PCHS player dies at game

Sunday
91st YEAR
1906-1997
October 19,1997
PCHS player dies at game
By KIM NELSON
SWT Sports Editor
Danny Lee Cook
'DUBLIN — Pulaski County had just lost a
hard fought 8-6 battle to the William Fleming
Colonels on the football field, but that seemed to
matter little at the game's end. The Cougars had
lost much more than a game. Following the Friday night Homecoming affair for the Colonels, the
Cougars learned they had lost a teammate and
friend.
Pulaski County junior Lee Cook was pronounced dead at the Carilion Roanoke Memorial
Hospital after being transported by ambulance
from Victory Stadium with 8:52 left to play in the
second quarter.
Cook, a 6-1, 250 pound lineman, collapsed on
the first play after the Cougars took over the ball
on their first series of the second Quarter.
Medical personnel and trainers rushed immediately to Cook's side. When he failed to respond,
an ambulance was summoned to transport him
on to the hospital, just two minutes away.
" "He was not breathing when'we got to him, and
that's why we rblled him over as quickly as we did.
That started him breathing, but at no point was
he conscious on the field. At the time he was being
loaded into the ambulance, Cook was still breathing on his own and his pupils were responsive to
light. However, he was unresponsive to pain or
kids ;loved Lee. He
had a greafMttude and
i#&s alway$ gmiling. He
w&s a £r®tit offseason
tti0rker\ahcln&ver missed a
workout of practice. He
was often, the first here
and the'last3p leave/
Hicks
verbal stimuli, but his pulse was good," said Cougar team doctor Dixon Williams.
"I'm just glad we were there. At least we gave
him every shot we could on the field. It's just such
an unfortunate'incident, but not a Jot will be
known until results of the autopsy are known," he
added.
The autopsy was performed Saturday at the
Roanoke hospital, but results were not complete
late in the day.
After a 15"-minute delay in the game, Cook,
Road
closure
opposed
Couple,
Prime Time
settle suit
By G. LYLE TEFFT
StaffWriter
DUBLIN — Dublin Town
Council held a public hearing
Thursday night on the proposed
closure of a one-block section of
Dublin Park Road leading from
the Route 100 into the Dublin
Town Center.
Virginia Department of
Transportation officials have
expressed concerns regarding
the intersection of Dublin Park
Road, Newbern Road and Route
100 at what is now the main
entrance to the town center complex.
Closure of the road would
eliminate the most direct access
to the town's new nfunicipal
building. If the road is closed,
the municipal building-—and the
new post office—would have to
be accessed via a loop running
through the town center from
the old Newbern Road and connecting to the northbound lane
of Route 100 just north of the
First National Bank.
.Former Councilman Colbern
Linkous was the only^citizen to
accompanied by his mother, left the field in the
ambulance, and play resumed.
"I thought he was just knocked out. I tried to
talk to him. I said, 'Lee, it's coach. Wake up.' I got
no response, but I didn't really know how seriously he was hurt or what was wrong," said
Cougar Head Coach Joel Hicks.
Williams informed Hicks when he returned to
the field after halftime that Cook had died. "He,
told me, but I hoped that'it wasn't true. We just
tried to finish the game," said Hicks.
Hicks did not inform the players of the tragedy
until he met the team in a closed locker room after
the game. Inside the locker room, players and
coaches were led in the Lord's Prayer by Rev.
Dave Hoagland, pastor of Dublin Baptist Church,
who also added his own prayer for the family and
friends of Cook. .
No one moved to ready themselves for the
journey back to Pulaski County as players and
coaches tried to eomfort each other. Cougar
quarterback Dorian Hendricks, obvipusly upset,
was the first to emerge from the locker room, but
later returned.
He was soon followed by Hicks, shaken and in
tears, who was met at the door by his wife,
Melinda. Roanoke City Police escorted Hicks to
the hospital.
At the hospital, Hicks met with Cook's family
Please see COOK, page A8
Parents blamed rental
company for baby's death
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A Pulaski couple has
settled a suit with a rental company for allegedly
supplying a wobbly stereo cabinet that collapsed
on their 4-month-old son, killing him.
Rather than fight a wrongful-death lawsuit
filed by Mark Bryant and his wife, Vickie, Prime
Time Rental agreed to pay them $215,'000. The
settlement, which still has to be approved next
week in Roanoke Circuit Court, dismisses a law_
0
J. here's no amount of
money that could
compensate parents for the
loss of a child.'
•r-Brent Brown
Passel Of Pumpkins
Stiff photo by J.R. Schradar
This scarecrow appears to be keeping watch over a passel of pumpkins piled high qutside the Pulaski
Kroger store on East Main Street, The pumpkins are destined to be used by buyers for everything from
.pumpkin pies to jack-o-lahterns as Halloween fast approaches.
suit that accused Prime Time of renting a defective stereo and then refusing to fix it under a
warranty.
Although the settlement was less than the $2
million the Bryants initially sued for, their law-
Please see ROAD, page A2
Please see SUIT, page A2
It's dry here now, but
things could get worse
Gatewood, Hogan's water levels are down
By J.R. SCHRADER
StaffWriter
PULASKI — Look for a hot
and dry 1998. That's the prediction of the 1998 edition of Blum's
Fanners and Planters Almanac.
If these predictions hold true,
.water supplies in Pulaski, as
well as across the nation, will be
strained to the limits and beyond.
,
This year, to date, the unusually dry seasons have resulted law enforcement and family serin rain fall accumulations much vice agencies.
