SundayOctober 19,1997

91st YEAR1906-1997

PCHS player dies at game

Danny Lee Cook

RoadclosureopposedBy G. LYLE TEFFTStaffWriter

DUBLIN — Dublin TownCouncil held a public hearingThursday night on the proposedclosure of a one-block section ofDublin Park Road leading fromthe Route 100 into the DublinTown Center.

Virginia Department ofTransportation officials haveexpressed concerns regardingthe intersection of Dublin ParkRoad, Newbern Road and Route100 at what is now the mainentrance to the town center com-plex.

Closure of the road wouldeliminate the most direct accessto the town's new nfunicipalbuilding. If the road is closed,the municipal building-—and thenew post office—would have tobe accessed via a loop runningthrough the town center fromthe old Newbern Road and con-necting to the northbound laneof Route 100 just north of theFirst National Bank.

.Former Councilman ColbernLinkous was the only^citizen to

Please see ROAD, page A2

By KIM NELSONSWT Sports Editor

'DUBLIN — Pulaski County had just lost ahard fought 8-6 battle to the William FlemingColonels on the football field, but that seemed tomatter little at the game's end. The Cougars hadlost much more than a game. Following the Fri-day night Homecoming affair for the Colonels, theCougars learned they had lost a teammate andfriend.

Pulaski County junior Lee Cook was pro-nounced dead at the Carilion Roanoke MemorialHospital after being transported by ambulancefrom Victory Stadium with 8:52 left to play in thesecond quarter.

Cook, a 6-1, 250 pound lineman, collapsed onthe first play after the Cougars took over the ballon their first series of the second Quarter.

Medical personnel and trainers rushed imme-diately to Cook's side. When he failed to respond,an ambulance was summoned to transport himon to the hospital, just two minutes away.

" "He was not breathing when'we got to him, andthat's why we rblled him over as quickly as we did.That started him breathing, but at no point washe conscious on the field. At the time he was beingloaded into the ambulance, Cook was still breath-ing on his own and his pupils were responsive tolight. However, he was unresponsive to pain or

kids ;loved Lee. Hehad a greafMttude andi#&s alway$ gmiling. Hew&s a £r®tit offseasontti0rker\ahcln&ver missed aworkout of practice. Hewas often, the first hereand the'last3p leave/

Hicks

verbal stimuli, but his pulse was good," said Cou-gar team doctor Dixon Williams.

"I'm just glad we were there. At least we gavehim every shot we could on the field. It's just suchan unfortunate'incident, but not a Jot will beknown until results of the autopsy are known," headded.

The autopsy was performed Saturday at theRoanoke hospital, but results were not completelate in the day.

After a 15"-minute delay in the game, Cook,

Passel Of PumpkinsStiff photo by J.R. Schradar

This scarecrow appears to be keeping watch over a passel of pumpkins piled high qutside the PulaskiKroger store on East Main Street, The pumpkins are destined to be used by buyers for everything from.pumpkin pies to jack-o-lahterns as Halloween fast approaches.

accompanied by his mother, left the field in theambulance, and play resumed.

"I thought he was just knocked out. I tried totalk to him. I said, 'Lee, it's coach. Wake up.' I gotno response, but I didn't really know how seri-ously he was hurt or what was wrong," saidCougar Head Coach Joel Hicks.

Williams informed Hicks when he returned tothe field after halftime that Cook had died. "He,told me, but I hoped that'it wasn't true. We justtried to finish the game," said Hicks.

Hicks did not inform the players of the tragedyuntil he met the team in a closed locker room afterthe game. Inside the locker room, players andcoaches were led in the Lord's Prayer by Rev.Dave Hoagland, pastor of Dublin Baptist Church,who also added his own prayer for the family andfriends of Cook. .

No one moved to ready themselves for thejourney back to Pulaski County as players andcoaches tried to eomfort each other. Cougarquarterback Dorian Hendricks, obvipusly upset,was the first to emerge from the locker room, butlater returned.

He was soon followed by Hicks, shaken and intears, who was met at the door by his wife,Melinda. Roanoke City Police escorted Hicks tothe hospital.

At the hospital, Hicks met with Cook's familyPlease see COOK, page A8

Couple,Prime Timesettle suitParents blamed rentalcompany for baby's death

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A Pulaski couple hassettled a suit with a rental company for allegedlysupplying a wobbly stereo cabinet that collapsedon their 4-month-old son, killing him.

Rather than fight a wrongful-death lawsuitfiled by Mark Bryant and his wife, Vickie, PrimeTime Rental agreed to pay them $215,'000. Thesettlement, which still has to be approved nextweek in Roanoke Circuit Court, dismisses a law-

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J. here's no amount ofmoney that couldcompensate parents for theloss of a child.'

•r-Brent Brown

suit that accused Prime Time of renting a defec-tive stereo and then refusing to fix it under awarranty.

Although the settlement was less than the $2million the Bryants initially sued for, their law-

Please see SUIT, page A2

It's dry here now, butthings could get worseGatewood, Hogan's water levels are downBy J.R. SCHRADERStaffWriter

PULASKI — Look for a hotand dry 1998. That's the predic-tion of the 1998 edition of Blum'sFanners and Planters Almanac.

If these predictions hold true,.water supplies in Pulaski, aswell as across the nation, will bestrained to the limits and be-yond. ,

This year, to date, the unusu-ally dry seasons have resultedin rain fall accumulations muchless than the average for thisarea.

