Sports off Campus By Jerry Ulmer Staff writer High School Game of the Week Lakeridge stings Rex Putnam Lakeridge’s Dane Walker I returned the opening kickoff 96 I yards for a touchdown Friday I night, setting the tone as the I number one ranked and I unbeaten Pacers stung Three I Rivers League rival Rex Putnam 145-0 before a homecoming I crowd at Lake Oswego High I School. The victory pushed I Lakeridge’s record to 5-0, keep- I ing them tied atop the TRL with I number three ranked Canbv. I who won at West Linn 41-22 ■ Friday. Lakeridge will play at ICanby Oct. 30. Putnam fell to 13-3 in league and fifth place ■ with the loss. When senior Mike Miadich Ihit Mike Held for a 98 yard I scoring pass to make it 14-0 I midway through the first I quarter, it was apparent that [Lakeridge would gain revenge [for last year’s 35-27 loss to Put- Inam. Miadich went on to throw four touchdown passes, three to the senior Held, en route to 346 yards passing on 15 for 26. The effort included touchdown bombs of 70 and 64 yards in the fourth quarter for the Pacers final two scores, well after the game was out of reach. Putnam’s offensive game plan fizzled when it Jost its leading ground gainer, senior Dan Ruhl, to a season-ending knee injury early in the second quarter. But even with Ruhl, the Putnam offense was stagnant as the Pacers dominated the line of scrimmage, led by senior defen­ sive end Ben Finklea. The Putnam offense manag­ ed just 119 total yards to 490 for Lakeridge. Putnam quarter­ backs Dan Keswick and Brock Dressel were constantly dealing with a ferocious pass rush and were sacked four times by a defense that registered its se­ cond consecutive shutout. “I thought we played very, very well,” said Lakeridge Coach Tom Smythe. If there was any doubt about the Pacers 17-0 halftime lead, it was quickly put to rest at the start of the second half. Lakeridge marched 70 yards on nine plays to make it 24-0, cap­ ped by Held’s 17 yard touchdown run. During the drive, Held carried the ball five times for 51 yards, running ex­ clusively to the left, as they got “back to basics,” said Smythe. The next Lakeridge drive stall­ ed at the Putnam 10 yard line when Miadich was intercepted by Jeff Peters. But Keswick fumbl­ ed the snap from center on the next play, and Lakeridge linebacker Carmen MacDonald recovered at the Putnam seven. Held scored his third touchdown on a seven yard pass from Miadich to follow. That made it 31-0 and the hunt for the astronomical victory margin was on. Lakeridge looked for more in the fourth quarter. Miadich stayed in and fired touchdown bombs to Chris Richards and Garrett Sullivan, and even had a 58 yard touchdown pass to Richards called back because of holding. Smythe’s fourth quarter play calling raised questions as to whether he was making Putnam pay for last year. Let’s face it, if the situation was on “You Make the Call,” how many of us would call for the long ball with a 31-0 lead? “We’re getting ready for the playoffs, and we want to play our starting quarterback for at least one play in the fourth quarter,” said Smythe, “I didn’t see them take their first stringers out. If they’re going to play a seven man front and blitz people and expect us to hand the ball off and get killed, that’s bull—! If you think I’m running up the score, you’re way off base.” Was Smythe thinking of last year? “Last year is over, this is a new year,” he said. “Last year, when they (Putnam) hurt our quarterback (Jason Palumbis), 5,000 people gave their defense a standing ovation. Tonight, after Ruhl got hurt, we showed some class.” “This team doesn’t care who gets the credit,” said Smythe as the Pacers won for the thirteenth time in 14 tries versus Putnam. “We got 45 guys pulling together.” Putnam Coach Rusty Law knows his team can’t afford another loss. “We’ll be back to work Monday with a positive at­ titude,” said Law. “We’ve got to win two in a row to get into the Kansas Plan, at least. I’m not disappointed, I’m proud of our kids. They played hard.” The sprinkler system mysteriously came on with four minutes left in the game, but not even that ould douse the spirits of a Lakeridge parade. first Downs Rushes-Yds Passing Yds Tola! Yds Turnovers PUT 9 21-68 51 119 4 LAK 17 27-155 335 490 5 PASSING - Lakeridge - Miadich J5-26-2 346, Nussmeier 0-2-0 0 - Putnam - Keswick 5-15-1 41, Dressel 3-13-1 27, O’Neill 0-1-00. RUSHING - Lakeridge - Miadich 11-53; Held 9-77, Nussmeier 3-11, Richards 1-3, Gatto 1-1, Walker 1-3, Smith 1-7 - Putnam -Hedrick '6-42, Stenholm 5-5, Ruhl 4-8. Passadore 2-9, Swanson 2-0, Williams 1-2, O’Neill 1-2. . RECEIVING - Lakeridge - Held 3-Î25, Richards 5-ÎO7, Gatto 3-14, Bassö 2-28. Walker 1-8, Sullivan 1-64 - Putnam -O’Neill 2-19, Kobs2-13, Swanson 2-12, Dressel 1-1Ö, Brandel 1-14. 1st- LAK LAK 2nd-LAK 3rd- LAK • LAK 4th- LAK LAK Walker 96 KO return 7 -0 Held 98 pass from Miadich ’ - 1 4 -0 Martinez 23 FG .1.7 -0 Held 17 run ■ 2 4 -0 Held 7 pass from Miacich .3 1 -0 Richards 70 pass from Miadich. 33 -0 Sullivan 64 pass from Miadich" 4 5 - 0 Lakeridge 14 3 14 14-45 Putnam 0 0 0 0-0 Danielson Hilltop Mall 328 WARNER MILNE ROAD OREGON CITY Phone:(503) 657-7717 Enjoy Gym Excellence at Economical Rates! ATTENTIO N ! Business & Corporation Owners! 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