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Opriouai, Oct. 1 2, 1976 DAILY WORLD fl0 idte Msdl TToeiinfiis 4 i Jit Jj Grambling, No. 8 Kentwood, No. 9 LaSalle, and No. 10 Second Ward.

SEVEN TEAMS listed in the Top 10 quad-A poll are undefeated and two of the remaining three teams are unbeaten. Lake Charles High, rated ninth, is the lone quad-A school ranked with a loss. Sulphur, owning a 5-0-0 mark, owns the No. 1 rating by a seven-point margin over Neville. The Tors scored a 26-7 win over DeRidder.

Rated third is Covington with a 5-0-0 mark. Covington advanced to the quad-A finals last year, losing to St. Augustine for the title. Istrouma of Baton Rouge is rated fourth followed by No. 5 St.

Augustine, No. 6 De La Salle, No. 7 Rummel, No. 8 Capt. Shreve, No.

9 Lake Charles, and No. 10 Carroll. LUTCHER, RIDING ON a 19- game win streak the state's longest, easily owns the No. 1 rating in the triple-A ranks. The Bulldogs, winners of the triple-A state crown last year, are coming off a 23-6 victory over Destrehan.

Ranked second is Jesuit of Shreveport followed by No. 3 Winnfield, No. 4 Menard, No. 5 (tie) Winnesboro and Jennings, No. 7 Denham Springs, No.

8 Tioga, No. 9 Ruston, and No. 10 Washington. Two teams from District 4-AAA are ranked in the Top 10 Jennings and Washington. Jennings, rated fifth, is coming off a 2-0 win over West Lake.

Washington, ranked 10th, scored an easy 28-0 win over hapless Eunice. champions, dropped from second to a fifth place tie with Jackson after suffering a 31-0 loss to Mandeville. The loss snapped a 19-game win streak for the New Orleans. St. Louis of Lake Charles, 5-0-0 for the season, is now in second place.

The Saints won 48-12 over triple-A Oakdale. Rated fourth is Mamou over Evangeline Parish. The Green Demons are 5-0-0 for the year and are coming off a narrow 14-10 victory overBasile. JACKSON IS tied for fifth place with John Curtis. The Chiefs, 4-0-1 for the year, won 35-0 over Melville.

Rated seven is undefeated Mc-Call with a 5-0-0 mark. McCall is making the Top 10 for the first QUAD A 1. Sulphur (6)50 87 2. Neville (2) 50 80 3. Covington (1)50 68 4.

Istrouma 5-0-0 53 5. St. Augustine 41 50 6. Ue La Salle 50 36 7. Bummel3l 35 8.

Capt. Shreve 50 27 9. Lake Charles 41-0 15 10. Carroll 40 12 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Bourgeois 6. Fair Park 6, Woodlawn 6, East Ascension 3, Baker 3, Shaw 3, Bonnebel 2.

Lafayette 2, DeRidder I. TRIPLE-A 1. Lutcher (9) 50 90 2. Jesuit 50 81 3. Winnfield 4-1-0 65 4.

Menard 50 51 5. Jennings 4-1-0 49 Winnsboro50 49 7. Denham Springs 3-1-1 40 8. Tioga 4-1-0 19 9. Ruston 2-1-2 12 10.

Washington 41 9 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Haughton 5, Kaplan 5. West Lake 4, Woodlawn 4, Salmen 4, Destrehan 3, Catholic 2, Breaux Bridge 1, Central 1. time. Owning the No. 8 position is Tallulah with a 4-1 record.

Rated 9th is W.O. Boston and Port Barre is in 10th place. ELTON RECEIVED eight of the nine first place votes in Class A. The Indians, 5-0-0 for the season, scored a 36-0 victory over Catholic Pointe Coupee. Undefeated St.

Mary's is rated second and eight points behind top ranked Elton. The Natchitoches school scored a 48-14 win over Montgomery. Merryville and Sicily Island are tied for third place. The Panthers are 5-0-0 while Sicily Island stands 4-1. Unbeaten St.

Charles owns the No. 5 rating. Rated sixth is St. Edmund followed by No. 7 DOUBLE-A 1.

Notre Dame (9) 50 90 2. St. Louis 50 78 3. Opelousas Catholic 4-1-0 66 4. Mamou 50 38 5.

Jackson 41 34 John Curtis 4-1-0 34 7. McCall 50 32 8. Tallulah 4-1 31 9. W.O. Boston 31 27 10.

