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U)(DH tnvitte Jvrlus -Jffluraal Sunday, December 10, 1989 Section College basketball2-C College 'i Area DIGEST Mav reaelk emi? Tigers wi Agents approached Ware's mother Marshall discovers way to stop Huntsville, 21-8 Chapel Hill shuts out Mount Pleasant, 13-0 S-C Containing Clements KMT ff tan ji Taaaga 282 241 mm 21 mat t7 -n 1 27 4-21 fmm MM takmnaa 7-43J ICOH QUtfTEM Ni (It It MM III! From Stafl Reports GARLAND Delithro Bell scored on a first quarter run and Chapel Hill's defense shut out Mount Pleasant, 134, In a Class 4A. Region quarterfinal game Saturday at Homer Johnson Stadium. The win sends Chapel Hill (10-4) into a semifinal contest against Big Spring, a 20-19 winner over Monahans, next Saturday at Pennington Field. Game time is slated for 2 p.m. i HOUSTON Johnny Rodgers, the 1972 Heisman Trophy winner, and another man allegedly approached Andre Ware's mother last weekend about representing the University of Houston quarterback.

Houston Athletic Director Rudy Davalos said he immediately reported the incident to the university and the state of Texas. I Joyce Ware attended the Dec. 2 announcement of the Heisman Trophy winner in New York while her son was playing Rice in Houston. SWC radio network goes off the air DALLAS The Southwest Conference officially trashed its radio network on Saturday and entertained bids for a four-year television deal for its football and basketball starting in 1991. Commissioner Fred Jacoby said.

There is no longer a Southwest Conference radio By Bob Ward Assistant Sport Editor IRVING Maverick football has accomplished what no other Marshall team has ever done reach the state semifinals. Scoring 21 second-quarter points and forcing four turnovers, Marshall contained record-setting quarterback Steve Clements en route to a 21-8 quarterfinal victory over Huntsville here Saturday afternoon at Texas Stadium. The Mavericks improve to 11-2-1, while Huntsville closes out its" season at 11-3. It was the second consecutive playoff winner over the Hornets as Marshall won the 1988 area contest, 27-20. Marshall, playing in its second straight Region II final after losing to state champion Dallas Carter last year, will meet Odessa Permian in a rematch next Saturday.

That was all the Bulldog defense needed. Chapel Hill added a second quarter touchdown on an eight-yard Kendrick Price to Willie MitchelL Price completed only one-of-two passes for eight yards, but the Bulldogs gained 222 on the ground against the 10-4A champion Tigers. Mount Pleasant quarterback Jason Brownlee, who completed 14 of 28 passes for two touchdowns a week ago against Henderson, hit only 8-of-22 for S3 against Chapel HilL The Bulldogs picked off three of Brownlee 's passes. The final Interception, by Earnest Berry, ended Mount Pleas-ant's last real threat in the fourth quarter. The Mavericks were beaten in third week of season by Permian, 21-7.

The Panthers tripped Arlington Lamar, 20-10. Clements did set the all-time Texas schoolboy passing record, surpassing Ty Detmer's former mark of 8,005 career yards with 8,187. He completed 17 of 34 passes for 213 yards. But the Maverick defense allowed only one touchdown, that coming in third quarter, while twice intercepting him In the final frame to stave off any rally. They also forced a costly Hornet fumble late in the first half at the goal line.

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Neither rain, sleet nor snow could stop Stephen F. Austin's Lumberjacks from their intended plans. And there were certainly plenty of elements, not to mention the defending national champion Furman Paladins, to battle here Saturday. The upstart 'Jacks, playing in the Division I-AA if 1 2 Wfe' Ut, I playoffs for the second 'I fli.lM 7 If WD RnldoiKni jo jo RuiNngylig 12) 261 Putmgiwdagt 224 ToWyirdaga 34s PisMinmptad 3) a PuMcomptil is 1 HaO intarcoptad 2 3 PwilMWfj no.i 5J2J FumWulort j.f j. Yfdi otmmt 65 SCORf IY 0UMTERI SFA 14 7 0 0 21 Furrnin 0 I 0 19 year in a row, survived an 18-play, 80-yard Paladin scoring march, then called the correct defense on a two-point conversion play to nab a 21-19 semifinal triumph here Saturday at Paladin Stadium during a driving second-half snowstorm.

