Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 6

7-7? 7 1' 7 7 -iff tttt tit t'tt ri 't TT w'tt tt ft1 rrff 'r s-Msttoon Journal Gaaetts TMMtay.NantalMrlfM, GDinfi)(al Horn, Body ft 'v i 'ft MVP's fl hmqmti jj.3 named Most Valuable Player on the women's tennis team and Brent Hoots was voted the MVP of the men's golf team. Hoots won two other awards, including the Henry Award for dedication and devotion to golf and-another award for having the lowest average on the squad. Jim Easton won the Most Improved Player award for the golf team. The Most Improved Runner award on the cross country team was presented to senior Bruce Ballinger while Danny Sparks was named the outstanding freshman-sophomore and Dave Adams was given an award for the highest grade point average by a letterman. The scholastic award for the time any runner has won the award Horn placed second in the Big 12 Conference meet this season after winning It in 1975 and he also placed sixth in the 40-team Mattoon Invitational.

He was undefeated In dual meet competition. Body, who switched from tackle to fullback this season, was voted the MVP of the football team in what coach Bill Bess termed a "near unanimous vote." The 200-pound senior led the team in rushing and scoring and was a consistent performer throughout the season. Lisa Warrem, who won the district singles title for the second straight year, was MATTOON Bill Horn became the first two-time winner of the Joe Schilling award and Dave Body- was named the Most Valuable Playpju)f the 1976 Mattoon High School football team Monday night. More than 500 persons gathered in the Mattoon High School gymnasium to honor the participants in four different sports at the annual fall sports banquet. Letters, numerals, certificates and 17 special awards were presented at the banquet.

Horn, the top runner for the Green Wave cross country squad, won the Schilling award as the top runner for the second straight year, marking the first 1 i UJLl i 1 VVbw JLi -1 I I Xi lit: I decade when Syracuse featured such powerful runners as Jimmy Brown, Floyd Little and Larry Csonka. Team Points 1. Pittsburgh (30) (9-0) 404 2. UCLA (8) (8-0-1) 373 3. So.

California (2) (7-1) 286 4. Michigan (2) (8-1) 247 5. Texas Tech (7-0) 224 6. Georgia (8-1) 196 7. Maryland (9-0) 182 8.

Ohio State (7-1-1) 151 9. Nebraska (7-1-1) 142 10. Missouri (6-3) 25 11. Houston (6-2) 23 12. Alabama (7-2) 18 13.

Tulsa (6-2) 8 14. Oklahoma (6-2-1) 6 15. Florida (6-2) 4 16. (tie) Iowa State (7-2) 3 FOOtball Three Mattoon High School football players award; Matt Whetsell, Most Valuable Senior were presented special awards at the annual fall Lineman; and Dave Body, Most Valuable sports banquet Monday. Recipients of the Player.

WOrdS awards, from left, are: Greg Dettro, scholastic College grid poll Pitt advances to fop spot Jeffcagers open season Wednesday football team went to senior co-captain Greg Dettro, who has a 4.0 grade point average. Body received an award as the top scorer on the team and Matt Whetsell was named the Most Valuable Senior Lineman. Other football awards went to Stan Kenton as the outstanding offensive player on the sophomore team and Ron Orr as the outstanding defensive player. i' Betsy Brogan was named the outstanding senior on the girl's tennis team and Gina Mitchell was named the Most Improved Player on that squad. Major letter winners were: CROSSCOUNTRY David Adams, Bruce Ballinger, Steve BanksT Steve Fryman, BUI Horn, Steve Manning, Dave Schackmann, Danny Sparks, Jeff Thomas, David Warrem, Mark Neff, mgr.

