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Coloradoan Prep Sports The Friday Report -T s. B'- rL o. Rocky Mountain zips past loveland, 40-12 63-CV 73' a-a- D9 i The first time Rocky Mountain had the ball the Lobos marched 57 yards In seven plays to get on the scoreboard. Starting from the Loveland 27, quarterback Allen Wlnslow threw a play action pass to Joe Stoll. He was wide open In the rlghthand corner of the endzone for the touchdown and Wlnslow's extra point made the score 7-0.

Following a Loveland punt, Rocky Mountain started from near midfleld again and took only six plays to score Wlnslow kept around right end for 21 yards and then Spitz picked up the final 28 yards on three carries. Spitz' five-yard scoring run over left tackle came with 2:02 left In the first quarter and Wlnslow's wide PAT attempt left the score 13-0. Rocky Mountain had two opportunities pass by the board when Wlnslow had a 51-yard field goal attempt blocked and then a 56-yard Interception return for a touchdown by Mark Schmidt was nullified when the Lobos were called for roughing the passer. Another Interception came on the next play, however, as Mike Mangum picked off a pass that went through the hands of Indian receiver Tom Flock and returned It from the RM 25 to the Loveland 40. The demoralized Indians were not up for the following play as Spitz ripped through the Indian line and outran the secondary for a 40-yard scoring jaunt.

Wlnslow's kick left the halftime score 20-6. By TOM BRUNY For the Coloradoan LOVELAND Winning builds pride and losing Is habit forming and Friday night's Rocky Mountaln-Loveland football game proved both statements as the Lobos rode their winning momentum to a 40-12 trouncing of an Indian team that appeared to be Just going through the motions. The win came In the final regular season contest for both schools and left Rocky Mountain with a 4-1 Northern Conference Division II record and a 7-1-1 overall record. Loveland Is now 2 21 In league play and 2-5-2 on the year. This Friday Loveland will meet Longmont as the two third place finishers battle and Rocky Mountain will likely play the loser of Tuesday's playoff game between Cen-taurus and Sterling.

Tom Spitz was the big show for Rocky Mountain once again as he rushed for 13S yards on 13 carries. The over 10-yard average was boosted by touchdown runs of 40 and 33 yards, respectively. "Tom Just keeps Improving every game," praised Lobo coach Pat O'Donnell following the game. "I think he's even faster now and getting off the ball better than he was In the middle of the year." Jack Scarborough intercepted a Wlnslow pass at the beginning of the third quarter and returned it to the Lobo 25 to set up Loveland's first score. The touchdown came on an 11-yard pass from Mike Gebhardt to Joseph Matese with 9:52 left in the quarter.

Spitz came back a few minutes later with his 33-yard touchdown-run. On third down and one, Spitz swept left end, turned the corner, and outran safety Larry Roorda into the endzone. Jay Yeager recovered a Gebhardt fumble a few seconds later, setting up a four-yard touchdown keeper by Win-slow. That made the score 33-6. Rocky Mountain recovered a Loveland fumble on a punt return to set up its final score.

That came on a 29-yard strike from Curt Strobel to Mike Noonan. Most of the fourth quarter was consumed by a 17-play, 87-yard Loveland drive that stalled on the RM one-yard line. Rocky Mountain turned around and fumbled on the one on the next play and the Indians got the touchdown back on a two-yard keeper by Gebhardt. "Our seniors did a great Job and we're really putting things together now," said O'Donnell. "Our goal was to win the last four and finish 8-1-1 and we have one more game to do that." mi mii ir- w--T--f 'itrm ni-ir irBMSiTiifaiai i nt VaamwaJ Coloradoan photos by Joe Novotny TOM SPITZ 10-yard avg.

How they fared By The Associated Press Here's how the top ranked teams In The Associated Press poll of Colorado high school football teams lared in games this week Class AAA 1. Ranum beat Thornton 31 0. 2. Cherry Creek played Heritage Saturday. 3.

Air Academy beat Harrison 35 0. 4. Arvada beat Golden 16 0 5. Wasson beat Pueblo Centennial 21 7. 6.

Fort Collins played Niwol Saturday. 7. (tie) Longmont tost to Sterling 20 16 Denver North played Manual Saturday. Pueblo South beat Coronado 27- 8. 10.

