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Indians Open SeasonBy KYLE MOOTY Times Sports Writer The Ramay Indians may not win the Northwest Arkansas Conference this year, but they should be given the congeniality award. But they would probably give that away, too.About the only thing Ramay did not give away Thursday night in its season opener at Harmon Field was the game, which they won over Alma, 7-6.And, as Indians head coach Ray Tucker stated, “We tried every way we could to give it away.”On their first play from scrimmage, the Indians fumbled the ball away. The next time Ramay had the football on their side of the* line was in the second quarter and on the fourth play from scrimmage the Indians tumbled again.At the half. Ramay had possessionof of the ball for a grand total of 1:20.However, nothing was going to take the thrill out of this win for Ramay. After all, it was their first opening-season win in seven years Alma marched 48 yards in 13 plays on their second drive of the game, scoring on the first play of the second quarter. Phillip Mullins took a pitchout from quarterback Stephen Smith on fourth and goal from the three and found the hole for six. Smith’s two-point pass was incomplete.Alma held onto a 6-0 lead with 7:56 left in the second quarter while Ramay had run one play from scrimmage.After the Indians got the ball back and got their initial first down of the game, the fumbilitis acted up again and once again Alma was in good field position at the Ramay 49.The Airedales appeared to be on the verge of increasing their halftime advantage late in the first half when they reached the Ramay eight-yard line with .06 left.Ramay s first threat of scoring on the night came on the last play of the half, a third and one pass that was intercepted at the goal line by Robbie Dowers. Dowers returned it 40 yards before getting caught frombehind.As if Ramay had lost the ball enough in the first half, they lost the lights, literally, at halftime. One section of lights on the east side of Harmon F'ield took a break for most of the third quarter before being restored.When the lights came alive, so did the Indians. Most notably, Dowers.Ramay took over possession with 3:09 left in the third quarter on theirSports Sceneown 24 and promptly marched 76 ards in 11 plays, led by the ulldozing style of running by Dowers His 25-yard run started the drive off and quarterback Ron Gray’s six-yard touchdown pass to David Watkins ended it in the endzone. It was the only completion of the night for Ramay.Dowers then calmly booted what was eventually the game-winning extra point with 7:05 left in the fourtn and final quarter.The Indians shut down Alma for the rest of the game and held on for the win, setting off a spirited postgame celebration. The Indians nave not had a winning season in seven years, but the hope is high to break that string this year.Tucker knows there are certain things that must be ironed out before any more celebrations can occur.“The defense played well,’’ said Tucker. “It was the mistakes and penalties and stupid little things that nurt us. When we didn’t fumble or have penalties we moved the ball well. If we can just get those mental mistakes taken care of we may be alright.”Tucker pointed out leadrship as being the big difference in this year s squad. “They go out and do things on tneir own,’T said Tucker. “That helps.”Dowers finished the game with 72 yards rushing on 11 carries while Toby Ballard led the defensive troups with several tackles. Ramay’s defense limited Alma to only 25 yards rushing on 30 carries.Ramay hosts Bentonville next Thursday.ALMA .........................................0 *00—6RAMAY........................................0 0 0 7 -7ALMA- Mullins3run (passfailed)RAMAY— Watkins 6 pass from Gray (DowersKick)ALMA RAMAYFirst Downs84Total Yards98106Rushes Yards30 2520 100Passing Ya'ds736Passes5 16 114 2Punts3 26 700Fumbles Lost3 14 3Penalties Yards8 605 55Tune of Possession20 0511:55INDIVIDUAL ST AT I ST ICSRUSHING — Alma: Mullins 15 22, Fisher 7 19, Smith 8 ( 16); Ramay: Dowers 11 72, Ballard 5 20, Hall 2 7, Gray 2 1.PASSING -* Alma: Smith 5 15 173; Ramay Gray 1 4 2 6.RECEIVING — Alma: Henson 1 32 Mullins 3 31, Hill 1 10 Ramay; vVatkins I 6touchdown and a two-point conversion to lead the Farmington Junior High Cardinals to a 34-6 victory over West Fork Thursday night.The Cardinals opened the scoring on their first offensive play from scrimmage with 6:38 left m the first quarter when Jim Davenport raced 30 yards to paydirt. Moore ran in the two-point conversion for an 8-0 lead.Moore scored from seven yards out early in the second quarter and Dell Fraley added a one-yard touchdown later in the period as Farmington built up a 22-0 halftime lead Galen Wynn passed for the two-pointer to Larry Jones.Wvnn scored from a yard out early in tne third quarter for a 28-0 lead and Adam Sellars intercepted a West Fork pitch out and scored from 18 yards away as the Cardinals finished their scoring on the night.West Fork's Paul Laird, who rushed 20 times for 45 yards, scored from five yards out in the fourth quarter to avoid a shutout Farmington had 234 yards in total offense and held West Fork without a first down until the fourth quarter.Farmington will travel to Prairie Grove next Thursday night.PorkersOn CableLITTLE ROCK (AP) - Razorback fans will be able to watch 10 games — four football and six basketball — on cable television in Arkansas during the coming season.Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles announced the $125 cablecast package Thursday.He likened it to bringing a stadium into the homes of thousands of fans. It is a one-year experiment — what happens next year depends on how well the package is received and what happens in college football telecasting, Broyles said He said 47 of the 160 cable systems in Arkansas have agreed to make the package available to their subscribers. That means that 200,000 households can sign up. Subscribers can get the package by making a $30 down payment with the cable com-nanv and navina thp rpsl nn thpir
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Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Fri, Aug 31, 1984
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