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Sport ASHEV1LLE CITIZEN-TIMES Sunday. SeDt. 15. 1985 taction ScofesStandlnqs Outdoors Recreatiop Western Rolls Over Teclhi, 30-3 k3 Newberry Sboda Furmaa. Ptgeit ByOOUOMIAO Sports Editor' -1 COOKEVILLE, Tenn.

Reserve tailback David Mayfield scored on a pair of short touch quarter. The Cats did most of their damage on that opening touchdown drive on the tailback sweep, with Milton Beck and Eddie Maddox al-' ternating in the lineup. A 13-yard sweep around the right side by Beck gave the CaU a first down at the Tech 48. Five plays later Perkins hit DeLapp with a short pass along the left sideline. DeLapp faked one defender and streaked downfield for a 23-yard pickup to give the Cats a first down 'on the one-yard line.

Mayfield scored on the next play. The victory was the sixth straight for the Catamounts over the past two seasons. The loss was the 13th in a row for the Golden Eagles, inlcuding eight straight at home. Western now holds a (-5-1 edge in the series with Tennessee Tech. The two teahw are not scheduled to play again in the near future.

5 The Catamounts return to Cullowbec Saturday for their home opener against Furman. The Paladins were the preseason favorite; to win the Southern Conference championship. gave Roach a chance for another three-pointer and his 34-yard field goal waa straight through the uprights as the first-half horn sounded. WCU opened the second half with one of its best drives of the night The Cats moved from their own 10-yard line all the way down to the Tech 10 80 yards in 14 plays but couldn't get in the end zone. Roach came on to kick a 27-yard field goal and WCU had a 23-3 lead at the 4: II mark of the third quarter.

The Cats also scored on their next possession. They rolled 63 yards in eight plays, with Mayfield scoring on a two-yard run off tackle. The two keys plays in the drive were a 27-yard completion from Perkins to tight end Alonzo Carmichael and a 17-yarder from Perkins to wide receiver Vince Nowell that gave WCU a first down at the two-yard line. Mayfield followed three blockers into the end zone on the next play. Western scored on its second possession of the night, driving 85 yards in 10 plays, with Mayfield going the final yard for the touchdown.

Roach kicked the extra point and the Cats had a 7-0 lead at the 5:20 mark of the first down runs ana Kirk Roach kicked three field goals to spark Western Carolina to a surprisingly easy 30-3 victory over. Tennessee Tech Saturday night Before a sparse crowd of 7,263 at Tucker Stadium, the Catamounts were at mid-season form, operating smoothly on of-, ense and all but shutting down the Golden Eagle Cats had 101 yards on the ground in the first half and 127 yards pasting. And Western was at least as impressive in the third and fourth quarters of the game. The Catamounts scored twice in the final 1:14 of the first hah to take a 204 toad into the dressing room at balfttme. Perkins hit wide receiver Tyron DeLapp with a 43-yard touchdown pass.

It was one of those Hail Mary varieties Perkins' pass was high and deep in the general direction of De-Lapp and Tech defensive back Danny Crooks in the right side of the end zone. DeLapp, a HI senior, outjumped the 5-11 Crooks to make the catch. Kirk Roach kicked the extra point and the Cats had a 17-3 lead. Tennessee Tech went nowhere on its next possession and it appeared the Golden Eagles would be able to run out the clock. With 10 sec- onds remaining in the half, Tech punter Scott Meadows took the snap and headed for the left sidelines.

Meadows was trying to run but the clock, but when he stepped out of bounds, there were two seconds remaining in the first half. That DeLAPP wishbone attack. With junior quarterback WlDie Perkins at the controls most of the way, the Western offense picked the Tennessee Teen defense to shreds most of the night WCU had excellent balance between the pass and the run. The No. 12 LSU! Kicks Aside' b.i 4.

Heels, 23-13 Carolina Coach Crum Sees 'Progress' Despite Defeat Wake Forest, Maryland Head ACC Winners. PageS By CHRISTOPHER HORETH Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL North.Carollna Coach Dick Crum considered it "progress." The Tar Heels, behind their new pass-oriented look, set a number of school records through the air against 12th-ranked Louisiana State Saturday afternoon lal Kenan Stadium. Quarterback Kevin Anthony established single-game marks for completions 31), pass attempts (53) and passing yardage (302), while flanker Earl Win-field (11 receptions, 133 yards) became only the second receiver, iytfchtfiery to catch lQv more passes la a game. Everything panned out well, by Crum's own assessment, except the points on the scoreboard, which showed a 28-13 LSU victory. "I thought we played a really good football game against an outstanding team," said Crum.

