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Arizona Daily Sun SPORTS www.azikilysun.eom Tuesday, Novemlter 27, 2001 153 Scoreboard College Football NFL Standings NATIONAL CONFERENCE Buccaneers 24, Rams 17 Division I-AA Poll PHILADELPHIA (AP) The top 25 teams the final regular season Sports Network Division l-AA football poll, with first-place votes parentheses. records through Nov 25, points and previ ous ranking Tampa Bay 0 10 7 St. Louis 3 6 8 Firs! Quarter StL FG Wilkins 44 1057 Second Quarter TB Alstott 7 run (Gramatica kick), 13 19 StL-FG Wilkins 42 5 06 TB Gramatica 36 2 10 StL-FG Wilkins 24 00 Third Quarter TB Alstott 6 run (Gramatica kick) 8 36 StL Manumaleuna 1 pass from Warner (Faulk run), 1 41 Fourth Quarter TB Dunn 21 run (Gramatica kick), 1 1 13 A 66,198 TB 18 3097 167 1-5 490 221 21-34-1 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Punt Returns 1-5 4-42 Kickoff Returns 4 90 5-71 Interceptions Ret 221 1-25 Comp-Att-Int 21-34-1 19-39-2 10 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 3-22 Punts 5-446 3-313 Fumbfes-Lost 0-0 4-3 Penalties-Yards 5-36 5-41 Time of Possession 35 02 24 58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Tampa Bay, Dunn 14 60 Alstott 11-34, Johnson 5 3 St Louis Faulk 12-55, Camdate 2 13 Conwell 1-3, Holcombe 1-3, Bruce 1 2 Warner 1-0 PASSING-Tampa Bay BJohnson 21-34-1-185 St Louis Warner 19 39 2 291 RECEIVING Tampa Bay Johnson 5-57, Dunn 5 46 Alstott 5-31, Moore 3-29 Green M3 Anthony 1 9. Cook 1-0 St Louis, Holt 8-139 Bruce 3-73, Hakim 3 29, Conwell 2-38, Faulk 2-11, Manumaleuna MISSED FIELD GOAL Tampa Bay, Gramatica 25 (WL) TODAY NBA Sacramento at Houston Milwaukee at Los Angeles Lakers COLLEGE BASKETBALL Illinois at Maryland North Carolina State at Ohio State Duke vs. Iowa, Big Ten Challenge Minnesota at Wake Forest BOXING Best of 2001 Transactions to to on injured reserve PHOENIX COYOTES Recalled Martin Springfield of the AHL American Hockey League AHL Suspended Utah LW Jon Sim one game a match penalty in a game against Manitoba and Springfield Erik Westrum one game for match penalty in a game against St John's on Nov CHICAGO WOLVES Announced Mike Weaver has been recalled by the Atlanta Thrashers Recalled Guy Larose from Augusta of the ECHL East Coast Hockey League WHEELING NAILERS Announced 0 Darcy Robinson has been assigned by Wilkes-BarreScranton of the AHL Announced David Koci has been recalled by Wilkes BarreScranton Grenier from for receiving on Nov 24 receiving a 24 BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS Named Bucky Dent manager and Kevin Long hitting coach of Omaha of the PCL BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW JERSEY NETS-Waived Reggie Slater FOOTBALL National Football League SPILSBURY from B1 recalls his ex-coach as a bona fide winner.

Winning, Pilon said is his fondest memory of Spilsbury. You didn't lose many with him. He was tough the toughest coach I ever played for. He demanded old-school type of coaching. Pilon added that he developed a closer friendship with Spilsbury in the years that followed his days at NAU.

I know that Max thought a BUFFALO BILLS Released PK Jake Anans HOCKEY National Hockey League ATLANTA THRASHERS-Reassigned LW Patrik Stefan Chicago of the AHL CALGARY FLAMES Reassigned Steve Montador Saint John of the AHL CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Placed Jaroslav Spacek great deal of anybody that ever played for him, Pilon said. Spilsbury also had a knack of making people feel comfortable around him. He didnt care if it was one minute or four years. He always made you feel super important to him and made you feel like a friend wherever you met him. His players are very loyal to him, Pilon said, adding that 15-20 ex-Lum-berjacks will attend the funeral.

