University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, November 4, 1986
Sports
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Controversy, dramatics fill JV game
R6 RBIAN SNVYED
Andre, Southerland, Butler County Community College running back, above, carries the ball for a first down. The Kansas junior varsity team beat the Grizzlies 20-19 yesterday at Memorial Stadium. Below, Jeff Maher, Prairie Village sophomore, a Kansas will leader, uses his megaphone as an umbrella during the game.
Controversy and a 20-point second-half Kansas comeback — including a game-winning two-point conversion with no time remaining — highlighted a dramatic final game for the Kansas junior varsity football team.
The Jayhawks beat Butler County Community College 20-19 on a three-yard conversion run by running back Mark Lesher.
*Members of both coaching staffs said the teams had agreed before the game to play 12-minute quarters with a continuously running clock. This meant that the clock would be stopped only for penalties, to move the chains after first downs and when the ball was carried out of bounds.*
'But during the final two minutes of the fourth quarter, as Kansas was driving for its game-winning points, the clock was operated normally.
Now, Larson said, the Grizzlies will have to win a championship playoff to have the slightest chance for a bid.
Butler head coach Bob Larson said the KU coaching staff changed the format of the last two minutes without informing him.
"They were trying to make the last two minutes like a real game situation," said an angry Larson after the game, "and we weren't informed. I am upset with the inconsistency of the timing. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, though."
KU assistant coach Steve Hagan, who helped coach the junior varsity, said the confusion involving the clock between the officials and the timer.
"At the start of the second half, we were told that they (Butter coaching staff) wanted to start stopping the clock," Hagan said. "That was fine with me."
Hagan said it became apparent in the second half that the clock wasn't back.
For Butler, the game meant more than one loss. Larson said the loss made the chance of his team receiving a postseason bowl bid slim.
Larson also was dissatisfied with the scouting report of the Jayhawks' offense. He said that when his team played junior varieties, teams scouted themselves and exchanged the reports with their opponents.
Larson said he hadn't heard anything about the Jayhawks using a wishbone offense, and his team hadn't practiced for it all week.
Kansas used a wishbone offense in the first half.
Hagan said the KU coaching staff didn't have any idea what kind of of job they were.
Except during the last two minutes, prospects for a KU victory looked slim.
Both offenses failed to score in the first quarter. A minute and a half into the second quarter, Base fumbled on the KU seven-yard line to set up the game's first touchdown. On the first play, the ball hit back Andre Southerland, the game's leading rusher with 137 yards, ran the ball in.
The final score of the first half came with 4:03 left. Grizzly quarterback Scott Lemon rolled left, waited and threw the football past KU defenders in the hands of receiver Dave Gadwood for a touchdown. The extra point attempt bounced off the crossbar of the goalpost.
The Jayhawk offense didn't reach
the team's offensive until late in the
second quarter.
KU got the ball for its first score when a tipped Butler pass ended up in cornerback Byron Hornung's
hands. After dumping the wishbone offense at the half, KU's Bruce Gerstenkorn took a handoff and raced 41 yards, losing a shoe in the pro-attempt for the score. The extra point attempt by Gregg Robisch was blocked
The fourth quarter was all KU of
Butler did not take a snap in the
pen.
A minute and 27 seconds later,
Southerland took off on a 68-yard trip to the Butler end zone, making the score 19-6 at the end of the third quarter.
The Jayhawks pulled to within seven points at the 1:10 mark when Lesher scored on a four-yard run. Running back Johnny Diggs was given the ball for the two-point conversion, but was stopped short. The next play marked the beginning of the controversy.
Kansas tried an onside kick, and linebacker Bruce Breckenridge recovered the ball. The combination of Lesher's running and Base's passing landed the Jayhawks on the Butler five-yard line.
With 20 seconds left, Base threw incomplete into the corner of the end zone. The clock stopped. On the next play, Base rolled right while the base of the KU offense ran left. At time left on the clock, Base scored.
For the two-point conversion, Mark Lesher took the handoff and fell into the end zone, and KU coaches and players stormed the field.
Butler's Larson confronted the officials while Butler players walked off the field shouting obscenities.
Poll picks Sooners for Big 8 winners
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Oklahoma Sooners, dethroned last year after back-to-back Big Eight Conference basketball titles, were picked the preseason favorites to regain that championship in a poll released yesterday.
Men's basketball
Jayhawk Danny Manning was the preseason pick for player of the year and Oklahoma's Harvey Grant, a junior college transfer, was voted the newcomer of the year.
Manning was also the leading vote-getter for the presession all-conference team, followed by (in order of votes received) Iowa State's Jeff Grayer, Oklahoma's Daryl Kennedy, Missouri's Derrick Chievoe and Oklahoma's Tom McCalister.
