Sports ars `top` cats, beat Panthers 21-7

Surprise, surprise! Pulaski Co.
found a way to win once again
It was cold. It was windy. And Pulaski County
was behind 7-0 at the half so the wind chill factor
seemed even worse to Cougar fans Friday night.
The Cougars were struggling offensively in the
effort to try and make a big play. Potomac had
made the only one of the first half...a 75-yard
pass interception return by Larry Mason to give
his Panthers that seven-point advantage. And it
came at a time that often saps a team. Mason
crossed the goal line with only 16 seconds left in
the second quarter.
But while there were certainly more folks in
County Stadium than this writer that had doubts
on this blustery night, we should have known. If
it's possible...if the Cougars are not just simply
overmatched which is seldom the case...they
come back. Always...almost always...they seem
to find a way.
The way this night was behind the passing
arm of quarterback Shane St. Clair, the solid
receiving of ends Jimmy Harris and T.J. Hicks,
and a relentless defensive unit that held
Potomac to only two second half first downs, 123
total yards for the game, only 24 the second half,
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and minus 16 rushing.
Staff photo by Eric Brady
The minus 16 yards rushing the third and
COUGAR TIGHT END T.J. HICKS CELEBRATES THIRD QUARTER TOUCHDOWN CATCH fourth
quarters was a direct result of the
Hicks Had Three Receptions Totaling 53 Yards
Cougars' "Stone Walls and Steal Bars" defen-
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sive front. That's the title of a classic bluegrass
song by Ralph Stanley, but the Panthers must
have felt like their offense was in solitary confinement the final 24 minutes.
Defensive tackle J.W. Smith recorded three
second half sacks on Potomac quarterback Mike
Berry for 12 yards in losses, plus two other
tackles behind the line for four more yards in
losses. End Jack Turner also recorded a sixyard quarterback sack in the fourth quarter.
For the game, Pulaski Co. recorded 10 tackles
behind the line of scrimmage.
When asked what spurred his team's defensive effort the second half, Smith replied; "We
didn't make any changes. We just had to go to
work...intimidate. We want to go all the way
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Sports
ars 'top' cats, beat Panthers 21-7
THE SOUTHWEST TIMES, PULASKI, VA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBE 18,1984—PAGE Bl
By EDDIE SUTPHIN
terception," said Potomac head
coach Bill Brown. "But we needed
Sports Writer
When state playoff action
to put some points on the board
and second quarter with the wind
resumes this Friday night only
at our backs. We didn't do it."
eight Group AAA teams are alive
Pulaski County took command,
to pursue the ultimate goal of any
athletic program — the state
with the wind in its favor, the third
championship.
quarter. The Cougars scored
Thanks to a surperb second half
touchdowns their first three
performance in chilly, windy
possessions of the second half.
County Stadium Friday night, in
Kevin Hendricks' 14-yard burst
up the middle culminating a five
the opening round of the Northwestern Regional playoffs,
play, 74-yard scoring drive,
Pulaski County will be one of them.
knotted the contest 7-7. Cougar
Scoring all its points the second
placekicker Mickey vThomas
booted the PAT.
half Pulaski County rallied behind
"Hendricks looked like he fired
the arm of quarterback Shane St.
out of a cannon," said Brown. "We
Clair, who hooked up with Jimmy
•Harris anditight-end T.J. HifcfeVfori' /didn't l^jsfchiaiii'd on him. Nobody
has run through our defense all
six completions, 'iffi yards ana two
year like he did on that play. He's a
touchdowns.
•
great looking running back."
Defensively it was business as
A big completion from St. Clair
usual for the Cougars, recording
to split end Jimmy Harris,
four sacks of Panther quarterback
Governing s'52 yards,. set up the
Mike Berry and six other tackles
behind the line of scrimmage. J.W. ;•, Score, ,:if^->vi^K^' > , . - . .
.HoJ-omac's first possession of the
Smith participated in three sacks
seijqndj'haif resulted in three plays
from his defensive tackle slot, jack
arid;! punt as J.W. Smith had two
Turner, Brian Golden, K.G.
Holmes and Richie Hasson all had
tackles for losses.
Stu&ski .County went to work
tackles for losses as well.
again as St. Clair lofted a 22-yard
In the.first half Pulaski County
strike to Harris near the left corner
appeared headed for a 0-0 inof the end zone with 2:33 in the
termission score. But following an
third stanza. Thomas' PAT made it
interception at midfield by Barry
14-7.
