St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 12

3 NOV 10 1986 2C Sports ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Nov. 10, 1986 lp) Siiffoii Trades in His Red Shirt A Mizzou "I feel a lot better, my legs and everything. I feel a lot stronger in practice. It's probably the best shape I've ever been BRADD SUTTON Ready to play for Mizzou vv -a A eating habits have reverted to a more mainstream bill of fare pizza, cheeseburgers and other staples of the youth of America.

"You can't be a college student and Eat To Win. It's almost impossible," said Leonard, citing his hectic schedule and the availability of food. As a senior at Belleville East High, Leonard lost about 30 pounds in eight weeks on the Eat To Win diet, which Leonard said Is heavy on pasta, vegetables and fish, but low on red meats. Away from the dinner table, Leonard spent last summer doing some weightlifting and running, but avoided basketball for a while. "I tried not to play early too much, because I kind of needed a break from that," he said.

Leonard said he still needs to work on all facets of his game, but coach Norm Stewart has noticed improvement in the 7-footer. "His work habits are better," Stewart said. "His stamina has improved for running. But as for doing the re-petitiveness of drills, he still has to improve there." Noteworthy: Missouri's Dec. 20 home game with Alcorn State has been dropped because of scheduling difficulties encountered by the Braves.

Replacing them on the schedule are the Centenary College Gents of Shreveport, in a Dec. 14 game at the Hearnes Center. Missouri scrimmaged Sunday at Maryville College and will hold another public scrimmage next Sunday at Rockhurst College in Kansas City. In their final preseason tuneup, the Tigers will play the Turkish international team on Nov. 21 at Hearnes.

By Jim Thomas Of the Post-Oispatch Staff For Bradd Sutton, an exciting time last year consisted of a good warmup followed by some intense stat-keep-ing. His season highlight was working out in front of a few fans before the Big Eight Conference basketball tour- nament in Kansas City. "I learned a lot," he said. "You can learn a lot when you have to sit and watch." That's about all the 6-foot-9 freshman did last season, when he was a medical redshirt because of lingering effects of mononucleosis. "Some games, I kept stats," Sutton said.

"I dressed for all the games. I guess if I came out in my street clothes, then I'd feel like a (student) manager or something." Sutton also practiced with the team, although he didn't have much staying power. "After about an hour, I felt like I was going to die," he said. "I'd feel my legs going out." Sutton came down with mononucleosis late in his senior season at Union High in Grand Rapids, Mich. He lost nearly 20 pounds and missed about a month of school.

"I had it real bad," Sutton said. When he came to Missouri in the fall of 1985, Sutton still was bothered by a virus stemming from the mononucleosis. He played sparingly in four early season games, scoring a total of eight points, but was redshirted. This year, Sutton is going at full speed and his weight is up to 210, about 15 pounds heavier than his playing weight as a high school senior. "I feel a lot better, my legs and everything," Sutton said.

"I feel a lot Joe Kapp: Win One for the Zipper. stronger in'practice. It's probably the best shape I've ever been in." As a high school senior, Sutton also considered Michigan State and Akron before picking Missouri. The Michigan Wolverines also showed some interest, but Sutton said he and coach Bill Frieder didn't hit it off. "He came in with a home visit, but I just didn't like him," said Sutton, who sensed he was more of a secondary recruit rather than a primary recruit for the Wolverines.

Schlep Rock: Nobody knows the trouble Mike Sandbothe's seen during the last few months. Where to begin. His back acted up earlier this preseason a remnant of an old high school injury. There was the pulled thigh muscle, the ankle sprain in August, not to mention Kujawa Battle For Job With lllini the bum left knee he injured in high school and the arthroscopic surgery this past offseason on his right knee. "They dig me up 1,000 years from now they're not going to know what happened," Sandbothe said.

"They're going to say, 'Man, this guy went through Through it all, however, Sandbothe has missed only a couple of practices this preseason, even though he has been held out of some drills. His misadventures have not gone unnoticed by his teammates. "They call me Bad-Luck Schlep-Rock," Sandbothe said. "After this cartoon character. Wherever he goes, rocks crumble on him." Eat To Win: Now that he is In college, sophomore center Gary Leonard no longer "eats to win." His Henson has said repeatedly that he wants Kujawa or Hamilton to concentrate on defense and rebounding.

He said: "We tell all of our young guys, 'Look, don't try to score to make the ballclub. Norman, Doug and Tony all three of those guys, we want to shoot. So, that being the case, the best you can do is fourth or fifth in scoring. Concentrate on ball handling, defense and rebounding. So don't try to make the ballclub Hamilton has demonstrated that he can do all that is required offensively, shooting 62 percent and displaying good range and touch on his jump shot.

He sometimes does it in spurts, as was the case in the Decatur scrimmage, finishing with 27 points after scoring only one in the first 10 minutes. But he has only 16 rebounds in the three games. Hamilton's 31 points led his White team to a 97-89 victory in the first game, but the Norman-Altenberger Blues have won the last two. Norman has averaged 25.3 points and Altenberger 24.7, shooting 50 percent (12 for 24) from three-point range. Wysinger and Blackwell, both on the White squad, are averaging 17.0 and 11.0, respectively.

