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Tyfohe Baity Herald, Tuesday, November WS3 Page Five Scholastic Teams Begin Non.L«a fl u0 Actlom Cage Season Opens Tonight For Tyrone! Bell wood-Antis Tyrone Area High begins Its second season under head coach Bill Abbott Bcllwood-Antis goes to the post for its first appearance under rookie coach Gene Ylngling tonight as both schools begin the 1983-84 campaign on rebuilding roads for their respective basketball programs. Both will be on the road, too, as Abbott takes the Golden Eagles to Bellefonte and Yingllng debuts with the Blue Devils at Central In non- league assignments. Jayvee action tips off at 6:30 p.m., Varsity at 8 at both sites. Tyrone is coming off its fifth straight losing season (13-16) with only one letterman six- foot Brian Fleming returning, but those 13 victories turned over in Abbott's rookie year at the helm represented the most In a single-season by a Golden Eagles team since the 1977-78 team reeled off a 16-9 record. Around Fleming, the 1983-84 Eagles will build basically with the likes of Bob Bilger (5- Murray Fetzer (5-11), Chris Scordo (6-2), Mark Barr (6-0), Kevin Soellner (5-10), David Soellner (5-11), only a freshman, and Jeff Albright (5-llVj).

Others In the fold are senior Mike Miller (5-11); juniors Scott Arnold (5-10), Rich Gardner (5-11), Mike McKlnley (5-7), Nick Romero and Tim Williams tell and sophomores Jeff Barner Pat Gorman (5-7) and Norman Miller (6-1). "Basically, there's nothing Nebraska Maintains Wide Lead In Ratings ByDAVERAFFO UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPI) Surviving its scariest moments of the season, Nebraska maintained its wide lead in the latest UPI Coaches' ratings announced today and is virtually guaranteed to end the regular season where it started ranked No. 1. The Cornhuskers received 33 of a possible 36 first-place votes and 537 overall points after a season-ending 28-21 win over Oklahoma. No.

2 Texas, which also finished its regular season last week, gained two first-place votes to give the Longhorns' three votes for the top spot and 504 points. The last regular season ratings will be released next week and the final rankings to determine a national champion will follow the bowl games. The top 11 teams remained the same after a light weekend. Nebraska and Texas are followed by No. 3 Auburn, No.

4 Miami No. 5 Illinois, No. 6 Southern Methodist, No. 7 Georgia, No. 8 Michigan, No.

9 Brigham Young, No. 10 Iowa and No. 11 Florida. Boston College moved three spots up into 12th after its 20-13 victory over Alabama knocked the Tide from 12th to out of the rankings. Rounding out the-Top-20 are No.

13 Ohio State, No. 14 Pittsburgh, No. 15 Maryland, No. 16 Air Force, No. 17 Baylor, No.

18 Virginia Tech, No. 19 West Virginia and No. 20 Oklahoma. Texas, Southern Methodist and Georgia finished their regular seasons with victories Saturday. The Longhorns crushed Texas 45-13 to finish 11-0 and win the Southwest Conference title outright.

SMU pelted Houston 34-12 in the Mirage Bowl for a 10-1 finish and Georgia nipped Georgia Tech 27-24 to improve to 9-1-1. Oklahoma, 7-4, tumbled four spots after losing to Nebraska. Idle Maryland, Air Force, Baylor and Virginia Tech all moved up two places. Idle West Virginia, 8-3, rejoined the rankings after a one-week absence. Nebraska was ranked first since the pre-season and solidified its rating with a 44-6 season-opening victory over Penn State.

The Cornhuskers are an Orange Bowl victory against Miami away from a perfect season. "To go 12-0 is a tremendous feat," Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said. "But we still have a tough game left in the Orange Bowl." Nebraska hopes to add to its stellar season by copping top individual awards. I-back Mike Rozier Is the leading Heisman Trophy candidate and guard Dean Steinkuhler is in the running for the Outland Trophy and Lombard! Award for the nation's best lineman. Still, Texas Is not convinced the Big Eight champion Cornhuskers are best.

