The Shreveport Journal from Shreveport, Louisiana • 9

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't 7 Orb': I s-: 41rit444--4 A -P '-''17" 1 4 14 A t141014Ar' ''74 'n 44 7 t404 -4-t 40 7111erzoiFakk-1 i' --k- to --k4- 1 'rt la -rtiw4-11 NIg tot 1447-: 4'7 -P4------4AtAmtr-1--: -4 1-- '1 3 i -411 "11 tkr- 1zr e-' ak to li a 4t 1 that game" defensive end Blaine Dickens said If the Knights made any mistakes in Friday night's game nobody noticed Forget the three fumbles and the interception Wood lawn made every big play that had to be made The biggest came the earliest Shreve marched from its own 23 to the Knights 1-yard line In fact the Gators had firstand-goal from the one when halfback Brown Humphrey fumbled and Johnny Brown recovered "It's funny because all our team needs is one little break early and that carries up the whole game" Robinson said That break carried them through three more Shreve pentrations inside the Wood lawn 20 "We rose to the occasion" said Brown "We just put it in our minds that we could do it" said Dickens Wood lawn got the only score of the game after taking the second-half kickoff and driving 64 yards for a score Key plays in the drive were consecutive completions by quarterback Darrell Storey On third-and-six Storey hit Billy Ous ley for 16 yards and on the next play he found Butch Plater for 23 yards Two plays later Cheeks scored from 10 yards out Shreve's best chance in the second half came as the Gators drove from their own 14 helped by a 39-yard pass from Kelley to Robert Moore to the Wood lawn six where they had firstand-goal Three cracks off tackle could get only two yards On fourth-and-goal from the four Kelley rolled left but Sam Smith made a solid tackle on Kelley to end the drive Shreve had one more chance getting to the Knights 26 But Wood lawn pushed Shreve back 13 yards before Doug Cleveland picked off a Kelley pass to end it "I'm tickled to death" said Wood-lawn defensive coordinator Skipper Morgan "That's really something" The defensive front of the Knights kept the Gators contained all game Dickens Brown and Scott McFerron kept the Gators from getting outside from the defensive end position When it came time to rush on passing situations David Boatner and Philip Rivers were there to lend a hand The four-man rush of the Knights was so good in fact that they dropped nose guard Dennis Jefferson off the line of scrimmage to help in passing situations Wood lawn now 7-4 will meet Ruston 9-1 and the District 3-AAAA winner next Friday in James Stadium in Ruston Shreve finishes the season at 9-2 Woodiann 6 Captain Shreve 0 infoodlown I I 0-11 Captaip Struve I I I -6 Antiwar Cheeks le run (kid( Waal On the corner of Doug Robinson's desk in the Wood lawn coaches office there is a candy jar Well it's really just a jar because there usually isn't much candy in it That's not entirely true either because as Robinson tells it there's never any candy in it If you happened to stray into that office one day and see all jar and no candy you can book one thing assistant coach Allen Kin ley and fullback Kenny Wilson have struck again "Between those two" head coach Robinson said "that jar just about gets wiped out" Security does get a bit tighter on Fridays however To his dentist's delight Robinson is a candy freak on game days So he leaves the jar empty- on Fridays and reloads in other places His socks "I fill 'em up too" Robinson said "I get as much candy in those socks as I can" A butterscotch around the calf a couple of peppermints near the ankle and Doug Robinson is ready for gametime "You'd swear my legs are swollen up or something" he adds So during the football games he paces the sidelines occasionally slipping behind a water cooler to pull out a cherry-flavored He may think his supply is safe for the moment Kinley is in the press box and Wilson is on the field but he is wrong There are others Brian age seven and Scott age eight are right there to pick up the scraps A man's gotta feed his family you know In the wake of Woodlawn's 6-0 bidistrict playoff win over Captain Shreve Friday night at Caddo Parish Stadium Doug Robinson had no idea that there was still a couple of mints still floating around in his tube socks Brian and Scott after an in-depth search confiscated the goods before Doug knew it Better hands you've never seen And as the candy was running out after the game so were the words Examples Robinson on the Knights defense: "Superb No that doesn't describe it I