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SPORTS The Manhattan Mercury B4 Sunday, October 20, 1 99 1 'Cats take 'Huskers to wire Indians win 12th straight league title Eric Turner Contributing Writer TOPEKA Manhattan High won Saturday its 12th consecutive 1-70 League volleyball title in convincing fashion with a 15-4, 15-1 victory over Salina Central in the championship game at Tope-ka West High School. The champions were just as EAST Michigan 24. Indiana 16 Connecticut 26. Massachusetts 21 Michigan State. 20, Minnesota 12 Penn St.

37. Rutgers 17 Ohio State 34, Northwestern 3 Syracuse 31, Pittsburgh 27 SOUTHWEST Temple 21. Navy 14 Arkansas 14, Texas 13 West Virginia 31. Boston College 24 Colorado 34, Oklahoma 17 SOUTH Houston 49, Southern Meth. 20 Alabama 24.

Tennessee 19 Texas 34, Baylor 12 Florida 41, N. Illinois 10 Texas Christian 39, Rice 28 Maryland 23, Wake Forest 22 SOUTH South Carolina 23. Georgia Tech 14 Florida St. 37, Middle Tenn. 10 Southern Mississippi 47, Tulane 14 Memphis St.

28. Mississippi State 23 Vanderbilt 27. Georgia 25 North Carolina St. 15. Marshall 14 Virginia 14.

North Carolina 9 Army 37, Louisville 12 Virginia Tech 56. Cincinnati 9 Florida State 39. Middle Tenn. 10 MIDWEST LSU 29, Kentucky 26 Iowa 24. Illinois 21 Miami, Fla.

55, Long Beach St. 0 Missouri 41. Oklahoma St. 7 FAR WEST Nebraska 38. Kansas St.

31 Brigham Young 35, Hawaii 18 Purdue 28, Wisconsin 7 Notre Dame 28. Air Force 15 Bowling Green 24. Toledo 21 Stanford 24, Southern Cal 21 Central Michigan 23. Kent 7 Utah 21. Colorado State.

16 E. Michigan 42, W. Michigan 24 Utah State 26, Cal 3 Kansas 41, Iowa St. 0 Washington 24, California 17 Miami, Ohio 34, Ohio U. 0 Watson (8 QB sacks for minus-55 yards) and their six penalties for 45 yards.

For the game, Nebraska gained 470 yards, while the 'Cats had 452 yards. "Defensively, I'm not sure that we didn't play a bit better last week," Snyder said. "Offensively, I don't think it was a remarkable game, but over an extended period of time we played extremely well." K-State will now put its 1-1 Big Eight and 4-2 overall record on the line Saturday at KSU Stadium against the University of Lance Lewis' hands and returned the fumble recovery 40yards for a score. After NU made it 24-all, Watson scored from the three at the 2:42 mark of the third quarter making it 31-24. While pleased with Watson's 26-of-46 passing day for 340 yards (8th best in KSU history); happy with Eric Gallon's 47 rushing yards and six catches for 82 yards (he had only five catches for 55 yards entering the game); and upbeat over Smith's 10 catches for 172 yards and two TDs; there was also the other side.

Snyder wasn't happy with the protection the offensive line gave Seminoles cruise, 39-10 ItsfcU Ht Mill' When KSU went up 7-4), it marked the Wildcats first lead against Nebraska since 1983. In that game the Comhuskers accepted the opening kickoff and mistakenly stepped out of the end zone, and then back in, where they downed the ball for a safety for a 2-0 'Cat lead. When K-State went up 17-14 midway through the second quarter, it marked the most points K-State had scored in a game played inLincoln since Oct 11, 1958 when K-State The 31-point KSU total was the most scored against Nebraska in any game. In the past six years, K-State had scored a total of 24 points against Nebraska, Paul Watson's 359-yard offensive game 340 passing and 19 rushing ranks seventh in KSU history and his 340 passing yards ranks eighth inKSUhistory, It was Watson's third 300-yard game. It'sthesecond time thisyearMichaelSmithbascaughtat least 10passesinagame.Hehadl0forl72yards.

That's thefourth best single game in KSU history. It's the first time Smith has caught two scores in one game. Injured in the game were Greg Patterson and Chuck Culver with knee injuries. Both were on the sidelines in the second half on crutches. As fans enteredMemorialStadium.Nebraskahadindividuals holding small buckets asking for donations so the Cornhuskers' can purchase a new artificial surface.

