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Pdge )0 Saturday. Septembf 8. 1 984 Weaver's late TD enables Punxs'y to stem the Tid 1 Dimmick then tossed a two-point pass to uan irwin to make it 16-14. The Chucks didn't mount a threat in tbe first half of the final period but with 6:45 to go Dimmick got off a long punt from his own 10. Maciejewski gathered the ball in near his own 40 and broke loose on a punt return to the Tide 26.

Weaver moved the ball to the 10 on a nice pass to Farbo. With a first-and-goal just inside the 10, Maciejewski carried twice for six yards and Weaver got two on a keeper. With tbe ball on the one and a fourth down coming up tbe Chucks called timeout. Coach Gary Juart said "We weren't thinking field goal we Weaver scored on a 2-yard keeper witfi jusi leri in ine game to erase a 15-14 lead which the Golden Tide had held since the last play of the third period. Weaver's TD run made it 20-15 and the senior quarterback then added the two-pointer on the same type of play to make the final score 22-15.

The Chucks had to overcome two unusual scoring plays that had staked the Tide to leads in the first and third periods. The first Curwensville TD came on a doable-pass play that completely fooled the Cbnck secondary. The second Tide TD came when a busted play went for S5 yards on the last play of the third stanza. The come-from-behind victory produced a number of standout players for the Chucks. Weaver scored the final eight points and set up two Punxs'y touchdowns with his passing to flanker Doug Farbo.

Mike Maciejewski turned in another good effort in running the ball and in addition set up two Chucks score By DAVE PUTNAM Gqzetto Staff Writer CURWENSVILLE The Punxs'y Chucks battled from behind twice Friday night to earn a hard-fought 22-15 win over the scrappy Curwens-ville Golden Tide. Chuck quarterback Robby fenny a CuiwVttvtH 0 8 IS Pfav. )S pass from Hunt Oimrnickkkk) Fleming. 5 run (Maeieiewski run). run (Kick failed) OwnrrWcK.

SS run (Irwin mss from Dim mlcfc) Weaver. 1 run (Weaver ran) MTJimUJU. STATS RusNna Punxs'y: J- First DoA-ns First Downs Passing Flrtf Downs Penalties Tolil Fir it Downs Toiat Yards Ydids Paif9 Ptuct Atlemoied Psses CornelMed I nhfreeptiont Thrown Ponfs-Avs. Panait.es-Yard changes result in with South Hills V-r mm real well and Matt Finotti and Scott Halliwell did a good job blocking and picking up their men." Wilson was the game's leading rusher with 100 yards on 31 carries. But tbe big play of the game for H-C came in the third quarter came when Troy Reese blocked a punt and recovered the ball on the one-yard line.

Wilson banged over for the TD to tie the game at 6-6 with 3:37 left in the fourth quarter. Tbe extra-point attempt by Jim Lewis was blocked. South Hills put the first points on the board in the second quarter, but the Wildcats dominated play in the second half. The Tigers utilized fullback John Macellaro on their scoring drive. He finished with 82 yards on 22 carries and made the big plays on the touchdown march, which started on the H-C 39-yard line.

Macellaro broke over the middle for a 15-yard gain to the Wildcat 16-Two plays later, the Tiger fullback caught a 14-yard pass from quarterback Ed Easely before being knocked out of bounds on the Wildcat one-yard line. On the next play, Easely plunged over tbe middle for the score with 5:31 left in tbe half and South took the lead. A 15-yard holding penalty after the extra-point attempt kept the Tigers from getting what could have been the winning margin at the half. "We went in at halftime and felt we could score," remarked Foust. "We drove the ball down the field but we couldn't get it in.

We just came up short." In the fourth quarter, H-C mount ed two offensive drives down to the South Hills 15, with tbe big play coming when 'Cats quarterback. Jack Dellaflora hit Wilson for a 27-yard reception with 2:55 left in the, game. With the ball on the South Hills 25, two nmning plays left H-C with a third and 15. Dellaflora was nailed by the Tigers Greg Lowman, but a face masking penalty was called after the play and the 'Cats gained possession on the 15. With a minute left in the game, Finotti got the call and plowed his way up the middle for four yards.

east? -VLT OwisV at half as Macftejewskl's second interception of the night stopped a mild Ttde threat ob the last play of the period. The Chucks made it 14-7 in the third period on a TD set up by a Weaver-to-Farbo aerial of 33 yards to the Curwensville 13. Fleming went over from the 2 at 5:49 to make it 14-7. Tom Zimmerman missed on the PAT kick. Dimmick put the home team on top again on the final play of the third quarter.

On a third-and long situation Dimmick dropped back to pass. The Chucks got a good rush but he eluded tbe charging linemen, tucked the ball away and scrambled downfjeld for 55 yards and the TD. Foust's 6-6 tie By RON NOCCO Gazette Staff Assistant HOMER CITY Homer-Center coach Rick Foust needed to make some changes this week on his defensive line in order to be ready for Pittsburgh City League school South Hills Friday evening. He found some fresh faces and some willing players in his sophomore class that, in turn, turned the. Wildcat line into a formidable force.

