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West seeks share of title Column 1 Beaver Dam, Oconomowoc meet again column 1 Wisconsin State Journal Friday, October 23, 1981, Section 2, Page 3 Two share prep honor Column 5 Gibbs fits Evansville's QBmold Leipold sets Eagles in motion i 4 jt mm 1 J' I In V. 1Mf rrifr-A-A KSihiiiiiii'UM ifA Senior Lance Leipold handles 'Air Jefferson' controls. Rob Gibbs continues Evansville's quarterback tradition. State Journal photos by A. Craig Benson By Tom Oates State Journal sports reporter KVANSVILLE The school that brought you Steve Parish and Mark Rowley now presents drum roll, please Rob Gibbs.

Gibbs is the latest model to roll off the quarterback assembly line at Kvansville High School, or, as it is sometimes called, Quarterback U. For years, the Blue Devils have been very successful in the Rock Valley Conference with quarterbacks who threw the ball 20 to 30 times a game. Gibbs does it quite effectively, too; much like Parish, who played at Wisconsin, and Rowley, who plays for UW-Platteville. Whereas the others were pure passers, however, Gibbs can also run the option. His talent puts him in a class with Parish and Rowley both all-staters according to Kvansville Coach Ron Grovesteen.

"Kach quarterback has different strong points," said Grovesteen, who look over this year after serving as Bob Berezowitz's assistant for eight seasons. "One key thing Rob has over the past quarterbacks is that he might be a little quicker. He runs the 40 (yards) in 4.7 or 4.6 (seconds). "Because of his quickness, he runs the option well," he added. "Last year we went to a little bit different offense because of his option ability." Some things remain the same, however.

As in past years, Evans-ville has a "connection" in 1981. Parish's primary receiver was Doug Knapp, while Rowley's favorite target was all-stater Ken Schmidt. Gibbs has 6-foot-4, 180-pound David Manke, who Grovesteen describes as a "Tim Stracka-type," referring to the University of Wisconsin end. "With Manke and (Jeff) Dein-inger we really have two good receivers," Gibbs said. "But there's a tradition here where you have a quarterback and receiver.

It's called the connection. Now it's the Gibbs-Manke connection, I guess." As a result, the Eagle receivers have some impressive statistics. Todd Linse, a 6-4 split end who was a slate place-winner in track in the high hurdles, is the standout with 33 receptions for a school-record 607 yards and seven touchdowns. He's closing in on Kuehn's school record of 39 catches. The others are no less a part of the offense.

Jon Hotter has caught 22 passes for 326 yards and four touchdowns, while Ty Neupert and Tim Kuehn have 12 catches apiece. Neupert has 240 yards and two touchdowns and Kuehn has 176 yards and three touchdowns. Scharfenberg is the first one to expound upon the contribution of the ends, but he is also aware of Leipold's strong arm and quarter-backing saavy. "Lance's main strength is his intelligence," said Scharfenberg. "He called the play that scored the winning touchdown against Brodhead.

I was calling the play on the sideline and he signaled that he had a play, so I waved to him to go ahead. He saw something in their coverage that tipped him off and the play went for a touchdown with 30 seconds to go." Leipold feels his receiving corps i 2 Tony Rikli 1 JEFFKRSO You've surely heard of "Air Coryell" out in San Diego, but how about "Air Jefferson" right here in the Madison area? That's what they've dubbed Jefferson of the Rock Valley Conference this year. With senior quarterback Lance Leipold at the controls, Jefferson has become the premier passing team in this part of the state. Like Don Coryell's San Diego Chargers, Jefferson uses the pass to set up the run. Naturally, the burden falls on the quarterback.

Although he saw only spot duty behind Jim Stoppenbach as a sophomore, the 6-foot-2, 165-pound Leipold has completed 54 percent of his passes for 2,800 yards and 25 touchdowns since then. An all-conference pick in football and basketball as a junior, Leipold is the key to the Eagle attack. "It's a team effort and he has to have people around him, but he's the person where it starts," Jefferson Coach Jim Scharfenberg said. "He's handled the pressure well," Scharfenberg added. "Last year he depended a lot on Todd Kuehn (an all-conference end).

This year he's spreading it around a lot. He goes to different people. He's made a lot of guys a part of the offense." Leipold, who completed 51 percent of his passes for 1,289 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior, expected to throw even more this year. He has. In seven games, he's completed 90 of 153 passes (59 percent) for a school-record 1,392 yards and 15 touchdowns.

"After last year I figured I was going to have to throw," Leipold said. "We lost our starting running backs and even though we lost Todd I knew we would have some good receivers." Scharfenberg knew that, too, and that's how he designed the offense. "We're trying to best utilize the talent we have," Scharfenberg said. "We have a quarterback and four excellent receivers. We've predicated our offense on that.

