Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 416, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 December 1985 — Page 6

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Rams back in battle with 49ers

By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer The Los Angeles Rams better not look over their shoulders. That onrushing locomotive is the San Francisco 49ers and they are headed for a first-place collision with the slumping Rams. While Los Angeles, which once was 7-0 this season, lost for the fourth time in six games Sunday, a 29-3 embarrassment in New Orleans, the National Football League champion 49ers smashed Washington 35-8. The 49ers, who trailed the Rams by four games in the NFC West earlier this year, are 8-5, one game behind the Rams, whom they host a week from tonight. “They whipped our butts,” Rams quarterback Dieter Brock said of the Saints, whose aggressive defense and five Morten Anderson field goals marked a successful debut as head coach for Wade Phillips. After Wade’s father Bum resigned last week, the younger Phillips was elevated to the head job on an interim basis. “We just couldn’t get anything going,” Brock said. “They just beat us. They had late sacks and early sacks. They read well and just beat us.” The 49ers got their rhythm going on the opening kickoff when Carl Monroe sped 95 yards for a touchdown. They led all the way, helped by Keena Turner’s 65-yard romp with a Jay Schroeder fumble. “We’re beginning to see the light,” said 49ers Coach Bill Walsh. “Offensively, we’ve staggered a bit but we have three games to get itgoing on offense. The defense is there.” Next Monday night, the 49ers and Rams will be in Candlestick Park. And, after a 55 start, San Francisco finally seems headed in the right direction. Elsewhere Sunday, Cleveland, 7-6, assumed sole possession of first place in the AFC Central with a 35-33 thriller over

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Warren Central quarterback Jeff George won the Class 5A Phil N. Eskew Award for Mental Attitude after setting three championship game records and leading his team

Steele speaking Tuesday

DePauw University basketball coach Mike Steele will preview the first home game of the season at noon during Tuesday’s edition of Tiger Talk in room 221 of the Student Memorial Union Building. Coach Pat

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the New York Giants, who slipped to second in the NFC East, a game behind Dallas. The Cowboys beat St. Louis 35-17 on Thanksgiving Day. Denver helped the Browns by beating Pittsburgh 31-23, a win which kept the 9-4 Broncos deadlocked with the Los Angeles Raiders in the penthouse of the AFC West. The Raiders outscored Atlanta 34-24. New England moved into a tie with the New York Jets atop the AFC East, also at 9-4, by winning in Indianapolis 38-31. The Jets lost to Detroit 31-20 on Thanksgiving. Minnesota stormed back from a 23-0 deficit in the final eight minutes to shock Philadelphia 28-23; Cincinnati blasted Houston 45-27; Green Bay blanked Tampa Bay 21-0 in a blizzard; Seattle ripped Kansas City 24-6, and San Diego routed Buffalo 40-7. Saints 29, Rams 3 New Orleans’ defense recorded nine sacks, two by linebacker Rickey Jackson. Johnnie Poe picked off a Dieter Brock pass to set up the first touchdown, a 43yard pass from Bobby Hebert to Eric Martin. Later, linebacker James Haynes sacked Los Angeles quarterback Jeff Kemp, causing a fumble that Jack Del Rio returned 22 yards for a TD. Jackson then hit Los Angeles tight end David Hill, knocking him loose of the ball and Del Rio

to a second consecutive state title. George threw a record 46 passes, completed a record 25 for a record 257 yard. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).

