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• r: \ISI»I (IIKM.VI I 4 II N»I'IHH»K;A Good health could cure Cary-Grove's ills By Steve Metsch Plaindealer News Service CARY - An apple a day is supposed to keep the doctor away. Look for Cary-Grove's football team to be munching plenty of apples this fall. Good health is the key to any succes this season for the out- manned Trojans. With only 30 players to work with -- compared to 49 at Crystal Lake Central and 53 at Crystal Lake South -- in­ juries could soon spoil Cary's autumn. "We've got to stay healthy, no injuries, that type of thing. With the competition we play, that might be hard to do, but our strength programs are pretty good." Coach Mike Buck said. Cary had 42 players out last year, compared to 32 in Buck's first season. Only 11 juniors are on this year's edition. "That class just didn't have a lot of kids cpme up, but the juniors we have will contribute a lot. We have a nice blend of kids coming in," Buck said. A junior who bears special at­ tention is quarterback ,Doug Hughes. "He's a level-headed kid. He's got a lot more experience than a lot of the quarterbacks in the league. We had a scrimmage last week and he threw nicely," Buck said. Hughes, Paul Prentice^at Crystal Lake South and Craig Flill at McHenry are the only Fox Valley Conference signal callers with much varsity experience. As a sophomore, Hughes spelled since-graduated Dean Britt against the FVC's toughest defen­ sive teams last year, South and eventual Class 4A champ Woodstock. Senior John Rose, who backed up Britt last season, will do the same for Hughes this fall. - The quarterbacks will have two main people to hand the ball off to. Senior and ex-flanker Tom Van Allen and junior Kevin Collins are in the backfield and Buck is en­ couraged. "He (Van Allen) is 6-1 and weighs 175 and has 4.7 speed in the 40.,Collins isn't too far behind him in quickness. Both are running real well this year," Buck said. Louie Garcie and juniors Mike Wagner, Jim Altendorf and Jerry Ferguson lead a large group of wide receiver candidates. The big problem facing the offense is the lack of a tight end. "We have a couple of can­ didates. That's a big question mark for us. We have to find a tight end." Buck said. - That's been a problem since Hugh Brennan took his talented hands to the Air Force Academy several years ago, but three Tro­ jans are vying for the tight end job. "I think we're going to surprise a lot of people. We just have to stay healthy--moreso than other teams." -Mike Buck Returning senior Paul Jessie joins Steve Groos and junior Mar­ tin Hochertz in the hunt. Hochertz, a tackle last year, is the biggest of the three at 6-4 and 185. Hughes should receive better protection than last year, thanks to off-season weight-lifting pro­ grams which have beefed up the Trojan linemen. "They have good strength and good quickness. One of our keys on the line is we're bigger this year by 10 pounds a man, which means we're only 15 pounds lighter than the teams we play, but that's all relative," Buck said. Center Brian Helmer, guards Greg Phillips, Matt Kliess, Pete Arnold and Kevin Spence, tackles Jim Chiappini, Scott Wintersteen and Dave Shipman are expected to anchor the offensive line, which weighs an average of 170 pounds. The only trouble is, most Tro­ jans will be pulling double-duty this fall thanks to low numbers. That could be a problem during warm-weather games of early season and against bigger teams. "What we'll try to do is we have enough people to play the line and give them a breather on offense or defense. That's what we'll have to do to be successful," Buck said. "We don't have luxury of extra kids." Cary's defense allowed an FVC- high 194 points last fall, but still kept the Trojans in many games. The problem was lack of an of­ fense and turnover woes. Buck is confident the defenders will get more rest this fall. "I think we have some kids in the backfield who are capable of making the plays. They are in­ telligent, so we can do more with them. They all carry high grade point averages," Buck said. Three returning starters -- Helmer, Phillips and Klies -- give the linebacking crew a steady im­ age. Most of the offense line will switch over for defense with Rose, Van Allen, Wagner, Collins and Aikins in the defensive backfield. "So I think we have the people. They all started at least one game last year," Buck said. The early season favors Cary. After starting at Wauconda Satur­ day, the next four games will be played in the friendly confines of A1 Bohrer Field. "If we get things rolling a bitBuck said. "We have to be more emotionally ready that the other teams we play." - Buck is looking for continued improvement record-wise. The Trojans went 2-7 his first season and were 3-6 last year. 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