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SpartansoutlastCougarsBYDANCALLAHANSWT Sports Editor

Salem's Tracy Butt kicked a32-yard field goal with just 2:38left to play to lock up an exciting17-7 football victory for theSpartans over the HomestandingPulaski County Cougars Fridayevening.

The victory upped the state'stop ranked Group AA school'to6-0 on the season, while PulaskiCounty's record is 4-2,1-0 in theRoanoke Valley District stand-ings. ;

Easily the largest crowd in thearea this season (approximately10,000) turned out to watch thetwo rivals battle it out in Ken-neth J. Dobson Stadium. Salemhas now won four straight in theseries between the two schools,but the Cougars hold the overalladvantage 8-5.

As usual, mistakes played ahuge role in the much antici-pated contest between two of thestate's most successful pro-grams.

Pulaski County dodged a bul-let in the first quarter when itlost a fumble on its first offensiveplay of the game.

But in the third quarter half-back Carl Lewis lost the handle,and Salem-was in business atthe Cougar 21, already up 7-0.

Five plays later Spartan quar-terback Tra Wilson hit KeithMoyer with a quick slant passfrom the seven-yard line for thetouchdown and a 14-0 Salem ad-vantage.

In what was expected to be anoffensive battle, the two teamsstruggled in a scoreless tie untillate in the first half. ,

Beginning at its own 11, Wil-son hit Brad Bradley with a bigthird down pass for 19 yards tomove the Spartans out of a holefor a first down at the 35.

Three plays later Wilson pas-sed to Bradley again, but stillfour yards short of a first down,however, the Cougars were pen-alized 15 yards for what wasjudged to be a late tackle, andsuddenly the Spartans were inbusiness at the Cougar 39.

Following a three-yard loss onfirst down, Wilson found Moyerrunning free through the middleof the PCHS secondary on acrossing pattern. The pass andrun play went for 42 yards andsix with 4:23 left in the half.

Pulaski Co.'s Andre Eavescame back with a big kickpff re-turn across midfield, but another15-yard penalty against theCougars for clipping resulted inthe ball being placed at theirown 15.

Following a Cougar punt,Salem tried to get on the, board

Staff photo by Donnis Walls

Over 10,000 fans poured into Kenneth J. Dobson Stadium Friday evening to watch Pulaski Co. battle Salem

Over 10,000 fans watch as rivals battleIt was disappointing for Pula-

ski County, no doubt, but all inall, it was a great night for highschool football in Kenneth J.Dobson Stadium Friday.

, A crowd likely in excess of .10,000 came early, and cheeredloud and often for their teams.There was emotion on the fieldand in the stands. It was a gameof considerable intensity as mostPulaski County-Salem gamesare.

Locker RoomDan Callahan

again inthe half. Wilson found ZachOwen running free down the leftsideline for a 42-yard gain to thePCHS 19, but on the,next playWilson tried to scramble freefrom a host of Cougar tackiers onan option play. The ball poppedloose and Eaves recovered forPCHS to end the threat and the

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It was not a perfectly playedgame by any means. Cougaroffensive players were particu-larly displeased with their per-formance, but the effort wasthere. Salemwonl7-7 when alate field goal in the fourth quar-ter locked up the issue afterPCHS had tried to make a thirdstraight come-from-behind rally.

The difference in the gamewas obvious. The Cougar secon-

•jjjr—dar3rallowed-a-big-play4ate4n—the second quarter, and a fumbleat its own 21 late in the thirdpaved the way for a 14-0 Spartanlead...too much to overcome thisnight.

The other major statistic inthe game was the number ofsnaps. Pulaski County* utilizingits new'winged-T offense to itsfullest, has benefited from its

, meaning e^eresults in a first down and con-tinued possession of the football.

This night, the executionseemed a little flawed. Salem'benefited from two fumble re-coveries, arid a penalty that .stopped another potential Cou-

Staff photo by Donnle Walls

Cougars Randy Dunnigan (60), John Akers knock the ball loose. Andre Eaves recovered the loose pigskin for PCHS

Cougar defense spending toomuch time on the field.

Still, it was Pulaski County'sfinest defensive effort of theseason. Salem tailback MarcusParker had averaged over 150yards a game. He got but 65, and

managed only 25,*But the Spartans utilized the

athletic ability of quarterbackTra Wilson, and an outstandingreceiving corps to make its bigplays.

As a result Salem controlled

laski GQunty fell far short of the60lnaps it has as a goal for eachgame. The Cougars finished with45 offensive plays, but 18 ofthem came in the final quarter, 'matching their number of playsfor the whole first half, and be-

ter to regain possession.The Cougars outgained the

Spartans on the ground 175-127,but the skill positions and thecostly third.quarter turnover

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Buckley, FSU intercept Va. Tech againORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Flor-

ida State's Terrell Buckley isjust halfway through his juniorseason and he's already worn outhis welcome with opposingteams.

Buckley intercepted two pas-ses Saturday, returning one 71yards for a touchdown, as top-ranked Florida State used bigplays to defeat Virginia Tech33-20 on Saturday.

"When is someone going todraft Terrell Buckley and gethim in the pros where he. bo-Ipngs?" Tech quarterback WillFurrer said. "He's just one of the

tion against Tech.Kevin Knox caught a 38-yard

touchdown pass and set up an-other score with, a 62-yard re-ception as the Seminoles exten-ded their winning streak to 12games.

