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Show Sports Roundup By Verland Nelson Alterra wins Region Football Championship! FlVe ' Taking advantage 0f , breaks the Spartans came out ' the big end of a 13 to 12 It was a heartbreaker for tv. Rough Riders. A win would hav! given them a tie for first place The game, played in a twenty mile an hour gale on the R0Z" vclt field, was packed full thrills. In the first quarter th Spartans with the wind to th,?i! backs, had things their own wL but failed to score when a sluh! born Roosevelt team held th! on the one-yard line. , The Rough Riders hit pay dirt early in the second quarter and threatened again just before tS half ended. ie The Spartans scored twice in I the third stanza, converting an I extra point on a fake pass Thi Rough Riders came back in thi I last quarter to score 25 seconds before the game ended'. Nixor try to drop kick went inches wide and the chance for victory ? faded away. ' j Both teams were primed for I the game. It was glorifying to see ii the brand of ball these two flS squads displayed. g In selecting the best player in d the Region this year, this corner 6 likes Daniel Manno, Alterra half 11 back. Manno came to Alterra from fi Succasunna, New Jersev, where he played blocking halfback on an eleven-man team for Roxbury b High -School. His judgment on ii the field in finding opposi'ion s weakness has gone a long vvay 'J to help Alterra reach the top li The knowledge he has of foot ai ball has been passed on to hu ol teammates. His blocking has U been outstanding throughout the season and his ability to find a J hole while packing the ball Is li fantastic. Manno is 17 years old jc and a senior at Alterra High, i tt If figures were available, the B crowd at last Friday's game was ei probably the largest at a foot, ball game in Roosevelt history, th |