The H-C defense limited the South Hills Tigers to three first downs throughout the game, allowing none in the final half, as the 'Cats played to a 6-6 tie in their first home game. 'We made a lot of changes and only bad one kid go both ways," noted H-C coach Rick Foust. ''Compared to last week 1 was real happy, but the drastic situation came when we needed six inches more and we fell short When we needed six yards, we got 5Vi." Homer-Center was forced to change its offensive alignment around to counter a large six-man South front anchored by a pair of Tiger tackles who matched H-C's 270-pound linemen, Shawn Steffee and Bob Brown, inch for inch. "We switched to the Power-I, which limits us offensively since we needed the extra back to block them in the 6-2 formation when we didn't have enough people to block up front." said Foust. "Dan Wilson ran Honwr-CwnMr 0 0 a South Hills 0 a 0 5H Easety 1 run (run failed) H-C Wilson 1 run kick Hi led) trxttvidual Lwdars Hutrilno Homer-Ctntir: Wilton 31-100.

Ffnortl 3-S. Hat-liwtll 2-5. Dellafiora 6 -12. South Hills: MtcHlaro 22-82. Bubasn 7-19, Easelr 10.

Horner-Centflr: South Hirti: rttrcalvlrig Homer-Center: Moore 2-12. saianl 1-tV Wilson 1-27. South HUH: Macallan) 1-14. SH HC First Downs Rushing Firs) Downs Passing First Downs Pen at tit Total First Downs Total Yards Yards Rushing Yards Passing Passes Attempted Passes Completed Interceptions Thrown Pun Is- A vg. Fumbles Lost Penalties-Yards 1 -Av with a pass interception and a punt return.

Doug Fleming scored on two short runs and defensive back Joe Cunningham had a pass interception and a fumble recovery. The Chuck defensive line, led by Jeff Ward, Don Airgood and Roger Aiken, also had a big part in the win. Curwensville took a 7-0 lead at the 5:24 mark of the first period on a trick play. From the Chuck 41-yard line quarterback Brian Dimmick flipped what appeared to be a forward pass behind the line of scrimmage to halfback Earl Hunt. Hunt started to run and then stopped and heaved a long pass to a wide open Nick Prave who was 10 yards behind the Chuck secondary.

Dim-mick's extra point boot made it 7-fi. The Chucks got on the scoreboard for the first tune in '84 in the second period when Maciejewski picked off a Dimmick pass and raced back 46 yards to the Tide 8. Two plays later Fleming took it over from the 5. Maciejewski ran for the two-pointer to make It 8-7 and that's the way it 4 -A- s-mvJ a. hkMv were winking touchdown all the way." Weaver called his own Dumber and followed a block by Maciejewski across tbe goal for the winning TD with 4:06 to play.

Cunningham's interception of a Dimmick pass stopped a final Tide offensive hope and the clock ran out with the Chucks deep in the Curwensville territory. The Chucks completed only four passes on the night but all four were for key gains. Prior to the game Juart had stated that "We want to make a commitment to passing and get a batter balance in our offense." The Chucks, now 1-0-1, will stage their home opener next Friday against the St. Marys Dutchmen. but came up less than a yard short of the first down at the 10.

South Hills coach Bill Schmitt was content to run out the clock, since his rookie quarterback was limited in his play selection. "We had to stick to basics since our quarterback was having trouble picking up his secondary receivers," said Schmitt, whose' starting quarterback last year threw for 15 TD's and more than 1,500 yards. "We were limited to what we could do and that's why we. used Macellaro extensively. He played just defense last It was defense that kept both teams in the game.

H-C's fresh-look defense had linebacker Lou Sacco in 14 tackles seven solos and sev-, en assists. Scott Halliwell, while, made 13 tackles from bis-' cornerback position six solos and seven assists. Cornerback Robert Peak and defensive end Dave Rommel also played well for tbe Wildcats. Foust noted that sophomores Frank Sisko, Rob Gutter and Steve Buggey did a good job on the defensive line. South Hills, though, had two players who proved to be a thorn in the H-C offensive attack.

"Their linebacker (Don Masdea) and defensive end (Greg Lowman) were tough and we tried to run away from them," said But it end-red up we ran into them anyway since they switched around." Although there might have been some apprehension about playing a. City League school, Foust feels the game was a good tuneup before his squad squares off with Indiana' County foes. Homer-Center travels to Perms Manor next Saturday eve- ning. before, but we made some raents after the beginning of the 1 half," said Foust "It's nice to play against this caliber of a team." Since Foust is the athletic director at Homer-Center, he gets the chance to pick some tough opponents. South! Hills will become a part of Brashear's and Peabody's schooL' districts in 1986, and the only place you can see a Tiger play after next season in Pittsburgh will be at the zoo.

An eyeful: Boom Boom suspended NEW ORLEANS (AP) Ray' "Boom Boom" Mancini and his manager, David Wolf, are under a 60-day suspension imposed by Louisiana's Boxing Commission for fail- ing to let officials know that an eyeT injury might force cancellation of a fight; The suspension was announced' Friday. Mancini, a former world light- weight champion, announced Thurs-' day that his own orthopedic surgeon had ordered him out of a nationally televised fight scheduled Saturday; at the world's fair against Kenny: "Bang Bang" Bogner for fear the inch-long scar would reopen. The suspensions were announced by Michael J. Cusimano, secretary-treasurer of the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission. 1 "I don't think we can argue with the doctor," said Cusimano.