Florida State (6-0) trailed in agame for the second straightweek, Jaut took a 2044 halftimelead on Knox's touchdown.

Furrer completed 21 of 39 pas-ses for 317 yards and a touch-down, but was intercepted threetimes.

"Florida State is explosive onoffense; but it is the defense that

best corners I've ever faced. We really makes them so great,"might start to say all-world." Virginia. Tech coach Frank

Itwasthesecpndveajr;inarQw Beamer said. "You can't turnBuckley scored on an intercep- over the football and give Florida

State good field position and ex-pect to win. We knew that goingin, but,it is hard not to turn overthe football' against a defensethat talented."

Buckley's touchdown gave; theSeminoles a H-7 lead early inthe second quarter. He laterpicked off his sixth interceptionof the season to equal the FloridaState career mark of 15 estab-lished by Monk Bonasorte from1977 to I960.

Buckley's interception-returntouchdown was his fourth,matching Deion Sanders' careermark at Florida State.

"Buckley's a dangerous kid,"Florida State coach ,Bpbj>y Bow-iden flaid. ,"T,he only, |h|ng,, heworries me. He gambles. ...• I al-

ways think he gambles toomuch."

Tech (2-4) held nearly everystatistical edge in the game,totaling 420 yards offense and 24first downs while Florida Statemanaged 343 yards and 19 firstdowns. .

"We made enough to win, butit wasn't sharp," Bowden said, "Itold our kids they did the num-ber one thing today and that waswin the game." \

The Hokies grabbed a 7-0 leadjn the opening five minuteswhen Michael Sturdivant andFurrer teamed on a' 45-yardtouchdown pass. ' '. Florida State tied the game7-7 late in the first quarter on

'Edgar Bennett's 8-yard TD tuft!

Tech bounced back from Buck-,ley's go-ahead touchdown anddrove 76 yards in 10 plays to tiethe game 1444 midway throughthe second quarter on TonyKennedy's 1-yard run.

Kennedy's touchdown was setup by a fake field goal try onfourth down at the 8 when ScottFreund ran 7 yards for a firstdown.

Knox, who caught four passesfor a career-high 132 yards,scored with 7:12 left in the halfto put Florida State ahead forkeeps,/"

Amp Lee, who gained 107yards on 16 carries, scored on a1-yard run and Weldon flipped a

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Cougars—Continued from page A10

half.Salem bad a big advantage in

total yards at intermission,173-8-1. That would change thesecond hair. PC1IS outgainedSalem 129-106 the.second hair,but it was too late by the timethe Cougar offense got crankedup, and field position was poormuch'of the time. .

Following the costly fumble,and the second scoring pass toMoyer, Pulaski Co. got itsoffense untrackcd.

The Cougars Kad to overcomea holding penalty, but stillmoved 80 yards in 11 plays topaydirt.

Starting frpm its own 20, half-back J.J. Housel zipped for 11 tothe 32. Housel got five more onthird down for a first and 10 atthe 37.

Wingback Rocky Huff slicedthrough the Spartan defense for14 yards on the next play> and apersonal foul on Salem movedthe pigskin to the Spartan 34.

Huff got five more to the 29,and Housel three.to the 26, buton third down Housel wasthrown for a two-yard loss backto the 28.

PCHS called a timeout, and onfourth and four quarterbackBrad Burrus hit tight end JohnAkers down the hash with a passand run that covered 26 yards toa first and goal at the Salem two.

On second down Cougar full-back Eric Yates slipped free ofSalem linebacker Shame Milesin the end zone. Burrus spottedhim for the touchdown. BrianDuncan's conversion kick cut themargin to 14-7 with 7:39 left toplay.

Following the kiekoff, Salembegan at its own 23. The biggestplay of the possession came onthird and three. Wilson kept on abootleg around the right side for16 yards to the 46.

Two first downs later, it wasfirst and goal from the nine. TheCougar defense held, throwingSalem for (six yards in losses onthe next three plays, but Buttcame through from 32, and the10-pdint margin with just 2:39left decided the issue.

Pulaski Co. was pleased withits defensive effort, but found itsoffensive performance lacking.

"The fumble at the 21 killedus," said Cougar head coacli Joel

Hicks. "We had started that pos-sesion at,our own nine, but hadmoved for a first down, and itwas second and three. Withoutthe fumble we would have beenfirst down again. With the scorejust 7-0 we felt pkay. We hadconfidence that we were going toget moving on offense. It -lookedlike we were on that possession.We laid the ball on the groundtwice tonight, and lost it bothtimes. You just can't do that."

Two-way up front performerDane Eller was a little puzzledwith his team's performance.

"The fumble hurt bad, and wehad too many penalties. I don'tknow why. Maybe we were toocharged up to play. The defenseplayed a lot better, but we had toplay so much defense at badspots on the field. We just wer-en't as sharpe as we have beenon offense. Salem has an okayteam, but we always seemed tobe a key off on offense," said El-ler.

Huff-echoed Eller's feelings."The defense played well I

thought, and we need to keepgetting better, but I'm dis-appointed with how we playedoffensively. I don't know why,but we weren't ap quick to-night...not sharpe like we havebeen.

"Salem has a good team, butnot as good as E.G. Glass, and Ithink Danville is much better. Ididn't take nearly as many toughhits as against Danville. Wewere just off. I'd like to play thisone again, but it doesn't matter.We've got to get back on track forFleming next week," said Huff.

Hicks hopes his team hasHuffs attitude.

