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The State from Columbia, South Carolina • 67

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The Statei
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Columbia, South Carolina
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THE STATE Columbia, S.C., Sunday, October 23, 1977 3-D Paladins Withstand Apps' Rally By ROBERT ANDERSON State Sports Writer GREENVILLE touchdown lead and then Appalachian State to capture victory over the Mountaineers afternoon. The Paladins put together to take a 14-0 lead at Henderson wormed in from drive and Kent Woerner bulled the second march as Furman Behr's PATs. Furman bolted to a threefought off a determined bid by a 28-20 Southern Conference at Sirrine Stadium Saturday drives of 75 and 77 yards intermission. Quarterback David the one to climax the first in from a yard out to cap took a 14-0 lead after Bobby Coach Art Baker's troops boosted their lead to 21-0 early in the third quarter when Bobby Church fell on a Mountaineer fumble at the visitors' 18. Five plays later, Henderson hooked up with tight end Brette Simmons on a four-yard scoring toss with 11:18 left in the period.

With the Paladins in command. the homecoming crowd of 9,500 settled back to relax. But the 1 Mountaineers suddenly came to life. They took the ensuing kickoff and marched 76 yards in 17. plays.

Reserve halfback Arnold Floyd covered the final three yards of the drive with a pitchout around right end for the score. Gray Davis added the extra point to slice the Paladins' lead to 21-7 with 5:21 left in the quarter. Just over a minute later the Mountaineers struck again. Pat Showalter stepped in front of flanker Tommy Southard to pilfer a Henderson pass in the flat at the Paladin 27 and went the distance unmolested for the score. Davis' extra point kick made it 21-14 with 5:21 left in the third quarter.

The turning point in the contest for the Paladins came in the final period Appalachian's Michael Peterfumbled a pant at the Mountaincers' Steve Garrison fell on the loose ball at the 18. The Paladins' quickly capitalized on the opportunity, going the distance in four plays with Mark Stowers taking a pitchout and skirting right end from two for what proved to be the clincher. The score came with 6:18 left in the contest and gave Furman's a 28-14 bulge. Appalachian responded by marching 75 yards. Robby Price connected with halfback Scott McConnell on a 12-yard strike for the score.

Davis' kick closed the gap to 28-20 with 2:24 left to play. The Mountaineers then tried an onsides kick, but the strategy backfired when the ball squirted around on the ground and finally ended up at the visitors' 36. Furman took over and ran out the clock. The victory boosted the league-leading Paladins to a 4-2-1 overall record and kept them atop the conference with a 34-1 worksheet. Appalachian dipped to 2-5 on the season: and 1-2 in the conference.

The Paladins' ground game was just short of awesome in the first half. First downs Rushes-yards -165 Passing yards 135 Return yards Passes Punts 2-55 Fumbles test kick) run kick) pass from 1 run (Davis kick) interception return 2 run (Behr kick) McCannell 12 pass from Price (run Tigers Meet St. Louis CLEMSON The topranked Billikens of St. Louis, following a hardfought 3-2 overtime decision over Quincy Friday, comes to call on the undefeated, second-ranked Clemson Tigers today in a battle for supremacy in the Intercollegiate Soccer Association. St.

Louis comes into the contest with a 10-1 record. The Tigers are undefeated in 10 outings this season. Clemson trailed St. Louis by two points in the latest ISA poll. Game time is 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Clemson soccer field.

Blue Hose Rely On Defense Terriers Tumble, 10-7 By RANDY LANEY State Sports Writer CLINTON "Defense was the name of the said Presbyterian College head football coach Cally Gault after his Blue Hose defeated Wofford, 10-7, here Saturday afternoon. "Our defense gave us the breaks we needed and didn't give Wofford anything." Alan Smith's fumble recovery set the stage for Elliott Pauling's 31-yard touchdown scamper in the first quarter, and Larry Bridges kicked a 28- yard field goal for the decisive points in the third period following Leonard Howard's recovery. The visitors from Spartanburg got their only points on Jeff Sarvis' 12-yard run and Ronnie Andrews' conversion kick which tied the score, 7-7, with 7:25 left in the opening stanza. The Terriers never mounted another serious threat against a feisty Blue Hose defense which capitalized on a halftime adjustment to halt the bullish inside running of Wofford fullback Sandy Boyd. Boyd gained 79 yards on WOF First Downs Yards Rushing Yards Passing Punts Passes Fumbles Intercepted Lost Penalized Wofferd Presbyterian PC Pauling 31 run (Bridges kick) Wot Sarvis 12 run (Andrews kick) PC FG Bridges 28 eight carries in the first two quarters but managed just 35 yards on five tries in the final two periods when the P.C.

defense delighted a homecoming crowd of 5,000 by permitting the Terriers just one first down. With neither club able to pass effectively, the Blue Hose relied on the running of Pauling (91 yards in 23 carries) and Kevin Williams (49 yards on 15 tries). The Presbyterian defense, meanwhile, used two fumble recoveries by Mark Kay and a last-second interception by Erskine Reed to keep Wofford out of scoring range in the second half. "We made some minor adjustments to stop Boyd in the second half, but I was surprised that he didn't run more in the final two quarters," said Smith, a Blue Hose co-captain and middle guard. Gault and PC defensive coach Bob Strock were equally surprised.

