The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 21

Sport Section (iahieeton Local, State, World Sports Page 1 Sunday Morning, March 14,1982 Sports 744-361J Churchill edges Galveston Ball to win state title AP Laserphoto Ball's John Chancy pursues loose ball. By SCOTT ROTHSCHILD News Sports Writer AUSTIN Trailing by as many as 13 points, Galveston Ball's dramatic comeback bid fell one shot short Saturday as San Antonio Churchill nabbed the Class 5A basketball title in a thrilling 75-74 win. Carl Hilton's 15-foot jumper with three seconds left bounded off the rim and San Antonio covered the rebound as time ran out before 12,000 fans at the Frank Erwin Center. Churchill's Jon Moseley missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw with 14 seconds left and James Petteway cleared the backboard as the Golden Tornadoes began their final trip downcourt. Petteway passed off to Kenneth Whitaker, who cleared midcourt at the eight-second mark.

Whitaker found Hilton on the right side to set up the final shot. Asked whether a time-out was in order at this point, Ball Coach T. Berry said, "It looked like we didn't have time to call a time out. We probably couldn't have got one until five seconds left." Behind 63-54 with 7:15 remaining, Ball's John Chaney and Oscar White began finding the range from 15 to 25 feet out. Chaney and White combined for 12 of the Tors' final 20 points.

With two minutes left, Hilton scored inside and moments later sank a free throw to bring the Tor within one at 73-72. On the ensuing trip downcourt, Chaney fouled out and Gary Heyland chipped in two charity shots with 1:13 showing on the clock. White answered with a 25-footer before Moseley missed his free throw to set up the Tors' last drive downcourt. Once again, Ball was plagued at the free throw line. The Tors managed to hit on only 10 of 19 attempts.

"Free throws did us in," Berry said. But also adding to Galveston's woes were the hot shooting duo of Heyland and Moseley. Heyland bagged a game-high 22 points and Moseley pumped in 18. The two 6-foot-4 players combined to shoot a torrid 15-26 from the field. For the Tors, Chaney scored 18 points and White came off the bench to score 17.

Hilton add 14 points, as the Tors end their season as state runnersup with a 35-5 record. Down by 13 with 5:27 left in the first half, the Tors fought back to trail by only seven points, 41-34. White pumped in two short jumpers to close the first half of play. Houston upends Hurricanes 78-74 TULSA, Okla. (AP) Guard Rob Williams ignited the Houston attack with 16 of his 26 points in the second half as the Cougars upset No.

10 Tulsa, 78-74, in the second round of the NCAA Midwest Regional Saturday. The Cougars built their lead to 57-43 with 14 minutes left and used a half-court press to shut down Tulsa's attack in the last 10 minutes. However, the Hurricane was able to close on Houston by hitting 13 of its final 17 points on free throws. Paul Pressey, who had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Tulsa, hit Tulsa's second field goal of the last 10 minutes as time expired to reduce the final margin. Williams, who hit 10 of his 15 field goal attempts, scored 11 straight points midway through the second half to stave off Tulsa's repeated comeback attempts before a home crowd of 10,775.

Tulsa, which ends the season 24-6, led only once in the contest on the game's opening free throw by Bruce Vanley. The score was tied at 15-15 and 21-21 before Houston took a 36-31 advantage into the dressing room. Missouri 73, Marquette 09 Ricky Frazier hit 20 points, center Steve Stipanovich added 19 and No. 5 Missouri used late free throws to stop Marquette 73-69 in the second round of the NCAA Midwest Regional. Missouri used a 13-3 spurt midway through the second half to jump to a lead over the Warriors with 11:34 left.

But Marquette guard Glenn Rivers keyed a Warrior scomeback which brought them to within one at 60-59 with 5:34 remaining. North Carolina 52, James Madison 50 James Worthy's only points of the second half helped top-ranked North Carolina hold off upset-minded James Madison 52-50 in a second-round game of the NCAA East Regional tournament. Worthy, who finished with 15 points, connected on a three-point play with 57 seconds left to widen the Tar Heel lead to 50-46. After James Madison lost the ball on a foul, Worthy converted two more free throws with 34 seconds remaining to extend North Carolina's advantage to 52-46. Louisville 81, Middle Tennessee State 56 Derek Smith scored 17 points, including three three-point plays, and Jerry Eaves led a pressing defense that sparked 20th- ranked Louisville to an 81-56 victory over Middle Tennessee State in the second round of the NCAA Mideast Regionals.