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recovered to set up Andersen’s fifth field goal. 49ers 35, Redskins 8 Despite a 15-minute advantage in time of possession and outgaining the 49ers 270-59, the Redskins trailed 21-8 at the half. Dwight Hicks intercepted a Jay Schroeder pass and a 39-yard pass from Joe Montana to Freddie Solomon set up Wendell Tyler’s 1-yard TD for a 14-5 San Francisco lead. When safety Jeff Fuller sacked Schroeder from the blind side, it forced the fumble that Turner ran in. The defeat was the worst at home for Washington since Baltimore beat them 387 on Oct. 17,1965. Browns 35, Giants 33 Cleveland, which blew a 21-7 first-half 1 edge, rallied from a 33-21 hole in the final quarter. QB Gary Danielson guided the visitors on drives of 65 and 80 yards to go ahead. Clarence Weathers caught a 25yard pass from Danielson to cap the first march. Earnest Byner then swept nine yards for the winning touchdown with 1:52 to go. Eric Schubert’s 34-yard field goal try for New York was foiled by a bad snap on the final play of the game. “I released it too early and I didn’t follow through,” said Giants center Bart Oates. “It was low and I messed it up.”

South Putnam looks even better

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor INDIANAPOLIS—They weren’t on hand to pick up a trophy, but South Putnam High School received a consolation prize of sorts Friday when Eastern Hancock captured the Class A football championship at the Hoosier Dome. Eastern Hancock’s 21-13 victory over South Putnam in the semistate came tougher than the 20-7 win over Jimtown in Indianapolis. For that matter, with the exception of Brownsburg’s 23-17 last-second 4A win over Hobart, all of the title games were cake w alks. FT. WAYNE LUERS was the only northern Indiana team to take home a title, whipping Lawrenceburg 25-7 in the 2A title contest. Indianapolis Roncalli routed another northern team, Wawasee, 37-3 for the first of two titles Marion County teams won. And of course, Jeff George hurled Warren Central to a convincing 41-7 Valparaiso in a fitting end to the most illustrious high school career since maybe Mark Herrmann. After watching three games Friday and two Saturday, it became obvious class football makes things a lot more interesting. There was a world of difference between A and 2A and the upper three classes. The big linemen for Warren Central appeared to be as quick as the backs in the first two championship games. Quickness, as well as the results, made it apparent South Putnam would have been right in the title hunt. Eastern Hancock jumped out to a 20-0 lead before Jim-town-the team that beat notorious football machine North Judson 29-22 -got on the scoreboard. JIMTOWN COULDN’T RUN inside against that powerful Eastern Hancock line and at the same time the Jimmies couldn’t keep Kyle Barrentine from performing his magic in the wishbone. Everybody knows you can’t make a wish if you don’t get the larger half of the wishbone and Jimtown got nothing. The wishbone offense consumes time. It’s not the kind of offense a team comes back against. Unlike Greencastle’s balanced wishbone, Eastern Hancock’s

2-0 Greencastle defeats Terre Haute North

TERRE HAUTE—Coach Dan Layton is about to bust right now. He’s still not sure how good the Greencastle High School wrestling team is, but after the 66-12 win over host Terre Haute North last Wednesday the coach knows they’re not bad. Greencastle goes for its third and fourth victories Tuesday night in a double-dual at Tri-West with the host and North Putnam. Wrestling begins at 6:30 p.m.. WINNING 11 MATCHES-10 on the mat, one by forfeit-Greencastle scored its second win of the season and second straight win over Terre Haute North. The overall series between the two programs is 2-4, in favor of the Patriots. “I think Terre Haute North, not taking anything away from our team, they’re a strong team, but I think we caught them on Greencastle 96, Terre Haute North 12 98-Brad Garner. G, by forfeit. 105-Troy Peters, G, first period pin, Tom Knight, THY 112-David Singer, G, second period pin, Dave Hamilton, THY Il»-I)ave Frederick, THN, second period pin, Scott Estes, G. 126-Nell Masten, G, second period pin. Bill Balcavage THY 132-Tom C'atanese, G, technical fall < 15-0), John Ruddock, THN. 138-Frank Wehrheim, G, third period pin 5:05: Scott Borden, THN. 145-Kerrv Bullerdick, G. first period pin, Scott Hale THN. 155-Rick Stewart, G, second period pin, Kerry Hanev, THN. 167-Brian Smiley, G, first period pin, Don Earls, THN. 177-David Pickens, G, first period pin, Tony Flack, THN. 185-Tom Jukes, THN, first period pin, Travis Mundy, G. Hwt.-Tom Shuee, G, second period pin. Darren I.ee, THN. JUNIOR VARSITY WINNERS: Dennis Campbell and Mike Dixon.

