Kirkland and Leverett Advance To Intramural Football Finals

The Leverett and Kirkland football teams will fight it out for the House championship tomorrow, after both posted wins in yesterday's opening round of the playoffs.

K-House easily disposed of Winthrop, 16-0, while Leverett squeaked out a 7-6 victory over South House in a pair of games played behind the stadium.

Leverett's hard-hitting defense put them on top even though South House gained more offensive yards.

Bunnies

The game-winning touchdown came after Leverett House downed a punt on the opposition's 2-yd, line and then recovered a fumble on the 3-yd. line the next play. Three downs later, Leverett player-coach Bill Lewis drove into the endzone on a handoff from quarterback Bob Holz to put the Bunnies on the scoreboard.

South House also converted a turnover into a touchdown, recovering the ball on their own 30-yd. line in the final quarter, moving it down the field on passes by shotgun quarterback John Nadeau, and scoring on a quarterback sweep to the left.

Not willing to settle for a tie, the Quad gridders went for a two-point conversion as Nadeau swept right only to be stopped short of the endzone.

Leverett House's record now stands at 3-1, their only loss coming against Kirkland House. "We were glad to win because now we have a chance to redeem ourselves and beat K-House in the championship," Lewis said yesterday.

K-House's defense preserved its untarnished record, shutting out the opposition for the fourth straight game.

Kirkland scored in the first quarter when fullback Brad Lown took in a 5-yd. scamper to cap a 65-yd. drive.

In the last play of the half, Jamie Egasti kicked a 35-yd. field goal and to put the icing on the cake, quarterback Casey Fitts bootlegged for 20 yards to end the scoring.