Lawson with one minute left, St.
The go-ahead talley was helped
Clair attempted a poorly thrown
along by St. Clair's 24 yard coinpass picked off bv safetv Larfcy
pletipn to Hicks on a big third
Mason, who raced untouched 7S ;s down't six- play,
yards down the left sideline. For
After St. Clair found Hicks for a
Mason, a'major college prospeqt i, folQardy^Quchdowh dump pass
with 4.5 speed in the 40, it was K)f
.jefl^jjjjtiiMe
fourth quarter, the
llth theft of the season.
f vc *m*argiri
increased to 21-7. Thomas
boomed his third PAT.
With only :16 seconds left before
But Pulaski County's final
halftone, Potomac led 7-0, after
scoring drive may have been costly
Mark Vowell added the PAT:
as Hendricks sandwiched by two
Pulaski County mentor Joel./
Panther tacklers after a 15-yard
Hicks, now 53-15 since arriving at
run, injuring his right knee.
PCHS in '79; voiced concern about
Hendricks was carried off the
the situation at intermission. •'
.field and did not return.
"I was. deflated the first halfi'.'
.;rTearh physician, Dr. James
Hicks admitted. "The worst thing
•Patterson voiced concern, but said
is to give up a touchdown like that
the injury was possibly not as
in the final seconds."
, "serious as at first feared,
*;•;. . • '"He'Jl have his knee checked
The Cougars showed only thr,6e j•/'WrtHer
tomorrow (Saturday),"
opening half first downs; Potomac ; said' Patterson.
"It's looks like a
had five.
'
stfainefl knee; But we're not sure
"1 thought the first half was*' how bad it is."
Hicks elated by his ' team's
played-about even, except for our.
outstanding second half effort said)
defensive play on the in"We had the pride as a team
necessary to come back. I want to
Potomac Pulaski Co.
congratulate my team. We played
First downs 7 / •- • 12
a super second half. We -really
didn't do anything bold. We made
Rushing
35-97 '
26-34
some blocking adjustments. But
Passing
6-KMH
7-15-2
we just tried to find some things
147
Passing yds. 89
that would work."
244
Total net yds. 123
St. Clair .sparked Pulaski
Return yds. 24'- „•• - 77 . -'
Punting
5-131-26.2 3-93-31.0 County's fifth playoff win in eight
1-0-'' outings, hitting 6-of-10 passes for
Fumbles
1-1
147' yards.
2-20
Penalties
2-10
On the receiving en,d, Harris
caUght three for;94i Hicks thret^or
Scoring:
53. ' . . / ' . " ' . '!
Potomac-Mason 75-yd. int, Voweil
Harris' reception total was the
pat; Pulaski Co.-Hendricks 15-yd.
most yards ever by a Pulaski
run, Thomas pat; St. Clair to
County receiver in a single game. .
Harris 22 yds., Thomas pat; St.
But playoff games do not count on
Clair to Hicks 4 yds., Thomas pat.
official records.
Rushing:
Hicks this season established
Potomac-Berry 5-minus 18,
new PCHS career records for
Williams 8-14, Tisdale 4-10, Walker
yards (392), receptions (28) and
9-29. Pulaski Co.-Hendricks 15-43,
touchdown catches (6).
Hampton 11-29, St. Clair 6-11,
"We planned -all week on
Dunavant 2-6, Holmes 3-8.
throwing the ball," remarked
Passing:
Hicks (Joel) "Going into the game
Potomac-Berry 7-15-89 yds.,-2 hits.
I actually thought we'd throw more
Pulaski. Co. St. Clair 6-10-147 yds.times than we did. But more than
lint.-2TDs.
anything else, we just went to work
Receiving:
the second half. There is still no
Potomac-Mason 4-51, Tisdale 1-12,
secret to this game. You must
Trent 1-23, Ruf 1-31 Pulaski Co.block and tackle. We did a better
Harris 3-94, Hicks 3-53.
job the second half. The biggest
play for us was the big pass to
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JIMMY HARRIS TELLS THEJVORLD THAT PULASKI COUNTY IS NO. 1 AFTER TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION
Harris'Score Broke 7-7 Deadlock And Put Cougars Ahead To Stay
Harris early in the third quarter.
That really fired us up. I don't
think Potomac felt we would throw
as much as we did."
