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Kingsport Times-News Sunday November 13 1988 Vols win again stuff Rebels 20-12 Digest It was the 15th straight win for Tennessee in the month with the last loss coming in November of 1984 against Kentucky next opponent in Knoxville With the victory Tennessee improves to 3-6 for the season and 1-4 in the SEC Ole Miss is now 4-6 and 2-4 The Rebels three-point favorites coming in led 10-0 at halftime but Tennessee dominated play in the second half and finally scored on a 17-yard pass from Jeff Francis to Alvin Harper with 2:03 left in the third quarter The touchdown drive was successful despite four holding penalties Jason Julian's extra-point kick following the score was blocked and Ole Tony Bennett returned it for a two-point defensive extra point conversion under a new rule put into effect for the first time this year That made it 12-6 but Tennessee stuffed the Rebels and moved for two more touchdowns to assure the victory Greg Amsler who came on when From staff reports OXFORD Miss When the leaves change and the calendar turns to November football team suddenly becomes unbeatable The Vols staged a gutsy second-half comeback Saturday overcoming injuries and penalties to score a 20-12 upset victory over Mississippi in a rainstorm in Vaught-Heming-way Stadium and in the process continued their November victory streak Reggie Cobb reinjured his ankle was a hero in the late going His touchdown from three yards out tied it at 12-12 and Chip extra point gave Tennessee a 13-12 lead midday through the final quarter Amsler finished with 68 yards on 17 carries and also caught five passes for another 35 yards Cobb gained 111 yards on 13 carries before being injured on the first series of the second half and giving Please see VOLS page 12D 1 'W Gate City rolls GC defense shuts down Bearcats i i i 4 second team defense came on the field with a minute left scheme on offense was to use sophomore halfback Brad Campbell to do the leg work The V-High coach figured Campbell had better odds than the other halfback Lucky Daggs who is usually the hub of the Bearcats running game Campbell had success early starting in motion and running right away from Pendleton Gate all-state candidate at linebacker Campbell had 51 yards on 10 carries in the first half But like Campbell the Bearcats offense was confined to the first half VHS got field position on the first play- of the game when Gate City fumbled at its 47 A trade of punts gave V-High the ball at the Devil 25 thanks to a 22-yard punt return by Daggs VHS moved the ball to the Gate City 4 but quarterback Scott Jones was sacked on fourth down by Travis Sanders The) Blue Devils come out of the hole and had to punt Please see DEVILS page 5D By RAY GLIER Times-News Sports Writer GATE CITY Virginia High coach Paul Wheeler decided his plan on offense would be to run the ball away from Gate City linebacker Rusty Pendleton That left 10 other Devils on defense to cope with V-High cope Gate Defense by Committee 11 as 1 padlocked Virginia offense here Saturday winning a Region IV playoff game 27-7 The Blue Devils also got a huge lift from a 75-yard touchdown pass just before the half to propel them into the Region IV (Division 3) championship game against Radfords (9-2) next Saturday (1:30) at Legion Field Gate City ranked third in the state among Group -AA teams is 11-0 Virginia High finished its season 7-4 VHS scored its only touchdown in the second period with field position created by a Gate City turnover The Bearcats got little else gathering just 16 yardr and one first down in the second half before the Gate City KELLY CAPTURES STATE TITLE CHARLOTTESVILLE Va In Group A JJ Kelly captured the Virginia High School League crosscountry championship at Pied mont Virginia Community College Saturday The Indians Region champs easily took the title with 67 points to second-place Central of 109 points Strasburg came in third also with 109 points Andre Williams of Armstrong set a meet record of 15:394 as Woodbridge took the Group AAA championship with a combined score of 89 over the 31 mile course West Springfield was second with 93 and Lake Braddock came in third with 113 In Group AAA Lake Braddock took first place with 44 points Blacksburg wop the Group AA race with a score of 72 Western Albemarle was second at 81 points with Marion third at 136 The Group AA was won by Abingdon with 68 followed by Louisa County with 71 and Blacksburg with 76 Stonewall Jackson of Mount Jackson won the Group A with 95 points