"Right now 1 don't think we're second to anybody," Longhorns Coach Fred Akers said. The Big Ten has the most ranked teams of any league with four. The SWC and Southeast Conference has three apiece, followed by the Big Eight and Western Athletic Conference with two and the Atlantic Coast Conference with one. Five independent schools are in the Top 20. Auburn meets Alabama at Birmingham, Florida hosts Florida State, Air Force travels to San Diego State and Oklahoma visits Hawaii as the regular season ends Saturday.

Here by sections are the coaches who comprise the UPI football board: EAST Don Nehlen, West Virginia; Serafino "Foge" Fazio, Pittsburgh; Dick MacPherson, Syracuse; Jack Bicknell, Boston College; Jim Young, Army; Frank Burns, Rutgers. MIDWEST Earle Bruce, Ohio State; Dave McClaln, Wisconsin; Gerry Faust, Notre Dame; Mike White, Illinois; Hayden Fry, Iowa; Dan Simrell, Toledo. SOUTH Ray Perkins, Alabama; Vince Dooley, Georgia; Dick Crum, North Carolina; Charley Pell. Florida; Danny Ford, Clemson; Bobby Bowden, Florida State. MIDLANDS Tom Osborne, Nebraska; Barry Switzer, Oklahoma; Jim Dickey, Kansas State; Warren Powers, Missouri; John Cooper, Tulsa; Jimmy Johnson, Oklahoma State.

SOUTHWEST Fred Akers, Texas; Lou Holtz. Arkansas; Jackie Sherrill, Texas Sam Robertson, Southwestern Louisiana; Grant Teaff, Baylor; Ray Alborn, Rice. MOUNTAINS LaVell Edwards. Brigham Young; Ken Hatfield, Air Force; Larry Smith, Arizona; Joe Lee Dunn, New Mexico; Chuck Stobart, Utah; Al Kincaid, Wyoming. PACIFIC Rich Brooks, Oregon; Dave Currey, Long Beach State; Jack Elway, San Jose State; Don James, Washington; Terry Donahue, UCLA; Paul Wiggin, Stanford.

BRUCE WALLACE, son of Eva H. Aults, R.D. 4, Box 128, Tyrone, is currently performing for the wrestling team under head coach Roger Sanders. Bruce, a freshman on the 1983-84 Bloomsburg wrestling team, finished second in the 177 pound weight class in the Bloomsburg University Invitational Wrestling Tournament held November 18-19, He won three straight matches before losing 12-4 in the final to Chris Musmanno of Virginia. Bloomsburg finished first in the eight-team tournament.

Copyright 1983 by UPI NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 1983 college football ratings, with first-place votes and records in parentheses (total points based on 15 points for first place, 14 for second, 'l. Nebraska (33) (12-0) 537 2. Texas (3) (11-0) 504 3. Auburn (9-1) 464 4. Miami (Fla.) (10-1) 414 5.

Illinois (10-1) 412 6. Southern Mthdstuo-l) 347 7. Georgia (9-1-1) 313 8. Michigan (9-2) 271 9. Brigham Young (10-1) 246 10.

Iowa (9-2) 210 11. Florida (7-2-1) 154 12. Boston College (9-2) 127 13. Ohio State (8-3) 83 14. Pittsburgh (8-2-1) 73 15.

Maryland (8-3) 29 16. Air Force (8-2) 22 17. Baylor (7-3-1) 20 18. Virginia Tech (9-2) 19 19. West Virginia (8-3) 16 20.

Oklahoma (7-4) 12 Note: By agreement with the American Football Coaches Association, teams on probation by the NCAA are Ineligible for the Top 20 and national championship consideration by the UPI Board of Coaches. The teams currently on probation are Clemson, Southern California, Arliona, Wichita State and Southern Mississippi, there In terms of varsity-level experience," Abbott assesses. "We're really going to be very green this year. And there's really no size at all, to speak of. I'm worried about our rebounding.

That plus the lack of experience are the two big factors we'll have to overcome. "The bottom line is we'll need the same kind of dedication we got from the group we worked with last year, good attitudes, great hustle and play good defense," Abbott said. Tonight's foe, Bellefonte, does not have a single letterman returning from its 8-14 team. The Bellefonte stop is the first of five straight road games for Tyrone at the top of their pre-league schedule. Friday they'll visit neighboring Bellwood-Antis.

