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Sports Decatur, Illinois Review Sunday, November 6, 1994 Commentary rzi 1 ill Grand can Controversial Douthard TD allows Illinois to survive dome. Tough chants Perm State holds off an Indiana rally to win, 35-29. Big Ten roundup C2 Strong showing Nebraska looks like a No. 1 team, beating Kansas handily, 45-17. Tcp 25 D2 bomb until the very end, Minnesota still had a chance to win the game, holding the ball inside the Illini 10-yard line with 28 seconds left.

A Tim Schade-to-Chris Dark-ins pass gained six yards to the 4. But when Darkins spun to look for the goal line, Illini linebacker Kevin Hardy drilled him, knocking the ball loose. The fumble was recovered by linebacker Dana Howard with 19 seconds to go, securing the outcome for good. "The only thing I was trying to do was stop him, to break on him and hit him as hard as I could," Hardy said. "When the ball popped out I just mm Continued on D3 UJNOfS 21, MINNESOTA 17 Illinois 6 11 15-21 Minnesota 10 7 t-17 III Fisher 17 pass from Johnson (Richardson kick missed) Min SJackson 21 pass from Schaoe (Chaiberg kick) Min Chaiberg FG Min Osterman 31 pass from Schade (Chaiberg kick) III Douthard 2 run (Johnson pass to Douthard) III Douttiard 2 run (Richardson kick) A 35,069.

Team statistics 111 Mia First downs 16 15 Rushes-yards 28-23 32-141 Passing 291 190 Return Yards 149 95 Comp-Att int 23-4fr3 17-331 Punts 6-38 7 44 FumblesLost 1-1 2-1 Penalties Yards 6-45 5-37 Time of Possession 30:10 29:50 Individual statistics RUSHING Illinois, Douthard 151, Mattison 3-0. Weaver 1( 8), Johnson 6-(-l5), Piatt 1-2, Strong 1 (-7). Minnesota, Darkins 21-94, Jackson 3-7, Cooper 5-38, Schade 27, Atwell 1( 5). PASSING Illinois, Johnson 23 45 291 3, Minnesota, Schade 17-33 190-1. RECEIVING Illinois, Doughard 2-1, Klein 2-21, Strong 6-81, Dilger 6-114, Fisher 1-17, Dulick 5-51, Jones 1-6.

Minnesota, Ostermann 4-66, Darkins 4 37, Rios 5 40, Nelson 2 19, Jackson 1-21, Woodson 17. By MARK TUPPER Sports Editor MINNEAPOLIS Lou Tepper spent much of his week telling University of Illinois football fans this Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome scares him like a haunted house. After Saturday night's outcome, even the Minnesota coaches might agree. Outscored, outplayed and ready to slip nearly out of the bowl picture, Illinois scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to rally past Minnesota 21-17.

-4 s. JIIW Amid the mud, Millikin uses a potent running attack to overcome Elmhurst, 32-7. Story D3 Cfssa gams Field goals and turnovers make the difference as Eastern Illinois edges Illinois State, 16-13. Stste ccltegs D3 officially makes the Illini "bowl eligible." How that happened would scare anyone, not just the dome-o-phobic Tepper. In a nail-biter that ticked like a Georgetown takes advantage of three fumbles to post upset.

By JEFF LAKFE Staff Writer GEORGETOWN The difference for St. Teresa's football team Saturday was not so much one point or four feet as it was three fumbles. Three times on the warm but wet afternoon St. Teresa coughed up the football, once ending a promising drive and twice leading directly to scores by host Georgetown-Ridge Farm. And in the end, those turnovers proved the difference as fourth-ranked St.

Teresa suffered a bitter 20-19 loss. Despite being held to 69 yards in the second half and 205 yards in the game, Georgetown (8-3) advances to a Class 2A quarterfinal showdown at Rushville (9-2), a 6-0 winner over Lewistown. "We gave them the game. They lll'l 5i Heraid ReviewDennis Ma gee PRISSUPi: Central quarterback Mark Helm keeps his composure Saturday afternoon under heavy fire from a Quincy Notre Dame defensive rush. 1 I '''I1 i 1 "I'll llll 1 1 I I II I II I II II I II 1 1 II Mill 1 1 1 1 1 I IIWH1 TUPPER Luckily, bowl rap can begin MINNEAPOLIS Illinois Athletic Director Ron Guenther was nowhere to be found following Illinois' fortuitous 21-17 victory over Minnesota Saturday night in the Metrodome.

Presumably he was either merrily walking across the Mississippi River or dancing a jig atop this bubble-topped fun house. If basketball coach Lou Henson had this kind of luck, he'd have won a national championship back in 1989. That shot by Michigan's Sean Higgins would have been an air ball instead of the heartbreaking game-winner. AT KALFTIKE of this improbable victory, a very nervous Guenther took time to talk about his behind-the-scenes dealings with bowl committees. "We (the Big Ten) have the four automatic tie-ins (Rose, Citrus, Holiday, Hall of Fame) and beyond that there are only three open bowls I can figure on.