Our running backs are good, but they're not the excellent running backs we've had in the past like Tom Stauss and Scott Endl." OBiight Craig its worst beating in 10 years. Madison Holy Name winds up its eight-game schedule in a State Line League championship showdown at Barneveld tonight. Already with its finest record in football history (6-1), the inlanders, now with a five-game winning streak, can earn their first share of the title ever and keep alive hopes for a Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association playoff bid. The Badger Conference championship could be decided tonight when Monona Grove (4-0) plays host to Sauk Prairie (3-1), while Oregon (3-1) invades Monroe. Monona Grove and Oregon were co-champions in 1980 and the Panthers reached the WIAA playoffs.

Oregon, however, had its confidence shaken last week by Madison Edgewood, 30-0. If Monona Grove and Oregon win tonight it will set up an Oct. 28 title showdown at Oregon. A third Badger game tonight sends Sloughton to Middleton. The only chance Beloit has of gaining a title and playoff berth is for West and Memorial to lose their remaining games.

Tonight's game will feature a multitude of the conference's top running backs Beloifs Tim Wofford and Fred Lockhart and West's TinuCum-mings, Tom Keepers and Doug Schorr. West and Beloit are 1-2 in both offense and defense in the conference. The game, however, could rest with the quarterbacks. Matt Mabie of Beloit and Jim Anderson of West. Memorial Coach Wally Schoessow warns his Spartans to concentrate on Parker rather that think about the West-Beloit outcome.

Memorial had its problems with the Vikings in past seasons, and last year was upset by Parker on a last-minute field goal. -We've got an outside chance at the (WISAA) playoffs, if Beloit Catholic loses." said Holy Name Coach Taul Stauffacher. "But that's assuming we beat Birneveld. and that will be no easv task." jLfr the ball deep. "Other than Parish, he's the only three-year starter we've had," the coach added.

"Bob brought him up as a sophomore and each year he's continued to work on his quickness and quarterback techniques. He's spent a lot of time in the summer throwing at different clinics." Berezowitz, an all-American quarterback at UW-White water in the mid-1960s, helped with Gibbs' development, as did Parish, who played for Wisconsin in 1978 and '79. But Gibbs wasn't even sure he wanted to be a quarterback until he got into high school. "In seventh and eighth grade they said they needed a quarterback so I said I'd do it," Gibbs said. "But it wasn't something I always wanted to do.

But after I hit high school I got to be good friends with Steve and I worked with him quite a bit." From then on, it became Gibbs' destiny to become the next great Kvansville quarterback. "I feel it's an honor," he said. "There's a lot to live up to. There's been quite a few now." Add Rob Gibbs' name to the list. ftMe tfie hich has already nipped Beloit, 27-26.

Memorial tangles with unpredictable Parker (2-3) tonight at Janesville's Monterey Stadium. One other Madison game sends Janesville Craig against luckless Madison La Follette at Warner Park. The lancers are hoping to snap a five-game losing string and beat Craig for the second time in two seasons. Madison East (2-3) will attempt to shuck its misfortune after the8 drubbing by West as the Purgolders meet Sun Prairie (2-3) on the Cardinals' Ashley Field. East has never lost to Sun Prairie in four years, but the Cardinals are flying high after handing again West Bend East (2-3) ot Wotertrjwn (2-3) Wis- Lutneron (1-4) at West Bend West (2-3) Ridae and Vollev Kickopoo (3-3) ot Norm Crawford (5-1) Weston (4-2) ot Seneco (0-4) Ithoco (1-5) ot Wouzeko (3-3) De Soto 14-0) ot Lo Forge (2-4) Rack Voile Milton (5-0) ot Clinton (2 3) Edgerton (4-1) ot Brodheod (3-2) Jetterson (3-2) at Ortordville Parkview (0-5) Evansville (3-2) ot Beloit Turner (0-5) Scenic Bluffs Hillsooro (4-1) at Wonewoc-Center (0-5) Cosnton (5-0) at Rovoll (2-3) New Lisbon (3-2) ot Bangor (1-4) South Central Mouston (3-3) ot Boroooo (4-1) Adams-Friendship (0-5) ot Soorto (1-41 Portoge (3-2) ot Tomoh (2-3) Wisconsin Dells (2-3) ot Reedsburg (5-0) Southern Eight Dodgevilie (3-21 ot Piotteville (3-2) Cuba Citv (5-0) ot Darlington (3-21 lowo-Gront (5-0) ot Loncoster (1-41 Mount Moreb (0-5) ot Minerol Point 10-5) Southern Lakes Wilmot 12-31 ot Whitewater (5-01 Burlington (5-0) ot Delovon-Darien (4-1) Soiem Centrol (3-3) at East Trov (I S) Brg Fool (3-31 ot Union Grove (1-4) Geneva Bodger (1-5) ol Wotertord (2-3) South we si Wisconsin Prorrie du Chien (3-1) ot Riverdole (1-31 Ricniond Center 12-2) ol Boscobel (4-1) Fennimore (1-3) ol Viroouo (0-4) State Line New lor US (2-4) of Argvte (0-4) Modison Motv Nome (5-1) of Borne veld (3-3) judo (24) at Pecolomca (3-3) Block Mowk (S-ll ot Bellevilie (4-2) Saturday games Midwest Pren Wovlon.1 I23I ot Woterlown NW (3-2 Burl St Morv (5-0) at Rocine Luth (2 3) Univ School (23) of St Lawrence 14-11 Martin Luther (1-41 ol Dela.

