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I I B4 The News Leader, Sunday, November 7, 2004 SPORTS www.newsleader.com White's 5 TD tosses help Sooners pass test Top 25 Football 1 XT" The Associated Press Virginia Tech's Mike Imoh drags North Carolina's Tommy Richardson into the end zone Saturday as Jeff King (90) celebrates during the fourth quarter in Chapel Hill, N.C. okies hold off Heels when lack falls short terback duo and Notre Dame capitalized with an interception return for a touchdown, then hold on to win 17-13 Saturday over the No. 9 Volunteers. Erik Ainge separated his right shoulder on the final play of the first half when he recovered his own fumble and was sacked. He did not return.

His injury came a week after Brent Schaeffer broke his collarbone. W.Va. topples Temple MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Kay-Jay Harris caught two scoring passes and ran for two other touchdowns to lead No. 15 West Virginia to a 42-21 victory over Temple on Saturday.

Rasheed Marshall had first-half TD tosses of 5 and 29 yards to Harris, who also had two short scoring runs. Harris tied his personal best for TDs set earlier this season against East Carolina. Iowa slips past Purdue IOWA CITY, Iowa Drew Tate threw two touchdown passes and Iowa forced five turnovers and blocked two field goals in a 23-21 victory over Purdue on Saturday. Cincinnati routs Eagles HATTIESBURG, Miss. Gino Guidugli threw three of his school-record five touchdown passes to Hannibal Thomas on Saturday to lead Cincinnati to a 52-24 rout of No.

21 Southern Mississippi. Arizona State survives TEMPE. Ariz. Andrew Walter threw four yards to Matt Miller his fourth touchdown pass of the night with nine seconds to play Saturday to give No. 23 Arizona State a wild 34-31 victory over Stanford.

Boston College wins 6th BOSTON Paul Peterson scored on a 1-yard run and threw for a touchdown to lead No. 24 Boston College to a 21-10 victory over Rutgers. Peterson was 22-of-38 for 296 yards, but also fumbled once and threw two interceptions. The Associated Press COLLEGE STATION, Texas Jason White threw five touchdown passes, including the decisive one with 6:43 left, and second-ranked Oklahoma overcame Texas explosive offense and special teams trickery for a 42-35 victory Saturday. Oklahoma handed Texas a loss for the ages last season 77-0, the worst in the 108-year history of Aggies football.

But the rematch was a battle from start to finish for the Sooners (9-0, 6-0 Big 12). White, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, was 19-of-35 for 292 yards. Adrian Peterson managed to run for 101 yards and a touchdown on a tough 29 carries, his ninth straight 100-yard game. The Aggies (6-3, 4-2) finished the game without their best offensive weapon. Reggie Mc-Neal left with an apparent injury in the third quarter after throwing for 2 1 3 yards and two touchdowns and running for a score.

Ducks drop upset bid BERKELEY, Calif. Geoff McArthur caught eight passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns, and fourth-ranked California's defense stopped Oregon near midfield with 1 :39 left when Keith Allen couldn't hold the final pass in the Golden Bears' 28-27 victory. Aaron Rodgers passed for 275 yards and three TDs, and J.J. Arrington ran for 188 yards and a score for the Bears (7-1, 5-1 Pac-10), who barely kept alive their big postseason dreams with a strong second half after falling behind 27-14 in the second quarter. Badgers claim Axe MADISON, Wis.

Anthony Davis ran for 1 24 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback John Stocco threw for a career-high 297 yards and a touchdown, in fifth-ranked Wisconsin's 38-14 rout of Minnesota. The unbeaten Badgers celebrated by rushing to the Golden Gophers' sideline to retrieve Paul Bunyan's Axe, the trophy that The Associated Press Oklahoma Adrian Peterson is upended by Texas Jaxson Appel during the second quarter in College Station, Texas. goes to the winner in Division I's most-played rivalry. Longhorns rally to win AUSTIN, Texas Cedric Benson scored five touchdowns and Vince Young had a strong passing game to help No. 6 Texas overcame a 35-7 first-half deficit for a 56-35 victory over No.

19 Oklahoma State on Saturday. Young passed for 278 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score, and Benson's fourth TD gave Texas its first lead at 42-35 in the fourth quarter. Georgia rips Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. David Greene passed for 259 yards and set an NCAA Division I-A record for most wins by a quarterback as No. 8 Georgia routed Kentucky 62-17 on Saturday.

Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) prepped for its showdown with No. 3 Auburn by scoring on six consecutive possessions. Irish batter Volunteers KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Tennessee lost the second member of its heralded freshman quar for more late-game heroics. North Carolina recovered a blocked punt for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, and drove to the Virginia Tech 26 in the closing minutes.

But Davis took down Durant for an 1 1-yard loss, making Barth's job tougher. "I just went around that corner as fast as I could," Davis said. "All I wanted to do was get them out of field goal range." The kick fell just short of the uprights with 1:09 left. "It was a difficult loss because I really believed that we'd win, just as I think everybody else on our sideline believed that," Heels' coach John Bunting said. VIRGINIA TECH 7 10 10 0 27 NORTH CAROLINA 7 7 3 7 24 Rn! quarter NC ScoB 48 run (Barlfi tad.

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NCfG Barth The Associated Press CHAPEL HILL. N.C. Mike Imoh kept sprinting through the North Carolina defense, nearly running his way into the Virginia Tech record book. But it was Jim Davis who made the play that kept the No. 18 Hokies atop the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Imoh ran for 236 yards and two scores Saturday and Davis had a key sack on the Tar Heels' final drive, allowing Virginia Tech to hold on for a 27-24 win. Imoh's rushing total was the second best in school history, falling 5 yards short of the record set by Kevin Jones last year. The junior carried the ball 31 times and cracked the 200-yard mark on a 13-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter. Davis blindside sack of Dari-an Durant undermined the Tar Heels' bid to send the game into overtime. Freshman Connor Barth, who kicked a last-play Backup QB leads Seminoles im3H Secret It's the Best Kept in the Valley you Live or work in our field goal to upset Miami last week, came up short on a 54-yarder that would have tied the game with about a minute left.

"I think some big-time players made some big-time plays when it counted, Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said. Bryan Randall added a rushing score for the Hokies (7-2, 4-1 ACC), who have won five straight games. Brandon Pace had two field goals for the Hokies, who nearly blew a 13-point second-half lead. Virginia Tech kept its hopes alive of winning the ACC title in its first season in the league. The Hokies close the season with Maryland, Virginia and Miami, and winning out will give them the title in a league they had long hoped to join.

North Carolina (4-5, 3-3), coming off that 31-28 win against Miami, missed an opportunity to win back-to-back games for the first time in three years. The Tar Heels seemed poised ACC Football 1 Jackets dump Wolfpack RALEIGH, N.C. Reggie Ball missed on seven straight passes at one point, and on the sidelines, Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey voiced his Ball bounced back from that poor start by throwing a 1-yard touchdown pass to Levon Thomas midway through the fourth quarter, and Georgia Tech beat North Carolina State REAL ESTATE PLUS eLBubba CoH Today! 337-1 856 296 Dtofl Smarts Profl, Over housing Don't Let us NC Walker 1 Hocked punt return (Barth kick), 10.30. 24-14 Saturday. Third-string tailback Rashaun Grant ran for 1 22 yards, and the Yellow Jackets (5-3, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) held the Wolf-pack (4-5, 3-4) to only 131 yards in the final three quarters.

Kenny Scott returned an interception 49 yards for a TD to seal it with about 1 minutes left. Ball finished 9-for-28 for.91 yards and three interceptions, including one near the end of the first half that Marcus Hudson brought back 60 yards for a go-ahead score. Community, you CAN join DuPont Community Credit Union! Rockingham "Harrisonburg rHiah and Augusta "Staunton 30 years of experience in the industry "Waynesboro l-i The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Backup quarterback Wyatt Sexton led three long scoring drives in the second half, and Gary Cismesia tied a school record with five field goals in his college debut to lead 1 3th-ranked Florida State past Duke 29-7 Saturday. Sexton completed 11 of 15 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown while taking the Seminoles on drives of 93, 80 and 70 yards to break open a tight game.

Florida State (7-2, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) struggled on offense in the first half, managing three short field goals from Cismesia to make it 9-0. Sexton replaced Chris Rix, who failed to get the Seminoles into the end zone in the first half while making his first start in six weeks. Rix went 9-of-15 for just 94 yards and threw an interception that set up Duke's touchdown his 37th pick at FSU. The Seminoles reached Duke's 1, 6 and 3 on successive series in the first quarter before settling for the kicks by Cismesia, a freshman playing in place of slumping senior Xavier Beitia. Cismesia's fifth field goal, from 43 yards, tied a school record.

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