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I. 1 1 in the backfield. there's speed." Nebraska's Tom Osborne: "Oklahoma State has a bid defense gigantic people and it's going to be a heckuva head-knocker, probably our toughest game to date. The Big Eight' plays physical football and there's no cheap way to win a conference game. Offensively, Oklahoma State is similar to Kansas in that they both use the slot-I and wishbone.

They'll probably evenly use both formations, so we have to be ready for either of them." came within a yard of upsetting the Huskers in Lincoln a year ago. Coaches Capsules Oklahoma State's Jim Stanley: "Right now I have all the confidence in the world that Scott Burk can do the job at quarterback. I think he has a lot of ability and he will be able to carry the load. Nebraska's defense is as fine as it has ever been. They have a lot of potential on offense, too.

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WB By BOB OWENS Star Sports Editor Stillwater, Okla. Nebraska's 48-man travel squad, including All-Big Eight defensive end Bob Martin, arrived here Friday afternoon to await Saturday afternoon's conference confrontation with Oklahoma State's Cowboys. The Cornhuskers, unbeaten in five home games and fourth- ranked nationally, will be 8-point favorites to hand the Cowboys their second Big Eight loss and drop them out of contention for the conference championship. Coach Tom Osborne is predicting "it's going to be a tough game" when the officials signal for the kickoff at 1:30 p.m. in OSU's Lewis Field before a near-sellout crowd of about 50,000.

"I don't know whether we should be favored by a whole lot of points," Osborne said. "They've got a good The Cowboys roared to an impressive non-conference record until losing quarterback Charlie Weatherbie with a broken collarbone against Texas Tech, a game OSU won 17-16. Earlier, the Cowboys whipped Wichita State 34-0, Arkansas 20-13 and North Texas State 61-7. Last week, however, Oklahoma State lost its No. 2 quarterback, Jimmy Derrick, on the sixth play of the game at Missouri and never quite recovered as the Tigers rolled to a 41-14 victory.

"I don't want to take anything away from Derrick, but the injury at quarterback didn't cost us the game," Cowboy coach Jim Stanley said. "I thought they played good and we played poor. We would have had to have been a bunch ef Houdini's to win the way we played defense." So, Oklahoma State faces a dual problem against Nebraska. The Cowboys have to shore up their defense as well as get their offense back in gear under the direction of Scott Burk, who takes over at quarterback. "Burk did a commendable job NEBRASKA No.

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Mon. Sr. So Sr, STAFP PHOTO BY DAVE KENNEDY Kickoff 1:30 p.m., Lewis Field, Stillwater, Okla. Broadcasts KLIN, KFOR, KFAB, WOW. East quarterback Dave Watters (13) tries to spin away from Southeast's Mark Lanik (23).

Successful East's offside on a third down and eight situation. hooked up with Stear again for a six-yarder and a first down on the 31-yard line with 36 seconds left. connected with Stear a third time for a five-yard reception. came back to Stear again for the 26-yard touchdown down the right sideline with 23 seconds remaining. Title Knights Tie Doggetf Leads Over lowans, -The Lincoln Star Sports Saturday, October 18, 1975 17 considering the situation," Stanley said of his play at Missouri.

"He is a well-rounded quarterback with ability and I believe he will become more himself now that he's at the helm." Nebraska, too, will be going with a different quarterback than the one who started in the 16-0 victory over Kansas, but not because of an injury. Osborne, following a longstanding Nebraska tradition, has decided to open with Terry Luck, who relieved Vince Ferragamo and directed a touchdown drive that insured the victory. Ferragamo is expected to see action, but the game situation will determine when and how much. Martin was added to the travel squad Friday morning after spending two nights in the hospital with a knee infection. He will start, but how much he will play depends on how much, if any, drugs used to arrest the infection have weakened him.

Dave Redding, who started the LSU game when Ray Phillips was ineligible, will be ready to take over any time Martin needs a rest. Fullback Dodie Donnell also made the travel squad after missing a few days with a virus. He's a valuable member of the Husker specialty kicking teams. The site for Nebraska's opening game on the road this season pleases Osborne. "The fans are well-mannered at Oklahoma State," he said.

The Cowboys, however, have usually been tough for Nebraska despite a 12-2-1 overall Husker advantage in the series. The teams played to a 17-17 tie here two years ago and the Cowboys team title by four points over second-place Hastings. 1-80 Prevails Papillion, yet another 1-80 school, finished as the third-place Clas3 team with its doubles squad of Ron Smith and Lance Willingham winning the title over Kearney's top-seeded Tom Salestrom and Steve Bryson. Millard's doubles team of John Johnson and Chuck. Leichner won the only other title with a split set triumph (6-4, 3-6, 6-3) over Omaha Westside's Brian Worral and Tom Rice.

