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TV SIjc Hcs Jfloinc Agister DAVID WITKE, Executive Sports Editor, 515-284-8130 Kacmarynski A Candidate Central's Mark Kacmarynski has been named one of 10 finalists for Division III football's top award. Page Wednesday, December 4, 1996 jvllflL Star defensive tackle again violates drug policy 1 soaspSuiidls (wtow km, One-year penalty a huge the person," owner Jerry Jones said in a one-paragraph statement. "Our thoughts are with him and his family. And we will continue to offer our support." Coach Barry Switzer said the this football team." Teammate Daryl Johnston said players were worried about Lett "and how this will affect him." "It could have very serious repercussions," Johnston said. "He is going to have a difficult time restoring confidence with the public and with the team.

It's a difficult situation." Quarterback Troy Aikman said, "I don't want to be shallow enough to look at it in terms of how it affects us on the football field. I think there's a bigger issue here and one that Leon needs to address. We hope to be able to help him through it." Lett is the second high-profile Cowboy to receive a drug-related suspension this season. All-Pro wide receiver Michael Irvin was suspended for the first five games after pleading no contest to drug charges stemming from an arrest. Five Dallas players Lett, Irvin, Clayton Holmes, Shante Carver and Corey Fleming have been suspended a total of seven times since 1994 for violations of the league's drug policy.

Lett, the Cowboys' leading tackier, will be replaced in the lineup by Tony Casillas. The defending Super Bowl champs (8-5) share first place in the NFC East with Washington and Philadelphia. "The burden will be on the offense like it was on the defense when Irvin was suspended," Johnston said. "We will have to raise our level of play. It's for sure the defense won't be as good without him." Lett, 28, was recently informed that he had violated the policy, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.

Lett's appeal of the penalty was denied by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Lett was not available for comment. He canceled a scheduled radid talk-show appearance. Lett has been tested up to 10 times per month since the NFL suspended him last season. According to the NFL's substance policy, a suspended player may not participate with his team in any way during the time he is out.

A player suspended for one year may apply for re-instatement no sooner than 60 days prior to the one-year anniversary date of his suspension. ITS Lett blow and another chapter to Super Bowl champ's woes. Irving, Texas (AP) Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Leon Lett was suspended a minimum of one year effective immediately by the National Football League on Tuesday for violating the league's drug policy for a second time. Lett was suspended for four games in 1995. At the time, he was informed that any further violation would result in a minimum one-year suspension without pay.

"On behalf of the Dallas Cowboys, this is a time of concern for Leon Lett Walk-On's Double-Double Spurs Hawkeyes One Moore weapon: Iowa trounces Drake DRAKE'S LOSING STREAK it 1 -o Ml I- 1 -r 25r Jf 1 Troy Davis Second time the charm? Davis to attend Heisman ceremony By RANDY PETERSON Rkgistkr Stafv Wkitkr For the second year in a row, Iowa State running back Troy Davis will be sitting in the front row at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City at the made-for-television Heisman Trophy ceremony. Only this time, his chance of winning appears to be better than last year, when he finished fifth. Davis, the best football player in Iowa State history, on Tuesday received word he is among five finalists for the award, given annually to the nation's top college player. It isn't known who the other finalists or how many have been invited to the ceremony, which will be carried at 6:30 p.m. Dec.

14 on CBS. But it is safe to assume Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel, Texas Tech tailback Byron Hanspard and Arizona State quarterback Jake Plummer will be among the finalists. Also Tuesday, Davis learned he is one of three finalists for the Maxwell Award, another award that goes to the nation's top player. The other finalists were not identified. Davis will join the other Maxwell Award finalists at the ESPN awards ceremony on Dec.

12 in Orlando, Fla. -Thus, a little of the sting has been removed from Davis not winning the Qoak Walker Award, which annually joes to the nation's top junior or senior running back. Hanspard received that honor Tuesday night in a ceremony in Dallas. J-pavis led the nation in rushing with 2,186 yards and in yards per game with 198. Also, he led the nation with 213.0 all-purpose yards agame.

All-purpose yards are rushing, receiving and returning kicks. "The junior is the first player in the nation to rush for 2,000 yards twice. He had 2,010 last season. a finalist for the Maxwell Award means Davis will be in for a considerable amount of frequent flyer miles. He will be at the Orlando ceremony and return to Ames in time to attend the Cyclones' team banquet Dec.

