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frx PASCO Pasco-Hernando-Citrus 2- Area THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, Tuesday, November 28, 1978 WfT 3STlk rlTZ- 3 VB Sports Shorts unnellon Must Continue Its Showing' At Clermont i strong and brings an 8-3 record into the game against the undefeated Tigers. They pushed Clearwater Central Catholic all over the field last Friday night and came away with a 16-0 win. If 18 Walter Riddle lit) Roger Sibbald Quarterbacked Dunnellon to 28-0 playoff win over Umatilla 1 tfeROOKSVILLE The first major hurdle is behind the Dunnellon High School football team in its quest for the state, Class 2-A championship; Tigers won the first battle of Russian roulette last Friday night in Umatilla, knocking off the Bulldogs 28-0 in impressive fashion. District-9 champs didn't have a case of the jitters, which is to the credit of Coach Richard Kennedy. The Tigers were ready to play.

The defense was outstanding. had only one serious threat in the game. This came in the second period when the losers drove from their 43 to the Dunnellon five. However, David Hendrix broke through, forcing a fumble by Joe McKenzie, which was recovered by Kirk Carpenter. 5The Bulldogs passed the mid-field stripe only on other time.

It came in the first period when they drove from the 16 to the Dunnellon 43. Vito McKeever picked off a Glen Key pass to stop the losers. It took the Tiger offense two quarters to get untracked, but once they did, there was no stopping Kennedy's squad. The offense had five ball possessions in the second half. The Tigers scored twice and the other three drives were halted at the Umatilla 16, 14 and 26.

The defense even got into the act. Al Miller picked off a pass on the last play of the game and returned it 48 yards for a touchdown. Dunnellon finished with 361 yards in total offense, sticking mostly to the groud. Of the 55 plays run by the offense, 48 were on the ground. Al Young looked like an All-State running back.

Roger Sibbald performed like an experienced quarterback. The junior just gets better every week. The football season is over for all area teams with the exception of Dunnellon. It means basketball has arrived. Pasco and Gulf got the jump on the other area teams last week by playing in seperate Thanksgiving tournaments.

Dunnellon, Citrus, Chiefland and Springstead open up this week, while the other 10 schools swing into action next week. The Tribune's annual in-depth pre-season report will be published Thursday. Crystal River and Springstead are set for the famed Kingdom of the Sun tournament in Ocala over the Christmas holidays to highlight boys' action, while Hudson hosts the first annual Sweet Sixteen tournament for girls during the same time (Dec. 26-30). Hudson and South Sumter appear to be the class in the area among the girls, while Hernando, Pasco and Springstead among the boys.

However, there is always the element of surprise when dealing with high school athletes. It was Land O' Lakes and Dunnellon in football. It will be interesting to see how long Pasco County schools will go with four games a night (junior varsity and varsity girls and boys) every time they play at home. AD's should receive combat pay for the 16-hour days they will face. Fullbacks David Hendrix and Mike Williams even got into the limelight, along with reserve running back Randy Thomas.

Williams gained 32 yards on six carries, Hendrix 26 on five carries and Thomas 19 yards on four carries. Kennedy was quite proud when the Umatila athletic director told him after the game that his players displayed the finest sportsmanship he has seen this year. "You can print that," said Kennedy with a smile while he was holding court with reporters. "Winning is very important, but so is character. We don't get involved in fights.

1 demand my players to be good sports. We are building a class program here." Next on the agenda for the Tigers is Clermont. The two teams meet Friday night in Clermont for the Section-3 title and a trip to the semifinals the following week against the winner of the Mulberry-Ft. Lauderdale Pine Crest. Clermont made it all the way to the state finals last year.

The Highlanders were faced with a new coach in Quin Clements and a new quarterback in sophomore scrambler Mike Keys. Clermont started slow, but has come on Al Young Tiger back ran for 7.3 yards per carry, scored three touchdowns i'' ---V. x--L- 'i Land O9 Lakes' Themesong: Was A Very Good-year9 4 Pasco Splits, Gulf Loses In Opening Basketball Action HOLIDAY Two area basketball teams opened their 1978-79 seasons last weekend with mixed results. Pasco Comprehensive, which saw action in the Tampa Catholic Tipoff Tournament, split its two games. The Pirates were defeated by Tampa Jesuit, 77-55, in the opening match of the tourney, but came back to beat defending District-10, Class 3-A champion Tarpon Springs, 75-53, in Saturday night's consolation game.

Gulf Comprehensive, which competed in the Pinellas Park Tipoff tourney, lost both of its games. The Buccaneers lost to the Class 3-A host school, Pinellas Park, 71-60 and also dropped a 67-53 decision to St. Petersburg Catholic. "I wasn't satisfied at all with our play Friday night (against Jesuit)," Pasco head coach Bob Edwards said. "We didn't play well.