Not only will the high tem-peratures affect rainfall^ andwater supplies, but also crops.It will bring increased consump-tion of electricity for air condi-tioning, cause increased irrita-bility in people which meansgreater demands for emergencymedical and medical services,

law enforcement and family ser-vice agencies. ' n

In the past, many cities haveseen a rise in elderly deaths dueto high summer heat.

The Town of Pulaski's two wa-ter reservoirs are now down dueto the lack of rain, but officialssay that if "we get three days of

• good rain, it is amazing what thatwould do."

Pulaski County's average an-nual rainfall is 40-42 inches. This

year the town filter plant hasrecorded 21.47 inches of rainthrough September.

"The 10.8 inches of snow wehad the first of the year hashelped immensely," said D,uaneCox, chief operator at the town'sfiltration plant.

Last week Gatewood Reser-voir was down just over 14 feetin the lake that has a capacity of1.1 billion gallons of water atfull pool.' Hogan's Dam, southwest oftown off Case .Knife Road, isdown about 15 feet. The capac^ity there is 330 million gallonsof water at full pool, Cox saidfrom the filtration^plant onRandolph Avenue. But, Cox saidFriday that it has been worse.

Cox said, "IQhave seenGatewood down about 18 feet.Three days of good rain woulddo wonders, more than people

Please see RAIN, page A2' Stiff photo by J.R. Schradw

Duane Cox examines the town's rain gauge

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AbbyContinued from page A7

Your mother is wrong. Don'tfeel guilty. You are offering afair compromise by attendingthe family gathering onChristmas Eve. And yes, youwill want to establish holidaytraditions of your own in thefuture. Why not begin now!

DEAR ABBY: The letterfrom the woman whocomplained about the lackof women's magazines inthe auto repair waitingroom prompts this letter.

I question whether theevaluation of a good autorepair shop depends on thecoffee and reading materialoffered. Until recently, wehad a shop where manymechanics took their carsto be repaired. The fellowwas honest, but not themost personable man in theworld. He charged fairprices and did excellentwork. He didn't take advan-tage of people who didn'tknow much about mechan-ics, worked very long hoursand died too young.

The new shop in townprovides coffee, pastries,large-screen television andthe latest magazines.. Theywaltz you in, and a man ina white lab coat comes in toadvise you what they'llhave to do to your car.Since they jack up theprices if you look prosper-ous, it's best to leave yourjewelry at home.

RICHARD W.KOWALSKI,

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.DEAR RICHARD: You've

made your point. Hpwever, allthings being equal, manywomen would prefer to taketheir business to a woman-friendly environment.

RosemondContinued from page A7

lenses. I do not. In my view,unconditional love is essentialto proper rearing child rear-ing, but idealistic sentimentencumbers one's ability to actin a child's best interest. To bemore concrete, I don't enjoymaking children unhappy, butI accept the necessity ofoccasionally doing so. Permis-sive/romanttc parents havegreat difficulty—if they areever able to do it at all—making children unhappy,regardless of the situation.They'll do anything to avoidbeing seen by their children as"bad guys." Baumrind foundthat in so doing, they fail toestablish firm limits (i.e.,letting their children set theirown bedtimes, choose theirown food, etc.) and theirchildren, as a, consequence, aremore prone to the sort of socialdifficulties that come fromlacking self-control. In short,permissive parents fail to seethat firm discipline results inless of a need to discipline andcreates, therefore, a morerelaxed, thus affectionate,climate between parent andchild. •.

Over the more than twodecades I've been writing thiscolumn, I've noticed thatpermissive parents share atendency to justify theirapproach to child rearing bydemoriizing those of us whoare more pragmaticallyinclined. It did not, therefore,surprise or offend that one ofmy Spokane critics character-ized my advice as"stereotypically male, medi-eval, and dangerous." Thebegging question becomes: Isthere evidence to the effectthat children fare poorly in thecare of males or that medievalparents were generally hurt-ful? The answer is no, twice.With regard to my supposedgender-blinders, of the 6 pro-Rosemond letters printed bythe Spokesman-Review, 4

u were from women.I'm reminded of a quote

from "Oscar Wilde: "If youcannot answer a man's argu-ment, do not panic. You canalways call him names."

start photo by Kim Nelson

Pulaskjl County School Superintendent William Asbury (right) speaks to the media during a Saturday afternoon pressconference with area television stations and The Southwest Times in attendance. At left are PCHS Principal CarlLindstrom and head football coach Joel Hicks

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Continued from page Aland others who had gatheredthere. He relayed a message fromCook's mother, Regina.

"She's trying to be strong. Shesaid Lee passed away doingsomething he loved, and shewould rather see him playingfootball than doinganythingelse.She asked me to get the messageto the team to win the next onefor Lee and to work like heworked," said Hicks.

Cook was a two-way starteron both the offensive and defen-sive line for the Cougars. Hestarted on the offensive line lastyear as a sophomore.

"The kids loved Lee. He had agreat attitude and was alwayssmiling. He was a great off sea-son worker and never missed aworkout or practice. He was of-ten the first here and the last toleave," said Hicks.

He was replaced on the offen-sive line by Todd Coe and defen-sively by Shay McMillan on Fri-day night.

Contrary to rumors, no fla-grant or late hit was the cause ofCook's death, according to Hicks,after review of the game film.

