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The Odessa American from Odessa, Texas • 15

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SECTION THE Football Scores 2-B Cowboy Corner 4-B Sunland Results 8-B SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1970 Odessa American Cfebb its 44-4 Romp Over Panthers LefsJSmhirds Try Wings almost-defenseless Panthers. for ball control, the Eagles controlled the game almost all the Williams got open behind the secondary, caught Pride's bomb By CHRIS MAGEE Gentry ran eight and four American Sports Writer yards for Ector touchdowns in Larry Gentry and Bob Pride the first half. In the. third took care of the bulk of Ector's period. Pride unleashed his way, what with the six tumDie recoveries.

Hernandez also in and turned it into a tii-yard scoring play. Stevenson regained possession tercepted a Honaker pass to passing arm caught the Panthers with their aerial defenses put Ector in gear at one stage out for lunch. for the Eagles, and on the first the second half. Rptnr and fientrv Dickpd uo'plav Pride and Gentry col- Pride lofted a 63-yard scoring pass to end Bobby Williams on the game's first big break on the 32-yard scoring offense at W. T.

Barrett Stadium Saturday night as the Eagles flew in all directions en route to a convincing 44-14 triumph over the Fort Stockton Panthers in a 2-3A District football game. Gentry scored three touchdowns and Pride passed for a pair as Coach Prenis aerial. the Eagles' first series of the second half and then came the Eagles' initial first quarter series. Ector had first down on Fort Stockton's 49, but Gentry through with a 32-yard paydirt toss to Gentry after linebacker Pride had a fantastic night with the aerial routes. He connected on 10 of 15 passes for 203 yards.

Ricky Abeyta took over the quarterback controls THE STATISTICS Clarence Stevenson pounced on Ector Ft. Stockton 16 31 a Fort Stockton fumble. 198 Williams' Eagles won their first 2-3A game since 1967 when they Running back Kenny 42 in the fourth quarter, bud didn't Washington put the frosting on First Downs Net Yds. Rushing Net Yds. Possing Passes Attempted Passses completed Passes int.

Oy Fumbles Lost Punts-Avg. Penalties-Yds. were 2-3A champions. For the past two seasons Ec 194 203 15 10 1 2 7-60 Ector 22-point third stanza 3 ithrow any passes, oj Larry Sheppard caught passes 3.17.1 of 15 and 10 yards from Pride when he ran one yard into tor competed in the area class AAAA district Ector raised its touchdown territory. 5- in the drive which culminated Rudy Nunez scored bctors season record to 2-3-1 and is lost six yards when he tried! in Washington's one-yard blast final touchdown when he ripped now 1-1 in the district race to sweep left end.

iorsix pumis. Williams was very pleased TU i iv UWUCUVU3 15 yards through the middle in the fourth quarter. He also play was wiped however, as the Panthers with the victory. "This win was very nice for us," he said. "We needed to win and it should help offside.

This was all Ector need- f1 T' ed to go off to the races. us in our preparation for Andrews. It was a good team ran for the extra points. Pride kicked four extra points and Albert Hernandez ran for the Eagles' two other conversion points. Wesley Brown put the Pan Nunez rammed up the middle Gentry.

Brown broke the scoring ice for the Panthers with 22 seconds left in the third period when for six yards and Gentry rambl- ed around left end for 17 more The Eagles have an open date this coming weekend, but will battle Andrews Mustangs Oct. 30 in Andrews. thers in touchdown territory in the third quarter when he ran three yards to paydirt. The Fort Stockton nn i back and a first down at the 20. On first down from the 8, Gentry ripped over left tackle to score, with 4:39 to play in the first quarter.

After Pride's kick- Ector led, 7-0. A drizzy, misty evening didn't he scored from three yards away. Larry McCallister put Fort Stockton in gear offensively in the final period with several good runs. This series ended when Brown ran three yards for EAtoLt SlfcjHlS PREY fccior defensive end ttoDoy Williams (86) moves in on Fort Stockton halfback Wesley Brown 33) as Brown tries a haKbaclTpasTYuring Saturday Tooioail game at W. T.

