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Page 4 THE DAILY HERALD, Tyrone, Tuesday, September 18, 1990 Tyrone, B-A Gridders Back On The Road Fri. By LEN SLOTHER Herald Sports Editor Tyrone High's Golden Eagles, fresh off their first win of the season, and neighboring Bcllwood-Antis, who will be trying to rebound from its first loss in three games last week, are back on the road this week as the 1990 scholastic football season rolls into the fourth weekend. Tyrone travels to Centre County for another Big 8 and Central Counties test with Bellefonte at the Bcllcfonte Athletic Field, while the Blue Devils tackle unbeaten Williamsburg on the Blue Pirates' turf in an intra-county scrap. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. for both of those Friday night clashes.

The Golden Eagles and Red Raiders match 1-2 records coming into their 52nd meeting in a somewhat strange series featuring nine tie games three of them back-to-back in 1983 (7-7), 1984 (12-12) and 1985 (7-7). They've split the four meetings since that bizarre string, with Tyrone bagging a 7-6 win in 1987 and 27-0 in '88 and the Tribe nailing a 14-7 win in 1986 and last year's 32-0 win at Gray Field. With the nine ties, Tyrone owns a 26-16 advantage in the series. An 8-yard TD fumble return and two crucial PAT kicks by Chad Christine and a couple of 4th-quartcr scoring passes from Troy Eaken to Jonaihon Light for 74 and 44 yard payoff strikes carried Tyrone to a 20-19 win over Lewistown at home last week, for its lone win to date. Losses to Bcllwood-Antis (26-20) and Huntingdon (37-7) preceded.

Bcllcfonte fell to BEN in an opening- night surprise, 12-7, then rebounded with a 14-6 win over Philipsburg- Osceola, but stumbled again last week against Huntingdon, 14-12. Bcllwood-Antis checks again against one of the district's unbeatens at Williamsburg with a 2-1 report. The Blue Devils bolted out of the gate with the 26-20 win at Tyrone and a 27-6 win over Mt. Union before falling to Bishop Guilfoyle 21-15 last week. The Blue Pirates, meanwhile, have hurdled Glendale, 46-26, Claysburg-Kimmel, 20-13, and Southern Huntingdon, 23-0, in their three outings.

Friday's meeting will be their 42nd meeting, with B-A on the long end, 26-11-4. Williamsburg escaped with a 12-7 win last year at Bell wood on the way to an outstanding 12-1 campaign, losing to Laurel Valley in overtime, 15-7, in the Dist. 6-A Championship Game. Three other Blair Co. teams are booked Friday night and two on Saturday.

While Tyrone journeys to Bellefonte and B-A visits Wiliamsburg, Altoona High (2-1) welcomes DuBois (1-2), Central (2-1) travels to Bedford (0-2-1) and Claysburg-Kimmel (2-1) is at West Branch (2-1). Saturday, Bishop Guilfoyle (2-1) hosts Richland and Hollidaysburg (3-0) treks across state lines to play Fort Hill, Md. Other area games Friday find Philipsburg-Osceola (2-1) battling Huntingdon (2-1) in a key Big 8 and CC clash at War Vets' Field in Huntingdon, Lock Haven (2-1) visiting State College (0-3), Montoursville at Lewistown (0-3), Indian Valley (1-2) at B.E.A. (0-3), Punxsy (3-0) squaring off with Cleairfleld (3-0) in a battle of unbeatens, Bish. McCort (2-0-1) traveling to Portage (0-3), United (2-1) at Blairsville (2-1), Jtwn.

