The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 9

Pius Rallies Twice To Beat York By DAVE SUTLER York Defending class state champion Lincoln Pius was forced to pull all the stops here Friday night to keep the quest for a third straight title alive. Trailing 26-24 with 10:49 to play, coach Vince Pius club road the strong running of halfback Steve Rohren and Iback Tom Doggett and the passing of quarterback Pat Fuller to edge a rugged York club, 28-26. After Yoric end Bret Burham snagged a 19-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Dave James to push the Dukes to their 12-point advantage, the started their dramatic comeback surge. It took Pius just eight plays to march 63 yards to close the gap to 26-22 with 8:52 to play. Rohren got the final 33 yards for the Thunderbolts upon successive counter reverse sweeps around the right side of the line.

just wore down in the final quarter and suck it York coach Tom McClelland said. find a tackle that could stop counter Following touchdown, the connected on what proved to be the margin of victory when Fuller hit Rohren in the right comer of the end zone for the two-point conversion leaving Pius trailing, 26 22 Holding York on the first series of plays, Pius gained the ball on its Une and quickly moved to the winning touchdown in a drive. Fuller hit end Paul Talamka with a 16-yard pass which moved the to the 27. Rohren then slashed off 21 yards on the counter to place the ball on the six. Following a penalty, Rohren raced in for the score to give Pius its first lead of the night and the eventual 28- 2b victory.

Rohren, who scored three touchdowns, finished with 110 yards rushing. The 6-1, 170- pound senior picked up 75 of those yards in the last quarter on only five carries. an all-stater last year as a junior, led Pius rushing with 116 yards on 20 carries. Four Plays decided at halftime to go with four basic Aldrich said. counter sweep, the power play up the middle, and the draw and pass to keep them The running of Rohren and Doggett offset a brilliant effort by York backs Jay Elkins and Kim Baker.

Elkins, a 5-8, 160-pounder led all rushers with 188 yards on 24 carries while Baker took in 79 yards on 13 attempts. A fired-up York club stung the early as Elkins raced 55 yards around left end on the fifth play of the game to give the Dukes an early 7-0 advantage. Holding Pius to only one first down in the entire first quarter, Big Plays Aid East the Dukes dominated the early going and pushed their lead to 14-0 as Baker scored from two yards with 9:27 left in the second quarter. Pius knotted the score at 14-14 with 19 seconds left in the second period when Fuller hit Rohren in the end zone with a 10-yard pass. The score followed fullback Dave two-yard plunge which had finally put Pius on the board with 7:32 left in the first half.

Egge was playing for normal starting fullback Jerry Kobza who suffered an injured shoulder in practice A third-quarter 10-yard scoring run by Baker and touchdown pass to Burnham put the Dukes back up two touchdowns to set the stage for Pius final rally. a heck of a team and was hitting Aldrich said. we teach our kids if they are afraid to get beat, going to get Pius advanced to 2-0 while York slipped to 1-1. Lincoln Plus 0 14 0 14-2S 7 7 6 6-26 York Jay Elkins 55 run. (Jim Apeti kick).

York Kim Baker 2 run (Apetz kick). Plus Dave Egge 2 run (Kick felled). Plus Steve Rohren 10 pess from Pat Fuller (Rohrens pass). York Baker 10 run (kick failed). York Bret Burnham 19 pass from Dave James (kick failed).

Plus Rohren 20 run (Rohren pass). Wos Rohren 3 run (pass failed). First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Penalfies-yards Punts Fumbles Sports Signals York 2018 36-233 46-297 10576 18 20 8-18-2 3-10-1 1-153-23 4-32 4-26 0-12-1 By BOB MOYER Lincoln East came up with the big plays when they needed them and the result was a 20-12 victory over hard-mnning Grand Island at Seacrest Field Friday night, before 4,000 football fans. The win brought record to 2-0-1, while the slipped to 1-1. Offensively the two big plays for East came in the second half and included: Sam 74-yard run early in the third quarter to the Grand Island 4-yard line.

