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Pag6 4 THE DAILY. HERALD, Tyrone, Monday, November 12, 1S90 Bellwood-Antis Rules Mid-Penn Conference By BOB MILLER Herald Sports Correspondent FISHERTOWN Chestnut Ridge found out what Blue Devil football is the hard way in the Mid-Pern Conference championship game Saturday night. Bcllwood-Antis (9-2) used power football at its best, coupling a knockout offensive attack with a very tough swarming defense as the Blue Devils turned a close game into a 35-6 rout in the league playoff game. It was Bcllwood's third Mid-Perm crown in the last six years, but seemed somewhat bittersweet because B-A is out of the District 6 playoffs this year. The first quarter looked like it might be the kind of game where the last team to get the ball would score and win, as both teams came out gunning.

The Blue Devils took the opening kick and marched 79 yards in nine plays for a touchdown. Runs of 12 and 30 yards by senior tailback Chris McCartney and an eight-yard bolt by fullback Karl Montanaro each moved the sticks for first downs and Bo Lardieri swept left for the final nine yards and the score. The Chestnut Ridge Lions came roaring right back with an eight play 64 yard scoring drive of their own. A 29 yard pass play on the second call from quarterback Ryan Emerick to favorite receiver Brent Kauffman fired up the Lions and runs of 16 yards by Mike Wcyandt and 14 yards by Mike Felix keyed the march and then Travis Dull bulled one yard for the TD. The Blue Devils then powered their way down the gridiron for another score.

With McCartney and Montanaro slamming inside and Lardieri sweeping outside, Bcllwood-Antis drove 64 yards to go ahead 12-6 with just over a minute to play in the first quarter. Lar- dicri picked up nine yards, then Montanaro got loose for 18 and two plays later it was McCartney bursting up the middle for 11 more yards. Then it was Montanaro, behind blow-out blocking by the B-A line, which performed well all night on both offense and defense, for 22 yards and the touchdown. At this stage of the contest, things began to go awry for the Lions. First, following the kickoff, Ridge drove from their own 37 to the B-A 32, only to Dist.

6 Playoff Field Is Set Four Blair County schools will be among a field of 14 teams which will begin the 1990 District 6 Football Playoffs this week seeking the four class (AAAA, AAA, AA, A) championships. District officials made the final alignment of qualifiers over the weekend with the results of two key final regular-season games Bald Eagle Area's 27-18 win over Bclle- fonte and Bald Eagle-Nittany's 21-0 shutout of Lock Haven. BEA's win, incidentally, clinched Big 8 Conference and Central Counties Conference crowns for the Eagles, who did not qualify for the Dist. 6 Playoffs. Three semifinal games in Class AAA, AA and A are slated Friday night and three more on Saturday, when the Class AAAA winner also will be decided, since only two teams cam quad-A playoff berths.

Following are the matchups: CLASS AAAA Somerset vs Hollidaysburg for the title on Saturday at Mansion Park. CLASS AAA Central vs Penn Cambria, at Hollidaysburg, Friday night and Huntingdon vs Central Cambria, at Bcllwood, on Saturday. CLASS AA Purchase Line vs Bald Eaglc-Nittany, at Mansion Park, on Friday and Forest Hills vs United, at Point Stadium, on Saturday. CLASS A Laurel Valley vs Homer Center, at Point Stadium, on Friday and Williamsburg and Claysburg square off in an all-Blair Co. scrap, at Roaring Spring, on Saturday.

All playoff games are at 7 p.m. The AAA, AA and A championship games will be held the following weekend at Mansion Park, with one game on Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. and the other two on Saturday, Nov. 25, at 1 and 7 p.m.

Final Dist. 6 Grid Ratings CLASS AAAA 53; 45; Altoona 39; Johnstown Vo-Tech 19; State College Indian Valley 8. CLASS AAA 48; 'Huntingdon 43; 'Central Cambria 39; Cambria 38; Bald Eagle Area 36; Bellcfonle 35; Bishop McCort 34; Lock Haven 31; Phlllpsburg-Osceola 28; Lewlstown Cambria Heights 0. CLASS AA Hills 52; 'Purchase Line 'Bald Eagle-Nlttany 46; 'United 42; West Branch 40; Bishop Gullfbyle 39; Bellwood-Antis 39; Mount Union 32; Rlchland Twp. 25; Marlon Center 24; Westmont-Hllltop 20; Southern Huntingdon 15; Penns Valley 15; Northern Cambria 14; Llgonler Valley 14; Tyrone Glendale 0.