Port Barre 41 is OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Newellton 9, White Castle 9. White 8. Benton 7. Haynesville 6, Walker 5, Homer 4, Many 2, River Oaks 2. CLASS A 1.

Elton (8) 50 (9 2. St. Mary's (1)50 81 3. Merryville 50 62 Sicily Island 4-1-0 62 5. St.

Charles 40 51 6 St. Edmund 4-1-0 34 7. Grambling 4-1-0 26 8. Kentwood 41 22 9 LaSalle50 21 10. Second Ward 3-2 13 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Hanson 11, Sterlington 11, Country Day 5, Port Sulphur 4, Delta Heritage 3.

Three St. Landry Parish schools are ranked in the Top 10 poll of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Opelousas Catholic, always regarded a state power, and Port Barre are in the double-A Top 10. St. Edmund of Eunice, despite suffering its first loss of the season, is rated in the Class A Top 10.

OPELOUSAS CATHOLIC coming off a hard earned 13-7 victory over stubborn Sunset is rated third in this week's poll moving up one notch due mainly to John Curtis' loss. The Vikings are 4-1 for the season. Port Barre, coming off an impressive 20-0 victory over St. Edmund, cracked the Top 10 for the first time this season. Coach Joe Tuminello's unbeaten Red Devils are rated 10th.

The Red Devils stand 4-0-1 for the year. St. Edmund dropped from third to sixth in the Class A Top 10 poll. The Blue Jays are 4-1 for the season suffering their first loss of the year at the hands of double-A Port Barre. OCHS' next test will be against Ville Platte High in the Yam City Saturday Saturday starting at 3 p.m.

Port Barre plays host to Rosenwald and St. Edmund travels to Merryville in Friday night games. NOTRE DAME IS a unanimous choice for the No. 1 rating in Class double-A. The Pioneers, coming off a 40-0 win over Erath, are 5-0-0 for the season.

John Curtis, the defending state Kams in Los Angeles. Plunkett threw two touchdown passes in leading the 49ers to a 16-0 upset win over the Rams. (UPITelephoto) GOOD PROTECTION Quarterback Jim Plunkett (16) of 49ers is shown getting good protection from his line during Monday night's game against the etrs Upsetf finis, 1T THE SC0REB00K. APRotesL By TONY BEAUGH Daily World Sports Writer SSI- LOS ANGELES (UPI) On his biggest night as a football player, Tommy Hart seemed a little bitter. After a spectacular national television performance in a 16-0 upset victory over the Los Angeles Rams, the San Francisco 49ers' defensive end let his feelings spill out.

"It's tough to play as long as I have and not get any recognition," Hart reflected. "Do you know I've never made any all-star teams? Not a It would be nice to be recognized once in a while. A big game like this on TV will help, of course. Maybe there'll be a few more big games before I'm through. I sure hope so." Maybe Hart, a nine-year pro from Morris Brown of Atlanta, has been overlooked because San Francisco's other defensive end is All-Pro Cedrick Hardman.

But it was. all Hart's show Monday night. He forced James Harris into three fumbles as the 49ers, with a club record 10 sacks, moved ahead of the previously unbeaten Rams to the top of the National Football Conference West standings. Improving their record to 4-1 under new Coach Monte Clark, the 49ers jolted the Rams with all their points in the first 5:56 of the second half. Jim Plunkett, the 1970 Heisman Trophy winner, passed for two touchdowns.

After a scoreless first half, Plunkett hit Ram castoff Willie McGee on a 36-yard touchdown pass on the fourth play of the second half to put the 49ers ahead, 7-0. Hart then got to Harris twice in the next four minutes, both deep in Los Angeles territory, and forced him to fumble. Taking the ball on the Ram 5 and Ram 14, the 49ers converted the Los Angeles mistakes into insurance points. Tight end Tom Mitchell caught a six-yard Plunkett pass on the goalline after the first recovery and Steve Mike-Mayer added an 18-yard field goal after the second fumble. "Yes, this is easily my biggest game," Hart said.

"This really feels great. "We had good pass coverage tonight. Then they got behind and had to throw the ball. It wasn't Harris' fault. We were on him so quick he didn't even have time to think.

