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13 8 The Sioux City Journal, Sunday, November 1 3, 1 994 Spencer outlasts Glenwood in 4 OTs IOWA PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS 't TT'td). -V, U-r. SPENCER, Iowa, -Hoping the third time is a charm, Spencer gained a ticket to the Class 3 A title game next Saturday at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls by downing Glenwood in a four-overtime football thriller here Saturday, 17-14. Twice before Spencer has played in a title game in the Iowa High Schol football playoffs, but settled for second place both times. The defensive struggle was finally settled when junior Lance Winther kicked an 18-yard field goal to end the marathon.

The victorious Tigers, now 10-2, led 7-0 at the half after Mark Ricketts ran 11 yards for a touchdown with 5:16 to go in the opening period and Winther was good on the PAT kick. Glenwood tied the game in the third stanza on Jim Lovely's three-yard run with 6:42 on the clock and Todd Schneider's conversion kick. Both teams scored in the. first overtime and neither did in the second and third extra sessions. After suffering a holding penalty and a loss on a running play, Spencer connected first in the initial OT when Tim Smith completed his only pass of the game to Josh Sheeley for the six points.

Winther again kicked the point. Glenwood retaliated on Dain Lundvall's two-yard dash and Schneider's game-tying kick. After the visiting Rams failed to A 1 I Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips side- ing first-quarter run in Comhuskers' 26-12 victo-steps Iowa State defensive back Daryl Hall dur- ry over Cyclones. (AP photo) Phillips surpasses Thomas' sophomore rushing record Battle Creek gets shot at C1 crown ShawTD lets Hawks put it away from page D1 the Hawkeyes to a 21-7 halftime lead. Sherman also had two interceptions in the game.

Jasper caught three passes during Iowa's first scoring drive, the last a 38-yard TD catch that, gave him his 101st career reception, a feat accomplished by only nine other Hawkeyes. Jasper, who caught six passes for 115 yards, has now caught at least one pass in 22 consecutive games. Roussell's TD pass culminated a 76-yard drive and was set up by a 45-yard flea-flicker from Willie Guy to Scott Slutzker to put the ball on the Northwestern 31. Sherman went to Slutzker on the next play, for a 29-yard gain before hitting Roussell for the score. Iowa made it 21-0 when Sherman hit Odems on a 51-yard scoring toss before Northwestern made it 21-7 on Steve Schnur's 12-yard quarterback keeper around left end 2:54 before halftime.

Iowa looked like it would extend its lead to three touchdowns before intermission when Sherman moved the Hawkeyes on the ensuing series from their own 20 to the Northwestern 2. But he couldn't find. a receiver with three seconds left and was tackled at the 1 as time expired. The Hawkeyes made it 28-7 when Jason House blocked Paul Burton's punt on Northwestern 's first possession of the second half and Bo Porter fell on it in the end zone. Northwestern responded with a 64-yard drive, capped by a one-yard TD plunge by Dennis Lundy, to pull within 28-13.

Lundy, Northwestern's all-time leading rusher who had 2,949 career yards coming into the game, gained 113 yards against the Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes put the game away on their next possession when Shaw went untouched 19 yards around left end to cap a 63-yard drive and give Iowa a 35-13 edge with 8:32 re-maining in the third quarter. Iowa got two mop-up touchdowns in the final period, including a 10-yard run by Kent Kahl and a 71 -yard run by Ryan Terry. NHL heads will reject I proposal HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) The prime negotiators in the NHL labor dispute talked by telephone Saturday and there were early indications the league will reject the latest proposal by players. "I think (NHL Commissioner Gary) Bettman was going to give the executive committee the courtesy of hearing it, but it's clearly not good enough," a management source told The Associated Press today.

Bettman spoke by telephone with union boss Bob Goodenow early today and scheduled another conversation later today to schedule further contract talks. Bettman also was to discuss the players' offer with the executive committee. "What they offered was said the source, who requested anonymity. "They're not even putting their best offer on the table. But maybe you could say we're doing the same thing." Asked if he was at least encouraged that the players had given ground, and that talks seemed to be going somewhere, the source responded: "Yes, but I thought we were over the pontificating stage.

