St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 39

ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Sept. 12, 1986 5D Mizzou Notes High School Games of the Week irfCTjEiit I Sports Today's Games Webster's Hoal Find The (Goal rake IPDowainfi) gutter There sure won't be any All-America running backs or quarterbacks in action. But for fans of defense, there will be the next-best thing. Watch SLUH defensive tackle Kevin McLaughlin, a 6-foot-5, 245-pound junior who already is coveted by college scouts. "I don't think we'll be able to handle him," Jones said.

"He's a man playing among boys." And watch Webster lineman Robbie Robinson, a 6-4, 240-pounder who returned to his native Webster Groves after playing last season with one of the top large schools in Ohio. "It would be unfair for me to predict how he will do after just watching him in practice," Jones said of Robinson. "But if I were to go out on a limb, I would say you will not have any trouble finding him on the field. He has speed and quickness, not just one, but both. "Practice is like solitaire sometimes.

You don't really know how he'll do in a game. But I think No. 90 will be one people will circle in their programs." If you are a football fan who just wants to watch good talent in heated competition and don't care who is playing, this is quite a weekend for you. Any of these would be worth your two bucks: Tonight Waterloo, which upset Assumption a week ago, will play at Cahokia Conference powerhouse Dupo. McCluer North and running back Bob Christian will get their first big test of the season against Suburban North rival Ri-verview Gardens and running back Rod Edwards.

Belleville East will meet Althoff in an intracity skirmish. Also, St. Charles West will be at Hillsboro, Edwardsville will play at O'Fallon, and Parkway South will be at Kirkwood. Saturday Hazelwood East and Hazelwood Central will go toe-to-toe in what should be a 15-round-er at 10 a.m. at Central; the winner will take a giant step toward the Suburban North crown.

Also, the East St. Louis High Flyers will put their 41-game winning streak on By Mike Eisenbath Post-Dispatch Suburban Sports Editor When St. Louis University High and Webster Groves meet on the Webster football field at 7:30 tonight, both teams will be trying to win. But the Statesmen have a much more modest initial goal. "For two years in a row," said Webster coach Jack Jones, "we haven't scored against the Junior Bills.

So that's our first objective just to score. "They haven't put up a lot of points against us, either, but they've only needed to score a few. We haven't scored any. I guess you could say we both have pretty good defenses." Last year, SLUH won 10-0. The year before, it was 16-0.

"If we look back over the years," said SLUH coach Paul Martel, "and I'm talking many, many years if we're successful, we're successful because of the good defense we've been able to play." No offense to the offenses at Webster or SLUH, but they'll be riding on their defensive units again this season. Both groups may be up to the task, too. Last week, SLUH beat St. Mary's 10-7. The Junior Bills who last season advanced to the Missouri Class 5A semifinals in what Martel called a "rebuilding year" showed some distinctively stingy tendencies against the Dragons: four interceptions and a fumble recovery.

Webster Groves hasn't played yet this season. But the Statesmen who also advanced to the 5A semifinals a year ago always place first emphasis on defense; last season, they allowed only 5.6 points per game during the regular season and recorded six shutouts. "And we have good quickness again on defense this year," Jones said. "Going into this season, I think our defense is as good as it's ever been." Now, some football fans might regard such an inoffensive clash as SLUH-Webster with as much excitement as watching dust collect under the couch. Others view it with the same interest as the sun slowly dropping to the horizon.

State Soccer Champs Meet In Tourney Final CAHOKIA CONFERENCE Waterloo at Dupo. 7:30 Breese Central at Freeburg. 7:30 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE Bethaito at Wood River, 7:30 SUBURBAN NORTH CONFERENCE McCluer North at Rivervww Gardens, 7.30 NONCONFERENCE DoBourg at Attton, 4:30 Belleville East at Althofl. I Springfield Griftm at Alton, I St Clair at St. Francis Borgia 7:30 -Mehlville at Cohokia.730 CBC at Jefferson Citv Helias.

