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Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Thursday, Oct. 8, 1998 Classifieds A CONTINUE ON HOW TO REACH US If you have local sports inquiries or tips, call sports editor Jim Cheesman or any other member of the sports staff at 331 -2303, 331 -2329 or 1 -800-636-GAME from 1 -9 p.m. Section axora PAGE 5 Tennis 2 Scoreboard 3 NFL 5 11 Lincoln, O'Gorman expected to battle for title GIRLS STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT Top seeds The No. 1 seeds in each singles flight for the 31 st annual girls state tennis tournament, which begins today at three Sioux Falls locations: No. 1 singles Maggie Donohue (O'Gorman) 18-1.

No. 2 singles Kelsey Evans (O'Gorman) 18-1. No. 3 singles Liz Donohue (O'Gorman) 19-0. No.

4 singles Amy Hutchinson (Lincoln) 22-0. No. 5 singles Angie Nor-berg (Lincoln) 22-0. No. 6 singles Maria Nelson (Lincoln) 20-0.

OG senior Kelsey Evans (18-1), another top seed and two-time defending champ, and Lincoln eighth-grader Kate Chiu (21-1) have also split at No. 2. Evans beat Chiu for the state title last year. Those are the only two flights where either Lincoln or O'Gorman doesn't have an unbeaten player or doubles pair. O'Gorman's Donohue and Evans are 19-0 at No.

1 doubles, freshman Liz Donohue is 19-0 at No. 3 singles and Liz Donohue and junior Mary Girls tennis See 2C Preliminary matches will be played today at McKennan Park, Kuehn Park and Washington High. The first and second rounds will be Friday, with the semi Maggie Donohue finals and finals on Saturday. Last year, Lincoln egded O'Gorman by seven points, 480-473; for the title. Aberdeen Central took third, followed by Washington and 5-4 both times the schools met this season.

Six of those Lincoln-O'Gor-man matches could only happen in the finals, including potential high-stakes showdowns at No. 1 and No. 2 singles. O'Gorman senior Maggie Donohue (18-1), the top seed and two-time defending champion at No. 1 singles, has split a pair of matches this season against Lincoln freshman Tara Houlihan (21-1), who took third last year.

si tesf I Former U.S. coach brings his expertise to city soccer clinic Brookings. Lincoln is 22-0 this season and has the top seed in three singles flights and one doubles flight. O'Gorman (17-2), which won five straight titles from 1992-96, has the No. 1 seed in the top two singles flights and the first two doubles flights.

"I think it's going to be decided by the Lincoln-O'Gorman head-to-head matches, for the most part," said Lincoln coach Tom Krueger, whose team beat OG 3k i 7 By ADAM THALER Argus Leader Staff The stage is set for the grandest battle of all. Lincoln and O'Gorman, two girls tennis superpowers of equally excellent repute, are the clear favorites to finish on top in the 31st annual state tournament, which begins today. Although players from 21 other schools will be aiming for upsets, it seems obvious that defending champion Lincoln and 1997 runnerup O'Gorman will decide between themselves who will wear the crown. DoodlflsioDS XL, Sampson also will give public speech By ADAM THALER Argus Leader Staff Steve Sampson, the former coach of the U.S. national soccer team, will be in Sioux Falls this weekend to share his knowledge and ideas with area coaches.

Organizers of his appearance hope it raises the quality and visibility of soccer in the area. "What I'm trying to do is show that the interest in soccer is there," said Marlon Mol-let, a Sioux Falls youth soccer coach who arranged Sampson's appearance. "I want to show a positive role model and increase awareness by bringing somebody if this caliber to Sioux Falls." Sampson will give five clinics over three days beginning Friday and will speak at a public dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Ramkota Inn Exhibit Hall. The cost for coaches to attend the series of clinics is $20.

Tickets to the dinner, which will be preceded by an autograph session starting at 5:30 p.m., also cost $20. Rich Jensen, the executive director of the Sioux Falls Soccer Association, said his organization will benefit greatly from the coaching clinics. About 4,000 youths participate in SFSA leagues. Stampede hands reins to native of Minnesota By WADE MERRY Argus Leader Staff Bob Motzko, a 37-year-old native of Austin, with strong ties to the United States Hockey League, was named coachgeneral manager of the Sioux Falls Stampede on Wednesday. Motzko, who has spent the last six years as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator with Miami University of Ohio, played and coached in the USHL, leading the North Iowa Huskies to the 1989 U.S.

