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9 Page 14 The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. Tuesday, February 18, 1992 Schroyer shines in loss; Tigers earn D-4 berth Warrior Run five turns back Milton NAMES Bi FACES Sheri Lcl'age, a Lcwisburg High graduate and junior speech pathology-education of the hearing impaired major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, was one of 29 IUP woman athletes recognized Feb. 12 as part of the National Women in Sports Day. representing nine varsity sports each it The 29 athletes i -i carry at icasi a s. LePage is a member of cross country team, as is Lewisburg's Kelley major, who was also Krista Fletcher, a management major from Mifflinburg and member of the Indians' field hockey team, was also recognized, as was Shikellamy graduate and freshman speech and hearing major Lori Geist of Northumberland: ueist is a memoer or tne soiioaii team.

The Milton swim team, a member of the Sherl LePage Excels at IUP overall craue-poini average. Wenning, a senior journalism honored. senior human resources also makes her a provisional currently holds school records in 100 free (52.38) and 200 free Susquehanna Valley.Swimriiing and Diving League, is preparing to kick off the 1992 season. Officers and executive board members are Sarah Yerg, president; Ellen Moser, recording secretary; Sue Overdorf, corresponding secretary; Gail Sperl, treasurer; and Dawn McManus, pool board apd league representative. Sue Doolittle will coach the team, assisted by Phillip Brautigam.

Bucknell University swimmer Margaret Grunow has qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials, set for March 1-6 in Indianapolis. Grunow qualified with a 26.83 timing last weekend in the 50-meter freestyle at North Syracuse, N.Y. The standard qualifying time is 26.89. WARRIOR RUN, from Page 13 Milton Coach Bill Turbitt said, "We could've hung our heads after the first half, but we pulled it together and made a good game of it." The Defenders were 8-of-9 from the charity stripe in the final period, making the last eight during the final minute of the game.

Warrior Run finished 12-of-13 from the line for game. Said Higgins, "One of our goals this season was to shoof at least 60 percent from the foul line. We were at 59 percent entering Saturday's game against Muncy, but made just 6-of-13 from the line (a 52-48 overtime loss)." Pawling led all scorers with 17, while King added 13 for Milton. Ranck, Bricker and Smith each scored 12 points to pace Warrior Run. "(Warrior Run) played an excellent game.

They moved the ball around really we'll," Turbitt said. The Defenders have already qualified for postseason play. Milton must win at least one of its remaining games against Mifflinburg and Danville. The Defenders were 8-of-9 from the charity stripe in the final period with 22 points, scored nine in the third period to lead her team to a 19-9 advantage in that stanza. Schroyer now has 1,093 points, surpassing the previous record of Maria Metrocavage.

She is 14 shy of breaking Lori-Ann Martino's school rebound record of 1 ,025 Tigers gain berth ELYSBURG Southern Co-, lumbia overcame the flu bug and injuries to gain a District 4 Class A berth for the first time in five seasons. With three starters playing the flu and a fourth starter, Jijdia Essig, hobbled by a severely sprained ankle, the Tigers eked past Weatherly 44-28 in a non-league contest. With the win. Southern moved to 12-11. It hosts Mid-Penn Conference foe Muncy tonight.

Junior center Lori Feese led the Tigers with 14 points. Essig added 13. Shooting guard Steph Maliska led the Wreckers (7-17) with 16. Southern blew a 23-12 hajftime lead and trailed 36-34 midway in the fourth quarter. But Essig then "hit a 3-pointer to give the Tigers a 37-36 lead, an edge they would keep for the rest of the game.

"For being banged up and sick, our girls made a supreme effprt to qualify for the playoffs," Southern Columbia Coach Mick Fleming said. "(Essig) played a great game just because we did not expect her to play." Compiled from staff reports POTTSVILLE Lourdes Regional bowed out of the Schuylkill County League girls basketball playoffs Monday night, but the Red Raiders certainly didn't go quietly. Not only did Lourdes give the heavily favored Pine Grove Cardinals all they could handle, losing but junior Nikki SchrOyer grabbed a piece of history. Schroyer, with seven points in the game, became the school's all-time leading scorer and the second to yank down career rebounds. The Red Raiders (21-5) will next play in the District 4 Class A playoffs, set for next week.