CLASS A Valley 43; 42; 32; 'Homer-Center 30; Penns Manor 28; Moshannon Valley 28; Blairsville 27; Bucktall 27; Saltiburg 20; Conemaugh Valley 18; Blalrsvllle 10; Ferndale Bishop Carroll Portage Junlata Valley 0. for the District Six Playoffs. Ratings compiled and released by William G. Holland of Lock Haven, District Six football statistician. Four points are awarded for each win, two points for a lie and zero points lor a loss.

Also, four points are added for a win over a Class AAAA opponent, three points for AAA, two points for AA and one point for A. The top two Class AAAA and the top Four Class AAA, AA and A teams qualify for the postseason playoffs. lose the pigskin on a fumble on a fourth down and 6 play, when Bell wood's Nick Lovrich pounced on the football. Then on the Lions next possession, the Blue Devil defense forced a punt attempt and B-A senior defensive end Chris Himes slammed through to block the kick just as it left the punter's foot Lovrich picked the ball up and ran 20 yards untouched into the end zone for a Bellwood-Antis touchdown. Jason Commesser then ran in the two point conversion which put Bellwood-Antis in command 20-6 with five and a half minutes to play in the half.

B-A coach John Hayes commented after the game, "It was just a great personal effort by Himes; we didn't have the block set up. But it was a big turnaround. Ridge had, up to that point been matching us drive for drive, but (hat play seemed to turn the game around. Our defense caught fire after that play. Chestnut Ridge is a very good football team.

Give them credit for their fine season." To illustrate Hayes' contention about the blocked punt firing up Bcllwood's defense, after the block, the Blue Devil defense limited Chestnut Ridge, who had been averaging 272 yards total offense per game, to just five net yards rushing in 15 carries and only five pass completions in 16 attempts for just 43 yards. Chestnut Ridge received the second half kickoff at the Lions' 33 yard line but with the help of a ten yard holding penalty, and the determined B-A defense, ended up punting from their own 22. Bellwood-Antis got the ball near midficld and promptly moved 46 yards for another TD. With McCartney, Montanaro and Lardieri taking turns, the Blue Devils covered the distance in ten plays, all but one on the ground, with McCartney blasting three yards for the score. McCartney led all rushers with 156 yards on 27 carries for the night.

Key call in the drive was the one pass, a 16 yard completion from Com- messer to Lardieri. Bellwood-Antis then capped the scoring for the night with just over a minute gone in the final quarter. McCartney scored from the five yard stripe for his second sixpointer of the night and his 26th of the season. Only Albert 'Chub' Dillon (1954 in nine games) and Don 'Booker' Moore (1985 in 13 games), with 28 TDs each have tallied more touchdowns in a single sea- soa Jamie Gummo booted the extra point after McCartney's second score to set the final at 35-6 in favor of the Blue Devils. Gummo's PAT, his 29th of 1990, ties him with Dillon (1954) and Ron Raugh (1946) for fourth place on the B-A single season PAT list "This was a tremendous team effort," said Coach Hayes, after the game.

"Our line has really come on in the. last six weeks. Earlier we were trying to give everybody the chance with the ball, but we changed our strategy. We concentrated on 'bruising' the middle with our tailback and fullbacks. That opened up our wide sweeps and with that combination plus our excellent defense, we have been able to pretty much dominate." That domination includes an average winning score of 37-6 against the first team defense and 376 yards of total offense for Bellwood-Antis over those last six ballgames.

