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1 7A MONDAY. DECEMBER 18. 989 SD IjOS angu.es timls San Diego County Three Glittered Brightest Above the Shining Stars 1 Hr -'Ml Andrew Turner Coach's Look Into Future Was Accurate Back of the Year: Development of Point Loma quarterback Danny White was foretold by his coach, Bennie Edens, who saw a star in the making. By DON PATTERSON SAN DIEGO-Give Point Loma Football Coach Bennie Edens an A for clairvoyance. Three years ago.

he took one look at a kid named Danny White, who was tall, skinny and still a bit awkward, and decided he had found a quarterback. So he made plans to restructure Point Loma's offense. The running game would soon become passe in favor of the pass. "We could see it coming very early with Danny," Edens said. "When he was a lOth-grader we switched the JV over to the passing attack.

It got him thinking along that line." This season, his second as the varsity starter, White won the high school arms race, leading the county with 177 completions in 288 attempts for 3.169 yards and 26 touchdowns. He has been chosen the Times' Back of the Year. "We'll never have another one like him," said Bill Settles, Point Loma's quarterback coach. "Real class kid." Perhaps nothing better indicates White's abilities than his Lincoln End Is Definitely Top of the Line Lineman of the Year: Statistics and versatility set Andrew Turner apart from a talented group of linemen. He says team success is more important than individual honors.

By JOHN GEIS SAN DIEGO Andrew Turner isn't someone who just emerged as a force in county high school football. He has been around. And he has been noticed. Last year, he was named to the City Central League's first team. This year, the Lincoln senior defensive end established himself as The Times' Lineman of the Year.

What singled out Turner from a large group of talented lineman, which included El Camino's Peau Atoe and Mission Bay's Dareke Fleming, were two factors: phenomenal statistics and. Turner's ability to play both defensive and offensive line. Turner's defensive statistics included 94 tackles, 15 for losses, 11 quarterback sacks, one interception, two fumble recoveries and four fumbles-forced. Although his statistics were impressive. Turner says he is most pleased about his team's accomplishments.

"I'm real proud of my accomplishments," he said. 'This is the kind of thing you dream about since Pop Warner. But I'm more Good Things Came to One Who Waited Coach of the Year: Dennis Pugh's patience was rewarded when undermanned Mission Bay made its first postseason appearance in 15 years. By KIM BERKSHIRE ANAHEIM Dennis Pugh didn't start scratching his head after Ramona defeated his Mission Bay football team, 20-6, in a 2-A quarterfinal on Nov. 25.

No. He had started scratching long before. At the start of his seventh year coaching the Buccaneers, Pugh said he expected good things. He just didn't know how good. "I've seen the good and the bad," said Pugh, who on Sunday accepted the San Diego County Coach of the Year award at the Times' All-County breakfast at the Hilton.

For the first time in 15 years, Mission Bay made the playoffs. The last time the Bucs participated in anything postseason was in 1974 when Pugh was an assistant That year, Mission Bay defeated a 9-0 El Cajon Valley team in the first round, with Mark Malone at quarterback. This year. Mission Bay was second in the city Western League and posted a 9-3 record, the best in Pugh's tenure. "I knew I'd have some pretty good players," he said, "But the CHARGERS 20.

CHIEFS 13 proud of the accomplishments of the team. We had a never-say-die attitude on the team and we played as a family." The Hornets advanced to the 2-A final where they lost to El Camino, 38-6. They finished with an 11-3 record. Lincoln's two regular-season losses came at a time the Hornets were nursing several injuries. One reason Lincoln got as far as the Section championship was because of the play of the defensive line.

Vic Player, Lincoln's coach, said he was proud his team's defense was able to keep teams from running successfully. Turner's 94 tackles were a big reason for the defense's success. Turner, listed at 6-feet-2 and 215 pounds in the Lincoln program, has been a target of many college scouts. Turner said he is mulling scholarship offers from No. 1 Colorado, USC, University of the Pacific, the University of Oregon, Arizona State and San Diego State.

Chief defense had allowed an average of 84 yards rushing. "Buttsie Butts ran like a man possessed," said right guard David Richards. "Games like these where we run the ball are the most fun." The Chargers' total of 23 first downs was more than double Kansas City's 11. In Tolliver's past two starts the Chargers have averaged more than 400 yards of total offense. The 214 yards the Charger defense allowed was its second-lowest total of the year.

And, said Bayless, "It's not like we did this against a team like us that already knew we would be home for Christmas." Charter Notts The team record Charger rookie Maries Butti broke by carrying 39 times was held by Gary Aaaenea. Anderson gained 217 yards on 34 carries against the Chiefs in San Diego year ago today. Butts' yardage total of 176 ranks fifth on the all-time Charger single-game list The Chargers sacked Sieve DeBerg twice. But for the second straight week neither Lee Williams nor Leslie O'Neal, the team's top sackers, got to the opposing quarterback. The temperature at game time at Arrowhead Stadium was 18.

The wind-chill factor, thanks to a nine mile sn hour southwest wind, was sera. Center Coarsey Hall was one of four rookie starters for the Chargers with Butts. Billy Jee Telllver and Wayae Walker. CHARGERS Continued from C5 possession, defensive back Lester Lyles sacked DeBerg for a 10-yard loss and forced a Kelly Goodburn punt Moments later, Kansas City got the ball back and drove to the Charger 19. On second-and-10, DeBerg threw over the middle Into the end zone for wide receiver Emile Harry.

Nickel back Roy Bennett, whose earlier pass interference penalty had helped set up McNair's touchdown, stepped in front of Harry and intercepted. Glenn said disparaging remarks made by DeBerg earlier in the week fired up the Charger defense. Others have said the Chargers simply match-up well against the Chiefs. Certainly the Charger offensive line matches up well against Kansas City's defense. In two games this year it has opened holes big enough to allow the Charger running game to gain at least 200 yards.

In its previous six games the Danny White performance in Point Loma's 48-35 victory over Orange Glen in the semifinals of the 3-A playoffs. The game was in overtime, and the Pointers were faced with fourth and goal from the Orange Glen 14. If they didn't score, the season was over. White hit receiver J.J. Stokes over the middle for a touchdown.

"That kid delivered." Settles said. 'That's the bottom line." White's accomplishments aren't surprising. Football runs in the family. His father. Jack, was a quarterback at Penn State.

Certainly, credit for his success has to be distributed. White's receivers, Brett Callan and Stokes, were first and second in the county in receiving. But it was White's work ethic that prepared him to effectively run Point Loma's intricate offense. "He has paid the price to become a good throwing quarterback," Edens said. "He put in a lot of extra hours.

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"Some kids were never off the field," Pugh said. "You just can't do that and get far in the playoffs." A theory that was proved against physically intimidating Ramona. "They just wore us down," he said. Pugh, too, has been worn down. He has toiled as Mission Bay's athletic director, football coach and baseball coach.

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