"That one is over. We can'tponder it. I know the kids thinkthey could do better, and I think

. they could too, but we need tojust forget about it. Salem is abig game for us, but it's not anRVDgame.

"This game was for show .'Nowwe're going to play for the doe.Next week we go to Roahoke toface William Fleming. I knowthey didn't get off to a good start,but that won't matter. It'll be adogfight just like it always is. It'sa big game in the RVD for us.We're not going to waste ourtime hanging our heads over thisone: We've got t<rget ready fornext Friday," said Hicks.

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Pulaski Co. quarterback Bradt Burrus fires to fullback Eric Yates (44) in the end zone for 4th quarter touchdown

UVa can't hold lead, stillgets 20-20 tie at Clemson

GLEMSON, S.C. (AP) —Neither Clemson nor Virginiagot what they wanted Saturday.

The 18th-rahked Tigers didn'tavenge last season's first-everloss to Virginia. And Virginiadidn't come away with its firstvictory in 17 tries at Clemson.

What the Atlantic .Coast Con-ference teams settled for was a2Q!-20tie.

Clemson's Nelson Welch mis-sed three of five field-goal at-tempts, but hit the one thatcounted most — a 40-yarderwith 46 seconds left to tie it up.

Michael Husted made two ofthree for Virginia, but missedthe one that mattered most — a34-yarder that Wayne Simmonsgot a hand on as it climbedtoward the goal post with five se-conds left.

"We had a middle blockcalled," Simmons said. "Thatmeans ..: I come from the secondrow, a standing start! I timed myjump'and hit the ball. I'm not

Moments earlier, Welch didhis best — and that, top, wasgood enough. Before lining up forthe tying field goal, Welch gotrapped on the helmet by quar-terback DeChane Cameron.

"I might have made him alittle bit more tense than healready was," Cameron said. "Itold him, 'Come on, we've got tohave it, baby.' But my tone ofvoice was the wrong tone ofvoice. . ' ' : ' • ' ;

"But he made it. I guess mytone of voice is what got him go-ing. I feel like if it's going to takethat every week, by golly 111 doit."

Welch, a redshirt freshman,wasn't bothered at all by Camer-on's "words of wisdom."

"I just knew I had to put it in,"Welch said; "I just wanted toconcentrate. It was a bad day forme. I'm just glad I came throughat the end . when we reallyneeded it."

The tie left Glemson 3-1-1

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Chop! Chop! Braves rout Pirates, take 2-1 series leadATLANTA (AP). — Chop!

Chop! Braves on top!With Ted Turner and fiancee

Jane Fonda leading the chantsand cheers, the Atlanta Bravesrewarded their faithful Saturdayby swarming all over Pittsburghand seizing control of the NLplayoffs.

With 50,905 frenetic fansswinging tomahawks, Greg Ol-son, Ron Gant and Sid Breamswung home-run bats as theBraves won a postseason gamein Atlanta for the first ever,pounding the Pirates 10-3 for a2-1 edge.

Not a first-pitch home run byOrlando Merced, not JohnSmiley's great record in the day-time, not anything could denythe Braves and their boosters.

"This park has been good to usall year," Olson said. "We reallydidn't hit the ball, well in Pitts-burgh, and we were hoping wewould come back to Atlanta andhit the ball like we've been allyear.*' .

They did. Olson connected tocap a four-run first inning, Ganthomered in the seventh and,after Alejandro Pen a again ru-shed to the rescue, Bream hit athree-run shot in the eighth.

By then, the Braves' war chantwas louder than ever. It starteda half-hour before the game, andif the Pirates did not know theywere in trouble then, it. didn'ttake long to find out.

John Smoltz, baseball's bestpitcher since the All-Stai- game,

struggled but survived to win hisseventh straight' decision. Thefans, led Turner, had an old-fashioned Southern ball.

"I did notice Ted doing thechop, and it's great for him,"Smoltz said. "He's been a laugh-ing joke for so long with this'team."

Pena, who preserved Atlanta's1-0 victory in Game 2 by keepingthe tying run at third base, re-lieved with the bases 16aded inthe eighth and the score 7-3. Heretired Merced on a.foul pop on a'3-1 pitch and got Jay Bell, whoalso homered earlier to look at acalled third strike.

Pena, perfect in 13 save chan-ces since the Mets traded him toAtlanta on Aug. 29, ran off thefield and so did the rest of theBraves. That got the fans evenmore excited, and they begantheir celebration an inning early.

"My newly invented special:the -double tomahawk chop,"Fonda said, swinging both armsover her head.

Near Turner and Fonda in theowner's box, former presidentJimmy Carter and wife Rosalynnalso swung away.

Turner saw his team win forthe first time this year. He wat-ched three early losses, and leftanother with the Braves trailing6.-0, a game they rallied to win.Down the stretch, Turner stayedaway, fearing he was a jinx.

"I've had the team for 17 yearsand we've never won a playoffgame," Turner said. "It's been

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Atlanta's Greg Olson is greeted by teammates after 1stinning two-run homer

Twins take 2-game leadTORONTO (AP) — Another

Dome dandy by Jack Morris andMike Pagliarulo's power has theMinnesota Twins within a gameof the World Series.

Morris pitched the Twins pastthe Toronto Blue Jays 9-3 Sat-

i urday night to give Minnesota a3-1 lead in the AL playoffs. A vic-tory Sunday in Game 5 wouldput the Twins in the Series forthe second time in five seasons.

