The Daily Journal from Franklin, Indiana • Page 4

The Daily Journal, Franklin Greenwood, Indiana, Saturday, September 28, 1974 And hell blow you out inch an 0 gave Gale the inch he needed and he took the rest of the outracing the entire Pioneer team for a slashing 47-yard touchdown. period, Gale slashed in from the four, to a 61-yard drive and a 20-7 Warrior lead. Whiteland started another 51- yard TD drive late in the third By CLIFF MELVIN Sports Editor -When you give a Gale an inch he'll take a mile or even more; If you don't believe this statement just ask the iff rv The point-after try was stopped period which ended-with onH mifh fl-l? in an in iha norini Stpnhpnsnn hittinir Dan Masnn Mooresville Pioneer football whiteland led 6-0 1 with an 18-yard touchdown pass team. MooFesville then staFted theii1 r- with 9:40 left in th Mason added the point-after cepting one pass and nearly. scoring as he returned the theft -from midfield to the Pioneer 21.

Sophomore Bob Jackson also recovered a Pioneer fumble. -Other defensive stalwarts included Dennis Drake, Curtis Earle, Bob Farris Tim Purdue were just great. HThe entire offensive line was great Kenny DeLong, powerful Pioneer halfback was limited to 24 yards in a dozen carries by the Warriors. Whiteland's point total was 14 more than they had accumulated in their Jirst four games combined, so their next test at Center Grove this coming Friday should be a Powered by three JBill Gale touchdowns, Whiteiand's Warriors made Homecoming a happy affair Friday as they swamped the-visiting Pioneer? 34-15. The win was Whiteland's second in five outings but most importantly it was a Mid-State conference victory oyer the Pioneers who dropped to 1-4 with the loss under first year mentor Don Pope.

The Warriors won this one with power football, slashing the Pioneer line to shreds as the Warrior forward wall finally put it all together and the defense was tremendous on the slippery sod of Warrior field. The first series of downs by both teams was like a Mexican standoff, but then things began to lappen. On the first play of the second series, the Warrior forwards only sustained drive of the night a they moved from their own 35 into the Warrior end zone with 9:04 to go in the second stanza. The touchdown was aided by a press interference call against Whiteland when the defender slipped and fell into the intended receiver. A pass from Charlie Blackwell to Bill Headley was the payoff from the 13 pit the six on the Pioneer side of the scoreboard and Bob Smalling's point-after boot gave the Pioneers a lead that was to last for just under nine With 40 seconds left in the half, Gale got another inch and took another mile with a 37-yard burst off tackle into the end zone.

Kevin Stephenson then hit the littlest guy on the field, Javier Mendoza, on the conversion pass for a 14-7 Warrior lead. With 3:38 to- go in the third for a 28-7 lead. Bob Kleppe became the third Warrior back to score a touchdown as he bolted in from the two with 3:18 to go winding up a 55-yard drive. Another half-the-distance to the goal penalty against Whiteland set up Mooresville's -final tally with 2:07 left in the-game and Kenny DeLong got the paydirt call from the two. A pass to Headley for the conversion completed the scoring Of Whiteland's 294 total yards, all but 23 came on the ground as the Warrior backs ran primarily from tackle to Gale chewed up 140 yards in 16 tries, Kleppe netted 76 in 18 carries and Claude Smith bolted through for 53 yards in carries.

Defensively, Marcos Torres was all over the field, inter- Mooresville Whiteland 8 First Downs 13 73 Yards Gained Rushing 271 63 Yards Gained Passing 23 136 Total Yards Gained 294 18 Passes Attempted 6 4 Passes Completed 4 1 Passes Intercepted 1 1 Fumbles Lost 0 3 Punts 5 32 Average Per Punt 32 18 Yards Penalized 33 Down, not out Whiteland halfback Bill Gale, scored three touchdowns in the Warrior victory over Mooresville Friday. Gale then suffered leg cramps and is shown here getting attention from his teammates. Was he just tired? (Daily Journal photo by Cliff Melvin) Ray has a day Woodmen At Columbus North Braves ramble Franklin sacked plugged By BRIAN SMITH Amassing 421 total yards Special to the Journal were temporarily stopped. By TERRY ANDERSON The game was tied after one i Livers connected on nine of his oeriod as neither team could dent 22 tosses, and lost two to situation, which the Eagles failed to capitalize on. So the Braves took over on their own 48 with time running out in the third quarter.

