The News-Herald from Franklin, Pennsylvania • Page 12

Franklin and Oil City, Pa. Mcnday, December 7, 1970 THE NEWS-HERALD 12 Titans earing II ill A lierbocln MVP crown; Mil credit for 14 tackle assists. berger made it a 7-0 ballgame. ine imra memDer ot me Defensive pressure from Han- pressure By JACK MAYS News-Herald Sports Editor Westminster College quarterback Dave Bierbach hetacd Franklin threesome, Fred Blackhurst, helped the game's cox and Don Grimm forced An- .1 I. Coach Dr.

Harold Burry's Titan leading rusher, Joe Veres, gain fnAihallmanhin-Mih. 1 55 c.S his 105 vard total 10 t0 the alr aflCr the Ravens had driven to the Ti steady blocking from his of tans 19 following the kickoff. Grimm interccpled a a ley aerial on the 18. Westminster used the interception to move fensive guard position. Veres carried the ball 24 times and gained 105 yards.

first ever National Championship Saturday in New Castle's Taggart Stadium; Westminster 21, Anderson, 16. Bierbach tossed two TD Anderson's defensive end Rill ri vaTds for their second score. strikes, gained 67 yards and was Schrecengost was cited as the The loti drive was highlight-voted the Most Valuable Play-; MVP on defense. Bierbach, hv eluTfh running bv Veres -A 'iv J' i. er on offense for the second straight week in the National Association of Interscholastic playing the game wilh a crack- um Rrc.A deception "of ball ed rib, went to the air 14 limes by Bierbach.

Bierbach for seven completions, 88 yards on (wo pcreci. Athletes (NAIA) Division II Na tional Championship playoff ana two loiicntwwns. piu-emi Dnve Milliron cf Apollo caught both Bierbach aerials. The first game with western representa Dave Bierbach (33) lets fly one of two second quarter TD passes against Anderson, in tives Anderson, Ind. the Westminster-Anderson NAIA Division II National Championship playoff game Saturday at What the ex-Franklin flash 1st of 2 Titan IDs did on offense, another former New Castle's Taggart Stadium.

Protecting Bierbach are Joe Veres (14), Scott McCIester (67), Fat Johnston (71) and Roger Price (29). Bierbach was named the Most Valuable Offensive Player of the game in Westminster's 21-16 win. ly executed bootleg plays on critical situations of third down and short yardage. The TD pass came when Westminster was on I he Anderson 21 with its' back against the wall, fourth down and seven. Bierbach, a right handed passer, ran to his left after being jammed up on the 35 yard line by a Raven bli'z.

The Titan co-captain threaded the needle on a sideline jump Franklin gridder did on defense. TD strike was from IT" yards away and the second from 13. Defensive MVP Bill Schrecengost is from North Apollo. Westminster got on the board early in the second period on a 10 play, 55 yard drive capped by Veres' one yard plunge. The PAT conversion by John Ebers- Rich Hancox paced the Titan defensive unit once again mak Rice scares UCLA: ing nine unassisted tackles, intercepting one pass and batting down another and receiving pass to Milliron good for the score.

Bierbach was hit immediately by three Ravens and re-injured the cracked rib. The PAT was added and it was a 14-0 contest with 6:36 seconds left to play in the first half. Anderson was forced to punt by Hancox and company and Titusville' Gene McNamara returned the boct for 24 yards to the 42 yard line of the visitors. Once again running of Veres and the passing and running of Bierbach enabled the Burrymen to ramble 58 yards for their final touchdown. Key plays in the drive were an 11 yard pass to Veres from Bierbach, a seven yard jaunt on a quarterback option and the TD strike to Milliron.

Ebersberger added his third PAT to make it a 21-0 Westminster advantage at the half. Both teams were engaged in a third quarter stalemate with Anderson threatening twice but never quite able to punch it acrcss. Anderson signal caller Man-ley got his once beaten Ravens in gear in the final session moving the ball club 72 yards on 12 plays capped by a three yard TD bomb and a two point conversion aerial to Warren Ferguson, a tight end. The Anderson defense watched Gene McNamara take over Bierbach's QB role after the TD and promptly forced the Titans to punt for the first time in the game. Manley and mates put together their second TD drive from 54 yards away.