Panther signal, caller Mike
Berry, being recruited by several
colleges including Virginia Tech,
hit 7-of-15 passes for 89 yards, with
two interceptions. The second
interception Was nabbed by
Rodney Landreth in the fourth
quarter, his eighth steal of the
year.
Potomac had only 35 net yards
rushing on 26 attempts. The
Panthers three tailback system
which amassed 1,308 yards in
regular seasbn, got only 53 yards
on 21 carries against the Cougar
defense.
Brown's disappointment was
clear, but his team finished a fine
9-2, with its first ever playoff appearance.
"I thought we'd move the ball
offensively," admitted Brown.
"We wanted to throw four quarters, but the wind let you throw
only two. Pulaski County used the
wind in the third quarter to its' full
advantage. We wanted to stop their
option, and we did. But they hit us
with some big passes."
Pulaski County out first downed
Potomac, 9-2 the second half.
Hendricks, limited to three yards
on nine first half carries, finished
with 43 yards on .15 attempts,
taking hieh-game rushing honors.
The next obstacle facing Pulaski
County's quest for its first state
title is Western District titlist
Halifax (9-2). The Comets edged
Commonwealth District champion
Stonewall-Jackson of Manassas,
14-12 to advance to the Northwestern Region
final, to be
played at County Stadium Friday,
8 p.m.
'
Pulaski County will be seeking
its second straight Northwestern
Region crown, and sixth playoff
win in'school history.
While the Pulaski County crowd
had received some criticism of late
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PAGE B8-THE SOUTHWEST TIMES, PULASKl, VA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1984
Metro Conference appears a notch ahead of SEC in basketball * Cougars
ATLANTA ( I I P ! ) -- The Metro
Conference, featuring Keith Lee of
Memphis State, appears to have
moved a notch ahead of the
Southeastern Conference as this
w i n t e r ' s hothed of college
basketball in the Deep South .
Best proof is that Louisville, one
of the NCAA's Final Four, in 1982
and 1983 and a 22-game winner last
season, figures to finish no better
than third in the Metro this year.
That's based on the belief that
Lee, a 6-foot-10 senior, and William
Bedford, a 7-0 sophomore, give
Memphis State the kind of inside
strength that enabled Kentucky to
win the SEC last year with Sam
Bowie and Melvin Turpin. And on
the fact that Virginia Tech returns
its top five scorers from a squad
that finished third jn the National
Invitation Tournament. •
Although Memphis State, 26-7
last season, looks like the Deep
South's best, Tigers coach Dana
Kirk says his team is not as far
along as this tjme last year. He
insists two or three other teams
could win the Metro.
"If we have a glaring weakness,
it's depth," Kirk says. "We're
trying to find a guard who can
shoot outside. We've got a lot to
replace."
Besides his starters, Gobblers
coach Charles Moir has landed two
widely sought big .men, 6-11 Roy
Brow and 6-8 Dave Burgess.
"We have probably more ex- •
perience and depth than since I've
been at Virginia Tech," he said.
Louisville lost guard Lancaster
Gordon and center Charles Jones
off a 24-11 team that shared the
Metro titla with Memphis State.
The key is whether 6-11 sophomore
Barry Sumpter can replace Jones.
The Cardinals non-conference
schedule includes Indiana, Kentucky, DePaul and UCLA.
"If you can get through that
schedule it will make you very
competitive at the end of the year,
which is where we want to be,"
Louisville coach Denny Crum says.
Florida State, an NIT entry last
season, rates no better than fourth
but Tulane coach Ned Fowler feels
any one of the Metro's top four has
a "chance to make the Final
Four."
The SEC appears to lack a
dominant team, presenting the
prospect of a balanced league with
a possible down-to-the-wire finish
between Kentucky and Louisiana
State.
"This should be an interesting
year for Southeastern Conference
basketball," Tennessee coach Don
DeVoe says. "There appears to be
real parity.
"Kentucky, with its great
tradition, will be one of the teams
at the top of the conference and
LSU and Alabama have outstanding athletes.
"These three teams are pretty
much in a class by themselves in
terms of great basketball players,
but I would include ourselves,
Georgia and Auburn as teams that
could seriously challenge these
leaders."
Kentucky went 29-5 last year and
returns eight lettermen, including
6-8 junior Kenny Walker. And the
Wildcats' freshman crop could be
the nation's best.
