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Giants', 49ers' Unbeaten Runs Ended By Eagles, Rams THE DAILY HERALD, Tyrone, Monday, November 26, 1990 Page 5 District Six Playoffs By DAVE RAFFO UPI Sports Writer fan Francisco 49ers and New York Giants, linked in a quest for perfection through 10 games, were joined Sunday in defeat. Both tumbled to division foes one week before their Monday night meeting in San Francisco. The Los Angeles Rams stunned the 49ers 28-17 in San Francisco, and the Eagles whipped the Giants 31-13 at Philadelphia; If the49ers and Giants had won, they Would have been the First 11-0 teams to face off in NFL- history. They had plenty of company Sunday, when the elite got beat All five of the division leaders who played, lost. Minnesota clubbed NFC Central-leading Chicago, 41-13; Kansas City shaded the Los Angeles Raiders 27-24 to draw even in the AFC West; and Indianapolis smashed Cincinnati 34-20, costing the Bengals their lead in the AFC Central.

At San Francisco, Cleveland Gary scored three touchdowns to help the Rams prevent the two-time defending Super Bowl champion 49ers from what would have been an NFL record 19th straight victory. "When you give the ball up a lot, that's the kind of thing you can't do against a team like the Rams," 49ers quarterback Joe Montana said after throwing three interceptions. "No matter what their record." The Rams, 4-7, forced four first-half turnovers to race to a 21-7 halftime lead, and then survived a 10-point San Francisco third quarter. Montana threw a 23-yard TO pass to Harry Sydney on a screen pass and Mike Cofer added a 42-yard field goal but Gary capped a 90-play drive that took 10:37 with a 1-yard run to put the Rams safely in front Buford McGee ran for a TO and threw a 22-yard halfback option pass to Gary for another to help the Rams to their halftime lead. The 49ers would have clinched their fifth straight division title with a triumph.

"It feels great to beat the best," Rams' quarterback Jim Everett said. "We've been through some hard times this year, but this is exactly what it's all about. I think we matchup well against them." At Philadelphia, Randall Cunningham passed for two TDs and ran for a third to lift the Eagles, 7-4, to their fifth straight victory. I would have preferred to remain in dreamland," said Giants' quarterback South Carolina Wins Great Alaska Court Shootout ANCHORAGE, Alaska (UPI) Barry Manning pumped in 17 points and Jo Jo English added 15 Sunday night, leading South Carolina to a 72-59 victory over Division II Alaska- Anchorage in the Great Alaska Shootout. The win gave the Gamecocks, 2-1, third place in the 12-team tournament.

Alaska-Anchorage, now 4-2, finished in fifth place. South Carolina took a commanding 38-19 halftime lead and held on to defeat the Seawolves. South Carolina controlled the tempo for much of the game, but midway through the second half Alaska- Anchorage, which played UCLA close for the first 30 minutes Saturday night, caught fire and pulled within 5 points with 6:38 remaining. After an exchange of 3-point shots, however, the Gamecock defense turned stingy again, forcing a combination of bad Scawolf shots and turnovers that iced the win for them. Guards Barry Manning and Jo Jo English, both 6-4 juniors, led South Carolina scoring with 17 and 15 points, respectively.

Forward Joe Rhett, a 6-8 junior, pulled down 13 rebounds as well as tossing in 11 points. Alaska-Anchorage was paced by 6-4 junior forward Jackie Johnson, who had 11 points along with a team-high seven rebounds. The 1990 Great Alaska Shootout championship game between 10th- ranked UCLA and No. 19 Virginia is set for midnight EST Monday. Phil Simms, who threw two interceptions to match his total through the first 10 games.

"Sure, it's disappointing. We would have liked to go undefeated. I don't think we didn't have any spirit out there. We just plain got beat It was pretty simple." Cunningham, who completed 17 of 31 passes for 229 yards and ran for 66 more, threw to Fred Bamctt for a 49-yard TO and to Calvin Williams for a 6-yard score and sneaked into the end zone from the 1. "No question, it's a special win for us," Philadelphia Coach Buddy Ryan said.

