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The News-Star Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3C Scoreboard 25 At Mississippi State (JP Mi-Hyun Kim. .820. 5, Jan Stephenson. PGA Statistics DIGEST Local Standings Phone: 362-0236 or 1-800-259-7788, Ext 236 Scores line: 362-0389, ext 941 Fax: 362-0279 E-mail: sportsthenewsstar.com Preps: www.nelaprepzone.com Lockwood stays in pros: Another Louisiana Tech player will continue his playing career in pro baseball. TV, RADIO Jon Lockwood signed a tree agent deal witn trie seauie Mariners last week.

Lockwood still had one year of was eligible to sign a free agent contract when he turned 2 1 years old. Lockwood posted a 4-3 mark last season with a 3.79 earned run average. He. is the fifth Tprh hawhall nlaver In sitm a nro baseball con Today On TV- Boxina 7 p.m. Junior welterweights tract over the past two years.

Wade Robinson (Houston), Lee Gwaltney (Philadephia)i Casey Blalock (Florida) and Derek Brewster (Philadephia) are Al .1 I A koLnll onntro.A,L. Varner has decided to transfer to Yt 'tc cantrT eMCAn 7afTMr I niAVa in the past two years. In other baseball news, Matt b4ij rinnuMvittf nf llAiictnn fr Ll IS-. UIIIVUailT IJ I I lUIUIUIII IV 71 ing on for personal reasons and to be closer to his family. Varner was 3-7 with a 4.83 earned run average last season.

Baseball 6 p.m. MLB: White Sox at Yankees W6KJ 6:30 p.m. MLB: Mets at Braves TBS Tennis 11a.m. U.S. Open, first round USA 7 p.m.

U.S. Open, first USA On Talk 5 p.m. Bayou Sportsline wTim Hendrix KQLQ (1 03.1 5 p.m. LockerRoom wGene Ponti KMLB (1440) 6 p.m. Southern Sports Tonight (1 440)KQLQ (1 03.1 6 p.m.

Sports with "Papa" Joe KNOE (540) Programming subject to change by stations, networks Basketball Sparks close out with twin: Mwadi Mabika scored 19' noints. including six in the final two minutes, as the two-time' defending WNBA champion Los Angeles Sparks beat the. Houston Comets 67-64 Monday night to close out the regular, season. Sheryl Swoopes missed a 3 -pointer at the buzzer for the' Comets, who lost three straight and four in a row on the road heading into the playoffs. Tina Thompson scored 19 points for the Comets and Swoopes' added 13.

DeLisha Milton had 15 points for the Sparks and Lisa; Leslie added eight points and 14 rebounds. Former Louisiana Tech star Avana Walker had 1 4 points and 1 1 rebounds as the Detroit Shock finished the best regular season in team history with a 68-60 victory over the Washington Mystics. Detroit (25-9) had already clinched the league's best record and left most of the usual starting lineup on the bench. Riley played just 11 minutes, while Swin Cash, Deanna Nolan' and Elaine Powell never got off the bench. Chasity Melvin scored a season-high 22 points to lead Cleveland into the playoffs with a 75-66 victory over the Charlotte Sting.

Tammy Sutton-Brown scored 13 points to lead Charlotte (18-' 16) despite being in foul trouble the entire second half. Taj McWilliams-Franklin scored 17 points as the'; Connecticut Sun clinched their first playoff berth with a win over the Indiana Fever. The Sun (18-16) never made the playoffs in five seasons as Miracle. Now they're the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference and will play No.

2 Charlotte. Top-seeded Detroit will play Cleveland. Nykesha Sales scored 14 points, Shannon Johnson had 12 and Brooke Wyckoff 11 for the Sun. Injury sidelines White: Indiana Fever guard Stephanie White will undergo reconstructive surgery on her left knee after being injured Friday night against the New York Liberty. White scored 1 1 points before her knee buckled with 4:02 remaining Friday.

A date has not been set for the operation, but Indiana's team doctor says she should be ready for next season. timm a .81 2. 6, Amy Fruhwirth, .81 1 7, Danielle Ammaccapane, .793. 8 (tie), Christina Kim and Yu Ping Lin, .792. 10 (tie).

Lone Kane and Mi rami Kooayashi, .789. Putting Average 1. Rosie Jones. 28.27. 2.

Ara Koh, 2832. 3, Jane Crafter, 28.79. 4, Grace Park, 2837. 5 (tie), Beth Bauer and Soo-Yun Kang, 29.05. 7.

Hilary Lunke, 29.07. 8, Juk Inkster, 29.08. 9, Danielle Ammaccapane, 29.10. .10, Vickl boetze-Ackerman, 29.15. Putting Average (Greens In Regulation) 1, Grace Park, 1.720.

2 (tie), Annika Sorenstam, and Rosie Jones, 1.730. 4, Juli Inkster, 1.750. 5 (tie), Patricia Meunier-Lebouc, Michete Redman and Hee-Won Han, 1.760. 8 (tie). Se Ri Pak.

Lorena Ochoa, Rachel Teske, Meg Mason ana Laura Diaz, l.rvu. Summer 4-Ball Boeuf Rhrar Country Club Championship Flight 1. Frank Maxwell and Bill Newsom 126. 2. Derrick Busby and Greg Hogue 130.

3. Dale Cagnoiatti and Glen Roscoe 130. 4. Mark Jungina and Billy Anders 131. First Flight 1.

Sheppard and A. Sheppard 141. 2. Danny Childress and Haynes Lea 144. 3.

Casey Coley and A. Brinning 144. 4. Matt Philley and Brock Croft 146. Second Flight 1.

Chris Tharpe and Charles Tharpe 148 2. Clyde Albritton and C. Smith 150. 3. Mike Pahal and J.

Mulheame 159. 4. J. Milligan and A. Smith 159.

Hully Gully Frenchman's Bend MGAChampionshlp Flight Gary Crow-Bill Harvey 65-63 128, Ross Qirtman-Soctt Murry 63-67 13U. Scot Durand-Brian Hlnson 65-65 130. Dennis Warner-Eric La vespers 65-66 130. Dan Barr-Philllp Lester 66-67 -133. Eddie Edward 66-67 -133.

