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WWW SUNDAY Eyes Points Championship Pago 9B Asheville Citizen Times Sports Sunday Nov 19 1980 Duke Rips UNC or Share Of ACC Crown Page 3B Doug Mead Clemson Pounds USC 45 0 Over Western Page 5B MELCHOR Cavs Thump Terps To Cap Landmark Season Suspension rom NL or Drug Use Saturday's Games ACC MANLEY I TOP 25 INSIDE SOUTHERN OOTBALL Auto Racing Manley Receives Lifetime felt good running the ball We went to it (the option) and it worked so we stayed with it" The Cavaliers stayed with it all the way to a probable berth in the Citrus Bowl on New Day against either Illinois or Michigan just happy to be said Virginia defensive end Ray Savage care who we play just business just another chance to get on national television and show people we can play" Virginia showed that in its regular season fi nale unleashing a quick strike offense that scored three touchdowns in the final 10:05 of the first half to pull the Cavaliers into a tie with Duke at 6 1 in the ACC The Blue Devils defeated season Only one other player has caught 1000 yards worth of passes in three successive sea sons Hines caught a 17 yard scoring pass from Dave Brown on the first drive and took a 12 yard pass from Brown early in the second quarter The Chapel Hill native finished his af ternoon with a 44 yard scoring play from Brown with 1 :56 left in the third period Hines is in a race with New Ter ance Mathis for No 1 in career touchdown catches But Hines conceded that he's not too concerned with the winner of that battle happens hey still be happy Hines said adding that the records mean much as being 8 3 and going to a bowl game It's just so terrific" eight catches for 162 yards Satur day gave him 1149 yards to join Marc ASU's Mayo Sets Tone By DOUG MEAD Sports Editor CULLOWHEE The pattern continued for Appala chian State here Saturday The Mountaineers dominated arch rival Western Ca rolina for better than three quarters rolling to a 31 North Carolina 41 0 earlier Saturday Virginia improved its overall record to 10 2 the first 10 victory season in 100 years of intercollegiate football had higher aspirations than I Virginia Coach George Welsh said of his players thinking about 10 wins or an ACC title We had great leadership A solid group of kids Whatever they had to do they went out and Maryland fell to 3 7 1 overall and 2 5 in the ACC The overall record was their worst since a 2 9 season in 1971 not much to Maryland Coach Joe Krivak said knew they had big See CAVS Page 3B The Blue Devils won seven games in a row in the same season since their 9 0 record in 1941 just have to give credit to everybody just hanging in there and not pointing Hines said after he caught three touchdown passes to raise his NCAA record to 38 did panic We just got very angry with our selves were disgusted with our play dis gusted with ourselves We pointing fin gers at any particular group or particular peo ple" Hines added took those feelings and turned them around" That anger was harnessed and Duke went on a seven game tear concluding with performance which gave him more than 1060 yards in pass receptions for the third straight The Associated Press COLUMBIA SC Terry Allen scored twice in the first quarter and rushed for 97 yards before re injur ing his knee late in the opening half as No 15 Clemson defeated South Ca rolina 45 0 Saturday night handing the Gamecocks their worst loss in this heated rivalry since 1900 Alien who had missed two games and played sparingly in two others since injuring his knee Oct 7 against Virginia scored on 12 yard and 1 yard runs But Allen re injured his left knee with 4:04 left in the half was wheeled to the locker room and did not play again The Tigers scored on their first four possessions of the opening half to grab a 24 0 lead at the half Clem son amassed 302 yards total offense to just 69 for the Gamecocks who did not get inside the Clemson 30 yard line in the game Clemson (9 2) is apparently is headed to the Gator Bowl while South Carolina (6 4 1) is still hoping for a bid to the All American bowl The Tigers were hot from the start of a chilly evening before 74509 at Williams Brice Stadium Clemson drove 79 yards in 13 plays on its first possession which was capped when Allen burst up the middle for the TD with 8:49 left South Carolina had problems from its first play which saw Je rome Henderson intercept Dickie pass and return it 16 yards to the Clemson 46 Allen lined up at fullback in stead of his normal tailback slot burst up the middle for a 23 yard gain on the second