"You'd have to say we are
rebuilding and this is a question
mark year for us," Kentucky
coach Joe Hall says. "Our losses
were great yet our schedule
remains tough as always. We will
have to rely more on a team effort
and our freshman will be asked to
' play important roles for us."
LSU led the SEC in scoring last
season and the return of Jerry
"Ice" Reynolds and Derrick
Taylor plus two super freshmen —
forward John Williams and 7-1
Zoran Jovanovich of Yugoslavia —
make the Tigers' Kentucky's chief
challenger.
Alabama's chances were boosted
when Bobby Lee Hurt, a 6-9,
240-pounder decided to return for
his senior season. That solidified
the Crimson Tide's frontline and
transfer Mark Gottfried offers
promise for stronger guard play.
Auburn was second last year in
the SEC but burly Charles Barkley,
the league's rebounding leader,
passed up his senior season to turn
pro. That puts pressure on 6-8
junior Chuck Person, the league's
No. 2 scorer (19.1 ppg).
Tennessee, which broke even in
conference play last season, gets
back the outside shooting with
Michael
Brooks
declared
academically eligible.
Georgia, an NIT team last
season, lost Olympian Vern '
Fleming, the SEC scoring leader,
and James Banks. Even with three •
returning starters, Bulldogs coach
Hugh Durham says, "This is the
first time I've gone into a season
with no starting positions definitely
decided."
Florida has one of the top big
men in the SEC in 6-8 senior
Eugene McDowell. Vanderbilt has
an outstanding outside shooter in
Phil Cox. Ole Miss looks to 6-4 Eric
Laird, the squad's only senior.
Mississippi State is counting on
junior college transfer Ervin
Dillon to enliven the SEC's
lowestscoring offense (56.6). .
The Sun Belt Conference race is
expected to feature Old Dominion,
Alabama-Birmingham
and
Virginia Commonwealth — all in
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for
not
being .. "rowdy"
enough, the Cougar fans were
spirited against Potomac, despite
the weather conditions.
Despite windy conditions,
Cougar punter Johnny Myers,
booted three punts inside the
Panthers' 20; and hit another for 36
against 30-mph gust winds.
Both teams missed long first half
field goal attempts of 40 plus yards.
Pulaski County stands 9-2 on the
year, having won its last eight
straight.
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Continued from page B3
wouldn't win because they had a girl playing.
"After I scored the touchdown, I lost most of my
girlfriends. But later thev came back and aoolocized.
saying they were sorry. I think a lot of people admired
me for sticking it out.
"It was really great when we won the championship.
It proved I was good enough to play for a winning
team," she said.
As second team fullback, Stefanie averaged a fine
5.4 yards per carry according to final Cardinal
statistics.
Stephens said Stefanie, who weighs 106-pounds, had
good enough size to play in the 10-11-12 age division.
Stefanie is considering going out for football at
Dublin Middle School next season.
Stefanie admits considering going out for football
at Dublin Middle School next fall.
"I've talked with coach Akers (Freddie) and he
doesn't want me to come out for the team. But the
school has no policy to keep me from going out
for
the team," she claims.
Stevens, knowing Stefanie's interest in playing at
DMS. has tried to persuade her not to continue
playing football
Dublin Middle School head coach Freddie Akers
chose not to comment on the matter, but expressed
concern about safety and dressing room facilities.
"I've tried to discourage her from going out for
football at Dublin (Middle School)." emphasized
Stephens. "The competition and size of the players
increases significantly from sandlot to middle school.
"She is a good athlete. She should do very well in
girls sports. But I don't think she should continue. She
could get hurt."
Concerning the possibility of serious injury,
Stefanie said, "In a sport like football you can always
get hurt. But when you're playing you can't think about
it.
Despite apprehensions, the elder Hurst says he
won't try to stop his daughter from playing football
again.
"She can keep playing if she wants to. I don't know
if she will be good enough to make the middle school
team. But when she makes up her mind to do
something, she usually sees it through."
In addition to football, Stefanie lists gymnastics,
volleyball, tennis and basketball among other sports
she eniovs olavine.
"If I go out for the football and don't make it,"
Stephanie explained about DMS, "I'll go out for girls
basketball instead."
Dublin Middle School's girls basketball program
plays a fall schedule as does football.
With a varied athletic interest, she would appear to
have a bright future in sports—even without football.
