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Danville Register and Bee from Danville, Virginia • 38

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LEXINGTON Va Sophomore fullback Greg Medley rushed 26 times for 170 yards and one touch down and James Madison's Dukes held off Virginia Keydets20 17 in college football Saturday The Dukes No (t in Division I AA improved to 5 while the Keydets slipped to 3 3 VMI erased a 40 0 first half deficit with a 29 yard field goal by Wade Hawkins and a 53 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Dave Brown to James Wright on the inal play be fore irttermission James Madison's Lamont Breed love recovered a VMI fumble at the Keydet itt setting up at 15 yard run by Medleyfora 17 10 lead After an interception by the Dukes' Bob Christian Ken Garrity kicked a 27 yard field goal to boost (hemargin to 20 10 The Keydets then drove 65 yards in 13 plays capped by a 1 yard plunge by Wright with 13:37 left in the game The Dukes then stopped two VMI drives with interceptions in the final five minutes of play Lupton Jack son picked off a Keydet pass at the VMI 44 with five minutes left and Breedlove intercepted Brown at the James Madison 47 with 2:53 remain ing The Dukes opened the scoring in the first quarter on a 3 yard run by Rodney Stockett Garrity added a 38 yard field goal in the second quarter for a 10 0 ad vantage The Dukes gained 262 of their 284 total yards on the ground Brown led the Keydets with 125 yards passing completing 8of 17 at tempts Sy diiey 35 WAI 7 HAMPDEN SYDNEY Va (APi Chris Barth rushed for 142 yards and one touchdown to lead Hamp den Sydney to a 35 7 victory over Washington Lee in an Old Domin ion Athletic Conference football game Saturday Barth a junior tailback led a Ti ger offense that rolled up 41)0 total yards 357 on the ground Washing ton Lee managed just 201 total yards as Hampden Sydney held the Generals to 28 rushing yards on 31 attempts Kevin Wallace put Hampden Syd ney ahead to stay with a fi yard touchdown run with left in the first period Hampden Sydney built a 21 0 half time lead on a 12 yai'd run by Barth: and a 16 yard pass from Dan Lara 1 morv to John Jewell Washington Lee got on the board with a 20 yard pass from Phillip Sampson to John Boe in tile fourth quarter Appy I I'lii nian 8 GREENVILLE SC Placekick er Bjorn Nittmo kicked three field goals to lead Appalachian State to a 16 8 Southern Conference victory over urman in college football Sat urday The victory moved the Mountain eers to 4 2 overall and into a tie with Western Carolina for the Southern Conference lead with a 2 0 mark urman dropped to 4 3 and 2 3 Appalachian State scored first on the game's opening possession mov ing 41) yards in 12 plays and getting a 39 yard field goal from Nittmo to take a 3 0 lead with 10: 10 left in the first quarter The Mountaineers took a 6 0 lead when Nittmo hit a 41 yard field goal with 52 seconds left 'in the quarter The score was set up by Mike Cure ton's recovery of a Chris Speaks fumble at the Paladin 25 best scoring opportuni ty in the first half was foiled when Quincy Bethea blocked a 35 yard Mike Wood field goal attempt early in the second quarter Appalachian used another ur man miscue this time a Speaks fumble at the Mountaineer 26 to increase its lead to 9 0 when Nittmo hit his third field goal this one a 42 yarder I'crrmn 2 I I'roM burg SI10 ERRUM reddie Stovall and Greg Thurman ran for fourth quar ter' touchdowns to lift errum to a 21 10 football victory over rostburg State Saturday The Panthers ranked No 14 in Di vision Hl improved to 6 0 1 while the Bobcats dropped to 1 5 Trailing 10 7 errum took the lead for good when Stovall darted 23 yards for a touchdow with 9:09 re maining The Panthers sealed the victory with 1:26 to go when Thur man the up man took the snap on a fake punt and raced 32 yards for the score I A II 35 Itandolpli flaeon 8 ASHLAND Gary Collier passed lor three touchdowns and ran for an other as Emory Henry cruised to a 35 6 win over Randolph Macon in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference football game Saturday Collier who completed 13 of 20 passes for 195 yards opened the scoring with a 16 yard run midway through the first quarter The point after attempt was blocked Delaware 311 W1 I I WILLIAMSBURG Reserve quarterback Craig McCoy came off the bench in the second half and rushed for 50 yards and one