7:30 Jackson at Chaminade. 7:30 De Soto at Formingtoa 7:30 Lofavette ot Fort Zumwalt, Normandv ot Gronite Citv. 7:30 Bowling Green at Hermann, 7:30 St. Charles West at Hillsboro, 7:30 Northwest ot House Springs at Francis Howell, 7:30 Piasa Southwestern at Jersevville, 7:30 Parkway South at Kirkwood, 7:30 Columbia at Madison, 7:30 Maplewood at Flat River Central. 7:30 Nashville at Mater Dei, 7:30 Fox at Oakville, 7:30 t.

Edwardsville at Fallon, 7:30 Owensvilleat Eldon, 7:30 Eureka at Pocitic 7:30 Priorv at Montgomery County. 7:30 Herculaneum at Rosary, 7:30 St. Charles at Mexico. 7:30 Grandview at St. James, 7:30 St Pius at St.

Vincent's, 7:30 Potosi at Sullivan, 7:30 Orchard Farm at Trov, 7:30 Duchesne at Washington, 7:30 St. Louis High at Webster Groves, 7:30 Clayton at Windsor, 7:30 Saturday's Games PUBLIC HIGH LEAGUE Vashonot Roosevelt, 1:30 McK inley at Soldan, 1:30 Naval Jr. ROTC at Fallon Tech (club team), 1:30 SUBURBAN NORTH CONFERENCE Hazelwood East at Hazelwood Central, 10 am. itenour at McCluer, 10 a.m. Hazelwood West at Pattonville, 1 p.m.

NONCONFERENCE East Moline at Belleville West, 7 Aquinas-Mercv at Berkeley, 1 Kansas Citv Pembroke Hill at John Burroughs, 1:30 Oak Grove at Country Day, 1:30 DeSmet at East St. Louis, 1:30 Worrenton at Kennedy, 1 Lindbergh at Ladue, 1 Jennings at Lutheran North, 1:30 Union at Lutheran South, 1 Roxana at Marquette, 7:30 Collinsville ot Mascoutah, 2 Parkway North at Parkway Central, 1 University City at Parkway West, 1 Brentwood at Principia, 1:30 Assumption at Cardinal Ritter, 1:30 Vianney at St. Mary's, 1 Festus at Desloge North County, 7:30 Ste. Genevieve Valle at Crystal Citv, 7:30 the line at home against DeSmet; Berkeley, the top-ranked team in the Post-Dispatch small-schools poll, will be at home against Aquinas-Mercy; Roxana will play at Marquette; and University City will play at Parkway West. (KM Saturday's Games PRIORY TOURNAMENT Consolation Priory vs.

St. John's, 10 a.m. Championship Duchesne vs. St. Pius Noon CBC TOURNAMENT (Round-Robin) St.

Louis U. High vs. DeSmet, 6 p.m. Viannev vs. CBC, 8 CAC TOURNAMENT (At Rosary) Consolation St.

Mary's vs. DuBourg, 5 Third-place Kennedy vs. Chaminade, 6:30 Championship Rosary vs. Aquinas-Mercy, 8 they really came at us in the the second. They hit the crossbar twice, hit both posts, and Geary came up with some unbelievable saves.

"We're lucky to be playing Aquinas-Mercy at all." The CAC Tournament, being played under Rosary's newly installed lights, will continue at 5 p.m. Saturday with St. Mary's and Du: Bourg playing in the consolation game. Kennedy and Chaminade will meet at 6:30 for third place, followed by Aquina-Mercy vs. Rosary in the title game.

Saturday will also mark the conclusion of the round-robin CBC Tournament, which features St. Louis U. High (No. 1 in the Post-Dispatch rankings), Vianney (No. 2), DeSmet (No.

3) and the host Cadets (No. 5). NFL From page one Pat Leahy, who has hit on a club-record 14 consecutive attempts. Leahy hit from 33 and 47 yards. McNeil suffered the injury after gaining seven yards on a second-period running play.

