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Page 48 Th Annliton Star, Saturday, Nov. 7, 1987 Golden Bears advance by throwing a shutout By BILL BREWER Star Correspondent LINCOLN For the aocond consecutive year, the Lineville Agglei traveled to Lincoln to take on the. Qolden Bears In a packed Red Cox Memorial Stadium In a SA atate playoff game. And for the aecond consecutive year, the outcome wai the aarne, Lincoln downed VANDITICK Llnctlnll UmvIIKO' I Fir down 14 III Virdi ruthlnf IW II Virdl ptlllng III Totllotftnit Hi Pail Itttmpti 14 i Phi compltlloni 10 0 Intirctptloni 0 Pumblti I ll-M Pnltltt XI 4-40 Punli Ml Lineville 12-0. Lincoln now 10-1 on the year will face Washington County next Friday night.

Lynn Pearion cored all the points Lincoln needed 1:50 Easley. "We Just didn't play well tonight when we needed to, But I am proud of the effort they gave tonight and for the entire season. And our assistant coaches have done a super Job for us this year." The Lineville offense tried to get the Agglei back into the game, Taking the ball over at their own 16-yard line, the Aggies drove to the Lincoln 34. But D.D. Pearson Intercepted a Regis Lindsey pass and returned It 80 yards for a touchdown.

But a clipping pentaly nullified the run and set up the Bears at the Aggie 46. After a short Lincoln punt, Lineville put together Its only real throat. Taking over at the Lincoln 37, the Aggies moved to the Bear 10. The Lincoln defense again came up with the big play to stop the drive when Lincoln's Keith Foster knocked the football loose from Lindsey at the Lincoln 10-yard line seconds before the end of the half. "Our defense Just bowed up when they had to and Just wouldn't let them score," said Lincoln's head coach Alan Brooks.

"Lineville has a very talented team, They were very physical and they came to play. They returned a lot of players off last years team. And Coach Easley had a good plan coming In. "We got up quick, and sometimes that not good. Sometimes the kids let up and relax.

You Just can't do that against a good team like Lineville." The Lincoln defense spearheaded by D.D. Pearson, Barry Gauldin, Junior Hattaway along with Lamar Smith, Emmett Fomby and Lee Earl Green have allowed only 44 points In 11 games came up with a big play each time the Aggies threatened. The Lineville defense had a big night holding a usually potent Lincoln offense to five first downs and 139 total yards. Lineville finished with an 8-3 record. "We Just want to take them one at a time.

We won't to get ready for the next game," said Brooks. D.D. Pearson lead all rushers with 61 yards on eight carries. Pearson also had 107 yards in kick returns and intercepted two passes. Leading the way for Lineville was Stanley Shepard with 56 yards on 14 carries.

i -L 1 f-." gone In the first quarter. The toucdown wai net up when D.D Pearson returned the opening klckoff 61 yards to the Aggie 34-yard line. Three plays later, Pearson running the quarterback opltlon right, broke Into the clear at the 25 and cut back across the field to score untouched. The conversion kick failed, but Lincoln led 6-0. "We just made too many mistakes on our kicking game.

And Lincoln took advatage of them," said Lineville coach David Easley. "You can't make those kind of mistakes against a good team like them, because they take advantage of them." Lincoln did not waste any time taking advantage of another breakdown In the Llnevlle kicking The Aggies, unable to move the ball on their first possession of the night, punted it back to the Bears. D.D. Pearson returned it 46 yards to the Aggie 16. Three plays later, Lynn Pearson completed the first of only two passes to Alonzo Embry for 12 yards and a Lincoln touchdown.

The try for two-point coverslon failed, but with 5:59 left in the first quarter, Lincoln had all the points that would be scored. "It was a defensive game, and both defenses hit extremly hard. And Lincoln's defense Just bowed up when we got close and did what it took to stop us," said AST'' tt.r Phot ky Sddl M.WI Kenny Hann (24) of Lineville can't escape the grasp ni Lincoln defender To in i 18 A SB loses first in playoff opener Forest 21; Cincinnati 26, Indiana St. 13; Michigan 30, Minnesota 17; Iowa 42, Northwestern 14; Ohio St. 33, Wisconsin 13; Texas 23, Houston 17; TCU 23, Texas Tech 16; Tulsa 35, Northern Arizona 12; Air Force 33, Army Washington 28, Arizona 10; Arizona St.

26, Oregon 20; BYU 23, San Diego St. 21; Missouri 27, Colorado 21; Fresno St. 33, Fullerton St. 31; Hawaii 28. Colorado St.

17; Long Beach St. 35, UNLV 20; Wyoming 33, New Mexico 10; San Jose St. 45, Pacific USC 27, Stanford 24; Texas-El Paso 35, Utah 0. NFL Cleveland 100, Atlanta Chicago 35, Green Bay 13; Dallas 21, Detroit 10; Denver 27, Buffalo 23; Minnesota 21, LA Raiders 17; Pittsburgh 23, Kansas City 20; Indianapolis 27, San Diego 24; Tampa Bay 26, St. Louis 23; Philadelphia 23, Washington 21; San Francisco 30, Houston 20; New Orleans 27, LA Rams 20; Miami 28, Cincinnati 20; NY Giants 27, New England 17; Seattle 30, NY Jets 20.