Louisville, 21-9, advances to next week's regional semifinals in Birmingham, where the Cardinals will meet with the winner of today's game between Minnesota and Tennessee-Chattanooga. Alabama-Birmingham 80, Indiana 70 Oliver Robinson scored 23 points and 17th ranked Alabama-Birmingham surged to a 19-point first-half lead as the Blazers downed defending national champion Indiana 80-70 in an NCAA Mideast Regional second-round game. The Blazers, reeling off their llth consecutive victory, took control with torrid shooting in the first minutes. The Sun Belt Conference titlists advanced to the regional semifinals on their home court next week against the winner of today's game between No. 3 Virginia and Tennessee.

Fresno Stated West Virginia 46 Rod Higgins scored 18 points and Tyrone Bradley had five in the final 1:26 to power llth-ranked Fresno State to a 50-46 victory over No. 14 West Virginia in the second round of the NCAA West Regionals. With the score tied at 40, Bradley scored a layup and Higgins hit two free, throws to give the Bulldogs a four-point edge with 1:07 remaining. Baytown Lee punishes Dickinson in four innings Georgetown 51, Wyoming 43 Wyoming's inability to pass the ball and its penchant for turnovers spelled doom for the Cowboys as much as Georgetown's pressure defense, said Wyoming Coach Jim Brandenburg. Sixth-ranked Georgetown shut down Wyoming in the waning minutes of their game to take a 51-43 victory in the second round of the NC tournament.

Memphis State 5(6, Wake Forest 55 Keith Lee's three-point-play with 2:27 remaining proved to be the winning basket as ninth-ranked Memphis State downed No. 18 Wake Forest 56-55 in the second-round of the NCAA East Regionals. The Tigers, 24-4, trailed by as many as seven points early in the second half, but clawed their way back to a tie at 47 on a three-point- play by Otis Jackson with 10:45 left. The score was tied three more times in the next six minutes, due in part to a slowdown employed by the Tigers. By MANUEL MORENO JR.

Baytown Robert E. Lee was in a hurry to race home with their gold doubloons Saturday afternoon in the 28th Annual Galveston High School Tournament held at Pony- Colt Stadium. The Ganders needed only four innings to bag their first diamond championship on the island with an abbreviated 11-2 walloping over surprising finalist Dickinson. Defending state runnenjp Pearland netted the consolation title in extra innings over Baytown Ross Sterling 6-5. Hard-throwing pitcher Paul Barry limited the Gators to four hits and one walk, striking out four in the short period of play.

The game was called due to the eight- run tournament rule with Chris Eubanks suffering the loss. Baytown Lee started off the rout early when Keliey Jacobs smashed the first Eubanks delivery over the rightfielders' head for a double. Gator first sacker Brent Bryson saved a sure hit by Tommy Reynolds with a key diving snag before Eubanks struck out Jeff Bradshaw. Barry then stepped to the plate to hammer a two-oat blast over the 335-foot sign in dead center for a 2-0 Gander advantage. The long ball episode struck for Baytown Lee once more in the top of the second inning when Mike Moon belted a high curve over the center field cyclone in the same vicinity of Barry's effort and a 3-0 command.

Dickinson answered the second Baytown Lee homer with a run of. its own in the bottom half of the inning. Mike Marble opened the inning with a single to centerfield and Eubanks followed with a walk. Ray Cibulski executed a perfect sacrifice bunt to advance Marble and Eubanks to third and second. John Spears then grounded out to the pitcher with Marble scoring on the fielder's choice.

Baytown Lee increased its lead to 4-1 in the third frame. With one out, Bradshaw singled moving to second on the leftfielder's miscue. A pair of unsuccessful pickoff tries by Eubanks sent home Bradshaw with the fourth run. The Gators cut the lead to 4-2 as Jay Hill managed an infield single, reaching third on a wild pitch and rap by Keith Keliey. then grounded into a Reynolds-Bradshaw-Bo Masters double play, bringing home Hill in the process.

But Baytown Lee put the game away with seven runs in the fourth inning on five big hits, including a two-run home run by John Martinez. Baytown Lee received its toughest challenge in the semifinals opposite hometown O'Connell. A pair of Martinez scorchers in that contest proved to be the difference as the Ganders prevailed 4-1. Dickinson later dealt Santa Fe a 6-3 decision in the other semis mat- chup. 4 Stings win consolation game 5-2 TEXAS CITY Powered by four first-inning runs, Texas City went on to capture the consolation finals of the Texas City Baseball Tournament Saturday night with a 5-2 win over Houston Memorial.

