Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee (2024)

October 18, 1986

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Kingsport Times-Newsi

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Kingsport, Tennessee

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Saturday, October 18, 1986

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13

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mwmMr Inaldet Saturday October 18 1986 Kingsport Times-News World Series: Power vs pitching the starting pitchers for the first game scheduled to begin at 8:30 pm EDT Chilly temperatures in the 50s are predicted for the game the first World Series contest to be held at Shea Stadium in 13 years Neither starting pitcher was the ace of his staff during the season but the No 1 pitcher on each team is not available to pitch the opener because his services were needed late in the tension-filled league championship series ry over the California Angels Dwight Gooden the No 1 pitcher went 10 innings Tuesday in New 12-inning 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 5 of the NL playoffs Hurst pitched last Sunday so he will be starting with five days rest He made two starts in the AL playoffs compiling a 14) record and a 240 ERA in 15 innings haven't seen the Mets all that said Hurst they have great balance outstanding speed guys who put the ball in play and guys who have great Hurst might have picked up something watching the pitchers work the hitters More on Page 4B col 3 TM Roger Clemens the Red top pitcher and favorite to capture the American League Cy Young Award pitched seven scoreless innings Wednesday in the AL pennant-clinching victo oppers ground SN pass attack a Boston-New York matchup is expected to intensify the level of play even though it may not be on the same level as the playoffs Big Nine Standings Conf Overall By FRED McMANE JPI Assistant Sports Editor NEW YORK Power against pitching a classic confrontation since the game of baseball was invented will be the focal joint of the best-of-seven World Series that begins tonight beiween the Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets The Mets had the best pitching staff in the major leagues this year while the Red Sox finished second in the American League in batting and had four players knock in 90 or more runs Both teams are coming off physically and eihotionally draining playoff victories and may be due for a slight letdown But the excitement surrounding Mike Faulkerson (22) Bonnie Releford (33) in the JY By REX GREENE Times-News Sports Writer The Dobyns-Bennett proved why the Associated Press includes them among the top 10 teams Friday night with a convincing 28-7 win over the Daniel Boone Trailblazers at Fred Johnson Stadium The Indians who improved their record to a perfect 84) had 242 yards but that was only a small indication of their domination of this contest They turned it on and off whenever the situation called for it offensive line played Indian head coach Ted Wilson said backs played well and of course Mark (Williams) played super good think we had a good ball game because you know Daniel Boone is a good football Williams was the noticable hero Although he completed just five of 13 passes he had 95 yards threw for one score and ran for another know what the stats were but he played well" Wilaon said really By BILL LANE Tlmes-News Sports Editor It was Sullivan Homecoming game Mike flying circus pleased the graduates and shocked his former team for a while But in the end Science Hill did the celebrating After falling behind early 14-6 Science Hill rallied on the strong arm of sophom*ore quarterback Walter Harb-er to soundly defeat the Golden Raiders Friday night 49-14 Harber who completed 7-of-10 passes for 155 yards and three touchdowns replaced regular quarterback Andrei Anderson been suspended for the remainder of the season because of a prank he played in school I think learned a lot since the season said Harber was playing good football and it took us a while to get going I got more confidence in the second half It was a good game to break in The offensive line did a great job and so did the wide With the South game coming up next week Harber's performance enabled Hilltopper head coach Bob May to breathe a sigh of relief had a little disciplinary problem and he be said May just a sophom*ore stepped in there and did well It gave him confidence He handle the ototo eric OrMf blows through a big hole behind the block of running mate Indians 23-7 win over Daniel Boone Friday night Johnson earning reputation the Davey Johnson the co*ckiest manager ever heard? Gee whiz was this guy there when Abner Doubleday refined the game an ageago St Louis manager Whitey Herzog has had enough of ego Herzog read book Bats and said thought Harry Caray invented baseball but after reading book I think Davey always been glib to the point where a lot of things he says are detrimental to his team" shot back Johnson in a wire service story The Howard Johnson