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Cougars make comeback again
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Kim Nelson
Preseason
basketball
pples are
both out
By KIM NELSON
SWT Sports Editor
While it looks like prognosticators are predicting the Virginia Tech men's basketball
team to have somewhat of a
mediocre season (fifth1 in the
Atlantic-10), ,it was great to
see several favorite teams
make it into the, men's and
women's preseason T6p 25
polls.
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' Although one can't put a lot
of faith in preseason rankings
because they invariably
change once the season begins, it's nice to be recognized
among the fayorites.
Whilejhis writer would like
nothing more than for the Tar
Heel men to be the top ranked
team in the nation,'it .would
be a lot nicer for them to finish
there at season's end. If anyone deserves it, Bill Guthridge
does and it looks like the team
is definitely supportive of him
and not much will change for
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ber one'; just where, thejf finished last year as they return
the top eight players from that
squad.
- If things go as expected ito
looks to be a tough battle in°
the Atlantic Coast Conference
this year. The ACC has three
teams in the top five, including, of course, the Tar Heels
who are ranked fourth, and
Duke-which is ranked third.The third ACC ' team is
Clemson who comes in at fifth.
Onthewomen'sside.jtwas
no surprise to see the perennial power Lady Vols of Tennessee grab thetopspot in the
preseason polls,' '
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The Lady Vbls/'have won
the last two national champi.onships and returns the player
of the -year in Chamique
Holdsclaw and'point guard
Kellie Jolly. The rest of Pat
Summitt's star-studded roster includes spine Outstanding freshmen who should get
a lot of playing time. If anyone
canrnesb^^1 thos? egos together into) a* team it will be
•DUBLIN—Seven in-a-row!
Pulaski County claimed a share
of its seventh consecutive
Roanoke Valley District title
Friday night as they came from
behind to beat Cave Spring and
William Fleming was upset by
Patrick Henry.
The Cougars were forced to
make another heroic comeback
to claim a 31-28 victory in overtime over the Knights Friday
night in Dobson Stadium and
were helped out by the Patriots
who knocked off the previously
"undefeated Colonels, 22-18.
It looked like mistakes were
going to allow the Knights to
down the Cougars for the first
time since 1988 when they upset PCHS, 7-0, but the Cougars
Photo by Troy Sarvar
Cougar quarterback Dorian Hendricks (15) throws a pass to tight end Wes Brickey (3) during a key fourth had other thoughts.
Prior to the game, the Couquarter drive on. Friday night. Brickey caught the pass for a 22-yard gain as the Cougars rallied from a 21 point
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third quarter deficit to defeat Cave Spring 31-28 in overtime
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Miami,
27-25
Cavaliers
sting the
Jackets,
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(AP) — Anthony Southern
ran 1 yard for a touchdown with
1:16 to play Saturday night, cappinga 75-yard, 15-play drive that
ate up 5:58 and gave Virginia a
35-31 victory over Georgia Tech.
Virginia (6-3, 5-2 Atlantic
Coast Conference) was on the
verge of having its bowl hopes
shattered until Phillip Rogers
fumbled at the Cavaliers' 25 with
7:14 left and Anthony Poindexter
made his second fumble recovery.
On the ensuing drive, Southern took over for an ineffective
Thomas Jones and was brilliant
He turned a short pass into a 16yard gain early, caught a swing
pass on 3rd-and-10 and bulled
12 yards to the Yellow Jackets'
19, then arched for the yard necessary to convert another third
down to. the Tech 10.
After Virginia was penalized
for having 12 men on the field,
which moved it back to its own
24, Georgia Tech gave much of
the yardage back with a pass
interference call in the end zone,
and Southern bulled the final
yard.
Joe Hamilton and Derrick
M*tf..
Steagall had career days for
nth time oyerau ,tnat ui
Georgia Tech (4-4, 3-3).
M| started "No,dvlh tljreeibf
Hamilton was 21-for-26 for 337
jnosif seasons; ,th$,fya<:ty ydls yards, and Steagall caught seven
W6I^y-pI| vO v&ptl*!*® **M^ TlCt**
passes for a school record 223
iional champidnyshiP , , K*
yards, including a 74-yard touchODU*wh»°Xhas produced
down.
some outstanding' women
Steagall, who had only 14
players, was tapped the third
catches for 150 yards coming in,
best team in the preseason,
also caught balls of 53 and 57
while the Lady, Tar Heqls yards td setup second-half scorgrabbed the No. 5 spot.- The
ing runs by Charles Wiley.
