Hendricks leads Cougars over Colonels

I3BB2BSIFTMES;BPULASKI- VA.. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 8.1989-PAGE A13
Hendricks leads Cougars over Colonels
BY DAN CALLAHAN
SWT Sports Editor
task fortunately
fnrtnnotnlw its
ito noffense
ffn~c,~ .was, -„
task,
as
Pulaski County High School .remained undefeated with a hard earROANOKE-- On a night when its ned, 34-20 victory over Roanoke .Valdefense was obviously riot up to the ley District rival William Fleming in
Victory Stadium Friday night.
The Cougar defense could not stop
the run, and had considerable
trouble handling the pass too. Fleming finished the game with 22 first
PC
0
20
0 . 14
34
WF
3
7
3
7
downs, PCHS only eight. The
20
Scoring Plays
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Colonels had 16 first downs in the
PC - Stigger, 3-run, Powell kick,
second half, to only two for the Cou11:45 2nd.
gars.
Hendricks, 8-run, conv. foiled, 8:13
But the Colonels also faced one
2nd.
obstacle they were helpless to stop
Davis, 3-run, Powell kick, 11:14 2nd.
Hendricks, 80-run, Powell kick, 8:25
as well, Pulaski County tailback
4th
'Kirk Hendricks, who used considerStigger, 52-nm, Powell kick, -18 4th.
ably fewer carries to outduel FleWF - Spangler, 21-FG, 4:35 1st
ming's Larry Basham.
Basham, 74-run, Spongier kkfc, 7:28
Hendricks carried the football
2nd.
only 15 times for a .whopping 221
Spangler, 29-FG, 6:09 3rd.
yards. It was the .first time in PCHS
Beard, 5-pass from Stuart, Spangler
kick, 4:18 4th.
school history a running back has
PC
WF
ever gone over 200 yards in a single
1ST DOWNS
22
8
game.
RUSHINGYDS.
313
263
Hendricks likely also led his team
PASSING (A-C-I)
5-1-1 24-16-1
in
tackles, and also ran, back five
PASSINGYDS.
-42
.178 '
TOTAL YDS.
kickoffs for 105 yards, and lost over
360
441
RETURN YDS..
105
46
40 yards on another due to a penPUNTING
5.34.8 3.30.7
alty, as well as having a 25-yard run
FUMBLES
1.0
from scrimmage nullified because of
PENALTIES
7-68
3-30
a clip.
IntL Stats
Pulaski County finished with 360
Rushing:
yards of total offense and numerous
PC - Hendricks 15-221, Stigger
13-79, Sheppard 2-12, Crouse 1-1,
big plays, but. still won after surrenDavis 2-5.
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dering 441 .yards to the Colonels,
WF - Basham 25-196, Turner ll*4fl,
easily the most allowed in any game
Stuart 2 - minus 1, Smith 4-22.
during
Joel Hicks' 11-year tenure as
Passing:
head coach.
PC - Sheppard 5-1-1-42 yds.
Basham had to work harder (25
WF- Stuart 24-15-1-1 78 yds.
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Receiving;
carries) to gain 196 yards, but he
PC- Jones 1-42.
played only offensively, and got conWF - Hubbard 7-74, Beard
siderable help from- quarterback
Moore 2r25, Noel 1-17,
Aaron Stuart who connected on 15 of
24 passes for 178 yards and a touch- .
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Staff photo by Tim Duncan
Cougar coach Joel Hicks happy with the win as he
greets Fleming coach Sherley Stuart
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Pulaski County's Kirk Hendricks sidesteps a Fleming Opponent
'down.
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The two teams combined for 801
yards of total offense. Counting rer
turn yards, the two teams totaled
952 yards, an astounding total for a
program such as Pulaski County
who takes considerable pride in its
Defensive performance.
j! Fleming gained more yards than
. three of Pulaski County's previous
opponents combined.
Such • numbers also indicate
however, that^ this Cougar .team can
-outscore~ari^pponent if necessary;
Coming into .the game, PCHS was
allowing'only~2,0-points per-game to
its (opponents, had posted three shutouts, and its first unit defense was
unscored upon.
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"I didn't know what to ^expect,"
said Hicks, "but I certainly" didn't
expect that."
.
:
"The game concerned me. Fleming
had been hurting themselves with
mistakes all .season. They didn't
make them tonight. No. question,
they had been waiting on us. Fleming put -its season on the line tonight. :
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Staff photo by Tim Duncan
"They had an excellent game plan.
would appear to have a great future,
to as
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fullback
They spread us out with the quick
he's only a sophomore.
fnald Turner gained 46 yards on
pass to the flat, and that'gave them , Counting kickoff returns, Hen- .
11 carries for the Colonels.
room to pitch the ball to Basham. At
dricks covered 326 yards of real esThe game began as no other so far
'times, it almost seemed like we
tate,' and averaged 14.7 yards a
this season, for Pulaski Co. Shepcarry.
