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B-2 Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995 Sentinel Kickboxing great coming to SC Extra Points: Young's got the drive to bow out of his heavyweight title bout due to illness. However, the addition of Rick' Roufus is a major coup. At 45-2 with 28 knockouts, Roufus is already ranked among the all-tim-. ers.

He cemented his claim to greatness last year by beating the Iceman Jean Yves Ther-, iault, another legend in kickboxing. Although Theriault is on the backside of his career, he remains one of the most feared fighters around. Rick Roufus recently vacated the ISKA light heavyweight title and will fight a five-round heavyweight bout against Troy Hollywood Hughes. Sentinel staff report SANTA CRUZ Rick Roufus one of the all-time great kick-boxers has been added to the championship kickboxing card to be held at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Friday, Jan. 27.

The addition of Roufus provides a major boost to a card that had been deteriorating quickly. The card suffered a major blow recently when hometown star Francis Farley broke a hand in sparring, thus eliminating the main event and the main local name. Further problems arose when Rick Roufus' brother, Jeff, had Cards trounce Soquel Coach unhappy despite 7-1 score Sentinel staff report SOQUEL When does a 7-1 victory frustrate a soccer coach? When it doesn't go according to plan. Sergio Sierra is supposed to be happy. His Santa Cruz High boys team trounced the Soquel Knights on Wednesday.

The Cardinals stayed unbeaten (9-0-1) through 10 games and improved to 5-0 in San- Tim Young's lack of desire to drive a car, not to the basket has given the Stanford freshman center from Santa Cruz some national attention. The current issue of Sports Illustrated quotes the 7-foot-1 former Harbor High star as saying, "I just don't feel comfortable driving," and notes that Young's main mode of transportation around campus is by bicycle. The magazine, in a story about West Coast college basketball, also says, "Young has a chance to become one of the country's outstanding big men, and his teammates should be able to ride him a long way "Young has it all smooth turnaround jumper, determined work ethic, shot-blocking instincts, considerable athletic ability." Going into Wednesday night's game, Young, who has become a starter, was averaging 11.1 points and 8 8 rebounds and 23 minutes a game. We've learned some San Francisco 49er fans just can bear to watch, even if it is the biggest football game of the season where they are now Charla Brewer (Aptos High, Class of 1994) was a pleasant surprise for the Fresno State women's volleyball team, which concluded a 21-13 season last month. Brewer walked on to the Bulldog program and ended up playing in 31 of 34 matches her freshman season.

A Fresno State sports information representative said the 5-foot-6 Brewer started in many of those matches, was substituted for a middle blocker after two rotations, and came back into the lineup to serve. Brewer finished the season with 86 digs, 11 attacks, one kill, one hitting error, eight assists and seven aces. During the 1993 high school season, the Aptos senior was named second-team All-Santa Cruz County and second-team All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. She helped the Mariners finish second in the state among Division III schools. nMB ta Cruz Coast a Athletic ArOUnd League play.

thp arP3 Sierra's team me died g()t t0 play on one of the first "It's a real dangerous field. But we have to play on it, there's no other choice at this point." Harbor drops to 0-4 in league. COLLEGE BASKETBALL San Francisco 93, Cabrillo 43 SAN FRANCISCO A college basketball game is 40 minutes. This one was over after 3. San Francisco led 15-5 and was running the Seahawk men off the court.

"Basically, the game was over at that point in time," said Cabrillo Coach Carl White. "It was ugly. We can't run with a team like that. They wanted to push the tempo and once they did there was no way we were going to catch up." At halftime it was 48-26. "We just were not ready to play," White said.

"After so many close losses, we were bound to come in, eventually, and not be ready to play. Tonight was that game." Michael Spriggs led Cabrillo with 15 points. It doesn't get any easier for the Seahawks on Friday night when they host Hartnell, which is ranked in the top 10 in the state. De Anza slowed the tempo against Hartnell on Wednesday but still lost 75-45. At halftime it was 31-10.

"That's what we're going to try to do," White said of playing a slow-tempo game. "And that's what's going to happen unless we're able to control it. We have to control the tempo." scored the other goals. For Soquel (1-3), sophomore stopper Brian Cooper scored on a second-half penalty kick. HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER Watsonville 3.

