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Eagles shot down 9-8 on last-second field goal After the Eagles' punt to their own 26-yard line, made up for the costly fumbles by firing a bullet to Scott Mruk, who took it to the five. After an out-of-bounds pass, Heidenreich's field goal split the uprights with one second left to make it 9-8 as the gun sounded. "I'm glad we settled down from our last game," said Trojan Coach Jack Siatta. "We played a good football team in Jacobs. Of course, nobody like to play a game this tieht." Becjek offered a similar response.

"This loss is hard to take, that's all," he said. "I told our guys at the half that it was a point of them wanting to win or lose, and they came alive." In the preliminary sophomore tilt, Jacobs shut out the Troian sophs 13-0. The freshmen ban a tougher time Friday afternoon, losing to Cary-Grove, 20-14. C-G First Downs 13 8 Yards Passing 145 33 Yards Rushing 140 91 Total Yards 285 124 Pass Att-Comp. 12-6 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-60 5-45 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-2 Scoring Summary Cary-Grove 6 0 0 3-9 Jacobs 0 0 0 8-8 C-G -Aeverman 28-yd.

pass from Heidenreich (kick failed) -Stutzman 2-yd. run (Stutzman run) C-G -Heidenreich 5-yd. FG that the decision to make both teams use the practice field in the opening warm-ups could have been a handicap for his club. Both teams had trouble sustaining a drive in the second half until a Trojan punt set up Jacobs' first score. On the first play, Stutzman found Tom Corriveau on the right side open for a pass that gained34 yards.

The two seniors thus combined on the same play that earned them their first touchdown in last week's Woodstock game. Short bursts by backs Dan Damptz and Stan Krueger allowed Stutzman to take it in from the two-yard line. The PAT run also sent Stutzman in for the two-pointer, and an 8-6 lead. The Trojans first play from scrimmage went nowhere resulting in a three-man sack of Heidenreich. Three plays later, Cary-Grove was forced to punt but when Jim Simmons fumbled the reception, the Trojans had a first and ten from the Eagles' 40.

Four straight right -tackle runs by Johnson moved the ball to the nine-yard line. But Heidenreich's fumble on a quarterback sneak gave Jacobs the ball back on their own nine-yard line with 1:10 left in the game. But Trojans defense tightened up and thwarted the Eagles' plans for getting a first down and letting the clock wind down. bv JOHN PRIGGE Staff Writer If the Jacobs concession stand stocked Pepto-Bismol, they would have made a fortune Saturday afternoon. After Kurt Heidenreich's last-second field goal gave the visiting Cary-Grove Trojans a 9-8 win, the Golden Eagles' fans were wishing for a dose of the popular stomach-settler.

Cary-Grove had started the scoring on a 28-yard pass from quarterback Heidenreich to end Dale Aeverman, barely getting the play off before the end of the first quarter. Backfield workhorses Gregg Johnson and Greg Calluzzo provided some solid running in turning the eight-play drive into six points. Johnson, a senior carried 22 times for 95 of Cary-Grove's 140 yards. Jacobs got their second possession of the second quarter when defensive end Jim Melahn pounced on a Heidenreich fumble to give the Eagles a first and ten on their own 40. Quarterback Duane Stutzman then scrambled left for a pick-up of 36 yards to the Trojans 26-yard line.

They made it as far as the 4-yard line before the drive stalled, and Cary-Grove took over and closed out the half. Eagles Coach Bob Becjek pointed out that the first half was a difficult one for his team. "We just came out flat, so the first half was theirs," he said. Becjek felt 5 (f'Hs' ilH'f'f Joe Scime barrels over for some extra yardage against Cary Grove Saturday. The game ended with a last second field goal with Jacobs the loser, 9 8.

Photo by Ed Stech. second effort The Cardunal jfijr Free Press Sports i CARDUNAL FREE PRESS Tuesday, September 21, 1976 Bl Boedigheimer's 189 yards carries Cards to 24-20 win -p -) in 1 1 fourth quarter. The extra poii. put Wauconda within five points of the Cards. But Boedigheimer put the game away for Dundee when he capped an 80-yard drive with his 24-yard run.