Kevin Mack broke Jim Brown’s club rookie rushing record of 942 yards, gaining 66 yards on 14 carries for 958 this season. Broncos 31, Steelers 23 At Pittsburgh, the Steelers had taken a 23-17 lead on Mike Merriweather’s 35-yard interception return touchdown with 5:02 to play. But John Elway led a 58-yard drive ended by Steve Sewell’s 2-yard run with 1:45 to play. The Broncos, who intercepted David Woodley four times and sacked him five times, added an insurance score Raiders 34, Falcons 24 Marcus Allen grabbed the league rushing lead with 156 yards, his sixth consecutive 100-yard performance. Allen’s 156 yards gave him 1,392 yards for the year, a club record. He moved ahead of Atlanta’s Gerald Riggs, the previous leader who had 95 yards for 1,343 yards this season. It ended Riggs’ string of consecutive 100-yard games at five. Packers 21, Bucs 0 A snowstorm, 40 mph winds and 30degree temperatures made the Bucs uncomfortable and inept they managed only 65 yards on offense. But it didn’t bother the Packers, who had 512 yards offense. Green Bay quarterback Lynn Dickey completed 22 of 36 passes for 299 yards and ran one yard for a touchdown. Seahawks 24, Chiefs 6 Steve Largent matched Lance Alworth’s NFL record with his seventh career 1,000yard receiving season and ran his consecutive game receiving streak to 120 games, third best in NFL history. He pulled in a 17-yard scoring pass from Dave Krieg, who played despite a sore shoulder. Chargers 40, Bills 7 Rookie cornerback John Hendy intercepted two passes, returning one 75 yards for a touchdown, for host San Diego.

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is designed to control the ball more on the ground. Eastern Hancock had the ball over 33 minutes and Jimtown just over 14 minutes. And during that clock domination Barrentine threw the ball just eight times, completing six, including two for touchdowns to Andy House, who made spectacular catches--the first a one-hander w’hile Barrentine scrambled in the option and the second w ith defenders all around him in the end zone. “WE ONLY’ PASS when we want to,” coach Bob Copeland said. “Sometimes Kyle would like to throw more and when he throws he’s very accurate, but we’ve run successfully with the option.” Which was Jimtown’s biggest problem. The Royals ran the ball a state championship game (any class) record 62 times, surpassing the mark set by Sheridan (61) against North Judson last year. “We had a game plan and what you saw was that game plan. We’ve lived and died by the option the last two years-mainly lived-and we’re really living now,” Copeland said. Although the statistics caused some to crvout in disbelief, they do go into the record book and according to those figures South Putnam was more successful against Eastern Hancock than Jimtown. While the Eagles surrendered just 198 net rushing yards to the Royals on a wet field outdoors, the Jimmies gave up 265 at the Dome.

a down side, not being ready to wrestle the night before Thanksgiving,” Layton said, tempering his optimism. “I feel like we can do all right, but I still have to put the pressure on South Putnam. They’re still the team we have to gun for (in the county and sectional). “WE’VE GOT A pretty solid lineup, but we still don’t know how our 98 is going to do,” Layton said of Brad Garner, who received his second forfeit in as many trips to the mat. Greencastle won nine matches by pin and got a technical fall from Tom Catanese at 132 pounds. The new rule in high school wrestling gives a wrestler the victory at any time during the match he achieves a 15-point margin on his opponent. Catanese scored 15 points in just