I guess we had the first-game jitters. "However, I was very pleased with our play against Tarpon Springs," he added. "We set the tempo in that game and they had to play our game." The leading scorer for the Pirates in both tests was Robert Johnson, who had 15 points in the Jesuit loss and 20 in the win over the Spongers. The Bucs, who were playing their first games under new head coach Hugh Lindsley, were led by Randy Currelly's 25 points against Pinellas Park and Terry Fahlman's 18 against St Petersburg Catholic. Gulf and Pasco will meet Friday at 1 p.m.

in Dade City. Nick Pugliese Local Netters Win Trophies PORT RICHEY Several local netters took home trophies from last weekend's Ridge Gardens Racquet and Sail Club Thanksgiving tennis tournament. In the men's club singles final, New Port Richey's Dennis Kolean defeated Paul Jeffris, also of New Port Richey, 6-0, 6-2. In the men's doubles competition finat, Port Richey's Alex and Rick Deeb defeated Port Richey's Gary Durrance and Tom Deeb (Alex and Rick's brother), 6-7, 6-4, 6-2. Durrance, the tourney director, also lost to Tamps's Billy Dean in the men's open singles final.

Brooksville's Joel Benefield knocked off New Port Richey's Mai O'Conner, 8-6, in the pro set finals of the consolation round. Ridge Gardens will host two tennis tournaments next month a junior tourney on Dec. 17-18 and an adult tourney on Dec. 22-24 Anyone interested in entering either of those events should contact Durrance at 848-0992. Two-Way Tie At Forest II ills HOLIDAY There was a two-way tie in the re- cent men's pro-am at the Forest Hills Golf and Country Club.

Tying for first place with 34 points apiece were the teams of Lome Campbell, Hugo Johnson and Ron Woodard, and Sam Bonventre, Gene Van-deVusse and Don Broughton. There was also a two-way tie for second place in the pro-am between the trios of Andy Fish, Jack Devine and Gene McCIellan, and Ron Krause, Ed Trudeau and Lee Fizer. Both teams scored 33 points. In the recent Saturday Skins competition, Earl Ward made a birdie on hole No. 1.

There was an even hole handicap tourney held on Ladies Day last week. Mickey Smith captured first place, Dottie Phillips came in second and there was a two-way tie for third between Doris Travers and Mary Rosegold. Two teams tied for first place (with 4-under-31's) in the recent men's scrambles. J.W. Allen, Joe Gostinger, Henry Swanson and Vic Coy made up one of the winning foursomes, while Granville Webb, Frank Bulin, Mike Yurik and Gene VandeVusse made up the other one.

The team of Howard White, Harry Becker, Richard Abrahamson and Jim Haygood came in second place. Granville Webb came closest to the pin on the fourth hole and Henry Annunziata came closest to the pin on the sixth hole. Duo Win At Spring Hill SPRING HILL Rog Billings and Chet Seven-son combined to win a best ball of the twosome play day held by the Spring Hill Men's Golf Association. The ladies held a low net event with Ella Sven-son taking top honors in the A Flight. Three teams tied for second place in men's competition.

They include the team of John Kent and Mike Nesta, Milt Behler and Jim Hornoff and the team of Ken Nelson and Dud Carmichael. Individual fight winners were Frank Starrett (A), John Katalinich (B), Tony Rizza (C) and Bill Voight and Ray Svoboda (D). Norma Cecil was runner-up to Svenson in the A Flight in ladies' action, while Georgia Anderson finished third. Liz Hayes won the Flight, while Mary Pipkin was second and Jean Maxwell third. Helen Hornoff captured the Flight, while Marie Lewandowski was second.

Ann Grayson edged Marie Colwell in the Flight, while Ruth Clark placed third. Palmer Wins Sugarmill Low-Net HOMOSASSA SPRINGS The Sugarmill Woods Women's Golf Association held two tournaments in its weekly play day last week. Ruth Palmer (72) edged Angie Maniazis (73) for low net honors, while Bunny Johnson had the most sixes on her card to capture the first flight title in this portion of the play day. The second flight went to Fredia Smale, while three ladies tied for first in the third flight. They included Barbara Carson, Louise Randall and Isabel Retzer.

Edith Moser, Theresa Blumka and Maniazis tied for first place in the fourth flight A total of 35 ladies took part in the play day. LOL Gun Rally Set Sunday LAND O' LAKES Dr. John Grady, president of the American Pistol and Rifle Association, will be the honored guest at a gun rally, scheduled at the local civic center, Sunday from 10 a.m., to 5 p.m. Dr. Grady will make several presentations during the course of the day and also will answer questions.

