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nearcats r alter,4Lose 20-7 OpenerFort Cherry eliminated BentleyviUe -Ellsworth from the WP: Class A football race Friday night by rallying in the last quai to defeat the Bearcats 20-7 in the season opener for both tea At McDonald, the winners tookf*-a 7-0 advantage in the secondquarter when Bill Lowe handed off to Walter Elder, who rambled 42 yards for a touchdown. Dave Brown booted the extra point.Bent-Ell knotted the count in the third period, following the opening kickoff in the second half.Pert Takes OffThe Bearcats traveled 71 yards in three plays, with alt-WPIAL halfback Ed Perri churning off the final 36 on a run around his own right end. Jerry Blackburn's conversion made it 7-7.Coach Don DiNardo's B-E crew staged a drive to the Ranger two-yard stripe in the fourth period but a field goal attempt by Blackburn failed and Fort Cherry took over on its own 20.That's when Lowe scored the key play of the game, dashing off right tackle on an 80yd. jaunt to paydirt Brown again added the point after.Gamble Fails.Near the end of the game, a fourth down gamble by Bent-EH failed as a pass fell incomplete at the B-E 22.Lowe went off left tackle from the 12 four plays later to ice the victory for Fort Cheny, which trailed in the first down department. 5A.Lineups:FORT CHERRY—?*End* - Jcxalson. Tlomawv. Per* WauUjitr.Tackfes — Weir. Haebcy. Ringer.Giurd* - CrowJey. Dunn. Jones.Clairton Rolls, Big 6 Teams Eyeing SweepCenter — Cowtien'Backs — Brown, lout. EJdCr. Affaire. iCTwe. Dowdy. Kcacec. StmtRr.REST.ELU:^Enfls — Scboenholtz. Adams. SmS*TjeWes — MaUMky.*§52SS*****Center — Paitwson,.2**? “ Qu*tiro. Perri. Black-trar*. Kucnic. Cristina, Kepssck.*** Periods:......o ? 0 33-20.....9 0 7 0-7plt;,rt G*rry ~ EJ. 2yd nan i.Point*BentES — Peni lt;56*It's not often Big 6 Confer* teams root for each other that’ll be the case today \v Monessen entertains Pittsbu Perry and Brownsville travels Elizabeth-Forward.Victories by Monessen a Brownsville will give the ? Valley loop a clean sweep opening day decisions.On Friday night. C b a r !lt; bumped Allegeheny 54-12. Don blanked Canevin Catholic 1 Monongahela stopped Califoi 18-6 and Clairton rolled to a : win at the,expense of Pitlsbu Oliver.The Monessen-Perry game set for eight o'clock under fights, while the BHS-EF tilt gins at two o'clock this aftenuNext Friday night Moncs will open defense of its Bag and WPIAL Class AA titles wi the Hounds play host to Mot gahela.At Clairton. junior fuUh Ted Mockabec gained more ti 108 yards and scored on a t yard plunge.Carl Bush tallied on a 3y. run, Ernie Moore piled in ft four yards out and big Mel Ya mclli hooked up with quartertx Tim Billy on a 43-yard pass-i combination.Jim Julian kicked both Cl ten extra points. The Bears 1 23 first downs and Oliver 4.Score by periods:Clairton ...... 0 7 39Oliver 0 0 0Touchdowns: Clairlon — M toe* lt;2-vd. phme?: Bas5» lt;2 runi; YacacatlH lt;43 yd. irtrm BJJJy*; Mom lt;4*yd piuErtra points: Julian 2 lt;5teSmitsS. lEtnq Wins First
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Sep 08, 1962
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