Bob Motzko National Junior A Championship. He was introduced during an afternoon press conference at the Holiday InnHolidome City Centre. "This was a no-brainer, to be able to come back in the league and be with an expansion team" said Motzko of his decision to be the architect of the team, which will begin play in the USHL in September of 1999. "In the last seven years, the changes in the league have been phenomenal." Motzko and his wife, Shelly, who are expecting their first child in March, just Dougni a nome in moux rails. His duties start immediately.

Motzko's career includes a stop with Denver of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and time as an assistant to 1980 gold medal winning coach Herb Brooks at St. Cloud State in 1986-87. Motzko has also been involved with the U.S. Olympic Development program the past five years and was an assistant coach for Team North at the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival in St.

Louis. During Motzko's time at Miami University, the Red-hawks qualified for the NCAA tournament twice and won four Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoff championships. "The name of the game is recruiting," Motzko said. "You have to be able to recruit, but you also have to have something to recruit to. The Arena is going to rock.

The key for me is we have to have the vehicle to entice players to come here." He said Sioux Falls is a great location for hockey. "The city has an airport and interstate that runs through it," he said. "A lot of cities don't have that. If a player's parents live in Detroit and want to come for a game, they can fly in here. We are also four hours away from Minneapolis and, if you drive up Highway 23, 3VS from St.

Cloud. "The majority of the players in this league come from Minnesota, Chicago, Michigan and the East. This is where the players want to come." For recruiting purposes, each of the 12 USHL teams has two areas they can protect as their own. The Stampede has chosen the Vail (Colo.) AAA midget program and Maple Grove (Minn.) High School. "I heard they have three or four strong candidates who could play for our team," Motzko said.

"And their bantam team won the Minnesota state championship." The Vail Midget program is under the direction of Brad Buetow, who was 171-75-8 as coach of the Minnesota uopners rrom iyou-so. "He recruits from all over the West and gets a lot of players from Dallas and from California," Motzko said. "It is a very good program." Motzko doesnt hedge on his plans for the Stampede. I want to win as fast as pos sible," he said. "You don't win in this league without veterans and our first year we might not have many veterans.

But I want to get at it right -A Associated Press Cleveland's Travis Fryman (1 7) gets hit in the back by the Yankees' Tino Martinez's throw to first base as Chuck Knoblauch (left) covers the bag in the 12th inning Wednesday night. Tyson asks court to keep psychological tests hidden Caminiti's homer saves San Diego Controversial call helps Cleveland beat Yanks in 12 By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK For four hours and 11 innings, great baseball captivated Yankee Stadium. And then came the 12th. Chuck Knoblauch threw a fit, the umpires made a call ALCS that is likely to be debated for some time, and the Cleveland Indians went home with a split. Welcome to the playoffs at Yankee Stadium, where anything goes.

"At the end, we caught a break and made the most of that opportunity," Indians manager Mike Hargrove said Wednesday after Cleveland's wild 4-1, 12-inningwin over New York in Game 2 of the AL championship series. The umpires failed to call Travis Fryman out for interfering with Tino Martinez's throw as he ran inside the line on his bunt attempt, and Enrique Wilson broke a l-all tie by scoring all the way from first base as Knoblauch stood at the bag pointing and arguing, instead of picking up the ball. Did the umpires make the right call? Crew chief Jim Evans said it's all a matter of Indians See 4C fice fly. Hoffman pitched two innings and wound up with the win. The game ended at 1:43 a.m., pushed back by a two hour, one minute rain delay at the start The win was a good omen for the underdog Padres.

The Padres See 4C cancellation of games. The entire exhibition schedule has already been canceled, and the regular season is due to begin Nov. 3. "We feel that the NBA is making a lot of money. Everybody, for the most part, is doing financially OK," Ewing said.

"So we don't see why they had to lock us out. If you asked David Stern, I don't think he would say that the league as a whole is doing bad." But Stern and the owners claim as many as half of them are losing money and the league as a whole is much less "(Sampson) is the biggest name we've had come in here. This is a great thing to have." Rich Jensen, executive director of Sioux Falls Soccer "For the most part, our teams are coached by parents who would like to learn more about the game," Jensen said. "We can only teach them so much, just the basics. They'll get a new look and be able to understand the game more anytime we can bring in someone from the outside, especially someone like this.

"(Sampson) is the biggest name we've had come in here. This is a great thing to have, and we're just happy to be a part of it and be included in it." Sampson, 41, resigned as coach of the U.S. team on June 29 after a last-place finish in the World Cup. In three years as coach, he led the U.S. to a 26-22-14 record, giving him the best winning percentage ever for a coach of the U.S.

team He led the U.S. to one of the Sampson See 2C the public curiosity in these records to (Tyson's) interest in maintaining their confidentiality, the court could have reasonably found that these Mike Tyson sensitive records should be withheld from public inspection," he said. The lawyer also said that Tyson is in poor financial shape and "needs to box again to support himself and his family." Tyson wants to fight in December, which would be 18 months since the Holyfield fight. He desperately needs money to pay off a 13 million lien to the Internal Revenue Service. But his opportunity to box could be hindered if he doesn't comply with orders to turn the records over to the commission by Monday.