FOOTBALL Dave Body, Gary Branson, Scott Brown, Mitch Carter, Greg Coker, Tim Daily, Greg Dettro, Jim Glenn, Joe Gutekunst, Shawn Henderson, Dan Holly, Trent Huckstead, Bart Kastl, Jim Kress, Bob Laughhunn, Tom Lawrence, Rick Miller, Tom Overmyer, Edmund Parker, Doug Patrick, Dale Porter, Ken Pullen, Rex Roberts, Mark Sheehan, David Snowden, Mark Sorensen, Kevin South, Joe Sparks, John Whalin, Matt Whetsell, Doug Windhorn, Brad Elder, mgr. MEN'S GOLF Scott Behm, Jim as tin, Rich Havlik, Brent Hoots, Kent Kovack, Steve Poffinbarger, T.J. Singer, Tim Uskali. GIRL'S GOLF Julie Busk, Julie Moore, Lisa Morris, Nancy Singer, Lisa Wilbur. GIRL'S TENNIS Betsey Brogan, Margaret Hardin, Virginia Mitchell, Tracy Morris, Linda Nuxoll, Mary Roytek, Mary Saegesser, Nancy Saegesser, Shari Stout, Lisa Warrem.

MATTOON- Wednesday will mark the coaching debut of Jefferson Junior High's new seventh grade basketball coach Buaay rioor. The Jets open their 1976-77 basketball season at 4:15 p.m. at Humboldt. A game pitting the school's two eighth grade teams is slated for Floor replaces Mike Reeves, who resigned to become head coach at Sparta Junior High in southern Illinois. Floor is a native of Peru, and has no prior coaching experience.

Veteran Larry King will direct the Jefferson eighth grade team again. Following is Jefferson's player rosters and schedule SEVENTH GRADERS Jeff Collings, Charlie Dotson, Dirk Frank, Pat Gilbert. Todd Cardinals trade DEC.4-7-9: Lincoln Trail 8th grade tourney at Mattoon Central. DEC. 8-EFFINGHAM CENTRAL(7th grade), 4:15 p.m.

DEC.16-at Charleston, 6:36 p.m. JAN. 4-EFFINGHAM ST.ANTHONY, 6:30 p.m. JAN. 6-at Effingham Central, JAN.8-11-13: Lincoln Trail 7th grade tourney at St.Anthony.

JAN. 12-EFFINGHAM CENTRAL(8th grade), 4:15 p.m. JAN. 18-at Paris Mayo, 6:30 p.m. JAN.

21-BLOOMINGTON, 4:15 p.m. JAN. 27-PARIS CREST-WOOD, 6:30 p.m. HOME GAMES in CAPS. Even though Anderson, usually a precision passer, hit only two of 12 for just the five yards and guided the Bengals to only two first downs in the first half, there was no panic in the Cincinnati locker room at halftime.

"Nobody was down because we were still only behind 6-0," said tackle Ron Carpenter, whose defensive mates had limited the Rams to field goals of 19 and 23 yards by Tom Dempsey. "We came in at halftime and said, "They can't do it to us, let's go get recalled tight end Bob Trumpy. And It didn't take long to "go get it." Gossard, Dave Haskell, Tim Lash, Dave McKlnney, Russ Siford, Alan Snedeker, Kent South and Mike Thomas. EIGHTH GRADERS Robert Arnholt, Terry Bell, Todd Black, Mike Gilbert, Jody Janes, Kevin Lucier, Mike Nichols, Ron Ozier, Joe Radloff, Brad Sewell, Tony Tuggle. MANAGERS-David Kling, Darren Sparks, Bryan Vahling.

SCHEDULE NOV.lO-at Humboldt, 4:15 p.m. NOV.12-at Mattoon Central, 4:15 p.m. NOV.15-SHELBYVILLE, 6:30 p.m. NOV.19-atRantoul,6:30p.m. NOV.22-TUSCOLA, 6:30 p.m.

NOV.29-SULXJVAN, 6:30 p.m. DEC. 2-at Mt.Zion, 6:30 p.m. "We got the momentum going and turned things around," said Anderson, who guided the suddenly rejuvenated Bengals to three touchdowns in the third period, enough for a har-dearned 20-12 victory. The come-from-behlnd win enabled the Bengals to tighten their grip on first place in the American Conference Central Division with a 7-2 record, leaving Pittsburgh and Cleveland, both 5-4, two full games back.