"The Independence Bowl (Shreveport, La.) has two openings. The Liberty Bowl (Memphis), we're trying to talk to them as a conference to take a fifth Big Ten selection. And the only other is the Aloha Bowl (Honolulu). "There are some problems with the Aloha Bowl because some schools can't go on Christmas Day. It depends on who still has final exams.

We'd be finished by then so it is a possibility for us." GUEMTKER SAID there are no guarantees for a 6-5 team, but he had to feel overjoyed grabbing No. 6 right now. "I'd be in a much stronger position to bargain because we'd be bowl eligible," he said at halftime. Guenther disputes those who believe a "minor" bowl like the Independence Bowl is barely worth attending. "I think there is a lot to be said for the bowl game experience," he said.

"It's a reward for the team but it also means 15 additional practices for your young people and we could use Guenther is also tussling with the matter of Illini freshman basketball player Bryant Notree, who was ruled academically ineligible two days before the Oct. 15 start of practice. SINCE THEN, additional information has been forwarded to the NCAA's Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse, including material regarding a high-school level physical science course Notree took while in eighth-grade. The NCAA makes provisions for such a course and can choose to count it toward a student-athlete's core course requirements. Illinois has been waiting to hear if Notree will have his eligibility and scholarship restored.

"I'm real disappointed we have not heard anything yet," Guenther said. "I don't understand at this point why we haven't because everything has been received. On two different occasions we've been told we'd hear something by the end of the working day. And that's within the last week. "We're going to have to do something on Monday morning," Guenther said, indicating the university would begin pushing harder for a response.

"The only reason I haven't do so already is because the dialogue on the phone has been so good and so healthy." Sounds like that's about to change. Mark Tupper is sports editor at the Herald Review. The victory keeps the Illini (4-2, 6-3) in a three-way tie for second place (with Ohio State and Michigan) and sets up a meeting with unbeaten Penn State Saturday in Champaign. And, the sixth victory -v -fix- 4T Big catch 15dm Fired up him looking my way. I knew it was going to be an interception, I had it all the way." Then Notre Dame, which fell for the first time in 11 games, fell apart.

Notre Dame, which chalked up 111 yards in penalties, was flagged for three unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and had one player ejected in the waning moments. "We talked all week to our kids about keeping their composure," Ramsey said. "In talking to other coaches we learned they do a lot of things to get you out of your game." A poised Central generated 124 yards on the muddy turf and added 54 more through the air but was able to produce just enough offense to find the end Continued on D4 Central 14 Quincy Kotre Dans 3 Quincy Notre Dame 0 0 3 0 3 Central 0 0 614 Scoring AfcM Mark Helm 1 run (Curt Cherry pass from Helm) QND FG Stephen Gramke 30 Corey Wall 19 interception return (pass failed) Individual statistics RUSHING Central Helm 11 47, Luke Tillman 12-40, Joe Paradee 15-73, Jason Myers 4-3, Wes Temples 11. Quincy Notre Dame, Dan Griff ard 15 84, Scott Venvertloh t-4, Craig Venvertloh 5 (1), John Sparrow J-(-3). PASSING Central Helm 2 1 54.

Quincy Notre Dame, C. Venvertloh 6-14-2-40. RECEIVING Central Tillman 1 50, Paradee 1-4. Quincy Notre Dame, Derek Jennings 2 22, Scott Venvertloh 2-14, Dan Griff ard 14, Sparrow 10. (Central 2, next: Friday or Satuday at Dupo.

Quincy Notre Dame finishes season 10-1.) And though on line, the kick wound up sailing about four feet beneath the crossbar. "He's got the leg to get it there, ST. TERESA Continued on D4 Georgetown-Ridge Farm 20 St Teresa 19 St. Teresa 7 6 Georgetown-Ridge Farm 0 14 019 6 20 scoring StT Shane Overocker 2 run (Andy Cox kick) GRF Glenn Austin 1 run (run failed) GRF Jarvis Brown 16 pass from Matt Paige (Shane Lazzell pass from Paige) StT Josh Wilks 3 pass from John Hunt (kick blocked) StT Overocker 13 run (pass failed) GRF Cecil Severado Jr. 1 run (pass failed) Team statistics StT IB 4fr233 69 70 33 545 GRF 10 39-189 16 1 0 1-0 435 First downs Yards rushing Yards passing Passes Fumbles-lost Penalties Individual statistics RUSHING St.

