FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE INQUIRED, THE CORNER WILL POST ITS 2011-12 BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING PREVIEWS NEXT WEEK.

THE WILDCATS' WRESTLING AND BASKETBALL SEASONS DO NOT GET UNDER WAY UNTIL DEC. 9, SO NEXT WEEK'S OUTLOOKS WILL BE VERY TIMELY AND WILL INCLUDE THE LATEST SKINNY.

*AS A FAVOR TO OUR LOYAL BASKETBALL READER, JIMBO FROM SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE 'CATS SUFFERED A MAJOR SETBACK IN PRESEASON WITH THE INJURY TO STANDOUT SENIOR GUARD/FORWARD JACK TUPA (BROKEN FOOT). JACK, ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE AREA, IS EXPECTED TO BE BACK BY EARLY OR MID-JANUARY.

COACH SEAN O'TOOLE'S TEAM TRAVELS TO THE UNIQUE ST. STAN'S RECREATION CENTER VENUE ON THE 9TH TO TAKE ON THE IRONMEN FROM CLEVELAND CENTRAL CATHOLIC. I WISH I HAD $5 FOR EVERY GAME I HAVE COVERED AT ST. STAN'S, INCLUDING SOME OF THE MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES BY IRONMEN LEGEND EARL BOYKINS.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, THE CORNER PREVIEWED THE 2011-12 HOCKEY SEASON ON NOV. 22 (SEE STORY BELOW) AND ALSO PLANS TO HAVE OUTLOOKS ON OUR SWIMMING AND DIVING AND BOWLING PROGRAMS. MY GAME COVERAGE ON HOCKEY WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK WITH THE DEC. 10 MATCH UP WITH PADUA AT BROOKLYN'S JOHN M. COYNE RECREATION CENTER AND THEN IT'S THE DEC. 15 FACE OFF WITH ST. EDWARD AT WINTERHURST, WHERE, AS LIAM GEITHER POINTED OUT, THE PUCK HASN'T BEEN KIND. UNTIL THEN, THE CORNER WON'T SLEEP UNTIL IT PROVIDES HOCKEY RECAPS.

OUR FOCUS THIS WEEK IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE - ON OUR WILDCATS VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM, WHICH IS PREPARING FOR SATURDAY NIGHT'S DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST PICKERINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CENTRAL (SEE FOOTBALL PREVIEW STORY THAT FOLLOWS RIGHT BELOW THIS REMINDER).

ALL OF THE BEST TO COACH KYLE, HIS STAFF AND A COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE FINEST YOUNG MEN OHIO HAS TO OFFER.

AND WHILE WE ARE ON THAT SUBJECT, THE CORNER WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AN ITEM ON WILDCATS ALL-OHIO JUNIOR TAILBACK/SAFETY/LINEBACKER TIM MCVEY THAT SAINT IGNATIUS PRINCIPAL, PETER H. CORRIGAN, JR., WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE WITH ME.

Eddie

Thought that you might find Fr. John Liben's comment below of
interest. He is our Dean of Teachers and was in Mr. Zebrak's classical
Greek class yesterday. See below.

"On a lighter note, I had Joe's fifth period honors Greek. I didn't
know Tim McVey was in that class. He studies the way he plays--great
concentration and drive!"

Tim plays football like a modern day Achilles -- IMO

AND NOW YOU CAN APPRECIATE WHY THE CORNER ALWAYS REFERS TO TIM AS "THE KID WITH THE IMMEASURABLE HEART."

I HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT TODAY THAT I CAN'T MISS, BUT WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW AT WASMER FIELD, WHERE JOHN FANTA '13, THE NEW DEAN OF THE WILDCATS' AIR WAVES, WILL HANG OUT ON THE CORNER AND TALK SOME FOOTBALL.

- EDDIE DWYER