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D-l GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE SPORTS Yanks clinch title D-2 Oklahoma erupts D-5 Ruffed grouse opener D-1 1 College notes D-1 2 Travel D-1 2 Sunday, Oct. 5, 1980 Lombardi alumni reunited as coaching rivals Tony Walter Of the Press-Gazette yea-- if They were the perfect Lombardi men. One was the calculating quarterback, the poised and reserved tactician who always seemed to do the right thing at the right time. The other was the sturdy, rock-hard, consummate tackle who played with emotion tacked to his sleeve. They started together as Packers.

They meet again today, as coaches. It is an event of significance, one which has not gone unnoticed by two men who played football with Bart Starr and Forrest Gregg in the Days of Lombardi. "It's like they're both at a point of destination, having taken different directions to get there," mused former Packer co-cap- said. "But Bart was the fundamentalist, always full of confidence. He executed the game plan.

Forrest was like all linemen. He had to fight for his life on every play. As a result, he was highly emotional. "We had a set routine before every game then," Skoronski said. "Coach Lombardi and the other coaches would always leave the locker room right before we would take the field.

He'd leave things in the hands of the captains. "Willie and I would always say something and then we'd call on certain members of the team to say something. We always called on Forrest and Bart." Gregg and Starr left firm impressions in the minds of Davis and Skoronski. "We always knew Bart would figure out what to do for us," Davis said. "We knew he'd make the change needed to win the game, like sneaking into the end zone in the Dallas game or passing to the streaking McGee or Dowler on third-and-one." "I remember one specific time when Forrest showed his leadership through emotion," Skoronski said.

"We had lost two games in a row, and Lombardi started ranting and raving at us about how distasteful that was to him. "He just kept going at us until finally Forrest jumped out of his chair and hollered back at him. Continued on D-2 tain Willie Davis. "They're so much alike in some ways but they're so much different. They both have so much pride and they both have so much courage." Davis's fellow co-captain, Bob Sko-ronski, agrees that Starr and Gregg are as similar as they are different.

"They both led by example," Skoronski Bart Starr Forrest Gregg stis.S qu ir mi weirfio me TOf Gin 7.ts m3 sd overtime and went on offense, settling for a 25-yard field goal by Dave Stoehr. The Cadets gained only two yards on two runs from the 10 to start the extra session. Dave Bukowski's third-down pass then sailed high. Bukowski was at quarterback since midway in the second quarter. He replaced John Pergande, who was nursing cracked ribs sustained earlier on a punt return.

Bukowski, a quarterback on the freshmen and junior varsity teams, had been playing tackle this season. But when injuries left Premontre short-handed at quarterback, he was called on for backup duty. "Our timing was definitely off and it took away our passing game," a disappointed Coach Dick Hietpas said of Per-gande's absence. "But that kid (Bukowski) did a heckuva Faced with a 10-7 deficit when it got the ball in overtime, Pennings lost two yards on first down before Kenny hit Matuszek for a 10-yard gain with a pass in the left flat. Matuszek was stopped after a 1-yard gain on third down to set the stage for the final burst.

"We were going for the win," Coach Don LaViolette said, indicating he would not have considered a tying field goal unless the Squires were too far away. "1 thought he was in on third down." While LaViolette felt Matuszek had scored one play earlier, Hietpas doubted if Matuszek had scored at all. "He was stopped," said Hietpas. "But the officials saw it differently, so they (the Squires) get the win. But it was a judgment call." Continued on D-2 By DENNIS GRALL Of the Press-Gazette A year ago, Dan Matuszek was a student at Green Bay Premontre.

But Saturday, the slender junior was the hero for archrival De Pere Pennings. Matuszek, who transferred to Pennings this fall to be with his friends, nudged into the end zone on fourth down in overtime to lift the Squires to a pulsating 13-10 triumph over Premontre to set off a wild celebration on the Premontre gridiron. "I wanted this game more than anything," the soft-spoken youngster said of his first starting assignment for the Squires. "My goal this season was to start against Premontre." Matuszek split time at tailback with senior Mike Mueller as the regular Penn- ings backfield of Bill Schneider and Dan Kiedinger watched from the sidelines because of injuries. Matuszek rushed for 47 yards in 19 carries.

Mueller added 41 yards in 13 tries. Matuszek reached the end zone by about a foot on a play he said was called "left-choice-left." The Squires set up in a power I-formation with three backs lined up directly behind quarterback Brad Kenny. Matuszek followed the wingback through the postage-stamp hole and pushed the final yard. "We wanted that exact play," Matuszek said. The Squires had tried that play in the first half on a third-and-goal at the 1, but Premontre stacked it up for no gain.

