The Columbus Telegram from Columbus, Nebraska • Page 9

1977 Columbui, Telegram--9 7 i i i i i I I I I I i I I I Three area teams lead prep districts Huskers hit top 10, Three Telegram hiah school football touni i. Trojans now No. 1 Three Telegram high school football teams lead their districts after four weeks of the U77 season. Schuyler Warriors are atop Dist. B-2 with a perfect 4-0 record and 47.0 rating.

Toe Warriors dropped 1.6 point lead over second place Central City. Columbus Scotus is third, points behind the Bison. Humphrey St Francis jumped to the top of Class C-2 Dist. 2 with its 3-1 record. The Flyers replace Newman Grove, which fell to fourth after its loss to St.

Edward. St. Francis is actually tied for the lead with Wai thill with 37.5 points. Newman Grove has 35.0, a drop of seven points from a week ago. St.

Edward continues its stronghold in Class Dist. 3. The Beavers have 50.7 points, up from 43.6 of last week. The second place team Greeley has 43.2. Newman Grove wasn't the only top-rated club to fall last week.

Lindsay Holy Family was upset by Scotus up two notches Wheeler Central and fell to third place in Eight-man Dist. 2 with 40.0 points. Beemer and Decatur took over with 45.3. Shelby Is fourth at 38,7. The three-way pileup for second place in Class C-l Dist 5 was aided when two of the trio were knocked off last week.

The margin wasn't very much, however, since both Osceola and Dodge lost to undefeated teams. Fuller-ton took over.sole possession of second place behind Utica Centennial with 45.7 points and a 4.0 record. The Warriors defeated Osceola which fell to third with 40.0 and Dodge, loser to 4.0 Norfolk Catholic, is fourth at 37.5. Stromsburg appears in the district rankings for the first time. The Vikings' 2-2 record was worth a third place tie in Class C-2 Dist.

4 32.5 along with Harvard. Although winning big last week, Humphrey dropped from the top four in Eight man Dist. 2. The Bulldogs had been tied for fourth last week. Looking over the classes, district leaden are: Class Creltfton Prep.

37.5, Omaha Westalde, 43.2, PapilUon, 47.0, Lincoln Northeast, 45.7, South Sioux City, 43.2, Grand Island, 31.7; Class B. Nebraska City and Crete, 44S, Schuyler, 47.0, Arlington, 45.7, Pierce, 43.2, McCook, 49.0, Chadron, 47.0; Class C-l, Hebron, 47.0, EDiom Mt. Michael, 43.2, Tekamah-Herman, 47.0, Battle Creek, 47.0, Utica Centennial, 48.2, Bayard and Gibbon, 47.0; Class C-2, Nebraska City Lourdes, 45.7, Hum- phrey St. Francis and Walthill, 37.5, Orchard, 38.0, Henderson, 44.5, Anselmo-Merna, 43.6, Grant, 45.7; Class Bancroft, 52.0, Coleridge, 47.0, St. Edward, 50.7, Nelson, 52.0, Axtell, 45.7, Alliance St.

Agnes, 47.0; Eight-Man, Adams, 47.0, Beemer and Decatur, 45.3, Hampton, 47.0, Brady, 45.7, Trenton, 45.3, Potter, 45.7. Southeast, McCook lead prep ratings Class A Team Points 1. Lincoln Southst(7)(3-0) 94 2. Papillion (4-0) 67 3. Omaha Westsid(2) (4-0) B7 4.

Lincoln Northst( (4-0) 72 5. Fremont (3-1) 6. Grand Island (3-D 50 1. Ralston 3 1 1 41 8. Omaha CrghtnPrp(3-l) 26 9.

Omaha South I2-1-1) 10. Bellevue East 3 1 12 Class Team Points 1. McCook (7) (4-0) 96 2. Lincoln Piux (21 (3-0) 88 3. Schuyler (4-0) 80 4.

Columbus Scotus 3 1 47 5. Crete (4-0) 39 6. Hastings Adams Central (4-0) 32 7. Nebraska City 4 0 29 8. Holdrege (3-1) 27 9.