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.
didn't have anybody on the corners.
pard. suffered his first interception
•Their quarterback also had his best
. "Fleming wasn't ready to handle • 6h the opening possession of the
game ever. I give a lot of credit to
the option. On one side they would' game. Twelve . plays later Chris
Fleming, and (coach) Sherley
cover me arid let Tommy go (ShepSpangler kicked a 21-yard field goal
Stuart, but the main thing is we
pard, quarterback). On the other . to put the Colonels on top, 3-0, It
won. We.took their best shot, and
side .they would cover Tommy, and
marked the first time all season that
still won," said Hicks.
give me the corner."
the Cougars had trailed in a game,
"I talked with John-(Stigger,4ull-— and-it was ironic that Spangler tur"I thought it was a great, football
game," said Stuart. "It was our best
back) about maybe both of us getting. ned'the trick. It was he who missed
100 yards in a game, but it's unbeoffensive game of the year, but
a short field goaf_that would have
maybe our worst defensive- game. I lievable to me that l.'got'that many
defeated PCHS last season.
yards rushing in one game." '
guess both te.ams feel that way. I'm
Pulaski Co. came right back, and.
proud of my kids. They loaded up,
"I know Basham is tired! I've
moved 78. yards, overcoming two
never;been this tired after a game. It
and gave .it all they had. Pulaski
penalties, and scored on a threeCounty.just made too many big got hot. It seemed like it got hotter . yard run by Stigger. Tony Powell's
plays. They have a lot of weapons, during the game. It was humid too.
conversion put the Cougars on top,
but we played well, hard,-.and didn't
A few times, I ran out of breath. I'm
7-3. Hendricks had an important
make the mistakes we .had been' tired...real tired, but-I'm happy too,"
22-y'ard run in the drive.
making all season. We have no comsmiled Hendricks who recorded the
.On its next possession i.t appeared
plaints, other than we would have
longest touchdown run of his career,
that the Cougars, might be in the
loved to won-the game," said'Stuart.
80 yards in the fourth quarter,
process of assuming control of the
• Both Hendricks and Basham apgame. Sheppard passed .to wideout
Stigger ran 13 times for'79 yards,
peared to be totally exhausted at
Todd Jones for 42 yards and a firsc
one a 52-yard touchdown scamper in
points during the :game. Basham
the game's final minute. Basham got .
Pleasasee COUGARS, page A14
Va;Teeh shocks Mountaineers!
Stop all the criticism...
can win a big game
BY DAN CALLAHAN
SWT Sports Editor
MORGANTOWN, W.Va... Stop
the second guessing. Hold the criticism. There can be no more talk
about Virginia Tech riot being able
to win a big game against a highly
regarded opponent.
in noiu 01 over oz,uou Hostile fans, and at the West Virginia
University Homecoming, Virginia
Tech very deservedly defeated the
top 10 ranked Mountaineers, 12-10.
_Tech had two weeks to prepare for
T~ W vOt and obviously used its time
wisely. The Mountaineers were still
mourning blowing a 31r9 lead
against Pitt, and getting tied on the
last play a week ago, and suffered
for it.
It was the greatest day in the
coaching career for . Hokie head
coach Frank Beamer. The last time
a Tech team defeated WVU in Morgantown was 1967* Beamer -played
in that game. Saturday he coached
the Tech team flawlessly.
It was also the greatest day in the
playing career of quarterback Cam
Young who was forced to step into
what was felt was a .very difficult
situation for starter Will Furrer! He
played, a flawless game. He led the
Hokie offense with tremendous
composure, and did not make a
single mistake, nor "a single error injudgement.
And the same can be said for
Mickey Thomas of Pulaski County.
PC's Thomas kicks 4 field goals
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) —
Freshman .Mickey Thomas kicked
four field goals, and unranked:Virginia Tech defeated No. 9 West Virginia.12-10, the Mountaineers first
regular-season loss since 1987.
Cam Young completed 15 of 22
passes for 167 yards for Virginia
Tech (3.4-1). It was the first start for
Young, who replaced starting quarterback Will Furrer two we.eks ago
' after Furrer injured a knee.
West Virginia dropped tn 4.-1-1
since bowing 32-31. to Syracuse in
the final game of their 1987 season.
The Hokies' defense, ranked third
in the nation .coming into the game,
held the Mountaineers to just 98
yards rushing.,
Mountaineer quarterback Major
Harris completed 10 of 20 passes for.