Tim Miller-Greg Odom 64-70 134. Ryan Nelson-Earl Nelson 65-69 134. Richard McGrvern-Louis Howell 67-69 -136. Keith ChambUn-V Keith Chamblin 67-73 140. First Plight Jimmy Quthrie-Buddy Guthrie 68-62 -130.

Ross Davis-Eddie Mahortey 68416 134. Lonnie Crosa-Jerod Cross 69-67 136. Charlie Baxter-Chris Turner 69-68 137. Adam Middleton-Aaron Polk 69-70 139. Neil Kirshenbaum-Darrel Graham 70' 69 -139.

Clay Jordan-Chad McCarty 68-72 -140. Mark Dolecheck-David Haman 69-74 -143. Alex Smalling-Lanc Jones 70-73 143. Daniel Wood-Larry Dew 69-68 177. Ray Clary-Bin Dampier 70-60 150.

Second Flight Chad Swanberg-Justln Higdon 71-69 140. Greg Hlnz-Mark Cowart 71-71 142. Harold Dickens-Lane McGuIre 71-71 142. Bill Valleiy-Larry Pike 71-71 142. Bob Hlnton-Ken Slusher 72-72 144.

Tom Young-Dave Lindow 72-72 144. Ray Patton-Matt McMillon 72-72 -144. Spanky Spangler-Ronnie Nugent 72-75 147. James Hays-John Gill 72-76 148. Seotty Dyer-Mark Renfrew 72-77 149.

Richard Anderson-Andy Anderson 71 79 -150. Third Flight Frank Brimes-Arthur Earl 74-70 144. John Duke-Bill Funderburk 74-72 -146. Chris McHenry-Ryan Mc Henry 74-72 -146. Fred McHenry-Harvey Marcus 74-73 147.

Chris O'Neal-Mike Newsom 75-72 -147. Jay Hancock-Keith Hall 75-72 147. Stephen Hutchison-Ben Hutchison 75- 73 148. Reuben Tatum-Ricky Weems 73-76 148. Mike Nolan-David Young 73-78 151.

Laddie Woods-Chris Woods 75-76 -151. Stewart Shelby-Jeff Joyce 75-77 -152. Puss Tatum-Kasey Keltey 75-64 1 59. Fourth Flight Biff Meredith -Larry Fitzgerald 77-76 -153 Robert Southern-Sean Southern 78-76 -164. Larry Garrett-Bob Stewart 78-77 155.

Chris Bentley-John Bentley 79-76 155. Burton Berry-Woody Woodbum 80-76 lots. Tommy Ditta-Justin Ditta 77-80 157. Tom Hoibrook-Mika Bishop 77-81 158. Curtis Sain-Bill Whalley 78-80 158.

Jack Lee-Craig Blackburn 78-84 162. Lynn Uncecum-Cary Lincecum 81-81 MM. Scott Crain-Todd Benson 83-79 162. Senior Scramble Morehouse Country Chib Championship Right 1. Ken Newsom-Jimmy Sistrunk 62.

2. Gene Garnrnill-RJ. Calhoun 62 3. Ed Nelson-Ronnie Bozeman 65. First Flight 1.

Malvin Sistrunk-Robert Williams 60. 2. Al Flanagan-Joe Merger 70. 3. Ray Jones-Ken Taylor 70.

Med-Camps Fun Shoot Wild Wings, Oownsville High Overall Clint Foster, 95. Class AA 1. David Boyter, 90. 2. Kenny Bryan, 90.

3. Mike Aken, 90. Class A 1. Fred Holar 72. z.

Kelvin Brown, 72. 3. Nan Ditta, 71. Class 1. Glen Kiper, 63.

2. Kelly Hubenthal, 63. 3. Jim Brown, 63. Class 1.

Tony Brunini, 52. 2. Ben Peters 52. 3. John Husnn, 52.

Class 1. Richard Moore. 43. 2. Bernard Smith.

43. 3 Scott Arnold, 43. Ladies 1. Becky Aken, 71. 2.

Renee Marsala, 56. 3. Jenna George, 40. Junior 1. Cody Benton, 71.

2. Kyle Brown, 67. 3. Freddy Clark, 20. suD-Juntor i.

Neman hastening, 73- 2. Austin Daughtery, 39. Team i. Neal lias, 431. z.

Amenstar-Kavanaugh Team, 406. 3. Weyerhaeuser, 396. U.S. Open Results Men I Singles First Round Juan Carlos Ferrero (3).

Spain, def. Jan vacek, Czech Republic 6-2, 4-6, Karot Kucera, Slovakia, def. Alexander Poop, Germany, 6-2, 7-6, 6- Mardy Fish, United States, def. Joachim Johansson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-2, 4. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def.

Tommy Robredo (17), Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 6- AENEAS WILLIAMS DEALERSHIPS Today's Schedule Arthur Ashe Stadium Pay Session Aniko Kapros, Hungary, vs. Justine Henin-Hardenne (2), Belgium Michael Chang, United States, vs. Fernando Gonzalez (15), Chile Andre Agassi (1), United States, vs. Alex Corretja, Spain Night Session Play begins at p.m. Jennifer Capriati (6), United States, vs.

Cristina Torrens Valero, Spain Tim Henman, Britain, vs. Andy Roddick (4), United States Louie Armstrong Stadium Paradorn Srichaphan (1 1), Thailand, vs. Cyril Saulnler, France Vince Spadea (32), United States, vs. Flavio Saretta, Brazil Maria Sharapova, Russia, vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual.

Spain Not before 4 p.m. Gustavo Kuerten (14), Brazil, vs. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia Qrandstand Jeiena Dokic (22), Serbia-Montenegro, vs. Emmanuelle Gagiiardi, Switzerland Kristof VHegen, Belgium, vs. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (28), Russia EmHte Loit, France, vs.

Alexandra Stevenson (31 United States Xavier Malisse, Belgium, vs. Olivier Rochus, Belgium Not before 6 p.m. Jeff Salzenstein, United States, vs. Hicham Arazi, Morocco Winston Cup leaders Through August 24 Points 1. Matt Kenseth, 3592.

2. Dale Earnhardt. 3241. 3. Kevin Hamck, 3128.

4. Jimmie Johnson, 3063. 5. Jeff Gordon, 3060. 6.

Kurt Busch, 2990. 7. Ryan Newman, 2971. 6. Michael Waltrip, 2960.

