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Page 4 THE DAILY HERALD, Tyrone, Thursday, August 30, 1990 Tyrone, Bel I wood-Ant is Rekindle Fires Of Backyard Rivalry Friday By LEN SLOTHER Herald Sports Editor Tyrone Area High School and neighboring Bellwood-Antis rekindle the fires of a long-standing "backyard" rivalry here tomorrow night at storied Gray Field as area scholastic football moves into a brand new decade. The preseason grind through the heat of August has wound down. Two-and- three-a-day workouts have tapered with school openings this week, and the spit and polish have been applied in the few practice days since the final of two preseason scrimmages. Now it comes down to execution as high school griddcrs across the state count down the final hours to their 1990 regular-season kickoff. Traditionally, the opening-night call brings together two neighborhood schools with long, proud football histories with the Golden Eagles and Blue Devils paired for their annual clash at the top of the schedule.

Tomorrow they line up at Gray Field at 7:30 p.m. for their 55th meeting to unveil the newest products off their assembly lines. For the Golden Eagles, the start of the new decade also marks the start of a new era, with a new head coach 19th in the school's history the helm in enthusiastic young Tim Stone, who's made four stops with NFL organizations (Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Kansas City and Atlanta) before taking over the coaching reins here. He and his staff will be trying to BASEBALL STANDINGS East 75 72 67 61 59 59 West 74 69 67 60 58 50 54 55 62 67 68 70 54 60 62 68 72 79 PcL .581 .567 .519 .477 .465 .457 .578 .535 .519 .469 .446 J88 GB 2 8 13 15 16 5 7 14 17 24 National League Team I'ltlshurgh New York Montreal Chicago Philadelphia SI. Louis Cincinnati l.os Anodes San Francisco San Diego Houston Atlanta Wednesday Results Kan Francisco 6, Montreal 5 New York 2, San Diego 1 I.ns Angeles 12, Philadelphia 2 SL Louis 9, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 10, Atlanta 0, 7 Inn Houston 1, Chicago 0 Thursday Games San Francisco (LaCoss 4-2) at New York (Fernandez K- 10), 7:35 p.m.

Angeles (Martinez 15-6) at Philadelphia (Combs 6-4), 7:35 p.m. -SL Louis (Ollvares 0-0) at Atlanta (Glavlnc 6-11), 7:40 p.m. Cincinnati (Jackson 4-2) at Chicago (Dlcleckl 6-8), 8:05 p.m. Friday Games Cincinnati at Chicago San Diego at Philadelphia, nlghl San Francisco at New York, night Los Angrle.s at Montreal, nlghl SL Louis at Atlanta, night Pittsburgh at Houston, night 1 American League Team Boston Toronto Milwaukee Detroit Italtirnorc Cleveland New York Oakland Chicago Texas Kansas City California Seattle Minnesota East 72 66 61 61 59 59 56 West 80 73 66 65 66 63 59 57 65 68 69 6V 70 73 49 55 64 64 65 67 71 Pet. .558 .504 .473 .469 .461 .457 .434 .620 .570 .508 .504 .504 .485 .454 GD 7 11 11 12 13 16 6 14 15 IS 17 21 Wednesday Results Milwaukee 7, Toronto 3 lloslon 7, Cleveland 1 New York 3, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 6, Chicago 1 Kansas City 6, Oakland 0 Detroit 4, Seattle 2 California 9, Texas 2 Thursday Games Boston (Clemens 19-5) at Cleveland (Valdcz 2-5), 7:35 p.m.

New York (LaPoint 6-9) at Baltimore (Harnlsch 9-9), 7:35 p.m. Chicago (McDowell 10-6) al Minnesota (West 7-8), 1:15 p.m. Kansas City (McGalTigan 3- 1) at Oakland (Stewart 17-10), 3:15 p.m. Detroit (Undecided) at Seattle (Hanson 12-9), 10:05 p.m. Friday Games Baltimore at Milwaukee, night Toronto at Cleveland, nlghl New York at Boston, night Detroit at Minnesota, nlghl Kansas City at Seattle, nlghl Texas at Oakland, night Chicago at California, night U.S.

