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Battalion/Page 17 December 8, 1982 ber 8, eat -3 Small-town football a treat for devoted fans, spectators TANK MFNAMAttA ^ ftjERE ARE LAWS AjSAlfVpT RGWTiKlG COCK£> ^ AMP PrT 3ULL^. PDM'T MUMAJ4 P&5>&RV£ TME SAME lAUMAME- CONS I p61?ATOM Mb CMICKSM5 AMP PCGO 7 by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds by Joe Tindel Jr. Battalion Staff i f Sports enthusiasts are accus- 21 j™ScoM^ed to scanning their favorite ^tDul2« C 5 0n ° f f the neWS P a P Cr an , d 7 0-04,RomfEnding informative tidbits ab- Lewis big-name teams and indi- 4. Totals2M!i yiduals. Stories about the Cow- Boys, Oilers, Aggies, Lon- . , gliorns, Bjorn Borg or Ed Car- un Auden v! ve y are commonplace. 13 2-2 20,]oiMfe Che same thing goes lor high trown l-IMlilischool football coverage. Fans Beoy WhiteItBften read about the big 5A 0-2 0-0 0, tlphools like Houston Memorial, totals St j* ^ ous t on L ee) Houston Strat- Hprd, Houston Captain Crunch or Northeast Southwest Hous ton on Travis Street. a vs I It’s getting hard to keep up with all the metro schools these lays. Believe it or not, there’s Till jreally one in class 4A called San L V HI Antonio South San West. For those tired of the fast- third quart Jiaced brand of football played nio uplMtpn the big-time, there’s an alter- 5 scored tkpative. The school names are ' the final:|§asier to remember in this urs brokeinBague. As a matter of fact, some outrebodtl-'Pf them are unforgettable. 41, induditil How could anyone confuse half. Wink High School with any- Ithing? chell scored |ii ,, <. , . n m-. iM Many small school names an 8-Uaa.ii •' i- ■ r. pul the SpErf' ave uni 4 ue qtiahties. Some are rurtl gmotional — like Happy High. thers are historic, such as Bobert Lee or perhaps DeLeon. itStill others are flashy (Ben Bolt), dedl9poin»B ace f ul (Union Hill) and flow- jrtheSpunljpg (^gua Duke), if feted froi® second hallB ints and Is in the firsil It would be a mistake to tell the residents of the hamlets of small schools that their football isn’t as important as anyone else’s. These schools may not graduate more than 30 students each spring, but they’re just as able to field a football team on Friday nights as Dallas Carter or Fort Worth Eastern Hills. And when their teams reach the state playoffs, townspeople are ecstatic. Dairy Queen signs display messages of congratula tions, businesses may hang team memorabilia in windows and sometimes schools turn out sev eral hours early to hold a pep rally. They’ll turn out for the games, too. At Saturday’s quar terfinals match between Gran ger and defending Class A champion Bremond, about 5,000 fans filled the stadium. That’s more than the combined population of both towns. “You can’t ask for anything better than the community we have here,” Bremond Head Coach Bill Cummings said. Considering the demands placed on small school teams, it’s only fair they get such treatment from fans. For one thing, class A, AA and even AAA football is unique in that most of the 11 players who start on offense usually start on defense as well. Since players often go both ways, as Granger Coach Russell Poling puts it, players have to learn to really concentrate because they can blame no one but themselves for mistakes. And Cummings says: “I think mental attitude in our class has as much to do (with success) as anything.” Poling says small schools, especially class A schools, also tend to see rapid changes in the number of talented players available. For example, Groom High might have seven out standing athletes one year and none the next. Chances are greater that a 5A school like Richardson Lake Highlands can at least partially defeat the effects of graduation with some talented under classmen. And often small schools are losers in a popularity contest. Poling said when a coach some how does manage to field a con sistently powerful team in the small school ranks, he’s likely to move to a better paying and hopefully more rewarding job in a larger school. Poling said he believes stable coaching is a huge factor in class A football. “I think in some ways if you have a more stable coaching situation in a smaller school it’s more evident than in a larger school,” he said. “After a coach gets a program set up and every thing going his way, it gives them (the team) a very great advantage.” Cummings said he’s one of the fortunate few who have had a couple of talented groups of players. Cummings