13. Following the banquet, he will fly tp New York. He will return to Ames on Dec. 15. Date Site Scorf 1978- 79 Iowa City Iowa 112, Drake 73 1979- 80 Iowa City Iowa 77, Drake 68 1980- 81 Pes Moines Iowa 90, Drake 68 198T82 Iowa City Iowa 60, Drake 49 1982-83 Pes Moines Iowa 68, Drake 63 1983MB4 Iowa City Iowa 66, Drake 43 1985- 86 Pes Moines Iowa 55, Drake 43 1986- 87 Pes Moines Iowa 69, Drake 62 1987- 88 Iowa City Iowa 70, Drake 5 1988- 89 Pes Moines Iowa 96, Drake 72 1989- 90 Iowa City Iowa 68, Drake 54 1990- 91 Pes Moines Iowa 80, Drake 61 1991- 92 Iowa City Iowa 63, Drake 5ft 1 992- 93 Pes Moines Iowa 80, Drake 65 1993- 94 Iowa City Iowa 90, Drake 86 1994- 95 Pes Moines Iowa 103.

Drake 68 i99V96 Iowa City Iowa 98, Drake 66 1996-97 Pes Moines Iowa 79, Prake 99 tt- By RICK BROWN RwiisTKK Staff Wkitkr For most of the past four seasons, Iowa's Darryl Moore has toiled in anonymity. A 6-foot 2-inch walk-on from DuSable High School in Chicago, Moore doesn't even have his name on the back of his Hawkeyes' basketball jersey. But he's no secret to his teammates. "He's the one guy you hate to go against in practice," Ryan Bowen said. Everywhere he goes, Moore needs an introduction.

Tuesday night, he introduced himself to the Drake basketball team. Moore scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Iowa dominated Drake, 79-59, at a sold-out Knapp Center. It was the Hawkeyes' 18th consecutive victory in the series. "This is a walk-on's dream," said Moore, a fourth-year junior who started for the third consecutive game. Moore plays third guard in the Iowa system, a spot usually occupied by all-Big Ten Conference player Jess Settles, who missed his third straight game with a heel injury.

Moore's quickness and athleticism were among the reasons the Bulldogs wilted under Iowa's full-court press. He also contributed greatly to the Hawkeyes' 47-23 advantage on the boards. "Darryl Moore continues to be a real story," Iowa Coach Tom Davis said. Drake Coach Kurt Kanaskie said Monday that Iowa's rebounding strength and his team's lack of the same was one of his big concerns. His other concern was the press.

Both fears came to fruition. "There were times in the first half when we couldn't even get the ball over half court," Drake forward Kevin Bennett said. Nine of the Bulldogs' 16 first-half lOWAPlmse turn to Pagel team was deter- Loses appeal mined to win without Lett. "We're playing without Charles Haley. We're playing without (Jay) Novacek.

Now we're going to play without Leon," Switzer said. "He's not the only reason we've won on sure on them by scoring," Vande Kamp said. "It works well, because then our guards can't be double-teamed as easily." Lincoln trailed, 60-54, with 1 minute 37 seconds left, but Valley regained control. "We got into a press a little bit," Lincoln Coach Jerry Schartner said. "They were tired and so were we.

We wanted to find out who was most tired." Lincoln has just three seniors, and one of them, guard Sara Brookhart, sprained an ankle in the second half and didn't return. "I told our players I can't fault our defense," Schartner said. "I thought we played really good defense. I can't fault our offense." Angela Timmons, another senior, scored a game-high 22 points. She had nine in the fourth quarter.

BOX SCORE on Pape6S i -1 LJ POrCWEllSTllERFCISTER Iowa's Andre Woolridge drives the lane for an un- ridge finished with 14 points as the Hawkeyes contested layup Tuesday against Drake. Wool- coasted to a 79-59 victory at the Knapp Center. now i earns aia not piay in i yo-G3 season. Parents take heart in sons' play 4 By RANDY PETERSON Rkoistkr Staff Writer Alice Bowen didn't flinch when her son, Ryan, blocked Armand LeVasseur's layup midway through the first half of Iowa's 79-69 conquest of Drake on Tuesday night. She became a little flustered that her son, a junior for the Hawkeyes, committed a foul.