Meanwhile, Southern Columbia clinched a berth in the same playoff tournament by defeating Weatherly. Lourdes Coach Mike Klembara, whose team led 14-10 at the half, said the biggest problem was poor shooting. "We actually should have been up by 15 at the half," he said. "We had opportunities, but we did not take advantage of them." Klembara said he was pleased that his team's press caused the Cardinals some problems and that senior forward Marsha Mayton was able to exploit the Pine Grove man-to-man defense for a career-high 21 points. He said his team had some problems with Pine Grove's two standout athletes, Adi Schneck and Bobbie Loy.

Schneck, who led all scorers Kelley Wennlng Her freestyle time NCAA qualifier. lso honored the 50 free (24.05), She Braves down SGalS Danville swimmers sweep MOUNT CARMEL Depth and consistency worked for the Danville boys and girls swimming teams as they topped Mount Carmel in a non-league meet Monday. With mostly freshman swimming, Danville Coach Dave Russell's girls team (11-5) whipped the Red Tornadoes 119-57. The Danville boys team beat Mount Carmel 136-40, winning all 13 events. The team (7-9) was also helped by" the performance of junior diver Carl Henrie, who broke his own school record of 187.30 points with a 199.35 total.

Rich Krebs, Mike Albertini and Chris Malone had stellar performances for Danville, each winning two events. Albertini captured the 200 IM in 2:11.22 and 100 back in 1:05.04. Krebs won the 200 free (2:08.09) and 500 free (5:40.22) BRAVES, from Page 13 victory over Lewisburg. The Eagles (3-19) snapped a nine-game losing streak with their first win since a 51-33 victory over Mifflinburg. The Green Dragons were 0-of-6 from the field in the third quarter and were held to one point in the period.

"They tried passing the ball too much and we were just sitting back in a 1-3-1 zone," said Line Mountain Coach Mike Calnon, whose team had a season-low 10 turnovers. "We were patient on offense and we worked the ball." Center Ali Goulstone led the losers with 11 points. 'X'. Daily Item photo by Charlie Mover Warrior Run guard Sarah Ranck drives past Milton's Aimee Metzger during a Susquehanna Valley League game Monday night. Danville tops 'Cats MIFFLINBURG Shooting and rebounding keyed Danville to a 63-33 SVL win over Mifflinburg.

Mifflinburg Coach Eldon Hoy said Danville (20-1, 12-0 SVL) shot 23-for-47 from the floor for the game, 49 percent. Hoy said Mifflinburg (6-16, 2-10 SVL) shot 21 percent, going 12-for-56 from the floor. Danville outrebounded the Wildcats 35-19. Center Rona Faust led Danville with 15 points, including eight of the team's 15 in the fourth quarter. Wendy Davis and Jessie Zielinski each chipped in 10 points.

Nikki Burkland and Jodi Rothcr-mel paced Mifflinburg with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Schuylkill Haven repeats as Division II champs. The 33 points were the fewest Lourdes has scored this season. "Defensively I thought we did a good job," Lourdes Coach Lee Kor-bich said. "They had less than 30 points in their half-court offense.

"Offensively we did not move. Everybody really stood around and we did not get any good shots except off of our transition." Millersburg 48 Greenwood 62 Newport 30 Halifax 53 E.Juniata 54 U. Dauphin 60 W.Snyder 37 Middleburg 46 The (Upper Dauphin) win reversed a first-half eight-point loss to the Middies. point performance by Halifax senior center Heidi Meyers. Despite Shea's scoring.

