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Princeton High School is ready :> roll again.
The Vikings, the Division I state unner-up last season, received 22 f the 37 first place votes to capure the No. 1 preseason ranking 1 The Enquirer's high school foot·all poll, outpointing No. 2 Moel:r, 338-330. Elder was a distant hird. "The kids will look at the ranklg as a challenge," said Pat Manuso, the veteran coach. "Hopeful~ y, they'll take pride ~n it and ttempt to remain there." · In USA. Today's preseason naional poll, Princeton was ranked .2th in the nation. This is the second time in the •ast three seasons that Princeton vas voted the top team. Moeller vas given the honor in 1991. Mancuso, who has 14 starters ·eturqing, has re-tooled the Vijngs' punishing defense and. tin:ered with the high octane offense. "We've moved several people tround and they'll be playing in •trange positions," Ma_ncuso said. 'josh Johnson will play inside line>acker rather than defensive end md Rashawn. Hutchins has moved rom cornerback to safety." Hutchns was an honorable mention all:ity player iq1990: .. jason· Whitehead, ·Sam Young, )hondale Wolfork,. Corey· Glass, \aron Bozan and Brian Keeton are tlso back on defen'se . ·. "This season is virtually the ·everse of last," Mancuso said. "In l990, we had a veteran offensive :earn and an inexperienced de·ense. This year, it's the opposite." Despite Mancuso's concerns tbout the offensive· unit; Houston
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returns to lead the way along with running backs James Olverson (1,112 all-purpose yards) and Fred Brown. Houston, who threw for only 450 yards in 1990, has impressed Mancuso with· ·his passing in two preseason scrimmages. Returning guard Rob Black and tackle Delrico Simons should give Houston .fine protection while receivers Aaron Williams and Lamont Sanders haiti in the passes .. Moeller coach Steve Klonne agreed that Princeton deserves the No. 1 ranking but questioned the Crusaders' No. 2· spot in the poll. "We only have one starter back ' (Pleas~ see PREPS, · Page B-10)
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S_teve Klonne, left, he~ football coach for Moeller High School, dtscuss~s strategy With a group of players during practice last week. .
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until Moeller put together a second-quarter, nine-play drive which ended in Ryan Jackson's 2-yard run. In the third quarter a Moeller drive stalled at the nine-yard line, and after a failed field goal DePoores took over and scored on a 62-yard pass to Ron Ceustin putti~g the M~chigan team up' 12-7 Wlih four mmutes left in the third quarter. Moeller came back with a 10play drive in the fourth quarter, led by quarterback John Harpring.
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• Moeller 21, Detroit DePorres 12, at Galbreath Field Kelly DaTI8 rushed for 134 yards on 26 carries to lead Moeller over the Division III Michigan state champs. DePorres jumped off to a 6-0 lead in the first quarter, with Charles Winter scoring on a 37yard run to cap a 12-play opening drive. The teams exchanged 11unts
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