Pennings was thwarted on that earlier scoring bid when the Cadets stormed all over Kenny on his attempted quarterback sneak on fourth down to preserve the scoreless deadlock. Premontre won the coin toss to start the -vj V-V .11 -rMt -S-' I I Press-Gazette photo bv Ken Wesely As an official signals the game-winning touchdown Saturday, Premontre lineman Greg Hansen, lower right, begins his long De Pere Pennings fans start their dash onto the Green Bay jog to the locker room. The Cadets dropped the 13-10 deci-Premontre field to help their team celebrate. Meanwhile, sion to arch-rival Pennings on the last pay of overtime. Down 25-0, Norbs rally past Loras football gjj scores sibility of a tying field goal.

Loras, wanting to eat up the clock, took over with 3: 58 left. But the Duhawks were forced to punt. St. Norbert took control at its 32-yard line with just 1:15 remaining, setting the stage for the dramatic final score. Loras Coach Bob Bierie said his players sat back instead of playing aggressively, something that has happened twice before this season for his young team.

The stunned Bierie could only say, "Someday. Lorm, lowo 11270 SI Norbert 00711 It Winkle. 15-yord interception return (kick wide); Edmeier, 4-vord run (run failed); Edmeier, 1 yard run (kick wide); Burke, 9-vard pass from Bettermon (kick wide); SN Eiting, 17-vord pass from Cavanaugh (Blodgett kick); SN Grapentine, 20-vord pass from Cavanaugh (Devine pass from Cava-nough); Hoerning, 1-yord run (kick wide); SN Estabrook, 1-yord pass from Cavanaugh (Blodoett kick). Loras St. Norbert Dale Estabrook Cavanaugh then went to work on the next series, driving 73 yards in five plays, completing three of four passes, including a 17-yard stike to Eiting for a touchdown.

Andy Blodgett kicked the extra point and the Knights closed the seemingly insurmountable gap to 25-7 with 6:11 left in the third quarter. The Knights got the ball back with 1:36 left in the period on their 30-yard line. Eight plays later, Cavanaugh found Bob Grapen-tine just inside the left corner of the end zone for a 20-yard pass. Mike Devine made the score 25-15 with 14:44 left in the game when he hauled in a pais for the 2-point conversion. After more than 10 minutes, the Knights finally scored again.

Joe Hoerning dove over from the 1-inch line for a touchdown, capping a 69-yard drive in 10 plays. But Blodgett's kick went wide, leaving the score at 25-21 and taking away the pos down at the 1. The drive was highlighted by a 25-yard pass from Cavanaugh to Estabrook on fourth-and-23 to the St. Norbert 46. The score came after two pass completions and two interference penalties moved the ball to the Loras 1.

Cavanaugh completed 21 of 31 passes for 296 yards and three touchdowns, 253 yards in the second half alone. The senior from Manitowoc Roncalli has passed for 5,066 yards in his four-year career. "We've had enough of these games go against us, so it's about time something like this happens," said Cavanaugh, referring to the last-second score. "It's better that we won," Cavanaugh explained when asked if he was excited about breaking the mark. "If the 5,000 yards comes with the win, fine." Loras, 1-4, jumped out to a 6-0 lead with 7:46 remaining in the first quarter when linebacker John Winkle intercepted a Cavanaugh pass at the St.

Norbert 15 and ran it in for a touchdown. "Thank God there's two halves," St. Norbert Coach Larry Van Alstine said after his Green Knights scored 21 fourth-quarter points for a dramatic 28-25 comeback victory over Loras (Iowa) College Saturday at Mina-han Stadium. The Knights who trailed 25-0 more than halfway through the third quarter pulled out the win when quarterback Greg Cavanaugh hit Dale Es-tabrook with a 1-yard scoring pass with four seconds left in the game. St.

Norbert had gotten the ball on its own 32-yard line with 1:15 left, trailing 25-21. The Knights, now 2-3, drove 68 yards in 11 plays. The drive was capped by Estabrook's winning 1-yard catch after he had slipped in the right corner of the zone, regained his balance and then caught the ball going across the middle. The Knights had tried the same play unsuccessfully on the previous down from the Loras 4, Estabrook had been interfered with, giving St. Norbert a first HIGH SCHOOL Pennings 1 3, Premontre 1 0 (OT) Sheboygan North 12, Southwest 7 West De Pere 1 4, Shawano 6 BIG TEN Wisconsin 35, San Diego State 12 Michigan 38, California 13 Mississippi State 28, Illinois 21 Minnesota 49, Northwestern 21 Purdue 28, Miami (Ohio) 3 Arizona 5, Iowa 3 UCLA 17, Ohio State 0 Indiana 31, Duke 21 Notre Dame 26, Michigan State 21 TOP TWENTY Alabama 45, Kentucky 0 Pittsburgh 38, Maryland 9 North Carolina 33, Georgia Tech 0 Louisiana State 24, Florida 7 Florida State 18, Nebraska 14 Oklahoma 82, Colorado 42 Southern Cal 23, Arizona State 21 Penn State 29, Missouri 21 STATE COLLEGE St.