On the next play, Spartan quarterback Dave Watters covered the distance to give East a 13-6 lead with 10:29 to go in the quarter. It was quickly upped to a 14-6 count when Tom Haefner added his second extra point. brilliant 84-yard run for his second score of the game in the fourth quarter which advanced lead to 20-6 with 8:02 to go in the fray. Yowell and Watters both ended up with over 100 yards rushing in the game, Yowell netting 123 in 17 carries; Watters 119 in just 7 tries. An impressive statistic considering Yowell had only 2 yards rushing at halftime, Watters just 9.

surprised us with their defense the first said East head coach Lee Zentic. were offset in the line. So we had to make some adjustments at halftime in our blocking The strategy worked as East gained 257 yards rushing the second half after a dismal 34 yards in the first half. Zentic said run was set up by the way the Grand Island linebackers were keying on Watters. called a sweep play vriiich is in our repertoire but we used before during the said Zentic.

linebackers stayed with Watters on the play, which left Yowell wide Defensively East also came up with the big plays, holding the Islanders on down plays at the 15-yard line in the first quarter; 31-yard line in the third quarter and 1-yard line early in the fourth quarter. In addition, the Spartans got their first score of the game in the second period, when Randy Ahlquist picked up a fumble by Grand Gary Beran and rambled 39 yards. like to get a cheap one whenever we smiled tic, whose club was victimized on a similar play in a 6-6 tie against North Platte. Grand Island was not without its moments either. Speedy A1 scored twice, once on a 21-yard run that made the score 7-6 in the second quarter and the second time on a 90-yard kickoff return right after Watters had scored his second touchdown.

could see it said Zentic of kickoff return. left side of our kick formation ran too far down and it left the seam on that side wide Grand Island also dominated play in the first half and East was never able to completely shut down the offense. are by far the best Grand Island team since been at said Zentic. also say they are the best team played so he added. really hit, had good speed and never backed Grand Island 0 6 0 Lincoln East 0 7 7 6-20 East Ahlquist 39 tumble recovery (Haefner kick).

Grand Island 21 run (pass tailed). East Watters 4 run (Haefner kick). East Watters 84 run (kick failed). Grand Island 90 kickoff return (pass tailed). First Downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Passes Return yardage Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Gl )1 44-160 36 4-14-0 35 4-1 1-15 East 11 35-291 34 3-13-2 39 7-396 2-2 4-40 By Bob Owont Star Sports Editor Ready For Anything Preparing for an opening game undoubtedly is a biggest headache and the Nebraska-Louisiana State game appears to be no exception.

About the only thing Husker coaches fed sure about is that LSU wiU have a defense similar to the one they used against NU in the 1971 Orange Bowl game the Hnskers won 17-12. a very fine defensive head coach Tom Osborne said. have the same defensive coaches had for many years. well-coached aixi sound With center Rik Bonness on the sidelines with a knee injury it is possible the Huskers will see more of 5-2 defense than their basic 4-3. worked against about everything they could throw Osborne said.

think got a pretty good idea how to block most Coach Charlie McClendon, beginning his 14th season at Tiger coach, has moved from the veer used last season to the I- formation. did it in order to take the pressure off our young he said. LSU will open with redshirt sophomwe Pat Lyons and also use another soph, Bobby Moreau, who played briefly in last final-game 35-10 victory over Utah. Lyons is an excellent runner. Moreau, also a tough runner, has a strong arm.

Tigers Are Young McClendon, who brings a 102-37-6 career record to Lincoln, is bringing one of his youngest LSU teams ever here. The travel party includes just 12 swiiors (nine of them start). The offensive line is manned by lettermen from end to end and tailback Terry Robislde and slot back Robert Dow are both two-lettermen. Robiskie, who averaged 4.5 yards a carry last season, is backed up by exciting freshman prospect diaries Alexander, 61, 195 speedster (9.5 in 100) from Galveston, Tex. The big names for LSU in 1975, however, will be cast mainly on the defensive team with AU-Southeastem Conference tackle Steve Ossidy being the star of the bunch.

Equally tough is the other tackle, A. J. Duhe. Reports out of Baton Rouge say the LSU defense is the best there in 10 years and the down-four linemen are the best in 15 years. In addition to Cassidy and Duhe, that group includes ends Lew and Kenny Bordelon.

game is the first regularly-scheduled contest ftM- the Huskers against a team from the SEC. NU is 5-2 in bowl games with teams from that league. The Huskers will open the 1976 season Sept. 11 against LSU in Baton Rouge. The Lineups Offense STAFF PHOTO BY DAVE KENNEDY Brian Moreland (30), left tackles Grand Randy Ahlquist (not pictured) picked up and ran 39 Gary Beran (45), forcing Beran to fumble, which the Spar- yards for a touchdown.