play of the drive The junior then capped the eight play march with his Short plunge with 4:53 left After Chris Gardocki hit a 28 yard field goal with 9:15 left Clem son made it 24 0 when Chris Morocco hooked up with Rodney letcher oira 12 yard TD pass with 2:08 to go The score was set up by a 42 yard half back pass from Reggie Lawrence to Gary Cooper that put the ball on the Gamecock 19 Hokies Stun Pack The Associated Press CHAPEL HILL Clarkston Hines and his Duke teammates were one angry bunch of football players back in September when they stared at a 1 3 record and the possibility of a big letdown after last successes Seven weeks later the Blue Devils hide their smiles and Hines is all over the NCAA record books after 41 0 At lantic Coast Conference victory over North Ca rolina Duke (8 3 6 1) won its seventh straight game to wind up tied with Virginia for the At lantic Coast Conference crown the first for the Blue Devils since they shared the crown 24 years ago Virginia earned its share of the crown Saturday on the basis of its 48 21 victory over Maryland The Associated Press COLLEGE PARK Md Shawn Moore couldn't help it He had a big game and 16th ranked Virginia earned a share of its first Atlan tic Coast Conference championship It was fault Moore threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more Saturday night leading Virginia to a 48 21 victory over Maryland and giving the Cavaliers a share of their first ACC champion ship since joining the conference in 1954 kept the football a lot because of what the defense said Moore who ran for a career high 121 yards on 18 carries and completed nine of 19 passes for 161 yards Wallace Likes The ast Lane i 4 College ootball2 5B NL6 7B Outdoors13B Zeno who also had three seasons of 1000 yardi in receptions Randy Cuthbert rushed 20 times for 116 yards and a first quarter touchdown run He had his school record sixth straight game with 100 yards rushing and finished the regular sea son with 1023 yards Cuthbert became only the second Duke running back ever to run for more than 1006 yards in a season Steve Jones rushed for l23f yards in 1972 Roger Boone whom Cuthbert replaced a a starter earlier this year closed out Duke's scoring with a 2 yard run with 13:08 left to play Randy Gardner kicked field goals of 37 and 41 yards both in the first half just extremely proud of this bal team" Duke Coach Steve Spurrier said tok See DUKE Page 3B 20Southern Conference victory be fore an overflow crowd of 13118 1 the fifth largest in Whitmire Stadium history It was fifth con secutive victory against Western in the battle for the Old Mountain Jug and the Cats ended the season with a five game losing streak for the third consecutive year ASU tailback Ritchie Melchor scored three touchdowns and the Mountaineer defense held the Cata mounts to 74 yards rushing AU of points came in the fourth quarter after the Apps had taken a 31 0 lead Tight end Jon Reed caught three touchdown passes from quarterback Todd CottreU TD receptions covered 43 67 and 21 yards AU three scores came in the final 5:03 The Cats (141 3 7 1) tried for the two point conversion after each TD succeeding only after the second score on pass to fuUback Darrin HemphiU in the end zone See APPALACHIAN Page 4B Charles Mann said be calling him to see what I can do as a friend to help him through this difficult Woolf said options include chaUenging the decision in court or simply waiting one year to apply for reinstatement a provision of the policy needs some time to consider aU of the ramifica tions of this Woolf said is something new to all of us and he needs a week to consider any possible remedies" Because the union has asked to be decerti fied Manley apparently has no recourse through griev ance procedures although the NL Players Association could not immediately be reached (or comment Manley could go to court Neither Stanley Wilson of the Cincinnati Bengalsmor Tony Collins of the New Eng land Patriots the only other players banned under the rule chaUenged the policy could bring a court action questioning the au thority of the commissioner or the policy Woolf said a unilateral policy that was never coUectively bargained with the players association Dexter feels See MAN LEY Page 4B 9 A The Associated Press WASHINGTON Dexter Manley of the Washington Redskins was banished from the NL on Saturday his AU Pro career in rums as he be came the third player suspended for life under the drug abuse policy His attorney Bob Woolf said Manley would take a week or so be fore deciding how to respond to the ruling