Assisting Abbott this year are Jayvee coach Tom Miller, Don Friday, Don Wagner and DaveBrisbin. At Bellwood-Antis, Yingling gets his 'baptism of fire' in slightly better circumstances when he sends the Blue Devils onto the court against the Scarlet Dragons at. Central High School. As assistant coach the past two years under Mike Sakash, he inherits the reins of a club that carved out a 15-9 record last year and welcomes back three solid starters from that team. Heading the Blue Devils into their opener will be vets Brian Schramke (6-6), Jeff Hopkins (6-4) and Mark Abbott (5-11).

Schramke hooped 313 points and grabbed a team-high 266 rebounds last year. Abbott was the leading playmaker with 70 assists. Together they also logged over 100 steals. The other two spots will be filled by Shannon McCaulley, Rex Johnsonbaugh, Paul Caracciolo or Dan DelGrosso, with Steve Miller (6-4) and Bill Burch (6-1) also expected to see action. "Our strong points will be our size," observes Yingling.

"We hope to control the boards. These kids have a good attitude, too, and our bench should be good. They're plus factors. We think we have eight or nine kids we can really count on to do th'e job' for us." will tackle a nine- game pre-league schedule and will appear in the Susquehannock Christmas Tournament before beginning Mountain League battle in January. B-A will face a six-game nonleague schedule (including two games with Tyrone) and two December tournament tests at Philipsburg-Osceola and Curwensville before hitting the Juniata Valley League in January.

Rangers, Canucks Battle to 3-3 Tie In Overtime Marino Directs Dolphins To 38-14 Rout Of Bengals "BIG BUCK" CONTEST PRIZE-WINNERS display their first-day kills at the Tyrone Sportsmen's Association's annual Big Buck Contest Judging area laft night at the club grounds at McCann's Crossing Left to right are 1983 XT cJh0h on B0er srs pfk most points (7); Tom Moore, widest rack spread John Hoover, heaviest. Ibs Ray Tuskovich longest spike and Scotty Sessamen, Junior Member winner, displaying a 4-point, 88'A-lb. deer. Other entries were by Steve Cat.cn, Miles Carper, 70'2 Charlie Umholtz, 86 and Ken Sollenberger, 98 Ibs. Opening-Day Buck Kill Estimated At 23,600 -Jerry Hannah, 5 Blair Square, Tyrone, sophomore at Tyrone Area High School 8-point buck taken early on opening-day.

-Willis Light. 800 Park ave. 4- point. 135 Ibs. Snyder Warriors Mark 115 Ibs.

-Steve Catich-119'j Ibs. 105 1 Ibs. 2 Ibs. Sessamen 88'- Ibs. Ray Ibs.

Morrissey 128 Ibs. -Tom 114'i. Ibs. -Charlie Umholtz-86 Ibs. Sollenberger 98 Ibs.

Shuld Will Remain With Miami ByLESKJOS MIAMI (UPI) After Monday night's 38-14 rout of Cincinnati, Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino recited his usual litany of praise for the offensive line and the receivers, giving them most of the credit for his success. But for a change, he also admitted he might have a little bit to do with his astonishing prowess in his first year as an NFL quarterback. "am more aware of defenses now and can pick up blitzes, avoid stunts easier, and I am reacting to pressure pretty good," Marino said. all feels good when you are winning. Marino completed 18 passes in 29 attempts for three touchdowns for the Dolphins who have won six of their last seven games and six of eight since the former Pitt star became the Dolphins' starting quarterback.

The victory improved the Dolphins' record to 9-4 and gave them a two-game edge on Buffalo In the AFC East with three gtmes left. Cincinnati suffered Us second loss in the last six games dropped to s-s, ending playoff hopes. Miami coach Don Shula, who earlier in the day had announced he had signed a multi-year contract reportedly worth millions of dollars with the Dolphins, continued to praise his young quarterback. "Marino kept his cool," Shula said. "He moved around, threw to the right people, and continued to make the big plays.

