Tyrone Daily Herald from Tyrone, Pennsylvania • Page 5

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tuesday, November 25.1986 Page Five Monday Night NFL Football: Dolphins Whip Jets, 45-3 BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE recognition was accorded these eight Tyrone Golden Eagle gridders last night as the league announced its 1986 all-conterence balloting results at its annual post-season banquet FRONTi! to are: Shane Chronister 2nd team ollensivp center Patrick O'Brien 2nd-team defensive lineman and Honorable Mention offensive guard, Lanco Miller defensive back; and Kevin Ferner. 2nd-team defensive end STANDING il to Roger Branstotter Ist-team running back Harvey N'orris. Ist-team delensive linebacker; Steve Weyer. ist-team punter and 2nd-team offense as a light end; and Bill Kimberling. Honorable Mention offensive tackle.

The team was selected by vote of the conference's eight head coaches. Bellefonte was also awarded the championship trophy at the dinner Five Teammates Cited In Balloting: Branstetter, Weyer, Morris First-Team All-Big 8 Picks By Len Slather Herald Sports Editor Three steadying forces on Tyrone High's outstanding 1986 Golden Eagles football squad Roger Branstetter, Steve Weyer and Harvey Morris were named to the 1986 All- Big 8 Conference Ist-team and five teammates were accorded recognition as either 2nd-team selections or Honorable Mentions last night as the league released the results of balloting conducted by the eight Big 8 head coaches and also awarded Bellefonte the 1986 conference championship trophy at the annual post-season banquet. Joining Branstetter, a ist-team running back; Weyer, Ist-team punter and a 2nd-team selection on offense at tight end; and Norris, ist- team linebacker on the all-conference defensive unit, on the lists are the Orangemen's 2nd-team picks Shane Chronister, offensive center; Pat O'Brien, defensive lineman (also Honorable Mention on offense at guard); Kevin Ferner, defensive end; Lance Miller, defensive back; and Bill Kimberling, Honorable Mention offensive tackle. Those eight represent a segment of a close-knit squad that turned over a 7-3-2 overall record, claimed run- nerup honors in both the Big 8 and Central Counties standings, finished second in the District 6, Class AAA playoffs after a heartbreaking 6-0 championship game loss to Huntingdon, and earned the first-ever Class AAA, Western Conferene championship under that 62-year old conference's revised four-class (AAAA, AAA, AA and A) format classifying its 37 member schools. Philipsburg-Osceola, with eight selections (four on offense and four on defense), and conference champion Bellefonte, with seven berths (four on offense, three on defense), head this year's all-conference Ist- team.

Tyrone follows with its three Ist- team spots, while B.E.A., Chief Logan and Huntingdon each nabbing a pair of ist-team berths. Lewistown and Central were shut off the Ist-team in the coaches' voting. Branstetter scored 10 touchdowns and rushed for 864 net yards on 199 carries in the Golden Eagles' 11 All Big-8 All-Stars Pos. Player, School Gr. Ht.

Wt. FIRST TEAM Offense WR Erik Bjalme. Bellefonte Sr. 5-8 160 TE Mike Leister. Chief Logan Sr.

5-11 160 DaveGustkey. Philipsburg-Osc Sr. 6-0 190 Dave Eisenhooth, Bald Eagle Area Sr. 6-3 201 Larry Walker, Bellefonte Sr. 6-0 190 Brian Shaw, Philipsburg-Osceola Sr.

5-10 175 Rick Fetzer. Bellefonte Sr. 6-0 185 QB Doug Sieg. Bellefonte Sr. 6-6 210 RB Steve Shedlock, Philipsburg-Osc Sr.

5-10 160 RB Sean Hoover, Huntingdon Sr. 5-10 165 RB Roger Branstetter, Tyrone Sr. 5-8 150 PK Gary Sanker. Jr. 5-10 160 Defense Mike Cerifko, Philipsburg-Osc Jr.

6-0 180 Brian Durkin, Bellefonte Sr. 6-0 210 DL Bob Jozefik, Bald Eagle Area Sr. 6-0 197 DL Brent Kephart. Philipsburg-Osc Sr. 5-11 205 DL Andy Holmes, Huntingdon Sr.

