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No second stringers 30 News Journal, Mansiield, O. Thursday, November 311, 1978 Prep Tygers look to Fremont Steve Eighinger :0. i I I 1 I I 7 I I I Jt'4 i i I Baldridge, Murphy, Paul and McDowell all came off the Mansfield bench to spark the Tygers to their hottest field shooting night in two seasons 54 percent. Feagin, the 6-3 senior forward, led the squad with 14 points, hitting all six of his field attempts and both of his free throws. Goode would like more of the same versus the invading Little Giants, but knows there are areas Where improvement is much needed.

"We can't afford to send Buckeye Conference teams to the foul line 34 times (as the Tygers did against Ashland)," said Goode. "We have to keep out of foul trouble and I believe the kids are willing to make the necessary adjustments to improve on that." Goode creditied his team's "lackluster" first quarter (4 points) to "opening game jitters. We made some careless mistakes on defense as well, getting out of position and playing defense with our hands instead of our feet. Though the Little Giants are not rated a strong league threat, Goode said that is what worries him most. "We have no second stringers here," said Mansfield Senior High basketball Coach Jim Goode.

"All our kids come to the game ready to play and the success of our season will depend heavily on how all our people perform." Goode was bubbling with optimism heading into Friday's 8 p.m. tip-off against Fremont Ross (1-0) in the Buckeye Conference opener for both teams. The Tygers are 1-0, coming off a hard-fought 63-60 victory over Ashland Tuesday, and Goode saw plenty of reasons for pleasure. But he also saw that the Tygers have some things to work on as well if they are to contend for the BC title. "I was apprehensive at first about how Tim Baldridge and Steve Paul would react to having sat a year out of basketball, but I was very impressed with their play," Goode said.

"Our bench just came through real well. Tommy Murphy, our little sophomore, came in to hit a couple of key baskets and Melvin McDowell came on to play a very consistent game second only to Bernard Feagin." "This kind of team just scares the heck out of me. It seems like the teams we figure we can handle are the ones' we have the most trouble with. I feel Fremont can be a good ball club, though. They have the tools to be very physical and they have a excellent leader." Steve McGilton, the lone Ross returning starter, Is a 6-1 senior who scored 15 points a game and received All-Buckeye Conference mention in 1977-78.

He leads a squad which has a lot more overall size than Ashland but does not have the Tygers' varsity experience. "They'll pressure us both man-to-man and zone and they have both half and full-court presses they will use," Goode assessed. "They've always been a very deceptive team and can't be taken for granted." With his fine showing from the bench versus the Arrows, will Goode make some lineup changes for the Ross contest? "Right now, it's hard to say," he offered. "We'll probably be evaluating our lineup before each game and starting the players we feel can be the most effective against the team we're playing. I like that versatility." BERNARD FEAGIN St Peter's faces two tough tests By Bob Sherwin Mansfield St.

Peter's got a lesson in basketball from Cleveland St. Joesph Friday but time will be the judge as to whether the Spartans learned from it. The Vikings, rated as the No. 18 team in the nation in a preseason poll, ousted the Spartans, 98-71, behind a school-record 45-point effort from ail-American Clark Kellogg. St.

Peter's coach Pat Maurer said the Spartans failed in two areas Friday. "For one. they did not check off the boards," he explained. "Against that kind of size you just have to dig in. I am drilling them on that this week.

Secondly, we did not play sound defense. "I expect things to improve. Undoubtedly, that kind of game will make us better." Spartan center Leo Brown had his best offensive game.of his four-year St. Peter's career with 27 points. The offensive play of the guards was also sparkling.

Pete Day pumped in 13 points while Tim Keller had six. "Our guards did real well," Maurer said. I don't think they were intimidated. They did not lose their poise at any point in the game. "We had a good offensive ball game, but you don't give up 60 rebounds and expect to win.

"St. Joesph is not 27 points better than us," Maurer continued. "I think we're relying too much on our abilities to out-maneuver our opponents. We're trying to beat them with our size and strength and forgetting about check off, denying the ball, and taking away the drive. The Spartans will have two tough examinations over what they've learned in a four-day period.

Sandusky St. Mary's, which St. Peter's has a long and sometimes bitter rivalry, visits the Spartan gym Friday then St. Peter's takes to the road Tuesday to play Frederlcktown. The first consideration, however, is St.

Mary's. The Panthers are extremely young but have good size. At center is 6-foot-6 junior Brian Roth while 6-3 sophomore Kevin Elliott and 6-3 junior Jeff Palmer are the forwards. The guards are both seniors, Jim Thompson (6-0) and Kevin Durbin (5-10). The sixth man is 6-3 junior Ron Thompson.

"St. Mary's is a much improved team over last year," Maurer added. "They have strength and depth. They are young with only two seniors on the squad. "The experience we had against St.

Joesph should help us plus it's at borne. If we just play our game we'll do well." Maurer sees many plusses, despite the loss to St. Joesph. "Naturally, I don't feel good because we lost, but I was pleased with our offensive showing. We did a lot of things we wanted to do.

"We shot good but if the game wasn't so physical we would have shot even better." The referees let the teams play with little restriction. St. Peter's had no violations in the first half and nine for the game. St. Joesph had only 16 fouls for the game.

"I wouldn't call the game out of control, but they just didn't call a thing." we've learned our les- "Hopefully, son." Petrella leads area OA award winners Four area athletes earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference football recognition this week, headed by the talented Paul Petrella. Petrella, the one-time standout at Mansfield Senior, continues to pile up awards. Along with earning a first team berth at a down defensive lineman, Petrella was chosen as the recipient of the Hank Critchfield Award. The Critchfield award annually goes to two OAC performers for defensive excellence. Petrella earned his for outstanding play along the defensive interior.