Advances In World Junior Baseball Championship HAVANA, Cuba (UPI) Jose Prado hurled the United States' first complete game Wednesday to lead the United States over Taiwan 10-4 in the World Junior Baseball Championship. The United States closed first-round play with a 4-0 record and will advance to the medal round, beginning Friday. Prado of Miami scattered nine hits and struck out 13 in raising his record to 2-0. The United States had 15 hits and benefited from seven errors by Taiwan, leading to six unearned runs. Prado was backed by three hits each from Tony Marillia and Jay Powell.

Basketball Milwaukee Bucks' forward Larry Krystkowiak underwent major knee surgery and is expected to miss the entire 1990-91 season. rebuild from a frustrating 1-9 year with 17 returning lettermen as a nucleus. Bellwood-Antis, meanwhile, embarks on the 90s aiming to continue a highly-successful run through the 80s under head coach John Hayes. He begins his 11th term longest tenure in the school's grid history with the winningcst bench mark (77-27-1) of 12 head coaches who have guided the Blue Devils. A string of eight consecutive winning seasons, including banner 12-1 (10-0regular season) and 13-1 (9-Oreg- ular season) campaigns in 1985 and 1988 embellished the record through that decade.

Hayes and staff count a nucleus of 14 returning lettermen from a 7-3 squad. "We're satisfied where we are at at this point," observes Tyrone's first- year mentor Stone. "I like the overall enthusiasm, the team leadership our seniors have shown, and I like our numbers. We're getting things organized pretty well, and that's an important start. We're moving in the right direction.

"The attitude has been very good," Stone enthused. "Our strengths right now are our backs, with some good experience returning, and a veteran line, offense and defense. They're aggressive, experienced and very enthusiastic. "We've been spending a lot of time establishing our defense, but we need some work on our secondary there," Stone assesses. What's he expecting in his debut when the Golden Eagles host an old rival tomorrow? "I can guarantee it'll be a hard-hitting ballgame," he pointed out quickly.

"We have to stop their (B-A's) running game to beat them. They've got some really good, experienced kids back there. If we can do that the first couple of series I think we'll be right in there. We want to establish our defense early, but we'll also have to put points on the board." Tyrone will start a senior-dominated lineup on both sides of the ball against B-A, Stone reports. Sophomore quarterback Tony Sharer, will get the call lodirect the attack and is the only underclassman in the starting offense.

Kerry Naylor, 5-9, 173, is the fullback, and Chad Christine, who led the rushing attack last year with 513 yards on 148 carries, is the tailback. Sean McGraw, 151, is the wide-out; Branden Rhoades, 158, split end; Jonathon Light, 175, tight end; Chris Brooks, 180, and Todd Femer, 188, tackles; Mike Reader, 165, and Steve Sprankle, 177, guards; and Todd Hersperger, 200, center. Dusty Hess will see action as McGraw's backup. Josh Beyer will backup where needed on the interior line, Tony Shearer at tight end, Troy Eaken at q-back, Shane Maceno at fullback and Paul Morrison, Jim Weston and Eric Hoover are backups ready at tailback. Defensively, Light and Femer are the ends, Hersperger and Brooks the tackles and Reader and Christine the linebackers, with Steve Colyer and Jeremy Jackson also expected to see duty there.

Rhoades, McGraw and Hess, safety Eaken and comers Naylor and Morrison all will probably see action as defensive backs. Hayes is also pleased with his team's progress. "We had a pretty experienced group coming back so we were able to get through most of what we wanted to get done in the preseason," Hayes reported. "We feel very good where we are at now. With the experience returning we were able to get things in early.

It's been pretty much polishing up the past week so. We're pleased with the improvement from the first scrimmage to the second and the continuation since. That's what we look for and work for improvement from week-to-week on through the season as well." Gearing his club for their opener has offered: "This game is a great rivalry. It's been that way for many, many years. I think it's one of the very best around as far as fan, school and community involvement, and there's no reason to think this year it'll be any different.

"We're going down there, as always, expecting a real tough football game. A rivalry like this one has a way of evening out any advantages one or the other may appear to have going into the game. We know we must be prepared mentally as well as physically and be ready to play hard football. "Tyrone looks well organized and very fundamentally sound," Hayes asserts. "That's a compliment to their coaching staff.

