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cD oj Today in sports 2 Outdoors 7 Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D. Sunday. Sept. 28, 1986 Baseball 1 mow past in AMERICAN LEAGUE By MIKE LOPRESTI Gannett News Service MIAMI They had their showdown Saturday in the Orange Bowl. When it was over, Miami had a 28-16 victory East Division Pet.

GB Boston 92 61 .601 Toronto 85 70 .548 8 New York 83 71 .539 9'4 Detroit 82 73 .529 11 Cleveland 78 76 .506 14V4 Milwaukee 72 82 .468 2014 Baltimore 72 83 .465 21 West Division x-California 90 64 .584 Texas 81 73 .526 9 Oakland 73 81 .474 17 Kansas City 71 83 .461 19 Chicago 68 86 .442 22 Seattle 67 87 .435 23 Minnesota 65 89 .422 25 over No. 1 Oklahoma and only one question remained. Were college football's national championship and Heisman Trophy won on the same steamy afternoon? That may be. The Hurricanes, rated No. 2, improved to 4-0 as nimrtarhaplr Vinnv way.

The Hurricanes intended to cover all three options on the wishbone fullback dive, quarterback keep or sweep and they rarely failed. Oklahoma rushed for 237 yards, but averaged under 5 yards a carry. And Miami was especially good on holding down the Sooners' first-down yardage, forcing passing situations on a team that doesn't like to pass. A fight broke out in the final minutes when the two benches emptied. The game had been surprisingly clean to that point, given all the pre-game chatting between the teams.

"Tragic," Switzer said. "I was scared." Miami coach Jimmy Johnson said, "I'm sure both teams are sorry it happened." The fighting went on for several minutes as different groups of players scuffled at various points on the field. Maybe so. But that is probably the only thing the Hurricanes were sorry about on a day they set their sights on the national championship. No.

1See 4B Mike Irvin for another touchdown to make it 21-3. A 54-yard Jamelle Holieway to Keith Jackson touchdown pass for Oklahoma cut it to 21-10 later in the third period and it appeared perhaps the Sooners could recover. No they couldn't. Testaverde brought Miami right back to another touchdown, a 30-yard pass to Irvin. And the case was closed.

Oklahoma's star linebacker, Brian Bos-worth, who had 14 tackles, said, "Mistakes in the third period changed the game." Switzer, his voice rising to a scream in defense of his defense, said: "My defense fought its guts out. They never quit. They just got tired, being in that field position. We gave them too much." But doesn't Oklahoma usually take instead of give? Particularly with the wishbone? Not this day. Not at all.

For one thing, once the Sooners were behind, the wishbone wasn't going to work very well. They needed yards in a hurry. For another, Miami was set to stop it, any Miami linebacker George Mira insisted that if the two teams played 10 times, the Hurricanes would win all 10. "To beat them convincingly, that's what feels good," he said. "We just didn't get by.

We won big." Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer said: "We're a good team. They're a great team." Testaverde's incredible day included four touchdown passes. He was 21 of 28 for 261 yards, including a school-record 14 straight completions, most of them in the third period when Miami was burying the Sooners. Switzer said, "He's the best quarterback we've ever played against." Testaverde said: "The type of game I had is a reflection on my teammates. When the offensive line is blocking like that, and the receivers are making catches like that, all I'm doing is standing back there and throwing." Ahead only 7-3 at halftime, Miami went up 14-3 in the third period when Testaverde hit tight end Charles Henry for 8 yards.

After Anthony Stafford fumbled the kickoff for Oklahoma, Testaverde passed 5 yards to x-clinched division title Saturday's Games Detroit 1, New York 0, 10 innings Boston 2, Toronto 0 Texas 1 California 0 Chicago 5, Minnesota 2, 1st game Chicago 4, Minnesota 3, 2nd game Oakland 6, Kansas City 3. 1st game Oakland at Kansas City, 2nd game, Baltimore 7, Milwaukee 0 Cleveland at Seattle, Today's Games Toronto (Cerutli 9-3) at Boston (Boyd 15- 10), 12:05 p.m. Detroit (Kelly 0-1) at New York (Tewks' bury 7-5), 12:30 p.m. Minnesota (Smithson 11-14) at Chicago (Bannister 10-12), 1:30 p.m. Baltimore (Bell 1-0) at Milwaukee (Birk- beck 0-1), 1:35 p.m.