"We got a good effort from our youngsters." So, what happened? Winfield summed it up best: "Between the 20s, I thought we were awesome. We moved the ball real well. But we had these breakdowns Those breakdowns were the result of LSU taking away the one Ingredient UNC lacked the medium- and long-range pass. That combined with the Heels' Inability to stop LSU running back Dalton Milliard, made the difference as the Tigers rallied from a 13-7 first-half deficit to win its season opener while evening UNC's market M. Milliard rambled for 142 yards on 31 carries and proved instrumental, along with LSU quarterback Jfff Wickersham, in rallying the Tigers to 10 second-half, points.

Tied 13-11 at the half, LSU went to work on its second possession of the third quarter and drove to the UNC 37, where placekicker Ron Lewis booted a school record 54-yard field goal to hand LSU the lead, 18-13. I Milliard and Wickersham sparked a (0-yard drive that gave LSU its final 10-point lead. HUliard ended the march with a three-yard run. l. Wickersham completed 23-of-34 passes for 206 yards and one touchdown.

UNC although held scoreless in the second half, picked up 174 passing yards and 12 first downs in the final 30 minutes, The Tar Heels, after a relatively Ineffective thipl quarter, moved the ball well on their first possessions! the fourth quarter. Anthony completed 5-of-8 short passes: as UNC drove into LSU territory. When Winfield pulled in a five-yard pass and whs quickly decked on a third-and-11 play at the LSU 30, the'. Heels had to settle for Kenny Miller's 46-yard field poal-See HEELS, Page 5 Carolina Receiver Earl Winfield Dives For Extra Yardage Against LSU. The Tar Heels Lost, 23-13.

Mets Surrender NL East Throne Doug Mead Subway Series This Season? Short Subjects: Which will it be, a subway 'series or a freeway series? Both the New York Hets and the New York Yankees are battling to win their respective divisions. Ditto for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the California Angels. Actually, the Dodgers have all but wrapped up the National League West. But the St Louis Cardinals are giving the Mets fits in the NL East, the Toronto Blue Jays are slugging it out with the red-hot Yankees in the AL East and the Kansas City Royals are locked in a tight race with the Angels in the AL West The two most interesting races involve teams from the Big Apple the NL East and the AL East Imagine what it would be like for the Mets and Yankees to square off in a World Series. Dwight Gooden vs.

Dave Win-field and Don Mattingly, Ron Guklry vs. Keith Hernandez and Gary Car- ter. But the most interesting figure in all this would be Yankee owner George Steinbrenner. If the Yankees and Mets should both win their respective pennants, there's no doubt that the entire world would suddenly become Met fans, i Is there a more universally disliked sports owner in the entire world than The Pompous One? He makes Al Davis and Robert Irsay seem like genuinely nice guys. While there's no doubt that ABC's executives are dying for a subway series, it would be nice to see a different team representing the American League in the World Series.

pf AUez Blue Jays. i '4 Atlanta Braves' play-by-play announcer Ernie Johnson made a rather profound statement last week while the home team was being totally destroyed by the Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. "The' Dodgers aren't this good and the Braves aren't this bad," said Johnson. When Johnson made that statement, the Braves were-trailing 10-1 in the middle of the fourth in- ning. And the previous night the Dodgers had swept a pair from the Braves by the totally lopsided scores of 10-1 and 10-4.

Come on, Who are you trying to kid? The Braves are that bad. No, actually they're worse. They're an embarrassment to the City of Atlanta and major league baseball in general In fact, it's doubtful they could beat the Richmond Braves, their AAA farm team in the International League. 1 As for the other part of Johnson's statement, that's wrong, too. The Dodgers are that good, especially when they're playing the Braves, the team that makes all others look as good as the World Champion Detroit Tigers of 1984.., By the way, the final score of that Wednesday night game was Dodgers 12, Braves 3.

Where's the 10-" run rule when you really need it? And with that loss, the Braves were mathematically eliminated from the NL West race. The poor San Francisco Giants. When it rains, it pours. Now they even have mascot problems. Their ex-mascot a self-styled crude crustacean named Crazy Crab is suing the San Diego Padres for alleged injuries inflicted during his between-innings routine." The crab is claiming that on last Sept.

24, an unidentified Padre player "grabbed him from behind, throwing him to the ground and brutally beat him" without provocation. The crab was out of action for a month. It's still a little early for post-season baseball awards, but there are a number of fairly obvious choices, even at: this stage of the season. American League MVP: Don Mat-tin gly, Yankee; National League MVP: Willie. McCee, Cardinals; American League Cy Young Award winner: Ron Guklry, Yankees; National League Cy Young Award winner: Dwight Gooden, Mets; National League rookie of the Vince Coleman, Cardinals.