"If the doctor says he's got a medical problem, I don't think we qualify to ar- -gue. "What we're saying is the doctor, himself said this condition occurred: two weeks ago in the Catskills. If that condition existed, we should! have been notified of it." After the commission's action as-announced. Wolf said the commission could not suspend him or his; fighter because neither of them is U- censed by the state, "I believe that an action like this is an indication of the general in-' competence that permeates the' comission," Wolf said. "To suggest, that we concealed an injury is pre-' posterous." Cusimano said the suspensions were effective Friday, but both Mancini and Wolf could appeal.

If they did, he said, a hearing would be scheduled as soon as possible preferably on the first or third Fri day of the month, when the commis sion holds its regular meetings. It was the second time, in a little-more than a year that a Mancini-; Bogner fight had been canceled. The previous cancellation was last summer when Mancini, 29-2, broke his', collarbone while training for a fight against Bogner, 22-1-1. 4mt iir All eyes are on this fumble during Friday nighrs game between Momer-Center and South Hilts. Surging for the ball are Wildcat Dan Wilson (14) and Tiger Don Masdea.

JL'. (Gazette photo by Fisher) Upstart Team USA faces Soviets tonight By The Associated Press 'Riding what Coach Bob Johnson calls "great momentum," the surprising Team USA takes on the Soviet Nationals tonight in a Canada Cup hockey game in Edmonton. "We're a very young team and we've got great momentum," Johnson said. "The kids have been magnificent. It's amazing that they are getting the opportunity to play and are playing better and better with those opportunities." It will be the first meeting in North America of the Soviet national team and Team USA since the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid, when the Americans shocked the Soviets and went on to win the gold medal.

This year's version of Team USA boasts several 1980 Olympians, including forwards Dave Christian, Mark Johnson and Neat Broten, and defenseman Mike Ramsey. But the real stars have been forwards Brian Lawton, Ed Olczyk and Bobby Carpenter, and goalie Tom Barrasso, all of whom jumped directly from high school to the pros. The Soviets are without three of their mainstays, yet haven't been challenged in this event. Vladislav Tretiak, the greatest goaltender in Soviet history, has retired. Defenseman Vyacheslav Fetisov considered by many the best defenseman in the world broke his leg in pre-tournament training, and High-scoring right wing Nikolai Drozdetski the top goal scorer at the Olympics in Sarajevo also is sidelined with a leg injury.

"The U.S. is a very good team and the Soviet team is very strong," saysLu-dek Bufcac, coach of the Czechoslovakian national team who has seen his players fall 3-0 to the Soviets and 3-2 to the Americans in this tournament. "(But) the U.S. team lost a lot of energy against Canada (a 44 tie) and against us and the Russians keep getting stronger and stronger." I The Soviets have a 3-0 record thus far in Canada Cup play, while Team USA 2-0-1. I In other action tonight, Canada plays Czechoslovakia in Calgary following an afternoon game pitting Sweden against West Germany.

Czechoslovakia rates as the most disappointing nation so far in the six-oountry international series. The Czechoslovaks have only a tie to show for ieir three starts and the talent-rich Canadians although third in the standings with a 1-1-1 record have stumbled through two lackluster performances this week. "We've got to look at the Calgary game as a must-win situation," Canadian 'Coach Glen Sather said after Thursday's upset 4-2 loss to Sweden. "Beating Czechs is the only thing on our minds right now. We've got to put the -American and Swedish games behind us and concentrate on the Czechs, fiat's all there's to it." The Soviet Union leads the standings with six points.

The U.S. is second with five points and Canada third with three. Canada's remaining games of the round-robin portion of the tournament are against Czechoslovakia and the Sweden has two points, followed by the Czechoslovaks and West Germans with one each. 'j The top four teams after the round robin advance to the semifinals beginning Sept. 12.

"We've had tots of chances, especially on the power play, and just haven't been in position to finish things off around the net," said Sather. "We need to a little harder in order to get a little luck coming our way." I Team Canada worked out Friday in Calgary and Sather was hopeful that right wing Rick Middleton of the Bruins, who missed Thursday's game with a sore ankle, will be ready for Czechoslovakia. Middleton had been playing on a line with Wayne Gretzky, but was replaced by Mike Gartner of the Washington Capitals against the Swedes. Gartner was not an offensive threat and drew three minor penalties. "We're much too good a team to suffer like this," said Gretzky.

"Everyone 'Wants to win badly. We're close, really close, to making some great plays, rve missed some chances that should have been goals. 1 As manager of the Washington Senators, Joe Cronin, right, chats with Babe Ruth before the first game of the 1 933 World Series in New York. Cronin, a Hall of Famer and former alt-star player who managed and became president of the American League, died Friday at his hometown of Osterville, Mass. He was 77.

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