'
n
less than the average for this
In the past, many cities have
area.
seen a rise in elderly deaths due
Not only will the high tem- to high summer heat.
peratures affect rainfall^ and
The Town of Pulaski's two wawater supplies, but also crops. ter reservoirs are now down due
It will bring increased consump- to the lack of rain, but officials
tion of electricity for air condi- say that if "we get three days of
tioning, cause increased irrita- • good rain, it is amazing what that
bility in people which means would do."
greater demands for emergency
Pulaski County's average anmedical and medical services, nual rainfall is 40-42 inches. This
year the town filter plant has
recorded 21.47 inches of rain
through September.
"The 10.8 inches of snow we
had the first of the year has
helped immensely," said D,uane
Cox, chief operator at the town's
filtration plant.
Last week Gatewood Reservoir was down just over 14 feet
in the lake that has a capacity of
1.1 billion gallons of water at
full pool.
' Hogan's Dam, southwest of
town off Case .Knife Road, is
down about 15 feet. The capac^
ity there is 330 million gallons
of water at full pool, Cox said
from the filtration^plant on
Randolph Avenue. But, Cox said
Friday that it has been worse.
Cox said, "I Q have seen
Gatewood down about 18 feet.
Three days of good rain would
do wonders, more than people
Please see RAIN, page A2
'
Stiff photo by J.R. Schradw
Duane Cox examines the town's rain gauge
PAGE A8-THE SOUTHWESTT1MES, PULASK1, VA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1997
Bramblett
attorneys
ask for
federal
records
Abby
Continued from page A7
Your mother is wrong. Don't
feel guilty. You are offering a
fair compromise by attending
the family gathering on
Christmas Eve. And yes, you
will want to establish holiday
traditions of your own in the
future. Why not begin now!
DEAR ABBY: The letter
from the woman who
complained about the lack
of women's magazines in
the auto repair waiting
room prompts this letter.
I question whether the
evaluation of a good auto
repair shop depends on the
coffee and reading material
offered. Until recently, we
had a shop where many
mechanics took their cars
to be repaired. The fellow
was honest, but not the
most personable man in the
world. He charged fair
prices and did excellent
work. He didn't take advantage of people who didn't
know much about mechanics, worked very long hours
and died too young.
The new shop in town
provides coffee, pastries,
large-screen television and
the latest magazines.. They
waltz you in, and a man in
a white lab coat comes in to
advise you what they'll
have to do to your car.
Since they jack up the
prices if you look prosperous, it's best to leave your
jewelry at home.
RICHARD W.
KOWALSKI,
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
DEAR RICHARD: You've
made your point. Hpwever, all
things being equal, many
women would prefer to take
their business to a womanfriendly environment.
SALEM, Va. (AP) — Defense
attorneys for capital murder
defendant Earl Bramblett want
quick access to federal records
they sa'y may support their
theory that four members of a
Vinton family were victims of a
drug hit.
Terry Grimes and Mac
Doubles told U.S. District Judge
James Turk on Friday that they
are running out of time to gather
information for their case. The
lawyers asked Turk to order the
release of records' from the Drug
Enforcement Administration
and the Internal Revenue Service.
start photo by Kim Nelson
Grimes and Doubles believe
Pulaskjl County School Superintendent William Asbury (right) speaks to the media during a Saturday afternoon press
those
documents would bolster
conference with area television stations and The Southwest Times in attendance. At left are PCHS Principal Carl
their theory that Teresa and
Lindstrom and head football coach Joel Hicks
Blaine Hodges and their daugho
ters, Winter and Anah, were^ot
killed by Bramblett. They suggest the family was killed because Mrs. Hodges'half-brother,
Continued from page Al
Michael Fulcher, was a federal
grandfather,
Frank
E. drug informant.
and others who had gathered
Rosenbaum of Wytheville; and
Bramblett, a 55-year-old
there. He relayed a message from
several aunts and uncles. He also drifter, has pleaded innocent to
Cook's mother, Regina.
leaves behind his girlfriend, charges of capital murder, first"She's trying to be strong. She
Christie Hurst, of Newbern.
degree murder, arson and firesaid Lee passed away doing
The funeral service will be arm offenses.
something he loved, and she
held Monday at 4 p.m. at the
Firefighters were called to the
would rather see him playing
Dublin United Methodist Church family's home on the morning of
football than doinganythingelse.
with the Rev. R i c h a r d J. Aug. 29, 1994, after a motorist
She asked me to get the message
Patterson and Pastor Mike spotted smoke.' Inside the smolto the team to win the next one
Coleman officiating. Entomb- dering house, they found the
for Lee and to work like he
ment will follow in the Highland four bodies.
worked," said Hicks.
Memory Gardens Mausoleum,
Bramblett was a family friend
Cook was a two-way starter
Fleming postponed it's home- Lindstrom.
who had lived with the family
on both the offensive and defen- coming dance, slated for tonight,
PCHS students are also sched- Dublin.
Pall bearers w i l l i n c l u d e on and off. He was arrested in
sive line for the Cougars. He until next Saturday out of re- uled to take exams this week,
Coach
Hicks,' Cougar football July 1996 in South Carolina.
started on the offensive line last spect for Cook and the Cougars. and there will be a faculty meetThe defense expects the fedyear as a sophomore.