Taney' Northeast Blanks Fremont By CHUCK SINCLAIR Prep Sports Writer Fremont Lincoln Northeast coach Bob Els discarded talk indicating the Northeast-Fremont football game at Memorial Stadium Friday night would be tough, routine football nothing fancy. The toughness was there, but the Rockets used just the op- X)site approach in the second lalf and opened with an exciting aerial display that caught the Tigers napping giving the Capital City team a triumph. The entire first half was just like the pre-game script said it would hard-hitting, good defense and dull for the plus spectators. Scoreless Opening Neither team could manage more than 75 yards total offense during the scoreless first two quarters. In fact, the only time either team was inside the 30-yard line was on a pass in- THE LINCOLN STAR Sports Saturday, September 13, 1975 9 terception by Pat Ayars that the Rockets moved to the 14-yard line as time expired in the first half.

But there was a dramatic change at haiftime, and the Fremont defensive rush that had handcuffed Northeast quarterback Doug Berka the first half was restrained as the junior passed for one score, ran one in himself and started a flea-flicker reverse that ended with split end Matt Farrens launching a 48- yard scoring strike to wideK)pen end Ted Bulling. It was the reverse that opened second-half scoring. Papio Dominates LHS To Claim 1-80 Victory By REN HAMBLETON Star Sports Writer PapilUon Bill Davies caught a three yard jump pass from Papillion quarterback Jim Lynam with just 4 seconds left to cap a fine 164) win Lincoln High in an 1-80 Conference game here Friday night. The win was the first ever for Papillion over a Capitol City high school. The Monarchs completely dominated the game allowing the Links only four first downs and 79 rushing yards, 13 of those in the first half.

Papillion took the initiative early in the game driving 60 yards to the 30, but a fumble recovered by Jim Sheets halted the drive and gave LHS the ball for the first and only time in the first quarter. After three unsuccessful plays, the Monarchs got the ball on their own 25 and drove to the LHS 6 in 20 plays before Bill Buettgenbach recovered another Papk) fumble giving LHS the ball on their own early in the aecood quarter. PapiiUoo Uduak Udofia, Lincoln High halfback tried to run around left end 00 the first play, but was caught by Kevin Kuhnigk in the end zone giving PapilUon a 2-0 lead. Lincoln High finaUy got their initial first down late in the half when quarterback John Beaver hit end Gary Hart on a 32 yard pass, but that was the only effective play the Links had in the first stanza. In the third quarter Lincoln High appeared to be moving with Dean Carstens at the helm, but a pass that bounced off receiver Todd Richards landed in the hands of the Randy Wink who returned the baU 30 yards to the LHS 9.

On the second play from scrimmage though, Mike Hahn fumbled and Lincoln High seemingly stopped another scoring threat. But three plays later Wink intercepted another pass on the 18 and in for the score. Interception Hurts LHS Neither team made a serious threat throughout the fourth quarter until Tom Szynskie picked off another at the LHS 20 letting up the last-second score. "I expect to win without our starting halfback and said Papillion coach George Payne, referring to Mike Smith, the leading groundgainer for the Monarchs last year, and quarterback Dave Dame who was the standout in last 20-7 win over Columbus. year it appears that our team is a said Payne.

fellows help each other out and that makes the have to give a lot of credit to our whole interior line, both offensively and Payne a(ided, did a tremendous (quarterback John) on the last play of the first half with a sprained ankle hurt said LHS coach Jerry Ball. just made too many mistakes and our execution leaves something to be Lincoln High, now 6-2, will host Scottsbluff next Saturday at Seacrest, while Papillion, now 20, will travel to Norfolk. Lincoln High ...................0 0 0 Pnpllllon 7 7-16 IhipilliM KuhnigK tacklid Udofia for aafafy. PawiUoa Wink. paM infarcaption.

(Famatki kick). Papllllaa Davlaa. 1 past from Lynam. (Fantaski kick). FIrtf PaMing yarda Puntt Otturn yarda Fumblai-iost Panaltiaa-yariM 4 13 50-161 1-13-3 6-1M 32 87 0 30 0 4-3 US 3-10 kids came out and told me it would Els said.

fact, they called both those touchdown Els changed his game plan at halftime because just not going to run against that Northeast throw the first half because Fremont guard Phil Redwing was acting like a part of the backfield with three quarterback sacks. could tell he was shooting the gap in the first half so we tightened up our splits in the Els said. did an outstanding job protecting Berka in the second Berka Passes temperary third- quarter injury to his right leg go unnoticed by the Northeast coaching staff as Berka had all the time in the world on the following play to Program Sellers Not Told Work Help To N.U. In its Friday editions, the Star referred to a report that recruited small children to sell football programs at University of Nebraska games and told them they would be helping the university. The Star has since been unable to validate the report.