Virginia women will begin the
The 57-yarder came on a 3rdseason at Nov 12.
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and-18 play when Steagall beat
n- Jim "Catfish".Hunter,
the double coverage of Joe Willone of the greatest pitchers.in
iams and Adrian Burnim, and
major league baseball history, Joe Hamilton heaved it
will be the guest speaker for
downfield upder pressure from
the Salem-JRoanoke Baseball
the Cavaliers defense.
Hall of Fame, dinner and inAaron Brooks, coming off the
duction ceremony which will
best game of his career in
be held in February.
Virginia's 45-0 victory at Mary•Hunter played on three
land, was even better this time
pennant winning teams and
He? hit on 19-of-26 passes for a
two World Series champion- career-high 308 yards, and four
> ship squads in New York fae^ touchdowns, also a career best
fore he retired in 1979. jfe
Brooks threw three touchWasv elected &> thie-Majo^ down passes in the first half, the
LeagueBweball Hall of Fame last a 10-yarder to Billy Baber
'In 1 Oft7^anil maofHaa on 'hift
that gave the Cavaliers a 21-17
lead.with 6;24 left..
The Yellow Jackets had scored
on consecutive possessions to go
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Deceived w^ & recreational building lo- changes was the establishment
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(AP) — Ken Ojcendine ran for
147 yards and Piergon Prioleau
intercepted a 2-point conversion
pass with 1:48 remaining to preserve Virginia Tech's 27-25 victory over Miami on Saturday.
Virginia Tech (7-2, 5-1) can
win the Big East title by beating
Pittsburgh next week and go to
its third-straight Alliance Bowl
by also defeating Virginia in the
final game.
Miami (4-5, 2-3) missed its
chance to send^the game into
overtime and then recovered an
onsides kick. But a referee ruled
that a Hurricane player touched
the ball before it went 10 yards,
and Virginia Tech ran out the
clock.
Virginia Tech, playing" before
the third largest crowd ever in
Blacksburg, 53,177, took its first
lead, 17-13, in the third quarter
on a 14-yard TD run by Cullen
Hawkins. The^ Hokies went
ahead 24-13 when Lament
Pegues burst up the middle for a
27-yard touchdown on the last
play of the third'quarter.
But Miami came back in the
fourth quarter on two touchdown
runs by James Jackson.
The second-string tailback
swept down the sideline for a 78yard touchdown with 10:59 to
play, but Clement's 2-point conversion pass was caught out of
bounds.
After Shayne Graham kicked
his second 22-yard field goal to
put Virginia Tech ahead by eight,
27-19, Jackson again raced
around the Hokie defenders for
a 12-yard touchdown with 1:48
to play.
Miami scored on its first two
possessions and went up 13-3 in
the first quarter.
Clement quickly figured out
how to pick apart Virginia Tech's
secondary, completing nine of
his first 10 passes for 163 yards
and directing touchdown drives
of 65 and 92 yards.
Clement, who finished 14-of23 for 212 yards, even scored the
first .touchdown himself. He
rolled to his right on a first-andgoal at the six, found' -no one
open, sprinted up the middle
against the grain and dove over
the goal line.
Clark was also nearly impeccable passing -«- 10-for-12 for
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Fishing Report Region 3
Claytor Lake: Debbie Phillips
at the Lakeside Marine Supply
says William Duncan of Radford
caught an 18 pound, 11 ounce
musky. She mentioned that some
stripers are being caught. This
week the water level in the lake
will be drawn down 8 feet for
maintenance. The water level
will remain down for a scheduled three weeks.
New River: At the Sportsm an
in Radford, Clark Altizer says
Terry Reed of Bluefield landed a
20 pound striped ba'ss.c'Allen
Duncan of Snowville weighed a
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22 pound musky. Clark says anglers continue to catch bass, bluegills and 3 to 4 pound catfish.