Indian Creek charged 17 unofficially in the game, the After trading the ball several L-J rm rtiArninM (iMimtn iitaha quarter kick-off on its own 15 and wasted no time as Eagle quarterback Craig Miller hit Mike. Lewis for a 25-yard pass. The visitors kept pushing and ten plays later scored the first points the end zone, but Columbus broke times Greenwood defensive Indian Creek Braves powered their way to a 36-6 homecoming dropped nine times for 66 yards dampened Friday night as the Greenwood Woodmen standout Dave Shively recovered a fumble quarterback Preda at while attempting' to pass. loose in the second period behind the 16-yard scoring run of Kirk French and the 18-yard fumble COLUMBUS The Columbus North Bull Dogs hammered South Central Conference foe Franklin Friday night, racking up a 35-8 triumph here in preparation before next Friday's big match with the Bloomington yards in five plays, then Robbie Ray carried the ball four victory over the young Brown County Eagles, who have yet to Fullback Scott Thomson led the dropped a 28-6 grid contest to of the varsity season on another the Greenwood 48 yard line. 25-yard toss to Ernie Hoskins, ground game with only 23 yards the Speedway Sparkplugs recovery of offensive tackle Wasting no time Epsteen went see a victory in tneir first season of varsity competition.

Gary Sims in nve carries. For the first three quarters of The point after was no good cutting the Braves' margin to 14- successive times, crossing the -goal line on his final sprint from the three-yard line. On the conversion attempt Ray iced the cake with a keeper around right The Braves struck paydirt to work on the Speedway defense and tossed a 23 yard screen pass to running back Peter Wittig who was finally run out of bounds on early on the eleventh play in the game when Robbie Ray scored Dietz led all ground gainers the game last night Speedway with 108 yards in 10 tries, while held Greenwood to only -three Zeller 81 yards on a first downs and kept the French took the second-half kickoff back 86 yards for his second TD of the game to raise the margin to 21-0. A short time But Indian Creek quickly replied three plays after the kick end, making the score 28-6 in favor of the Braves. off when quarterback Ray on a quarterback keeper trom eight-yards out.

Alex Elmes followed this up with a two- similar number of carries. Woodmen pinned to their own Two Franklin players were 8oal Iine finally in the injured in the came. Terrv quarter Greenwood's passing dashed 19 yards, then Jateraled I.C. kicked off to open the fourth quarter, but the Eagles back to Glenn Scott, who later, running back Steve Zeller hammered into the end zone from four yards-out, and Brad Dietz rang up the final Bull Dog score with a 44-yard scamper to pointer and Indian Creek grabbed the lead, 8-0. the Sparkplugs 23 yard line.

Following a five yard loss when which occurred Epsteen stumbled, Greenwood tallied their only score of the game on a picture perfect pass from Epsteen to Nicholson for 35 yards. galloped the remaining 25 for Golden suffered a knee injury game jelled and for the first time during first half play, and Woody ffey crssed their own 50 yard Atwood suffered a head iniurv "ne and made their only score of The Braves chalked up an could not manage 10 yards and had to punt on fourth down. The Braves started from their own 15 another Brave touchdown with 6:39 remaining in the period. The put the host team up by 35-0. South Panthers.

The Bull Dogs outgained the Grizzly Cubs 373-74 as they completely dominated the line of scrimmage both offensively and defensively. Franklin coach Larry Trueblood said after the game that "I'd like to commend McCaa (Columbus North head coach Bill McCaa) on the job he's done with his offensive line." Columbus ran for 306 yards over the Franklin defense, while Franklin wound up the evening with minus 17 yards rushing. The Bull Dogs sacked Franklin quarterbacks 10 times for a loss of 78 yards. additional six with 2:19 left in the second quarter as Elmes and haH in hp taVpn in the the game extra point boot was after being tagged for a 15-yard penalty on the punt return. But rambled ten yards on a pitch- unsuccessful and the I.C.

lead Jeff Atwood of Franklin then put his team on the boards for what was to be the only time with hospital, but the injury proved Speedway jumped to a 13-0 lead not to be serious. in the first quarter as they scored Tho viMnrv loft tho Rnii rwo touchdowns on their first two Greenwood ofiense wnicn was sluggish in the first half increased to 20-6. on first down Matt Branham split an 88-yard kickoff return came to life in the fourth quarter the Eagle line for a 41-yard run with a 4-1 overall mark and a 2-0 possessions Brown County took the kik on its own 32 and got all the way to and the Woodmen ended up with The first score for the jback from Kay to highlight a 90-yard drive by I.C. The try for extra point failed and the home squad carried a 14-0 lead into the dressing room at halftime. Brown County took the third from scrimmage.

Seven plays later it was Glenn Scott breaking 207 total yards. The passing the Indian Creek 34 before losing Sparkplugs came when senior Quarterback Dave Livers connected with receiver Larry Phair for the two-point conversion that ended the conference record as they head into a road showdown with the 4-1 Bloomington South Panthers. Both teams are undefeated in 14 yards on a fumbled pitch-back a multitude of tackles for a 27- attack contributed 184 yards of that figure. This set up a fourth-and-16 yard TD. Scott followed this up running back Jay Craig caught a three yard pass from quarterback Joe Preda.

