The Independent-News, Volume 104, Number 22, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 November 1978 — Page 9

Falcons Rally To Win Comeback Victory 21-20 The John Glenn Falcons football team pulled one more “great effort" out of their bag of tricks Friday night to cap what has to be the most pleasing season for coach John Hostrawscr and a team of some 30 boys who do not have the size on the outside, but more than make up for it with the size on the inside of heart and guts. A tremendous come-from-behind effort in the last quarter of their game with always strong Jimtown, turned what seemed to be sure defeat into victory to account for their seventh w in of the season and their best record in the young school’s history or their forerunner, Walkerton High School’s history as a 7-3 final record was achieved. Never giving up. the Falcons, after taking a very slim 7-6 first half lead, watched the Jimmies come roaring w HAPPY ADS Happy 32nd Anniversary MOM & DAD Love You. JOAN SINGSPIRATION Sunday, Nov. 5 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. First Assembly Os God Church EVERYONE WELCOME Happy Birthday MARK KINNEY ON NOVEMBER 6TH You Are Finally IN Years Old Love UNCLE GENE <sc ALNI DELORES GOOD LUCK Eva “Mickey" Hunt I I — 1 From ( IMF GANG

back in the third quarter and really dominate things, onlv to have the boys from Glenn completely reverse the momentum and dominate the game completely in the fourth quarter. Where the week before it was the defense that was called on time and time again to preserve a win when they couldn't move the ball, this week it was the offense running the last 2b offensive plays from scrimmage to score two times and turn it into an exciting 21-20 victory and still control the ball to run out the clock. JG Statistics J 16 First Downs 10 253 Rushing 180 43 Passing 75 Passes Attempted 9 3 Passes Completed 6 0 Had Intercepted 0 9 Return Yards 52 5 Punts 3 30 Average Yards 33 1 Fumbles 1 3 Fumbles Lost 3 40 Yards Penalized 65 74 Offensive Plays 41 The almost unbelieveable finish started as the fourth quarter got underway with Glenn having a fourth and 5 from their own 49. A Jeff Tinkey punt was returned by the Jimmies to the Glenn 33 and the hosts, who on their last two possessions had marched 59 and 71 yards in six plays each time for touchdowns, went to work on offense. This was a different situation however as the Jimmies failed to make the first down and punted the ball back to Glenn with some 10 minutes left in the game. Starting from their own 29, the Falcons started pounding at the line of Jimtown and really worked hard to move the ball the 71 yards down field to score with only two plays out of the entire drive going for double figure yardage and that was a 13 yard carry early in the drive and the 15 yard scoring run by Tinkey off a wide lateral which left the freshman end with a run-pass option. This time he ran it in and with 5:39 showing on the clock, Mark Izdepski kicked his second extra point of the night and the Falcons had trimmed the lead to 20-14. Then came the first of two short kicks, a move the Falcons used on quite a few occasions this year both as an onside attempt and also to keep the long return from burning them. The ball was touched by a forward man for Jimtown and the scramble was on with Izdepski covering the free ball on the Jimtown 45 to give the Falcons that chance they needed. This time they didn't have to go as far, but it was just as tough. They covered the 45 yards in nine plays as opposed to the 13 it took to cover 71 before Also in this they used a hurry-up offense where they were putting the ball in play about 10 seconds faster than normal, not quite like the lightning speed of the old Bud Wilkinson Oklahoma teams, but certainly fast enought to keep the Jimmies hustling and working much harder on defense. This drive had onlv one big plav, that a crucial third and 5 sweep around the right end by Bob Muncie that picked up 15 yards and a big first down at the 17. Three plays later Mike Shenenberger raced around the other end for the biggest 12 yards of his career to make it into the end zone standing with 1 59 on the scoreboard clock. Then came the pressure extra point and Izdepski was again true pushing the Falcons to the 21-20 lead. However, the game wasn’t over at this point, but it was just a matter of time as once more the short kick was fumbled by a Jim town player and Shenenberger cleanly covered the loose ball to make it a first and 10 from the 42 yard line. On the first plav, in an effort to steal the ball, a face mask grab gave the Falcons a first down that allowed Greg Brovoid to keep the ball himself for the final three plass of the game for the come from behind win.

