The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 52, Ed. 1 Monday, December 13, 1976 Page: 11 of 24
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- - DeLeon Stands In Way Of Title -
Barbers Hill Earns State Finals Slot
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By MIKE MANN
Aad DON McLEQD
BRYAN (Sp) - Pregame re-
port for the Class A semifinal
game here Saturday in Bry-
an's Viking Stadium forecast-
ed that there would be a good
offensive show. There was,
and a good defensive one, to
boot.
The only discrepancy be-
tween those reports and what
really happened is that the
team with the offensive touch
was clad in the blue and white
of a Barbers Hill uniform.
What happened was that the
Eagles taught the Mart Pan-
thers a thing or two about of-
fense and a heckuva lot about
defense in a big KM) win which
gives Mart until next Septem-
ber to think about offense.
Barjiers Hill has until 8 p.m
Saturday to get ready for their
gles tackle DeLeon in Waco
Midway Stadium for the big
apple - the Class A state
championship.
Hie Hi Ilmen showed Mart,
as well as the 8,000 or so fans
present, how to Icore, wheth-
er with the big play or by calm-
ly running the ball down
Mart's throat.
Meanwhile, the ..Eagles’
“Wolfpack" defense put on its
next test. That’s when the £a- best display of the season, as
‘Hill’ In Waco Saturday
the Morris Parks-led stopper
unit held the previously
vaunted Mart offense to 83 to-
tal yards and seven first'
downs.
The first chapter of the of-
fensive lesson came with 8:58
left in the first half, by which
time the "HUl” offensive ma-
chine was good and warm, de-
spite the wet field. 32-degree
temperature and 20-mph wind.
That lesson was in the big
play department, and was en-
titled “It’s not easy to bring
down Mark Mayfield," who
took in a 64-yard pass from
Clint McMicluel for the TD.
The PAT snap was mishan-
dled, so it was 64.
The pass itself only covered
some 15 yards, but Mayfield
warded several tacklers and re-
gained his balance from hits
more than once.
ft wasn’t long until the Ea-
gles got the ball back, and,
thanks to 40 yards in penalties
against Mart, op the Panthers’
29.
Three plays after a 18-yard
Robert (Chico) Bland scamp-
er to the seven, Danny Ford
went in from three yards away
with the second Eagle touch as
5.02 remained in the first half.
learn,'
said a
McMichael might have
: he kept or gave to
Bland, Tony Dotson or Darren,. Parks right on his back.
Barbers Hill will play
defending Class A champion
DeLeon for the 1976 Class A
state championship at 8 p.m.
Saturday in Waco Midway
Stadium.
The championship game has
created a conflict with the
Barbers Hill Basketball Tour-
nament which is scheduled for
Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day.
Hill’ basketball coach Leroy
Romines said the girls (Surna-
ment would still be played but
the boys would not. The boys
teams in the tournament will
be switched to the Hardin-
Jefferson Tournament where
there are some slots still open.
The Class AAAA title game
will be between Temple and
San Antonio Churchill at 2
p.m. Saturday in Austin's
Memorial Stadium.
Childress and Rockdale will
play for the Class AA title at 8
p.m. Friday in Dallas’ Texas
Stadium.
The Class AAA cham-
pionship has already been
claimed by Beaumont Hebert,
a 35-7 winner over Gainesville.
Gormon won the Class B
championship with an 18-6 vic-
tory over Ben Bolt.
Sterling Wins Title
In Pasadena Tourney
'
PASADENA (Sp) - Lany
McCage hit a crucial free
throw with 54 seconds left to
edge the Sterling Rangers to a
55-54 win over the Smiley Ea-
gles and a championship tn>
i phy in the Pasadena Touma-
Vment.
McCage missed the second
free throw and Smiley
rebounded and stalled for a
last shot, ft came with seven
seconds remaining when
Willie Phillips shot missed
the mark.
The win gave Ross its first
tournament championship of
the season and its seventh win
in a row and 10th in 11 games.
The Rangertseason record
now stands at 12-3 on the year.