St. John (1-4) TrniiWoier BeHMt Catholic ot South Beioii (HI.) "V3rV 7 title Westf ceara cifliraefo and his own improvement he worked with UW-Whitewaler Coach Bob Berezowitz at summer camps and with Stoppenbach at home are the reasons he's been successful. "My arm's gotten a lot stronger and I've learned to read defenses belter," he said. "I'm seeing things, reading the defenses and finding the weak spots. There's not one guy I go to.

We run mainly three-man routes and it's all a matter of who I see open." In the clutch Leipold usually looks for Linse, who Scharfenberg calls the best end he's seen in high school. "His speed and jumping ability really help," Leipold said of Linse. "If I get a good rush, I look for him because he gets to his spot so quickly. "But every receiver has had at least one game where he made a big catch or was the leading receiver. It really helps because teams have trouble figuring out who to double-team." That's the "Air er, make that the "Air Jefferson" philosophy.

By Tom Oates .4 1 try Jim Jensen Aubey and Karen Harris in the Big Eight, Monroe's Mike Deignan and Stoughton's Jodi Haried in the Badger, McFarland's Brian Pahnke and Verona's Amy Sanborn in the CapitoL Fen-nimore's Todd Novinska and Boscobel's Lynn Fitzgerald in the Southwest Wisconsin, Tomah's Bill Rediski and Portage's Kathy Hein in the South Central. Clinton's Kevin Logterman and Jackie Voss in the Rock Valley, Waterloo's Ron Welhoefer and Cathy Maslowski in the Eastern Suburban. Westfields Rick Mulvey and Pardee-ville's Amy Tye in the Dual County, Plaltevilles Kurt L'delhoven in the Southern Eight and Whitewater's Barry Heedenk in the Southern Lakes. Maremont Turbo-Flow A QC INSTALLED I 'Guaranteed for as long as you own your car I GUARANTEED FOB LIFE! terry McCAuairrs CAR CARE CENTER 302 WIST VINSON 251-454 ESSIE n'aaiM 'lit: So far' this season Gibbs and Manke have connected 40 times for 586 yards, four touchdowns and five two-point conversions: But that's only half of the story for Gibbs, who stands 6-1 and weighs 175 pounds. In seven games this season, Gibbs has completed 82 of 175 passes for 1,224 yards and 10 touchdowns (Deininger, a junior and the heir apparent to Gibbs at quarterback, has caught 20 passes for 402 yards and five touchdowns).

In addition, Gibbs has rushed for 352 yards in 49 carries and scored five touchdowns. The passing statistics may be Impressive, but the rushing totals are even more amazing. Remember, this is a team that a few years back had a leading rusher who picked up 189 yards for the season. It's Gibbs' all-around ability that has drawn the attention of colleges like Iowa, Iowa State, Air Force, Yale, North Dakota and Northern Iowa. "Parish, Rowley and (Mark) Klmer all threw a hard pass, a good out pass," said Grovesteen.

"Gibbs also throws the good, quick out. He has a real good arm and can throw fenses, may be another story. West needs just one victory in its remaining two games to reach its first WIAA playoff spot since 1977. Coach Burt liable would like to get that tonight, but he well remembers one year ago when the Knights dismantled his Regents, 33-10, to wipe out any conference title hopes. The conference's feature game West's final home appearance will have a 7:30 kickoff at Mansfield Stadium.

