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Wright’s 16 stops key defenseMike Allen tops Home Team fieldContinued from Page 1Cing with a hip pointer in the fourth quarter.The Tigers also lost junior halfback Daryl Denson with a knee injury in the final period. Denson led all rashers with 90 yards on 16 attempts.Wynn, a freshman from Hillsboro, Mo., and the state’s leading scorer last year, had 88 yards on 12 carries as the Lions finished with 209 yards on 52 attempts. Juniors Rodney Lee and Sean James had 47 and 42 yards, respectively.Sophomore flanker Heath Helsel had a big game for the Lions with four receptions for 83 yards and seven punt returns for 93 yards. Helsel had a 49-yard reception that resulted in controversy when he fumbled after being hit at the 11 and the ball rolled out of the end zone.Officials brought the ball back to the point of the fumble and awarded the ball to Lincoln.'That’s a new rule this year,” Lantz said. When the offense fumbles the ball through the end zone, the ball comes out to the spot of the fumble and goes over to the defense. Our kids felt, though, that the ball went out of bounds inside the pylon (goalline marker).”Southern’s overall performance received good reviews from Lantz, beginning his first year at the helm after winning NAIA Coach of the Year honors at Southeastern Oklahoma last year.I’m really happy and very proud of our kids for the way they played tonight,” said Lantz. We only had one turnover and I’ve got to be happy with that. I felt that we played a good solid football game. We didn’t do anything flashy, but our kids came away with a victory.We didn’t throw the ball much tonight, but that was by design. We wanted to establish the running game. And, we just ran some of ourMike Allen, a Missouri Southern State College freshman from Carl Junction, easily won the first Run for the Home Team event during halftime of Southern’s season-opening football game with Lincoln University Saturday night at Junge Stadium.Allen, a member of Southern’s cross country team, won the two-mile event in 10 minutes and 46 seconds to top a field of 24 runners in the event designed to introducebasic stuff'. We took a lot of reads away from Alan (Brown). But he sure turned up in there at the last, didn’t he?,” said Lantz in reference to Brown’s 17-yard keeper that set up his 1-yard run for Southern’s final touchdown with 2:36 left in the game.We played a lot of kids on defense, but not as many as we would have liked on offense. After leading 17-6 at halftime, I felt that we could put them away in the third quarter, but we went to sleep. Apparently we lacked that killer instinct tonight.”Except for his club’s timid” play in the first quarter, Lincoln coach Jerry' McMillan gave his Tigers a passing grade in the opener.We made several mistakes, but our kids played hard and tried to make things happen. Our attitude is good; we’re holding our heads high because these kids know they didn’t quit. We brought 47 players and 46 of them played.This was a good test for us, McMillan continued. Except for Southeast Missouri and Pittsburg State last year, we haven’t been hit as hard as Southern hit us tonight. I’ve got to think that we delivered a few blows ourselves.”the MSSC men’s and women’s cross country teams to the public.Allen Moss, a freshman from West Plains, was second in 11:12 and David Knight was third in 11:34.Donna Boleski, a junior from Butler County Community College, paced the women and finished 11th overall with a 13:23 clocking.Southern’s harriers, coached by Tom Rutledge, will run at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar Saturday.Lincoln and Southern both suffered costly injuries before the game. Lincoln lost tight end Jim Clark, a 6-5, 235-pound senior, due to a sprained ankle in Friday’s warmup practice.That’s why we used an unbalanced line so much tonight,” McMillan said. Clark is a great blocker. He gives us the outside on our toss sweeps. We couldn’t get outside tonight.”Southern lost wide receiver Rod Smith shortly before taking the field for pre-game warmups. Smith apparently has a stress fracture in a foot and is scheduled to undergo X-rays today to determine the extent of the injury.Both teams return to action Saturday. Lincoln will play host to Langston University while Southern travels to Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau for a MIAA game. Southeast lost its opener to Southwest Baptist Saturday, 22-15.I hated to hear that,” Lantz said. They’ll come into our game with a few of losing two straight And fear is a great motivator. I’m afraid they’re going to be ticked off after losing today.”
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Sun, Sep 03, 1989
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