"Never in my 33 years of ing this afternoon at 4 p.m. to players Dorian Hendricks, Craig
"The kids loved Lee. He had a coaching have I had anything talk about the possibility of re- } Hodge and Jamie Rupe, and Jer- eral documents to support testigreat attitude and was always like this to happen. I've not had scheduling them. "They are pres- emy Marion. The entire Cougar mony by a DEA agent that
smiling. He was a great off sea- anyone even seriously injured ently scheduled for Thursday football team will be honorary Fulcher wqrked as a paid informant for the federal government
son worker and never missed a or miss more than one or two and Friday, but could be moved pall bearers.
Continued from page A7
Visitation will be anytime to- for seven years and made many
games,"
said
Hicks.
workout
or
practice.
He
was
ofto
Monday
and
Tuesday
of
the
lenses. I do not. In my view,
day after 3 p.m. at the Dublin enemies. The defense says that
ten the first here and the last to
While word spread of the trag- next week," said Lindstrom.
unconditional love is essential
United Methodist Church, .and Fulcher had two contracts
leave,"
said
Hicks.
edy,
school
officials,
staff
and
Monday
is
currently
a
schedto proper rearing child rearthe family will receive friends placed on his life by drug dealHe
was
replaced
on
the
offenpersonnel
worked
throughout
uled
work
day
for
teachers
and
ing, but idealistic sentiment
from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the ers.
sive
line
by
Todd
Coe
and
defenFriday
night
and
Saturday
that cou)d be moved to Nov. 3.
encumbers one's ability to act
church, located at 424 East Main
Turk said he would rule by
morning
to
help
players,
stusively
by
Shay
McMillan
on
FriThe
state
band
festival
was
in a child's best interest. To be
Street, Dublin, arid anytime Monday, when opening statedents
and
friends
deal
with
day
night.
held
Saturday
in
Dobson
Stamore concrete, I don't enjoy
Contrary to rumors, no fla- Cook's death.
dium after an attempt by the Monday at the church until the ments are set to begin in
making children unhappy, but
Brarnblett's trial.
grant
or
late
hit
was
the
cause
of
'The
coaches
are
doing
okay.
school system to cancel it. "It is hour of service.
I accept the necessity of
In lieu of flowers, the family
"If the government has inforCook's
death,
according
to
Hicks,
My
heart
just
goes
out
to
the
a
state
event
and
18
bands
were
occasionally doing so. Permisrequests that those desiring to mation thaft would be beneficial
after
review
of
the
game
film.
players
and
Leer's
family.
The
participating.
Buses
had
already
sive/romanttc parents have
"I didn't see anything on film players were just devastated been leased and bands on their remember Cook do so by direct- to the defense, it seems to me
great difficulty—if they are
out
of the ordinary. It was a Friday night," said Hicks.
way early this morning. There ingcontributions to the Lee Cook there would be some way he
ever able to do it at all—
clean, hard fought fot>tball game
A group of guidance counse- were four sites around the state Football Memorial Scholarship ought to be able to have it,"
making children unhappy,
lors,
school board members, at which the festivals were be- Fund at Pulaski County_ High Turk said during the hearing.
with
no
unsportsman-like
conregardless of the situation.
, Assistant U.S. Attorney John
duct,"
remarked
Hicks.
"The
auteachers
and others met with ing held. The state band director School. Donations can be sent to
They'll do anything to avoid
-PCHS, Attn. Lee Cook Fund, Corcoran, contended that the
topsy
is
incomplete
at
this
time,
band
members,
cheerleaders,
felt
like
if
we
tried
to
cancel
it
at
being seen by their children as
but there was no head trauma. players and coaches upon their this late hour, it would have been 5414 Cougar Trail Road, Dublin, defense's request is a fishing
"bad guys." Baumrind found
expedition.
We'll just have to wait and see return to PCHS Friday night. a disaster because some bands VA 24084.
that in so doing, they fail to
"We've tried $ accommodate
what
the
results
show.
We
The
effort
will
continue
Monday
were
already
on
the
road.
We
establish firm limits (i.e.,
There will be no visitation at (the defense) and told them there
watched
the
film
and
backed
it
as
counselors,
psychologists,
agreed
to
have
it
and
dedicated
letting their children set their
up several plays to see if there teachers, staff and administra- the festival to Lee," explained the funeral home. Bower Funeral are no records of threats, withown bedtimes, choose their
Chapel, Pulaski is handling the out confirming or denying there
were any "signs that Lee was tion will be available to meet Asbury.
own food, etc.) and their
1
are records," Corcoran told Turk.
having
any
kind
of
problems,
and
with
students.
PCHS
Principal
The Cougar band had the op- arrangements.
children, as a, consequence, are
we
saw
nothing
to
indicate
thaj
Carl
Lindstrom
will
address
the
tion.of
participating
or
not,
and
more prone to the sort of social
he was not perfectly normal," issue Monday morning on the according to Lindstrom early
difficulties that come from
informed Hicks.
school's public address system. Saturday, he felt like they were
lacking self-control. In short,
Pulaski
County
School
Super"Lee was a super team mem- leaning toward taking part in it.
permissive parents fail to see
intendent
Dr.
William
Asbury
ber
and always put the team "Sometimes it's better if the stuthat firm discipline results in
first.
He was well-liked by ev- dents are kept busy and active
reiterated
that
fact.
"It
was
unless of a need to discipline and
fortunate
that
television
press
eryone,"
said Lindstrom.
at a time like this," he said.
OCTOBER 27, 1997
creates, therefore, a more
implied
that
the
hit
he
took
was
PSAT
testing was set to be
Cook was born April 21,1981
relaxed, thus affectionate,
the reason he went down. I know b,eld at Pulaski County High and was the son of Regina R.