SFA, 12-1-1, will face Georgia Southern, a 45-15 winner over Mon have its own package for football and basketball." Jacoby said there will also be a liquidation of assets in the SWC studio, which wrapped up games each week. Gladewater-Vernon semifinal Saturday Gladewater's Bears, winners over Daingerfield in Friday night's 3A shootout, will take on Vernon in a semifinal game 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16 at Pennington Field in Hurst-Euless-Bedford. Gladewater Is 13-1 and Vernon 11-21.

Eagle QD coach Doug Scovil dies PHILADELPHIA Doug Scovil, the quarterback coach credited 1 with developing Randall Cunningham into a starter for the Philadelphia Eagles, died Saturday of a heart attack at Veterans Stadium. He was 62. Scovil apparently had just finished his daily workout with a stationary bike and had taken a few steps when he fell to the floor in the team's training room, the Eagles said. No one witnessed the incident. Backup tight end Dave Little found Scovil lying on the floor.

Team members tried to revive Scovil with CPR for about 10 to 15 minutes. He was pronounced dead by Dr. Jeff Gryn at 1:04 p.m. at Methodist Hospital. Bailey wins Marlon Hill Trophy SHEFFIELD, Ala.

Johnny Bailey has mastered small-college football. Now he's ready for the big time. 7 Bailey, Texas record-breaking running back, Friday night won his third straight Harlon Hill Trophy, the Heisman Trophy of NCAA Division II football. Bailey, who this year became college football's all-time leading rusher, bumping Tony Dorsett from the top of the list, was runner-up for the initial Hill award in 1986 and then put a bear hug on the trophy. From Staff and Wirt Reports TRIVIA TIME ONLY BASKETBALL TEAMS WITH WINNING RECORD VS.

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on the weekends. Furman quarterback Patrick Baynes tries to pass through snowstorm and over SFA's Gary Russell on Saturday. Non-Texas teammates spark SFA tana, for the national crown Saturday in Statesboro, Ga. Furman, 12-2 and bidding for a third championship berth in the last five years, defeated Georgia Southern for last year's title. On the two-point conversion attempt, SFA coach Lynn Graves said he sent his defense out set to stop a play to Paladins fullback Billy Stockdale, who had bulled his way for 63 yards and two touchdowns in the miserable conditions.

Bingo. "I guess in a way we were fortunate, but we were also ready for it," said Graves. "We loaded up for it with the linebackers and David (Whitmore, a weak safety). "We Just felt it was coming. After 25 years in this business, you get a feel for some of these The Lumberjacks had taken a 21-7 halftime lead and held that advantage entering the final quarter.

But early in the final period, Furman mounted a swift four-play, 80-yard drive, using its celebrated option attack to the fullest Flanker Brad Stephens burned the 'Jacks with a 37-yard reverse play on first down, and two plays later Carl Tremble, a freshman tailback, trotted 38 yards on a perfectly executed option play to the left before being pulled down from behind by Whitmore, a I-AA Kodak All-American and the Southland Conference's Player of the Year this season. Stockdale then picked up 7 yards and went in from a yard out with 13:22 remaining. The point-after kick, however, was wide left and the Paladins trailed 21-13. Reserve quarterback Patrick Baynes, subbing for injured regular Frankie DeBusk, started a drive two possessions later at his own 20-yard line with left. The weather conditions seemed to be in SFA's favor, just because the footing was near impossible." but Graves said he felt Furman's rushing attack gave it the advantage.

