September 24, 1969 (12 pages)

averaged 9.3 yards a carry. PLACERVILLE: — Gary Mit_chell warmed up his passing arm and. Noel White put O. J. Simpson to shame as the Ne. vada Union Miners routed the ‘El Dorado Cougars 46-0 in a ~ pon-league Placerville Friday. The, win was the second straight for Nevada Union who racked up Reno in their opener, 30-8, The feared passing twosome, White and Mitchell set a pair . Nuggets rally to end 10-game .@ losing streak PLACERVILLE — The Nevada Union Nuggets snapped a 10-game losing streak with a come-from-behind 14-6 victory over El Dorado Friday night. A hard hitting defense led by Dave Phelps-and Dave Yocum tied -up-E1 Dorado, holding the Cougars to a 6-0 lead going into the final quarter. Midway in the final quarter, a punt exchange gave the Nug“géts good field position on. the El Dorado 32-yard line. Freshman quarterback Dave Rayburn moved the Nuggets on the ‘ground to the three, -Ken Slattery punched over for the score, A Rayburn pass for the two point conversion put the Nuggets ahead 8-6. El’ Dorado was on the move until Yocum picked off a pass, giving Nevada Union possession on its 42, The Nuggets marched to the El Dorado 27-yard stripe. With 15 seconds remaining, Nevada musnal ’ + The pass.caught El Dorado napping and Rayburn clicked to John Wilcox for the touchdown and a*l4-6 victory. The win evened the Nuggets season record at 1-1, of Nevada Union records. Despite playing less than two periods, White scored five touchdowns and Mitchell fired five touchdown passes.Four of the touchdown passes . "Phe speedy slotwent to’ White. back also returned a punt 72 yards.for a touchdown, and intercepted a pair of passes to -wind up with a great individual effort. Kk wasn't all White and Mitchell. The offensive and defensive lines were superb. The Nevada Union running. game was still there and head coach Jim Guinn took a look at everyone on the squad, Nevada Union took the opening kickoff with Blair Van Vliet and Scott Logan moving through giant sized holes the Miners SCOTT LOGAN breezes, through a hole in the El Dorado line for yardage. The junior fullback moved from their own 38 to the El Dorado 35-yard-line, From this point, El Dorado came the closest to scoring a touch. down, «An untimely center to Mitchell squirted five yards upwards and an alert El Dorado lineman grabbed the football and was on his way for the score, Mitchell was in fruitless pursuit when an overanxious: El Dorado -playerclipped the Miner quarterback and the touchdown was nullified. The defense held and Nevada Union took possession’ on its: own 44 and it was all over but the shouting. Logan, with some fancy running, picked his way through the El Dorado line for gains of 13, six and seven yards to the 18-yard line, Van Vliet went to the nine and LoganramNevada Union routs EI _ Mitchell & White set school records NOEL WHITE heads for the end zone for one of five touchdowns. The senior speedster caught four touchdown passes and returned a punt 72 yards for another. bled to the one-yard stripe, With the Cougar defense on the line, tight end Char: Phelps moved untouched int the end zone and grabbed < strike from, Mitchell. With 5:11 remaining in the first period, the Miners led 6-0. White went into action, intercepting a pass to give the Minersthe bail on El Dorado's: 13yard. line, Mitchell dropped back on the: first play and fired a strike to White for the touchdown, With 3:29 remaining, the Miners led:12-0, The Miner defense held and White struck again. Grabbing a punt on the Nevada Union 28yard line, White scrambled along the sideline with the aim of fine downfield blocking, saw daylight, and was gone for 72 JERRY ANTHNEY hauls in a pass from quarterback Gary Mitchell for a 23-yard gain against El, Dorado, . ee ws coe ¢ wy % é . .F ; Shin. t * Tae 4 om DS Yet . : was 8 me 4 wa NM Ae Pa Dorado 46-0; _yards, With 1:54 remaining in the first period, Mitchell hit split end Jerry.Anthony with a two point conversion and Nevada Union led 20-0, oes In the second period Nevada Union took over on its 33-yard line, Van Vliet cut through the Cougar line for gains of nine and 12 yards. After a 15-yard penalty moved the Miners back to their 41, the passing twoSome clicked again, j _ Mitchell dropped straight back and tossed a strike to the speeding White. The 59-yard touchdown put the Miners in front 26-0, Another pass to Anthony added two. The Miners once again kicked off and a fumble gave the Miners possession on the El Dorado 45. Mitchell went.to the air, 23 yards to Anthony and 1l-yards to White for the score. With 7:35 remaining in the second period, Coach Guinn, with a 34-0 lead and no end ‘of the ‘scoring in’ sight, went to his bench, The reserves battled El Dorado's first string to a standoff and the score remained 34-0 at halftime. The first stringers returned at the start of the second half. A fumble gave the Miners the ball on the El Dorado 35-yard line. ; On defense, the Miners held El Dorado to eight yards rushing. The Cougars went to the air for 133 yards, The front line of Chuck McCown, Chuck Crosswhite, Robert Ingram and Charlie Phelps left little to be desired. The few holes opened by El Dorado were quickly closed by linebackers Mike Moule and, Bruce McDonald, At defensive half, William's played a hardnosed game, Fullback Larry Henke moved the ball 11 and eight yards to the 16, A pass to Phelps put the Miners on the six and Mitchell again went to White for a six-yard touchdown pass. The reception was: White's fourth — all good for touchdowns, a . it erscpeerenrrens ec ia erseneiiy eer Sere ee FY NT

