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7STT-TT" COURIER-POST, Sunday, Dtcember 4, 1983 13E South Jersey Football playoffs Glassboro holds off Audubon, 1 68 By BOB VIGGIANO Of the Courier-Post GROUP 1 I Vr-ffS Blocked Sean Redman ol Glassboro High School blocks Audubon's Guy Powers in an "The ball was just laying there and all I had to do was jump on it," Lester said. "Dave Joyce actually hit the quarterback and caused the fumble." Glassboro managed to pick up a couple of first downsaf ter that, but the drive stalled and Lee Frank went back to punt. However, a bad snap caused a fumble and Frank kicked the ball as it was laying on the ground. His kick went right to Audubon linebacker Tony Martin, but Frank was right thcreand managed to tackle Martin at the Glassboro 21 with 6:17 left to play. Then the Glassboro defense rose to the occasion.

Redman tossed Hoover for an eight-yard loss and Irving Gus-tillo followed with a four-yard sack of Clements. Then came Audubon's last gasp. Hoover took a handoff from Clements and attempted to pass. His receivers were covered and he tried to escape the Glassboro defense, but Joe Maa-zeo nailed him for a 21-yard loss back to the Glassboro 41. "Lester really made that play," Aveni said.

"Hoover was going to try a pass to Clements coming out of the backfield, but Lester just followed him and that busted up the play." "We had our chances right there and before," Bendorf said. "We tired to get too fancy there and it didn't work. We just made too many mistakes when we had our opportunities. "It all boiled down to that last two series," Bendorf added. "And wedidn't Please see GLASSBORO, Page 14E GLASSBORO Glassboro High School's football team captured the South Jersey Group 1 title here yesterday by registering a 16-8 victory over Audubon.

The more than 4,000 people who jammed the Glassboro Stadium were treated to one of the finest games of the season or any season, for that matter. It was lose, where both teams earned the right to walk off the field with their head held high. "The fans got their money's worth today," Glassboro Coach John Aveni said. "It was a great game between two excellent teams. Audubon never quit and kept coming back at us.

But our kids kept their composure when things got rough." But in the end Glassboro, finishing the season with a perfect 11-0 mark, used the running of Sean Redman and Gordon Lockbaum and several key defensive plays in the fourth period to power its way to the championship. Both coaches, Audubon's Joe Ben-dorf and Aveni, agreed the key to the game centered around Glassboro's ability to stop two serious Audubon drives in the fourth period. Glassboro clung to a 16-8 lead as the fourth period began. But Audubon, behind the running of reserve fullback Steve Lott, drove to the Glassboro three. On second down, quarterback Casey Clements attempted a pitch to tailback Roy Hoover, but the ball was fumbled and Glassboro's Tim Lester recovered at the seven with 8:14 remaining.

attempt to give lUUIIIIIIUtU WiVIUVII Lockbaum running room during yesterday's South Jersey Group 1 championship game. Lockbaum scored one touchdown and rushed for 144 yards in Glassboro's 16-8 victory. AiST1 i i mini, i illli i ir i '''n Courier-Post photo by Sam Kushner Salem hands Hammonton initial loss 37-13 By WALT SCHUMANN 01 the Courier-Post SALEM Salem High School won the South Jersey Group 2 football championship yesterday when it jolted previously unbeaten Hammonton, 37-13. Anthony Brown, Mike Ross and David Payne were the heroes as the Rams completed a 9-0-2 campaign, but solid blocking performance by the offensive line and a rugged defense deserved equal billing. Ross and Brown are halfbacks and they have been leading the Rams all season as they drove toward their first sectional crown since 1973, which was for one touchdown after intercepting a Hammonton pitchout and set up a field goal and touchdown with fumble recoveries.

The Rams, who lost in last year's final to Delsca, got their other touchdown on a 46-yard pass from quarterback Jay Martin to end Cliff Saunders. In addition, Don Haynes booted a 25-yard field goal and two extra points. Greg Morano accounted for both Hammonton touchdowns, one of which was set up by an intercepted pass and the other by a blocked punt. Salem opened the scoring midway in the first quarter on a great play by Martin. The quarterback seemed on the verge of being sacked for a big loss, but broke free and raced to his right before firing a perfect strike to Saunders.

It covered 46 yards and came on the third play after Salem had taken over on its own 48 after a Hammonton punt. "We don't throw many passes, but Martin has been coming through with big plays- all season," said Salem Coach Dave Whitsell. "He might make a mistake, but he bounces right back." One of the mistakes came late in the quarter. After getting the first of five Hammonton fumbles, Salem appeared on the way to a second score when Morano intercepted a Martin pass and ran 63 yards to the Rams' Brick tops Willingboro on Iannarone field goal frx'' iff f- it fei fi' li 5 four-yard-line. Morano scored on the next play and Athanasios Papadopou-lous kicked the extra point to give Hammonton the lead for the only time.

Midway in the second period Martin and Ross combined on a 62-yard scoring pass, but it was nullifcd by a penalty. But late in the session, Payne did his work. He broke in from his end position, batted the pitchout by Blue Devils' quarterback Anthony Monzo, grabbed the ball on the ran and raced 81 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. "My job was to contain on the play," said Payne. "I saw the ball, hit it and it just fell into my hands," said Payne GROUP A scoring on its first two offensive series.