The Twins silenced the selloutcrowd of 51,526 in the SkyDomewith four runs in the fourth in-ning, sparked by Kirby Puckett's426-foot solo homer leading offagainst loser Todd Stottlemyre.

Pagliarulo, a surprising playoffhero, had an RBI single and DanGladden capped the inning witha two-run single.

Pagliarulo, who won Game 3with a stunning pinch homer inthe 10th inning, added an RBIdouble in the' .Twins' two-runsixth. He also made a divingback-handed stab of RobertoAlomar's low liner to third in thefifth. All this from a guy nobodywanted last winter — except theTwins.

Toronto took a 1-0 lead in thesecond on Pat Borders' RBIsingle. Morris then got tough un-til Borders' run-scoring double inthe sixth, . ' . V , ^-' *..-

Sgndlot Football Roundup

Pee Wee Rains score big winThe Riverlawn Pee Wee Rams

captured at least a share of theirsecond straight Pulaski Countyregular season crown with a 17-6win over the Pulaski RedRaiders. .

Riverlawn's win knocked theRed Raiders from the unbeatenranks, the regular season crown,and first round playoff bye.

Instead, the Pee Wee Ramshave the first round bye andhome field (Dublin MiddleSchool) for the championshipgame to be played November 29,6 p.m.

Pulaski and Dublin. Cowboysplay Tuesday in the league regu-lar season_finale,_with the win-ner getting home field for thefirst playoffgame.

Pulaski could tie for first witha win, but cannot be home teamin the final due to a tie arid lossin head to head games againstRiverlawn. .

Phillip Rupprecht got River-lawn on the board with a safety.

Following a Red Raider tur-

In the previous game againstRural Retreat, Branch scored ona 60 yard interception return,giving him five consecutivetouchdowns in by differentmeans.

Branch has 156 points in allgames this season, a new leaguerecord, breaking Tywan Brown'smark of 135, set last season.

Ironically, Riverlawn's J.R.Brown scored on a 74-yard run tobecome Pulask County's all timesandlot scorer since records be-gan in 1985. Brown has 216 ca-reer points, two more than ChrisHendricks (214). Carl Lewis(213), Brown (201) .and Andre

- Eaves- (190) -round-out-the-top-five.

Branch's 26 in one half estab-lished! a new mark, but short ofthe game scoring record of 36 byChris Hendricks, in 1987,

Nick Yates scored.the PAT forRiverlawn and Donovan Payneadded a fumble recovery.

Brad Anderson had two inter-

saoi't Hams"-" drive" with- a oiST"yard dive and Minter ran in thetwo point conversion for a 10-0halftime cushion.

The Rams scored again in thesecond half when Chris Suttlecarried in an 18 yard score andSuttle got the PAT,

The Red Raiders scored on a45 yard sweep late in the gameby Travis Roop, who set up hisown score with a fumble re-covery.

Rupprecht had a fumble re- ,covery and Alonzo Morton aninterception for the Rams.

Meanwhile, the Pulaski BlueRaiders clinched the Junior re-gular season crown lock, stockand barrell with a 32-7 win overthe Riverlawn Junior Ram?.

After the Blue Raiders andDublin close out the regularseason Tuesday, 7 p.m. at CalfeePark, the Rams and Chiefs willplay October 22, at DMS, in thefirst round playoff game.

Ron Branch scored four,firsthalf touchdown for the BlueRaiders.

. First, a 70 yard kickoff returnto'Open the'game. Second* a-72yard run; third, a 40 yard puntreturn,

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called 'Loserville' for goodreason.". Pittsburgh's loss further com-pounded its problems. Game 1winner Doug Drabek cannotstart Sunday night because of a

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hamstring injury, ,and Piratesmanager Jim Leyland said hisace is "iffy" for Game 5 Monday.Instead, Randy Tpmlin (8-7) willface Atlanta's Charlie Leibrandt(15-13).

Meanwhile, the Pirates, thebest road team in the majors thisyear at 46-32, fell to 0-7 in At-lanta.

"They've got the hatchets.They're boisterous. That's whatit's all atout," said Leyland, whotook a morning flight to Atlantaafter his wife gave birth Friday.."That chop thing, that's great.But I don't think it had anyeffect on our team."

Whatever, Barry Bonds, Bo-bby Bonilla and Andy Van Slykefailed to drive in any runs for thesecond straight game.

That was partly because ofSmoltz. He was baseball's topwinner since the All-Star break,going 12-2, and he won his se-venth consecutive decision.

Smoltz overcame a cold andMerced's line drive homer on thefirst pitch.— the first home runoff Smoltz in 96 1-3 innings —before leaving in the seventhafter Bell's solo shot.

'Momentum and emotion runin funny ways, and right now it'son our side," Smoltz said.

Games in Atlanta usually arehigh-scoring, and Leylandpicked Smiley, a 20-game win-ner, to start because of his 8-1record in day games. But beforeSmiley got to look at the Braves,he and the rest of the Piratessaw the fans.

The'drum beats began a half-hour before the game, and thechants and tomahawks swunginto action. Nearly every Pitts-burgh player went to the top step

of the dugout to survey thescene.

Smiley had said he would use"tunnel vision" to block out thecrowd. Instead, the only tunnelhe saw was the one leading tothe showers.

Merced's homer quieted thefans, for a moment. Then, withtwo outs in the bottom of thefirst, the Braves broke loose, justlike always.