"I didn't see anything on filmout of the ordinary. It was aclean, hard fought fot>tball gamewith no unsportsman-like con-duct," remarked Hicks. "The au-topsy is incomplete at this time,but there was no head trauma.We'll just have to wait and seewhat the results show. Wewatched the film and backed itup several plays to see if therewere any "signs that Lee washaving any kind of problems, andwe saw nothing to indicate thajhe was not perfectly normal,"informed Hicks.

Pulaski County School Super-intendent Dr. William Asburyreiterated that fact. "It was un-fortunate that television pressimplied that the hit he took wasthe reason he went down. I knowthe Fleming player is hurting,too. The staff has reviewed thefilm and it was a good, cleanblock and just normal line play,"|}e said.

"The school board and centraloffice staff joins the rest of thecommunity in' heart felt sympa-thy for Cook's family and friends.He was an outstanding youngman and an outstanding repre-sentative of this school and histeam. It has just been devastat-ing to us as it has to everyoneelse," added Asbury.

'TL didn't see anything on film out ofthe ordinary. It was a clean, hard-fought football game with nounsportsman-like conduct.'

—Joel Hicks

Fleming postponed it's home-coming dance, slated for tonight,until next Saturday out of re-spect for Cook and the Cougars.

"Never in my 33 years ofcoaching have I had anythinglike this to happen. I've not hadanyone even seriously injuredor miss more than one or twogames," said Hicks.

While word spread of the trag-edy, school officials, staff andpersonnel worked throughoutFriday night and Saturdaymorning to help players, stu-dents and friends deal withCook's death.

'The coaches are doing okay.My heart just goes out to theplayers and Leer's family. Theplayers were just devastatedFriday night," said Hicks.

A group of guidance counse-lors, school board members,teachers and others met withband members, cheerleaders,players and coaches upon theirreturn to PCHS Friday night.The effort will continue Mondayas counselors, psychologists,teachers, staff and administra-tion will be available to meetwith students. PCHS Principal1

Carl Lindstrom will address theissue Monday morning on theschool's public address system.

"Lee was a super team mem-ber and always put the teamfirst. He was well-liked by ev-eryone," said Lindstrom.

PSAT testing was set to beb,eld at Pulaski County HighSchool on Saturday and the testswere not canceled.

"These tests are importantand we couldn't ask that all stu-dents lose out on the experiencebecause the test can put a stu-dent in position to get scholar-ships and help them find outwhere they need to concentrate.A majority of the students didattend, but some were emotionaland were told that they did nothave to take the test. However,all the youngsters that showedup did take the test," stated

Lindstrom.PCHS students are also sched-

uled to take exams this week,and there will be a faculty meet-ing this afternoon at 4 p.m. totalk about the possibility of re-}scheduling them. "They are pres-ently scheduled for Thursdayand Friday, but could be movedto Monday and Tuesday of thenext week," said Lindstrom.

Monday is currently a sched-uled work day for teachers andthat cou)d be moved to Nov. 3.

The state band festival washeld Saturday in Dobson Sta-dium after an attempt by theschool system to cancel it. "It isa state event and 18 bands wereparticipating. Buses had alreadybeen leased and bands on theirway early this morning. Therewere four sites around the stateat which the festivals were be-ing held. The state band directorfelt like if we tried to cancel it atthis late hour, it would have beena disaster because some bandswere already on the road. Weagreed to have it and dedicatedthe festival to Lee," explainedAsbury.

The Cougar band had the op-tion.of participating or not, andaccording to Lindstrom earlySaturday, he felt like they wereleaning toward taking part in it."Sometimes it's better if the stu-dents are kept busy and activeat a time like this," he said.

Cook was born April 21,1981and was the son of Regina R.Cook of Dublin and Danny L.CookSr. ofRadford.

His passion was football andhe wore number 77 as a memberof the Cougar varsity footballteam and also participated intrack at PCHS. Cook loved mu-sic, took voice lessons and was amember of the PCHS advancedconcert choir. He was a memberof the Dublin United MethodistChurch and the youth choir.

In addition to his parents, heis survived by one sister,Michelle Cook of Emory; his

Following fatal nightclub shooting

Blacksburg P.D. rules:Officer was justified

Three brotherswere Charged inthe Aug. 31 deathof a Florida man

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP)— An officer who fired on aplaincloth.es officer in the af-termath of a fatal nightclubshooting did nothing wrong,the police department ruled.

The uniformed officer mis-took the plainclothes 6fficerfor a suspect on Aug. 31 and

opened fire in Arnold's, a popu-lar college nightspot.

Neither officer was injured."The plainclothes officer had

his weapon drawn and pointedin the direction of the uniformed9fficer," police paid in a state-ment. released Thursday. "Be-lieving he was in imminent dan-ger and based on the circum-stances known at the instant ofdecision-making, the uniformedofficer who .fired his weaponacted reasonably and pru-dently."

Police said the shooting in the

club was sparked by a disputeover a woman.

Richard Bullard, 30, ofFlorida, was fatally shot in theattack. His friend, Paul Shoe-maker, 29, of Mississippi, wasshot and wounded. Both menwere part of a group celebrat-ing a wedding.

Leon Scales, 24, and hisbrothers,, Terry and KerryScales, both 23, have beencharged with first-degree mur-der, malicious wounding anduse of a firearm to commit afelony.

grandfather, Frank E.Rosenbaum of Wytheville; andseveral aunts and uncles. He alsoleaves behind his girlfriend,Christie Hurst, of Newbern.