touch down as the Delaware Blue Hens de feated William Mary 38 14 in college football Saturday Blue Hen starting quaterback Da vid Sierer six of 12 for 105 yards with one interception staked his team to a 21 14 halftime lead But on the first series of the second half Sierer went down with a leg injury McCoy a 6 foot 4 201 pound junior came in and rushed the ball six times twice for first downs Howard 56 Va St I I WASHINGTON Quarterback John Javis ran for four touchdowns and threw for one more Saturday to lead Howard University to a 56 14 college football win over Virginia State The Bison improved their record to 4 1 while the Virginia State Tro jans fell to 4 2 1 The Bison posted 573 yards total offense with running back red Kill ings rushing for 202 yards on 26 car ries The Bison posted 339 yards total offense by the intermission while limiting the Trojans to 62 yards Maryland defensive back Mike Hollis (27) breaks up a pass intended for Wake orests Ricky Proehl yesterday in Maryland's 14 0 win Mr 7 a a A 9 Last rphulti) Clemson struggles past Duke CLEMSON SC (AP) It may be time to re evaluate just how good No 7 Clemson is and the Tigers know it After struggling past Duke 17 10 Saturday the second straight sub par performance Clemson was left to wonder if as good as everyone else has said it is we found out that maybe we're not as good as we think we may be" Clemson coach Danny ord said "We sure think good and not very good right now" ullback Tracy Johnson whose 4 yard run with 6:46 left in the game put Clemson ahead to stay agreed with his coach just think that wc sort of overes timated Johnson said "and underestimated Duke and that can get you beat I guess we fig ured that Duke was going to come in and just lay down and they didn't" Duke first year coach Steve Spur rier said the Blue Devils had their chances "We caught Clemson at a good time in winning fairly easy (so far this season) and they took us lightly I'm sure" Spurrier said we didn't play very smart If we could have been a little bit smarter and executed a big play here and there then we could have had a good chance to win the The Tigers were coining off a 38 21 victory over Virginia in which they had trailed twice in the first half by a touchdown Against the Blue Dex ils the Tigers had to put together a late drive to remain undefeated Johnson's touchdown capped an 1 1 play drive that came alter a quick kick by Duke that the Blue Devils downed on Clemson's 3 yard line The 6 foot 230 pound junior burst up the middle for 22 yards on the first play of the drive and carried the ball seven times for 60 yards to power the 97 yard march Johnson finished with 93 yards on 13 carries Duke trailed' 10 3 at the half but the Blue Devils tied it on Roger Boone's 4 yard run with 5:58 left in the third period The eight play 74 yard drive was helped by two Clem son penalties and a 25 ytird llea flicker from quarterback Anthony Dilweg to wide receiver Greg Downs The victory left Clemson 6 0 over all and 3 0 in the ACC Duke fell to 3 3 and 0 2 with its third straight loss The Blue Devils were 21 point un derdogs but they were able to stay with the unbeaten Tigers thanks to a Swarming defense and some effec tive play by Dilweg Dilweg was given the start over reqular quarterback Steve Slayden who leads the ACC in total offense but was ineffective two weeks ago in a 7 loss to Rutgers Duke had last week off' Dilweg who was forced to wear a teammate's jersey when his was torn off in the first period completed 23 of 50 passes for 305 yards in only his second Start He also had three passes intercepted Both teams were plagued by pe nalties Clemson was called for 15 penalties for 115 yards while Duke was whistled for 16 penaltiesJor 112 yards lemsoii 17 Duke IO Ihlk 30 70 10 Clt'insoii 01007 17 Peterson 46 Treaduell 43 Coley 5 pass trom 11 Williams (Tread well kick) Boone 1 run Peterson kick Johnson 4 run (Treadwell kick A 72000 Uuke Cl irst downs 20 '17 Rushes vards 26 11 4B 1B3 Passing vards 317 132 Return yards 4 26 Passes 24 11 3 9 20 Punts 3 50 5 40 Hnnhles losl 1 0 i 1 Penalties a rds 16 112 15 115 Tune ol Possession IXbIVIIH AI MATISIKS Hl MIlXG Duke Monk 3 Sanders 1 3 Jenison 'Johnson 13 03 Allen 15 52 PASSING Duke Dilweg 2: )O a jij Green 1 1 0 12( lemson Williams 18 0 126 Morocco 1 2 0 6 RECEIVING Duke Hines 6 110 Boonr 6 53 Cooper 4 51 (lemson Jennings 2 44 ooper 1 41 oiev 2 37 Henning 