THI MCORO Last week College: 38-11-2 NFL: 11-3-0 Total: 49-14-2 Overall College: 322-107-9 NFL: 30-25-1 Total: 352-132-10 you say Upset Special of the Week? I knew that you could. North Carolina 21, Clemson 20. Kansas at Kansas State This game shouldn't be allowed to happen. Reruns of Gilllgan's Island are better than this. Can you say gimme a break boys and girls? I knew that you could.

Kansas 3, Kansas St. 3 IC Kentucky 23, Vanderbilt 21; Tulane 28, Mississippi St. 14; Tennessee 33, Louisville 13. ate Delta St. 27, West Georgia 10; North Alabama 28, Livingston 23; Valdosta St.

35, Mississippi College 13; Troy St. 42, UT-Martin 10. COLLIQIS Miami, 66, Miami, Ohio, Oklahoma 42, Oklahoma St. 17; Nebraska 66, Iowa St. UCLA 48, Oregon St.

20; Syracuse 52, Navy Notre Dame 33, Boston College 13; Michigan St. 30, Purdue 14; Penn St. 27, Maryland 13; Indiana 24, Illinois 21; Arkansas 28, Baylor 20; Pitt 21, Rutgers 10; West Virginia 33, Virginia Tech 10; Temple 21, East Carolina 17; Virginia 20, Georgia Tech 17; North Carolina St. 45, E. Tennesee St.

14; Southern Miss 28, NE Louisiana 14; SW Louisiana 26, Memphis St. 23; Duke 23, Wake TALLADEGA Previously unbeaten Alabama School for the Deaf lost a first-round 1A state playoff game to Notasulga for the second consecutive year Friday night, falling this time 27-0. ASD finished the season with a 9-1 record. Notasulga moves to a second-round game against Do-zier, which topped McKenzie 13-6 Friday night. Aroa roundup ASD coach DeWayne Clark said his team "didn't play very well." "We played hard.

We just had some unfortunate things happen." Notasulga scored first with 7:32 left in the first quarter when Andrew Swanson ran 36 yards for a touchdown. The conversion kick failed. Notasulga got its 6econd touchdown on an interception run late in the second quarter. ASD quarterback Carl Brown's pass was intercepted by Jeffery Moss, who ran 46 yards for the score. The conversion was successful, and the Blue Devils ended the half with a 13-0 lead.

Notasulga continued to dominate in the second half, adding two more touchdowns. Late in the third quarter, Tracey Simpson caught a 31-yard pass for a touchdown. The conversion was good. And on the first play of the fourth quarter, Rodney Chlsholm caught an 18-yard pass for the final touchdown. The conversion was successful.

Overall, the Blue Devils had 251 yards In total offense with IS first downs. The Silent Warriors gained a total of 71 yards with only three first downs. 6 in? Is OW Ml Xj Alexandria 14-0 lead at halftlme. Norris had another 3-yard run with 7:56 left In the third quarter. Lewis' conversion attempt was wide but Sylacauga had a 20-0 lead.

Stanhope-Elmore finally scored with 9 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Mustang quarterback Terry Smith passed 75 yards to Scott Storey for the touchdown. Bobby Carr kicked the conversion to pull Stanhope within 20-7. But Gaddls put the game totally out of reach on Sylacauga's next possession. The senior quarterback passed 25 yards to Jeff Scott for the touchdown with 9:27 left.

Pookle Wilson passed to Scott for the conversion and a 28-7 lead. Smith passed 3 yards to Mike Crawford for Stanhope's final touchdown with 58 seconds left in the game. A 2-point conversion attempt failed. New 33 Bibb 6 NEW SITE Lee Banks had a pair of Interceptions to set up touchdowns as the Class 1A Area 7 champion New Site Trojans demolished the Area 8 runnerup Bibb Graves Bulldogs 334. The Trojans will host a second-round game against Kinston next Friday night.

Banks' first Interception came on the flrat play of the game. On the second play, New Site's Tommy Tucker burst 59 yards for touchdown. Tucker added the conversion to give the Trojans held a 7-0 lead. On New Site's second possession, Emery Malone ran 6 yards for a score to push the Trojans ahead 14-0 at the end of the first quarter. New Site acored the only points of the second quarter.

Trojan running back Steven Stowes got the first of two scoring runs on a 5-yard scamper with 8:21 left In the half. Tucker missed the conversion kick, but New Site went to teh dressing room leading 20-0. Banks got his second Intercept tlon early In the second half, setting up Stowes' 9-yard run with 9:25 remaining In the third quarter. Tucker kicked the conversion for a 27-0 lead, Bibb Graves finally scored with 4 minutes left In the third when quarterback Tyrone Simmons connected with Gerald Harris on a 4-yard scoring pass. An attempt for a 2-point conversion failed, leaving New Site with a 27-6 lead.

