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I~lqt. Iron--Greg Dimberio's two touchdown runs paced the Dan Prebeg blocked a punt by the Knights and Jim Kottke
~lain Iron Red R.aiders to their 34th consecutive football recovered the ball in theendzone for a Mountaineer touchdown.
lt~ry last Wednesday, a 28-0 shutout over Babbitt in an In the second half, Babbitt stopped the Mountaineers from
!llll~head Conference prep game here. scoring. However, the Knights were unable to break into the
It victory marked Mountain Iron's fourth consecutive AFC scoring column either.
land the Red Raiders now enter post season play againstKen Walker ran hard for Babbitt on offense, while the Knights
ll~Bay of the Seaway Division in the third annual Sea-Arrow outstanding defensive players included Mark Lehto, Curt Punonen
ll~t Chisholm in early November. The game is played each and Todd Esala.
ll!~tween the champions of the AFC and the Seaway loop of the Babbitt showed some offensive spark in the first half when the
lenConference. Knights drove from their own 38 to the Mountain Iron one-yard
to that game, however, Mountain Iron entertains Morgan
Duluth in a non-conference game at Mountain Iron this
t. Morgan Park belongs to the Zenith Division of the Big
Iron, with a perfect 7-0 record this fall, has been
!a surprising six-point underdog by the Virginia oddsmakers
!Jr game against Morgan Park.
Park is 2-6 this year, and 0-4 in the Zenith conference.
Iron is finished with AFC play, and the Morgan Park
the regular season for the "Big Red of the North."
tal~bitt has finished its grid campaign with a 2-5 AFC record for
~t]~place in the eight-team league..Gilbert finished as the
~rup to Mountain Iron in the conference with a 6-1 mark.
~'.t~ bitt concluded the year with a 2-6 overall record, losing a
~nference game to'Two ttarbors. The Knights defeated
i'l~/Soudan and Nashwauk-Keewatin, while losing to Mountain
~'f~l[l, Gil5er t, Biwabik, Buhl and Deer River.
" ][~'f Anderson tallied the Red Raiders first touchdown last
~sdav against the Knights when he scooted two yards fol" the
.]~in the first quarter.
e~ever, it was Dimberio and the Red Raiders' tough defense
~1"~. ut the game out of reach for Mountain Iron.
~aberio, who rushed for 132 of Mountain Iron's 295 yards,
l l~ his two second quarter touchdowns on runs of five and eight
': ,alL" mountain Iron defense, which limited Babbitt to 1:)8 yards,
iP ~ the last touchdown of the game in the second quarter when
in
line. But Frank Senta's pass fell incomplete on fourth down at the
one, and Mountain h'on took over the ball 99 yards from paydirt.
For Mountain Iron, strong defensive play by linemen Brian
Wiitala and Scott Bennett. and linebacker Dave Longowski,
stopped Babbitt from scormg. Cornerbacks Mike Kubacki and
Dan Prebeg were also standouts on defense for the winners. On
oilense, Zachary Edstrom. Jeff Anderson and Dimberio played a
good game.
THE ECHO SALUTES
LAR, GE SCltOOL COACtt OF THE WEEK--
Mary Heikkinen of Duluth I)enfeld. Heikkinen's
tlunters displayed a balanced offense and an
opportunistic defense as they took control of the
Zenith Division of the Big Ten last weekend in
defeating two-time defending league champion
Cloquet 28-8 in prep football action at Public
Schools Stadium in Duluth. Denfeld put the
game out of reach with two early first quarter
touchdowns. Heikkinen's club plays Duluth
Central in their traditional grid battle this
weekend, and the Hunters can clinch the Zenith
title with a win over the Trojans.
SMALL COACtt OF TIlE WEEK--Robert
II~ 3¸
~WER-SOUDAN--The Buhl Bulldogs ended a long season for Mancuso of Cromwell, Mancuso's Cromwell
crew pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the
I}l~:l'ower-Soudan Golden Eagles by blanking the home club, 18-0, high school football season in northeastern
a~l~?6 Arrowhead Conference game here. Minnesota last Wednesday, knocking off the
|!0~ver-Soudan finished a dismal campaign with a 1-7 record, Esko ~iskomos 12-7 in a Polar League game at
ii ll~ting only Deer Rivet" in an upset. The Golden Eagles lost Cromv, ell. Mancuso used two biqlliant defensive
~es to Cook, Mountain Iron, Nashwauk-Keewatin, Babbitt, stalwarts--Jack Randa and Jerry Swenson--to
~!]l~bik Gilbert and Buhl. The loss to Cook was a non-conference stifle the Eskomos' potent offensive attack.
~t. The other seven games were all Arrowhead Conference Esko, which was the unanimous pick to take the
,;~!~rs. Tower-Soudan finished in the AFC cellar tied with Polar lille this fall, now is 7-1, while Cromwell is
~ ll~lt~ wauk-Keewatin, both with 1-6 marks. 4-3. The Cards' 12-7 win marked Esko's first loss
._tllle Eagle football team was better than its record, losing close in 16 games. In fact, Cromwell was the last team
le~ to Cook, Nashwauk-Keewatin and Babbitt. Cook edged the to beat Esko, back in 1971.
