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Victory slips away21-20 in overtimeBY STEVE FIELDSCitizen Sports EditorNorth Daviess fullback Doug AV4dsworth hauled down a tipped pass for a touchdown and Kevin Roberts kicked the winning point after, as the Cougars defeated Linton 21-20 in Overtime at Oliphant Field.* The loss was the fourth of the season for Linton while the Cougars are now 1-3. Linton wifi travel to Sullivan Friday, still looking for the elusive first victory, while North Daviess will host Techumseh.Linton dominated play of the first half, but North Daviess cafne alive in the second toclaim the upper hand------Neither team scored in the first period, as neither of the winless squads could mount any kind of attack with consistency.Bi»t on the Miners’ second possession ot the second quarter they hi* paydirt.Randy Sanders capped a 66-yard Miner dnve by catching a 26 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Rodney Robertson. Dean Leroux made good on the extra point and Linton led 7-0 where it stayed until the third quarter.The big play of the Miner TD march was a 17 yard pass over the middle to end Ken Gabbard by Robertson.. North Daviess came out fired up for the second half. Linton fumbled the ball on the opening series and Bill Horn recovered it for the Cougars.Sports ScheduleMONDAYNorth Knox at Linton, volleyball Bloomfield at L and M, cross country Shakamak at Central, cross countryw/North Knox at Lawrenceville, 111 , football•;Pike Central JV at North l^aviess, football • Owen Valley at Shakamak, volleyballStarting from their own 46 yard line, North Daviess marched 54 yards in 10 plays to tie the game at 7-7.Doug Wadsworth plunged across the goal line for the first Cougar touchdown and Kevin Roberts kicked the extra point.But the Cougar touchdown fired up the Miner offense and Linton came back to scoreStarting from their own 38 yard line with 4:46 left in the quarter the Miners passed their way to the three where Tony l^dbetter bulled his way into the endzone. Herb Abbott kicked the extra point and the Miners were back in the lead at 14-7t-----------------------During the 62 yard march, Robertson passed for 46 yards. Ken Gabbard and Mark Gen-nicks were the receivers, Gabbard catching two for 35 yards and Gennicks one for 11 yards.The passing opened up the running game which the Miners used to cover the final 16 yards.The second and tying North Daviess touchdown came as North Daviess blocked a Dean Leroux punt. Scott Winginger broke through the Linton line, blocked the punt and recovered the ball in the endzone. Roberts kicked the extra point and the contest was knotted 14-14.Linton went on the march again, passing against the Cougars. But Doug Kutch picked off a Linton screen pass with 20 seconds showing in regulation time, ending the drive.Linton chose offense in the overtime and scored on the third play. Tony Ledbetter dived across the goal line from the one, giving Linton a 20-14 lead.The Miners went after two points on the PAT, but a pass from Brian Mifflin was short, leaving Linton with a six point advantage.Throwing the ball for the second time in the game, Cougar quarterback DarenHolder floated a pass off the finger tips of Mifflin into the arms of Doug Wadsworth for the tying TD.On the extra point the snap was low and the holder didn’t get the ball in proper position, but Roberts got enough foot on the ball to slip it over the goal post.Linton’s play in the second half was the difference. The Miners dominated first half statistics with 77 yards rushing and 98 yards passing, while North Daviess had only 53 yards rushing and none passing Linton had seven first downs to the two managed by the Cougars. r--------But in the second half North Daviess had 134 yards rushing and 10 yards passing to Linton's 34 rushing and 87 passing North Daviess also had eight first downs to Linton’s five.For the game, the Miners had 286 yards of total offense, 111 rushing, led by Jim Newton with 44 yards in 12 carries and 185 yards passing, topped by 118 yards in six catches by Ken Gabbard.North Daviess had 197 yards of offense in the contest.Miner quarterback Rodney Robertson completed 13 of 23 passes for a 565 percentage.Linton also led North Daviess in turnovers, committing four to the Cougars two.Page 3 Linton Daily CitizDaily Citizen Photo By Steve Field*OFFICIALS SAY TOUCHDOWN andLinton's Mark Gennicks (82) lets his feelings show on the Miners second touchdown of the game. The contest went into overtime and Linton came out a 21-20 loser.Warriors break game openwith 19 points in quarterdmwiFor three quarters North Central represented the biggest challenge of the 1977 season for North Knox. But 19 fourth quarter points enabled the Warriors to romp away 32-6 over the Thunderbirds Fridaynight.The victory upped the Warrior record to 3-0 while the loss dropped North Central to 1-3. North Knox will host Washington this Friday while the Thunderbirds host Brazil.North Knox fought its way to a 13-0 lead in the first half but had the advantage cut by a pass interception and 80 yard touchdown run by Gary Cormican with 58 seconds remaining in the half.Larry Skipper scored the first Warrior touchdown with 3:51 left in the first period on a threeyard run. Then with 9:38 showing in the second quarter Warrior quarterback Tracy Clifford hit end Tom Held for a 51 yard TD bomb.The scoreboard rested until the fourth quarter when on the first play of the final stanzaJohn Kixmiller scored from five yards out.Then Doug Chambon recovered a North Central fumble and four plays later Skipper scored again for the Warriors. Jim O’Dell finishedthe North Knox scoring for the night on the next series, going in from the