Now we're In first place. But we won't be able to relax. We were up tonight but it's hard being up for all 14 games." Added Plunkett, "It's a big boost but we can't enjoy this one too long. We can enjoy it tonight. We've got to go to work tomorrow for the next one." The 49ers, who have a 4-1 record while the Rams are 3-11, appear to be a definite threat to end the Rams' three-year dynasty in the NFC West.

The Playoffs. UPI POLL 1. Michigan (41) 50 419 2. Pittsburgh (1)50 348 3. Nebraska 41 296 4 UCLA 4 0-1 290 5.

Oklahoma 41 177 6. Maryland 50 7. Missouri 4-1-0 no 8. Southern Cal 4-1-0 9. Ohio Stale 3-1-1 101 10.

Texas Tech 30 67 11. Georgia 4-1-0 12. Florida 3-1-0 41 13. Notre Dame 3-1-0 20 M. TOW 2-1-1 14 15.

Houston 3-1-0 16. 'AHcansas 3-1-0 17. Tulsa 4-1-0 (, 18. Kansas 4-1-0 5 19. Oklahoma State 3-1-0 4 20.

Mississippi 4-2-0 2 NOTE: By agreement with the American Football Coachek Association, teams on probation by the NCAA are ineligible for the Top 20 or national chamionship consideration by the UPI Board of Coaches Those teams on probation for 1976 are: ssippi State, Michigan State, SMU. Ixng Beach State and USL. A POLL 1. Michigan (57) 50 2. Pittsburgh (3) 5-0-0 iosv 3.

Nebraska 41 848 4. UCLA 41 r4 5. Maryland 5-0 660 6. Oklahoma 41 611 7. Missouri 4-1-0 485 8 Southern Cal 4-1-0 41s 9 Ohio State 3-1-1 406 10 Texas Tech 30 309 11.

Georgia 4-1-0 302 12. Florida 3-1-0 2:10 13. Texas 2 l-l 174 14. Notre Dame 3-1-0 158 15. Kansas 4-1-0 130 16 LSU 31-1 42 Mississippi 4-2-0 42 16.

Arkansas 3-1-0 37 19 Houston 3-1-0 28 20. Alabama 3-2-0 is LSU, coming off a hard earned 33-20 Southeastern Conference victory over Vanderbilt, has moved into a tie for 16th place with Ole Miss in the AP Top 20 poll. But, the UPI Board of Coaches have overlooked the Tigers for the second straight week. LSU's next test of the season will be against Kentucky in Lexington Saturday night. The Tigers are looking for their first out-of-state victory since the 1973 season.

TEXAS TECH HAS moved into the Top 10 as the Red Raiders scored a surprise 27-16 victory over Texas last week. Tech owns the No. 10 rating in both polls the highest ranked SWC team. Michigan is rated first in both polls. Pittsburgh, Nebraska, and UCLA are rated 2-3-4 in both polls also.

Maryland owns the No. 5 rating by AP while Oklahoma is fifth in UPI's poll. Listed sixth by AP is Oklahoma and Maryland is rated sixth by UPI. Missouri, Southern Cal, Ohio State, and Texas Tech are 7-8-9-and-10 in both polls. GEORGIA IS THE highest ranked SEC team as the Bulldogs head the second Top 10.

Georgia dropped from fourth to Uth following its 21-17 loss to Ole Miss. Peisisleir efls Unfits tack Dim After knocking off the Philadelphia Phillies two straight in the National League pennant race, the Cincinnati Reds seem primed to defend their World Championship crown. The Reds, western division winners in the NL, can advance to the World Series for the second year in a row if they can beat the Phils today in the third game of the best three out of five playoff setup. The Big Red Machine has taken the measure of Philadelphia, champions of the eastern division, 6-3 and 6-2 in the first two contests. AS USUAL, THE Reds have gotten good hitting from their starting eight in collecting six runs in each of the two games.

The regulars, however, got some help from pitcher Don Gullett in the first game as he drove in three of Cincinnati's runs. But, the surprising aspect of the Reds' performance thus far has been their pitching, which has been called suspect at best. In that first game, Gullett hurled a two-hitter for eight innings before leaving with a stiff shoulder. After surviving a shaky start, Gullett settled down to retire the next 21 Phillie batters over seven innings. Gullett, 11-3 on the regular season, is just coming around from a bad arm that reduced the big left-hander's workload considerably.