has estab lished a good program at Bre mond, but contrary to the trend, he said he has no plans of leav ing for a job at a bigger school. “I’m satisfied with where I am or I wouldn’t have stayed last year,” Cummings said. Who wouldn’t be? His team is as big as some 5A teams and his main weapon is 210-pound Duncan Thompson, a bruising back with 4.5 speed and more than 2,000 yards this season. Bremond is 13-0 on the season after defeating Poling’s Granger Lions 30-6 Saturday. Poling’s team finished 12-2, and the Granger coach boasted talent like potential all-stater Johnny Dorn, a 160-pound tail back who piled up more than 2,500 yards this season. Four teams are still playing in class A this weekend. Bremond will face Union Hill at Terrell in one semifinal battle, while Ros- coe and Knox City will battle it out in the Panhandle. In the class AA semifinals, Hale Center and Eastland will tangle in Sweetwater. Groveton will square off with perennial power East Bernard here in Kyle Field Friday night at 8 p.m. Navasota and Refugio will play in Austin Saturday in one class AAA semifinals game, while Littlefield and McGregor will battle in the other bout in San Angelo Saturday. Rockets fall to 3-16 with loss United Press International HOUSTON — Every game is important to Seattle coach Len ny Wilkens — even when the Su- perSonics are playing a weak team like the Houston Rockets. “We went into this game like any other game,” Wilkens said after the Sonics scored a run away 107-88 victory over the Rockets Tuesday night. Seattle took the lead for good at the 5:58 mark of the first quarter and led at the half, 49- 41. The Sonics coasted to a third-quarter lead of 82-62 with center Jack Sikma scoring 11 points during that period. CALCULATOR EXPERTS 9 Don't risk your calculator failing finals. Loupot's has the fresh batteries and accessories you'll need! Loupot's now offers Free one hour parking to all customers! Steinbrenner’s entrance means ig-time bargaining at meetings — Northgate — Across From the Post Office United Press International d 20 pointi|BONOLULU — Generally field had iR the Hawaiian Islands there’s assists in KtJhhn period before a storm, er Detroit. | If that’s the case, the tranquil- Bend, Indjttvof the baseball meetings is ab- ;d 19 poinii 0ut to be disrupted, ng work oiH George Steinbrenner, base- ds as Indiatifall s hurricane, has arrived. >rd to 4-O.w The principal owner of the Kentucky,York Yankees blew into in the spatiB vn late Tuesday night and he's expected to start things stir- ames, JolinI** n K on both the free-agent and its as Wakef:fading fronts. Davidson, ill So far there has been only recovering : 01U ' trade and one minor free- eesurgerv,s- a gent signing since the meetings lississipidntjlgan Sunday, lingham, til hut, the unresolved status of hikeditsrmi'ee-agents Steve Garvey, Floyd Jones scotti Bannister and Steve Kemp have 5-51 victotyt phetl several potential trades [ary, and jifc 0111 being made, and Stein- )ints carriei brenner is a key figure in nego tiations with all three players. He met with Garvey’s agent, Jerry Kapstein, at the airport in Los Angeles Tuesday before flying to Honolulu and is ex pected to talk to Bannister’s agent, Tom Reich, today. “I had a good meeting with Kapstein, that’s all I can say,” Steinbrenner said. A report began circulating late Tuesday night that Garvey had decided to sign with the Chi cago Cubs but Kapstein, con tacted in Los Angeles, denied it. “No agreement has been reached,” Kapstein said. Kapstein said five clubs were still in contention for Garvey. Bannister is said to be leaning toward signing with Philadel phia so he can play on the same team as his boyhood idol, Steve Carlton. However, it is believed Stein brenner will make one final pitch to land the American League strikeout king with a financial offer the 27-year-old lefthander may find difficult to refuse. Steinbrenner also is in terested in Kemp but the Balti more Orioles are in the running, too, for the All-Star outfielder. There are plenty of potential trades in the talking stages, but some of them hinge on the sign ing of the three prize free agents. Baltimore, for example, is in terested in obtaining shortstop Alfredo Griffin from Toronto but the Blue Jays have asked for outfielder Gary Roenicke in the deal. The Orioles would be re luctant to trade Roenicke unless they could replace him with Kemp. 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