In attendance for the KSU-NU game was a representative from the Citrus Bowl. Attendance: 76,209 Jerome Bettis bulled his way to two touchdowns and a caught a 7-yard pass from Rick Mirer for another, powering No. 5 Notre Dame past stubborn Air Force 28-15 Saturday night. Mirer also connected with split end Tony Smith on an 83-yard scoring pass. TheFalcons(6-2)generated354 yards rushing, with fullback Jason Jones leading the way with 171.

No.6 Florida 41, N. Illinois 10 Sixth-ranked Florida scored on their first two possessions, then muddled through a lethargic 21-minute stretch before pulling away to a 41-10 homecoming rout of Northern Illinois Saturday in Gainseville, Fla. Shane Matthews threw for 336 yards and two touchdowns to pace the victory. Touchdown runs by Errict Rhett and Willie McClendon gave the Gators (6-1) a quick 14-0 lead. But No.

6 Florida didn't score again until Matthews completed four of five passes for 62 yards during a second-quarter drive that produced Harrison Houston's 18-yard TD reception. No. 14 Alabama 24, No. 8 Tennessee 19 Siran Stacy scored twice and Derrick Lassie once on short runs in the fourth quarter as freshman quarterback Jay Barker rallied No. 14 Alabama to a 24-19 victory over No.

8 Tennessee Saturday in Birmingham, Ala. The Crimson Tide (6-1 overall, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) trailed 6-3 when quarterback Danny Woodson went out with a pulled hamstring in the third quarter. John Becksvoort had given Tennessee (4-2, 2-2) the lead on field goals of 33 and 43 yards in the second quarter. No. 10 Penn St.

37, Rutgers 17 Tony Sacca threw for more than 200 yards for the fourth straight game and ran 20 yards for a touchdown, and J. McDuffie scored on a 55-yard punt return Saturday as lOth-ranked Penn State snapped Rutgers' four-game winning streak 37-17 in State College, Pa. Penn State (6-2) rallied from a 14-7 deficit to lead 21-14 at half-time, with the help of McDuffie's punt return and 55-yard pass by Sacca to set up the go-ahead TD with 40 seconds left in the half. In the third period, Penn State boosted its lead to 24-14 with 7:24 left on Craig Fayak's 41-yard field goal. Associated Press Casey Weldon passed for 294 yards and two touchdowns, both to Shannon Baker, as top-ranked Florida State beat Middle Tennessee 39-10 Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla.

The Seminoles (7-0) extended the nation's longest winning streak to 13 games and kept coach Bobby Bowden's homecoming record perfect at 16-0. Middle Tennessee (4-2) held the Seminoles to a 20-10 halftime score. Weldon completed 20 of 33 passes and was intercepted once. No. 2 Miami 55, Long Beach St.

0 Punt returner Kevin Williams broke consecutive returns of 63 yards for a touchdown and 44 yards to the 1-foot line during a 28-point second quarter that helped Miami hammer Long Beach State 55-0 Saturday in Miami. The Hurricanes (6-0) scored four touchdowns in a seven-minute span without earning a first down. At halftime the Hurricanes had six first downs, five touchdowns and a 35-0 lead. No. 3 Washington 24, No.

7 California 17 Jay Barry rushed for 143 yards and one score, and Beno Bryant scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 65-yard run in the fourth quarter as third-ranked Washington beat No. 7 California 24-17 in a Pacific-10 showdown Saturday in Berkley, Calif. California (5-1) tied it at 17-all on Lindsey Chapman's 68-yard TD run with one second left in the third quarter. But Washington (6-0) came back 65 seconds later and took the lead on the scoring dash by Bryant. Cal had a final chance to tie or win after Washington's Travis Hanson missed a 42-yard field goal with 57 seconds remaining.

The Bears drove to the Huskies' 23, but Mike Pawlawski's last two passes fell incomplete. No. 4 Michigan 24, Indiana 16 Desmond Howard caught three touchdown passes and set up the Michigan's final score with a 71-yard kickoff return, after Indiana had made it a one-point game early in the fourth quarter Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan (5-1 overall, 3-0 Big Ten) struggled all day to contain the passing of Trent Green, who completed 22 of 36 passes for 236 yards for Indiana (3-2-1, 2-1). No.

5 Notre Dame 28, Air Force 15 (1) Continued from Page Bl but we let it slip through our fingers," Watson said. "They were just a tough enough team to pull out a game like this." In the first half, K-State scored first on a 7-yard pass to Michael Smith. After Nebraska went up 14-7 at the end of one quarter, the 'Cats answered in the second quarter with Wright's field goal and an 11-yard Watson to Smith pass. Nebraska followed with a game-tying field goal. K-State opened the lead in the third quarter when d-back C.