"It's the kind of game you dream about We played an excellent game." The Giants could have clinched the NFC East title with a victory over the second-place Eagles, 7-4, who have topped New York in five of their last six meetings and handed the Giants their last regular-season loss. At Minneapolis, Rich Gannon threw three TO passes, Herschel Walker scored twice and the Vikings sacked Jim Harbaugh seven times to lift the Vikings, 5-6, to their fourth straight The Bears, 9-2, had a six-game losing streak snapped. Minnesota linebacker Mike Merriweather led the defensive charge. He returned one of two fumble recoveries 33 yards for a TD, made eight solo tackles and four assists, registered 1.5 sacks and forced two fumbles. UPI Grid Ratings NEW YORK (UPI) The United Prea International Hoard of Coaches Top 25 college football with record and tint-place In parentheses, total polnti (bated on 15 polnti for flnt place, 14 for lecond, and last week'i ranking.

1. Colorado (39) (10-1-1) 731 1 2. Miami (3) (S-2) (24 2 3. Georgia Tech (3) (9-0-1) 3 4. (tie) BYU (3) (10-1) 569 4 4.

(tie) Texas (2) (9-1) 5 t. Notre Dame (9-2) 8 7. Washington (9-2) 448 7 8. Florida Stale (8-2) 410 9 9. Penn State (9-2) 383 10 10.

Tennessee (7-2-2) 306 12 11. Clcmson (9-2) 202 13 12. Michigan (8-3) 171 15 13. Mississippi (9-2) 111 17 14. Nebraska (9-2) 98 6 15.

Iowa (8-3) 51 11 16. Louisville (9-1-1) 47 19 17. Texas 41 22 18. Southern Cat (8-3-1) 32 16 19. Illinois (8-3) 26 20 20.

Auburn (7-2-)) 25 21 21. Michigan State (7-3-1) 18 23 22. Ohio Slate (7-3-1) 12 17 23. (tie) S. Mississippi (8-3) 8 NR 23.

(tie) Virginia (8-3) I 14 25. (tie) San Jose St. (8-2-1) 7 23 25. (lie) Oregon (8-3) 7 NR NR not ranked Others receiving votes: Baylor, Louisiana Tech, Virginia Tech. The national champion will receive a $32,000 non-alhlellc scholarship from the Gerrlls Foundation and United Press International 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 are Florida, Houston, Memphis Slate, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Lemieux Has A Lot Of Healing To Go PITTSBURGH (UPI) Mending Pittsburgh Penguins Ail-Star Center Mario Lemieux probably won't begin his back rehabilitation program until at least the third week of December. So says Penguins orthopedic specialist Charles Burke. Burke said Sunday that Lemieux is essentially pain-free. But the doctor says Lemieux still needs "a lot of time for the healing to go on." "The worst thing would be to bring him back too early and have his pain come back," Burke said.

"Then we'd be right back where we were before." Burke said Lemieux still is working on a three-month time frame and Dec. 19 is three months. The two-time National Hockey League scoring champion underwent surgery July 11 to repair a damaged back disc. In late September, doctors said he also had a disc-space infection. Lemieux has not played a game since last March 31.

"Once the truck hit me I didn't bother to get up," Chicago Coach Mike Ditka said. "I just laid there and watched." "It wasn't a truck," Harbaugh said. It was something bigger." At Los Angeles, Steve DeBerg threw three TD passes, two to running back Bill Jones in the second half, to give the Chiefs their first season sweep over the Raiders since 1981. The Chiefs and Raiders are tied at 7-4. DeBerg hit Jones for two 11-yard scores and found Emile Harry for a 19-yard TD to counter a three- touchdown performance by Raiders' running back Marcus Allen.

"We're really disappointed; we're a better team than we showed said Allen, who finished with 76 yards on 15 'This is my ninth season. The Raiders have never done anything easily." At Cincinnati, Eric Dickerson finally broke loose, gaining 143 yards on 22 carries for his first 100-yard game of the season. He also scored once and had gams of 43, 32, 17 and 14 yards. "I can still run," Dickerson said. "There's no doubt about it Even if I have lost a step, I can still outrun most defensive backs.

