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Mount Vernon Rolls The Cedar Rapids Gazette: Sat.,Nov. 1,1986 Mount Vernon rolls SPORTS BRIEFLY ■ BASEBALL — Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said Thursday he would apologize to the mayor of New York for a Gross runs, passes for 214 yards, 5 touchdowns"facetious remark" about the World Champion New York Mets that he said was taken out of context. The Mets, who won the World WEST LIBERTY — Junior quarterback Stacy Series Monday with an 8-5 victory over Boston, were invited by Gross ran and passed for 214 total yards and President Reagan to the White House. In announcing the invitation, figured in five touchdowns to fuel a 422-yard Speakes said "I hope they don’t do to the White House what they offensive outburst as Mount Vernon blanked Kennedy did to Rusty’s Restaurant in New York.’ Speakes was referring to West Liberty, 55-0, in an Eastern Iowa Hawkeye damage done after Game 7 to the restaurant owned by former Met Conference prep football finale Friday night. Rusty Staub. Speakes later said he knew the Mets were not present Gross rushed six times for 107 yards and three at the celebration and added, "If the World t hampion New TDs, and passed for two more scores on an loses, 15-0 York Mets want to tear up the White identical 107 yards. House, they can. It’s theirs.” . The Mustangs, 7-2 in the Eastern Iowa CEDAR FALLS — Cedar Rapids Kenne­ Successful surgery has been performed on Hawkeye Conference and 7-2 overall, built a 42-0 dy failed to collect any points after three Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner, halftime lead and held West Liberty to 85 total drives deep into Ankeny territory in the pitcher Jeff Sellers and first base coach yards. first half on the way to suffering a 15-0 Walt Hriniak, the club said Thursday. The Gross ran for TDs of four, 64 and IO yards. He shutout in a season-ending non-conference team announced the operations after completed 3 of 6 passes, including a 58-yardeMo prep football game at the UNI-Dome earlier reporting that right fielder Dwight Tony Petrick and 22 yards to Scott Gross. GrossArmen Van Scoyoc Jeff Murphy Friday night. Evans and pitcher Tom Seaver had small also hit a conversion pass to Doug West. Belle Plaine Tipton Ankeny, 6-3, scored early in the first tears in knee cartilage removed. Buckner Other Mustang TDs came on runs of one yard quarter and withstood a Cougar drive that had two large chips in his left ankle and by David Randall, three yards by Scott Gross and ended at the two-yard line on a fumble. many spurs in his left foot removed . one yard by Brian Becker. Kennedy, finishing 2-7 for the second PREP FOOTBALL year in a row, failed to get any points after St. Louis Friday signed first baseman Jack Springville 34, Lisbon 7 two more marches inside the Hawks’ 20- Clark to a one-year contract. No terms yard line. were disclosed. Clark missed more than SPRINGVILLE — Kent Barnes recovered fromLinn at 3-6 overall, 3-5 in the Tri-Rivers "It was really a good ball game, and our half the 1986 season after undergoing Bill Buckner four interceptions to throw two touchdownConference. Edgewood-Colesburg ends its season kids played very hard,” said Kennedy surgery in June for a tom metacarpal on passes, both to Kelly Ball, and run for anotherat TD1-8, 0-8. Coach Al Stiers, "but again we passed up his right hand . An out-of-court agreement has been worked out himself as Springville ensured a winning season.Pflughaupt scored on runs of four and two some great scoring opportunities.” that ends Boston pitcher Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd’s problems with Springville, 5-4, broke open the game withyards a and Holub on runs of three and eight yards. Ankeny sealed the win with six minutes Chelsea police. City attorneys dropped the case Thursday before a 20-point third quarter. Ball caught TD passesBlair of Fuessley led the Lynx with 155 yards on 22 to play, scoring after a 40-yard march and show cause hearing was to be held to determine if charges should nine and six yards, and Barnes ran for a 6-yardcarries and Holub added 92 yards on 19 rushes. adding a two-point conversion pass. be brought against Boyd in connection with an alleged altercation TD, while Jeff Menster added a four-yard scoring with police detectives who had searched him for drugs . Four run and Chad Forsblom a 7-yard TD scamper.Maquoketa Valley 8, Alburnett 6 players, including pitcher Vero Ruble of the AL West champion John Menster caught two conversion passes fromALBURNETT — Mike Ling ran two yards for a Marion falls, 10-6 California Angels, declared for free agency