The News Journal from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 22

www.delawareonline.com SUNDAY'S POLL RESULTS We asked if the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association should try to play state football championships at Delaware Stadium next season. The results: C2 THE NEWS JOURNAL MONDAY, DEC. 9, 2002 SPORTS TALK YOU MAKE THE CALL Despite the lopsided loss to the University of Southern California last weekend, should Notre Dame have been given a spot in a Bowl Championship Series game -yes or no? 11 There's always hope, but what does hope get you? You need tangible stuff in this world. TRE JOHNSON Washington Redskins guard, on his team's prospects for the rest of the season following Sunday's 27-21 loss to the New York Giants. II Yes No 73.1 26.9 To vote, Comments can be e-mailed to sportsdelawareonline.com or mailed to You Make the Call, Sports P.O.

Box 15505, Wilmington, 19850 ON TAP DELAWARE AT PLAY: SPORTS atx YOUTH SPOPiie TVRADIO College Delaware at St Joseph's 7 p.m. WJBR-1290 men's basketball WPEN-9M Vanderbilt at Indiana 7 p.m. E5PN2 NFL Chicago at Miami 9 p.m. Ch.2,6,47 WDEL-1150 College Tina Martin Show 6:30 p.m. WJBR-1290 women's basketball WDOV-1410 Golf PGA Tour Q-School 3:30 p.m.

Golf Chi. Rodeo National Finals Midnight ESPN2 Hi football South New Jersey Group III Final: Shawnee vs. Washington Township 2 p.m. CN8 (taped) Auto racing Hills Bros. All-Pro Series 6 p.m., 1a.m.

Speed (taped) Horse racing Delaware Park simulcast 11 p.m. Comcast Ch. 28 General Delaware Sports Tonight 7 p.m. WDEL-1150 PRO CALENDAR MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN II FLA II I TOR I I BUT 7:30 7:00 7:00 llCSN-pjl CSN-P CSN-p 1 I SEA I PHO IND 7:00 7:00 5:00 CSN-P CSN-P CSN-P LOCAL EVENTS Report schedule changes by fax to 324-2298 COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Delaware at St. Joseph's, 7 Neumann at Wesley, 8 COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Wilmington College at Georgian Court, 6 Neumann at Wesley, 6 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Delcastle at Red Lion, 7:30 American Christian at Tatnall, 3:45 Salesianum at Brandywine, 6 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Red Lion at Delcastle, 3:30 HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING Cape Henlopen at Glasgow, 6:30 Tower Hill vs.

A.I. du Pont at McKean, 6:30 Salesianum at Brandywine, 3:30 HIGH SCHOOL ICE HOCKEY Tatnall vs. Downington at Pond. 6:20 Archmere vs. Salesianum at Pond, 7:40 HARNESS RACING At Dover Downs, 4:30 HORSE RACING SIMULCAST At Delaware Park, Dover Downs, Harrington, Brandywine Turf Club, 12:30 i SPORTS SHORTS Harringtori gets best of Woods Special to The News Joumal'PAT CROWE II University of Delaware assistant lacrosse coach Kristen Sander (right) gives Instruction to players at a clinic offered by UD head coach Denise Wescott.

Sander teaches such fundamentals as cradling the ball, stickhandling and hand placement. THE LINEUP An early start for lacrosse mm Youth sports TUESDAY Adult leaguessports WEDNESDAY Actionextreme sports THURSDAY Fishing FRIDAY Hunting SATURDAY Olympic sports SUNDAY Skiing 1 COMiN iffy u. 1 I i TUESDA A group of Delaware runners have begun competing in ultramarathons, the most recent being a 50-mile run. Special to The News JournalPAT CROWE II University of Delaware head lacrosse coach Denise Wescott teaches Brianna Relnhart how to handle a lacrosse stick. Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.

Two holes into the final round, Padraig Harrington extended his lead to eight strokes over Tiger Woods. Then, he braced for the worst Sunday in the Target World Challenge. "I knew Tiger would come at me," Harrington said. "I heard someone say on No. 13, 'Oh, Tiger is in his I'm thinking, 'He's been in there all He had no idea the most crucial mistakes would belong to Woods.

Harrington let Woods back into contention with a double bogey on the 14th hole, then watched the world's No. 1 player fall apart with two bad swings that allowed the Irishman to escape with a two-shot victory From the middle of the fairway on the par-5 16th, Woods pulled a 3-iron 40 yards left of the green and into the trees, in such a precarious lie that he couldn't even take a backswing. Needing a birdie on the final hole for a chance at a playoff, Woods blocked his approach well right of the green and made a bogey. Harrington closed with a 1-under-par 71 and won $1 million, the biggest payoff in his career. Davis Love HI closed with a 65 to finish third at 272, followed by Colin Montgomerie (68) and Bernhard Langer (67).

Martin moves into 21st place at Q-School LA QUINTA, Calif. Casey Martin moved into position for another chance on the PGA Tour, shooting a 5-under 67 on Sunday to climb 16 spots into a tie for 21st place going into the sixth and final round of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. Martin, who has a circulatory disease in his right leg, successfully sued the PGA Tour in 1998 for the right to ride a cart under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ruling was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court last year.