Arvada West beat Wheat idge ,35 7. Class AA 1. Denver Christian played Denver Lutheran Saturday. 2. Yuma beat Akron 49 8.

3. Rocky Ford beat Crowley County 136 4. Salida beat Manitou Springs, 21 0. 5. Sheridan beat Middle Park 53 0.

6. Moffat County played Eagle Valley Saturday. 7. Glenwood Springs beat Meeker 47 14. 8.

Gunnison beat Olathe 27 20. 9. Roosevelt beat University High 14 8. 10. Fort Lupton was idle.

ClassA 1. Walsh played Limon Saturday. 2. Stratton played Granada Saturday. 3.

Lyons played Hayden Satur day. 4. Trinidad Catholic played Bayfield Saturday. 5. Dolores County Played Sargent Saturday.

Prep scores By The Assocclated Press Colorado High School Football Friday's Results Greeley West 34, Fort Morgan 6 Brush 29, Windsors Fairview 12, Aurora Hinkley 7 Arapahoe 41, Littleton 20 Salida 21, Manitou Springs 0 Julesburg 41, Holyoke 7 Clear Creek 33, Holy Family 0 La Junta 22, Canon City 13 Rocky Ford 13, Crowley County 6 Yuma 49, AkronS Gunnison 27, Olathe 20 Washington 27, Denver South 14, Steamboat Springs 18, Aspen 15 Calhan 26, Hugo 13 Ranum 31, ThorntonO Las Animas 74, Rye 12 Air Academy 35, Harrison 0 Brighton 42, Central Catholic 6 Aurora Central 41, Enqlewood 13 Arvada West 35, Wheal Ridge 7 Jefferson 21, Pomona 14 Westminster 21, Regis 12 Highland 27, Mullen 12 Pueblo County 33, Alamosa 20 Cheyenne Mountain 34, Lamar 14 Sheridan 53, Middle ParkO Cenlauri 8, Antonito6 Wasson 21, Pueblo Centennial 7 Del Norte 26, Monte Vista 13 Grand Junction Central 26, Cortcz 23 Durango27, FruitaO Cedarcdqe4l, Nucla 12 Paonia 13, Palisade 9 Roaring Fork 28, Battle Mountain 16 Glenwood Springs 47, Meeker 14 Rille 14, Rangely 12 Centaurus 18, Greeley Central 0 Roosevelt 14, University High 8 Sterling 20, Longmont 16 Poudre 38, Thompson Valley 0 Rocky Mountain 40, Loveland 12 Doherty 27, Palmer 13 Woodland Park 24, Florence 8 St. Mary's 48, Lewis Palmer 7 Smoky Hill 1 7, Douglas County 6 Widcfield 17, Pueblo Central 7 Delta 21, Montrose 18, OT Trinidad 39, Fountain Ft. Carson 32 2 Broomlield 36, Mapleton 14 Gateway 17, Boulder 14 Adams City 18, Northglenn 13 Burlington 26, Wray 6 Igeirs It im LV ii 32 81 101 18) 109 6 16 2 S3 I 5 513 4 First downs Rushes yards 38 222 Passing yards IS4 Total offense 376 Return yardage 96 Passes 9 2 Fumbles lost 2 I Penalties yards 13 124 Punts avg 2 46 0 Score By Quarters: Rocky Mountain 13 7 20 0 -40 Loveland 0 0 6 12 RM Stoll 27 pass from Winslow (Winslow kick) RM Spiti 5 run (kick tailed) RM Spitz 40 run (Winslowkick) LV Matese 11 pass from Gebhardt (kick failed) RM Spit! 33 run wmslow kick) RM Winslow 4 run (kick tailed) RM Noonan 29 pass from StroDel (Winslowkick) LV Gebhardt 2run (passfailed) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Rocky Mountain: Spitz 13 135. Winslow 7 31. Ricketson 8 33.

Barton 3 7, At wood 2 Loveland Craft 17 64, Reyes 5 10. Gebhardt 8 3 PASSING Rocky Mountain: Wmslow 8 13 2 tor 125 yds Strobel 1 10 for 29 yds Loveland: Gebhardt 6 16 2 for 101 yds RECEIVING Rocky Mountain: Stoll 2 38, Spitz 2 31, Noonan I 29. Mcintosh I 21. Smith 1 18, Schmidt I 9, Marshall 1 8. with seven carries for 47 yards.

