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Dnrljmn ittornuig PAGE 2B SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 1983 The Dessert ECU-State Game Is The Last And Perhaps Best On Full Menu Of ACC Football By KEITH DRUM Herald Sports Editor There is a long menu of ACC football today with all eight teams playing for the first time this season But the ap- Eite still figures to be strong when the kickoff takes place on the piece de resistance the annual East Carolina-NC State game in Raleigh ECU and State conclude the fare at 8 pm the final of a eight-course lineup that begins with home opener against Memphis State at 1 In looking forward to Reed said nervous but I think you have to define it a little more as exciting the opening game and the situation which we playing an outstanding team like East Carolina the natural geographic rivalry that brings it to the it just makes this game if possible even more special put all those things together and we have to be excited playing a good football team and what here for to play the football opener was expected to be a good test but it has developed into more during the last week ECU made a strong impression in its opener though losing 47-46 at highly regarded Florida State And ECU coach Ed Emory has stayed in the news this week with his outspoken comments Emory says game is a for the Pirates and he says Reed has the Wolfpack more question marks than does ECU and repeatedly states that it will take a solid all-around performance for the Wolfpack to be successful "We have to do everything well no single thing" Reed said ignore the facts For State to win and stay in there we must do everything The facts as Reed sees them are that ECU has an experienced quarterback more experience on the offensive and defensive lines and an established line of communication between coaches and players State Reed says lacks experience in those areas The strengths he says are the running backs and inside linebackers Vaughn Johnson and Andy Hendel a pair he says is good as any two ever been associated ECU counters with quarterback Kevin Ingram an offensive line led by guard Steve Hamilton and safety Clint Harris Both teams have exceptional kickers though Mike Cofer has been hampered this week by tendinitis and been able to kick in practice Also State lost its kick returner Jeff Byrd to a broken leg and return specialist Henry Williams is also ailing While State will be the last ACC team to start its season Reed has taken note of what's gone on before him He noted losses last week by Wake Forest and Duke to two teams Appalachian State and Virginia that they were favored to beat All four teams are on State's 1983 schedule tells us our schedule is more difficult than even possibly anticipated said Reed that's the trend in college football Each year going to find more parity and more equality I haven't seen those teams at the top increase as fast as those at bottom coming up One is going about 35 and the other about between are Wake Forest at Virginia Tech Duke at Indiana Georgia Tech taking on Alabama in Birmingham Maryland at Vanderbilt Clemson at Boston College and Virginia at home against Navy The ECU-State game has the state's attention though and the attention of Wolfpack coach Tom Reed who makes his debut before what could be the largest crowd in the history of Carter-Fin-ley Stadium Terry Long and an active though still questioned 1 defense anchored by tackle while raining praise on ECU Reed though insists that his team has Martina Chris Games For ACC Area Sweep Semis Set The Stage The ACC Duke at Indiana 2:30 pm Associated Press Place Memorial Stadium Bloomington Ind Records Duke Indiana opener Last Meeting Indiana von 31-21 in 1980 Next Week South Carolina at Duke Indiana at Kentucky NEW YORK Martina Navratilova and Chris Everf Lloyd who were seeded to meet in the final of-' the US Open Tennis Championships reached that point with straight-set victories Friday title match will pit the top-seed Ms Navratilova against the defending cham: Memphis State at UNC 1 pm Place Kenan Stadium Chapel H11L Records Memphis 1-0 UNC 1-0 Last Meeting Pint meeting Next week UNC at home versus Miami of Ohio Memphis State at home against Virginia Tech pion Ms Lloyd It is the seventh time the world's two women players will meet in the final of a Gran Slam event Ms Navratilova holds a 4-2 with Ms Lloyd winning their last match capturing the Australian Open last year Ms Navratilova needed only 55 minutes Friday to eliminate fifth-seeded Pam Shriver 6-2 6-1 and avenge last US Open quarterfinal defeat Ms Lloyd a six-time winner of