The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 19, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 October 1968 — Page 12

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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — OCTOBER 1,19 W

Falcons Drop Triton 19-9 For 3rd Win Th< John Glenn Falcons capped a vc y successful hom»’coming week end with un excitng win ov r Triton Friday night h\ a 19 9 store The win boosts the Falcons n coi J to 3-1 for iv season and puts’ them back on th* vi< tvry trail after the h» irtbreaking loss to LaVille th* week befor*'. IG Statistics T 12 Fi st Downs s 89 Rushing 123 169 Passing 43 13 Passes Attempted 11 7 Passes Oimpl Gd 3 1 Intercepted By 0 si Rttu.n Yardage 53 Fumbb s D>st 1 2 Punts 1 16 5 Av ug< Yards 25 87 Penalties 10 Thin-s didn't look too good for the 1- th jv < arly in thi gam After lo> ng the flip th. y kvk 1 to T lion and th- Trojan • put th* ball in play. Failing to make the n< < < -sary yardage for a first down, the Trojans punt d. but th- punt runbar k was sum bled and Triton recovered for i first and 10 vn the Falcons 37 yard line. A <omp!<t d pass fm 17 ya.ds started a drive that eventually hft th Trojans with a sou th and 5 from tin 10 yard One. At this p .nt Randy Manuel very accura’ ly put a fie 1 al through from the is yard hm and with ju t half tin first quart t gon . the Trojans led 3-0. After receiving th kick. th> Fah’.ais again could r-t n dhin*: going and were forced to pun’ This time th<- Trojan- ran the ball d< p into F »1( on *< 11 it- i x left. 1< sing posses.ion rm down« on the Falcons 17. Th . iso • nded th” first pe id w»b G!<nn running th- ball a grind = Specinli/.ing in Permanent = E Waving Dede’s E Beauty Salon | = Hair Shaping. Coloring A £ = Styling = Phone 556-8G44 = E Operators: E E DEDE J 'WEI E = 908 Roosevelt Roact E Walkerton, Indiana E Mitiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiinr

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total of four plays in the first 12 minutes of the game. However, quarterback Craig DeMyer loosened up his arm and started winging the football to Ins ret elvers with gr at success, After a half the distance penalty cost th* Falcons 12 yards early in the driw, DeMwr hit »-nd Steve Ludwig a big 38 yard gun and a first down at mid field. A double reverse lost five yards, but DcMvr then pinpointed Gary Trost for 26 more and another first down. Dnny Hurt gained another first and 10 on a 11 yard scamp-r and after picking up two more Hurt thmidvd his way through the Triton defense for a total of 13 yards and th • seon. Thi.* climaxed the 83 yard drive ir. eight plays and put the Fik ons in the luad. I> Myer th n hi Hurt with a pass for the extra point and the Falcons led 73, with 7 43 left in th” half. It didn't take long fmm this point to get the Falcons in the end zone again. Lairy Grov inten t pted a Triton pass and returned it 26 yards to th- Trojan 40 yard line. After a run g lined nothing, it was DeMyer hitting Liny Muell r. who made a great diving catch to give the Falcons a fist and goal from th< .5 yard line. It took just om play for Grov s to punt in f r the seme. The missed extra point kept th' Falcons uh--ad by 13-3 with 4:00 minuts le r t in the first half. This ended the b. f scoring and n dther te»m gas able to get any additional p«..n. on the scoreboard in th” third s unza. Early’ in the first period. a Gl- nn punt was blocked an 1 netted only 5 yards, giving th Trojans a first and 10 im th ■ Fah ■ n 42. Frank SMbaugh r n th ball twice, the first ca ry for 1 y ird ; and th- second for 3s and the score that cut the 1< 1 to four points. The extra pm’ try xv is blocked and th” mar am emamed 13-9 with 10:45 left in the game. Glenn th- n went intr> a more ball control type game with the offensive line d* liver.ng some good blinks and they proceeded to use up a h>t of the ( lock a they drov- from thirr twn 38 to the Tr iton 16 before turning th< ball o\ r on downs. In thi - drive, only one pass was completed and Mu Her almost made a circus catch <>n on* by thi goal line late in the drive, but was- unable t< hold th-- deflated ball. Tritons posses.-aon came with about Du minutes left, plenty of time, but Slabaugh fumbled on th-ir third