Marino was among those who were happy Shula would be around a few more years. "It's good to see him signed," Marino said. "He had the confidence to go with me all the way and I hope we can bring some championships here." Marino threw touchdown passes of 7 and 15 yards to the Dolphins' other young star, Mark Duper, and a 3-yarder to first-year tight end Pan Johnson. Duper, who with 756 yards has a chance to become the Dolphins' first i.ooo-yard receiver in his second year as a pro, said he was surprised at the one-on-one coverage be received from Cincinnati while collecting five receptions for yards- Miami's "plsr defense collected two interceptions aadtwg fumbles. Yet the Bengals were still very much in it after the first half, trailing 17-14 after scoring on an 80-yard pass from Ken Anderson to Isaac Curtis and on a 1-yard run by Pete Johnson.

Miami had scored on the 7-yarder from Marino to Duper, a 1-yard run by Tony Nathan and on a 47- yard field goal by Uwe von Schamann. After intermission, it was all Miami, which scored on the, Marino-to-Duper hookup for 15-yards, a 3-yard Marino pass to Dan Johnson and a 5-yard run by Andra Franklin. "In the first half we moved the ball pretty well, but in the second half we couldn't get anything done," Gregg said. The Bengal players were unanimous in their praise of the Dolphins. "We've played all the contenders, and Miami is certainly the best.

I think they'll go all the way," said Cincinnati receiver Cris Colllnsworth, who caught eight passes for 127 yards. "We were going to try to do whatever it takes to win, but tonight nothing worked," said the 270-pound Johnson. "They Just outplayed us- They're the best team we've played by far." NEW YORK (UPI) John Garrett despises overtime, but you wouldn't know that from the way the Vancouver goaltender performed Monday night. The veteran netminder, a survivor of many an overtime session in the now-defunct World Hockey Association, was a match for a fired-up New York Rangers squad and his efforts helped produce a 33 deadlock. The tie gave Vancouver a welcome point on the road and allowed the host Rangers to snap a 3-game losing streak.

But Garrett, who made a sparkling glove save on Dave Maloney's hard slapshot in the overtime, still stuck to his opinion afterwards. "I approach overtime with the goal of getting through the five minutes and salvaging the point," he said. "I am against overtime. You work hard for 60 minutes and people forget the 35 saves you made because one gets away in fi.ve minutes. "When I was with Birmingham in the WHA, we got 15 ties one year and lost nearly all of them in overtime." Garth Butcher's first goal of the year and second of his career lifted Vancouver into the tie at 4:15 of the third period.

Butcher notched his first point of the season as well when he beat Ranger goalie Glen Hanlon on his glove side with a screened 55-foot slapshot. "I'm not supposed to be anything other than a defensive defenseman," said Butcher. "However, it's nice to get a goal, particularly one that was so important. A tie in the Garden is pretty good. We took away center ice and somehow outshot them (3623)." New York defenseman Tom Laldlaw said it was "pretty good" that the Rangers broke the losing skein, but added, "our fast start put us at the top and everyone gets up for us now.

That makes it harder. Vancouver coach Roger MIAMI (UPI) Miami Dolphin Coach Don Shula has signed a new contract with the team, barely a month after turning down a $1 million- a-year offer to coach in the fledgling United States Football League. Club officials announced Monday the contract had been signed, but did not disclose the length or terms of the deal. Shula's previous contract, reportedly for $450,000 a year, was scheduled to run out on Feb. 28, 1984.

Last month, Shula had negotiated with the New Jersey Generals of the USFL for a reported $1 million. But those negotiations fell through the day after General owner Donald Trump said on national television that the stumbling block was a lavish condominium in Manhattan. "Coach Shula and I reached agreement in personal and private discussions on our own time and in our own way," said Dolphin owner Joe Robbie. "No outside help was required. "The extension of Coach Shula's contract culminates the Miami Dolphins' most productive year of contract negotiations.

We have our AFC Champions under contract for several years to come. We look forward to future Super Bowl championships." The 53-year-old Shula, in his 2lst season as an NFL head coach, has won 222 games and lost 88, with six ties. He is the first coach in NFL history to post 200 wins in just 20 seasons. Shula and Robbie have not been on the best of terms since they signed their first contract In Miami in 1970. There have been a number of flare-ups, but Robbie through the years has allowed his coach a free hand In running the club, in personnel matters and on the field.