Atlanta, which scored only tworims at Three Rivers Stadiumthis week, had scored in the firstinning in eight of its last 13home games. The Braves did itagain when Gant, David Justiceand Brian Hunter hit consecu-tive doubles.

Then Olson homered deep toleft field and circled the baseswith arms spread wide. It cameon his sixth wedding anniver-sary and marked his first homerun since Aug. 10. All seven ofOlson's home runs this year havecome in Atlanta.

"This park has been real goodto its," Olson said. "We reallydidn't hit the ball well in Pitts-burgh."

Lonnie Smith, O-for-10 in theseries, was hit by a pitch withtwo outs in the second inning. Hewas caught off base by Smiley,but Merced threw wildly to se-cond base, and Smith laterscored when NL batting cham-pion Terry Pendleton doubled forhis first hit of the playoffs.

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Saturday, Oct. 1!Mraneioti (Morrii 18-12) at Toronto(Stottlemvnl5-B),(n)

• Tueiday.OctlSToronto at' MinneioU; 8:37 p.m,, if new-«ary

Wcdneidny.Octl?Toronto at MinneaoU, 8:37 p.m, Ifnecei-lary '

National LeagueWedneidey,0ct9PiUaturgh 5, Atlanta 1

Thuriday,Ott.lOAUintal.PitUburghb

8aturday,0ctllAUanU 10, PitUturgh 3, Atlanta leadi

Georgia Tech 34, Maryland 10Jamei Madiion 55, Towaon SL 31LSU70.ArkanMiSL14Liberty 20, Delaware SL 9La. Tech 12, South Carolina 12Martha!) 38, Furmon 35Mlaml26,PcnnSt.20MlailiilppiSL 31, Kentucky 6North Carolina 24, Wole Forest 10Tulaa34,SWLouiiiana20 .Virginia .20, Ctaion 20, tieWilliam 4 Mary 40, VM126SOUTHWEST'

Arkantai 23, Houston 17Ncbnuka 49, Oklahoma SL 15Rice 20, Baylor 17T»» 10, Oklahoma 7Texai Tech 38, Southern Meth. 14MIDWEST

Bowling Green, 45, Ohio U. 14Cincinnati 38, Kent 19UlinoUlO.OhioSU

, Indiana 44, North»ciUro 6Iow»10,\ViiconiinCKani«iSCl6,Kaniail2Michigan 46,Michigan St 28Notre Dame 42,:Pittiburgh7

;/.T4(unlftr, * ,„ .. ,'„, .».Ari»auiSt24,OregonSt.7 - •

BYU3l,T«ai.BlPaeo29Colorado 56, Miecottri 7USC34,WaihragUraSt27Stanford 56, Cornell 6 •JJUh 57, Wyoming 42Waihragton 48, Toledo 0

FSU33,Tech20Florida St " 7 13 « 0-41

Virginia Tech 7 7 0 6-20VT—Sturdivant 46 pui from Furrcr

(WilliamiHch)FSU-BennettS run (Moorey kick)FSU—Buckley 71' interception return

(MowreykicMVT-Kennedy 1 run (Wllllanu Uck)FSU-KnM 38 put from Weldon (kick

failed)FSU-Lee 6 run (kick failed)FSU-UJohnMn 1 put from Weldon

(Wimbe'rlykick)VT-Bryanl 1 nn (pan failed)A-58,991.

uihei-yardi 41-67 26-103ailing 263 260eturaYardi 13 152omp-AU-Int 24-38-1 16-304)unta Ml 3-33umblei-Loit 2-0 1-1cnaltie.-Yardo 3-16 11-124imeor Pound n 30:02 21:58NDIVIDIJALSrATISTICflDSIIING-Pcm SL, Andenon 10-50,lammonda 3-15 McDulBe 1-12, Collini•10, Gaih 3-6nnui 2), Sacca 16-(mlnuiBX Miami, L.Iaomaa 1-33, McGuire4-33, Patton 6-3 i/TorrclU 6-5.PASSlNC-Prin St, Sacca 24-33-1-263.

Miami, Torrelta: 6-30-0-260.HECEIVING-Pam St, McDufflc 8-104,

Irayton 4-51, "Smith 3-15, Andenon•37, Gaih 2-20, jiBana 2-11, Moacr 1-13,Ingram 1-8, Brily 1-4. Miami, Cdpeland•106, Spencer 4-19, Moore 3-35, LTnomai-42, Bell 1-17, P itton HI. McGuire 1-10.

NASCARNEW YORK (AP) - the 1991 NASCARWuubm Cup itock car ichedule:

OcL 20—AC Dclco 60(1, North Canlinalotor Speedway, Rpckingham. N.C.Npv. 3-^Checker 600, Phoenix Interns-

tianaHlflCcway/PhoeniK.Nov. 17 — Atlanta Journal 500, Atlanta

Kolor Speedway, Hampton, Ca.

NFL StandingsAUTImc.EDTAMERICAN CONFERENCEEaet

n L T Pet PF PA6 1 0 .833 168 1483 3 0

fay19

38-157

VT24

42-100320

89 2513-31-1 22-104

MO' 0-0

9-10027:38

P-372-1

7-183222

recovery for the Blue Raiders de-fense.

The Dublin Chiefs clobberedWoodlawn, 32-14, as Zack Lin-kous ran over 100 yard on threetouchdown runs.