The Sooners received 33 of a possible 54 first-place votes and only four voters thought Oklahoma would finish lower than in the Big Eight. Defending champion Houston was 19, while 1986 Final Four, was given 18 first-place votes and only one vote lower than third to finish a close
A first-place vote was worth eight points, picks for second were worth seven and the scale slid down to a one-point award for the eighth-place votes Oklahoma had earned 336 points; Kansas had 386.
Iowa State, which has 331 total points, picked up the final three first-place votes for a third-place prediction while Missouri, the only school other than the top three to win, finished off with enough points (272), for fourth.
Kansas State was a solid selection for fifth with 178 points followed by, in order, Nebraska (147) Iowa State (141) and Colorado (92).
This year a record 54 sport switters and sportscasters from the six-state Big Eight area participated in the poll, which was conducted by the Big Eight Conference office.
It is the seventh year the Big Eight Conference has conducted the preseason poll and the voters have correctly picked the conference champion five times — including last year when Kansas was placed on the top 36 of the 39 ballots.
second to Oklahoma in the voters eyes.
Lansford's field goal lifts L.A. past Bears
United Press International
CHICAGO — Mike Lansford kicked a 50-yard field goal with four seconds left in the fourth quarter last night to lift the Los Angeles Rams to a 20-17 victory over Chicago and snapped the Bears' 14-game home winning streak.
The Bears received Lansford's ensuing kickoff but did not come close.
The winning drive started at the Los Angeles 35 with 47 seconds remaining. Steve Dils completed two straight passes to move the ball to the 12th and then caught another pass to move the ball to the 33 and set up Lansford's kick.
The decision — which left both teams at 7-2 — avenged the Rams' 24-0 loss to the Bears in the NFC championship game in January. The Rams increased their lead over second place San Francisco and Atlanta to $1\frac{1}{2}$ games in the NFC West while the Bears, despite the loss, lead second place Minnesota in the NFC Central by two games.
Dils, subbing for the injured Steve Bartkowski, completed 6 of 25 passes for 137 yards and one interception. Dickerson broke Lawrence McCutecon's Rams career rushing mark of 6.187 yards, rushing for 111 yards on 29 carries.
The Rams had tied the score with 1:28 remaining when Dils hit Ron Brown at the Chicago 30, and the wide receiver broke loose to complete a 65-yard TD play. The drive was kept alive by a personal-foul penalty against Chicago's William "The Retriverator" Perry.
Chicago had grabbed a 17-10 lead after Gary Fencik intercepted Dils at the Bears 44 and returned the ball to the Rams 35. The interception was the 37th of Fencik's career, tying him with Richie Pettibone for the team record.
On the next play, Thomas Sanders — replacing Walter Payton, who left the game with an injured big toe — ran around for a 34-yard TD in perimeter.
Sanders, who rushed for 69 yards on eight carries, had also scored 83 runs.
in the score 10-10. The TD was set up by an 84-yard kickoff return by Dennis Gentry to the Rams 15.
The Rams' special teams gave Los Angeles an 10-7 lead with 6:47 remaining in the third quarter. Chicago pumaster MurrayBuford was rushed by Leroy Irvin, and the ball was stripped by Jim Laughlin. Irvin grabbed the ball and returned it 22 yards for a T, the eighth of his career.
Los Angeles had ended a six-quarter scoring drought against Chicago, dating back to the NFC championship game, when LaNford kicked a 28-yard field goal to tie the score 3-3. But Chicago started when Joe Gray intercepted a Steve Fuller pass and returned it 18 yards to the Chicago 14.
Sanders set it up by returning the opening kickoff 31 yards to the Bears 43. Payton carried the first five plays, gaining 41 yards and bringing the Bears to the Los Angeles 16. A holding call against Tom Thayer slowed the drive and the Bears settled for Kevin Butler's 30-yard field goal to take the lead with 8:24 remaining in the first quarter.
The field goal was Butler's 13th straight, equaling the team record he had set last year.
The Rams missed two scoring op portunities in the first half because of dropped passes.
On its first possession, Los Angeles moved to the Bears 47 and Brown was alone at the Chicago 10, but Dils overthrew him, forcing the Rams to punt.
After completing his first pass for 26 yards, Dils threw 13 straight incompletions.
With less than a minute remaining in the half, Buford punted from his own 15. Ellard kicked the punt and Buford ran out for the Bears Dana Rains at the Rams 42.
Chicago, though, failed to cash in as Nolan Cromwell intercepted a Fuller pass in the end zone with 20 shots on goal, allowing the score 3-0 at halftime.