9. Bobby Labonte, 2907. 10. Hobby uordon, 2835. 1.

Jimmie Johnson, $4,052,380. 2. Kurt Busch, $3,974,400. 3. Kevin Harvick, $3,597,310.

4. Dele Earnhardt $3,539,200. 5. Michael Waltrip, $3,519,830. 6.

Jeff Gordon, $3,504,960. 7. Tony Stewart, $3,467,752. 8. Ryan Newman, $3,313,700.

9. Bobby Labonte, $3,265,130. 10. Matt Kenseth, $3,096,920. Gannett News Service (Home Team in CAPS) BASEBALL National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG MONTREAL Even-6 Phllly Florida 6-7 PITTSBURGH CINCINNATI No Lina Milwaukee ATLANTA 8V9 Ny Mets HOUSTON 6-7 Los Angeles Chi.

Cubs 6Vt-7H ST. LOUIS San Francisco evi-TYi COLORADO ARIZONA 7-8 San Diego American League FAVORITE LINE UNDEROOQ NY YANKEES 7Vt-6W Chi. W. Sox BOSTON 8-9 Toronto CLEVELAND Detroit KANSAS CITY 6V4-ri Texas OAKLAND 7U-81 Baltimore ANAHEIM Even-6 Minnesota SEATTLE 9-11 Tampa Bay NFL PRESEASON Wednesday FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG NEW ENGLAND 5 Chicago Thursday FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG BUFFALO 4V4 Detroit PHILADELPHIA 6 NyJets GREEN BAY 3 Tennessee MINNESOTA 5Vi Arizona ST. LOUIS 314 Kansas City TAMPA BAY 7 Houston BALTIMORE Cleveland CLEVELAND 3 Ny Giants JACKSONVILLE 3 Washington NEW ORLEANS Miami DALLAS 1Vi Oakland Friday FAVORITE LINE UNDEROOQ CAROLINA 1'1 Pittsburgh INDIANAPOLIS 4 Cincinnati DENVER 3Vt Seattle SAN DIEGO 1 San Francisco Odds provided by National Sports Services, Inc.

(http:www.nss.net) apons; aiarKvine, p.m. 29 KENTUCKY (CBS Sports)' Baton Rouge, 2 p.m. MARCH 3 OLE MISS, Baton Rouge, 6 p.m. 6 At Auburn, Auburn, 2 p.m. 11-14 SEC Tournament (JP Sports, CBS), Atlanta, Ga.

(Georgia uome), iua HOME GAMES IN CAPS SEC Games Preseason Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Pet PF PA NewEnglandS 0 01.000 70 31 Buffalo 2 1 0 .667 72 80 Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 74 79 Miami 1 2 0 .333 72 68 South Pet PF PA Tennessee 3 0 01.000 70 45 Indianapolis 2 1 0 .667 67 50 Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 49 47 Houston 0 3 0 .000 35 73 North Pet PF PA Baltimore 1 2 0 .333 35 54 Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 51 61 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 44 61 Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 54 86 West Pet PF PA Denver 2 1 0 .667 58 50 Kansas City 2 2 0 .500 72 82 Oakland 1 2 0.333 23 41 San Diego 1 2 0 .333 36 53 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Pet PF PA Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 60 67 Dallas 1 2 0 .333 48 34 Washington 1 2 0 .333 37 43 N.Y. Giants 0 3 0 .000 30 61 South Pet PF PA Carolina 3 0 01.000 60 17 Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 76 65 New Orleans 1 2 0.333 51 71 Atlanta 0 3 0 .000 52 70 Pet PF PA Detroit 2 1 0 .667 74 53 Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 72 81 Chicago 1 2 0 .333 47 60 Minnesota 1 2 0 .333 51 48 West Pet PF PA Arizona 3 0 01.000 56 27 San Francisco3 0 01.000 65 28 Seattle 2 1 0 .667 69 59 St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 56 51 Monday's Game Indianapolis 28, Denver 23 Wednesday's Game Chicago at New England, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug.

28 Detroit at Buffalo, 6 prn. N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Oakland at Dallas, 7 p.m. Tennessee at Green Bay, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 7 p.m. Miami at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Kansas City at SL Louis, 7 p.m, -Atlanta at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Houston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Washington at Jacksonville, 7 p.m. Arizona at Minnesota, 7 p.m. aaajdajAaMeeli Schedule Friday Jamborees Oak Grove vs. Richwood, 7 p.m.; wossman vs. Carroll, 8 p.m.; at ULM West Monroe at Ruston, 5:30 p.m.

Tallutah at Davidson, 6 p.m. McCall at Lake Providence, 6 p.m. Neville at Ouachita, 6 p.m. West Ouachita at Stertington, 6 p.m. St.

Mary at LaSalle, 7 p.m. Friday's names Tensas Academy at River Oaks Riverfield Academy at Claiborne Academy Bnartieid Academy at central Academy Mount uiive at laiiuian Academy University Christian at Huntington Academy Glenbrook at Prairie View Academy PGA Money Leaders Through August 24 Tm Money 17S5.482.038 14S5.067.496 21S4.637.646 1754,556,938 22S4.1 18.905 22S3.337.323 1453,137,622 2232,538,039 21S2.298.752 2082,257,325 14S2.139.091 22S2.101.655 2352,065.837 2051,799.806 26S1 ,782,553 2451,768,172 1451,682.023 2451,656.862 23S1 ,633.816 1651,630,845 2551,620,430 1851,596,442 20S1 ,592,383 1951,546,081 24S1 ,51 2,022 22S1 ,508,729 22S1 ,475,880 19S1 ,457,882 2151.448,338 2051,391,345 22S1 .372.098 17S1 ,359.969 2451.345,073 2451,325,361 2351,314,988 22S1.301.044 19S1 ,281,535 20S1 ,269,1 25 24S1 ,234,579 1551,171,875 19S1 ,120.025 1751,105.495 26S1 ,093.508 2351,092.982 2051,080,063 19S1 ,067,874 2151,052,946 2151,044.951 2451.029.792 18 5991,958 19 5978,986 20 5978,740 22 S976.325 17 S967.656 21 $949,739 20 5933.038 23 5928.421 21 $923,094 18 S91 1,485 21 5881,410 23 5862,877 22 5650,501 24 S81 3.811 14 S799.898 22 5792.872 24 5785,532 23 S760.019 24 5758,356 18 5757,046 21 5755.409 24 5723,690 18 5711,829 21 5692.486 18 5678,531 24 S677.727 20 S661.818 23 S642.940 19 SS35.966 17 S623.434 20 S61 7.641 23 S61 0,725 21 S608.439 24 5592.711 16 5588.533 10 5584.830 23 5582.372 22 5578.979 17 S570.641 1. Davis Love III 2. Tiger Woods 3. Vhay Singh 4.