Greenwood Coach Gary Shipp said his team's win was not a single-player effort. Junior guard Colleen Hayden and Shea combined for 20 points in the first half for Greenwood (14-8. 5-2 TVL). Junior guard Tracy Hengst and sophomore forward Yvette Roush added II and eight points, respectively, in the second half for the 7 If Killian leads 'Canes are co-sponsoring a. TENNIS TOURNAMENT March 6, 7 3, 1992 COST: Per Event Deadline: March 4, 1992 at 5 P.M.

Last year, she captured Patriot League titles in the 100 and 200 free events. Patrick King, a senior forward on the Bucknell men's basketball team, has been named to the District II All-America Team, as selected by the College Sports Informaton Directors of America. King, a double major in German and international relations with a 3.2 grade-point average, is pursuing a minor in Spanish. He will now be placed on the national ballot for Academic All-America honors. A walk-on to the BU team as a freshman, King leads the Patriot League in scoring at 21.2 points a game.

He also leads the league in field-goal percentage (.633) and ranks second in free-throw shooting Jim Meckley, a Line Mountain High graduate, won five matches over the weekend for the Cornell University wrestling team. Meckley extended his overall record to 20-2. Against Penn on Saturday, Meckley had a 6-5 upset over senior Mike Friedman, currently ranked 12th in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News. Cornell's Todd Laudenslager, also a Line Mountain graduate, did not make the trip due to a minor knee injury. Cornell crushed Princeton, New York University and Seton Hall on Friday and blasted Penn and Drexel on Saturday.

The team is 19-3. The Bucknell wrestling team meets Cornell at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Shikellamy Field House in a contest that will feature a number of competitors from the area. Leading Cornell will be Meckley, who wrestles at 126 pounds and was a 1990 PI AA runnerup, and Laudenslager, who competes at 150.

Laudenslager was third in the PIAA tournament. Three of Cornell's wrestlers are ranked in the Top 15 by Amateur Wrestling News: Mark Ferguson, sixth at 134; Jason Roach, 12th at 158; and Mike New, 13th at 167. Bucknell will be led by Lewisburg graduate and 190-pounder Bob Ferraro. Ferraro recorded more than 100 career wins en route to two state championships. Competing at 177 pounds for the Bison will be Danville product Matt DiGiacomo, fourth in the 1991 PIAA Class AA tourney.

Matt Stehman, a Shamokin High graduate and junior on the Mansfield football squad, was named to the postseason third-team of the Don Hansen Football Gazette 1991 Division II All-America. Stehman, a 5-8, 173-pound placekicker, connected on 13-of-18 field-goal attempts and 29-of-32 extra points to lead the Mountaineers in scoring with 68 points. He finished among the top three kickers in Division II for field goals per game (1.18), total field goals and field goal percentage (72.2). In his first season since transferring from Delaware State, Stehman set Mountaineers' records fortfield goals in a game (three), field goals in a season, consecutive field goals without a miss (10) and accuracy. He hit two field goals from 47 yards and connected on three of four attempts beyond 40 yards.

Reliever Duane Ward and the Toronto Blue Jays avoided an arbitration hearing when they agreed Monday to a one-year contract worth $2.425 ,000, triple his 1991 salary of $800,000. Ward, who led the American League in appearances last season with 81 had asked for $2.9 million in arbitration and Toronto had offered $1 .8 million. The settlement was above the midpoint. Ward, the last of seven Blue Jays in arbitration, led Toronto's bullpen in strikeouts last season with 132 in 107 1-3 innings. He was 7-6 with a 2.77 ERA and 23 saves.

Toronto also agreed to one-year contracts with outfielder Derek Bell, catcher Ed Sprague and first baseman Domingo Martinez. Third baseman Craig Worthington and minor league pitcher Tom Martin were traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Diego Padres on Monday for pitcher Jim Lewis and outfielder Steve Martin. Worthington began last season at third base for the Orioles, but pulled a hamstring and was placed on the disabled list. He was sent to Rochester in May and spent the rest of the season there. Worthington, 26, made his major-league debut with Baltimore in 1988.