Field house seats to be added soon KU officials say
By NICOLE SAUZEK
Sports writer
Workers should complete the addition of 500 seats to Allen Field House in time for the men's basketball exhibition game against the Soviet Union National Team on Nov. 19, Gary Hunter, associate athletic director, said yesterday.
Workers from Dant Corporation, Louisville, Ky., should begin the $250,000 improvements to the field house by tomorrow afternoon if supplies arrive on time, Hunter said. The additions will increase seating in the field house to almost 15,800.
Renovations should be completed in six days, Hunter said. A 25th row will be added around the top of the field house along with additional seats above the four tunnels leading onto the floor,
Four rows will be installed above three of the tunnels. The southwest tunnel will have only one row, and the north side will allow large vehicles onto the floor.
According to Diana Wehmeyer,
KU ticket manager, student
seating will be increased from
100 to 120 and classroom
will increase from 8:300 to 9:000.
"We sold out a lot faster this year," Wehmeier said. "Basically it was because everyone just re-trained their tickets from last year."
Hunter said.
The Athletic Department is still
Basketball tickets for the 1986-87 season already are sold out. Student tickets were sold out at least five percent of the school year. Wehmeer said.
KU rebounds to beat Miami, Minnesota
See SEATING, p. 12, col. 1
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
After a poor start against Kentucky, the Kansas women's tennis team came on strong to beat Miami of Ohio and Minnesota at the Kentucky Invitational in Lexington this weekend.
"I think in general the team started out really slow." Maria Hibbard, Kansas' No 5 player, said yesterday. "We just didn't play with him." The team showed a lot of courage to come back and beat two other tough teams."
Kansas lost to Kentucky #1, the
win coming from Tracy Treps and
Mike Barr.
"We just played solid and didn't make mistakes," Treps, Kansas. No 1 player, said of the pair's win. "That's a positive thing for us because we're not doubles players. It proved to us maybe we could be."
Treps and Jonsson's only losses were in the singles division against Kentucky. They had Kansas' best individual records at the tournament.
Next Kansas took on Miami, winning 5-4. However, that was closer than it could be.
"I think it was easy to get satisfied
Wolf. Pascal lose early
By a Kansan sports writer
Kansas tennis player Mike Wolf set out to win the Volvo All-American Tennis Championships at UCLA this weekend. He fell short of his goal.
Wolf was eliminated in the first round of regular play Thursday. Then he lost again in doubles with teammate Larry Pascal.
in the consolation round. Wolf came back to beat Casey Merielch of Minnesota 6-3, 4-8, 6-4 but lost to Jorge Rivera of Georgia 6-1, 6-4 in the second round.
In doubles, Wolf and Pascal were defeated by Patrick McEnroe and Scott Moody of Stanford 2-6, 6-0, 6-0. McEnroe is the younger brother of tennis professional, John McEnroe.
Tennis coach Scott Perelman
said the weekend was a great disappointment.
once we knew we had won that match." Hibbard said. "Once we knew we had won, we let them creep back in."
The intensity level increased when
"The match got away from them," Perelman said. "It was actually lost in the second set."
In doubles play, Perelman said the pair played well in the first set but then lost concentration in the second set.
"I'm mostly disappointed for Mike," Perelman said. "I'll still be in coaching and be back to that tournament. But this is his senior year and was his last chance to win it."
"It's clear looking at the field that Mike's capable of being one of the top players in the country," he said. "But, he's got to prove it."
Perealman said despite Wolf's defests at UCLA he was still a top contender for a high collegiate ranking.
Kansas faced Minnesota Sunday Kansas soundly defeated Minnesota 7.2
"There was a lack of killer instinct." head coach Scott Pereman
The heavy loss to Kentucky surprised the Kansas players, who had expected to do much better.
said of the Miami matches. "In the Big Eight conference we can't relax. We have to play for every single point. We turned around and did that against Minnesota."
"They are a solid team," Treps said. "But I think we are a solid team too. I just can't give a reason why we work together, but we been closer, given their credit."
Hibbard said Kansas wasn't prepared to face Kentucky.
"They came out ready to play," she said. "We came out ready to warm up."
The Jayhawks expressed a desire to replay Kentaui which consisted of an attack on the top
"If we play them again, I'm not sure we would win the match but we would definitely pick up a few more games," said Barbara Inman. No.4 player.
Making the trip were Treps, Jonsson, Susie Berglund, Hibbard, Inman, Christine Kim, and Janelle Bolen. Doubles teams consisted of Treps and Jonsson, Inman and Hibard, and Berglund and Bolen.