"It's nice to break into the secondary. I hadn't done it for so long. It's the first time I went deep this year." Dickerson cracked 100 yards for the 59th time in his career, second to Walter Payton's 77 100-yard games. He also scored his 83rd rushing TO to match Jim Taylor for fifth place on the career list The Colts improved to 5-6. The Bengals, who received two TD passes by Boomer Esiason, dropped to 6-5 and into a lie with Pittsburgh in the AFC Central.

At East Rutherford, N.J., the Steelers broke open a close game with fourth- quarter TDs by Merril Hoge and Louis Lipps for a 24-7 victory over the New York Jets. The Steelers outscored New York 17-0 in the second half to drop the Jets to 4-8 with their third straight loss. Hoge's 1-yard TD run 94 seconds into the fourth quarter was set up by Larry Griffin's 36-yard interception return and gave the Steelers a 17-7 lead. Lipps added a 3-yard TD catch from Bubby Brister with 7:24 left In other games Sunday, Miami burned Cleveland 30-13, Green Bay decked Tampa Bay 20-10, New Orleans shaded Atlanta 10-7, and Phoenix clubbed New England 34-14. In the Sunday night game, Seattle edged San Diego 13-10 in overtime.

In tonight's Monday night game, AFC East leader. Buffalo plays at Houston. Dolphins 30, Browns 13 At Cleveland, Dan Marino threw for 245 yards and two TDs to pass the barrier to lift the Dolphins. Marino completed 16-of-29 passes, was not intercepted, and finished the game with 30,099 career yards. By cracking 30,000 yards in 114 games, Marino reached the mark quicker than any quarterback in history.

Packers 20, Buccaneers 10 At Milwaukee, Anthony Dilweg, filling in for injured Don Majkowski, threw two touchdown passes to lead the Packers to their third straight victory. Green Bay, 6-5, moved over .500 for the first time since the first week of the season. The Buccaneers, 4-8, lost their sixth straight. Saints 10, Falcons 7 At New Orleans, Eric Martin caught a 6-yard TD pass with 2:10 left to lift the Saints. The Falcons had gone ahead 7-3 on their previous drive when Chris Miller found a streaking George Thomas down the sideline for a 51 -yard touchdown.

The Saints improved to 5-6 and dropped the Falcons to 3-8. Cardinals 34, Patriots 14 At Phoenix, rookie Anthony Thompson rushed for 136 yards and a TD in his first start and quarterback Timm Rosenbach scored the first two rushing TDs of his career to lift the Cardinals, 3-9. Tommy Hodson threw two TD passes in his first NFL start for the Patriots, 1-10. Seahawks 13, Chargers 10 At San Diego, Norm Johnson kicked a 40-yard field goal with 11:59 left in overtime two plays after Seattle recovered a fumble. 3.30 Per Greeting Payable In Advance Deadline For Christmas Greetings December 14, 1990 Christmas Greetings Express yourself in a unique way this year by placing a Holiday Greeting in the Classified ads.

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CLASS AAAA (Championship) Saturday, Nov. 17 Hollldaysburg 21, CLASS AAA (Semifinals) Nov. 1C Central 33, Penn Cambria Saturday, Nov. 17 Huntingdon 52, Central Cambria 22. (Championship) Nov.

24 Central 31 Huntingdon IX CLASS AA (Semifinals) Friday, Nov. It Purchase Line 11, Bald Eagle-Nlttany 14. Saturday, Nov. 17 United 20, Forest Hills II. (Championship) Nov.

23 Purchase Lint 27, United 7 CLASS A (Semifinals) Friday, Nov. Laurel Valley 33, Homer- Center (. Saturday, Nov. 17 Claysburt-Klmmel 40, Wllllamsburg 32 (2 OT). (Championship) Nov.