which automatically bars three time offenders In the meantime a true NL star has blinked out A defensive end he was the all time sacks leader a figure truly feared by opposing quarterbacks And he was a hero to his classmates at a special learning center after he admitted he was illiter ate then sought help The printing is only too clear now know what going to do" teammate Indiana 28 South Carolina 0 (16) Virginia 48 Maryland 21 (1 9) Pitt 47 East Carolina 42 (20) TexasTech SMU 24 (21) Brigham Young 70 Utah 31 (22) Ohio State 42 Wisconsin 22 New Mexico 45 (23) resno State 22 (25) Duke 41 North Carolina 0 Idle Ark Houston WVa Hawaii (1 Notre Dame 34 (1 7) Penn State 23 (1 2) Illinois 41 (2) Colorado 59 Kansas State 11 (15) Clemson 45: (3) Michigan 49 Minnesota 15 (4) Alabama 37 Southern Miss 14 (5) lorida State 57 Memphis State 20 (6) Nebraska 42 Oklahoma 25 (7) Miami 42 San Diego State 6 (8) Southern Cal 10 UCLA 10 (9) ennessee 33 Ole Miss 21 (1 1 Auburn 20 Georgia 3 Duke 41 IfwfllllfMfHHHtKHIH UNCO Va Tech 25 NC State 23 Virginia 48 Maryland 21 Ga Tech 43 Wake orest 14 Clemson 45 Carolina 0 Strahm Western On Right Track CULLOWHEE Year one of the Dale Strahm Era is com plete Western initial season under its first year coach ended here Saturday with a 31 20 loss to arch rival Appalachian State It was a predictable ending with the Cats falling to a bigger stronger and more talented opponent or a while here Saturday it seemed as if victory against WCU would approach record setting proportions The Apps had a 31 0 lead heading into the fourth quarter and all indications pointed toward that margin increasing even more in the final 15 minutes Then Western quarterback Todd Cottrell and tight end Jon Reed took over accounting for three touch downs in a span of less than five min utes Reed caught touchdown passes of 43 67 and 21 yards as the Cats made the final margin a respectable one It was the 32nd consecutive game in which Reed has caught at least one pass However the junior tight end from Greensboro would have traded all of his impressive numbers for a victory really make the loss feel any he said still a loss But I guess it will be something (positive) to look back on some Reed sees nothing but good things ahead for the Cats under Strahm the former Georgia assist ant coach see us going any where but he said be there in the Cottrell said he was pleased the Cats were able to stage a mini come back of sorts never gave up and that means a he said know what happened early I didn't show up for the first three quarters" senior quarterback said the early turnover (a Mark Mayo interception) that turned into a 10 yard touchdown run by tailback Richie Melchor put the Cats in a deep early hole was the worst thing that possibly could have happened to he said took a while for us to Although the record (3 7 1) was what Strahm would have liked he feels the Cats are headed in the right direction think established a cor nerstone for the Western Carolina football program for years to come as far as work ethic he said we need to have a good re cruiting year and get ready for 1990 The good thing about this season is that we played a lot of young people and they got a lot of One of major weak nesses this season was the lack of an impact player on offense The Cats too often found themselves in catch up situations and have the tal ent to come from behind That be the case in 1990 and 1991 Georgia transfer Der rick Harris is expected to move in 4 and start at quarterback after sitting out this season Harris will give the Cats a new dimension a signal caller with out standing quickness to accompany a strong arm However expect Strahm to get things turned around over night The Cats have suffered through three consecutive losing sea sons and they compete in the toughest I AA conference Nonetheless Western took several steps in the right direction including a 26 20 victory against Tennessee Chattanooga and a 22 22 tie with The Citadel which was ranked No 7 in the nation at the time All in all it was about as good as Strahm and the Cats could have hoped for SAC Man HUI 17EIon 10 Rhyne24 HlUMmHcn Catawba 1O Webb 22Concord 21 SOUTHERN ASU 31 WCU 20 urman 44 Citadel 9 Ga Southern 63Marhall 31 Samford 38 Tenn St 23 VMI 14Tenn Chatt 14 tie Auburn 20 Georgia 3 Tenneetee33 Ole Mitt 21 lorida 38 Kentucky 28 Tulane 37 Vanderbilt 13 Alabama 37 Southern Mlu 14 LSU44 Mitt St 20 Appalachian Rolls To Win Staff Photo By' DAN MAXHIMER WCU Tight End Jon Reed ASU Defender Mark Mayo Race or Loose Ball MMMl BLJHRUi mvsMRI IwJ Bl 1 BU i A I ph 4.