Shula said he was pleased with the new contract. "There were a lot of factors that entered into my decision," Shula told an afternoon news conference. "First and foremost were the relationships 1 had built over years with the players, coaches, and fans of the Miami Dolphins. "I was also very impressed with the attitude that Joseph Robbie had. He wanted to continue to put the best team on the field.

When Joe Thomas died, he took over the signings of the veteran players and draft choices, and did a great Job of getting everyone signed up for the future." A heavy day-long rain combined with fog to keep thousands of hunters home on the first day of the state's antlered deer season and game officials said the estimated 23,600 bucks killed was the lowest first-day total since 1979. Conservation officers statewide said more than 1 million hunters took to the woods Monday for the start of the two-week season, but the total was down about 10 percent from last year, said Ted Godshall, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Game Commission. "Weather conditions were obviously a major reason for the drop." Godshall said. The day's kill was about 4,000 bucks fewer than the first day of the 1982 season, he added. At least hunter was injured in an accidental shooting and a 5-month old infant was struck in the chest with a bullet from a hunting rifle at a mobile home, authorities said.

However. Harry Nolf, the commission's assistant chief of law enforcement in Harrisburg, said the commission expects the 1983 deer season to be one of the safest on record. "Mandatory hunter safety has helped and the blaze orange law has helped," said Nolf. "It's pretty hard to mistake anything that wearing flourescent orange for anything other than a hunter." The Game Commission said last week it hoped hunters would kill about 140,000 deer during the antlered season, which ends Dec. 10, and the two-day antlerless season that follows.

In 1982, hunters reported killing a total of 138,222 deer 72,113 bucks and 66,109 does. Generally, about 60 percent of all the deer killed fall on opening day. The northwest part of the state accounted for the most deer taken Monday, with an estimated 5,630 killed, compared to 4,750 in the north central division, the usual leader, Godshall said. Leading counties were Crawford 950; Forest 930; Potter 850; Tioga 800; and Venago and Luzerne with 725 each, Godshall said. Game commissioners have found that the reported figure is just about half of the actual number of deer taken, Godshall added.

In the only reported hunting accident. Joseph Raggio, 42. of Philadelphia, was shot in the side when he and a fellow hunter both armed with 30.06-caliber rifles fired simultaneously on a deer at about 9:15 a.m. in rural Centre County, near the Clearfield County line. Raggio was admitted to Philipsburg Hospital.

State police at Milesburg called the shooting accidental and said no charges would be filed. In Perry County, 5-month- old Matthew Mitchem of Newport was critically injured with a bullet fired from a hunting rifle at about 9:30 a.m..state police at Duncannon said. The infant underwent surgery at Polyclinic Medical Center in Harrisburg, where he was listed in critical but stable condition. The baby was in a mobile home when the rifle apparently was fired accidentally by a 14-year-old boy who had just returned from hunting, police said. The bullet passed through several walls before striking the child, sleeping in a rear bedroom.

No charges were filed, but an investigation was continuing, police said. Jordan Leads The Way: Top-Ranked Tar Heels Win 85-63 'Dunkathon' Neilson had mixed reviews. "We played pretty well but with (New York defenseman) Willie Huber out, the Rangers were there to be taken-" he said. "We let them off the hook eyen if we had to come from behind for the tie." By FRED LIEF UPI-Sports Writer Michael Jordan, the man of a thousand moves, had everyone's number Monday night. North Carolina's electric All-America guard scored 28 points in a dunkathon against Tennessee-Chattanooga to give the No.

1 Tar Heels an 8563 victory at Chapel Hill, N.C. With the teams separated by a point midway through the second half, Jordan took over. He was l3-oM7 from the floor overall and had 20 points in the second half. However, for all of Jordan's dazzle, Tar Heel coach Dean Smith offered some cautionary words. "He's trying too hard to make sensational plays on every play," he said.

"If you try to do that all the time you are going to make mistakes." Tennessee Chattanooga tried to muscle Jordan a tactic that may be employed with greater frequency this season. "That is one of the things Michael is going to have to get used to," Smith said. "He has been on the cover of Sports Illustrated and now everybody is going to be out there saying, 'I'll show Jordan was backed by Brad Daugherty with 16 points and Sam Perkins with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Perkins, an All-America forward, was benched the opening five minutes for being five minutes late to the pre-game meal. The Moccasins were led by Gerald Wilkins with 19 points.