6-0 220 LB Larry Knepp, Philipsburg, Osc Sr. 5-11 180 LB Harvey Norris, Tyrone Sr. 6-0 185 LB Larry Walker, Bellefonte Sr. 6-0 190 DB Rich Metzger, Philipsburg-Osc Sr. 5-10 170 DB Mike Alterio, Bellefonte Sr.

5-6 160 DB Brian Leister, Chief Logan Sr. 5-11 170 Steve Weyer, Tyrone Sr. 6-2 205 Coach of the Year John Wetzler, Bellefonte SECOND TEAM Offense WIDE RECEIVER Mark Loucks, Central TIGHT END Steve Weyer, Tyrone. TACKLES Jeff Jasper, Bellefonte; Andy Shaw, Huntingdon. GUARDS Don Myers, Huntingdon; Todd Elsesser, Chief Logan.

CENTER Shane Chronister, Tyrone. QUARTERBACK Terry Powers, Philipsburg-Osceola. RUNNING BACKS George Robinson. Bellefonte; Mark Saxton, Lewistown; Mike Bald Eagle Area. PLACEKICKER DaleSearer, Lewistown Defense ENDS Kevin Ferner, Tyrone; Dave Veneziano, Bald Eagle Area.

DOWN LINEMEN Kenny Walker, Sr Bellefonte; Mark Negley, Central; Pat O'Brien, Tyrone. LINEBACKERS Dave Eisenhooth, Bald Eagle Area; Todd Elsesser. Sr Chief Logan; Mark Chamberlain, Sr Huntingdon. DEF. BACKS Lance Miller.

Tyrone, Darian Pletcher, Bald Eagle Area; Jim Echard, Jr Lewistown. PUNTER Tim Foreman, Philipsburg Osceola. HONORABLE MENTION Offense WIDE RECEIVER Williamson. Sr Philipsburg-Osceola. TIGHT END Jeff Womer.

Bald Eagle Area TACKLES Doug Garber, Central, Bill Kimberling, Tyrone; Rob Reeder, Lewistown GUARD Pat O'Brien, Tyrone CENTERS Greg Evelhock. Sr Chief Logan, Scott Clinger, Bald Eagle Area QUARTERBACK-None RUNNING BACK Mark Ambrose. Sr Huntingdon PLACEKICKERS Kenny Walker. Bellefonte Defense ENDS Cord Ferrari. Sr Huntingdon; Kevin Mormngstar Sr Lewistown.

DOWN LINEMEN Joe Daubert, Soph Chief Logan; Chuck Me Cartle, Lewistown; Todd Musser, Philipsburg-Osceola LINEBACKERS Dave McCienehan, Jr. Bellefonte, Dave Lingenfelter Jr Central DEF BACKS Greg Thompson, Sr Huntingdon; Mark Ambrose. Sr Huntingdon PUNTERS Nei! Shawver Sr Chief Logan. Erik Bjalme, Sr Bellelonte games to win the coaches' nod in the backfield with Steve Shedlock of Philipsburg-Osceola, who rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of the last two years despite injury-abbreviated seasons, and Huntingdon's Sean Hoover the Bearcats' all-time career rushing leader with 2,779 yards, and the only player in H-don history to rush for over 1,000 yards in a single season (he did It twice). Weyer contributed tremendously in three areas to head coach Tom Miller's team's success.

A versatile athlete he was rock-steady as a punter, defensive safety and tight end, leading the team In receiving there with 31 catches for 465 and one TD (the game-winner in the 6-AAA semifinals with 0:16 to play in a 14-7 win over P-0). Averaging 36 yards per punt, he also shared team-high interception honors during the 10- game regular-season card with Branstetter, with five steals each, and totaled 80 tackles (solo and assisted) on an outstanding TAHS defense. Norris was one of the leaders the past two years on a defense that became a very, very good one this year. A team co-captain, he was a solid two-way performer who charted 57 solo tackles, 57 assisted tackles and a team-high total 114 tackle participations during the regular- season to play his way onto the Big 8 elite. Other ist-team offensive selections are Brian Shaw (G), Dave Gustkey (T), Gary Sanker (PK) and Shedlock; Bellefonte's Rick Fetzer (C), Larry Walker (G), Eric Bjalme (WR) and Doug Sleg (QB); Bearcat Hoover (RB); Chief's Mike Leister (TE) and B.E.A.'s Dave Eisenhooth (T).

