Page 14 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980
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Linebacker Wayne Steen (52) of the Bryan Vikings comes up
to support the tackle as a Temple runner is dropped for a
three-yard loss in first quarter action last Friday night.
Temple won the
15AAAAA title.
game 20-9 and, with it.
Photo by Rick Stolle
the district
Bryan vs. Temple: The color and
pageantry of high school football
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
“Do you think we’ll win, we ha
ven’t beaten them in sooo long,” said
the pretty young cheerleader enter
ing the stadium.
“They looked good last week and I
think we’ll have a tough time with
their offense,” said the old-timer.
“But I remember a team about six
years ago...”
“Tickets, 50-yard line tickets,”
someone shouted.
The weather was outstanding as
the cloud cover lowered but no rain
dropped upon the spectators stream
ing into the stadium. The wind was
blowing with a cold chill that pene
trated all clothing for all pre-game
activities but died off into a slight
breeze as game time neared. It
seemed to sense the importance of
the game to both teams.
The big-game excitement had
caught everybody into speculating a
winner. The pom-poms, color,
crowd and, of course, the action of
high school football were all well rep
resented Friday as the Temple Wild
cats defeated the Bryan Vikings 20-9
in a game that decided the district
15AAAAA title.
The game was billed as a battle of
powerful teams. Each had lofty state
rankings on the line. Bryan had a
defense that had been scored on only
twice in the season and was ranked
seventh in class 5A. Temple, with a
well-coached, disciplined offense,
was top-ranked in the state as well as
defending state champions.
The game had all the makings of
the state’s top game Friday. Scouts
from many colleges as well as other
high schools were attending. The
scouts on the one hand were looking
for next year’s players and the
others were looking at a possible
opponent for this year.
The bands marched in with all the
pomp and circumstance they could
muster. The players strolled onto the
field for their warmups with butterf
lies in their stomachs and smiles on
their faces.
The teams matched the spec
tators’ expectations and speculation
in a furious game of solid defense as
each team took advantage of the
others’ mistakes.
The game had a total of 11 fum
bles, most of them in the first half.
The teams seemed to be testing each
other for most of the first quarter
when the first big mistake occurred.
The Bryan side of the stadium
erupted when linebacker Wayne
Steen caused a Temple fumble with
Bryan recovering. The Vikings took
advantage of the situation by hitting
end Fred Collins with a 34-yard pass
reception to the Temple 11. The
drive stalled on the eight and the
Vikings settled for a field goal.
The Bryan backers erupted again
as the Vikings took a 3-0 lead.
Throughout the next Temple
series, the crowd seemed to be ready
to spill onto the field with emotion.
Suddenly, they were quieted
however when Bryan fumbled a
Temple punt.
The Wildcats took control of the
ball on the Bryan 39. The Bryan de
fense held Temple to a third-and-
seven on the 25 yard line when time
out was called.
Throughout the time-out, the
crowd enjoyed themselves by mak
ing as much noise as they could. At
times, the only lull on the field was
when the announcer tried to talk.
The Temple quarterback, Bret
Stafford, returned to the huddle, cal
led the play and with quite a bit of
confusion as well as too many men on
the field, tried to call time-out again.
The extra man ran off the field and
Temple ran the play rather than be
penalized for two consecutive time
outs.
The Bryan defense was lulled to
sleep for just a second but that was all
Temple needed. The Wildcats
scored on a half-back pass and, after
the extra point, took a 7-3 lead.
Now it was time for the other side
of the stadium to erupt with joy. The
Temple sideline was a mass of jump
ing, yelling and hugging players and
coaches. It seemed to mirror the sea
ting sections which had the same
thing going on.
Both team's gave the ball away for
the rest of the half with Temple capi
talizing on two Bryan miscues with
two field goals in the waning minutes
of the first half to take a 13-3 lead
over the Vikings.
Earlier, it had seemed the ball was
a hot potato. The teams exchanged
the ball two times each before Tem
ple regained control to drive for a
field goal.
“We fumbled a lot 4n our end of
the field,” said Merrill Green, head
coach of the Vikings. “If it had been
the reverse, we would have had
them backed up.
The second half was the opposite
of the first as the teams made only
one mistake. Bryan threw an inter
ception midway through the fourth
and Temple iced the game with a
35-yard touchdown drive with 4:52
left in the game. The drive broke the
backs of the Viking’s fans as many
started toward the exits.
Temple coach Bob McQueen said
empl
the kicking game proved to be the
biggest factor in the Wildcats’ win.
Half the crowd went away with
their fingers in the air shouting,
“We’re number l!” The other half
ambled off with a “wait-til-next-
year” look on their faces.
Even though Bryan scored the fin
al points of the game, they were too
little, too late.
The Vikings got the kickoff on
their own ten-yard-line and marched
the 90 yards to the score. Sanders
capped the drive with a one-yard
plunge with 1:52 left in the game.
The Bryan two-point conversion
failed to make the final score 20-9.
The Vikings were heartbroken and
the Wildcats jubliant. For Temple, it
is on to Kyle Field where they will
play the Conroe Tigers in a bi
district playoff match Saturday at 8
p.m. As for the Vikings, they are on
to basketball workouts and can
dream about the year that almost
Both coaches agreed that mistakes
and good, solid defense dominated
the game.
“Our mistakes just proved more
costly than theirs,” said Green. “You
•can’t continually give a good team
like Temple the ball.”
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New batting
award chosen
by magazine
United Press International
ST. LOUIS — A new batting
award — the Silver Bat teams-— was
instituted today for members of the
National and American leagues, but
Bill Buckner, the NL’s batting
champ, was not among the first reci
pients.
The Sporting News, which named
the winners by positions, said Buck
ner, who batted .324 for Chicago,
lost out at first base to Keith Hernan
dez of the St. Louis Cardinals.
“Hernandez was dominant in
runs, doubles and triples while com
paring favorably in other offensive
categories,” the editors explained.
The Cardinals, who finished
fourth in the NL East Division,
placed five players on the inaugural
team — Hernandez, catcher Ted
Simmons, shortstop Garry Temple
ton, outfielder George Hendrick and
pitcher Bob Forsch.
The other members of the Nation
al League winning Silver Bats were
second baseman Manny Trillo and
third baseman Mike Schmidt of Phi
ladelphia; outfielder Dusty Baker of
Los Angeles and outfielder Andre
Dawson of Montreal.
American League batting champ
George Brett, who hit .390 for Kan
sas City, was the AL pick at third
base. Brett was joined on the squad
by Royals’ outfielder Willie Wilson.
The winners will receive trophies
from Hillerich & Bradsby, makers of
Louisville Slugger bats.
While the first awards were
chosen by editors of the St. Louis-
based weekly, a spokesman for The
Sporting News says future Silver Bat
teams most likely will be chosen by a
poll of players.
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