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4 41 Tomorrow: NFL replay Coverage of the Giants, Jets and Eagles plus Bill Handleman's column. fy Staff artist Tom Kerr offers his view of how the Jets feel about their teammate, Dennis Byrd. H2 Eagles' quarterback Randall Cunningham (right) is No. 1 on LT's 'hit H5 v. ft gjl S.

Sunday, Dec. 6, 1992 Asbury Park Press Tl SUNDAY TOPS ON THE TUBE Jets-Bills, 1 p.m. ,4 Giants-Redskins, 4 p.m. 2 Complete TV H2 fUl i LTU For late scores call PRESSTOI 918-1000 touch 3026 see i tatE' Champ Giants sign Bonds Deal worth $43 million Eagles: a perfect ending By BEN WALKER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS No. 1-ranKed Mlddletown South completes an 1 1-0 season.

By TOM OLAUSEN PRESS STAFF WRITER MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP There is something special about a team that can turn a place called The Swamp into a field of dreams. Middletown South's effort at its home 34 0 MIDD. SOUTH SAYREVILLE LOUISVILLE, Ky. Barry Bonds, the biggest prize in this year's free-agent sweepstakes, reached a tentative agreement with the San Francisco Giants last night for a six-year contract worth about $43 million. The deal, which the Giants announced in a brief statement, is by far the largest in baseball history, topping the $32.5 million, five-year contract signed this year by shortstop Cal Ripken and the Baltimore Orioles.

The average annual value will be at least $7,166,667, making Bonds the highest-paid player in baseball, a spot previously held by Chicago Cubs' second baseman Ryne Sand-berg at $7.1 million. The deal was astounding not only for its size, but for the team that agreed to it. The Giants are in the process of being sold from Bob Lurie to a group headed by Safeway Inc. chairman Peter Magowan. The sale is slated for approval by owners during the winter meetings, which begin today, but Magowan's people already are running the team and making contractual commitments even thotigh they don't legally own it.

"The San Francisco Giants and outfielder Barry Bonds have reached a tentative agreement on contract, subject to the completipn of i Please see Bonds, page H7 i 1 Bruins top flat Devils Full house sees New Jersey lose for sixth time In last nine home games. hbmm field, in playing conditions not exactly conducive to efficient football, was something special to watch yesterday. The Eagles played near-flawless football in the mud, bitter cold, and gusty winds, trouncing Sayreville 34-0 to capture the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central Jersey Group IV championship. "This was Middletown South weather," said junior tailback Lou D'Alessio. "We love it.

When we came out the first thing coach said was, 'Look at the sky, it's gray. Look at the field, it's wet. This is what we love, this is what we live Welcome to the Swamp." In their fifth straight trip to the CJ IV final, the Eagles came away with their third title. The win erased memories of a bitter loss to Edison in the final last year. "I've been thinking about that all year," said senior linebacker Joe Little.

"I remember my friends from last year's team walking off the field crying with their heas down. We just wanted to get revenge and bring the state championship back home." "All week we were saying to the underclassman you never know the feeling of walking off the field with a loss," said senior center Keith Stopera. "We just kept screaming about Edison all week to get fired up." "When I first ran out on the field, the first thing that went through my mind was the way I felt when I ran off the field last year against Edison," said D'Alessio. "I was crying, everybody was crying. We had seniors that flew back from Miami for a day to see this game.

So we give this game to them and to the coaches because they deserve it." Please see Eagles, page H10 'A ll V) Ml a 1 By BOB JORDAN PRESS STAFF WRITER MATT RAINEYAsbury Park Press Middletown South's Lou D'Alessio (25) congratulates Matt Cuccia after he scored the game's first touchdown. EAST RUTHERFORD Having failed to impress much smaller crowds at Mead-owlands Arena, the New Jersey Devils played to their first ifull BRUINS 4 house of the season DEVILS 2 yesterday. -The parking lots fijled up. Concession sjles improved. But the home team remained flajt.

Falling 4-2 to the Boston Bruins, the DeVils lost for the sixth time in the last nine hdme games. i "This is something we have to fight through," said Devils' right wing Claude Le-mieux. i The good attitude is to be respected, but Lemieux was among the players to bempan the continuing losses of points at home, i "You can't get these points back he said. "They're gone." i In front of a crowd of 19,040, the Bruins won their third straight by holding the Deyils to a season-low 17 shots, while receiving a pair of goals from Gregori Panteleev in the left wing's second NHL game. Adam Oates added a goal and two assists.

When Bruce Driver scored from 25 feet against Andy Moog to give the Devils the lead at 5:35 of the first period, the Bruins had yet to take a shot. Boston went another six minutes without a shot. Matawan's Rivera Keyport's defense gets the job done produces big effort By JOHN FORTUNA PRESS CORRESPONDENT KEYPORT The images flickered on the screen all week: darting hips, great balance, blurring speed. The films of Dunellen junior halfback By JOHN BUSH PRESS STAFF WRITER ABERDEEN TOWNSHIP Tasheen Rivera had already run for two touchdowns in the first half. He made two key plays in the second half that lead to another touchdown.

But the best was yet to come. Derek Larter were horror movies tor Key-jjj port coach Mike Ciccotelli and his staff. 6 So as they'd done all season, Ciccotelli 2 and his coaches took a deep breath and MATRAWAN NEPTUNE 29 28 KEYPORT DUNELLEN mmmimmm placed their faith yesterday in a rugged defense and potent ground game. And, as usual, they weren't disappointed. While the Keyport defense swarmed about, Carter, especially in the second half, the Red Raiders' senior backfield tandem of Odel Reevey When Matawan boldly went for a win-or-else, two-point conversion in overtime, Rivera got the call.

So Rivera took a handoff from quarterback Lawrence Katz, followed his blockers around right end and raced untouched into the end zone to Please see Rivera, page H9 RUSS DE SANTIS Asbury Park Press Keyport head coach Mike Cicco-teli and senior Tom Paley (85) embrace prior to yesterday's game. "The first 12 minutes went pretty decent for us," said Devils' coach Herb Brooks. The rest of the game wasn't as "decent." The Bruins allowed little breathing room. Please see Devils, page H4 Please see Defense, page 11.