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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1972
Page
4
Ottawa High built a huge offensive surge after a slow start to rout Argentine 52 to 14 Friday night at OHS. The victory puts the Cyclones within one win of the East Kansas League crown and secures at least a tie, with Bonner Springs looming next Thursday to close the ERL schedule.
Quenemo Buffaloes edge Northern Heights 26 20 on a final play pass from Steve Pegram to Gary Sims for a TD. Sims also scored twice earlier as Quenemo improves to 6 1 with a late season playoff bid alive. NH tied late on a 15 yard penalty during kickoff.
A list of prep football scores shows Jefferson West 14 Easton 8 Lincoln 8 Plainville 0 Madison 38 Burlington 0 Maur Hill 27 Effingham 15 Midway 34 Wathena 0 Minneapolis 27 Ellsworth 0 Neodesha 18 Yates Center 6 Ness City 20 Dighton 8 Olpe 25 Hartford 0 Paola 18 Piper 0 Phillipsburg 19 Concordia 7 Sts. Peter & Paul 30 Troy 2 Basehor 20 Blue Valley 14 Dodge City 6 Great Bend 0 Goodland 20 Colby 0 Junction City 21 Salina Central 0 Linn 40 Blue Valley of Rancho 18 Louisburg 54 Santa Fe Trail Melvern 34 Williamsburg 8 Osawatomie 35 Shawnee St Joseph 7 Shawnee Mission East 14 Opeka 6 Shawnee Mission North 23 Lawrence 19 Shawnee Mission Northwest 1 Olathe 14 Shawnee Mission South 34 Wyandotte 20 Spring Hill 26 Baldwin 12.
The Mustangs defense stops a late drive as Beeman connects with Burgoon for a 17 yard pass to set up a junior quarterback score. Stark adds a 52 point late run while Bonner leads OHL to a 4-0 EKL league mark. EKL foes struggle as Leavenworth tops Bonner 33-20 and Shawnee Mission Northwest defeats Olathe 34-14. Turner climbs into a second place tie with Olathe at 3-1 after a 59-32 win over Rosedale.
Burlingame rallied for two fourth quarter touchdowns to beat Lyndon 27-20 and clinch the Tri Lakes League title. Tony Masters scored late from the one yard line after a 73 yard, 17 play drive and added a two yard TD with two seconds left. Lyndon led 20-14 at halftime before being held scoreless after intermission as Burlingame outgained Lyndon 277 to 290 yards.
Uniontown raced to a 42-6 win over Central Heights in a Three Rivers League game despite a lopsided turnover gap. Central Heights had three fumbles and two interceptions while Uniontown had one lost fumble and capitalized with multiple scoring drives.
The City schedules a volleyball evening on Monday October 30 with multiple matches across women's and men's divisions. Notable games include Gold Diggers vs Westminster U P at 4 45, Jestare vs Pomona at 6 45 and Westminster U P against Williamsburg at 7 30. Additional bouts include Joy Dollies vs Centrapalis at 8 10 and Camron Towner vs Williamsburg at 8 15 followed by Pizza Village vs Centropolis and Jolly Dollies vs Foursquare at 9 00 and 9 00 respectively. Men's division features First Baptist vs Trinity WU Meth at 6 45 and Don's vs Foursquare at 7 45 with Patuy's vs Westminster U P at 8 45.
Pomona shutout Waverly 14-0 to close Tri Lakes play. Dan Stoneking connected with Mark Dillon on a 12 yard TD pass, John Scott scored on an 11 yard run, and Dave Heckman added the PATs. Pomona finished 2-6 overall, 2-5 in league. Waverly ended 1-7, 1-6.
Melvern exploded for 26 points in the third quarter to beat Williamsburg 34 to 8 in the Tri Lakes League Friday night. Dallas Sedgewick led with two TD passes and a rushing score as Melvern improved to 5-3. Randy Knight and Randy Rice caught TD passes while Mal Dorsey scored Williamsburg's lone TD.
Garnett Bulldogs dominated Eureka 40-0 to clinch a second straight Tri-Valley League title. Mark Boots rushed 208 yards on 28 carries with two one-yard TD runs, while Garnett’s defense held Eureka to 63 total yards and two interceptions by Dan Foltz. The win sets up a season finale at Prairie View in a non league clash.
Ottawa High's 8B team, set to face Argentine the Twisters next Monday, had its final game canceled due to a lack of players. The OHL junior varsity won six straight games this season.
Alma 39 Rossville 0. Bishop Miege 40 Hayden 0. Burlingame 27 Lyndon 20. Clyde 26 Downs 12. El Dorado 25 Emporia 13. Humboldt 21 Cherryvale 0.
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