101 yards arid one touchdown with
two interceptions. Harris, who was
sacked three times, was the Mountaineers' leading rusher with 22
yards
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hadn't lost in the regular season
Stat Sheet
Virginia Tech
3 6 0 3—12
W.Virginia
0 0 10 0—10
VaT—FG Thomas 42
VaT— FGThoams,22
VaT—FG Thomas 27
WVU-KC Carroll 37
WVU— Fedorco 14 pass from Harris
(Carroll kick)
'VaT—FG Thomas FG 24
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Locker Room
Dan Callahan
He stepped into the shoes of a fellow
Cougar, Chris Kinzer with little fanfare, but against WVU, he scored all
12 of Tech's 'points, and all four of
his field goals, even the one from 42
yards out were dead center.
Beamer realized that it's possible
Tech did not face the Best WVU
team this day, but it didn't matter:
However, games are played on the
dates they are !scheduled,_aMdthe_
Hokies were every bit as ready as it
appeared Ihe Mountaineers were
not. There should be no doubt on
this fall afternoon, the' best team
this day won the game.
Beamer tried to hide the tears
from a tremendously emotional victory, easily the best in a long time
Please see CALLAHAN, page A14
still winless
.
VaT WVU
First downs
15
13
Rushes-yards „
52-124 33-84
Passing
,
167
101
Koturn Yarda
112
(-5)
Comp-Att-Int
15-22-0 10-20-2
Punts
7-235
7-298
Fumbles- Lost
3-1
1-1
PonaUics-Yarda
6-46
4-20
Timeofl'offlic'ssion
'35:48' 24:12
—— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
_ JWSHJNG— Virginia Tech, Kennedy
.18-41, Yo^ng 12-28, Hebron : 13-25,: Vox
3-17, Bryant 4-12, Hichal-dson 1-6, Mickel
'l-(-5).;W.' Virginia, Harris 11-22, Napolcon 1IV2I, Tyler 3-14, Evans 3-14,
Ford 4-13,
PASSING-Virginia Tech, Young
15^22,0 167. W. Virginia/Harris 10-20-2
,W1.
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RECEIVINC—Virginia Tech, Richai-daon &-B9, Mickel 3-43^ Hebron 4-38, Kennedy 2-12, Bi-yant 1-5. W, Virginia Moss
3-30, Dykes 2-24, Napoleon 1-1 7, Fedorco
1-14, Kcmburl 1-6, Kvana 1-5, Tyler 1-5.
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP)'- Chris
Morocco threw for two touchdowns
and ran for a third as.15th-ranked
Clemsori'beat Virginia 34-20 Satur.day.- to extend the .longest active
winning streak by one I-A team over
another.
Cleinson is now 29-0 against the
Cavaliers and 5-1 '.overall for the
year.;. The Tigers are 2-1-in the^Atlantic Co.is-t Conference Vuginia,
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Stat Sheet
Virginia
7 3 10 0—20
Clemson
10 7 7 10—34
Clorn—FG Cardopki 21
Va—McGonnigal 22 pass from Bltmdin
(Mclncrney kick)
Clem—Jo.Henderspn 45 run (Gardocki
kick)
Clem—Cooper 13 pass from Morocco
(Cardocki lock)
Va—fc'G Melnorney 36
_Va—H Moore 75 p,us fron) Bhrndir.
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on kickers in Division I-A, kicked
three field goals in the first half, giving the Hokies a 9-0 halftime lead.
Thomas hit a 42-yarder with 5.43
left in the first penod after Myron
Richardson returned a West Vir• ginia punt. 43 yards to the Mountaineer 38. .
Thomas' second field goal from 22
yards out capped a 91-yard drive
midway through the second half to
make'it 6-0. • '
The Hokies' Al Chamblee inter-:
cepted Harris on the West Virginia
28 and returned the ball 44 yards to
set up Thomas' third kick, a 27-yarder with 3:45 left in the half.
West Virginia's Brad Carroll
kicked a 37-yard field goal on the
Mountaineers' first possession of the
second half to make it 9-3.
Harris' 14-yard .pass to Charlie
Fedorco in the end zone gave West
Virginia a. 10-9' lead with '6:27 remaining in the third quarter.
. But Thomas kicked his fourth ,
field goal of the day less than three
minutes later for tire final margin.
It was West Virginia's first homecoming loss since 1986, when Miami
routed the Mountaineers 58-14.
only but faction, diopped to 4-2 and
Va—FG Mclnwnoy 39
Clom—Cooper 43 pass from Morocco
2-1.
CCurdocki kick)
Clemson led 17-10"at the half, but
CIcm-^-FG Cardocki 23 ~
Virginia tied it on its first play of the
A-32,000,
third period Matt Blundin, who was
Va Clom
making his first start, faked a reFirst downs
14
25
verse and .then found Herman
Rushes-yards
25-54 61-264
Passing
248
Moore 20 yards behind the closest
210
Return Yards
6
19
defender for a .75-yard touchdown
Comp-Alt-Int
14-34-2 14-22-0
pass with 12:50 left.