Barrett Stadium. Fort Stockton's Edward Gallegos is trying to put a block on Gentry. (Staff Photo by Darwin McBeth) seem to shake up-Ector's offense, but it certainly played duplicated the feat in the fourth quarter. Sammy Munoz put the Eagles havoc with Fort Stockton. The Panthers had trouble holding on 70-0 Win For Ponies- his second six-pointer.

Quarterback Ricky Honaker ran for the extra points after Fort Stockton's first touchdown. Fort Stockton will see its next to the pigskin as they lost six fumbles. in business for their second touchdown when he recovered a Panther fumble at the visitors' 21. Gentry sped for eight and nine-yard gains in this short action Friday against Andrews. Ector also lost a pair, but Fort Stockton was shooting it really didn't have much effect for its first district win since on the outcome series before blasting his way Ft.

Stockton 0 0 1 fn Ector 7 7 22 8-44 the 1967 season, but missed it by a mile. The Panthers didn't vms Bn Same over the middle from four yards look anything here like the away for the second six-pointer. squad which tipped Reagan Gentry a run ipria kick) Gentry 4 run (Pride kick) Williams 63 pass from Prld (Prid kick) Gentry 32 pass from Pride (Pride kick) Washington 1 run (Hernandei At halitime, Ector was in County, 16-14, a week ago Friday charge, 14-0. allowed Rice only four first (AP) South- put a fierce rush on Owl quar- Gary Hammond, SMU's stel- DALLAS, Tex, em Methodists' Pride oiled up his right arm lor their first triumph in 24 run) Cougs Rally To Defeat Oregon State super-chargedltertack Philip Wood. lar running back caught five downs.

during the intermission: he games. FS Brown 3 run (Honaker run) Nunez IS run (Nunez run) FS Brown 3 run (run failed) Kices deepest penetration passes ior 56 yards and rushed Even though it wasn't a nightlcame out throwing against the Rice 0 0 0 00 SMU 0 3 7 0-10 was to the SMU 20-yard line in the fourth period and Jordan for 52 yards with 15 carries before he was sidelined in the SMU EG Johnson 59 defenders throttled punchless Rice and senior quarterback Chuck Hixson fired his first career touchdown against the Owls SMU Gilder 2 pass from Hixson (John third quarter with a bruised hip, HOUSTON. Tex. (AP)-Terrv rose up to smack down Wood on a fourth and eight situation son kick) to end the threat, Mike Spruill was the leading rusher for the Owls with rtily 38 yards in 13 carries, Saturday night to give the Mustangs a 10-0 Southwest Confer Peel hit split end Elmo Wright with a 22-yard pass with one minute 17 seconds left in the game to rally University of Houston to a 19-16 win over Oregon State Saturday night before ence football victory. The victory gave SMU a 1-0 SMU record and a 3-2 mark for Played in chilling 53 degree Jal Loses In El Paso temperatures with a light rain DALLAS, Tex.

(AP)-Stotistics of the Rics-SMU football same Saturday night: Rice SMU First Downs 16 Rushing yardage 50 143 Passing yardage 63 143 Return yardage 33 5 Passes 6-18-1 14-20-0 Punts 8-37 9-28 Fumbles lost 0 Penalties 60 80 the year. The Owls are 0-1 in 37,791 electrified fans the league play and 2-2 for the year. peppering down, the Mustangs made a 29-yard field goal by SMU led at halftime 3-0 on Johnson's field goal with 1:15 The Cougars, ranked 19th in the nation, had gambled on fourth down with inches to go at EL PASO (Special) The remaining in the half. The Mus Fighting Irish of El Paso's mid-field as Peel dived over the tangs drove el yards in nine Chipper Johnson and a two-yard scoring pass from Hixson to Gordon Gilder stand up. Rice was held to only nine first downs as middle guard Joe White and left end John Jordan Cathedral High School rode the plays for the first points on the Hixson, the NCAA all-time completion leader, went to the pass sparingly.

