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Show Page 12—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, November8, 1981 Spinks Keeps Lt. Heavyweight Title ATLANTIC CITY (UPI) Michael oon. headingfor a light heavyweighttile showdown with Matthew Saad Muhammad, scored a seventh-round technical knockout of Vonzel! Johnson Saturday in the first defense of his WBA cham- set up the champion’s potent right hana which opened a severe cut over Johnson's left eye in the fifth round It was a sneak punch. Mostfighter move back after a clinch but I moved forward,’ said Spinks, a 25-year-old St. pionship Louis native who upped his record to 18-0 Referee Larry Hazzard stopped the fight at 1:13 of the seventh when Spinks caught Johnson with a vicious right hand mo- ments after a clinch. Johnson went down for a count of eight was managed to regain his feet Spinks, hesitating at first, moved in and unleashed a powerful looping right before Hazzard jumped in and stopped the bout The win kept Spinks’ record unblemished at19-0 with 12 KO's. Spinks won thetitle last July 18 in Las Vegas when he scored a unanimous decision over Eddie Mustafa Muhammad The fight was Spinks’ from the opening bell as he dominated Johnson using an at tack consisting of a strong left jab which with the victory. ‘In boxing you have to take every opening you can get.” Johnson admitted he made a mistake by dropping his hands in the seventh round clinch 1 committed a cardinal sin. Thefirst thing you learn in amateurs is never drop your hands at any time during a fight,” said Johnson, whose record fell to 22-3. “I hurt my hand in the fourth round when I threw a ieft jab that hit Spinks’ elbow,” Johnson, Columbus, Ohio, said. “I seemed to lose confidence in my punching after that.’ The scoring in the fight before the seventh round was judge Eva Shain, 58-56 for Spinks, judge Frank Capacino59-55 for Spinks and judge Paul Cavaliere 58-57 for Spinks. The win left Spinks as the only un. defeated fighter who won a gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal On the horizon for Spinks will be a title unification bout with World Boxing Council light heavyweight champ Saad Muhammad, who rushed into the ring while Spinks was being interviewed to accept the challenge Alta, Roy Notch 4-A Victories SALT LAKE CITY(UPI) — Todd yt three touchdownpasses to Chuck eyee easily eet Davis High 41-14 Saturday in a quarterfinal round gameat the 1981 Utah Prey 4-A Football Taeretencel entree Cams And Roy High, with two touchdowns from running back Gary Ashley, upset top-ranked Granite High 2013 in Saturday's other quarterfinal game at the sity football victory over the Air Force Academyreserves in Provo was narrow, it ended the season on a .500 note at 3-3 for the Kittens For first-year veteran coach Famika Anae the BYU come-from-behind effort was sweetened by a numberof things Cougar varsity veterans Dennis Webb, Biuwir Buswell, Jimmy Jones, and Louis Wong lent their talents to the Kitten effort Buswell rushed for 121 yards, Jones added 90 yards on the ground, and both players accounted for most of the BYU scoring. Air Force had jumped outto a 100 lead in the first quarter, paced by tailback Usher Barnum who netted 131 yards rushing. BYUendedthe first quarter with zero yards passing, but Jones rambledfor a 48yard run on the Kitten scoringseriesto set up his own one-yard touchdown run. The first quarter was also when BYU kicker Chris Whiting attemptedthefirst of three unsuccessful field goals. Whiting’s initial field goal attempt was a 53-yarder which glanced off the uprights — 53 yards is BYU's school record by Dennis Patera in 1967, Whiting was three for three in point-after attempts. Neither team scored in the second quarter, but that was when BYU quarterback Robbie Bosco began the passing game. Bosco’s 275 yards passing for the day boosted him over the 1,000-yard mark. Bosco, although sharing the time with Blaine Fowlerin four gamesthis season, tallied the following season passing statistics: 91 of 165 passes completed, 11 interceptions, 10 touchdowns, and 1,244 yards passing. Boscoplayed the entire AFA gamewith Fowler watching from the press box Davis scored its touchdowns on 2 98-yard kickoff Bonneville and 1980 2-A Utlist Lehi were eliminated from this year’s playoffs Friday, but the 3-A and 1-A champions took another step toward repeattitles. Cyprus advanced to the 4-A semifinals next week with a 14-7 win over Bonneville at the University of Utah's Rice Stadium. Cyprus gotits touchdowns on two passes from Doug Dilley to Steve Bracken In a later game, Bountiful's Al Schwab scooped up a blocked punt and raced 26 yards for a touchdown to help the Braves take a 143 victory over Brighton. In 3-A action defending champion West beat Orem 17-0, Ogden blasted American Fork 49-28, Jordan