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Show September 27, 973 - THE DIXIE SUN 1 SPORTS SUN Thorr. n of istic c n its Dixie vs COD :ity ti hard tin of this j Dixie College Rebels made jerimr three in a row as they beat uced, ollege of the Desert 43-2xpulaaturday night before a large ler's "fowd in the Sun Bowl, back and prodi Scores bounced until latter part of le second quarter when the ;atre lebels came on strong. i's (le Roadrunner defensive teams repeatedly through f sjUlunched tebel lines during the first half Ta-- the game to give quarterback NL, ,ynn Lewis trouble in getting he ball moving. COD's offensive ished as fast too, and gave the lalifornia team 14 points by 2 4 A Ihe early portion of the second ' uarter. "We had a great effort on he part of receivers Larry Lewis, Ion Schmidt, and Gary Barber," e Theh f Hoach Lee Bunnell said. Coach Bunnell was especially mpressed with the second and offensive teams which hird howed well in the second half. "Defensively, we had from performances 3oss Paulson and Jeff Smerek," i loach Bunnell said. Dixie substituted freely in J he second half and still tallied 199 rushing and passing yardage is compared to College of the I Desert offensive gains of 321 g 1 3 rards. Coach Lynn Lewis has engineered the Rebels to a 39 point average in the last two games, Bunnell outlined. With Dixie racking up 16 first downs to College of the Desert's 12, the scoring margin wasn't threatening to the Rebels except in the third quarter. College of the Desert's Dale Hoy ran 30 yards for a touchdown bringing the Roadrunners within eight points of the Rebels, 28.20. Scoring by quarter was as follows Rebel quarterback passed to Gary Lynn Lewis Barber for a touchdown early in the first quarter. The extra point was kicked by run Henry Velasquez. A by Robbie Carian of College of the Desert, with a successful extra point, tied the game. Second quarter touchdowns were started by College of the Desert with a TD pass from Robbie Carian to Richard Runnels. Mitch Lunak carried the ball over on a yard breakthrough, and Henry Velasquez kicked for 1, and made the score Prior to the half, Dixie Rebels socred two quick touchdowns. Gary Barber scored in an running play, and kicked Velasquez successfully the extra point. Lynn Lewis threw another 36'yard Pass t0 Larry Lewis for another touch down, and Velasquez kicked the score extra point for a of run by Dale Hoy A of College of the Desert was the only score of the third quarter, d d 1 14-1- d Bunnell expressed ad miration for the College of the Desert ball club, and pointed out the game's outcome was probably influenced by injuries to three COD players including their key quarterback. "Lynn Lewis faced a fine defense," Coach Bunnell pointed Rebel ball carrier Bernie XH out, "And his accuracy was good Crawford ran 75 yards on a punt 1 A Awhich enabled him to complete return for a touchdown. Velas- r v two passes for touchdowns." half-tim- e 28-1- d 28-2- ?X A AAA AAA A A A A A A A A AA AAA AX Dixie Theatre HkCwunrat mitm PAW. NEWMAN ROBERT REDfORO KATHARINE ROSS. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID JZSZ. Sept. 26-3- 0 - Oct. 1 - 2 Open 7:00 Starts 7:30 Starlite j mining Jlp4' Starts at dusk GAIETY THEATRE "LOST HORIZON" September 26 - October Opens 7:00 p.m - Page 7 2 Starts 7:30 p.m. 144 minutes quez kicked this fifth extra point for the game. Another pass by College of the Desert quarterback, Rory Putnam, to Dale Hoy resulted in a Touchdown. The Roadrunners missed the extra point. Final scoring was completed with a quarterback keep by Brent Childress who carried the ball five yards for 6 points. Gary Barber ran the extra two points to pace the Rebels at d 43-2- Rebels Push For Four Rebels will Dixie College push for a fourth straight season win Saturday as they meet Scottsdale College in the St. George Sun Bowl at Coach Lee Bunnell 8 p.m. antici- strong Scottsdale club. squad lost to Phoenix College last week, but downed Snow College two pates The a Arizona 17-1- Rebel coaches weeks ago, 17-1are looking for a strong Scottsdale defensive team, which has been holding opponents to an 5 points a game. average of "We are having to make some adjustments for injured Barry Hanson, defensive linebacker, Bunnell reports. "We are trying to solve the problems of our defensive secondary which allowed two touchdown passes last week," he added, (continued on page 8) |