foes if wewere going to contain them, but I guess we were over ea ger, stated defensive eoor dinator Hon Rio who next fall will be the top coach atLane TechDespite a sputtering of fense that never could get off the ground, the Public eleven was very much in the game through the first half As a matter of fact thev took an 8 to 0 lead ear-ly in the first quarter when Rocky Robinson of Simeon intercepted a Nick Sowa pass and raced 72 yards for the game's initial touchdown The two additional points came on a pass fromquarterback Reggie Evans to Phil Lopez of Lane.The turning point in the contest came in the closing minutes of the first half when Mike Holmes of Leo bucked over from the one yard line to culminate a drive that had its inception when Joe Marciano of St. Rita intercepted an Evans pass on his own 33 Prominent in the drive, which was aided significantly by three Public league penalties, were Chris Brennan of Loyola, to be named later as the offensive star of thegame, and John Calvano of Mt Carmel.The two points after the Holmes tally came on awpass from quarterbackGene Kennv of St Laurence*•to Weber's all stater BobNoziolekIt was less than a minute later that the Catholic grid ders scored again with what proved to be all they really needed for the triumph An onslde kick on the ensuing playoff fizzled and the Pub lie leaguers had the ball on the Catholic 48 yard lineKeith Pappas of Morgan Park went into the important quarterback positionfor the first time On the first play a handoff netted nothing. On the second play the Morgan field generaltossed a short pass almost in the flat that was inter ceuted bv Mike Marks, stel
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Chicago Journal
Chicago, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 29, 1976
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