In 1989, he hit .247 with 15 homers and 70 RBI. Last year, he batted .225 in 31 games for Baltimore with four homers and 12 RBI. He also played at Rochester, hitting .298 in 19 games with two homers and nine RBI. Tom Martin, 21 was the Orioles' seventh-round pick in the 1988 draft. He was 4-10 with a 3.64 ERA last season for Kane County in the Gass A Midwest League.

Lewis, 27, appeared in a dozen games in relief for the Padres last season and was Q-0 with a 4. ERA. Steve Martin, 24, played lata season at Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League, where he stole 42 bases and batted .268 with 82 runs scored. His contract has been assigned to Class AAA Rochester. John Stockton, who led the Utah Jazz to a 3-0 record last week, was named the NBA's player of the week on Monday.

Stockton averaged 20.3 points, 15.7 assists and 5.3 steals. He moved into sixth place on the all-time assist list with 6,965 Saturday night, passing Bob Cousy. Nelson Piquet of Brazil, a three-time Formula One champion, agreed Monday to drive a 1992 Lola-Bukk for Team Menard in the Indianapolis 500 on May 24. Piquet, the Formula One champion in 1981, 1982 and 1984, has 24 Grand Pnx victories. "I've always wanted to try Indy," Piquet said.

"I have always liked fast circuits, and I look forward to learning the tactics of driving fast at Indianapolis." Piquet, 39. will he the 10th world champion to drive at Indy since 1950, joining Alberto Asrari. Jack Brabham, Jimmy Clark, Jackie Stewart, Joe ben Rindt, Denis Hulme, Graham Hill, Mario Andretti and Emerson Ultipaldi Right-hander Tim Belcher and the Cincinnati Reds agreed Monday to a one-year contract worth $2.1 million, double his $900,000 salary last with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Belcher. 30, had been scheduled for a salary arbitration hearing today in Rosemont.

111. He had asked for $2.35 million in arbitration, while the Reds had offered $1 .75 million. The agreement was for $50,000 above the midpoint. Belcher was 10-9 with the Dodgers last year with a 2.62 ERA in 33 starts. The Reds obtained Belcher from Los Angeles ith pitcher John Wetteland on Nov.

27 for outfielder Eric Davis and pitcher Kip Gross. etteland later as traded to Montreal. ODMt.ED FBOM ST AFT AND WWE REPORTS Compiled from staff reports POTTSVILLE Jason Killian scored 22 points and the Schuylkill Haven High boys basketball team downed Lourdes Regional 44-33 in the Schuylkill County League Division II Championship at Martz Hall Monday night. Steve Hauer scored 12 points for the Red Raiders, who fell to 20-3 overall in dropping their second straight to the Hurricanes (22-2). Call WBTC at (71 7)326 Free Plentiful Refreshments 1 Trophies to oil finalists Wct UraiJCrf courtesy of Von Compen live on air radio coverage courtesy of KISSWRAK PHONE: 326-2828 The Danville girls beat Mount Carmel 119-57, while the boys beat the Red Tornadoes 136-40.

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Senior guard-forward Stacey Bechtel had 14 points and six steals for the winners. Wendy Smith led the Middies with 19 points. Buffaloes lose NEWPORT Liz Hand scored 16 points to lead Millersburg past Newport 48-30 in a TVL contest Lori Herb added 10 points for the Indians. Steph Smith led the losers with 12 points. Anna Karhu added 11.

Greenwood avenges loss MILLERSTOWN Greenwood avenged an earlier season loss to Halifax with a 24-point output from sophomore forward Laurie Shea in beating its TVL rival 62-53. The victory overshadowed a 27- Advanced Tickets (5.00 or at Door $6.00 (no eddttranel purchne ncunr) Tickets Available At: Mm kiH Parts Unotr'sSfortu MitrfcMS Wshtr'i Tniotrwv 374-71 11 966-148 786-2611 539-5376 Setiragrowt Mrffbnbtfrg.