Oakland (Rijo 8-11) at Kansas City (Lei- brandt 12-11), 1:35 p.m. Texas (B.Witt 9-9) at California (M.Witt 18-9), 2:07 p.m. Cleveland (Bailes 10-10) at Seattle (Lang-ston 12-13), 3:35 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Testaverde picked the Vinny Testaverde Sooners, 2-1, apart as if they were a scout team at a mid-week practice. Oklahoma halfback Spencer Tillman said: "There are no words for it.

They just dominated us." ISGSn) East Division GB 53 73 78 78 102 82 77 76 67 x-New York Philadelphia St. Louis Montreal Chicago 20 25 25'2 35 40 nttsDurgn Pet. .658 .529 .497 .494 .432 .400 .581 .519 .510 .461 .461 .458 62 93 West Division 90 65 x-Houston 1 1 Cincinnati San Francisco Atlanta San Dieqo 80 79 71 71 71 11 18'a 18'2 19 74 76 '83 83 84 NCC football North Dakota State (3-0) 2 0 St. Cloud State (2-2) 2 0 Augustana College (3 1) 1 South Dakota (2 2) 1 1 South Dakota State (2 2) 1 1 Nebraska-Omaha (2 2) 1 1 Northern Colorado (1-3) 1 Morningside College (1-3) Mankato State (0 3 1) 0 2 North Dakota (0-4) 0 2 Los Angeles x-clinched division title 1 i't Saturday's Games Chicago 5, St. Louis 3, 10 innings Houston 4, Atlanta 0 San Francisco 8, Los Angeles 3 New York 4, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 1 Montreal 0 Cincinnati at San Diego, Today's Games New York (Ojeda 17-5) at Pittsburgh (Patterson 2-2), 12:35 p.m.

Philadelphia (Maddux 3-6) at Montreal (Martinez 3-5), 12:35 p.m. Houston (Deshaies 10-5) at Atlanta (Acker 3-6), 1:10 p.m. Chicago (Trout 5-6) at St. Louis (Mathews 10-8), 1:15 p.m. Los Angeles (Welch 7-12) at San Francisco (Downs 3-4), 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Power 8-6) at San Diego (Vos-berg 0-0), ,3.05 p.m. By PAT DUNCAN Argus Leader Staff FARGO, N.D. Two second-hall turnovers were turned into touchdowns by North Dakota State University Saturday night as the Bison affirmed their role as North Central Conference front-runners. Bison quarterback Jeff Bentrim scored his second touchdown of the game after a University of South Dakota fumble. Then James Molstre scored on a 7-yard run following a James Dick interception as the Bison won 21-12 before a Dacotah Field-record 16,200 fans.

Coyotes Coach Dave Triplett said: "This was not indicative of the way we can play, and there's no way we can feel good about it. "Our defense did well. I think we found out some things about ourselves, but there's an empty feeling in our stomachs now." It was an early Bison turnover that helped the Coyotes gain the initial advantage. On South Dakota's first possession of the game, NDSU recovered quarterback Scott Jones' fumble on the USD 21-yard line. The Bison then moved the ball to the 6, but Todd Salat ended the threat by intercepting a Bentrim pass.

That started South Dakota's touchdown drive. With Jones and running back James Hambrick running the Football ball, the Coyotes marched 80 yards sparked by an 18-yard Jones-to-Kurt Southwick pass and capped it with Jones' 5-yard touchdown sneak. Bentrim answered for the Bison, top-ranked in NCAA Division II, scoring on a 1-yard run with 1 minute, 19 seconds left in the first quarter. The Coyotes took the lead on Mark McLoughlin's first field goal of the season, a 33-yarder. Each team's defense then averted serious scoring threats.