Notre Dame took the opening kick-off and drove 60 yards in nine plays for the game's first score. Senior quarterback Mark Coffey teamed with wide receiver Jim Locklear on a 23-yard touchdown pass to complete the opening drive. Coffey's throw looked to be short, but Locklear made a pretty adjustment on the ball and out jumped the Holy Spiral defender to make the By WALT BURROWS 01 the Courier-Post WILLINGBORO Tom Iannarone kicked a 30-yard field goal in the first period to help Brick Township High School defeat Willingboro, 5-0, and collect its third straight South Jersey Group 4 football championship here yesterday. The Green Dragons were credited with an automatic safety on the last play of the game when Willingboro quarterback Dan Dupree was called for throwing to an ineligible receiver, tackle Vernon McAllister, from out of the end zone. It wasBrickTownship's31st victory in 33 games during its three-year reign as the Group 4 champion.

after having the kind of game most defensive players can only dream about. "The entire defense played a great game. Coach Whitzell really had us prepared." On Hammonton's third play following the kickof Payne was in the right spot again, getting his second fumble at the Blue Devils' 15. That set up a 25-yard field goal by Haynes with 0:26 to go in the half. The Blue Devils fumbled the second-half kickof and Dave Emel recovered for Salem at the the 25.

Three plays later Ross had his first touchdown on a 22-yard sweep. After that, Hammonton drove from Please see SALEM, Page 15E catch. "We're basically a run-oriented team," concluded Locklear. "Mark (Coffey) had the time and I just adjusted to the ball." One play earlier, it appeared Locklear would not get a chance at his early heroics. Holy Spirit's defense had forced Notre Dame into a fourth-and-nine.

Punter Tom Quinn did indeed kick the ball. However, a Spartan defender was whistled for a roughing the kicker penalty and the Irish got Please see NQTRE DAME, Page 15F GROUP 2 before the playoffs started and championships were awarded by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Ross scored three touchdowns, one of them coming on an 83-yard end sweep, and netted 150 yards in just 14 carries. Brown, South Jersey's third leading scorer, did not get a touchdown, but he did rush for 143 yards in 32 carries to send his season total over 2,000. Payne, an offensive guard and defensive end, was the unheralded one among the trio.

But, he raced 8 1 yards GROUP 4 For Iannarone, it marked the third consecutive playoff game he hascome away with the hero award. His field goal beat Pennsauken in the 1982 final, 10-7, his extra point ousted Cherokee two weeks ago, 7-6, and yesterday he did it again. A third-string center who does little else but practice his kicking while his teammates go through their daily grind, Iannarone has proven to be a valuable asset to the Green Dragons, as his three 1983 field goals attest. "You did it again," said Coach Warren Wolf, applying a bearhug to his soft-spoken kicker in post-game celebration. GROUP 3 bles and two interceptions stopped whatever drive the Vikings could generate.

In fact, an interception in overtime gave Toms River the possession from which it mounted the game's winning drive. Eastern received a great opportunity to win the game in overtime, but could not sustain any type of offense. Following a 15-yard punt from Toms River's Brian Van Nortwich, the Vikings took possession on the Indians' 36. After two running plays gained six yards, quarterback Rich Kerr attempted to hit running back Dave Strippoli inside the 20-yard line. Defensive back Sheldon Harvey, who "I don't know where we would be without him," Wolf later added.

"He's a hard worker, like everyone else on this team, and it has paid off for all of us." There were those in the crowd of 3.500 who thought Iannarone had shanked his placement to the left. Of course, there were others who saw it as the referee did when he signaled it good. "It was close," said Iannarone, grinning. "It was close, but I thought it got inside the upright." Willingboro Coach Ty Belford refused to use the field goal as the reason for his team's loss. "There were other things," he said.

"We had the Please see BRICK, Page 14F is also Toms River's quarterback, stepped inside and made the interception. Harvey then directed the Indians on a 14-play, 61-yard drive, ending on the Vikings' 16. From there, Sclafani kicked his game-winner. "I was worried a little before the kick," Scalfani said after a horde of well-wishers carried the senior on an emotional victory parade. "I just wanted to hit it as I would in practice, and that's what I did.

The snap was good, the hold was perfect and I made sure when it came to my turn. Eastern had called a time out right before the kick and I guess they were supposed to get me nervous. "But the timeout helped. It made me more relaxed and I was able to con-Please see EASTERN, Page 14F Toms River shades Eastern on field goal in overtime Oil the mOVe Courier-Post photo by Al Schell Sydney Johnson of Willingboro High School Trotter of Brick Township in Group 4 champi-(left) looks for a way to get around Matt onship game. Brick won, 5-0.

Notre Dame edges Holy Spirit By MARK BROWN For the Courier-Post TOMS RIVER Senior Carmen Sclafani kicked a 32-yard field goal with five seconds remaining in overtime to give host Toms River South High School a dramatic 1 7-1 4 win over Eastern here yesterday. The win gives the Indians the South Jersey Group 3 title. Eastern has now reached the championship game three times under head coach Jon Batchelor and has lost in all three attempts. Yesterday's defeat was most emotional for the Vikings, for they trailed 14-0 at one point and forced overtime with a last-minute touchdown. Turnovers hurt Eastern most of the chilly, raw lost fum- By SAM IANNUZZI Of the Courier-Post LAWRENCEVILLE Notre Dame High School used stingy defense and 10 first-quarter points to capture the Group A State football championship, 10-7, over Holy Spirit yesterday.

"I am just elated more so for the kids than for myself," related winning coach Chappy Moore. "This win shows we can play with anybody." Moore's team looked like it might have an easyime with the Spartans,.