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DETROIT FREE PRESSSUNDAY, SEPT. 8, 1985 3D Murray Wright upsets Northern prep football --V Special to the Free Press Detroit Murray Wright proved that underdogs sometimes bite. The Pilots opened their season Saturday with a 36-8 romp over conference favorite Detroit Northern in a Public School League Central Division game at Northern's home field at Martin Luther King. "It was a bit of an upset," said Murray Wright assistant coach Allah Young. IT WAS also revenge, since the Pilots' only conference loss last season was to Northern.

The victory also was a milestone for head coach Earl Moore, who beat Northern coach John Dean for the first time in four tries. "I'm overwhelmed," Moore said. "The team did a good job preparing for this game and I'm very proud of them. We showed what we are capable of doing." Murray Wright led 22-0 at the half and completed its scoring in the third fleld 0: Harrison romped behind quarterback Mike Mack, who threw for 131 yards and a touchdown. Harrison totaled 286 yards in offense.

Dearborn Fordson 18, Livonia Franklin 6: Fordson scored on three long touchdown drives. Quarterback Mike laquaniello scored on runs of one and five yards and threw a touchdown pass to Andy Salagan. Franklin averted a shutout when Sean McCusker hit Bob Solnikowski on a 24-yard pass on the last play of the game. Mt. Clemens Lutheran North 7, St.

Clair 7: John Robinson raced 35 yards for a touchdown and Greg Rancilo added the extra point with six minutes remaining, giving St. Clair the tie. Robinson finished with 95 yards on 13 carries. Dave Schmidt scored on a 39-yard run for Lutheran North. Ken Steele added the PAT.

Mt. Clemens 27, Warren Lincoln 14: Kevin Fullwood gained 205 yards on 14 carries and scored three touchdowns on runs of 54, 89 and 28 yards. Redford Thurston 8, Gibraltar Carlson 0: Dave Dietrich returned an interception 35 yards, and Kevin O'Conner hit Ron Russo with the two-point conversion pass in the second quarter for the only scoring. took control behind senior quarterback Craig Como, who passed for one touchdown, ran for another and booted a 31-yard field goal. Rickey Allen scored for Fraser on a one-yard run.

North Farmington 23, Plymouth Canton 0: North Farmington used a ball-control offense to win at home. The Raiders gained 151 yards on the ground, including 82 yards in 15 carries from Mike Brown, and 56 yards in seven carries from Steve Doss. Both players scored a touchdown. Mike Rudin returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown, and the Raiders held Canton to minus 45 yards rushing. Detroit Country Day 52, Bloomfleld Hills Cranbrook 13: Junior tailback Brian Stephens scored five touchdowns, all on short runs, and quarterback Charles Johnson completed nine of 14 passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns.

Country Day rolled up 319 yards in total offense. St. Clair Shores Lakeview 19, Rose-ville 13 (OT): Lakeview battled back from a 1 3-0 half time deficit and won its first opening game in 17 years. Senior tailback Paul Oliver did all the winners' scoring with runs of five, five and one yard. Farmington Harrison 28, West Bloom quarter before the Eskies scored their lone touchdown in the fourth quarter.

THE PILOTS were sparked by the passing of senior quarterback Joe Blan-kenship and a strong defense that contributed two touchdowns. Blankenship threw a 65-yard touchdown pass to his brother, Tony, a sophomore wide receiver, and a 20-yarder to tailback John Baldwin. Blankenship completed ni ne of 1 6 passes for 280 yards. Sophomore running back Chester Jackson scored on a 30-yard run, and totaled 110 of the Pilots' 230 rushing yards. The defense was led by Pat Eu-banks, who returned a fumble 30 yards for a touchdown, and by Kenneth Thornton, who scored on a 65-yard interception return.

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The Tigers have hired Hiller, 42, as a minor league pitching coach. He will go to the instructional league in Florida on Sept. 15, he said, "to get reacquainted with the game and get to know some of the guys." He'll start next spring as one of two minor league pitching coaches. Ralph Treuel did the job alone this season. Hiller, who pitched for the Tigers from 1965 to 1980, still owns the team record in saves 1 25) and games dian Sports Hall of Fame, and Tigers president Jim Campbell attended the ceremonies.

"He told me then that they had a job for me as a minor league coach," Hiller said. HILLER SAID he has no designs on a major league coaching job. He retired to be with his family, but his marriage ended in divorce. He remarried last February. (545).

But he has attended only one "I went through all those trips on the road before being separated game at Tiger Stadium last September since he retired May 30, for two and three weeks," he said. "It really disrupted my family life. 1980. "I've missed it (baseball) to the "I've found a good woman, and I point that it's still very difficult for don't want to be away. She met me when I wasn't a ball player and I just me to go to a game, especially at Tiger Stadium," Hiller said Friday.

"I walked past the mound (after the don know how it would work. The Hillers have purchased an apartment in Ann Arbor. They will game last September), and it really got to me. I guess I still think I could go out there and titch." Hiller set an American League record with 38 saves in 1973 two years after suffering a heart attack. The record stood until Kansas City's Dan Quisenberry saved 45 games in mm ziz 1 1983.

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7:30 A.M.-6 P.M. SUN. X.M.-5 P.M. MARINERS, from Page 1D But Thomas wasn't about to let go of baseball, which he says has always been his consuming passion. It took him more than a year, but Thomas is back playing every day as the Mariner's full-time designated hitter.

And he has resumed doing what he does best hitting baseballs into the seats. Going into Saturday night's game against the Tigers at Tiger Stadium, Thomas had hit 28 homers in 1985, putting him seven behind Carlton Fisk's league-leading total of 35. Thomas has 248 homers in 11 big-league seasons. "IT WOULD MEAN A LOT to me to win the home run title, Thomas said. "When you're a .229 career hitter like I am, you know you won't be winning any batting titles, so you might as well shoot for something that's attainable." If Thomas does catch Fisk, it would be his third home run title; he hit 45 in 1979 and tied for the top spot with Reggie Jackson when he hit 39 in 1982.

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