Omaha Ryan 2 2 26 10. Central City (3-1) 18 LINCOLN, Neb. (UPI) Lincoln Southeast today strengthened its hold on first place in the Class A United Press International Nebraska prep coaches poll, and McCook, for the first time this season, climbed into the top spot of the Class rankings. Southeast, the top-ranked school last week with five firstplace votes, rolled over Columbus, 29-12, and collected seven first-place votes in this week's balloting by the 10 Class A Nebraska coaches. McCook, a Class A school last season, has climbed steadily in the UPI ratings each week, moving from fifth place' four weeks ago to second last week to the No.

1 Class ranking today with seven first place votes and 96 total points. Lincoln Pius which did not play last week and was the topraniced Class school, dropped to second with two first-place votes and 88 total points. While Southeast improved in the Class A rankings this week, No. 2-ranked Omaha Westside slid to third and Papillion moved up one notch to second place. Westside defeated Omaha North, 20-12, last week, while Papillion defeated Omaha Northwest, 20-0.

Lincoln Northeast also moved up one notch, climbing from fifth to fourth with a 134 win over Lincoln High. Fremont, seventh a week ago, is fifth this week following a 21-14 win over Lincoln East, while Grand Island moved from eighth to sixth place with a win over North Platte. Ralston, unranked last week, jumped to seventh place; Omaha Creighton Prep climbed from 10th to eighth place; Omaha South, also unranked a week ago, took over ninth; and Bellevue Down By The River Local angler finds success near home BylEERUPP Fishermen in our area, and most likely everywhere else, can generally be divided into two groups. One group moans that our lakes and streams contain very few fish worth catching and they are just naturally unlucky. More positive thinking anglers assume there are fish present, and if they're not catching them they are doing something wrong.

The latter group has almost all the success. One charter member of this rather exclusive club is Dale Heth of Columbus. In spite of the fact that Dale grew up fishing in the Valentine area, where a multitude of more lightly fished waters is available, you'll not hear him complain about the scarcity of fishing opportunities available near Columbus. He catches his share, and "good luck" has very little to do with it. Stays close to Columbus Heth, a guidance counselor at Scotus the past six years, has the same simple philosophy common to all expert anglers.

That is to fish as often as possible, and for Dale this means as many as five trips a week, especially during periods when the streams are running clear. He is able to fish often because he confines most of his outings to waters within a lOmile radius of Columbus. This makes it possible to fish before or after work. Too many anglers have the attitude that if they dont have at least a long weekend for a dash to Minnesota of McConaughy, they may as well watch television. Dale's first basic premise is to match your gear and bait to the species you're after.

"I use ultra-light tackle, with four- pound test line, for the light-biting panfish. My favorite baits for these species are different than most fishermen. I use grasshoppers for bluegill, and prefer small jigs for crappie. Most people assume minnows are the only crappie bait, but I feel this is wrong. Best bluegills in deep water "My best bluegill fishing is in deeper waters during hot weather, whereas many people feel the good ones can be taken only in the spring off of spawning beds.

In our gravel pit type fishing so common to this area, I often take bluegills in 15 feet of water. They appear to be probably staying in an area of desirable temperature and oxygen concentration. Fishing shallower or deeper produces nothing. I've caught several one pound bluegill around here using this method." Dale has a catfish bait that works so well for him that he uses it almost exclusively. "You have to tolerate a powerful odor, but rotten minnows are the best bait going.

I simply place a container of dead minnows in the sun several hours before I go fishing. I then lay them on some porous material such as card- board to absorb some of the mosture and toughen them up a little. They of course don't stay on the hook real well, especially in flowing waters, but they are terrific in sandpits and ponds. Bass on purple rubber worm "My most productive bass lure, by far, is a purple rubber worm the bigger the better. I rig it on a 2-0 or 3-0 weedless hook with no sinker.

The important thing is to fish it slow. A good retrieve may take five minutes. "Many people probably won't believe me, but I think the sauger fishing lithe PlatteRiver is better than the Gavins Point tailwaters we hear so much about. You may catch fewer sauger rtSfi bigger. I use small Jigs, and ounce.

fished in tandem one above the other, I usually use one yellow anSone white jig. They may hit one cotor or other betterat times, but overall they probably end up being equal. TWs LthodhasproducedsUoreightsaugerformemthetartnree threes that were big enough for a Master Angler Award (over East, another unranked school, is No. 10 this week. Omaha Tech, No.