Wayne Gentry a the 7-Day Market in Pearisburg says the river
is extremely low. He mentioned
that despite the low water Jim
Martin of Pearisburg has three
bass over 16-inches and Craig
Cunningham of Pearisburg has
two over 19-inches. When I mentioned that the Claytor Lake
drawdown should raise the water level in the New River, Wayne
said under those drawdown conditions the river becomes quite
murky.
Michigan blows
out Nittany Lions;
Nebraska escapes
Photo by Troy Sarvtr
PCHS defensive end Robert Rogers (2) deflects a Cave Spring pass in the Cougars 31-28 overtime victory. With
the victory, the Cougars advance to the Division 5 playoffs next week. The opponent for the Cougars won't be
determined until Monday night when Brooke Point plays Culpepper
Cougars
Continued from page Bl
gars' thoughts once again turned
to their teammate, Lee Cook,
who died'earlier this season. In
a short ceremony at mid-field,
Cougar head coach Joel Hicks
presented Cook's parents with
his No. 77 jersey which has now
been retired. The Cougar coaching staff and players filed by the
family as words of encouragement and, support were shared.
It was now time to get down to
the task at hand.
Pulaski County uncharacteristically committed three turnovers in the first half and the
Knights took advantage of them
to score two touchdowns and
added another for good measure
to take a 21-0 lead with 8:23 left
in the first half. It would take a
43-yard run from Cougar
tailback Kwasi Scott to close the
gap to 21-7 at the half.
."This team just, absolutely
does not quit. I've never seen
anything like it. At the half, we *
were down. Cave Spring is a
good team with probably the
toughest package in the district,
but we made them a ball club
with our mistakes in the- first
half. Fortunately were able to
come back again," said Cougar
head coach Joel Hicks.
The Knights'first score would ,
come when defensive end Matt
Berger blocked a Bobby Peaslee
punt and Chris Jenks picked it
up and took it in from five yards
out at the six minute mark in
the first quarter. Cave kicker
David Crisafi's PAT was good to
make it 7-0 Knights.
Early in the second quarter,
Cougar kicker Cameron
Ashworth missed just his third
field goal this season from 41
yards out and the Knights took
over on their own 20 yard line.
Knights tailback Brad Nichols
picked up 29 yards on the first
three plays before Cave quarterback Corey Paxton connected
with Joe Mullins on a 51-yard
touchdown pass and Crisafi
added the extra point for a 14-0
Cave Spring lead with 9:14 left
in the second quarter.
Pulaski County put itself in a
deeper hole on its next possession, Scott took the kickoff on
the eight yard line and scampered 15 yards to the 23 and
Cougar z-back Nick Yates added
a yard on the next play. The
Cougars' drive would be cut short
as Cougar quarterback Dorian
Hendricks was picked off by
Aaron Williams for the second
time in the game. Williams galloped 29 yards to paydirt and
Crisafi's PAT was good to make
it 21-0 with 8:23 showing on the
clock.
Cougar fullback Craig Hodge
took the kickoff on the five and
raced 48yards to the Cave Spring
47. He added four more yards on
the next play before Scott took it
the remaining 43 yards to cut
Cave Spring's lead to 21-6.
Ashworth booted the PAT to
make it 21-7 at the break.
Hodge pushed his season
rushing mark over 1,000 yards
for the secorid year in a row as he
finished with 135 yards against
the Knights to bring his season
total to 1,047.
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staff credit for making the
Stat Sheet
P.C. 0 7 7 14 3 31
C-S. 7 14 7 0 0 28
C.S. - Jenks 5 yd. return block
punt, Crisafi PAT. 6:00 1st.
C.S. - M u l l i n s 51 yd. pass
reception from Paxton, Crisafi
PAT 9: 14 2nd.
C.S. - Williams 29 yd. interception return, -Crisat'i PAT 8:23 2nd.
P.C...- Scott 43 yd. run Ashworth
PAT 7:29 2nd.
C.S. • Hamlar 1 yd. run, Crisafi
PAT 6:50 3rd.
P.C. - Hodge 1 yd. run Ashworth •'
PAT 3:20 3rd.
P.C. - Hendricks 38 yd. run PAT
no good 6:32 4th.
P.C. - Hodge 16 yd. run
Hendricks runs 2 pt. conv. 3:07
Dorian Hendricks
yard line, Cave Spring managed
to take only 40 seconds off the
4th.
clock before having to turn the
ball back over to the Cougars.