NDSU linebacker Scott Schutt sacked one USD drive with a 15-yard loss on a reverse after the Coyotes had reached the Bison 10. McLoughlin then missed a 42-yard field-goal attempt. A holding penalty nullified an apparent NDSU touchdown pass following a blocked punt with 1 minute left in the first half. The Coyotes made the mistakes in the second half, and the Bison defense took care of the rest. Argus Leader photo by JOCELYN WILLIAMS Quarterback Loren Snyder of Northern Colorado Augustana and the Bears' Joel Rumrill (64) ap-struggles to turn upfield as Dave Gubbrud (48) of proach the play.

Augustana won 22-21 Potas fuels Augustana win COLLEGE Ar63 North Dakota St. 21, South Dakota 12 Augustana 22, Northern Colorado 21 South Dakota St. 52, North Dakota 21 Momingside 10; -Nebraska-Omaha 9 St. Cloud Mankato St. 17 Huron Sioux Falls 21 Soufi Dakota fech 35, Dakota St.

7 Minnesota-Morris 35, Northern St. 28 Southwest St. 54. Iowa Wesleyan 0 Westmar 41, Doane 16 HIGH SCHOOL Clark 22; Redfield 21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Today's Games Chicago at Cincinnati noon Detroit at Cleveland, noon Green Bay at Minnesota, noon Kansas City at Buffalo, noon A. Rams at Philadelphia, noon New Orleans at Y.

Giants, noon Pittsburgh at Houston, noon San Francisco at Miami, noon Seattle at Washington, noon Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 3 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Raiders, 3 p.m. New England at Denver, 3 p.m.

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Monday's Game Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Tiefenthaler leads Jacks for the Vikings this week. "It was a waggle.

We worked hard on it this week," Heinitz said. Potas said he was expecting Burgmeier to be open. "I had faith in him. I just hoped he would catch it. He's a hard runner." Burgmier, a 5-9, 200-pound running back, hauled in the pass at the 15-yard line and broke one tackle to score.

Later, when the Vikings were trying to run out the clock, he caught another Potas pass on a third down The win was a turnaround for the Vikings, who lost a close decision at St. Cloud last week when they gave up a touchdown in the final seconds. "I think the kids really learned something last week," Heinitz learned that they had to go out and make the play instead of waiting for someone else to do it." Augustana's win overshadowed a great passing performance by senior Loren Snyder of the Bears. He completed 25 of 51 attempts and turned the tide of the game with his third-quarter magic. He brought the Bears from a 12-7 halftime deficit to a 21-12 lead midway through the fourth quarter.

But when the chips were down, the Augustana defense rose to the occasion. By DAVE JURGENS Argus Leader Staff Kevin Potas fueled an fourth-quarter comeback that sent Augustana College past Northern Colorado 22-21 in North Central Conference football Saturday night at Howard Wood Field. Potas, benched a week ago against St. Cloud in favor of Joel Nelson, entered the game with Augie trailing 21-12 midway through the fourth quarter. He quickly hit Brad Burgmeier with a 40-yard scoring pass to narrow the gap to 21-19.

When Todd Weber recovered the Northern Colorado fumble on the ensuing kickoff, the Vikings were in business again on the UNC 8-yard line. They eventually settled for a Kyle Seibel field goal that proved to be the game winner. For Potas, a redshirt freshman from Webster, victory was sweet. "I wanted to prove to people that I could still play this game," he said. "I can't say how happy I am." Until Potas entered the game, Augustana did not have a second-half first down.

"I just told him to get some first downs," Vikings coach Jim Heinitz said. The play that Burgmeier scored on was a new play Volleyball pleting 18 of 26. Tiefenthaler accounted for 241 yards, breaking the old rec- ord of 223 yards which he had set last year against Morningside. "He came in with a great reputation and he showed it," UND coach Roger Thomas said of Tiefenthaler. "With a good running attack, you can't always double Tiefenthaler." SDSU's defense also got in on the scoring when cornerback Kevin Mi-chels ran back one of his two interceptions for a 28-yard touchdown.