Vo-Tech (1-2) at Cambria Hts. (1-2), Mo Valley (3-0) at Chestnut Ridge (2-0-1), Everett (1-2) at Tussey d-2); Forest Hills (2-1) at Perm Cambria (1-2), Northern Bedford (2-1) at Glendale (0-3), Homer-Center (3-0) at Saltsburg (1-2), ML Pleasant (1-2) at Johnstown (1-2), Northern Cambria (0-2) at Ligonier Valley (1-2), Penns Manor (0-3) at Shade (1-2), Perms Valley (2-1) at Mount Union (2-1) and Juniata Valley (1-2) at Southern Huntingdon (0-2). Other games on Saturday's docket have Jersey Shore at BEN (2-1), Purchase Line at Laurel Valley (3-0), Bishop Carroll (0-3) at Marion Center (0-1-1), Blacklick (1-2) at Femdale (1-0-2), Windber (1-2) at North Star (0-3) and Somerset (3-0) at Westmont-Hilltop (1-2). RECAPPING SOME OF THE OTHER AREA ACTION last weekend i HUNTINGDON turned to an old standby tough defense to join an exclusive 500-victories club in Pennsylvania scholastic football by downing Bellefonte 14-12. The Bearcats become only the 15th member of the state's "500" club, headed by New Castle, which came into the season with 593 wins.

H-don forced three key turnovers and cashed in on two of them to help turn back the Raiders, who missed a tying 2-point PAT on a pass in the 4th quarter and then watched a game- winning opportunity go down the drain in the closing seconds on a fumble at the UNION converted three 2nd-half turnovers into 4th-quarter TDs to erase a 3-0 lead and dump Indian Valley, scored single TDs in each of the First three quarter to upend Juniata Valley stayed perfect (3-0) and extended its regular- season winning streak to 14 zapping Southern H-don, 23-0. Southern, surprisingly, had a 9-4 margin in 1st downs, out-rushed the Blue Pirates 142-76 and checked in a 167 to 116 advantage in total offense, but was unable to push it into the end steam-rollered outmanned Curwensville 30-8 as Doug Mottin sliced the Tide for 168 yards on 27 carries and scored two TDs and Noah Gustkey rambled for anothjer 153 yards and a TD on 25 upended Bald Eagle Area with big plays to continue unbeaten, 21-7. The Bisons struck twice for scores by air from long range, registered four key takeaways and capitalized on a blocked punt to get the job PURCHASE LINE crushed Blairsville 32-8 as Brandon Overdorff rolled up 225 yards and scored three TDs on 18 rushes to light the charge. Overdorff has rushed for over 1,000 yards in both his sophomore and junior seasons and already has 564 on 50 cracks this year. That game, incidentally, was called with 5:15 still left in the third quarter because of was awarded a rain-shortened win at Fox Chapel in even shorter order.

Leading 3-0 when the game was halted in the first quarter because of severe weather, the Trojans were deemed the winner after WPIAL officials conferred with the PIAA over the VALLEY continued as one of the area's early-season surprise teams by knocking off West Branch, 9-0. for their 3rd straight win. Homer Delattre's 29-yd. TD dash in the first quarter was all they needed to win the battle of unbeaten small-school rivals, but R.J. Myers added some icing with a 24-yd.

field goal in the 3rd overwhelmed Alloona 40-13 to hand the Mountain Lions their first loss as Don Houscr blasted out 181 yards on 19 carries and scored four touchdowns. Chambersburg finished with 310 yards rushing and improved their record to squeezed past backyard rival Central in another exciting struggle in an intense, emotional Blair Co. series, 13-6, for their 3rd straight win. Central fell to its first loss. Gary Zimmerman's 55-yard bomb early in the 2nd-half broke up a 0-0 ball- game.