P.C. - Ashworth 27 yd. FG O.T.
Scott picked up two yards to
P.C.
C.S.
the
27 before Hendricks found
IstDowns
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18
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tight
end Wes Brickey on a 22
Rushing •
46-281 38-132
yard
pass to the Cougars' 49.
Passing C-A-I
5-9-2 4-14-1
Hodge
would gain six yards on
Passing Yds.
940
104
the next two plays, followed by a
Total Yds.
375 " 236
29-yard keeper on the option by
Return Yds.
'l 50
117
Hendricks. Hodge broke through
1 -44
4-43.5
Punting
several tackles on his way to the
Penalties
1-12
2-20
16-yard touchdown. Hendricks
Fumbles-Lost
-1
0-0
kept the ball again on the option
around the left side for the twoRushing
point conversion and a 28-28 tie
P.C. - Hodge 24-135, Scott 13-64,
with 3:07 left in regulation play.
Hendricks 4-68, Yates 5:14.
"We had to show some heart
C.S. - Nichols 27-130, Hamlar 6and
effort in the second half.
7, Mullins 1-minus 1, Paxton 4Coach
wasn't too happy with me
minus4.
after the two interceptions in
Passing
the first half, but I tried to keep
P.C. - Hendricks 5-9-2 ints. 94 yds.
my head Up arid keep 'playing
C.S.-Paxton 4-14-1 int, 1 TD
hard. I played giveaway in the
104yds.
first half and comeback in the
Receiving
second, but it was a team effort.
P.C. - Scott 2-42, Thomas 2:30,
If it'hadn't been for the offensive
Brickey'1-22.
line, the holes wouldn't have
C.S. - Mullins 2-79, Hamlar 1-19,
been
there,"
remarked
Nichols 1-6.
Hendricks.
"When we were down 21-7 in
needed adjustments at half : the first half and when we
ftimbled early in the second half,
time," remarked Hicks.
It looked as if those adjust- I was starting to doubt. But, we
ments were going to work right never let down and I knew we
away, but a fumble by Hodge had done it (comeback) before
after picking up 12 yards on the and we could do it again," he
first play following a 26-yard added.
Cave Spring had an opportupunt return by Scott would give
the ball back to the Knights on nity to win the game moving the
ball to the Pulaski County 16
the Cougars' 44-yard line.
Behind the effort of Nichols, yard line with just four seconds
the Knights would move the ball remaining.
In an effort to freeze Crisafi,
to the 25 as he tallied 32 yards
on four carries. A personal foul Hicks called two time-outs.
penalty on the Cougars would Hicks' strategy worked as
move the Knights to the 13 and Crisafi's kick was wide-right on
six plays later Cave runningback the winning attempt as time ran
Michael Hamler would punch it outo
in from pne yard out and Crisafi' ) "Wejustdidn'tpanic. Itlooked
was good for a 28-7 Cave Spring like we were getting it together
when we came out in the secorid
lead. <•
With 3:20 left in the third half and then we give it back to
quarter, .Hodge would answer them on the fumble-. But we just
on the next drive for the Cou- went about, our business and
gars, carrying the ball seven didn't panic. We just kept eating
times accounting for 62 yards on at them and gave our defense
the drive. He finished it off with. time to come around. Then we
a one-yard touchdown and miss the PAT and have to go for
Ashworth booted the extra point two and get it. We were down at
times, but not defeated," reto cut the lead to 28-14.
Ashworth would miss just his marked Hicks.
The Cougars won the toss to
second extra point attempt of
begin
overtime action and
the season after Hendricks
capped' off a 92-yardf 10-play elected tp start on defense.r
Cave Spring would start from
drive with a 38-yard touchdown
the
10 and on .the first play
run at the 6:32 mark, making it
Nichols would carry the ball to
28-20.
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After starting at their own 26 the five yard line. However, two
incomplete passes by Paxton
forced the Knights to go for
the field goal on fourth down.
Following another Pulaski
County timeout, the Knights
would fake the field goal as
Paxton would roll to his right,
but could not find an open
receiver. Hodge intercepted
Paxton's pass in the end zone
and the Cougars would take
. over on the 10.