Randy Branch, managing editor of Advertising Diversified Unlimited (ADU), has stated that his company recruited mostly teenagers, not small children, and never told them they would be helping the university. Most of the young people were from low income families, he said, and their selling of programs helped only them. Wightman Tied Cleveland (AP) Tennis stars Virginia Wade of Britain and Chris Evert of America triumphed Friday to leave the Wightman Cup competition at H. hit Farrens with a 27-yard pass for the second touchdown. The coaches spotted another weakness in the fourth quarter that resulted in a scoring drive when Berka optioned in from seven yards out.

pulled linebacker Greg Olson to give him a break since he was playing both ways, so we just kept running right at this Els said. Fullback Virgil Haase ripped gains of 9, 8 and 6 yards setting up a 16-yard reverse to Mike Sales and then a 29-yard pass from Berka to Ron Huber to the seven. Berka scored on the next play. The Rocket defense played an important role collectiiig its first shutout and limiting the hosts to 136 total yards. The loss was first after a 31-6 season-opening win over Hastings while Northeast hiked its record to 2-0 following last 14-6 triumph over Southeast.

Northeast travels to Millard next Friday night while Fremont hosts Grand Island. Northeast 0 0 13 7-20 Fremont ........................0 0 0 NofihMst Bulling, 40 pass from Farrens (Bulling kick) NorthMst Farrens 27 pass from Berka (Kick failed). NorftiMit Berka 7 run. (Bulling kick). First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Passes Return yardage Punts Penalties-yards LNE Frentent 17 39-173 139 6-14-1 77 4-41 0 3-25 8 39-129 7 2-10-3 7 6-29 1 3-19 Nebraska LSU No.

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Wt. Ht. Name No. 88 Mushinskie6-2217 Sr. TE Sr.

224 6-4 Dunphy 84 70 Lingenfelter 6-7 282 Jr. LT So. 264 6-2 Kiser 75 51 Schmidt 6-2 222 Jr. LG Sr. 217 6-2 Boutte78 52 Tom Davis6-3242 So.

Sr. 227 6-1 Oustalet 56 77 Costanzo 6-4 255 Sr. RG Jr. 234 6-1 Stuart 64 78 Hoins6-3 246 Jr. RTSr.

267 6-3 Raiford 61 89 Malito 6-2173 Jr. SE Jr. 185 6-2 Hemphill 81 11 Luck 6-3212 Sr. So. 185 6-2 Lyons 7 49 Anthony 6-3 207 So.

IBJr. 205 6-1 Robiski 16 25 Tony Davis5-n 214 Sr. FB So. 206 511 Francis 45 33 Craig5-10 185 So. WBJr.

184 6-0Dow 13 Defense 87 Martin6-1 208 Sr. LE So. 228 6-1 Sibley 91 93 Wied 6-2228 Sr. LT Sr. 235 6-3 Cassidy 70 69 Lee 6-1248 Sr.

MG 72 Fultz 6-5 275 Jr. RT Jr. 238 6-4 Duhe77 84 Redding 6-2208 Sr. RE Sr. 235 6-4 Bordelon99 61 Pillen 6-1 207 Jr.

LB Sr. 215 5-nSmith 49 LB Jr. 211 6-0 Streete 71 46 Wightman 6-3 213 So. LB Sr. 205 5-10 Hill 41 34 Butterfield5-10 182 Jr.

CB So. 183 6-1 Berrell 31 35 Jones 6-0183 Sr. CB Sr. 170 5-9 Cook 6 26 Monds 6-2 204 Sr. Mon.

Jr. 200 6-2 Leonard 92 4 Valasek 5-10 166 So. Jr. 194 6-1Barber 27 Kickoff 1:30 p.m., Memorial Stadium, Lincoln. Broadcasts KLIN, KFOR, KFAB, WOW, KRNU-FM.

Transfer Welch Aids Norfolk Over Beatrice By RANDY YORK Prep Sports Editor Beatrice Two years ago, when Dave Welch decided to advance from Class to Class A football, he knew what he was doing. Welch, a junior, scored a pair of touchdowns here Friday night Interceptions Fatal To TCU FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP) a s-Arlington intercepted five Texas Christian passes, and quarterback Doug Dobbins and fullback Derrick Jensen took two of them in for touchdowns as the underdog Mavericks shocked the heavily-favored Homed 24-7 Friday night in a nonconference collie football match. The Huskers host TCU Sept. 27 at Memorial Stadium for third straight home oonconference game this year.