Jeff Brehaut shot a bogey-free 9-under-par 63 and shared the lead with Brian Bateman (66) at 17-under 343. Alex Cejka (64) and John Morgan (71) are one stroke behind the leaders at 16-under. Chris Anderson shot a 69 and is two strokes back. Na wins Volvo Masters of Asia SHAH ALAM, Malaysia Kevin Na, last year's top-ranked junior in the United States, shot a 6-under-par 66 Sunday to win the $500,000 Volvo Masters of Asia by two strokes. Na turned professional last year, and became the youngest winner on the Asian PGA Tour at 19 years and 3 months.

Na had five top-10 finishes in eight starts this year. He won with a total of 16-under 272 to earn $90,000, his biggest paycheck to date. India's Arjun Singh failed to force a playoff on the final hole. Mets sign Trachsel; decline arbitration on Alf onzo NEW YORK The Mets signed right-handed starting pitcher Steve Trachsel to a two-year contract, but decided not to offer salary arbitration to infielder Edgardo Alfonzo. Trachsel will earn $8 million over the next two years, $3 million next season and $5 million in 2004.

There is also a vesting option for a third year at $5 million that will kick in if Trachsel pitches 360 combined innings, including 180 in 2004. The failure to offer arbitration to Alfonzo means he almost certainly will become a free agent. Runner dies after completing marathon MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica An American runner collapsed and died Saturday shortly after finishing a marathon in the resort town of Negril. Jim Llndstrom, a 59-year-old finance executive from Boston, collapsed about five minutes after receiving his medal as one of the top finishers in the Reggae Marathon. Lindstrom was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The cause of death wasn't immediately clear. Police said an autopsy wilLbe performed. UD coaches give youngsters tips at clinics By JEFF GLUCK Staff reporter NEWARK Kristen Sander stood before five of the youngest lacrosse players in Delaware. She told the group of first-through third-grade girls, we're going to do stickwork. "Does anyone know what that is?" Sander asked.

Some of the girls raised their hands, and others simply indicated they knew the answer. Still, Sander did not receive any answers. Finally, Sander found what was causing the lack of response. "It might help if you guys take your mouth guards out," she said with a laugh. Such was the learning process Saturday during the Delaware women's lacrosse coach and player clinic at the University of Delaware.

The free clinic at the Delaware Field House was just one in a series of sessions conducted by UD women's lacrosse coach Denise Wescott and her three assistants. About 25 girls attended the clinic and were divided up by age. Each of the three groups worked with a different assistant coach on various techniques, then rotated. Sander's challenge was to teach the youngest players the basic skills of the sport. The third-year assistant coach demonstrated how to cradle the ball by twirling the stick from one ear to the other.

Like a game of "Simon Says," the girls mimicked Sander's every movement. Soon, the players learned how to switch from their dominant hand to their non-dominant hand. "I used to get players in college that didn't know how to use both hands, which is one of the biggest keys about the sport," Wescott said. So first-grader Shay Cannon knew more about dominantnon-dominant hands than some of Wescott's 13th-graders in the past. When Sander quizzed her young students on which is the dominant hand, Shay's hand popped right up.

"It's the one you write with," she said. Since her dad took her to a YMCA league, Shay lights up when quizzed about lacrosse. She was one of the first to pick up each of Sander's lessons. "I've never played it, so I wanted to try it," said Shay, who claimed her favorite part is scoring goals. i CONTACT US If you have an item you would like The News Journal to consider for this page, contact Nathan Huang, assistant sports editor, at or fax the information to (302) 324-2298.

IN BRIEF The Delco Phantoms Ice Hockey Club is looking for boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 17. The club also is seeking coaches for next season. To join the club, obtain a wait list form at www. delcophantoms.org If you are seeking a coaching position, fax your resume to (610)259-1373. When Sander added balls to the girls' new skills, the yellow spheres flew everywhere, bouncing away from the new players.

Within 20 minutes, however, Sander asked the girls to shoot a bounce shot into the corner of the goal with their non-dominant hands. All five executed the task perfectly "The game is growing so Sander said. "It's amazing to see players that young. To have them be able to switch hands is great, because they're not being challenged." After the groups rotated, Sander instructed seventh- and eight-graders on the same stickwork, but in much more detail. She even taught the older girls some fancy moves throw the ball to themselves, catch it between their legs, twirl the stick and toss it back up.

"They haven't seen the stick tricks yet, so it's nice to be more advanced with them," Sander said. Fun is Wescott's main objective with the clinics, though her secondary gdal is to help strengthen the sport statewide. Because most Delaware public schools do not begin teaching lacrosse until ninth grade, Wescott has only been able to find one or two in-state players per year when recruiting. "I'd love to keep more kids from Delaware, but if you have the 4 chance to take someone who's been playing for 10 years or someone who has been playing for four years, you take the one with more experience," Wescott said. "Plus, if we don't start them now, quite frankly, they'll just Special to The News JoumalPAT CROWE Shay Cannon is one of many young girls who learned the game of lacrosse under the UD coaching staff at Saturday's clinic.

end up playing softball or soccer. This is an opportunity to expose them to a fun sport. That's the biggest thing." The next clinic will take place from Dec. 28-30, with a fee of $50 per player. Another free session is scheduled for Jan.

26. For more information, call Wescott at 8314057. Reach Jeff Gluck at jgluckOdelawareonlinexom..