"Our kids practiced hard six day's a week and have done everything that we haved asked of them," said Hayes. "It's a shame, in one way, that just as this team is really peaking that we have no place to go. It's kind of like the feeling you get after the anticipation is all over on Christmas morning and all your presents have boon opened and there is nothing left This was another fine year in the tradition of football that has long been established here at Bellwood- Antis. Our kids will have learned from our losses this year as well as our fine winning season as they leave high school and travel out into the world." Score by Quarters Bcllwood-Antis 12 8 8 7 35 Chest. Ridge 6 0 0 0 6 Scoring Summary CHESTNUT RIDGE (1), 1-yd.

run. UPI Grid Ratings NEW United Press International Board of Coaches Top 25 college football ratings, with record and first-place In parentheses, total points (based on 15 points for first place, 14 for second, and last week's ranking. 1. Notre Dame (51) (8-1) 807 1 2. Colorado (3) (9-1-1) 737 3 Miami (6-2) 664 4 Brlgham Young (8-1) 571 6 Georgia Tech (8-0-1) 532 7 Texas (1) (7-1) 500 12 Virginia (8-1) 462 9 Washington (8-2) 2 Nebraska (9-1) 427 10 10.

Florida SUte (7-2) 403 11 11. Mississippi (8-1) 249 14 12. Iowa (7-2) 237 5 13. Tennessee (5-2-2) 190 8 14. Penn State (7-2) 119 19 15.

Clemson (8-2) 16 16. Michigan (6-3) 67 17 17. Louisville (9-1-1) 32 20 18. Ohio SUte (6-2-1) 27 24 19. Southern Cal (7-2-1) 15 NR 20.

Texas (6-2-1) 7 22 21. (tie) Auburn (6-2-1) 13 (tie) Michigan SL (5-3-1) 23. Fresno State (8-1-1) 5 23 24. Illinois (6-3) 4 15 25. (tie) S.

Mississippi (8-3) 2 NR (tie) California (6-3-1) 2 NR NR not ranked Others receiving votes: Baylor, Oregon, San Jose State, Wyoming. By agreement with the American Football Coaches Association, teams barred from television appearances or postseason play or having lost more than 20 percent of their football scholarships are Ineligible for the Top 25 and national championship consideration by the UPI Board of Coaches. Those schools arc Florida, Houston, Memphlt Slate, Oklahoma and Oklahoma Stale. CHESTNUT RIDGE CHESTNUT RIDGE FIELD GOALS None. BELLWOOD-ANTIS TDs McCartney (2), 3-yd.

run, 5-yd. run; B. Lardieri (1), 9-yd. run; K. Montanaro (1), 22-yd.

run; Lovrich (1), 20-yd. return of blocked punt BELLWOOD-ANTIS PATs Gummod), kick; Cornmeater (1), run; Grassmyer (1), pan from Commesser. BELLWOOD-ANTIS FIELD GOALS None. TEAM STATISTICS Category First Downs Rush. First Downs Pass.

First Pen. Tot 1st Downs Yds. Rushing Yds. lost rush. Net yds.

rush. Passes aU. Passes comp. Net yds. pass.

IntcpL by Total Orfcnse(net) Penaltlcs-Yds Fumbles-Lost Punts-ave. B-A CR 14 4 1 6 0 1 15 11 300 85 10 29 290 56 3 22 1 10 16 100 1 1 306 156 3-40 6-45 2-1 2-1 2-31 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS BELLWOOD-ANTIS (yg-yl-ny-tc): McCartney, 156-0-156-27; Montanaro, 53-0-53-6; Renney, 43-0-43-6; B. Lardieri, 41-0-41-7; Aposhlan, 8-2-6-3; T. Lardieri, 2-2-0-2; Goertz, 0-0-0-1; Pul- cincllo, 0-2-(-2)-l; Bellinger, 0-3-(-3)-l; Commess- er, 0-4-(-4)-l. CHESTNUT RIDGE (yg-yl-ny-lc): Weyandt, 28-0-28-7; Felix, 27-2-25-5; Baney, 16-6-10-7; lagulll, 7-1-6-2; Carson, 5-0-5-1; Dull, 1-0-1-1; Emerick, 2-2M-19)-6.