Central tied it on Scott Black's 22-yard pass, but H-burg came right back to deliver the winner with 3:18 shook off three lost fumbles and an intercepotion to hang in and defeat punchless Glendale, 18-0, with Dave Cowher scoring a pair of BEDFORD improved to 2-1 by trimming Tussey got a 174-yards rushing performance out of sophomore backup Brad Gilmore to fuel a 20-7 victory over Penns ERIE CATHEDRAL PREP buried State College 55-12. Broncs Nip Chiefs On FG As Time Expires DENVER (UPI) After John El way had thrown 10 consecutive incompletions, he needed some help. His wide receiver Vance Johnson provided the relief. Denver trailed 23-21 with 1:11 left Monday and faced a fourth-and-10 situation on its own 17-yard line. El way passed 49 yards to Johnson that eventually set up David Treadwell's 22-yard field goal as time expired, lifting the Broncos to a 24-23 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Johnson told Elway in the huddle prior to the big play: "Hey, throw me the ball." Elway then asked Johnson if he could beat Kansas City comerback Kevin Ross. Eleven seconds later Ross dragged Johnson down on the crucial play- Five plays later, including Elway's 16-yard completion to Mark Jackson and a 14-yard run by Bobby Humphrey with 25 seconds remaining, Treadwell kicked his game-winner. "This was a real confidence booster for me," Treadwell said. "I was glad Bobby got me a couple of yards closer on that last kick. This was a must-win for us." Steve DeBerg hooked up with Stephone Paige for two TDs, including an 83-yard bomb with 1:44 left in the game to give Kansas City a 23-21 lead.

Meeting Notices The Tyrone Little League will meet Thursday, Sept. 20, at 6 o'clock in the Borough Municipal Building. Election of new officers is included on (he agenda. An important meeting of the Tyrone VFW Teener Baseball League will be held Monday, Sept. 24, beginning at 7 o'clock upstairs at the VFW Post.

League president Cal Noel urges all parents, coaches, managers, league officers and other interested persons to attend the meeting to air plans for expansion to four teams, thereby creating a league of its own locally and enabling them to sever lies with the Tri- County Senior Little The Southern Alleghenies Football Coaches Assn. will hold its first meeting of the year on Wednesday, Sept 26, at 7:45 pjn. at the Pen Restaur ant The Tyrone Area Football Boosters have slated an important meeting for 7 o'clock on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Gray Field. DeBerg also connected on a 16-yard TD pass to Paige, who caught a pass in his 66th consecutive NFL game.

"This was a game where whoever had the ball last was going to win," DeBerg said. "Elway's a great competitor, and that fourth-down play was amazing. That was an all-pro play." Humphrey rushed 19 times for 132 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Denver ground attack, scoring on runs of 37 and6yards. Elway added a2-yard TD run as the Broncos evened their record to 1-1. Nick Low cry kicked field goals of 39, 29 and 31 yards for Kansas City, which fell to 1-1.

Kansas City's star running back Christian Okoye gained only 69 yards in 20 attempts as the Denver defense gang-tackled him. "Okoye wasn't a really big factor in the game," said Karl Mecklenburg, who had a 22-yard fumble recovery. 'He got a lot of carries, but not a lot of yards." In the first quarter, a short punt by the Broncos' Mike Horan gave the Chiefs possession at the Denver 26, setting up Lowery's 29-yard field goal. With Kansas City ahead 3-0, Humphrey broke a tackle in the middle, used the back judge to screen off another defender and broke free for a 37-yard TD, his longest scoring run as a pro. The Chiefs pulled within 7-6 on Lowery's second field goal.

DeBerg engineered a 63-yard drive, converting on third-and-10 at his own 26 with an 18-yard completion to Todd McNair. Denver drove 80 yards on its next possession, 43 yards coming on a flea- flicker from Elway-to-Humphrey-to- Elway and downfield to Johnson. Humphrey's 6-yard burst up the middle gave Denver a 14-6 lead. KC comerback Albert Lewis recovered Orson Mobley's fumble at the Denver 43 with 3:15 left to set up Lowery's third field goal. The 31-yard kick cut Denver's lead to 14-9 with 4 seconds remaining in the first half.