The funeral service will beheld Monday at 4 p.m. at theDublin United Methodist Churchwith the Rev. Richard J.Patterson and Pastor MikeColeman officiating. Entomb-ment will follow in the HighlandMemory Gardens Mausoleum,Dublin.

Pall bearers w i l l inc ludeCoach Hicks,' Cougar footballplayers Dorian Hendricks, CraigHodge and Jamie Rupe, and Jer-emy Marion. The entire Cougarfootball team will be honorarypall bearers.

Visitation will be anytime to-day after 3 p.m. at the DublinUnited Methodist Church, .andthe family will receive friendsfrom 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at thechurch, located at 424 East MainStreet, Dublin, arid anytimeMonday at the church until thehour of service.

In lieu of flowers, the familyrequests that those desiring toremember Cook do so by direct-ingcontributions to the Lee CookFootball Memorial ScholarshipFund at Pulaski County_ HighSchool. Donations can be sent to

-PCHS, Attn. Lee Cook Fund,5414 Cougar Trail Road, Dublin,VA 24084.

There will be no visitation atthe funeral home. Bower FuneralChapel, Pulaski is handling thearrangements.

Bramblettattorneysask forfederalrecords

SALEM, Va. (AP) — Defenseattorneys for capital murderdefendant Earl Bramblett wantquick access to federal recordsthey sa'y may support theirtheory that four members of aVinton family were victims of adrug hit.

Terry Grimes and MacDoubles told U.S. District JudgeJames Turk on Friday that theyare running out of time to gatherinformation for their case. Thelawyers asked Turk to order therelease of records' from the DrugEnforcement Administrationand the Internal Revenue Ser-vice.

Grimes and Doubles believethose documents would bolstertheir theory that Teresa andBlaine Hodges and their daugh-ters, Winter and Anah, were^otkilled by Bramblett. They sug-gest the family was killed be-cause Mrs. Hodges'half-brother,Michael Fulcher, was a federaldrug informant.

Bramblett , a 55-year-olddrifter, has pleaded innocent tocharges of capital murder, first-degree murder, arson and fire-arm offenses.

Firefighters were called to thefamily's home on the morning ofAug. 29, 1994, after a motoristspotted smoke.' Inside the smol-dering house, they found thefour bodies.

Bramblett was a family friendwho had lived with the familyon and off. He was arrested inJuly 1996 in South Carolina.

The defense expects the fed-eral documents to support testi-mony by a DEA agent thatFulcher wqrked as a paid infor-mant for the federal governmentfor seven years and made manyenemies. The defense says thatFulcher had two contractsplaced on his life by drug deal-ers.

Turk said he would rule byMonday, when opening state-ments are set to begin inBrarnblett's trial.

"If the government has infor-mation thaft would be beneficialto the defense, it seems to methere would be some way heought to be able to have it,"Turk said during the hearing.

, Assistant U.S. Attorney JohnCorcoran, contended that thedefense's request is a fishingexpedition.

"We've tried $ accommodate(the defense) and told them thereare no records of threats, with-out confirming or denying thereare records," Corcoran told Turk.

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Happy tohave 'boysof summer'returning

Looks like baseball isback. Glad to Bee, that theTexas Rangers will returnto Pulaski for the 1998Appalachian League season.

Obviously.'there are someaspects of the deal whichneed to be worked out inorder for a long term deal tobe secured, but^hopefully'those items can be handled."

The group of young men ,and coaches-were a definiteplus to the community thispast summer! They gave, oftheir time to visit VHth localyoungsters at such places asthe YMCA, attended com- ,munity functions and signedautographs; and weregenerally good-natured <•about most of the requestsmade of them. >

Pitching coach Lee -Tunnell gave his testimony >\at'a local church during the

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jiately.Pulasia Baseball,Inc. member Tom Comptoninformed the newspaper ;that the members of thecoaching staff have beenreassigned to other places .for 1998.

It took a lot Of vw>rk froma lot of people, to make lastseason a successful one. It'will take that same effortagajn, especially if theagreement becomes a long-term one.

•-Speaking of baseball.So much for having a team

Seides; qranj d, Bering, v/-vfor,the Braves W$B getting' > xold,; but it was this writer's ,

Atla|i|a;a|id'BaltimQrte fpr ^ .the dha^jonflhip, It wouldhave .Weft nice to^seelCalRipKen^alii another .WorldSeries to his accomplish-1,ments before he retires. <

When the playoffs began,only six percent of baseball

and only 12 percent ,thought the Indians could

• " * ' ' " • ' '<A^cor<dwg to, the survey,

Atlanta and Baltimore fanswere the most cockiest as 85percent of Braves fajjs i 'expected & World .Series.titleas did 61 percent of Oriole

'- ^Cougartenjttis placer .PriyaAcharyadoaedout ,herbjgh^poj.t^ttnis "'career thi? past week. ;'Unfortunately, an injuryprohibited her jfirom Ijkely

,Valley District uidividualsingles title,T»A»v/T»«1f j****i&y*'t* ??rfT*&*'V'player in the dietrict; stillhad an outstanding fo^r.year career duriiig whichshe played in the districtsingles championship all,

Hfouir years.

Colonels win big clash

Cougar safety Dorian Hendricks (15) goes after Fleming star running back Lee Suggs (22)

Virginiagets pastDuke, 13-10on field goal

Photo by Troy Server

CHARLOTTESVILLE,Va. (AP) — In six games thisseason, Dwayne Stukes has es-tablished himself as perhaps thebest playmaker on Virginia.

Not bad for a sophomore de-fensive back.