Southeast's Johnson, now runnerup in two straight Class A singles tests, had mixed reactions about his loss to Green. "I'm disappointed, but not necessarily because I lost to Green," the senior said. "I'm just sorry I didn't make a better showing, scorewise. "Even if I had played well, I'm not sure I could have beaten him today," Johnson added. "He's got a lot of, touch on the ball and he was really hot." Prep's coach Marty Hornig agreed with Johnson.

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So. So. Jr. Sr. So With a scenario older than a Hollywood scriptwriter and the cool of a crisp winter's evening, quarterback Dave Watters marched East 93 yards for a touchdown in 1:14.

That's right. Seventy-four seconds. Halfback Dave Stear caught a 26-yard pass from Watters for the touchdown with only 23 singles champion Matt Iwerson, also of Prep. "Actually, I think Bob is ahead of where Matt was as a sophomore," Hornig said. "But there's no way you can coach a kid as a sophomore to a state championship." The possibility for three straight titles looms for Green now, and he figures his worries will center around Burke junior Jim Conant, who fought Johnson in the semis before losing 64, 6-4.

If the team chase was any indication, Green might also cast an eye towards the 1-80 conference. Results, page 18 Beatrice 35, So. Sioux City 10 South Sioux City Ron Bran-nan scored twice for Beatrice as the Orangemen pounded South Sioux City, 35-10, here Friday night in an Apollo Conference football game. Beatrice only led 14-10 at half-time, but scored three unanswered touchdowns to gain the victory. Beatrice 7 7 7 14-35 So.

Sioux City 0 10 0 0-10 Beatrice Dlller 29-run; Brannan (2) and 14-runs; Lovell 15-run; Gargman, 2-run. PAT Parks (5) kicks. South Sioux City Moore, 3-run; 24 fle'd aoal by Mast. PAT Mast kick. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVE KENNEDY who was first and Burt seconds remaining in the game to cap the brilliantly executed Spartan drive.

Watters, a senior co-captain, must have felt like a golfer staring at a 600-yard par five hole when he took a snap from center at his own seven-yard line with 1:37 remaining and 93 yards of real estate in full view. Methodical Fashion But he steered the Spartan machine in methodical fashion, hitting a remarkable 7 of 8 passes for 91 yards in the drive. A five-yard penalty against Southeast and a three-yard loss on the only rushing play accounted for the other yardage. "We were sure lucky we worked on the two-minute drill Thursday night in practice," East coach Lee Zentic said after the dramatic finish. "We spent a good 25 minutes on it, so we had it organized in our minds to work together," he said.

"We had some audibles and Dave used some plays to stop the clock. "I don't think I've ever had a team drive that far," added Zentic. "Stear really went after the ball on that catch." Here's how Watters accomplished the 93-yard drive to pay dirt: hit fullback Sam Yowell for a 12-yard screen pass on the first play to get out of the hole at the 19-yard line. "Dave asked me oir the sideline: 'You mean a screen pass way down Zentic related. "It got us out where we could see a little better." hit split end Ken Rejda for a three-yard pass to stop the clock.

threw an incomplete pass. Key Ahlquist Catch found tight end Randy Ahlquist over the middle for a 34-yard pass completion and a first down on the Southeast 44-yard line. was unable to spot an open receiver with 1 :05 remaining and was thrown for a three-yard loss. hit Stear with a five-yarder to stop the clock. moved to the 37-yard line after Southeast was called for By RANDY YORK Prep Sports Editor With the state cross country meet on the horizon next Friday in Kearney, few thoughts dwelled on what happened in district competition at Pioneers Park Friday afternoon.

Auburn's Dale Bradley, the Class B-l winner, directed his attention to another challenge next week against Plattsmouth's Pat Griggs. Lincoln Pius coach George O'Boyle, whose 'Bolts reigned as Class champion, was thinking about Plattsmouth, too. Lincoln Northeast's Scott Resz and Burt Thompson, who hit the finish line together in the 2.5-mile Class A chase, wondered how they would stack up against the state's best big school runners. And Northeast coach Bill Rogge was anxious to see district results from Omaha to calculate his pre-state meet theories. "Griggs is the one I have to beat," Auburn's Mi, 125-pound Bradley said.

"I beat him the first meet of the year at the Plattsmouth Invitational, but he's whipped me the last three times. By RANDY YORK Prep Sports Editor For the uninformed, the two-minute drill isn't a fire prevention skill or a quick math test. It's football's biggest challenge and Lincoln East showed how to master it Friday night at Seacrest Field in a gallant 12-7 win over Lincoln Southeast before 5,504 fans. About the only mistake Green made the entire day was miscalculating the distance to the net on his victory jump, ending with a crash to the other side. Green's actions on the court included repeated talking-to-himself and sometimes yelling at himself during the Rugg match when he split sets with the defending champion.