play and I>»o Savoie recovered for the Falcons and they had the ball on Triton's 34 yard line. Three running plays netted five yards and E>*Myer hit Groves with a key first down pass for a first down only to have another red flag cost the Falcons 15 yards and forced a fourth and 21 from the 45. Wanting pos.**ssion badly, they went for the yardage and DeMver hit Ludwig for a key 39 yards and a first down on tli«- six yard line. Three running plays found Hurt barreling into the end zone with just :02 left in the gume giving th*’ Falcons their final margin of 19 9 ove. the Trojans. A short kickoff took care of the tim” and the big Homecoming win was safely in the bag. Tin* Scoring Trihin: Randy Manual, 28 yard field goal. John G1 nn: Denny Hurt, 13 yard run. PAT., Hurt, pass from (Yaig De Myer. John Glenn Larry Groves, 5 yard run: PAT. pas*- failed Triton: Frank Slabuagh, 38 yard run; PAT. kick blocked. John Gh nn 1 ► nny Hurt, 2 yard run: PAT. run failed. John Glenn 0 13 0 6 19 Triton 3 0 0 6 9 Shamrocks And Knox Battle To Scoreless Tie Th*’ North Liberty Shamiockbattled the much larg« r Knox Redskins to a scoreless ti Filay night in the Knox Homecoming at the Knox High S< hoo! Football Field. It was a hard fought game that ended 0-0 d< spite the fact that the Shamrocks mterc’-pted fiv Knox pass’s and recove-rd one Redskin fumbl . The oddity of th*- Shamrock interceptions was that Knox onlx attempted five passes and everyon*- was pick< d v>ff by a Shamrock defender. NL StatbrticN K 10 Find Downs 5

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56 Rushing 90 90 Passing 0 14 Passes Attempt ’d 5 7 Passes Completed 0 5 Intercepted By 1 21 R«’turn Yardage 2 3 Punts 2 26 Average Distance 35 2 Fumbles Lost 1 40 Penalties 40 The deepest penetration by either team came late in th • game as Jim Snyder, of North Liberty, pick- d otf a Knox aerial and returned it to the Redskin b yard line with just 2:00 minutes hdt in th* game. Mike Wesolek pushed to the one yard line, but with two plays to get over, two quarter sn uks failed to penetrate the large Knox defensive hn*- and th** Redskins held to take over possession. Knox's best penetration of the night cam-’ midway in the thi.d |>eriod. A vc y short North Liberty punt traveled only 10 yards and went out of bounds giving the Redskins th*’ bull on thv Shamrock 15 yard line. The Sham xx k d- sense rose to the (xcasion and eventually intercepb’d a fourth down pass with Wes PeV rson taking the errant pass. The other three Shamrock interceptions we~e made by Shane Hostetler. Kevin Hostetler and Mik- Wesolek. ('iiuik Houser ixiced the Shamrocks in tackless and recovered a Knox fumble in this d” en»ivv balth . The hard hitting Shamrock de. fen.se has b^n the bright-st s|x)t in an otherwise disappointing season. Th” Shamns k de fvnse has given up only 32 of the 47 points scored in four games and have inbreepted eight • mmy passes with freshman Mike We olek poking of four of th-sc. The ShamrocK nt tense nas bi-en improving each Aok and th*- Shamrocks look to bv a stronger t<wn tn the second half of the season. Find It in the classifieds!

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Glenn Reserves Beat Shamro, The John Glenn reserv. ball team battled their olc North Liberty on Mond>< ning and emerged with third victory in four garni the other contest being a less tie. The final scon 25-7 after a very strong half by the Falcons erased North Liberty halftime lea | Tlie Shamrocks scored second period, taking ad\ of pass interception and couple of completed pa. i their own. They gained t lead at this time and th. half <’nd<*d this way witi teams surrendering the I mistakes. The Falcons controlled game in the second hall Shamrock fumble on the k was recovered by Glenn moved down the fi-ld to seo' Curt Pletcher's run. Afb other fumble by the Sham Jo«- Jaske wcsited in forth. cons second score, and FYed inger ran the extra point m it 13 7. J.m Lute hit Jim Ve kkr score in the early minutes < fourth quarters and Rick swender pick ad up the touchdown oc a abort run. made the final soot*e .5-7. Th” reserve team will p’ North Judson on Monday, ber 7, to xxlnd up their - Game time is 6:30. FRED BULLINGER INSURANCE Auto - Life - Fire 701 Monroe St. Walkerton, Ind. Rhone 5K6-BSB9