The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 10

10 The Index-Journal Tuesday December 20, 1983 1 J- -r 49ers beat Dallas SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Lawrence Pillers, who administered a killing blow to the Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl hopes two years ago, drew first blood in another big San Francisco 4pr' victory. The 49ers' defensive end grabbed a floating ball, knocked from Danny White's hand, for an interception just a minute and a half into the final game of the National i o2 I Eyes on Cliff Heard (center) and Ware Shoals' Chrjs Stone (right) eyeball the ball as it bounces out of their the ball reach during last night's tournament game. Ware Shoals came from behind to take a 42-40 overtime victory. (Staff photos by Steve Sealy) Time to pass Greenwood's Renea Sprowl, guarded by Anngelia Lewis (22) and with Ronica Foster (20) coming from behind, appears to be calling for help in last night's opening game. Foster made a basket for Ninety Six in the last 20 seconds to overcome Greenwood's one-point lead.

Christmas tournament fir I Clear Football League season Monday night. Pillers ran 16 yards to the Dallas 4-yard une and Joe Montana came through with a touchdown pass, the first of his four in the game. The 49ers were on their way to a 42-17 runaway which gave them a record of 10-6 and the National Conference West title. "Keena Turner was on a blitz and Danny didn't see him. When White got hit, the ball popped into some big hands, mine," the 250-pound Pillers said.

"Somebody told me to run. It was a great feeling, but I realize I'm not a halfback." Candlestick Park was rocking quickly with the cheers of 59,957 fans. The score was 21-3 after one period, with the 49ers adding touchdowns on Dana McLe-more's 56-yard punt return and Freddie Solomon's 77-yard dash after taking a flat pass from Montana. Many of the overjoyed fans also were in the stadium two years ago when the 49ers beat Dallas 28-27 in the National Conference championship game. Pillers sacked White, the Dallas quarterback, in the closing seconds of the 1981 title game to force a fumble recovered by the 49ers' Jim Stuckey.

Then the 49ers' Dwight Clark had made a spectacular touchdown catch with 51 seconds remaining. Monday night's triumph, the 49ers' third straight over Dallas, set up the strong possibility of a Cowboys-49ers playoff game at Candlestick on Jan. 1. The Cowboys, 12-4, will be back if they beat the Los Angeles Rams, NFC West runners-up, in next Monday's wild-card game. The 49ers mav be without Clark, their leading receiver, in the playoffs.

He left Monday night's game after twisting a Knee, and Coach Bill Walsh said, "It might be a season-ending injury." White, intercepted three times in the 31-10 loss to Washington last week, allowed two Monday night and he lost two fumbles. He passed for 277 yards and one TD and reached a season total of 3,980 yards. His touchdown pass was a 13-yarder to Tony Hill in the third period. That gave White a club-record 29 this season. Just as in the loss to Washington, the Cowboys had very little rushing success.

Tony Dorsett, held to 24 yards by the Redskins, managed only 32 against the 49ers. Redskins9 Joe Gibbs coach of year NEW YORK (AP) Joe Gibbs, who guided the defending Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins back to the top of the National Football League standings in 1983, was named today The Associated Press Coach of the Year for the second successive season. Gibbs becomes the first coach since Allie Sherman of the 1961-62 New York Giants to win the award outright two years in a row. Don Shula, now with Miami, was Coach of the Year with the Baltimore Colts in 1967 and 1968, sharing the honor with George Allen of the Los Angeles Rams the first year. 'I'm overwhelmed," Gibbs said when told of his selection.

"It's a reflection on the whole team." The Redskins, who during the strike- shortened 1982 season shared the NFL's best record with the Los Angeles Raiders, each at 8-1, finished this year alone at the top with a 14-2 record. Gibbs' record in his three seasons as Washington's head coach is 30-11, including losses in his first five games, in the Redskins 8-8 finish of 1981. shot game, but Shurn Sanders leading scorer. She matched putting in 22. (22) was Ware Shoals' her uniform number by Calhoun Falls' Valerie Crawford (40) reaches toward Ware Shoals' Kim Hicks as if to block the shot.