don't know what it was" Robinson on the Knights ability to keep making big plays on both sides of the line of scrimmage: "I don't know what to say" Robinson on the entire evening: "I was amazed" Good choice of words on that last one Doug On this chilly starlit evening in South Shreveport "amazing" was defined as (a) The Knights defense holding versitile Shreve quarterback Roger Kelley to six yards on the ground and 58 yards in the air (b) Anthony Cheeks' 131-yard performance which included the game's only touchdown (c) eight stops of the Gators for minus yardage and (d) the first shutout of Shreve since 1971 Amazing indeed Like they say (sort of) what a difference six weeks makes Flip back the calendar to Oct 3 and notice the score of the previous meeting between the two schools Shreve 27 Woodlawn 6 "Yeah but we made a lot of mistakes Joemal photo by Jack Barham Woodlawn's Anthony Cheeks beats Cedric Thomas to the end zone for the game's only touchdown Tate impressive agalinst Peabody By JERRY BYRD Journal Sports Editor Given the 20-20 vision of hindsight Grambling's 1968 receiving corps appears to be one of the best combinations ever assembled on one college football team Charlie Smith who was "White Tiger" Jim Gregory's Number 1 sidekick at that time has caught more than 200 passes during his pro career Former teammates Frank Lewis and Charlie Joiner are well over 300 and 400 respectively If you include post-season catches their combined total is in excess of 1000 THE SENIOR MEMBER of that receiving firm Charlie Joiner Jr was born in Sabine Parish (Many) 34 years ago and played high school football at Boston in Lake Charles He is on the verge of becoming the tenth player ever to catch 500 catches in the National Football League But he calls his 13- year career "unfilled" because unlike Lewis and Smith he hasn't played in a Super Bowl Last January Charlie gave it his best shot but his six catches for 130 yards and two touchdowns weren't 47'- enough in the Chargers' 34-27 loss to the eventual world champion Oakland ltt -Pmhuk Raiders irj A lot of wide I lki receivers are over the 2 hill at the age of 34 but i illizoo 'q Joiner is still going strong because he's -7111-110F running up "the hill" in 14ti-" i Houston his home in I the off-season "The lr hill" is an incline of about 20 yards with a Charlie Joiner severe slope that helps keep Joiner and Oilers Earl Campbell and Ken Burrough in top shape "I run it 15 timei forward 15 times backwards and 15 times forward again each day" he says With 468 receptions in 161 regular-season games and 24 more in nine post-season games Joiner feels he has "done okay for someone who was glad just to get drafted" Joiner was a fourth round pick of the Oilers in 1969 because his size didn't meet the pro scouts' specifications After three years with the Oilers he was traded to Cincinnati in 1972 Prior to the 1976 season the engals traded him to the Chargers who then developed the type of passing attack that quarterbacks and wide receivers dream about Fouts broke the record for pass completions last year and has broken the yardage rercord two years in a row "Danny is throwing better than in his last two Pro Bowl years" says Joiner "Our foffense is a little more well-rounded with Chuck Muncie and James Brooks Jr takes a little pressure off Danny" Some people thought Joiner wouldn't be as effective this season because of the absence of John Jefferson but that problem was solved to the acquisition of Wes Chandler from the Saints With 43 catches for 801 yards the "old man" is rolling along at a clip that will put him over 60 catches for the third year in a row AFTER A FAST start the Chargers have dropped to 6-4 for the season and face a struggle down the stretch drive to get into the playoffs Meanwhile Charlie Joiner isn't contemplating retirement for a while "I take it year-by-year" he says "When I finisb this year then I'll make a decision either in May or June It all depends on how my body feels" Translation: if he's still going up and down the hill this summer he'll figure he isn't over fit yet 49ers Bengali lead 'Super' list Several readers have wondered out loud how I size up the Super Bowl race It's still a few weeks early to unscramble the contenders in either conference but based on how they're playing right now I'd rank the San Francisco 49ers Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles 1-2-3 in the National Conference and the Cincinnati