Stukes added to his alreadyimpressive accomplishmentsSaturday, strippingtheball fromDuke tight end Terrence Dupree ,at the end of a 32-yard gain andgiving Virginia the possessionthat led to a 13-10 victory. •

"I don't think he was expect-ing me to go for the ball," saidStukes. "I think he thought' Iwas going to go for his legs orsomething."

Dupree said he was switchinghands when Stukes hit him, andthe result, only fortified Stukes'reputation as a guy who makesthings happen.

In Virginia's season-opener,he blocked a punt for a safety.The next week, he returned afumble on the first play for atouchdown. And the followingweek, he scooped up a fumbleand again took it for a TD.

Stukes' big play gave Virginiathe ball at its own 43, and it tookthe Cavaliers nine plays — in-cluding one that left Duke coachFred Goldsmith livid — to moveinto range for John Allen Rob-erts' 29-yard field goal.

The controversial play camewith 4:34 left when Roanoke na-tive Chris Combs sacked Aaron

n Brooks for a 3-yard loss at theBlue Devil's 28, setting up anapparent 45-yard field goal at-tempt by Roberts. But after theplay, Combs made a salute signon the field; drawing a 15-yardunsportsmanlike conduct flagthat instead gave Virginia a 1st-and-10 at the Duke 14.

Four plays later, Robertskicked the game-winner.

Goldsmith was still furiousafter the game, Duke's 14thstraight Atlantic Coast Confer-ence loss since it beat Wake For-est in 1995.

"I got an unsatisfactory ex-planation from one guy and theother guys agreed with me," hesaid of the officials. "The'gamewas played by two great defen-

Pieaae see CAVS, page B2

1 c " , »UH photo b> Kim N»l«on

Members of the 1997 Cougar golf team are front (L-R), Chris Terwilliger, KellenWohlford, Danny McKittrick, Daniel Goff, Webb Donald; back (L-R), Matt Manswell,Justin Haynes, Brandon Hughett, Steven Thompson and coach Butch White.

Sars nii s/at state tournamentBy KIM NELSON

i CountyHigh School missed being pos-sibly rep?eseijtejd in the GroupAAA state golf tournament byjust one stroke, on Monday astw^Cou^afUnkstersconipeted•in! (the, Northwest Region golf

Donald andor

e " go}f tournament heldat AnuSerst County's WintonCountry! ,Gjub. Donald posted

"We had a goodseason. Ourfinishing positionmight have madeit seem otherwise,but the teamimproved over theseason and Tmproud of theirefforts*"

-Butch WhiteCougar gfrlf

coachDonald,' the Cougars' tintyr

state qualifier from a year agoas a freshman, shot the.exactsame score a the Winton courseas he did in 1096. "Last year,

Webb shot a 76 and it was goodenough to put him in a three-way playoff for two state berthsand he took one of them. Thisyear, it was one shot awayfrom putting him in a seven-way 'playoff for two state,berths," informed White. -. ,C.D. Hylton captured the.fWR crown and Hylton's MikeHart was the medalist with afive-under-par 66. Hylton fin-ished With a 287 which wasthree-over-par for four play->era combined.. , Eight teams and 24 addi-.tional individual players com-p^t^d in the regiontournamentfor a.total of 72 golfers.• .Patrick Henry finished sec-

b]b4 and Cave Spring was fifth.Franklin 'County sophomore^latt Chandler qualified forStftte competition as an indi-

v* ^\~ * ' ••-' , PUate tee GOLF, page B2

Cougarsfall 8-6 intragic gamefor PCHSBy KIM NELSONSWT Sports Editor

ROANOKE - A Homecomingvictory for Wil l iam Flemingturned into a tragedy for PulaskiCounty Friday night as the Colo-nels edged the Cougars 8-6 in awhat turned out to be more thana loss on the gridiron for PulaskiCounty. ••

The game was scoreless inthe second quarter when with8:52 left in the first half, Cougartackle Lee Cook was injured onthe first play after Wil l iamFleming turned the ball over tothe Cougars on downs.

After approximately a 15minute delay while doctors andtrainers worked with Cook, hewas transported to CariliortRoanoke Memorial Hospital byambulance. He was pronounceddead at the hospital.

The game continued in some-what of a somber mood withmany wondering about the con-.dition of the 6-1, 250 Ib. juniorlineman.

Please see COUGARS, page B2

Marlinsget off togood startin WS, 7-4

MIAMI (AP) - Once again,the Florida Marlins got off to agreat start against OrelHershiser.

The 5-year-old Marlins madechild's play of the World Seriesopener, getting back-to-backhome runs by Moises Alou andCharles Johnson and a nice ef-fort by rookie Livan Hernandezto beat the Cleveland Indians 7-4 Saturday night.

In doing so, Florida picked ona familiar foe.

,.It was Hershiser whom theMarlins beat in their very firstgame as an expansion team, backon April 5,1993, when he pitchedfor Los Angeles. And now, in thebiggest game in franchise his-tory, they got him again.

Ro*bb Nen, the fourth Marlinspitcher, worked out of a first andsecond jame in the ninth for asave. His fastball was clocked at102 mph as he struck out JimThome and Sandy Alomar Jr. togive manager Jim Leyland a winin his first Series game.

A Marlins' record crowd of67,245 dressed in teal at ProPlayer Stadium saw Alou'sthree-run homer and Johnson'supper-deck shot in the fourthinning put Florida ahead 5-1.