But she's too far away to make any difference, as Hicks goes up with it. Hicks had seven points in the Cain 2 1-3 5, Chris Stone 3 4-5 10, Richard Rehg 00-00, Bob Brown-lee 0 0-0 0, Pat Dial 3 2-2 8, Tim Walker 21-25, Mike Craigo 1 0-0 2, Eddie Sanders 0 0-0 0, John Kerr 0 0-00, Buddy Quarles 5 2-7 12. Totals 16 10-20 42. Halftime Calhoun Falls 20-15. Total fouls Calhoun Falls 22, Ware Shoals 10.

Fouled out Thomas (CF). Technicals none. Records Calhoun Falls 3-5, Ware Shoals 2-4. GIRLS Ninety Six 42 Greenwood 40 Greenwood missed eight layups in the first half, allowed Ninety Six to stay even and paid for it later. The Lady Eagles had a one-to-three-point lead late in the game, but the lead evaporated with a shot by Ronica Foster in the last 20 seconds.

Cynthia Rapley added one more foul shot to provide the final two-poin margin. NINETY SIX (42) Aretha Barnes 40-08. Ronica Foster 1 3-6 5, Mary Alice Griffin 5 5-9 15, Wonda Gibert 0 OO 0, Anngelia Lewis 11-23, Lynn Montgomery 1 0- 0 2, Cynthia Rapley 4 1-3 9. Totals 16 10-20 42. GREENWOOD (40) Renea Sprowl 31-4 7, Lori Florence 3 0-1 6, Pat Anderson 4 3-5 11, Sara Lomax 20-04, Cheryl Spearman 2 1- 3 5, Jennifer Martin 0 0-0 0, Katherine Mueller 2 3-4 7, Pennie Cathey 0 0-0 0, Judy Adams 00-00, Audrey Carroll 0 0-0 0, Deborah Holloway 00-00.

Totals 16 8-17 40. Halftime tie 16-16. Total fouls Ninety Six 17, Greenwood 19. ouled out Barnes (NS), Spear man (G Anderson (G Technicals none. Records Ninety Six 5-1, Greenwood 4-3.

Ware Shoals 58 Calhoun Falls 32 CALHOUN FALLS (32) -Tracey Powell 01-31, Kim Campbell 1 5-6 7, Debra Haston 3 0-1 6, Valerie Crawford 5 4-8 14, A. Motas 2 0-1 4. toals 11 10-19 32. Tyli' r-J three points just before intermission. But when the two teams came back on the floor, Greenwood scored eight unanswered point and was never seriously challenged again.

"I thought we played well," Greenwood Coach Michael Bull said. "Ninety Six ie a very good ball club. The key to victory, he said, is that all five Greenwood starters shot better than 50 percent from the floor. NINETY SIX (61 1 Lafayette Robinson 6 0-0 12, Darryl Robinson 6 2-7 14, Andy Pratt 1 2-2 4, Pete Griffin 12 1-2 25. Ernest Childs 1 0-0 2, Don Pamell 0 0-00, Steve Huskey 1 0-0 2, Joe Ben Fra-zier 0O-O 0, Mark Greene 0 0-0 0, Leon Conway 1 0-0 2, Cornelius Williams 00-00, Luke Lark 00-00.

Totals 28 5-11 61. GREENWOOD (71) Warren Mackey 6 4-4 16, Brent Hughes 3 1-3 7, Barry Bishop 11 3-3 25, Derrick Boyd 4 0 1 8, Tim Gilliam 7 1-3 15, Max Parrott 0 0-0 0, Walter Hawes 0 0-0 0, Jon McCall 0 0-00, John Hollingsworth 0 0-0 0, Ray Watson 0 0-0 0, Greg Jordan 0 (Ml 0. Totals 31 9-14 71 Halftime Greenwood 28-25. Total fouls Greenwood 11, Ninety Six 16. Fouled out -Robinson (NS).