Cougars get firsthand look at Patriots

ROACHDALE-The first Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association poll had Owen Valley ranked 20th. North Putnam coach Tom Roach believes it after a 63-6 thrashing Wednesday night. “WE DID NOT lose this meet, we were beaten by a better team,” Roach said, not disappointed at all with his Cougars, “We were able to see how we matchup with the best team in the conference.” Robert Price scored North Putnam’s lone six points with a first period pin of

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1:28 of the match on Patriot John Ruddock. Troy Peters, Kerry Bullerdick, Brian Smiley and David Pickens scored first period pins for Greencastle. Pickens pinned North's Tony Flack in just 26 seconds during 177-pound match, the fastest of the night. DAVID SINGER, Neil Masten, Rick Stewart and Tom Shuee scored second period pins for their victories and Frank Wehrheim scored a third period pin. Layton wasn't even bothered by Scott Estes’ or Travis Mundv’s losses. “Scott Estes didn’t look like a first-time wrestler,” the coach said. “He had the boy pinned, but the referee was slow calling it. I was quite proud of Scott going out on the mat for the first time ever. He’s showed

Owen Valley’s Scott Worthington in the heavyweight match. Price got his second win of the year in just 1:11. NORTH PUTNAM TRAVELS to Tri West Tuesday for a three-way meet with the host and Greencastle. Wrestling begins at 6:30p.m. Owen Valley 63, North Putnam P 98-Paul l.antz, OV, second period pin, Bill Martin, NP. 105-Jon Owens. OV, second period pin, Darrin Whitaker. 112—Brad Trimble, OV, by forfeit. 119-Jim Burleson, OV, by forfeit.

BUT JUST AS IN the game at South Putnam, there was no single back who dominated those statistics. That 265 yards is spread between Bob Reed (80). Brian “Ice Box” Ellison (73), Joe South (62) and Barrentine (52). Remember, Reed was the only 1.000-vard ball carrier, yet through the final two games it never show r ed. “The last few w'eeks we’ve been able to play on our side of the 50(-yard line). It didn’t work out that way today. Eastern Hancock has the best line we’ve faced all year,” Jimtown coach Bill Sharp said. Copeland said at South Putnam the Royals planned from the first day of practice to get to the Dome, even producing the evidence-a small piece of laminated paper with the Hoosier Dome and an inscription on it. The coach did it again Friday. "YESTERDAY WE ASK our players to predict the score of the game and if you averaged it out, they hit the score almost on the money,” Copeland said. “Most of them thought the score would be 21-7.” Copeland also confided to another reporter at the state finals that South Putnam was the best team Eastern Hancock played all season. Another pat on the back for the Eagles. Just like South’s Mark Wildman, Copeland had to go right into wrestling practice Monday. The Royals are scheduled to participate in an invitational this Saturday (Dec. 7). That is what the coach doesn’t like about the five-class all-inclusive state tournament. “We couldn’t get another week out of our kids. We depend so much on heart and emotion,” Copeland said. BEING A QUALIFIER for the state tournament nearly every year since it started in 1973, Copeland doesn’t like the all-inclusive format. A lot of coaches are concerned about the playoffs going six weeks-too long and too much strain on the players and coaches. But this obviously was a step in the right direction. There were 21.596 fans on hand Saturday to watch the two games and 16,020 Friday, for a state record 37,616. Last year they had 35,836 for two sessions.

me he’s coming along, it’s just going to take a little time developing him. “Travis, he was ahead 2-0. He was just too high. He made a mistake,” Layton said. “If we lose and look that good I’m going to be pretty happy with how things go.” GREENCASTLE’S FIRST AND only home meet prior to Christmas is Thursday at McAnally Center with West Vigo. Wrestling begins at 6:30 p.m. Pro transactions FOOTBALL National Football League NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Placed Steve Grogar quarterback, on injured reserve Activated Pete Brock center NEW YORK GIANTS—Placed Lionel Manuel, wic receiver, on injured reserve Activated Stacy Robinsc wide receiver, from injured reserve

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