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Semi-Pro Football this Saturday
The Connecticut Mustangs will take on the Brooklyn-King's Bay Crusaders in a first-round playoff game for the Garden State League 1998 Championship this Saturday at 7 pm at Dillon Stadium. Tickets are $5 for adults, $2 for children and youngsters wearing their midget football team shirt will get in free.



High School Football

Owls Open with Hard-Fought Win

Always be ready for the fake punt - especially if the punter happens to be an All-State running back. Windham's football team apparently forgot this simple rule last Saturday afternoon when Hartford Public's Darrion Williams decided not to kick the ball away on fourth and long late in the third quarter and instead ran for 13 yards to give the Owls a first down on the Windham 45-yard-line. The play set up a scoring drive capped by an 18-yard touchdown run by Jason Wyatt to tie the game up 6-6 with less then three minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Williams then ran in for the two-point conversion giving the Owls a 8-6 lead. That turned out to be good enough as Hartford Public's defense hung tough throughout the fourth quarter to preserve the win.
The Owls will take on New Britain at home this Friday.

Beavers Roll Over Manchester
Walter Champion's quick hands helped the Weaver Beavers leap to a 26-0 first half lead over Manchester last Friday night. The Beavers won the game by a final score of 33-13. Champion started the scoring in the first quarter by returning an interception for a 47-yard touchdown. Later, in the second quarter, he caught a 26-yard pass from quarterback Tim Rush. Also scoring for the Beavers in the first half were John Weaver and Joe Balfour. Manchester managed to score a TD in the third quarter and another in the fourth but couldn't quite catch the Beavers, who put the icing on the cake with a 35-yard touchdown pass from Rush to Andre King. Weaver will next face Wethersfield at home this Saturday.


SAND/Hartford Midget Football

First Week

An extra point by William Santiago following a John Owens touchdown was enough to give the Giants a 7-6 win over the Falcons in an A-Team (12-14-year-olds) match-up on the opening day of the SAND/Hartford Midget Football Season. Jeffrey Hernandez scored the Falcons lone TD. In other A-Team action, the Redskins rolled over the 49ers 20-0 behind touchdowns by Anthony Gonzalez, Nathaniel Jones and Serafin Velez.

Among the B-Teams (10-12-year-olds), Jamie Bryant's two touchdowns led the Bears in their 35-0 win over the Eagles. Byron White, Stacy Ashberry, Larry Hampton and Vincent Nelson also scored for the Bears. The Steelers beat the Vikings 26-0 in Saturday's other B-Team game.

Two touchdowns by Allan Perry and an extra point by Taurean McCauley lifted the Eagles over the Bears 13-0 in the C-Team Division (8-10-year-olds). In other C-Team games, the Seahawks beat the Jaguars 7-0 and the Steelers bested the Vikings 7-0.

Second Week
A-Teams:
Jeffrey Hernandez scored three touchdowns in the Falcons 18-6 win over the 49ers. Fernando Ramos scored the 49ers lone touchdown. William Santiago (one touchdown, one extra point and one interception) starred in the Giants 15-0 shutout of the Redskins. John Owens also scored a TD for the Giants and Misael Rosado grabbed a fumble for the Redskins.

B-Teams: James Weaver scored both touchdowns for the Steelers in their 13-6 win over the Seahawks. Jamaine Ryals (one extra point) and Raymond Jurado (one interception) also contributed to the Steeler victory while Clifton King scored the Seahawks' only TD. In other B-Game action, the Bears rolled over the Vikings 47-0 behind quarterback Jamie Bryant, who ran for two touchdowns, passed for another and also grabbed an interception. Larry Hampton, Bryon White and Vincent Nelson also scored TD's in the game, Rodrecus Watkins had three extra points and Melvin Perry recovered a fumble. In the Eagles 13-0 victory over the Jaguars, Abner Ortiz and Cecil Pieerce scored a touchdown each for the Eagles and Jahmell Harding booted an extra point. Jorge Marrero recovered a fumble for the Jaguars.

C-Teams: Donnell Weaver scored the lone touchdown in the Steelers 6-0 win over the Seahawks. In other C-Team action the Bears beat the Vikings 13-0. Scoring for the Bears was Karl Brown and Anthony Parker (one touchdown each) and James Carter scored an extra point.

Third Week
A-Teams:
The Giants blanked the 49ers 21-0 behind touchdowns by John Owens, Jermaine Mendez and Dean Haughton. In another A-Team game, the Redskins and Falcons battled to a 7-7 tie. Jeffrey Hernandez and Anthony Gonzalez ran for TD's in the game and the Falcons' Jerome Collier grabbed an interception.

B-Teams: Stacy Asberry scored two touchdowns to lead the Bears over Steelers 19-6. Jamie Bryant, Satcy Asberry and Bryon White also scored for the Bears while Trevor Walford notched the Steelers lone TD. In other B-Team games last Saturday the Seahawks shutout the Eagles 20-0 with Leon Rosa leading the way with three touchdowns and Brandon Bailey's TD was enough for the Vikings to beat the Jaguars 6-0.

C-Teams: Tracy Carter ran for two TD and scored an extra point in the Steelers 21-0 blanking of the Bears. Chaz McElroy and Brandon Lewis also scored for the Steelers. Allan Perry and Tyshawn Bridges had a pair of TD's each in the Eagles' 32-0 win over the Seahawks. Daniel Correa also scored for the Eagles. And in the final C-Team game last Saturday, Andrew Sullivan's three touchdowns led the Vikings over 20-6 win over the Jaguars. Phillip Baskerville and Eric Gooden added an extra point each for the Vikings while Chad Higly scored the Jaguars' only TD.


1998 WomenSports Celebration to be Held October 22
The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company will present the 1998 WomenSports Celebration on Thursday, October 22, at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel. Proceeds from the affair will go to the Connecticut Chapter of the March of Dimes.

This year's honorees include ESPN and ABC Sportscaster Robin Roberts, Kristine Lilly, a member of the Olympic gold medal winning soccer team, Elizabeth Janagelo, Connec- ticut's youngest Amateur Golf Champion, and Senior Olympic athlete Mary Haines. Geno Auriemma, Head Coach of the UCONN Women's Basketball Team, and New York Liberty Star Rebecca Lobo are among those scheduled to present awards at the event.

Tickets are $75 per person. For more information, call 290-5440 or 1-800-446-9255.

 


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