Hicks immediately called
on Ashworth for the field goal
to redeem himself for his
missed extra point. This time,
Ashworth was good from 27
yards out for the winner to
complete another come-frombehind victory for the Cougars. .
Cave Spring coach Steve
Spangler explained the failure of the fake field goal. "It
was a great pla,y. The pnly
problempwas that I said it loud
enough for the defense to hear
me, but not my receivers. They
didn't hear the call for the
fake so they didn't go out.
That's my fault and I'll take
the blame for that," he remarked.
"We came here to win this
game. I'm so "proud of this
team. They are warriors who
have given their all every
week, all season. I hurt for
them because they deserve a
shot at the playoffs, but won't
get it. I was thrilled that we
had a chance at the end to win
it. We found a way to slow
Pulaski Qounty down, but not
to stop them," he added.
The Cougars will have tp
wait until Monday to find out
exactly what the playoff picture will look like. The outcome of the Brooke PointCulpepper game which was
postponed until Monday night
will help determine seedings
for the Northwest Region playoffa
It's most likely that the
Cougars will face William
Fleming in first round region
action, unless Culpepper defeats Brooke Point. If Brooke
Point downs Culpepper,
Brooke Point will be the top
seed. Fleming will be second,
the Cougars third and
Culpepper fourth which is
what Hicks and his staff is
hoping will happen. -If the
Cougars do face Fleming next
Friday night it will be at Victory Stadium.
"We want Fleming again.
We'd just like to get another
shot at them," said Hicks.
In addition to Hodge's 1351
yards, Scott finished with 64
on 13 carries to bring his total •
season yardage to 782.
Heridricks tallied 68 yards on
four carries, while Yates
added 14 yards on five carries.
Hendricks passed for 94
k
yards on a five-for-nine effort.
Scott and tjght ends Jerome
Thomas and Brickey accounted for all .five completions.
Paxton was four-for-14 for
1Q4 yards and one touchdown
and Nichols carried the ball
27 times for 130 yards.
(AP) Judgment Day brought
a Miracle at Missouri and a
Michigan massacre.
No. loNebraska used its Version of the Immaculate Reception to send the game to overtime where Scott Frost ran for
his fourth touchdown as the
Cornhuskers beat Missouri 4538 Saturday.
Nebraska (9-0) avoided the
lipset thanks to a bouncing ball
that ended up ir\ the hands of
Matt Davison for a 12-yard
touchdown reception that forced
the extra period.
"We had some bad breaks and
some good breaks," coach Tom
Osborne said. "Our good breaks
came at the end. I thought we
were pretty well done for."
While the Cornhuskers, escaped, their hold on No. 1 may
vanish. No. 4 Michigan mauled
No. 2 Penn State 34-8 and No. 3
Florida State played at No. 5
North Carolina in a matchup of.
unbeatens Saturday night.
Nebraska trailed 38-31 with
seven seconds to go, when Frost's
pass to the end zone was knocked
out of Shevin Wiggins' grasp.
Missouri's Harold Piersey appeared ready to intercept the
ball, but Wiggins kicked it into
the air on his way down and
Davison made a diving grab just
before it hit the turf.
"It was just floating in the air
like a punt — end over end,"
Davison said. "It just seemed
like forever for the ball to get
there."
The play was reminiscent of
the catch that Pittsburgh's
Franco Harris made in the 1972
NFL playoffs to beat Oakland
13-7. But Nebraska still had
more work to do after Davison's
catch.
Frost made it pay off three
plays into overtime, running 12
yards on the option for the winner. Missouri (6-4) had two incomplete passes and a 3-yard
gain before Corby Jones was
sacked on fourth down.
Anthony Thomas ran for another
as the Wolverines jumped out to
a 24-0 halftime lead and ended
the nation's longest winning
streak among major college a.t
12 games.
Oregon 31,
No. 6 Washington 28
At Seattle, Akili Smith threw
a 29-yard TD pass to Pat Johnson
with 2:33 to go and Oregon,
which blew a 21-point first-half
lead, ended Washington's 12game Pac-10 winning streak.
No. 7 Ohio St. 31,
Minnesota 3
At
Minneapolis,
Joe
Germaine threw for 211 yards
and three touchdown passes as
Ohio State (9-1, 5-1) stayed in
the race for the Big Ten title.