An inning after Alou andJohnson became the 11th set ofteammates to hit consecutivehomers, Jeff Conine finished the39-year-old Hershiser with anRBI single. In that 1993 opener,Conine went 4-forr4 in the winover the October ace.

While Hershiser, was taggedfor a Series record-tying sevenearned runs, the 22-year-oldHernandez stayed in control. Hebecame only the fifth ropkie towin a Series opener —Philadelphia's Bob Walk did it

, last in 1980 — and showed thepoise that enabled him to strikeout 15 in Game 5 against At-

-, lanta in becoming MVP of theNLCS.

Florida followed its pattern ofquick starts this year. The Mar-lins won their first 11 spring

' training games, won three in arow to begin the regular season

Please see WS, page B3

PAGEBB-THESOUTHWEStTlMES, PULASKI, VA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1997

,-, Photo by Troy Server

Cougar head coach Joel Hicks (L) and assistant coach Paul Wheeler discuss the vgame plan during Friday night's game

CougarsContinued from page Bl

The Cougars scratched theScoreboard first as Cougar de-fensive back Kwasi intercepteda Sherman Lea pass on the Colo-nels' 31 yard line at the 6:25mark.

Cougar fullback Craig Hodgeraced 16 yards to the Colonel 15

, yard line. He picked up one moreyard oh the next play beforeCougar quarterback »DorianHendricks hit Hodge on a five-

oyard pass to the nine.A penalty against Pulaski

County pushed the ball back tothe 14. A personal foul penaltyagainst the Colonels gave theCdugars the ball on the seven.

On fourth-and-two, Cougarcoach Joel Hicks called in thefield goal unit. Pulaski Countykicker Cameron' Ashworthbooted a 24 yard field goal for a3-0 Cougar lead with 4:01 on theclock. That's how it would standat the break.

"Late in the third quarter,Pulaski County forced a fumblewhich Cougar linebacker JeromeThomas recovered on theFleming 36 after a completedpass to Fleming fullback J.R.Word from Lea.

Pulaski County z-back NickYates picked up six yards on thenext play to the 30. After failingto gain ground on the secondplay of series, Scott added an-other six yards to put the Cou-gars on the Fleming 24 yard line.

On the next three plays,Hodge went a1 combined nine'yards on two runs and a four-yard pass from Hendricks. Thatset up a fourth-and-one which

'• brought out Ashworth as thequarter ended.

Ashworth connected on a 33-yard field goal with ll:55tleft in

, the game to give the Cougars a6-0 advantage.

Stat SheetP.C. 3 0 0 3 6W.F. 0 0 0 8 8P.C. - Ashworth 24 yd. F.G. '4:012nd.P.C. - Ashworth 33 yd. F.G. 11:554th.W.F. - Suggs 4 yd. run. Gill 2 pt.cent. 3:11 4th.

P.C. W.F.1st Downs 4 10Rushing 29-73 48-245Passing C-A-I 5-8-0 1-4-1Passing Yds. 9 8Total Yds. 82 253Return Yds. 9 65Punting 5-35.6 2-32.5Penalties • 3-25 7-52Fumhles-Lost 0-0 2-2RushingP.C. - Hodge 16-53, Scott 7-16,Yates 1-6, Hendricks 4-minus 2.W.F. - Suggs 25-119, Word 16-101, Gil l 3-13, Hardy 1-12^ Lea 1-minus 1. "PassingP.C. - Hendricks 5-8-0 9 yds.W.F.-Lea 1-5-1 8yds.ReceivingP.C. - Hodge 4-17, Scott 1 -minus 8.W-F.-Hankiasl-8.

Hodge would recover anotherFleming fumble later in the quar-ter, but to no avail as the Cou-gars lost yardage and failed topick up a first->down.

Colonel standout tailback LeeSuggs who had rushed for 1,070yards in Fleming's first six gamesand scored 14 touchdowns, withthe help of Word, would go towork.

Word broke lose for^a 45 yardrun to the Cougar 27. Suggs

Mattiace tops*V*, /*• 'i ;•„ . . .Disney field

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.(AP) — Len Mattiace shot a 7-under-par 65 on Saturday at theDisney Golf Classic, giving hima chance to do what neighborDavid Duval accomplished lastweek — win his first PGA Tourevent.

Mattiace played a bogey-freeround at the Magnolia course ina light but steady rain. At 18-un'der 198, he has a two-strokeJead over Duval.

Payne Stewart, the leader af-ter the first two rounds, puttedfor birdie 16 times but only gottwo of them to fall in a round of70 that left him at 201, alongwith Dan Forsman.

Defending champion TigerWoods had a 70 and was ninestrokes back at 207.

ul knew I had it going today,"said Mattiace, who has just onebogey in three rounds. "I got outof the way and didn't try toohard."

He said that will be the key on

Sunday, the first time in his twoyears or\ tour that he has playedin the final group.

The closest he has come towinning was last year at theBuick Challenge, which wasshortened to 36 holes because ofweekend rain and came down toa playoff among five playersSunday afternoon.

Michael Bradley won afterMattiace missed a 12-foot birdieputt.

With the pro-am out of theway, the final round will beplayed at Magnolia. Stewart,who lost by one stroke last year,will be in the.final group again.

Allen Doyle, who last yearbecame the oldest PGA Tourrookie ever,at 47, was the onlyone among the leaders whoplayed the easier Lake BuenaVista course. He shot a 66 andwas at 202 with Bill Glasson,Phil Blackmar and FrankLickliter.

would add 21 yards on the nextthree plays to bring the ball torest on the six yard line. Run-ning back Demare Gill pushedthe ball two yards before Suggstook it in to even the score at 6-6.