PASSING CHESTNUT RIDGE (att-cmp-yds-lnt-td) Emerick, 18-10-100-1-0; lagulll, 3-0-0-0-0; Felix, 1-0-0-0-0. BELLWOOD-ANTIS (att-cmp-yds-lnt-ld) Cornmcsser, 2-1-16-1-0; B. Lardieri, 1-0-0-0-0. PASS RECEIVING CHESTNUT RIDGE (ct-yds) Baney, 6-40; Felix, 2-18; KaufTman, 1-29; McVlcker, 1-13. BELLWOOD-ANTIS(cl-yds) B.

Lardieri, 1-16. TIDE-TURNER FOR wide-receiver David Daniels cradles the football as he completes a great diving end zone catch on a clutch 4th-and-21 call that was to head Penn tate to a 24-10 victory over Maryland at Beaver tadium on Saturday. The TD broke up a 10-10 halftime deadlock and provided the necessary momentum for the Lions tp engineer their seventh straight win since back-to-back season opening losses to Texas and Southern Cal. Sacca Steers Lions Past Terps To 7th Straight Win By LEN SLOTHER Herald Sports Editor UNIVERSITY PARK This time, Perm State football coach Joe Patemo didn't go to the bullpen to keep his streaking Nittany Lion team on a collision course with top-ranked Notre Dame this Saturday with a full head of steam. Tony Sacca, who was replaced in the Lions' two previous games when State was unable to crank up its offense, started slowly again against Maryland here Saturday, completing only one of five passes in the first half.

But Patemo stuck with him to start the third quarter with the Lions locked in a 10-10 tie and the junior quarterback rallied the 19th- ranked Nittany Lions to their seventh win in a row, 24-10. Unleashing a blazing third quarter performance when he passed for 160 yards and drove State to a game-turning two touchdowns, Sacca headed the Lions for South Bend and the Irish this week on a seven-game roll and enabled State to continue its long-standing dominance over the Terrapins. "The last couple of weeks have been tough mentally," Sacca said afterwards. "This week I didn't let it get to me. We didn't throw'the ball much in the first half so it felt good to go out there and do a good job in the third quarter.

It was very important for myself and my status on this team to play well." "With all of his problems he came through," added Patemo. "He's got something that maybe we hadn't seen in him before. There was no question Tony was on top of his game today. I didn't have a reason to lake him out (as he had done in two previous weeks when Tom Bill came on to spark the Lions to road wins over Alabama, 9-0, and West 31-19)." In the rain and chill at Beaver Stadium before a crowd of 83,000 and interested press-box observers from the Blockbuster and Gator bowl committees, Sacca directed a balanced offensive attack to get the job done as State checked in its 20th consecutive home win over Maryland and fattened its overall series lead to 32-1-1. Maryland, though playing the Lions very tough over the last decade, hasn't beaten State since 1961.

They salvaged the tie (13-13) last year at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. State rolled up 362 total yards to Maryland's 236 on the day, with Sacca hitting 8 of 16 passes for 162 yards and Leroy Thompson pounding out 132 yards on 26 carries to power the'over- land attack. Junior comerback Leonard Humphries returned an interception 74 yards and freshman Craig Fayak convened the PAT to get State out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. But Maryland battled back to deliver what would be its lone TD strike of the day on a 2-yard pass from Scott Zolak to Barry Johnson, a successful PAT boot by Dan DeArmas, then a 30-yard field goal by DeArmas to forge a 10-7 lead. Fayak hit a 24-yard field goal with just 24 seconds left in the second quarter and the Lions and Terps went in at half time all even, 10-10, and seemingly headed for another down-to-the-wire finish.

But on State's first second-half possession, Sacca took them 80 yards to unlock the tie, scoring on a clutch 30-yard TD toss to David Daniels on a 4th-and-21 That same combo clicked earlier in a 46-yarder to ignite the drive. Explaining the decision on the 4th- and-long scoring play, Patemo said: "We did not think we could kick the field goal into the wind. And I did hot particularly want to kick it from the 30. I figured we would see what we could get done there and if nothing else, even if we didn't make the first down, they would be playing loose enough we could get maybe 12 or 14 yards and at least get them inside their 20." Daniels made a diving grab in the end zone, and that gave the Lions some big momentum. "I was surprised he was that wide open," Sacca said.