A last second touchdown pass by Wauconda wrapped up the game's scoring. Despite the victory, Coach Jerry Curtright was not overly pleased with his squad's showing. "We did a poor job passing the ball," lamented Curtright. "We just weren't mentally prepared. "But we played our worst on defense," he added.

"We had a horrible defense against them First Downs ll 9 Yds. Passing 45 54 Yds. Rushing 219 202 Total Yds. 324 256 Passes 6 1 1 Completions 2 2 Intercepted by 2 1 Penalty Yds. 6-70 9-83 Scoring by Quarters Dundee 0 10 8 6-24 Wauconda 6 0 0 14-20 -20-yd.

run (kick failed) -Guetschow safety -Ervin 40-yd. run (Ervin run) -Ervin 6-yd. run (Roesslein run) -29-yd. run (kick good) -Boedigheimer 24-yd. run (kick failed) W-3-yd.

run (kick good) wrong way JeffSchmitt (51) and Jim Malahn (52) get together to put a stop to this Cary-Grove runner who turned the wrong way on a sweep. A last second field goal stopped the Golden Eagles, however. Photo by Ed Stech. 1-0 conference record, the Cards are happily perched atop the Northwest SwburbMv-' And Boedigheimer, the golden egg in the Cards' nest, can top 1,000 yards this season if he can average 100 yards in his next seven games. Overshadowed by Boedigheimer's performance, however, was a fine showing by halfback Dave Ervin.

The junior speedster racked up 83 yards in 14 carries and lit up the scoreboard with touchdown runs of 40 and 6 yards. Dundee fell behind in the opening quarter though, as Wauconda capped a five-play drive with a 20-yard scoring run to take a 6-0 lead. Steve Guetschow gave the Dundee defense their first score of the year in the second quarter when he downed a Bulldog runner in the end zone for a safety. Moments later, after receiving Wauconda 's kick-off, Ervin took off on first down and didn't stop until he had sprinted 40 yards for a touchdown. His two-point conversion sent the Cards into the locker room with a narrow 10-6 lead.

Ervin exploded again in the third stanza, bursting through the Wauconda defense for six yards and another touchdown. Roesslein's two-point PAT boosted the Cards into a more comfortable 18-6 edge. A defensive collapse followed, however, as the Bulldogs breezed 86 yards on just seven plays, ending their drive with a 29-yard scoring run on the first play of the by KEN DL'NWOODY Sports Editor Dave. Boedigheimc, is rapidly becoming a marked man. From now on, linebackers will begin to key on him in every game.

Yardage will come harder and harder. The shifty junior halfback can no longer hide in anonymity. Nor, for that matter, can the Cardunals. Last Saturday's 24-20 win over Wauconda, spearheaded by Boedigheimer's 189 yards rushing, is now the big news in the Northwest Suburban Conference. that the Cards were that impressive as a team.

Only three of quarterback Steve Roesslein's passes were caught, and only two by Dundee receivers. The other was intercepted. Defensively, the Cards were again limp and inconsistent. But Boedigheimer, rambling after a 1,000 yard season, was superb whenever he ran with the ball. After notching 111 yards in 22 carries last week, Boedigheimer wfnt on to boost his two-game total to an een 300 yards with 17 carries against the Bulldogs.

Averaging more than 1 1 yards per rush, the elusive junior also score! his fourth touchdown of the year and had two long touchdown runs nullified by penalties. Boedigheimer's 24-yard spurt in the fourth quarter turned out to be the winning margin, even though the contest was not as close as the final core indicated. WV uconda tallied their final se en points in the last second of th game. with a 2-0 overall mark and a Vikes improve but lose secona quarter for the Vikes. Foster's score followed a fumble recovery by defensive end Craig Dix on the Warhawk 20-yard line.