“We’re doing a good job on
the boards and on offense,"
said Ross coach Woody
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smooth offensively but our big
boys . are rebounding and
putting the ball back up which
is getting us points.”
McCage was the man for the
Rangers as he must have held
up Sterling’s famous four
fingers the way he played in
the fourth quarter.
The big postman scored
three crucial fourth-quarter
buckets and added three free
throws in that period.
The last free throw was the
one that won the cham-,
pionship.
McCage was the high pian
for Sterling with 16 points and
added 12 rebounds to his bag.
Keith Guillory scored 15 for
the Rangers and Danny
Conaway had 10. Leo Ford also
pulled down nine rebounds
from his guard spot.
Guillory was named the
“Most Valuable Player” in the
tournament while McCage was
selected to the all-tournament
squad.
Ross Cross-Country
Takes 5th In State
AUSTIN (Sp) - Coach Drew Dunlap’s
Sterling Rangers took fifth in the team
totals in the state cross-country track
meet held here Saturday.
Sterling totalled 135 points to finish
behind state champion El Paso Austin's
41, second place El Paso Burgess’ 91
points, Clear Creek's 110 and Dallas Lake
Highland’s 111.
“I was just real proud of the boys,”
said Dunlap. "When you get to the state
meet there just aren’t any slow runners.
The first 60 or so boys are bunched right
together. There’s no stringing out.”
Oscar Franco was Sterling’s top
finisher at 16th with a time of 9:56. In-
dividual winner was Mark Anderson of
San Antonio Jay with a time of 9:36.
Other Sterling finishers were Rick
Cowan, 24th with a time of 10:07, Todd
Wright, 34th with a 10:16, Mike James,
37th with 10:17, Jay Thiele, 78th with
10:40, Joe Martinez, 87th with 10:50 and
Jeff Lostak was 99th with an 11:17
clocking.
Robert E. Lee had only one finisher.
Jimmy Girardeau was 33d with a clocking
of 19:15. Mike Bonem of REL was the
other Gander who qualified for the state
meet but an injury kept him from com-
peting.
The Hillmen went for two, enee for the Panthers came
and McMichael looked to pass, when the Eagles got the ball
No one was open so he took in on their own 36. “Watch and
the two-pointer personally to
make it 14-0.
For tl\e Eagles’ third TD,
they put-on the big play show
again, though they had to ac-
cept 35 yards in penalties to set
it up.
McMichael hit Mayfield on a
41-yard TD pass which was
i called back for holding, and a
I couple of minutes and as many
penalties later, the Hillmen
faced second down and 44
yards to go from their own 26.
The'bullish Eagle quarter-
back sprinted out to the right
in search of open receivers
Mart signal-caller Kirk Sum"
mers wanted to throw in the
flat to Wayne Childress. He
did, and Childress made a div-
ing scoop of- the ball with
I’ord on the 10-play drive
which saw the Hillmen get five
first downs.
Darren Ford got the six on a
second effort run from the
three at the end of the drive
that consumed 4:25 on the
clock and ended with 1:33 left
in the third period. Harvey
kicked again to make it 28-0.
All along, the "Wolfpack"
had been devastating the Mart
offense, but the fourth quar-
ter play of the Eagles’ stop-
and again, none were to be pers was especially tough
found. So, like his earlier two- To start with, Mayfield
point conversion, he ran it.
’The third quarter clock
showed 9:03 when McMichael
crossed the the goal line 74
yards later, and Jaime Harvey
drilled the PAT through to
make it 21-0.
The next learning experi-
showed he could teach de-
fense, too, as he broke through
to block a Rene Baker print
which was recovered at the
Mart three. Dotson fumbled
away on the six-inch' line, thus
setting up some more "Wolf-
pack" antics.
THE BAYTOWN SUN
S P OR T S
Monday, Docombor 13, 1976
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A Backward Glance At
The Blue-Chip Lists
:
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Century In Victory
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Lee College narrowly missed
the century mark when James
Harris’ jumper rimmed the
basket hut fell out as the
buzzer , rang but Ihe points
were unneeded as the Rebels
defeated Houston Baptist
College's junior varsity by a 98-
71 count in the LC gym Satur-
day night.
