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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 26 Oct 1977, p. 15

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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks scored 85 points against Guelph Gryphons Saturday at Centennial Stadium. But hardly anyone noticed . They were too caught up with slightly more impressive statistics, namely the individual records set by Laurier fullback Jim Reid. He scored six touchdowns, three each in the second and third quarters, to give him 16 majors for the season, eclipsing the former mark of 15 set by Neil Lumsden of Ottawa Gee Gees in 1975. The Palmerston powerhouse went on a rampage over the hapless Gryphons, setting two Ontarioâ€"Quebec Interâ€" collegiate Football Conference marks as Hawks deâ€" molished Guelph 85â€"21. But more importantly, Reid lumbered for 262 yards on the day, giving him 1,078 for the season. Not only did the super runner break the elusive 1,000 yard barrier. he also wiped out the Oâ€"QIFC rushing record of 1.060 yards set by Gee Gee Mike Murphy last year. As has been the case all year. Reid modestly shunned the spotlight after the game Saturday. preferring to heap praise on his blocking linemen. An unidentified Laurier Golden Hawks tackler collars Scott McGregor of 85â€"21 to finish in third place in the Ontarioâ€"Quebec Intercollegiate Footâ€" Gueiph Gryphons during Saturday‘s game at Centennial Stadium. John ball Conference West Division. Jim Reid of Laurier broke the league rushâ€" Miller (66) of Laurier moves in to help out. Hawks lambasted Gryphons ing and touchdown records in the game. Jim Reid sets college rushing record â€"_"I don‘t think y6u can realistically set goals at the beginning of the season. You can hope to do well, that‘s about all."" said Reid. â€" â€" "I wasn‘t thinking that much about the 1,000 yards at the beginning of the season, but I guess it was on the guys minds this week An unidentified Lavurier Golden Hawks tackler collars Scott McGregor of Gueliph Gryphons during Saturday‘s game at Centennial Stadium. John Miller (66) of Laurier moves in to help out. Hawks lambasted Gryphons ©I saw our linemen talking off by themselves in pracâ€" tice and I sort of knew what they were talking about "They made it easy today by blowing big holes wide open almost every play. It‘s not too tough running when you only have one guy to beat." Reid‘s second quarter touchdowns were on runs of two, seven, and 20 yards. In the third quarter he continued to break tackles and scored majors of four, five and 39 yards, often carrying Gryphon players along the way. His last touchdown of 39 yards was his longest run of the day By Rick Campbeli Reid, who also had a 30â€"yard plus touchdown called back on a needless clipping infraction, stayed in the game until the final few minutes even though the score allowed Hawk coach Dave (Tuffy) Knight to substitute freely elsewhere. ~ "We kept him (Reid) in there for two reasons," said Knight. ‘"First we wanted to see him get the records, he deserved it this year. But also our backâ€"up fullback Richâ€" ard Payne had a bad ankle." ~ Running back Phil Colwell, who has played in Reids shadow all season long, added two touchdowns of 32 and 36 yards. Reserve running back Billy Burke, who has seen limited action this season added two 12â€"yard scores and Dan Kirby. a member of WLU‘s famed suicide squad, reeled off a punt return 43 yards for WLU‘s last major. Jerry Guyles,. who has shown some inconsistency in reâ€" cent weeks, converted 10 of 11 touchdowns and added field goals of 25 and 41 yards to return to his accurate form of early season. Bob Stacey added a twoâ€"point convert to comâ€" plete Laurier‘s scoring. â€""It was a lot of fun for us in the second half," said Knight. "We were able to use every player we had. We could only dress 34, but we used them all."‘ ‘"Sure that was on our minds. but we were determined to stick to our game plan. We ran the football for the first while and just when they thought they had us pegged we went to the pass for four straight completions."" WLU quarterback Paul Nelson, playing despite nagging injuries, completed five of six passes for 108 yards and rushed for 77 himself, including a 46 yard stroll Hawks had 547 yards rushing _ Reid had an 8.2 ;ard average on 32 carries while Colâ€" well rughed for 82 on five lugs. Hawk split end Don Vetro caught two passes for 68 yards. _ (;Tmlph scored its first touchdown on a freak play in the third quarter. Quarterback Craig Conklin threw a Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, October 26, 1977 â€" Page 15 46â€"yard bomb to Hawk five. It was tipped by wide reâ€" ceiver Vaughn Wright, then by a Hawk defender,. and finally caugfit in the end zone by Guelph‘s Jim Cotta. â€" Reid fumbled on the ensuing series of plays and moâ€" ments later Conklin found Wright on a 40â€"yard strike for Guelph‘s third major. All three were converted by Ron Lively. Then in the fourth quarter Guelph put together a drive which Mark Brown cumplated on a oneâ€"yard plunge. _ _ Conklin was 11 of 22 for 170 yards while Scott Macâ€" Gregor had 12 carries for 51 yards. Cotta had three reâ€" ceptions for 79 yards. ___ _ _ ‘"The way they scored worried me," said Knight. few of our guys went to sleep after we had the game won . The victory'gives Hawks a final record of 5â€"1â€"1, good for third place in the Oâ€"QIFC. Western beat Toronto 19â€"12 in London to take top spot with a 6â€"1 record and will face Windsor in a division semiâ€"final Saturday. In the other semiâ€"final Hawks will travel to Toronto to play the Blues. T back! Tigers are back! The Tigers are back in town. At a group meeting of the Interâ€"County Major Baseâ€" ball League last Tuesday in Cambridge, the Waterloo Tigers were officially accepted as the league‘s 10th entry. Under the league‘s new alignment, they will play in one division which will include Kitchener Panthers, London Majors, St. Thomas Elgins and Stratford Hillers. The other division will be comprised of Toronto Maple Leafs, Guelph Forums, Hamilton Cardinals, Cambridge Terriers and Brantford Red Sox. Each team will play a 36â€" game schedule Ti'gers have been out of senior ball since the early 1950‘s.

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