;~es on a safety, 2-0: Nashwauk-Keewatin clipped the Eagles, I,AP,(;F SCttOOI. ()FFENSIVI~: I'LAYFR OF
~lll(l~;#nd Babbitt nudged Tower-Soudan. 7-0. ' TttF WEEK--Quarterhack l)oug Coombe of
~.zeason long Tower-Saurian had trouble getting its offensive Virginia. Coombe passed for three touchdowns
,~l!~ng. That same problem prevailedlast Wednesday against the and ran for another one to guide the Virginia
~ rsive Buhl Bulldogs, the surprise of the season in the AFC. Blue Devils to a 464i victory over Ely in an Iron
l(ange Cdnterence game at Virginia last
.Jl20aeh Ken Puhek brought his Bulldogs to Tower-Soudan with Wednesday night. Coombe, a junior who
sd liege on their minds• In 1972 the Golden Eagles ripped Buhl by transferred from Ely to Virginia this season,
¢el¢~in the season closer at Buhl. Puhek's club was a cautious completed eight of eleven passes for 197 yards.
[ P'~[trite to down the Eagles this time around, because it was tie threw tofour diflerent receivers inmixing his
~wledged all across the Iron Range by coaches and sports' running and passing plays to perfection in
~.s that Tower-Soudan played real tough defensive football, ripping the Timberwolves. Coombe, the finest
gS#,,,~just couldn't score! passer in the IRC. has been a big cog in putting
~sll~, - the Blue Devils in a good position to post one of
~d they didn't. The Bulldogs held off while
Tower-Soudah
~aging to push across three touchdowns on some fancy pass
r'~.'ving and running by Bill Munter.
a~L!i)lnter is a speedster, and if he gets an opening he s gone. He
'~v [away several times against the Eagles, and his speed wrecked
c, af4~er-Souda n.
~ogs also closed their season against the Eagles. Buht finished
[itthird place tie with Biwabik in the AFC, both teams recording
f~,~arks. Buhl was 5-3 for all games, while Biwabik is 4-4 with a
left this weekend against Bigfork in non-league action.
~.~tain Iron won the A,F.C crown with a 7-0 record, and Gilbert
lrond at 6-1. Gilbert s lone loss was to Mountain Iron.
lll~er the game Puhek praised the Tower-Soudan defense.
1,lily had a tough defense, ' he said. "They were hard-hitting.
lll~ No. 72 (Tom Stellmach)...we thought he played a good game
ll l~ebacker. And Ran Abrahamson, the big defensive end, was
1 ~to run against. Those two players on that side did a real good
~I~!i~ They we~were good hitters...we put extra blockers on them."
~,he added, even with additional blockers, it was
still
difficult
to
~l~against Abrahamson and Steltmach.
i, ~l tallied one touchdown in each of the first two quarters, and
an insurance touchdown in the final period. All the extra "
~ i~ tries failed.
L
: ~L~ides Abrahamson and Stellmach, the entire Tower-Soudan
~sive unit was stubborn. Tim Stellmach, Tim Tomsich, Mike
dOl!l~!, Mark Zollar, Bill Berg, Scott Frazee, Pete Hujanen, Jim
'~, Jeff Burgess, Ricky Tomsich, Brian Carlson and Glen
,~rI'~ helped stymie the Bulldogs strong running game.
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SMA1,L SCttOOL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF
TIlE WEEK--Tom Broadway of Cromwell.
Broadway scored ol) 60 and 71 yard runs from
scrimmage to give the Cromwell Cardinals a 12-7
upset victory over Esko in a Polar League
contest last week. Broadway rushed for 181
~,ards in the game. One sports writer called
Cromwell's victory the biggest upset of the
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LARGE SCItOOI, DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF
TIlE WEEK--Roger Lloyd, defensive middle
guard for the Eveleth (;olden Bears. who also
plays offensive guard. Eveleth coach Dick
Lawrence is high in his praise of his strong
senior guard, calling Lloyd "one of my finest
linemen all season." Againsl Aurora-Hoyt
Lakes last week. Lloyd was in on,many laekles
as the Golden Bears roared past the Blackhawks
40-11in h'on Range Conference play. On offense.
Lloyd helped open the holes as Eveleth amassed
304 yards rushing against A-IlL. He's a ",:very
good blocker," Lawrence said in talking about
Eloyd's offensive exploils.
SMALL SCHOOL DEFENSIVE PLAYEH OF
TIlE WEEK--Dan Prebeg of Mountain iron.
Prebeg had a standout defensive game al
cornerback as the Mountain Iron Red Raiders
captured their fourth consecutive Arrowhead
Conference football title with a 28-0 dccision over
Babbitt last week. The victory was Mountain
Iron's 34th straight grid win in a row. and Prebeg
helped the Red Raiders put one of their
touchdowns on the scoreboard by blocking a
Babbitt punt in the second quarter. After Prebog
blocked the punt. the ball was recovered by Jim
Kottke in the end zone for a Mountaineer
touchdown--Mountain Iron's final touchdown of
the game. Mountain Iron gained 295 yards, while
defensive play by such stalwarts as Prebog
limited Babbitl to 158 yards, most of it by the
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