ONE WAY or another, Mi-chael Weick's arms were going to be busy. Squeezin' a girl or throwin' down guys.

You know how a senior prom is a can't-miss event? Well, Weick is going to skip Penn Charter's and there was barely thought, let alone discussion.

Weick, a 5-10, 205-pound linebacker who describes himself as "a football nut in every sense of the word," has opted to represent Non-Public vs. Public in the 32nd annual Daily News-Eagles City All-Star Football Game, set for 7 p.m. May 20 at Northeast High.

Listen very closely. Hear the sobbing of assorted females?

"I don't have a girlfriend right now, but we have very many pretty girls at Penn Charter and you know they'd be going for a big, strong football player," Weick said, laughing. "They knew to back off, though. I didn't get bothered in the hallways. No way they were talking me out of this.

"I've been telling my All-Star teammates, 'Ah, I'm prommed out anyway.' I went to two junior proms, one at Council Rock South [his former school] and one at Penn Charter."

Pause. "Shows you how intelligent I am, though. I'm skipping the one that's free. Yeah, we don't have to pay!"

Weick said three other Quakers - quarterback Brendan McNally and linemen Steve Levinson and Kevin McGarvey - took a pass on possible participation in the game in favor of the time-honored tradition.

All he can do in response is shake his head. Oh, and talk.

"Plenty of people can say they went to their senior prom," Weick said. "How many people can say they played in an all-star game with such history and tradition, with all the best players from the Public and Non-Public schools?

"I can't wait for the chance to prove myself against guys I've heard and read about. And to line up next to them, too. Football has been my life since I was 8 years old. There's no place I'd rather be on May 20."

Weick is a veteran when it comes to all-star games. He has seen a handful of Bucks County's version and has been hearing for years about Philly's from his father, Mike, a manager under legendary Frankford coach Al Angelo in the mid-1970s.

Michael said he gets his love of football from his dad, but his intensity comes from his mother, Julie.

"I like to say she's a linebacker in a soccer mom's body," Weick quipped. "She's definitely the general of the house. If my room's not cleaned up, here she comes like an A-gap blitz. It's like she puts on eye-black.

"My dad is calm and laid-back. My mom? Intense!"

Because of his mannerisms and relentless approach, and the fact his PC helmet is Notre Dame-style gold, Weick's N-P teammates have taken to calling him "Rudy" after the Fighting Irish walk-on of movie fame.

Weick finds that amazing because that was also his nickname at CR South and again at PC.

"I keep wondering how these guys came up with that. How'd they know?" he said. "They say, 'Dude, you just look like him.' "

He laughed: "Hopefully, I have more talent. And I know I'm more muscular."

Weick's work ethic, especially in the weight room, borders on the wacked-out. He said he was even turned away from PC's facility for a spell and missed only 3 days during his CR South stint "because my parents forced me to go on a cruise."

He added that he knows he drove PC coach Brian McCloskey crazy because of his obsession with film-watching.

"I want to know everything about my opponents," he said. "Sisters' names, favorite meal... I want every possible edge."

Weick is headed for McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland), a Division III school, and take a guess on whether he intends to keep playing football.

Play it? Also, he someday wants to coach it, at the college level, along with dabbling in strength and conditioning.

At Tuesday's all-star practice, Weick was pulled aside by coach Brian Fluck, of West Catholic, and asked to reveal where he'd played on offense. The response was fullback, then Fluck asked Weick whether he'd like to take a crack at tight end.

"Something new. Pretty exciting," he said. "I can block, so that'll be OK. My route-running? Kind of shaky. But I have time."

Meanwhile, Michael Weick will attend a postprom party sponsored by the Penn Charter community.

"It's around Plymouth-White-marsh somewhere," he said. "I'll go home, take a shower, lick my wounds, and then head over. It'll be nice to hang out with my friends."

Especially after a victory?

"Go, Non-Public!" Michael Weick cheered.