edged Provo 28-23 and Judge Memorial blanked Springville 28-0 Ps ousted defending 2-A champion Lehi 38- University of Utah. Roy's Wade Jacklin also threw a touchdown pass to Lance Jorgensen for the Royals, whe were outplayed most of the game. Roy was helped by 118 yards in penalties called against Granite, while the Royal During the post-fight press conference, defense picked off two interceptions and recovered Butch Lewis promised that represen- one fumble. Granite outgained Roy 287 yards to 174, but tatives from the Spinks camp would sit down with representatives from the Saad managed only two touchdownsin the loss. QuarterMuhammed campbythe end of the week back John Simmons ran for one TD and threwto Lance Pratt for the Farmer's other score to set up a fight between the two chamHandley passed for 223 yards in the game and the pions. three TDs to Culter, and Culter caught eight of But that fight won't happen until Saad Handley's passes for 100 yards. Safety BobOsteralso Muhammaddefends his WBCtitle on Dec scored for the Hawks on an 18-yard interception Millard earned a berth in the 2-A finals with a 35-0 drubbing of Morgan. _ ADVERTISEMENT 19 against Dwight Braxton in Atlantic City BYU Junior Varsity Tips Air Force Although Friday's 28-24 BYUjunior var- return. return by Spencer DeGraw and Ben Horne's 30-yard pass to Mike Colemere Defending state 4-A high schoolfootball champion because of an injury behind the AFA Bosco found J defender in the third quarter and connected on a 49-yard passplayin the third quarter to give BYUthe lead whichit then held. Jonesalso scored on a two-yard run in the third quarter Air Force scored twice in the fourth quarter to BYU's one touchdown. The Cadets applied pressureto the Kittens on a couple of occasions, but their fate was sealed when BYU cornerback Matt Johansen intercepted a possible AFA touchdown throw on the one-yard line Air Force ended its season with a 4-2 WyomingOil‘Lottery’ Chain Link Fence FREF ESTIMATES Open ToAll In November! companieslor ieases of nds Entry details and innay be obtained trom the H. Kirk Sanders Company (Oi! 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Region 8 champion, Dixie, She also said the team feels lucky about \ cars of the “80s need sophisticated equipment ot keep them running efficiently. The kindof equipment you'll AS pions, at 4 p.m. The second place team from Region 8, Springville meets Pleasant Grove at 5:30 p.m. Pleasant Grovetied with Provo for third in Region 7 and won the third place spot on a flip, putting Provo in fourth At 7 p.m. Mountain View, top team in Region 7, plays Jordan, fourth place in Region 6. The 8:30 p.m. gamewill feature Judge, second in Region 6, and Ogden, third in Region 5 West and Bear River open the night at Le From magnetic tuning probestoinfra red analyzers, the YL) Orem against Box Elder, Region 5 cham- fight this time. “Our kids have been play- ing well and they (Springville) have improved. We'll probably go three games.” She said the two teams play the same defense and each knowswhosets andhits Overall, she said her team will be fairly evenly matched with almost any team in the tournament. “‘If we get good serving wecan stay with any team,” she said Provo spikers will be usinga little different attackatthe state tournament with an altered lineup. The Bulldogs will have Kim Kaynorback. She has been out with a bad ankle sprain. ‘‘We'rejust gettingit all put back together,” said coach Mary Visker. ‘‘And it looks good.” Spanish Fork coach Wendy Weaver hasn’t heard much about Box Elder except that the northern team hasa tall player that could meantrouble. Besides keying in on this player, Weaversaid her team will try to ‘execute the bump, set, spike." She said Angie Bills and Cheryl Hill will be two keys in the Don attack Monday. TUN ~~) Six area volleyball teams representing two regions move into 3A State competition Monday at Orem and Mountain View High Schools. Spanish Fork's girl spikers, Region 8 fourth place, open the tournament at Pleasant Grovebeat Springville in preseason in just two games. But Viking coach Evelyn Burton expects a harder a!W meets Provoat 7 p.m. In the final gameat 8:30 p.m., Ben Lomond,second in Region 5, plays South, third in Region 6. These four gameswill be at Mountain View High School. Mountain View goesinto thefirst game blind, having never seen Jordan play this year. ‘We know nothing about Jordan,” said coach Debbie Freestone. ‘‘But my kids are excited and ready to play.” The Bruins have faced many problems this year including theloss of key player Kerri Cotant two weeks ago becauseof surgery. But the problems haven’t dampened the Bruin spirit. “‘A lot has gone wrongthis year and we'vestill won,” Freestonesaid. NRRII RI RI RI ROI RIO IRIIIISIRCIRIO) By KAYLENE NELSEN Herald Correspondent |