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®ljr Baily (Tar Hppl Gamecocks spoil Tigers’ Gator hopes THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEMSON, S.C. —Duce Staley had a little pain in his ankle, his 1,000-yard season and a victory at Death Valley. “This is what it’s all about. What could be better than this?" Staley said. “Except a bowl game.” With a 34-31 victory over No. 22 Gemson, the Gamecocks (6-5) kept them selves alive for the Southeastern Conference’s slot in the Independence Bowl. South Carolina was ahead by 17 points with 7:16 left and appeared to be in good shape after Staley’s second TD run. But the Tigers (74) drew within a field goal on Brian Wofford’s 11-yard scoring catch and Raymond Priester’s 10-yard touchdown reception. Gemson drove from its 29 to South Carolina’s 20 on its final drive, but Matt Padgett missed a 32- yard field-goal attempt with six seconds left. “As soon as I hit the ball I knew it went wide left,” Padgett said. Staley’s 133 yards, his seventh 100-yard game this season, gave him 1,117 yards, making him the first South Caro lina runner with 1,000 in a season since Harold Green in 1987. ncc '&■ Hole* pound Toips MIAMI Florida State kept rolling, even with its quarterback limping, and set up a 1 -2 showdown next week against top-ranked Florida. In their final tuneup Saturday, the unbeaten Seminoles beat Maryland 48- 10 but lost quarterback Thad Busby. The junior QB sat out the second half with a mild knee sprain. Warrick Dunn led the charge against Maryland with 109 yards rushing, in cluding touchdowns of 13 and 9 yards, to break Greg Allen’s school career rushing record. The Seminoles’ defense started slowly but finished with eight sacks and held Maryland to minus-8 yards rushing. Maryland finished 3-5 and 5-6. The status of fifth-year coach Mark Duflher is in doubt, and he’ll meet next week with athletic director Debbie Ypw. The game drew a crowd of only 31,989 at Pro Player Stadium. Maryland, the home team, moved it to Miami when the Carquest Bowl guaranteed the school $1 million. Wolfpiek adds to Wake's misery RALEIGH Jamie Barnette threw for a touchdown and ran for another score, and Tremayne Stephens added a 69-yard scoring run as North Carolina State knocked off Wake Forest 37-22 on Saturday. Barnette was a lackluster 13 of 32 for 187 yards with two interceptions, but he added 5 7 yards rushing for the Wolfpack (3-7,3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference). The loss brought an end to Wake Forest’s fourth straight losing season under coach Jim Caldwell. The Demon Deacons (3-8, 1-7 ACC) haven’t won more than three games under Caldwell. Navy sinks slumping Jackets ATLANTA Navy and Georgia Tech had similar goals entering the sea son go to a bowl game. After Saturday’s 36-26 win, the Midshipmen’s hopes are still alive. The Yellow Jackets will likely sit it out. Navy (8-2) has one regular season game left, against Army. Tech (5-s)plays Georgia next week, hoping to end a three game losing streak and a skid that has reached four losses in five games. The Yellow Jackets were victimized Saturday by Navy junior quarterback Chris McCoy, who became a Midship man because none of the larger schools in Georgia recruited him. McCoy, who leads Navy in rushing with 1,181 rushing yards, was held to a mere 51 in 21 attempts by Tech. He managed to score three touchdowns, though, two on the ground and another on a flea-flicker pass reception. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AP Football Top 25 1. florid* (59) 1(H) 1,667 1 2. florid* State It) 104 1,601 3 3. Arizona Stats (3) 114 1.564 4 4. Nebraska 9-1 1.475 5 6. Colorado 9-1 1,382 6 6. Ohio State 10-1 1.326 2 7. Brigham Young 12-1 1.207 8 8. Pam State 10-2 1,206 7 8. Tennessee 8-2 1,042 9 10. Notre Dame 8-2 1,020 10 11. Northwestern 9-2 950 11 12. Washington 9-2 870 12 13. North CaroSna 04 881 13 14. Kansas State 9-2 793 14 16. Alabama 9-2 758 15 16. Syracuse 8-2 700 16 U.VeginiaTeeh 81 677 17 18. Michigan 88 625 21 19. Louisiana State 82 576 18 20. Virginia 78 416 16 21. Wyoming 181 360 20 22. lowa 83 237 24 23. Miami 7-3 203 25 24. Army 81 73 26. West Virginia 83 61 23 Others receiving votes: Southern Misskstaii 31, Auburn 30. East Carolina 29. Navy 22. Texas 13, Ctamson 8, Texas Tech 8. Houston 7. Baß State 2, Stanford 2, Michigan State 1, Rice 1, Utah 1. 