North Dakota was led by wide receiver Tracy Martin, who caught a 5-yard scoring pass from Kurt Otto and returned a kickoff 85 yards for another touchdown. Strong safety Tom Sieh led the Jackrabbits with 11 tackles. From staff and wire reports GRAND FORKS, N.D. Jeff Tiefenthaler caught two touchdown passes and set a North Central Conference record for receiving yardage as South Dakota State University beat the University of North Dakota 52-21 in col- NCC lege football Saturday. mmam Jackrabbit running back Dan Son-nek rushed 20 times for 116 yards and two touchdowns.

SDSU held a 17-14 lead at halftime, but opened up a 38-14 lead in the third quarter as Tiefenthaler sandwiched touchdown catches of 67 and 9 yards around a 9-yard scoring run by Son-nek. Jackrabbit quarterback Ted Wahl finished with 284 yards passing, com COLLEGE Augustana Invitational Championship Augustana 15-16-15, North Dakota 6-14-5 Semifinals Augustana 15-15, Dordt 3-9 North Dakota 15-15, South Dakota St. 12-5 Quarterfinals Augustana 15-17, Briar Cliff 8-15 Dordt 11-15-17, Gustavus Adolphus 15-11-15 South Dakota St. 11-16-15, St. Mary 15-14-11 North Dakota 15-15, South Dakota 1-6 Third round St.

Mary 10-15-15, South Dakota 15-11-10 North Dakota 15-6-15, Gustavus Adolphus 2-15-12 Augustana 15-16, Dordt 8-14 South Dakota St. 15-15. Briar Cliff 4-6 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Black Hills St. 5-0 tournament record, South Dakota Tech 4-1 Sioux Falls 3-2, Dakota St. 1-4, Huron 1-4, Dakota Wesleyan 1-4 Nebraska, Iowa romp; Gophers stunned by Pacific 24-20 Bayless ran for 127 first-half yards, including scoring runs of 1 and 4 yards.

Texas-El Paso fell to 2-3. PACIFIC 24, MINNESOTA 20 in Minneapolis Tiger quarterback Hue Jackson ran for two touchdowns and passed for another, leading Pacific past the Gophers in a non-conference game. The Tigers are 3-1. Minnesota fell to 1-2. Darrell Thompson ran for a 34-yard touchdown to give Minnesota an early lead.

But after that, Pacific dominated play. Minnesota closed scoring with 12 seconds left on Rickey Foggie's 1-yard run. Scott Streiff then recovered an on-side kick at the Gophers' 48, but Minnesota couldn't score. Ducks to 2-2. No.

15 IOWA 69, TEXAS EL-PASO 7 in Iowa City, Iowa Mark Vlasic threw two touchdown passes to Robert Smith, and Rick Bayless ran for two more scores, powering the Hawkeyes to a non-conference win. Iowa, 3-0, tuning up for its Big Ten Conference opener at Michigan State next Saturday, scored each time it had the ball in the first half in building a 41-7 lead. The 69 points were the second-most in Iowa history, topped only by a 70-14 victory over Utah State in 1957. Vlasic, who left the game in the second quarter because of a sore shoulder, hooked up with Smith on touchdown passes of 34 and 25 yards. By The Associated Press Defensive end Broderick Thomas, with three fumble recoveries and one touchdown, led fourth-ranked Nebraska to a 48-14 non-conference college football win over Oregon Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.

Thomas scored when he scooped up a fumble by teammate Jeff Tom jack, who had intercepted a Chris Miller pass and returned it to the Oregon 4-yard line. "I was at the right place at the right time," Thomas said. "It showed me what being around the ball will do." It was the second such touchdown for Nebraska, 3-0. The Cornhuskers scored their first touchdown when quarterback Steve Taylor Area major colleges fumbled into the hands of I-back Keith Jones at the 1-yard line. Jones stepped into the end zone for a 6-0 lead.