said this before the National League playoffs: Astros have good starting pitching but once we get them to the (bull) pen we beat how it happened alright If the Metropolis Mets can mug the Beantown Sox then the Mets deserve to win the World Series Boston was in a tougher division and won 95 games you get a little tired of watching all that pitching and no hitting in that series That sixth game between the Stros and Mets still rate up there with Game 6 between the Red Sox and Reds in the 1975 World Series give you a good idea why the pitching was so dominant in the playoffs in Houston Mike Scott and the rest had a lot to do with it but the high mound Which brings us to JR Richard who had greatness stamped about him before his stroke a few years ago The tall Richard made it seem like he could reach out and touch home plate when he strode to the plate and let go one of those fast balls One of the best lines Jim Murray of the LA Times on what the starter at the Indy 500 ought to say: start your The Mets will return to Kingsport next season official Now see if the franchise lives up to its promise to ship in some veteran rookies instead of the raw rookies that have trouble competing in the Appy League By the way the new officers for the K-Mets will be President Carl Elsea Sec-Treasurer Dottie Elsea 1st Vice President Carl Poole 2nd VP Niles Smith and 3rd VP Clarence Callahan ETSU defensive coordinator John Neal said he felt because of what Western unheralded running game did to the Bucs last week Western which was averaging 60 yards a game rushed for 186 yards in the 43-16 win The Catamounts boasted a decent quarterback and passing game in Willie Perkins looked at the films again Friday going to run it right at us And we felt we could stop said Neal stopped a better running team in Furman the week before The first play they run the isolation right up the gut 12 yards our free safety has to make the The Heisman ballots may already be cast for the guy who quarterbacks at Maimi But Virginia football fans will get a look at a guy who is a distant second Paul Palmer Incidentally Bruce Arlans a very good football coach is on the list of candidates to replace Bill Dooley at Tech Another name is Tennessee offensive coordinator Walt Harris Now that Clemson and North Carolina have reestablished themselves in the ACC and Wake Forest and NC State are showing some life the ACC might become one of the better balanced conferences in the country when it comes to football and basketball The SEC still has the best balance between the two sports but if you check the list of schools on probation within the SEC you 11 why Bruce Hurst of the Red Sox a left-hander who had a 13-6 record during the regular season and Ron Darling a right-hander who posted a 15-6 record are the one to put D-B up 144) Williams later hit Jeff France with a 13-yard scoring strike just over the goal line While Williams was the noticable star it was the DB line which did the most damage kids are not very big but pretty quick off the Wilson said course Graham Clark had a fine offensive were outmanned in the Green said blew us off when they had to and made the play when they had to make it got a heck of a football team no doubt about it moved the ball better than anyone has (against us) the best ballclub played in my With a 21-0 lead at the half the Indians put the attack in cruise and that bothered Williams 'at offense sort of went in he said didn't start out SO well then we came back and then let More on Page 3B eel 4 the Blue Tornado played with inspiration It just a game for Richlands It was a season had to make it more than just a football said Richlands coach Bruce Evans goodness for these kids They kept playing and made it a 10-game season instead of laying down made this our Iron Bowl the same as Alabama and added Evans who led his team in the Auburn War Eagle chant after the game is Legion Field too (where they play the Alabama-Auburn game) and we have coaches on the staff who follow those teams We made this our bowl It seemed absurd for Richlands players to hold their arms above their heads at the end of the third quarter just as teams had done under Bear Bryant The slogan is Vikings roll post Kelly 38-16 Results Dobyns-Bennett 28 Daniel Boone 7 South 28 Cherokee 7 Central 44 Volunteer 7 Science Hill 49 North 14 Tennessee High 48 Sullivan East 20 Elizabethton 17 Greeneville 6 Next Games Sullivan Central at Dobyns-Bennett Sullivan South at Science Hill Volunteer at Elizabethton Tennessee High at Daniel Boone Sullivan North at Sullivan East football as well as Andrei but he passes Martin who coached Science Hill to the Big Nine Conference title last year before coming to North had praise for the new 'Topper quarterback is definitely a candidate for Play-er-of-the-Week said Martin a sophom*ore steps in and throws that many touchdown passes unusual quarterbacked fewer than 10 plays all Harber had started the Central game He ran the offense just one series of downs Robbie Stuart with 