He fell heavily on his right arm and was helped from the field with what was suspected to be a dislocated elbow. He was taken to a hospital for an examination. An official's call was overturned af- ter review of the instant replay on a third-quarter play, the first such reversal in National Football League history. On third and 18 at the Jets' 41, Kevin O'Brien threw short to Al Toon near the right sideline. An official on the field ruled that Toon was out of bounds on the catch.

Art McNally reviewed the play on videotape from the press level, how-i ever, and overturned the initial call, He ruled that Toon had one foot down and dragged the other before being forced out of bounds. The completion went for four yards, not enough for a first and the Jets were forced to punt on fourth down. The timeout lasted approximately 3 '2 minutes. Eason completed 14 of 22 passes for 148 yards with no interceptions. He concentrated on the Jets' left side, normally patrolled by cornerback Kerry Glenn, who was placed on the injured-reserve list this week.

Stanley Morgan feasted on replacements Bobby Humphrey and Davlin Mullin, catching eight passes for 104 yards. emmn By Jim Thomas Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Forget about the Alamo. Remember Ferrari. Not the sports car the college president. No less than six former Drake University football players will be on the field Saturday when Missouri opens against Utah State at Faurot Field four for Missouri and two for Utah State.

The reason they're not at Drake is that the private school in Des Moines, Iowa, decided to de-emphasize football. And who do you think the Drake players blame? If you guessed Drake president Michael Ferrari, who the players credit with making that decision, you win two free tickets to Drake's Division III exhibition game Saturday against Southwest State of Marshall, Minn. A year ago at this time, Drake was playing Iowa. But the school decided to go from Division I-AA to Division III for financial reasons. This year, Drake is playing an exhibition schedule before assuming full-fledged Division III status in 1987.

All of this was announced last November, and left Drake players reeling. Most scattered to various Division I-A or I-AA programs throughout the nation. A few stayed at Drake. Ten months later, there are no hard feelings. Right? Wrong.

"There really is," said Ted Rom-ney, a senior tackle from Hacken-sack, N.J., who transferred from Drake to Missouri last winter. "I came to like Iowa. I never thought I would, but I came to like it." Mizzou tight end Brent Peterson, another senior Drake transfer, is still angry with Ferrari. "The more I think about it, the more mad I get that one person (Ferrari) can take so much away from 70 people." Drake transfer Matt Hanousek, a senior offensive guard at Utah State, said: "We still have some bitter feelings. I don't think I'll ever forgive Drake for what they did to us." Hanousek played on the same side of the offensive line as Romney one season at Drake.

Peterson's roommate for 3'2 years at Drake was linebacker Wade Harman, who is expected to start for Utah State in Saturday's 1:30 p.m. game in Columbia, Mo. The other Drake transfers involved in Saturday's game are redshirt freshmen Jesse Holmes and Kevin Hagens, both of Missouri. The Utah State coaching staff also features, three former Drake coaches: head coach Chuck Shelton, defensive coordinator Fred Bleil and inside linebackers coach Stan Eggen. Tilley From page one remainder of the season with a torn Achilles' tendon.

The passing game is in shreds. Wide receiver Roy Green didn't practice Thursday because of an ankle sprain, and the Cardinals had only two receivers J.T. Smith and Ced-ric Mack participate in Thursday's practice. Mack, however, was switched to wide receiver from his cornerback spot only 10 days ago. And Mack worked at wide receiver and at cornerback Thursday because of injuries to Cardinals defensive backs Lonnie Young (ankle) and Lionel Washington (hamstring).

"We've been playing Cedric both ways this week," said coach Gene Stallings. "He might be the return of the two-way man." The Cardinals need a man to catch passes. "It makes it very difficult," Lomax said. "We're trying to put new things in for our offense. How can we, when we don't have any receivers outside to run the plays?" Said Stallings: "Injuries are part of Punter From page one Greece, but she was born in Ohio.