Freshman Larry Smith of Alton and Steve Bardo of Carbondale have By Mike Eisenbath Post-Dispatch Suburban Sports Editor When Kirkwood beat Mehlville 28-10 Saturday night at Busch Stadium to end the last full weekend of regular-season play in Missouri high school football, the Pioneers did more than end Mehlville's winning streak at nine games. With that victory, and Lafayette's triumph over Parkway West earlier Saturday, Kirkwood managed to sneak into the playoffs. And all that means is that Mehlville and Kirkwood will get to face each other again. Hamilton, Special to the Post-Dispatch CHAMPAIGN, 111. The big battle in preseason basketball practice at the University of Illinois was supposed to be between 6-foot-7 Lowell Hamilton and 7-0 Jens Kujawa, both sophomores, for the fifth spot in the starting lineup.

The battle continues to rage, halfway through Illinois' series of six in-trasquad games throughout the state, but the winner appears to be coach Lou Henson. "The way both of them have improved," Henson said, "it looks like both of them will start." Of course, things could change. Things already have. Before the season, the lllini figured to be set with 6-4 Doug Altenberger and 5-10 Tony Wysinger, both seniors, at guards; 6-8 senior Ken Norman at forward and 6-4 junior Glynn Blackwell at wing. But if the season opened today, Illinois probably would go with its bigger lineup with Blackwell cast in the role of sixth man.

In the mini's first three intrasquad games at Paris, Carlyle and Decatur Hamilton was the leading scorer with 86 points, and Kujawa the leading rebounder with 41. It could be argued that this is a now-or-never season for Kujawa, the West German who played at Taylor- with those abilities, thus has been able to refine the other key qualities of a studio host, such as shaving before air time and signing off when the show is over. "Edge: To DAVE GARROWAY, former host of 'The Today who would have thrived in this type of role. "PAUL MAGUIRE (NBC) vs. JIMMY "THE GREEK" SNYDER (CBS): Maguire is hilarious much of the time; unfortunately, he is incorrect much of the time.

Maguire, who regularly bets against the moon's revolution around the earth, once wagered $75 on the underdogs in the United States' invasion of Grenada. The Greek spouts assorted bromides and worthless barbs. Even though Musburger somehow makes The Greek more palatable, he really offers precious little. The amount of 'inside information' The Greek gives us could fill a thimble. "Edge: To BOB BARKER, who picks winners on "The New Price Is Right' five days a week." QuoteUnquote "He'll never retire.

He's a Butzosaurus." CHRIS GODFREY of the New York Giants, on 36-year-old Dave Butz of the Washington Redskins. Post Puzzler Who was the Blues' captain before Brian Sutter? (Answer Tuesday.) ANSWER FROM SATURDAY: Ron Jaworski, now with the Philadelphia Eagles (Whose Youngs-town State total offense record did Cliff Stoudt winning streak. Ladue (8-1) will be host to Parkway South (6-4), with the Class 5A game time as yet undetermined, in a battle of Suburban South Conference teams. The Rams, whose loss was to Kirkwood, beat Parkway South 21-7 two weeks ago. Vianney (7-2) will go to DeSmet (7-2) for a Class 5A game at 1:30 p.m.

Those teams got to know each other Friday night, when DeSmet beat Vianney 17-14 at Busch Stadium on Rob Chura's 33-yard field goal with five seconds remaining in the game. If you weren't aware of the vulgar gesture that led to JOE KAPP'S dismissal as head football coach at California, this was the headline in the Seattle Times: "Joe Kapp running a fly pattern to self-destruction." And for Cal's next game Oregon State, Cal students unfurled this banner: "Win One for the Zipper." After Cal lost 50-18 to Washington, Kapp allegedly unzipped his trousers in response to a reporter's question. When baseball's general managers met in Arizona last week, they held a joint session with marketing people from all the clubs. Those present were asked to stand, introduce themselves and name the player who had meant the most in their lives. JOE MclLVAINE, the Mets' vice president for baseball operations, stood up and said, "Kevin McReynolds." He's the San Diego Padres' outfielder the Mets dearly would love to have.

When it was DREW SHEIN-MAN'S turn, the Mets' marketing director rose and said, "Bill Buckner." From a Washington Post review of NFL pre-game shows: "BOB COSTAS (NBC) vs. BRENT MUSBURGER (CBS): Neither one has good speed, but both know the fastest route to the bank. Costas is shorter and funnier; Musburger is taller and timelier. Costas has grown into a high-quality studio host, learning to shift to his left when speaking to someone to his left and shift to his right when speaking to someone to his right. Musburger, who was born schedules, and the top two squads in each district qualify to meet in the first round.