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(state championship). At the half, we realized it
was going to take hard work. It doesn't come
easy. We had two quarters to get it done, and I
sure didn't want those two quarters to be my
last," said the senior.
For St. Clair, the second half had to be very
gratifying after his second quarter miscue.
When asked what was the difference he couldn't
really come up with a specific answer.
"I don't know. It came down to who wanted it
the most. We knew what we had to do if we were
going to play next week. After the interception I
didn't want to think about my next pass. I was a
little scared about throwing the ball, but coach
Hicks (Joel) sent in a pass play on our first
possession and I completed it (52 yards to
Jimmy Harris). That made me feel a lot better.
Staff photos by Eric Brady
COUGAR TACKLE J.W. SMITH ECSTATIC FOLLOWING NORTHWEST REGION VICTORY
Smith Led Defense With Three Quarterback Sacks And Five Tackles For Losses
"We planned .to throw," continued St. Clair.
"But Potomac would have forced us to throw
anyway the way they played defense. We were
going to try and see if we could run the option,
but they were ready for that. I think they
planned to take that away from us. Potomac
made it impossible for us to run, especially
outside, but that hurt them too. They were so
conscious of the run that play-action passes
really messed them up. All our passes came off
play action too. We threw quick, and there was
no way they could cover our receivers. It I threw
the ball to our receivers, and they caught-it,
Potomac couldn't do anything about it. All we
had to do was execute."
For Harris, it was his finest game in a cardinal
and gold uniform. He caught three passes for 94
big yards and a touchdown. Hicks had three
receptions for 53 yards and a touchdown. St.
Clair was six of 10 for 147 yards.
TAILBACK KEVIN HENDRICKS ON HIS WAY TO 14- YARD SCAMPER TO PAYDIRT
Hendricks Rushed For 43 Yards On 15 Attempts
UNC
ties
Virginia
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (UPI) Kenny Miller kicked a 25-yard field
goal with seven seconds left
Saturday to give North Carolina a
24-24 tie with 14th-ranked Virginia
" which next hosts Maryland in a bid^
for its first Atlantic Coast Con^"
ference championship.
The Tar Heels trailed 24-14 late
in the fourth quarter but Kevin
Anthony hit tight end. Arnold
Franklin with an 11-yard touchdown pass and when North
C a r o l i n a s t a r t e d its n e x t
possession at its own .11 with 1:30
left, Anthony completed six of his
next seven passes to move the Tar
Heels to a first and goal at the 9
with 21 seconds, left.
After three incomplete passes,
North Carolina Coach Dick Crurh
elected to send in Miller on fourth
• down to kick the field goal.for the
tie,
.•'-.,'..
Virginia, 7-1-2 overall and 3-0-2 in
the ACC, plays Maryland (4-0 in
the,.AGO for the league championship next .Saturday. North
Carolina, 4-5-1 overall and 2-2-1 in
the ACC, ends its season next week
at Duke.
The Tar Heels led 14-3 at halftime, but the Cavaliers struck for
seven points in the third quarter
and 14 in the fourth to build their
24-14 lead.
,
The Tar Heels jumped to a 14-0
first quarter lead on scoring drives
of 74 and 72-yards'. Anthony han'ded
off to flanker Eric Streater who
then hit Anthony with a 40-yard
touchdown bomb with 7:33 left in
the first quarter. The Tar Heels'
second touchdown came : on a 5yard pass from Anthony to
Streater with 1:51 left in the first
quarter.
Virginia cut the halftime lead to
14-3 on Kenny Stadlin's 39-yard
field goal with 6:07 left in. the
second quarter.
Virginia stalled on its first
possession of the second half but
North Carolina's Rob Rogers
fumbled a punt and Stuart Mines.
UPI Sports Writer
All good things must come to an
end and Seahawks wide receiver
Steve Largent is wary the end will
come Sunday.
that scare me to death — the kind
of game where everybody says,
'You guys should walk away from
this one,'" he said.
Seattle, coming off an emotional
Monday night victory over the
Raiders; trails firstplace Denver
'jy just one game in the AFC West.
The Seahawks, 9-2, have won seven
of their last eight gaYnes — including a club-record five straight
— and next meet the 4-7 Cincinnati
Bengals at Riverfront Stadium.
Largent also knows Seattle
tackles the Broncos next weekend
and may be looking past the
Bengals. So he was quick to
discount predictions the Cincinnati
contest will be easy.