TC, now 3-6 after a 9-1 win over Brazosport in the consolation semifinals earlier Saturday, was led by pitcher Brian Falk, who struck out six batters during his 6Vh innings on the mound. C. J. Barrera got the save. Brazoswood (10-0 winners over Bay City in the semifinals) faced Aldine Eisenhower in the championship game late Saturday.

Eisenhower pounded Angelton 8-1 in the other semifinal game. Ronny Turner, with four strike outs in six innings, was the winning pitcher for TC against Brazosport. Ball High was eliminated from the Junior Baseball, Inc. sponsored meet in an earlier 9-3 consolation loss at the hands of Baytown Sterling. Seven Ranger tallies in the fourth inning on three hits and four Tor errors aided the outcome.

Santa Fe's Marullo beats News photo by Vince SUglich Jr. Crowley's throw to plate. Ball was not able to pick up any ground in the third quarter, but Ball outscore the Chargers 20-14 in the final stanza. Featuring a starting lineup with their smallest player at 6-foot-3, San Antonio drove the ball underneath thus putting Petteway and Chaney into early foul trouble. Ball failed to frustrate the Chargers with their fullcourt press as San Antonio tallied a handfull of breakaway baskets.

"Churchill proved to us that they are a great team," Berry said. For the Tors, it was their second loss this season at the hands of the Chargers. But this was definitely the biggest loss. "Close doesn't count, but you can't get any closer than we did tonight." "Churchill 75, Ball 74 GALVESTON BALL (74) Dergin 0 0-0 0, Morris 3 1-1 7, Chaney 9 0-0 18, Hilton 6 2-5 14, Petteway 2 4-5 8, Bobbins 1 0-0 2, White 8 1-3 17, Wilson 2 2-3 6, Whitaker 0 0-1 0, Bland 1 0-1 2. Totals 32 10-1974.

SAN ANTONIO CHURCHILL (75) Moseley 7 4-7 18, Heyland 9 4-5 22, Hymel 6 2-2 14, Gallagher 2 0-0 4, Meyer 2 4-6 8, Kennell 2 2-2 6, Baker 0 3-5 3 Totals 2819-2775. Galveston Ball is 19 20 74 San Antonio Churchill 18 23 20 75 Fouled Total 21, Churchill 17. Gaido hooks Oleander singles title By MANUEL MORENO There was nothing fishy about Kim Gaido's tennis game Saturday afternoon. The Ball High freshman displayed awesome shots from one end the court to the other to riddle Ellen Nimmo of Klein Forest in the girl's singles finals of the 49th Annual Oleander Tennis Classic held at Menard Park. Gaido took the prestigious tourney championship with a 6-0, 6-1 drubbing, aiding her Golden Tornado teammates and Coach Pam Froeschner to the team championship and girl's top trophy.

The Tors' No. 1 netter reeled off ten straight games against Nimmo before dropping her own serve for a 4-1 lead in the second set. Throughout the first set, Gaido pinned her doomed opponent with accurate winners, taking the service break in the second game on a deep forehand to the corner and forcing a shot into the net by Nimmo. Gaido continued to roll racking up a 40-15 lead in the third game with a crisp volley before taking a 3-0 command on a forehand crosscourt winner. A two-handed roller past Nimmo at the net gave the second-seeded Tor a 15-30 edge in the sixth game to set up the eventual third break and first set count of 6-0.

Gaido credited the easy win to her serve and volley game. "My serve was getting on the court well. She hit the ball hard, so that helped me hit a lot of forceful shots at the net when I needed them," she said afterwards. In a minor upset, second-seeded Wesley Munlin of Bridge City used his steady baseline game to knock off boy's singles favorite David Coats of Houston Kinkaid in the finale, Legato and Green went on to take the girl's doubles flag with a 6-0, 6-3 decision over unseeded finalists Nancy Hodges and Cindy Welch of Clear Creek. ThTTifth-seeded Tor duet of Liz Castillo and Carrie Essex had their say in the Ball High sponsored meet also, playing top-ranked and eventual doubles champions Dawn Legato and Meg Green of Beaumont Forest Park to a tight 6-2, 6-4 finish in the semifinals.

Ball High claimed the team title with 16 points, four ahead of run- nerups Forest Park and Kingwood with 12. Bridge City and Klein Forest were next in line with 11 points each. Klein Forest shared the top-point honors with Bridge City in the boy's bracket with 11 points apiece, while the Tor ladies held off runnerup Forest Park for the girl's laurels 15-12..