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S7 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1998 THE STATE, STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL Appalachian State 31, Wofford 6 BOONE, N.C. Terrence McCall rushed for 77 yards and Daniel Jeremiah was 4-for-5 for 107 yards as No. 7 Appalachian State held Wofford out of the endzone with 199 rushing yards in a 31-6 win over the Terriers Saturday. The Mountaineers (6-1, 4-1 Southern Conference), who lost to No. 1 Georgia Southern 37-24 last week, recorded two turnovers and nine tackles for losses against Wofford, which entered the game as the sixth-best rushing team in Division I-AA, averaging 272 yards per game.

Appalachian State got out to an early lead when David Reaves capped off a 38-yard drive with a 14-yard run. The teams traded field goals in the second quarter, a 44-yard shot by Mark Martin for Wofford and a 32-yarder by ASU's Stuart Jones. Appalachian State extended a 10-3 halftime lead on touchdown runs by McCall and Neil Cornatzer late in the third quarter. The Terriers (3-4, 2-3) trimmed the lead to 24-6 on a 42-yard field goal by Martin midway through the fourth quarter. But Kareem Newberry 35, The Associated Press The Associated Press HICKORY, N.C.

Dustin Coats completed 15-of-23 passes for 247 yards and three touchdowns to lead Newberry to a 35-14 win over Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday. The Indians (6-2, 3-1 South Atlantic Conference) scored 21 unanswered points in the final 10 minutes and piled up 455 total yards while holding Lenoir-Rhyne (1-7, 0-4) to 280. Newberry converted 7-of-12 third downs while Lenoir Rhyne converted just 3-of-15. Lenoir-Rhyne scored first on a 58 yard pass from Trent Cherry to Chad Beam. Newberry responded at the end of the first quarter with a 10-yard scoring pass from Coats to Josh Pierce.

Coats broke a 7-7 halftime tie with his second touchdown pass of the game to Pierce with 11:31 left in the third quarter. Cherry hit Chad Beam on a 49- yard touchdown pass to tie the game in the first minute of the fourth quarter. But Coats guided Newberry 66 2, yards over the next four minutes, and Marlo Walker gave the Indians the lead for good on 1-yard touchdown run with 10:22 left in Presbyterian 41, The Associated Press MARS HILL, N.C. Todd Cunningham completed 14-of-26 passes for 283 yards and three touchdowns and Presbyterian amassed 463 total yards in a 41-7 win over Mars Hill Saturday. The Blue Hose (5-3, 3-1 South Atlantic Conference) led 14-0 after a 14-yard touchdown pass from Cunningham to Eric Godfree in the first quarter and an 82-yarder from Cunningham to Ben Power with 6:46 left in the first half.

Presbyterian blocked a Tommy Hornick punt 1:50 before halftime and Joseph Bell scooped up the loose ball and returned it 12 yards for a 21-0 lead. The Lions (1-7, 0-5) got on the board early in the third quarter on a 37-yard touchdown pass from Oct. 31 state college Hofstra at The Citadel, 2 p.m. Wofford at Lehigh, 12:30 p.m. S.C.

State at Delaware St. 1 p.m. South Florida at Charleston Southern, Wingate at Presbyterian, 3 p.m. Catawba at Newberry, 7 p.m. Lane at Benedict, 2 p.m.

No. 7 South Goalie Ring has By WILLIAM GETTYS Special Correspondent Seventh-ranked South Carolina opened a major five-game stretch of South Region games Saturday night with a 2-1 win over UNCCharlotte at Stone Stadium. USC SOCCER The Gamecocks built a 2-0 lead, then held on as the 49ers battled to within one and came close to scoring the equalizer. "This was a critical game in the South Region," South Caroli- Furman loses in 20T Young scored on a 24-yard run two minutes later to help the Mountaineers snap Wofford's three-game win streak. Appalachian amassed 374 total yards and won easily despite Wofford's 11-minute advantage in time of possession.