averaged 9.3 yards a carry. PLACERVILLE: — Gary Mit_chell warmed up his passing arm and. Noel White put O. J. Simpson to shame as the Ne. vada Union Miners routed the ‘El Dorado Cougars 46-0 in a ~ pon-league Placerville Friday. The, win was the second straight for Nevada Union who racked up Reno in their opener, 30-8, The feared passing twosome, White and Mitchell set a pair . Nuggets rally to end 10-game .@ losing streak PLACERVILLE — The Nevada Union Nuggets snapped a 10-game losing streak with a come-from-behind 14-6 victory over El Dorado Friday night. A hard hitting defense led by Dave Phelps-and Dave Yocum tied -up-E1 Dorado, holding the Cougars to a 6-0 lead going into the final quarter. Midway in the final quarter, a punt exchange gave the Nug“géts good field position on. the El Dorado 32-yard line. Freshman quarterback Dave Rayburn moved the Nuggets on the ‘ground to the three, -Ken Slattery punched over for the score, A Rayburn pass for the two point conversion put the Nuggets ahead 8-6. El’ Dorado was on the move until Yocum picked off a pass, giving Nevada Union possession on its 42, The Nuggets marched to the El Dorado 27-yard stripe. With 15 seconds remaining, Nevada musnal ’ + The pass.caught El Dorado napping and Rayburn clicked to John Wilcox for the touchdown and a*l4-6 victory. The win evened the Nuggets season record at 1-1, of Nevada Union records. Despite playing less than two periods, White scored five touchdowns and Mitchell fired five touchdown passes.Four of the touchdown passes . "Phe speedy slotwent to’ White. back also returned a punt 72 yards.for a touchdown, and intercepted a pair of passes to -wind up with a great individual effort. Kk wasn't all White and Mitchell. The offensive and defensive lines were superb. The Nevada Union running. game was still there and head coach Jim Guinn took a look at everyone on the squad, Nevada Union took the opening kickoff with Blair Van Vliet and Scott Logan moving through giant sized holes the Miners SCOTT LOGAN breezes, through a hole in the El Dorado line for yardage. The junior fullback moved from their own 38 to the El Dorado 35-yard-line, From this point, El Dorado came the closest to scoring a touch. down, «An untimely center to Mitchell squirted five yards upwards and an alert El Dorado lineman grabbed the football and was on his way for the score, Mitchell was in fruitless pursuit when an overanxious: El Dorado -playerclipped the Miner quarterback and the touchdown was nullified. The defense held and Nevada Union took possession’ on its: own 44 and it was all over but the shouting. Logan, with some fancy running, picked his way through the El Dorado line for gains of 13, six and seven yards to the 18-yard line, Van Vliet

went to the nine and LoganramNevada Union routs EI _ Mitchell & White set school records NOEL WHITE heads for the end zone for one of five touchdowns. The senior speedster caught four touchdown passes and returned a punt 72 yards for another. bled to the one-yard stripe, With the Cougar defense on the line, tight end Char: Phelps moved untouched int the end zone and grabbed < strike from, Mitchell. With 5:11 remaining in the first period, the Miners led 6-0. White went into action, intercepting a pass to give the Minersthe bail on El Dorado's: 13yard. line, Mitchell dropped back on the: first play and fired a strike to White for the touchdown, With 3:29 remaining, the Miners led:12-0, The Miner defense held and White struck again. Grabbing a punt on the Nevada Union 28yard line, White scrambled along the sideline with the aim of fine downfield blocking, saw daylight, and was gone for 72 JERRY ANTHNEY hauls in a pass from quarterback Gary Mitchell for a 23-yard gain against El, Dorado, . ee ws coe ¢ wy % é . .F ; Shin. t * Tae 4 om DS Yet . : was 8 me 4 wa NM Ae Pa Dorado 46-0; _yards, With 1:54 remaining in the first period, Mitchell hit split end Jerry.Anthony with a two point conversion and Nevada Union led 20-0, oes In the second period Nevada Union took over on its 33-yard line, Van Vliet cut through the Cougar line for gains of nine and 12 yards. After a 15-yard penalty moved the Miners back to their 41, the passing twoSome clicked again, j _ Mitchell dropped straight back and tossed a strike to the speeding White. The 59-yard touchdown put the Miners in front 26-0, Another pass to Anthony added two. The Miners once again kicked off and a fumble gave the Miners possession on the El Dorado 45. Mitchell went.to the air, 23 yards to Anthony and 1l-yards to White for the score. With 7:35 remaining in the second period, Coach Guinn, with a 34-0 lead and no end ‘of the ‘scoring in’ sight, went to his bench, The reserves battled El Dorado's first string to a standoff and the score remained 34-0 at halftime. The first stringers returned at the start of the second half. A fumble gave the Miners the ball on the El Dorado 35-yard line. ; On defense, the Miners held El Dorado to eight yards rushing. The Cougars went to the air for 133 yards, The front line of Chuck McCown, Chuck Crosswhite, Robert Ingram and Charlie Phelps left little to be desired. The few holes opened by El Dorado were quickly closed by linebackers Mike Moule and, Bruce McDonald, At defensive half, William's played a hardnosed game, Fullback Larry Henke moved the ball 11 and eight yards to the 16, A pass to Phelps put the Miners on the six and Mitchell again went to White for a six-yard touchdown pass. The reception was: White's fourth — all good for touchdowns, a . it erscpeerenrrens ec ia erseneiiy eer Sere ee FY NT