Pulaski County pulls `Miracle on Slaughterhouse
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Pulaski County pulls `Miracle on Slaughterhouse
wwNWyiawpsv - ff» •B2- NEW RIVER NEWSPAPERS. INC., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1979 doit again > By DAN CALLAHAN INRN Senior Sports Editor > Destiny and a football team ^probably have little in common, but ;!this year's Pulaski County team ? 'makes one wonder that maybe it is the '.-"chosen" football squad of the area in ••1979. ;* The "Cardiac Cougars" did it again •tFriday night in their final home '^ame. PCHS finally scored with only !;:31 left to play and then added a two>ppint conversion for a thrilling, 8-7 ^victory over a fine Northside Viking -Iteam. •«* It was an almost unbelievable chain lyf events that led to the Cougar I-victory. I - PCHS had just driven 55 yards to a ; iecond and goal at the Viking two. The -3)ig plays in the march were a 20-yard -^camper on an end-around by Gary IjClark and a brilliant 28-yard pass !-reception by wingback Clifton • Barlow. *I On a fourth and one at the Northside • Seven fullback Anthony Young plowed -•far three-yards and a first and goal at I jthe four. Tailback King Harvey, PC's v leading rusher in the game with 94>#ards, got two to the two, but on :*Second down, Harvey hobbled the '«3iandoff in his own backfield and ;*J4orthside's Greg Neece recovered at • I -the six. :- With only :40 left, it looked as if the '•^Cougar's string of come-from-behind ''^Victories would indeed come to an ;»£nd. But on first down, defensive '. Jackie Robert Brown slipped into the ;-Viking backfield, made contact as ; ijuarterback David Wimmer was frying a handoff to fullback Billy • ^Lawrence, the ball popped loose and !<kmgar linebacker Anthony Young ; Recovered with just :31 on the clock. Could it possibly happen again? Yes, it could and it did on first down when quarterback Curtis Bland tossed over the middle to tight end "LET GO OF MY SHIRT" See COUGARS, Page B5 Matt Photo by Ray Downpy-Latkowltz Northside Defender Tries To Bring Down PC's King Harvey By The Jersey Pulaski County pulls 'Miracle on Slaughterhouse Rd.' The Cougar's latest "miracle" victory, 8-7 over Northside with but 11 left to play, is a tribute to the Many names are cropping up in ;Pulaski,County... concerning.the;1»79,,. neyer-say-die attitude p Hicks has edition of the PCHS Cougar football ; insrtlledWfiis squad, ": "'^ " After fumbling away an opportunity team. for victory on a second and goal The "Cardiac Cougars" is the most situation at the Northside two-yard often used phrase. That's appropos. line with only :40 to play, it looked as The Cougars have scored 61 of their if PC's number was finally up, but total 135 points on the season in the incredibly they would pull out another fourth quarter. heart-throbbing victory. Three times they have pulled out On a simple fullback handoff, seeming defeats with two minutes or defensive tackle Robert Brown fouled less left in the game. up the exchange as the Cougars were But in all likelihood, this football in a nine-man front, hoping against season will be referred to for years to hope to create another big break. come as the "Miracle on .Linebacker Anthony Young came Slaughterhouse Road". up with the fumble, the only bobble by The Cougars entered the 1979 season with a career mark of 14 wins, ' the Vikings on the night at the sixyard line. 33 losses, and three ties. "I saw Robert Brown make the hit The Cougar records have been 2-7-1, right at the handoff," remembered 0-10,4-5-1,5-4-1 and 3-7 last year, 4-6 if Young in the joyous Cougar locker you choose to count a forfeit to room. "One of us got it first, but it Franklin County, but no other slipped away and I jumped oh it." Roanoke Valley District team has. Young feels luck had little to do with It's hard to believe that Pulaski the Cougar victory. "I think that we County is currently 7-1 this season fought hard and we've pulled them out with a real possibility of making the three times. We just don't quit. We've state playoffs should they defeat had some good fortune, but I don't Salem in their next contest. believe in luck. None of the things that First year head coach Joel Hicks is have happened for us would have if we a lead pipe cinch for coach of the year See MIRACLE, Page B5 honors. By DAN CALLAHAN NRN Senior Sports Editor NORTHSIDE'S DAVID SHAW PULLED DOWN BY TENACIOUS PCHS DEFENSE *"' Phot°by Rax Downev•L"kow"' Brad Wilson (72), Robert Brown (68), And Perry Reese (52) Grab Shaw. Jack Preston (77) Comes Over The- Top Demons defeat Carroll,14-7 Green Wave easily clinches playoff spot By EDDIE SUTPHIN Staff Writer Staff Writer • After being held to less than 50 ' yards rushing apiece last week