He connected on 13 of 19 passes for 130 yards. strong right arm of quarterback board in a rugged defense- Mike O'Dell to a 29-20 triumph middle for two yards to keep the drive alive. Oregon State had gone four points ahead on a Lynn Boston oriented first half in which SMU lilt, SMS f'lfe it A Hf i ft over the Jal Panthers in a non- district game played here Saturday night. Oregon Houston Dell tossed scoring passes 19 1 276 76 80 68 83 65 of 1 and six yards to Roger First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties Vega in the first stanza; threw 6-15-3 4-22-1 Mississippi State Downs Haiders 20-16 four-yard effort and a two- 6-28 4-25 3 79 17 point conversion to Vega the second quarter and found Luis field goal from the 17 to make it 16-12 with minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.The Beav ers had taken a 13-12 lead on a Boston field goal of 20 yards in the third quarter. That drive THE STATISTICS Cathedral Jal First Downs 18 17 Net Yds.

Rushing 97 185 Net Yds. Passing 123 50 Passes Attempted 26 8 Passes Completed 11 3 Passes Int. By 0 2 Fumbles Lost 1 3 Punts-Avg. 1-33 3-38 Penalties-Yds. 8-50 4-25 Score By Quarters: Cathedral 13 I 029 Jal 0 6 6 820 covered 19 yards in seven plays.

ine series was set up when JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -Quarterback Joe Reed rallied Mississippi State with two second-half touchdown passes to end David Smith Saturday night to give the Bulldogs a 20-16 upset victory over nth-ranked Texas Tech. Trailing 10-6 at halftime, Reed turned the tide with a Craig Hanneman recovered his second fumble of the night on From there Reed directed his club into the Tech end zone in only five plays. A second Tech fumble in the fourth quarter killed a budding Red Raider drive at mid-field. Napper lateraled backward to halfback Doug McCutchen but the ball went astray and State end Jim McAlpin recovered.

Tech got the ball one more time but State halfback Frank Dowsing intercepted a Napper pass and the Bulldoes ran out the Houston 23-yard line. Rob ert Newhouse had fumbled on a pitchout from quarterback Loweree for still another touchdown effort and came back to Vega for the two-pointer. Gary Mullins. Jars Wendell New scored for Houston fought back from a JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Statistics of the Texas Tech Mississippi State football Napper went to the air 15 times and completed eight passes for 67 yards, while McCutchen led Tech runners with 70 yards.

Tech coach Jim Carlen called Reed "the best all-around quarterback I've seen this year. Texas' Eddie Phillips is a better runner but Reed does it all. "Smith really hurt us on that long pass for a touchdown. We missed a tackle but he made a good run." Texas Tech 7 3 0 616 Mississippi Stole 6 0 8 620 MSU Grubbs 1 run (kick failed) Tech Hargrove 3 run (Ingram kick) Tech FG Ingram 45 MSU Smith 49 pass from Reed (Smith pass from Reed) Tech Hargrave 16 pass from Napper (kick failed) MSU Smith 7 Pss from Reed (pass failed) A-l 9,050 7-6 half time deficit the first same: time they had the ball in the MSU 19 140 Tech 18 708 67 11 the Panthers on runs of four, nine, and four yards with quarterback Reed Norwood passing to Mike Hall for a two point conversion. second half.

Tommy Mozisek iSjthe clock to preserve their tory. 111. 1 1 T- i ran 62 yards to cap a 71-yard First downs Rushing yarouc-e Possing yordage Return yordoge Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized IS 1 16-27- drive in three plays. Oregon State struck first on 632 338 1 1 49 40 Jal opens district play Friday oinmi (juuea in neea passes for 215 yards a State school record for receiving yardage an 80-yard drive which saw Sal Cirrincione take a four-yard mil I night as they host Ft. Sumner.

The 29-20 loss to Cathedral leaves the Panthers with a 3-3-1 pass from Jim Kilmartin. HONAKER BREAKS LOOSE Fort and two touendowns. Keed hit on 16 of 27 passes for 246 yards, while Lewis Grubbs led runners with 81 yards. Houston scored with five sec record for the year. onds left in the first half as rett Stadjum.