Marietta's Steve James was lauded as the league's top defensive back. Petrella, not big for a defensive lineman at 6-foot and 188 pounds, has offset his size disadvantage with his quickness and strength. Petrella averaged 11.4 tackles and assists this season, plus racking up 10 quarterback sacks. The B-W senior was also the national champion at 177 pounds in last year's NCAA Division III national wrestling tournament. Other area selections on the All-OAC squad were Rollie Schick (New-London) of Oberlin, Mitch Browning (Loudonville) of Capital and Jim Au (Madison) of Wittenberg.

Schick was a first-team pick at wide receiver. Browning and Au were honorable mention choices at linebacker and defensive back, respectively. Other major OAC award-winners were Roger Andrachik of Baldwin-Wallace, Dave Merritt of Wittenberg and Blake Moore of Wooster. Andrachik and Merritt shared the Mike Gregory Award for top offensive back, while Moore earned Gregory laurels for an offensive lineman. Merritt won the award outright last year and rushed for 990 yards in eight games this season, earning his second straight rushing crown.

Andrachik (96) and Merritt (72) were one-two in league scoring. Andrachik finished second to Merritt in rushing with 983 yards. Coaching honors were were also shared by B-Ws Lee Tressell and Wittenberg's Dave Maurer. Tressel (135-50-6) is second only to Muskingum's legendary Ed Sherman's career OAC standard of 141 coaching wins. Maurer's 10-year ledger of 87-13-4 makes him the all-time winngest coach in the OAC with an .856 percentage.

Tressel and Maurer have won (or now shared) OAC coaching awards in five of the past six seasons. Tressel won the honor in 1974 and 1977, with Maurer the choice in 1973 and 1976. Wittenberg and B-W meet at 12:30 p.m. Saturday for the NCAA III national title in the Stagg Bowl in Phenix City, Ala. The game will be televised by ABC-TV on a regional basis.

The local outlet will be WEWS-TV (Channel 5) from Cleveland. ONLY A FEW Speaking of the bowl picture, if you scan the myriad of post-season games don't be surprised if you find only a few attractive contests. That is, if you think like I do. I may be in the minority, but simply because a team finishes with a winning record doesn't automatically qualify it for a bowl berth in my estimation. Before next week's predictions of the outcome of the bowl games, here's a quick scan of the upcoming post-season confrontations.

EXCELLENT Orange Bowl This will be the last major bowl game, set for 8 p.m. New Year's Day, and it could wind up deciding the national title. Several items must materialize earlier in the day (such as a Penn State loss in the Sugar Bowl), but an Oklahoma (10-1) win over Nebraska (9-2) could ultimately give the Sooners a national crown. Sugar Bowl Excitement should be riding high for this one, with Penn State being able to wrap up its first national title. The Nittany Lions 10-0) will meet wither Alabama (9-1) or Georgia (8-1-1).

The Tide must beat Auburn Saturday to gain a Sugar berth. Georgia closes its season with arch rival Georgia Tech in an independent game. Rose Bowl USC (10-1) and Michigan (10-1), a classic matchup to begin with, will feature two of college football's premier talents. Trojan tailback Charles White and Wolverine quarterback Rick Leach will help serve as a primer for the Orange Bowl. INTERESTING Hall of Fame Classic No, I'm not kidding.

Iowa State (8-3) and Texas (7-3) are neither a major drawing card, especially with three losses, but the game should have a little local flavor. Remember, Vic Mack (Malabar) should see action for Iowa State, especially if star tailback Dexter' Green gets hurt again. Liberty Bowl Missouri (7-4) always provides an entertaining game, and LSU (7-3) has running back Charles Alexander, thought to be a Heisman Trophy candidate at the outset of the season. Peach Bowl It's been so long since Purdue (8-2-1) and Georgia Tech (7-3) have been in a bowl, we should all watch out of respect. Purdue quarterback Mark Herrmann and Tech tailback Eddie Lee Ivery should provide some fireworks, too.

Gator Bowl Maybe Woody Hayes will let Art Schlichter throjv the ball against upstart Clemson (10-1). Probably not, however, and the Buckeyes will finish 7-4-1. Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Stanford, despite a 7-4 record, has another super quarterback in Steve Dils. The Indians will play with Alabama or Georgia, providing a top Pac-10 vs. SEC matchup.

Cotton Bowl How can any game with Notre Dame (8-3) not be interesting? Too bad the same can't be said for the Southwest Conference champ, which will probably be Houston (8-2) if it beats Rice this weekend. WHO CARES? Garden State Bowl They've got to be putting us on. This is the only way Rutgers (9-2) could get a game with someone the caliber of Arizona State 3). Independence Bowl Really, this is a "major" bowl game. Louisiana Tech and its 6-4 powerhouse meets the 8-3 East Carolina juggernaut.

Holiday Bowl Brigham Young (8-3) meets Navy Sun Bowl Usually this one's an interesting contest, but neither Maryland (9-2) or Texas (7-3) are anything to write home about. Tangerine Bowl I'm sorry, but neither Pitt (8-3) or North Carolina State (8-3) excites me. The only thing noteworthy about this game is NC State's Ted Brown, who recently surpassed Earl Campbell as the fifth-leading rusher in NCAA history. Fiesta Bowl Arkansas (8-2) against UCLA (8-3): A major disappointment against an also-ran. Ho-hum.

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