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The LaSalle High School Explorers made it two in a row last night as they eked out a 12-6 wm over neighboring Ridgeley High School Blackhawks at the stadium.The Explorers were hard pressed in their third win as the Blackhawks went ail out to stop the locals AH the scoring was bunched into the first half as Mickey Bush galloped 51 yards to open the scoring with just 55 seconds left in the initial period.Ridgeley Roars BackLaSalle's next tally came m the second frame after a 51-yard march which was climaxed withI he ) nrdstiekLaSalleVlldftieyUFirst Dawns Rushing ,aI .first Downs Passing .* 3flfirst Downs Penalty012Total First Downs. umYards Gained Rushing. 148\ +■lt;Yards Lost Rush ng1438\ aids Gained Passing84m .Total Yard* Gamed2274Penalties430Yards lxst Penalties280Number Punts40Av Yardage Punts ,2805 -Passes Attempted. 142Passes Completed71Passes Intercepted By15. ..... f umblesn1Own Fumbles Recovered02Lost On Downs3Bill Becker going over from 13yardsout, Ridgeley camerightback 13 plays iater to make it 12-6 when John Teter took an aerial from George Earnest that carried for 27 yards.| It looked as if the Explorers would make it a rout as they racked up five first downs in the first period and ground out 118 yards. Becker and Bush moved for all but 10 of the total as they moved down to their own 49 to set up Bush's jaunt of 51 yards.Ridgeley couldn't seem to find themselves until late in the second period, hut by then Van Parson and Bush each had counted off runs of 18 yards for a first at the visitor's 16 Joe Cioni hit Eddie Firlie with a jump pass at the eight but the Explorers were penalized for offsides to 13. Bill Becker took a hand-off from Cioni and slanted iff tackle for the score. Both trys for the extra point by Paul Nolan were wide.The Hawks bounced right back with George Earnest putting on a one-man show with his passing and running In the 69-yard drive which took 13 plays. Earnest ran for eight yards and passed for the rest, hitting Teter for 27 yards and the score Earnest tried to*j pass for the point but it fell short.Hawks Dominate IThe second half aw the team ; from across the Potomac domi-latmg pia\ fur the most part. 1Earnest continued his passing4and running from the single wing 5ixhicn uo • , keep me Ex ,plorers off balance. The localsLdid get the ball early in the thirdquarter and moved from tbetr;26 down to the Ridgeley 12 andfirstIn this series, Bush reeled off a 8 yard gallop from his 30 to 12 The forward wall of the Hawksstiffened at this point and only gave up seven yards on three plays. W ah a fourth and one fora first at the three Becker was hit for a yard lossThe Blackhawks lost two gold en opportunities late in the final quarter that could have knotted or won the gamef or them. Weis enmitler fumbled Earnest * punt at his 43 and Long of Ridgeley fell on the loose ball The Black and White, with Earnest carrying (for 10 had a first on the local s 13.After three running plays failed. Earnest, the thorn in La-Salle s side passed incomplete !Later Long fell on another fumble by Wei-senmiller at the Centre•Streeter s 36 Earnest carried for 117 more tor a first at the 19 With less than a minute left Earnest tried several passes, all of which fell short.I LaSalle took over on their 13 and Cioni took no chances and ran out the clock. It was all La Salle in the first half and Ridge-ley dominated play in the second jThc Explorers were only able to run 18 plays while the Hawksgotof 33.p«*La A* litIt :d§ele vLEM r0 rt»yy •* a T* '%Giovtaaiji rGilmoreBrantUjTwiif ** t •***## ****** *Justice©FJovce ,LambertRHHams ......LongRTt arney .i, a apeREF iri ie*. . ScottWBc tssi »»»«*§#•**•#*ip an gistLHBu*l) *»*»*»* #«*, *, EarnestRHBeckerTetert BParsons , ,AbeScore bv quarters:LASA1JJR * * ft ft 12RIDGELEY 0*006Scoring LaSalle ~ Bet kei Bush Rid geliy-ftteiSubstitutes: LaSalle- NiUnd Nolan(met VV eisentt* ill* i Ridgete^ tCenaerBaker, A, Phi lit pa Official* * ■Bobby*1' lt;avanaugh. John Shelton, Boh Pen** and Phil Beall,
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Cumberland Sunday Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, Nov 04, 1956
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