SLV 1 WATSONVILLE Joel Flores scored twice and Luis Romero had two assists to lead Watsonville past San Lorenzo Valley in a boys soccer game. Luis Monjares also scored for the Wildcats (10-2-1, 3-1). The game wasn't decided until the final minute when Flores scored to give Watsonville a 3-1 lead. "They would not give up, they kept pushing and pushing," said Watsonville Coach Roland Hedgpeth. "They and Santa Cruz are the two best teams we've played all year, and we played some good teams in a tournament in San Jose earlier this year." Joe Noon scored SLV's lone goal, midway through the second half to pull the Cougars within 2-1.

Aptos 5, Harbor 0 APTOS Jonathan Strnad scored twice and Aptos rolled over Harbor in a SCCAL boys soccer game at muddy Aptos. Also scoring for the Mariners (2-1-1 in league, 4-1-1 overall) were Brian Kulich, Antonio Magana and Cesar Estrada. "Harbor played a good game, but we were able to capitalize and finish up when we got a run," said Aptos Coach Enrique Reyes. The field, however, is a problem. "It's a mud hole," Reyes added.

dry days of the season. "I was happy we were able to capitalize on our opportunities, but overall, our performance as a team lacked," Sierra said. "It was not the strong showing teamwise that we need to prepare for the Watsonville game (Friday night). "Most coaches would say, 'What are you complaining about? You scored seven But today wasn't about scoring the most goals. It was about building as a team and building confidence.

What I wanted them to work on was support and intensity and maintaining consistency." Sierra even pulled his starters at 2-0 in the first half to prove his point. On the bright side, Wes Bare had a hat trick for the Cardinals. The sophomore scored in the game's third minute, got an assist from Ivan Wilson in the 12th minute of the second half, and was set up by A.J. Marquez on an 18-yard rocket 13 minutes later. Freshman David Cooper scored the third and seventh goals for Santa Cruz, the latter on a header off Bernardo Xicotencatl's corner kick.

Marquez and Teo Seeger One such fan, who shall remain nameless so as not to embarrass the poor slob, went to a matinee showing of "Richie Rich" on Sunday instead of watching the 49ers-Cowboys NFC Championship Game on television. This particular 49ers fan sets the VCR, goes to the movies, and then finds out what happens later. If the 49ers win, it's OK to watch the tape. If they lose, well, let's just say an episode of "Seinfeld" is likely to be taped over the game. We can sort of understand not being able to stand the suspense of the game, but why "Richie Rich?" Geez.

Certainly something more enlightening could have been found. Like "Dumb Dumber." One player stood between UC Santa Cruz and a women's basketball win over Dominican College last Saturday night Jennifer Rogers. The Dominican star finished with 28 points and generally made life miserable for the Banana Slugs. And she played much of the second half with four fouls That, alone, was enough to marvel UCSC Coach Diane Morgenstern. "Every game I've seen her play, she never fouls out," Morgenstern said.

"She always finishes with four fouls. She manages them so well." Despite Rogers, the Slugs lost by only seven, 58-51. The Slugs' senior co-captain, Keely Floegel, did her best to inspire the team with 12 points and five steals. "She made us click," Morgenstern said of Floegel. "She really got the team fired up.

(Dominican) was bending, we knew they were ready to snap." But Rogers was just too much to handle, even with four fouls. From one who knows Dann Bilardello, the 35-year-old native Santa Cru-zan who spent 17 years in professional baseball and now lives in West Palm Beach, has serious doubts about owners' plan to use replacement players this season if the strike isn't settled. "It's not going to work," he said. "It's going to be real tough to believe in replacement players. I don't know anybody who does.

There is A-ball every where across the U.S., so why go pay major league prices for food and parking to watch an A-ball game (even if the owners slash the price of tickets)? You can go to Salinas and San Jose to see the same game. "The owners think it's going to work. From the players' standpoint, they ought to let them see if (the owners) can do it. Just sit back and wait." Apparently, there are more than just a few baseball fans who agree with Bilardello. Tickets to spring training games for the New York Yankees went on sale this week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

On the first day, a total of 17 people showed up. Does the headline "DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN!" ring a bell? Nothing pains us more than to run a correction, just like the Chicago Tribune did when Harry Truman actually beat Thomas Dewey in 1948. But when we messed up Friday and wrote that the Harbor High girls basketball team had beaten Watsonville (mentioned in a story not related to the game) it was strictly out of habit. The sentence about Harbor winning fortunately it wasn't in a massive headline flows from the brain and out to the typing fingers quite naturally. Nick Adams has coached the Pirates to 10 straight championships.