"She was embarrassed" about his geographical shortcomings, he said, laughing. "She thought she had been a failure as a mother." So he got out the encyclopedia and figured out he was only off by about a thousand miles. As he drove down the main strip in Charleston when he arrived in town, he saw a couple of high school girls duking it out in front of Hardee's. Being from laid-back San Diego, it was an eye-opener. "I thought, 'So this is what Chicago people are Arapostathis said.

He kicked field goals, handled the kickoffs and did the punting for Eastern for two years. He also watched the Cardinals' training camp in Charleston, and he felt quite at home when the Big Red signed him as a free agent on July 2 to provide some competition for place-kicker John Lee, the second-round draft pick from UCLA. "Deep down, I never dreamed of making this team," Arapostathis said. "Not going against John." He was right, and the Cardinals cut him before the Aug. 23 exhibition game with the Chicago Bears.

But while he still was with the Big Red, he showed off his punting skills occa "We really were a close-knit team at Drake," Hanousek said. "Now, we're just all fragmented. I'll probably never see most of them again." Both Hanousek and Peterson plan to return to Drake next spring to complete their degree requirements. Romney said he isn't sure, but probably will remain at Missouri. As a subplot to this melodrama, there is talk in Des Moines that a couple of busloads of Drake fans will travel to Columbia for Saturday's game.

Peterson, for one, says that he will have 15 friends and relatives in the stands. So, there may be three cheering sections Saturday. One for Missouri. One for any Utah State fans in attendance. And one small, but vocal contingent waving Drake pennants and cheering on the Drake Bulldogs no matter what color jersey they may be wearing.

Small World: Drake won't be the only college to hold a "reunion" Saturday. Missouri defensive end Jeff Cross, a junior-college transfer from Riverside (Calif.) City College, will reunite with two of his former Riverside teammates, running back Glen Crawford and defensive back Tony Brown of Utah State. All three players are scheduled to start. "Crawford's the one I'm really excited about playing against," Cross said. "I ran into him this summer he did a little talking." Rating The Tigers: If you can believe what you read in the multitude of preseason publications, the Tigers will finish anywhere from fifth to seventh in the Big Eight Conference this season.

Sports Illustrated, Sport, Street and Smith's and Game Plan all pick the Tigers to finish fifth. The Sporting News and Inside Sports have Missouri picked sixth, while Athlon projects the Tigers as seventh-place finishers ahead of only Kansas State. Sport is particularly high on Mizzou, listing the Tigers as one of four nationwide sleepers, "who just might shock everyone." Why the Tigers? "Because (Darrell) Wallace is back. Because of (Tony) VanZant," said free-lance writer Larry Schwartz, who obviously penned the article before VanZant's injury. "They have so many returning players, although sometimes that can work against you because you're bad." Schwartz may be playing favorites, however.

He is a former Missouri graduate student. the game. I think we have had more than our share, but I can't worry about it. We'll just have to circle the wagons." To take Tilley's spot on the roster, the Cardinals will likely bring back rookie free agent Scott Holman, who was waived on the final cutdown to 45. Holman caught three passes in the preseason for 77 yards.

He's not fast, but Holman has good hands and runs good routes. More importantly, he understands the Big Red's offense an important consideration with a game only two days away. "If we didn't think he could help us we wouldn't be bringing him back," Stallings said. "Realistically, at the same time, if he'd had the great speed we would have never released him. But we think he can help us.

I thought he had a chance to be a football player when he was here, so we'll see what happens." BIG RED NOTES: Lomax's wife, Laurie, gave birth to an 8-pound 6-ounce boy Thursday morning. His name is Nicholas. sionally in some impromptu exercises with the other kickers. Big Brother i.e. coach Gene Stallings must have been watching.

As fate would have it, Arapostathis wound up in Chicago and watched the Cardinals and the Bears slug it out. He then returned home to San Diego and attended the Big Red exhibition game there Aug. 29. "That was the first time I ever rooted against my Chargers," he said. Birdsong, the incumbent punter, had troubles in both games and Stallings made the decision to release Birdsong, who had made the Pro Bowl in 1983.

