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Friday, May 16, 1997 Page 3B Local football CMC CENTRE There will be a "lr reunion of all of the athletes and coaches who ever played or coached at Cherokee County High Motorou jfflfe Briefly School Saturday, May 31 at the American Legion Bulding at 2:30 p.m. This is the first ever reunion for Third base umpire Dale. Ford mistakenly called Kansas City's Jay Bell out for passing a runner last Friday. Then after the umpires corrected the mistake, which would have ended the inning, the Rtyals scored two runs. tennis BROME Jim Courier beat Switzerland's Marc Rosset 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 Thursday to reach the 1 Italian Open quarterfinals.

Sixth-seeded Goran Ivanisevic, the highest remanining seed, beat No. 12 Boris Becker 7-6 (9-7). 6- 3. No. 10 Alex Corretja also advanced, while fourth-seeded i Yeveenv Kafelnikov and No.4 1 the players, coaches and Quarterback Club members and it will be an opportunity to meet some of the greatest players and coaches in the history of the Warriors program.

Some of the top coaches expected to attend include coach G.B. Beasley, Bobby Joe Johnson, Richard Bishop and Jeff Bullen, who is the present Albert Costa were eliminated- -f coach at Cherokee County. OHATCHEE Senior quar terback Matt Moon has signed a partial athleticacademic scholar first-round lead in the English Open with a 6-under-par 66. One stroke behind him was Germany's Thomas Gogele and nine players were two hack. CLIFTON, Carolina Panthers punter Rohn Stark shot a 4-over-par 76 and moved into a tie for first with opening-round leader Shane Matthews after 36 holes of the players portion of the Cadillac NFL Classic.

Baseball HOOVER Daryl Brinkley went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs Thursday as Mobile routed Birmingham 11-1 in Southern League play. Cam Smith (3-2) carried a no-hitter through seven innings. He came out after 7 1-3 innings, allowing two hits, one run, six walks with 12 strikeouts. The game was scoreless until the top of the fifth, when the BayBears scored three runs, highlighted by a Chris Prieto triple. Mobile increased the lead to 9-0 after eight innings and closed the ship with Samford University in Birmingham.

A Moon played his football under head coach Rag an Clark and was a member of the 1997 Class 1A- Courier will meet Chile's Marcelo Rios. BERLIN Anna Kournikova, a 15-year-old- Russian, beat Arantxa Sabers Vicario 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 German Open. i No. 12eed Mary JPierce of France also reached the quarters, downing 4 Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-2, 6-0. No.

10 Mary Joe Fernandez, No. 6 Iva Majoli of Croatia, No. 2 Jana Novotnajariafielgium's Sabine Appelmanspall won to reach the 3ROOKLINE, Mass. Vrtrrans Mary Joe Fernandez V' 7fT 3 A All-County Football Team. Moon passed more than 3,000 yards in his career and had more than 4,000 yards in total offense.

Football LOS ANGELES The owners of the Los Angeles Kings said they intend to tell NFL owners next week that they're commit Davenport were scoring in the ninth with a two-run (selected to the United States Fed double by Brinkley. team, which plays Japan in a CLEVELAND Some qualifying round in July. Ken ElkinsThe Anniston Star David Fritts, from Lexington, N.C., admires one of the bass he landed Thursday at Neely Henry Lake. This 8-pound bass pushed Fritts' catch of the day to 18 pounds, good enough for the early lead in the B.A.S.S. Alabama Top 100 tournament The tournament continues today and Saturday in Gadsden.

Fritts9 18-pound haul grabs B.A.S.S. top spot Joining them on the squad selected by captain Martina Navratilova were Kimberly Po, Chanda Rubin, Jennifer Capriati and doubles specialist Gigi Fernandez. Auto racing INDIANAPOLIS Ed Keating and Roger Allen of General Motors Motorsports were awarded the Louis Schwitzer award for 1997 for their development of the new Indy Aurora V8 engine being used by many of the cars in the Indy Racing League. By Don Walters Star Outdoors Writer Outdoors ted to making a $500 million investment to bring a pro football team back to Los Angeles by 2000. Edward Roski Jr.

and Philip Anschutz told the Los Angeles Times in today's editions that they are taking $10,000 deposits for luxury suites in a new stadium to be built inside the walls of the Coliseum, and they will present those deposits to the NFL as a sign of their resolve. KIRKLAND, Wash. Joe Cain, a linebacker who began his NFL career in Seattle in 1989, is coming back to the Seahawks. The Seahawks announced Thursday they have reached agreement with the veteran free agent on a two-year contract. They also signed two rookie free agents, offensive tackle Pete DiMario from Alabama and punter Paul Burton from Northwestern.

Cain, a 6-foot-1 245-pounder, started 15 games for Chicago last season, finishing with 122 tackles. Golf WARE, England Roger Chapman of England took the 4,000 tickets available to thejJIIB1" lie for the July 8 All-Star gante'' will be distributed through a postal lottery, the Cleveland Indians announced. The tickets, which represent less than 10 percent of the stadium's capacity, can be requested by mailing a postcard to the Indians. Only those received by 5 p.m. on May 23 will be considered.

The team also said Thursday that 1,000 tickets will be available for the July 7 All-Star Workout, sponsored by MCI, which includes the popular Home Run Derby and All-Star Celebrity Softball Game. Editor's Note: Postcards should be mailed to 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Tickets, P.O. Box 89000, Cleveland, OH, 441 89-0001. NEW YORK The New York Yankees' protest of last week's 7-5 loss to Kansas City was denied by American League president Gene Budig. The first 15 cars in the tentative GADSDEN David Fritts of Lexington, N.C., grabbed the first-day lead in the $191,000 B.A.S.S.

Alabama Top 100 on Lake Nealy Henry Thursday with a weigh-in of 18 pounds. The event, held in conjunction with the Gadsden Riverfest celebration, features the 100 top-ranked bass anglers and 100 amateurs from 26 states, Canada and Japan. Each amateur is teamed with a pro and fishes from the back of the boat. The pro controls where the fishing is done by means of a foot-controlled trolling motor from the front Even though the amateur always fishes disturbed water, many weighed-in their five-fish limit. Fritts was one of the first anglers to weign-in at Riverside City Park.

In addition to having the best weight of the day, he also had the biggest bass at a whopping 8 pounds, 1 ounce. He said he had the most success with a Carolina rig in water two feet deep or less. At some time during the day he must have thrown a crank bait, because the 8-pounder actually was caught by being snagged in the side. 1 North Carolina seemed to be dominating the first day of fishing. Ronald Ellis of Pittsboro, N.C., was the day's top amateur, weighing-in at 13.

pounds, 10 dunces. Among the other pros in the field are George Cochran, Kevin VanDam, Larry Nixon and Rick Clunn. Weigh-ins are scheduled from p.m. today and Saturday. A free casting kids competition for children 7-1 4 will be held at the weigh-in site Saturday from 11 a.m.

to 2 p.m. starting lineup for the May 25 Indianapolis 500 are powered by the Aurora engine. The award recognizes excellence and innovation in race car design and development. The IRL didn't approve its engine program until Jan. 4, 1996.

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