Poudre scored only two points in the first period on a safety as John Wissing tackled Thompson Valley quarterback Ron Osborn in the endzone. Later in the opening period, Poudre recovered one of nine Eagle fumbles! five of them lost) to set up an 11-yard Whitman touchdown with 8:40 left until halftime. The Impala quarterback tacked on another score just before the half when he broke away for a 48-yard TD run. Scott Brush, who booted four successful extra points for the night, kicked the PAT. Midway through the third period, Poudre began a long scoring drive aided by the running of Scott and Whitman.

It was Devlin, though, who carried the final 21 yards untouched into the endzone with 2:15 left in the quarter. Then, after another fumble recovery, a long gainer by Devlin put the ball on the five and Scott scored from there with 1:23 still to play in the same period. Brush's PAT made it 30-0. In the final quarter, McClary was playing practically everyone on his 64-man roster, but the Impalas still were able to come up with another score following still another fumble recovery. Whitman went the final two yards for the score with 6 19 left in the game.

TV First downs 15 la Rushes yards 43 196 41 303 Passmq yards 63 69 Total oflense 259 372 Return yards 21 42 Passes 8 15 3 5 17 1 Punts Avg 4 37 7 4 38 0 Fumbles lost 9 5 4 2 Penalties yards 6 64 9 65 Score by periods: Thompson Vy. 0 0 0 0 -0 Poudre 2 14 14 8 38 Poudre Safety Wlssmg tackled Osborn in endzone Poudre Whitman 11 run (Brush kick) Poudre Whitman 48 run (Brush kick) Poudre Devlin 21 run (Brush' Kick) Poudre Scott 5 run Brush kick) Poudre Whitman 2 run' (McHugh pass from Whitman) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING TV Vasquez 23 132,, Rutt 8 78, Osborn 8 for 30. Poudre: Whitman 11 113, Scott 9 67 Devlin 7 47, Stouffer 4 40, Warner 5 29,. McHugh 2 2, Germolus 2 6, Towell 1 for 1 PASSING TV Osborn 8 15 3, 63 yds; Poudre. Whitman 5 17 1, 69 yds RECEIVING TV: Shaw 3 48 Huffsmith 2 14, Vasque: 1 10, Rutt 1 3, Marchand 1 2, Poudre: Devlin 2 41, Miranda 1 14, Ray 1 11, McHugh 1 3 PUNTING TV: Osborn 3 37 Rutt 1 40, Poudre: Sorrell 4 38 0 place finish in 10:03.

Other Poudre placewinners were Alan Lind, 12th in Greg Hulbert, 28th in Marvin Schieldt, 84th Russell Sinden 68th: in and Tim in 11:23. Longmont was 14th in the meet this year, while! Greeley West finished 17th and Fort Collins Dave Paranka led the; Lambkins with a time of 10:37, good for 61st. Other Lambkins who competed were Dave Sullivan, 78th in Matt Stermitz, 131st; Carl Hinds, 148th; Mike Riba, 156th; Bill Banks, 170th; and Paul Magnus, 177th. RM ii By NICK LARSON Of the Cbloradoan Poudre High's football team finally enjoyed a breather Friday night. "It was one of those fun games for the kids that will get them enthusiastic about next week's final game," said PHS Coach Ron Mc-Clary Friday night after the Impalas coasted to a 38-0 shutout over Thompson Valley at French Field.

The Impalas came into the game with two losses and a tie in their last three outings. Therefore, the chance to play against a team with only one win for the season came at an opportune time for Poudre, which now stands 2-2-1 in Division I play of the Northern Conference and 5-2-2 in all games. The Impalas close out their 1976 schedule next Friday at French Field against Greeley West. The two clubs finished in fourth place in their respective divisions. Poudre racked up 372 yards total offense against the Eagles on the leadership of senior quarterback John Whitman.

The 190-pounder, who wasn't expected to start, ran 11 times for 113 yards and completed 5 of 17 passes for 69 yards. He also scored three touchdowns by rushing. Junior Greg Pettine had been expected to get the starting nod at quarterback. But he and seniors Kevin Christensen and John Turner were all forced to sit out the game due to a violation of training rules. McClary indicated the trio may not play in the season finale, either.