America's premier tennis event-" stopped Jo Durie of Britain 64 6-4 ECU at NC State 8 pm Place Carter-Flnley Stadium Raleigh Records ECU 0-1 NC State opener Last Meeting State won 3328 last season Next Week ECU at home against Murray State NC State at home versus The CitadeL ABOUT HER MATCH against Ms Navratilova Ms Lloyd said: never won the Open Nerves might enter into it I've won six times no pressure on me she could be vulnerable if anyone she could be vulnerable if anyone gets Wake Forest at Virginia Tech 1:30 pm Place Lane Stadium Blacksburg Va Records Wake 0-1 Va Tech opener Last Meeting Wake won 13-10 last season Next Week Wake at home against Western Carolina Tech at Memphis State close The physical part not the mental part gives her the added Ms Lloyd Clemson at Boston College 6 pm Place Alumni Stadium Chesnut Hill Mass Records Clemson 1-0 BC 1-0 Last Meeting Tied 17-17 last season Next Week Clemson at home against Georgia (Mail Plata tv Knta Kaittor) Northern Coach Ken Browning Gets Low For His Look As Players And Assistants Take A Higher View Ms Navratilova said that while she should be fa- vored in final she knows Ms Lloyd will be' a tough opponent is not one to give up and say too' "she said But she sounded a note of warning: won this thing yet have I want to reach my potential which is to be the best that I men's singles semifinals will send second-1 seeded Ivan Lendl against ninth-seeded Jimmy and defending champion and third seed Jimmy Con- -nors against 16th-seeded Bill Scanlon In the tournament's first final John McEnroe and i Peter Fleming teamed to defeat fellow Americana Fritz Buehning and Van Winitsky 6-3 6-4 6-2 It was their third US Open doubles title in five years Knights Blank Cary 10-0 Maryland at Vanderbilt 3:20 pm 1 Place Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville Tenn Records Season openers Last Vanderbilt won 23-17 in 1981 Next Week Maryland at home against West Virginia Vanderbilt at borne versus Iowa State By MICHELLE H1SKEY Herald Correspondent MS NAVRATILOVA seeking her first US Open ilost crown is in the final for only the second time She ended and stopped them For defense-senior defensive end Eric Davis saw more of Imps quarterback Mark McComas than McComas did of his own back-field Davis took credit for five solo sacks during the game and though the statistics on tackles were unavailable Browning was sure Smith in double with many more Georgia Tech vs Alabama 2:30 pm Legion Field Birmingham Ala Records Season openers Last Meeting Alabama 45-7 last season Next week Tech at home versus Furman Alabama at home against Mississippi the turnovers and penalties that we did tonight and score Northern tailback Tracy Brooks the leading rusher with 115 yards was held to 30 in the first half But one of those yards was over the end zone to register the first score with 2:47 left in the first half Kicker David Cropp a junior completed the extra point attempt then added a field goal from 31 yards late in the third quarter for the scoring Cary's farthest penetration into Northern territory during the first half was to the 35 after an interception by senior defensive end Billy Kuhla But the drive ended like all of their without scoring this time the first half Navy at Virginia 7 pm Place Scott Stadium Charlottesville Va Records Navy opener Virginia 1-0 Last Meeting Navy won 20-16 last season Next Week Virginia at home against James Madison Northern marred its reputation as an errorless ball no turnovers in their two previous games with seven turnovers Friday night but hung on to shut out Cary 10-0 at Durham County Stadium Cary matched turnovers with seven of its own and at one point early in the second quarter there were three fumbles in as many plays The difference in the game could be discovered under the yards category of the Northern piled up 149 while Cary managed only 41 a figure that could have been higher if the passing game had not had minus 15 yards capable of scoring a lot more" said Knights coach Ken Browning His team's 10441 domination of its first three opponents proves his opinion "Cary was a tough team and we can't commit to Tracy Austin in the title match two years ago Against Ms Shriver Ms Navratilova broke her partner in the opening game then lost her service: in the fourth game But Ms Navratilova broke right i back and went on to win the final four games of tfie'2 first set Ms Shriver stop Ms Navratilova ttid- Czechoslovakian-born left-hander began rollingMaf Shriver held her service to begin the second set and' after that it was all Ms Navratilova who won the final six games of the match know nothing