No. 8 Tennessee 44,
No. 24 Southern
Mississippi 20
At Knoxville, Tenn., Peyton
Manning threw for 399 yards
and four touchdowns and ran for
another TD. Tennessee (7-1) rallied from an early deficit with
touchdowns on five straight possessions spanning the halftime
break to take control over the
Golden Eagles (6-3).
No. 11 Kansas St. 48,
Kansas 16
At Manhattan, Kan., MicTiael
Bishop threw three touchdown
passes and Gerald Neasman
scored on a kickoff and an interception return as the Wildcats
(8-1) beat their state rivals for
the fifth straight year.
Wisconsin 13,
No. 12 Iowa 10
At Madison, Wis., the Badgers snapped an 18-game
winless streak against the
Hawkeyes (6-3) despite losing
, star tailback Ron Dayne to a
sprained ankle on the game's
first drive.
Later Saturday, it was No. 15
Arizona State at California.
No. 4 Michigan 34,
No. 2 Penn State 8
At State College, Pa., Charles
Woodson and Michigan's topranked defense made a stake for
No. 1, handing Joe Paterno his
worst home loss in 32 years as
Nittany Lions' coach.
"If the people decide to vote us
No. 1, then we'll be happy with
it," Woodson said. "But we'll just
continue to play good football."
Michigan (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten)
held the Lions to 38 total yards
in the first half and Brian Griese
threw two TD passes, including
a 37-yarder to Woodson, and
No. 13 Florida 20,
Vanderbilt 7
At Gainesville, Fla., Noah
Brindise threw two touchdown
passes in his first career start as
the Gators gave Steve Spurrier
his 100th victory as Florida
coach..
The Gators (7-2), who had lost
two of their last three games,
finished with only 334yards and
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'Comeback
Cougars'
do it again!
Whew!
We're not sure just how many more of the&Ave can
take.
The Pulaski County Cougars have given new meaning to words like comeback and rally this season. And
they did it again Friday night.
No less than five times during the current 1997 high
school football campaign, the "Comeback Cougars" have
overcome big leads by their opponents to win in the
closing seconds. Twice they have rallied and won in
overtime.
Friday night was especially exciting for the Cougars.
Trailing by three touchdowns at 28-7 in the third quarter, things looked bleak for the Cougars — a group of
young men and coaches who have gone through just
about every emotion imaginable so far this season.
Give 'em credit for not quitting.
Pulaski County came back, forced overtime and won
the game over Cave Spring, 31-28.
But not only did the Cougars win the game over one
of their Roanoke Valley District rivals, but things fell
into place for Pulaski County elsewhere. While the
Cougars were winning, Patrick Henry knocked off
William Fleming, and that gave PCHS a share of a
seventh straight RVD crown.
The Cougars' win also assured them of another trip to
the playoffs.
Cougar football has always been big and exciting in
these parts. But, just in case you've lost a little interest
compared to past years and haven't been attending the
games on a regular basis, you owe it to yourself to check
these 1997 Cougars out.
Thanks to another comeback Friday — and a never
give up attitude — you'll get that chance next Friday
when the playoffs start.
' And a reminder, watch for what has become an
annual ritual — the publication of our Instant Replay
section, a preview to the high school playoffs — later
this week.
Go Cougars! k
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1929: Oh, what a time to live
It's a great big credit card
world we're living in. Wallets
are bursting at the seams
trying to carry the overload of
cards that will serve as money
for any purchase from a hair
cut to a trip around the world.
Automobiles are getting bigger
and shinier, and houses are
getting larger and more plush,
and both are getting more
energy sapping at a time when
we are all aware that the
world's natural energy sources
are fast running out. Americans ride to and fro on super
highways to vacationlands in
campers as well equipped as
their pdsh-button homes,
pulled by Continentals that
suck up fuel like the Arab oil
wells will never go dry.
Many Americans are
content to be taking more from
the earth than the ecologyminded can ever hope to
replace, while the apparent
attitude of the complacent
multitudes is live and let die.
Rich men are getting richer,
and all men are getting more
in debt because credit is much
too cheap.'