This effort was capped by a five yard pass to Steve Bently. The two-point conversion was snared by Kirk Carpenter making it a 21-16 game with 4:36 seconds to play. Westminster fans cheered the arrival of Bierbach back at QB and the injured ace responded by guiding Titans to three straight first downs and killing all but 27 seconds of time Irish fall, 85-82 By STU CAMEN I night when UCLA started its UPI Sports Writer game against Rice minus star Take heart, future opponents forwards Sidney Wicks and of UCLA. You may not beat the Curtis Rowe. Both Wicks, the Bruins, but the defending Most Valuable Player in last NCAA basketball champions season's NCAA tournament just might beat themselves when the Bruins won their In 4 Of i A -i- 4 'A 1 some night.

fourth straight title, and Rowe, The remote possibility almost who had started all of his 61 turned into reality Saturday previous varsity games, made the mistake of showing up late at the team's pregame dinner. inis infraction resulted in Colleaiafe results By United Press International East Coach John Wooden benching his two stars at the start of the contest. Rice, taking advantage of its opportunity, twice pulled cut to nine tcint leads before Wooden decided, with a little less than 10 minutes remaining before halftime, that Wicks and Columbia 80 NYU 63 I i Rowe had learned their lessons or possibly how to tell time, UCLA Closes Deficit LIU 53 Hpfstra 89 Wilkes 75 Wake Forest 71 Temple 55 flarnon 84 Niagara 82. OT C. W.

80 NY Tech 64 With Wicks and Rowe in the game, UCLA closed the deficit one point at 43-42 with 1:30 Fordham 70 Pitt 58 69 remaining before the intermis Chyny St. 112 W. Chstr St Worried All Star sion and then reeled off 10 straight points to take a 52-43 ed real when the Anderson Ravens kept alive a drive and scored a TD and two point conversion moments after the picture was taken. The score was then 21-16 following the Anderson TD. Black-hurst was named on NAIA All Star for play this year.

halftime lead. From then on, it was no contest as UCLA breezed to a 124-78 victory for A mud-spattered Fred Klack-hurst stares unseeingly at the camera during fourth quarter play Saturday. Reason for Blackhurst's concern prov- its seccnd win of the season. yf- oM 'V Wicks, scoring 25 of his 29 points in the second half, and left in the contest. Manley's accurate arm carried his team from their own 24 to the Titans 12 yard stripe on three completions but Hancox came up with an interception on tha goal line to end the threat and give Westminster the National Championship victory.

Westminster ended the season with a 10-0 record and defeated a strong Edinboro team Dec. 5th to advance through the playoff bracket and set the stage for game with Anderson. Anderson compiled a 9-1 record and defeated Minot State of South Dakota Dec. 5th, 35-14, to earn the playoff shot with Westminster. Anderson was a two touchdown favorite to step the Syracuse 117 Rochester 69 West Vir.

101 Furman 95 Maryland 109 Buffalo 70 Tern 59 Navy 45 Lafayette 97 Mhlnbrg 79 Ynsstwn 89 Geneva 63 (Pa.) 89 Crnge-Mlln 80 Yale 94 Connecticut 80 Harvard 8 Dartmouth 78 Mass. 79 Vermont 68 Cornell 69 Penn St. 59 Vllnva 8i Prnctn 75. OT Fairmont 91 Wheeling 73 Army 82 VMI 47 South Rowe combined for 56 points. South Carolina's John Roche won his "shootout" against Notre Dame's Austin Carr, 32 Texas perfect; UPI sets Bowls 27, in leading the Gamecocks mH'--k iAWf' past the Irish 85-82; Mike Casey, out all last season with Steve a broken leg, tallied 25 points for fourth-ranked Kentucky in the Wildcats' 104-93 win over Michigan; and fifth-ranked TCU S9 Lovola (La 89 By United Press International Jim Bertelsen and Texas Coach Darrell Royal are the only 61 Mercer 46 has to worry about 79 Houston 58 ran finri a HnrL- HniiH hphinrl Titans.

Marquette posted its 43rd consecutive win at the Milwauk uii uie pi, ci ioc cMfu riot (keeping their feet every silver lining. eround. however. Westminster rushed for 174 Brftelsen 1.1T ee Arena by trouncing St. yards and Anderson 99.