JJ Kelly was third at 127 BIG 10 SWIMMING CARNIVAL The Big 10 Swimming Carnival was held Sat urday at Dobyns-Bennett High School with 12 teams from around the area competing Farragut High School was the big winner with the boys taking first place overall and the girls pulling down second place boys scored 478 total points followed by Sullivan East with 338 and Dobyns-Bennett taking third with 336 Tennessee girls won overall with 397 points Farragut in second with 378 and Science Hill notched third with 344 Other teams competing were Sullivan North Morristown Sullivan Central Sullivan South University High Virginia High and Elizabethton KYSA UNDER-12 GIRLS FINISH TOURNEY GALLATIN The Kingsport KYSA under-12 girls soccer team traveled to the Cumberland Valley Tournament in Gallatin Saturday and Finished 1-1-1 for the event In game 1 Kingsport lost to Knoxville 3-2 with Holly Harwood scoring both goals for KYSA In game 2 KYSA tied Germantown 1-1 with Tessa Brown scoring the lone goal Kingsport got on the winning side in the third game defeating Hendersonville 6-1 Brown scored four goals and Harwood added the other two Monica Rickman Greer Leonard and goalkeeper Nicole Leonard also had outstanding performances in tournament The team Is coached by Scott Pierson and assisted by Lynn Byrd BANK OF TENNESSEE IN FINALS MEMPHIS The Bank of Tennessee Titans Under-19 boys soccer team advanced to the finals of the Under-19 Boys Open Cup Division in the State Championship of Youth Soccer The Titans defeated Castille 72 3-0 and Memphis American 6-4 in perliminary games Saturday The Titans will play the Burt Reynolds Franklin Express today at 10:45 (EST) Bank of Tennessee won the Eastern District Tournament October 30 to advance to the state tournament THE MONDAY NIGHT Sullivan South High School will sponsor a the night for winter sports Monday at 7 pm in the school gymnasium Athletes from the boys and girls basketball and swimming teams will be introduced The freshman junior varsity and varsity cheerleading squads and Southern Belles drill tealn will also be introduced Admission is free NORTH RESERVED SEATS ON SALE Reserved seats are now on sale for Sullivan North home basketball games at the Athletic office The seats can be purchased before home game against David Crockett Cost for the seats is $20 and will be' admission to all boys and girls varsity junior varsity and freshman home games BEAT BLISS ENTRIES NUMBER 10950 More people entered the final week of the Beat Bliss Football Contest 1750 additional entries for a total of 10950 entries was entered in this contest Entries will be graded Monday and winners notified Tuesday QUALIFIES FOR NATIONALS GREENVILLE SC East Tennessee State cross country runner Thomas finished sixth in the NCAA District III Championships Saturday to earn a berth in the NCAA Finals Teammate James Hynes missed qualifying by three seconds As a team the Buccaneers finished sixth (their highest finish since 1985) Playoffs Bobcats continue final title chase Gate defense stifles the VHS ground game Saturday above en route 27-7 victory over the Bearcats At right Pennington QB Chris Day rolls outside the pocket while looking for the open receiver INSIDE Honaker upset LPD champ Powell Valley in two overtimes at Bullett Park Saturday Page 4D By BILL LANE Times-News Sports Editor PENNINGTON GAP Don Williams the old pro admittedly has fielded better football teams in his career But no season has been any more gratifying than 1988 last hurrah quickly tell you When gifted quarterback Chris Day suffered a thumb injury in September it might have been logical for the Bobcats to wave the white flag Day missed six weeks sitting out five games two of which Pennington lost He had surgery and has to play with a pin inserted in his thumb S' On a cool autumn Saturday afternoon at Robert Beeler Stadium Pennington left Bobcat tracks all over Coeburn 33-18 in the first round of the VHSL playoffs Logic is being discounted in Please see BOBCATS page 5D 4 t) i i 4 I 4 I A Times News photo Ned JHton Bucs close season with 31-14 defeat By REX GREENE Times-News Sports Writer we had planned for them they stop was just a matter of us executing They did on their first position of the second half ETSU drove 97 yards to pull within one touchdown Meredith completed five passes the march including a 31-yard toss to Albert Burt for the score The Buccaneer defense then came out and held the Paladins to I wish we had 11 more games to start from Riley said say that because I still say our guys quit