Racketeers are making
millions of dollars smuggling
unlawful drugs into the
country, but few are caught,
because we can't afford the
cost of chasing them down0. We
don't care enough to change
the situation.
Occasionally we take time
out to stand back and admire
ourselves; how, through the
sweat of the brow, we have
Looking
back with,
D
Lloyd Mathews
accomplished great things for
ourselves and our families. We
have fallen in love with all
that is tasty to the palate,
gorgeous to the eyes, inflating
to the ego, and comfortable to
the body. We are seemingly
thumbing our noses at our
Creator, with an attitude of
"Who needs heaven." The
riches that we think we are
accumulating for our children
will not provide the pure air
and clean water that they will
need in the future. But we
can't seem to realize that.
We have lived through the
era of spring, and have moved
into the summer of a cycle. We
had better hope for a long long
sum'mer because the next
season is fall. How much
longer can the paper base on
which we stand hold up. How
reminiscent of a time sixtyeight years ago.
The summer of 1929 was
happy, frolicking, and fast v
moving. "What a time to live,
they were saying. The great
Babe Ruth and his teammate,
Lou Gehrig, were knocking
sight of great oceans of lively
suds flowing over everything
in its path. Charles A.
Lindbergh and his female
counterpart were exciting
millions with their daredevil
exploits in the air. And men of
little conscience were making
millions through the sale of ,
sometimes poisonous alcohol,
and the flesh of women.
Yes, it was a time of prohibition of alcoholic beverage, and
baseballs all over New York.
Ring hero, Jack Dempsey, ha"d a time for easy millions for
racketeers. Chicago racketeer,
recently gone into retirement,
Al Capone, was making in the
making room for several top
neighborhood of sixty million a
fighters to entertain the
year in the illegal whisky
spend-thrift public. A young
racket. It was so easy because
crooner named Bing was
so few people cared.
slaying the women with his
The red hot dance called the
smooth .voice. Automobiles
Charleston was giving way to
were getting longer and wider
the reftirn of dancing cheek to
and people were riding on the
cheek. And like so many times
comfort of balloon tires,
rumble seats and touring carsv since that year, skirts were
short short. On the beaches, an
Everyone who didn't own one
occasional two piece bathing
was living on the promise of '
suit would be spotted. The
one or more in every garage.
Philadelphia Athletics wiped
The queen of moviedom was
out the Chicago Cubs to win
Greta Garbo, and Amos and
the 1929 world series four
Andy were holding the nation
spellbound with happenings in games to one.
A poor-born engineer who
and around the Fresh Air Taxi
Stand after being lulled by the had made a name and a
fortune for himself in mining
smooth voice of Lowell Thowas in the White House. His
mas.
name was Herbert Hoover, and
he was a frugal administrator
The wealthy were toasting
who inherited some serious
their good fortune with tinproblems and created some
kling glasses of illegal moonmore. His job was to try and
shine whisky, while those of
lesser circumstances thrilled to continue a prosperity that was
as thin as the paper it was
the yanking of stubborn corks
built upon. from the narrow necks of
Continued next week.
homebrew bottles, and the
Letters To The
We all need
compassion
To the editor,
Trying'to understand the
meaning of compassion or the
lack of it is my compelling factor
for this letter.
I grew up in the hills of West
Virginia at least till 12 years of
age. We lived about three miles
from the nearest church so we
didn't go a lot, even though I
know Mommy wanted to. But it
meant walking there and back*
We didn't have much money,
but always had good food to eat.
My father was a kind and compassionate man, obvious by his
actions and written all over his
face. My mother probably even
more so than Daddy. I've seen
them both reach out and show
love to all people including
strangers. They're both gone
now, but I'm thankful to have
their blood flowing through my
veins and their good heart pumping it.
All through history I'm sure
there has been compassionate
people, but the one I can relate
to is Mother Theresa who devoted her life to comforting
people whose misery most of us
can only imagine. I'm sure she
will be rewarded in Heaven. Her
death was truly over shadowed
by the death of Princess Di whom
I saw as also a compassionate
person. I think they will meet in
Heaven.
I've witnessed first hand in
my life how loneliness can kill
just as much as any other affliction. Do you feel sorry for the
lonely? I watch the news and
read the paper even though it's
kinda depressing. Have you ever
shed a tear over a tragic event,
no matter where it took place. I
personally can't comprehend a
heart so cold as to commit acts so
unthinkable and you see no remorse, only a smirk on their face.
