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BUSINESS Sales of first baldness pill faltering9B SOTS Sports Editor: Bill Broderick, 9660678 Bathe Creek Enquirer Saturday, April 3, 1999 IB FRIDAY'S SCORES Wings beat up Blackhawks RED WINGS UPDATE rough first period in which 46 penalty minutes were called. Kozlov converted a return pass from Fedorov for a power-play goal at 5:05. The score came with 12 seconds left in a penalty to Boris Mironov after the Blackhawks killed off a 5K)n-3 advantage for Detroit that lasted 1:32. Clark redirected Doug Brown's shot into the: net at 13:33 for his third goal in five games with Detroit The Red Wings were on another power play when Murphy beat Fitzpatrick with ashot from, between the circles at the 16:26 mark. Lapointe made it 4-0 just 2:54 FRIDAY: Red Wings 5, Blackhawks 3.

ON 3B: NHL standings, box scores. into the second period with a hard shot from the right circle that beat Fitzpatrick on his stick side. The Blackhawks scored at 7:22 when Daze's shot from the right circle got between Ran-ford's legs. But Shanahan got that back at 1 13:54 when he converted a cross-crease pass from Tomas Holmstrdm. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit defenseman Chris Chelios (24) chases Chicago forward Ed Olczyk (16) during the first period Friday.

FOCUS: All-City volleyball team to lie dfly wlfeyfoa mont and Reid Simpson scored for the Blackhawks, who had a four-game unbeaten streak snapped. The first-place Red Wings moved nine points ahead of idle St Louis.in the Central Division race. Detroit has seven games left and the Blues eight'. Former Blackhawks captain Chris CheUos, who was traded to Detroit last month, played his first game against his former teammates. v.

The Red Wings are 50 with Chelios and Clark, who was acquired in a separate deal before the trading deadline, Detroit went 2-for-5 on its power play and led 3-0 after a led The members of the All-City I Mi PRO BASKETBALL Home team in capital letters: HAT'L BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Milwaukee 84, BOSTON 83 Cleveland 85, PHILADELPHIA 80 ATLANTA 84, Vancouver 81 Indiana 87, CHARLOTTE 81 MINNESOTA 107, Denver 88 LA Lakers 91, PHOENIX 90 Orlando at CHICAGO, late Seattle at PORTLAND, late Utah at GOLDEN STATE, late PRO HOCKEY NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Anaheim 4, NI RANGERS 1 DETROIT 5, Chicago 3 San Jose at VANCOUVER, late QUICK HITS PRO HOCKEY Fort Wayne edges K-Wings, 2-1 KALAMAZOO Fort Wayne defeated the Michigan K-Wings, 2-1, in a shootout in International Hockey League action on Friday. Fort Wayne outshot Michigan, 1-0, in the shootout Michigan (31-31-12) Ms into a first-place tie with Fort Wayne in the Central Division. Peter Buzek scored the lone goal for the K-Wings. Marty Turco had 26 saves in goal in the loss. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Elton Brand wins Wooden award LOS ANGELES Duke's Elton Brand collected another player of the year honor Friday, winning the John Wooden Award as college basketball's top player.

The sophomore center who led the Blue Devils to the NCAA tournament title game had already been honored by The Associated Press, the Atlanta Tipoff Club, the United States Basketball Writers Association and the Atlantic Coast Conference. "My name will go down in history with these individual accolades, but if you could win with your team, ifs so special" he said after accepting the trophy at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Brand received 4,312 points in a nationwide vote of sportscasters and sportswrit-ers. He finished 696 points ahead of Andre Miller of Utah, who had 3,616 points. Miami of Ohio's Wally Szczerbiak was third with 3,108 points, followed by Ma-teen Cleaves of Michigan State (2,964) and Richard Hamilton whose Connecticut team won the NCAA title.

ALL-TIME PHILADELPHIA FLYERS HOCKEY TEAM Bill Barber 1972-84 1969-84 1980-91 1982-92 1995-present Bobby Clarke WTimKerr Mark Howe Eric Desjardins Bernie Parent I Selected by Chuck Gormley, Gannett NewsServke. (One of a series of all-century teams running in the Enquirer all year.) BEST BET COLLEGE HOCKEY WHAT: NCAA Finals -New Hampshire vs. Maine. TV: 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) ON 3B: Game preview.

HOW TO REACH US Have a story tip or idea? Here's how to reach us 24 hours a day. SPORTS HOT LINE: 966 0678 FAX: 964-0299 GREAT LAKES FREE-NET: Leave a message in the Battle Creek Enquirer conference area. E-MAIL Associated Press DETROIT Goalie Bill Ran-ford won his first start for and the Red Wings extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night Ranford, starting for the first time since Detroit obtained him in a trade with Tampa Bay, made 27 saves for his first win since Jan. 21. Wendel Clark, VyacheslavKo-zlov, Larry Murphy, Martin La-pointe and Brendan Shanahan scored for Detroit Sergei Fe-dorov, Igor Larionov and Steve Yzerman each had two assists.

Eric Daze, Jean-Pierre Du- Boyer at the helm Wrestling coach newPennfieldAD. Bill Broderick The Enquirer He had to wrestle with the decision, but in the end he was excited about the opportunity. Pennfield High wrestling coach Larry Boyer has been named that school's new athletic director, following the retirement of Bernie Lar- Larry Boyer soa Boyer will officially become the Athletic Director and Director of Community Education for Pennfield schools on July 1, the day Larson's retirement becomes "Ifs not something I had been thinking about but when Bernie decided to retire I became interested," Boyer said. Tm real excited about it" Boyers new position means he will no longer be the wrestling coach at Pennfield after 20 years in the program. He has been the head wrestling coach for 16 years and was named Michigan Coach of the Year in Class C-D in 1992.

