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2-D The Greenville News and Piedmont Sunday, October 24, 1976 Defense, kicking keys 10-6 win Terriers surprise again until freshman QB Kent Briggs entered the game in the final period and completed five passes, the last to Fred Meadows for a 22-yard score with 27 seconds left. Waters called the Cats' performance "by far the worst" of the season. "We haven't had problems getting up for anyone this season, but that was not the case today. We were offense just didn't move the ball." Waters, who also watched his team lose in an unimpressive effort against Wofford last year, declined to blame anything on the lack of a clock. "It had nothing to do with the outcome.

They played without a clock, too," said the WCU By ABE HARDESTY News sports writer SPARTANBURG It was a simple case of doing some good kicking while someone was down. Most of the kicking was done by Wofford's Rick Cloninger and it was received by a rather uninspired Western Carolina crew that never seemed to know that time was running out on them. With Cloninger's well-placed punts putting the favored Catamounts in the hole and an aroused Terrier defense keeping them there most of the sunny afternoon, Wofford was able to walk away with a 10-6 victory here Saturday. The triumph Wofford's second by surprise in as many weeks came in a defensive battle that saw Cloninger, a sophomore punter who also does the quarterbacking, punt as many times as he passed. And it came in a homecoming contest that, except for the opening minutes and the last one, ws played without the luxury of a scoreboard clock.

The defense and kicking were the obvious keys for Steve Satterfield's team, which managed just six first downs and gained only 94 yards in the decisive second half 56 of them on Jerry Kelley's touchdown burst in the middle of the third quarter. Wofford, which blanked Newberry a week ago, used that score and a 28- yard field goal by Clay Evans to beat the Cats for the ninth time in 11 meet ings between the two schools. It was the Terriers' third victory in seven games this fall, and possibly their biggest. "We've been playing good football for the last three weeks," said Satter-field, obviously pleased with the performance against the 5-3 Cats. "We played well in the loss to Elon and played another good game against Newberry.

And now it's certainly a better feeling than the one we had earlier in the season." "This is a young team and I thought it would improve. Early in the year, I was afraid our kids would get down, but they've picked themselves up. They were excited out there today," added Sat-terfield, who also noticed the punting of Cloninger. "Cloninger's kicking played a big part" said Satterfield. "He hasn't been punting that well al season, but' he.

came though with a couple of real good kicks that put them in the hole today." Cloninger, who entered the game with a 35-per-kick average, averaged 40.5 yards on eight kicks. Western's Mike Hicks also had a busy day, averaging 40 yards on seven kicks one of them a 61-yarder to the Wofford one. He had averaged just 32 yards per boot coming into the game. "And of course, our defense did a great job. They (Western) have a good ball club and they've been beating people with the big play, but our defense just didn't give them any today," said Satterfield.

Keith Collins, a 231-pound junior tackle from Atlanta, and Don Beamon, a rangy 205-pound senior from Simpsonville's Hill-crest High, led the defensive charge for the rejuvenated Terriers, along with junior cornerback Melvin Lowry. "Collins and Beamon were in on a lot of tackles and they gave us a lot of spirit," explained Satterfield. "And Lowry played a good game in the secondary. He came up with one interception and knocked down a couple of other passes." That interception brought the ball from mid-field to the Western 17 early in the fourth up Evans' field goal. The visitors spent most of the day in their own territory, threatening only once before mounting a three-play, 65-yard drive to score in the closing minute.

That threat came in the opening minutes of the second half, when Wayne Smith grabbed a short pass from Keith Scroggins and raced 54 yards down the sidelines to the Wofford 20. Wendell Lipford' rushed to the nine on the next play, but Lipford's next four cracks at the line left the Cats a yard short. "Not scoring on that series really hurt," said WCU Coach Bob Waters. "That could have been what our offense needed to get going." As it was, the Catamounts never got going tSU mm Wofford's Scott Watson returns kickoff in heavy traffic Bulldogs beat Newberry Defense, kicking game spark S. C.

25 7 Newberry S.C. Slate 8 11 39-112 51-170 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties 156 0 130 4-9-1 5-21-1 6-3 2-2 4-57 4-50 Individual Statistics RUSHING: Newberry Johnson 33, D. Williams 516, Jackson 4-18; S.C. State -Reed 204, Burgess 12-40, Anderson 5-29. PASSING: Newberry D.

