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Sports The Paris News, Monday, April 16, 1990 Paris Dillard to extend his career with St. Louis Dillard, Robins rpaking the jump from junior college i Qy Tim Waits Tlje Paris News i Quitman Dillard is going back hbme. Or at least halfway there. Dillard, the Paris Junior Col- basketball standout and native of Chicago, signed a letter-of-intent Sunday to finish his college career with St. Louis University.

St. Louis is a four-hour drive from Chicago. Dillard is the first 1990 signee for the Billikens, who won the National Invitational Tournament this year. "Giving my friends and amil a chance to see rne play was one (reason for going to St. Louis)," said Dillard.

"The people there were real friendly and I fit in real well. I can go in and work hard and become a starter and help the team make the NCAA (tournament)." Dillard, a 6-5 forward, averaged 22.5 points per game this year to help the Dragons to the Texas Eastern Conference playoffs. He shot 55 percent from the field and 81 percent from the free-throw Quitman Dillard line to lead the Dragons in scoring and had six rebounds per game. Dillard was a first-team all- conference selection this year. As a freshman, he made third-team all- conference with an 18-point per game average.

Dillard, and teammate Jon Barry, competed in a Texas junior college all-star game in Tyler. Dillard scored seven points and Barry had three for the East in a losing effort, 136-113. Barry is currently being heavily recruited by Oklahoma State and new coach Eddie Sutton and this week will visit Georgia Tech. "We were looking for a versatile player who can score inside and outside," said St. Louis Coach Rich Grawer, whose team was 21-12 last year.

Grawer said Dillard was built and plays like former Billiken star Roland Gray, who was drafted by the Detroit Pistons and now plays in Spain. St. Louis is looking to replace Anthony Bonner, a likely first-round NBA draft pick. "We graduated 20 of 21 players," said Grawer, now in his ninthy season. "I've never seen as good of a junior college transcript as his." Dillard will graduate on time at PJC and has a 2.5 grade point average.

He intends to major communications at St. Louis. St. Louis finished third in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference last season behind Xavier and Dayton. "He's leaving a program and going into a program that is similar," said Dragon Coach Shawn Scan- Ian.

"St. Louis wants Quitman for the right seasons as a person, a player and a student. "Quitman's work ethic was what was appealing to me," said Scanlan. "He was 17 when he came here and he's 19 now. He's grown up in a lot of ways besides basketball." "It was hard not to have a good team with him on it," he added.

"He was part of the nucleus." Ex-Paris player Robins goes to St. Mary's Michael Robins, a former Paris High player who continued his career at PJC, has signed with St. Mary's (San Antonio). Robins joins a team that recently won the NAIA championship. The 6-7 Robins should contribute in the low post immediately for the team.

"They will surround him with good players," said Scanlan. "They have a specific role for him to play and he should play a lot of minutes." Robins was being considered by Texas Southeastern Oklahoma and East Texas State University before deciding on St. Mary's. "He came from nowhere to somewhere more than anybody I had," said Scanlan. "He made improvement by leaps and bounds.

I never had a player make such a resounding turnaround. And he's going to get better." Robins averaged 10 points per game for the Dragons last year, scoring and rebounding consistently either as a starter or off the bench. Perfect form Lucille Caviness of Emberson competes in this month's Lamar County Women's Bowling Association tournament. The tournament has completed its second of three weekends at the Paris Lanes. Caviness is bowling for Mr.

Goodiube. NY overturns Rangers Paris-North Lamar highlight slate of area baseball! games From Slaff Reports With only one round of the District 10-4A schedule left to play, Paris and North Lamar find themselves on opposite ends of the district's spectrum. Paris, during a 12-game winning streak, won its first seven league games to assume the leadership in 10-4A. Friday's 8-2 loss to Mount Pleasant dropped the Wildcats to a one-game advantage over the Tigers and two games over Liberty-Eylau. NL's White shoots 80 at jrs.

tourney From staff and wire reports THE WOODLANDS Steve White of Dalton, fired a 1-under-par 71 Sunday for a 1-shot victory in the Woodlands Junior Classic. North Lamar's Wade White shot an 80, nine strokes off the pace. Steve White, posted his score early and then waited to see if it would stand up in the 129-player Boys 15-18 division in a tourna- mentreduced to one round by rain. Trip Kuehne, Stewart Cink, Alan Bratton and Larry Barber, son of senior tour veteran Miller Barber, were second at 72. In the girls division, Maria Castellucci of Orlando, successfully defended her title by shooting a 75 to defeat Lisa Cornwell of Fayetteville, by two strokes.