4 last week, and Lincoln East, No. 8, dropped out of the top 10. Tech lost to Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 3-0, and East was defeated by Fremont. In the Class rankings, Schuyler, which received one first-place vote, remained in third place this week, a i Lakeview, 27-0. Columbus Scotus, No.

6 last week, jumped to fourth this week, while Crete vaulted from ninth to fifth place, defeating Seward, Cozad was fourth last week, but lost to McCook, 27-0, and fell from the top 10. Gering was fifth, but lost to Class A Scottsbluff, 214, and also dropped out of the top 10. Hastings Adams Central, tied with Nebraska City for seventh last week, moved to sixth this week and Nebraska City remained in seventh. Holdrege moved from 10th to eighth place; Omaha Ryan, unranked last week, is ninth this week and Central, also unranked, took over 10th place. Sparky sparkles from bullpen By BILL MADDEN UPI Sports Writer There's hardly ever been a New York Yankee champion- ship team which wasn't also characterized by a standout relief pitcher and now, only four games from their second straight American League East title, there is Sparky Lyle.

Indeed, for the 69th time this season, there was Sparky Lyle coming out of the bullpen BOSTON Young Scott Rebahr, 5, of Farmingham, holding a Red Sox pennant high, and attending his first Red Sox game ever, sits with his dad, Richard, in the rain Monday at Fenway Park. The game was postponed and will be played as part of a twi-night doubleheader tonight. (UPI Wirephoto) By PAUL ERNST Whoops In this column Monday there was a bobble. I wrote that the Husker touch- down was recalled for blocking and it should have been for clipping. There is a difference say about 15 yards.

An Astro Turf infield has been installed. ac for fishing, much as they were It wouldn't be a bad idea to take some tip, from Dale Heth and go fishing a few more times. Husker Baseball The Husker baseball team will plan a Red-White intrasquad game at 10 a.m. Saturday. This will give the fans a chance to see the workout prior to the attending the football game.

The Huskers have a new coach in John Sanders and he has done lots of recruiting. The outlook for next spring is considered bright with 10 returing lettermen. Last year the Nebraska nine finished with a 29-13 campaign. Sanders has picked up several junior college players and this should bolster the outlook. Fight Thursday Muhammad All and Earnie Shavers battle in Madison Square Garden Thursday night in a heavyweight title fight.

The fight will be televised and Ali will be favored to retain his crown, but I look for a pretty good show. Especially better than some of All's latest bouts. Nil Attendance It was rather surprising that the home game with Baylor has attracted the top attendance of the, first three games. Naturally you would think the Alabama game would be the leader but that is the poorest. A turnout of 76,231 saw the Baylor tilt, for Washington State 75,922 attended and for Alabama 75,899.

Monday night to preserve the Yankees' 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians, which re- duced their magic clinching number to four. Lyle came on in relief of winner Mike Torrez, 17-13, and pitched three innings of one-hit, shutout relief for his 29th save. Thurman Munson singled home Bucky Dent with the decisive run in the fourth inning for New York, after losing Indians' pitcher Don Hood forced home a pair of first-inning runs when with the bases loaded he hit Dave Kingman with a pitch, then walked Cliff Johnson. The Yankee watchers have been heard touting Lyle for both the Most Valubale Player and Cy Young Awards. I haven't the least bit of interest in them," he said.

"Winning the pennant is what this game is about, not win- ning awards. "I can pitch every day the rest of the season. I feel stronger every now than I did at the start of the seasoa" With Boston being rained out with Toronto and Baltimore idle, the victory increased the Yankees' lead to games over the Red Sox and four over the Orioles. Elsewhere in the AL, Oakland downed Kansas City, 7-1. In the only National League games, Chicago put away Philadelphia, 10-7, Atlanta outslugged Houston, 12-10, Montreal overhauled St Louis, 9-5, and San Francisco drubbed Los Angeles, 9-1.

Cubs 10, Phillies 7: Larry Biittner pounded out four hits, including his 12th homer, and Bobby Murcer and Greg Gross also homered as the Cubs stalled the Phillies' ML East clinching. The Cubs accumulated 20 hits off four Philadelphia pitchers, leaving the Phillies' magic number at one. Braves 12, Astros 10: Jeff Burroughs belted his 41st homer to snap a 10-10 tie in the seventh inning and Gary Matthews added hiis second of the game one out later for an Atlanta insurance run. Expos 9, Cardinals 5: Gary Carter, who earlier hit a three-run homer, delivered a two-run single in the ninth inning when the Cardinals scored four runs to put the game away. Giants 9.

