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ENQUIRER Business 6B Classified 6-8B Cats9 Coleman name or leagfuieir Med Sox's top iiiiii News Service The right-handed pitcher, who missed the last IV2 seasons because of shoulder problems, was 13-3 with a 2.39 ERA. Kalamazoo-product Derek Jeter, last year's minor leaguer of the year, was the top minor leaguer of the New York Yankees. The shortstop hit .317 with two home runs and 45 RBI in Class AAA. battled and battled and battled and some good came of it." Coleman was not the only Midwest League player to be named minor leaguer of the year. Chicago's Steve Rain (Rockford Cubbies), San Francisco's Jesse Ibarra (Burlington Bees) and Milwaukee's Jeff D'Amico (Beloit Snappers) were also named their team's top farmhand by USA steals.

He led the Midwest League in RBI (10) during the playoffs. The first-year Battle Cats won the first-half league title and advance to the Midwest League Championship before bowing to the champion Beloit Snappers. "It was our first year together, but we had a good year," the Nashville, native said after the Cats' final game. "What I remember the most is starting 1-8. We Rain, a 6-foot-6 right-handed pitcher, was 5-2 with a 1.21 ERA and 23 saves for Rockford.

He struck out six, walked 23 and gave up 38 hits in 59 innings. Ibarra was named the Midwest League's Most Valuable Player. He came close to winning a Triple Crown: .330 batting average, 34 home runs and 100 RBI. D'Amico was nicknamed the "Maddux of the Midwest League." Michigan Battle Cat Michael was selected as the Boston Sox's minor leaguer of the USA Today. Today picked the top players each major-league team half on 1995 performance, on potential.

center fielder hit .268 with runs, 61 RBI and 29 Staff writer Todd Schulz contributed to this report. dbtt to me Gannett i. Michael: Coleman: Center fielder Respert commits to Bucks for 3 years The Associated Press MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee Bucks got their first-round draft Draftees Coleman Red year by USA for based and half The 11 home favorite to claim swim title if on -a- choice a lot sooner than they did last: X. By Kim Kaufman Sports Editor The All-City Swim Meet is a chance for the seniors to shine, but the underclassmen will try to steal the spotlight Saturday. At Lakeview, freshman Rania Khan, Kristen Holmes, Kelly Parker and Katie Misner have been making waves.

At Harper Creek, sophomores Melissa Blue, Lori Jasper and Sara Whalen are going strong. At Battle Creek Central, sophomores Heather Barney, Tara Chandler, Jodi McPeake and Johnna McPeake are carrying their share. While host Lakeview is the hands-down favorite to win its eighth consecutive All-City Swim title, the strength of all three school's younger swimmers could make for some interesting battles in the future. First-year Harper Creek Coach Corrin Popps called her sophomores the foundation to the Beaver program. Said Lakeview Coach Dave Stubbs: "We -have a really good group of freshman.

None came in fantastic, but they are quickly learning. They are working hard and getting better." All the Spartans are getting better, in fact, better than Stubbs would like. "For this point of the season I wouldn't expect them to go this fast," he said. "We are in the middle stretch of hard work and they are still going faster. At some point I want them to get tired so they don't peak too soon.

Some kids are dead and it shows, but I would expect more than there are." Please see SWIM, 3B 1 Addison ditches his Detroit address The Associated Press FORT MILL, S.C. Rafael Addison, on the sixth stop of his 10-year pro career, is talking like an enthusiastic rookie again. The prospect of playing for a winner can do that to you. "It's very appealing playing with serious guys who don't just look forward to making the playoffs but winning the playoffs," Addison said Wednesday after he signed with the Charlotte Hornets. The 6-foot-8 Addison, who played for Detroit last season, gives Charlotte a likely starter at small forward while Scott Burrell continues his rehabilitation from an Achilles injury that sidelined him for much of the 1994-95 season.

The Hornets don't expect Burrell back until Christmas. "With four years in the NBA and five years overseas under his belt, he is an experienced player who is playing the best basketball of his career right now," Bob Bass, the Hornets' vice president for basketball operations, said of Addison. Addison's previous NBA stops were in Phoenix, New Jersey and Detroit. His averages for the Pistons last season were 22.5 minutes, 8.3 points and 3.1 rebounds all NBA career highs. Addison, 31, had drawn the interest of several NBA teams, but he said the Hornets, who are coming off a franchise-record 50 victories last season, jumped to the top of his list.

"This is definitely by far my best opportunity as an NBA player yet," said Addison, whose previous playoff appearances were with New Jersey in 1992 and '93. "I'm so excited now, I'm trying to keep my face straight" Addison signed a guaranteed two-year contract with Charlotte. Terms were not revealed. 1995 NBA Draft, signed. The 6-1 guard from Western Carolina finished second in NCAA scoring last season and was the 37th pick of the draft.

He was the Southern Conference player of the year the last two seasons. As a senior, he averaged 26.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists for the Catamounts. Rockets The Houston Rockets signed forward Pete Chilcutt to a multiyear contract Terms were not disclosed. The 6-11, 235-pound Chilcutt played in 68 games for the Rockets last season after signing in November 1994. He averaged 5.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in the regular season.

He averaged 4.5 points and 2.9 rebounds in 20 playoff games, starting 15. after game Pennfield and Delton have experienced trouble on the soccer field in the past, Leinaar said. But she hopes working together to handle Monday's incident will end the discord. "I hope what's done is done," Leinaar said. "We'll continue playing each other in several sports and working together within the (the Kalamazoo Valley Association)." season.

