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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS I (The (Greensboro Ikcorbi SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1980 Sports Golf Motorsports Tennis Outdoors Section Avery Led State Topples Virginia BY LARRY KEECH t't Stan Sports Writer SCOTT STADIUM Charlottesville Va The more circumstances change the more they remain the same Trite perhaps but surely true in its application to 27 13 victo ry over Virginia Saturday in the new first Atlantic Coast Confer ence football game It was to be a coming out party of 'sorts for Virginia football After a 6 5 finish last year accounted for the pe rennial ACC first winning record in more than a decade Coach Dick Cavaliers had opened the 1980 campaign with an encourag ing 6 3 win over Navy last week andthings were looking decidedly up in Charlottesville Virginia actually was a two point favorite against a rebuilt State team that was defending its 1979 conference 'championship under an untested coach an inexperienced sophomore 'quarterback But Wolfpack Coach Monte Kiffin quarterback Tol Avery passed their tests and spoiled the party It was 19th win over the Cava liers in 20 meetings since the ACC was formed in 1953 and not since 1905 has Virginia beaten the Wolfpack at 'Charlottesville GUESS THE jury was still out on said a perspiring but excited Kiffin heck been two point underdogs ever since I took the job last Avery played like Saturday was his birthday which it was but he play like the 19 year old he is He to taled 206 yards worth of total offense completing 12 of 20 passes for 120 yards and keeping the ball a dozen times for 86 more His most produc tive plays accounted for two touch downs and set up a TD and a Nathan Ritter field goal Those State followers who still har bored doubts about ability to effectively replace Scott Smith after a 42 0 opening win over William Mary saw those doubts erased Saturday may have been a little ov errated but they were tough enough to test said the stocky sophomore from our Oaks passed the test and so did our execution of our two minute offense was responsible for the critical scoring drive of the game at the end of the first Kiffin said the second half his ruhs out of the option offense were plays you NC State 7 10 0 Virginia 7 0 0 I Vlgorito 7 run (Morrlsonn kick) Quick 29 pass from Averv (Ritter kick) Ritter 33 Sullivan 1 run (Ritter kick) Avery 23 run (Ritter kick) Ritter 32 Vlgorito 36 pass from Kirtley (Pass failed) 30072 NCS Vlr irst downs 23 18 Rushes yards 53 269 34 82 Passing yards 120 247 Return yards 55 17 Passes 12 20 1 19 34 3 Punts 5 43 5 44 umbles lost 2 0 2 0 Penalties yards 4 43 1 15 INDIVIDUAL State Avery 12 88 Jackson 13 86 McLean 12 47 Virginia Vigorito 23 68 Calllnder 3 15 State Avery 12 20 120 1 Virglnla Klr tley 17 30 3 State Quick 5 76 1 Dawson 2 14 Rein 2 12 Virginia Egan 6 112 Vlgorito 5 75 1 coach He just has the talent necessary to execute To which Bestwick added: clutch passes and his runs on the cor ner were the difference in the Veteran Wolfpack receiver Mike Quick who caught five of passes for 76 yards offered a final word on his younger teammate Tol Avery you saw out there today was the same one seen in Quick said passing sharp in the opener but it was today In spite of his inexperience a calm headed guy who get too PASSES to Quick were instrumental in wiping out an early 7 0 Virginia lead which resulted from punter Todd fumble of a cen ter snap But Avery wasted no time in engineering a 74 yard drive that was capped by a 29 yard scoring pass to the speedy Quick tried to use more single coverage on me than most teams we said the junior from Hamlet kind of took me by surprise at first but I knew I could get open in a one on one situation with a cornerback the touchdown pass I just gave the cornerback (Sean McCall) a little inside move and headed down the sideline for the corner of the end zone I got a couple of steps on him so I had room to turn around and jump pass was Two shorter passes in two minute offense set up the touchdown that provided the Wolfpack with a (See STATE: ll Col 1) ilk Bis 0 i Tw ar i laWMB jU 'v lA AP Laterpholo Wayne McLean Struggles In Grasp Of Virginia Defender Tugging At The Wolfpack Ball Carrier Cavaliers Bryan Holoman SC State Sustains Mystery Mastery Auburn Survives Devil Of A Scare (See DUKE: ll Col 1) Mi Astros Triumph Tie or irst Major League