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Friday, December 29, 1 995 The Arizona RepublicTHE PHOENIX GAZETTE' 7 oirni onr LTOU Names A LIES 6 10 12 I 7 Ex-pro: 'stars in computer game By Richard Obert Staff writer is the seventh game of the World Series! Bottom of the ninth inning. Runners on first and second. No outs. said, begins shooting Jan. 14.

"That is big," he said. "The job I did on the set (for the computer baseball game) was a springboard to this." Just a few weeks ago, Peters' dreams were tied to getting a coaching shot in the Diamondbacks' organization. He still wants to keep roots in Tempe, where he works for the city's parks and recreation department. Selling suds and seeing his face in software weren't even on his Christmas wish list beginning this year. "I thought with the abundance of big-name stars out there, I didn't think there was a market for the common player, such as myself," said Peters, who played professionally during the '70s and '80s without ever making an All-Star team.

"I never pursued it." Thank Lou Klimchock, another major-league baseball alum from Tempe. Producers of the baseball computer game called Klimchock several weeks ago, asking to put together an audition tape with any former players around town. The first player Klimchock called was Peters, who got the part. Klimchock, who played professionally from 1958-70, still looks vouthful. But the producers were looking for guys who still look like they could play today.

"I told them if they ever need a manager, keep me in mind," Klimchock said. Darrel Proctor, a former minor-league catcher with the Firebirds, landed the part as the batter. "The pitcher was a student at ASU, but he doesn't play baseball there," Peters said. "I don't know his name, but (Coach "I thought with the abundance of big-name stars out there, I didn't think there was a market for the common player, such as myself." Ricky Peters With his team leading, 4-2, 40-year-old shortstop Ricky Peters makes a diving catch of a line drive up the middle. Runners moving, he flips to second.

The second baseman fires to first. Triple play. Fans go crazy. It's only cyberbaseball, if you will, but former Arizona State All-America second basemanoutfielder Ricky Peters finally realized his dream making the game-winning play in the final game of the World Series, playing a position that he hadn't played since his high school days in Compton, in the early 70s. See Ricky dive.

See Ricky make spectacular catch. See Ricky jump for joy. Peters, a Tempe resident, made it come true after about 80 takes at the Peoria Sports Complex, where a Canadian software company was filming the grand introduction to a new computer game, called Triple Play, that will be sold worldwide. "I would say I was sore for three days afterwards," said Peters, who never was so sore during his nearly a decade as a utility man with the Oakland A's and Detroit Tigers. "But it was enjoyable." A star was born, so to speak.

Peters, who possesses leading-man charisma and still looks the part of pro baseball player at a chiseled 5-foot-lO; 167 pounds, recently landed another part in a Japanese beer commercial. That, he John Samora Staff photographer Kicking clinic Grab your cleats, or, if you have some Chris Dugan in you, forget the shoes, and go barefoot. Whether it's skin or leather, if you have aspirations of becoming a kicker, Dugan, a former college and pro barefoot kicker, wants you at Corona del Sol High next Friday and Jan. 6, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., each day for a kicking clinic, called Chris Dugan Fourth Down Enterprises.

Some of the featured guests for camp, which is geared toward junior high to college athletes, include Ken Olson, kicking coach of the Chicago Bears; Matt Turk, Washington Redskins punter; and Jim Sanson, St. Mary's High senior kicker. Registration deadline is Sunday. For details, call 219-1139. "This is an opportunity for everyone to get a step ahead of their competition," Dugan said.

Golf for Kiickers Want a Kiick on the golf course? Then join former Miami Dolphins running back Jim Kiick in his "Most Excellent DayNight Golf Adventure" on the Kokopelli (formerly El Dorado Lakes) Golf Course in Gilbert Jan. 24. Twenty-four retired football "legends" will lead groups of four players in "a golf odyssey unparalleled in the history of athletic competition" in this Super Bowl XXX event. One minute, you'll be a cushy member of the gallery. The next minute, Kenny Stabler's asking you to sink his putt.