The Horned Frogs of the Southwest Conference, who had won five consecutive meetings between the two schools, appeared on their way to rout of the Southland Mavs with a quick first- quarter touchdown on freshman Ricky two-yard run. But the inspired Mavs struck for 10 points in the second quarter and thoroughly dominated pro-style offense in the second half. TCU could only get out of its end of the field one time in the final two quarters. After Chris Walker kidted a 34-yard field goal, Dobbins took UTA on a 66-yard drive climaxed by his two-yard touchdown run. TCU had minus-six yards rushing in the first half and only had a total offense of 31 yards as a crowd of 17,442 looked on in dismay.

Operating from the wishbone- Jensen ran eight yards for a touchdown with slightly more than 10 minutes to play to put the game out of reach. The touchdown run followed fourth interception of TCU quarterback Lee Cook. Cook was replaced by Jimmy Dan Elzner who promptly suffered the fifth Homed Frog interception. It was the season for TCU while Arlington, which lost to North Texas last week, is now 1 1 Dobbins tossed a 16-yard TD pass to end Ronny Barnett with 15 seconds left for the final score. TtxM ChrUlian 0 10 0 7 08 6-J TCU-Wrlght 2 run kick) UTA-FO Walktr 34 UTA-DobbiiH 2 run (Wtikar kick) run (Walker Kick paM from (Walkar kick) First Ruttiet-yards Pasting yards Return yards Pastes Punts Fumblei-tost Psnaltias-yardt UTA TCU Zl 12 ai-minus? tt 149 33 6-12)1233-5 4MS 443 HI to lead N(xrfolk to a 26-7 Apollo Conference football win over Beatrice, spoiling the A head coaching debut of Ernie Stark.

After starting for the Norfolk Catholic varsity as a freshman, Welch transfered to Norfolk High to follow brother Greg, now a freshman middle guard for Wayne State College. Although he had to play reserve ball as a to comply with transfer requirements, Welch made a wise decision. The pound wingback shared with quarterback David Copple as the Panthers rebounded from a 7-0 first quarter deficit. Welch finished with 79 yards rushing on only carries and caught a pair of passes for 62 yards. One was a 21-yard touchdown pass fnnn Copple on a play.

two biggest plays, however, were momentum- snappers in the first and second quarters. Three plays and 1:25 after senior quarterback Doug Lovell staked Beatrice to its early advantage, Welch put Norfoi on the scoreboard with a 55 yard toudidown on an inside reverse. Welch also turned the big defensive play. With Beatrice clinging to a 7-6 lead and threatening to expand it, he raced up from his safety pontion and intercepted a look-in pass at the Norfolk 91 with 1:42 remaining before halftime. Welch returned it 98 yards and Norfolk needed only two plays to feature RACES At Bay Meadows cover the remaining 11 yards to the end zone.

Copple hit favorite target Jim D(Han. a split end, for nine yards, ran for two yards for the touchdown and hit Welch with a pass for the two-point conversion. That gave the Panthers breathing room and a 14-7 halftime cushion. Copple, also a standout basketball player and quartermiler in track, produced the to Beatrice hopes in the third quarter. He intercepted a Lovell pass, giving Norfolk the ball on its own 34 yard line.

plays later, Copple faked into the line and scored on a 45-yard around right end. The play before, Copple hooked up with tight Phil Zastrow for a 21-yard pass. The touchdown came with 3:17 remaining in the third period. While Welch and Copple shared offensive heroics, senior tackle Jim Molini (6-2, 203) inflicted the most damage defensively. StUL Beatrice cnitrushed Norfolk, 200-179.

But the Orangemen were plagued by nine fumbles, two of which were lost, two interceptions and 39 yards in penalties. Copple hit seven of 10 passes for 93 yards to give Norfolk a 272-207 total offense Mlvantage. The Pantben also registered 13 first downs compared with 10 for Beatrice. Stark, who came to Beatrice affer two highly successful at Class St. Edward, wiU try to rebound from the season- opening loss with ApoUo Conference challenge next Friday at lOwiolk ....................616 0 7 Gutrrlntsdo Jscsngo .7.40 a.80 t.40 3.40 2.30 8.40 Wsick (2) nm.

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