54 yards on 11 carries and Trent Robinson with 52 yards on 7 rushes led the charge on the ground That got Science More on Page 2B col 5 added a late field goal from Dwayne Boatright to silence the Indians 38-16 JJ Kelly quarterback Eddie Boles loaded it up 49 times completing 18 with three interceptions Backup Mike Hurt tossed two unsuccessful attempts giving the Indians a total of 213 yards on 51 attempts The Indians rushed the ball 11 times but because of busted plays and sacks by the swarming Viking defense were limited to just seven yards on the ground Powell Valley (4-0 74)) wasted little time in capitalizing on More on Page 3B col 1 17 vantage on Gate City at It was a definite disadvantage though It was 13-9 and free kick gave the Blue Devils prime field position at the Visitors 48 with 9:28 left Nine plays later and after converting two third downs quarterback David Hommell weaved his way through defense for a 17-yard TD run with 4:18 remaining and Gate City led 15-13 Gate City first lined up to kick the point But according to Colobro assistant coach Bill Houseright talked him into going for two Hommell passed to Tony Crossnoe for two and now Richlands needed a TD to score The Blue Tornado proceeded to blow right by the bedeviled Blue Devils Richlands started from its 21 with 4:12 left Seven plays later the ball was at the gate City 20 More on fa*ge 3B col 3 did He took the ball down the field and pitched it once the guy was there ran the ball club like supposed to be run it can be Boone though came out inspired After forcing D-B to punt on first possession the Trailblazers drove for a pair of first downs before their balloon burst On third-and-four from their 40-yard line Matthew Ferguson fumbled white attempting a end-around pats and Robbie Hunt recovered for the Indians at the 39 Four plays later Williams scrambled out of the pocket and scored on a 10-yard run allowed penetration on that Boone head coach Ken Green said we execute the play If we execute the play who' knows we may have caught a touchdown pass After the1 turnover the Indians caught fire and TW Peguese fanned the flames with a diving catch off a 38-yard pass from Williams to the Blazer 27 on the first play of the next pos-session Five plays later nie Releford went over from at Abingdon October 31 time the football bounce Gate said Blue head coach Nick Colobro whose team lost at home for just the second time in the last two seasons give credit where credit is due They played a good Richlands bruised Gate City for 277 yards rushing out of the wishbone the most rushing yards the Blue Devils have surrendered this season Lallande was responsible for 110 yards on 10 rushes mostly with keepers on the triple option Lallande scored two touchdowns the game winner and on f-a keeper from the 1 with 11:10 left in the second quarter which countered an opening-game 67-: yard TD drive by Gate City In the third quarter his 27-yard dash to the Gate City 4 set up the go-ahead touchdown (13-7) If Lallande played an inspired game it was because Richlands shocks' Blue Devils 20 By KENNY BRUCE Tlmes-News Sports Writer BIG STONE GAP The Powell Valley defensive back-field unchallenged for much of the season got a worth of experience Friday night at Bullitt Park The visiting Indians of JJ Kelly who normally run out of a wishbone offense brought the shotgun to Big Stone Unfortunately someone loaded it with blanks The Vikings got two pairs of touchdowns from fullback Robbie Fox and tailback Scotty Broyles another from quarterback Brian Blanton and fourth quarter is Except the Blue Tornado had lost four games in the late-going this season They almost blew this pne too Leading 13-7 with 9:53 remaining Richlands went into punt formation from its 16 But the ball was snapped over punter Johnny Knuckles head and it went out of the end zone for a safety The kick might have gone smoother except Richlands tried to draw Gate City offsides on fourth-and-1 with a long count The visitors took the delay of game penalty and then came the fatal snap had that scouted said Evans who used a no-hud-dle offense on several occasions and tried an onsides kick early in the second period after his first score need to do things like that because you need to get some kind of ad ByRAYGLIER Tlmes-News Sports Writer GATE CITY The daredevil Blue Devils fell off their tight rope Friday night Winners in the clutch four times this season Gate City which had done just enough to stay unbeaten have enough last night and lost to Richlands 20-17 at Legion Field rback Adam Lallande up a fumble at the Gate City 22 and dashed into the end zone with 1:30 remaining to lift Richlands to its third victory in eight games The consolation for the Devils who stand 6-1-1 is the loss affect their district record They still sit atop the heap in the Highland District with a 3-0-1 record with a non-district game next at Powell Valley before closing with a league game at Abingdon October 31 I.

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