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C16 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1995 LOS ANGELES TIMES xrts aiie 0 Valley End Bakersfielc Jinx With 1 33-30 Win 2 1 i Cal State Northridge, admits that no matter how hard she works she likely will sit on Caught Looking By FERNANDO DOMINGUEZ TIMES STAFF WRITER inn BAKERSFIELD Tell the faithful "that the curse is over. For the first time in two decades, Valle College got the upper hand on and defeated the Renegades, 33-30, in a Western State Conference interdivision game Saturday night before 6,843 at Me morial Stadium. The Monarchs (3-0, 2-0) led most of the way and stopped a late rally by Bakersfieli (1-1, 0-1) to beat the Renegades for the first time in 13 meetings dating to Valley, ranked fourth in the state and ninth in the nation in one poll, had nol defeated Bakersfield at Memorial Stadium since 1956. The Renegades are ranked No. 2 in the nation and No.

1 in the state. The Monarchs scored the winning touchdown on a six-yard run by Marcus Harvey with 10 minutes 12 seconds left to play and held on when Bakersfield rallied.1' Bakersfield quarterback Danny Henryi who completed 15 of 34 passes for '228 yards and two touchdowns, pulled the Renegades to within 33-30 with 3:23 left when he connected with Charles Woolfolk on a 16-yard pass play. Valley's Henry Bell blocked the extra point. Monarch quarterback Aaron Floweri completed 23 of 34 for 291 yards and three touchdowns. He also scored on a two-yar4 run in the third quarter that gave Valley 4 27-17 lead.

The bulk of his passes went to wide receiver David Eastham, who had' It receptions for 136 yards and one touch-) down. Harvey had 86 yards and one touchdown in 15 carries. Bakersfield marched to the ValleJ 11, with 28 seconds to play but Henry threwj incomplete on fourth and 20 fromthe Monarch 30. 2, The Monarchs stormed the field, ir celebration and were promptly slappec with an unsporstmanlike conduct penalty but it didn't matter. Flowers took a knee on the next play and the game was in the bag.

The Renegades made it 3-0 early in the second quarter on a 36-yard field goal by Brian Walker. i' But Valley stormed back on the ensiinjj possession. The Monarchs drove 66 yards in seven plays and took a 7-3 lead when Flowers connected with Eastham in the far, righ( Please see VALLEY, CI Another Week, Another Rout as Northridge Succumbs, 68-7 By JEFF FLETCHER TIMES STAFF WRITER FLAGSTAFF, that tim'J ot week again. Time to talk about the Ca State Northridge football team not having enough scholarships. i The Matadors and their 20 scholarships were pummeled by Northern Arizona 68-7, on Saturday night before 5,212 at the Walkup Skydome.

Last week, Northridge! lost to another Big Sky Conference team Idaho State, 52-0. Both Northern Arizona and Idaho Slata have about 60 scholarships. "We are a decent club," Northridge) defensive lineman David Mori said. "Butt we just played two Big Sky teams thato have a lot more talent than us. Once wej start playing the teams in our conference and we can compete, we will pick it up." Saturday night's game was the most lopsided loss in Northridge history, outdo ing a 77-17 defeat at Northern Arizona in 1973.

i Matador Coach Dave Baldwin, as he did last week, took the loss "This wasn't a game we figured "Wte would win," said Baldwin, whose team has applied to join the Big Sky next season. Although 24th -ranked Northern Arizona (3-1) had plenty of advantages over Northridge (1-2), the most glaring was quarterback Jeff Lewis. The senior quarterback, who entered th game ranked fifth in the nation in passing efficiency, passed for 254 yards and four touchdowns, while playing only six series.1- He was pulled with 11 minutes 1 second to play in the second quarter, just after Ryan Hodson dropped what would have been his 19th completion in 19 passes. Had Hodson made that catch, Lewis would have tied the Division I-AA record for consecutive completions. His 18 straight completions set the I-AA record for accuracy to start a game.