Ihe Falcons scored first in this game as the two teams started off iti a real close fashion. Each team had the ball twice before the Jimmies could collect the game’s initial first down and when it appeared a drived was going well as the Jimmies had run off 10 plays, picking up three first downs and moving from their own 29 to the Falcon 29, a Jimmie fumble was covered by Tom Nunley to stop this drive. Glenn then got their first touch of success as they almost matched the Jimmies, moving from their own 33 to the Jimtown 33 where they fumbled a snap away and it was covered by Jimtown. However, after holding the hosts from Elkhart County, the Falcons put the ball in play at their own 29 after a Jimtown punt and put together an eight play drive that went all the way aided by a Jimtown face mask penalty and a key Tinkey to Rod Miller pass for 29 yards on the run-pass option lateral that had been inserted the past two games. Izdepski capped the drive driving over from two yards out with 6:42 left in the first half before he added his first of three placements for the 7-0 lead. This was really short lived however. as on the ensuing kickoff. Scott Nine took the kick at his own । 20 and with good blocking broke through the wall at about the 35 to break into the open and go all the way for a touchdown. This 12 second interval cut the margin to I one. a figure it stayed at as the | Jimtow n kick for an extra point was I just wide left to leave Glenn in the lead. The Jimmies made one more ■ serious bid before halftime after a Glenn punt as a big 49 yard pass 1 play was the big gainer in moving , the ball to the Falcon 14 before a > sack of quarterback Mike Stout by ; lorn Nunley put them in somewhat i of a hole. From a field goal formation. a key fourth down run was i stopped just two yards short of the i front of the chains and Glenn ran i the clock out after that. i The second half started as all > Jimtown. They took the kickoff , from their own 41 and moved 59 I yards very quickly in six plays with I Dexter Crocker running in from 8 yards out with Stout having a big 33 yard run to start the drive. A two

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point conversion on a run be Stout made it 14-7. It didn’t look good for the Fai cons when they were forced to punt after receiving the ball mainly due to a 15 yard holding call. The Jimmies this time marched 71 yards in six plays with Crocker racing 35 yards on one play and Stout having a 12 yard carry to start the drive and a 14 yard run for the score. However, the kick for the point was not even close and it was 20-7 to set up the late heroics of the Fighting Falcons. This game was a real credit to the seniors of Glenn. Muncie. Steve Morris, Norm Barden. Tom Nunley, Eric Carlson, Shenenberger and Tom Moore, who was unable to play due to a strained knee. These boys were the returners and leaders of a team that finished 1-9 last year and was loaded this year with freshmen, giving Glenn their largest roster in several years. Their leadership and desire to win rubbed off on the younger players and it is hoped that it will remain with the underclassmen in coming years. That and the job done by coach Hostraw - ser and his assistants John Arnett and Dennis Rippey, deserves nothing but the heartiest of congratulations. । The Scoring JOHN GLENN: Mark Izdepski, 2 yard run; PAT: Mark Izdepski, kick JIMTOWN: Scott Nine, 80 yard kickoff return; PAT: kick failed JIMTOWN: Dexter Crocker, 8 yard run; PAT: Mike Stout, run JIMTOWN: Mike Stout. 14 yard run; PAT: kick failed JOHN GLENN: Jeff Tinkey. 14 vard run; PAT: Mark Izdepski, kick JOHN GLENN: Mike Shenenberger, 12 yard run; PAT: Mark Izdepski, kick Score By Qualers John Glenn 0 7 0 14 — 21 Jimtown 0 6 14 0 — 20 OBITUARIES MRS. BLANCHE DAGLEY Word was received of the passing of Mrs. Blanche Dagley on Monday, October 30, in Naples, Florida. Arrangement were being made at the Hodges Funeral Home, Naples, Florida.

PETER RELOS Peter Relos, 86. Route I. Grovertown, died at 6 20 p.m. on Tuesday. October 24 at Miller's Merry Manor, Walkerton, after being ill two and a half years. He was born on March 27, 1892, at Tripolis, Greece to Dimitrios and Athanasia Cotsifilos. He had lived in Starke County since 1935. He married Beatrice E. Eldridge on September 3. 1923. in Oakwood. Illinois, who survives, along with four sons, James E.. of Bremen. Robert D . of North Liberty and William P. and Michael 1., both of Plymouth; 13 grandchildren; three great-grand children; three sisters. Mrs. Helen Economas and Mrs. Betty Papas, both of Chicago, and Mrs. Christina Economopoulas, of Greece, and one brother, Thom Cotsifilos, of Greece. He was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday in the Johnson Funeral Home. Plv mouth, with Rev. V. Suka, pastor of the Serbian Orthodox Church. South Bend, officiating. Burial was in New Oak Hill Cemetery. Plvmouth. PETE ULLMAN Funeral services for Pete I llman. "8. of Ft. Pierce. Florida, formerly of Kixmtz Lake, who died on Tuesday. October 24. in Lawn W<x>d Medical Center. Ft. Pierce, Florida, were held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday at the Rannells Funeral Home. Koontz Lake, with Ernest Giant, S( , officiating. Burial was in the Grovertown Cemeterv. He was born on June 12, 1900, in Minonk, Illinois, and was retired from Edwards Iron Works, South Bend. He married Vera Crip Stull on April 24. 1946, who preceded him in death on July 22. 1974. Surviving are two stepsons, Lou is Stull, Warsaw, and Jerry Stull, of Ft. Pierce; two stepdaughters, Mrs. June Scese and Mrs. Emily Schaunaman, both of Koontz Lake; 15 grandchildren and 21 greatgrandchildren. The world's oldest living things are bristlecone pines in California, estimated to be 4,6 00 years old.