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By GLENN McCASLAND recover the fumble at the 22Jeff Sports Editor yard line.Halfback Tom Hollins Then Hollins rolled off 14shattered records left and right yards to the eight and made Friday night as he rolled up 102 another journey for the touch-yards and scored twice to pace down with 7:17 to play in the Cambridge’s Fighting Bobcats period. Warne kicked the ball to a 21-12 win over Martins and a 14-0 lead.Ferry. The final Bobcat touchdownThe victory brought the 1971 was set up by Winnett who season to a climax for both recovered a fumble on a puntteams and gave the Bobcat machine an 8-2 season record, tying the best modem day record on the books.Hollins went into the game just shy of Leonard Crawford’s 1,114 yards by 61 yards and he went about the business of getting the yardage with ease.The 102 yards offense for Hollins gave him a total of 1,155 yards on the season and 102 points on 17 touchdowns to pace the Bobcat offense.Senior Quarterback Rick Lilienthal ran and passed for 125 yards and scored one touchdown to bring his totals to a neat 1,269 yards and give him a two-year total of 2,385 yards offensively.Martins Ferry netted 98 yards total offense and scored both touchdowns in the last 90 se°ords of play against the Bobcats second and third units.Junior lineman Bill Kafury put on a defensive show that was outstanding while Bruce Leggett, Dave Abood and Larry Winnett collected pass interceptions and recovered fumbles to aid the cause.Kafury nailed Martins Ferry quarterback Dave Reithmiller three times for a total of minus 46 yards, the longest being a 22 yard loss when Kafury cracked the quarterback attempting to pass deep in his territory.Martins Ferry did not cross the 50 yard line until there was 1:30 left to play in the contest and only then after Cambridge lost the ball on downs.The Bobcats and Purple Riders played to a 0-0 standoff in the first period with Cambridge rolling up 40 yards rushing and 15-yards in the air while Martins Ferry had 17 yards rushing. The Bobcats had four first downs to one in the opening stanza.Cambridge started its first scoring bid of the night when Abood recovered a Reithmiller fumble at the Purple Rider 37 and three plays later, Lilienthal rippled the air for 25 yards to Hollins and the tally. Kris Warne produced the first of three kicks and a 7-0 lead with 5:24 to go in the half.The Bobcats mounted one more drive, that late in the period and reached the Martins Ferry 30 before a pass by Lilienthal was picked off by Rider Wilbur Winland. Lilienthal had 20 yards rushing and a 22 yard pass to Dennis Hazelwood on a fake draw play in the abortive drive.The Bobcats got down to work quickly in the third period, forcing Martins Ferry to punt and defensive ace Tom McCartney returned the kick 55 yards to the Rider 25 where the next scoring series got underway.Hollins went six yards, only to see Lilienthal lose five when he dropped the ball and had toattempt by Frank Twardoski at the 45. Winnett dashed the distance and scored, but the referee ruled the ball was dead at the point of fumble.Cambridge took command at that point and Hollins carried the ball in spurts of nine, four and four yards to the 18 where again Cambridge was hit with a five yard penalty for too much time.Lilienthal returned the ball, however, 13 yards to the Martins Ferry six and took the pill home from that point on a sweep left with 11:55 to play in the game. Warne booted the ball, giving him 19 points, the fourth best scoring mark for the club without having scored a touchdown.Martins Ferry cut a Cambridge bid short at the Bobcat 36 when Hollins fumbled the ball and Twardoski recovered the ball. However, the Riders were forced to punt, the ball dead at the 12 yard line.Cambridge moved the ball to the 49 yard line where a fourth down pass by Lilienthal was short and the Riders took over.Mark Hughes chugged 24 yards on a sweep and then Reithmiller hit end Dave Neavin for 10 yards to the Cambridge 14. Hughes carried twice, once for 11 and then in to score with 1:19 to play. The attempt to run for bonus points failed.Cambridge’s second unit got the ball at 1:15 and McCartney went to the air, hitting Tim McKim with a six yard strike, but a third down carry by John Vance failed to produce the needed yardage and McCartney lost the ball on downs when he threw an incompleted fourth down pass.Reithmiller went to the air and found Neavin for 22 yards to the Cambridge 20, then threw one pass into the end zone which was incomplete. He tried again, this one being snarred by Cambridge’s Steve Eyen, but a 15-yard clipping call which occurred before the interception gave Martins Ferry the ball at the 11 and a first down with 15 seconds to play.Reithmiller passed to Twardoski to the two yard line and Hughes scored from the two with two seconds to play. The attempt to run was fumbled on the conversion.STATISTICSCam MFFirst downs126Yards rushing20445Yards passing7253Total yards27698Passes tried1610Completed75Intercepted21Fumbles31Punting1-206-29.0Penalties5-451-5Score by Periods:Cambridge0 7 77—21Martins Ferry 0 0 0 12—12
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Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian
Cambridge, Ohio, US
Sat, Nov 13, 1971
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