The rally features the Tampa Sheriffs' Association fast draw experts, who will perform simulated gun battles. A square dance group from New Port Richey will also perform and there will be a chicken shoot and gun flea market Admission is free and entertainment is for the entire family. season. They deserved to win." As for the Yellow Jacket playoff game, Benedetto said his team had plenty of opportunities to pull the battle out. "I've said it before and I'll say it again; we had plenty of chances to score and keep the game close, but we just couldn't put the ball in the end zone," he said.

"We should have scored near the end of the first half when we had the ball inside their 10-yard line with a first-and-goal. "Not scoring that time, and all the other times we had chances, took a lot out of us." The second-year mentor praised the Jackets, who are the defending 3-A champs. "Bartow's a good, fast team. They are very strong," Benedetto noted. "I can't take anything away from them.

They should go far in the playoffs once again." All three of, the Jackets' scores against LOL came in the air two from quarterback Keith Bonney to wide receiver Mike Williams (19 and 43 yards) and the other from Bonney to Tony Brown 1 4 yards). Bartow also did damage to the Gator defense on the ground as junior running back Mickey Hopkins gained 117 yards on 19 carries. More than anything else, the one thing that hampered the Gator offense was its five missed fourth-down conversions. Asked if he would try to make those first downs again, or kick a field goal or punt instead, Benedetto said he'd still gamble. "I think I would go for the first downs again," he said without hesista-tion.

"At the time, it was the only thing to do. Sure, we could have tried field goals a couple of times, but, if we could have gotten the first downs, then we might have eventually scored a touchdown, and that's what we needed." One of the few bright spots for Land O'Lakes was the running of sophomore Mike Cherok, who gained 83 hard-earned yards against the very tough Jacket defense. That defense held senior running back Buddy Smith, the Gators' leading rusher and scorer, to only 58 yards on 16 carries. It also limited the LOL offense to less than 200 total yards. One of the more interesting statistics of the Bartow-LOL game came under the penalty column.

The victorious Jackets piled up 120 yards in infractions, while the Gators were called for only three penalties for 35 yards. LAND O'LAKES While the Bartow-Yellow Jackets were still out on the football field practicing Monday afternoon, the Land CLakes Gators were packing away their grid equipment for a long winter's sleep. Thanks to a 19-0 victory over Land O'Lakes last Friday night in a first-round state playoff game, the fifth-ranked Jackets are still alive in postseason competition and will meet Arca-dia-DeSoto County this Friday night. Although the 1978 season is all over for Gators, what a season it was. Their theme song should be "It Was A Very Good Year." In their first year in District-10 competition, the Gators won the title outright with a 6-1 record.

They were 7-3 overall. Among their victims were defending league champ Pasco Comprehensive, 27-19, pre-season league favorite Hudson 35-34, and former.league powerhouse Tarpon Springs, 17-14. Their only district loss came at the hands of the Citrus Hurricanes of Inverness, 17-14. "I thought the team did an outstanding job this year," LOL head coach John Benedetto said from his office Monday afternoon. "I have to give our kids a lot of credit.

They really worked hard this Land O'Lakes Gator steady running back Mike Cherok will be back for two more seasons, which should make Gator coaches and fans happy. Tribune Photo by John Coffeen ari Ex-Leopards Help E.Kentucky To RICHMOND, Ky. Former Hernando High School (Brooksville) football great George Floyd finished his freshman year at Eastern Kentucky as the team's eighth leading tackier, according to final statistics released Monday. Floyd, a starter at rover back the last half of the season, was credited with 26 individual tackles and 32 assists. The All-State high school defensive halfback also made four tackles resulting in losses by the opposition, totaling six yards and recovered one fumble.

Rodney Byrd, a teammate of Floyd's for three years in high school, was second-string safety for Eastern Kentucky this fall in his freshman year. Byrd intercepted one pass and returned it 37 yards to set up a field goal in the homecoming game against Murray State and finished the season with eight tackles and three assits. The Colonels finished their season with an 8-2 record. The eight wins tied a school record for most victories in a season. The Division 1-AA university finished second in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 5-1 record.

The only loss came to champion Western Kentucky by a 17-16 margin on a last-second field goal. The Colonels have every one of their statistical leaders on offense and defense returning for the 1979 season. Tom Darby, former assistant football coach and athletic director at Hernando High School, is an assistant varsity coach. He handles the defensive ends. Defensive Duo WF7: "i -r, lUrzA? A 4 LEFT: George Floyd f7 'rV: rf (31)- Eastern Ken- irtiPb mJJ fj tucky University Jf A v-1-rw-- i T-- 'kVA freshman roverback.

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