Hank Kuehne captured the boys 13-14 division by three strokes over William Manor for his third American Junior Golf Association title. Wade White will see Trip Kuehne again next week at the regional tournament in Denton. Kuehne, a top player for Highland Park, is one of the favorites to win first medalist honors at region. Meanwhile, the Panthers have had a roller-coaster ride through district, narrowly falling to L-E twice, but were bombed by Mount Pleasant and Paris twice each. A split of two games with Sulphur Springs has the Panthers tied for the bottom of the standings with the Wildcats.

North Lamar, which hosts Paris at 4 p.m. Tuesday, can salvage the season in the role of a spoiler, starting with Paris. The Panthers will likely start Greg Weaver on the mound, the same Greg Weaver who defeated Paris last year at this time on the same field. North Lamar narrowly missed an important upset, falling to Liberty-Eylau in eight innings, 7-6. Paris will counter with Clint House, who came on in relief of Chuck Armstrong in Friday's losing effort.

In other games, Paris Junior College looks to get back in the Texas Eastern Conference race Please see Area, Pg. 10A By The Associated Press a relief for the New York Yankees their bullpen did the job and Texas stopper Jeff Russell blew it. The Yankees, shut out on two singles for seven innings by Charlie Hough, rallied for three runs in the eighth against Russell and beat the Rangers 3-1 Sunday. Last year, Russell led American League stoppers in save percentage, converting 38 of 44 opportunities. He got a save in his first try of 1990, but hurt himself this time with a wild pitch and a wild throw.

"In this job, you're either a star or-a goat. I-was a goat today. Ill be a 'star tomorrow," Russell said. "But it's unfortunate these things happen. It hurt to see Charlie pitch so well and then have the game get away.

It eats at you." Rick Cerone and Steve Sax hit RBI singles that put New York ahead and Alvaro Espinoza had a sacrifice fly for insurance. But the real stars for the Yankees were relievers Jeff Robinson, Lee Guetterman, Eric Plunk and Dave Righetti, who combined to blank the Rangers on three hits in the last six innings. score the tie-breaking run in the 10th inning as Los Angeles edged Houston at the Astrodome. It was the Astros' fifth loss in six games. White Sox, 4, Indians 1 Rookie Robin Ventura had his first three-hit game and figured in two Chicago rallies.

Hot-hitting Lance Johnson drove in two runs. Athletics 3, Mariners 0 Bob Welch allowed three hits in 6 1-3 innings and Mark McGwire hit a two-run homer as Oakland extended Seattle's losing streak, the longest this season in the major leagues, to five games. Blue Jays 5, Royals 4 Toronto's Junior Felix went 4-for-4, including a decisive three- run double. Steve Crawford (0-1) relieved LarryMcWilliams with one on and two out in the sixth inning and allowed a single to Ranee Mulliniks. After Nelson Liriano walked, Jeff Montgomery relieved Crawford and Felix doubled over the head oi Willie Wilson in center.

Dodgers 5, Astros 4(10) Tigers 6, Orioles 4 Reliever Charley Kerfeld's wild Mark Salas hit a two-run homer pitch allowed Juan Samuel to in the eighth inning, giving Dan Petry his first win in a Detroit uniform in more than two seasons. Reds 13, Braves 6 So far, Lou Piniella is making managing in the National League look easy. Cincinnati won its fifth straight. game as Eric Davis and Chris Sac each hit three-run homers Sunday, lifting the unbeaten Reds to 13-6 victory over Atlanta. Its fho Reds' best start since they 8-0 in 1980.

