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South Putnam’s Matt Macy (36) found a hole in - Cascade’s defensive line Friday night on one of his seven carries. Macy ground out 11 of the

Effort and victory pleases Wildman and SP Eagles

By GARY HAZLETT Banner-Graphic Sports Writer CLAYTON The South Putnam Eagles outscored their opponents 13-7 in two quarters of play in the Cascade High School Football Jamboree Friday night South scored twice in the first period against Cascade, while holding the Cadets scoreless. The Monrovia Bulldogs scored a touchdown against the Eagles in the fourth quarter. “OVERALL WE WERE pleased with our effort tonight,” South coach Mark Wildman said. Because kickoffs were not used in the jamboree, Cascade opened the game on offense, starting from its 35-yard line. On the second play from scrimmage South’s Rodney Rector recovered a Cadet fumble on the Cascade 39-yard line. The Eagles wasted little time getting the offense rolling. Robert Priest hit Cory Robinson with a nine-yard completion on the Eagles’ first play offensively. South then kept the bail on the ground, alternating Mark McKay and Matt Macy rushing. McKay carried the ball over from four yards out to score the game’s first points. “OUR RUNNERS DID a good job,” Wildman said of Macy and McKay. South played without the services of four injured seniors. Running back Bill Furby, wide receiver Troy Glaze, and linemen Jim Neace and Don Schilling sat out the game.

Jamboree shows Tiger Cubs are ‘somewhere in between’

By STEVE HELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor DANVILLE the story of Friday night’s Danville High School Football Jamboree, the Greencastle Tiger Cubs might be in trouble. Greencastle played Tri-West to a scoreless draw in the second quarter, but gave up 118 yards rushing and 14 points to Danville in the fourth and final quarter. “IF COMING IN (to the jamboree) they would have told me we would play this well, I would have taken it,” Fallis said. The Greencastle-Tri-West quarter was truely a practice for both teams. The coaches traded plays during the week. The Tiger Cub defense limited the Bruins to just one yard of net offense. Danville, however, was a different story. “They ran some unbalanced line and some things we did not prepare for coming into a jamboree,” Fallis said. “Danville was the dominant team in the jamboree, I thought. They looked quick. They hit us off-tackle pretty good in the last quarter.” GREENCASTLE DEBUTED a

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SEATTLE (AP) Rookies Jeff George of the Indianapolis Colts and Derek Loville of the Seattle Seahawks are on the opposite ends of the NFL salary spectrum. George has it made. Loville is trying to make it. FOR ON EXHIBITION game, free agent Loville upstaged George, the first player chosen in April’s NFL draft.

Eagles’ 21 rushing yards in the Cascade jamboree. (Banner-Graphic photo by Gary Goodman)

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All but Furby are expected back for the opening game next Friday night at home against Tri-West. “The people filling in did real well,” Wildman said of the Eagles’ depth. THE EAGLES SCORED again late in the quarter on a 35-yard drive highlighted by a fourteen yard pass from Priest to Jim Collins. Priest quarterback sneaked over from the one-yard line. Rob Brown added the PAT to close the scoring in the first period. Monrovia scored the only points of the fourth quarter on its first possession. The Bulldogs drove 30 yards with David McCubbins scoring from three yards out. “We improved over the course of the quarter,” Wildman said of South’s defense in the second quarter. THE EAGLE DEFENSE was impressive holding both teams to 13 rushing yards in 27 attempts.

new offense. After 10 seasons of running the wishbone offense, the "liger Cubs came out in the I-forma-tion with an eye toward putting the ball in the air. An interception and two fumbles, plus the defenses of TriWest and Danville, limited Greencastle to just 18 plays and 66 yards. The Cubs put up 56 of those yards against Tri-West, making its debut under new head coach Mark Haste. “It’s hard to say,” Fallis said of the offensive performance. “We moved the ball pretty well against Tri-West and didn’t very well against Danville. “SOMEWHERE IN between, I suspect, is where we really are. Against a defensive team like Danville, it’s going to take us a series or two to get everybody where we want them.” Greencastle’s best scoring opportunity came against Tri-West in the second quarter. Second-year quarterback Brad Resner put a pass right on the “Money” or Monye Steadmon, for a 23-yard gain that put the Tiger Cubs on the Bruins’ 4-yard line. Greencastle fumbled