"He just ran right by the defender. He was just supposed to clear people out and my first read was to see if David had cleared everyone out and he was open." Sacca completed 4 of 5 for 97 yards in that march. Added Daniels, who had three catches for 96 yards, "I wasn't expecting the ball but I looked up and saw it and just dove out for it and pulled it in. nt After Perm State scored its go-ahead touchdown the Nittany Lions' defense stopped Maryland and the offense promptly threatened again, driving from its own 30 to the M-l before the Terrapin defense held. Thwarted by the goal-line stand, the Lions turned the ball over on downs, but Maryland managed to pick up just two yards on the next three plays and had to punt back to Peim State, An 11-yard return by Terry Smith gave Perm State the ball at the M-29 and it took the Nittany Lions just six plays to punch it in.

Thompson got the TD on a 10-yard blast on his fourth carry of a drive in which he accounted for 21 yards. With the Penn State defense playing superbly throughout the second-half to Irish Turn Back Volunteers 34-29 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Waiters rushed for a career-high 174 yards and two touchdowns and Rod Smith intercepted a pass at the. goal line with 46 seconds left Saturday, lifting No. 1 Notre Dame to a 34-29 victory over No.

8 Tennessee. Tennessee led 23-20 in the fourth quarter before Notre Dame, 8-1, drove 57 yards for the go-ahead score, with Waiters making runs of 13 and 14 yards before scoring on a 10-yard rush with 5:30 to play. Despite the loss, the Volunteers, 5-2-2, remained in contention for the automatic Southeastern Conference berth in the Sugar Bowl. The Volunteers need a victory next week over Mississippi, which was idle. After Bonn Grimm stopped Tennessee's next possession with an interception at the Notre Dame 48, Raghib Ismail darted 44 yards for another TD to put the Fighting Irish ahead 34-23.

Tennessee's Andy Kelly hit Alvin Harper with a 23-yard TD pass to draw the Volunteers with 34-29 with 1:44 left. Kelly's pass to Harper for a two- point conversion was incomplete, but the Volunteers' Carl Pickens recovered the onside kick at the Tennessee 46. Kelly completed three passes to the Notre Dame 20 before Smith sealed the Notre Dame victory with the interception. The Fighting Irish rail out the clock. Tennessee went 79 yards in six plays to take a 13-10 lead on the opening possession of the second half.

Kelly hit Pickens with a 33-yard pass to set up Tennessee went ahead again 23-20 play. Tony Thompson's 10-yard scoring run. Walters, a senior who carried 17 with a 55-yard drive, Greg times and gained the most yards by a Burke's 45-yard field goal with 9:57 to Notre Dame back since 1984, broke loose for a 66-yard TD run 24 seconds later to put the Fighting Irish back ahead 17-13. Kelly then connected with Harper for a 32-yard score to give Tennesee a 20-17 lead with 10:24 left in the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, Notre Dame tied the score 20-20 with a 20-yard field goal by Craig Hentrich after Ismail returned a punt 38 yards to the Tennessee 11.

shut off the Terrapins, that one sealed it for the Lions. State's defense forced quarterback Scott Zolak on four different occasions to throw the ball into the turf when he was being pressured. Zolak finished the day with just 14 completions on 37 throws for 130 yards, his poorest performance of the season. "We played very well that second half," admitted Patemo afterwards. "Tony had a great second half and Daniels made some big catches for us.

The first half they (Maryland) did a couple of things that we just didn't take advantage of offensively. Overall, our defense played a very strong game Maryland coach Joe.Krivak, who watched team fall to 5-5, said, "I think our kids played hanL.played well, but sometimes that's just not good enough." Now the Lions can focus on Notre Dame, who protected their No. 1 ranking Saturday before 93,000 rabid fans in Knoxville by beating Tennessee's 9th-ranked Volunteers, 34-29. The game at South Bend will be carried by ESPN-TV, beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Score by Quarters Penn State 7 3 14 0 24 Maryland 7 3 0 0 10 Scoring Summary PENN STATE TDs Humphries (1), 74-yd. Intent return; Daniels (1), 30-yd. pass from Sacca; Thompson run. PENN STATE PATs Fayak (3), kick. PENN STATE FIELD CO ALS Fayak (1), 24-yds.