"I don't know what happened to Carl from a medical standpoint," said Braden, "but he was having trouble with his non-kicking leg. He said a numbness would set in, sort of like shin splints. A kicker without good legs can't be effective." When Birdsong was cut, Larry Wilson put in a call to San Diego, but Arapostathis figured one of his friends was playing a joke. "Yeah, right," he told Wilson, who said, "I swear to God, this is Larry Wilson." Arapostathis never was sure if the call had come from the Big Red director of pro personnel, but he figured he'd take a chance of making a fool of himself and take an airplane Bobby Dawson lllini junior is ex-linebacker Newcomer Likes View At Safety Special to the Post-Dispatch CHAMPAIGN, 111. Perhaps there aren't that many 270-pound offensive linemen to bump heads with in junior college, but meetings with guys like that could take some of the joy out of football.

So Bobby Dawson is enjoying his role as the No. 1 strong safety at the University of Illinois. He was a linebacker last season for an 8-2 team at Sacramento (Calif.) City College, where he had 110 tackles, nine sacks and three interceptions. He was the team's most valuable defensive player and a second-team junior-college all-state selection. "Basically, I don't have to battle the linemen I had to in junior college the big guys up front," said Dawson, a 6-foot, 200-pound junior.

"I don't have to deal with them anymore. I get to see the whole play develop and everything. "It helps me a lot, the experience of playing linebacker. I can read the linemen better. It's been a big help to me (at safety)." Dawson is perhaps not as well prepared to cover the speedy wide receivers he will be seeing, but that doesn't worry him.

He said he has been timed in 4.6 seconds for 40 yards. "The way our defense is set up, there is always help somewhere," he said. "I have faith in (free safety) Ed White, so I give it all I've got. And if I make a mistake, he's there. We all have confidence back there." The lllini will try to keep their confidence intact Saturday in their visit to the Los Angeles Coliseum for Southern Cal's opener.

Dawson was one of only three California junior-college players signed by the lllini this year, but the Illinois lineup is filled with players from the West Coast. USC spoiled Illinois' home opener 20-10 last season. The Trojans lead the series 8-1 and are 10'2-point favorites in this game. "Everybody is pretty high," Dawson said. "They want to really go home in front of the home people and play well.

It's nice to go back home. Plus, they're excited about playing USC, their tradition and everything, in the Coliseum all the great things that have happened there." Dawson didn't come to the lllini with a big reputation. He was recruited by Oregon and Oregon State, not USC and UCLA. He said his decision to accept a scholarship from Illinois was a "spur-of-the-moment thing" because he didn't expect to be recruited by a college so far away. His adjustment was made easier by tight end Jerry Reese and cornerback Mark Mathis, two former Sacramento City College players who have wound up at Illinois.

Dawson earned the No. 1 spot at strong safety in spring practice but lost it when he missed part of fall practice because of a twisted knee. However, he was impressive in his major-college debut, Illinois' 23-0 victory over Louisville last week. His No. 5 jersey always seemed to be in the right place, and he finished with 10 tackles, an interception and a sack.

lllini coaches named him their defensive player of the week and nominated him for Big Ten Conference player of the week. to St. Louis. After learning that it wasn't a joke, he rejoined the Cardinals and learned that he would be doing the punting in the opening game. He also learned that Stallings would audition punters weekly until he found one who could do the job.

After making two decent kickoffs and eight punts in the opener, Arp-postathis earned the job again for Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons. "I think everybody's job, except the established superstars, is in jeopardy," Braden said. "To me, Evan's job is in no more jeopardy than a lot of other players. "He didn't come to us with a great reputation and didn't have a resume stuffed with outstanding credentials. But his No.

1 attribute is he's a very good competitor. He's not afraid of the situations on the field. He wants to go out and do it." Arapostathis pictures himself as a competitor "who will fight to the end. I won't give up; it's not in my nature." One concern does cloud his mind, however. "Every day is a tryout for me," he said.