Other ist-team defensive spots went to P-0's Brent Kephart(DL), Mike Cerifko(E), Larry Knepp(LB) and Rich Metzger(DB); Bellefonte's Brian Durkin(E), Larry Walker(LB) -the only two-way ist-team pick, and Mike Alterio(DB); B.E.A.'s Bob Jozefik(DL); Chief's Brian Leister(DB); and H-don's Andy Holmes(DL). ByBOBKEIM Sports Writer MIAMI (UPI) Miami's recipe for Monday night's 45-3 victory over the New York Jets included two ingredients missing in its first 11 games of the season an effective running game and a defense that stopped a good offense The Dolphins, who had entered the game with the NFL's 27th-rated rushing offense, rushed for 189 yards against thp league's No. 1 rushing defense. 148 of those by Lorenzo Hampton. Miami's defense, rocked for 51 points by the Jets in their first meeting of the season, surrendered a season-low three points and caused four turnovers.

The Jets had won the first game 51-45 In overtime. The decision snapped the injury- riddled Jets' nine-game winning streak New York, 10-2, Is a game ahead of New England in the AFC East Miami. 6-6, notched its first 1986 triumph against a team with a winning record. New York, which began its winning streak by beating Miami, played without defensive-line starters Mark Gastineau. Joe Klecko and Marty Lyons, and linebacker Lance Mehl.

Miami's previous five victories had come against Houston. Indianapolis (twice) and Buffalo (twice). Those teams have a combined 6-30 record. "I always felt that we were better than our record indicated, but we never proved it." Miami Coach Don Shula said. "Tonight, I felt we proved it.

I felt that we would be able to run the ball to provide better balance. The defense played an outstanding game." The victory, though, was costly. Wide receiver Mark Clayton and cornerback Paul Lankford were injured and are not expected back this season. Clayton separated a shoulder and Lankford suffered a cracked tibia in his left leg. The defeat was the worst suffered by the Jets since a 56-3 loss to New England Sept.

9,1979. It was the first loss for the Jets since a 20-6 setback to New England Sept. 11. Miami quarterback Dan Marino threw for 288 yards and four touchdowns, and had a career-best, 80.6- percent completion percentage, 29 of 36. He has 31 touchdown passes this season and is the only quarterback to throw for more than 30 touchdowns in three seasons.

Hampton became the first Dolphins running back since Joe Carter Oct. 14, 1984 to go over the 100-yard mark. His 54-yard TD run in the first quarter was the longest run of the season and the longest surrendered by the Jets this season. Dist. 6 Football Playoff Summary -CLASS AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP- Johnstown Vo-Tech 7 Indiana 6 -CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP- Huntingdon 6 Tyrone 0 -CLASS AA CHAMPIONSHIP- United27Richland6 -CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIP- Juniata Valley 2 Blackllck Valley 0 -SEMIFINAL RESULTS- (ClassAAAA) No game necessary (only two qualifiers) (Class AAA) Tyrone 14 Philipsburg-Osceola 7 Huntingdon 18 Bellefonte 13 (Class AA) United 16 Bishop McCort 7 (Class A) Juniata Valley 33 Ferndale 8 Blackllck Valley 16 Laurel Valley 2 Bucs' Rhoden May Be Headed for Yankees PITTSBURGH (UPI) Righthanded pitcher Rick Rhoden, who won 15 games for the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986, may be headed for the New York Yankees, Pirate' General Manager Syd Thrift says.

Responding to news reports that Rhoden was part of a proposed six player trade between the two teams, Thrift said Monday: "1 will confirm a deal was made Rick Rhoden, subject to his approval. The matter is out of my hands at this point. It's between Rhoden, his agent and the Yankees The Pittsburgh Press said Rhoden and Pirate relief pitchers Cecilio Guante and Pat Clements would be swapped for pitchers Brian Fisher and Doug Drabek and a player from the Yankees' minor league system Under terms of the deal, the Yankees have until Wednesday to work out an agreemtn with Rhoden, the Press said "We knew the running game would be there," Hampton said. "The offensive line made up its mind they weren't going to get beat." Hampton gained his 148 yards on 19 carries and also caught five passes for 40 yards. He has all eight of Miami's rushing touchdowns this season.