Wofford 3 0 3- 6 Appalachian St. 3 14 7-31 NO First Quarter ASU- Reaves 14 run (Jones kick), 9:28 Second Quarter WOF-- FG Martin 44, 10:53 ASU- FG Jones 32, 7:05 Third Quarter ASU- 6 run (Jones kick), 3:27 ASU- Cornatzer 1 (Jones kick), 10:56 Fourth Quarter WOF- FG Martin 42, 8:51 ASU- Young 24 run (Jones kick), 6:43 WOF ASU First 18 20 downs, 64-199 41-219 Passing 155 Comp-Att-Int 7-9-1 9-16-1 Return Yards 117 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties- Yards 2-7 6-26 Time of Possession 35:40 24:20 Individual Statistics RUSHING- Wright 11-41, McNeil 6-28, Price 10-27, Hunter 4-25, Lana 8-21, Ledford 6-20, Hagood 8-17, Wilson 7-16, Hudson 3-4, Scott 1-0. Appalachian McCall 18-77, Cornatzer 4-29, Young 3-28, Abrille 4-24, Jansen 4-23, Reaves 3-19, Jeremiah 4-18, Kelley 1-1. PASSING offord, Wilson 3-5-1-28, Hagood 4-4-0-61.

Appalachian Reaves 5-11-1-48, Jeremiah 4-5-0-107. RECEIVING -Wofford, Scott 3-29, Davis 2-42, Price 2-18. Appalachian Skinner 2-51, Leatherwood 2-50, Gibson 2- 23, Cornatzer 2-16, Slade 1-15. Lenoir-Rhyne 14 the game. Coats found Trokya Bates on a 34-yard touchdown pass with 5:42 left, and Lorenzo McFadden returned a fumble 65 yards for a score with 2:59 remaining for the Indians.

Newberry 7 0 7 21-35 Lenoir-Rhyne 0 7-14 First Quarter L-R- Beam 58 pass from Cherry (Rieger kick), 8:20 New-- Pierce 10 pass from Coats (Deaton kick), 00:38 Third Quarter New- Pierce 8 pass from Coats (Deaton kick), 11:31 Fourth Quarter L-R- Beam 49 pass from Cherry (Rieger kick), 14:12 New- Walker 1 run (Deaton kick), 10:22 New- Bates 34 pass from Coats (Deaton kick), 5:42 New- McFadden 65 fumble return (Deaton kick), 2:59 NEW L-R First downs 19 15 Rushes-yards 43-208 45-98 Passing 247 182 Comp-Att-Int 15-23-1 15-24-0 Return Yards 133 113 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 4-4 3-2 Penalties- 4-25 5-69 Time of Possession 30:36 29:24 Individual Statistics -Newberry, Walker 22-122, Pierce 10-31, Gwinn 4-23, Coats 6-19, Carnes 1-13. L- Hicks 23-77, Horne 5-27, James 6-14, Pope 1-5, Cherry 8- Beam 1-(-2). PASSING -Newberry, Coats 15-23-1 247. L-R, Cherry 15-24-0 182.

RECEIVING- Newberry, Bates 6-139, Rucker 4-48, Pierce 3-49, Pigford 2-11. 13, Harrell 1-9, Smith 1-4. L-R, Beam 6-135, Hicks 5-21, Mora 2- Mars Hill 7 Chris Ridberg to Mike McNeil. But the Blue Hose struck again four minutes later when Donald Wilson capped an 80-yard drive with a 2- yard touchdown run. Cunningham and reserve quarterback Brandon Dean threw TD passes in the fourth quarter.

Presbyterian 7 14 7 13-41 Mars Hill 0 0 07 0-7 First Quarter PC- Godfree 14 pass from Cunningham (Redding kick), 11:41 Second Quarter PC- Power 82 pass from Cunningham (Redding kick), 6:46 PC- Bell 12 blocked punt return (Redding kick), 1:50 Third Quarter MH- McNeil 37 pass from Ridberg (Nichols kick), 11:15 PC- Wilson 2 run (Redding kick), 7:49 Fourth Quarter PC- Smith 48 pass from Cunningham (Redding kick blocked), 13:44 PC- Power 17 pass from Dean (Redding kick), 8:26 schedule: 1:30 p.m. E. Tennessee St. wins, field-goal battle, Paladins slide continues JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. Jerry Chapman kicked a 28-yard field goal in the second overtime Saturday as East Tennessee State defeated Furman 22-19 in the Southern Conference.