Beware because when you see
that you are truly looking the
devil in the face.
I am not, nor do I claim to be
a .Christian man, but I know
that I am a compassionate man!
I feel very lucky to be blessed
with what I have. Sometimes I
find myself feeling sorry for
myself, but it's easy to overcome
that feeling by watching the
news or reading the paper or my
National Geographic about other
places that make my problems
so insignificant.
If you think your shoes are
ugly think about the person without any. If you don't like what's
on your plate think about not
having anything to eat. If you're
crying over losing a loved one
shed a tear also for the person
who lost his whole family.
I think if you'see grief and not
feel it yourself, something is
missing in youf heart. Compassion for me is easy to feel, but the
lack of it I will never understand.
Jesse L. Murphy
Service, Flower Shoppe of
Pulaski, Sparky the Fire Dog,
Vince and Larry the Crash Test
Dummies, Dr. Dixon Williams,
Diana Nunley, Roberta and
Kenny Epperly, Candi Cook,
Brandi Meredith, Betty and
To the editor,
On Oct. 27, over 150 youth of Angie Montgomery, Lee
our community were treated to VanSise, Samantha Corder,
a celebration of the Fall Season. Judy Jarrells, Melissa Tester,
The youth enjoyed a festively Gayle and Laurie Shortt, Wanda
decorated room and several dif- and Amy Hankins, Marty
ferent games with prizes Dowdy, Dustin Dalton and
Sherry Vanantwerp.
awarded to all.
Sincere thanks to each and
Also, Sparky the Fire Dog and
Vince and Larry, the Crash Test every one of you. If we have forDummies visited with the chil- gotten anyone, please forgive us
dren and their parents/guard- and know that we do thank you
ians. In addition, refreshments from the bottom of our hearts.
To play and work with these
of cake/cupcakes, chips, snack
mix, cookies, and drinks were children was truly\ a joy for us.
served for the youth and. their Again, thank you to everyone for
helping ENCARE to begin what
parents/guardians.
This grand time could not we hope can be a yearly tradihave- occurred without the kind tion.
generosity and donations of sevThe New River Chapter
eral individuals and businesses
of ENCARE
within our area. ENCARE would
Vicki McClanahan, RN,
like to take this opportunity to
recognize these individuals and CEN
Cassandra Moye, RN, CEN
these businesses. The list is a
Anne Armbrister, RN
little long, but we would, truly
like to thank each one:
Kmart of Wytheville, WalMart of Pulaski, Nehi Bottling
of Pulaski, Columbia Pulaski
Community Hospital, Food Lion
of Pulaski, Kroger of Pulaski,
Nov..9, 1997
Wades of Pulaski, Celebration
Station of Dublin, Donna's Sweet
Shoppe of Pulaski, Pulaski Town Today is the 313th
Police Dept., Town of Pulaski day of 1997 and the
Fire Dept., Lifeline Ambulance 50th day of fall.
Festival
organizers
saythanjts
DATE BOOK
TODAY'S HISTORY: On this day in
1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
created the Civil Works Administration.
On this day in 1961, Maj. Robert White
flew the X-15 rocket plane at a world
record speed of 4,093 mph.
On this day in 1967, Rolling Stone magazine began publication in San Fransisco.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Benjamin
Banneker (1731-1806), astronomer;
Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), novelist;
Stanford White ,(1853-1906), architect;
SpirobAgnew (1918-1996), U.S. politician; Carl 'Sagan (1934-199.6), astronomer; Bob Gibson (1935-), baseball
star, is 62; Tom Fogerty (1941-1990),
musician.
TODAY'S SPORTS: On this day in
1982, Larry Holmes stopped James
"Bonecrusher" Smith in the 12th
round to win the IBF heavyweight title.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "I share no man's
opinions; I have my own." — Ivan Turgenev
TODAY'S WEATHER: On this day in
1982, seyen tornadoes touched down
in the Los Angeles area.
•
SOURCE: 1997 Weather Guide Calendar; Accord
Publishing. Ltd.
TODAY'S MOON: Between
first quarter (Nov. 7) and full
moon (Nov. 14).