Laurel Valley 49, Claysburg-Klmmel DISTRICT 6 CHAMPIONS Class AAAA Vo-Tech College Class AAA Hills Eagle Area Class AA Guilfoyle Guilfoyle Line Class A Center Valley Valley Branch Valley Valley WPIAL Playoffs Class A Farrell 40, Clalrton 0 Class AA Canevln 21, Washington 20 Class AAA Seton-LaSalle 30, Hopewell 23 Class AAAA North Allegheny 9, Butler 0 NFL Scoreboard AMERICAN CONFERENCE Longhorns Clinch Trip To Cotton Buffalo Miami Indlanapolta NY Jets New England Cincinnati Pittsburgh Houston Cleveland Kansas Clly LA Raiders Seattle San Dfego Denver East 1 0 2 0 0 8 0 10 0 Central 5 0 5 0 5 0 9 0 West 740 740 5 0 570 380 Pet PF PA .900 288 150 .818 232 122 .458 230 333 199 257 .090 144 305 .545 259 .545 198 181 .500 229 192 .182 300 246 172 207 174 .455 209 216 .417 234 203 JOO 237 280 NATIONAL CONFERENCE NY Giants Philadelphia Washington Dallas Phoenix Chicago Green Bay Minnesota Tampa Bay Detroit San Francisco New Orleans LA Rams Atlanta East 10 1 740 (50 570 380 Central 920 (50 5 0 480 470 West 10 1 0 5 0 470 380 Pet. PF PA .909 259 141 282 222 .545 247 213 .417 17C 242 .273 172 278 .818 258 180 .545 220 227 .455 259 222 .333 187 294 .364 253 284 .909 270 179 .455 198 202 247 299 .273 2(5 285 Thursday Results Detroit 40, Denver 27 Dallas 27, Washington 17 Sunday Results New Orleans 10, Atlanta 7 Minnesota 41, Chicago 13 Indianapolis 34, Cincinnati 20 Miami 30, Cleveland 13 Philadelphia 31, NY Giants 13 Green Bay 20, Tampa Bay 10 Pittsburgh 24, NY Jets 7 Phoenix 34, New England 14 Kansas Clly 27, LA Raiders 24 LA Rams 28, San Francisco 17 Seattte 13, San Dkgo 10, (OT) Monday Game Buffalo at Houston, 9 p.m. Sports Transactions Saturday Transactions Hockey Hartford Whalers Assigned forwards Terry and Marc Bergevln to Springfield of the AHL. Sunday Sports Transactions Football NY tackle Scott waived safely Ken Johnson. Boxing Julian Jackson of the Virgin Islands, outclassed for most of the fight, unleashed a powerful right to score a fourth-round knockout over Britain's Herol Graham and capture the vacant WBC middleweight crown Saturday in Benalmadena, Spain.

Jackson's punch, launched one minute 13 seconds into the round, carried such force that Graham was out before he hit the canvas and did not regain consciousness for several minutes while doctors and assistants tended him. Italian middleweight Sumbu Kalam- bay moved closer to a World Boxing Association comeback title shot next year with a unanimous eight-round- decision over outmatched Argentine Miguel Angel Maldonado Saturday night in Velletri, Italy. The Zaire-bom Kalambay, a naturalized Italian who held the WBA crown until March, 1989, when he was stripped of the belt for not making a mandatory defense, dominated the fight from the start By JEFF SHAIN UPI Sports Writer The Cotton Drought has ended in Austin. The fifth-ranked Texas Longhorns, once an annual participant in the Cotton Bowl, clinched their first trip to Dallas in seven years Saturday with a 23-13 victory over No. 25 Baylor.

"Early in the season, I didn't expect us to go this far," said Texas quarterback Peter Gardere, who passed for 127 yards and a touchdown in leading the Longhorns to their first Southwest Conference title since 'I'm glad to be here, though it's a lot of fun." Butch Hadnot also ran 19 yards for a touchdown and Pollak kicked three field goals for Texas, 9-1 overall and 6-0 in the WC with one regular-season game remaining next week against Texas The Longhorns trailed 10-0 after the first quarter before using a 17-point third period to win at Baylor for the first time since 1982. 1 'We showed we can come back after being down 10-0," Texas Coach David McWilliams said. "The defense had played well, and I think we got some momentum when Michael Pollak kicked that 56-yard field goal at the close of the first half. That gave us a real boost." McWilliams agreed to a five-year contract extension after the game. His job was believed to be in jeopardy before the season after the Longhorns suffered consecutive losing seasons for the first time in more than 50 years.