Dodgers 1: i i celebrating a night in his own honor, clouted his 492nd career homer and Gary Thomasson drove in four other runs with a homer, double and single to stake Giants right-hander Ed Halicki to his 15th win. A's 7, Royals 1: Joe Coleman tossed a five hitter and Mike Jorgensen and Jeff Newman hit homers to help the A's snap an eight- game Kansas City winning streak. Jim Colbom, 18-14, went all the way in absorbing the defeat. Southern Cal 3 0 Oklahoma (H) (3-01 Michigan (9) (30) Penn 51. (301 Texas AM (1) (3-0) Colorado (301 Ohio St.

(2-11 Texas 120) Flordla (7-0) Nebraska 2 1 Arkansas (3 0) Alabama 2 1 Pittsburgh 2 1 Brlgham Young 2 0 Notre Dame 2 1 California (3 0) Houston (2-1) Arliona St. 2 0 Texas Tech (2 I) 33! 321 370 It' 231 135 111 104 90 50 31 30 13 12 10 4 5 20. Wisconsin (3-0) Nebraska joined the United Press International top 10 for the first time this season in the pool of coaches announced today. The Huskers fell into the 10th spot after its 31-10 win over Baylor Saturday, im- proving its record to 2-1. Nebraska joined two other Big 8 teams in the elite group.

Oklahoma, after its last seconds victory over Ohio State, climbed into second place and Colorado, victor over New Mexico, jumped two spots to sixth. Southern Cal, a 51-0 winner over Texas Christian Saturday, has replaced Michigan as the No. 1 team in the ratings. After the third week of the season, the Trojans polled 335 points to edge out the Sooners for the top spot by just seven points in the first major reshuffling of the top teams. Southern Cal and Oklahomas each received 14 first-place votes.

Michigan picked up nine first-place votes but fell to No. 3 after defeating Navy by only 14-7. Perm State's impressive 27- 9 triumph over Atlantic Coast a i Maryland helped the Nittany Lions move if) one place to the No. 4 spot. Texas A 4 after downing last week's No.

6 team Texas Tech, 33-17, jumped from No. 7 to No. 5 and received the other first- place vote. Ohio State dropped to No. 7 after the one-point loss to Oklahoma at home.

Tesas AM's triumph over Texas Tech helped idle Texas move one spot to No. 8. Florida also climbed one spot, from No. 10 to No. 9, on the strength of a 24-22 victory over Mississippi State.

No other Big 8 teams were listed in the top 20. Nebraska victim Alabama remained at No. 12. Olympic shooters here for hunt Four members of the 1976 United States Olympic shooting team which par- ticipated in the Montreal games will be among the teams taking part in the Grand National Mixed Bag Hunt and Conservation Days scheduled here November 3-6. They are Army Captain Lanny Bassham, John Sat- terwhite, Charvin Dixon and David Ross.

Bassham, perhaps the best rifle marksman in the world today, is a serious-minded young Army Medical Service Corps Officer whose love for shooting has earned htm countless awards, trophies, citations and medals. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Bassham edged out teammate Captain Margaret Murdoch, to win the gold medal in the 50-Meter Free Rifle event. At the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Bassham captured the silver medal. Participating in the 1974 World Shooting Championship Games in Thun, Switzerland, Bassham harvested eight gold medals-three of them in the 300-meter rifle competitioa Satterwhite, a quality control engineer from Kirldand, Wash, represented the United States in the '76 Games on the sheet shooting team. Only three years out of high school, Dixon reached the pinnacle of International trap shooting in America.

On May 22,1976, Dixon blasted 98 100 clay pigeons for a three day CAPT. LANNY BASSHAM total of 293 to take the U.S. International Clay Pigeon Championship and the top spot of the U.S. Clay pigeon team that competed with the U.S. Olympic team in Mon- treal.

Houston's Ross has been a competitive shooter for 15 years. He won the gold medal in the English match in last year's Pan-American Games, and then competed with the U.S. Olympic team in Mon- treal. Bassham, Satterwhite, Dixon and Ross will call themselves the "Olympians" at the Grand National Mixed Bag competition. They will also participate in a Celebrity Trap Shoot scheduled for Saturday afternoon, Nov.

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