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f tMiners lose again in double overtimeBY STEVE FIELDS Citizen Sports EditorIt was the same old nightmare for Linton Friday. Cold, pouring rain, overtime, another overtime, ihen a loss.Cloverdale scored in the second overtime on a five yard run by Ron Beaman to win the game 18-12.The loss left Linton at 0-7 record with Dugger-Union to be the next challenge and upped the Cloverdale record to 5-2.From pre-game warm-ups until the final points were on the scoreboard it rained and never let up once during the game, limiting both team s offensive punchThe playing conditions caused the first of four Linton turnovers, which allowed the Clovers to take a 6-0 lead. The Miners fumbled on theiropening series on their own 13yard line and David Bock came up with the pigskin for theClovers.On the first play fromscrimmage Mike Monnett got outside the Miner end on the right side and ran 13 yards for the touchdown. The extra point attempt failed.Linton started its touchdown drive with 7:38 left in the second quarter and crossed the goal lin,two minutes later.But the touchdown came from the Cloverdale 40 yard line where quarterback Rodney Robertson pitched out to tailback Brad Wagner who took the ball 40 yards to tie the game at 6-6. The point attempt failed leaving the score tied where it remained until the overtime.Linton took the ball first in the first overtime and Robertson found end Ken Gabbard open in the end zone on the third play from scrimmage Again the extra point failed but Linton led 12-6.Perry Sanders threw a four yard pass to Jim Whitaker to tie the game for the Clovers but again the extra point attempt failed, leaving the score 12-12.In the second overtime on the Miners’ first play, Robertson carried the ball to the six inch line but an inadvertent whistle by an official stopped the play on the five yard line. On the next two plays Linton was dropped for heavy losses turning the ball back to Cloverdale.The Miner defense held on the first two downs but on the third play Beamon carried the ball and some Linton players into the end zone.The Miners attempted to put three points on the scoreboard in the third period with a field goal. Starting from their own 25 yard line Linton marched to the Cloverdale nine yard line. But the kick was wide leaving the game knotted.The Miners totaled 198 yards of total offense in the game, 134 gained on the ground and 64 in the air. The two biggest gains made by Linton passing were a 16 yard play from Robertson to David Yount in the first quarter and a 16 yard pick up on a pass from Robertson to Mark Gennicks.Linton had eight first downsin the contest and was flaggedwith the only penalty of thegame.The Clovers gained 184 yards in the contest, all on the ground as Cloverdale quarterback Jeff Settle threw nine passes and Linton intercepted three.Linton committed four turnovers to the six by the visitors.
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Linton Daily Citizen
Linton, Indiana, US
Mon, Oct 10, 1977
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