MARYLAND TDs B. Johnson (1), 2-yd. pass from Zolak. MARYLAND PATs DeArmas (1), kick. MARYLAND FIELD GOALS DeArmas (1), 30-yds.

TEAM STATISTICS Category LIONS TERPS Tot. 1st Downs 20 17 Net yds. rush- 200 106 Passes alt. 16 37 Passes com p. 8 14 Net yds.

pass. 162 130 InlcpL by 10 Total OITense(net) 362. 236 Penaltles-Yds 2-24 1-5 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 Punts-ave. 7-32 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PENN STATE (tc-ny-td): Thompson, 26-132-1; Collins, 4-45-0; Gash, 13-39-0; Bill, 2-6-0; Moser, 1-4-0; O'Neal, 1-0-0; Sacca, 8-(-33)-0. MARYLAND (tc-ny-ld): Jackson, 25-57-0; ed 10-6 at halftime.

Rick Mirer hit Rodney Culver with a 59-yard TD pass with 7:39 left in the first quarter and Hentrich kicked a 26-yard field goal with 7:29 to play in the second quarter. Burke accounted for Tennessee's first-half points, kicking field goals of 46 and 22 yards on the Volunteers' first two possessions. PASSING PENN STATE (att-cmp-yds-lnt-td): T. Sacca, 16-8-162-0-1. MARYLAND (att-cmp-yds-lnt-td) Zolak, 37-14-130-1-1.

PASS RECEIVING PENN STATE (ct-yds) Daniels, 3-96 (1 TD); T. Smith, 3-41; Golden, 1-16; Gash, 1-9. MARYLAND (ct-yds) Wycheck, 4-35; Both- 2-11; Phillips, 1-10; Col Stevenson, 1-13; B. Johnson, 1-2 (1 TD). Temple Whacks Pitt 28-18 PITTSBURGH (UPI) Conrad Swanson scored three touchdowns on short runs Saturday to lead Temple to a 28-18 victory over Pittsburgh.

Temple raised its record to 5-4. Pitt, picked by many in the preseason to be a tpp-10 team, lost its fourth straight game and fell to 3-6-1 under first-year Coach Paul Hackett. With one game remaining against Penn State, Pitt is destined to have only its second losing season since 1973. Temple took a 7-6 lead with 3:36 left in the second quarter on Swanson's 1-yard run around right end. The TD was set up by a 51-yard pass by Anthony Richardson to Rob Graf to the Pitt 16.

Richardson, who was 15 of 20 for 241 yards and one TD, started in place of regular quarterback Matt Baker, who has a sprained a right ankle. Swanson scored his second 1-yard TD on a dive over the middle at 10:36 of the third quarter on Temple's first possession of the second half. Swanson gained 56 yards on 15 carries. Richardson's 62-yard pass to Rich Drayton to the Pitt 3 four plays earlier set up the touchdown. Temple raised its lead to 21-12 with 4:50 left in the game on Richardson's 14-yard touchdown pass to Tim Hornbaker.

The drive was kept alive when Pitt ran into punter Trent Thompson on fourth and 2 at the Temple 28. Swanson scored his third touchdown on a 4-yard'run around left end with 3:12 left in (he game. Mark Ellis had intercepted a pass from Alex Van Pelt at the Pitt 48 and returned it 44 yards to set up the score. Meeting Notices TEENER The Tyrone Teener League will hold another important meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.

at the VFW, and urges all interested persons, particularly parents of players, to attend. EAGLE BASEBALL The Bald Eagle Baseball Association will meet to elect officers for 1991 on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. at the Bald Eagle Fireball. Officials noted that the public is invited to attend the meeting, with parents of ballplayers especially urged to attend.

FOOTBALL The Tyrone Ana Football Boosters have scheduled a meeting for Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 pan. at Gray Field. All interested persona are welcome to attend..