Koundup SpOrtS! On The Inside Al Darrell single With two outs Terry Whitfield beat out a slow roller to third loading the bases Rookie Rich Murray then walked forcing in the go ahead run 4 scored 133 19 in that span State improved to 3 0 overall tnd 2 0 in the ME AC slipped to 1 1 and 0 1 The rumors of more NAS CAR driver changes are ram pant and Cale Yarborough wins North Wilkesboro pole 9 Bubba Smith is ndt at home out of football 12 it would help if we get a witch doctor or something when we play them I know what hap pens to us when we play them It just seems like they just do whatever is necessary to win we felt capable we could do the Watson continued the offense consistent enough and we take advantage of the opportunities they gave It was Watson who came off the bench and engi neered last 28 21 comeback victory over Win ston Salem State and Saturday he was called upon for a repeat performance Watson replaced Roland Myers (reiqjured thumb) late in the second quarter but Wat magic was gone and the Aggies were saddled with their fourth straight loss to the Bulldogs who have out The post mortems of Satur ACC games are on 12 I' I I Wake orest whips The Cita del 2 Elon rallies for victory over Delta JState 2 East Carolina drubbed by lorida State 3 uzzy Zoeller has a one stroke lead going into the final round of the Texas Open a tn keep pace with Montreal and stay I'Zi games behind the Expos in the Na tional league East The division lead ing Exjiok beat St Louis 5 4 homer which increased his league leading total to 40 came in the first inning after Pete Rose had led off with a double and Bake Mc Bride had walked It was seventh homer at Wrigley ield this year and 29th of his career The Phillies got another run off Cub starter Lynn McGIothen 10 13 in the second when Manny Trillo doubled and scored on a double by Ration Aviles The Cubs got two runs back in the fourth when Bill Buckner led off with a single and Dave Kingman homerjid his 18th of the year homer his 10th came In (See BASEBALL: 10 3) EXPOS 5 CARDINALS 4: Wamn Cromartie singled to right in the ninth inning to score Rowland Office and BY BOB BEVAN StaH Sports Writer JORDAN HARE STADIUM Auburn Ala When Blue Devils rolled into this college town Saturday morning it would be difficult to con ceive that any of them felt they had any chance at upsetting 19th ranked Auburn The Alabama press had proclaimed the Tigers a three to four touchdown favorite And the first three quarters of what appeared to be a Saturday after noon massacre did nothing to dispell that with Au burn holding a comfortable 35 7 lead early in the final period A sun splashed crowd of nearly 58000 began to collectively think about next game with Ten nessee and so must have the Auburn players The distraction was all Duke needed The Blue Devils roared from behind before falling short 35 28 Then there was what might have been With reserve quarterback Brent Clinkscale hav ing steered Duke back into contention the Devils attempted an onsides kick At first it appeared that Duke had recovered and would set in motion the drive for a possible victory officials said we had the ball but a third official came over and overruled the said i SC STATE fashioned an effective quarterback combination with starter Prince Phillips and reserve Ben Mungin They netted 81 yards rushing and matched throwing efforts for touchdowns pass to Marion Brown capped a 14 point third quarter and severly damaged any hopes of an comeback The pass came on first down after Anthony Grier recovered a Danny Thomas fumble at the 27 yard line On a quick count Phillips backpedaled into the pocket and lofted a pass into the left corner of the end By Th AiMCltM Prttt Pinch batter Jeff run scoring double with one out in the ninth inning Saturday snapped a 2 2 tie and gave the Houston Astros a 3 2 victory over the Giants in San ran cisco Luis Pujols led off the ninth with an infield single and was replaced by pinch runner Scott Loucks Rafael Landestoy sacrificed and Leonard de livered his game winning blow off re liever Gary Lavelle 6 7 Reliever Dave Smith 7 5 got the victory with Joe Sambito picking up his 17th save Houston opened the scoring in the fifth Dave Bergman doubled went to third on Alan single and scored on Craig Reynolds' single Pitcher Ed Whitson singled in the bottom of the fifth went to third on Ljy single and scored on zone Brown hauled in the pass over a hapless Joe