Robbie Hamblin and RyanBrockmeyer also scored touch-downs for the Chiefs, withBrockmeyer adding a two point,conversion. •

STANDINGS: (LEAGUE >&NON-LEAGUE)

PEE WEERiverlawn Rams, 2-1-1, 7-1-1;

Pulaski Red Raiders 1-1-1,8-1-1;Dublin Cowboys, 1-2-0,5-2-0.

JUNIORPulaski Blue Raiders, 3-0-0,

.14-0-0; Riverlawn Rams, 2-2-0,7-2-0; Dublin Chiefs, 0-3-0,3-4-0.

LEADING SCORERS:PEE WEEDorian Hendricks 53, Troy

Minter 40, Bobby Peaslee 25,Adam Roop 24, Chris Suttle 20,Lorenzo Walker 20.'? .

JUNIORRon Branch 156, Shawn Law-

son 116, J.D. ̂ Alters 75, ShaneCallahan 51, Donovan Payne 50,Zack Linkous 48.

____ . U 40p.m.Monday, Oct. 14

Pittaburgh (Drabek 15-14 or Walk t-2) atAtlanta (GUvine 20-11), 3:07 p.m. •

Wcdneiday.0cl.16AOanta at Ktlakurjb, 3:07 p.m. or 8:37pjn.,ifnmnary

Thuraday.0ct.17 ,Atlanta at Kttabunb, 8:37 p.m. If necet-lary

FintdoraiRuahea-yardaFailingReturnYarda,Comp-AU-IntPuntaFumblea-LoetPenalliea-YardaTimeofPoaenionINDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING-Florida St, Lee 16-107, Bennet! 11-60. Jackton 3-15, Moon 1-3, Wel-don 7-tainu. m Virginia Tech, Bryant12-58, Hebron 9-29, Pomdentcr 6-9,-F«Und_.li6, tfarnr K.O, Kjnne.ly10-(tnlnua2).

PASSING-Florida St., Weldon13-31-1-186. Virginia Tech, Furrcr21-39-3.317, Woolen 1-1.0-3.

BECBIVING-Florida St, Knox 4-132,Baker 3-27, Lee 2-5, K.McCorvey 1-9, Frier1-7, Hart 1-5, Uohnaon 1-1. VirginiaTech, Freeman 4-86. Sandsn 343. Danlela3-37, Campbell 3-22. Poindeiter 2-28.Hodgei 2-tainui U Sturdivant 1-45,Riven MS, DeShaio 1-12, Hebron 1-4,Bryant 1-3.

Clemson 20, UVa 20

(Huitedkiek)VA-FO Huited 32Clem-WiUiams 66 run (Welch kick)VA-Holmei 23 pan from Blundin

(Hulled kick)Clem-FC Welch J2VA-FCHuitcd47Clem-Harrti 1 run (Welch Uck)Clem-FO Welch 40A-83,000.

3 3

4 1 03 2 0

BuRalo:MiamiN.Y.JelaNew England 2 4Induuiapolia 0 6Central 'Houtton 'PittiburghClevelandCincinnati .WestDenverKaniaiCityLARaideraScatUoSan Diego

.500 120 122

.600 120 112

.333 66 111

.000 43 134

.800156 69

.600 115 1042 3 0 .400 72 690 5 0 -'.(JOO 68 136

2 00

.667 12S.107

.667 98 693 3 0 .500.911083 3 0 £00 111 861 5 0 .167 97 12T

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEaat

» L T PctPF PA6 0 0 1.000 189 654 2 0 .6671151133 3 0 400 95 933 S 0 .600 90 803 3 0 .600 92 106

WashingtonMMN.Y.CiantiPhiladelphiaPhoenixCentralDetroitChicago •MinneaoUGreat'BayTampa Bay

E 14 22 41 51 5

0 .833 128 1190 .667 97 1110 .333 69 1060 .167 83 1160 .167 73113

WeatTNewOrleani 6 0 0 1.000121 47Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 62 88

3 0 ,400 73 1093 .400 95 69

Weil Springfield 34, Oakton 20Robinion 16, Lake Braddock 14W.t. Woodion 14, T.C. Williams 7Faiifai 42, Wuhington-Lee 7Annan dale 45, J.E.B. Stuart 20Fall» Church 33, WakcBcld 21Yortlown 35, Mount Vernon 6Car-Field 28, Stafford 0North Stafford 10, Potomac 7O.bourn Park 34, Junea Wood 6Woodbridgc 28, Fauquicr 6CentreriUe 10, SJ-Manaatai 7Cnvc SpriDg4G, Franklin Co. 0William Fleming 35, Heritage 0Salem 17, Pulukl County 7GW-Danville 30, Albcmarle 0Hall fai County 28, E.C. Glaia 6Tabb41,BrutonOYork 16, Poquoion 14Southampton 27, Lakeland 21Matoaca 8, Brunswick 0Nettonay 53, Bluettone 14Chancellor 17, Courtland 10Orange 27, Jamci Monroe 26Spotaylva:.^ 30, Culpeper 12Cc4chUu'd21,I/iuiul4Oiboura 36, Broad Run 0HnrriMnburg 26, Broadoay 13