End Larry McCallister comes up from behmd to provide blocking support for Honaker. (Staff Photo by Darwin McBeth) Stockton quarterback Ricky Honaker (II) breaks downfield during Saturday night's football game against Ector at W. T. Bar Frank Ditta picked up a punt and raced 52 yards for the score. A two-point conversion Odessa Boxers Snag Matches AMARILLO (Staff) Box Judy, Hodges Sparkle failed.

Boston also had a 47-yard field goal in the third quarter marking his average for the North Texas Ruins WTS Homecoming night 3 of 4. ers from the Odessa Boys' Club won five matches and those Houston winning touchdown drive covered eight plays in 77 Progs Check Aggies third quarter pass to Smith, who sprinted 49 yards to put State ahead for the first time. After Texas Tech added another touchdown, Reed capped a short march with a seven-yard pass to Smith in the final quarter. State jumped to a first quarter lead on a three-yard burst by tailback Lewis Grubbs, serving notice the Bulldogs planned to continue their hex over Tech. But Tech, surprise team of the Southwest Conference, fought back with a first-quarter touchdown and a second-quarter field goal.

Halfback Larry Hargrave ran three yards for the first Red Raider score and added the second quarter touchdown on a 16-yard pass from quarterback Charles Naoner. from the Woodson Boys' Club yards. collected six victories in fights here Saturday night. COLLEGE STATION, Tex. CANYON, Tex.

(AP) North Oregon atate first score was set up on a 40-yard pass from Kilmartin to Jeff Kolberg which Robert Treio of OBC won over and Matias Garza's 48-yard field goal. (AP) Quarterback Steve Judy Mario Padilla of Amarillo and took the Beavers six-yard line North Texas thwarted a Buf Midland's Oscar Tredee. Ray Texas State came from behind to score an 11-10 football victory over West Texas State and spoil the Buffaloes' homecoming Sat falo scoring threat with 45 sec The Cougars first score was and halfback James Hodges raced behind wipe-out blocking for some three hundred yards Saturday night as TCU whipped Texas 31-15. onds left in the half when Leon set up when defender Gien Lew mond Carrasco, OBC, defeated Richard Carrasco of Amarillo and Junior Jiminez, OBC. took ard Dunlap recovered Rockv urday night.

is pushed an Oregon State defender into the punt. Another Thompson's fumble at the two- the measure of Robert Suttles, The Eagles tallied on a 21- The loss almost certainly yard line. Beaver then touched it and Ditta yard pass from Joe Milton to Midland. Ricky Rameriz of Odessa The Eaeles moved the ball 82 CANYON, Tex. (AP) Statistics of yards in nine nlavs after tab eliminated the Aggies from the Southwest Conference title race, leaving them with a 0-2 record, halted Johnny Fry of Amarillo.

grabbed it and scored. A pass from Mullins to Mozisek was complete but Mozisek failed to get across the line for the two the North Texas State-West Texas State football game Saturday night: bing a WTS fumble before Milton hit Edwards with the scor Judge, a 180-pound was off side on an unsuc-swept both ends with ease, once cessful fourth down field goal breaking for 49 yards the long- attempt, est run from scrimmage for The Frogs missed a chance TCU this year and scoring to score a touchdown on that twice. He also threw a 26-yard drive when Peoples dropped touchdown pass to Larry! Judy's pass in the end zone on Speake. second down. Hodges tallied once, sped 42; TCU's Danny Colbert fumbled yards on one dash and had a three times, and jumped 31-yard run called back because on two, converting the first bob-of a penalty.

ble into a touchdown. TCU halt- Mammoth tackle Larry Dib- ed at the Horned Frogs bles, 6 feet 7 and 240 pounds, jsix yard line the other time, and Ken Steel 6-4 and 235 Leonard Forey recovered the pounds, kept the pressure on first fumble at the TCU five, Aggie quarterback Lex James, land halfback Brad Dusek a sophomore, who fumbled five rammed it over in two plays, times, one setting up TCU's the touchdown smash behind the third touchdown. i block of Andy Philley. TCU linebacker Doug McKin- non also intercepted a James TCU 02407-n Dickie Ingram, who booted one conversion, added the field N. Texas w.