Class 1A teams won't begin their playoffs until the quarterfinal round Saturday. Hazelwood East (8-2) will play at defending Class 5A champion Hazel-wood Central (10-0) at 1:30 p.m. East lost to Central 27-15 in the second week of the season. Hazelwood East is the last Suburban North Conference club to beat the Hawks, who are ranked No. 1 in the state and are riding a 24-game Steamers shared ball-handling duties.

Henson won't compare the progress of this twosome, other than to say each is improving. None of the freshmen appears ready to tear up the Big Ten Conference, but each has had his moment. Guard Kendall Gill, who will play a wing, is the leader in the group, with 36 points in three games. Smith has 34, Kunz 28 and Bardo 26. The freshmen guards are shooting well, too Gill is 15 for 28, Smith 14 for 25, and Bardo 10 for 20.

"I don't think we're a great running team, but we're running so much better than last year," Henson said. "I think we're running the offense better, simply because we're better shooters. I'm fairly pleased with the board play. We're rebounding just about like last year. Other than defense, I'd say we're coming along real well." The lllini have intrasquad games Tuesday at Casey and Friday in Champaign.

The latter will match Battle and the freshmen against the varsity. After the final intrasquad game Nov. 17 at Pontiac, the lllini will play Yugoslavia in an exhibition game Nov. 20. They open the season Nov.

28-29 in the BYU-Hawaii Classic, where they seem likely to face Duke in the second game. Kirkwood, with a 7-2 record, will play at Mehlville (9-1) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in a Class 5A first-round playoff game, one of 11 contests in which St. Louis-area teams will compete that day. The pairings for the first-round games, all of which will be played Wednesday in classes 2A through 5A, were announced Sunday after officials double-checked records throughout Missouri and calculated the point totals based on a rather complicated system.

That system rewards teams that play more difficult Weekend 10 ville High School. The competition will grow for a front-line position for the 1987-88 season. Besides Hamilton and Kujawa, will be Ken Battle, an established player who transferred from Northern Illinois; Nick Anderson, Illinois' Mr. Basketball last season, who is sitting out his freshman year after failing to meet NCAA test standards; Marcus Liberty, considered by some the nation's top-rated high school player, who announced Wednesday he will sign with the lllini; Phil Kunz, a freshman reserve; and Ervin Small, a teammate of Anderson's at Chicago Simeon, who also was ruled ineligible this season because of his test score. "When you recruit a 7-footer, you really don't know," Henson said, referring to Kujawa.

"But let's talk about where he was last year and where he is now. Unbelievable, how much he has improved. He's not even the same player. "He's still not there. He still has work to do.

But he's at the point where he can contribute." Unfortunately, he contributed eight turnovers in Thursday's game at Decatur, which Henson labeled the team's worst on the exhibition trail. On the other hand, the 6-9 Kunz made a strong showing with eight points, 11 rebounds and only one turnover. time victory over Berkeley, which was ranked fifth among area small schools. Brentwood finished its season 6-4 overall and 4-2 in the Suburban East Conference. Berkeley is 7-2 and 5-1.

BIGGEST UPSET, ILLINOIS: On the first weekend of the season, No. 6 small school Dupo creamed Carlyle 47-0. Since then, Carlyle has risen to 13th among area small schools and on Wednesday, in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs, completed the resurgence with a 7-6 victory over Dupo. STREAKS: Hazelwood Central, the defending Missouri Class 5A champion, has won 24 games in a row and has the longest winning streak in the St. Louis area.

Country Day, the defending Missouri 3A champion, has won 18 consecutive games. Althoff has won 14 in a row for the longest streak in the Metro East. HOW TOP 10 LARGE SCHOOLS FARED: 1. Hazelwood Central (10-0) beat McCluer North 28-7; 2. East St.

Louis (10-1) beat Belleville East 7-0, beat Granite City 20-0; 3. Mehlville (9-1) lost to Kirkwood 28-10; 4. Sumner (9-1) beat Roosevelt 40-8; 5. McCluer North (8-2) lost to Hazelwood Central 28-7; 6. Hazel-wood East (8-2) beat Pattonville 18-3; 7.

Riverview Gardens (8-2) beat Ritenour 50-0; 8. Parkway West (7-3) lost to Lafayette 17-6; 9. Vianney (7-2) lost to DeSmet 17-14; 10. DeSmet (7-2) beat Vianney 17-14. HOW TOP 10 SMALL SCHOOLS FARED: 1.

Althoff (11-0) beat O'Fallon 10-7, beat Murphys-boro 28-0; 2. Country Day (9-0) beat John Burroughs 28-19; 3. John Burroughs (8-1) lost to Country Day 28-19; 4. Hillsboro, Mo. (10-0) beat Windsor 82-0; 5.

Berkeley (7-2) lost to Brentwood 24-17; 6. Dupo (8-2) lost to Carlyle 7-6; 7. Roxana (9-2) beat Jerseyville 21-12, beat Mount Zion 40-20; 8. Sullivan (9-1) beat Perryville 21-7; 9. Carlinville (10-1) beat Hillsboro, 24-14, beat Riverton 21-0; 10.

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