Lee College coach Mike
Hefley tried every combina-
tion imaginable but his Rebels
still continued to score at will
to the dismay of the HBC
players.
Hie Rebels simply outgunn-
ed Houston Baptist.
“I really hated to score that
many on them,” said Hefley
following the win. “Still, the
boys were doing everything I
told them to do and weren't
making the mistakes that have
hurt us lately. We got some
good play from a lot of people
tonight.’
Five Rebels scored in double
figures with Paul Borreson
leading the way with a 17-point
performance. Robert (Turk)
Williams was next with 14
points, Harris had 13 and both
Don Tourney and Steve
Laubach had 12.
Danny Thomas was tops fpr
Houston Baptist with 20
points.
The win ended the Rebels
schedule before Christmas as
the game scheduled Wednes-
day against McNeese was can-
celled.
LC now has a season record
of 6-4.
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Close followers of high school football know players named to the List,
some high school stud athletes fall by the Texas signed Galveston Ball’s Jim Yar-
wayside when they get to the college gridirons, borough who played a lot of offensive tackle for
Checking up on the 1973 issue of Texas football the Horns this season and will again in 1977. Hie
magazine shows some interesting facts. Keep in Longhorns also signed Steve Collier of Forney
mind Texas Football came out before the who has made a starting defensive back for Tex-
season began.
Examining the 1973 coaches’ blue-chip list
and the 1973 preseason Friday Night Heroes list
in Texas Football is illuminating.
In most cases the magazine and coaches were
pretty accurate but there were some spots
where “can’t miss” players did.
Brenham’s Wilson Whitley was the most
sought after lineman that year and it was for
good reason. Big Wilson signed with Houston
where he made AU-America and All-SWC.
Houston Reagan’s Val Belcher was another
blue-chipper that was all blue for the Cougars in
their first SWC championship year. Belcher
made All-SWC also.
The third Houston signee didn’t quite pan out
although he was considered the bluest running
back in the state. Port Neches-Groves’ Jeff
Bergeron quit the Cougars, transferred to
-Arkansas had mixed luck with their pair at..
Mark Lewis had a tremendous year at deiensive
tackle in 1975 for the Cotjon Bowl champion
Razorbacks and was a preseason All-SWC pick
in 1976. However, the Spring Branch product
disappeared in August and finally turned Up in
Nevada. He will be back with the Hogs in 1977.
The other Arkansas signee was closer to home
for Baytonians. Running back Sammie Single-
ton was named to that 1973 list and was ex-
pected. to power Sterling to a state title. Ross
was ranked No. 1 in preseason.
Ross didn’t make the state finals in '73 and
Singleton hurt his neck at Arkansas and is no
longer there.
Texas Tech also split as Longview’s Mike
Mock was named on the team as a quarterback
but has made a thumper linebacker for the 1976
5^
There was only, one prob-
lem . Childress^dive had touch-
ed ground a yard deep in the
end zone for a “Hill" safety.’
The Panthers got the ball
one last time, and made their
only real threat, going all the
way to the 10. It was on fourth
and two needed from there
that the “Wplfpack” ganged
up on Baker, on a flanker re-
verse, for no gain.
Then Barbers Hill showed
Mart someting about depth
and* ball control. The Eagles
got the ball back with 5:45 left,
and second teamed like Ton
Maris, David Smith, Kevin
Speer and Tooter Porter kept
the drive alive to run the clock
out
Thirteen plays later, the
clock expired, with the Eagles
facing a first and 10 from the
Mart 28. A
McMichael, thanks to his 74-
yard TD run, was the leading
rusher with 78 yards on eight
carries. Chico Bland had 67
yards in 14 trips.
The big hole in the Eagles' .
offense, Bruce Ford, was not
evident at all. Bruce, who had
a bruised thigh and was re-
placed by brothers Danny and
Darren, did not play a down.
Nevertheless, the Eagles had
382 yards total offense, 318 of
which was on the ground.