It's almost like having "Harbor beat (fill in the blank with opponent's name, and score) in an SCCAL game" a computer recall button. The other story was written before the game result was known. By the time the wrong-way writer remembered that it was the Wildcats who'd won the game, he was eating his cereal in his bathrobe and reading the errant passage just like you were. So, to Coach Steve Meyers and the Wildcats: Please don't take it personally. To Adams and Pirates: We're sure you'll forgive us even quicker.

Compiled by the sports staff Rangers ready to raise banner The Sabres, meanwhile, might be missing one of their top players center Pat LaFontaine, who is still recovering from surgery on his right knee. He will be examined before the game to see if he can play. 49ers re-sign Darin Jordan knows his team will walk into an emotional setting, but doesn't think it will faze his veteran team. "We're pretty mature," Muckler said. "I would like to think we can handle a situation like that." The Rangers have requested that the Sabres not sit on the bench during the pregame ceremonies, Muckler said.

"I really think it's out of courtesy," Muckler said. "I haven't talked to (Rangers general manager) Neil Smith yet, but I'm planning to have our players on the bench. We want to watch the ceremonies, too." The Rangers will feature many of the same players who helped them win the Cup last season including captain Mark Messier. Messier, still trying to settle his contract dispute with management, said he would be at the Garden to help raise the banner. The Associated Press NEW YORK It's just another road game for the Buffalo Sabres.

It's not just another home opener for the New York Rangers. For the first time since 1940, the Rangers will have a Stanley Cup banner to hang in Madison Square Garden on Friday night. The Rangers-Sabres game is one of eight on opening night as the National Hockey League after a 3-month delay finally gets the season started following the settlement of its contract dispute with the players. In other games Friday night, it's Chicago at Detroit, Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, Chicago at Detroit, Calgary at Winnipeg, Anaheim at Edmonton, Dallas at Vancouver, St. Louis at San Jose and Toronto at Los Angeles.

Sabres Coach John Muckler NFL notebook At the UW Medical Center, Frier will be under the care of Dr. Diana Cardenas, who specializes in treating patients with spinal cord injuries. Frier likely will remain in the unit for three to four months, the hospital said. A team of physicians, therapists, nurses and others will help him regain as much motion as possible. He can move his biceps and wrists but not his triceps or hands, Evans said.

He is able to speak and no longer has pneumonia. As part of his rehab, Frier will also be fitted with a wheelchair. Frier, 25, was paralyzed in a car wreck that also injured teammates Chris Warren and Lamar Smith, both running backs. The three were in Smith's 1992 Oldsmobile Bravada when it struck a utility pole in Kirkland, near the Sea-hawks' headquarters. MIAMI John Sandusky, who spent 26 years as an assistant under Coach Don Shula, retired from the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday after 43 years in the NFL as a player and coach.

Sandusky has been the Dolphins' offensive line coach since 1976 and assistant head coach since 1989. He also coached for the Baltimore Colts (1959-72) and Philadelphia Eagles (1973-75). The Associated Press SANTA CLARA Darin Jordan got a job Wednesday with the San Francisco 49ers and now he's going to the Super Bowl. Jordan, out of football all year being released by the 49ers in "the preseason, was signed by San Francisco as a special teams player and backup linebacker. He replaces Anthony Peterson, who went on injured reserve with a pulled hamstring suffered two weeks ago during San Francisco's playoff win over Chicago.

"He's been here before so it's not like he's a stranger to these players," said John McVay, the club's vice president for football administration. "We spent most of the season trying to find a way to re-sign him and when Tony got hurt, we went forward with this." Jordan said he played ice hockey for the past three months to stay in shape just in case the 49ers called. "It's a great cardiovascular workout," said Jordan, who also ran and played basketball in workouts at the University of California, Berkeley. SANTA CLARA Carmen Policy says he blew it by characterizing the Super Bowl as anticlimac-tic for the 49ers following their NFC title win over two-time defending Super Bowl champion Dal- las. "I just couldn't imagine feeling any better about a victory, but I was wrong, definitely wrong," said Policy, president of the club.

Policy retreated from his post-game remark after being scolded by linebacker Gary Plummer, who warned him San Diego Coach Bobby Ross would be sure to use Policy's quote as bulletin board material to fire up his underdog Chargers. "I didn't need it but I sat there and took it because I deserved it and because he was right," Policy said. SEATTLE Mike Frier, the Seahawks tackle paralyzed from the waist down in a Dec. 1 car wreck, was transferred Wednesday to a Seattle hospital for rehabilitation. Frier was released from Over-lake Hospital Medical Center in suburban Bellevue and sent to the University of Washington Medical Center's rehabilitation medicine unit.

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