Williams 2-12-0, L. Williams 3-9-1; S.C. Slate Prather 4. 9-1. PASSING: Newberry D.

Williams 2-12-0 20. L. Williams 3-9-1 24; S.C. State Prather 4-9-1 33. PASS RECEIVING: Newberry J.

Williams 3-16, Edwards 1-15, E. Johnson 1-10; S.C. State Pringle 2-28, Carter 1-7, Pinks-ton I 2. PUNTING: Newberry Holnclaw 10-38 S.C. State Evans State, NEWBERRY, 2nd quarter.

1:08 remaining. Rufus Johnson scored on a one-yard plunge. Drive covered 39 yards in seven plays. Scoring drive set up by fumbled interception by S.C. State's Anthony Evans.

PAT by McMillan. Newberry 7. S.C. State 0. S.

C. STATE, 2nd quarter, 2:57 remaining. Quarterback Jesse Prather kept around right end for four yards and the TD. Drive covered 18 yards in five plays. Drive set up when Newberry's Carl Carter fumbled and Eron Edwards recovered on the 18.

PAT by Malcolm Montgomery. Newberry 7, S.C. State 7. S. C.

State, 3rd quarter, 10:33 remaining. Montgomery kicked a 19-yard field goal. Drive covered 36 yards in eight plays. Fifteen-yard penalty gave the Bulldogs a first-and-ten on Newberry's 16. S.

C. State 10, Newberry 7. S. C. STATE, third quarter, 7:37 remaining.

Montgomery kicked a 49-yard field goal. Drive covered 16 yards in six plays. Field position set up by 20-yard punt return. S. C.

State 13, Newberry 7.S. C. STATE, 4th quarter, 12:25 remaining. Montgomery kicked a 27-yard field goal. Drive covered 12 yards on five plays.

Field position set up by Newberry fumble. S.C. State 16. Newberry 7. S.C.

STATE, 4th quarter, 9:30 remaining. Montgomery kicked a 25-yard field goal. Drive covered six yards in three plays. Field position set up by 53-yard field goal. Drive cowred six yards in three plays.

Field position set up by 53-yard punt return by the Bulldogs' Kenny Brown. S.C. State 19, New. berry 7. S.C.

STATE, 4th quarter, 1:48 remaining. Nate Rivers scored on a three-yard run. Dri covered 12 yards on six plays. Field position set up by 39-yard punt return by Brown. PAT no good.

S.C. State 25, New. berry 7. A 5,128 t7- 7 7 6 12 21 in the second half we just did not get any field position. That was caused by their kicking game and the fact that we did not make good field position for ourselves." Newberry's possessions in the second half began on their own 17, 20, 20, 11, 27, 17, 12, 5 and 23-yard lines.

Jeffries had one word of caution for this team. "We turned the ball over three times in the first half," he said, "and I think we were fortunate to go in at half-'time tied. We can't continue to give the ball up like that. "Newberry has a fine football team. I've tried all week to tell everybody that.

We won a real tough ballgame here today." ORANGEBURG Here is the scoring summary tor the S.C. State-Newberry game here Saturday: BEE By ERNIE KASTNER News Sports Writer ORANGEBURG Defense is what they play at South Carolina State. After going in at half-time with a 7-7 tie, the Bulldogs let their defense and their kicking game take charge in the second half on the way to a 25-7 victory over Newberry here Saturday. S.C. State came into the game ranked No.

1 in the nation in rushing defense and total defense. In the first half, Newberry was able to mount an offensvie attack, but that attack evaporated when the teams came out of the locker room. S.C. State's defense was so dominant in the second half that Newberry did not get a first down until less than two minutes remained in the game. Newberry's first second-half venture across mid-field came with less than one minute remained.

The Indians picked up 112 yards on the ground, almost twice the 57.5 yards per game the Bulldogs have allowed this year. The Indians picked up 156 yards total, right at the 155.5 yards S.C. State has been giving up. The victory gives the Bulldogs a 6-1 record. Newberry falls to 3-3.

Meanwhile, the Bulldogs picked up 170 yards on the ground, 33 through the air. The telling statistic for the Bulldogs was the 130 return yards they accumulated. The kicking game accounted for every Bulldog score except one. "Our kicking game was good," commented Bulldog head coach Willie Jeffries. "Anthony Evans (S.C.