6:OO PW - a:OO P
climate between parent and
the Fleming player is hurting, School on Saturday and the tests Cook of Dublin and Danny L.
child. •.
too. The staff has reviewed the were not canceled.
CookSr. ofRadford.
BRINKI.EY FURF EDUCATION Bvao
Over the more than two
film
and
it
was
a
good,
clean
"These
tests
are
important
His passion was football and
AT COLUMBIA PUUASOT Cowmjwrrv HOSPITAL
decades I've been writing this
block and just normal line play," and we couldn't ask that all stu- he wore number 77 as a member
column, I've noticed that
|}e said.
dents lose out on the experience of the Cougar varsity football
ACES: UP TO 6 YEARS OLD
permissive parents share a
"The
school
board
and
central
because
the test can put a stu- team and also participated in
tendency to justify their
office staff joins the rest of the dent in position to get scholar- track at PCHS. Cook loved muapproach to child rearing by
community in' heart felt sympa- ships and help them find out sic, took voice lessons and was a
demoriizing those of us who
thy for Cook's family and friends. where they need to concentrate. member of the PCHS advanced
are more pragmatically
Bring your Trick
He was an outstanding young A majority of the students did concert choir. He was a member
inclined. It did not, therefore,
man and an outstanding repre- attend, but some were emotional of the Dublin United Methodist
or Treat bag, and
surprise or offend that one of
sentative of this school and his and were told that they did not Church and the youth choir.
my Spokane critics characterteam. It has just been devastat- have to take the test. However,
wear your cosIn addition to his parents, he
ized my advice as
ing to us as it has to everyone all the youngsters that showed is survived by one sister,
"stereotypically male, meditume if ou like.
else," added Asbury.
up did take the test," stated Michelle Cook of Emory; his
eval, and dangerous." The
begging question becomes: Is
there evidence to the effect
that children fare poorly in the
care of males or that medieval
parents were generally hurtful? The answer is no, twice.
With regard to my supposed
gender-blinders, of the 6 proRosemond letters printed by
the Spokesman-Review, 4
u were from women.
I'm reminded of a quote
opened fire in Arnold's, a popu- club was sparked by a dispute
from "Oscar Wilde: "If you
lar college nightspot.
over a woman.
cannot answer a man's arguSparky the Dem
Neither
officer
was
injured.
Richard Bullard, 30, of
ment, do not panic. You can
"The
plainclothes
officer
had
Vince & Larrv
Florida, was fatally shot in the
always call him names."
his weapon drawn and pointed attack. His friend, Paul ShoePick up the Pun
in the direction of the uniformed maker, 29, of Mississippi, was
9fficer," police paid in a state- shot and wounded. Both men
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) ment. released Thursday. "Be- were part of a group celebratPin the Smile
— An officer who fired on a lieving he was in imminent dan- ing a wedding.
P u m k i n Toss
plaincloth.es officer in the af- ger and based on the circumLeon Scales, 24, and his
termath of a fatal nightclub stances known at the instant of brothers,, Terry and Kerry
shooting did nothing wrong, decision-making, the uniformed Scales, both 23, have been
the police department ruled. officer who .fired his weapon charged with first-degree murThe uniformed officer mis- acted reasonably and pru- der, malicious wounding and
took the plainclothes 6fficer dently."
use of a firearm to commit a
Police said the shooting in the felony.
for a suspect on Aug. 31 and
Cook
'T
L didn't see anything on film out of
the ordinary. It was a clean, hardfought football game with no
unsportsman-like conduct.'
—Joel Hicks
Rosemond
BAZAAR
Following fatal nightclub shooting
Blacksburg P.D. rules:
Officer was justified
Three brothers
were Charged in
the Aug. 31 death
of a Florida man
GAMES:
ENCARE
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Scoreboard
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B3
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Pujaski, VA 24301
Colonels win big clash
Cougars
fall 8-6 in
tragic game
for PCHS
Kim Nelson
Happy to
have 'boys
of summer'
returning
Looks like baseball is
back. Glad to Bee, that the
Texas Rangers will return
to Pulaski for the 1998
Appalachian League season.
Obviously.'there are some
aspects of the deal which
need to be worked out in
order for a long term deal to
be secured, but^hopefully'
those items can be handled."
The group of young men ,
and coaches-were a definite
plus to the community this
past summer! They gave, of
their time to visit VHth local
youngsters at such places as
the YMCA, attended com- ,
munity functions and signed
autographs; and were
generally good-natured <•
about most of the requests
made of them. >
Pitching coach Lee Tunnell gave his testimony >\
at'a local church during the
'
jiately.Pulasia Baseball,
Inc. member Tom Compton
informed the newspaper ;
that the members of the
coaching staff have been
reassigned to other places .
for 1998.
It took a lot Of vw>rk from
a lot of people,to make last
season a successful one. It'
will take that same effort
agajn, especially if the
agreement becomes a longterm one.
•-Speaking of baseball.
So much for having a team
By KIM NELSON
SWT Sports Editor
ROANOKE - A Homecoming
victory for William Fleming
turned into a tragedy for Pulaski
County Friday night as the Colonels edged the Cougars 8-6 in a
what turned out to be more than
a loss on the gridiron for Pulaski
County. ••
The game was scoreless in
the second quarter when with
8:52 left in the first half, Cougar
tackle Lee Cook was injured on
the first play after William
Fleming turned the ball over to
the Cougars on downs.
