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Harper College's 1st Year Better Than Notre Dame'sTHE BEST INSportsby PAUL LOGANTV University o( Notre Dame and Harper College had similar football histories when it came to season inaugurals - both lost their first game ever and both had losing season*ing a first-year program, the boys did a good Job.-' uid head roach John Elias*.As I have said before, they were a spirited group Although they may have been outclassed, they never threw in tbe toothe amount of running he did. He played with some Injury — a IkmI knee and a bad ankleThis former Prospect High School athlete was third in rushing (222) behind Rich Posinger 13131,A surprise late in the season was the receiving of Kuri Keiffer The former Horsey end finished the season with 10 catches. ISC vards and two touchdown* Keiffer rolled up 118 yards in the ftnal three gamesllia.ik singled nut four llauks on dr-tense _ Pal Num. Sieve Nilsehneldrr.(One in a series of reviews of 1*51 football seasons at school* in the Herald circulation area. IBruce Eherir and Barry O'Donnell.They didn't make very many bad plays. praised Elias* •‘They were a! ways where I hey belonged. They were very aggressive.The Harper coach was amared al thebeating his mini middle guard Nuao. only 5-8.145 took all season “He's the smallest kid I’ve ever coached. said Eliasik. I gue* he moved loo quick to «« hurt very had Considering they were all freshmen except for one kid. I think they did a pretty good lh drtensiv 4 .Harper will only be losing three soph omorcs — Sinilia. Keiffer and Jim Fan-nosi. Eliasik said he planned to visit the Herald area schools in order to expose our program to them and to show them that we can offer excellent competition at a higher level.Half of our schedule this year wa* again*! nationally ranked colleges. he continued So the competition is certain ly there for us I don't think too many area athletes will be taking a step down by playing at Harper.Academically Harper ranks with the best junior colleges in the country. An athlete’s got nothing to lose academically or educationally “And speaking of losin-. Harper College doesn't plan b. do Ikal very much In the fntare . another Notrr llame trait.iisnrru iotirr,i rooreAU. mi orokt: nv oi inrnisharper — a n u H- u*(WcMii_______.___a ji » «*-i.v•comHnrpectThe Irish, playing just one game m 1887. were whipped by Michigan. SO The Hawks, competing m the first of an eight game schedule thin fall, fumbled victory aw ay to College of Du Page. 14-6That’s where the similarity cods The Irlxh. playing abbreviated schedule*, needed four mini-seasons to rack up three wins (3-2-1» and didn't produce hack-to-batk net or ms until 1893 And those first three wins included a 56-np-per over South Bend High School'Harper finished with U seaum In-rluding victories In Ms final Iwo game*. And I he Hawks' srhedwle was loaded with nationally ranked trams.Despite the usual handicaps of start-BIG. BAD ALEX — that’* the wa, .ho opposition thought of him whether he was playing offense or defense. Alo* Sinilia. Harper College's solid fullback, came from an injury in the middle of the season to lead theHawks in rushing. His slam-bang style helped the Hawks to victories over their last two opponents and won for him the most valuable player award.smrnaLeonoraEiptrleKMlff.rKm*.-rmmrnt.1 Yurt* (Uln-a i'»re« Olprd Rotklnc r-nl* Calnrd P«-*lns
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Elk Grove Village Herald
Elk Grove Village, Illinois, US
Tue, Nov 16, 1971
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