Padres 4, Giants 3 San Diego completed a game sweep of San Francisco when Benito Santiago hit a two- run homer with one out in frit- ninth inning off relief ace Bedrosian. Expos 3, Mets 1 Zane Smith allowed one un earned ran and five hits in eigi.t innings to snap a persoril 10-game losing streak as Montrt al beat New York in the debut 6t ESPN's Sunday night coverage The Mets' only run scored result of a passed ball in the i inning. Pirates 4, Cubs 3 Pittsburgh finally got to ti Please see Baseball, Pg. 10A Stewart captures Heritage By The Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. Arnold Palmer couldn't do it.

Neither could Jack Nicklaus or Johnny Miller or Greg Norman. But where the greats failed, Payne Stewart succeeded. Stewart downed Larry Mize on the second playoff hole on Sunday to become the first golfer to win the Heritage Classic two straight years. 'To defend the title is extra special to me," Stewart said. "To win here again is an honor, I guess.

I like the golf course and it keeps getting better each time I come here." Stewart, who started the day two strokes ahead, struggled to an even-par 71, but won the tournament with an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-4, 478-yard 18th hole. While Stewart watched, Mize just missed a 20-foot putt for birdie on the 18th. A horn blew as Mize settled over the putt, forcing him to step away. But he said it didn't affect the putt. "It was a tough putt for me to read," said Mize, now 1-2 in playoffs.

"It was either straight or uphill. I hit it where I wanted to. It started to break then straightened out and I missed it." Stewart expected Mize to make the putt. In f-uT. he told his caddy "give me that ball back.

We ve i. to go play some more golf." Instead, Stewart walked away with his PGA Tour victory and $180,000 while ending an streak in playoffs. "I told myself, 'Look, this is the '90s, and the '803 is when you didn't win any of your playoffs. The whenyou'regoing to win all of them that in," he said. "So, I'm one-for-one in the '90s playoffs." Stewart, Mize and Steve Jones finished rcgui tion at 8-under 276, forcing a sudden-death that began on the par-3, 176-yard 17th.

Stewart nearly had a hole-in-one on No. 17 settled for birdie, as did Mize, who made a 10-1005, putt. But Jones was eliminated on the first hole alter he drove into the crowd and his second shot up way short. Player takes PGA Seniors title the thick of the medalist hunt on the North Texas Golf Course next Thursday and Friday. White was the top medalist from District 10-4A with an 18-shot lead on the field.

Photo by Dee Edwards fixing up Members of the Paris Tennis Association make repairs on the fence around the tennis courts at Culbertson Park. The tournament will be April 28-29. The association is still taking entries until noon, April 25. Shown above are Neil Barnes (far left), Phil Clark and Rick Spann (other side of fence). By The Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.

These three old guys were playing golf It could be the start to a funny story. But in this case, the three old guys were Hall of Famers, three of the best ever to play the game: Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino and Gary Player. However, there was nothing funny about the iriwj struggled through the final round Sunday of the 61st PGA Seniors Championship. Player won it, leading all the way in the final 18 holes. It was his third PGA Seniors title, joining the trophies he won in 1986 and '88.

"The trophy is nice. The check is nice. But to know you've won beating Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino, that's something to cherish all your life," Player said. He won it despite three-putting from two feet on the second hole. He won it despite a double bogey from the water on the 16th.

He won it by two strokes with a clos- tag round of 73, one over par. And he won it with the aid of Nicklaus and Trevino, the only two men who had a realistic chance of overtaking him. Nicklaus missed a putt from three feet on the second hole, from five feet on the third, from four en the eighth, from three on the JOtii. And he yanked a drive into the water. Trevino also got one wet on fit'tn.

His mistake on the sixth was even more embarassing. He took a back-handed swipe at a tap in putt. He whiffed it, completely missed the ball. That doesn't help," Nicklaua said. "I never made anything happen," Nicklaus said of his sudden putting problems.

"Lee never made anything happen. We just never got anything going." As a result, Player didn't have to..