After approximately a 15
minute delay while doctors and
trainers worked with Cook, he
was transported to Cariliort
Roanoke Memorial Hospital by
ambulance. He was pronounced
dead at the hospital.
The game continued in somewhat of a somber mood with
many wondering about the con.dition of the 6-1, 250 Ib. junior
lineman.
Photo by Troy Server
Cougar safety Dorian Hendricks (15) goes after Fleming star running back Lee Suggs (22)
Please see COUGARS, page B2
Virginia
gets past
Duke, 13-10
on field goal
Marlins
get off to
good start
in WS, 7-4
CHARLOTTESVILLE,
Va. (AP) — In six games this
season, Dwayne Stukes has established himself as perhaps the
best playmaker on Virginia.
Not bad for a sophomore defensive back.
Stukes added to his already
impressive accomplishments
Saturday, strippingtheball from
Duke tight end Terrence Dupree ,
at the end of a 32-yard gain and
Seides; qranj^d, Bering, v/- giving Virginia the possession
vfor,the Braves W$B getting' >x
that led to a 13-10 victory. •
old,; but it was this writer's ,
"I don't think he was expecting me to go for the ball," said
Atla|i|a;a|id'BaltimQrte fpr ^ . Stukes. "I think he thought' I
the dha^jonflhip, It would
was going to go for his legs or
have .Weft nice to^seelCal
something."
RipKen^alii another .World
Dupree said he was switching
1
Series to his accomplish- ,
hands when Stukes hit him, and
ments before he retires. <
the result, only fortified Stukes'
When the playoffs began,
reputation as a guy who makes
only six percent of baseball
things happen.
In Virginia's season-opener,
he blocked a punt for a safety.
The next week, he returned a
fumble on the first play for a
touchdown. And the following
week, he scooped up a fumble
and only 12 percent , and again took it for a TD.
thought the Indians could
big play gave Virginia
•"*''"•' '< theStukes'
ball at its own 43, and it took
A^cor<dwg to, the survey,
the Cavaliers nine plays — inAtlanta and Baltimore fans
cluding one that left Duke coach
were the most cockiest as 85
Fred Goldsmith livid — to move
percent of Braves fajjs i '
into range for John Allen Robexpected & World .Series.title erts' 29-yard field goal.
as did 61 percent of Oriole
The controversial play came
with 4:34 left when Roanoke na'- ^Cougartenjttis placer .
tive Chris Combs sacked Aaron
PriyaAcharyadoaedout ,
n Brooks for a 3-yard loss at the
herbjgh^poj.t^ttnis "'
Blue Devil's 28, setting up an
career thi? past week. ;'
apparent 45-yard field goal atUnfortunately, an injury
tempt by Roberts. But after the
prohibited her jfirom Ijkely
play, Combs made a salute sign
,
on the field; drawing a 15-yard
Valley District uidividual
unsportsmanlike conduct flag
singles title,
that instead gave Virginia a 1stT»A»v/T»«1f j****i&y*'t* ??r T*&*'V'
and-10 at the Duke 14.
player in the dietrict; still
Four plays later, Roberts
had an outstanding fo^r.
kicked the game-winner.
year career duriiig which
Goldsmith was still furious
she played in the district
after the game, Duke's 14th
singles championship all,
straight Atlantic Coast ConferHfouir years.
ence loss since it beat Wake Forest in 1995.
"I got an unsatisfactory explanation from one guy and the
other guys agreed with me," he
said of the officials. "The'game
was played by two great defenf
Pieaae see CAVS, page B2
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c
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,
»UH photo b> Kim N»l«on
Members of the 1997 Cougar golf team are front (L-R), Chris Terwilliger, Kellen
Wohlford, Danny McKittrick, Daniel Goff, Webb Donald; back (L-R), Matt Manswell,
Justin Haynes, Brandon Hughett, Steven Thompson and coach Butch White.
S /ars nii^s
at state tournament
By KIM NELSON
i County
High School missed being possibly rep?eseijtejd in the Group
AAA state golf tournament by
just one stroke, on Monday as
tw^Cou^afUnkstersconipeted
•in! (the, Northwest Region golf
Donald and
or
e "
go}f tournament held
at AnuSerst County's Winton
Country! ,Gjub. Donald posted
"We had a good
season. Our
finishing position
might have made
it seem otherwise,
but the team
improved over the
season and Tm
proud of their
efforts*"
-Butch White
Cougar gfrlf
coach
Donald,' the Cougars' tintyr
state qualifier from a year ago
as a freshman, shot the.exact
same score a the Winton course
as he did in 1096. "Last year,
Webb shot a 76 and it was good
enough to put him in a threeway playoff for two state berths
and he took one of them. This
year, it was one shot away
from putting him in a sevenway 'playoff for two state,
berths," informed White. . ,C.D. Hylton captured the.
fWR crown and Hylton's Mike
Hart was the medalist with a
five-under-par 66. Hylton finished With a 287 which was
three-over-par for four play->
era combined.
. , Eight teams and 24 addi-.
tional individual players comp^t^d in the regiontournament
for a.total of 72 golfers.
•^.Patrick Henry finished secb]b4 and Cave Spring was fifth.
Franklin 'County sophomore
^latt Chandler qualified for
Stftte competition as an indiv
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MIAMI (AP) - Once again,
the Florida Marlins got off to a
great start against Orel
Hershiser.
The 5-year-old Marlins made
child's play of the World Series
opener, getting back-to-back
home runs by Moises Alou and
Charles Johnson and a nice effort by rookie Livan Hernandez
to beat the Cleveland Indians 74 Saturday night.