Suggs turned in 119 yardsrushing on 25 carries and Wordtallied 101 yards on 16 carries.

Colonel coach George .Millershowed confidence in his offenseas he opted to go for the two-point conversion when a PATwould have given his squad thelead. Gill ran it in for. the finalmargin of victory.

"It wasn't pretty. We madefar too many mistakes against agood team like Pulaski County. Ithink our guys showed charac-ter in coming from behind late inthe game," remarked Miller.

The Cougars forced threeColonel turnovers/ while com-mi t t ing none themselves.Fleming was flagged for sevenpenalties for 52 yards, while theCougars were penalized threetimes for 25 yards.

Fleming held the Cougars tojust four first downs, while pick-ing up 10 of its'own.

"Our defense played ex-tremely well, but our offense wasnot as consistent has it has beenin past games. My hat is off toPulaski County because theyplayed extremely well." headded.. "The guys playeo! hard andgave a great effort. They didn'tmake many mistakes. We heldthem time after time. If we couldhave kept them from scoring theconversion, I think it would havegone to overtime and we couldhave won," remarked Hicks.

"That's why I went for the twofield goals. I knew we had a shotat them not scoring the extrapoint, but then they went for twoand got it. We played well up tothat point," he added.

Hodge finished th,e night with53 yards on 16 carries, while

. Scott chipped in 16 yards on justseven carries.

After hearing of the death ofCook, Miller added, "It was awin, but right now I'm upsetthat a player lost his life in thisgame. My heart goes out to thefamily and team and our prayersare with them," he continued.

The last t ime Wi l l i amFleming beat Pulaski County inRoanoke was Oct. 9, 1987 whenthe Colonels knocked off theCougars 28-14. The victory putsthe Colonels in the driver's seatin the race for the district'title.The Cougars are trying to cap-ture their seventh straight RVDcrown.

"We have some really toughgames coming up, but it's justhard to think about that rightnow. I'm-not sure at this point ifwe have a shot at making theplayoffs or not. We'll have towait and see," said Hicks

The Cougars will have a weejcoff, which under the circum-stances, will be a help to the

' team. In two weeks.'the Cougars,will travel back to Victory Sta-dium to face Patrick Henry. ThePatriots lost 22-19 to CaveSpring, The Colonels will battlethe Knights next week.

Penn St. survives;LSU falls after winsTeams can'tavoid letdownfollowing bigvictories

(AP)-Penn State and LSUwanted to avoid letdowns afteremotional victories last week.Neither did.

Ohio State and Floridawanted to bounce back afterlosses last week. Both did.

No. 1 Penn State had to scoretwice in the fourth quarter tobeat lowly Minnesota 16-15 Sat-urday and keep alive its hopesfor a national championship.

"It was a win. You shouldn'tapologize for it," coach JoePaterno said one week after theNittany Lions beat Ohio State.

LSU, coming off an upset ofprevious No. 1 Florida, wasn'tas fortunate, losing 36-21 athome to Mississippi.

"We were emotional lydrained," LSU cornerback CedricDonaldson said. "Guys justweren't into it this week likethey were last week."

No. 7 Florida, playing with-out suspended quarterback DougJohnson, used a smothering de-fens^e to shut down No. 6 Auburn24-10..

Penn State came out flat butsurvived thanks to two touch-downs by Curtis Enis and a lateMinnesota turnover . ChrisSnyder's fumble recovery set upEnis' game-winning, 10-yardtouchdown run with 3:59 to play.

"It was like a gift from God,"linebacker Jim Nelson said. "Youcouldn't think of a more perfecttime for those things to happen.Sometimes championship teams •get lucky."

The Nittany Lions (6-0, 3-0Big Ten) overcame a 15-3 leadthat Minnesota (2-5, 0-3) builton field goals of 52, 23, 32, 50and 33 yards by Adam Bailey.

"They (the players) were for-tunate it was a win.. I hope they

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sive teams and as far as I'm.concerned,-it ended in a tie."

For Virginia (4-2, 3-1 ACC)twhich has lost to No. 6 Auburnand No. 4 North Carolina, itsthird straight victory came de-spite five turnovers.

The victory also made GeorgeWelsh the career leader with 67ACC victories, one more thanformer Clemson coach FrankHoward. Welsh improved to 67-41-3 in the ACC in 16 seasons atVirginia. Overall, he's 109-70-3.

"The hard part's coming up,"Welsh said, referring to theCavaliers home game againstNo. 3 Florida State next week.Virginia is the only ACC to havebeaten the Seminoles, that tri-umph coming here two years ago.

Like Goldsmith, Welsh wasnot a happy coach after thisgame, which featured two ter-rible interceptions thrown byBrooks, a series of fumbled snapsand an inability to run the ballagainst the ACC's worst defense.

"You shouldn't play that bad,"Welsh said. "Ever."

Brooks finished 19-for-28 for225 yards with three intercep-tions and a 31-yard touchdownto. Germans. CrowelL; The pickswere his first since he saw inter-ceptions returned for touch-downs against Auburn andNorth Carolina.

"I was just trying to go for thechips," Brooks said, referring tohis first interception, which setup a. Duke field goal, and histhird. Both throws came whenhe was trying to do something toget the offense going.

But Brooks was good whenVirginia most need him.