Jim Furyk 5. Mike Weir 6. Kenny Perry 7. David Toms 8. Ernie Els 9.

Chad Campbell 10. Jay Haas 11. Justin Leonard 12. Nick Price 13. Chris DiMarco 14.

Jonathan Kaye 15. KirkTriplett 16. Fred Funk 17. Shaun Micheel 18. Relief Goosen 19.

Chartes Howell III 20. Jerry Kelly 21. Fred Couples 22. Steve Flesch 23. Robert Allenby 24.

Scott Verplank 25. Bob Estes 26. Bnny Baird 27. Chris Riley 28. Tim Herron 29.

PhH Mickelson 30. John Rollins 31. Brad Faxon 32. Rory Sabbatini 33. Ben Curtis 34.

Jeff Sluman 35. Robert Gamez 36. Woody Austin 37. Stewart Cink 38. Ben Crane 39.

Bob Tway 40. KJ. Choi 41. Scott Hoch 42. Lee Janzen 43.

Peter Jacobsen 44. Alex Cejka 45. Tim Petrovic 46. Len Mattiace 47. Mark Calcavecchia 48.

Stuart Appleby 49. Geoff Ogilvy 50. Rod Pampling 51. Peter Lonard 52. Tom Lehman 53.

Tim Clark 54. Rich Beem 55. Rocco Mediate 56. Joe Durant 57. Duffy Waldorf 58.

J.L. Lewis 59. Hal Sutton 60. John Huston 61. Kevin Sutherland 62.

Frank Lickliter II 63. Skip Kendall 64. Tom Pemice, Jr. 65. Aaron Baddeiey 66.

Jonathan Byrd 67. Brenden Pappas 68. Scott McCarron 69. Billy Mayfair 70. Carl Pettersson 71.

Dan Forsman 72. Heath Slocum 73. Loren Roberts 74. Harrison Frszar 75. Jeff Maggert 76.

Cliff Kresge 77. David Gossett 76. Carlos Franco 79. Stephen Ames 80. Brandt Jobs 81.

Brett Ouigley 82. Steve Lowery 83. Joey Smdelar 84. J. J.

Henry 85. Brent Geiberger 86. Craig Stadler 87. Jay Williamson 88. Marco Dawson 89.

Sergio Garcia Through August 24 Scoring Average 1, Tiger Woods, 68.29. 2, Ernie Els, 68.79. 3, Mike Weir, 68.83. 4, Jim Furyk, 68.88. 5, Vijay Singh, 69.05.

6, Davis Love ill, es.zu. 7, Hetief (ioosen, tw.ao. 8, Kenny Perry, 69.38. 9, Dicky Pnde, 63.55. 10, Nick Price, 69.57.

Driving Distance 1, Hank Kuehne, 319.4. 2, John Daly, 313.7. 3, James H. McLean, soh.b. 4, Phil Mickelson, 305.9.

6, Darren Clarke, 303.6. 6, Ernie Els, 303.0. 7, Vijay Singh, 300.9. 8, Mike Heinen, 300.6. 9 (tie), Retief Goosen and Brenden Pappas, 299.6.

Driving Accuracy Peroentaoe 1 Fred Funk, 79.4. 2, Glen Hnatiuk, 77.8. 3, Mike Grob, 76.3. 4, Hal Sutton, 75.7. 5, Jim Furyk, 74.6.

6, Peter Jacobsen, 74.4. 7, Robert Damron, 74.1 8, Otin Browne, 74.0. 9, Tim Clark, 73.6. 10, Joe Durant, 73.2. Greens In Regulation Pet 1, Briny Baird, 71.9.

2, Dan foreman, 71.7. 3, uiao campoes, 71.1. 4, Joe Durant 71.0. 6 (tie), Shaun Micheel and Jim Furyk, 70.3. 7, Mike Heinen, 69.7.

8 (tie), Vijay Singh, David Sutherland and Robert Allenby, 69.3. Total Driving 1, Kenneth Staton, 60. 2, Carl Paulson, 65. 3, Mike Heinen, 68. 4, Kenny Perry, 71.

5, Mike Grob, 76. 6, Hal Sutton, 91. 7, John Senden, 93. 8, Chad Campbell, 97. 9, Tommy Armour III, 98.

10, 3 tied witn 104. Putting Average 1, Justin Leonard, 1.702. 2, Greg Chalmers, 1 .705. 3, Mike Weir, 1 .71 2. 4, John Huston, 1.714.

5, David Frost, 1.719. 6 (tie), Scott Verplank and Chris DIMarco, 1.720. 8, Aaron Baddeiey, 1.723. 9. Tiger Woods, 1.725.

10, 2 tied witni.7za. Birdie Average 1. Vijay Singh, 4.42. 2, Chris DiMarco, 4.26. 3, Mike Weir, 4.24.

4, Davis Love III, 4.23. 5, Tiger Woods, 4.19. 6 (tie), Mark Calcavecchia and John Huston, 4.18. 8, Hank Kuehne, 4.12. 9, Robert Gamez, 4.11.

10, Scott Verplank, 4.10. Eagles (Holes perl 1, Tiger Woods, 72.0. 2, Paul Stankowski, 75.3. 3, fcrrae Els, 78. 5.

4, Carlos Franco, 80.5. 5, Robert Gamez, 87.0. 6, Aaron Baddeiey, 90.0. 7, Sergio Garcia, 92.0. 8, Darron Stiles, 92.8.

9, Davis Love III, 93.3. 10, Jason Gore, 94.9. Sand Save Percentage 1, Paul Stankowski, 65.7. 2, Kevin Sutherland. 64.1.

3, Stuart Appleby, 62.3. 4, Deans Pappas, 61.8. 5, Viiay Singh, 61 .7. 6. Jay Haas, 61 .3.

