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Indians BeatWalnut 26-6 There FridayScoring in every period in W.-mut last Friday night, the Wyoming: In-I dians set the Him Raider ■ ,the tune of 2ti-G to fcuu n vena v j their 28-6 lo.s to the raidet in U I opening game in Wvomiuv .. •J The Indians dominated • throughout the game, but wei r p. i-allv tough in the firsi haliiense showed to ver .wo a r. .• as they stopped the Raider, in ,traces nearly all Of the time It was not until the lm.ti jn-o oi that Walnut was a bit to soon 'i , came on a 50 yard run by G; ilt;J on a play that had iooied •!»■ y.-o-men a couple of limes bviore :time Greenwood was home tree, no’ a hand being laid on himi.dflH^ming's first toitci :(town was setup when Walnut ua, to; ,,out Of its own end zont I e kick was downed on their 28 ihe Indians gained a first down on the 16, Two plays gained four yards and *n n O’Neill passed to Rapp lor a to n a-down with just about eiyh' and a half minutes having blt;-*m pia\eu A plunge for two {joints failed.The Indians scored their secondtouchdown with 1 22 left in the firs' half. The Indians were at a disadvantage after having a punt block .but regained the ball on their own. 15when the defense yielded only fiveyards in four tries. Their first play saw them going to their own 41, being assisted by a 15 yard penalty. They got a first down on the Walnut 48 and another on the Walnut 24, From their O'Neill passed to Tfor a first down on the two. 0’Nlt; carried the ball in for a score onsecond try. Meaker went around leftend for two points, the only conversion of the evening.The Indians got their next score about midway of the third period. That came when a bad pass from center went over the quarterbacks head. Rapp picked it up and went abou- %:■*,yards for the score.The Indians got their test tally with just a little under live mirmimleft in the game. Unhoid se: thescore up when he returned the kmk-off alter the Walnut touchdown to the Walnut 12, almost getting a ay for the score. ONeiiJ gained live, Meaker four, O'Neill on and thlt; O’Neill Went for one mm * anci tinfinal score of the game.The Indians t niuht a illplay hast ta Toulon Hid it sfcouki be a very good ball game. The Troians have looked very good in both or their games thus far this season and will be tough to beat.Coach Gary Johnson told The Post-Herald Monday that he thought theteam excelled in all phase- of thegame last Friday. On offense, all execution has come a long way sine* the start of the season, he said.Kevin Harmon led the tacklechart with eight tackles and three assists,” he said. Look forward to thisFriday night, Johnson said, “We can’t afford to turn the ball over four times when we play a team like Toulon. I think the two teams areabout well have to bt at curvery best to win.”
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Wyoming Post Herald
Wyoming, Illinois, US
Wed, Sep 19, 1973
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