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Press Pemocrat, Santa Rosa. Wednesday, Pec. 8, 1976 Lopez not Empire's only standout Jim Rus of Ukiah, who led the Empire in (Continued From Page 13) BART PELLANDINI Defender of the Year BRENT FINLEY Lineman of the Year and Dave Houlemard (defensive lineman) on the team and Petaluma, runner-up to Newman in the North Bay League, also had two First Team representatives, John Volpi (running back) and John Ramatici (linebacker). The final first team spots belong to Rancho Cotate lineman Ken Morita and Ukiah receiver Vic Eddens. Repeaters from last year's First Team firf) Devencenzi, Lopez and Pierre.

THE OFFENSIVE First Team blasts a 5,000 yard backfield, with Lopei at quarterback, Titus (252x1106) and Volpi (149x857) at halfback and Balletto (157x737) at fullback, Wide receivers are Eddens (42x864) and Vaughan (25x568) who scored and eight touchdowns, respectively, this year. Tackles are Haug and Finley, with Morita and Pevencenzi at guard and McCormick at center. Titus, Volpi and Vaughan are the only juniors on the offensive First Team- On defense, the coach of the mythical All-Empire team would send out linemen Houlemard, Finley, Pierre and Plevney, with Pellandini, Ramatici. McAtee and Stanley to back them up. Defensive backs are 'D'Agosta, a 130-pounder, Vaughan, a 135-pounder, and Salazar.

Houlemard, Ramatici, D'Agosta and Vaughan will all be back next year they're juniors. THE ALL-EMPIRE Second Team is nothing to sniff at. passing yardage this year (1863) is the quarterback. Nineteen of his passes went for touchdowns. Rob Crandall (Newman), Dave Hernandez (Healdsburg) and Steve Donaldson (Santa Rosa) are the All-Empire second team running backs.

There are three wide receivers on the second team, Salazar at one side with Steve Mc-Cabe (Healdsburg) and Pat Patterson (Piner) tied for the berth on the other side. Guards are Joe DelQuerra (Montgomery), and Mike Peterson (Cesa Grande) and center is Pierre of Newman. Jim Krist of Petaluma holds down one tackle spot, with Albert Giam-mona of Healdsburg and Reynaldo Uresti of El Molino tied for the other tackle job. Of that 13-man crew, only Donaldson and Glammona will return next year. Both are juniors.

Ukiah placed three men to the defensive Second Team, Jerry Dietrlck (line), Mark Rupe jllneblacker and Jeff Kolesar (back). Other linemen are Tom Loupy (Healdsburg), Bob Frye (Petaluma) and Mike Plevney (El Molino). Healdsburg's Tinker Puran is a second team linebacker, along with Kent Armbright (Petaluma). Gian Camare (Santa Rosa) Don Rehe (Piner) and Pete Ward (Sonoma) join Kolesar in the defensive backfield. Frye and Rupe are juniors, so they'll be back in 1977 to bid for First Team berths.

while he was with coach Ed Lloyd's team Newman went 344), won three league titles and two NCS crowns. Empire coaches whq helped select the 1976 all-star team were unanimous in the belief there was but one Lopei in this year's crop, but there were many other excellent football players. Bart Pellandini, a 6-1, 185 pound senior teammate of Lopez, was a defensive First Team pick as a linebacker and named "Defender of the Brent Finley of Montgomery, 6-1, 215, also a senior, was a First Team pick on both offense and defense and was honored as "Lineman of the Year." A total of 29 men were named First Team on offense and defense, with Finley and Cardinal Newman junior Mike Vaughan the only two-way All-Empire picks. Newman placed seven men on the First Teams: Lopez, Vaughan (receiver) defensive back), Dave Haug (tackle), Dave Devencenzi (guard), Joe Pierre (defensive lineman), Pellandini and Bob Salazar (defensive back). Montgomery placed four men on the First Teams: Finley, Matt McCormick (center), Tim Stanley (linebacker) and Ron D'Agosta (cor-nerback).