Chapman's go-ahead field goal was his third of the game for East Tennessee State (2-5, 2-3 Southern Conference). Jason Wells had four field goals for Furman (4-4, 2-3). It was the Paladins third consecutive loss but only the fifth career loss to the Bucs. The Associated Press Furman and East Tennessee State traded field goals in the first overtime period with Furman's Wells hitting from 23 yards out and Chapman connecting from 40 yards. After Chapman scored his final field goal in the second overtime, cornerback Keyandre Fenn intercepted a pass from Furman's Brent Rickman at the goal line to seal the victory.

Wells kicked field goals of 41 and 46 yards, while East Tennessee State failed to score in the first quarter. East Tennessee State scored twice in the second quarter on a 28-yard Chapman field goal and an 80-yard touchdown pass from Todd Wells to Lamar Cooper. Furman scored its second-quarter touchdown on an 8-yard run by Stuart Rentz. Neither team scored in the third quarter, and Wells added a field goal in the fourth period. When Wells missed a 39-yard field-goal attempt, East Tennessee State took over at its 22-yard line and drove 78 yards in 11 plays, capped by Edwards' 2-yard run.

Furman 6 7 00 3 3 0-19 E. Tennessee St. 0 9 0 07 3 3-22 First Quarter FUR- Wells 41 10:08 FUR- FG Wells 46 2:42 Second Quarter ETSUFG Chapman 28 14:10 FUR- -Rentz 8 run, (Wells kick) 9:10 80 from Wells, (pass 03 8. VOFFORD APPALACHIN failed) 5:01, Fourth Quarter FUR- FG Wells 22 13:57 ETSU- -Edwards 2 run (Chapman kick) First OT ETSU-FG Chapman 40 FUR- FG Wells 2 23 Second OT ETSU- -FG Chapman 28 FUR ETSU First downs 15 19 Rushes-yards 47-148 3 39-136 Passing 133 273 Comp-Att-Int 11-22-1 14-34-0 Return Yards 00 8 Punts-Avg. 6-35 6-37 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties- s-Yards 4-23 7-55 Time of Possession 31:17 28:43 Individual Statistics RUSHING- Furman, Ivory 18-80, Burton 7-48, Rentz 10-42, Redmond 1-7, Russell 2-3, Berrian 1-1, Stewart 1-(minus 9), Rickman 7-(minus 24).

E. Tennessee Walker 13-92, Edwards 12-38, Wells 9-16, Chadwell 5-(minus 10). PASSING Furman, Rickman 11-22-1-133. E. Tennessee St.

Wells 7-21-0-172, Chadwell 7-13-0-101. RECEIVING--Furman, Kitchings 4-42, Berrian 2-56, Burton 2-18, Sansbury 2-4, Stewart 1-13. E. Tennessee St. Cooper 9- Martin 1-16, Edison 1-13, Satterfield 1-4.

RHETT BUTLER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Appalachian State quarterback David Reaves breaks a tackle by Wofford linebacker Ben Dae to score a touchdown during the first quarter Saturday. Ga. Southern smothers The Citadel CHARLESTON Freshman fullback Adrian Peterson rushed for 231 yards and five touchdowns to lead No. 1-ranked Georgia Southern to a 51-34 victory over The Citadel. Peterson set a new NCAA I- AA freshman record for touchdowns with 20, breaking the 1996 record set by Marshall's Randy Moss.

The Citadel (3-5, 3-3 Southern Conference) led 20-7 at halftime, thanks to a pair of scoring strikes from quarterback Stanley Myers to tight end Jason Barley and a 13-yard touchdown run by tailback Antonio Smith. The Eagles (8-0, 6-0 SC) then dominated the Bulldogs in the second half. The Citadel entered The Associated Press Carolina opens South Region series strong in triumph over UNCC S.C. STATE FALLS TO HAMPTON, C1 having allowed just 17 fourthquarter points in seven games this year. They surrendered 27 to the Eagles.

Peterson scored all five of his touchdowns in the second half and his 51-yard scoring dash with just over 9 minutes left to play gave the Eagles the lead for good. The Citadel coach Don Powers said Georgia Southern showed their strength in the second half. "We stayed in the game until the end," he said. "We had our chances to answer the bell in the fourth quarter, but we didn't." Georgia Southern coach Paul Johnson said The Citadel was "He got the ball outside, I made a cut inside in front of my man, and he put a perfect ball right on my head," Watkins said. "I just redirected it.