While the loss didn't knock the 6-2-1 Rams' from first place in the National Conference Western Division, it did reduce their lead over 6-3 San Francisco to just half a game. Bengals recover, frounce for 212 yards and three touchdowns In a 37-7 rout of Army that gave him a career total of 6,192 yards In allpurpose running and enabled him to become the first college football player to have three seasons of 1,500 yards rushing. Pltsburgh, second in the ratings last week, drew 30 first place votes from the 42 coaches and a 404-point total as it finally emerged No. 1. UCLA and Southern California, each on two first place ballots, also moved up a notch as Michigan dropped from No.

1 to fourth place. UCLA was awarded 373 points and Southern Cal 286. Michigan received die-hard first place support from two coaches, but it wasn't enough as the Wolverines skidded 71 points to 247. Texas Tech remained fifth In the ratings with 224 points, Georgia moved up two places to sixth with 196 points, Maryland slipped a notch to seventh on 182 points; Ohio State dropped one rung to No. 8 with 151 points, Nebraska remained ninth with 142 and Missouri climbed Into the top 10 with a distant 25 points.

Houston made big strides with a vault from 17th to 11th place, Alabama was three notches better in 12th, Tulsa climbed three rungs to 13th, Oklahoma sntend the top 20 tn 14th place and Florida plunged from 10th to 15th place. Iowa State and Arkansas were in a tie for 16th place, Baylor in 18th and a three-way tie existed for the No. 19 position among Notre Dame, Brigham Young and Wyoming. When Syracuse won the national title -In 1959, the Orangemen had a runner comparable to Dorsett the late Ernie Davis. The title year occurred in tbe middle of a By RICK VAN SANT CINCINNATI (UPI) Ken Anderson was red-faced.

And it wasn't just because temperatures were in the low 20s on a frosty Monday flight. "I was embarrassed," explained the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback. "There we are, on national television, with all the other players in the league watching, and I lead an explosive passing attack that gets five yards the first half." But while Anderson was embarrassed to have misled his lifeless offensive unit to a 6-0 halftime deficit to the Los Angeles Rams, he was overjoyed by a marvelous, gamesaving third quarter. '3 1 4 16. (tie) Arkansas (6-1-1) 3 18.

Baylor (4-2-1) 2 19. (tie) NotreDame (6-2-0) 1 19. (tie) Brigham Young (7-2) 1 19. (tie) Wyoming (7-2) 1 Note: By agreement with the American Football Coaches Association, teams on probation by tbe NCAA are ineligible for top 20 and national championship consideration by the UPI Board of Coaches. Those teams on probation for 197B are: Mississippi State, Michigan State, Long Beach State and Southwestern Louisiana.

Note: Southwestern 1 Louisiana's victory over Cincinnati was ordered forfeit by the Southland Conference, but tne NCAA continues to carry the loss on the Bearcats' record. Expos ItUV 3-0 for the Expos' Denver farm team and 2-6 with Montreal after being called up last May. Scott, a 25-year-old outfielder, played for Cardinal manager Vern Rapp last season at Denver. He batted .311 and stole 18 bases. Scanlon, an infielder who also played for Rapp at Denver last season, batted .308 with 18 homers and 78 runs batted In.

He also hit .185 in 11 games with the Expos. The Cardinals also announced Monday they have signed a working agreement with the Gastonia, N.C., team In tbe Class A Western Carolina League for the 1977 season. Gastonia had been out of organized baseball since the 1974 season when It was a farm team for Texas. wingback Mark Whlttington, who has caught 10 touchdown passes. The Redblrds gained strength for the playoffs too when star rollback Jeff Selburg returned to play ta the tost gsme after a six-week layoff due to injury Helmlck used Tom Miller st fullback while Selburg was out and Paul Seppelt played Miller's halfback position.