Teresa, Overocker 17-157, Justin Brinkoetter 17-47, Hunt 6-29. Georgetown-Ridoe Farm, Severado 1668, Paige 7 15, Austin 10 74, 8 1 2, 1330. PASSING St. Teresa, Hunt 7-10. Georgetown-Ridge Farm, Paige 1-4-0-16, Severado 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING St. Teresa, Wilks 3-22, Brinkoetter 2 31, Cory Reynolds 2-16. Georgetown-Ridge Farm, Shasteen 2 29, Walling 1 24, Keith Tate 2 13, Martin 15. (St. Teresa finishes season 9-2.

Georgetown-Ridge Farm 8-3; next: Friday or Saturday at Rushville.) Senior slugger Forty-five-year-old George Foreman knocks out Michael Moorer in the 10th round to take the IBF and WBA heavyweight titles. Story D3 On to stats Stewardson-Strasburg, War-rensburg-Latham and Shelby-ville win Class A supersectionals. Story D4 End of a season The Eisenhower volleyball team's season comes to an end with a loss to Belleville in the Class AA supersectional Story D4 Bulls farm OT The Bullets, led by Rex Chapman's 26 points, edge Chicago, 100-99 in overtime. The win is the Bullets first over the Bulls in almost four years. Story C3 should not have won," St.

Teresa senior quarterback John Hunt said. "They weren't better than us. They didn't even move the ball in the whole second half, but we gave them one fumble down there on the 10-yard line." Actually it was the 5-yard line, where Hunt was nailed in the back as he attempted to hand off. Georgetown's Harvey Austin recovered and two plays later Cecil Severado plunged in from the 1 to give his team a 20-19 lead with 6:15 left to play. "If we don't turn the ball over I think we win," St.

Teresa Coach Scott Davis said. "But we did turn the ball over and you've got to give them credit because they capitalized." Even after Georgetown's late score, the visitors had one last shot at victory. Taking over at its 33, St. Teresa (9-2) marched crisply downfield before the drive stalled at the Georgetown 21. Then, facing fourth-and-nine with 1:41 remaining, Davis summoned sophomore Andy Cox to attempt a 38-yard field goal.

Mater Dei placed 13th, Robinson was 16th and Hillsboro finished 20th. Although it was Tuscola's first appearance at state as a team, Sluder's runners didn't show any outward signs of nervousness. "Fourth place is a great achievement for being here for the first time," said Sluder, whose young squad consists of two juniors, one sophomore and four freshmen. "All of our kids ran close together, which is the way we've been all year. We've had 20 to 35 seconds between the first and sixth girl the entire year." Leading the pack was junior Patty McDaniel, who placed 42nd with a time of 13:28 on the 2.1-mile CROSS COUNTRY Continued on D4 Herald ReviewHerb Skxkwnik CHEAT WlH: Cerro Gordo's Mike Dunn gets tackled by Milford's Chad Wright.

Dunn was the leading rusher with 151 yards. Cerro Gordo rolled to a 30-0 second-round playoff victory. DetailsD4. 13 The defense comes up big for a 14-3 Class 2A playoff victory. MOWEAQUA Central heard all the talk about Quincy Notre Dame, the No.

1-ranked football team in Class 2A, and its defense. Central just wanted to let everybody know their defense is a little bit better. And the team proved it in a 14-3 second-round playoff win over Quincy Notre Dame on a wet Saturday afternoon. Central (9-2) will now travel either Friday or Saturday to meet its quarterfinal foe, Dupo (9-2), a 14-0 winner over Carlyle. "The kids were in position most of the day on defense and made the big plays when they had to," Central Coach Mark Ramsey said.

"I think we played really solid defense and it kept us in the game." A fierce defense held the visitors to 84 yards rushing and 40 passing. "We heard about what people said. About how we couldn't beat them," quarterback Mark Helm said. "We were fired up and ready to go." Ahead 8-3 heading into the final quarter, a confident defense turned in two crucial plays to end Notre Dame drives. The first came with just over six minutes remaining when Notre Dame attempted a fake punt but was stopped short.

The second came after ensuing drive bogged down at the 9-yard line with 2:32 remaining. And with the game on the line, Notre Dame's offense ran into a wall defensive back Corey Wall. On second down, Wall picked off Craig Venvertloh's sideline pass and ran 19 yards untouched into the end zone to clinch the win. "(Venvertloh) was in shotgun formation and I was out on their No. 1 receiver," Wall said.

"I saw (Venvertloh) look over and saw Team's top five place between 42nd and 91st in Qass A cross country. By ARVIN C0KLEY Staff Writer PEORIA Last year Les Sluder didn't have enough runners to field a girls cross country team. This year he is the proud coach of one of the best girls cross country teams in the state. With its top five runners placing between 42nd and 91st, Sluder's Tuscola cross country squad placed fourth in the Class A portion of Saturday's state meet on a rain-soaked course at Peoria's Detweiller Park. Wennebago won the state title by a comfortable 47-point margin over runner-up Westmont.

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