Their numbers are encouraging for them this year and they show a lot of enthusiasm and emotion." The Blue Devils also feature a senior-dominated starting lineup. Junior guard Randy Evans, and classmate tight end Jeff Grassmyer, are the only underclassmen on the front-line offensive unit. Jay Commesser, 5-9, 155, will call the signals, with Chris McCartney, 6-2, 200, at tailback, Bo Lardieri, 5-6, 150, the slot-back and Chuck Rcnney, 5-8, 180, the fullback. McCartney enters the season with career totals of 18 TDs, 108 points and 1,662 net yards rushing after rolling up 1,410 yards and 15 TDs last year in B-A's 7-3 campaign. Dave Fraundorfer, 165, is the split end; Andy Mock, 215, and Chris Himes, 215, the tackles; Jamie Gummo, 180, the center; and Gabe McClellan, 180, the other guard on the line.

The defense lines up with Himes and Grassmyer on the ends, Mock and Gummo at the tackles and Gerald Whilaker, 205, at the nose post. Linebackers are Renney and junior Todd Wilson, 180. Junior Karl Montanaro, 165, is the strong safety, McCartney the free safety and B. Lardieri and Fraundorfer the comers. MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY MAKERS Ken Griffey Jr.

(left) and his father Ken Griffey Sr. pose together in Seattle at a press conference as the Seattle Mariners baseball team announced the acquisition of the senior Griffey yesterday. The acquisition marks the first time in major League baseball history that a father and son will play together for the same team at the same time. Griffeys Become Baseball's First Father-Son Teammates By DENNIS ANSTINE UPI Sports Writer SEATTLE (UPI) Ken Griffey Sr. signed with the Seattle Mariners Wednesday, becoming the first major leaguer in history to play on the same team with his son.

The 40-year-old veteran was in uniform and took batting practice before Wednesday night's game against Detroit. He was not expected to play until Friday or Saturday. "This is the No. 1 thrill for me in all my years in the game," Griffey Sr. said at a news conference, attended by his 20-year-old son, center fielder Ken Griffey Jr.

"I've been wanting to play with Junior for the last year and a half. I'm totally surprised the way things have turned out me playing for 18 years and Junior getting here so fast It's a dream come true." The Griffeys became the first father and son to play in the majors at the same time when Ken Griffey Jr. made the Mariners out of spring training in 1989. The younger Griffey leads the Mar- iners in hitting with a .306 average and 18 home runs. When asked how he felt about his father joining the Mariners, he said: "Fine, now let's go hit, go to work." Manager Jim Lefebvre was quick to define why the team acquired the veteran for the rest of the season.

"We are very honored to have them both here, but he's here to make a contribution not just for the father-son thing," he said. "We wanted him because he's a winner, a leader who will play and make contributions in our total plan. He's not here as part of a dog and pony show." Lefebvre said when Griffey gets his timing back he will play left field, designated hitter and pinch hitter. "As soon as he gets his hitting going we will get him in the lineup, this weekend or sooner, if possible," he said. The elder Griffey had retired Aug.

2 when the Cincinnati Reds made it clear they no longer wanted him. The move prohibited another team from picking him up for 60 days, but his status changed Sunday when the Reds granted his request to be released outright. The Mariners acquired the 18-year veteran after he went unclaimed during a three- day waiver period that ended Wednesday morning. Griffey said he would not have retired if he had known about the 60-day rule, claiming the Reds gave him only a couple of minutes to decide between retiring or being released. "I'd rather not talk about the thing with the Reds," he said.

"But I do want to thank (Reds owner) Marge Schott for letting this happea And I want to thank Pete Rose for keeping my career going (in 1988 when Rose was manager of the Reds). I can't thank Pete enough for that." By United Press International "This is the No. 1 thrill for me In all my years In the game. Ken Griffey 40, upon joining his son, Ken Griffey 20, on the Seattle Mariners. The two became baseball's first father-son teammates.