"I'm just trying to remind myself to do simple things correctly," Green noted. He even lost his racquet a couple of times during the Rugg match, and he also pounded several balls into the fence in disgust, but he appeared calm in the finals. "I just realized that getting upset like that distracts me from playing well," he said. 'Quitt, Shy' But his enthusiasm wasn't dampered by toning down his temper. "Bob is really a very quiet, shy kid off the tennis courts," Hornig noted.

"But he gets so intent with the competition, he just can't hold it all in during the match." Hornig likened Green's talents to former three-time state Northeast's Scott Resz, middle For State On the touchdown catch, Stear made his move to the sideline, then raced straight upfield. Southeast safety Perry Krogmeier matched him step-for-step, but Watters fired a perfect strike and Stear used his height advantage to make the catch. "I thought we might be able to beat them deep because they were coming up on us," Zentic observed. "Their defender was Doggett to take a 21-7 half time lead. Doggett also kicked the five PATs for Pius X.

On the second play after the second half kickoff by St. Alberts Doggett scampered 57 yards on a power right play to boost Pius X's advantage to 27-7. His IV.T was blocked though. The Falcons answered with a 74 yard drive, scoring on a 22-yard pass from Brian Henderson to Tim Carpenter but that was the last score for the Council Bluffs' team. The first play after the kickoff Doggett went off left tackle for one yard.

But on the next play the 'Bolts pitched to Doggett going around the right end and he raced 54 yards for the score. Bill Davis blocked a Falcon punt on the St. Albert 43 and Pius lineman Steve Lang carried the ball to the 37 to set up Steve Rohren's 10 yard scoring run as the 'Bolts took a 41-13 lead early in the final quarter. Interceptions by Pius defensive backs Tom Peterson and Mark Cooper, who returned his 65 yards kept the Falcons from scoring late in the game. "It seems that every team we've played stops some phase of our game, but leaves something else open," said Pius coach Vince Aldrich.

"Tonight St. Alberts put on a tremendous pass rush and left the draw and Jerry Spethman finished 10th. "We finished fifth at state last year," O'Boyle said, acknowledging that a state title is "attainable" next Friday "if things fall right." Resz Surprises Northeast's previously unbeaten Thompson and Big 10 Conference champion Don Johnson matched strides the first lVt miles of the Class A race. Then Resz showed a strong kick to best both co-favorites. "Burt's faster than I am," Resz said of teammate Thompson, "but I think I've got as good a chance as anyone of being up there with him at Kearney." The Northeast senior has a history of asthmatic bronchitis, "but hay fever bothers me more than anything.

Allergies really get me when it's windy and humid. "I like cold weather," Resz said. "If it's 55, that's perfect." Resz and Thompson said they tried to tie Friday's race. "If we would have both kicked in to beat each other, we both would have died," Thompson said. "But I'm not going to let him tie me next week," Thompson promised with competitive right there.

It was just a great throw and a great catch." The last-second touchdown obviously sapped Southeast coach Frank Solich. Hardest Defeat "I think this is the most heartbreaking loss I've ever had to swallow," he said. "We played so well. We just needed to do Continued on Page 18. trap plays available to us.

And we scored on them." Aldrich credited much of the 'Bolts success on the ground, 300-yards rushing, to his linemen. "They did a great job and opened some big holes." "Sure every play is designed to score but it doesn't usually work out that way. Tonight was just a little unusual," Aldrich said of the long scoring runs by Doggett. The Falcons, who dominated the possession of the ball in the first and third quarters, managed 138 yards on the ground and 156 in the air. The 'Bolts had the ball just five plays in the third quarter, two of those for touchdowns.

Undefeated Pius now 7-0, will host Omaha Cathedral Oct. 31 after taking a weeks' rest. The loss dropped St. Alberts to 0-5-1 on the year. CBSA 7 0 6 0-13 Plus 7 14 13 13-47 CBSA Marr 60 pass Interception, (Sterbens kick).

Plus Doggett 12 run. (Doggett kick). Plus Tlamka 6 pass from Fuller. (Doggett kick). Plus Doggett 11 run.

(Doggett Plus Doggett 57 run. (Doggett kick). CBSA Carpenter 22 pass from Henderson, (run tailed) Plus Doggett 54 run. (Fuller kick) Plus Rohren 10 run. (Doggett kick) Plus Egge 4 run.

(pass tailed). CBSA Plus First Downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Passes Return yards Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards 15 16 41-138 156 8-18-3 60 4 1 4-22 35-300 59 5-13-3 118 0 2-1 1-15 seriousness. "The state meet is no time for something like that." Class A-l Team Scoring Northeast 34 East 52 Fremont 74 Southeast 102 Norfolk 1H Lincoln High 164 So. Sioux 164 Beatrice 205 Top Finishers 1. Scott Resi, Northeast, 2.