Behind some hard-nosed dives by Steve St. John, the Vikings managed to edge the ball close enough for Foster's touchdown. Two other players also came up with some good plays. Dave Ledford returned a kick-off 64 yards in the third quarter, coming within inches of breaking it open for a touchdown. Overall, he returned three kicks for 103 yards, while teammate Kevin Marlewski picked up 51 yards on a trio of runbacks.

The Vikes also showed vast improvement in eliminating mistakes. Penalized 135 yards for 11 infractions in their opener, Crown cleaned up their act Saturday and were whistled for only two penalties totaling 10 yards. "I'm not happy with our defense," said Owens in a repeat comment from last week. "We're stopping them often on the first ana second down, but then we break down in key situations. "We had people with their hands on them, but we couldn't keep up with the speed their backs had," he added.

So while the defense continued to be haunted by missed tackles and fleet-footed backs, the offense showed some signs of recovering from last week's coma. Even though the Vikes could manage only 41 yards total yards on the ground, that's twice as many as they got against the Zee Bees. And for the first time, they demonstrated the possibility of a passing attack. Pete McGinley, a senior, replaced an illness-stricken Darrell Lewandowski early in the second quarter and sparked Crown's first aerial completions of 1976. Hitting on eight of 19 tries, McGinley passed for 68 yards, a welcome addition to the Vikes anemic running game.

Owens refused to speculate on this weekend's starter, however. "I prefer to let that be determined in practice each week," he said, "but Pete showed he could move the ball." Even so, it looks like some battles may be developing for a few starting roles. "We were without five regulars," said the Crown coach, "but the kids we had in there did a super job. Some of our regulars will have to fight this week to keep their jobs. One starter, however, achieved the distinction of scoring Crown's first touchdown of the season.

Bob Foster rammed off-tackle for a one-yard touchdown plunge in the by KEN DL'NWOODY Sports Editor The only good thing about losing a game 61-0 is the fact that you're bound to look better in your next game. So even though Crown lost 30-7 last Saturday at North Chicago, it was a definite improvement over their previous performance. Not a great showing, to be sure, but not really too bad considering the circumstances. For one thing. Coach Bill Owens bussed a squad to the Warhawks' home stomping grounds that was minus five starters, including two-way tackle Frank Bauer.

Secondly, Amos Jones, North Chicago's new coach, kept all of his starters in the game right up until the final gun. Statistically, however, the Vikings were a better ball club Saturday than they were against Zion-Benton in their opener. They rang up eight first downs after achieving only one in their first contest, and completed eight of 19 passes after going 0-for-six against the Zee Bees. But the defense again failed to be much of a deterrent. North Chicago rolled up an awesome 369 rushing yards, and added another 86 yards on just three pass receptions.

As before, the Vikes were victimized by The Big Play. The Warhawks came up with a big ego-booster in the very first when halfback Charlie ingers zipped 72 yards for a touchdown. Fingers also added North Chicago's Final tally in the fourth quarter with another marathon run. this time for 81 yards. In between those tiring romps, the Warhawk ball carrier darted about for enough additional yardage to push him over the 200 yard mark for the game.

N.C. 6 8 86 68 369 41 455 109 7 19 3 8 3-1 2-2 0 0 15-113 2 -10 First Downs Yds.Passing Yds. Rushing Total Yds. Passes Completions Fumbles-lost Inter, by Penalty Yds. Scoring by Quarters Crown 0 7 0 0-7 N.Chicago 18 0 6 6-30 N-C-f ingers 72-yd.

run (kick failed) N-C-f ingers 1-yd. run (kick failed) N-C--Jones 36-yd. pass from Lundy (kick failed) C-Foster 1-yd. run (Lewandowski kick) N-C-15 yd. run (run failed) N-C-fingers 81-yd.

run TAKING OFF in the first meet of the year, Dundee had little trouble downing Crown 117-43 at the Haeger Pool last week. See story inside. Staff photo..