Jimmer-son said the fighter could lose an Oct. 19 hearing date before the commission to try to get his boxing license back. CURIOUS ABOUT SPORTS ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS QUESTION: Who has played in the most World Series games? ANSWER: Yogi Berra played in 75 games during 14 World Series with the New York Yankees. Questions? Call 331-2286 and leave a message. HOTLINE For scores, call 331.2252.

i -NJ :4 1.5 i NLCS tie it. Ruben Rivera's double and dash home on Jim Leyritz's dribbler gave the Padres a 2-1 lead in the eighth. But in the ninth, Hoffman, who converted 53 of 54 save chances this season, could not protect the edge and gave up Andruw Jones' tying sacrifice fly. In fact, Hoffman could not even close out the game. With two outs in the 10th, he walked pitcher Tom Glavine pinch-hitting because the Braves ran out of position players and Donne Wall relieved.

Wall, who had only one save this season, walked Chipper Jones before retiring Andres Galarraga on a long fly to center field. Ryan Klesko walked with one out in the Atlanta ninth and surprisingly tried to take be only the second between the sides since the lockout was imposed July 1. The owners and players have only a couple of days to come up with a deal that will save an 82-game season, and such a breakthrough seems unlikely with the sides far apart on the main economic issues. "I hope it's going to be substantive," players union director Billy Hunter said. "I'm going to tell David (Stern, the commissioner) what we don't like about their last proposal, and then suggest that we realj Padres open series with 1 0-inning win By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer ATLANTA This time, the San Diego Padres saved Trevor Hoffman.

Ken Caminiti hit a solo home run in the 10th inning and the Padres overcame a rare lapse by baseball's premier closer to beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 Wednesday night in a rain-delayed Game 1 of the NL championship series. On an evening when daring running sent the "game into extra innings, Caminiti trotted around the bases after connecting with one out in the 10th off Kerry Ligten-berg. It was the fourth postseason homer of Caminiti's career, and helped him atone for failing to come up with a key throw that let the Braves By BRENDAN RILEY Associated Press Writer CARSON CITY, Nev. -Mike Tyson petitioned the Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday in an effort to keep results of recent psychological tests hidden from the public. Tyson's emergency petition asks for a stay of a lower court's refusal on Monday to reconsider an order allowing the records to be made public upon their release to the Nevada Athletic Commission.

The documents are from a team of psychiatrists that examined Tyson for five days last month. Commission members ordered the tests following a Sept. 19 hearing on Tyson's request to replace a license revoked for biting Evander Holyfield's ears during their heavyweight title fight. Tyson lawyer Jim Jimmer-son said it was clear the records should be kept private "when considering the harm likely to be suffered by (Tyson) as opposed to the feeding frenzy of the media and the mouths of the hungry public." "Clearly when balancing full season profitable than it was just a Associated Press Atlanta pitcher John Smoltz (top left) pitches to San Diego's Quilvio Veras Wednesday to start Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. The start of the game was delayed for about two hours by rain.

Javy Lopez is catching. NBA labor talks to resume today in effort to save third on Javy Lopez's single to left. Rivera's throw beat him, but Caminiti did not catch the throw and Klesko -his nose bloodied from colliding with Caminiti's shoulder-was safe. Andruw Jones, whose home run gave Atlanta an early 1-0 lead, swung away on a 3-0 pitch and hit a sacri ly talk about something that's going to create some movement on both sides." The last time owners and players were together in the same room was Aug. 6, when the players made their most recent proposal, and the owners responded by walking out of the room.

Two hour-long informal sessions have been held in the last two weeks, with only Stern, Granik, Hunter and union president Patrick Ewing attending. Both sides now expect the work stoppage to force the; By CHRIS SHERIDAN AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK Facing the possibility of the first shortened season in NBA history, owners and players resume labor talks today with few expectations of progress. "We're ready to sit there and talk all day and all night and maybe someone will come up with something," NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik said. "Often that's how it happens, but I have no reason to be optimistic." The bargaining sessjpn will few years ago. The owners are seeking a system with cost certainty, looking to gradually roll back the amount of revenue devoted to player salaries from 57 percent to 48 percent.

The players have offered some concessions, but are unwilling to accept a "hard" salary cap or give up the "Larry Bird exception" that allows teams to exceed the salary cap to retain their own free agents. "We're prepared to address their concerns, we really are," Hunter said. i.