"We made so many mistakes in the ball Denver Coach Dan Reeves said. "It's a good win for us. It had everything in it, good, bad and ugly." 'We had too many missed opportunities in the first half," DeBerg said. "We were forced to come away with field goals when we should have had touchdowns. In fact, one time we were fivo and still only got a field After Lowery fell short on a 52-yard field goal attempt early in the third quarter, Elway capped a 10-play drive with a quarterback draw.

His 30-yard Irish Strengthen No. 1 Position In UPl's Grid Ratings completion to Johnson on third-and-13 kept the 65-yard scoring drive alive. DeBerg completed passes of 19, 17, 18 and 13 yards during Kansas City's drive to the Denver 20 midway through the fourth quarter. Linebacker Simon Fletcher blindsided DeBerg who fumbled. The 19-yard sack and fumble, coupled with Karl Mecklenburg's fumble return gave Denver possession at the Kansas City 39.

But Denver's offense sputtered when an instant replay review reversed Ricky Nattiel's 10-yard first down catch. Lewis blocked Horan's punt, his sixth career block. Kevin Porter recovered and returned it to the Denver 17. The Chiefs scored in three plays, with DeBerg hitting Paige for the TD in the comer of the end zone to pull Kansas City within 21-16. "There were two very good football teams out there," Kansas City Coach Marty Schottenheimer said.

"Neither one of them knows the word quit. That's a real tribute to the men in both locker rooms." Defenses Shine In Tyrone YFL Defenses dominated the action in the Tyrone Youth Football League's third weekend of play as all three Saturday night games resulted in 6-0 decisions at Gray Field. In regular league action the Eagles moved to 3-0 with a 6-0 nod over the Lions and the Wolfpack stayed on their heels with an identical 6-0 win over the Rams, improving their record to 2-1. In the Pee-Wee contest, the Panthers recorded a 6-0 win over the Cougars. Scott Bonsell (5-yard run) of the Eagles, Chester Denny (60-yd.

run) of the Wolfpack and Eric Latchford (36-yd. run) of the Pee-Wee Panthers accounted for the evening's only TDs. STANDINGS: 34; 2-1; Lions, 1-2; Rams, 0-3. GAMES Sept. 22, p.m.

(Gray Field): Lions-Wolfpack; PanuvCoyft. (Pee- Wed); and Baseball A NL East playoff game, if necessary, will be played Oct. 4 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. The Pirates won a coin toss over the New York Mets to determine home field if the clubs finish tied for first Yale professors and Yogi Berra were among the donors who helped raise $1 million in memory of former Yale University President and baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.

Contributions have also come from fans, the major leagues and the Ivy League! GREETING FROM DAD San Diego's Roberto Alomar, right, gets a handshake from his father, Padres coach Sandy Alomar (2) as Roberto rounds third on his trip around the bases following a two-run homer in the third ining last night against Houston. Roberto plays second base and his father Sandy coaches third for the Padres. Tyrone Jay Vees Edge P-O, 7 To 6 The Tyrone Area Jay Vee football team balanced its record at 1-1 here last night at Gray Field, making good on a decision to take points off the board late in the game for an opportunity for more to edge Philipsburg-Osceola, 7-6. P-O punched in a 2nd quarter TD then failed on a 2-point PAT pass and carried a 6-0 lead into the fourth quarter. Tyrone watched a drive of their own stall, then rekindle in a bizarre turn of events that subsequently led to their winning the scoring strike.