Norbert 28, Loras 25 UW-Whitewater 24, UW-Stout 7 UW-Oshkosh 28, UW-Stevens Point 7 Greg Cavanaugh The Duhawks didn't score again until the 5:10 mark of the second quarter when workhorse tailback Dan Edmeier swept around left end 4 yards, capping a 37-yard drive in eight plays. The attempt for a 2-point conversion failed and Loras led 12-0. The Duhawks took over after a St. Norbert punt on its 36 with 3:04 left in the half. The Knights then forced Loras to punt, but were charged with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the play.

That gave Loras the ball on the Knight 42. Six plays later, Edmeier, who led all rushers with 102 yards on 33 carries, went in from the 1 for a touchdown. Kevin Kolwell's kick missed and the Duhawks had a comfortable 18-0 lead at the half. The Duhawks increased their lead to 25-0 with 7:30 left in the third quarter when quarterback John fiet-terman threw nine yards to Steve Burke for a touchdown. Loras drove 18 yards in four plays after Burke returned a St.

Norbert punt 31 yards. First Downs Total Yards Bv Rushing By Passing Passes (A C-1) Fumbles Lost Penalties-Yds Punts-Avg 22 235 370 19 76 99 596 15-94 31-21-3 1 2 10-91 12-145 10-32 S-38 Steoup ro agROWNINQ Badgers find end zone, rout Aztecs BROWNING 2000 GAS AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN The B-2000 is a pleasant shooting gun which offers the hunter features and conveniences not found on any other gas operated shotguns Browning automatic-s TTm world rnownd autoloader mat nvr Qtitt 0rttvi(1iiN ruin or shin, for a itfotim. MADISON (AP) Dave Mohapp rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to spark a ball-control offense, and Tim Stracka caught two touchdown passes, leading Wisconsin to a 35-12 non-conference victory over San Diego State. Wisconsin (1-3), having failed to score a touchdown in its first three games, built a 21-0 lead before the Aztecs (1-3) got their initial first down with 7:34 left in the first half. Wisconsin stymied the Aztec offense by tackling quarterbacks Matt Kofler and Mark Halda for losses nine times.

Defensive end Dave Aherns had three sacks as San Diego State was held to minus 4 net yards rushing. Stracka's touchdowns came on pass-plays covering 32 yards from qarterback John Josten and 40 yards on an option from reserve fullback Paul Hughes. The Badgers drove 68 yards in 10 plays on the game's first series, taking a 7-0 lead as Gerald Green scored on a 4-yard run. The touchdown came one play after a Josten-to-Strackca pass gained 32 yards. Mohapp scored on a 14-yard run on the second play of the second quarter to cap a 73-yard march as the Bag-ders led 14-0.

Freshman linebacker Ed Senn intercepted a Kofler pass moments later and returned it six yards to the Aztec 10. Mohapp scored on a 2-yard run two plays later to put Wisconsin ahead 21-0 with 8:25 left in the half. San Diego State scored with 2Vi minutes left in the first half on a 31 -yard pass from Halda to flanker Bobby Taylor. Aztec linebacker Scott Carter set up the touchdown when he recovered a bad handoff by Josten at the Badger 30. But Wisconsin scored with seven seconds left in the half to make it 28-6.

Stracka sprinted down the right side and cut back across the middle as he caught the pass, beating Reuben Henderson, the Aztec highly regarded cor-nerback. The Badgers scored a final touchdown with 32 seconds left in the third quarter on Hughes' 40-yard touchdown pass to Stracka, who caught the ball inside the State five-yard line. Hughes had been converted to quarterback 10 days earlier. The Aztecs scored their sec6nd touchdown with 1:09 left in the game on a four-yard run by fullback Derrick Harvey. The touchdown was set up when defensive end Brad Williams recovered a Hughes fumble at the Wisconsin 30.

Aztec comerback Mike Fox intercepted a pass by Wisconsin reserve quarterback Jess Cole and returned 84 yards to the end zone earlier in the fourth. But a clipping call against Williams nullifed the touchdown and brought the ball back to midfield. Wisconsin missed a scoring chance early in the first Continued on D-2 Browning TT brand new Side-by-Sd built tna Browning Traction of Quality. AMMUNITION GUN CASES REFINISHING SUPPLIES CLEANING KITS EJGDJQS 8SlJ23r PARK FREE AT OUR DOOR FRI. -9 TUES-, WED.

SAT. APLoserphoto Dave Mohapp, who ran 12 times for 65 yards and two scores, prepares to follow Mark Sabach's block Saturday during Wisconsin's 35-1 2 victory..

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