That's all I had to do." USC held that 1-0 lead at the half, and Ring preserved the advantage with another reflex save 4:10 into the second half. Myllenberg then put the Gamecocks up 2-0 with a rip just under the crossbar from 12 yards out. "Joey took on his defender, then crossed the ball, and it deflected off their defender to me," Myllenberg said. "It was a good job by Joey on the flank. It was his goal.

I had the easy part." fired up and ready to play. "As always, they were extremely well-coached. They threw some things at us today that we had not seen," he said. "We challenged our players at halftime, and they responded." Georgia Southern 27-51 Citadel 7 7-34 First Quarter Cit-Barley 1 pass from Myers (Haas kick), 6:09 GSU-Hill 6 run (Chambers kick), 1:58 Second Quarter Cit--Barley 3 pass from Myers (Haas kick failed), 6:01 Cit-Smith 13 run (Haas kick), 2:21 Third Quarter GSU- Chambers 33, 10:09 1-Drayton 33 pass from McGill (Haas kick), 7:41 -Peterson 1 run (Chambers kick), 4:57 GSU--Peterson 2 run (Chambers kick), 0:19 Fourth Quarter Cit-Jackson 13 pass from Myers (Haas kick), 13:31 GSU-Peterson 21 run (Chambers kick), 10:50 GSU-Peterson 51 run (Chambers kick), But the rest of the game wasn't easy for USC, as the 49ers battled back to pull within 2-1 with 16:53 remaining. Dusty Reineke scored for Charlotte, then banged a shot that would have tied the game, off the crossbar three minutes later.

"This was a great win. The guys showed a lot of character," Berson said. "They didn't wilt when Charlotte came back, and I thought that was very important." South Carolina 2, Goals: USC-Nathan Watkins, Jonas Myllenberg; UNCC-Dusty Reineke. Assists: USC-Myllenberg, Scott Campagna, Joey Worthen; UNCC-Jon Mabee, Shots: USC8; UNCC-12. Saves: USC-Henry Ring UNCC-John McDonough 4.

Records: USC 11-3; UNCC 998-1. 9:04 GSU-Hill 15 run (Chambers kick blocked), 2:53 GSU-Peterson 1 run (Chambers kick), 1:17 GSU Cit First downs 21 18 yards 49-352 50-171 Passing 126 100 Comp-Att-Int 6-9-0 13-19-0 Return Yards 32 00 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1 Penalties- 8-53 4-39 Time of Possession 26:44 33:16 Individual Statistics RUSHING-Georgia Southern, Peterson 22-231, Hill 20-86, Cunningham 3-17, Freeman 2-11, Sullivan 1-5, Joyner 1-2. Citadel, Jackson 8-75, Smith 15-53, Myers 21-24, Gibbs 3-12, Frank 2-10, team 1-(minus PASSING- -Georgia Southern, Hill 6-9-0- 126. Citadel, Myers 12-18-0-67, McGill 1-1-0-33.

RECEIVING--Georgia Southern, Joyner 3-70, Grace 1-30, Parham 1-18, Freeman 1-8. Citadel, Smith 3-(minus 8), Akas 2-17, Frank 2-15, Barley 2-4, Drayton 1-33, Gresham 1-14, Jackson 1-13, Gamble 1-12. six saves for USC na coach Mark Berson said. "It's an important win for our team." Much of the victory, which improved USC to 11-3 can be credited to sophomore goalkeeper Henry Ring, who made six saves. "Credit Henry with a big portion of this win once again," Berson said.

"That's what you need to have from a good goalkeeper is big saves at critical times, and that's why Henry's a big-time goalkeeper." Ring came up huge just 4:35 into the match when Jon Mabee broke free from the defense for a one-on-one in the box. Ring came off the goalline and denied Mabee with a reaction save to keep the game scoreless. Nine minutes later, Charlotte goalkeeper John McDonough made a brilliant save on a rip from John Harr, tipping the ball over the crossbar. But USC got on the board at the 15:02 mark when Nathan Watkins finished a cross from Scott Campagna. Jonas Myllenberg started the play with a crafty ball to Campagna on the right corner.

The juntor defender then drove a cross to the front post, where Watkins flicked a header past McDonough for a 1-0 lead. "Credit Henry (Ring) with a big portion of this win once again. That's what you need to have from a good goalkeeper is big saves at critical times, and that's why Henry's a big-time goalkeeper." MARK BERSON.