IN THE SECOND game, rookie Pat Zachary allowed two runs in five innings for the victory. Zachary, up for Rookie of the Year honors, received excellant relief help from Pedro Borbon, who pitched four full innings of shutout ball in gaining the save. Cincinnati seems to have a big advantage over Philadelphia when it comes to experience. The Reds have won their division five of the last seven years and have appeared in the World Series three times during that span. Philadelphia, on the other hand, has only two regulars that have seen and experienced post-season pressure.

This inexperience has shown in the first encounters, as the Phils have committed numerous critical fielding errors. ONE OF THOSE miscues proved extremely costly, (continued on Page 8) season. At the conclusion of the schedule, I expect to return to the full-time role of general manager, with the responsibility at that point of assisting the new 1977 coaching staff in building the Falcons' fortunes on the football field." Peppier, who last coached as an assistant at Wake Forest in 1962, said Smith's decision "caught me by surprise. I felt a change was needed. But I didn't figure this is what it would be." Smith said he and Peppier agreed "philosophically" that they were opposed to making a coaching change at midseason but the "situation dictated that we do just that." Campbell, defensive coordinator for the Falcons for six seasons under Norm Van Brocklin, replaced Van Brocklin after eight games of the 1974 season when the Falcons, a best-ever 9-5 the year before, were 2-6.

ATLANTA (UPI) Atlanta Falcons General Manager Pat Peppier officially took on the added responsibility as head coach Monday, but says Bill Walsh will be doing much of the job. Peppier was named to replace ousted Head Coach Marion Campbell by owner Rankin Smith and quickly pointed out that since he hadn't done any coaching in 14 years, he was going to rely heavily on Walsh, who was moved up from offensive line coach to assistant head coach. Peppier indicated that if he has the say, Walsh will be named coach next year. "My ambitions are not to be a football coach," said the balding, 54-year-old Peppier, who came to the Falcons from the Miami Dolphins as general manager 20 months ago. "I will wear the hats of head coach and general manager for the balance of the Due To Georgia's Defeat IVINDS6V pig mBm A Victorian period I Medical Officers pouch 4ft.

anc' bell of the 1 a Grenadier Guard-, By UPI The Kojac trend apparently is over at Georgia. Defeat has stilled the barber's shears. Many of the Georgia players, at the beginning of the season, shaved their heads bald in a togetherness act an vowed to shave the head of a coach after each victory. Head coach Vince Dooley promised to get his locks shorn if the Bulldogs finished the season unbeaten. Four coaches joined the ranks of Kojac lookalikes as Georgia rolled to a 4-0 record and vaulted to fourth in the national rankings.

Saturday, with offensive coordinator Bill Pace the next scissors target, Mississippi struck a blow for hair with a 21-17 upset. Now, with Georgia 4-1 and 11th in the rankings, most of the bald players say they'll start letting "Right now, it looks like some inexperienced people are going to get the footballlearning experience of their lives Saturday night in Memphis," Tyler said. Mississippi worked out 90 minutes Monday with coach Ken Cooper warning that the win over Georgia was "great, but we've got five more games left and South Carolina is a very big hurdle." Ole Miss meets the Gamecocks Saturday night in Columbia. At Auburn, coach Doug Barfield said the Tigers appeared to be bouncing back from their loss to Memphis State last weekend. Auburn takes on Georgia Tech Saturday at Auburn.

Vanderbilt went through a two-hour workout without pads Monday as te Commodores readied for their trip to Georgia. their hair grow again. The Bulldogs, still strong contenders for the Southeastern Conference championship, hope to get back on the victory trail against Vanderbilt Saturday in Athens. At Florida State, Bobby Bowden was basking in the glow of the longest winning streak any Seminole coach has enjoyed since 1972 a twogame skein. Florida State, after dropping its first three games, has beaten Kansas State and Boston College.

Arch-rival Florida is up next and Bowden has closed all Seminole practices to the public. "I know what this game means to Florida State, and I want our players devoting all of their concentration to the game," he said Monday. The game Saturday night in Tallahassee is a sellout. Coach Bill Battle said Monday that Tennessee is making good progress after stumbling in the early going. "We lost one we had a chance of winning and won one we had a chance of losing," he said.

"We could be 5-0 at this time or 2-3." Tennessee actually is 3-2 and meets Alabama at Knoxville Saturday in a nationally-televised contest. Bear Bryant complained about the number of injuries at Alabama's practice Monday. "We're really crippled now," he said. Mississippi State's Bob Tyler had a similar problem. He said 23 players were sidelined with injuries as the Bulldogs began preparations for Memphis State.

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