"I didn't have to give up the wrestling, they said I could coach if I wanted to," Boyer said. "I just decided it wouldn't be fair to the rest of the sports if all my time went to wrestling. "But that was the hardest thing about taking the job. 111 miss coaching." Boyer has also been a coach in the football program and the track program. One of the first things he will be asked to do is find a new wrestling coach and a new football coach.

Long-time Pennfield coach Dave Hudson stepped down in March. Tm walking into a busy time," Boyer said. "But III be able to work with Bernie the rest of the year and his 29 years of experience should help." Boyers accomplishments include: Wrestling Regional Coach of the Year in 1984, 1992; Wrestling Coach of the Year Class C-D in 1992 and Assistant Football Coach of the Year 1993. Boyer was an assistant on the Pennfield High 1991 football championship team and was the head coach of the 1993 Class C-D state runner-up wrestling team. LAKEVIEW IS CLASS A The classification breaks for the 1999-2000 season have been announced by the Michigan High School Athletic Association.

Lakeview moves from Class back to Class A. Effective for the 1999-2000 school year, schools with 998 or more student will compete in Class A. Class will be 499-997, Class is 255 to 498 with Class at 254 and under. Also from the area, Colon has moved down' from Class C- to Class D. lull i i wn-aai i.niii TfallMiMIMMIiMI fl lilt I'lllUM III III Hilillf1111 11 volleyball team are all smiles job well done.

See player profiles on 5B. 14 spikers earn spot squad as they receive accolades for a on the be the young one on the team and not get a lot of playing time. She always; encouraged me to keep trying and keep and I really look up to her." Each of the city's five teams also had a player who picked up all-city honorable mention. All-city members were selected based on factors including game statistics, team leadership qualities and experience. Battle Creek Central High School, Harper Creek, Lake-view and St Philip had three team representatives based on things including competitiveness of schedule, record and members of the Enquirer sports staff.

The all-star squad consists of seven seniors, four juniors and three sophomores. There are a lot of really awe-some girls in the city and it was an honor to be chosen on the team," said Harper Creek sophomore Lacie Habenicht, who was also an All-City girls'- basketball team member. Habenicht said she also felt fortunate to be noticed on a team with so many seniors. "I look up to them a lot especially Megan Struble," Habenicht said of her teammate. "Last year, it was hard to Crystal Evola The Enquirer One team's core of seniors helped it advance to the regional volleyball semifinals.

Other players allowed their squad to pick up city bragging rights for a third consecutive season. And some girls did what was necessary to reach team goals. Who are these athletes? They are the players who make up the 1999 Enquirer All-City volleyball team. This team is made up of 14 elite athletes who were nominated and voted on by Battle Creek city school coaches and DOUG ALLENTHE ENQUIRES ALL-CITY UPDATE ON SB: All-City volleyball profiles. SUNDAY: AO-Gly basketbafl team.

APRIL 1 0: All-Area volleyball team. APRIL 1 1: AB-Area basketbol team. school, Battle Creek Central (40-15-8), lost to Grand Ledge in its district final. Maybe the Bearcats, who were often state ranked this season, were a little tired from playing powerhouses. Of BCC's 15 losses, 10 were to schools ranked in Class A's top 10.

And four of the Bearcats' defeats came from 1999 state champion and perennial power Portage Northern. ASSOCIATED ESS fered a rib fracture, or there was enough force with the sudden impact trauma that it caused a small microtear in the lung," Dorshimer said. That cause the lung to collapse and blood to fill in the space." playoff success. Pennfield, which finished with an above .500 record, had two girls on the All-City team. St Philip (51-22-8) was the only city team to advance past its district tournament The Fighting Tigers lost to eventual state runner-up Potterville in the Class regional semifinals.

Harper Creek advanced to its Class district finals, but was defeated by Comstock. The Beavers got by Lakeview in the tournament's opening round and Comstock beat Pennfield. The city's only Class A pear to be in pain. He awoke Friday morning with chest pain and went to the hospital Dorehimer said Lindros was in stable condition and resting comfortably Friday night "He was checked in the ribs on the right side. He either suf Flyer star lindros has collapsed lung Philadelphia captain Eric Lindros (88) hits the ice after being checked by Nashville defenseman Bob Boughner on Thursday.

Lindros is in a hospital with a collapsed lung. Baptist Hospital in Nashville were draining the blood out with a chest tube, the team said. Flyers team physician Dr. Gary Dorshimer said doctors in Nashville inserted a vacuum pump in the lung to help re-expand it Dorshimer said Lindros would be in Nashville for at least another two or three days. His status for the postseason will be determined when he returns to Philadelphia, Dorshimer said.

"Listening to Dr. Dorshimer and after talking to the doctors in Nashville, this is a serious injury," Clarke said. "The players' health is of major concern to us. Genaro C. Armas Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia Flyers center Eric Lindros will sit out the remainder of the regular season because of a collapsed right lung, the team announced Friday.

Lindros apparently was hurt when crosschecked during the Flyers' game at Nashville on Thursday, team president and general manager Bob Clarke said. Television replays also showed Lindros falling on his stick in the first period. Nearly three quarts of blood filled into the space where the lung collapsed, and doctors at We won't be playing him until all doctors are very confident that his health is fine." Lindros spoke with reporters in the dressing room for several minutes following the Flyers' 2-1 victory over the Predators on Thursday night and did not ap.