Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 43

Area State Obituaries Sunday November 9 1986 lirl)moni) Simw-Bwpatd) UYa turns CHARLOTTESVILLE North Carolina State ran out of miracles at least temporarily yesterday The nationally-ranked Wolf pack had its chances to pull out another one at the end but Mike Pet tine a most unlikely hero interfered Make that intercepted Three times in the final 5:04 Pettine who came to Virginia as a highly-touted quarter-' back picked off State passes to pre- serve a 20-16 Cavalier upset A Scott Stadium £rowd of 30500 as well as a regional television audience kept waiting for State to come from behind which it had done in the last minute of four games previously But Pettine playing free safety killed one bid with an interception at the UVa 32 then swiped two more in the' end zone They were his first interceptions as a collegian and the last which ended the game set off a small celebration For State came here 6-1-1 ranked (14th UPI 15th AP) and planning to Impress a gathering of scouts from five bowls including Gator Florida Stiff photo by Gary Burra Tech tight end Steve Johnson is tackled by unidentified UR defender Tech not pretty but triumphs Mike Pettine Grabs 3 interceptions Citrus and Peach What State did instead was turn the ball over six times against a Virginia defense that limited the Pack to one first down in the first half and a meager 258 yards overall Everyone runs on Virginia State managed 80 yards pn 37 carries With all-ACC quarterback Erik Kramer hobbled by an ailing right ankle 8tate failed to penetrate the li Kramer came on for five second-half series after freshman Cam Young coqldn't move the team but Kramer limping noticeably couldn't run the option and ha lacked sip on his i) SIS S-11 7 Ftrgwen 41 PM Sam MkWMkl (0tny NCS IS feMrapSan return (Cotar Wok) NCI FQ Kotar 41 Mtakowtau 1 run (Ortnoy kick) NCS Kotar II v-raasnn4i NCI ra Kotar IT Ootatay II ta NCS 11 17-10 171 111 1 Fuat's yanta RMum yanta Comp-M But as long as we win it's all right with me" Had it not been for a tipped pass that wound up in the grasp of split end Donald Wayne Snell the Hokies probably would have been trailing at half-' time instead of leading 10-7 Before he misfired from 26 46 and 44 yards Kinxer had given Tsch a 3-0 lead with a 31-yard field goal in the opening quarter It grew to 10-0 early in the second period when quarterback Erik Chapman and Snell collaborated on an 88-yard touchdown paaa thanks to some help from UR comerback Tony Butler "1 tried to coma back for the ball" said Snell who grabbed the tipped ball around UR's 45 and outraoed everyone to the end sons "I got a hand on It and ho Butler did too I was trying to bat it up 110 10484 Ml 1-1 HI FuMMVJ FuwWn loot 7-47 44 1-14 come might have been different "It's my most disappointing game ever" said Bleier who completed 10 of 13 passes for MO yards but was intercepted four times "It may have been the worst I've ever played If I hadn't thrown three bad balls we would have had at least a couple of touchdowns or maybe three field With two Peach Bowl scouts watching Tech didn't distinguish Itself either One Hokie touchdown was called back because of an Illegal man downfield Usually reliable place-kicker Chris Kinxer missed three straight field goal attempts (ending bis streak at 17) And Tub continually handicapped Itself with minor penalties or turnovers (two! "It pretty at ell" said Tsch coach Bill Dooley whose dub raised Ita record to 7-1-1 ''but we did what wo had to do to win One thing about this football team: They always make It exciting By John Packet! Tlmei-Dtipatck staff writer As a Virginia Tech assistant coach left the press box after his 17-10 decision over the University of Richmond yesterday he growled to no one in particular supposed Jbat tough The Hokiea (Division I-A) were favored by at least a couple of touchdowns over the Spiders (Division I-AA) but not until a fourth-down Interception by linebacker Lawrence White at Tech's 10 with 43 seconds left were the Hokies assured of victory Despite comfortable statistical advantage which Included 286 rushing yards by tailbacks Eddie Hunter and Maurice Williams the Hokies were fortunate to leave UR Stadium winners Had Richmond quarterback Bob Bleier exercised little more caution on several passes perhaps the out Thw of pMMMian whvwum ernnanu NO SUM: Vim 7-U Crita 411 BMy Young wu intercepted twice and lost two fumbles Kramer got the Pack close enough for Mike Cofor field goals of 31 and 37 yards but when Pettine made his first interception Kramer had to be helped from the field The Pack's only touchdown was an 88-yard return of an interception by cornerback Derrick Taylor that set Continued on page 5 col 1 411 Onmytar 11-10 Hank Young 1-1: Wrenc OreM N-177 Marian IQ-104 Saoutat M4 Wirran S-iTmnKwwM 1-10 Tntand NO siltr Ytaw 7-18M7 Kiwiw 7 IS-VSIiW MqkOMN 1H04-1N Sm4N 0- S-1-S- NO 11414: Jtalret 4-47 SKtt 441 Wh 141 Vrn 141 Worttaki 14 Ford S-41 Marik 140 Ftrguaon In the sir and he was trying to bat it away I had a Contjnued on pags 5 col 1 Jonaal-4 Vtgkui: 1-44 Ytarren 14 1 ki: Margin 14 Pmowy 14 Lambiotte-led Tribe dominates P9 Top 20 4 Princeton 32-14 Oklahoma rolls