El Molino, the Sonoma County League champion, had three First Teamers: Tim Titus (nmning back), Ruben Plevney (defensive lineman) and Mark McAtee (linebacker). Analy placed John Balletto (running back) I I VOLPI OF PETALUMA Another Top Junior Back TITUS OF EL MOLINO All-Empire Halfback Piner runners sure of high national rank CAMPBELL Piner High's North Coast Section champion cross country team assured itself a high national ranking Saturday jay breaking the 75 minute mark in a three-mile "postal meet'' at West Valley College. i'J- I 12 1 2 18 All-Empire football team Offensive team OFFINH, fiaiT TEAM Poi. Pmi Mm Ht Wt, OB -Cardinal Newman 5-11 1M HB Tim TiIub El Molino $-0 170 HB John Petaluma 5-10 165 FB John BaJMfo. Analy 6-1 810 WR We Eddens 6-3 180 WR Mine Newman 67 135 Qaye.

Haug Cardinal Newman 6-1 1M ''KenMonta Rancho Colate 191 Matt McCormick Montgomery 5-11 195 fi Dave Devencenzi Cardinal Newman 5-0 160 Brenl finley Montgomery: g-1 215 QFFENtf KCONQ UAH. QB Jim Rus Ukiah 8-0 180 Xt Pop Crandall Cardinal Newman S-7 167 HB Dave Hemandei Healdsburg 8 8 150 FB Steve Donaldson Santa Rosa 6-11 180 WR Bob Cardinal Newman 8-1 170 WR (tie) Steve McCabe Healdsburg 6-8 150 Pat Patterson Piner 5-9 145 Jim Knst Petaluma 6-0 175 Joe DelQuerra Montgomery 6-0 205 Joe Pierra Cardinal Newman 6-3 215 Mike Peterson Casa Grande 5-11 185 (tie) Albert Giammona Healdsburg 6-1 195 Reynaldo Uresti El Molino 5-10 193 -p p. Photo MARK McATEE, ELMO Big Lion Linebacker MIKE VAUGHAN, NEWMAN Junior Goes Both Ways VIC EDDENS, UKIAH Empire's Leading Receiver JOHN BALLETTO Analy High Fullback 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 i OFFENSE, HONORABLE MENTION Quarterbacks Erik Pedersen, Piner, Casey Gilroy, Petaluma, Jr. Runnlngback-Calvin Wells, Cardinal Newman, Knute Madden, El Molino, Jr. Lineman Mike Parmeter, El Molino, Jay Huflord, Piner, Mike Doyle, Analy, Jeff Moneymaker, Santa Rosa, Sr.

Defensive team DEFENSE, FIRST TEAM Player School Ht. Dave Houlemard Analy 6-0 Brent Finley Montgomery 6-1 Joe Pierre Cardinal Newman 6-3 Ruben Plevney El Molino 6-4 Bart PetlanOini Cardinal Newman 6-1 John Ramatici Petaluma 6-0 Mark McAtee El Molino 6-4 Tim Stanley Montgomety 5-? Ron DAgosta Montgomery 5-4 Bob Salazar Cardinal Newman 6-1 Mike Vaughan Cardinal Newman 5-7 Pot. LB LB LB LB DB DB DB Yr. 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 11 12 11 Wt. 195 215 215 200 185 175 180 155 130 170 135 Piner junior Mike Biando led the way covering the three miles in 14:48.8.

Pave Bullano Armand Moreno (14:53.9) and Marty Martin (14:55.2) all finished binder 15 minutes and Dave Kruger was close behind 15:21) for the Prospectors they became one of the yery few prep teams ever to nap that 75 minute mark. Redwood High of San Rafael, runner-up to Piner in the November NCS finals, was second Saturday in 75:34. Redwood junior Rod Berry lost the individual title to Tim Holmes of Downey (Modesto), 14:00.2 to 14:01.1. Downey finished fourth in last year's State track two mile in 9:02.3. Piner won't find out until January where its 74:54.2 Stacked up against the three-mile marks of the nations other top prep teams.