i against Giles, Christiansburg running ; backs Mark Franklin and C.K. Allen ; gained over 100 yards each as the • Demons earned a 14-7 decision over tj '"Carroll County Friday night. . Franklin, who now has 740 yards for ; the season, rushed for 126 yards in 18 ; carries, while Allen gained 131 yards in 23 attempts for a 575 total yards in • eight games. '. The Demons, who are now 5-3 for ; the season, scored when Franklin ; rambled seven and 11 yards to paydirt • in the first and fourth quarters. ' Carroll County's only score in the ! first period came when Kim Gillespie ; scored from the one and Lintecum ; booted the point after. • In the final period, Carroll County, ••now 2-6 overall, drove to the : Christiansburg six but failed to score ! on four consecutive plays. '; In a non-district NRD contest Giles '; fumbled eight times but came away ;: with a S-0 decision over Lord ;i Botetourt. ','. The only score in the game, came in .the fourth quarter when Leon King |; rambled six yards into the end zone. J; King netted 207 yards in 31 carries •: and now has over 700 yards for the - see ROUNDUP. Page Bs COUGAR FULLBACK; ANTHONY YOUNG TAKES TOUGH HIT viking Defense Held Pulaski *'"f>holqby 1 ' ' ' NARROWS—The Green Wave of Narrows virtually clinched the New River District football championship for the second straight season, crushing The Maroon Tide of Galax, 34-12 Friday night at Ragsdale Field. The win improved the Green 0 Wave's overall record to 8-0 and more importantly assured them of a regional playoff berth even though they still have two regular season games (against NRD foes Christiansburg and Radford) remaining. As usual the main man for The Wave was senior tailback sensation Rusty Cook, who rushed for 84' yards on 15 carries and scored the game's first two touchdowns on first quarter runs of 30 and two yards. Narrows won the coin toss and after returning the opening kickoff to its own 36-yard mark proceeded to march down the field with relative ease for a quick score. The 64-yard 10 play scoring drive was highlighted by Cook's 30-yard romp to paydirt with 7:41 still remaining in the first quarter. A good block by Tony Robertson helped free Cook down the right side and Steve Frazier added the PAT to make it 7-0. Galax took the ensuing kickoff and immediately began moving with the pigskin with success against the tough Green Wave defense. Maroon Tide quarterback Guynn Edwards hit tailback Carl Blair with a pass in the left flat that was "good for a 14-yard gain and on the next play, All-District fullback Allan Vaughn bulled up the middle for seven yards. The drive, however, came to abrupt halt on the next play when Edwards' pass, intended for split end Greg Cheek, was picked off by Cook on a brilliant one handed grab at midfield. Cook returned to the Galax 33-yard mark. From there it took Narrows^ currently ranked first in the state AA UPI poll, eight plays to find the end zone as Cook ended the sh^ort drive with a two-yard TD run up the middle with 1:56 left in the first period. First down runs by fullback Majrk Clark of 5 and 10 yards paved the way this time and Frazier tacked on the PAT, making it 14-0. Narrows scored again before the half ended as senior quarterback Junior Simpkins found split end Todd Oney all alone down the middle of the field for &• 26-yard touchdown pass with 3:25 left in the second quarter and Frazier again booted the PAT and the score stood 21-0. The Green Wave continued the rout in the second half with two third quarter scores. The first came when Steve Frazier picked up a fumble by Edwards and rambled unmolested for a 30-yard touchdown romp. Terry Fleeman and Oney sacked Edwards and caused the pigskin to pop loose from Edwards' grasp. See NARROWS, Page B5 \KVV K I V K K NKWSPAPKKS, INC., SUNDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1979.Rg * Cougars Continued from Page B2 Daymond O'Dell for the the six-yard touchdown. After O'Dell's leaping one-hand grab, the Cougars called timeout and chose the play for the two-point conversion attempt. Head coach Joel Hicks decided on west-74. It was the proper call. Bland rolled right and hit split end Clark on an out pattern in the right corner of the end zone and pandemonium broke loose in County Stadium. The dramatic comeback marked the third time this season that Pulaski County has rallied to win in what appeared to be hopeless situations. The Cougars have scored 61 points, almost half of its 135 points on the season in the fourth quarter. Hicks was ecstatic over his teams' triumph. "I swear to goodness! I've just never seen anything like this team. I'm awfully proud of them. We got a big break, but there was a lot of heart on that field. Now we just need to get our injured