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THE NEWS JOVRNAL/WORLD. THURSDAY, JHY 29. 1976Section II I* a tie IR\ NAILS FI,OR 10Catholic League is still king as far as prep football in Chicago is concerned.The 9.000 plus fans who journeyed to Hanson StadiNick Sow a of Mendel (11), one of three Catholie League All-Star quarterbacks, gets a pass awav 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 Yersen (77), offensive tackle from Loyola Academy. The Catholic leaguers won, 31 to 8. (Photos by Keith Swinden)um on W'ednosdav evening of last week for the second annual Chicago High School All Star Football Game got convincing proof of that re a I i t y when they saw the Catholic luminaries roll over the Public standard bearers, 31 to HNow it wasn't that the city leaguers didn’t try. As a matter of fact, their ea gerness to stop the Catholicleaguers got them into trou ble throughout the contest. They were penalized 12 times in the course of the contest, most of the time on defense when jumping be fore the snap of the ball Our guys were eagerand anxious and knew they«rwould 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 coor dinator Ron Rio who next fall will be the top coach at Lane Tech Despite a sputtering of fense that never could get off the ground, the Public eleven was very much inthe game through the first half As a matter of fact they look an 8 to 0 lead early in the first quarter when Rocky Robinson of Simeonintercepted a Nick Sowapass and raced 72 yards for the game’s initial touchdown The two additional points t ame on a pass fromLeading the interference for John Calvano of Mt. Carmel, one of thegame’s busiest ball carriers, was graduating Weber star Bob Niziolek(81). Niziolek, an all-stater for the Red Horde, scored one of the Cath olic League’s four touchdowns.CatsAl Manasin, retiring head coach from Lane and head coach of the Public league All-Stars, had little to cheerabout in last Wednesday's contest.will find the Polish team noeasv foe.The Polish contingent is said to be one of the most powerful teams in the world, a close runner up in Poland's top division.Accompanying the team will be the Mayor of Tychy, Eugeniusz Szyga, who will head a group of Polish digni taries who will be on hand for the contest. The Tychy lineup itself will include players whose names are household words throughout Poland. Four members of the squad are from the country’s 23 and under r.a-tional team, one is a star of the Regular Poland Nation.il team and another has madeseveral appearances on thesecond National squad.The captain of the Polish team is stopper Piechaczek who is a member of Poland's 23 and under National team as are teammates Cebrat Eugeniusz, goalie; Rasek Krzysztow, forward; Szachnitowski Krzysztow, forward.Tickets for Saturday’s in ternational clash, which is expected to attract another larg(j gathering of soccer devotees, are obtainable in advance at YVisla S.A.C.. 3625 W right wood (227-1060); Superior Realty, 2930 N. Milwaukee (RE. 5-3633), and the Chicago Cats office, Suite 904 , 400 N. Michigan (467-1666) or (275-1400). Advance ticket sale pricesare $4 for adults and $3 forjuniors and senior citizens. An additional dollar per ticket will be charged at the gale Children under 12 will be admitted free.The Cats, who have the best won lost percentage in the league with a 7 5-3 re cord, are in fourth place in the Eastern division but only because they have played fewer games thanthe leaders. Rhode Island,with 66 points, is in first,Connecticut in second with65, New York in third with 61 and the Cats in fourth with 58 points.The Cats were slated to meet the Polish team on Wednesday of this week in Milwaukee. Tomorrow night they will face the Cleveland Cobras in Cleveland.N.V, y, MMmtLIW4 J*rm I# »agg msm-»quarterback Reggie Evans to Phil Lopez of Lane The turning point in thecontest came in the closingminutes of the first halfwhen 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 the game, and John Calvano of Mt. Carmel.The two points after the Holmes tally came on awpass front quarterback Gene Kenny of St Laurence to Weber's all stater Bob No/iolok It was less than a minute later that the Catholic grid-dors scored again with what proved to be all they really needed for the triumph Ar onside kick on the ensuing playoff fizzled and the Pub lie leaguers had the ball on the Catholic 48 yard line.Keith Pappas of MorganPark went into the important quarterback positionfor the firsi time On the first play a handoff neited nothing On the second play the Morgan field generaltossed a short pass almost in the flat that was inter cepted by Mike Marks, stel lar linebacker headed forPurdue University, whoraced 55 yards to pay dirt Joe Kearney of Brother Rice kicked the extra point,shortly after which the first*half ended'n the first half the Public League attack was com pletely stifled by the rugged defense of the Catholic leaguers . During the first two periods they netted a total of 15 yards on I t plays.Any hopes the city eleven entertained of getting back in the game evaporated in (he fourth quarter when the Catholic contingent got three points on a 40 yard field goal by Joe McShane of Brother Rice and then added touchdowns by Nizio lek of Weber and Brennan of Loyola.Niziolek, the Red Horde star who in not too many weeks will be heading to ward the University of Colo rado, tallied on a 62 yard jaunt when picking off a pass thrown by Sowa The Catholic team had gotten the ball on another key in tereeption by Mt. Carmel's Marciano.The Catholic Stars’ final tally came with three min utes of play on a Id yard jaunt by Brennan Voted by the coaches as the game’s most valuable player for which he re ceived the Tony Barbaro award, honoring the late Tilden coach, was St. Lawrence quarterback Gene Kenny who has a grid schol arship to Northwestern University. The top defensive player award went to James Rocky” Robinsonof Simeon whose touchdown jaunt after a pass intercep tion gave the Public league squad its only score of the game Brennan, as previ ously noted, was the top of fensive player of the game.Lady kvglersRon Rio, defensive coordinator of the Public League All-Stars and new head coach of the I,ane Tech Indians, also t)r(*n(tTV jofappears a hit grim at this point in the Hanson prep battle. * * ^
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