In doing so, Florida picked on
a familiar foe.
,.It was Hershiser whom the
Marlins beat in their very first
game as an expansion team, back
on April 5,1993, when he pitched
for Los Angeles. And now, in the
biggest game in franchise history, they got him again.
Ro*bb Nen, the fourth Marlins
pitcher, worked out of a first and
second jame in the ninth for a
save. His fastball was clocked at
102 mph as he struck out Jim
Thome and Sandy Alomar Jr. to
give manager Jim Leyland a win
in his first Series game.
A Marlins' record crowd of
67,245 dressed in teal at Pro
Player Stadium saw Alou's
three-run homer and Johnson's
upper-deck shot in the fourth
inning put Florida ahead 5-1.
An inning after Alou and
Johnson became the 11th set of
teammates to hit consecutive
homers, Jeff Conine finished the
39-year-old Hershiser with an
RBI single. In that 1993 opener,
Conine went 4-forr4 in the win
over the October ace.
While Hershiser, was tagged
for a Series record-tying seven
earned runs, the 22-year-old
Hernandez stayed in control. He
became only the fifth ropkie to
win a Series opener —
Philadelphia's Bob Walk did it
, last in 1980 — and showed the
poise that enabled him to strike
out 15 in Game 5 against At-, lanta in becoming MVP of the
NLCS.
Florida followed its pattern of
quick starts this year. The Marlins won their first 11 spring
' training games, won three in a
row to begin the regular season
Please see WS, page B3
PAGEBB-THESOUTHWEStTlMES, PULASKI, VA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1997
Penn St. survives;
LSU falls after wins
Teams can't
avoid letdown
following big
victories
,-,
Photo by Troy Server
Cougar head coach Joel Hicks (L) and assistant coach Paul Wheeler discuss the
game plan during Friday night's game
v
Cougars
Continued from page Bl
Stat Sheet
The Cougars scratched the
Scoreboard first as Cougar de3 0 0 3 6
fensive back Kwasi intercepted P.C.
a Sherman Lea pass on the Colo- W.F. 0 0 0 8 8
nels' 31 yard line at the 6:25 P.C. - Ashworth 24 yd. F.G. '4:01
mark.
Cougar fullback Craig Hodge 2nd.
raced 16 yards to the Colonel 15 P.C. - Ashworth 33 yd. F.G. 11:55
, yard line. He picked up one more 4th.
yard oh the next play before W.F. - Suggs 4 yd. run. Gill 2 pt.
Cougar quarterback »Dorian cent. 3:11 4th.
Hendricks hit Hodge on a fiveoyard pass to the nine.
P.C.
W.F.
A penalty against Pulaski
1st Downs
4
10
County pushed the ball back to Rushing
29-73
48-245
the 14. A personal foul penalty Passing C-A-I
5-8-0
1-4-1
against the Colonels gave the Passing Yds.
9
8
Cdugars the ball on the seven.
Total Yds.
82
253
On fourth-and-two, Cougar
9
65
coach Joel Hicks called in the Return Yds.
5-35.6
2-32.5
field goal unit. Pulaski County Punting
Penalties •
3-25
7-52
kicker Cameron' A s h w o r t h
Fumhles-Lost
0-0
2-2
booted a 24 yard field goal for a
3-0 Cougar lead with 4:01 on the
Rushing
clock. That's how it would stand
P.C. - Hodge 16-53, Scott 7-16,
at the break.
Yates 1-6, Hendricks 4-minus 2.
"Late in the third quarter, W.F. - Suggs 25-119, Word 16Pulaski County forced a fumble
101, Gill 3-13, Hardy 1-12^ Lea 1which Cougar linebacker Jerome minus 1.
"
Thomas recovered on the
Passing
Fleming 36 after a completed
pass to Fleming fullback J.R. P.C. - Hendricks 5-8-0 9 yds.
W.F.-Lea 1-5-1 8yds.
Word from Lea.
Receiving
Pulaski County z-back Nick
Yates picked up six yards on the P.C. - Hodge 4-17, Scott 1 -minus 8.
next play to the 30. After failing W-F.-Hankiasl-8.
to gain ground on the second
play of series, Scott added anHodge would recover another
other six yards to put the Cougars on the Fleming 24 yard line. Fleming fumble later in the quarOn the next three plays, ter, but to no avail as the CouHodge went a1 combined nine gars lost yardage and failed to
'yards on two runs and a four- pick up a first->down.
Colonel standout tailback Lee
yard pass from Hendricks. That
set up a fourth-and-one which Suggs who had rushed for 1,070
'• brought out Ashworth as the yards in Fleming's first six games
and scored 14 touchdowns, with
quarter ended.
Ashworth connected on a 33- the help of Word, would go to
yard field goal with ll:55tleft in work.
Word broke lose for^a 45 yard
, the game to give the Cougars a
run to the Cougar 27. Suggs
6-0 advantage.
Mattiace tops
Disney field
*V*,
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.
(AP) — Len Mattiace shot a 7under-par 65 on Saturday at the
Disney Golf Classic, giving him
a chance to do what neighbor
David Duval accomplished last
week — win his first PGA Tour
event.
Mattiace played a bogey-free
round at the Magnolia course in
a light but steady rain. At 18un'der 198, he has a two-stroke
Jead over Duval.
Payne Stewart, the leader after the first two rounds, putted
for birdie 16 times but only got
two of them to fall in a round of
70 that left him at 201, along
with Dan Forsman.