people well and do it again next week in Salem." Getting all the injured well will be no small task for Hicks and his staff. Backup split end Curtis Thompson * Miracle Continued from Page B2 hadn't kept fighting," said Young. Junior quarterback Curtis "Beanie" Bland figured in all the Cougar points against Northside, the six-yard touchdown pass to tight end Daymond O'Dell and the winning twopoint toss to split end Gary Clark. "The call for the touchdown was pass 122," said Bland. "It had been open all night. They had been playing eight men up close." But Bland and O'Dell connected on the play but twice during the contest and Bland blamed himself for that. "I wasn't waiting long enough for Daymond to clear the linebackers, but I waited the last time," beamed Bland. Bland would take little credit for the two-point conversion pass that proved to be the ultimate difference in the contest. "Coach Hicks called the play during the timeout^" said Bland. "We just had to knock their end out and that left Clark one-on-one against the cornerback. I'll take that. Clark can beat anybody one-on-one anytime," stated Bland. But this was another team victory for Pulaski County. Brown made the big hit to cause the fumble, Young the recovery, O'Dell's touchdown catch was a leaping one-handed grab, Clark made the good move on the twd-jioint conversion ift the end zone and both of Bland's passes were on the money. It all added up to another "Miracle on Slaughterhouse Road". This week's game with Salem will not be at County Stadium, located adjacent to old Slaughterhouse Road, but at Municipal Field in Salem. The Spartans could very well see what most would have termed a "miracle" at the beginning of the football year. The "miracle" would be the Cougars possibly clinching a spot in the state playoffs. Who would have believed it! * State Continued from Page Bl Norwood added a 30-yard field goal to his 43-yard effort. McGloon went 34 yards for one touchdown an 8 for the other. Butch Robinson ran 30 yards for another JMU touchdown and finished as the game's leading rusher with 15 carries for 104 yards. The Dukes, 2-6, also scored on a 32yard run by Therron Phipps, a 2-yard run by Don Jones, a 7-yard run by Chuck May and a 1-yard run by Robbie Hughes. The Yellow Jackets, 3-5, fumbled 11 times and lost six. Randolph-Macon turnovers led to all of the Dukes' 23 firstquarter points. LBC defeats rated Dayton LYNCHBURG, Va. (UP1) — Quarterback Glenn Inverse ran 1 yard for a touchdown Saturday as Liberty Baptist College downed 0 "the University of Dayton 17-10. The Flyers, 5th-ranked in NCAA Division III, lost starting quarterback Jim O'Hara with a broken clavicle and backup quarterback Scott Terry with a shoulder separation. Dave Hertzler scored on a pass interception for the Flames, 6-2-1, who added a 45-yard field goal by Clay Thompson. Dayton's third-string quarterback Jon Vorpe ran 17 yards for a touchdown and Jim Fullenkamp booted a 36-yard Held goal. Bridgewater bops W&L LEXINGTON, Va. (UPI) Quarterback Duane Harrison threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to John Kunlo and Dan Callahan kicked two field goals Saturday as Bridgewater defeated Washington and Lee 19-3. * Narrows was the victim of a severe ankle sprain before the game even started. Thompson, running a pass route, came down on the side of his right foot. In an uncommon sequence, Doug Dunavant also fell while catching a pass in pre-game drills and reinjured an already sore shoulder. Dunavant played the first half, but made a trip to the hospital for x-rays at intermission. Both Thompson and Dunavant aren't likely to see any action next week. Also out for the Cougars are quarterback Trip Dunman with a swollen spleen, Jimmy Patterson will be questionable, due to a hip injury and stalwart defensive tackle Mike Lindsay is already out for the season in all likelihood. Hicks, however, refused to admit that luck had anything to do with the Cougar victory. "It was poetic justice," said Hicks. "We should have gone in the first time and I believe we would. It was a bobble in the backfield and we had a hole. We stopped ourselves." There was never any doubt in Hicks' mind about going for two after the touchdown. "I don't think these kids wanted a tie. They've worked too hard. We took the field to win. Besides my father was here tonight and I couldn't have faced him if we hadn't gone for the win," laughed the happy coach. The winning play, west-74, was similiar to the play Cave Spring had used in defeating Pulaski County in the only Cougar loss of the season. "It was just a quick out to Clark. We wanted to take out the end so Clark would be one-on-one. It was the same . type of play Cave Spring used on us. You can't play it any