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SNIDER HAS HAD AN "O-K" FOOTBALL
SEASON...
IF THE PANTHERS BEAT BISHOP
DWENGER TOMORROW NIGHT - SNIDER
WILL
BE 8-AND-0 AND CLINCH THE
VICTORY BELL...
AS FOR THE PAINTER CLAN? THEY'RE
ALMOST BIG ENOUGH TO START
JOE WHELAN HAS MORE IN OUR
HIGHLIGHT ZONE "GAME OF THE
WEEK"
PREVIEW...
SNIDER'S WESTON PAINTER MAY RULE
THE GRIDIRON ON FRIDAY NIGHTS...
BUT IN HIS FAMILY...
"I'M ACTUALLY THE SEVENTH OF TEN
KIDS." THAT DOESN'T BUY YOU A
PRIME SEAT IN
"I'D ALWAYS BE IN THE BACK SINCE
I
I WAS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN SOME
GRADE I'D STILL BE STUCK IN THE
BACK - SENIORITY THEY'D ALWAYS
SAY."
AND WITH ALL TEN PAINTER KIDS
PLAYING SPORTS - NINE OF THEM AT
SNIDER - THAT VAN AND ITS DRIVER
"WHEN I GOT RID OF IT A MONTH
AGO IT HAD 194,000 MILES ON IT.
HOW BUSY AM I?
AWFUL BUSY - I'M NEVER HOME."
LIKE THE ONE SUMMER SEVEN
LITTLE LEAGUE - ALL ON DIFFERENT
"MY RULE WAS I HAD TO BE WITH
THE
I'D GO TO THE YOUNGER KIDS GAMES
AND THEN GATHER
GAMES AND I WOULD USUALLY HIT
ABOUT
THREE GAMES A NIGHT BECAUSE IT
WAS ALWAYS A 5, A 6 AND MAYBE A
7:45."
THE EVIDENCE OF SUCH A WEALTH OF
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT IS
DISPLAYED ACROSS THE PAINTER
THE PAINTER TEN HAVE EARNED OVER
30 VARSITY LETTERS AT SNIDER -
A SCHOOL
THREE HAVE GONE ON TO PLAY
SPORTS - WESTON WILL BE THE
FOURTH - FOLLOWING OLDER BROTHER
DILLON ON
A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO
INDIANA STATE...
"I LOOKED UP TO THEM SO MUCH.
I WAS IN THEIR SHADOW WATCHING
THEY WORK TO GET WHERE THEY ARE.
I JUST WANTED TO BE LIKE MY
BALL." "SNIDER IS A GREAT PLACE.
PEOPLE, THE COACHES HAVE BEEN
WONDERFUL, MY KIDS HAVE ALWAYS
LOVED
SNIDER.
WE'LL CONTINUE THAT TRADITION."
WITH TWO MORE PAINTERS YET TO
FINISH MIDDLE SCHOOL - THAT
FEW MORE YEARS...
REPORTING IN FORT WAYNE - JOE
WHELAN - NEWSCHANNEL 15 SPORTS
BY THE TIME THE THREE YOUNGEST
PAINTERS GRADUATE FROM SNIDER...
THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE HAD LEAST
ONE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY UNDER
ITS
ROOF FOR 16 CONSECUTIVE YEARS...
THE GENERAL - BOB KNIGHT - WAS