The Ti Louis, 95-72. Penn Beats Navy Dave Wohl scored 20 points tans went to the air 16 times for eight completions good for three first downs and 104 yards. Anderson QBs tossed the foot- His Longhorns wound up the carried 30 times for 189 yards' vj uke TO season with a perfect record on and Worster added 121 yards on Kentuckv 104 Mich 93 Saturday by crushing 21 attempts, in Texas' victory Tulana 75 Citade 69 42-7, to gain a Cotton Bowl; which was left out of the bowlj; VaMosta gt berth against Notre Dame and scrdbIe desPlte a seasoD VanderbiU 74 Miami (O) 67 virtually clinch the national reF Aub'irn 91 Car. St. 85 Three other bowl teams 8q rnrd fifi for seventh-ranked Pennsylva lY'.

nia which overcame a stall by 4 Navy to beat the Midshipmen, 59-45; 7-foot Jim McDaniels' 34 points paced eighth ranked Western Kentucky past Univer- Louisiana state, lennessee ana Arizona a.aie so c.cseo. out. s3 Tex3S 1, But after the game was over, 'their seasons witn victories. 'ct Jos (Pa fDC) sity of California at Davis Rm-al was chnvvincr Viis rnnrprn pnrnpH an flranup Rnu'l inc. in.t.

75; ninth-ranked Utah State about how the victory would bid against hy levnKv c- ball 36 times and came up with 20 completions, two intercap-j tions and 244 yards. Both teams chalked up 15 first downs. Anderson was penalized 11 times for 102 yards and Westminster nine times for 70 yards. An estimated 7.000 fans crowded the stadium. A liberal sprinkling of Franklin and Titusville residents watched ex-Knights Bierbach, Blackhurst and Hancox.

Gene McNamara and Craig Strawbridge brought the Rocket followers to New Castle. Midwest mance against Notre Dame. nessee, in the Sugar Bowl along I fppl like this win hurts us with Air Fnrrp ralliprl in Hpfpat "arqustfe 85 St. Louis 72 used Marv Roberts' 26 points to beat Utah. 94-77; and 10th-ranked Southern California needed Paul Westphal's three free throws in the closing seconds of a second overtime period to down stubborn San Francisco, 83-80.

In other top games, 11th-ranked Kansas beat Eastern Kentucky. 79-65. 12th-ranked in getting readv for the Cctton UCLA, 28-17; Peach L- 77 Nrthvvstrn 61 Bowl," Roval said. ''It helps Arizona State finished a perfect 74 IIL 72 Notre Dame. Our problem is 10-0 season with a 10-6 victory (Wisconsin 114 Mich.

Tech 70 not with our players and not over Arizona; Houston battered Wsnetta 110 Mt. Union 89 with our coaches, but in trying Miami. 36-3, and Tu'sa beat st- 71 E- St. 63 to keep our fans' feet on the North Texas State. 26-20.

i Scutn Car- 85 Notre Dame 12 Rich Hancox (right) came clear across the field to make this tackle on Anderson running back Kirk Carpenter in second quarter play Saturday. Hancox lived up to the urgings of sign (top picture) that adorned New Castle's Taggart Stadium. The Westminster senior is president of (he Hillside dormi'ory. Strong pursuit ground." Indiana stopped Kansas State, 65, 16th-ranked Drake whipped 86 So. Dak.

St. 65 Nebraska 73 Iowa 71 Mich. St. 72 Toledo 62 Minn. 89 Iowa St.

69 fnlinno an 171 Only Bowl Games Now All that's left now are the bowl games. No. 16 Colorado (64) meets unranked Tulana 75-73. 13th-ranked Villanova got; Fullerton State, 101-57, 19th- by Princeton, 81-75, in over- ranked Duke was upset by Pre-iight iUn f. iu nan.

ou 14 (7-4) in time, 14th-ranked Florida State Virginia, 75-70, and 20th-ranked set a home court scoring record Illinois was stunned by Oklaho- CC Southern 57 clash, the Liberty Bowl, on St. Bon. 79 De Paul 68 in toppling South Dakota, 125-; ma, 74-72. talk 'rough1 RELAX THIS YEAit S.n,.', helper fef I Mr. be your Santa Claus f''-- i "cVsP" Saturday night at Memphis, Tenn.

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