over Missouri 77-0 Iowa is ambushed by Illinois 20-16 1 Miami FIs (WU beat PHI 37-10 I Ptm Stats (8-0) bast Maryland 17- 8 Mlohigan (8-0) bait Piriua 31-7 4 Oklahoma (81) baat Miuourl 77-0 I Arizona Stata (881) baat CaWamia 480 4 Alabama (88) kMt to LSU 1818 7 NabraMia (81) baat Iowa Stats 38 14 8 Tsxaa ASM (7-1) did not play 8 Auburn (81) baat Clndnnatl 687 18 Arkansas (7-3) lost to Biaytar 8814 II Ohio Stata (84) baat Northwaatam 304 18 UCLA (34) lost to Stanford 3838 -18 Whshbuton (7-8) baat Otagon Stats 3813 II Southsm CaMomia (83) did not PllV North Carolina Stata (881) lost to VftnMa 80-18 18 Iowa (83) loat to Wnola 3813 17 Arizona (74) baat Wsabington Stata 318 18 LSU (3-3) baat Alabama 14-10 11 Qaorgia (84) tost to Flood 31-18 18 Ctamoon (7-2) baat North 'Carolina 3818 wu knocked down by a Tiger nan Thla could have sully been a H-for-35 day Nine Tribesmen caught throws eighth-ranked WfcM (1-1) wu never threatened In Its tuneup for consecutive dates with second-ranked Holy Crou (9-0) and Richmond Tha win allows tha Tribe a muiurs of bru thing room beading Into this two-week gantlet One more win should get WtM Into the 16- turn Division I-AA playoffs wltytout any question "You would think ao" uld Tribe coach Jlmmyo Laycock asked if ha thought a 0-1 finish would qualify hla foam for ita first poataaason berth since the 1970 Tangerine Bowl "But I drat know who all of these other people In tha I-AA top 10 arc playing You Aever roally know how much la enough I do know that if wo hup Continued on page I col I By John O'Gowwr Timat-Dk patch Half writer WILLIAMSBURG It wu Kanny Lamblotte'i kind of gama this 32-14 William and Mary win yeitorday over Princeton The Tribe rolled but it wu a patient methodical sort of domination filled with conservative 10-yard outs and awing pause not bomba and reversal "Kenny's flneue" uld Tribe running back Michael Clemons who picked up 30 ground yards "In basketball good long-range shoot- er Bo's pit that good touch Sams In football" Befort 11400 at Cary Stadium Lamblotte completed IS of 35 passes for 350 yards and two touchdowns went up 18-0 then 33-7 Before Lamblotte retired midway through tha fourth period at least thru of his pause thrown accurately woro dropped Another attempt ihovel Michael Clemons steps through Princeton would-be tacklers NASCAR policy blocking track has roots in Texas if the speedway can be built before Mi present lean expires In 1981 He hu drawn up plan for a 1400-acre complex two miles north of Windsor featuring a lK-mlle trioval and seat for 100000 fou To pay for it the seven cities and one county In the porta authority agreed to pay off the bonds the speed-' way loses money To reduce the risk Virginia Beach and Cheupeake demanded that NASCAR guarantee at least two races annuity until the bonds were paid off in 15 years Sawyer uid he didn't think that would be a major obstacle since NASCAR had offered him similar guaran- Continued on page 17 col 1 promoter Paul Sawyer Mid NASCAR officials have expressed willingness to resume negotiations after the last race of the season at Riverside Calif Nov 16 "The door is not entirely dosed but I think the 15-year agreement will be there" Russell uld Sawyer who has been promoting NASCAR events at Richmond's Falrgoundi Raceway since 1955 wu more optimistic Citing his longstanding friendship with France and familiarity with the family-owned NASCAR operation he uid be wu confident a compromise could be readied I thought It wu down the tubes I would have crapped It long ago" Sawyer uld Sawyer hold! the sanctions for the Miller 400 In February and the Wrangler 400 in September He hu agreed to move thou races from Richmond to Isle ot Wight County Hampton Roads Inc a group of business and government leader who hatched the speedway idea Time is running out according to several sources working on the speedway plan A design engineer muit be hired before the end of the month to prepare cost estimates before a bond sale and construction had been scheduled to begin in December so the track would be finished before the 1988 racing season "Somebody is going to have to do something soon or we are going to have to back off this said Art Collins spokesman for the Hampton Roads Sports Authority formed by local governments to oversee the construction and operation of the speedway had hoped to conclude this portion of our project before this It hu dragged on far linger than anyone had Edward Russell Jr a lawyer representing race By John Witt Tlmct-Dii patch Hat staff NORFOLK The caution flag is out In the race to build a $20 million superspeedway In Isle of Wight County The eight localities in the Hampton Roads Sports Authority have uid they will underwrite the construction costs only if NASCAR will guarantee at tout 15 years of Winston Cup racing to pay off the bonds But NASCAR policy is that race sanctions must be reviewed annually Became of prior legal problems and a growing number of similar requests from other tricks NASCAR President Bill France Jr hu refused to budge despite six months of negotiations "I would hate to see this project come unglued after all thla work" said retired Adm Harry Train of the Future of A I PRINTED III COLOR i.