To me, it (the players' announcement of its proposal Thursday) looked like a P.R. (public relations) stunt." The players made what they called "significant concessions" during an all-day negotiating session Thursday, hoping that something approaching a rookie salary cap would help to unlock the labor stalemate that has postponed the start of the season, scheduled for Oct. 1. score in their fourth overtime opportunity, Spencer got the job done on Winther's kick which came on a fourth down play. Each team made a goal line stand in the fourth quarter.

The Tigers stopped Glenwood inside the 2-yard line midway through the period and Glenwood halted Spencer on a fourth and one with a minute left. Spencer rushed the ball 50 times for 114 yards with Ricketts gaining 59 on 16 totes and junior Kevin Oestenstad netting 45 yards on nine carries. Lundvall did the majority of the running for the Rams, gaining 108 yards on 34 carries. As a team Glenwood rushed for 163 yards on 63 carries. Quarterback Lovely completed three of four passes for 24 yards.

Spencer last played in a championship game in 1991. Glenwood, ending at 10-2, was ranked fifth in the final regular-season poll. Spencer was unrank-ed, but bumped off Webster City, ranked fourth, and Cherokee, ranked eighth. The Tigers' championship foe will be South Tama, which clipped Mount Pleasant 14-10 in Saturday's other semifinal contest. NEBRASKA PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS the victory and quarterback Curtis Maertins added 97 yards rushing.

Battle Creek is playing in the playoffs for the 11th straight year and 14th overall since Nebraska began post-season play in 1975. In David City, Matt Arps rushed for a season-high 134 yards and scored one touchdown for Aquinas in the meeting of defending state champs. Aquinas won in CI last year and Scotus took the Class title. Aquinas took a 13-0 lead with two second-quarter scores. Jay Pelan hit Justin Semin on an 11-yard touchdown pass off a fake field goal and Ken Kadavy added a 3-yard run later in the period.

Arps scored on a 60-yard run in the third quarter to help the Monar-chs to a 20-0 lead on the ninth-ranked Shamrocks. Aquinas earned its third straight berth in the CI finals. Hastings, winning its first game against two losses, had good scoring balance with Stcph Buckner netting 16, Laurie Herbck 13 and Heather Kenny and Carol Menke each 12. Hastings won the board battle 56-35 with Kenny spearing 16. Briar now 1-2, plays its home opener Tuesday night against Dakota State.

Tip-off is 7:30 p.m. in Newman Flanagan Center. BRIAR CLIFF (87) Kelly Stineman 2-9 1-5 Cynthia Steal 3-12 5-8 11, Wendy Hemmen 34 3-7 9, Christy Mohni 5-10 0-0 10, Jill Dopheide 5-12 0-0 12, Stacey Collins 0-2 0-0 0, Triaha Whaley 3-5 0-0 6, Mickl Llllia 0-0 0-0 0, Rhonda Sandar 2-3 04 4, Sarah Smart 04 0-0 0. Totala 23-59 9-20 57. HASTINGS (73) Laurie Harbek 5-12 2-2 13, Sgtaph Buckner 7-14 2-3 16, Steel Kublk 0-3 0-00, Heather Kenny 6-14 0-1 12, Carol Menke 4-7 4-4 12, Erica Fleming 2-8 0-0 4, Jenn Meiander 1-4 0-0 2, Shawna Thau! 2-9 0-0 4, Laisa Hargans 3-8 1-2 7, kills Herbek 0-1 0-0 0, Kim Fdkerta 1-1 0-0 2, Becky Maaek 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 31-82 9-12 73. Halrume Hastings 38, Briar Gift 35. Three-point hoti Briar Clitf 2-8 (Dopheide 2-8), Hastlnas 2-16 (L Herbek 1-4, Thaut 1-4, Fleming 0-4, Kublk 0-3, Menke 0-1). Fouled out None. Rebound! Briar Cliff 40 (Stineman 7), Hastingt 56 (Kenny 16).

