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Pago 9B Sunday, April 23, 1989 Soviet star is talking with Golden State Saturday with a comfortable victory in the $568,000 Butler coach plans to retire From 8taff. Wlra Ftoporta Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. The Derby favorite stalked the pace until near the quarter pole, then took the lead and went on for a three-length victory over Rock Point. Most of the winning margin was built in the last eighth of a mile, which Easy Goer covered in a good 12 1-5 seconds for a final time of 1:50 3-5 for the lVfc-mile. mm Briefly Keith Wilson, the head football coach at S.

R. Butler High School in Huntsville, plans to retire June 5. Wilson, who made the announcement Friday, has led the Rebels the past two seasons, compiling a 7-12 record. In his first season, Butler was 4-5. The Rebs finished 3-7 last year.

Wilson, who had coached previously at Lee, came out of retirement to take the job at Butler after a 12-year layoff. Before taking the Butler post, he was an administator with the city school system. "I hate to say it, but I'm getting too old," Wilson said. "I just needed to do a lot more than I was doing. Wilson said he was unsure what he will do next.

Soviet basketball star Sharunas Marchulenls is discussing a contract with the Golden State Warriors and could be playing for the NBA club next season, a Soviet newspaper reported. Marchulenis, a member of the Lithuanian club Statiba Vilnius who also played on the 1988 Olympic champion Soviet team, would become the first Soviet to make the jump to the NBA. He told the government daily Izvestia that Golden State coach Don Nelson had made him offer and that formal negotiations with the Warriors were to be held this month. "I don't believe that's a true statement," Nelson said. "You'd better read the report again.

"I do have one comment to make and that's all I'm going to say about it. My statement is we're working on the situation, and we have no further comment at this time. That's all I can say about it." Marchulenis was quoted in Izvestia as saying the Lithuanian Council of Ministers approved of his desire to play in the United States, and that commercial arrangements for his contract would be worked out by hjsctabandJthe state-run Lithuanian export firm Asked by Izvestia when he could be playing for the Warriors, Marchulenis answered: "After the June European championships in Yugoslavia. The NBA season starts in November." Dansil wins Arkansas Derby Dansil, ridden by Larry Snyder, held off Clever Trevor by three-quarters of a length Saturday to capture the $400,000 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. Snyder, 46, has been at or near the top of the Oaklawn jockey standings for years, but this was his first Arkansas Derby victory.

Owned by John Franks and trained by Frank Brothers, Dansil covered the 1 miles in 1:49 1-5 and returned $20, $8.60 and $5.20. Clever Trevor, winner of the Remington Park Derby, paid $5.60 and $4. Lightly raced Advocate Training returned $4 40. Manastash Ridge, the favorite of the crowd of 66,240, stumbled badly coming out the starting gate and was never a factor. five years by dominating singles play.

The Lady Gamecocks, who finish the season at 16-5, won the championship with a total of 31 points while North Alabama finished second with 21 followed by Valdosta State with 20. Jacksonville State must now wait and see if they receive a bid to the NCAA Division II Championships. Lea Clayton, Amy Connoon, Marno An-drulionus, Amanda Wrtnn and Paige Johnson were named All-GSC after winning singles championships. The doubles teams of Clayton-Conneen and Wrenn-Johnson won doubles titles to put an exclamation point on the title. Gamecock coach Sttvo Bailey was named GSC Coach of the Year for the fourth time.

Crowder signs with Lady Gamecocks Jacksonville State University Lady Gamecock basketball team has signed 5-7 point guard Mtridoth Crowdor of Douglasville, Ga to a grant-in aid. Crowder, who attended Douglas County High School, averaged 15 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals per game her senior season. Easy does it for Easy Goer Easy Goer completed his Kentucky Derby preps Breland KOs Pineda, keeps title Mark Breland overcame a second-round knee injury and stopped Rafael Pineda with a lightning quick three-punch combination in the fifth round Saturday to retain his World Boxing Association welterweight title. Breland injured his left knee while slipping a punch and he had trouble throwing his jab the rest of the fight, which at times was more a wrestling and not without controvery. Pineda, now 20-1, complained that Breland thumbed him on several occassions and twice he stopped fighting, once in the fourth round and also in the fifth, reminiscent of Roberto Duran's "No Mas" bout.