Cly burn for a 21 3 SC State lead Only 16 seconds elapsed between reception and Chris Ragland's 8 yard touchdown burst that culmi nated a 75 yard 11 play march on the Bulldogs' first possession in the second half The march consumed eight minutes and featured the bruising running of Ragland the leading rusher with 91 yards on 23 carries But the key play in the drive was Mack 17 yard run after Ragland bolted up the middle for eight yards and a first down at the 25 yard line ATER ALEX GARDNER tacked on a 21 yard field goal with 13:33 left to play remained alive (See 8 Col 4) give the Montreal Expos a victory over the host St Louis Cardinals With the score tied 4 4 Office reached first on a choice Gary Carter moved Office to second with a single off loser John Littlefield 5 5 and Cromartie delivered his hit Bill Lee 4 6 pitched four scoreless innings of relief to gain the win his first victory since June 6 when he beat St Louis 10 3 The victory allowed Montreal to maintain a game and a half lead over Philadelphia in the National League East The Phillies kept pace by defeat ing Chicago 7 3 PHILLIES 7 CUBS 3: In Chicago Mike Schmidt crashed a three run homer and Garry Maddox added a solo shot leading the Philadelphia Phillies to victory over the Chicago Cubs the win allowed Philadelphia to AP LaMrphsto Charles Thomas (12) Lunges or Yardage Being Dragged Is Duke Defensive Back Charles Bowser BY DREXEL BALL Staff Sports Writer GIANTS STADIUM East Rutherford Given the nature of a veteran team and coming off an impressive season opening victory chances of halting a three game losing streak against Mid Eastern powerhouse South Carolina State appeared enormously improved That was before kickoff Once the game started it became increasingly clear that would have to play precision football in order to survive didn't and the Bulldogs were winners again 24 9 de spite uncharateristic SC State mistakes quarterback William Watson who has a knack for putting football games in perspective said it best for the Aggies Duke Coach Red Wilson after the Blue Devils' Keith Crenshaw came away with the football SAW Crenshaw recover the ball I say anything else about the said Wilson If Wilson say anything else Crenshaw would had the ball It happened like this: The ball was squibbing around and I fell on it I jumped up when I got it ahd thought we had a chance to win the game then I ran to the sidelines was very surprised to see the ball go to Au burn I never heard an explanation since I was on the sidelines I know whether they thought the Auburn defender had recovered before me or what I just know" Duke quarterback Ben Bennett however did have an opinion had it won and the refs beat us" he said WHAT HAD TRANSPIRED prior to the on sides kick was miracle enough Having played its un derdog role to perfection for the first three quarters the disaster prone Devils helped Auburn to a 21 0 halftime margin It appeared the Tigers would only enhance their national ranking at expense Duke finally got on the scoreboard in the third period but then an avalanche of Auburn scores seemed to drain Duke ollowing the Blue score Auburn's James Brooks took the kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown The Tigers merely padded) that margin for a 35 7 lead early in the final period' However a scuffle between several Blue Devils and Tigers turned to a Duke advantage came together after the Bennett were tired of taking it all It was tirno to do With Clinkscale al quarterback the Devils wfre finally aided by penalties A roughing the passer call against Auburn moved the ball to the Tiger 32" Clinkscale threw to Cedric Jones at the 14 inally a pass interference call pul the ball at the one and Duke scored for a 35 14 deficit Still it appeared td lie over came In with the idea of salij Clinkscale real success came fnm our lint play It began holding up giving us time to Added Jones: thought that we could pass We had a never say die attitude lineback ers were letting us complete the short passes Then try to catch them in the right defense to throw deep on REDS 10 DODGERS 2: Johnny Bench keyed a seven run first inning with a two run single and the Cincin nati Reds went on to crush the Los Angeles Dodgers on the West Coast Tlie loss dropped the Dodgers into a tie with Houston for first place in the National League West and moved Cincinnati to within 3'z games of the lead ffl WtMMb Mm i 't iftA 'ill I'.