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The Sallna Journal Friday, March 6,1992 11 Friday, March 6 Television Denver (NBA) 24 £7:30 p.m.— Kevin Pompey vs. Stephan Johnson Senior PGA GTE West Classic ESPN rahl.55 Ooral Ryder Open IICA caoiexo nc.ln ii OsffSKAl 25:30 p.m. Close PN Talk (livePhone-in) CNNrnhUM ESPN rnW.11 II rt Latenight BASEBALL SPORTS DIGEST Baseball and hang' him" if New York Yankees pitcher Steve Howe did not confess to trying to buy cocaine, Howe's lawyer said Friday. Defense Pat Sherlock said in a memo that coercion by drug agents well beyond any characterization as He said the tactics "Were in support of his motion to suppress the confession. U.S.

Magistrate Enckson is scheduled to hear oral arguments Wednesday in Missoula on whether to allow the statement as evidence in Howe's trial on two misdemeanor drug charges. Sherlock said the coercion came as jirug authorities searched Howe's offseason home in Whitefish, Mont, SJiast December, after his arrest. The Oakland Athletics announced agreement with manager Tony La Russa on a two-year contract extension through the 1994 season. Terms of the agreement were not revealed in the annoucement Thursday. La Russa, 47, became manager of the A's in July 1986 and has guided the club to three American League pennants and a World Series over the Giants in 1989.

Baseball's problems with a Japanese-backed off erf or the Seattle weren't resolved when the spring meetings ended Thursday, i i but owners passed a significant restriction on the bargaining power of high school players. Owners and officials left the two-day session with a to make a counteroffer to the Japanese-led group, which is 60 financed by the owner of Nintendo Co. Ltd. of Kyoto. And commissioner Fay Vincent reiterated his support for keeping the team In Seattle.

V. (Basketball a For the second straight month, Dennis Rodman of Detroit has "captured the NBA's Schick Award as the player who makes the greatest contribution to his team. Rodman, who leads the league in rebounding, 20.6 rebounds, 9.1 points and 2.6 assists during February to win 4he award, determined by a complex formula. He had 113.49 computer points to 104.47 for San Antonio's David Robinson and 100.82 for Atlanta's 1 Kevin Willis. A Labette Community College basketball player was charged with firing a handgun several times at a man visiting his dormatory, Parsons 'police said.

James C. Gilbert II, 21, was charged Thursday with felony i. aggravated assault and criminal damage to property. Parsons Police 4 Chief Neal Wilkerson said the shooting occurred Wednesday evening a fight between Gilbert and a 19-year-old Tulsa, man. The told police he was fired upon several times as he left the dormatory in a friend's car.

I 'i Football A former colleague of newspaper reporter Jack Taylor Jr. has testified he provided an Oklahoma football player's girlfriend with a "'tape recorder, but said he didn't tell her to record the player's phone Dan Langendorf, a former Dallas Times Herald sports Hyriter, testified via videotape Thursday in the trial over Taylor's against former Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer. Taylor '''-is suing for libel, slander and invasion of privacy, contending he was accused in Switzer's book "Bootlegger's Boy" of being involved In a scheme to plant drugs on an Oklahoma football player. 0 University of Nebraska home football tickets this fall will rise to $20, except for the Colorado game, which will cost $28 a seat, Cornhusker officials said. Last fall, home-game tickets were $18.50 except for the Oklahoma game, which was $25.00.

It's the first price increase since 1987, NU Athletic Director Bob Devaney said in a news release. The release said ticket prices must go up because of increases in operating expenses. Golf i Tom Watson fired a 6-under-par 65 in the opening round and took a two-stroke lead in the Hong Kong Open on Thursday. Ronan Rafferty of Northern Ireland was second after his first trip around the Roy al Hong Kong Golf Club course. Another stroke behind were golfers Chen Tze-chung and Lin Chie-nsiang, Burma's Kyi Han and Paraguay's Pedro Martinez.

Sailing America3 scored an easy victory over its AmericaS Foundation Defiant after Defiant withdrew from Thursday's Round 3 race in the America's Cup Defender Selection Series. Defiant, skippered jjEor the first time by Dave Dellenbaugh of Easton, withdrew from race on the third leg of the eight-leg race course after the boat's began to come down, an America3 official said. Tennis Unseeded Andre Chesnokov of Russia surprised Jim Courier, No. 1 in the world, in a third-round match Thursday at the Cup in Indian Well.s Calif. Courier, defending champion and seed in the event, hurt himself with a number of errors off his Jorehand in the match at Hyatt Grand Champions resort.