Plints
4.37
2-38
2
Fumblc%LoBt
But the Tigers answered with, an
2-1
r°
Penalties-Yards
2-10
5-33
18-play, 80-yard 'drive in which, they
Time of Possession
23:11
36;49
.converted six third downs. Morocco
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completed passes of 12 and 18.yards
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Virginia, Grcgga 11-51,
.to.'Rodney Fletcher to key the
Fisher 9-15. Clcmson, Henderson 16-105,
march, lie then capped the drive on
McFadden .17-61.
an 9-yard run in which he shread'ed,-.
PASSING—Virginia, Blundin 34-14-2
one tackle and spun off another a, 248. Clcmson, Morocco 21-14-0 210,
Cameron 1-0-0 0.
yard from , the end zone with 4:50
RECEIVING—Virginia, H.Moore
left ..
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3-136, jVlcConnigal 6-70. Clcmson, Cooper 4-79| Fletcher 5-60.
Virginia cut the lead to 24-20 on
the final play of the quarter on a
39-yard field goal'by Jake Mclner- which Were career highs for the
ney.
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senior who had been a reserve until
But Morocco sealed the victory this year.
with'9:25 left in the game when he
hit Gary Cooper with a 43-yard
Virginia,was without quarterback
touchdowiv. pass over the outstret- Shawn Moore, who injured his
ched arms, of Keith McMeans at'the shoulder last week. Tailback Marcus
goal line. . .
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Wilson, the'ACC's third-leading ruMorocco hit 14 of 21 passes for,21'0 ,sher,. did not start and played only
yards a n d . t w o touchdowns, all of briefly in the first half. ,
College Football Roundup
Henderson can do
run
Buckley, FSUend
streak
From Wire Reports
TORONTO (AP) - This time,
Rickey didn't need to run. His soft
steps made the,, most noise at the
SkyDome.
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Rickey Henderson trotted aroundthe bases, instead of stealing them,
with a pair of two-run homers as the
Oakland Athletics ended Toronto's
home hex and held off the Blue Jays
6:5 Saturday for a 3-1 lead in the
American League playoffs.
• "It's great to show I can do something else besides run," Henderson
said. "But as one man, I don't think
I can go out there and win a game by
myself."
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Maybe not just one. Seems like
he's won all three for the Athletics
and put them one victory away from
reaching the World Series for the second straight season.
. "I guess Rickey beat us today with
his bat instead of his legs," Toronto
drive sail into the center field stan'ds
and .clutched his fists, covered by
neon-green battiiig gloves,
and 16 walks in 21 innings.
\l)<.-hnis Eckorsloy, the third Oakland pitcht-7', went 1 2-3 innings for
a save. He relieved with the score
6-3 and runners on first and third
with one out in the eighth.
' Muokie Wilson hit into an run-scoring forceout, just beating the reIny. Fred McGriff followed with a
long single and Wilson dashed
home, this time just ahead of Canseco's throw from right field.
Flanagan, 8-10 this season, was
chosen to start because of his 18,7
lifetime record against Oakland, including 2-0 this year. The gamble^
failed when he got tagged for five
runs on seven hits in 41-3 innings.
"The first two homers don't hurt
jrne.'The backbi'eaker, more or less,
is Henderson's home run," Flanagan
, said. "I would give up a couple more
like Canseco had as opposed to the
ione Henderson hit to make the game
5-1.".
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The Blue Jays got plenty of chances and did not take advantage.
Trailing 3-0, they loaded the'bases
with no outs in the fourth. Toronto
hit .356 with the bases Joaded this
year and led the majors with eight
grand slams, but got only one run as
Manny Lee struck out, Junior Felix
hit an RBI grounder and.Lloyd
Moseby fanned.
Felix doubled, home a run in the
sixth, making it 5-2 and finishing
.Welch. Kick ' • Hbneycutt walked
Moseby —. the seventh straight batter to reach :base on the left-hander
without him getting an out — before
Wilson grounded out.
. Oakland scored in the Seventh on
a two-out double by Dave Henderson
and a single by Canseco. Toronto
made it 6-3 in the seventh when
Tony Fernandez, doubled and Kelly
Gruter, O-for-9 going into the game,
hit his third of four singles,.
Carney Lansford, second in, the
league with a .336 average, did not
play for Oakland. He pulled his left
hamstring in Game 3 and is day-today.
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Saturday night the Giants hosted
the Chicago Cubs in San Franeisco,
as the National League Playoffs resumed. The series is tied at 1-1.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP).— Terrell up almost seven minute.?, with Stacy
Buckley returned a punt 70 yards Danley plunging 1 yard for the
for a touchdown, and LeRoy Butler touchdown with 11:13 to play.
The Tigers added a 40-yard field
scored on an 88-yard interception
return three minutes later as No. 22 goal by Win Lyle after the Wildcats
Florida .State ended nth-ranked had cut the lead to 21-12.
Syracuse's 16-game home winning
Duke 35, Army 29
streak Saturday with a 41-10 vicDURHAM,
,-N.C; (AP) — Clarkston
tory.
