Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 11

lorence morning news Sunday October 8 1995 Sports Northwestern Upsets Michigan In Big 10 Story On 5B Braves move on to NLCS By Ed Shearer The Associated Press 1 ATLANTA The Atlanta Braves still trying to become best are back in the NL championship series for the fourth straight time red McGriff homered twice and drove in five runs as Atlanta overcame another shaky playoff performance by Greg Maddux to beat the Colorado Rockies 10 4 Saturday night and win the best of 5 series3 McGriff battling a 3 for 14 slump put the Braves ahead 4 3 with a two run homer in the third then added a solo homer in the fifth and a two run single in the sixth Atlanta opens the championship series at Cincinnati on Tuesday night sending Tom Glavine against Pete Schourek The Braves lost in the World Series in 1991 and 1992 then were eliminated by Philadelphia in the 1993 NL playoffs Maddux whose regular season record in three years with Atlanta is 55 18 been nearly as good in the postseason He got the victory Saturday night despite giv ing up 10 hits and two homers in seven i innings improving his playoff record to 2 2 with a 662 ERA in six starts i The Rockies who made the playoffs in i just their third year of existence again overcome their shaky pitching Dante three run homer in the third inning gave Bret Saberhagen a 3 0 lead to work with but the two time Cy Young Award winner hold it for even a half inning Marquis Grissom who had five hits and Mark Lemke singled in the bottom of the third and Chipper Jones drove them in with a double past left fielder Bichette who tried to make a diving catch McGriff then hit a 2 0 pitch over the left field fence The Braves stretched their lead to 6 3 in the fourth Ryan Klesko singled Charlie walked and Rafael Belliard was safe on a choice when second baseman Eric Young fielded his grounder and outran to the bag Young tried to turn a double play but threw wide of first allowing Klesko to score and Belliard to reach second Belliard later scored on double Saberhagen bothered by a sore right shoulder gave up six runs and seven hits in four innings fifth inning homer made it 7 3 and Maddux 19 2 in the regular season with a 163 ERA gave up a solo homer in the sixth to Vinny Castilla his third of the series Maddux struck out seven and walked none before leaving for a pinch hitter in the seventh By Mark A Haselden Morning News staff writer COLUMBIA Thank God for clocks At 3:53 pm on Saturday at Williams Brice Stadium time mercifully ran out on the Kent State Golden lashes but not before they had absorbed a 77 14 pummelling at the hands of the University of South Carolina USC 77 football team on homecoming at Kfnt 14 Carolina It was so bad that when the Gamecocks were in their three yards and a cloud of dust offense in the fourth quar ter it was more like five yards and a cloud of dust After all it was Kent a defense that surrendered 446 yards of total offense per game heading into contest South Carolina (2 3 1) finished with 544 yards including 351 through the air Steve Taneyhill and later Anthony Wright had their choice of receivers almost every time they dropped back to pass Taneyhill hit on 20 of 24 attempts for 263 yards and four touchdowns giving him 49 TD tosses for his career which ties a school mark set by Todd Ellis (1986 89) An offensive explosion South Carolina running back Duce Staley (19) runs for first down yardage in second quarter game action against Kent at Williams Brice stadium Saturday in Columbia Behind Staley is Kent's Dejon Young (93) and South Carolina's Jamar Nesbit (79) Other South Carolina player is unidentified The Gamecocks rolled past Kent in a non conference game 77 14 J4 Xu 1 Vk iW wk I if? 1 I Wr IN Virginia MarshallAP Gamecocks show no mercy in 77 14 romp over Kent reshman wide receiver Zola Davis was the bene ficiary of three scoring tosses two from Taneyhill and one from Wright to up his season total to seven TD catches tied for the team lead with Monty Means who caught one touchdown Saturday pleased me the most was how our kids went out and played with intensity for the whole use coacn tsraa bcott said thought we set a standard last week (against LSU) and the thing this time was was last week for real or were we just going to go out there and kind of slop around? This was a good The Gamecocks were anything but sloppy as they set a modern era school record for most noints scored in a game breaking the old mark of 73 set against Wichita State in 1980 It was 21 0 after the first quarter as Taneyhill had scoring passes to Means and Duce Staley and Reggie Alexander scored his first career touchdown on a 2 yardrun By halftime it was 35 0 as Hartsville native Lee Wiggins blocked a punt that Benji Young returned 17 yards for the score and Davis caught an 11 yard scor ing toss Many of the 66807 fans who leave for home or the state fair at halftime took an early exit in the third quarter a 35 point period for South Carolina The Gamecock defense tried to continue last standard as well holding Kent (1 4 1) to minus 20 yards rushing and 167 total yards knew we were a better team than what they USC defensive end Maynard Caldwell said even want to let them think that they could play with us We just wanted to show them that we were the better team right That fact was obvious from the beginning South Carolina scored touchdowns on its first five possessions before a Reed Morton field goal attempt hig the right upright and bounced away late in the second quarter then scored TDs on its first five pos sessions of the second half I know is every time (our defense) went out on the field (USC) Kent coach Jim Corrigall said not South Carolina returns to Southeastern Conference action next week at Starkville Miss against Mississippi State Georgia closes rivalry with close win over Tigers By Benny Benton Senior sports writer CLEMSON Georgia found a new hero and coach Ray Goff might have found job security The freshman tailback Torin Kirtsey