Chanda Rubin said she wasn't nervous about facing Gabriela Maybe she should have been. Sabatini eliminated the promis- 16-year-old in 69 minutes Thursday with a third-round victory Jat the Virginia Slims of Florida. "She's not that intimidating," said Rubin, a high school junior from Lafayette, La. "She's just another flayer. That's how I wanted to think about her." The tournament's top i' seeds remained in control and in contention.

No. 3 Mary Joe Fernandez of Miami swept No. 10 Laura Gildemeister of Peru No. 4 Conchita Martinez of Spain beat No. 11 Kimiko Date of Japan Va '6(7-3).

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He limped into second base on his double, which likely would've been a triple before his hip injury, and later barely hobbled home on a wild throw. Baseball owners, however, did not approve any rule changes in Jackson's favor at their meeting this week. So, he wants to change his status. "I was raised to work hard for my pay and at this point in time, I don't think I'm earning my keep," said Jackson, who was released from the Kansas City Royals as an outfielder last spring amid a flurry of conflicting reports about his injury. "I don't feel I'm able to give the White Sox a full 100 percent right now.

I just need to sit down with White Sox management and discuss some things, to see what's best for the team and for Bo Jackson." he said. Jackson, though, stressed that he was not thinking about retirement, at least not yet, and said he intends to play Friday against Detroit. Instead, he's more likely to talk about restructuring his effect, cutting his salary at a time when contracts for .250 hitters are zooming into the millions. Jackson's contract calls for the White Sox to either keep him or cut him by March 15. If he makes the Bo Jackson team, he gets $910,000 guaranteed, plus $10,000 for every game he's available to play; if he's released, the White Sox owe him nothing.

White Sox general manager Ron Schueler, told about Jackson's comments during the exhibition game, said he would not comment until he had a chance to talk to him. Jackson also said Thursday that he recently fired agent Richard Woods and hired Am Tellem. "My sense is that this has been building up inside him for a while," Tellem said. "We are going to meet with the White Sox tomorrow (Friday) to go over all the options and try to come up with a game plan. "Retirement is not an issue, and it's not really a money issue, either," Tellem said.

There are several options. He could negotiate a new deal or he could go on the disabled list, thereby taking away his. per-game bonus. There's also a feeling that he might remain in Sarasota when the team heads north for an extended spring training. Yankees' Perez a no-show; drugs cited Spring training By The Associated Press Pascual Perez finally arrived at spring training last week.

But he didn't stay long. The New York Yankees pitcher didn't show up for practice Thursday at Fort Lauderdale, reportedly because he flunked a drug test. ESPN said Perez tested positive for drugs for the second time hi his career. The Yankees declined comment, but a spokesman for the commissioner's office said a statement on Perez would be issued Friday. "We are pursuing all the facts, and until we have all the facts we will not comment," manager Buck Showalter said.

"It's something we will be able to address better tomorrow or the next day." "I'm not going to say anything now," general manager Gene Michael said. "We're looking into it." His absence was especially disturbing to the Yankees because they are concerned about Perez's rehabilitation from an arm injury that forced him to miss 247 games the last two years. Last week, Perez acknowledged that he didn't work out in the off- season. "I didn't do anything all winter," he said. "I started touching my glove and ball in January." Perez, 34, is entering the final season of a three-year, $5.7 million contract.

In his first two years with the Yankees, he pitched only 87 2-3 innings and compiled a 3-6 record. Hobbling slugger Bo Jackson showed up for Chicago's exhibition opener against Pittsburgh and went 2-for-2 to help the White Sox win 6-1. But he once again limped around the bases, a clear sign that he may never fully recover from his hip injury. One of Jackson's teammates, pitcher Atlee Hammaker, also continues to be plagued by physical problems. Hammaker, who has spent more time on the disabled list than any other active player, left the game with a sore elbow and went to the hospital for X-rays after giving up a triple to Jay Bell in the seventh inning.

At Plant City, Cincinnati pitcher Jose Rijo is healthy and happy. The MVP of the 1990 Word Series is happy he's slated to start the Reds' opening game, that he's reconciled with his wife Rosie and that he's recovered from a broken ankle that sidelined him for five weeks last season. Most of all, he's happy that the Reds' front office has provided the new players to get the Reds back to the top. "They spent some money. They brought in the players we needed, so that shows us they want to win," Rijo said.