Hampton also scored on a 1-yard run ana caught a 1-yard scoring pass from Marino Marino also threw scoring passes of 21 and 22 yards to Nat Moore and 1 yard to Bruce Hardy "We did a lot of things right." Marino said. "We held onto the ball and kept it away from their offense. When they did gel the ball, the defense did a good job and took it away." The Jets lost two fumbles and had two passes Intercepted, and could manage only a 45-yard Pat Leahy field goal in the third quarter New York quarterback Ken O'Brien, who entered the game as the league's top-rated passer, completed only 11 of 21 passes for 168 yards and an interception before being lifted for Pat Ryan In the fourth quarter. "We moved it (the ball) In the first half, but we had some turnovers and penalties," New York Coach Joe Walton said "I'm disappointed In the game because we got beat badly What else can I say? We got beat by a team that was better tonight The Dolphins only punted once, and scored on seven of their first eight possessions. With their running game, the Dolphins were able to keep the ball for 40 minutes, 23 seconds.

Miami, Penn State, Michigan Head UPI Rankings Fans Invited To TAHS Basketball Scrimmage Tuesday Tyrone Area High School basketball fans will get an opportunity to get an early look at new head coach Paul Hasson's 1986-87 Golden Eagles basketball team here tonight as they move through the second week of preseason practice. Coach Hasson reminded that it'll be 'open house' at the TAHS gym from 5 to 7 p.m. when his Golden Eagles scrimmage Ciearfield of District 9. No ad- mittion fee will be charged. By JOEL SHERMAN UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPI) Miami, Penn State.

Oklahoma and Michigan established themselves as the elite of college football in voting Monday by the United Press International's Board of Coaches. The four schools appeared at the top of 48 of 50 ballots, with Miami emerging No. 1 for the ninth straight week. The Hurricanes earned 44 of 50 first-place votes and 743 points. Penn State retained its No.

2 spot and kept alive the chance for a national title game against Miami Jan. 2 in the Sunkist Fiesta Bow) with a 34-14 triumph last Saturday over Pittsburgh. The Hurricanes must now defeat East Carolina Thursday night. The Nittany Lions secured five No. 1 votes and 697 points.

With victories over arch-rivals last Saturday, No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 4 Michigan preserved slim hopes for a national title. The Sooners, 10-1, earned one first-place vote and 648 points while Michigan amassed 605 points. No.

5 Nebraska accumulated 418 points, 187 less than Michigan. Before this week the greatest difference between Nos. 4 and 5 this year was 69 between Michigan and Penn State in the seventh regular-season ratings. Miami, Penn State, Oklahoma and Michigan are the lone Division I-A teams with one or less losses and no ties. No 6 was Louisiana State followed by No.

7 Alabama, No. 8 Arizona State, No. 9 Texas and No. 10 Arkansas. Closing the Top 20 are No.

11 Arizona, No. 12 Washington, No. 13 Ohio State, No. 14 Auburn, No. 15 Baylor, No.

16 UCLA, No. 17 Southern Cal, No. 18 Clemson, and North Carolina State. Florida State and San Jose State were in a three-way tie for No. 19.

All the members of the UPI Top 20 will go to a bowl, with the focus down the stretch on a matchup of Nos. 1 and 2, Miami and Penn State. Miami, 10-0. is a 40-point favorite to beat East Carolina, 2-8, and guarantee a national title game. If East Carolina were to win, Penn State, 11-0, could play Miami in the Fiesta Bowl or Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl Jan.

1. "If Miami happens to lose, and it's hard to see how that could happen, we'd have to sit down with the squad and see what they want to do." Penn State Coach Joe Paterno said. "Our team wants to play the highest- ranked team we can." An East Carolina victory would present an opportunity for Oklahoma and Michigan. Oklahoma, 10-1 with a lastsecond victory over Nebraska, could claim a second straight national title if it beat Penn State in the Orange Bowl. If the Sooners defeat Penn State and Michigan 10-1 after beating Ohio State 26-24 downed Arizona State in the Rose Bowl, the Wolverines could arguably be No.