Assists Briar Clifl 10 (Stineman 6), Hastings 11 (Fleming 5). Turnovers Briar Clifl 23, Hastings 19. Total tods Briar Cliff 11, Ha stings 15. UIPV Walden will have attorney look into suspension by Big 8 AMES, Iowa (AP) Jim Walden hasn't given up on coaching in Iowa State's season finale at Colorado and says he'll have a lawyer look into his suspension by the Big Eight Conference. The Big Eight has suspended Walden for the Colorado game next Saturday because he criticized the officials after the Cyclones' loss to Kansas State a week ago.

If the suspension stands, Saturday's game with Nebraska would be Walden's last as the Cyclones' coach because he'll resign at the end of the season. On his pregame radio show Saturday, Walden questioned the Big Eight calling his criticism a second offense. "I'm going to have a lawyer look into it," Walden said. "Because the rules say a first offense is a public reprimand. When does the first offense tnd? You can't carry that over my head (forever)." The Big Eight reprimanded Walden last spring for an incident in the 1993 season.

League officials said a second offense brings a suspension. The conference also fined Iowa State $5,000. "When was my first offense because I don't remember having one this year," Walden said. "Then if you can go all the way back 1987 when I first got here, that's ridiculous. "When does the first offense end? Is it once every year, once every five years, once in forever? Tom Osborne has been (at Nebraska) for 20 years.

Did he use up his first one in 1976?" "Am I being suspended for saying the truth?" Walden said. "I don't understand any of this nor have I had the time to look into it. But I will look into it. I'm not giving up on anything. I'm going to be in motor next week.

BATTLE CREEK, Neb. Battle Creek blanked Adam Central Saturday afternoon in the semifinals of the Nebraska Class CI playoffs, 26-0, and earned the school's seventh berth in a state championship game. Coach Bob Schnitzler won Class CI state titles in 1981-86-87-92 and finished second in 1988 and 1991. In the 1992 finals, Battle Creek defeated David City Aquinas and Aquinas will be the foe in the state championship duel in Battle Creek next Friday. Aquinas beat Columbus Scotus in the other CI semifinal Saturday, 20-14.

Aquinas, the defending state champ and ranked No. 1 in Class CI, will take a 12-0 record into the clash with Battle Creek. Battle Creek got touchdowns Saturday from Ty Uhlir, Travis Humphrey, Tom Uhlir and Aaron Philpott to run its record to 10-1. Ty Uhlir scored on a 17-yard run, Humphrey on a three-yard slant, Tom Uhlir on a two-yard smash and Philpott on a four-yard run. Tom Uhlir rushed for 113 yards in from pageD! personal foul on the second punt, leading to a 35-yard field goal by ISU's Ty Stewart at the 10:56 mark of the second quarter.

A flurry of scoring took place just before intermission, beginning "with Iowa State reovering a muffed punt on the Nebraska 18. The Husker defense stiffened, forcing a 37-yard Stewart field goal with 2:56 left. Damon Benning returned the ensuing kickoff 26 yards to the Iowa State 47 and it took the Huskers just four plays to score. Berringer flipped a 14-yard pass to Abdul Muhammad, then Muhammad made a diving catch for a 38-yard touchdown on the next play. Tom Sieler's conversion kick made it 14-6 with just under a minute remaining.

Nebraska had one more chance before intermission, but Darrin Erstad missed a 45-yard field goal in the closing seconds. Iowa State accounted for the only scoring of the third quarter on the Doxzon to Branch pass, a play in which the sophomore from Millard, showed option but pulled up and fired a perfect strike. The Cyclones had another touchdown pass called back because of a holding penalty in the fourth quarter. By that time, however, Nebraska had gone in front 21-6 on a six-yard bolt up the middle by reserve I-back Benning, capping a short 41-yard march with 12:09 left in the game. Phillips put the finishing touches on the victory, scooting 21 yards with 1:25 remaining.

Phillips, toting the pigskin a career-high 36 times, ran his season rushing total to 1,672 yards and bettered Thurman Thomas' Big Eight sophomore rushing record of 1,553 yards in 1985. Phillips now has 2,180 yards in his career, 12th on the all-time NU list. Iowa State's Doxzon connected up on 8 of 13 passes for 151 yards, while netting a team-high 41 yards rushing. Nebraska finished with 478 total yards to 213 for the Cyclones, who fell to 0-9-1 overall. "That is a really good football team," said Walden.