Bengals Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins 1-2-3 in the American Conference In the playoffs the home-field advantage will probably determine who goes to Pontiac Don't count on another wild-card team making it as the Raiders did last year But at this stage of the season a lot of factors figure into the finalists not the least of which is luck There is good news and bad news for Cowboy fans The good news is that they should win their next four games The bad news is that they know they should win them and have a history of blowing a gimme down the stretch drive It is very important for them to be division champions and have the home advantage through the playoffs because this isn't the kind of team that will win many big games on the road ren the 20-20 vision of hindsight ibling's 1968 receiving corps appears to of the best combinations ever a bled on one college tootball team trlie Smith who was "White Tiger" Jim Dry's Number 1 sidekick at that time has It more than 200 passes during his pro Former teammates Frank Lewis and le Joiner are well over 300 and 400 es their combined total is in excess of ctively If you include post season SENIOR MEMBER of that receiving Charlie Joiner Jr was born in Sabine (Many) 34 years ago and played high 1 football at Boston in Lake es He is on the verge of becoming the player ever to catch 500 catches in the nal Football League But he calls his 13- "unfilled" because unlike in and Smith he hasn't played a Bowl January Charlie gave it his best shot six catches for 130 yards and two Oil! touchdowns weren't 2 enough in the Chargers' 't 34-27 loss to the eventual world champion Oakland litt-lrhuk Raiders A lot of wide 'A receivers are over the Joiner is still going hill at the age of 34 but tic 4 4' strong because he's N'ttior' 'I i running up "the hill" in Houston his home in 4tt i i the off-season "The i or hill" is an incline of about 20 yards with a harlie Joiner severe slope that helEs 1 A t1 r---1-11 -t is a better ballplayer and tougher On every play Tate runs Douglas leads him Mr Douglas is Minden's bread and butter Douglas makes Tate" Minden coach Chuck Herrington agreed that fullback Anthony Douglas played an outstanding game for the Crimson Tide which carries a 9-2 record into next week's playoff game with Washington of Lake Charles a rematch of the 1980 state championship game But he was impressed with Tate's performance too On his first touchdown run a 28-yard burst the 205- pound Tate stiff-armed sophomore cornerback Randy Harris to the turf and carried another Peabody (Please see MINDEN Page 2-13) MINDEN You gotta wonder what Raymond Tate would have to do to impress Peabody coach Charlie Baker Friday night Tate scored five touchdowns and gained 132 yards rushing in 21 carries to lead defending Class AAA football champion Minden past Baker's Warhorses 40-14 But after the game Baker wasn't throwing any verbal bouquets at the two-time All-State running back "He's not an inside runner" said Baker who has been coaching at Peabody for 20 years "Mr Douglas Cs WO dews 13 14 Rushing yards 154 lee Passing yards ss Posen 341 541 Punts 23 1315 Fwebleelest 3-3 Peonies-verde 545 1141 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS IIoedema Cheeks 21-111 ITO Kenny Vahan "-IL Derrell Porgy 1roloofr13 Cordele Shreve Roder Kollar 154 Broom thenahm 1245 Rolowt Moore 1241 Jelin Nensay elleadlowe Storey 1444 II Yee 1 Mt Cow Olda Shrove Kelley 541-I SS I kW NwIlarear Woodiewe Plater 1-13 illy Ovelet 116 Daniel Blackwell litteesoli Cooled Shreve 542 Itsmeerwey 1-16 Colts' Jones Dickey ve private meeting Yankees' Jackson still No 1 draftee BALTIMORE (AP) They aren't speaking to each other in public but quarterback Bert Jones and back Curtis Dickey privately discussed their dispute that erupted during Baltimore's ninth straight loss The meeting took place Friday following a published report quoting Dickey as saying Jones' criticism of him was racially motivated Dickey told the Baltimore Sun he would talk to Jones "only on the field" and had asked to be traded Neither player would discuss what was said during their talk Coach Mike McCormack was also closed-mouthed about the disagreement preferring to keep the lid on the affair while the hapless Colts 1-9 prepared to face Philadelphia on Sunday Dickey who fumbled on the first play of last Sunday's game against the New York Jets contends 'Jonts was responsible for McCormack's decision to bench him in the first quarter Jones contends he urged