He returned the opening secondhalf kickoff and then was the key player in the Seahawks’ winning touchdown drive in a 13-10 victory over the Colts. “I knew if I got the opportunity, I wanted to show them what I could do,” said Loville, who scored on a 1-yard run with 4:54 to go. The Seahawks (2-1) drove 75 yards in 12 plays in 7:46 to beat the

South held Cascade to a minusthree yards rushing in the first quarter. As for improvements the Eagles need to make, “We need to play together a little better,” Wildman said. Cascade Jamboree statistics South Putnam 13 6 0 0 —l3 Cascade/Monrovla 0 • • 7 First Quarter SP McKay, 4 run (kick failed), 6-0, 9:08. SP Priest, 1 run (Brown kick), 13-0,1:50. Fourth Quarter MUS McCubbins, 3 run (Belcher kick), 3912 ■ ‘ SP CHS/MHS First downs 4 5 Rushes-yds 19-21 27-13 Passing-yds 34 44 Cmp-Att-Int 4-8-0 4-8-0 Total offense 27-55 35-57 Return yds 0 8 Punts-Avg. 4-18.7 3-22.6 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yrds 3-30 3-20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (South Putnam for two quarters) RUSHING South Putnam: McKay 10-16, Macy 7-11, Gregory 1-4, Priest l-(-)10. PASSING South Putnam: Priest 4-8-0—34. RECEIVING —South Putnam: Robinson 2-15, Collins 1-14, Gregory 1-5. PUNTING South Putnam: McKay 4-18.7.

on the next play and Tri-West recovered. Steadmon caught two passes for 36 yards for the night, as Fallis spread the ball around offensively, getting a lot at a lot of different things on film. He even saw Resner punt for a 37.5 average. AFTER STUDYING THE films and another week of practice, the Tiger Cubs open the season next Friday at Cloverdale. Danville Jamboree statistics Greencastle 0 0 0 o—o Tri-West/Danville 0 0 0 14 —l4 Fourth QuarteGreencastle vs. Danville DUS Wiggam, 9 run (Wiggam kick), 7-0, 6:55. DHS Cox, 59 fumble return (Wiggam kick), 14-0 GHS TW-D First downs 2 6 Rushes-yds 10-30 27-119 Passing-yds 36 0 Cmp-Att-Int 2-8-1 0-2-0 Total offense 18-66 29-119 Return yds 59 59 Punts-Avg. 2-37.5 1-37.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1 Penalties-Yrds 1-10 5-43 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (Greencastle for two quarters) RUSHING Pitcock 3-15, Resner 2-3, D. Duff 1-2. PASSING Resner 2-8-1—36. RECEIVING Steadmon 2-36.

Colts (0-2) and their sls million rookie in his starting debut. GEORGE WAS impressive after coming off the bench in his first exhibition game last weekend. The Colts still haven’t won but their much-criticized decision to draft George may turn out to be a good one. He completed 11 of 18 passes for 134 yards,

Tie shows Cougars have long way to go, King says

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor DANVILLE The 13 points North Putnam’s Cougars put on the scoreboard against Tri-West in the third quarter of Friday night’s Danville Jamboree could not hid reality from second-year coach Herb King. “We have a long way to go. I am not happy with the way the team play,” King said. “We had bad practice all week and the results of this poor practice was seen tonight.” THE COUGARS SEEMED to get better from quarter to quarter. With starting linemen Dale Lucas and Chad Richardson playing little or not at all in the exhibition, for a variety of reasons, Danville sacked quarterback Daniel Johnson three times and intercepted in once in the opening period. In fact, the Warriors got in scoring position when Mark Ricketts intercepted a Johnson pass. Danville scored four plays later when tight end Chris Mickel fell on a fumbled ball in the end zone. “THE FIRST QUARTER was nothing to talk about,” King said. “The second quarter something happened. The offense started working with the defense following up.”