7, Doug Barron, 61.1. 8, Arron Oberholser, 60.7. 9, Nick Price, 60.2. 10, Gavin coles, eo.0. Ail-Around Ranking 1, Vijay Singh, 238.

2, Tiger Woods, 247. 3, Davis Love III, 248. 4, Ernie Els, 267. 5, Jim Furyk, 295. 6, Kenny Perry, 327.

7, Tim Herron, 357. 8, Mike Weir, 362. 9, Kirk Triplet. 364. 10, John Huston, 377.

LPGA Money Leaders Through Aug. 24 Tm Money 1 Annika Sorenstam 1 251 ,487,622 2. SeRiPak 1751,205,281 3. Grace Park 1851,037,143 4. Juli Inkster 16 5953,502 S.Hee-WonHan 19 5897,594 6.

Lorena Ochoa 16 5712,326 7. Rosie Jones 13 5668326 Patricia Meunier-Leboucl 45654,572 9. Candie Kung 21 5621,395 10. Rachel Teske 19 $619325 11. Beth Daniel 16 5614,812 12.

Hilary Lunke 19 5604,346 13. Angela Stanford 16 5574,903 14. Lone Kane 18 5523,905 16. Karrie Webb 16 5514,926 16. Meg Mallon 18 $464,531 17.

CristieKerr 17 $461,123 18. Becky Morgan 16 5418,035 19. Michete Redman 18 5417,463 20. Wendy Ward 19 5411,430 21. Mi-HyunKim 20 $402,655 22.

Catriona Matthew 19 5402.481 23. Jeong Jang 21 $390,635 24. Kelly Robbins 15 5373.540 25. Heather Bowie 19 5360.978 26. Laura Diaz 19 $356,496 27.

Jennifer RosaJes 18 $343,673 28. Suzann Pettersen 14 5309.535 29. Pat Hurst 19 5303,629 30. Soo-Yun Kanq 19 5279,793 31. Sophie Gustafson 16 5270396 32.

Mhairi McKay 19 5269.550 33. Danielle Ammaccapanel 95249, 735 34. Dorothy Delasin 20 5233,278 36. Karen Stupples 19 5228,290 36. Natalie Gulbis 20 5225,175 37.

Laura Davies 14 5223,960 38. Wendy Dooian 15 $219,424 39. KmSaiki 18 5195,176 40. Young Kim 19 5192,587 41. Donna Andrews 13 $190,499 42.

Christina Kim 22 5187,546 43. Vlcki 44. KeHi Kuehne 20 5179,239 45. Janice Moodie 19 $177,916 46. Shani Waugh 16 $174,920 47.

Leta Lindley 18 $172,410 48. Gloria Park 22 $172,359 49. Brandie Burton 17 5170.036 50. Kate Golden 18 $168,523 LPGA Statistics Through Aug. 24 Scoring 1, Annika Sorenstam, 69.26.

2, Rosie Jones, 69.96. 3 (tie), Juli Inkster and Se Ri Pak, 70.15. 5, Patncia Meunier-Lebouc 70.26. 6. Grace Park, 70.28.

7, Karrie Webb, 70.40. 8, Hee-Won Han, 70.54. 9, Lorena Ochoa, 70.66. 10, Cristie Kerr, 70.82. Rounds Under Par 1, Annika Sorenstam, .721.

2, Se Ri Pak, .661. 3, Grace Park, .656. 4, Patricia Meunier-Lebouc, .640. 5, Becky Morgan, .611. 6, Karrie Webb, .596.

7, Hee-Won Han, .594. 8, Mlchele Redman, .587. 9 (tie), Lorena Ochoa and Cristie Kerr, .583. Eagles 1 (tie), Lone Kane and Heather Bowie, 10. 3, Rachel Teske, 9.

4 (tie), Sophie Gustafson, Juli Inkster, Wendy Ward and Michele Redman, 8 (tie). Annika Sorenstam, Lorena Ochoa, Grace Park, Se Ri Pak, Kelly Robbins and Laura Diaz, 7. Greens In Regulation 1, Annika Sorenstam, .749. 2, Donna Andrews, .735. 3, Patricia Meunier-Lebouc, .727.

4, Hee-Won Han, .725. 5, Lorena Ochoa, .720. 6, Se Ri Pak, .717. 7, Lone Kane. .715.

8, Cristie Ken; .714. 9, Catnona Matthew, .708. 10, Helen Alfredsson and Jennifer Rosalee, .705. Top 10 Finishes 1, Annika Sorenstam, 0333. 2.

Se Ri Pak. 0.706. 3, Grace Park. 0.61 1 4 (tie), Juti Inkster and Karrie Webb, 0.500. 6, Hee-Won Han, 0.474.

7, Rosie Jones, 0.462. 8, Beth Oaniel, 0.438. 9. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc, 0.429. 10 (tie), Lone Kane and Meg Mallon, 0.389.

Driving Distance 1, Annika Sorenstam, 272.4. 2, Sophie Gustafson, 271.1. 3, Wendy Dootan, 270.4. 4, Grace Park, 268.6. 5, Akiko Fukuslnma, 267.0.

6. Juli Inkster, 266.6. 7, Karen Stupples, 266.4. 8. Annette DeLuca, 266.1.

9, Catriona Matthew, 265.8. 10, Kelly Robbins, 265.5. Sand Saves 1, Soo-Yun Kara, 347. 2, Johanna Head. 333.

3, Leta Lindley, .519. 4, Becky Morgan, .51 2. 5 (he). Cristie Kerr and Marilyn Lovander, 300. 7, Annika Sorenstam, .487.

8, Jamie Hutlett, .486. 9. JuH Inkster, .481. 10, Heather Bowie, .478. Birdies 1, Grace Park.

279. 2, Hee-Won Han, 265. 3, Candie Kung. 248. 4.

Meg MaHon. 246 5. Se Ri Pak, 244. 6, Mi-Hyun Kim. 242.

7. Laura Diaz. 239. 8, Ketii Kuehne, 238. 9.

Catriona Matthew, 237. 10. Rachel Teske, 236. Driving Accuracy 1, Becky Morgan, .840. 2, Donna Andrews, 327.