Yet, Largent is not bursting with
confidence.
"These are the kind of games
, "I don't think it's going to be that
type of game at all," Largent said.
"If you have a good defense, you're
always going to be in a game and
the Bengals have that type of
defense. They also have the kind of
recovered for the Cavaliers at the
Tar Heels' 8. Nine plays later,
fullback Steve Morse dove over
from the 1 to cut the lead to 14-10
with9:20 left in the third quarter.
The Cavaliers grabbed their first
lead at 17-14 when Majkowski
threw 25 yards to John Ford for a
touchdown with 14:39 left. Virginia
went ahead 24-14 on Majkowskj's 5yard touchdown run with 8:40 to
play.
Anthony set up his touchdown
pass to Franklin by hitting Earl
Winfield with a 63-yard bomb to the
Virginia 11.
Miller's kick" was his 15th
straight field goal without a miss
this season, breaking the ACC
record set by Clemson's Obed Ariri
in 1980.
Anthony completed 19 of 38 for
281 yards to set.a school record.
Virginia's Don Majkowski! connected on 20 of 29 passes-for 266
yards.
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UNC-Anlhony 40 pass from Streater
(Mluer kick)
UNC-Slreater 5 pass from Anthony
(Miller kick)
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passing game tha£can score points
on you."
Seattle coach Chuck Knox also is
taking the Bengals seriously; he
knows they have come a long way
from an 0-5 start.
"The Bengals have won four of
their last six and they're starting to
get on a roll now, "said Knox. "It's..1
going to be a very tough game for
us. They have a big offensive line
and that big fullback, (Larry)
Kinnebrew, is extremely tough to
get down."
Playoff berths are on the line
Sunday for the 49ers and Dolphins.
San Francisco, 10-1, grabs at least
Hicks was proud of his team. It had once again
found a way to win. He took little credit in finding out the ways.
"We had some things ready, and we made
some changes at halftime. We usually do. But we
have an excellent staff, and they contribute just
the same as I. If you don't have a good staff,
you're not going to win, and I've always had an
excellent staff at Pulaski Co.
"And we did some things differently. Some we
planned during the week, some we did during the
game, but the kids have got to execute too. I was
so happy with our kids~ I don't think we've ever
played a better half of football than the second
half tonight.
"But when you get right down to it, it's seldom
one thing, or a change here or there. It's the
overall manner and the intensity with which
your team plays that decides if you win or lose
most of the time. You can tell the kids what they
- must do, but they must do it. We out-hit Potomac
and that along with the cold weather wore them
out.
"This is the way I like it," added Hicks. "I
don't mind the wind, or the cold. Under tough
conditions, the toughest team will win. That's
really why we. won tonight. I love everything
about a game like this.''
How can you doubt a man who makes such a
statement? With temperatures below freezing
and winds gusting to better than 25 miles per
hour, Hicks did his thing through it all in his
customary pair of shorts. The late and great
Paul "Bear" Bryant had his houndstooth hat,
and Hicks has his shorts. He also now has 53
wins in six seasons, an average of almost nine a
year.
us had our 'Beaver' formation on them. We have
used it before, but it's been a long time. We just
pulled it back out for the game. We go to a oneback offense, and instead of having two tight
ends (himself and Hicks) I move out to a wide
Next Friday, again in County Stadium, Hicks
and his Cougars will be going after a second
straight Northwest Region Crown. For the next
few days, they'll be trying to find a few more
ways to win again.
Hokies
rout
Vandy
. UNC.
24
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marks. We all had single coverage when we
went to that formation. They didn't expect it and
they sure weren't ready for it," said Harris.
"We spread their corners. Nobody could cover
me," said Harris."We were ready to throw the
ball. We worked on throwing against Potomac.
All three of my catches came off a different
formation. Coach Hicks told us it would work
because hone of the films Potomac had to scout
Cam 24, UNC24
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receiver. That gives us two wideouts, plus a tight
end. I either run a crossing pattern over the
middle or try and find the seam down the hash
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) Junior quarterback Mark Cox
threw two touchdown passes and
the Virginia Tech defense stymied
Vanderbilt to lead the Hokies to a
23-3 victory Saturday over the
Commodores.
The victory puts Bill Dooley's
club in excellent condition for a
post season bowl bid with an 8-3
record for the" regular season and
scouts from the Hall of .Fame and
Independence Bowls were on hand.,.
