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Indians Lose• To Princevillc38-28 FridayIt was a rip cr.orting i ;iM 'h-way which decided the 1973 football championship of the Blaekhawk con* torenee in PrinceviUe last Friday night, It ended with Prim ■ vi'b v.,, rung 38-2« and virtually aesurtS ofan undefeated mmmn.The Wyoming Indian', ban n • i-i:tb yll1 -the1 wswit oftf|: tiiittii'; litIl|®f ■ inductball game, made very few mislkkes,bat were up age in/? t a team that had more applet than they did.The big apple, of course was A) Martin, who proved jus? as u:u.« «n, to stop as ho: reputation .said he was. The Indians were able to bring him down most of the time, but mu, vm rarely for short gains or no gam. Ah told, he rushed for 275 yards (,urunthe evening.Hie first quarter of the game was the banner attraction of the evening,Th* Prince* received the opening kickoff and olt; four m t .1 Wore the initial touchdown. Aided bya 15 yard penalty, they movtd the ball from their own 46 to the Wyoming ten, iheff Dell joined five and Ai Martin gained the other five forthe score. The conversion attempt f faded.1 ^ to be outdone, the Indians came. I ri8bs back to take the lead. After . gaining a first down on the Prince -,; vide 44, O’Neill passed to Unhold for 14 yard:-, and a touchdown after only two and a quarter minutes more i,au • lapsed. O’Netii jmssed to Rapp for the corner .on and the Indians were | out in front 8-G,It was not to last long, however, as | the Princes came right back, A long run by Martin brought the Princes j to the Wyoming 15. On the second play be went nine more for the toucn-aown. Once again the Ion verson at-! tempt failed.With only two minutes remaining in the first period Deli pasted to Haynes for 47 yards and a touenoown. Again the conversion attempt faneu and the Princes led lg-8,! The next scon ’id not come until only if» seconds remained in the half. A{ Martin carried tne ban m 4,„.n the four for the score and the con-version attempt failed a* the Princesj led 24-8 at the naif.The third period was only a little more than two minutes old when ttm Indians got back into the scoring column as they tot* the opening kick-off and moved down tne field. Tm,j mm came on * five yard pass fromO'Neill to Rapp, A pis® tor tin cm*version .failed,Princeville came right back v nh a score as Ai Man in ran tor 49 yardsfor the score and then sec red Pi nice,vilk's lone conversion of the evening.Not to be outdone, the Indians came right back after the following kick off with a 56 ya; d pass fromO’Neill to Unhold for a touchdown.A pass attempt for the conversion j failed.Just before the end of the third period toe Princes got back in the scoring column again as they tobfc: the following kiekoff and marchea | right down the field. Ai Martin taking the ball over from just inside the two. The cower dan inumv. faueo l he Indians got the final score mthe game with two mur,. j?iuy- in the final period They movers d;lt;u i.the field with pam-c.-. one 1mm O'Ne.u to Lee giving' them a first down tx%. the 12. An O'NctU mm to Ur* . id wm goad for' seven and then O’Neill passed to Rapp tor five and the score.passed to R»pjJ for the ©»-and the scoring wm over.The Indians almost got muMvtt score on toe final play of the gam*, when Unhvld caught a long pass from O'Neill, Havnes was able to can hup with him. ttowever, and make tmfinal tackle of the evening •“They didn't give up they taroe back, they played the whole came Coach Gary Johnson -aid Monday m talking about, the Wyoming L. st Friday ntolr.name A turnover here or there made a great deal of difference m outcome of 'he uame. That touch io. .. iu ' before the half had a lot to do with the outcome.' he added. “O Neill, Unhold .nd Knell ail hau very goonEven though we lost Friday, bear in mind that we can still finish the season with an 8-1-1 record, which is nothing to sneeze about,' he concluded.* *■
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Wyoming Post Herald
Wyoming, Illinois, US
Wed, Nov 07, 1973
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