Friday. Joining Ruhle Barnes. first-quarter touchdown and scampered for the were Chicago Cubs infielder Chris Speier, Milwaukee catcher- Lisbon, finishing 5-4, got its only TD onconversion a 3- to lead Maquoketa Valley to a GRINNELL — Wes Sebetka rambled 30 outfielder Charlie Moore and Toronto catcher Buck Martinez. yard run by Vance Light. Brian Krob bootedwinning the season. yards with a Marion fumble early in the PAT. Alburnett, despite 24 tackles (14 solo) by fourth quarter to spark Grinnell to a 10-6 ■ COLLEGE BASKETBALL — Kentucky 6-foot-7 forward linebacker Rob Rampulla, couldn’t convert its non-conference win over Marion in a prep Todd Ziegler was suspended from the team Friday following his Starmont 56, Central City 20 two-point pass with 9:15 left to play. Greg Turnerfootball game Friday night. arrest on a shoplifting charge, Coach Eddie Sutton said . The CENTRAL CITY — Scott McClure rushed forscored Alburnett^ only TD on a one-yard run. Grinnell finished 7-2, Marion 5-4. Maryland basketball team will be missing its only senior starter 238 yards on 22 carries and scored fiveMaquoketa Valley finished 5-3 in the confer­ Grinnell took a 3-0 lead early in the when the season begins next month. Senior guard Keith Gatlin is touchdowns as Tri-Rivers Conference tri-champi­ence and 5-4 overall, while Alburnett was 3-5 and second quarter on Dan Toney’s 35-yard ineligible to play this season. Junior forward Derrick Lewis said he on Starmont stampeded Central City. McClure4-5. field goal. is considering transferring to another school or sitting out the scored on runs of 65, 60, 25, 5 and 5 yards. Wilton 43, Durant 12 Marion came back to score with five season. Central City fumbled a field goal attempt on a minutes remaining in the half. Grinnell’s WILTON — David Symmonds rambled for 175 Mark Lebeck picked off a Mike Schmickle ■ MISC. — Third-string quarterback Tom Flick, who kept his fourth and goal after taking the opening kickoffyards and one touchdown to break the 1,000-yard pass but had the ball stolen from him in career alive through five years of discouragement, gets his first NFL the length of the field. Starmont’s Johnbarrier, Nus while quarterback Craig Bock threw for turn by the Indian’s Don Spaethe, who start Sunday, just as Al Saunders makes his head coaching debut for scooped up the fumble and rambled 84 yardsthree for TDs to power Wilton in a season-ending a touchdown. dashed 20 yards for a touchdown. It was the San Diego Chargers. Injuries to San Diego’s top two Eastern Iowa Hawkeye contest. the first touchdown surrendered by Grin­ Central City closed to 7-6 on Mike Villari’s 11- quarterbacks thrust Flick, 28, into the lineup to face the Kansas Wilton retired 5-4 in the EIH and overall, while nell over a 22-quarter span. City Chiefs. Saunders was assistant head coach before taking over yard scoring pass to Mike Kramer. Durant ended 3-6 and 3-6. With 11 minutes remaining in the game, Starmont's Randy Hamlett then picked off a for Don Coryell, who resigned Wednesday. The Houston Shebetka scooped up Schmickle’s fumble Rockets have placed 7-foot-4 forward Ralph Sampson on the injured Villari toss and returned it 24 yards for a Williamsburg 64, HLV 0 and went in for the winning points. touchdown to make the score 14-6. Starmont led list. Sampson, who suffered a sprained ankle during the exhibition 35-14 at the half and 56-14 after three quarters.WILLIAMSBURG — Rob Livingston ran for season, must miss five games . Spain’s star golfer, Seve Central City’s Randy Schultejans caughttwo 14 touchdowns and Brian Phillips returnedthe a first, finished with 125 yards on 13 carries. Ballesteros, allegedly punched a photographer and scuffled with passes for 154 yards, two touchdowns and a punttwo- 59 yards for another TD to spark another Friday during a visit to a Spanish Mediterranean island. Clear Creek ends its season at 0-8. Associated Press point conversion. Villari completed 25 ofWilliamsburg 49 to a South Iowa Cedar League passes for 239 yards and three touchdowns.romp. He Belle Plaine 34, BGM 0 was also intercepted three times. BELLE PLAINE — Armen Van Scoyoc ran for Starmont finished 7-1 in the Tri-Rivers, 8-1 Tipton 32, Clear Creek 0 two touchdowns and caught a 64-yard touchdown overall. Central City bowed out 1-7, 1-8. TIPTON — Jeff Murphy passed for 187 yards pass and Cole Daily tossed three TD passes as The other conference tri-champs, Center Pointand three touchdowns as Tipton improved to 4*5 Belle Plaine rolled in South Iowa Cedar League and East Buchanan, played in a Class 1A playoffoverall and in the Eastern Iowa Hawkeye play.
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