3, Rosie Jones, 321 4, EASTERN CONFERENCE Pet OB y-Dettoit 25 9 .735 x-Charlotte 18 16 .529 7 x-Connecttait 18 16 .529 7 x-Cleveland 17 17 .500 8 Indiana 16 18 .471 9 Now York 1618 .471 9 Washington 9 25 .265 16 WESTERN CONFERENCE Pet OB y-Los Angeles 2410.706 X-Houston 20 14 .588 4 X-Sacramento 19 14 .576 4 x-Minnesota 18 16 .529 Seattle 17 16 .515 6 San Antonio 12 22.353 12 Phoenix 8 26 .235 16 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched conference Monday's Games Cleveland 75, Charlotte 66 Detroit 68, Washington 60 Connecticut 72, Indiana 82 Los Angeles 67, Houston 64 Sacramento at Seattle, (n) Box Scores Rockers 78. Stina 66 CHARLOTTE (M)-Enis 1-2 3-4 6, Feaster 4-9 0-0 10, Sutton-Brown 3-6 7-1013, Stalev 1-51-2 3. Stlroon 3-7 1 2 7, Brown 2-6 2-2 6, Lewis 4-8 0-0 8, Miller 1-4 0-0 3, McKiver 1-1 2-2 4, Smrrh-Taylor 1-22-24, Brumfleld 0-0 2- 2 Z. Totals 21 -50 20-26 66. CLEVELAND (75)Tavlor 2-10 11 1316, Thomas 6-9 2-2 14, Melvin 9-14 4-6 22, Darling 1-3 2-2 4, Jackson 3-4 1-16, Johns Kimbrough 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 1-2 0-0 2, Ftizzotti 0-1 0-0 0.

Lennox 4-7 1-1 9. Totals 26-50 21-25 75. Charlotte 3036- 66 Cleveland 35 40- 75 3-Point Goals-Charlotte 4-8 (Feaster 2-2. Miller 1-1. Enis 1-2, Lewis 0-1, Stinson 0-2), Cleveland 2-5 (Taylor i-i, Jackson 1-1, Darling 0-1, Lennox 0-2).

Fouled out None. Rebounds Charlotte 25 (Enis 6), Cleveland 38 (Melvin 11). Assists-Chariotte 14 (Brumfield 4), Cleveland 13 (Darling, i nomas ratal routs-Charlotte 26, Cleveland 19. Spark 67. Comaits 64 HOUSTON (M)-Thompson 7-15 3-4 19, Swoopes 4-14 4-4 13, Snow 4-8 2-3 10, Arcain 1-4 6-6 8, Figgs 2-6 2-2 7, Johnson 2-4 1-2 5, Canty 0-2 2-4 2, Gibson 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 20-53 20-25 64. LOS ANGELES (67)-Mitton 5-10 2 2 15, Mabika 5-12 8-10 19, Leslie 4-12 0-0 8. Dixon 7-12 5-619, Teasley 2-60. 0 6, Gillom 0-0 0-0 0, McCnmmon 0-0 0-0 0. Nygaard 0-3 0-0 0.

Phde 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-56 15-18 67. Houston 3034- 64 Los Angeles 2839-67 3-Point Goals Houston 4-13 (Thompson 2-4, Figgs 1-3, Swoopes 1 4, Arcain 0-2), Los Angeles 6-17 (Milton 3-5, Teasley 2-3, Mabika 1-5, Leslie 0-2, Nygaard 0-2). Fouled out None. Rebounds Houston 36 (bwoopes, Snow 7), Los Angeles 36 (Leslie 14).

Assists Houston 14 (Figgs 6), Los Angeles 16 Dixon 51. Total fouls Houston 16, Los Angeles 22. Flagrant toul-1. Johnson. IB.

Shock 68, Mystics 60 WASHINGTON (60)-Oales Sc human 3-8 0-0 7, Holdsclaw 7-18 0- 0 14, Page 2-6 0-0 4, Miller 7-14 0-0 15, Burgess 2-5 0-0 4, K.Brown 0-3 0-0 0, Penn 1-6 0-1 2, Jones 4-11 0-0 10, Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Luz 1-6 0-0 2, Sanford 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 28-79 0-1 60. DETROIT (SSI-Ndiaye-Diatta 5-8 0-010, Walker 6-1 1 2-4 1 4, Riley 1 -3 2- 2 4, Holland-Corn 4-11 0-1 10, Lambert 2-7 8-81 2. Ferris 2-68-812, Thomas 2-7 2-8 6. Ujhelyi 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 22-54 22-31 68. Washington 31 2S- 60 Detroit 3038- 68 3-Point Goals Washington 4-22 (Jones 2-4, Miller 1-4, Dales-Schuman 1-6, Holdsclaw 0-1, Burgess 0-1, K.Brown 0-1. Smith 0-1, Luz 0-5), Detroit 2-8 (Holland-Corn 2-5, Thomas 0- 3). Fouled out None. Rebounds-Washington 42 (Holdsclaw 10), Detroit 51 (Walker 11).

Assists-Washington 18 (Miller 6), Detroit 12 (Holland-Corn 5). Total fouls-Washington 23, Detroit 7. Sun 72, Fever 62 CONNECTICUT (72)-Wyckoff 4-7 1- 2 11, Sales 4-7 5-6 14, McWilliams-FranMin 7-11 2-2 17, S. Johnson 6-8 1-212, Douglas 2-7 5-8 10, Palmer 0-0 0-0 0. Black 0-0 0-0 0, Hicks 2-3 0-0 4, A.Johnson 1-2 2-2 4.

Totals 25-45 16-22 72. INDIANA (62)-Catchings 4-16 11-14 20, Rasmussen 4-9 4-412, Williams 8-18 4-7 20, Washington 1-7 2-2 5, McCray 2-5 1-2 5. Ivey 0-4 0-0 0, Schumacher 0-3 0-0 0, Pettis 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-63 22-29 62. Connecticut 3339-72 Indiana 29 33- 62 3-Point Goals Connecticut 6-11 (Wyckoff 2-4, McWiUiams-Franklin 1-1, Sales 1 -1 S.Johnson 1 -2, Douglas 1 -3), Indiana 2-18 (Catchings 1-6, Washington 1-6, Pettis 0-1, Rasmussen 0-1 Ivey 0-4).

