Sterling Warriors Football Endures Long 1965 Season
The 1965 Sterling Golden Warriors faced a tough year with injuries and big opponents. Coach Howard, Fort, and Rhodes watched seniors such as Sprague, Otto, Donaldson, Gordy, Weeg, Witmer, Sawyers, and Flaningam persevere as Sterling struggled against Newman, Rock Falls, Kewanee, L-P, Dixon, and Streator, ending with a note of thanks to the seniors.
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Howard
Fort
Rhodes
Golden Warrior
Sterling
Warriors
Mendota
Golden Warriors
Newman
Steve Sprague
Dave Ladd
Dave Parker
Rock Falls
Kewanee
Boilermakers
Tim Schmitt
Hector Rodriguez
Tom O'Malley
O'Malley
L-P
SHS
Dixon
Streator
Ottawa
Donaldson
Mike Otto
Mike Donaldson
Lee Gordy
Paul Weeg
Carl Witmer
Butch Sawyers
Terry Flaningam
Frosh Soph Harriers Win NCIC Champs GAA Night Planned
November 9 marks GAA Dad and Daughter night with food frolicing and tin. November 24 the GAA distributes World’s Finest Chocolate bars for fifty cents each. Members must sell twenty four bars to cover dues. This year 230 members plan a big sale. No tennis field hockey or speed away. New activities hiking tumbling aerial darts signup sheets posted. Watch the GAA bulletin board for updates.
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GAA
SHS
Freshman Kontos Hopes to Rise at Brown Football
Notes on Greg Kontos class of 665 playing freshman football at Brown University in Providence. Brown, an Ivy League school not known for football, has dealt with a string of injuries this season as backfield players go down. Meanwhile winter sports begin, with tryouts and conditioning under coaches Hall and DeJarnatt. Sterling Braves cross country led by Mike Walker won NCIC title, while dual meet summaries show mixed results as the Warriors end the season 3-2.
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Jim Wallace
Kansas State University
Greg Kontos
Brown University
Brown
Providence
Rhode Island
Mike Pyle
Pete Gogolack
Hall
DeJamnatt
Bill King
Wes Yarbrough
Bob Tonkin
Mike Donaldson
Phil Smith
Bob Mellang
Dave Brandau
DeJarnatt
Sterling Braves
Sinnissippi Park
Mike Walker
Jerry Conkling
Sterling
Walker
Conkling
Sophs John Whitver
Gil Vasquez
Scott Hitchcock
Ottawa
Rochelle
Dixon
Mr. Wigginton
Keith Pratt
Don McAnnelly
Warriors
ITEM
Hubs
McConnely
Pratt
Dudley Dockstader
Angel Rodriguez
Dukes of
Dukes
Wigginton
Braves
NCIC
Mustangs
Morrison
The
Rockets
Wolber
Braves Triumph In Homecoming Victory Over Streator
The Braves finally won a football game by beating Streator 19 to 6 in a Homecoming clash. After a scoreless first half, Mike Mumford caught a swing pass from Morry McBride and returned it 40 yards for a first half score. In the second half, McBride and Mumford scored on rushing TDs as Steve Bierman and Mumford led the ground attack.
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Braves
Kewanee
Dixon
Streator
Mike Mumford
Morry McBride
Mumford
Steve Bierman
McBride
Bierman
Frosh soph game Ottawa edge Corsairs 26 7
Ottawa sprinted past Sterling and Warriers, with Morry McBride and Lee Genz connecting on a 60 yard pass and run for a touchdown. Corsairs added punt returns to seal a 26 7 win. Varsity Ottawa 40 Warriors 0. District meet saw Dudley Dockstader finish 14th. Coach Wigginton broke a foot.
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Mike Mumford
John Kalachnik
Corsairs
Ottawa
Sterling
Morry McBride
Lee Genz
Morry
Lee
Neil Treteen
Genz
Corsaira
Wigginton
Warrior Warriers
IHSA
Dudley Dockstader
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Gordy
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Harriers
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