delivered a gutsy and sterling performance against Clemson Saturday night rumbling for 195 yards in a 19 17 victory which brought an end to the great 100 year i ivalry between the schools Kutsev effort helped Georgia improve to 3 3and took some of the heat off Goff from unhappy alumni Torin was Goff said over and over after waids Be been to Clemson many times and seen few people get 195 ew have The yardage was the 11th highest ever allowed by a Clemson team i was finding holes to the back side and cutting I 1 1 MSO 17 Brian Dawkins said had a lot of arm lac kies a lot of missed Kirtsey the fifth different player to start at tailback in six games this year carried the ball 38 times in the game the most since Herschel Walker did so in 1982 he last time I carried the ball that much was in high school and I carry it that much back then Kirtsey said The whole offense did a great job The wide receivers were making key blocks the offensive line was holding people a little longer the quarterback was making good play fakes We were doing every thing Clemson meanwhile struggled to move the ball against Georgia The Tigers had entered the game averaging better than 425 yards per game offensively but managed just 235 against the knew coming in that they were ranked eighth in the country in running defense (92 yards per Clemson coach Tommy West said dis appointed though and I make no bones about it Our football team is crushed because of the effort they put into this The two teams were nearly equal in every catego ry through the first half and the scoreboard reflected that a 10 10 tie Georgia took over in the third period however holding Clemson to just 25 yards of total offense 20 of those on the final two plays of the quarter The Bulldogs meanwhile collected 133 yards in the quarter including 91 on the ground by Kirtsey alone Georgia managed to get just nine points out of it however and Clemson came back to score on Emory second TD of the game with 13:53 left in the game The Tigers got two more possessions to try and win the game but managed just 25 total yards on the two drives give Georgia the Smith said played a really good game They have a really good Bears hope to avoid being first victim By Denny Seitz Carolinas sports writer CHICAGO The expansion trap has been set but Chicago Bears coach Dave Wannstedt hopes none of his players will get lured into it The Bears 2 2 and coming off a bye week might be looking for a second straight easy week with the expansion Carolina Panthers in town for 1 pm kickoff at Soldier ield (OX TV) Wannstedt says that kind of thinking would lead to one thing however A loss need a said Wannstedt 19 19 as head coach of the Bears how or who is not important You hear me or any of our coaches and hopefully not any of our players use the word expansion team a big A trap maybe But still a reality The Panthers are a franchise that has never won a game coming woefully close twice and getting blown out twice in their first four games could easily be 2 2 instead of 0 right tackle Derrick Graham said Quick acts Gametime: 1 pm' TV: OX WLLY TV Hecords: Carolina 0 4 Chicago 2 2 Last week: Panthers lost to Tampa Bay 20 13 Bears had bye But not Head coach Dom Capers continues to shuf fle his players hoping to find the winning com bination The merry go round of player moves and depth chart changes continued this week with cornerback Tyrone Poole becoming the fourth rookie to earn a spot in the starting line up With NL trade deadline loom ing things are chaotic but normal around the training facility Rookie quarterback Kerry Collins continues to grow accustomed to his starting role while halfback Derrick Moore hopes to forget about his two fumbles last week and remember instead his 123 yard performance The Bears meanwhile are still hurting from the memories of a 34 28 setback against the St Louis Rams in their last game two weeks ago always graded by your last game and we said Bears safety Mark Carrier Capers knows no magic formula for success especially in the NL But he likes to think his team is on course to succeed hope that you have guys who are mak ing he said way you get better is to play We have a plan We know winning in the NL just happen by throwing a bunch of players out on the While the Panthers struggle through the intricacies of becoming a cohesive unit the Bears sit back and hope merely to escape what is perceived by many as a no win proposition If the Bears win it will be expected If they lose it will be disaster The pressure all on the Bears however The fellow expansion team the Jacksonville Jaguars last week won its first game in history putting a little pressure on the Panthers happy for Capers said I coach the Carolina Panthers and my con UAWGM500 Lineup a ONCORIJ NC llie lineup for UAW GM Quality 500 Winston Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway with driver residence type of cur and qualifying speed in mph: I Ricky Rudd Lake Norman NC ord Thunderbird LSO578 2 Ricky Craven Newburgh Maine Chevrolet Monte Carlo 79 850 Jeff Gordon Huntersville NC Chevrolet Monte Cai Io 179 65 4 Michael Waltrip Davidson NC Pontiac Grand inx 179 426 5 Mark Martin Daytona Beach la ord Thunderbird 179336 6 Morgan Shepherd Conover ord Thundetbird 179310 Todd Bodine Harrisburg NC ord Thunderbird 179 194 8 Terry labontc Archdale Chevrolet Monte Carlo 179 146 9 Bobby Hamilton Nashville Terut Pontiac Grand j4ix 179122 IB Ward Burton Scotuburs Va Pontiac Grand Pnx 178915 II Jeremy Mayfield GoodlettwiHe Tenn ord Thunderbird 178897 12 Dick Trickle Iron Station NC ord 178814 13 Jerf Burton Hubfax Va ord Thunderbird 178 8U8 14 Sterling Marhn Columbia Tenn Chevrolet Monte Carlo 178696 15 Joe Nemecliek lakeland la Chevrolet Monte Cado 178 6(17 In a bind Defending Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt will have to do some fancy driving today if he wants to stay alive in Winston Cup points standing Earnhardts took a provisional and will start from the 43rd spot at Charlotte Motor Speedway LORENCE MORNING NEWS.