"I am proud of the way that we played against that football team. "When you play a team that demands as much as they do, you must have everyone out there working hard. We played well." Walden said the nullified touchdown hurt, but admitted that his team simply ran out of energy. "We wanted to get into the fourth Hastings bounces Briar Cliff women tell the guys to get back," cracked Walden, who has a 28-56-2 record in eight seasons at ISU. "I quit calling plays two or three weeks ago because they were so bad, so now I'm just the 'get back' coach." Nebraska 28, Iowa St.

1 2 Nebraska 7 7 0 1428 lowastat a 0-12 neb: pwiiipt 1 run (sieier kick) Stewart 35 NEB: Muhammad 38 past from Berringer (Sieier kCk) isu: Branch ss pass from Doaon (run tailed) NtB: Phillips 21 run (Sieier kick) jaawyjagl Nab lsu Rrstdowns 21 11 se ws 43-62 Passingyards 193 151 Retl)m wyird, 3 7 Passes 11-is-i e-13-0 6l 1-0 Penallles-yardt 8-55 6-50 Time of possession 33:35 26:25 n- aafflsi RUSHING: Nebraska -Phillips36-1 83, Berringer Davit 4-io, Knott 3-a, Gams e-r, Doxzon 20-4, ThlV- PASSING: Nebraska Berringer 1 1 -1 8-1 1 93. lowastate Ooxzona-n-o isi. Muhammad 2-62, Oilman 1-48, Alford 1-4. Iowa state Turner 3-31, Branch 2-63, Mhoon 2-20, Horace 1-37, CRETE, Neb. Hastings College limited Briar Cliff to 22 second-half points and defeated the Lady Chargers 73-57 in the Crete Chamber of Commerce Classic basketball tournament here Saturday.

Briar Ciiff, which went 1-2 in the three-day tourney, trailed only 36-35 at the half before turning chilly the last half. The Lady Chargers shot 46.7 the first half to stay close, but wilted to 31 percent shooting after the break. Briar Cliff also made less than half its free throws, sinking just nine of 20. Jill Dopheidc led Briar Cliff's scoring with a dozen points including a pair of three-point shots. Freshmen Cynthia Steel and Christy Mohni added 1 1 and 10 points respectively.

Kelly Stincman was limited to five points, but she had team-highs of seven rebounds, six assists and five steals. quarter close," he added. "Our only hope was to squeeze the clock. After eight minutes left, they were just better." Iowa State linebacker Matt Nit- chie, a senior from Lincoln and one of several Nebraskans on the Iowa State roster, charted a career-high 18 tackles. "I don't think Nebraska overlook- ed us, I just don't think they expected us to play that hard for four quarters," said Nitchie.

"You just 1. 1 tl can bust Cyclone spint. The guys have played extremely hard all year and it just about paid off today." vt -j The last time Nebraska paid a visit to Ames, it suffered a 19-10 setback to the Cyclones two years ago. "It's hard to keep 1992 out of your mind," said NU signal-caller Berringer. "We just needed to stay focused.

They had lots of lasts, the last game for their coach and for their Seniors. IOWa State's defense, which Came into the game ranked 105th na- tionally against the rush, held Nebraska's top-rated rushing offense (365.9 average) to 285 yards. Walden may be banned from the sidelines in Boulder, next weekend, but he will still make the trip Wltn niS team. "I just can't stand over there and omore, led the way for the second match in a row, totaling 12 kills. Mindy Boogerd, an all-tournament pick with Reitsma and Van Kley a year ago, added 10 kills, Deb Ver Burg had nine and Angela Vos had eight.