Griffey, a lifetime .296 hitter, played for the Big Red Machine from 1973 through 1981 and returned for a two- year stint after being released by the Atlanta Braves in 1988. He also played 414 seasons for the New York Yankees and parts of three seasons with the Braves. He had two noteworthy seasons, beginning with 1976 when he hit .336 with 111 runs, 74 RBI and 34 stolen bases. Ten years later, he hit .303 for the Yankees and .308 for the Braves, combining for 21 homers and 58 RBI. His average was .300 or higher during seven full seasons.

Griffey hit .263 in 106 games last year, but was batting .206 in 63 at-bats this season. "I can still play," he said. "I most likely would have continued my career elsewhere if not here. I've been thinking about (playing) next year, too, but we'll know more about that in 30 days." The Mariners made room for Griffey by placing reliever Mike Schooler on the 15-day disabled list. Steelers To Streamline Offense For Eagles Game PITTSBURGH (UPI) Last season, the Pittsburgh Steelers' offense was labeled too predictable, so they made changes.

Now, it's being called too complicated. The Steelers finished 28th in the NFL in offense in 1989, but the team still won nine games and qualified for the AFC playoffs. Critics claimed the offense was too predictable, so when Tom Moore left the Steelers to become assistant head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, Chuck Noll hired Joe Walton to be offensive coordinator. Walton installed a more sophisticated passing attack, and employs multiple formations in an effort to confuse the defense. So far, it's only confusing the Steelers.

Pittsburgh's offense has yet to jell during the 1-2 preseason, and the players are beginning to show their frustration. Quarterback Bubby Blister was so frustrated after the Steelers scored just three field goals against the Dallas Cowboys, he left the locker room without talking to the media, a first for him. "I'm sure he's frustrated, but he's not the only one. We all are," said fullback Merril Hoge. "People say these preseason games don't matter, but it does when you played as poorly as we did.

We didn't do anything well. "But we've got to slay confident. We can't let this wear us down. We've got to realize it's up to us, not up to anybody else. Nobody can go out there for us and make it work.

Upset or not, frustrated or not, we've got to make things work and not get us down." In an effort to improve the situation, Brister met with Walton and Noll separately on Sunday to discuss his concerns. The upshoot of those sessions appears to be the Steelers will employ a streamlined version of their most recent game plans. "Maybe it's not that complicated, maybe we've got too much to swallow in one week," said Brister. "I'd rather have only 10 plays we can run well than have 50 we have no idea what we're doing." Another of the players' complaints has been the Steelers' new system relies too much on trickery and not enough on the physical, execution- oriented style that typified the team during the 1970s. "The people are whit make the offense go, so it's the people we have to focus on individually arid be sure we know our own business before we start trying to tell anyone else what to do," said backup quarterback Rick Strom.

Tri-Co. Slo-Pitch Softball Results WEDNESDAY'S GAMES (Playoff for 8th-Place) Htmmond't 300 003 6 Romano'i 210 100 0 4 Hammond'i American Legion 121 031 0 132 033 12 GAMES TODAY League Championship Play-offs (Best-of-Three, Ist-Round) United Veu vi Bull Pen, 6 pjn. Eikcn'i vi Wett End Ltna, 7 p.m. Amer. Legion vi United Video, I p.m.

Coiner vi Miller'i Auto, 9 p.m. REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS: United Video. 264; Wed End Una, 25-5; Bull Pen, 22-8; Miller'i Auto, 22-8; United Veu, 20-10; Gotcha Comer, 16-14; Amer. Legion, 8-22; Eaken'i, 8-22; Romtno'i, 6-24; Keller'i, 6-24; Hammond'i. 6-24.

Tyrone Bassmasters Results, Standings (Aug. 24) TOURNEY RESULTS: Bill Clark Five bass weighed, 8.03 local D. Thompson 4 bass, 9.91 Ibs; D. Johnson 2 bass, 2.93 B. Kilmartin 2 bass, 2.72 M.

Weko 2 bass, 2.27 J. Anderson one bass, 1.59 Ibs. BIGGEST BASS of TOURNAMENT CAUGHT: B. Clark, 2.08 Ibs. BIGGEST BASS YTD: R.

Cherry, 4.09 Ibs. TOP 6 BASS ANGLERS YTD: D. Johnson, 171 points; T. Beck, 168; M. Wcko, 160; J.