Spot«wood21,FortDeEancel5Turner Aahby 45, Wayneiboro 18W. Albemarte 27, ChsrlotUavlllt 7aE.Lee35,StuaitiDralt2l)Northtide 17, William Byrd 14Creenbrier, W.Va. 27, AUeghany 7Band! 33, Cretan 15Chatham 24, Dan River 6Tunitall 37, Laurel Park 28Martiniville 28, Magna Villa 13AltavUta 12, Buciingham 6Ruitburg47,Amhent21 ,Brookville 48, Staunton River 10JelTenon Fore«t21, Liberty 0William Campbell 13, Nelion County 7Gale City 46, John BaUle 7Virgmia 20, Marion 13Abingdon24,TueoellHLee 12, Powell Valley 6ChriiUamburg % Botetourt 0Radford30,GileiaCamll County 35, Floyd County 13Nandua 37, Chincbteague 16Kuei 48, Northumberland 19Middciei 33, King & Queen 6Bappahannock 14, LancaiUr 6WtL-Montrou 56, Mathewa 16Surry County 21, New Kent 6

Suaaes Central 76. Welt Poinl6Wlndnr 50, Arcadia 0Page County 22, Stnuburg 14, OTWooditock Central 34, Manama Park 0Fli- ina 42, Prince Edward County 13Liuenburg Central 46, Amelia County

12 . - •PoBhatan 55, Randolph-Henry 13Buflalo Gap 7, Luray6Madiaon County 47, Riverheada 12William Monn» 50, Wilion MenuricJ 7Rural Retreat 15, Chilbowie 13CaiUenoodl2,HoU»nOPH-Glade26,GW-Wythevillel4Port Chiiwcll 26, Auburn 2Grayion County 35, Galai 7Petentown, W.Va. 22, Narrowa 12Parry McCIucr 41, Jemei River 12Lenngton 44, Craig County 0Covington 14, Natural Bridge 0Glcnvar29,Rockridge6'Bath County 40, Frankh'n, W.Vc. 20Hayri 8. Garden 0Honaker61,Northwoodl2PocahontaJ 40. Shswiville 14Cocburn49,St.Paull4Appalachia46,HyeCove6Clintwood31,KrvintanS

Oaturday.0ct.19National League champion at AmericanUague champion, 829p.m.

Sunday, OcL 10NLatAL,8:40pm.

ALatNL,8:29pjn.Wedneaday.OctU

AI,atNL,8:26pjn.Thur«day,Ort.J4

AL at NL, 8:26 pjn., ifnecenaryBaturday.Oct.M

NL at AL, 8:26 pm, ifnecenarySunday, Oct. 87

NL at AL, 8:40 pjn.. If neeewary

College FootballEASTAir Force 46. Navy S

BmtoB College S3. Louiivillc 3ClUdclJO.AmyHConcord21,FaimnitSt,16Sail Carolina 23, Syracuae 20fordham 14, Harvard 7Holy Cnaa 23, DartnouUi 6New tlampahln 94, Richmond 0Princeton 59, Brown 37RutgeMO, Maine 17W«tVirBmlalO,TeiDpl«9WuipU17,GlcnvuleSt.l5Y»l««,CcJpl«r , ,

" "

Fintdowni .Ruahea-yardaPaaaingReturn YarchCcmp-Att-IntPunta ,Fumblw-LootPenalUea-YanlaTinuofPoaaeirion

Va Clem21 22

38-113 58-315241 196

11 7515-35-0 15-23-1

6-42 3-332-1 24)

040 6-5027:69 32.01

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSHUSHINC-Vlrgtnia, Kirby 17-61, Fiiher9-26, Clemion. Wttllami 20-185, Ilarrii26-102. ,

PASSING-Virginia, Blundin15-34-0-241, Goodman 0-1-0-0. Clemion,Cameron 14-22-1-169, Moneriefl-l-fl-37.

EBCBIVINq-Vlrgtala, SaUla 6-83,Kirby 4-56, Hobnea 3-69. demon, Wil-liam 4-57, Smith 4-56, Ryana 3-38.

Miami 26, PSU 20

AWi«aa«2,Tul*neOAppalachian St. 21, ETSU 14Auburn 24, Vandertllt22

' ,j!.K«iU)Ciy37,W.Kentudiy22BnMry*«epry21,Uam-3y<n»yOPemjm81,auillbrdUFlorida 3U 33, Virgmia Tech 20fleonria37,Mlnl«lppin

PmnSt. ' 8 S 7 7-10Miami 1 SU S-»

Mia-FOHu«it«24PS-FGFaviUOPS-FOFayak48Mla-FCHueia46Hlt-Copelani 80 paaa from Torretta

(Hiurtaklek)Mla-K.Willl«o« 91 punt return

(HutrUkic.) ,/ ,, P8-T.8niUhi/»»aafr»mS6«a(F«y«kkick) t \ r ^ - i ^ ,

Mla-L.Thomii 42 pans from Torretta(kick filled)

PS-TJmiUi 1 pw from Ban* (Fayakkick) , >

A-75,723.PS Hit

Fintdowni ' 25 H

LARanu 2San Franciico 1Sunda/eCameiDalluM. Green Bay 17

Houiton 42, Dinver 14Miami 20, Net England 10Detroit 24, Ml) neuU 20Kew York Jeta 17, Cleveland 14Tampa Bay 14 Philadelphia 13Seattlel3.Cinannatl7Waahington 20, Chicago 7NewYorkGlaita20,Phoenlx9San Diego 21, 'M Angelei Raidera 13

Monday1! Ca noKinuuCity33, iiuToloS

Sunday, OcL 13ClnftanaU at Dalai, 1p.m.