Three plays after Stukes' play,he hit Terrence Wilkins for 37yards to the BJue Devils 25. The,flag on Combs moved it to the 14three plays later, and Robertsfollowed with his first game-win-ner since the 10th grade.

"The way it was looking, Iknew it might come down to afield goal, either jn the last sec-ond or the last couple of min-utes," Roberts said.

Duke pulled even at 10-10with 2:32 left in the third quar-ter. Lay Marshall carried thelast 2 yards, capping a'13*play,45-yard march kept alive whenhe powered 6 yards up the middleon fourth-and-3 from the 16.

learn from it," Paterno said.At Lincoln, Neb., Ahman

Green ran for 178 yards and atouchdown and the Cornhuskers'defense recorded its first shut-out of the season.

Green led a powerful Ne-braska (6-0) rushing attack, asthe Cornhuskers rolled up 400yards on the day, just below their401-yard average.

Nebraska held Texas Tech to127 yards and allowed the RedRaiders out of their own terri-tory only once in the first 39minutes of the game.

No. 3 Florida St. '38,No. 21 Georgia Tech 0

At Tallahassee, Fla., ThadBusby threw for 399 yards andthree touchdowns and TravisMinor raced 27 yards for a scoreas Florida State overcame a le-thargic start.

CollegeFoootball

Florida State raft up 587 yards'while limiting Georgia Tech to144 yards and eight first downs.

The Seminoles (6-0, 4-0 At-lantic Coast Conference) didn'tget into Georgia Tech territoryuntil the final two minutes ofthe first half, but then scored onthree straight drives to finish offthe Yellow Jackets (4-2, 3-1ACC).

No. 5 Michigan 28,No. 15 Iowa 24At Ann Arbor, Mich., Brian

Griese, whose three first-halfinterceptions put Michigan (6-0) in a 21-7 hole, threw for threetouchdowns and ran for anotherto lead the comeback.

Michigan's defense, whichwent into the game ranked firstnationally having allowed just5.2 points per game, held Iowa(4-2) to 187 total yards and justthree points after halftime. Butthat almost wasn't enough toovercome four turnovers, ablocked punt, a punt return for atouchdown and a 72-yard kick-off return.

No. 7 Florida 24,No. 6 Auburn 10

At Auburn, Ala., former walk-on Noah Brindise passed for onetouchdown and wide receiver,Jacquez Green scored threetimes, keeping Florida's titlehopes alive.

In handing the Tigers (6-1,3-1 SEC) their first loss of theseason, the Gators (6-1, 4-1)stayed on track for a record-ty-ing fifth straight SoutheasternConference title.

Freshman Jesse Palmer wasbenched after, throwing, his sec-1

ond interception early in thethird quarter with the score tiedat 10. Brindise and Fred Taylor,who rushed for 140 yards, ledFlorida 97 yards for the godheadscore.

Florida harassed Auburnquarterback >Dameyune Craig,

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vidual with a 73."We had a good season. Our

finishing position might havemade it seem' otherwise, but theteam improved over the seasonand I'm proud of their efforts.Again, this was good experiencefor Webb," said White.

McKittrick and teammatesJustin Haynes and BrandonHughett are the only three se-niors on this year's Cougarsquad.

The Group AAA state golftournament will be held at thesame course next week.

who was sacked nine times,fumbled twice and threw an in-terception.

Mississippi 36, LSU 21At Baton Rouge, La., John

Avery ran for two touchdownsand Stewart Patridge passed fortwo in the Rebels' upset.

Ole Miss took advantage of aflat LSU (5-2, 3-2 SoutheasternConference), shutting out theTigers in the second half andoutgaining them Tigers 488-391.

No. 10 Washington 58,Arizona 28At Tucson, Ariz., Brock Huard

passed for three touchdowns andRashaan Shehee ran for twomore, inc lud ing a 62-yardbreakaway in the third quarter.

Washington (5-1) also had an89-yard return of the openingkickoff by freshman Ja'WarrenHooker on his first touch of the.ball as a Husky and a 91-yardinterception' return for a scoreby Jermaine Smith.

No. 11 Ohio St. 31,Indiana 0At Columbus, Ohio, Michael

Wiley ran for one touchdown andthrew for another and OhioState's defense did not allowIndiana inside the Buckeye 30.

Defensive lineman ClintonWayne added a 38-yard inter-ception return for a touchdownand llth-ranked Ohio State (6-1) held Indiana to 179 total yards.

Northwestern 19,No. 12 Michigan State 17

At Evanston, 111., AdrianAutry burned the nation'sfourth-ranked rushing defensefor 175 yards and Northwesternblocked a 28-yard field goal with5 seconds left as the Wildcatsdealt the Spartans (5-1) theirfirst loss.

Northwestern snapped a four-game losing streak and earnedits first conference victory afterwinning back^to-back titles.

The game came down to thelast play, when a leapingAnwawn Jones blocked ChrisGardner's kick, just his secondmiss from inside 30"yards.

No. 20 Kansas St. 36,No. 14 Texas A&M 17

At Manhattan, Kan., MichaelBishop led three second-halfscoring drives fueled by the run-ning of Mike Lawrence.

Bishop left the game with aninjured left leg late in the secondquarter. He returned at the startof the second half, but the Wild-cats (5-1 overall, 1-1 Big 12)turned to a passing attack and

, the running of-Lawrence, whofinished with 105 yards on 20carries.

Texas A&M (5-1,2-1 Most lead-

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