"I worry about making that one bad punt. It's always in the back of my mind that he'll (Stallings) be looking and I'll be gone." Aquinas," said Mohrmann, who played for Drake at Aquinas from 1977-1979. "Even before I went to Aquinas, I can remember hearing stories about the Aquinas-Rosary games." Drake, however, said he feels that the rivalry has cooled in recent years. "Through the '70s, it was really something," said Drake, who's in his 19th year at Aquinas. "Now the feelings just don't seem to run as deep as they once did.

Then again, maybe it's just me." Aquinas-Mercy, the tournament's top seed, advanced to the championship with an impressive 3-0 triumph over Chaminade on Wednesday. Bill Steffen scored two goals and fellow senior Jay Tuggle had the other. Junior keeper Mike Nic-olay got the shutout. "We played a very sound game." said Drake, whose Falcons are 1-0-1 and ranked fourth in the Post-Dispatch coaches poll. "Offensively, we created a lot of chances." Second-seeded Rosary, on the other hand, Was lucky to get past Kennedy 1-0.

Senior Tony Bisesi scored, and Bob Geary picked up his second shutout in as many games. "Kennedy probably should've won the game," Mohrmann said. "We got a goal in the first half, but Post-Dispatch Sports: We were much disappointed with O.J. Anderson's postgame remark that he wanted to be traded. Is your ego showing O.J.? Having battle scars from Oregon U.

six decades ago, let this one say that Coach Stallings' dual power-play with Stump can lessen your injury risk and extend your career, since the risk is higher when you play tired due to your lower speed of reflex action. So you can thank The Man Upstairs for having Stump Mitchell around to provide Coach Stallings the chance to use his power at the max and reduce risk to men. Lloyd Sherrill St. Louis Send letters to Sports Letters, co Sports Department, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 900 North Tucker Boulevard, St.

Louis, Mo. 63101. All letters must be signed and include a return address and telephone number for verification. The Post-Dispatch reserves the right to edit letters for clarity and length. Comments pertaining to the Post-Dispatch sports section should be directed to executive sports editor Bob Pastin or assistant sports editors Mike Smith or Bill Coats in writing or by telephone (622-7597).

Aquinas-Mercy vs. Rosary is the high school soccer matchup for which many have been waiting. Aquinas-Mercy, the 1985 Class 4 A champion, will take on Rosary, last year's Class 1A-3A title winner, at 8 p.m. Saturday at Rosary in the final of the CAC Tournament. Once and for all, the debate will be settled.

Or will it? "We wanted the game last year to decide who was the true champion, but now it won't really decide anything," Rosary coach John Mohrmann said. "This game is basically just our first look at each other. "We'll see them again in league and probably somewhere along the line in state, too." Added Aquinas-Mercy coach Vince Drake: "It's good for the hype of the game, I guess, but the two teams are completely different. It just wouldn't be fair to ask these two teams to play for any more than they already are. "It's the championship of the CAC Tournament.

Nothing more." But it's still Rosary and Aquinas-Mercy, two of the area's hottest rivals. And Aquinas-Mercy is competing at the 1A-3A level this year, too. "I know there are a lot of good soccer rivalries around the area, but none is as heated as Rosary and Sports Letters O.J. Anderson Fallout Post-Dispatch Sports: In some ways, it is not surprising that Ottis Anderson had his temper tantrum and began acting like a prima donna after his disappointing performance in last Sunday's loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Although his attitude is contemptible, it is not altogether his fault.

For a long time, the media has helped Anderson build his delusions of grandeur. The most obvious way they have done this is to call him "O.J." This is both amusing and irritating to those who care about the game: amusing because it is reminiscent of the way little boys fantasize being heroes by calling themselves by their heroes' names and wearing imitation jerseys with their heroes' numbers; and irritating because there was only one O.J., and it is not Anderson. Anderson has been persuaded by media hype that he is something special, and has acted accordingly. He needs to forget the hype and the borrowed grandeur of "O.J." He has some talent and he wears the same number on his jersey, but he's no Simpson. The sooner you let him know that, the better for him and the Cardinals.

Norman Anderson St. Louis.