'i leads Terps past ake by 14 0 WINSTON SALEM NC (API1 'J Quarterback Dan Henning tossed touchdown pass and de lense throttled Wake orest as thi Terrapins handed the Demon Dea cons their first loss 14 0 in Atlantii Coast Conference lootball Saturday All the scoring came in the secont quarter when Henning hit split cm Alidur Ra oof on a 3 yard scorinj pass and running back Mick Andei son dashed 18 yards for a touch down 1' The Demon Deacons moved inside the Maryland 10 yard line thro times in the second half but earn' up empty Quarterback Mike Elkin was intercepted four times twice strong safety JB Brown and Wak' orest gained only 77 yards on 'th ground Wake orest off to its best stai since 1944 fell to 5 1 and 2 1 in th ACC The Terrapins improved to 3 and2 The Demon Deacons marched 4 yards in 16 plays on their first pos session of the third quarter (Th drive stalled at the Maryland where Wilson Hoyle missed a fiel goal attempt Wake orest took a punt on its 3 and advanced to the Terrapin 6 Bt a scrambling Elkins failed to James Phillips in the end zone fourth down 1 The final threat cameb a 17 play 67 yard drive halted at th Maryland 6 when fourtl dow pass completion was 5 yard short MiirylaiKl I I Huke oresl ot Miryldiid 0 II Wakr orest i (I 'ii Nd Anderson 18 run Pjocki kick i Nd Ra oof 3 pass from Henning Plocki kick) A 25175 Md Wl' irst downs 14 hi Rushes yards 54 208 34 77 Passmg 87 173 Return Yards 1 88 55' Cornp Alt Inl 9 14 0 23 45 4 Punts 8 43 6 47 umbles Lost 3 2 2 0 Penalties Yards 7 43 3 25 Time ol Possession 30:49 29 11 lNDIVIDl'AI STATISTICS RUSH ING Maryland Lowry 19 83 Andor son 16 53 HtMining 11 40 Wake orest Young 15 49 PASSING Maryland Henning 9 14 97 Wake orest Elkins 23 45 4 173 RECEIVING Maryland Ra'oof 4 50 Low ry 2 11 Wake orest Jarvis 8 5o Brown 5 44 Presbyterian 1 7 Elon 7 CLINTON SC Lavern Reddit caught an yard Scotty Mozinj pass to lead Presbyterian to a 17 Soutli Atlantic Conference victoi over Elon Presbyterian scored 17 points the first half and turned the gan over to its defense which stoppt three late Elon drives to preserx the victory over the ighting Chri tians The Blue Hose 5 2 overall and 3 in the conference scored the game first 17 points on a 1 yard Derrit Smalls run a 35 yard Chris Winj held goal and the Mozingo to Re dick pass Auburn downs Tech 20 10 (APi Jeff last minute heroics enabled fifth ranked Auburn to stave off an upset ahd Aundray Bruce ended the game by returning his third interception for a touchdown as the Tigers edged Georgia Tech 20 10 Saturday We played an awful game with far too many mistakes but at the end we took the ball 91 yards against an inspired defense" Au burn Coach Pat Dye said The Tigers in danger of losing 10 7 capped the 91 yard drive on Burg er's 4 yard pass to leaping Lawyer Tillman for the go ahead touchdown with 24 seconds remaining Bruce then capped an exceptional performance with a 45 yard touch down return of an interception on the final play of the game been down on myseli be cause I haven't been playing the way I wanted to" said Bruce who also had three sacks forced a fumble that teammate Kurt Crain recov ered for a touchdown and recovered a fumble over Southern California "I don't think that I've ever seen a better defensive show than the one Aundray Bruce put on today" Dye said It was a bitter loss for Tech a de cided underdog that had carried the fight to the Tigers thought our kids played hard" Tech Coach Bobby Ross said "They didn't win the game but I though they deserved to win the football game" Ross said he didn't want that to be interpreted that Auburn earn the victory went 91 yards which is what a great football team can do and will Ross said they are a great football team" Georgia Tech had used third quar ter fumble recoveries by Ivery Lee and Sean Smith to strike for 10 points within a five minute span to take a 10 7 lead and appeared headed for a major upset before Auburn's kite drive Lee forced a tumble by Reggie minutes later on a 30 yard field goal by Thomas Palmer It came after Sean Smith recov ered Curtis Stewart's fumble on a hit by John Porter at (he Tech 49 The key play in the winning field goal drive was a 19 yard scramble by Strom to the Auburn 39 Auburn's iirst touchdown was pro duced by defense late in the second quarter tiiiOitiH TOUGHMAN TOUGH WOMAN CONTEST Men women 18 over 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