"So we all feel that we have to win. They started this, so we all feel we have to back them up." The off-season acquisitions include Tim Belcher and Greg Swindell to strengthen the starting pitching rotation and outfielders Bip Roberts and Dave Martinez. Belcher and Swindell give manager Lou Piniella, in his third season with the team, what he says is the best rotation he's had as a manager. Rijo was 15-6 last year with a 2.51 earned-run average. He pitched a career-high 204 1-3 innings, even though he fractured his right ankle sliding into second base and spent part of June and July on the disabled list.

Rijo said the injury hasn't given him any qualms about running the bases and sliding. "This time, I'll do it right," he said. "But I won't quit." KC blanks college team By The Associated Press HAINES CITY, Fla. Mark Davis and four Kansas City relievers combined to shut out Central Florida University 5-0 in an exhibition game Thursday. Davis, who picked up the victory, allowed two hits and struck out three in two innings.

The Royals plan to move Davis from the bullpen into their rotation this sea- Davis son. When Kansas City siged Davis as a free agent prior to the 1990 season, he was expected to be their stopper in the pen. But he was 2-7 with only six saves that season, and got off to another slow start last year. Rookie left-hander Ed Pierce, who was at Class AA Memphis in 1991, pitched two hitless innings and struck out four. Wally Joyner's single in the first inning scored Brian McRae with the first run.

The Royals scored three more in the sixth with Brent Mayne, Kevin Koslofski and Joe Vitiello driving in runs. Central Florida senior right- hander Anthony Laszaic struck out Kevin McReynolds, George Brett and Mike Macf arlane in order in the first inning. In development, the Royals signed right-handed pitcher Kevin Appier to a one-year contract. He was 13-1J with a 3.42 ERA last year. Central South boys play tonight By The Journal Staff The Salina Central and Salina South boys basketball squads begin postseason play with opening round sub-state contests tonight.

The Central boys (8-12) are the No. 3 seed at the Class 6A sub- state being played at the Central gym. The Mustangs will face No. 2 seed Washburn Rural (10-10) in tonight's 7:30 contest. Top-seeded Junction City (12-8) will face Manhattan (7-13) in the early contest at 6 p.m., with the winners of tonight's games playing at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday for a trip to the Class 6A state tournament in Wichita next week. The South boys (10-10) meet No. 2 seed Liberal (13-7) tonight in the Class 5A sub-state being played at Great Bend. The South-Liberal game will begin at 6 p.m., and will be followed by No. 1 seed Hays (14-6) facing Great Bend (1-18).

The winner of tonight's games will meet at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the sub-state finals, with the champion earning a spot in the Class 5A state tournament next weekatTopeka. The Ell-Saline Cardinals (8-12), after opening sub-state play with an upset victory over Clifton- Clyde, will try to extend their season another game when they face No. 2 seed Osborne in the semifinals of the Class 2A sub- state at Lincoln. Ell-Saline and Osborne will play tonight's 7:30 contest.

In the early game, top-seeded Victoria will face Riley County, and the winners of tonight's games will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday for a trip to the Class 2A state tournament next week at Manhattan. SUB-STATE BASKETBALL Girls CLASS 6A AT SALINA CENTRAL Semifinals Junction City 52, Washburn Rural 49 Washburn Rural (4-17) 11 11 12 15 49 Junction City (16-5) 13 9 20 10 52 Washburn Rural Wilson 1, Huston 7, Mayo 9, Lewis 21, Reich 8, Roberts 2, Farrar 1. Junction City Coppln 10, Buchanan 7, Barnes9, Dixon 13, Lewis4, Gonzalez 2. CLASS 5A Liberal 45, Great Bend 39 Great Bend 12 7 6 14 39 Liberal 10 6 16 13 45 Great Bend McNaney 2, Marmie 2, Magnett 12, Jenisch 2, Sounders 14, Kuhn 7.

Liberal Berlin 5, Carlile 24, Haskell 6, Wallace6, Meyer4. ATMcPHERSON Semifinals Newton 56, Buhler 51 Buhler(5-16) 11 13 10 17 51 Newton (13-8) 10 15 20 Buhler Rose 9, L.Korinek 8, Meyers 14, Shank 8, Fry 2, Friesen 2, Shea 6, K.Korlnek 2. Newton Sleefe 4, Lackey 12, Kloster 3, Hannon 7, Rau 8, Kimberlin 4, S.Hunler 9, A.Hunter5 Zenner4. McPherson 56, Valley Center 38 McPherson( 10-11) 10 20 10 16 56 Valley Center (11 -10) 4 8 11 15 38 McPherson Watkins 1, Shoemaker 13, Duerksen 4, Adams 10, Stieben 3, Jantz 8, Spencer 9, Gabrielson 4, Pankewich 2, Overman 2. Valley Center Carroll 3, Mounday 1, Barbosa 2, Riopel 14, Jones 2, Williams 2, Bennett 5, Gordon 6, Long 2, Parks 1.