Cox fired a 30-yard scoring strike
to tight end Joe Jones in the second
quarter arid hit split end Steve
Ellsworth on a 13-yard touchdown
pass in the third quarter. Virginia
Tech also scored on a 41-yard field
goal by Don Wade and a 31-yard
run by Maurice Williams in the
final quarter.
Vanderbilt's only scoring came
on a 43-yard field goal by Ricky
Anderson in the fourth period.
Free safety Ashley Lee intercepted two Vanderbilt passes
Saturday. The first theft set up
Wade's field goal.
-? Lee, who intercepted two passes
against Vanderbilt last year and
returned them for touchdowns,
took his second interception of the
day into the end zone, but the score
was nullifed by a clipping penalty
called against the Hokies. That
theft ended with a missed 19-yard
field goal by Wade.
Virginia Tech also used Vanderbilt mistakes in its first
touchdown drive. Vanderbilt
tailback
Everett Crawford
coughed up the ball at the Vanderbilt 42 midway in the second
period. Six plays later, Cox hjt
Jones on the 30-yard touchdown
pass.
Vanderbilt never got closer than
the Virginia Tech 39-yardline until
the middle of the final period, when
the Commodores marched 54
yards to the VPI 26 and Anderson
kicked his field goal.
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Richmond defeats William & Mary
RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) — Greg
Grooms and David Bayer each ran
for two touchdowns Saturday and
Brendan Toibin kicked a field goal
in the fourth quarter to lead Richmond to a 33-31 victory over
William and Mary.
Richmond, 7-3, led all the way,
but Toibin's field goal at 6:29
remaining gave the Spider? the
winning margin in the last game of
the season for both teams.
Richmond took a 23-7 halftime
lead with a touchdown run' by
Bayer in the first quarter and two
TDs by Grooms in the second.
Richmond also picked up a safety
on intentional grounding from the
William & Mary end zone and
Bayer scored on a 1-yard run in the
fourth'quarter.
William & Mary, 6-5, got its first
score in the second quarter on a
1-yard run by Merritt Gibson. The
Tribe came back with another TD
by Gibson in the third quarter
coupled with a Brian Morris field
goal. $tan Yagiello threw a 9-yard
TD pass to Glenn Bodnar in the
fourth quarter and Bobby Wright
ran 8 yards for a TD to wrap up the
tribe scoring.
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William & Mary pulled to within
30-24 on Yagiello's pass to Bodnar,
but the Spiders came back when
John Armstrong took the ensuing
kickoff 69; yards to set up Toibin's
field-goal.
William and Mary came back to
drive 80 yards to set up Wright's
touchdown
run
with
2:10
remaining.
a wild-card spot with a victory over
the visiting Buccaneers while
undefeated Miami seals the AFC
East title with a triumph in San
Diego or a loss by second-place
New England in Indianapolis.
The Broncos, like the Seahawks,
must not let next weekend's crucial
AFC West matchup get in the way
Sunday. Winners of its last 11
games at Mile High Stadium,
go with unsteady Ken O'Brien at
quarterback.
• The Packers-Rams game is one
of differing offensive styles. While
Green Bay has ridden the arm of
quarterback Lynn Dickey for an
average of 427.8 yards per game
over the last six contests, the Rams
grind it out with Eric Dickerson,
the NFL's leading ground-gainer
with 1,309 yards.
The Bears, 7-4, have dominated
the NFC Central by winning all
four of their division games this
year and can virtually lock up the
title with a victory at Soldier Field.
Steve Fuller once again starts for
injured
quarterback.
Jim
McMahon.
Elsewhere, it's Dallas at Buffalo,
the New York Jets at Houston, St.
Louis at the New York Giants,
Cleveland at Atlanta, Detroit at
Chicago, the Los Angeles Rams vs.
Green Bay at Milwaukee,
Washington at Philadelphia,
Minnesota at Denver and Kansas
City at the Los Angeles Raiders.
Pittsburgh is at New Orleans
Monday night.
Denver takes on a shaken Minnesota club. The Vikings have lost
six of the last seven and have been
criticized by Coach Les Steckel for
their performance.
For the first time in 10 NFL
weekends, the Oilers get a chance
to build on a one-game winning
streak. After nipping Kansas City
last weekend, Houston has its
sights set on the Jets, who have lost
three straight and may be forced to