Lake gridders receive honor LAKEPORT The Lake County committee for the Northern California chapter of the National Football Hall of Fame has selected Steve Brown, a lineman from Upper Lake High School and Kirk Bruchler, fcackfield from Clearlake High School as the 1976 outstanding scholar-athletes. The boys will be honored" at a banquet Monday evening at the San Francisco Jlilton Hotel along with winders from eleven other northern California counties. DAVE HOULEMARD Defensive Lineman KEN MORITA, RANCHO All-Empire Lineman RUBEN PLEVNEY, ELMO Tough Lion Noseman TIM STANLEY Montgomery Viking mmmwm DEFENSE, SECOND TEAM Jerry Dietnck Ukiah 5-11 Tom Loupy Healdsburg 6-1 BoD Frye Petaluma 6-3 Mike Plevney El Molino 6-2 Mark Rupe Ukiah 5-11 Tinker Ouran Healdsburg 5-7 Kent Armbright Petaluma 5-11 Gian Camare Santa Rosa 5-7 Don Rehe Piner 5-8 Jetl Kolesar Ukiah 6-0 Jeff Ward Sonoma 6-0 1 12 12 11 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 165 200 220 175 170 200 180 140 150 180 170 LB LB LB DB DB DB DB if i DEFENSE, HONORABLE MENTION Linemen Kevin Jones, Analy, Jeff Moneymaker, Santa Rosa, Ken Morita. Rancho Cotate, Sr. Linebacker Steve Clark, Piner, Sr.

Back Dave Hernandez, Healdsburg, Dean Studer, Healdsburg, Stan Chan, Ukiah, Mark Styker, El Molino, Jr. Special honors PLAYER OF THE YEAR Tony Cardinal Newman. LINEMAN OF THE YEAR Brent Finley, Montgomery. DEFENDER OF THE YEAR Bart Pellandini, Cardinal Newman. TONY LOPEZ, NEWMAN All-Empire Quarterback MATT McCORMICK, CENTER First Offensive Team RON D'AGOSTA, VIKINGS Hardnosed Defensive Back DAVID DEVENCENCI Newman Line Repeater O'Rourke honored Final grid stat leaders RUSHING LEADERS Small school All-Empire grid Offensive team cino, Deane Cook of Willits and Jeff Oswald of Fort Bragg are the runningbacks.

Offensive linemen are Reinhard, Dan Ramos of St. Helena, Brown of Upper Lake, Pat Williams of Willits and Paul Satterfield of Mendocino. TD 11 4 8 2 6 7 5 3 4 5 3 PASS RECEIVING TCB NYG No. 175 1229 Vic Eddens, Ukiah 42 116 1182 BoD Sa'azar, Newman 30 252 1106 Ma vau9nan, Newman 25 155 993 Gre9 Overton, Petaluma 34 90 960 Steve McCabe, Healdsburg 25 149 857 Steve Pardini, Cloverdale 25 147 812 Russ Dubay, Ft. Bragg 28 157 737 Pa' Patterson.

Piner 32 132 721 Jef Oswald. Ft. Bragg 26 179 701 Phil Staehle, Lower Lake 20 62 698 Benny Vincent, Laytonville 15 115 655 Mike Leonard, St. Helena 13 118 654 Don Rehe, Piner 22 116 651 Jeff Kolesar, Ukiah 16 102 639 SCORING LEADERS 135 638 TO Tony Lopez, Newman 19 Scott Honeycutt, Mendocino 16 Terry O'Rourke, St. Tony Lopez, Newman Tim Titus, El Molino Scott Honeycutt, Mendocino Jeff Oswald, Fort Bragg John Volpi.

Petaluma Deane Cook, Willits John Balletto, Analy Calvin Wells. Newman. Knute Madden, El Molino Dean Miles, Mendocino Mike Keust, Fort Bragg John Garrison, Clear Lake Rob Crandall, Kent Armbright, Petaluma Jon Regusci, Upper Lake RAMATICI, PETALUMA Junior Linebacker NYG 864 677 568 497 483 455 435 389 387 320 320 287 286 278 PAT 17-4 0-3 0-2 16-0 2-6 0-7 0-0 0-1 21-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 Terry O'Rourke of St. Helena and Matt Reinhard of Willits are the featured members of the 1976 Press Democrat small school All-redwood Empire football team. O'Rourke, who led the Empire in yards gained (1229) and who shredded the Willits defense for 226 yards and Lower Lake for 216, is the PD's "Back of the Year" for the small school ranks.