After bogging down deep in P-O teritory, they closed the gap to 6-3 when Tony Sharer kicked a 27-yard field goal. But the visitors were flagged for roughing the kicker on that play, and Tyrone coaches opted to accept the penalty and Ist-and- goal at the P-O 3 instead of the successful 3-point kick. Three plays later Jeremy Jackson bolted in for the touchdown from about six inches out to tie it (6-6) and Sharer booted the PAT to add the decisive extra point. Tyrone's quarterback pressure helped shut the Little Mounties down in the second-half after they had taken their 6-0 lead, recording four or five sacks and confusing the visitors with blitzes and line-shift tactics, according to coach Marv Murray. Tyrone's Jays travel to Holidaysburg next Monday night NFL Scoreboard AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Team Miami Buffalo New England NY Jets Indianapolis Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh llouiton LA Raiders Kansas City Denver San Diego Seattle YV Pet 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 Central 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 West 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 01.000 0 .500 0 .500 0 .500 0 .000 01.000 0 .500 0 .500 0 .000 01.000 0 .500 0 .500 0 .000 0 .000 PF 57 33 40 44 24 46 34 23 36 31 47 33 30 13 PA 31 40 41 42 36 27 22 67 22 45 37 38 34 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Team NY Giants Washington Dallas Phoenix Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Tampa Bay San Fran Atlanta LA Rams New Orleans East 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 Central 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 West 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 PcL 01.000 0 .500 0 .500 0 .500 0 .000 01.000 0 .500 0 .500 0 .500 0 400 01.000 0 JOO 0 400 0 .000 PF 55 44 24 23 41 48 42 49 53 52 39 61 59 15 PA 27 26 42 52 50 13 52 55 27 56 25 50 45 NEW YORK (UPI) Notre Dame, riding its comc-from-behind victory over Michigan, strengthened its lead Sunday in the United Press International college football ratings.

The Fighting Irish stretched their advantage over No. 2 Florida Stale and No. 3 Auburn in the wake of Saturday night's 28-24 triumph over the Wolverines. Brigham Young and Virginia also made significant gains in the latest balloting by the UPI Board of Coaches. BYU, coming back from a 22-point deficit to defeat Washington State, vaulted into the fourth position, and No.

9 Virginia broke into the Top 10 for the first time in history. Notre Dame, which moved into the No. 1 position a week ago when Miami was upset by Brigham Young, had to avoid a fall of its own against Michigan. Rick Mirer threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Adrian Jarrell with 1:40 remaining to give the Fighting Irish a 28-24 victory. "We were outplayed, but we had our moments," Notre Dame Coach Lou Holtz said.

"I still don't know how we won except for the competitiveness of our team, the luck of the Irish and the lady on top of the (Golden) Dome." For their efforts, the Fighting Irish received 39 of 56 first-place votes cast by the 59-member Board of Coaches and finished with 787 of a possible 840 points. Florida State received rune first- place voles and 747 points, while Auburn was at the top of five ballots and finished with 731 points. No. 4 Brigham Young received one first-place vote in jumping three spots after its 50-36 victory over Washington State. BYU trailed 29-7 at halftime, but its opponent 43-7 in the second half.

No. 5 Southern Cal also had one first- place vote, but dropped one place fol- UPI Grid Ratings Monday Result Denver 24, Kansas City 23 Sunday, Sept 23 Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Miami at NY Giants, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m. New England at Cincinnati, 1 pjn. Phoenix at New Orleans, 1 pan. San Diego at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Atlanta at San Francisco, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at LA Rams, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at LA Raiders, 4 pjn. Seattle at Denver, 4 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. Monday, Sept 24 Buffalo at NY Jets, 9 p.m.

Drugs A number of current world records were set by athletes on drugs. So claims Frank Dick, Britain's national director of track and field coaching. He did not identify any athletes but noted average performances at world level were now "going backwards" in men's shot, discus and hammer. NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 25 college football ratings, with record and first-place votes In parentheses, total points (based on 15 points for first place, 14 for second, and last week's ranking. 1.

Notre Dame (39) (1-0) 787 1 2. Florida Stale (9) (2-0) 747 2 3. Auburn (5) (2-0) 731 3 4. Brigham Young (1) (3-0) 612 7 5. Southern Cal (1) (2-0) 595 4 6.

Tennessee (3-0-1) 528 6 7. Nebraska (1) (2-0) 489 8 8. Miami, Fla. (1-1) 394 10 9. Virginia (3-0) 393 11 10.