CLASS 4A AT ABILENE Semifinals Marysvllle 42, Abilene 31 Morysville(l3-9) 4 20 8 10 Abilene(5-17) 14 4 5 8 31 Marysville Negely 3, Peschel 8, Roever 6, Butler 6, Deptke 11, O'Neil 8. Abilene Downey 6, Hansen 6, Funston 4, Sweatlond 2, Hoffman 2, Vincent 6, Fink 5. Chapman 61, Ellsworth 42 Ellsworth (11-11) II 8 15 8 42 Chapman (19-3) 14 12 12 23 61 Ellsworth Bigham 10, Krafzer 10, Soukup 8, Strella2, Mullen 5, Tanlon7. Chapman Kromwell 8, Chamberlian 12, Kickhaeler 25, Roskens 4, Beemer 12. ATSABETHA Semifinals Wamego 50, Royal Valley 42 Royal Valley (11-11) 6 14 8 Wamego(20-2) 17 14 6 13 50 Royal Valley Place 12, LeClere 6, Salts 13, Lutz11.

Wamego McPeak 4, Kitchener 6, Brummett 10, Lenard 2, K.Purkeyplle 14, Rial 2, L.Purkeypilel2. CLASS 3A AT PHILLIPSBURG Semifinals Oberlln 61, Smith Center 55 Smith Center (10-12) 14 14 13 14 Oberlin(21-l) 14 26 9 Smith Center Frieling 16, Kennedy 6, Mace 9, Mansholt 15, Smith 3, Getty 6. Oberlin Hunt 19, B.EIwood 2, Walter 11, T. El wood 20, S. El wood 9, Norton 51, Philllpsburg 37 Philllpsburg(12-8) 4 12 12 9 37 Norton(17-5) 10 16 6 19 51 Phillipsburg Grau 2, Cunningham 5, Overmiller 4, Johnson 8, McDonald 13, Marez 3, Shields 2.

Norton Wentz 7, Sumner 6, Burd 4, Everligh 15, Georgeson 12, Williams 7. CLASS 2A AT HILL CITY Semifinals Atwood 48, Dighton 31 Dighton (11-10) 5 10 6 10 31 Afwood(17-4) 12 12 10 14 48 Oighton Sharp 3, Plonte 2, Peck 6, A.James 18, R.James 2. Atwood Ruda 10, Prochazka 2, Curtin 14, McDougal 4, Walker 13, Morton 5. Ellis 58, St. Francis 55 St.

Francis (7-14) 17 81812 55 Ellis (12-8) 14 8 10 26 58 St. Francis Sherlock 5, Kechler 10, Shay 15, Donkenbring4, Schlepp 12, Dunn 9. Ellis Hewett 10, R.Rorabaugh 2, J.Ror- abaugh 16, Bittel20, Werth 10. ATHRLSBORO Semifinals Hesston 59, Sterling 56 Hesston(16-6) 13 16 10 Sterling (18-4) 8 15 18 15 56 Hesston Mason 6, Funk 22, Ollenburger 3, Dlller 6. Stieben 16, Reimer 6.

Sterling Woudstra 25, Thompson 4, Thode 18, Monroe 9. ATINMAN semifinals lnman(17-5) 10 10 9 15 44 St. John (21-1) 6 9 12 12 39 Inman Hull 10, Edlger 3, Worthing 4, MenkeB, Noll 15, Hawkinson 4. St. John R.Russell 4, T.Russell 19, Rose 4, Marlon 63, Moundrldgo 60(ot) Marion (18-4) 13 17 8 16 9 63 Moundrldge(18-4) 14 19 13 8 6 60 Marlon Blna 19, Shanklin 8, Darrow 4, JanzenS, Green 10, Ramsey 4, Hancock 10.

Moundridge Rogers 4, Kaufman 11, Harper 32, Umholtz 2, Niehage 11. AT LINCOLN Semifinals Victoria 52, Clifton-Clyde 36 Clifton-Clyde -2 11 13 10 36 Victoria 10 13 10 19 52 Clifton-Clyde Jackson 5, Affolter 12, Bergslrom 4, Barnes6, Dickson4, Lervold5. Victoria T.Drolling 1, Urban 9, Dlnkel 4, K.Drelling 3, J.Dreiling 24, Prultt 4, Sander 3, Brungardt4. CLASS 1A AT CLAY CENTER St. John's Beloit 69, Centralia 53 Centralia (12-12) 11 8 17 SJ Beloit (22-0) 23122014 69 Centralia Becker 11, Hordus 3, Kempe 2, Heideman 23, Stelnlage 9, Adams 5.