1J completes career with league yardage title BYROBBIPICKERAL SPORTS EDITOR DURHAM Yards, yards, yards. Points, points, points. So went the theme for senior Leon Johnson’s swan song Saturday. Johnson, who became North Carolina’s most prolific tailback when he broke the school record for all-purpose yardage against Houston several weeks ago, entered Duke’s Wallace Wade Sta dium knowing he needed three yards to break the league record for all-purpose yardage and four touchdowns to break UNC’s record for TDs scored. He went 1 for 2, failing to tie the TD record by one score but becoming the league’s most prolific tailback scant sec onds into the contest. “I (wanted) to go out there and accom plish a lot of my personal goals as far as try to get close to getting 1,000 yards, the all-purpose yardage and the touch downs,” said Johnson, a native of Morganton. “We came out with the win, and I gave it my best shot, and I’m just Stallings announces resignation, urges school to hire from staff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. When he announced his resignation, Alabama coach Gene Stallings suggested the school look at his staff for a replacement. “There are some well-qualified people on our staff and I hope and pray that they will be given some consideration,” Stallings said after No. 15 Alabama clinched the SEC West title with a thrilling 24-23 win over Auburn on Saturday. Defensive coor dinator Mike Dubose, in his 11th year with the Tide, would be the most likely candidate on the staff to replace Stallings. Offensive Alabama coach GENE STALUNGS will step down after the Crimson Tide's bowl game. coordinator Woody McCorvey is another consideration, as is secondary coach Curley Hallman, the former coach at LSU and Southern Mississippi. Others mentioned are Colorado’s Rick Neuheisel, Miami’s Butch Davis and former UCLA coach Terry Donahue. HAVE YQI MAI IMTIi LAST SI IATST If you have had mononucleosis in the last 30 days, you could receive SSO each time you donate plasma! SERA-IEG BIOLOGICALS 10914 E. Franklin St. 942-0251 Get The Class You’ve Always Wanted. y< - fill | WM |fc v ,.L C >! fy** If you want to make a good impression this year, there’s a class you should register for, no matter what your major. It’s the class you’ll get from Cott Furniture Rental. Not only does our furniture look smart, renting it is smart. You get to choose the style of name-brand furniture you want. It won’t strain your student budget. And it saves you the hassle and expense of moving that old stuff that’s been sitting around your folk's attic back and forth each semester. We also rent TVs, VCRs, microwaves and other kitchen essentials, plus bedroom and bathroom linens. So call your nearest Cort showroom and get the kind of class you won’t find in a course registration booklet. CORT FURNITURE RENTAL Durham: 5400 Chapd Hill BlwL, 919493-2563 • Chapel Hitt: 919-929-5075 Raleigh: 1820 New Hope Church Road, 919-876-7550 Senior tailback LEON JOHNSON leads the ACC with 5,878 career yards. proud for the per formance that I had.” LJ broke the conference record on the game’s first play. Johnson took Blue Devil Sims Lenhardt’s kick at the 14andretumed in 16 yards. Deed done. “He was deter mined, and you could see it in the way he ran,” said Duke linebacker Billy Granville. “Their line was talking they’re really enthusiastic after plays whenever he makes a big gain. They’re really enthusiastic, tryingto get him more yards.” When the congratulations receded, L J went back to work, this time intent on the scoring record. But it was a twist of fate—in the form of quarterback Chris Keldorf s ankle that pushed LJ. Bockrath declined comment on the selection process. The school has called a news conference for Monday to discuss the search. “This night belongs to Gene Stallings and rightfully so,” Bockrath said after the game. Stallings, 61, will coach two more games with the Crimson Tide (9-2,6-2 in the SEC). Alabama’s win put the Tide in the SEC title game Dec. 7 against Florida. A bowl game will follow that. He said he had made the decision to retire before last week’s game against Mississippi States but didn’t want to tell anyone until after the Auburn game. Stallings made the announcement after one of the most exciting victories in his seven years with Alabama. Quarterback Freddie Kitchens led the Tide on a 76-yard touchdown drive at game’s end. It was capped by a 7-yard pass to Dennis Riddle with 26 seconds left. Riddle caught the ball, juked two defenders and made it into the end zone. Jon Brock kicked the extra point for the one-point margin. “I don’t have the vocabulary to ex press what this team has accomplished,” Stallings said. “It was a dream for me to coach at the