Kaspick, 151; D. Thompson, 138; B. Kilmartin, 130. TOTAL CLUB MEMBERS COMPETING: 23. TOT.

BASS WEIGHED: 20. TOT. WEIGHT: 28.22 Ibs. CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. TOURNEY (Aug.

12) TOURNEY RESULTS: B. Kilmartin six bass weight, 15 D. Johnson 7 bass, 14.78 T. Beck 7 bass, 12.97 S. Dinges 5 bass, 7.55 D.

Beck 5 bass, 7.52 R. Cherry 4 bass, 6.73 Ibs. BIGGEST BASS of TOURNEY: 1st Kilmartin, 3.16 2nd Johnson, 3.04 Ibs. TOTAL CLUB MEMBERS PARTICIPATING: 15. TOT.

BASS WEIGHED: 50. TOT. WEIGHT: 82.50 Ibs. UPl's Preseason College Ratings NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 25 college football ratings, with 1989 record and first-place voles In parentheses, total points (based on 15 points for first place, 14 for second, and final 1989 ranking. 1.

Miami (25) (11-1) 799 1 2. Notre Dame (15) (12-1) 755 3 3. Florida State (8) (10-2) 686 2 4. Auburn (8) (10-2) 666 6 5. Colorado (2) (11-1) 565 4 6.

Southern Cat (9-2-1) 488 9 7. Michigan (10-2) 463 8 8. Nebraska (10-2) 454 12 9. Tennessee (11-1) 398 5 10. Clcmson (10-2) 253 11 11.

Texas (8-4) 229 12. Illinois (10-2) 2C7 10 13. Ohio Stale (8-4) 175 14. Brigham Young (10-3) 128 18 15. Arkansas (10-2) 113 13 16.

Washington (8-4) 96 20 17. Alabama (10-2) 95 7 18. Pcnn Stale (8-3-1) 80 14 19. UCLA (3-7-1) 66 20. Pittsburgh (8-3-1) 50 19 21.

Virginia (10-3) 47 15 22. Michigan State (8-4) 24 16 23. Arizona (7-5) 23 24. (tic) Syracuse (8-4) 15 (lie) Texas (5-6) 15 z-unranked Others receiving voles: Arizona Slate, Florida, Fresno State, Georgia, Hawaii, North Carolina Stale, Northern Illinois, Oregon, South Carolina, West Virginia. The national champion will receive a $32,000 non-athletic scholarship from the Gcrrlts Foundation and United Press International.

By agreement with the American Football Coaches Association, teams barred from television appearances and postseason play or having lost more than 20 percent oflhelr football scholarships arc ineligible for the Top 25 and national championship consideration by the UPI Board of Coaches. Those schools are Houston, Memphis Slate, Oklahoma and Oklahoma Slate. Cancer Claims Life Of Former Baseball Pitcher Larry Jackson BOISE, Idaho (UPI) Larry Jackson, a three-time All-Star pitcher who won 24 games for the Chicago Cubs in 1964, died Tuesday night from cancer. He was 59. Jackson had been suffering with cancer the past several months and died at a care center in Boise, his hometown.

He pitched in the majors for 14 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies. He entered the majors with St. Louis in 1955 and retired in 1968. He compiled a lifetime record of 194-183.

Jackson, a right-hander, was a tough competitor, especially so against the Dodgers. His best year came in 1964 when he led the National League in victores, finishing with a 24-11 record and 3.14 ERA. Jackson was a current member of the Idaho Industrial Commission and served eight years as a Republican in the Idaho Legislature. He made an unsuccessful run for governor of Idaho in 1978. Jackson was a member of the Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame and a nominee to the national Baseball Hall of Fame.

He also was a member of the Idaho Centennial Commission, chairing the commission's Games and Sporting Events Committee. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. MDT Friday at Boise's Central Assembly Church. Family members have asked that memorial donations be made to the Mountain States Tumor Institute, the Ronald McDonald House or the Hospice Program, all of Boise. Figure Skating Olympic star Katarina Witt has canceled a professional tour in France following reports she is considering competing in the 1992 Albertville Olympics..