and they try hard like that in Despite the spirited play they were once again their own worst enemy Two short punts set up a pair of Paladin scores in the first half Then after the Bucs had climbed within one touchdown in the third quarter Furman linebacker Jeff Blankenship intercepted a Randy Meredith pass to set up another Score and Seal the fate punting gave them good field position and with the interception I think they had maybe one long Riley added The Paladins scored on drives of 52 and 55 yards on their first two possessions to build a 14-0 lead But three other Furman drives fizzled in Buccaneer territory to give the Bucs hope going into the locker room felt like at halftime we had a Meredith said has a great defense but the things JOHNSON CITY For most observers a disappointing 1988 football season came to an end Saturday as East Tennessee State lost to Furman 31-14 Buccaneer head coach Don Riley however was looking for another 11 games to play after watching his team lose for the eighth time in 11 decisions this season just told the football team that Please see PALADINS page 7D Bowl berths taking shape as season nears completion Associated Press tion with Notre history be the best we possibly can West Virginia 10-0 tied a school record for most victories in a season No team in the 97-year football history has had a perfect season West Virginia winds up the regular season at home against Syracuse next week Terry Allen and Gary Cooper scored two touchdowns apiece as 16th-ranked Clemson defeated Maryland 49-25 to clinch its third consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championship and a trip to the Florida Citrus Bowl against the loser of the Nebraska-Okla-homa game next week The winner of the Cornhuskers-Sooners contest goes to the Orange Bowl probably against No 3 Miami Kendall Trainor kicked five field goals extending his streak to 22 straight and the defense contributed two scores as Uth-ranked Arkansas defeated Texas 25-20 to stay unbeaten after 10 games The Razorbacks with the Cotton Bowl bid locked up a couple of weeks ago became the first team to go through the Southwest Conference unbeaten since Texas in 1983 Their opponent in Dallas on- New Day figures to be UCLA or Florida State Reggie Slack threw two touchdown passes on bootleg rollouts as ninth-ranked Auburn knocked No 17 Georgia out of the SEC race and kept its title hopes alive with a 20-10 victory LSU clinched at least a share of the title earlier in the day with a 20-3 victory over Mississippi State in its final conference game If the two sets of Tigers tie the Sugar- Bowl will choose the representative in the New Orleans event Elsewhere Todd Philcox bounced back from a shaky start to throw three touchdown passes and 15th-ranked Syracuse rolled to its seventh straight victory in defeating Boston College 45-20 Representatives of the Fiesta Florida Citrus Gator and Hall of Fame bowls watched the Syracuse romp It seems the Orangemen are headed for the Hall of Fame Bowl against either LSU or Georgia Iowa appears good bet to play in the Peach Bowl regardless of how the Hawkeyes finish the season a Peach Bowl representative said Saturday next week at Ohio State clinched the conference title with a 6-0-1 mark and improved to 7-2-1 overall They will play the Pacific-10 champion (UCLA or Southern California) on Jan 2 Major Harris brought fourth-ranked West Virginia from behind with a 48-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Rem-bert in the second quarter and the Mountaineers defeated Rutgers 35-25 to take another step toward a possible national championship game with the Irish who were idle on Saturday bowl can we go to to possibly enhance our Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz said "Winning national championship is nice not an absolute necessity and not something obsessed with but if you are going to do something in tradi- The Michigan Wolverines will play in the Rose Bowl on New Day and the West Virginia Mountaineers are heading for a showdown with No 1 Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl Although bowl invitations officially go out until next Saturday several schools already know where their home will be for the holidays Michigan clinched its fourth Rose Bowl berth of the 1980s as Leroy Hoard rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to lead the 13th-ranked Wolverines to a 38-9 victory over Big Ten rival Illinois With a Michigan Stadium crowd of 105714 rooting them on the Wolverines who conclude the regular season A.