Five times in the drive the Paladins converted third-down situations and once converted a fourth-and-four from the SFA 36 to keep the march Furman, 8-C' WW By John Inman Sports Editor GREENVILLE, S.C. -r Dave Kelley and Todd Hammel are the only two out-of-state players on the Stephen F. Austin roster, but Saturday they kept the Texas team alive in the Division I-AA playoffs. Kelley, from Corona, caught eight passes for 141 yards and a first-quarter touchdown. But it was his seven first-half receptions from Hammel, a Durant, Okla.

product, which enabled the Lumberjacks to post a 21-7 lead and hang on for a 21-19 triumph over Furman. The performances, which usually are reserved for sunny afternoons and have become commonplace during SFA's pass-happy season, took place in a steady snowstorm the first ever at Paladins Stadium, which opened in 1981 and sends the 'Jacks into this weekend's national championship you, it's OK," Kelley said. "You just have to have the right attitude." In SFA's initial scoring drive, Kelley had two catches, including a 34-yarder for a score and 14-yard catch on a third-and-seven play. A 22-yard Kelley catch on a third-and-10 play and a 12-yarder on a third-and-five were the keys in a nine-play, 42-yard march which boosted the lead to 14-0. In the third scoring drive, Kelley reeled in a 14-yarder on a third-and-10 play and on the ensuing play Larry Centers scored from 14 yards out for a 21-7 lead.

"Dave is a smart receiver. He has great hands. The conditions made it very difficult to throw and it was a situation where the receivers had to come back to the ball most of the time," 8m Out-of-atatars, 8-C Hammel Kelley game against Georgia Southern. "Miserable," said Lumberjacks coach Lynn Graves, "but don't you love it" Kelley, a reserve wide receiver who has been able to catch S3 passes (second on the team) for the Air Jack attack this year, said the weather conditions were "all in the mind." 'It's only what your mind makes it It was the same for both teams, but if you make up your mind to not let it bother Season's successes bring pride back to Houston By Kichaal A. Lutz AP Sports Writer OUSTON University of Pi Houston athletic depart- rebound from financial depths.

"I can't think of another program where the timing could help more," Davalos said. "We've had a couple of 9-2 seasons and Top 20 rankings, but this is the sweetest thing. "It shows people that what we're doing here is right, and I think Andre Ware exemplifies that." Ware never allowed pursuit of the trophy to become an individual matter. With the school on NCAA probation and unable to appear on television or accept a bowl invitation, the run for the Heisman became a team goal. "There's no more Cougar High, we are back and we are back on track," Ware rapped moments after winning the honor.

Ware has promised Davalos, hell pass up the riches of the NFL to return for his senior season, adding further glitter to the Cougars' future. "I think people will be excited about seeing the run-and-shoot and seeing Andre Ware trigger it," Davalos said. "It's got to help our recruiting, our image. "This is a thing that comes along to an institution maybe once in a lifetime." The Cougars closed out their third season under coach Jack Pardee on Dec. 2 with a 64-0 victory over Rice.

In addition to Ware's record performance, junior wide receiver Manny Hazard broke the 24-year-old, single-season receiving record of 134 by Tulsa's Howard Twilley. Hazard caught 14 passes for 155 yards against Rice, giving him 142 for the for 1,689 yards and 22 touchdowns. Ware and Hazard were the major individual record-setters in 1989, but the Cougars' offensive depth chart won't be bare in 1990. Houston loses four offensive starters: center Byron Forsythe; right tackle Joey Banes and receivers Kimble Anders and -Paul Smith. Crowd-pleasing Chuck erspoon is a junior who showed his versatility throughout the season as a tackle-breaking run- ner and a good receiver.

Weatherspoon was the No. 2 1 rusher in the Southwest Confer- ence with 1,146 yards on 419 carries. He was fifth in receiving -with 58 catches. Houston finished the season as the national leader in total of-: fense (624.9 yards per game), scoring offense (53.5) and pass- ing offense (511). ment employees answer their telephones with "Houston Cougar Proud." "Now people know why," Athletic Director Rudy Davalos says, basking in back-to-back 9-2 seasons and Andre Ware's Heisman Trophy.

Ware holds 16 NCAA records following a season that ended with his selection Dec. 2 as the 1989 Heisman winner. The timing of Ware's selection couldn't have come at a more beneficial time in the Cougars' The Dallas Cowboys take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Bounty II. Also, the Houston Oilers play host to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Sports Sunday! .4.