"I've learned a lot this year, said Meendering, a varsity newcomer in a lineup that will lose four of six starters. "They've taught me a lot." Alyssa Van't Hul, a junior middle blocker, is the other starter who'll be back next season. Western took an early 5-2 lead in the opening game of the match, but Iowa Falls scored the next seven points, taking a 9-5 lead with four points on the serve of Dana Strube, one of just two seniors in the Cadets' starting six. Western rebounded to gain a 13-11 edge, getting two aces in a five-point service from Van Kley. When senior setter Sue Gilbert took over for Iowa Falls, though, it was over quickly on four straight points.

Gilbert, herself, came to the Van Den Bosch says first meeting Ballantyne notches big 800 series SOUTH SIOUX CITY Terry Ballantyne used a 299 middle game as the springboard to an 800 even series in the Late Saturday Night Mixed League at Harmony Lanes here. After opening with 256, Ballantyne left a 10 pin on his last ball of the middle game to cost him the pcrfecto. But, he responded with 245 for the lofty total. The 800 was the third of the season in Sioux City area bowling. Gary Collins, Bruce Widner and Randy Bianchini rolled the other big numbers.

ST tJhm helped It was 14-6 after a tip by Vos, but Iowa Falls staved it off three game points before Meendering smashed home the winner off the serve of Krista Westra. Westra and Jennifer Hospers, two seniors who contributed as back-row specialists, were a combined 76 of 79 serving for the tournament. The final game was the quickest of them all, ending on Western's ninth possession as Westra served out the final five points. Vos and Van't Hul went up in tandem to block an Iowa Falls smash and deliver the final point. It was the third state title for Western Christian and the fifth championship game appearance, all in the last six years, Iowa Falls, appearing in its fourth state tournament, all under Ronn Rickels, finished 44-4-3.

Western finished 47-2-4, suffering both losses in its own invitational Oct. 8, bowing twice to nationally-ranked Tracy-Milroy, Minnesota's top Class A team. from page D1 off her high school career with a flourish. Van Kley recorded 40 assists, finishing the tournament with 115 in 11 games, better than 10 a game. "Iowa Falls came out really pumped up," said Van Kley, second in the state for all classes with a season-long average of 9.55 assists, "I thought we were pumped up, too, but we didn't play that well.

We knew we could beat 'em, we had before." Indeed, this was the third meeting between the teams and Western Christian had won the previous two, although they were 2-0 decisions in best-of-three matches. Without Reitsma, now a freshman at powerhouse' Nebraska, Western Christian prospered Saturday as it had all season, relying on 0 balanced attack, Nancy Mcendcring, a 6-foot soph net to smash home the game-winner, one of five kills for the playmaker, who also had 18 assists. "It helped, having played them before," said Van Den Bosch. "I knew what they did. I knew they had the awesome left-handed setter and that their middle blockers were good.

"That first game, they were serving tough on us. It was one of those deals where they just happened to be ahead at 15. After that, we came out and we were on fire." A pair of service aces from Vos helped Western surge into an 8-1 lead, then Van't Hul had three aces in a four-point spurt that made it 12-2. Boogerd served the final two points as Ver Burg's kill sent the score to 14-3 and a block by Ver Burg and Mcendcring finished it off. Iowa Falls started game three with three points from first server Letha Kelsey, but the Cadets led for the final time at 4-3, when Van't Hul took over the serve and Western ran off seven straight points for a 10-4 lead.

Peru State clips Teikyo Westmar PERU, Neb. Peru State outscored Teikyo Westmar 12-4 in overtime to sink the Eagles 85-77 here Friday night in TWU's basketball opener. Chris Fitzpatrick, a Sioux City Heelan graduate, and Josh Lockey led Teikyo Westmar with 26 and 22 points respectively. The Eagles led 39-35 at the half. The teams were deadlocked 73-all at the end of regulation.

Scott Martin led Peru State, now 1-1, with 18 points. Nebraska-Kearney tops Buena Vista STORM LAKE, Iowa Nebraska-Kearney topped Buena Vista 69-55 in a women's swimming dual Salurday. Sarah Brown and Shannon Jackson scored swim wins for BV, taking the 1,000 freestyle and 50 freestyle respectively. Mandy Mader of the Lady Beavers won the 1-meter diving. Shelly Pyle was a double winner for Nebraska-Kearney..