Technicals none. Records Ninety Six 4-2, Greenwood 6-1. Ware Shoals 42 Calhoun Falls 40 (OT) Calhoun Falls led by about seven points most of the game. But Ware Shoals closed the gap in the fourth quarter, and Pat Dial hit a jumper in the last minute to tie it up at 37-37. Ware Shoals outscored the Blue Flashes 5-3 in overtime, foul shots making the difference.

CALHOUN FALLS (40) William Bowman 2 1-2 5, Tony Thomas 2 0-0 4, Chris Chrisley 0 0-0 0, Michael Cade 7 0-0 14, Cliff Heard 1 1-1 3, Steve Mickerson 3 0-1 6, Johnny Ware 20-04. Kelly Bryant 1 0-0 2, Melvin Tucker 10-12. Totals 19 2-6 40 WARE SHOALS (42) Matt were in terms of real dollars for the business community and the national publicity we got." Next year, however, some things will probably be done differently. Holladay said advertising will probably be concentrated more in the local area, Greenwood and Ware Shoals advanced in the boys' brackets, while Ninety Six and Ware Shoals advanced in the girls' Monday in the first day of the Greenwood Christmas Basketball Tournament. Today, the Greenwood girls play Calhoun Falls at 4 p.m., and the Ninety Six boys play Calhoun Falls at 5:40.

The girls' title game is at 7:20, and the boys' is at 9. BOYS Greenwood 71 Ninety Six 61 Ninety Six challenged Greenwood strongly in the first half, falling behind by the game hasn't been tallied either, but Holladay said "I think we might have a little (money) to put into the fund to start next year's game with." In the next few weeks, the game's 17-member board of governors will sit down and "make a local assessment of Ninety Six's Pete Griffin stretches a long way in Long reach an attempt to scored 25 points each last night to lead their teams, as Greenwood steal the ball from Greenwood Barry Bishop. Griffin Charleston may become permanent home of Division I-AA title game CHARLESTON (AP) nois swamp Western Caroli- from out of town," said J. "At the top we would have finals. the amount of work and time noting statewide marketii oani7Pr nf this vpar's na 43-7 to claim the nation Mac Holladav of the Charles- probably fulfilled our finan- Thp final iWr choof fnr Dut in and what the dividends didn't brine a bie resoons CHARLESTON (AP) of this years na 43-7 to claim tne nation Mac Holladav of the Charles probably fulfilled our finan The final ledger sheet for the amount of work and time put in and what the dividends noting statewide marketing didn't bring a big response.

WARE SHOALS (58) Shelley Walters 3 0-0 6, Shurn Sanders 10 2-3 22, Sherry Griffin 3 0-0 6, Kim Hicks 2 3 4 7, Donna Hughes 1 0-0 laDitna bmitn 3-3 5, Martha Hahn 3 0-0 6, Laura Smith 0 0-0 0, Alinda Williams 0 0-0 0, Pam Jackson 0 0-0 0. toals 25 8-10 58. He added tickets will probably go on sale closer to the game date, instead of in September as they did this year. The local board of governors will meet with NCAA officials here in May at which time a contract extension could be discussed, Holladay said. victory.

cial obligation to the NCAA with 12,000 or 13,000 tickets," Holladay said. Total ticket sales hadn't been tallied Monday, but Holladay said there were a number of no shows because people from the Greenville, S.C., area bought tickets expecting Furman to make the and Bishop took a 71-61 ton Trident Chamber of Commerce. "We're very pleased with the reaction of the fans and the NCAA and the conference officials." When the city won a two-year contract to host the game last year, its bid to the NCAA was based oil selling 15,000 tickets. Organizers NCAA Division I-AA football championship are still assessing Saturday's game but are confident this historic city has made a strong bid to become the permanent home of the contest. A stadium crowd of 15,950 and a national television audience watched Southern Illi crown.

The Johnson Hagood Stadium attendance was a record for the divisional championship, breaking the old mark of 13,604 set in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1978. "We feel that somewhere around 5,000 of the people who attended the game were.