Senior Clint Chlebowski joined the prestigious ranks of Spike Webb award winners dating back to 1959-1960 as one of 11 Midshipmen to win a Brigade Boxing Championship at Halsey Field House Friday night.

Unfortunately, with nearly 1,500 fans, including their classmates looking here local high school grads were not among the 11 champions.

Mike Huber of South River, Dan Holsberg of Broadneck and Tom Shanley of St. Mary’s High all lost their respective boxing finals. Despite the disappointing defeats, each knew he contributed to an exciting competition.

“It was a great show, a lot of close matches, and that’s what we expected,” said Navy head coach Jim McNally.

“It means so much for these kids to win theses matches. It’s a real hard. There are some real disappointed young men and a lot of real happy guys.”

“All we ask coaches is for them to give everything they have. As coaches we are very pleased.”

McNally and his staff of Ron Stutzman, Lt. Dennis Hasson and Capt. Bill Kostrub start training the Mids in September.

For some of them, it takes three or four years to get to the Brigade final, and that makes it special. All the hard work seems so worthwhile when a Mid can step in that ring on Brigade Championship night.

To be back in the championship round was extra special to the 172- pound Chlebowski, who won Brigade titles as a freshman and sophomore only to be frustrated last year as a junior.

“Cling ran into some injury problems last year, and we decided to have him sit out for a year,” McNally explained.

“We almost didn’t let him box again, but he showed a lot of determination in wanting to come back and box.”

Chlebowski received medical clearance after having a problem with being knocked down in the latter part of his sophomore year. No one knocked him down this year and the Bridgeport, Conn., native scored a unanimous decision (5-0) over junior Troy Turner of Cleveland in the 172-pound final.

“Clint deserved the Spike Webb Award,” said McNally of the trophy that’s goes to the boxer considered outstanding in the Brigade Tournament.

Webb, a four time U.S. Olympic coach, was the very first Navy boxing coach from 1919-1948.

Marvin Reed, the accomplished Queens, N.Y., 165 - pounder, was a close second to Chlebowski for the Spike Webb Award as he too won his third Brigade title.

Reed, who won the 165-pound title as a sophomore, dominated t5 final over Chris Browning of Houston. The classy Reed came out smokin’ as Browning took a pair of standing eight-counts and a third one after hitting the deck in the first round.

The referee stopped the contest and sent Reed on his way to a possible National Championship at the Air Force Academy in Colorado in April. Reed should have no trouble winning the Southeast regional later this month at Navy.

Huber was the first local boxer to go down as the junior dropped a unanimous decision to freshman Roy Pickett of Frankfort, Ky., in the 139-pound final.

It’s possible that Pickett, who said he was leaving for home on spring break, might not be around if he qualifies for the Nationals April 3-4.

McNally said Friday he would try and talk Pickett into not leaving for home.

In the 156-pound final, “Lumpy” Holsberg of Broadneck, as he is known around the yard, lost a tough 3-2 decision to fellow senior Mike Schoffman of Tulsa, Okla. There were many fans who disagreed with the result of what was one of the most exciting bouts of the night.

Holsberg went right after Schoffman in the first round and tried to take him out but to no avail.

The same strategy also cost St. Mary’s Shanley in the heavyweight final. The last scrap of the evening found Detroit sophomore Tom Scheer upsetting the heavily Shanley 4-1.

Scheer had lost his semifinal to senior Sean Shingler by a unanimous decision the week before, but the latter broke his wrist in a pileup and couldn’t box the final. Shanley won the other semifinal when his opponent couldn’t answer the bell for the third round and the senior was expected to handle Scheer.

So now what happens?

“That’s a good question,” answered McNally. “We might have to have a box –off, but we’ll sit down and talk about it, but as of right now it looks like might get the nod.”

Other Brigade champions included: Chad Burke, Detroit 4-1 dec. over Kirk Loftus, Kelso, Wash.. In 119; Eric Stenzal, Dallas, 4-1 dec. over Don Savage, Ocean City, 125; Shane Vourdren, Turners Falls, Mass., 3-2 dec. over Craig Rogerson, Bangor, Maine, 132; Matt Watt, Warren, Pa., 3-2 dec. over Mark Sexton, Newberry, S.C., at 147.

Dirk Cooper, Tulsa, Okla., ref stops contest (2 nd round) over Andy Bartle, Scottsdale, Ariz., at 180; and Bill Jewett, West Palm Beach, Fla., won by retirement over Gerald Murray, Alexandria, Va., at 190.