Michigan (0-1) 363 5 11. Texas (2-0) 322 12 12. Ohio State (2-0) 200 14 13. Arkansas (1-0) 135 15 14. Arizona (24) 75 16 15.

Florida (24) 72 21 16. Washington (24) 56 20 17. Illinois (1-1) 44 17 18. Colorado (1-1-1) 42 19. Clemson (2-1) 36 19 20.

Texas (1-0) 33 17 21. (tie) Fresno St (3-0) 19 23 (tie) Arizona St (24) 19 24 23. (tie) Oregon (24) 7 (lit) Michigan St (0-0-1) 7 22 25. Syracuse (1-1-1) 5 i-unranked receiving votes: Georgia Tech, Iowa, Louisiana State, Pittsburgh, Wyoming. By agreement with UK American Football Coaches Association, teams barred from television appearancci and postseason play or having lost more than 20 percent of Ihelr football scholarships are Ineligible for the Top 25 and national championship by the UPI Board of Coaches.

Those schools are Houston, Memphis Stale, Oklahoma Md Oklahoma Stale. lowing its 19-14 victory over Perm State. No. 6 Tennessee was unchanged after a 56-0 victory over Texas-El Paso and No. 7 Nebraska, which received the final first-place vote, advanced one spot after an idle week.

Eighth was Miami, which gained two places after a 52-24 victory over California, and Virginia advanced two places to make its first entry into the Top 10. The Cavaliers sank Navy 56-14 on Saturday, opening the season with three straight victories for the first time since. 1983. Included was a 20-7 triumph a week earlier over Clemson, Virginia's first victory over the Tigers in 30 meetings. "I was worried about our emotional state (after beating Clemson) until Thursday," said Virginia Coach George Welsh, who berated his players Wednesday for a poor practice effort.

"We looked quicker (after Wednesday). We just looked a lot better, I don't know why. I can't control it" Michigan fell five places to 10th after losing to Notre Dame. No. 11 Texas advanced one place, while No.

12 Ohio State, No. 13 Arkansas and No. 14 Arizona all moved up two spots. No. 15 Florida made the biggest gain of the week, advancing six places after a 17-13 victory at Alabama.

No. 16 Washington moved up four spots and No. 17 Illinois was unchanged. No. 18 Colorado fell nine places after a 23-22 loss to Illinois, while No.

19 Clemson was unchanged. No. 20 Texas dropped three spots despite not playing a game. Fresno State and Arizona State were tied for 21 st, and there also was a tie for 23rd between Michigan State and newcomer Oregon. No.

25 Syracuse returned to the ratings after a two-week absence on the heels of its 23-23 tie with Michigan State. Pittsburgh, ranked 13th last week, fell all the way out of the ratings after a 52-10 thumping by Oklahoma. Also dropping out was former No. 25 Georgia Tech, which was idle. The national champion will receive the UPI Coaches Trophy and a $32,000 non-athletic scholarship from the Gerrits Foundation and United Press International.

Schools ineligible for consideration in the ratings because of NCAA sanctions are Houston, Memphis State, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Asian Games Chinese authorities have warned government employees to avoid fore. ign reporters and to beware of possible foreign saboteurs bent on disrupting this month's Asian Games. The latest calls for vigilance are pan of a mounting security campaign to ensure the smooth production of China's first international sporting event opening in Beijing Saturday. The remnants of Kuwait's Asian Games contingent arrived in the Chinese capital Monday, having escaped capture during Iraq's invasion because they were mining outside their country.

Only 43 members remain in the delegation, which before the Aug. 2 invasion had numbered about 330. Marathon Norway's Crete Waltz plans to run in the New York City Marathon Nov. 4, aiming for her 10th victory. Waitz ran half-marathon outside Newcastle, England, Sunday after a year's absence from the track because of injuries.

Waltz turns 37 Oct. 1..