closer," stated Hicks. Hicks can relate to the miserable feeling Viking head coach Jimmy Hickam and his team felt at game's end. "It's a terrible feelingy through the same thing against Cave Spring." Hickam had no real explanation for the last minute fumble and feels the defeat cost his team any chance at winning the Roanoke Valley District title. "It was a really hard fought game," said Hickam. "The fumble at the end was a supposedly safe handoff to the fullback, but it turned out it wasn't. We have no real chance at the district now," said the disappointed Viking head man. The victory gives Pulaski County a 7-1 record on the season, the most wins ever in a season for the Cougars. It was also the first time the Cougars have ever defeated Northside. PCHS now stands 3-1 in the RVD and a victory next week over Salem would give the Cougars a real shot at its first district championship. With William Fleming's upset of Cave Spring, the Cougars are now sole owners of second place in the district, one game back of front running Patrick Henry. The Cougars had numerous opportunities to score and had excellent field position on many occasions. Two dropped snaps on fourth down punts and a 45-yard return of the opening kickoff gave PC first downs at the Northside 36 on each occasion, but the Viking defense resembled a stone wall in the first half and the door remained closed to the Viking end zone. The Vikings got on the board with 10:32 left in the first half when Harvey had the pigskin torn from his grasp and Northside recovered at the Cougar 26. Halfback David Shaw got five to the 21 on first down, one on second and halfback Dan Chittum swept left end for seven and a first down at the Cougar 13 on third down. On the next play Chittum snaked through the middle of the PCHS defense for the touchdown. Bill Blackmore hit the conversion kick and the Vikings held a 7-0 lead, an advantage they would maintain until only :31 remained to be played. Frazier then booted the PAT also, to give him 10 points on the night, (1 TD. 4 PATS), and up the lead to 28-0. The Wave's final score, which was setup by Oney's fumble recovery at the Galax 14-yard line, came on sub fullback Bobby Green's one-yard plunge with just 45 seconds remaining in the third quarter. The Wave attempted a two-point conversion that failed but the score stood at an invincible 34-0. Galax, to its credit, refused to quit and managed to score two fourth quarter touchdowns on the Wave reserves. Vaughn scored !x>th times, a pair of one-yard runs. The first came with 9:33 remaining culminating a 54-yard eight play drive. Earlier runs by Vaughn of 25 and 11 yards paved the way and enabled the Tide to avert a possible shutout. Vaughn's second scoring run ended a 75-yard seven play drive that was set up by Blair's first down runs of 10, 13 and four yards. The final score came with 4:07 remaining in the contest. "I'm not really sure that we playeo that well tonight, but we got the result we wanted," said Narrows mentor Bill Patteson. "We knew that they ( G a l a x ) had some fine running backs and they moved the ball pretty good on us, but we made the big plays early and of course we got a chance to play a lot of people." Patteson was particularly pleased w i t h the way his quarterbacks Simpkins and Mike Burton handled the offense. Burton, who is just a sophomore, has guided the Wave well in a reserve role the last two weeks. Last week against Carroll County, Burton carried twice for 50 yards and oneQ touchdown. The Vikings, while giving the Cougars the excellent field position, still dominated the entire first half. PC managed but two first downs and Hicks was forced to make some changes at the half. "They were playing us so wjde, we decided to go inside," said Hicks. "I suppose they thought we weren't tough enough to run inside, but I thought we did a pretty good job of moving the ball. We dominated the second half," stated Hicks. It was almost two games in one as the Cougars helo1 the Vikings to only two first downs in the second half and controlled the ball continuously, however, they couldn't seem to make the big play. Pulaski County drove to a fourthand-one at the Northside 24 early in the last quarter, but Harvey was thrown for a yard loss by the tough Viking defensive unit. That drive was followed by the Cougar's deepest penetration and ended when Harvey lost the handle on second-and-goal at the two. But the Vikings could not stand prosperity and on first down, Lawrence committed the only fumble of the night for Northside at the six. It cost his team the game. Northside now stands 5-2-1 on the year, faces Cave Spring Friday. Both teams still have outside chances of gaining the wild card berth in the state playoffs, but a Cougar victory over Salem would eliminate those chances and could send Pulaski County into the playoffs for the first time in school history. 