Fouled out Catchings, Williams. Rebounds-Connecticut 32 (McWilliams-Franklin, Wyckoff 5), Indiana 45 (Williams 10). Assists Connecticut 18 (S Johnson 8), Indiana 14 (Rasmussen 4). Total fouls Connecticut 25, Indiana 22. A LSU Schedule NOVEMBER 6 GLOBAL SPORTS Baton Rouge, 6 p.m.

17 SOUTHEASTERN ALL STARS (Exhibition). Baton Rouge. 6 p.m. 21 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, Baton Rouge. 6 p.m.

24 MCNEESE STATE, Baton Rouge, 6 p.m. 26 TROY STATE, Baton p.m. 29 -LOUISIANA-MONROE, Baton Rouge, 6 p.m. DECEMBER 16 UTAH (ESPN or ESPN2), Baton Rouge.TBA 20 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, Baton Rouge. 2 p.m.

23 TULANE. Baton Rouge, 6 p.m. 27 UAB (Nokia Sugar BowlKSEC-TVFox), New Orleans, (Arena) 5 p.m. 30 At Houston, Houston, Texas, 6 p.m. JANUARY 3 At Centenary (Century Tel Center), Bossier City.

6 p.m. At Arkansas (ESPN), Fayetteville, 7 p.m. 10 ALABAMA (JP SPORTS)-, Baton Rouge. 1 prn. 12 At University of New Orleans, New Orleans.

6 p.m. 17 MISSISSIPPI STATE (JP SPORTS), Baton Rouge, 1 p.m. 21- At Ole Miss', Oxford, 6 p.m. 24 At South Carolina, Columbia, 5:30 p.m. 28 GEORGIA, Baton Rouge, 6 p.m.

31- At Alabama (SEC-TWFox), Tuscaloosa, 5 p.m. FEBRUARY 4 TENNESSEE, Baton Rouge, 6 p.m. 7 ARKANSAS (JP Sports), Baton Rouge, 11 a.m. 14 At Florida (JP Sports), Gainesville, 1 p.m. 18 AUBURN, Baton Rouge 6 P'21- At Vanderbilt (SEC-TVFox), NashviHe, 4 p.m.

vvuiic, a luux-ycai vciciau, woa averaging u.7 puuua and was second in the league in free-throw shooting at 94 per-' cent. McGrady sits out: A sprained back kept Tracy McGrady from attending Monday night's game between the United States and Canada at the FIBA-Americas Olympic qualifying tourna-' ment. McGrady, who sat out the second half of Saturday's game against the U.S. Virgin Islands because of the injury, is day-today. He had been bothered by the injury in his lower back for more than two years.

McGrady has been the U.S. team's leading scorer, averaging 14.5 points per game. He was replaced in the starting lineup by Vince Carter. Team doctor Tony Daly described the injury as a sprain. McGrady did not accompany the team to Roberto Clemente Coliseum for the game.

Ramon Oelgado, Paraguay, def. Sebastian Qrosjean (9), France, 6-4, 6-7 (3) 44, 7-6 (7), 6-4. Todd Martin, United States, def. Robert Yim, United States, 6-1, 7-6 (7), e-2. Jurgen Meteor.

Austria, def. Brian Baker, United States, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Kenneth Cartsen, Denmark, def. Jeff Morrison, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Gregory Carraz, France, def.

Greg Rusedski, Britain, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. 6-7, 6-4. Davide Sanguinetti, Haly, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 4-6, 6-0, 3-6, Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, def. Max Mimyi (18), Belarus, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(6).

Amaud Clement (31), France, def. Brian Vahafy, united States, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-4. Wayne Ferreira (23), South Africa, def. Ivan Miranda, Peru, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def.

Tomas Behrend, Germany, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, def. Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6-0. Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea, def. Vladimir Vottchkov, Belarus, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3).

Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech Republic def. Maximilian Abel, Germany, 4-6, 6-4, Stefan Koubek, Austria, def. Giorgio Galimbertl, nary. 6-7, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Andreas Vincigoerra, Sweden, def.

Robert Kendrick, United States, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 7-6, 1-6, 6-1. Robby Ginepri, United States, def. David Ferrer, Spain, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. Guillermo Coria (5), Argentina, def. Mariano Puerta, Argentina, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1.

Martin Verkerk (16), Netherlands, def. Alex Bogomoiov United States, 7-6 (4) 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (9), 1 -0, retired. Women Singles First Round Ashley Harkleroad, United States, def. vera Douchevina. Russia, 6-4, 6-2.

Vera Zvonareva (13), Russia, def, Lubomira Kurhajcova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2. Nadia Petrova (19), Russia, def. Catalina Castano, Colombia, 6-4, 6-0. Tamarine Tanasugam, Thailand, def. Rita Grande, Italy, 6-0, 7-5.

Elena Likhovtseva, Russia, def. tva Majoii, Croatia, Maria Vento-Kabchi, Venezuela, def. Chanda Rubin (8), United States, 6-4, 6-' 4. Denisa Chladkova, Czech Republic, def. Adriana Serra Zanetti, Italy, 6-4, Patty Schnyder (18), Switzerland, def.

Bea Bielik, United States, 6-1, 6-4. Amanda Coetzer (14), South Africa, def. Gabriela Lastra, United States, 6-0, 6-2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (27), Russia, def. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, Stephanie Cohen Aloro, France, def.

Alma Jidkova, Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Barbara Schett, Austria, def. Janette Husarova, Slovakia, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Mynam Casanova, Switzerland, def. Eleni Danlilidou (25), Greece, 6-3, 6-1.

Alicia Molik. Australia, def. Jeiena Kostanic, Croatia, 7-6 (3), 6-4. MeHnda Czink, Hungary, def. Clansa Fernandez, Anjemma, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Maia Matevzic Slovenia, def. Corma Morariu. United States, 6-3, 7-6. Lindsay Davenport (3), United States, def. Els Callers, Belgium, 6-1, 6-0.

Lisa Raymond (28), United States, def. Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, 6-3, 7-6 (1). Fabtola Zuluaga, Colombia, def. Akiko Morigemi, Japan, 6-1, 6-4. Milagros Sequera, Venezuela, def.

Zuzana Ondraskova, Czech Republic, Conchita Martinez (12), Spain, def. Sarah Taylor. United States, 6-3, 6-4. Maria Elena Camenn, Italy, def. Daja Bedanova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-0.