1 Arizona State, 9-1-1, lost its shot at a national title with a 34-17 loss to Arizona. The Wildcats made the biggest improvement in the ratings, rising four positions to No. 11. Southern Cal fell the furthest, descending seven spots to No. 17 after being routed 45-25 by UCLA.

The Bruins and Florida State entered the Top 20 while Georgia dropped out. The national champion, to be crowned following the bowls, will receive a $32,000 non-athletic scholarship from the Gerrits Foundation and UPI. Grid Copyright 1986 by UPI NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 college football ratings, with first- place votes and record in pareftheses, total points (bated on IS points for first place, 14 (or second, and last week's ranking: 1. Miami (44) (10-0) 743 1' 2. Penn State (5) (ll-O) 697 2 3.

Oklahoma no-n 648 3 4. Michigan (10-1) 605 6 5. Nebraska (9-2) 418 5 6. Louisiana State (8-2) 414 7. Alabama (9-2) 403 9 8.

Arizona State (9-1-1) 332 4 9. Texas (8-2) 307 11 10. Arkansas (9-2) 280 13 11. Arizona (8-2) 2S9 15 12. Washington (8-2-1) 24912 13.

Ohio State (9-3) 219 7 14. Auburn (8-2) 185 14 15. Baylor (8-3) 67 17 16. UCLA (7-3-1) 63 17. Southern Cal (7-3) 26 10 18.

Clemson (7-2-2) 13 18 19. (tie) N.C. St. (8-2-1) 1219 19. (tie) Fla.

St. (6-3-1) 12 19. (tie) S. Jose St. (9-2) 1220 z-unranked Others receiving votes: Boston College, Brlgnam Young, Fresno State, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina, Stanford, Virginia Tech.

The national champion, to be crowned following the bowls, will receive a S32.000 non-athletic scholarship from the Gerrits Foundation and United Press International. Note: By agreement witb the American Football Coaches Association, teams on NCAA or conference probation and forbidden to compete in a bowl are Ineligible for the Top 20 and national championship consideration by the UPI Board of Coaches. Those teams are Florida, Southern Methodist and Texas Christian. GIVING OFFICIALS A HELPING HAND Penn Stale's Dozier (42i arms skyward as lie signals the Lions' fourth quarter touchdown by soph standout Blair Thomas on this 2 yard blast Thomas also scored on a 91 yard kickofi return that prmecJ to be the game-breaker rushed lor 46 net yards on just six carries and as oled by the media as the Coogan Memorial Award recipienl as the Pill-Pi-mi Stale game MVP Senior Dozier rushed for 77 yards on 13 carries scored one T1J on a 26-yard run and caught two passes for 12 yards Tops Vlllonowo In NIT's2nd-Round Temple captured the National Invitation Tournament's version of the Philadelphia Story Monday night The Owls, led by Nate Blackwell's 15 second-half points, recorded a 90-83 victory over cross-town rival Villanova in the tournament's second round. Although the Palesta, a neutral site In the city, was available, the NIT chose to schedule the game at DuPont Pavilion the Wildcats' home court.

"I didn't care where we played Villanova, "Temple Coach John Chancy said. "It makes no difference if we play here, at Temple or the Palestra. 1 think it's great that the Inner-city schools continue playing each other." Villanova and Temple play in the Big Five an unofficial league consisting of Philadelphia-based teams. The two schools will play their regularly scheduled game later In December. Temple will face Nevada-Las Vegas in the semifinals Friday Bight in New York.

Sophomore Mike Vreeswyk added 19 points for the Owli, Including four 3-point "1 think it was pretty simple we had to stop Vreeswyk and that's all," Villanova Coach Rollie Massimino said. But It was Blackwell who wasn't stopped at the end He scored 15 of his 19 points In the second half "Blackwell really drilled it in the second half after he only had four points at halftiroe," Massimino said thought he would slack off".