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Lint Downs ........... 1« 7
RushinK Yardage .......318 32
Passing Yardage . . ......-,*84 31
Passes Comp.. AM .... . .1-2 4-14
Passes fiit By .......,v, . .0 0
Punls 3-44.3 6-26.9
FumWes Lost , . . .2 1
Yards Penalized .........8-80 Ml
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Barber* Hill ...... 9 14 14 2-19
Mart . .. :......... 9 9 9 9-9
EAGLE INDIVIDUALS
RUSHING: Qinl McMichael, 71 yardaonl
t arries Robert (Chicot Bland, 87 yards on 14
tarries. Danny Ford, 10 yards on 13 carries;
Darren Ford. 37 yards on 5 carries; Tony Dot-
son 36 yards on 10 carries; Kevin Speer, 21
yards on 4 carries; Tony Maria, 14 yards on 2
tarries. David Smith, 5 yards on 1 carry.
PASSING: McMichael completed 1 ot 2
passes tor 64 yards and I touchdown.
RECEIVING. Mark,Mayfield, 64 yards on I
for l touchdown. __________
PUNTING: Odie Courvell punted 3 times
lor 133 yards m
SCORING: M
iwo-point conversion for I
Ford. 1 iout hdown for 6 points; Mayfield, 1
touchdown for 6 points; Danny Ford, 1 touch-
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Texas A&M had a big year also as they got Texas A&M made good on Kevin Monk of
four bluechip players in 1972. Brazos wood’s Seguin as he has been a starter at linebacker for
Jimmy Dean was a stud for the Aggies this past Hie Aggies. Rice signed Temple’s Alfred
season as he made All-SWC. Pampa’s Billy Sanders and he has made the Owls atgood defen-
Lemons made a contribution to the Sup Jowl sive tackle
bound Aggies as a lineman, ' *
CUNT McMICHAEL (18) PULLS THE TRIGGER
‘HUT quarterback hands off to wingback Robert (Chico) Blind to
the Eagles.’ 394 win over Moil.
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However, the other two A&M blue-cbippers
never realized their potential. Odessa Permian’s
Grady Wilkerson is a backup linebacker for
A&M and Beaumont’s Reggie Rogers is no
longer on the roster.
Baylor was a strong team this season going 7-
3-1 and three bfue-chippers might have had
something to do with it.
Cleveland Franklin of Brenham was a
preseason all-SWC pick fpr the Bears before a
knee Injury ended his season. Mike Ebow of
Houston Smiley never panned out for the Bean
as a fullback but was still there in 1976.
Dallas South Oak Cliff’s Alcy Jackson made a
fine reciever for Baylor and Amarillo Palo
Duro’s Tim Black made All-SWC at linebacker
for the Bruins. f
The final member of the 1973 blue-chip list
was a chunker from San Antonio Lee that went
to Rice and founded the Owls Air Corps.
Tommy Kramer lived up to his promise as he
was an All-American quarterback for the Owls.
Looking back, its possible to say that the
Baylor got an immediate All-SWC selection in
defensive back Ron Burns of Arlington Sam
Houston. Burns made the SWC super team as a
freshman in the Bears' Cotton Bowl year of
1974.. He’s still racking recievers for the Bears.
Paul Rice of Lewisville made the Texas Foot-
ball list as a junior and was a super running back
that year and in his senior year of 1974. He sign-
ed with SMU, jumped scholarship and signed
with Southern California, then quit and was last
reported at Ranger Junior College.
Bob Counselor of Canyon must have been a
mistake as the Canyon player made the 1973 list
and then was not signed by anybody.
John Washington of Dallas Roosevelt panned
out but under another name and out of the
SWC. Washington changed his name to John
Jefferson and went to Arizona State where he is
an AU-America candidate wide reciever.
One notable omission from the 1973 list in
Texas FootbaU may have a strong bearing on
the 1977 SWC race. . ,
Nowhere on the list's first, second or third
team was there a mention of a Tyler Rose nam-
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Looking ahead, to the 1977 SWC season one
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Arkansas and Texas Tech according to the Fri-
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