Sabatini advances to Eckerd finals Top-seeded Gabrlela Sabatini of Argentina held off No. 4 Arantxa Sanchez 6-4, 6-4 Saturday in the semifinals of the $200,000 Eckerd Tennis Open. Sabatini will face No. 8 Conchlta Martinez of Spain in Saturday's championship match. Martinez needed Just 59 minutes to defeat No.

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"Our bats are starting to warm up and we'll need them in our playoff game." In the seventh inning, Pleasant Valley came alive as the Raiders scored four runs on a bases-loaded double by Green that chased three runs across the plate and a run scoring single by Chrs Lipscomb that tied the score at 4-4. Ohatchee won the game in the eight inning on a walk to Conerly, an error, singles by Craig Harrell and Moore and a double by Sanderson. Alexandria 14, Wellborn 4 The Valey Cubs paraded 15 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs in the third inning to down the Panthers in a five-inning game. Brian Hess scattered eight hits and pitched scoreless ball in the final three frames to register the victory. Jimmv Fox took the loss for as they responded in the eight inning for four runs to claim the victory.

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Todd, of course, is the Heuer pitched out of the jam. In the final inning, he induced Merritt Bowden to hit into a game-ending double play. Jacksonville had gotten its runs on an RBI double by Mac Seibert and a Brian Brantley home run. THE SECOND GAME was a disaster from the beginning. West Georgia led 3-0 before it got a hit.

It was 8-0 by the time the Braves had five hits. The Gamecocks cut it to 8-2 on a sacrifice fly by Jim Hazlett and an RBI single by Tom Dorton in the fourth inning, but West Georgia answered with four runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth. West Georgia was paced by the top of its lineup: Leadoff hitter Joey Lester was 3-for-4 with two RBI and No. 2 hitter Scott Mixon was 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. took him out after facing eight batters, and juggled pitchers over the next few innings as if it was the seventh game of the World Series.

"When it was 8-2, I thought we were going to win," said Abbott. Jacksonville's shaky defense took away any threat of that. West Georgia finished with more runs (14) than hits (12). "West Georgia pitchers threw strikes and made the plays in the field. We didn't," said Abbott.

Jacksonville, which led 2-1 early in the first game, went into the sixth tied at 2-2. Dennison got a quick first out, but a hit, a walk and an error filled the bases. Craig Holman came out of the bullpen, and was greeted by Bill Stohr's RBI single through a drawn-in infield and, one out later, an RBI infield single by Denny Sellers. Jacksonville got two men on to start the bottom of the sixth, but SUPERIOR TIRE SERVICE 1205 S. Quintard Ph.

237-8684 Alvarez did not qualify for a save after the Braves scored three times in the eighth on Gerald Perry's RBI double, a run-scoring single by Dale Murphy and an RBI infield grounder by Jeff Blauser. "Smoltz did a great job," Atlanta manager Russ Nixon said. "He got all hyper that last inning. That's what you got to watch on those young guys." Smoltz was 2-7 last season, but did not pitch enough innings to lose his rookie status. The only run he allowed against San Diego came on Jack Clark's third homer in the fourth inning.

"You've got to hand it to him, he just stopped us," Padres manager Jack McKeon said. "Smoltz just made our bats a little more silent for one night." The Braves scored twice in the fifth for a 2-1 lead AVAILABLE APPLY TODAY most disappointed. Here's a guy who is going to be drafted in the first round and will get to sign, but he's still searching for answers. I haven't helped him come up with any." In 43 innings this year, Jones has walked 44 and struck out 44. Abbott.