6 Blacksburg girls down Radford's 8th graders Vaughn led all rushers with 141 yards on 17 carries and Blair carried the mail 15 times for 55 yards in a losing cause. Narrows will seek it? ninth straight win at Christiansburg next Friday while Galax travels to, Blacksburg. * Roundup Continued from Page B2 Other than King, Giles' had two scoring opportunities in the first half but came away with nothing. King fumbled away One golden opportunity at the Botetourt nine to stop one threat. Then, Eddie Carr attempted a field goal from the 15. Carr missed his first attempt but a penalty moved the ball to the 10. Carr tried again and missed. However, another penalty moved the ball to the five. Once more, Carr booted the ball and missed as the half ended scoreless. In other area games, Auburn's James Underwood, who set a school record in rushing last week, galloped for 150 yards and scored twice on runs of 13 and 1 to lead the Auburn Eagles to an upset 21-0 over Fries. The loss was Fries' first in the M o u n t a i n Empire District this season, while Auburn improved its record to 2-1, 4-3-1 overall. Auburn's Mike Hodges opened the scoring early after the Eagles ha.d stopped Fries at the Eagle 25. Hodges.' pass to Richard Sheppard for 49 yards gave Auburn a 6-0 lead. Then, Underwood scored in the second and third quarters while Ertzner added three PATs. In the Roanoke Valley District. W i l l i a m Fleming blanked Cave Spring 9-0. Franklin County fell to Martinsville in a non-district affair 42. 0, Patrick Henry routed sixth rankei Beaver High of Bluefield, Wes '• Virginia 27-6 and Phoebus tame< Salem 21-6 Lumeer & Home cenier Sports Briefs "Together We Can Do It Radford's eighth grade girls basketball team saw its winning streak snapped recently when Blacksburg claimed a 40-31 decision in the RHS WE BUY BIG YOU SAVE BIG' RUBBER BACKED MTB:MON.r i«nglB Pacific ROTH VANITIES gym- PAYWRT PAYW TWEED •MXONT Wade with 19 points led Blacksburg, which finished the season undefeated. Pappas with nine, Fleming with five and Greenman with three also ajded the visitors. Leading the Radford unit, which ended the season 10-2 was Manahan with eighth .points, while Radford's leading scorer, Sonja Adams, was held to four points. Blacksburg led 10-6 at the quarter, 21-12 at the half before blitzing to a 34-20 lead after three quarters. With Manahan scoring eight points to lead Radford, Adams, Rutzinski and Amy Wilson collected four apiece and Karen Lee and Kelly Ridpath added three and two points each respectively. SMS*.) '\!!r 52" 1-vr 'M.99 »•»" '« W I » J4" O • PIECE WINDJAMMER LSiUF-SEM\ F7/16 ",4',g WAFERBOARD SHEATHIN6 ' SHAG *! 'Triplt Track" ALUMINUM CARPET STORM 1 WINDOWS ^M v: TREATED LUMBER fc , • r -— _l.*' u M 2- X.4 2 X6 7X8 4 X 4 1X6 j. i.,.;Jirr-.H '• ^^fe-" Mike Garretson scored three goals to lead the Radford University lacrosse team to an 8-6 win over James Madison University Saturday in a scrimmage match played before a large Parents Weekend crowd in Radford. Two of Garretson's goals came in the second period when the Highlanders outscored JMU 3-0 to take a 4-2 lead. Madison cut that lead to a one goal margin three different times in the second half, but each time the Highlanders scored an answering goal to stay on top by two. 1.89 3.37 2.46 4 05 5 99 22' 5.39 7.19 7.39 719 Per W 2" x 4" x ,10*OFF $126 FRAMING LUMBER J-H} \ The Radford University women's volleyball team upped its conference record to 6-1 Saturday with big wins over Western Conference opponents Roanoke and Liberty Baptist. The Highlanders, playing before .a Parents Weekend crowd in the Peters Hall gymnasium, scored 2-0 wins in both matches. They edged Liberty Baptist 16-14,15-13, and downed Roanoke 15-8,15-11. The two wins upped Radford's overall record to 11-8. Roanoke is now 3-4 in the conference and 8-7 overall, while Liberty Baptist is 2-2 and 18-8. 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Athletic injury clinic The Radford Parks & Recreation Department & Radford University will sponsor an Athletic Injury Clinic at the Radford Recreation Dept. gym on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 10:00 to 11:45 a.m. Participating in the clinic will be Miss Ellen Hanley, Head Trainer from Radford University, David Morrissette, Head Trainer from Radford High School and Dr. Stephen Ames, Chairman of the Physical Education Dept. from Radford University. All coaches and parents are invited to attend. There will be an Injury Treatment Clinic & a slide presentation. ^ Refreshments will be served. Continued from Page B2 RT. 99 PULASKI MON.-SAT.8A.M.-9P.M.