sports Battalion/Page 11 November 15, 1982 TANK frFNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds /or "g ability, d lore than 5 cross coi® irth in then ‘ butdidnoif. S'. ^ to compett 1 nsas also > ith 46 pc: joints, Hoe Vggtcs had 6: final stanl (Hield was finisher on uirse, pb time of i; /oi backs ip mien’s dins bileLoriNdi »g of Texas; me of Houl e basis of th ts. a’s golf theToriteol eminil de laved Thuni ay in Monten =P=n Schoolboy playoffs feature upsets Runners-up faring well Elsik’s students, fans disagree with ruling m n-tf by Donn Friedman, Tracey Taylor and John Wagner Battalion Staff HOUSTON — Wednesday morning the marquis at the Astrodome read “High School football playof f game:Stratford vs. Westbury (i p.m." Friday morning the sign read “AliefElsik. vs. Westbury 6 p.m.” But Friday alternoou, two hours before the bi-district play- |fgame,eight empty buses jjuI- ed out of the F.lsik High Sc hool hrking lot. The football players 4’ere still at die school,'the pep [squad was gossiping in the halls, the cheerleaders had been sent Bonie.ancl members of the band were going to a park to play foot- ’ 11. A court order issued Friday lafternoon thrust Stratford into Ee playoffs, thereby ending Jl lsik’s playoff hopes. In the ninth week of the sea- kon, the University I nterscholas- ffi: League ruled Stratford line backer David Niles ineligible for Hegedly breaking a I’ll, re- Bdency rule. The UIL rule plates that a student may live nth,a guardian and participate fit school activities if he formally lind legally records that guar- Idianship. A 12-year resident of the spring Branch area, Niles moved to California in the spring to live with his mother. However, he re-enrolled at Stratford in the fall, and is now living with family friends who had been named legal guar dians. But the UIL said no dice, dec- laring Niles ineligible and order ing Stratford, which clinched a playoff berth during the final week of the season, to forfeit seven victories in which Niles had played. That decision vaulted F.lsik into the playoffs — or so the Rams thought. The Rams had finished third behind Memorial and Stratford in the 17-5A race with a 4-3 dis trict record. However, Niles’ lawyer, Lew W. Harpold of Hofheinz and Harpold, went to federal court Friday morning to get a tempor ary stay which would allow Niles to play. In that hearing, U.S District Judge George E. Cire ruled against the UIL. and the 17-5A Executive Committee, saying the organizations did not have the power to keep Niles from playing — thereby putting the Spartans back into the playoffs. Cire said Niles would suffer “im mediate and irreparable dam age” if Stratford was kept out of the bi-district contest. The UIL then sought to have the entire eligibility question re solved through other federal court channels, but gave up at 3:30 Friday afternoon and sent word to Stratford to go ahead and play. Elsik Principal Bobby Porter said he had received word on Thursday that the Rams would play Westbury. Porter said Elsik students were excited that their Rams — who at one time had been one of the worst teams in Texas, losing 22 straight games during the 1980-81 seasons — finally made a mark in the dis trict race. But the federal court order took the excitement out of the halls of Elsik. The students, who had a holiday from school Fri day, waited outside the school and close to their radios to hear See SPARTANS page 12 United Press International Second-place teams, allowed into the playoffs for the first time this year, are taking full advantage of the opportunity, with more than half of the Class 5A runners-up advancing to the second round at the expense of a district champion. In the first weekend of high school playoffs, only 12 of 32 district champions were victo rious in their games with run ners-up from adjacent districts. Seven districts had both of their teams advance. Among those who will not be continuing in the playoffs are UPI’s No. 6-ranked Fort Worth Eastern Hills, a 14-12 loser to Denton; No. 10 Plainview, which lost 20-15 to San Angelo Central, and co-No. 10 Brazos- wood, a 12-10 loser to Austin LBj. In the Class 3A and Class 2A, 20 of the 32 district champs in each division advanced. None of UPI’s Class 3A Top Ten teams was defeated, but in next week’s round, No. 3 McGregor plays No. 5 Dainger- field and No. 4 Cameron plays No. 9 Waller. In the 2As, No. 5 Pottsboro was upset by Southlake Carroll, 28-25, and No. 9 Deweyville was beaten by Garrison. Included in the second-place teams to advance from Class 5A were El Paso Bel Air, Euless Trinity, Fort Worth Western Hills, Conroe McCullough, Highland Park and Plano. In defeating Dallas Kimball 28-20, annual playoff figure Pla no got 295 yards offense against the area’s leading defense. “We knew they had the lead ing defense in the area,” said Plano quarterback Paul Davis. “But we were able to control the line of scrimmage. That’s what we wanted to do.” Highland Park coach Frank Bevers, whose Scots finished second in District 9-5A behind North Mesquite and advance to the second round with a 17-14 win over Dallas Samuell, said motivation was a problem, even in the playoffs. “I think each time you win a big game, it’s real thrilling inside and this is very thrilling,” he said. “Of course, each team is different and you’ve got to take them where they are and try to get them as far as you can get them. We’re having to work real hard to ke^p the heat on our kids. If we don’t put heat on them, they don’t play well.” RLITT THEATRES Student Disc. Fri. with ID. Tues. all seats *2.00. CINEMA I & II !lt\ . i tilliLr S |C.-( '|i George A. 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