Defending champion Tiger
Woods had a 70 and was nine
strokes back at 207.
u
l knew I had it going today,"
said Mattiace, who has just one
bogey in three rounds. "I got out
of the way and didn't try too
hard."
He said that will be the key on
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...
Sunday, the first time in his two
years or\ tour that he has played
in the final group.
The closest he has come to
winning was last year at the
Buick Challenge, which was
shortened to 36 holes because of
weekend rain and came down to
a playoff among five players
Sunday afternoon.
Michael Bradley won after
Mattiace missed a 12-foot birdie
putt.
With the pro-am out of the
way, the final round will be
played at Magnolia. Stewart,
who lost by one stroke last year,
will be in the.final group again.
Allen Doyle, who last year
became the oldest PGA Tour
rookie ever,at 47, was the only
one among the leaders who
played the easier Lake Buena
Vista course. He shot a 66 and
was at 202 with Bill Glasson,
Phil Blackmar and Frank
Lickliter.
would add 21 yards on the next
three plays to bring the ball to
rest on the six yard line. Running back Demare Gill pushed
the ball two yards before Suggs
took it in to even the score at 66.
Suggs turned in 119 yards
rushing on 25 carries and Word
tallied 101 yards on 16 carries.
Colonel coach George .Miller
showed confidence in his offense
as he opted to go for the twopoint conversion when a PAT
would have given his squad the
lead. Gill ran it in for. the final
margin of victory.
"It wasn't pretty. We made
far too many mistakes against a
good team like Pulaski County. I
think our guys showed character in coming from behind late in
the game," remarked Miller.
The Cougars forced three
Colonel turnovers/ while comm i t t i n g n o n e themselves.
Fleming was flagged for seven
penalties for 52 yards, while the
Cougars were penalized three
times for 25 yards.
Fleming held the Cougars to
just four first downs, while picking up 10 of its'own.
"Our defense played extremely well, but our offense was
not as consistent has it has been
in past games. My hat is off to
Pulaski County because they
played extremely well." he
added.
. "The guys playeo! hard and
gave a great effort. They didn't
make many mistakes. We held
them time after time. If we could
have kept them from scoring the
conversion, I think it would have
gone to overtime and we could
have won," remarked Hicks.
"That's why I went for the two
field goals. I knew we had a shot
at them not scoring the extra
point, but then they went for two
and got it. We played well up to
that point," he added.
Hodge finished th,e night with
53 yards on 16 carries, while
. Scott chipped in 16 yards on just
seven carries.
After hearing of the death of
Cook, Miller added, "It was a
win, but right now I'm upset
that a player lost his life in this
game. My heart goes out to the
family and team and our prayers
are with them," he continued.
The last time W i l l i a m
Fleming beat Pulaski County in
Roanoke was Oct. 9, 1987 when
the Colonels knocked off the
Cougars 28-14. The victory puts
the Colonels in the driver's seat
in the race for the district'title.
The Cougars are trying to capture their seventh straight RVD
crown.
"We have some really tough
games coming up, but it's just
hard to think about that right
now. I'm-not sure at this point if
we have a shot at making the
playoffs or not. We'll have to
wait and see," said Hicks
The Cougars will have a weejc
off, which under the circumstances, will be a help to the
' team. In two weeks.'the Cougars,
will travel back to Victory Stadium to face Patrick Henry. The
Patriots lost 22-19 to Cave
Spring, The Colonels will battle
the Knights next week.
(AP)-Penn State and LSU
wanted to avoid letdowns after
emotional victories last week.
Neither did.
Ohio State and Florida
wanted to bounce back after
losses last week. Both did.
No. 1 Penn State had to score
twice in the fourth quarter to
beat lowly Minnesota 16-15 Saturday and keep alive its hopes
for a national championship.
"It was a win. You shouldn't
apologize for it," coach Joe
Paterno said one week after the
Nittany Lions beat Ohio State.
LSU, coming off an upset of
previous No. 1 Florida, wasn't
as fortunate, losing 36-21 at
home to Mississippi.
"We were e m o t i o n a l l y
drained," LSU cornerback Cedric
Donaldson said. "Guys just
weren't into it this week like
they were last week."
No. 7 Florida, playing without suspended quarterback Doug
Johnson, used a smothering defens^e to shut down No. 6 Auburn
24-10..
Penn State came out flat but
survived thanks to two touchdowns by Curtis Enis and a late
Minnesota t u r n o v e r . Chris
Snyder's fumble recovery set up
Enis' game-winning, 10-yard
touchdown run with 3:59 to play.
"It was like a gift from God,"
linebacker Jim Nelson said. "You
couldn't think of a more perfect
time for those things to happen.
Sometimes championship teams •
get lucky."
The Nittany Lions (6-0, 3-0
Big Ten) overcame a 15-3 lead
that Minnesota (2-5, 0-3) built
on field goals of 52, 23, 32, 50
and 33 yards by Adam Bailey.
"They (the players) were fortunate it was a win.. I hope they
learn from it," Paterno said.
At Lincoln, Neb., Ahman
Green ran for 178 yards and a
touchdown and the Cornhuskers'
defense recorded its first shutout of the season.
Green led a powerful Nebraska (6-0) rushing attack, as
the Cornhuskers rolled up 400
yards on the day, just below their
401-yard average.
Nebraska held Texas Tech to
127 yards and allowed the Red
Raiders out of their own territory only once in the first 39
minutes of the game.