The Trojans got their final score In the fourth quarter, when Malone went 5 yards for his final touchdown. The conversion attempt waa no good. Hokes Bluff on a drive that featured excellent use of the clock and more Valley Cub mistakes, Including a roughing the kicker penalty. But with only three seconds left and the ball resting at the Cubs' 10, Timmy Motes missed a 27-yard field goal try. Prultt capped a 65-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown run In the third period aided by two third-down screen passes to Irvln that sealed the victory.

"I'm well-pleased with the way we played," Glnn said. "We did some good things. I Just hope we can keep It up. When you get to this point, all the weak teams are gone. There's no weak teams left." Salvador capped a 13-play, 79-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown run on the ensuing possession.

Salvador passed or ran the ball himself on the final eight plays of the drive which was aided by two facemask penalties against the Valley Cubs. Tony Dowdy added the extra point. Alexandria needed only four plays to match the Eagles' score. Starting at their own 20, Ball ran for 38 yards on the Cubs' first play and the officials moved It 15 yards closer to the end zone on a facemask penalty against Hokes Bluff. Thomas ran for 11 and Ball picked up 9 more before covering the final 7 yards on a run off left tackle.

With only a few minutes remaining In the half, Salvador directed ll.r Phle by lltv. Or.n Eric King of Saks had two passes Intercepted Huffman 14 Ben 1 1 Stanhope-Elmore Mustangs 28-13 In a Class 6A playoff game at Legion Stadium. The game was marred by a bench and stands clearing brawl that had Sylacauga police escorting several spectators to city jail, The Mustangs got out to a bad start, fumbling on Its own 6 early in the first period. Two plays later, Gaddls ran 4 yards for the first touchdown of the night with 2:18 left. Steve Lewis kicked the conversion for a 7-0 Sylacauga lead.

Sylacauga's second touchdown came early In the second quarter. Ken Norrls ran 3 yards for the touchdown to cap a 97-yard drive. Lewis added the conversion for a the fumble on the second-hall kick-off when Chris Carroll scored on a 4- yard run Iwth 9:24 left in the third quarter. A 1-yard touchdown run by Scot-ty Burch gave Huffman a comfortable lead with 6:51 left In the third. Ben Russell scored with 3:24 left In the fourth period on a 6-yard run by Benard Kelly.

28 5- 13 SYLACAUGA Quarterback Dan Gaddls threw for one touchdown and passed for another as the Sylacauga Aggies downed the HUFFMAN Four second-half turnovers helped erase a Benjamin Russell lead as Huffman came back to score a 14-11 victory over the Wildcats In an error-plagued 6A state playoff game Friday night. Huffman committed four turnovers, all In the first half. Ben Russell finished with six, The Wildcats led 3-0 at the half, but fumbled the opening klckoff of the second half to help send Huffman to the victory. Huffman plays Parker next Friday night. Ben Russell started the scoring with 9: 10 left in the first quarter on a 23-yard field goal by Mitchell Lloyd.

Huffman took the lead following Harmon can play today IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa running back Kevin Harmon was cleared to play Saturday against Northwestern while an Investigation continues Into alleged dealings with sports agent Norby Walters. The NCAA and Big Ten Conference Commissioner Wayne Duke aald Harmon could play after they reviewed a preliminary report from a university faculty committee Investigating the case, Iowa Athletic Director Bump Elliott said. "At this time, the commissioner has stated that Kevin Harmon can participate In the Northwestern football game unless other Information comes to the attention of the commissioner." Elliott said in a statement. Ditka hoping somebody will rush to Bears' defense victories this season equal their total number of wins away from home In the five previous seasons. But 49ers quarterback Joe Montana could make it a rocky road for Houston.

The Redskins will try for a fifth straight win against a National Conference East rival. Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham, who hit for the winning TD pass against St. Louis with 40 seconds left, will try to sour the Redskins' successful diet, v. The Raiders will be seeking their 250th regular-season win in their initial visit to the Metrodome, those games. The quarterback had been suffering from a leg infOry but has recovered and Is likely to start.

Randy Wright will start at quarterback for the Packers. With Green Bay trailing Tampa Bay 20-0 last Sunday, Wright entered the game in the third quarter and completed 13 of 19 passes for 161 yards and one touchdown, but The Pack fell short 23-17 The San Francisco 49ers. 6-1, will be at home against Houston. The other two 8-1 clubs will be on the road the Washington Redskins at the Philadelphia Kaglcs. 3-4.

and the San Diego Chargers at the Indianapolis Colts, 4-3. Other Sunday games have the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers at St. Louis Cardinals, Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals, Atlanta Falcons at Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Raiders at Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions and the New England Patriots at the New York Giants. The Seattle Seahawks will be at the New York Jets Monday night. The Oilers have won four of their last five games and are off to their best start since 1980.

Their three road By The Associated Press Can those preppies from Chirago stop the Green Hay Packers Sunday? The Bears will go into Green Bay with a 6-1 record, but while they have won both games since the NFL strike ended, their vaunted defense has yielded 27 and 28 points. "People have been scoring on us," complains coach Mike Ditka. "It looks like St. Aloysius High School. They Just go up and down the field on us." The Bears rallied behind Jim McMahon to win both.

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