three yard line with 3:51 left in the contest.North Knox had 430 yards of offense in the contest, 137 passing and 293 rushing. Warrior quarterback Tracy Clifford suffered his worst passing game of the season, completing five of 14 before giving way to ChambonLarry Skipper led the North Knox ground attack wih 99 yards in 14 carries while fullback John Kixmiller had 76 yards in 13 carries Ken Halberstadt led the North Central attack with 11 yards in three carries.The victory marked the sixth consecutive victory for the Warriors over the ThunderbirdsBig Ten may IBig TenCHICAGO (UPI) -football may be backThe various coaches headed into the 1977 season with the prediction that while the Little Eight might not be able to challenge the Big Two — Michigan and Ohio State — overall strength was greaterIn two weeks they’ve proved it, maybe.In 10 non-conference games played the first two weekends, the Big Ten is 8-2 with 18 nonleague matches left on the schedule. Though the Big Ten has been above 500 twice in the last three years, it hasn’t won two thirds of its non-league games in any season since 1964.But the path could be difficult. Ohio State plays Oklahoma and Purdue meets Notre Dame this weekend The following week Indiana playsNebraska, Iowa meets UCLA, Michigan faces Texas AM, Michigan State plays Notre Dame and Minnesota meets Washington None of these will be pushovers Saturday the conference won six of eight games. Illinois downed Missouri 11-7 and Iowa tripped Iowa State 12-10 in victories over Big Eight teams; Wisconsin nudged Northern Illinois 14-3 and Purdue swamped Ohio U. 44-7 in wins over Mid American teams; Indiana defeated IJsU frcm the Southeast Conference 23 21 on RickEms’ 11-yard run with 2:33 to play, and No. 1 ranked Michigan outlasted Duke, 21-9.The two losses came against a Pac 8 team, Washington State, whose Samoan quarterback Jack Thompson completed 21 of 30 passes for the most yardage ever gained in the airDaily Citizen Photo By Steve t irldsKEN GABBARD (80) caught six passes for 118 yards during the Miners overtime loss to North Daviess Friday night. Gabbard is about to get a big block from teammate David Yount (20) on this play.Rams, Bengals are upsetBv l nited Press International There has been quite a bit ot talk about the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals facing each other in the Super Bowl next January, but both clubs were upset in their season openers Sunday.At Atlanta, it was supposed to be a bright start for an ex Alabama quarterback but no one expected that quarterback to be Scott Hunter instead of Joe Namath. Hunter, playing because Steve Bartkowski has a knee injury, completed 10 of 17 passes and went over for the game-clinching touchdown to lead the Falcons to a 17-6 upset of the Rams.Hunter directed a 76-yardcapped by his own 1-yard plunge to give the Falcons their second score.The Rams, favored by two touchdowns, got their only points in the first quarter when Namath, making his official debut in a Lox Angeles uniform, threw a 27-yard TD pass to Harold Jackson. •Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, Larry Poole ran 12 yards for a score and Don Cockroft kicked field goals of 41 and 25 yards to send the Cleveland Browns to a 13-3 upset over the punchless Bengals.Highly favored Cincinnati, losing the first home opener in the club’s 10-year history, could manage only a 25-yard fieldiDa ly Citizen Photo by Steve Fields: JIM NEWTON (42) led the Linton Miners in rushing Friday night with 44 yards in 12 carries. Newton received a good block from Miner quarterback Rodney Robertson (12) for -extra yard on this play.Union offense stops againDugger-Union continued to have its offensive problems at Paoli Friday night, losing to the Rams 43-6 after leading 6-0 for a quarter.by the Rams. “They were physically stronger and faster than we were. We did stop their passing game but they just ran around our ends ’’moving the ball in the third period but fumbled the ball. One fumble deep in Union territory allowed Paoli a touchdown as a lateral was ingoal by Chris Bahr The Falcons did not have a fumble or an interception and were able to cash in on Rams’ mistakes “The key was the turnovers, said Falcons' coach Leeman Bennett, who took over at Atlanta this year after serving as a Rams’ assistant. “We didn’t make any and they did. three lost fumbles ’’“Their defense handled us,' said Bengals’ quarterback Ken Anderson, of the Browns. “We didn’t play very well today and that about sums it up.”Giants 20, Redskins 17;Joe Danelo’s 30-yard field goals with three seconds left lifted the Giants over Washington and handed Redskins Coach George Allen his first-ever opening day loss. Danelo’s kick climaxed a 10-point rally in the closing minutes that won the game. Raiders 24, Chargers 0: Oakland, showing it has lost little since its Super Bowl victory in January, combineddebut.Broncos 7, Cardinals 0;Otis Armstrong churnedaround end for 10 yards and the game’s only score and Denver’s defense made it stand up against St. Louis pressure as the Broncos beat the Cardinals. Star kicker Jim Bakken missed two field goal attempts and had two more blocked.Colts 29, Seahawks 14;Bert Jones’ 21-yard TD pass to Roger Carr with less thansix minutes left to play boosted Baltimore out of Seattle’s reach. The TD pass came after Seattle cut the score to 22-14 when safety Autry Beamon returned a blocked Colt punt 17 yards for a TDPatriots 21, Chiefs 17;Jess Phillips barged 11 yards for the game-winning TD and Darryl Stingley marked his birthday with two TDs in New England’s victory over KansasCity.Bears 30, Lions 20;Walter Payton rushed for 159
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