Reinhard, a 6-3, 230 pound son of former Cal star Bob Reinhard, is the "Lineman of the Matt, whose brother Bob, was a Stanford standout played offensive tackle and noseguard for the Wolverines. Fort Bragg, St. Helena and Cloverdale of the North Central League I all placed four men on the All-Empire team. Willits of the NCL I placed three, as did Mendocino, champion of the Northwestern League. Upper Lake, the North Central League II champ, had one man named All-Empire, center Steve Brown.

St. Vincent's and Clear Lake had one man apiece named to the team. BRETT MULVIHILL of Fort Bragg, who passed for 1139 yards and rushed (or 390, quarterbacks the All-Empire team. O'Rourke, Scott Honeycutt of Mendo PASSING LEADERS PA PC 103 '0 ti i I Player School Ht. Wt.

Yr. QB Brett Mulvihill Fort Bragg 6-0 170 12 MB Scott Honeycutt Mendocino 5-9 150 12 Deane Cook Willits 6-1 192 12 HB Jetl Oswald Fort Bragg 5-10 175 12 HE Russ Dubay Fori Bragg 6-3 190 12 VR Steve Pardmi Cloverdale 6-1 180 10 Matt Reinhard Willits 6-3 230 12 Dan Ramos St. Helena 8-1 200 12 Steve Brown Upper Lake 5-11 160 12 (G Pat Williams Willits 6-0 190 12 'T Paul Sattertield Mendocino 6-3 195 12 Defensive team Mart Reinhard Willits 6-3 230 12 Steve Butcher Clear Lake 6-1 195 12 .1 Russ Dubay Fort Bragg 6-3 190 12 Mark Hullmger St. Helena 6-0 195 11 LB Roy Brumage Cloverdale 6-10 185 12 iLB MikeKuest Fort Bragg 5-10 175 12 Malt Montoya Cloverdale 6-0 175 12 LB Dean Miles Mendocino 6-1 190 12 'DB Rich Lomeli St Helena 1 170 11 Sam Mills Cloverdale 5-10 170 12 0B Paul White St. Vincent 5-9 141 12 OFFENSIVE BACK OF THE YEAR Terry O'Rourke, St.

Helena, Sr. LINEMAN OF THE YEAR Matt Reinhard, Willits TP 139 102 94 x8S 80 80 78 74 x66 66 62 56 56 54 52 48 48 48 Jim Rus. Ukiah 238 Tony Lopez, Newman 144 Brett Mulvihill, Ft. Bragg 140 Erik Pedersen, Piner 179 Casey Gilroy, Petaluma 103 Steve Wilson, Lower Lake 157 Kirk Bruchler, Clear 135 J. Psslcqa, Healds 130 Tim Herman, Rancho Cotate 130 Bob Fimple, Montgomery 93 Sam Mills, Cloverdale 72 NYG TO Dean Miles.

Mendocino 15 1863 19 Deane Cook, Willits 10 1287 16 Tim Titus. El Molino 11 1139 10 Terry O'Rourke, St. Helena 11 1177 4 Rob Crandall, Newman 13 922 3 Jeff Oswald, Fort Bragg 12 854 7 Mike Kuest, Fort Bragg 5 821 5 Vic Eddens, Ukiah 11 813 8 Russ DuBay, Fort Bragg 10 598 4 Jon Regusci, Upper Lake 9 563 3 John Volpi, Petaluma 9 542 5 Kent Armbright, Petaluma 9 495 3 John Tagliaferri, St. Helena 8 484 6 Roy Brumage, Cloverdale 8 460 4 Steve Pardini, Cloverdale 8 Steve Hiaains. Upper Lake 73 Ken Noble.

St Helena 69 Vic Alcantra. Santa Rosa 83 John Harpe, 95 Ron Kendnck, 52 384 3 Mike Vaughan, Newman STEVE McCABE Healdsburg Receiver BOB SALAZAR Newman Defender Totals include field goals (Kuest 5. Cook 3). 361 5.