Tim Jerry Collins, OBC, lost to Andy Garcia, Amarillo, and Richard Garcia of OBC lost to Amarillo's First downs 17 4 ing pass late in the third period eoal from 45 yards out. points. Rushing yardoge 64 153 Return vardoae 12 13 vtReturn yardage 25 98 James Langham. Favored all four times the two teams have played, Texas The Beavers dominated the first half although neither team Passes 11-21-1 6-13-2 Benny Houston Larry Briscoe's field goal came on a fourth and one situation after the Eagles moved 32 yards in COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (AP) Statistics of the football fame Saturday nisht: TCU AtM First downs 20 11 Rushlnq vardeoe 366 4 Passing yordnoe 116 144 Return yardage 20 24 Passes 7-13-0 10-2S-1 Punts 5-41 1-38 Fumbles lost 4 1 Pena I ties 64 42 Tech has managed only one tie Punts 9-37 6-39 Fumbles lost 1 4 Penaltiesv 40 6V Hendricks, Harry Turner, John was able to keep drives going in the series.

ny Hill, David Wiggins and nine plays. Lyndon Fox ore- The Beavers had 194 yards rushing and passing and held Leroy Brown won for the The Raiders coughed up the ball in crucial situations and the served the victory with two key interceptions of long WTS pass Woodson Boys' Club. Houston Houston's Ver-T option to 99 fired-up State team was able to while the Horned Frogs bounced stopped Lloyd Hagham, Hen es. yards in the first half. back from their loss to Arkan convert the miscues into points dricks beat Ricky Session, sas even tneir jsvvi; mars at Oreiwi Stile 7 0 (16 Houston I 6 6 719 Turner ripped Buddy Callahan, Hill defeated Larry Bohannon, State trailed 16-14 in the fourth quarter and appeared to be coin nowhere against the 1-1.

Dralves Edwards and Mike Briscoe's 23-yard field goal after West Texas held a 10-2 halftime lead. North Texas scored first in the opening period when Willie Parker tackled Raymond Brown in the end zone for a safety. The Buffaloes rushed back in the second with Rocky Thomp- pass at me norneo roes jo-;" 7.1.1 t-is North Texas 2 311 kick) ORE Clrrlnciona 4 pass from KM martin (Boston kick) Hodecs. a 185-pound junior, lyard linp haltino- an Aocrio 1 run (MeDermott lUie, nailing an Aggie 5 run (Bishop kick) West Texas a 10 10 Wiggins stopped Ricky Dickens and Brown whipped Jimmy HOU Ditta 52 punt return (pass NTS Safety Parker teckled Brown TCU Hodges 2 run (Bishop kickl eot most of his vardaee off the! drive reneoi HOUS Mozisek 62 run (pasi failed) in rre eno zone WTS Thompson 15 run (Gang kick) WTS FG Garza il Gonzales. right side behind the block of Lloyd Draper, Dean Wilkerson Tech defense when Billy Baker dropped back to punt.

Safety Ken Perkins of Tech fumbled at his 23 and end Bob Anger recovered for the Bulldogs. owe FG Boston 47 ORE FG Boston 20 ORE FG Boston S7 NTS.T Edward 21 pass from Milton TCU Speuke 26 pass from Judv (Bishop kick) TCU-FG 24 Underwood TCU-Judy 7 run (Bishop kick) jo run with block punt (Burks run) A 29,256 James Cleveland lost to Ernest Van and Delmar Han TCU piled up 24 points in the second quarter, including a field goal as the first half ended. The score was made possible when (kick iaiieo HOU Wright 22 pass from Peel (Lo and Larry Peoples, who average 220 pounds. sons 15-yard touchdown run a 14,000. cock was beaten by Terry Ward pez KICK.

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