"I thought maybe Boyd got hurt," Gault said. "I don't know why we didn't see more of him." Strock added: "We felt we had 'em stopped outside. I don't understand why Wofford didn't use Boyd to test our adjustments, but I'm glad they didn't run him more; he's tough." Boyd, however, agreed with the strategy employed by Terrier head coach Buddy Sasser. "We couldn't get away with the same thing all day," commented the 5-10, 202-pound junior from Greenville. "Presbyterian just had a good defense, and they did a fine job." Sasser said Boyd's limited second-half opportunities "weren't the major reasons we were stopped." Instead, he blamed his club's turnovers and poor passing.

"We knew we had to throw eventually in order to win, but we didn't throw well and we didn't protect the passer very well," Sasser observed. 'And our turnovers were a big difference in the game. "We'd played three straight games with no turnovers, and we had some big ones today. The thing we've been doing right when we've won is controlling the football with no turnovers. We didn't do that today, and we lost.

I think PC outplayed us." The triumph upped Presbyterian's record to 5-2, while the Terriers ranked 16th in the latest poll of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics squads slipped to a 4-2-1 worksheet. Staff Phote By Maxie Roberts 'Come Back Here' USC's Ron Bass Reaches In Successful Effort To Recover His Own Fumble Against Tar Heels Saturday. Her Henderson's FGs Rescue Cavaliers CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Punter Russ Henderson added placekicking to his list of specialties Saturday, booting a school-record four field goals that lifted Virginia's Cavaliers to a 12-10 Atlantic Coast Conference football victory over Wake Forest's Deacons. Henderson, who had never previously attempted a field goal, rallied the Cavaliers to their first victory of the season and first in their last nine starts, with a 34-yard shot with five seconds left in the game.

Earlier, the junior from Amherst, had connected from 31, 19 and 27 yards to give Virginia, now 1-3 in the ACC and 1-5-1 overall, a 9-0 lead with 10:50 left. But the Deacons, now 0-4 in the conference and 1-6 overall, very nearly made made Virgin- First downs 19 Rushing-yards 50-153 Passing yards 165 Return yards 97 Passes 12-23-2 Punts Fumbles-lest 1-0 Penalties- 5-47 Wake Forest Virginia 3 8 19 Va- FG Hendersen Henderson 31 19 FG Va- Henderson 27 WF- FG Marnisch 37 WF Hargrove 1 run (Marnisch kick) Va- FG Mendersen 34 A ia a late-game victim with a 37- yard field goal by Frank Harnisch and a 69-yard touchdown drive that ended with Jimmy Hargrove plunging a yard with 2:14 remaining. Harnisch's extra point put the Deacons ahead 10-9, but Tommy Vigorito returned the ensuing kickoff 46 yards to the Virginia 46 to pave the way for Henderson's game-winning kick. Maryland Rips Devils, 31-13 COLLEGE PARK, 116 yards and scored the end of drives set as Maryland trounced Conference homecoming Md. (AP)-Steve Atkins rushed for on three short touchdown runs at in motion by Larry Dick's passing Duke 31-13 in an Atlantic Coast game Saturday.

Quarterback Chip Mark completed three passes for 31 yards and Vigorito added four more yards on two bursts up the middle to set the stage for Henderson. Until Harnisch's field goal midway the fourth quarter, the Deacons were unable to crack a surprisingly tough Virginia defense led by cornerback Derrick Glasper and nose guard Sam Pfabe. Glasper had a pair of pass interceptions, including one to set up Henderson's first field goal, and Pfabe broke through to drop Wake Forest runners for losses in several key situations. Wake Forest crossed midfield only once in the first half, driving to the Virginia 17 only to have McDougald dropped for no gain on a fourth-and-one try. Henderson, who had kicked a three-pointer in the opening quarter, booted his second in the second period after Virginia drove 52 yards only to stall at the Wake Forest two.

The Deacons began to dent the Virginia defense when they drove 49 yards to the Cavaliers' 20 to set up Harnisch's field goal. The next time Wake got the ball, quarterback Mike McGlamry the ACC's leading passer engineered the Deacons' touchdown drive. The fabulous HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS In person! Friday. Nov. 4 7:30 P.M.

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Atkins, hampered by a knee injury most of the season, has rushed for 350 yards while leading Maryland through three consecutive triumphs for a 4-3 over-all mark. The 225-pound junior tailback scored on runs of one and two yards in the 24-7 first half, and added another twoyard TD in the third period. Dick completed 12 of 15 passes for 249 yards, including a 61-yarder to Eric Sievers who set up a one-yard TD run by Alvin Maddox and a 17-0 lead at the start of the second quarter. The junior quarterback also set up the first two scores by Atkins with third-down completions to Chuck White at the Duke six and two, and passed for 41 yards prior to a 25-yard field goal by Ed Loncar midway through the first quarter. Duke, 1-2 in the ACC and 3-4 overall, scored on a two-yard pass from Mike Dunn to Glenn Sandefur with 2:03 left in the half and on Dunn's six-yard run in the final quarter.

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