Oregon coach Rich Brooks said: "We started the game like we wanted to give it away. We were in terrible position after giving up three quick turnovers." Nebraska also picked up a touchdown when Todd Millikan caught a tipped 29-yard pass from reserve quarterback Clete Blakeman in the third quarter. Nebraska forced five turnovers in the first half, turning three into touchdowns to drop the TV's best Green Bay visits the Minnesota Vikings in a National Football League game, noon, KELO. Today Red Sox beat Toronto to clinch tie in AL East Title games in the A.G. Edwards Fall Classic soccer tournament begin at 1 p.m., Yankton Trail Park.

BOSTON (AP) The champagne remains on ice, but the Boston Red Sox are ready for a cork-popping party after clinching at least a tie for the American League East championship Satur Yesterday day afternoon. The Red Sox, who have led the East since May 15, reduced their magic number to 1 by edging the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 on On this date 10 years ago, the top-rated, high school football teams in the Argus Leader ratings were Centerville in 9-man, Garetson in Class and Washington in Class A. Byrum shoots 67 to move into 2nd ABILENE, Texas AP) -Mark Calcavecchia shot a 6-under-par 66 to take a five-shot lead at 204 after three rounds of the Southwest Classic golf tournament Saturday. Tom Byrum of PQ Onida, S.D., was in tomatam second place at 209 after shooting a 5-under-par 67. D.A.

Weibring birdied the final hole for a 68 that put him third at 210, 6-under-par and six strokes off the pace. Calcavecchia completed three rounds over the Fairway Oaks Golf Club course at 12-under. Byrum's brother Curt shot a 70 and was at 218. Chris Perry of Edina, was at 69-215. A first prize of $72,000 will go to the winner after today's final round.

1 1 wight Evans' home run 1 fh and left-hander Bruce 1 Hurst's fifth consecutive son," Hurst, who missed seven weeks with a pulled groin muscle, said. "I made good pitches today (78 strikes, 40 balls). I just felt I could put the ball where I wanted." Evans was a member of Boston's team which forced the Cincinnati Reds to seven games before bowing in the World Series 11 years ago. "We've had to work for this," he said. "This one is nicer because it's happening now.

"Toronto deserves a lot of credit, though. They aren't playing down. They're playing tough baseball. On the home run, I was just trying to hit the ball. He had a no-hitter going and I was up there trying to get a base hit." Clancy, 14-13, gave up only five hits.

He was reached for an insurance run in the seventh as Marty Barrett singled, took second on Bill Buckner's infield hit and scored on Don Baylor's single to left. Kelly Gruber, who doubled with one out in the fifth, was the only Toronto runner to reach second base against Hurst. Boston's Wade Boggs went l-for-4, dropping his batting average to .353. Morris earns 20th win. 6B years of seniority in Boston, said, "This is like going to Disneyland for the first time." Hurst pitched his fourth shutout of the season, all in Fenway Park.

"This is the greatest feeling in the world," he said. "I've always dreamed about what it would be like to pitch in a pennant race. Now I've got my taste of it, and it's a great feeling." Evans homered after Toronto starter Jim Clancy retired the first 14 batters. That was all Hurst needed, although Boston added an insurance run in the seventh. Hurst, 13-7, scattered six hits, struck out eight and didn't issue a walk in reaching a career high for victories in his fourth consecutive complete game and 11th of the year.

He is 8-2 with a 2.38 earned-run average in his last 11 starts, and 6-0 with a 1.68 ERA in seven starts at home. "I'm doing what I want to do and I feel unusually strong because of my long layoff in.mid-sea- Quotable victory. Boston will advance to the AL Championship Series for the first time since 1975 with one more victory or Toronto defeat. The New York Yankees were Dwight Evans "I'm not on the top of my game. There is rustiness.

I'm at a different level now and I still have a let to learn. It's hard to say if I'm exactly ready. It still remains to be seen." Keith Byars, rookie Philadelphia Eagles running back, who has battled a foot 1-0 loss to De- eliminated mathematically in a troit. California clinched the West championship Friday night by defeating Texas. Evans, the Red Sox's elder statesman with 14.