The Longhorns were held to minus-6 yards rushing in the first half but recovered in the third quarter. Chris Samuels ran 28 yards to the Baylor 32, and three plays later Gardere found Keith Cash behind a fallen Charles Bell for a 31-yard touchdown pass. "We changed some pass protection blocking schemes at the half and they worked real well in the third quarter," Gardere said. The Bears grabbed a 10-0 first quarter lead on a 15-yard run by Robert Strait and a 19-yard field goal by Jeff Ireland. "We do this every week (fall behind)," Cash said.

"We knew we'd get in there eventually." After the game, Baylor Coach Grant Teaff promoted the Longhorns for the national championship. 'I've voted for them No. 1 two times and I did that with honest feelings," Teaff said. "I take my vote very seriously. I'll do it again this week.

I want them to win the national championship." Baylor finished its season 6-4-1 and will stay home for the holidays, after Teaff turned down an ultimatum from the Independence bowl earlier in the week. IT. other games involving Top 10 teams, No. 2 Miami crushed Syracuse 33-7, No. 4 Brigham Young trounced Utah State 45-10, No.

6 Nebraska lost to Oklahoma 45-10 on Friday, No. 8 Notre Dame edged No. 16 Southern Cal 10-6 and No. 10 Penn State beat Pittsburgh 22-17. Also, No.

11 Iowa fell to Minnesota 31-24, No. 12 Tennessee ripped Kentucky 42-28, No. 14 Virginia was upended by Virginia Tech 38-13, No. 15 Michigan nipped co-No. 17 Ohio State 16-13, co-No.

17 Mississippi topped Mississippi State 21-9, No. 20 Illinois clipped Northwestern 28-23, No. 22 Texas blasted Texas Christian 56-10 and co-No. 23 Michigan State topped Wisconsin 14-9. At Miami, Carlos Huerta kicked four field goals and the Miami defense shut down Syracuse.

Defensive tackle Russell Maryland recorded two sacks, a forced fumble and six tackles for the Hurricanes. Syracuse managed only a 4-yard TD run by quarterback Marvin Graves with 3:52 left. At Provo, Utah, Ty Detmer threw for 560 yards and five touchdowns to lead Brigham Young. Detmer's performance gave him 4,869 passing yards for the season, passing Andre Ware's NCAA single-season mark of 4,699 set last year. At Norman, Mike McKinley ran for 87 yards and three touchdowns Friday, including a 48-yard TD scamper in the third quarter, to lead Oklahoma past Nebraska.

The Sooners, who are ineligible for a bowl because of NCAA sanctions, completed their season with an 8-3 record. At Los Angeles, Tony Brooks scored the game's only touchdown and the Notre Dame defense recorded six sacks to beat Southern Cal. Brooks scored on a 1-yard run late in the third quarter to cap a 69-yard drive. The Trojans could manage only two field goals by Quin Rodriquez. At University Park, Tony Sacca passed for 187 yards and a touchdown and ran for another 113 yards to lead Penn State over Pittsburgh.

Sacca became the first Penn State quarterback to rush for 100 yards in a game since Elwood Petchell accomplished the feat in 1946. At Minneapolis, Keswic Joiner recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown and caught a TD pass to lead Minnesota over Rose Bowl-bound Iowa. The Hawkeyes tied with Illinois, Michigan and Michigan State at 6-2 in the Big Ten, but beat all three teams. At Knoxville, Andy Kelly threw a school-record five TO passes to rally Tennessee closer to a Sugar Bowl berth. The Volunteers can clinch at least a tie for the Southeastern Conference title in its regular-season finale next week at Vanderbilt At Blacksburg, Will Furrer threw for 254 yards and three TDs as Virginia Tech handed Virginia its third straight defeat.

Vaughn Hebron also rushed for 142 yards on 31 carries for the Hokies. Virginia's Matt Blundin passed for 305 yards and two TDs in place of the injured Shawn Moore. At Columbus, Ohio, J.D. Carlson kicked a 37-yard field goal on the final play to give Michigan its third straight victory over the Buckeyes. The Wolverines earned a berth in the Gator Bowl, while Ohio State will play Air Force in the Liberty Bowl.