But she wasn't bothered that he ran from one end of the floor to the other as quickly as his 6-foot 7-inch frame would allow. Actually, she was pretty proud for good reason. Seated on the other side of the floor was Mac McCausland, the father of Iowa sophomore Kent. He was a proud parent, too, when HAWKS Please turn to Page Buckeyes hire Reynolds Butch Reynolds, the world record-holder at 400 meters, has been hired as an assistant track coach at Ohio State. He will continue to compete.

Morning Report No. 4 TigersTopNo. 6 Lincoln, 69-56 lead Valley girls Scores cz NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Atlanta 105 Boston Hartford 4 Pittsburgh 4 Chicagrj 107 Milwaukee 104 Los Angeles 4 Phoenix 1 Cleveland 93 Toronto 74 New Jerspy 2 Florida 0 Golden State 114 Penver 99 Islanders 3 Calg.iry 1 Indiani) 98 Portland 93 Toronto 2 St Louis 0 Charlotte 89 Vancouver 2 Detroit 2 LALakers 1 10 Seattle 10 Miami 99 New York 75 T0P 25 BASKETBALL Sarramento 96 Minnesota 89 jjjWake forest 74 Miss State 43 BIG TEN BASKETBALL aies.St. 127 S9 -021 95 North State 79 MicJiiganJtat03leyeJinState78 b.cictb.i i fi) Kentucky 101 Purdue 87 BIG 12JASKETBALL Ohio State 71 Kent 55 Bayjor 79.Misspuri-KC 71 Pennine 73 Tenn -Chatt 63 Nebraska 79 Ten Antonig76 San Diego Stale 82 Northwestern 70 WicnitaState 74 Kansas State 59 Cahtornia 89 Illinois 88 WOMEN'SBASKETBALL MISSOURI VALLEY BASKETBALL Wisconsin 97 Northern Iowa 50 Evansville 64 Robert Morris 50 Baseball salaries up The average major-league baseball salary increased by just 0.8 percent this year and remained 4.1 percent below its level prior to the 1994-95 strike. The average rose from $1,110,766 to 1 1 1 9,98 1 according to figures released Tuesday by the Major League Baseball Players Association.

The 1994 average was a record $1,168,263. The decrease in 1995 was the first substantial decline in 30 years. Teams spent $929.6 million on players this year, not including termination pay, up from $915.2 million last season. For the third consecutive season, the New York Yankees had the highest average salary, but it declined from $2,000,271 in 1995 to $1,882,417 because nine players were on the disabled list on Aug. 31, the date used for the study.

The Yankees had the top payroll at leniors JOHN NAUGHT0N Register STArr Writer West Des Moines, la. Erin Sheriff is a relative newcomer to basketball; Brooke Vande Kamp Isn't. Both players have key roles for the Valley girls' basketball team. Sheriff scored 13 points in No. 4 Valley's 69-56 non-conference Central Iowa Metropolitan League victory against No.

6 Lincoln on Tuesday at Valley. Vande Kamp added five points. Both are 5-foot 1 1-inch senior post players. They've been on the varsity since their sophomore season, but now are starters. "I just started playing basketball as a freshman," said Sheriff.

"I never thought I'd be a starter." The same can't be said for Vande Kamp. "I've worked at it my whole life," Vande Kamp said. "Basketball has always been my sport." The players combined for 18 points in the first half to help their team improve its record to 3-0. Valley scored the first 12 points of the second quarter, six from Sheriff and Vande Kamp, which helped Valley take a 40-27 halftime lead. "Against a team like Lincoln, you know it's going to be a game of runs, and the team that gets the longest one might win the game, Valley Coach Jay Prescott said.

Valley's strength is its senior guards. Sally Spooner, a Des Moines Sunday Register first-team all-stater last season, scored 19 points. Katie Sandre had 18 and Lindsey Horner eight. The development of the inside players is important for Valley. "Our job is to alleviate the pres Networks join forces CBS and TNT announced an agreement to work together on the 1998 Winter Olympics.

CBS plans to show 120 hours; TNT will show 50 hours. $64 million. Milwaukee had the lowest average at $420,320..