University of Alabama.” SPORTS When Keldorf, UNC’s starting QB all season, was toted out of the game with a dislocated left ankle, LJ got the call and the ball five straight times before rumbling in the end zone for the first score of the game. “Coach Brown told me to pick up my game,” Johnson said. “I had to cany the load, and in that situation, all I want to do is do the best for our team. The more I got the football, the more I was just out there making big plays for us.” Early in the second quarter, it looked as ifLJ might net a passing score when he hit Na Brown for a 40-yard pass on a halfback option. No dice. “I just wanted to get the ball off, and hopefully Na would have scored so I had another touchdown pass, but he got it down on the 6 (before being tackled),” Johnson said. That forced LJ to take it in the old fashioned way on the ground, for the 51st time in his career. Johnson finished the game with 265 all-purpose yards, including 167 rushing. He finished his career with 5,828 all-purpose yards. Midfielders’ tenacity destroys Dukes BYJEFFSTENCEL STAFF WRITER Lots of credit goes to the forwards who score and to defenders who limit it. But for the North Carolina women’s soc cer team, the midfield deserves credit for doing both. Tar Heel midfielders Tiffany Roberts, Sarah Dacey, Laurie Schwoy and Aubrey Falk dazzled on offense while disman tling James Madison’s attack in a 5-0 UNC victory on Saturday. Their contri butions have sparked the UNC’s play in its two tournament wins. “They’re very fast, technically and tactically,” JMU captain Kristi Palmaccio said. “Tiiey put up a fight and win every ball that’s in play.” UNC’s midfield lived up to its reputa tion as a group of players who attacks with a ferocious intensity on offense and excel on sharp and efficient passing. Early in the first half, Roberts showed off her lightning-quick speed as she re peatedly beat defenders down the side line. She created the opportunity for Robin Confer to score the first goal of the BMROLJNAIfIM LPURPEE schoolbiis muTTOD JIMS 1 ■mnSi sinnr : with °i ) t college id 6 6 4. irrrTTTP"i ’H ■ icanc ■ I— * gjb j PWJ.! UilJ.lLJf,l hr enter I r _ZT^7 SQ1 ~ SOlff^G ™ J 7:001 show starts at B:QQ i EnTOQTarouna STATE™- i following CJ| QT DA PHI lßr|| sTAniiiM —bJtfHJLINJfI Buy Tickets Now at 77QCal^l4STg^ Blockbuster Music. Peaches. Marshalls. Sound Shop. Hecht’s, Kroger & select Canielot Music (704) 522-6500(1.1 (910) 722-6400 w-S Online Information: (910) 852- 11 (M1,,50 (919) 834-4000kai. * ‘ A// tickets subject to convenience charge. i DTH/BRAD SMITH Tar Heel lineman Byron Thomas (75) congratulates senior tailback Leon Johnson (20) after U rushed for his second touchdown Saturday. ~ UNC midfielder SARAH DACEY has sparked the Tar Heels' defense in her final season. game with clever manuevering around several JMU defenders. The midfield continued its offen sive onslaught later in the half when Schwoy headed in a goal off a comer kick. But putting the ball in the back of the net shouldn’t have been too tough for the Tar Heel midfielders. After all, they launched 15 of UNC’s 35 shots. One of those came off the strong foot of Falk. Dribbling away from the goal, shebootedtheball with a leftward arcing curve into the top right shelf. At that point, the Tar Heels had four goals two from the midfield. In order to shut down UNC’s midfield, JMU coach David Lombardo tried to stack his midfield with four people to open up chances for his team. But when Monday, November 25, 1996 all was done, the Tar Heel midfielders had their way offensively. UNC’s midfielders also stifled the Dukes’ offense throughout the match, rarely allowing the ball into UNC terri tory. When clearing the ball, JMU backs found it impossible to advance the ball past the Tar Heels’ aggressive play. “I think our midfield plays with a wonderful defensive fury,” UNC coach Anson Dorrance said. “It’s hard for (op ponents) to playmake anywhere in the middle of the field with Sarah and Laurie diving all over the place putting on pres sure.” Dacey proved instrumental in limit ing the Dukes’ opportunities. She cut off several clearing attempts and calmly helped the Tar Heels’ offense establish a rhythm. She has stepped up her game a notch late in the season, playing with a high level of intensity that the JMU offense and defense found troublesome. “I have a motivation because it’s my last few games and any one could be the last one of the year since it’s my senior season,” Dacey said. 9
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