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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1976
Page
15
Lincoln of Stanwood dominated Bellevue 44 to 6 on Friday night. Dan Rouch scored two touchdowns, including a 15 yard first quarter run and a 25 yard late TD. Bellevue’s lone score came on Greg Waack’s 24 yard second quarter run.
Guttenberg beat Creston 12 to 6 on Creston field as Mosser threw two touchdown passes. A 45 yard pass to Dan Kuempel and a 14 yard strike to Rick Aulwes provided the scoring. This was the season opener for both squads.
Midland romped to a 32 0 Mid-East Iowa conference win over East Central Friday night. Matt Schaeffer scored Midland's first two touchdowns on two and seven yard runs. Leonard Mais added a 14 yard run and a 40 yard reception from Dave Buchholtz. Buchholtz also threw a 64 yard TD to Jerry Eggers. Conrad B C L routed Alden 48 0 on Friday night with Roger Moler three scores and Tom Pelham and Jim Hill two apiece. Oil Burner, a 3 year old brown colt, captured the Monticello Pace for 300 000 dollars, his eighth win in 16 starts this year.
The brief notes that Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees is being highly regarded as the American League's 1976 most valuable player. The item cites analysts and fan expectations, signaling Munson's standout performance and leadership in the season.
Bob Naber led West Delaware with four touchdowns and 279 rushing yards on 33 carries to spark the Mayhawks to a 30-16 win over Oelwein. The team totaled 480 yards and 20 first downs while Oelwein struck twice, with Tom Bloom scoring on a 65-yard run after a fumble recovery and a 40-yard TD pass from Mitch Strang.
Mt. Pleasant edged Prairie 13 to 6 as running game led by Steve Young with 135 yards on 21 carries powered the hosts. Brent Foster threw a scoring pass to Kim Starman and a five yard completion to Starman set up another touchdown. Prairie rallied late but fell short as Becicka scored for Prairie and fumbled on the ensuing possession.
Victor Mike Smith scored two touchdowns and Lynn Reefer added a 19 yard pass from Cal Seda to lift HLV to a 26-6 win over Iowa Valley in a South Iowa Cedar league clash Friday night. Iowa Valley’s lone score came on a 71 yard run by Steve Cronbaugh in the third period.
NUHS capitalized on two missed extra points but fell 14 to 12 as Dike Falls failed conversions. Steve Cordes caught a 35 yard TD pass from Kurt Juel to highlight Dike scoring while NUHS rushed for 222 yards to 194 for Dike Falls.
WACO blanked Durant 30-0 in a prep football opener. Scorers for WACO were Doyle Grieser Doug DeVarman Robert Achen Todd Sisco and Bruce Hesser on Friday night.
Denver spoiled Solon's home opener with a 16-6 victory as Dana Austin and Darrel Schmitz each scored touchdowns and Curtis Witte added a safety. Solon tallied only 56 rushing yards, with Jeff Kral connecting a 30 yard pass to Larry Erenberger for their lone score in the fourth.
Central City 8 Ed-Co 0 in Tri-Rivers opener as Mike Devlin’s one yard TD run provided the lone score. Central City held Ed-Co to 29 rushing yards and 100 total.
Winn rushed for two short TDs from inside the five to lift North Linn to a 20-8 win over Alburnett in the season opener. The North Linn ground game totaled 230 yards as Rick Martin scored Alburnett’s lone touchdown in the third period on a five yard run and added the two point conversion.
The Prairie Booster Club will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the high school cafeteria. Films of the Mt Pleasant football game will be shown and football coaches will be on the program. Refreshments will be served.
O J Simpson met for over two hours with Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson in Bel Air to discuss options and possible return to football. No comment given by either party, and if a decision occurred, Simpson’s wife Marguerite was not informed.
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