The PAT scoring. with a two-pointer around left SCC play. end for the final 36-6 advantage. attempt failed and Speedway led Scoreboard Superlative efforts were turned Columbus 6-0. Franklin 12 1 The Sparkplugs boosted their in by both opposing quarterbacks, with Ray gaining 306 lead to 13-0 when Tom Dunn 67 raiiPht a 40 vard Dass from Preda North 26 Huntington 0 Carmel 29 Highland 0 Muncie Central 22 Anderson 0 an unofficial 137 yards rushing and Eagle signal-caller Craig Miller notching 195 aerial yards.

with 5:50 left in the first period. The PAT was good this time. 9 First Downs 17 Yards Gained Rushing 91 Yards Gained Passing 74 Total Yards Gained 23 Passes Attempted 9 Passes Completed 0 Passes Intercepted by: 1 Fumbles Lost 6 Punts 10 Anderson Madison Heights 373 9 3 2 2 1 The score was boosted to 20-0 when Steve Froelich took a seven B.C. I.C. yard pass into the endzone I Factory and Residential Property Owners If you are having SEWER and DRAIN Problems.

I We are equipped to unstop any sewer line or drain line, i I 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. For Fast Service I Phone 526-6445 I Taylorsville, Ind. 12 First Downs 20 41 Yards Gained Rushing 344 Speedway made up for the 38.0, 30.1 Average Per Punt 50 40 Yards Penalized 195 Yards Gained Passing 77 236 Total Yards Gained 421 missed PAT attempt by collecting a two point conversion making the score 21-0 at the end of the first half. Evansville Mater Dei 20 Evans-ville Memorial 14, (ot) Yorktown 18 Shenandoah 12 Washington 15 North Knox 8 Fort Wayne Northrop 47 Fort Wayne Snider 15 Fort Wayne North 26 Ben Davis 12 Fort Wayne Concordia 38 New Haven 6 Garrett 36 Angola 6 Harding 14 Whitko 6 Eastern-Howard 7 Southwood 0 Homestead 14 Norwell 0 Leo 22 Churubusco 6 West Noble 36 Central Noble 8 Bellmont 45 Bluffton 6 Peru 44 Madison-Grant 0 De Kalb 28 Goshen 7 Maconaquah 13 Oak Hill 6 Northfield 13 North Miami 0 Cass 26 Taylor 12 Kankakee Valley 34 Winamac 0 Brazil 48 North Central-Sullivan 0 Sheridan 28 Clinton Central 0 Frankfort 30 Twin Lakes 20 Southwestern 40 Clinton Prairie 0 Blackford 36 Portland 12 Boonville 35 Tell City 30 Evansville Central 21 Jasper 14 East Chicago Roosevelt 34 Hammond Clark 13 South Bend Washington 20 Elkhart Memorial 14 Marion 33 Lafayette 21 Penn 27 Harrison 7 Wainwright 34 Western Boone 6 Park-Tudor 37 Indiana Deaf 0 Perry Meridian 21 Decatur Central 14 FINAL) 26 Passes Attempted 11 Score by quarters: Franklin Col. North 8 0 8 0 13 Passes Completed 6 Muncie South 0 Frankton 15 Anderson Highland 13 Bloomington North 27 Vin-cennes 6 Bloomington South 39 Seymour 14 Richmond 23 New Castle 8 Charlestown 41 Salem 0 Rushville 24 Shelbyville 7 Knightstown 16 Eastern-Hancock 6 Rochester 13 Warsaw 7 Wawasee 41 Bremen 14 Greensburg 24 Connersville 8 Browns town 16 Corvdon 8 0 35 0 14 21 1 Passes Intercepted By: 2 0 Fumbles Lost 0 2 Punts 1 The final Speedway tally came in the third quarter on a 16 yard scamper Craig around left end.

The PAT made the score 41.5 Average Per Punt 38 -h35 Yards Penalized 80 Score by quarters: 12 3 4 THERE'S NO SHORTCUT TO QUALITY. FINAL 6 0 6 Brown County 0 0 Turkey Run 50 South Putnam 7 Indian Creek 8 fi 14 6 36 The fourth quarter started with a bang as junior quarterback Steve Epsteen replacing regular QB Bill Riester, hit star senior receiver Tom Nicholson for 401 I 2 1 BUY AN A-1 USED CAR FROM SMART PERRY FORD yards and the first time Greenwood penetrated into Speedway territory. A fourth down gamble failed for the Woodmen at the 73 OEds 73 Merc. Speedway 38, ana the "Woodmen 73 Ford RancrWaion, V-8, P.S., P.B., Air, Red, stock 8859. 3195 Wajon, V-g, F.S.7 P.B.; Air, Greevstock 8942.

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