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Cougar quarterback Daniel Johnson (12) enjoyed a solid pocket Friday night at the Danville jamboree. The North Putnam line protected

Enthusiasm and quickness help Clovers show promise

By CHRIS KNAUER Banner-Graphic Sports Writer CLAYTON The Cloverdale Clovers showed signs of a promising season after being outscored only 13-12 in two quarters of the Cascade High School Jamboree Friday night. Cloverdale scored once in each quarter, but was unable to convert the extra points. Both Owen Valley and Cascade made it to the end zone once in each of their quarters against the Clovers. “I WAS REAL please with the enthusiasm of our kids over the past two weeks,” Cloverdale coach Mike Parks said. “I think our quickness helped in overcoming our lack of size.” Quickness helped the Clovers to recover an Owen Valley fumble in the opening seconds of the second quarter. Seven plays later, at 8:29, Cloverdale slotback Brent Branneman crossed the goal line to give Cloverdale its first score. The twopoint conversion attempt from Jason Jordan to Brad Gerlach came up empty but the Clovers led 6-0. An interception led to the Owen Valley Patriots’ first score with 3:30 left in the period. Tom Winders scored on a one-yard run. The ex-tra-point kick was good, giving OV a 7-6 lead. STARTING AGAIN FROM the 35-yard line (because kickoffs were not used in the jamboree), the Clovers were intercepted on their second down. But the Cloverdale defense held Owen Valley until the end of the quarter. Cascade quicky got on the scoreboard in the fifth quarter. After blocking a Cloverdale punt the Cadets scored in seven plays. The Cadeis took the lead 6-0 at 5:53 on a Tony Murrain run. The extrapoint attempt failed. WITH ONE MINUTE on the scoreboard, and fourth to goal, Cascade failed to get a first down on a reverse play. On his second pass, Cloverdale quarterback Ryan Ford nailed

After Tri-West’s Brent Lee capped a 49-yard, nine-play drive with a two-yard touchdown run, North got its offense going. Johnson, who spent much of the summer working on his foot speed, scrambled to his right and threw on the run to get away from the backside pressure. The tactic loosened the Tri-West interior and got North moving. ERIC PIPES, WHO caught three passes for 73 yards and a touchdown against Tri-West in the third quarter, leaped above the defense to pull down a 28-yard pass that ignited the Cougars. Rich Runnells found running room inside for seven yards and then broke another for 30, setting up Johnson’s nine-yard touchdown strike to Pipes. Kevin Mendenhall made back to back tackles to stuff the Tri-West offense. That put North’s, offense back on the field. Just three plays later the Cougars scored. Johnson and Pipes hooked up for 33 yards, fullback Glen Runnells ran for five and Pipes pulled in the 12-yard touchdown pass. STILL, COACH KING was not pleased with the Cougars’ overall performance and will be watch-

Johnson well enough for a 7 of 11 throwing night and 116 yards with only one interception. (Ban-ner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields)

"Branneman with a 41-yard pass, giving the Clovers six points with 40 seconds to play. Once again the conversion failed but the Clovers were tied with Cascade 6-6. Branneman led the Clovers’ ground attack with 14 yards and two touchdowns. Dan Fruits led Cascade’s running game with 17 net yards. Eric Gooch had a good one quarter with 53-yards to head up the Patriots. The Clovers kick off the regular season next Friday night against county and conference rival Greencastle at home. The game begins at 7:30 p.m. Owen Valley returns to Cascade High School next Friday to open