Daniela Hantuchova (9), Slovakia, def. Marion Bartoll, France, 6-3, 6-2. Meghann Shaughnessy (17), United States, def. Karolina Sprem, Croatia, Julia Vakutenko, Ukraine, def. Barbara Rittner, Germany, 7-6, 6-2.

Maria KirHenko, Russia, def. Theresa Logar. United States, 6-4, 6-2. Petra Mandula, Hungary, def. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, 7-5.

6-2. Anca Barna, Germany, def. Lina Krasnoroutskaya (26), Russia, 6-1, 0-6, 6-3. Laura Granville, United States, def. Ansley Cargill.

United States, 6-4, 6-0. Paola Suarez (24), Argentina, def. Angelika Roesch. Germany, 6-3, 6-3. Kim Clusters (1), Belgium, def.

Amber Liu, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Causey IIIJ MilUUI ObuUVU. Ul UV1 U1W Causey said. 'Everything is; getting paid for. Be thankful.

You're a quarterback. Practice is I worried about him. It was a tough thing on mom and dad, but that's the game of life. Max has survived." Causey has not only survived, but he has thrived in his role. He has forged a strong relationship on and off the field with McCown, his roommate on the road.

"Maxie has been unbeliev- able," McCown said. "He is one of my very best friends. You couldn't ask for a harder worker and a more competi- tive person. The guy is just a flat out leader." Causey also serves as an extra coach for telling him what he sees from" sidelines, which is different from what McCown sees across the line. "He helps me see things sometimes I won't see on the field," McCown said.

"He's been an all-pro euy and as the way things have gone." to play and has confidence called upon. bench and completed 4-of-6 came in that last drive against quarterback, but he a front season," said Causev, who is law student Magan Foster on Maxie Causey received advice from his father, long-time prep coach John Causey. From page 1C said. "Obviously, I would like to be given more of a shot, but' it's not even really in Coach BickneU's control. I have a strong faith in Jesus Christ and I truly believe he has a plan for me.

That experience has helped me become the man I am today." It was a time when Causey leaned on his father, former Tech defensive back John Causey, a long-time area prep coach and a former Tech assistant. "I felt like it was my job as a dad to tell him, 'Max, put a smile on your John Causey file Age: 23 Yean Senior Height: 6-5 Weight: 200 Career numbers: Played in 33 games and completed 48-of-84 passes for 534 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs. Prep career: Played on three state championship football teams for West Monroe. Named all-district as a senior after completing 51-of-81 passes for 1,400 yards and 19 TDs. Named academic all-state with 4.0 GPA.

professional as you can get with Causey still has a great desire he can get the job done when the The schedule of Solunar Periods as printed below has been taken from Mrs. Richard Alden Knight's SOLUNAR TABLES. The Major periods begin at the times shown and last for 1 and one-half to two hours. The minor periods are of a somewhat shorter duration. A.M.

A.M. P.M. P.M. Minor Major Minor Major 4:30 10:55 5:05 11:20 5:35 11:45 5:55 6:25 12:10 6:45 12:35 7:20 1:05 7:45 1:30 8:10 2:00 8:40 2:25 9:00 2:50 9:35 3:15 9:55 3:45 10:30 4:15 Date, day August Today 27 Wednesday 28 Thursday 29 Friday 30 Saturday 31 Sunday September 1 Monday During the 2001 season, McCown had to leave the game at Nevada late in the fourth quarter with the Bulldogs Causey came in cold off the passes for 5 1 yards to move Tech into position for a game-winning Josh Scobee field goal. 1 he team detinitery has confidence in Maxie, Scobee said.

"My sophomore vear, he Nevada and we kicked the game winner. He earned a lot of respect But he's earned more respect off the field." Causey might be a backup line player in the classroom. Back from injury is receiver, Roydell Williams, a tall, fast threat who two seasons ago caught a team-leading 56 passes for 886 yards. I le missed most of last season after fracturing his ankle in the third game of the year. "Roydell really is a difference-maker in the passing game.

He's a big receiver that can run and catch the ball, stretch the Scelfo said. "With Losman and Moore in there, there are not marry other teams, I feel, that have three guys in those three positions who are as exciting." Scelfo said that although most defensive starters will be new, he has never seen more talent and speed on that side of the ball in bis four seasons as head coach. Tulane will have to replace die entire defensive line and secondary, with the only returning starters at linebacker: They're going to be thrown into the mix early and will have to grow up quick," Scelfo said. "We need to establish leaders and continue path we started on last fall," wten defenses began to win games for Tulane by forcing turnovers at a rate that led all of Division I. At safety, Scelfo has high hopes for sophomore comerback Sean Lucas, while he expects sophomore Michael Roberts and junior Wallace Mateen to become solid new starters on the line.

Tulane will play host to Northwestern State in the park on Sept 6 and then entertain Houston there for homecoming Oct 1 1. Last years homecoming game at Tad Gormley was regarded as a major success despite rain that drenched fans and turned much of the park into a bog. Paid attendance surpassed 28,000. "The way we ended last year, the expectation level has been raised. They got a taste of a game and they want to do it again," Scelfo said.

Senior J.R Losman, who struggled at times last year in front of an inexperienced offensive line and with a receiving corps that seemed prone to dropping passes, will be back at quarterback. He still threw for nearly 200 yards and 19 touchdowns last season. In the back-field with him will be running back Mewelde Moore, a running and receiving threat wtio already owns 23 school records. Moore has gained more than 1,000 yards on the ground in each of the last two seasons, and coming into this season, he has more career rushing yards (3,449) and all-purpose yards (5,182) than any other active Division I-A player. Causey graduated from West Monroe with a 4.0 grade Tulane Tulane players want to return to a bowl game this year.

From page 1C Bowl i The bowl appearance was a de facto road game for Tulane because the other team was Hawaii, playing in its home stadium where it was a huge favorite and had lost only once all year. But the Wave swamped Hawaii with spectacular plays on special teams, a defensive effort that produced three turnovers and eight sacks, and a balanced offensive attack that racked up 384 yards and three TDs. The Wave took a 36-28 victory. i point average and is set to receive a graduate degree a master of business administration in just four years and one quarter. Many students have trouble earning an undergraduate degree in four years, much less a master's.

I went to school every summer and took a full load every quarter except during football engaged to be married to LSU Dec. 21. It wasn that difficult to be honest. I ve taken care of business and everything has turned out all right for me.".