The Eagles got a standout performance from ace tailback Ivan Vasquez, who rushed for 132 yards on 23 carries. Tailback John Stouffer, the season-long leading rusher for Poudre, injured a knee early in the game and finished with 40 yards on four carries. His replacement, Glen Scott, turned in an admirable performance with 67 yards on nine attempts. And Steve Devlin, a junior starting in place of Christensen at fullback, may have won a starting berth on next year's team Whitman leads Poudre Impalas fo easy win Senior quarterback John Whitman was indeed a big reason why Poudre blanked Thompson Valley 38-0 Friday night at French Field. Whitman picked up 69 yards through the air with tosses like this (top) in completing 5 of 17 passes.

And he ran for 113 yards on 1 1 carries, evading Thompson Valley tacklers like this (bottom) throughout the night. The victory lifted Poudre to 2-2-1 in division play and 5-2-2 for the season. n.i -'3 i i i LS jig wi Dt ii Tin TWf deraol Trojans' titDe Poudre runners take 5th in state N. Dakota St. blanks UNC FARGO, N.D.

(AP) -North Dakota State blanked Northern Colorado 24-0 in nonconference football action Saturday as freshman quarterback Steve Campbell guided the Bison past one of the nation's top ranked rushing defenses. Northern Colorado was ranked fourth in NCAA Division II rushing defense statistics last week, but Campbell and the Bison racked up 224 yards on the ground against the Bears. The Bison, who face North Central Conference opponent Northern Iowa next week, boosted their season record to 7-2. Northern Colorado slipped to 6-2 overall. touchdown of the night and Lary Honstead ran for the two-point conversion to give Sterling a one-point lead.

On the ensuing klckoff, Sterling's Dennis Fuller executed a perfect onslde kick and Honstead recovered on the Longmont 31. A personal foul on the home team moved it to the 16, Three carries by Honstead and one by Ness advanced the ball to the one, where Ness scored his third touchdown of the game. Longmont managed a 29-yard field goal by Luke Fetter in the final period, but a stiff Sterling defense prevented the Trojans from getting a touchdown. Centaurus, which has only one loss to its credit for the season, was helped by fullback Mark Gettmann, who had touchdown runs of 53 and 36 yards in the win over Central. Greeley West scored In every quarter to coast past Fort Morgan.

Mike Kronlck scored twice in the first half and Mick Bracken scored on an 81-yard interception return for the final touchdown. of those miscues, too, to score all 20 of Its points in, the third quarter. The Trojans breezed to a 13-0 halftime lead on touchdowns by Tom Carlton and Steve Pugh. Carlton caught a 66-yard pass from quarterback Ray Rafltl In the first period and Pugh scored on a one-yard run in the second quarter. The complexion of the game quickly changed early in the second half when Pugh fumbled and Jay Brammer recovered for Sterling on the Longmont 27.

Three plays later, quarterback Dave Ness ran for the touchdown from the two to leave Sterling trailing by six. Minutes later, Ken Kaln and Joe Bahr of Sterling recovered another Longmont fumble, but the Tigers couldn't take advantage of the opportunity. The fumble-plagued Trojans coughed up the ball again, though, and Charlie Lanham of the Tigers recovered on the Longmont 24. Three plays later, Ness scored his second A funny thing happened to Longmont Friday night on Its way to a second straight iNorthern Conference football championship the Trojans didn't make it. Sterling apparently didn't know that Longmont was headed for another title as the ppstart Tigers upended the Trojans 20-16 at Longmont.

The loss knocked Longmont from Ihe Division I lead. Sterling and Centaurus will have a playoff Tuesday at 7:48 p.m. at Centaurus for the Division I crown. The winner will play next Saturday afternoon for the league championship. In other Northern games Friday night, poudre blanked Thompson Valley 38-0, Rocky Mountain romped past Loveland 40-12, Centaurus bombed Greeley Central 18-0 and Greeley West crushed Fort Morgan 34-6.

Longmont lost four fumbles to Sterling, of them in the third period, in the key battle at Longmont. Sterling took advantage PUEBLO, Colo. Aurora Central's Ray Louis broke the Colorado high school record in cross-country Saturday with a time of 9:41.1 over the two-mile course, but Pueblo Centennial won the Division 1 state championship with 82 points. Poudre, the Northern Conference champion, finished fifth with a score of 201. Pueblo swept the top three places as East was second at 121 and Central was third at 180.

Arvada West's 183 score was good for fourth, ahead of Poudre. George Pineda led Poudre's finish with a ninth.