Hines
caught
three touchdown pasThe Seminoles, one of college footses and Randy Cuthbert ran for 147
ball's top road teams during the past
14 years, improved their record to yards 'and two more'*scores as Duke
3-2, while the Orangemen (2-2) lost • held off Army 35-29 Saturday.
Hines, the Atlantic Coast Confer• for the second straight time.
ence's
leading receiver, -hauled in
It was Syracuse's most lopsided
eight
passes
for 150 yards. He conloss in the Carrier Dome since losing
nected with quarterback Billy Ray
to Maryland 26-3 in 1982.
Florida State also used its supe- on touchdown plays of 29, 22 and 19
yards. •
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rior speed on defense .to contrpl SyrCuthbert,
a
sophomore listed as
acuse, sacking the Orangemen's
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Duke's
third-string
tailback, rushed
"quarterbacks 10 times and holding
, Syracuse to 32 yards rushing in the 19 times for the first 100-yard day of
his career. He scored on a 9-yard
"first half. .Syracuse quarterbacks
run
off tackle in the second quartpr
were sacked eight times in a 30-23
and an 18-yard dash on-a toss sweep
loss to Pittsburgh two weeks ago.
in the third period.
Buckley, a freshman, gave the
manager Cito Gaston said"
Seminoles a 27-3 lead in the third
No. 9 Southern Gal 24,
Jose Canseco helped, too. He hit
. quarter with his punt return. Buck- Washington 16
the longest home run in the short
ley caught the ball at the 30-yard
LOS ANGELES. (AP)- — Todd
history of the SkyDome and added a
line and hestitated as if he had just
run-scoring single.
made a fair catch. He then 'burst up . .Marinovieh throw for one touch- '
The Blue Jays lost for the first
the middle of the field past the Syr- down and ran for another, leading
AP Laserphoto
ninth-raTiked Southern Cal to a
time in 12 games with their retracacuse defenders.
table roof shut. The defeat ended a
Three-minutes-later, Butler stole 24-16' Pacific-10 victory over slump- Tech'sMyron Richardson (22) is stripped of the ball bv
seven-game winning streak for
a Bill Scharr pass for the second ing Washington on Saturday.
West
Va.'s
Chris
Haering
Leading 17-ld, the Trojans put
dome teams at home.
time in the game, then, sprinted
the
Huskies away with a 69-yard and the fifth-ranked Wolverines, • North Carolina in a 17-16 victory
The Athletics led 6-2 in the sedown the left sideline f6r a 34-3
drive in the final minutes, with beat Wisconsin 24-0 in their Big Ten 'Saturday in the Atlantic Coast Conventh before Toronto rallied. The
Florida State lead.
^•Blue Jays got a runner on base in
ference. . - ' . . . "
. Florida State built a 10-0 lead in Ricky. Ervins scoring on a 1-yard run opener Saturday. .
Michigan, with its third succesthe first period on kicker Richie An- with six seconds remaining.
The touchdown pass -helped-the every inning and didn't give up until
The Huskies had missed a chance sive win, improved to 3-1 while the Demon Deacons (1-3-1, 1-1) snap a
pinch hitter Lee Mazzilli popped up
drews' 43-yard field goal and. a
to
go ahead earlier in the final ' Badgers fell to 1-3.
~
7-yard run by Dexter Carter, which
four-game wmless streak and it tur- with a man on first to end the game.
Michigan, which couldn't advance ned out to be the game-winning play
.The roof will be closed Sunday
followed Butler's first interception. • period, after a 31-yard touchdown
Andrews kicked a 39-yarder in the pass from Gary Conklin to Andre' beyond the Wisconsin 44 in the first because .the Tar Heels marched 90 when Oakland tries to close out the
..Riley pulled them to within 17-16 half, led 7-0 at halftime because yards in about a minute to get close.
playoffs and advance to the World
third period.
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Lance Dottin returned an .intercep- .Jonathan Hall, a senior benched Series for the second straight year.
John Biskup pulled Syracuse ' with 8:44 remaining. ' •
within a touchdown with a 44-yard
!No. 8 Pittsburgh 27, ted pass 22 yards for a touchdown fearlier in the year in favor of fresh- Dave Stewart, a 20-game winner for
with 11:08 left in the second quar- man Chuckie Burnette, directed the three consecutive years, will face
field goal with 3:13 to.play in the. TeppleS
ter. .
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half, but Florida State moved 73
seven-play drive that ended on Mi- Toronto's Dave Stieb in a rematch of
PHILADELPHIA (AP).'-^ Alex
Texas Tech 27, No. 19 chael Benefield's 1-yard dive
Game 1, which the Athletics Won
' yards in 74 seconds to push its lead
7-3. .