she do on the'tfeiF nis Ms Shriver said a great athlete She moves better than any of the other girls she volleys better she hits her overheads better than the other girls There are just no Ms Navratilova has sped through her six opponents in a total of five hours one her shortest a 39-minute first-round breather against Emilse Raponi Longo of Argentina and her longest a 59-minute sec- -1 ond-round match against Louise Allen She did not lose a set enroute to the final and lost only 15 games The Area In addition to Davis senior defensive back Mike Wilson performed according to Browning His one-handed interception late in the third quarter was perhaps the best defensive play of the game needed a game like this" said Browning needed to struggle to overcome adversity We're happy to Northern which came into the game ranked eighth in the state 4-A poll plays at County Stadium again next Friday against Raleigh Jordan Defeats NC Central at Virginia State 1:30 pm Place Rogers Stadium Petersburg Va Central 1-0 Virginia State 0-1 Last Meeting Central won 14-7 in 1976 Next Week Central at Winston-Salem State Virginia State at home against Elizabeth City East Wake 24-1 6 Story On 5B McGill Leads Southern Win By TONY BRITT Herald Correspondent left in the first quarter Neither team moved much past midfield the rest of the half and both offenses stalled on their first possessions of the second half way we did and manage in the situation we were in very proud of the kids for this said Southern coach Monty Davis Southern lost two-way starter Stanley Faison to torn knee ligaments early in the game and had to rely on reserves for help in the offensive and defensive backfields Senior fullback Darryl McGill rushed for 206 yards two touchdowns and a two-point conversion to lead top-ranked Southern to a 28-14 Triangle 3-A Conference victory over South Johnston in high school football Friday night McGill then returned a punt 14 yards to the 43 and broke away to the one three plays later on a third-down draw play Southern quarterback Randy Leathers scored on third-and-goal and McGill added the conversion to make it 15-6 wih 4:28 left in the third quarter McGill who carried on 34 of the 57 rushing plays scored the first touchdown in the first quarter and again with 3:36 remaining to seal the Spartans' third straight victory He also set up second touchdown with a 36-yard run to South Johnston's l-yaid line in the third quarter Southern was voted the top 3-A football team earlier this week but the Spartans led by only 7-6 at halftime and 15-14 with 8:26 Stanley went down I think the kids realized we had to go to our Davis said was untried and it took us a whole half to adjust I think that was a significant factor thin in depth and the heat was getting to us We were flat and not in as good of shape as I thought be after three games But I still felt we had Southern wasted no time marching 73 yards on its first possession of the game McGill carried on nine of the 13 plays including the final three yards with 4:35 left in the first quarter all said South Johnston coach Chip Gill whose team lost its second straight game and first in the Triangle an excellent athlete but I credit Monty's offensive line They blew us off the line South Johnston 1-2 drove 71 yards on its second possession to make it 7-6 on quarterback Frank 5-yard run with 16 seconds South Johnston totaled minus-3 yards on its next two possessions but a fumble by McGill near mid-field gave the Trojans the ball with 9:33 to play Following a 9-yard keeper by Hart Morris followed his blockers on a sweep left into the end zone to pull South Johnston back to within a point But heroics turned sour moments later when with the Spartans facing third-and-11 he was whistled for pass interference A late-hit penalty moved the ball to the 13 and McGill scored three plays later that one drive we beat ourselves" Gill said had the momentum and had them backed up until then Those penalties just killed Southern travels to Oxford Webb next Friday for arnkher conference game to play after Trojans running back Eric Morris scored on a 47-yard run and a two-point conversion But Southern marched back up the field with the help of two 15-yard penalties McGill's two-yard run nude it 22-14 Defensive nose guard Mike McClure then sacked South Johnston quarterback Frank Hart and recov- ered his fumble on the next series Five plays later sophomore running back Adam Tilley scored with 19 seconds to playf keep ourselves composed the (Staff Ptitlo ly Jim ipgrki) Southern's Darryl McGill Runs Behind Kevin Sowell '(77) As He Gains Some Of 206 Yards Rushing.