Hesdlng Into the pliyoffs, be has three tested running backs Ranking, school, record, class, first place and points: Class 1A4A4A 1. Metamora 94 3A I IGeneseoMlA! 103 IMLCannetMlA 7, iTriopisMlA 71 LVsndsTlsMlA 5 I Fulton MIA SI 7. Tuscola MIA 50 IRoxaaMMlA 9 Elmhurstl C.MlA 21 It Lisle MM 12 Other schools with more than I points- Rochene, Sycamore, Geneva, Rockton Hononeg ah. OastiA-U I St Laurence MiA 12 12t 1 Belleville West MSA 104 SGlenbard West 1-1 IWfflowbrookMiA 71 Brother Rice MM 6. Rckfrd Boytae Ml 4A 14 7 Peoria Manual M4A Jouet Catholic S-I4A 9 DanruM4A XI New Trier East MM Other schools with awre than points; Glenbard North.

Normal ComnTanlrv. Maine South. NEW YORK (UPI) Tony Dorsett's ferocious desire to capture the Heisman Trophy propelled the University of Pittsburgh to the No. 1 ranking today and marked the first time an eastern team has been top-rated since Syracuse won the national championship In 1959. Never mind that Pittsburgh became top rated by the UPI board of coaches by virtue of Michigan's surprise loss to Purdue last Saturday.

Pitt Coach Johnny Majors knew he needed an assist from somebody to reach the top and he got that help when Michigan was bombed after encountering too many Boilermakers. Dorsett had his own kind of high as he set two NCAA records. The Pitt star rushed LA. that bounded out of Ron Jessie's hands at the Cincinnati eight and Bernard Jackson recovered a Larry McCutcheon fumble at the Bengals' goal line. The Rams got a meaningless touchdown, made even less significant when the extra point kick was missed, on James Harris' 17-yard pass to Jessie with only nine seconds left In the game.

Although the Bengal offense clicked only In the third quarter, the defense was steady throughout. Cincinnati defenders have been amazingly tough In Riverfront Stadium, yielding an average of just six points a game through1 five home contests. "Our defense kept It close for us," praised Anderson, who wound up hitting only 11 of 26 passes for 132 yards. Harris, who msnaged 16 of 26 passes for 193 yards, tried to shoulder the blame for the defeat. "The biggest thing is I had a bad game," said a downcast Harris, keeping his face down after the game.

"Cincinnati played good defense, but I msde bad decisions. Once you lose your momentum, it hurts the team." en to leave Phils PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -Dick Aliess st leaving the Philadelphia Phillies agam -this time protabry lor food. The Phillies Monday they had received ffldal natuVktoa that the controversial first basemaa has declared himself a free agent This means Allen wlfl go through a special tree agent draft, expected to be held this week at the general managers' meeting In Palm Springs, Calif. Allen, whs had signed a 197 contract last Sept verbally notified the Major League Baseball Players Asportation Friday ke would eserdsc his option to become a tree agent under the new players sa mrs agreement Under that areemeat, player wltt at least stx yean hi the ms)ors whs od not sirs a 1977 contract by last Aaglcaa declare btmsesf a tret agent Tbe StyesrsM ABea appeared la anly fames ta irt. kitttnf 30k wta kesnc rn and ran batted la while sufleilfig trsn sarf rigtd shoulder that forced the team to place kiss sa me osabied bat twice.

i 7 Trojan's playoff he ranks eighth in state 1 vV-Oi tin-j three to ST. LOUIS (UPI) The St. Louis Cardinals Monday acquired Steve Dunning, Tony Scott and Pat Scanlon from the Montreal Expos In return for BUI Grelf, Angel Torres and SamMejias. Grelf, a right-handed relief pitcher, was 1-5 in 47 games for the Cardinals with a 4.09 ERA and six saves. Torres, a lef-thanded reliever, was 2-5 in 48 games with the club's Arkansas farm team.

