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By JEFF EVANS Courier Sportswriter The Bauxite Miners edged the Sparkman Raiders 17-14 Friday night in the Miners’ homecoming game. Sparkman received the opening kickoff and took over on their 33. During the next six plays, the Raiders moved the ball on runs of seven, three and two yards by Cliff Shackelford and runs of five, three, and two yards by Robert White. On the seventh play, Dennis Matlock broke through the line and scored on a 44-yard run. The two-point conversion was good by Matlock. At that point, it was Sparkman 8, Bauxite 0. The Miners received the kick and started their first drive of the night on their own 44-yard line. From here they drove down the field with runs of 10, and three yards by David Allinson and a 16-yard run by Horace Kitchens. But the Miners’ drive was stopped by a fumble on the Sparkman SIX. The Raiders took over there and on third down quick kicked. The Miners took over on the Sparkman 35. The Miners then drove to the Sparkman two on runs of five and 24 yards by Horace Kitchens and an eight-yard run by David Allinson. However, the Miners ran out of downs and the Raiders took over on their two-yard line. On the first play, Cliff Shackelford ran to the three. On the second play, Dennis Matlock broke through the line for 97 yards and a touchdown. The two-point conversion attempt was no good. The score was Sparkman 14, Bauxite 0. The miners received the kick and took over on their 37. After a six-yard run by Horace Kitchens the time in the first quarter ran out. The Miners could not move the ball and were forced to punt but the punt was blocked and Sparkman took over on the Miners’ 29. From here they ran two plays before William Harrison recovered a Raider fumble. The Miners took over on their 18. They then drove down the field on runs by Horace Kitchens and David Allinson. But a 28-yard field goal on fourth down fell short. Sparkman took over and ran three plays before time in the first half ran out. The Miners received the second half kickoff and started on their 36. On the first play, Mitch Tull hit Horace Kitchens coming out of the backfield for seven yards. On the second play, David Allinson broke through the line for 18 yards and a first down. On the third play, Allinson got two more. On the fourth play of the drive, Mitch Tull hit Dean Harrison for 18 yards and another first down at the Sparkman 20-yard line. On the fifth and final play of the drive, Kitchens scored on a 20-yard run. The extra point attempt by Mickey Stuckey was good. The score read Sparkman 14, Bauxite 7. The Miner defense then completely shut down the Raider offense. The Raiders were forced to punt and the Miners took over on their own 33. The Miners drove down the field but they had to settle for three points on a 30-yard field goal by Mickey Stuckey. The score was Sparkman 14, Bauxite 10. The Raiders received the kick off and took over on their 38-yard line. But once again, the Miner defense shut down the Raider offensive attack as time in the third quarter ran out. The Miners took over on the Sparkman 39. It took the Miners six plays with Horace Kitchens running the ball all six times on runs of six, 13, three, four, two and then the final 13 yards for the touchdown. The extra point attempt by Stuckey was good. During the remainder of the game, neither team could put together a successful drive but the Miners came close when they drove from their 39 to the Sparkman 10 before time ran out. Bauxite gained 333 net yards rushing and added 59 by passing. Sparkman had 207 yards on the ground and 17 in the air. The Miners had 21 first downs, to seven for the Raiders. Mitch Tull completed five of 11 passes for the Miners. Steve Barnes had two receptions and Elton Shepard, Horace Kitchens and Dean Harrison one each. Kitchens gained 208 yards on 29 carries and David Allinson added 122 yards on 20 carries. For Sparkman, Dennis Matlock picked up 172 yards on nine carries. The Miners will play Gordon at Gordon Friday night at 7:30 p.m. Bills, Giants on TV tonight BUFFALO (AP) — The Buf falo Bills try for their fifth straight National Football League victory tonight and they want the nation to see why they believe they should be in the Super Bowl in January. The nationally televised game against the New York Giants will give Buffalo running backs O.J. Simpson and Jim Braxton a chance to test a Giants’ defense that gave the Dallas Cowboys a headache last Sunday. Until the Cowboys mustered a late surge for a game-win ning touchdown and then moved 78 yards in a 10:26 ball control drive, the Giants’ defensive unit had limited Dallas to less than 200 yards. Simpson, with 697 yards, and Braxton, with 256 yards, have a total of 953 yards more than half of the Bills’ total offense of 1,655 yards, best in the American Conference East. Simpson, on 118 carries, is averaging 5.9 yards per game while Braxton, a key blocker for O.J., is averaging 4.7 yards on 55 carries. A sidelight to this battle be tween the Bills and Giants is the television ratings war be tween football and baseball. Because of the weekend rainouts, the sixth game of the World Series has been recheduled for tonight. STEVE BARNES gets instructions from Bauxite Coaches Danny James, center, and Steve McMichael during a time out in the Bauxite-Sparkman game. BAUXITE senior back Horace Kitchens carries the ball against the Bauxite field. The Miners came from behind to take a 17- the Sparkman Raiders in Friday night’s Homecoming game at 14 victory. ah
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Mon, Oct 20, 1975
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