It didnt take long to discover that former All-Pro quarterback Joe Na-math waa much better on the foot- ball field than ha is in the 'ABC-TV broadcast booth. Where's Dandy Don and Humble Howard whenyoa need i them? Wen. at least Dandy Don. -A- Hendersonvtlle's Kim Restarts will be named the junior girls tennis player of the year by Tennis Magazine. i 'Wizard Of Osr1 Pulls Trick.

PaelB The AnoeiaMd Pratt MONTREAL If it the nandez, 6-0. He went to third on a groundout and scored on Hubie Brooks' slow roller to shortstop. The Mets tied the game in the third inning on a double by Mookie Wilson and an RBI single by Keith Hernandez. -1 The Expos took the lead for good in their half of the third as Raines hit a drive off Fernandez' leg and went all the way to -third when third baseman Howard Johnson picked up the ball and threw wildly past first Vance Law followed with a sacrifice fly. The Expos scored in the fifth on Jim Wohlford's RBI single, in the sixth on Mike Fitzgerald's sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and in the eighth when Tim Wallach, who doubled, stole third and continued around on catcher Gary Carter's second throwing error of the game.

The Mets dropped out of first place in the National League East with the loss. St Louis, which beat Chicago 5-4, moved one-half game ahead of New York. Palmer, 7-9, who- spent nearly a month on the disabled Ust with a stiff shoulder, gave up five bits and walked three in five innings te win his first game since June 27. Jeff Reardon finished up to earn his teague- leading 35th save. "That was a very solid outing," said Expos Manager Buck Rodgers of Palmer.

"His fastball was actually about two or three miles an hour faster than his last time Tim Raines and Tim Wallach each bad two bits and a pair of runs scored to pace i the Montreal attack. Raines led off the first inning with a double to left field off Met starter Sid Fer chill in the air, uavta Palmer might have thought be was in spring training again. "It felt like I was pitching for the first time this year," said Palmer, who made his first start in seven weeks a successful one Saturday as the Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets 5-1. "I just tried to do what I always RAINES do, go after the hitters instead o( trying to nibble at the corners." i Jackets Collar N.C. State, 28-18 niiiit! TheAttociaied acc CMMM II, ttiirtu CttmuaM LIU a nmi SOUTHERN DtvMNH 14 FvrMwn tl WHtNt KMfvcfcv MMM KMtwcfeV WMMM IMtt 11 he cant pin his ears back and go after the quarterback So, we've taken that away from him and let him go for the rush." Curry, whose team captured the school's 500th victory, faces three consecutive ACC clashes in the coming weeks.

He said his team had faltered offensively after a 21-7 first half that included two touchdown passes to Gary Lee. "We put our defense under enormous pressure aD day and by taking a vacation in the second half," Curry said. "That was embarassing to me and well correct that" Kramer hit Rickey Isom on a 23-yard scoring past with 1:13 left and teamed with Ralph Britt for a Ipotnt conversion to make the game dose, but an onside kick failed and time ran out. Dewberry, completed pass attempts for 197 yards in the regionally televised season opener for the Yellow Jackets. Tailback Cory Collier rushed for 80 yards and Jerry Mays added 89, as the Yellow Jackets piled up 411 yards in offense to 269 for N.C.

State. Kramer led the Wolfpack passing with 181 yards and two touch-" downs. Running back Vince Evans rushed 90 yards on 16 carries. Dewberry moved Into fourth place on the all-time Georgia Tech passing list with 20 touchdown passes breaking the record of 18 set by Billy Lothridge. His 197 passing yards moved him ahead of Kim King into third place with 2,833 yards.

He also moved into fifth place on the total of fente list 3,431 N.C. State opened the scoring with 3:57 left in the first quarter See JACKETS, Page 9 RALEIGH Georgia Tech found a. way to give quarterback John Dewberry room to hit three touchdown passes while closing in on North Carolina State's passing gamer for a 28-18 Atlantic Coast Conference victory. "John Dewberry it an outstanding quarterback," said N.C. State coach Tom Reed.

"We had him contained a number of times and he scrambled out and made a big play." Meanwhile, the Yellow Jackets were handing out seven; tacks to Wolfpack quarterback Erik Kramer, including five by defensive end Pat Swilling. "We've taken a few responsibilities away from him to allow him to get into the quarterback's face," said Georgia Teen coach Bin Curry. "If you use Urn as a contain person, then MwOMIIII OkKU.7 WMWr CMUM II TtCt I SEC Tmt UK It I IvrtcwM I li SOUTH ATLANTIC LIMrtll U. Mwt Hill I i (-. 1 vr- Pack On Top Tlgrs Escap Highly ngsrttod Atlantic Coast Doggon Dovos With millions of doMt prsdtctsd to mlgrata through th mountains In tha coming I wosks, WNC hunters hsnro iC tTHMrsHaa skyward for fho upcoming tsason.

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