SJ Beloit Budke 6, H.Wolter 3, A.Grone- waller 7, Niewlad 6, Heidrick 14, Lutgen 25, Eilert 8. Linn 57, Bennington 47 Bennington (12-11) 14 6 13 14 Llnn(15-6) 20 7 15 15 57 Bennington Stenfors 6, Meyer 15, Watson 9, Saenger 4, Ptacek 7, Ward 6. Linn Bruno 3, Gerardy 11, Tralle 4, Beikmann 18, Hinkle 2, Thalmann 6, Helms 9, Stunkel 2, Uffman 2. AT COLBY Semifinals Sylvan Grove 85, Weskan 39 Weskan (10-12) 5 12 14 8 36 Sylvan Grove (21-1) 24 22 26 13 Weskan Aldrldge 6, Purvis 6, Smith 2, Robinson 15, Colley 6, Sloven 2, Hackerott 2. Sylvan Grove Weatherman 2, Rohrig 2, Connie Meltler 4, Ringler 2, Hurlbut 7, Sigle 5, Thoemert 12, Oohe 1, Crecia Meiller 32, Lobe- rtewlS.

Golden Plains 43, Kensington 40 Golden Plains (19-3) 11 11 Kensington (19-4) 10 8 14 8 40 Golden Plains Jen) Rogers 2, Amber Rogers 19, Schlenk 10, Schwarz 6, Barnett 2, Todd2, Petersen2. Kensington Westerman 2, Westbrook 11, Levln7, Wagenblost4, BrettonS, Isam3, Dibble 5. AT DODGE CITY Semifinals Qulvlra Heights 48, Coldwater 46 Coldwater(19-5) 5 16 10 15 46 Quivlra Heights (19-4) 12 15 6 15 48 Coldwater Stewart 16, Moris 2, Custer 7, Huck 14, Carlisle 2, Haynes 5. Quivira Heights P.Hoelscher 4, Henne 4, Soeken 15, Anschutz 2, Johnson 12, Bishop 6, Botchman 2, Reed 3. AT NORTON Semifinals No.

Valley42, Sharon Springs 28 Northern Valley (18-5) 14 5 15 42 Sharon Springs (16-7) 2 6 10 10 Northern Valley Schemper 1, Sell 1, Cori Cox 5, Hawks Cari Cox 2, Smith 8, Meuzelaar 2, G.Cox 15. Sharon Springs Sommerfeld 2, Kuhlman 12, Grund4, Hoislip2, UnruhB. Quinter 61, Waconda East 44 Waconda East (14-8) 4 17 4 19 44 Quinter (23-1) 18 20 10 13 61 Waconda East Hurren 1, Winkel 9, Tietjens 10, Eberle 3, LaRocque 2, McPeak 6, Kresin 12. Quinter Houser 2, Mader 3, Whipple 4, Wittman 17, C.Ostmeyer 7, A.Ostmeyer 10, K.Ostmeyer 16, Jamieson2. AT MARYSVILLE White Rock 53, Hope 45 White Rock (17-6) 10 15 10 18 53 Hope (22-2) 14 11 6 White Rock Boyles 6, B.Dethloff 9, L.Deth- loff 2, Smith 9, Pate 12, Flavin 15.

Hope Kerry Larson 2, Kelly Larson 5, Schlesener 8, Hering 15, Rains 13, Kickhaefer 2. Biondi wins sprinters' showdown By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS Matt Biondi won the sprinters' showdown with Tom Jager at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Thursday night, and they set a date for the next race in their eight-year rivalry. July 31 in Barcelona. That's when they'll meet again in the 50-meter freestyle with a gold medal at the Olympics, not just a berth in them, at stake.

Biondi, who won it at the 1988 Olympics, and Jager, who finished second in Seoul but holds the world record, finished one-two to qualify for the event at the Summer Games. Biondi's winning time of 22.12 seconds was two-hundredths of a second faster than his time in Seoul but far off the record of 21.81 Jager set in 1990. The top two finishers in each event qualify for the Olympics. "I'm excited that we can keep this rivalry going," Jager said. "I want a rematch with Matt.

Obviously, he took it to me in Seoul. I want a chance to get back at Matt.".