State's punter) and Malcolm Montgomery, (place kicker) did exceptionally well today," he added. Montgomery hit four field goals in the second half, one of them a 49-yar der. A short punt after Newberry's1 first possession in the second half gave S.C. State the ball on their own 38. Staying primarily on the ground, the Bulldogs moved to the Newberry two where Montgomery gave the Bulldogs their first lead with a 19-yard field goal.

The next time the Bull- dogs got the ball they moved from the 50 to the Newberry 32. Montgomery got into the act again with CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING GREENVILLE MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM Monday, October 25, 1976 MAIN EVENT U.S. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP UATPII Carolina IHM Woflsfd 1 7 J-ll WOFFORD With approx. five minutes left in third quarter, Jerry Kelley burst through the middle on a thlrd-and-one play and outran the secondary on a 56-yard jaunt. It was the third play of a 65-yard drive.

Evans kicked the point. Wofford 7, Western 0. WOFFORD Early in the fourth quarter, Evans kicked a 26-yard field goal four plays after Melvin Lowry's pass Interception and 34-yard return had given Wofford the ball on the Western 17. WESTERN With 27 seconds left, Fred Meadows ran a deep pattern and reserve QB Kent Briggs lofted a 22-yard strike for the score. It was Briggs' third straight completion in a three-play drive that covered 63 yards In less than a minute.

Lipford was stopped on an attempted end sweep on the conversion. Wofford 10, Western 6. Western Carolina Wofford First downs 15 6 Rushes yards 36-126 44-148 Passes-comp-int S-25-1 3-8-1 Passing yards 145 20 Punts-ave Fumbles-lost 2-2 2-0 Penalties-yards 3-26 5-41 Return yards 2037 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING: Western Lipford 21-84. Jor-don 10-51. Wolford Kelley 11-64, Tllley 14-39.

PASSING: Western Scroggins 3-16, 84 yards, Briggs 5-8, 76 yards. Wofford Clo-, ninger 3-8, 20 yards. RECEIVING Western Meadows 3J4, Smith 3-78. Wofford Smith 3-20. LEASE A VOLVO Why Tie Up Cash? See Why So Many Professional People Are Leasing Volvos 0MBERT VOLVO PiiMwsod Stopping Coirtor Spirttnhiri Dill 177-2043 Qcl tVoonrillo) rSIS-2412 Rtd Bastion Tif Conway, Jr.

Kaem Ore News-PiedmonlA lan DeVorsey After a scoreless first quarter, Newberry started to move early in the second period. Starting on their own 17, the Indians moved to the 23 and lined up to punt. A personal foul penalty on the Bulldogs gave Newberry a first-and-ten at the 37. Three plays later, Newberry quarter-, back Leon Williams was intercepted by Evans. Coming back upfield, Evans fumbled and Newberry's Roger Hart recovered.

Williams completed two passes (to Rufus Johnson and Jerome Williams) moving the Indians down to the 22. Johnson carried nine yards on a draw play and four plays later went over from the one. The Bulldogs tied it up with 2:57 to go in the first half. A fumble by Newberry's Carl Carter gave the Bulldogs the ball on the Indian 18 and five plays later quarterback Jesse Prather scored from the four. Newberry head coach Fred Herren said, "Their (S.C.

State) defense doesn't do anything unusual, they just line up and whip you, "I thought we played well in the first half, but yard field goals by Murray. Mars Hill 38 L. Rhyne 38 HICKORY, N. C. (AP) Kenny Laughlin scored two touchdowns for Lenoir Rhyne and Greg Hoke ran for one and passed for another for Mars Hills as the two teams battled to a 38-38 tie in a South Atlantic Conference football game Saturday night.

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The Indian defense refused to allow the Bulldogs cross the goal line, but Montgomery came in once again to hit from 27-yards out and give S.C. State a 16-7 lead. Montgomery's fourth field goal was a 25-yarder set up by a 53-yard punt return by Kenny Brown. The Bulldog punt return specialist took the ball on his own 32-yard line, broke through four would-be tacklers at his 45 and took off down the sidelines. Newberry's punter, Chris Holtzclaw, slowed Brown down enough for the Newberry pursuit to nail Brown at the Indian 14.