McCormack to keep Dickey in the lineup even after he was forced to scramble on a pass play in which the running back failed to block an on-coming rusher After the botched pass play Jones threw the ball to the ground in anger and shouted at Dickey as they ran off the field Jones said later he had told Dickey to either block or try to get open for a reception McCormack said he removed Dickey because he didn't appear ready to play Although replacement Zack Dixon turned in a good performance McCormack later said he probably should have put Dickey back into the game McCormack said Dickey would start against the Eagles on Sunday Colt officials including Clyde Powers the team's only black assistant coach expressed astonishment at Dickey's remarks "If Curtis said the whole problem was racial I guess that's how he feels about it" Powers said "As far as I could see it was a disagreement between Curtis and Bert It just happens that one of them is black and one is white" Powers said he had met with Dickey and that the racial issue did not come up Dickey's comments were the first he has made publicly since Sunday's 41-14 loss to the Jets "It's (a racial problem) probably been around all along" Dickey said in an interview published in the Baltimore Sun Asked Thursday in a television interview if be felt racial problems existed Dickey said it was a possibility although he failed to make any direct charge against Jones "I'm not the only one that's been in this kind of situation" said Dickey The Sun said former Colt receivers Raymond Chester Glenn Doughty and Freddie Scott all experienced problems dealing with Jones Dickey and all three former Colt players are black "I won't talk to him (Jones)" Dickey said "What's there to say? I'm not the first one he's hurt and I won't be the last one talk to him on the field only" Dickey in the second year of a three-year contract estimated to be worth million said he would talk to his business manager about being traded at the end of a troubled season that has seen the NFL club lose nine straight times after an opening-game victory Jones ridiculed the idea of racial conflict when questioned and said the situation regarding Sunday's dispute bad been exaggerated By LARRY SIDDONS Some see Jackson as past his prime at AP Sports Writer age 35 but seven other teams also picked him NEW YORK With one set of num- "If we didn't see Reggie as a prodbers reviewed baseball's owners and uctive dominating ballplayer we general managers turn to another line wouldn't have drafted him" said Joe of figures as they try to strengthen their Torre the new manager of the Atlanta teams with free agents Braves "Ted Turner (the Braves' tern-Batting averages home run totals peramental owner) isn't looking for an won-lost records innings pitched and ego trip by drafting him" dozens of other statistics that pour from Jackson's New York Yankee team-the national pasttime have been dis- mate Ron Guidry was the most popusected and decisions made on who lar player of the day selected by 17 among the 41 eligible players would be teams The Yankees also retained negoselected or ignored tiating rights to the ace left-hander Now attention focuses on the bottom "We are not going to be online that string of digits preceeded reasonable" said John Schneider by a dollar sign and often containing six Guidry's agent and longtime friend zeroes which will determine if a team "We're going to have a pricetag for each can lure a free-agent star to new en- of 18 ballclubs what they can reasonvirons ably offer to pay Eighteen pricetags" "This weekend" Baltimore Orioles Schneider said Guidry would seek a General Manager Hank Peters said af- five-year guaranteed no-cut no-trade ter Friday's sixth annual re-entry draft contract He reportedly rejected a when we really start to work" kees offer of a three-year deal worth Conducted under a new set of rules $24 million born of the midsummer strike and with Pitchers led the selection list Guidry some of the biggest potential free was followed by John Denny with 13 agents already signed to new multi- and Joaquin Andujar with 11 Outmillion-dollar contracts the draft con- fielder Dave Collins was picked by 10 tained few surprises teams but his old club Cincinnati Reggie Jackson the first player failed to retain his negotiating rightt chosen when the first re-entry draft was The Reds and Houston both made conducted in 1976 was No 1 again selected by the Toronto Blue Jays (Please see DRAFT Page 4-B) 't.