Spilsbury served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. He then attended the University of Arizona and played I SINAGUA from B1 season-opening win at King-man, picking up the intensity after the intermission, coach. Jennifer Parker said. The Mustangs maintained their sizable scoring margin by getting solid production from several players, led by Rachel Smallcanyon, who scored all eight of her points after halftime and Yazzie, who also chipped in eight after the break this is something that Parker considers a positive sign for a team with just two seniors: Audrey Jensen and Smallcanyon.

Im pleased the other players stepped up as well, she said. We just have so many young people, I dont always BUCS from B1 mistakes today, Warner said. Everybodys got to quit making mistakes. Last season, Sack had 16 12 sacks, and his 29 during the 1999 and 2000 seasons led the NFL over that period. He had struggled this season with just three.

But on this night, he lived up to his reputation, even forcing Frank Garcia, who had started at left guard for the injured Tom Nutten, out of the game. Nutten, who had a sprained ankle, returned in the third quarter and limped off again in the fourth. Tommys played against SO JJjlSJli J'J in the A 6pm. 8 30pm. 5 p.m.

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Setting the stage for the rest of the game, Millennium was unable to capitalize on its trips to the charity stripe in the first 2 of 10 free-throw attempts. For the game, it converted 9 of 25. Sinagua hit 5 of 13 from the free-throw line. I just needed to tell the players to settle down a little bit. Then we were fine offensively, Parker said.

Ashley Street led the Tigers with 12 points. Thomas finished with 12 points for the Mustangs and Sheena Hale added six. Readers can reach Ed at 556-2251 or by e-mail at Wilkins made it 7-6 with a 42-yard field goal 5 minutes before halftime. But Tampa Bay got the three points back on Martin Gramaticas 36-yarder after Sapp sacked Warner and forced a fumble that Marcus Jones recovered at the St. Louis 22.

Wilkins returned the favor again with a 24-yarder on the final play of the half. Then the Bucs went 68 yards on 11 plays to open the second half, with Alstott zigzagging in from 8 yards out to make it 17-9. The Rams drove right back, 85 yards in 12 plays to score on a 1-yard fourth down pass from Warner to rookie tight end Brandon Manumaleuna. Faulk then ran in for a 2-point conversion to tie the game at 17. Then Tampa Bay went 90 yards in 9 plays, with Dunn running it in from 21 yards out.

Nobodys happy about this, but thats life, Martz said. We dont have the time or opportunity to sit down and feel sorry for ourselves. NOTES Warner has thrown 11 interceptions in his last four games. After a fumble by the Rams was overturned by replay early in the second quarter, the officials had to check with the press box to determine it was fourth down. Chidi Ahanotu, who played, eight seasons with Tampa Bay before being cut last spring and being picked up by St.

Louis, sacked Johnson on the Bucs first play from scrimmage. Manu-maleumas 1-yard TD catch for St. Louis was his first NFL reception. know what to expect. We have a lot of things to work on, but to get this much productivity from young players is a positive sign.

The Tigers appeared rattled by the constant mixing and matching of Sinaguas defense from a half-court press to a man-to-man press to a zone defense. That pressure defense led to 21 turnovers for Millennium, many of which turned into easy baskets for the host team. Following back-to-back baseline jumpers by Courtney Thomas and Jensen, the Mustangs pulled ahead 65-35 with 6:05 to go in the final frame their biggest lead of the game up to that moment. Sinagua led 12-4 after the first quarter paced by a trio Warren several times and had some success, Rams coach Mike Martz said. This was the first time for Frank.

So we made the change. The Bucs led 10-9 at halftime although they were out-gained 210-95. Jeff Wilkins 44-yard field goal on the opening drive gave the Rams a 3-0 lead, but only after Warner threw three straight incomplete passes, missing a wide-open Isaac Bruce in the end zone on first down. Alstotts 7-yard run 1:41 into the second quarter gave the Bucs a 7-3 lead. It came at the end of a 54-yard drive that began when Sapp recovered a fumble by Bruce.

MARXEN on the football team from 1946-49. He was also a UA boxing champion in the now-defunct Border Conference. He later coached at Bisbee High School and was a UA assistant before being hired to coach the Lumberjacks. In Spilsburys honor, NAU maintains the Max Spilsbury Scholarship for football players. Donations may be sent to: Northern Arizona University Foundation, P.O.

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