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Meadowview ...20 Marengo 16 a 10: Lamar Co 19 Keith 0 Maplesville 23 Hale Co 0 Carver 27 Prattville 22 Billingsley 42 Wadley 0 Lee-Scott 6 Catherine 0 Marengo High ...6 J.F. Shields 0 Thomasville 26 Wash. Co 0 Holtville 7 Elba. 6 Greenville 14 Lowndes Acad. ..9 Elmore Co 19 Luverne 0 Lanett .18 Jemison 0 Area football scores ljc Selma (Times-Journal Our Sports section is published daily except Saturday.

Sports editor is Jeff Stumb. Typed submissions are encouraged; deadline is noon two days prior to publication. Hail Mary Last-play touchdown gives Trojans miracle win, 20-16 By JEFF STUMB The win avenged an earlier The win avenged an earlier boots Tide TUSCALOOSA (AP) David Browndyke's 34-yard field goal with 28 seconds remaining lifted 13th-ranked Louisiana State to a 19-18 comeback victory over No. 18 Alabama in a Southeastern Conference first-place showdown Saturday. LSU, 6-2 overall and 5-1 in the SEC, overcame a 15-0 first-half deficit to climb into a share of the SEC lead with Georgia, which defeated Florida 26-3 earlier in the day.

Alabama fell to 6-2 and 4-2, with the setback marking the first time since 1955 that the Crimson Tide has lost two games in Bryant-Denny Stadium in a season. Mississippi upset the Tide four weeks ago. TOM HODSON, stymied See ALABAMA, page C5 'w jI MkaLLLLMvi Lm i Sports Editor LINDEN Hail Mary would be appropriate. So would incredible, unbelievable and improbable. Meadowview Christian School dramatically came back Friday night on the road in the first round of the Alabama Private School Association playoffs to beat Marengo 20-16 with a touchdown on the last play of the game.

That score, a 29-yard pass from Chris Smith to Randy Harris capped the game's final touchdown drive. THE TROJANS, out of time outs, went without a huddle to save time. Smith called the plays from the line of scrimmage after reading head coach Paul Whid-don's signals from the sideline. loss this year to Marengo in Linden and set up a Morgan-Meadowvie matchup for the second time in three weeks, this time in the semifinals. It also means one of the two Selma teams will be playing in the Class AAA championship game in two weeks.

But for three quarters it looked as if the Trojans, the two-time defending state champions, would not make it past the first round. Marengo, a 27-13 winner six weeks ago against the Trojans, took a commanding 16-0 lead with two touchdowns and a field goal in the first half. The game was delayed 30 minutes at the start because of a storm that passed through. Wet See TROJANS, page C3 Photo by RAY TINSLEY Tide's Casteal climbs over line for yardage Tigers blitz USM with 21 in first touchdown pass from Brett Favre to Eddie Ray Jackson. The Tigers improved to 8-1 overall and will have a chance to defend their Southeastern Conference crown with games remaining against Georgia and Alabama.

Southern fell to 8-2 and had a seven-game winning streak snapped. Southern Mississippi was averaging more than 31 points a contest, but the Golden Eagles met their match in Auburn. The Tiger defense harrassed Favre all afternoon and limited Southern to just 218 yards in offense. THE TIGERS, who had scored more points in the first quarter that any other, kept up that trend, jumping to a 21-0 lead after one period. Stacy Danley, who had 97 yards on 18 carries, went over from the 1 AUBURN (AP) Auburn's defense finally gave up a touchdown Saturday, but Reggie Slack threw for 272 yards and a touchdown and ran for another as the ninth-ranked Tigers blitzed Southern Mississippi 38-8.

Auburn, which entered the game with the nation's stingiest defense and three straight shutouts, had its scoreless streak broken with 1:47 left in the game on a 22-yard just six minutes into the game for the Tigers' first score. Slack then hit Freddy Weyand with a 38-yard scoring pass and Greg Taylor capped the first-quarter blitz by scoring on a 20-yard reverse. In the second quarter, Win Lyle kicked a 26-yard field goal and Slack scored on a 1-yard bootleg run to make the score 31-0 at the half. See AUBURN, page C5 Big plays push Lamar past Keith jh Lbsvbeeeeeebev By JULIE TURNER Special to Times-Journal Defense and special teams win football games. The Lamar County Bulldogs proved that as they dominated the Keith High Bears with a 19-0 win in Class 3A first round playoff action Friday night at Memorial Stadium in Selma Coach Kenneth McKinnley's Bulldogs took a quick lead in the first quarter on an interception returned 85 yards for a touchdown by Robert Motes.

TOBY WALLACE picked up a Bear punt that was fumbled on the ltyyard line and returned it for the Bulldogs' second touchdown of the night The first half ended with Lamar County leading 13-0. Hopper Cribb eased into the end zone ending the third quarter with the final touchdown of the game after a long Bulldog drive. Cribb completed the night with 105 of Lamar's total 146 yards. Coach Lem Jones' Golden Bears had a total of 109 yards being equally divided among several players. Leading the Bears was Eddie Bryant with 36 yards rushing.

Edwin Young had 24 yards and See KEITH, page C6 Photo by RAY TINSLEY Photo by KENNETH BOONS Saint, Panther players collide Third quarter lifts Saints to big win Bears couldn't run away from Lamar County Hale again no match for Devils SfTthrew two touchdown es, one to Harold Morrow for Ml pressure and my guards went to pieces," Southside head coach Mike Pugh said. THE TWO TEAMS split their four meetings last season. Otis Jones was the leading scorer for the Saints with 17 points. He was followed by Jerome Ratcliffe with 12 and Er-skine Minor with 10. Selma had 12 players score points.

Ratcliffe was the leading rebounder for the Saints with nine. aK Arnold Smith was the leading By JEFF STUMB Sports Editor A30-5 run by the Selma High basketball team from the start of the third quarter into the fourth quarter lifted the Saints to an 67-71 win against rival Southside in the season opener for both schools Friday night. Southside led 38-35 at the half at the Wallace State Community College gym, but Selma outscored Southside 28-7 in the third quarter to take a commanding 63-45 lead. In the third tht-y put on the Maplesville rolled up 234 yards on the ground, and Blackmon completed six passes for 72 yards and two touchdowns. HALE COUNTY finished with 107 yards rushing and 22 passing.

They really did a good job of taking the toss twetfp away from us," head coach Gene Mitchell said. "They keyed on (Ike Harris) all night long. Our guys did a good job adjusting to what they had taken See DEVILS, page Cf goal. It was the second meeting of the year between the two teams. Maplesville won the first time 33-0.

THE DEVILS, winners of seven straight, will advance to the second round next week and play the winner of last night's Oak man -Appalachian game. In the third quarter, Maplesville scorn touchdowns in less than four minutes for a commanding 16-0 lead. By JEFF STUMB Sports Editor MAPLESVILLE The Maplesville Red Devils srugged off a slow first half and caught on fire in the second half to beat Hale County 23-0 in the first round of the Class 1A playoffs last night. The game was canceled Friday night because of the weather, and last night it took the Devils two quarters to get on track. Maplesville led 3-0 at the half on a 28 yard Patrick Blackmon field 13 yards and one to Chris Bailey for 12 yards, in that span in the third.

With 1:16 left in the game, Dexter Gran di son scored on a 64-yard run as the Devilt were trying to run out the clock on a run out of the power-I to the weak side. Hale County had only eight net rushing yards in the second half. It was the 9-2 Devils' fourth shutout of the year. C4.