For details, call 833-7150. Together again Horizon football Coach Doug Shaffer and Richard Gray of Boys Ranch have gone full circle. Shaffer started his coaching career under Gray at Paradise Val- ley and Horizon. The two were reunited as coaches of the year atop A Mountain. The Republic's and Gazette's coaches and players of the year hiked up the mountain last week, much to the dismay of the photographer, who had to trudge after them.

Autograph Session Former Tempe football stars and coaches will sign autographs from 2 to 5 p.m. today at the "Buffaloes, Bulldogs and Bowl Games" display at the Tempe Historical Museum, 809 E. Southern Ave. The free exhibit tells the story of high school ind college football for the last 100 years in Tempe. To submit items for NAMES GAMES, call Richard Obert at 497-7973 or fax information to 497-7978.

Pat) Murphy ought to track him down. I During rehearsals for the computer consider myself a good judge of talent, and game, Peter said he practiced making the this guy could throw. He was so tough diving catch on a padded mat. that it took Proctor about 200 takes to hit He had no such protection during the him." actual shooting. Seton's star soph plays big for small-school girls team By Richard Obert Staff writer is worked around back into her hands, and she takes over.

"I think playing basketball with boys growing up helped my confidence," Bernasconi said. You wouldn't know it. She's modest, feels more comfortable talking about the team than herself. And she'd just as soon make the assists as score the points. Seton knows that without Bernasconi the chemistry would be severely disrupted.

"These kids are all really good friends," Self said. "In high school, with an outstanding player, sometimes players will get jealous. But I've not seen anyone like that. It helps that Rosa is unselfish with the ball." Bernasconi said she felt intimidated her freshman year, going against juniors and seniors. But she was accustomed to battling boys much older before she played her first competitive girls game in the seventh grade- "Basketball came easier," Bernasconi said.

"I was lucky the guys kind of included me. And I was lucky they didn't treat me like a girl and just take it easy all the" time." Seton's 67-50 loss to Mountain Pointe was the school's first regular-season loss in two years. But it was a far greater experience than any game the Sentinels have played. "After the game, all of the kids said, 'We want to play them again," Self said. "A lot of prestige goes with that (Mountain Pointe) name.

We watched them play. We felt they had good players, but we thought we could play with them. When we got on the court, we got scared. "It was great playing that level of competition. I'm not saying we'd beat Mountain Pointe.

But I'd like to see how (the Sentinels) would do without being scared. That's part of maturing." And part of Bernasconi growing up on the court. way to develop a game that now puts her so far ahead of her female peers. Ask most coaches, and they'll tell you that Bernasconi is among the best guards in the state, at any level. It was her first taste of competition higher than 3A.

Last year, when Bernasconi was a freshman point guard on an all-underclass starting five, Seton went unbeaten in the regular season but lost in the 2A state quarterfinals on a last-second shot by Whiteriver Alchesay. "The difference between this year and last year is that she's beginning to assert herself offensively," Seton Coach Karen Self said. "But it's not like she's constantly jacking the ball up." Bernasconi is averaging 20 points for the 9-1 Sentinels, hitting 56 percent of her shots. She gladly passes the ball up for a higher percentage shot. Usually, the ball that kept the Sentinels close enough to at least instill respect in the hearts of the Mountain Pointe players.

"She didn't have many easy shots," Mountain Pointe Coach Ed Dawson said. She never did, growing up in Guadalupe with five older brothers Sergio, Santino, Brigido, Armando and Ramon constantly rejecting shots in her face in the back yard. "Whenever we played basketball, she'd come along," said Ramon, a senior, who ran for more than 1,000 yards in helping Seton's football team to the state semifinals this fall. "A bunch of cousins would come Ramon said. "They were big guys, a lot of them 10 years older than her.

She would always come up strong and get hammered. She'd just get back up and come back strong again." It was an acid test, so to speak, a Even up by 11 points with a minute to play, the Mountain Pointe girls never felt comfortable until, a few seconds later, they saw No. 24 walking off the court, fouled out, no longer a menace to them. "Who was that girl?" one of the Pride players asked. It was Rosa Bernasconi, the 5-foot-7, dark-haired sophomore with the bright smile, the velvety, long-range jumper and the lightning-quick moves that 2A players know all too well.

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