Shawn Respert, the eighth overall pick in the NBA Draft, signed a three-year deal with the Bucks on Wednesday. Coach Mike Dunleavy said the 6-foot-1 Respert, who played at Michigan State, will be helped by the fact he won't miss training camp, as top pick Glenn Robinson did last year. Robinson, the overall No. 1 pick in the 1994 draft, didn't agree to a 13-year, $68 million deal until the start of the regular season. Dunleavy has said it took until about midseason before Robinson was fully into the flow of the offense and defense.

"We're extremely pleased to get this deal done as quickly as we have," Dunleavy said Wednesday. "The fact that Shawn will be here for the beginning of training camp is important for the start of his career." Terms of the contract weren't released, but Respert will take part in the rookie and free agent camp going on now. "We finally came to an agreement and I am very much pleased to get that out of the way, so we can get started, get myself in camp and get the season going," Respert said. Respert, the career scoring leader at Michigan State with 2,351 points, averaged 25.6 points as a senior. He holds the Spartan career record 331 3-point field goals.

Dunleavy said Respert will see action at both the point and 2 guard positions, but he will be developed slowly. "Certainly we drafted Shawn to play," Dunleavy said, "and my policy has always been to play a rookie accordingly, to bring him along at the right pace. My goal as a coach has always been to put that player in a position where he will perform in a positive manner. "I have no questions that he is capable of playing third-string point guard at the worst" No matter where he plays, Respert knows he faces a big adjustment from the college game. "Right now we're concentrating on the point guard position and hopefully we will get things started," Respert said.

"You have to start somewhere." Respert was drafted by Portland at No. 8 and traded to the Bucks for the rights to No. 11 draft pick Gary Trent and a conditional 1996 first-round pick. Respert competed in a summer league in Houston with other NBA players, which helped him prepare for the season that opens Nov. 3 at Boston.

Associated Press ONCE A SPARTAN: Ex-Michigan State guard Shawn Respert, 24, signed a three-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday. Respert was the eighth overall pick in the '95 NBA Draft. Heel teammates now NBA rivals zZZ ir-T" r- 1 I a bi oV All-City Swim When: 1 p.m. Saturday. Where: Lakeview High.

Defending champ: Lakeview Spartans. QB Griese to start for U-. The Associated Press ANN ARBOR Michigan quarterback Scott Dreisbach had a pin inserted into the thumb of his throwing hand Wednesday and will be in a cast for about four weeks. Coach Lloyd Carr said junior Brian Griese will start Saturday for the No. 8 Wolverines (4-0) vs.

Miami of Ohio. Dreisbach tore ligaments and sprained the thumb during practice Tuesday when he hit a helmet during a passing drill. Dreisbach had surgery on the thumb Wednesday at the University of Michigan Hospital, Carr said. "If Scott was a lineman, he would have his hand in a cast and could probably play this week, but a quarterback is in a much different situation," Carr said. Griese is 2-of-3 for 42 yards in three games for U-M this season.

He finished Michigan's 23-13 win over Boston College on Sept. 16 after Dreisbach sustained a concussion. Griese is the son of Bob Griese, a quarterback at Purdue and with the Miami Dolphins. More college football. 4B Jerry Stackhouse: 76ers Rasheed Wallace: Bullets 19.2 points and 8.2 boards.

He was an Associated Press pick for first team Ail-American; and Sports Illustrated named him College Player of the Year. Buliets Rasheed Wallace, the No. 4 overall pick in the NBA Draft, signed a three-year, $6.18 million contract with the Washington Bullets. The 6- Former Tar The Associated Press Jerry Stackhouse, the third overall pick in last June's NBA Draft, signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, becoming the highest selection so far to join his new team. Under the league's new rookie salary scale, Stackhouse will receive approximately $6,855 million over three years after leaving North Carolina as a sophomore.

The team is looking to the 6-foot-5, 215-pound Stackhouse to become their dominant shooting guard, one who is not only a danger from the 3-point line, but a constant threat to knife or bull his way through the defense and open up the lane. Last year as a sophomore, Stack-house led North Carolina in both scoring and rebounding, averaging Athletic Director Karen Leinaar said. Athletic directors, principals and coaches reviewed videotape of the incident, which occurred after Pennfield beat host Delton, 2-0. "(Both schools) just want to make this go away," Leinaar said. "Something happened during handshakes and a little incident got out of hand.

10 center-forward spent just two years at North Carolina. And the Bullets traded their top draft pick in 1996 to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Mark Price, a four-time All-Star and the NBA's career leader in free-throw accuracy. Wallace, 21, averaged 13 points and 7.4 rebounds per game over two seasons at North Carolina. He was the most efficient shooter ever to play in the Atlantic Coast Conference, shooting 63.5 percent over his career. In 48 games last season, Price averaged 15.8 points on 41.3 percent shooting.

He shot 40.7 from 3-point range and 91.4 from the free throw line. Over his nine-year career, Price has averaged 16.4 points. Lakers Frankie King, the only selection of the Los Angeles Lakers in the Larson said. "It was handled within the school, people were disciplined and that's it," Larson said. "I'm not interested in blowing the story up like a big deal.

"Things went on that didn't need to go on, but it doesn't need to be publicized. That would be fueling the flames. I think we need to put it out." soccer players for fight Peimfield, Delton suspei "Neither school is happy with the situation and I think it's been taken care of." Both schools declined to release the number of suspensions or identify the players involved. None of the players will face disciplinary action from the Michigan High School Athletic Association because no red cards were issued by referees, Pennfield AD Bernie By Todd Schulz Staff Writer Officials at Pennfield and Delton high schools hope they've doused the flames of an altercation between their boys' soccer teams. Players from both schools were suspended Wednesday for the remainder of the season after a post-game fight Monday, Delton.