Burt Thompson, NE, 3. Don Johnson, 4. Brian Ounnlgan, East, 5. Scott Harrold, NE, 6. Bob Schleicher, 7.

Kevin Barth, East, 8. Mike Sneddon, East, 9. Bill Fausch, SE, 10. Larry Stoner, 11. Bill Guftlerrei, LHS, 12.

Barry Lucas, East, 13. Arid Johnson, So. Sioux City, 14. Doug Schwartlng, IS. Mlkt Walla, 13:51.

Class B-l Team Scoring Plus 31 Syracuse 48 Auburn 49 Norrls 70 Crete 74 Falrbury 75 Neb. City 111 Falls City 119 Superior 139 Wymore Southern (no score) Top Finishers 1. Dale Bradley, Auburn, J. Doug Morln, Plus 3. Ray Millar, Crete, 4.

Pat Sand, Syracuse, S. Brian Conway, Norrls, t. Todd Hornung, Norrls, 13 54; 7. rm Ruli, Wymore Southern, I Jeff Barry, Plus 9. David Barrett, Syracuse, 10.

Jerry Spettiman, Plus 11. Dave Allan, Auburn, 12. Mike Johnson, Falrbury, 13. Scott Nisely, Syracuse, 14. Ron Kramer, Plus IS.

Allan Cunningham, Falrbury, 14:29. 'Bolts 47-13 District 4jt Mil By CHUCK SINCLAIR. Prep Sports Writer Omaha Creighton Prep sophomore Bob Green's upset of the top two seeded-players en route to the state Class A singles tennis title at Dewey Park Friday was a great individual accomplishment. But credit member teams from the Eastern 1-80 conference for proving theirs as THE tennis conference in the state. Had Green not beaten Lincoln High's Larry Rugg in the semifinals or Southeast's Randy Johnson in the finals, the 1-80 contingent would have captured every championship the tournament had to offer.

Class A 1-80 teams Lincoln Southeast and Millard shared that team title with 10 points each while another member team, Lincoln High, finished tied for third place with Creighton Prep and Omaha Burke. Class Ralston, another 1-80 conference member, rode the singles championship performance of top-seeded Eric Ramsey and a third-place finish by its doubles team of Russ Rob-bins and Gary Luedders to the Norfolk's Don Johnson, Thompson. ri--, I MaiMiirtniiMM tfimftiiwimiiiHH By KEN IIAMBLETON Star Sports Writer There's an old saying that every play is designed to score a touchdown. And with Tom Doggett in the backfield Pius seems to have a better than even chance they'll score on every play. Doggett, a 170-pound senior halfback, scored on runs of 11, 12, 57 and 54 yards to lead the Class top-rated Thunderbolts to a 47-13 trouncing of Council Bluffs St.

Alberts Friday night in front of a Pius homecoming crowd. Doggett, who gained 180 yards in three quarters of play didn't get a chance to do any damage to the Falcons until late in the opening quarter when he scored on a 12-yard rap play to even the score at 7-7. St. Alberts scored first on a 60-yard pass interception of a Pat Fuller pass. The 'Bolts were only able to run nine plays in the first quarter as the Falcons ground game and two Pius turnovers kept the Lincoln team's offense off the field.

Kevin Yontz recovered a Falcon fumble early in the second quarter at the St. Alberts' 36 yard line to set up Pius' next score, a six yard pass from Fuller to Paul Tlamka. Three minutes later, following a short Falcon punt, the 'Bolts scored again on a 11-yard run by "I worked on weights all summer, so I think I surprised him with my kick that first meet," Bradley said. "He's beaten me by eight seconds in the Falls City Invitational and by two seconds twice at Syracuse." Griggs Favored Bradley, the defending district champion, finished eighth in the state Class meet last year. "Griggs was third and here's no doubt in my mind he's the one to beat this year," the Auburn senior predicted.

"My best hope is to set a fast pace and hope he can't keep up with it," added Bradley. Pius coach O'Boyle has an equally wary eye on Plattsmouth, the defending state Class champion. His 'Bolts have finished runnerup to Plattsmouth in invitational meets at Syracuse, Waverly and Plattsmouth this season. Pius No. 2 runner, Jim Reynolds, stepped in a hole Friday and Injured a knee, dropping to a 16th place finish.

But underclassmen carried the 'Bolts to the title. Junior Doug Morin finished second. Jeff Barry, another junior, was eighth and freshman Pius VHm wwniwriiiniHiiiJ rtiffii 'nrnfirniwiiauii4ffiinrnr nt nw tin irfi ijurwiti jimitnii mn ami iirtnuJi irtiaiiiKinr' Tiim itiimririMfniiii nr iniwmii e-.

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