No. 3 Florida St. '38,
No. 21 Georgia Tech 0
At Tallahassee, Fla., Thad
Busby threw for 399 yards and
three touchdowns and Travis
Minor raced 27 yards for a score
as Florida State overcame a lethargic start.
College
Foootball
who was sacked nine times,
fumbled twice and threw an interception.
Mississippi 36, LSU 21
At Baton Rouge, La., John
Avery ran for two touchdowns
and Stewart Patridge passed for
two in the Rebels' upset.
Ole Miss took advantage of a
flat LSU (5-2, 3-2 Southeastern
Conference), shutting out the
Tigers in the second half and
outgaining them Tigers 488-391.
No. 10 Washington 58,
Arizona 28
At Tucson, Ariz., Brock Huard
passed for three touchdowns and
Rashaan Shehee ran for two
more, i n c l u d i n g a 62-yard
breakaway in the third quarter.
Washington (5-1) also had an
89-yard return of the opening
kickoff by freshman Ja'Warren
Hooker on his first touch of the.
ball as a Husky and a 91-yard
interception' return for a score
by Jermaine Smith.
No. 11 Ohio St. 31,
Indiana 0
At Columbus, Ohio, Michael
Wiley ran for one touchdown and
threw for another and Ohio
State's defense did not allow
Indiana inside the Buckeye 30.
Defensive lineman Clinton
Wayne added a 38-yard interception return for a touchdown
and llth-ranked Ohio State (61) held Indiana to 179 total yards.
Northwestern 19,
No. 12 Michigan State 17
At Evanston, 111., Adrian
Autry burned the nation's
fourth-ranked rushing defense
for 175 yards and Northwestern
blocked a 28-yard field goal with
5 seconds left as the Wildcats
dealt the Spartans (5-1) their
first loss.
Northwestern snapped a fourgame losing streak and earned
its first conference victory after
winning back^to-back titles.
The game came down to the
last play, when a leaping
Anwawn Jones blocked Chris
Gardner's kick, just his second
miss from inside 30"yards.
No. 20 Kansas St. 36,
No. 14 Texas A&M 17
At Manhattan, Kan., Michael
Bishop led three second-half
scoring drives fueled by the running of Mike Lawrence.
Bishop left the game with an
injured left leg late in the second
quarter. He returned at the start
of the second half, but the Wildcats (5-1 overall, 1-1 Big 12)
turned to a passing attack and
, the running of-Lawrence, who
finished with 105 yards on 20
carries.
Texas A&M (5-1,2-1 Most lead-
Florida State raft up 587 yards'
while limiting Georgia Tech to
144 yards and eight first downs.
The Seminoles (6-0, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) didn't
get into Georgia Tech territory
until the final two minutes of
the first half, but then scored on
three straight drives to finish off
the Yellow Jackets (4-2, 3-1
ACC).
No. 5 Michigan 28,
No. 15 Iowa 24
At Ann Arbor, Mich., Brian
Griese, whose three first-half
interceptions put Michigan (60) in a 21-7 hole, threw for three
touchdowns and ran for another
to lead the comeback.
Michigan's defense, which
went into the game ranked first
nationally having allowed just
5.2 points per game, held Iowa
(4-2) to 187 total yards and just
three points after halftime. But
that almost wasn't enough to
overcome four turnovers, a
blocked punt, a punt return for a
touchdown and a 72-yard kickoff return.
No. 7 Florida 24,
No. 6 Auburn 10
At Auburn, Ala., former walkon Noah Brindise passed for one
Continued from page Bl
touchdown and wide receiver,
Jacquez
Green scored three
sive teams and as far as I'm.
times,
keeping
Florida's title
concerned,-it ended in a tie."
hopes
alive.
For Virginia (4-2, 3-1 ACC) t
In handing the Tigers (6-1,3which has lost to No. 6 Auburn
and No. 4 North Carolina, its 1 SEC) their first loss of the
third straight victory came de- season, the Gators (6-1, 4-1)
stayed on track for a record-tyspite five turnovers.
The victory also made George ing fifth straight Southeastern
Welsh the career leader with 67 Conference title.
Freshman Jesse Palmer was
ACC victories, one more than
benched
after, throwing, his sec-1
former Clemson coach Frank
Howard. Welsh improved to 67- ond interception early in the
Please see COLLEGE, page B3
41-3 in the ACC in 16 seasons at third quarter with the score tied
Virginia. Overall, he's 109-70-3. at 10. Brindise and Fred Taylor,
"The hard part's coming up," who rushed for 140 yards, led
Welsh said, referring to the Florida 97 yards for the godhead
Cavaliers home game against score.
Florida harassed Auburn
No. 3 Florida State next week.
quarterback
>Dameyune Craig,
Virginia is the only ACC to have
beaten the Seminoles, that triumph coming here two years ago.
Like Goldsmith, Welsh was
Continued from page Bl
•Vib'ram 'lui! sole and
not a happy coach after this
.heel. Camhrclle B--4DO
game, which featured two ter- vidual with a 73.
Thiiittilalc protection
rible interceptions thrown by
"We had a good season. Our
,v I'roni cokl. Skip in.
Brooks, a series of fumbled snaps finishing position might have
and an inability to run the ball made it seem' otherwise, but the
against the ACC's worst defense. team improved over the season
"You shouldn't play that bad," and I'm proud of their efforts.
Welsh said. "Ever."
Again, this was good experience
Brooks finished 19-for-28 for for Webb," said White.
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