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Texas A&M 24
to 17-3 on a 22-yard pass from Peter Van Pelt threw for 181 yards and
No. 20 Air Force 35,
three touchdowns, and eighthOf the 37 teams that took a 3-1
Tom .Willis to Terry Anthony.
LUBBOCK, Texas- (AP) — Jamie
Navy 7
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ranked Pittsburgh took advantage '
lead in the World Series and
No. 11 Auburn 24, Ken- of six Temple tuirnovers for a 27-3 Gill threw a 35-yard touchdown
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Three playoffs, 30 went on to win.
pass to Travis Price with 50 seconds
tucky 12
• victory Saturday.
key passes from quarterback Dee
Henderson, booed in pregame inVan Pelt threw touchdown passes left, and Texas Tech," down by 10
Dowis to Steve Senn, two of them for troductions and jeered after he flied
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Reggie
touchdowns, ignited undefeated and
.Slack passed for two first-quarter to Henry Tuten and Reggie Williams points-with six minutes left, upset
out to open the game) quieted the
20th ranked Air Force to a 35-7 vic- 50,076 fans with a loud two-run shot
touchdowns that gave No. 11 Au- in a shaky-first half. Pitt (4-0-1) had 19th-ranked Texas A&M 27-24 on
. . .
tory over Navy Saturday
burn a lead it never relinquished as three interceptions, two by Robert Saturday.
in the third off loser Mike Flanagan.
The Red Raiders (4-1 and-1-1 in
Henderson watched his 430-foot
the Tigers beat Kentucky 24-12 in a Bradley, and three fumble recoverBoston
U.
35,
.
the Southwest Conference)' trailed
Southeastern Conference game Sat- ies to spoil Temple's homecoming.
Richmond 0
Van Pelt also threw a fourth- 24-14' when James Gray caught a
urday.
RICHMOND (AP) — Quarterback
22-yard
touchdown
pass
from
Gill
down,
1-yard
touchdown
pass
to
Auburn (3-1 overall and 1-1 in the
SEC) saw Kentucky (2-2 and 0-2) Tom Huebner with 5:27 to play after with 5:44 to play. A 2-point conver- Stan Greene threw for 248 yards
miss on three .opportunities inside Huebner recovered a fumbled punt sion pass failed, and Tech trailed and three touchdowns and Boston
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.,-__the.ir..small. contingent of fans at one
-University completely: shut-.down
"24^20;
the Tigers' 30 in beating the Wild- on the Temple 30;
end of the stadium.
.
Richmond's
offense
Saturday
as
the
for Tech, and the biggest of .his caWake Forest 17, North
No. 5 Michigan 24, Wiscats for the llth time in a row.
.
For
Thomas,
the
day
was'beyond,
Terriers romped to a 35-0 Yankee reer. Beamer had his team ready,
Slack's touchdown passes went25_ ..c_ojasin.XL_:
Carolina 16
his fondest dreams.
•
Conference victory over the Spiders,---; the package was impressive. WVU's
yards to Greg Taylor and 36 yards to
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -^.Mi-'
CHAPELfflLL, N.C. (AP) - PhiGreene,
who
completed
20
of
30
"I
never
dreamed
of
anything
like
Don
Nehlen
failed
miserably
on
both
PedroCherry.
chigan's 'offense,, scoreless in the lip Barnhill fired a 24-yard touchpasses,' left midway through the counts. .
•
this. I thought,we had a good plan
The Tigers stretched their lead to first half, got touchdowns on its first down pass to Ricky Proehl with 2:37
third
quarter
after
directing
his
fifth
."This
is
the
greatest
win
of
my
cacoming
into the game, and the
21V6 with,an 83-yard drive that ate two possessions in the third quarter, left to help Wake Forest hold off
scoring drive. '
reer," said Beamer. "We were ready.
offense was able to get good: field '
We felt we had put .in the package
position in the game because our dewe needed, and we fel.t we had refense played so well. All you want as
fined it so that that our players
a kicker is for your1 team to get in
could execute it. The defense did a
the scoring zone as often as you can
By DAVE GOLDBERG
pick on the Izel Jenkins' of the makeit ... .
super job again. They contained one
in a game, and we did a good enough
ner,
Anthony
Carter
and
Chris
AP Football Writer
world, watch out.
BENGALS, 24-10
Doleman are. Unfortunately for De- of the greatest players in the coun- job of that. I-hit the ball solid. I'm
On the other hand; the Giant deRaiders (pfts 3) at New York Jets
try in Major Harris. Nobody has lim- just glad I came through for the
troit, Lynn isn't suiting up Sunday.
Tworweeks ago, Buddy Ryan defenseas NOT the GIANT DEFENSE
. (Monday night)
ited
him the way our defense did toteam...did my job. I'm thrilled," said
VIKINGS, .24-6
.
clared that destiny was shining on
the world has come to know. If RanTalent being equal (and it more or
Thomas.
day. Cam: didn't'listen to all the
Cleveland
(minus
S'/a)
at
Miami
. the Philadelphia Eagles.