Mejlas, an outfielder, batted .323 at the Cardinals' Tulsa farm club. He saw a brief stint in St. Louis at the end of the season. Dunning is a right-handed pitcher who has moved around since signing with Cleveland in 1970, playing for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and California Angels. He was Metsmora's Coach John Helmlck had no pretensions about extending the current winning streak too far.

"All I 'want Is four he said, which would give the Redblrds a second straight stste crown. "We're different type of tesm from last year," he said. "We were sponger last year, but now we're-quicker and do more things. We ttonl bsve to rely oa the fullback so much. We run wider stuff, the toss and the sweep, and throw more." One reason Metamora throws more Is quarterback Scott Bartd whs has a per cent completion record.

and Bus tickets to Roxana available CHARLESTON Taa I art nvaflabst far adults going to Cbartostoa Hlgk School football pltywff gams at KosaM Wednesday. Tbe (srtestos Booster's Oak has arrautrud the buses at -a east af UM per persm The bases wfl aw the sorts prkaiUatOiekigkscbaalat a upsa. ReaerrsOons mast ke la Tuesday and eaa ke asadt by eaUtnf MM514 sr MV2572 sr by i On Los Angeles' second play of the second half, Cincinnati cornerback Ken Riley pounced on a fumble at the Rams' nine and, on the next play, fullback Boobie Clark zipped in for a TD and a 7-6 Bengals lead. While the Rams stalled on their next two possessions, Cincinnati continued to roll, mounting two drives that were capped by Anderson TD tosses 30 yards to Trumpy and 17 yards to Clark for a 20-6 advantage. The Rams blew two good scoring opportunities in the final quarter when Tommy Casanova Intercepted a pass ElUgots soccer bid CHARLESTON Eastern Illinois Unlvenlty'i soccer team has received Us fifth straight NCAA tournament bid.

Tne NCAA Sunday announced the pairing for the four regional tournaments which will send finalists for the NCAA Division II finals Nov. 25 and XI at Seattle Pacific College. Coach FrtU Teller's EIU Panthers have been named the top-aeeded team in the Midwest Regional Other teams named to the tour-team field arc second-seeded Missouri St. Louis, third-seed Wisconsin-Green Bsy and Western Illinois. Eastern, host Westers at 1:30 pm Saturday at Lakeside Field while L'MSL (t-VI) hosts Green Bay (12-2) at St.

Louis Western Is 4-M and defeated Easter 4-1 sa penalty kicks In a double verUme contest at Ike state tournament Last month. The game went into the record books as a scoreiest tie, however. The only reason was played off was to advance one of the learns to the tourney finals. UMSL and EIU also played to a seereteM tie tMs season. If the Panthers via Satarday they mm boat the winner af the I'MSL-Greea Bsy game Not.

lor the regional championship Last year Greet Bsy apiset the Panthers sa the first round of the regianaL although EIU was the No I seed raea, taa. The Panther tenters km lost Just ant sf Oiesr last nine games wtth the lone toss earning at flat hands aecsntf-rsted IndLana, 14. at BtooniingtssL EIU won cri and tied tws the other eigt contests. EIU the Midwest Regional la OT and fens tourtk at (he Mttonsi tear- CHARLESTON Roxsnna, the Charleston Trojans' first-round opponent la the state footbrnO playoffs. Is rated among the top 10 teams.

la this week's UPI coaches prep football ratings, Roxsnns Is rated eighth sa the Class 1A-1A-SA ratings Roianna, S-l. has been the top 10 tor the past four weeks hohBnf dows the Nth position tor tws weeks before moving op to eighth last week. The Trojans play at Roxsnna at as. Wednesday hi the Illinois High School Association Class 1A playoffs CHS Is s-t Unbeaten MeUmora and Barbank St Laurence wos the No. I ratings la Illinois high school football this week la the final rankings of Class 1A 2A 1A and Class 4A-M teams by Illinois coaches for United Press loteniatioRai But the twateams, both hi (be pUyoffs 'which begla Wednesday, earned their Ns 1 ranking hi different fashion.

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