Top seed Becker survives at Hardcourts but number two seed Agassi doesn’t

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Topseeded Boris Becker, a game away from defeat in the second set, won a quarterfinal match in the U.S. Hardcourts tennis tournament Friday night when Jim Courier retired in the third set with cramps. Becker’s 4-6, 7-5, 3-1 victory sent him into Saturday’s semifinals at the Indianapolis Sports Center against fourth-seeded Jay Berger. COURIER, SEEDED eighth, had Becker down 5-2 in the second set before the West German held serve and broke Courier twice to force a third set and avoid another upset in the $1 million tournament Earlier, unseeded Peter Lundgren of Sweden shocked No. 2 Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-0 in less than an hour to advance to the semifinals against No. 14 Richey Reneberg. Reneberg upset No. 8 Pete Sampras 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-0), and Berger wore down a tired Kelly Evemden 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 with five service breaks over the final two sets. AGASSI MANAGED just one

ing practices close this week. “If there is one are of improvement it must come from hard and serious work during our workouts,” the coach said. “If the workouts improve, then we will improve.” The Cougars now enter a real game week. The traditionally strong Monrovia Bulldogs come to North Putnam next Friday for the opening contest. Danville Jamboree statistics North Putnam 0 0 13 0 —l3 Danville/Tri-West 7 0 6 0 —l3 First Quarter North Putnam vs. Danville DHS Mickel, fumble recovery (Wiggam kick), 7-0,9:07. Third Quarter North Putnam vs. Tri-West TW Lee, 2 run (kick failed), 13-0,7:32. NP Payton, 9 pass from D. Johnson (pass failed), 13-6,4:39. NP Pipes, 12 pass from D. Johnson (Pipes kick), 13-13, :56. NP D-TW First downs 10 4 Rushes-yds 17-75 19-98 Passing-yds 116 0 Cmp-Alt-Int 7-11-1 0-0-0 Total offense 28-191 19-98 Return yds 10 87 Punts-Avg. 0-0 2-33.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yrds 2-20 3-12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (North Putnam for two quarters) RUSHING G. Runnells 6-63, R. Runnells 522, Lindley 1-8. PASSING —D. Johnson 7-11-I—ll6. RECEIVING Pipes 3-73, Wehrman 2-35, Payton 1-9, Barnhart 1-4.

the regular season with a 7:30 p.m. contest. Cascade Football Jamboree statistics Cloverdale 0 6 0 0 60 —l2 OV-Cascade 0 7 0 0 6 0— 13 Second Quarter Cloverdale vs. Owen Valley CHS Branneman, 6 run (Conversion failed), 6-0 8:29. OV Winders, 1 run (kick good), 7-6, 3:10. Finh Quarter Cloverdale vs. Cascade Cascade— Murrain, 4 run (conversion failed), 6-0,5:53. Cloverdale Branneman, 41 pass from Ford (kick failed), 6-6, :40. OV-CAS CLO First downs 14 12 Rushes-yds 17-89 10-9 Passing-yds 47 41 Cmp-Att-Int 6-10-1 6-9-2 Total offense 17-89 10-9 Penalties-Yrds 7-50 6-20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Cloverdale: Branneman 2-14, Nees 2-2, Spence 1-1, Matthews 3-3, Gerlach 1-0, Bowman 1-6. PASSING Cloverdale: Ford 7-7-2—41.

service break against Lundgren, ranked 151st in the world. The Swede raced to a 4-1 lead in the first set before Agassi recovered to serve a love-game and climb within 5-4. The 20-year-old from Las Vegas had a break point in the next game, but he could only lunge at Lundgren’s forehand winner on the baseline. Then his unforced error gave Lundgren the first set. “That was his chance to come back and I won the game. He just went for stupid shots. He’s such a good player and he should know better,” said Lundgren, a Bjorn Borg look-alike who served two aces to close out the win in the first meeting between the two players. LUNDGREN NEEDED three deuces before he broke Agassi to open the final set. “All I wanted was just to get up a game. I made a mistake before I walked on the court. I just wasn’t there,” said Agassi, who received a warning for racket abuse after throwing it three times.