"I spent five years at Stanford and five years at San Jose State, and Jeff Lewis is as Please see CSUN, C18 Barbara Jordan, a former All-American at By MIKE HISERMAN TIMES STAFF WRITER GOURA HILLS Barbara Jordan sat at the kitchen table of her family's home the other day trying to put on a genial front. Recounting the roller coaster ride of emotions she experienced at the final tryouts for the first U.S. Olympic softball team, the former Cal State Northridge All-American gamely struggled to form a smile. Let's just say that she is a better ballplayer than an actress. "I have to make this sound positive," she said again and again.

But her disappointment is plainly evident. Jordan, 30, is a member of the team. But not in the way she anticipated. She is among five alternates to the squad of 15 who will suit up for the United States when softball makes its Olympic debut next July in Columbus, Ga. "That's the bright side," Jordan said.

"I'm there. My dream is still alive." Barely. Jordan, a five-time Amateur Softball Assn. All-American, was added to the team when another player declined to accept an alternate's position. As an alternate, Jordan will practice with the team, play as a member of the Cal Lutheran Hits Back but Can't Get KO in 28-21 Loss By MICHAEL LAZARUS TIMES STAFF WRITER THOUSAND OAKS-It took Cal Lutheran quarterback Ryan Huisenga nearly being knocked senseless to wake up the Kingsmen offense Saturday against the University of San Diego.

With his team trailing by two touchdowns late in the third quarter, Huisenga was nailed by Jeb Dougherty in the Cal Lutheran end zone just as he threw a pass. Buddy Brown intercepted the pass and scored from four yards out. The play energized the Kingsmen and Huisenga, who engineered a fourth-quarter rally that brought Cal Lutheran to the threshold of victory. Helped in large part by an official's call, however, the Toreros prevailed, 28-21, at Mt. Clef Stadium.

'After rallying for two fourth-quarter touchdowns, Cal Lutheran drove to the San Diego 34 -yard line in the final minute. Please see CLU, C18 -J L- said emphatically. "I'm playing in the Olympics. I'm telling you now that I am. "I don't know how, but deep down inside I believe I'm going to be there.

I cannot see my career ending in the stands, watching the United States win a gold medal." Then again, she didn't foresee herself getting left off the active list in the first 4. tries in vain to catch Ryan Hulsenga's pass 1 Sfj in 4 Photof by GERGE WILHELM Lo Angeles Times the sidelines during the '96 Olympics. place. Jordan was a starting outfielder for U.S. teams that won several international tournaments in the past few years.

In the Olympic trials the first week of this month in Oklahoma City, she batted better than .400. "I always thought I was one of the best four outfielders, and I was always told by my peers that I was one of the best four outfielders," Jordan said. "Someone asked me once, 'Well, what if you don't make I was like, I can't even think that way." Jordan certainly has an impressive resume. Always a solid fielder, she was the fiery offensive catalyst of Northridge teams that won NCAA Division II championships in 1984, '85 and '87. And her teams have kept right on winning.

In the past three Olympic Festivals, Jordan's teams have earned two gold medals and a silver. Her summer team, the Redding, Rebels, has won three consecutive national ASA championships. Of course, Jordan isn't the only top-notch player placed on the Olympic waiting list None of the five outfielders from the U.S. team that won a gold medal the Pan American Games in March made the Olympic team. "When did somebody take my position Please see JORDAN, C18 I GfcJORGE WILHELM hot Angeles Times during the second quarter Saturday.

Wjflfe' Barbara Jordan, an All-American at CS Northridge, Still Can't Believe There Is No Room for Her on the '96 U.S. Olympic Softball Team squad during pre-Olympic tournaments and receive the same training stipend as the other players. But when it's time to take the field for the first Olympic game, the only place saved for her will be a seat inside the stadium. At least that's the plan. Jordan isn't convinced.

"I'm not going to be in the stands," she 1 Cal Lutheran tight end David Harrington.