West (5-0) and Beloit (3-2) will be clashing for the 50th time since 1930. Waiting in the wings and hoping for a Regent defeat is Memorial (4-1), Mayville in the Flyway and Whitewater in Uie Southern Lakes West ToniM'S WMI Bod9r Sou9htoo (0-4) ert Middleton (0-4) Sou Proiri 13-1) ot Monono Grov (4-0) Oregon (3-1) at Monro (3-2) Br E.9M Btloif Memorial (3-2) ol Modison West (5-0) jones Croio (2-3) ot Mod. Lo Follette (0-5) Mod Memoriol (4-1) ot Jones. Porker (2-3) Modison East (2-3) ot Son Prair (2-3) Block hawk Hiohlond (2-4) ot Benton (0-) Cossville (4-0) ot Snullsouro (2-4) Vest Grant (0-4) ot Belmont (3-3) Potosi (4-3) Ot Bloominaton (5-1) Capitol Loke Mills (0-5) ot woonokee (4-1) Lodi (2-31 ot Wisconsin Met9nts (0-5) Deforest (5-0) ot Verono (4-1) Columbus (2-3) ot McForkmd (3-2) Coulee Gole Ertrkk (4-0) ot Westbv (3-3) Arcadia (5-1) ot Block River Falls (5-1) Lo Crescent (24) ot Onolosko (1-5) West Salem (0-4) at Hoi men (2-4) Oval Cevntv Poynette (7-0) ot RonoolpK (5 Combrio-Prieslond (4-1) ot Pardeevil (1-41 Rio (5-2) ot Princeton (3-4) WesttieW (5-2) ot Montelio (3-4) Green Loke (0-7) ot Poll River IO-7) Eastern Suburban ComOridoe (4-1) Ot Deertield (1-4) Dodgeland (7-0) ot Jonnsoo Creek (5-2) Lokeside Luth. ()-4) ot Poimvro-Eoa'e (2-5) Muslrsrord (0-7) ot Williams Bov (2-5) Marshall 14-1) at Waterloo (5-2) Fhrwov Morkesan (0-5) Moricon (3-2) Oonlieid (1 41 ot Norm Fond du Loc (t-4) Locarno (3-2) ot Lorniro (4-1) Movviile (5-0) ot Comooetisport (J-2) Little Ten Beaver Dam (5-0) ot Oconomowoc (S-Oi Horltord (2) ot Wowoon (0-5) By Don Lindstrom State Journal sports reporter Madison West is at the threshold of football fortune, but standing squarely in the way are the dangerous Beloit Memorial Purple Knights.

The Regents, now with a five-game victory string, havfe within their grasp tonight a Big Eight Conference championship and a Wisconsin Interscholas-tic Athletic Association playoff berth. West has already cleared two major hurdles by beating Madison Memorial, 21-7, and East, 30-8, but Beloit, blessed with exceptional speed and one of the conference's top de Offensive stars share weekly prep mention Beaver Dam nears Dodgeville's Tony Rikli and Nece-dah's Jim Jensen, two football players who led their teams from winless seasons to respectability, have been named The Wisconsin State Journal's co-prep athletes of the week. Rikli rushed 24 times for 220 yards and three touchdowns, and passed for a fourth touchdown as Dodgevilie whipped Mount Horeb, 34-0. The Dodgers, 0-9 in 1980, are now 3-4 for the season with Rikli's team-leading 590 yards and fine play at linebacker two of the reasons. Jensen rallied Necedah from an 11-poinl deficit to a 20-17 victory over Bangor as he completed 21 of 43 passes for 263 yards and three touchdowns.

He also passed for a two-point conversioa Necedah, 0-7 last year, ended this season at 3-3, thanks largely to Jensen's 700 yards passing, six touchdown passes and two touchdowns rushing. In other outstanding football performances, Poynette's Dave I.amp-kins rushed for 219 yards and two touchdowns. Boscobel's Tim Bemborn had six quarterback sacks among his 17 tackles, and Madison West's Tim Cummings scored four touchdowns and passed for another. Conference cross country champions were Madison Memorial's Rob Nothing's changed in the Little Ten Conference this season. For the third year in a row.

Beaver Dam must beat Oconomowoc to win a conference title and a state-playoff berth. This year's battle will take place tonight at Oconomowoc. Both teams were banged up early in the season, but are currently 5-0. Beaver Dam has won the last two conference titles and could clinch a title tie with a victory. In other games tonight, four con- ferences finish play, with De Soto in the Ridge and Valley, Cashton in the Scenic Bluffs and Gale-Ettrick-Trem-l pealeau in the Coulee all assured of undisputed titles with victories.

In the Slate Line League, Holy Name and Black Hawk are currently tied, but each plays a tough opponent. The remaining conferences finish play next week. Teams that can clinch a title tie tonight are Madison West in the Big Eight, Monona Grove in the Badger, De Forest in the Capitol Cass-. ville in the Blackhawk, Poynette in the Dual County, Dodgeland in the East- ern Suburban. Milton in the Rock Val-" ky.

Reedsburg in the South Central. Boscobel in the Southwest Wisconsin. i.