• dall Cunningham gets loose, watch less is), give the Raiders the Art
There aren't enough Dol-fans left questions. He got himself ready, was
• Nehlen -wasn't,, and neither was '
It had better shine on them this
out again.
• •
Shell incentive, particularly against
confident in his ability, and played
:
Harris. '. :
.•
,
to
throw batteries at Bernie Kosar.
week or it may have to wait unti.1
a team' whose middle name is lethgreat. Mickey just didn't miss."
On the theory that the Giants are
BROWNS, 24-14
"You just can't toss your headgear
'next.year.
"I'm sure we benefited from their
d u e to lose . . . , . Chicago (plus 5) at Tampa Bay
out on the field and. expect to win,"
EAGLES, 28-24..
The Eagles, who- have lost .their
The Bubs made the 49ers sweat disappointment against Pitt last
said an obviously upset Nehlen." • . '
'RAIDERS, 21-20 '
'
week, but that doesn't matter. I
last two, return home from Chicago
—— Buffalo (pick 'em) at Inearlier this season. It's still warm in
, Dallas (plus 8) at Green Bay
- "I credit Tech for a job well'done. I
have great respect for the West Virbattered and bruised to take on the
dianapolis :
. ,
don't have much to say about my
The Cowboys are so bad, they Florida.
. ginia program, and the way. their team, I guess we needed a week off
New York Giants, one of the NFL's
could win this one — the Packers
Despite its 31-10 win.over New
BEARS, 20-16.
staff coaches that team. They were
three unbeaten teams! If the Giants
after the Pitt game. We did .every- ..-'
are almost sure to take the lead
OTHER GAMES (Home Teams in deserving of their ranking. On any
win, the Eagles are down three England last Sunday, there's .still
thing .we could to get the team
early
and
they
may
not
know
what
some
'question
about
Buffalo's
level
Caps):.
•
•
. day, under any circumstance, this is . ready, but we still have not quit
games plus a service break — a div.to
do
once,
they
get
it.
Still
...
of emotion. Without Shane Conlan
a great win for Virginia Tech." .
Houston (minus 4), 27, NEW
6T*"^^*
v.ision loss at home.
playing the damned Pitt game. I
PACKERS, 27,6 .'
the Bills can be run on and Eric
ENGLAND
16
.
"This is one of the happiest, most
guess now we can. start concerning
San Francisco (minus 4'/2) at New
These are not the Super Giants of Dickerson, hamstring and all, can
. WASHINGTON (minus 10), "34, fulfilling days of my life. I'm very ourselves with other things. We
• Orleans
1986. their 4-0 isVs&ft 4-0 — wins run. • • • :! - . . ' ' •
Phoenix 10
happy for Frank Beamer. I'm tickled
The 49ers were kicked out of
were'not a good football team today,
over Detroit, Phoertix and Dallas • COLTS, 1744 .
to death, but I'm thrilled for my coa- certainly not a top 10 ranked team. •
RAMS
(minus.
10V4)
31,
Atlanta
.Candlestick
by
the
(b'aseball)
Giants.
hardly qualify you for Super Status.
Cincinnati (minus 4) at Pittsches, my players,.and for everybody
16
f
for this one, which could be all to the
We had a great opportunity, but
The oddsmakers consider the Eaburgh
that's involved with Tech football, we've made it hard on ourselves now
liking
of
the
Road
Warriors,
3-0
DENVER
(minus
7)
20,
San
Dieeo
gles equal to New York — they get
When 'the Bengals beat the
and our fans. It's a great day to be a with Jive straight bad quarters of
15
:
away, 0-1 at home this year. But you
the standard three points for home- Steelers 41-10 three weeks.ago, it
, football," said Nehlen.;' •'-."
know the Saints are in troubles when
SEATTLE (minus 7V 2 ) 17, Kansas Hokie," beamed Beamer.
field advantage.
may .have been the best thing that
Offensive
coach
Billy
Hite
was
the
'City
14.
°
'
.
•
.
Morten Andersen's kicks go straight
Harris had the worst day, of his
Still, the Giants have some attri- happened to Pittsburgh. Since openlone holdover on Beamer.'s staff fol- Mountaineer career.
\
ahead — to the left of the goal post.
butes the 1986 team didn't —-a huge ing with two losses by a 92-10 score, • 49ers, 20-14 , : . , : „ . A. . .:.:' .....;.-.... ':v...
Last .:.Weefc_ 6-8 _(Sproflri); 10-4 lowing the departure of Bill Dooley.
F
Callahan—
shine on Eagles against Giants
iieSs.-11 ,thai; Tine' controlsT-Keggie™"
White and gives Phil .Simms time to: three more for the home field and
'Let's see, Tommy Kramer isn't
mati at Mike Lynn but Joey Brow-
Seaso'n: ^S-27-l - (SpEead);'" 38-18
(Straight up)
ginia Tech. This is one of the biggest
wins I've ever been associated with.