J. Masters snatched the ball from Cats don't win, but gain respect (2) Continued from Page Bl caught 10 Watson passes for 172 yards and a pair of scores. Afterward with eyes still moist from near-victory tears, he said, "I think we made a statement. But it's not the statement we wanted to make. We wanted to come out a winner.

I hope it's a stepping stone for us in that we don't have to see any more games where we are 32'2 point underdogs." Of the KSU effort, linebacker Brooks Barta said, "People kept waiting for us to give up, but we never did. We should be proud of that; but we had a chance to win, but didn't make the big play to do it." "I feel bad that we lost, but at the same time I feel good," added Omaha native and KSU nose-guard Evan Simpson. "I think the nation and the Big Eight is going to see that game to game Kansas State has an opportunity to win. "We're not terrible, by any means. We aren't that cellar team that everyone thinks we are.

We're 1-1 in the Big Eight and we just lost to the No. 9 ranked team in the nation. What else is there to say?" Nothing, except that K-State played one helluva game. 91 DODGE W-250 34 TON 4 WHEEL DR CUMMINGS DIESEL DISC. '1000 91 DODGE 3A TON PICKUP CUMMINGS DIESEL DISC2000 91-DODGE DAKOTA LE.

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AIR COND. 5-SPEED REBATE $700 TOTAL PRICE 7233 INC. REBATE kh (ELISEBT 'Coaches always hate to compare, but I think as far as our serving game and net play, this is the strongest team we've had. -Don Bechard untouchable in their 15-4, 15-2 semifinal victory over Salina South after two pool victories over Topeka West and Junction City. "We always place (the league championship) as one of our primary goals," MHS coach Don Bechard said.

"We did an outstanding job today. We were a little bit flat in the pool play, but we came onto play extremely well at the end. Hopefully we can continue that for the next couple of weekends." For Bechard, next weekend means the Class 6A sub-state at Washburn Rural where the Lady Indians, 34-1 and ranked No. 1 in 6A, are expected to prevail again in hopes of returning to the state championship game where they lost a year ago. "There's no sure thing in any athletic endeavor and volleyball's definitely no exception," Bechard said.

"I like our chances (at sub-state). We have an excellent chance to win it. I feel like we're doing things well right now and I see some areas we can work on this week." En route to the 1-70 title, Manhattan set several school records including most consecutive matches won (21) and most consecutive games won (21). The Lady Indians did not lose a game all day to extend their season game record to 68-5. Senior Susan Bradshaw finished with 41 assists on the day, including 18 in the opening win over Topeka West, to bring her season total to 556 shattering the Manhattan High record which stood at 518.

Bradshaw's senior teammates Jodi Grunewald and Nicole Harris were the beneficiaries of most of Bradshaw's work as the 5-10 front-line duo recorded 43 kills while junior Jami Colley added 22. Harris led the team in blocks with seven in the semifinal and four in the title match. Grunewald added 27 service points to her 24 kills to lead the Lady Indians in both categories. "I'm real happy for our three seniors," said Bechard, in his fifth year coach MHS. "Coaches always hate to compare, but I think as far as our serving game and our net play this is the strongest team we've had.

We're just really well-balanced this year and dangerous in all of our hitting positions." Junior Jennifer Finnegan got Manhattan off to a good start against the Mustangs with six consecutive service points to open the first game and four straight early in the second to put the championship away with three kills in Colley's final six service points to end the 15-1 rout. "We know that this sport is such a momentum-type sport that you've got to be real careful," Bechard said of the team's future. "We found that out the first match of the day when West gave us fits in the second game. We've got to play them one at a time and hopefully we can keep that No. 1 ranking." Championship Manhattan d.

Salina Central 154, 15-1. Semifinals Manhattan d. Salina South 15-4, 15-2; Salina Central d. Topeka West 13-15, 15-1 1, 15-12. Pool I Manhattan d.

Topeka West 15-7, 15-13; Manhattan d. Junction City 15-6, 15-5. AUTO HOME BUSINESS HEALTH 'LIFE Tim Engle 537-4661 555 Poyntz Colony Square, Manhattan AMERICAN FAMILY tun mm miswtss hiaith ufi KSU netters remain MALIBU, Calif K-State's Mareke Plocher and Karin Lus-nic are still alive in both singles and doubles in the pre-qualify-ing rounds of the Riviera Women's Championships at Pepperdine University Saturday. Both Plocher and Lusnic won two singles matches and then teamed up for a victory in the first round of doubles play. KSU's Michele Riniker and Neili Wilcox were eliminated ed mmm 91-DODGE 3A TON CLUB CAB PICKUP 360-ENGINE REBATE '1500 DISC.

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