A 39-yard punt retunr by Brown set up the Bulldog's final score. Taking the ball at the Newberry 12, third-string quarterback Nate Rivers directed the drive carrying over himself from the three. Newberry stayed with the Bulldogs in the first half. Ga. Tech 28 Tulane 16 ATLANTA (AP) Halfback David Sims hurled a 25-yard touchdown pass with 4:43 remaining Saturday to trigger Georgia Tech's come-from-behind 28-16 college football' victory over Tulane.

Tech, 3-3-1, trailed 16-14 after Tulane's Ed Murray booted a 26-yard field goal midway in the third quarter. They rallied for the victory when linebacker Mackel Harris Intercepted his second pass of the game. Harris picked off quarterback Rich Hontas pass and returned it 14 yards to the Green Wave 46 with 7: 32 left. Tech moved to the 25 before Sims, on an option roll-out, hit John Steele in the end zone for the game-winner. The Yellow Jackets added a score with 42 seconds left when Eddie Lee Ivery bulled across from the two-yard-line after Hontas was sacked and fumbled on his own three.

Freshman quarterback Gary Lanier scored on a 10-yard run and Sims had a one-yard scoring plunge for Tech In the opening half. Tulane, 2-4, which trailed 14-13 at the half, got on the scoreboard on Bill Kramer's eight-yard TD run and a pair of 46- TICKfTSi V400 CHILD UNDER 12, S2.00 mm til 5IT TAXI See Mid-Altlantic Wrestling Sat. on Channel 4. Check Local Paper for Time OA (Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrstling, iuht incbLUnt GEORGE E. B0MHR ft I NATIONWIDE ifl INSURANCE -vr Ndhonvn.ie in on yum vide 1303 LAURENS ROAD PHONE 235-8111 OR 23S-3456 string quarterback Jim Lee fired a 22-yard pass to end Scott Jensen.

The victory was the fifth of the season for the Southern Conference Citadel team, which has suffered two defeats. Air Force dropped to 2-5. Citadel head coach Bobby Ross said "The only sting of the win is that we continue to lose a player again. We are really beat up." The Bulldogs lost Danny Eggleston for the season because of a dislocated elbow suffered in the game. Air Force had no injuries.

Falcons coach Ben Martin offered no excuses for his team's poor performance. "We were outplayed all the way," he said. "We were never able to get out of deep field territory and we were not able to match their game enthusiasm until it was too late." OusM 1 Air Fan 7- 7 err Jortrsm 3 run (Tarwuay xl crr-KT, Tarawtv 7 ('IT Major I pan (ran Craby (Tarv uy x) clT TO Tantruay 37 FerjMan 31 MimqXMI mum (tark tailed) AH A -Jensen a from lit) (Nnman kirk I AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) Quarterback Marty Crosby led Citadel's offensive machine to a 26-7 military academy victory over the Air Force Saturday in college football. Although Crosby and slashing running back Andrew Johnson were potent weapons, Citadel's defensive team actually dominated the game.

Johnson, a 185-pound senior, scored the first touchdown of the game midway in the first quarter on a three-yard run, capping a 27-yard drive after a poor Air Force punt. That was about all the offense the Bulldogs needed. The Citadel defense kept Air Force on its side of the field for mast of the first half as defensive ends Randy Johnson and Bob Tillman and noseguard David Sollazzo sacked Falcon quarterbacks nine times to stall several potential drives. Kicker Paul Tanguay booted field goals of 47 and 37 yards, Crosby slipped a six-yard scoring pass to tight end Al Major and defensive bark Ralph Ferguson picked off an errant Air Force pass and returned It 31 yards to complete the Bulldogs scoring. The Falcons finally got on the scoreboard late In the game when third- ADDIDAS Tournament Bum Basketball Shoos 2095 I I Casey 20 OFF All Adidas, Puma A Dunlop Bags A imaN dapoalt will layawoy lfts fair Christmas ATHLETIC LETTERIN8 OF ALL TYPES Matlar Chaff BanUniorioara I Every Sunday 3-6 PM Fir i BHI GREER PLAZA att Air Far a 1IC KB IB XI II H20 HkrVJ 7-44 27 241 ll Ml Ruahrft-yanJl Pusvu) yarrk Rrtum yard! Pin Punta Fumyalnal Penalties-ysrrji HWV.

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