Cleveland at V aihington, 1 pjn.Indianapolii ai Buflalo, 1 p.m.NewOrleaniHPhllBdelphia,lpmPhMoUatMfcncMU.lp.in.San Diego at Loi Angelei RanH, 4 p.mMiami at Kaniae City, 4p.m.Houitan at Ne n York Jtta, 4 pm.Atlanta at San Franciico, 4 pm..Lol Angelei Ri iden at Seattle, 7:30 p-m.OPEN DATEi Chicago, Denver, Detroit,

Creep Bay, New England, Tampa BayMonday, Oct 14

New York Clanli at PitUburgb. 9p.m.

High Shool FootballHcnrico24,V«rinal4IlujhlandSpringa 31, Lee-Davii 19Armitrpng 21, JFK-Hiehinond 8TJ-Richmond 19, Alice 0 'Hopewell 7, Colonial Heigbti 6Thomea Dale 7, Mancheiter 0Petersburg 36, Meadowbrook 6Dinwtddio 35, Prince George 26Hermitage 23, Doiigtaa Freeman 0JahnManhal)).3,J3.Tucker6Milli Godwin 21, PH-Aihland 20Huguenot 47, Clover HiUOUoyd Bird 34, GW-Richmond 13Monacan 12, Midlothian 7Bay>ide35, FrankCoxlJFint Colonial 35, Kempiville 19CnanBun20,KeUiiml3 'Salem-Va.Beaen 14, Princeai Anna 7Granbyl8,BookerT6Maury32,Norvtew3Bclhel20,l'hoebull9Denbigh 32, Warwick 22Kec«ughtan42,LafayetU21Indian RIvorJS.DEep Creek 210*c«rSnulh7,H»uor6Weitero Branch 38̂ Great Bridge IWoodroa WBwa 32,'Cradock 0Ungley27,Chantil)yOGeorge Manhall 21, McLean 0Lea-Springaeld26,IIayfield3Welt Potomac 40, JelTenon 13

CallahanContinued from page A10

were the difference this night.Salem went up top for 152

yards and both its touchdowns.It was the third straight gamethe Cougars had tried to over-come a double digit deficit, butthat's living ori-the raged edge,and the string ran out this night.

The Spartans used their talentto its best advantage against aPCHS secondary that is ex-tremely small physically, con-tains all first year starters, afreshman and a sophomore.

"Physically, we were fine,"said PCHS head coach JoelHicks. "We stopped their run-ning game, an,d contained Par-ker. The physical aspectpfjihegame was no problem, flandling"Salem's skill was hard on ourkids. They simply have moreweapons than we do."

The loss dropped the Cougarsto 4-2 on the season, 1-0 in theRoanoke Valley District, andeven with the present dis-appointment, the season re-mains a pleasant surprise.~ ' " "

down 14-0, obviously the lowestpoint of the game for PulaskiCounty, it took the kickpff anddrove 80 yards to cut the lead to14-7. ' ,: ' / • • . • • . . ' :..:", ' , - " . .

Salem drove the ball to a firstand goal at the nine against anobviously tiring Cougar defensefollowing the kicking, but Pula-ski Co. rose up and stopped theSpartans, throwing them for sixyards in losses on the next threeplays. ' • ' • • .

With 2:39 left a 32-yard fieldgoal upped the margin to 10 andthe door was shut, but still theCougars didn't stop trying andrecorded three more first downs,moving from their own 16 to theSpartan 37 before time ran out.The only thing that stopped theeffort to win was the clock.

There is no quit in PulaskiCounty.

"I said during the week thatregardless of what happened onthat field tonight, I knew as acoaching staff we'd still be proudof these kids," said Hicks, *afrdwe are. '

"We have nothing to feel bad .about other than wanting to win,and not winning," he toldMs

team. "We played hard. Cer-tainly we're not satisfied. Wecould have played a little better. .We could have played a littlesmarter, but we didn't quit whenwe.went down 14-0, we cameback, and if the clock hadn't runoutj we'd have kept coming back.We asked the kids the play ashard as they could. They didthat. You can't ask .a team toplay perfect, just hard. That's allwe can expect. I'm pleased withour effortvand I'm pleased withthis team's attitude."

And now it's back to the mainbusiness at hand...theRVD. TheCougars travel to Roanoke toplay William Fleming in VictoryStadium next Friday. The

-GoloneisTOuted-Heritage at- --home 35-0. .

A victory would put PCHS inposition to contend for the leaguetitle. The disappointment of thisnight must be set aside untilnext year when the issue will beaddressed again in Salem. Forhow, the RVD challenge awaitsfor a young bunch of Cougars

diron season.: But there is something thatboth schools can feel proud aboutFriday .night. The two schoolswith the best support in thisarea turned out in force. Regard-less of the outcome, it was ahappening, and the best exampleof what a Friday night highschool football game should be.

There were tailgaters in theparking lots as early as 5:30.Both bands played.. .played.. .andplayed. It was a fun place to be.There were no programs left topurchase an hour before kickoff.The hot dogs ran out before thethird quarter did. It was festive.It was the way it should be, andit's a;shame it's not like that atevery school every Friday night.

I find myself wondering whata thrill it must be for each Cou- .gar football player to come downthose steps before kickoff.

One radio announcer for aRoanoke station who was mak-ing his first visit to Pulaski Co.said* "I can't believtTlfoisfNo-body.,.no high school does it like.this, | got goose bumps myself,andl went to Patrick Henry."

That pretty much says it.