;
To.come into a facility like this, in
front of those fans, and win against
j a team of that quality is a great
statement about the direction of
•
Virginia
Tech football. It's a tribute
Continued from page A13
PAT put the Cougars-on top 20-10 at
but Davis made a leaping intercepdown followin the kickoff, and Flem- . to Frank, our staff, and our kids,"
intermission.
tion,
one
the
most
crucial.plays
in
ing moved to a fouth and two at the said Hite.
and g o a l a t the eight. Hendricks
. Basham had 139 yards rushing at
the. contest. It was Davis' fifth theft
Cougar 46. Stuart decided to go for
scored off the option on the next
Young said that the offensive
the half, Hendricks 119, Stuart was
of the season. . ]
•
.the big play, but the bomb missed'
play. The ""Muddle Huddle" failed
game plan had no special wrinkles.
5-5
passing,
and
the
two
teams
had
and the Cougars took over.
and PCHS led 13-3.
,
The ball was moved to the 20. A
"We mainly just wanted to stay
already totaled almost 400 yards.
penalty
pushed
the
ball
back
to
the
Then on third down, and Fle- solid. Do what we felt we could do,
But -Fleming retaliated immeThe Colonels renewed the effort
diately. On-the second play follow- with the second half kickoff. They 15. Then Stigger got five to move the ming's defense apparently expecting and. not get ourselves in a position
ball back to the 20. Then thunder
ing the kickoff Basham broke clean used 1-5 plays and 5:41 of clock time
Hendricks to get the ball, Stigger during the game where we had to do
struck. Hendricks took an option
off the right side and 'dashed 74 before Spangler connected -on a
broke clean through the middle and things we didn't want to."
pitch left from Sheppard, made a
yards. Spangler's conversion nar- 29-yard field goal to cut the deficit
outraged the Colonel secondary 52
"We felt in our scouting report
sharp cut between two Colonel de- yards for another Cougar six. that they would give.us a seam to
rowed the m argin to 134 0.
to, 20-13.
'
fenders, and danced 80 yards to Powell's pat make the final score, . work with in the fiats, and it was
PCHS's defense . held Fleming
From that point on until the mid- paydirt. Powell's kick made it 27-13 34-20 with only 18 seconds left. .
there. We were able to move the ball
deep in its own territory for one of way pojint^ofjhejburth quarter, the with 8:25 left to play.
outside
with our controlled.passing
the few times in the game, and it-re-- ~ColigaTllefeTTse^was"^ahgihg~by a
Hendricks' and Snigger's long
suited in an important late second thread until the offense could make
But Fleming would not go away. toucMown runs were j the only two game, and that gave us a chance to
quarter score.
Following the kickoff, the Colonels > first downs recorded in the second get a few first downs running the
a couple of big plays.
ball inside. I guess we weren't specThe Cougars took over at the
-moved
77 yards in 10 plays and half for Pulaski County.
Hendricks saved one score when
tacular, but effective enough."
Colonel 32 following' a punt. On first he tackled Chris Beard at the one
scored on a five-yard pass from
The 6-0 Cougars (3-0 m the RVD)
."I'm just so happy; This is the.,
down Hendricks broke free again a,fter a 41-yard pass play. The PCHS
Stuart to Beard. Spanler's PAT cut
and' zipped to the three. Wingback defense put up a.stand and on third
the margin back to seven again, will return to the friendly confines of greatest day of my football career.
Dobson Stadium Friday night where I'm not sure I ever thought I'd fee!
Joey Davis took a quick pitch right and goal from the four Stuart passed
27-20.
.
they,
will 'host a tough Bethel team
this good," screamed Young as the
to score on the next play. Powell's^ to the right corner of the end zone,'
The Cougars failed, to get a first from Hampton.
. > ,
Hokies celebrated wildly in front of
Cougars—
" not going to Be'"in si'nVe. That means'
our problems on offense today is. a>
Reflection :_on my performance. I
don't think West Virginia" playedvery well, and I think even less of
how I played. I let-a lot'of people
down, including me.
.But it would be unfair to just
.blame our lack of motivation, and
mistakes. We just didn't get it done, "
but Tech should be credited for the
way they played. They executed better than we did, and really got ready '
to play us with having an open date
last week.
•'
They took away the deep pass. I
missed some receivers! We can make,
all the excuses we want,'but we just .
didn't get ready to play. Today, the
best team won.
•
They were pumped. We weren't,
that's a credit to them, and a sad
lesson learned for us. It w.as:my, and"
our team's worst performance in two
years,"-added Harris.
For Tech, it was the best perfor- mance in at lj>ast three years, and
by far its most meaningful, and
quite possibly something Florida .
State should be concerned about ir
Blacksburg next Saturday.