Tennessee-Chattanooga got two straight baskets to start the second half from Chris McCray and Wilkins to take a 34-33 lead. A basket by Jordan 13 seconds later put North Carolina on top. The Moccasins pushed ahead 38-37 with 17:21 remaining. But again, Jordan buried a shot and the Tar Heels had the lead for good. Elsewhere in the Top 20, No.

Louisiana State routed North Carolina-Wilmington 94-59 and No. 16 Boston College stoned StonehiU 97-63. At Wilmington, N.C., Jerry Reynolds scored 14 points as LSU placed five players in double figures. N.C.- Wilmington was paced by Carlos Kelly with 14 points. At Boston, Jay Murphy, who had knee surgery three weeks ago, scored 22 points as the Eagles blew past their Division II neighbor.

Two winning streaks were on the line Monday night. In Beaumont, Texas, Lamar defeated St. Mary's (Calif.) 78-57 for its 69th straight triumph at home the nation's longest homecourt winning streak. And in Charlotte, N.C., North Carolina-Asheville upset North Carolina- Charlotte 57-56, ending the 49ers' 59-game winning streak at home. The last time N.C.- Charlotte lost in the Mine Shaft Auditorium was in 1972 to Oklahoma.

In other games, Delaney Rudd scored 18 points as Wake Forest beat Furman 74-59; Minnesota crushed Indiana State 96-70 behind 21 points by Tommy Davis; Southern Boston College Holds Narrow Lambert Lead EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (UPI) With only the bowl games left, Boston College has taken a narrow lead over Pitt in the Lambert-Meadowlands poll for the top Division 1-A college football team in the East. The Eagles, on the strength of their victory over Alabama last week, were voted first by five of the six balloters, receiving 27 points to 25 for Pitt. B.C., 9-2, has a game left against Notre Dame in the Liberty Bowl. Pitt, which captured the other first-place vote, is 8-2-1 and headed for the Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State.

Others receiving votes were Syracuse, which upset West Virginia and Boston College to post a 6-5 record, and West Virginia, both with 13 points. Penn State was fifth with 2 points. The final poll will be taken immediately after the New Year's games, with the winner to receive the Lambert- Meadowlands Trophy. Methodist, expected to move up in the Southwest Conference this year, defeated Southwestern 90-71; Northwestern, holding Bradley to its lowest point total in 11 years, won 63-42 to mark the opening of the Wildcats' Welsh-Ryan Arena; Buck Johnson tossed in 27 points as Alabama dropped Cincinnati 83-64; and Karl Racine's 18 points carried Penn past Davidson 69-59. Temple edged Drexel 61-60 as Terrence Stansbury stole the ball and dunked on a breakaway in the closing seconds; Michigan shot 67 percent from the floor in the first half in beating North Carolina 7155; Louisiana Tech, behind Ken Roberson's scoring in the second overtime, clipped Western Kentucky 73-71; Vince Martello hit for 20 points as Florida State stopped Tampa 83-70; West Virginia bounced Indiana (Pa.) 73-46 behind Crawl's 14 points; Ben McDonald's 18 points sent Cal-lrvine over Idaho 91-71; and Providence hit its first 10 shots and scored the first 24 points to blacken Brown 83-50.

Sports Deals Baseball Cincinnati Sold infielder Kelly Paris to Chicago (AD. Basketball Toronto (CBA) Released guard Lamar Harris and forwards John Miller and Jim Zoet. College Brooklyn Named Pat Earle assistant director of athletics and recreation. UaSalle Named Frank Bertucci sports information director. Western Kentucky Football coach Jimmy Feix resigned.

Football Miami Extended the contract of Coach Don Shula. New Jersey (USFL.) Signed cornerback Kerry Justin of Seattle to a multi-year contract. New Orleans (USFL) Signed kicker Tim Mazzetti to a 3-year contract. Hockey St. Louis Recalled wing John Mar (tell from Montana of Western Hockey League..