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MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1^
Spike Anderson makes suaaessful on-side kick.
LIONS FALL TO PC
BY ONE
by Eric Garner
"We made the deci
sion to go for two
points and we failed','
said Head Coach
Claude Gibson after
the 20-21 loss at
Presbyterian last
Saturday. "We eanted
the win and we won' t
second guess our de
cision," Gibson con
tinued.
The Lions mounted a
rally late in the
fourth quarter to
close from a 7-21
deficate to pull with
in one point but
could not gain a vic
tory.
Ronnie Reeves
scored on a 4 yard
run late in the first
qucorter following a 4
play drive which was
set up by Reeces' 33
yard runback off a PC
punt to the PC 14
yard line. The score
tallied 7-0 when Stan
Curry added the point
after kick.
The score remained
the same until the
third quarter when
the Blue Hose explod
ed for three touch
downs and a commartd-
ing 21-7 lead.
With 7:05 left in
the game, QB Danny
Robinson engineered
an eight play drive
from the Lion 20 yard
line. The drive was
all passing as
Robinson skillfully
picked apart the Blue
Hose defense and
eventually found
Darus Holtzclaw 22
yards in the end zone
for the score.
After a short drive
PC punted and
Robinson began an
other eight play
drive using split
ends . Rocky Cater,
Scott Ferguson, and
his favorite receiver,
Ronnie Capps.
With 15 seconds
left in the game,
Robinson passed 6
yards into the end
zone to Capps for the
end of hte 72 yard
drive. Following an
Illegal Procedure pen
alty against the
Lions, they attempted
a two point conver
sion going for the
fingertips of Capps
and fell incomplete.
The Lions success
fully pulled off an
outside kick and took
over the ball on the
PC 48 yard line with
14 seconds left.
Three Robinson passes
fell incomplete and
in despiration Stan
Curry attempted a 60
yard field goal at
the buzzer which fell
short on the 5 yard
line.
Probably the big
gest problem facing
Mars Hill this week
is how to replace the
injured Ronnis Reeves
who leads the Lions
in scoring, is second
in the conference in
scoring, is second in
the nation in kick
off returns with a
33.3 yard per return
average, is first in
the nation in punt
returns with an 18.9
yard per return aver
age, is averaging 4.9
yards per carry, and
was last weeks' Caro
lines Conference of
fensive Player of the
Week. That is a lot
of credintials and
Reeves will be out
for a couple of weeks
with a shoulder in
jury aquired in the
second quarter of the
PC game.
REEVES PACES WIN
OVER GEORGETOWN
Volume xl
by Eric Garner
"I have to go a
long time into my
past to recall a game
I enjoyed winning as
much as this one,"
said Lion Head Coach
Claude Gibson just
after Mars Hill had
upset Georgetown Col
lege, Kentucky.
The Lions seemed
bound for victory as
they took the opening
kick-off and marched
75 yards in eleven
plays capped by a 7
yard TD spirit by
fullback Charlie
Hammersley followed
by the point after
kick by Stan Curry.
The Georgetown Ti
gers, under Coach Tom
Dowly, who were not
willing to die, were
not upholding their
rating of fifth in
the nation in NAIA
Division II. On the
next series of plats,
Ron Pinchback direct
ed the Tigers 72
yards for the score
but could not convert
the extra point leav
ing the Lions barely
ahead 7-6.
"That's when it
turned into the wild
est game I've ever
seen," said Gibson.
Ronnie vReeves began
to turn on the speed
that lead to his be
ing named Carolines
Conference Offensive
Player of the Week.
Reeves scored his
first of three TD's
that day on a 48 yard
punt return. George
town scored again and
posted a two point
conversion equaling
the Lions mark at 14-
14. On the following
kick-off. Reeves turn
ed it on again with a
dazzling 93 yard re
turn for the TD and
the Lion lead at 21-
14 to end the first
quarter.
The Tigers tried
one more time with an
onside kick but
Charlie Hammersley
time consuming arives
the first of which
resulted in a 22 yard
field goal by Stan
Curry. Late in the
third quarter, the
Tigers were refired
after a delusioning
quarter when with
0:37 left, Phil
Weitzel recovered a
blocked Roger Gant
punt in the end zone
to pull the Tigers
within five points at
33-28.
covered the ball on
the Lion 47 yard line
where Danny Robinson
ran four straight QB
sneaks for 6' yards
and time ran out and
the Lion Resigned
King of the jungle de
feating the Tigers 39-
36.
The Tigers opened
with a score and a-
gain tied the game at
21-21. Stan Curry
soon hit on a 43 yard
field goal, (his
first of two that
day) which was soon
followed by a 2 yard
TD run by fullback
Jerome Durham before
the half giving the
Lions a 30-21 lead.
In the second half,
it was QB Danny
Robinson who drove
the Lions on several
The Lions were not
to be denied and
Robinson passed for
three first downs to
split end Ronnie
Capps in a ten play
drive which concluded
with Reeves third TD
of the day as hb
scampered 4 yards a-
round left end to
give the Lions a 39-
28 lead.
The Tigers were
still fired up and
drove eight plays to
the Mars Hill 8 yard
line where the Lion
defense held for ^
downs and the offense
took over and mounted
a short drive.
The Tigers regained
possesion on the MarS
Hill 30 and drove ^
plays for the scot®
and a 2 point convet'
sion and the closing
score of 39-36.
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Danny Robinson passes in attempt to gain a two point PAT