At Jackson, quarterback Tommy Luke ran for 136 yards and two TDs as Mississippi beat the Bulldogs for the eighth tune in the last nine years. The victory keeps the Rebels' hopes alive for the SEC title. At Champaign, 111., Howard Griffith rushed for 263 yards, scored two touchr downs and broke two school records to lead Illinois. Griffith's rushing total set a single-game high, breaking Jim Grabowski's 26-year-old record. He also notched his 32nd career TD to break Red Grange's 65-year school mark.

At College Station, Texas, Bucky Richardson scored twice and threw one touchdown pass and Darren Lewis scored three times for Texas After the game, Texas accepted an invitation to play Brigham Young in the Holiday Bowl. At East Lansing, Hyland Hickson ran for 134 yards and two TDs as Michigan State became the third team in Big Ten history to have two backs run for 1,000 yards in the same year. Hickson finished the season with 1,128 yards and teammate Tico Duckett, who had 82 against Wisconsin, totaled 1,376. Blazers Struggle Past Spurs After Blistering Start It's nearly impossible to achieve absolute perfection in a basketball game, but the Portland Trail Blazers came pretty close in the first quarter of Sunday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs. After seeing the Blazers outscore his team 49-18 in the opening period, San Antonio coach Larry Brown said Portland could have beaten an all-decade team.

But one quarter hardly makes a game, and Portland had to struggle over the remaining three quarters to pull out a 117-103 victory. "That was an awesome first period by Portland," Brown said. "I've never seen anybody have a quarter like that. "But then when I looked up at halftime on the Scoreboard and saw that we were only 14 points down, I thought il was a message from God." The Blazers are now 11-0 and arc the only undefeated team in the NBA. They have won 15 regular season games in a row dating back to last season.

Portland was paced by three players with 20 or more points. Center Kevin Duckworth led the way with 22 points while Terry Porter had 21 and Clyde Drexler added 20. San Antonio's David Robinson led all scorers with 26 points. Without question, the difference in the game was the first quarter. It was even more impressive that the effort came against a team as good as the Spurs, who saw their season record drop to 7-3.

Portland dominated in every aspect of the game in that period. They hit 88 percent of their field goal attempts (22-of-25), and all five of their 3-point attempts on the way to a team-record 49 points. In the process, Portland also limited the Spurs to 18 points, which was the number of points the Blazers scored in the period off San Antonio turnovers. The Blazers were able to extend their lead-almost every trip down the floor in that quarter, and finally pushed their advantage to 31 when Cliff Robinson hit a 3-pointer with five seconds left The period also featured 10 assists by Porter, which is a team record for a quarter; and 15 points and four blocked shots by Drexler. Porter finished with 16 assists and Drexler had 14 rebounds in the game.

"I've never seen any team play a better first quarter in my life," said David Robinson. "If they're doing that against other people, it's going to be a- scary season for the rest of us." Elsewhere in the NBA Sunday night, Detroit overpowered Sacramento 105-92, Houston thumped Minnesota 107-91 and the LA Clippers routed Orlando 119-91. Pistons 105, Kings 92 At Auburn Hills, James Edwards scored a season-high 26 points and Mark Aguirre added 17 to help the Pistons extend their winning streak to seven games. The triumph enabled the Pistons, 10-2, to tie the club's best start in history. Detroit, which had six players in double figures, won 10 of its firs? 12 games in the 1988-89 season.

The Kings dropped their third consecutive game. Rockets 107, Timberwolves 91 At Minneapolis, Akeem Olajuwon scored 27 points, grabbed 20 rebounds and blocked four shots to lead the Rockets. Houston snapped a two-game losing streak in winning their first game in Minneapolis after going 0-2 in 1989-90. It was only the Rockets second win in seven road games this season. Clippers 119, Magic 91 At Los Angeles, Charles Smith scored 21 points and Benoit Benjamin added 18 and grabbed a season-high 18 rebounds to lead the Clippers, who have won three of their last four games.

Terry CaOedge led Orlando with 16 points and Sam Vincent added 14 to pace the Magic, 3-10, which suffered its fourth straight loss..