Stevens Point Journal from Stevens Point, Wisconsin • Page 13

LA Cal Pointer sophomore Bruce Lammers (middle lane) skims over the 120-yard high POINTERS 1-2 IN hurdles en route to a photo finish victory over teammate Al Sapa (just to HURDLES PHOTO FINISH Lammers' left) at Saturday's Colman Open. La Crosse's James Harris (left) was third. (Staff photo by Steve Leahy). Pointers shine in Colman The sun chose not to shine but several members of the UWStevens men's track team did in the annual Colman Open Track Meet Saturday at Colman Field. No team scores were recorded, but coach Rick Witt's Pointers claimed gold medals in four individual events and two relays to easily outclass the remainder of the nine team field.

UW-SP also captured seven runnerup finishes and four other third place finishes. The meet was held under cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid-30's, but the Pointers warmed things up right off the bat as All-American Jeff Ellis was an easy winner in the 10,000 meter walk with a time of 48:39.3. Two of the most interesting races of the day for local fans were the 440 yard dash and the 120 yard high hurdles as the Pointers came up with first and second finishes in both. Freshmen Barry Martzahl and Dave Soddy waged a spirited battle in the 440 before Martzahl nipped his teammate at the wire. Martzahl's winning time was 51.0 while Soddy was clocked in 51.16.

In the 120 highs, Bruce Lammers defeated Al Sapa in a photo-finish with a blazing time SEATTLE SQUARES SERIES, Sonic By MIKE O'BRIEN AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) Milwaukee Bucks' Coach Don Nelson probably was only twothirds Seattle correct Super when Sonics he have said the best two-man set of guards around. reserve Fred "Downtown" Brown to the Sonics' starting backcourt tandem of Gus Williams and Dennis Johnson, and make that the best three-man set. Williams, Dennis Johnson and Brown combined to sink 27 of 41 field goal attempts and scored 67 points 32 of them by Williams Sunday as the Sonics evened the teams' National Basketball Association playoff series at 2-2 by defeating the Bucks 112-107. Burly Lonnie Shelton added 22 points and 15 rebounds for the Sonics, who also regained the home court advantage. If the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series goes seven games, two of the remaining three would be played in Seattle.

The series resumes in Seattle Tuesday night. "I don't think all three of their guards, Fred, D.J. and Gus, should be capable of shooting that well at the same time," said Marques Johnson, who' led the Bucks with 31 points. "If they do, we're going to lose," he said. "There was nothing we could do.

We played good defense, but they shot jumpers from 20, 25 feet right in our face. We have to concede them those shots because we have to worry about Lonnie and Jack Sikma and J.J. (John Johnson) inside. Those are the shots we like to see them take, but they went in." "We've got to be favored now, going back to our said John Johnson, who contributed 10 rebounds, seven assists and a steal. Like Brown, he is a Milwaukee native.

UP AND OVER Pacelli High high jump UW-Stevens second place. Bruins force game with PITTSBURGH (AP) The first 20 minutes belonged to the Boston Bruins. The final 40 minutes were a formality. "That first was the hockey game, Pittsburgh period, goalie Greg Millen said Sunday night after a five-goal Boston barrage in the opening period carried the Bruins to an 8-3 Stanley Cup playoff victory over the Penguins. Boston's do-or-die victory tied the de first-round series at two triumphs per team.

The final game, set for tonight in Boston Garden, will decide the series and the pairings for the National Hockey League quarterfinals which begin Wednesday night. School grad Tom Bachinski form in the Colman Open Point freshman cleared (Staff photo by Steve Leahy). final Boston took a 4-1 beating here Saturday night, but Peter McNab scored two goals Sunday night to lead the Bruins' game-breaking first-period assault. "If we had lost, it would have been the earliest summer any of us have ever had," said McNab, who helped Boston reach the semifinals a year ago. "We didn't want that.

We had a lot of discussion before this game." The Bruins, who had the league's fourth-best regular season record, scored twice on their first three shots of the game. McNab tipped in a shot from the point by Ray Bourque with 5:13 elapsed in the opening pe- Penguins ONICS shows good Saturday. The 6-2 to tie for of 15.0 seconds while Sapa came across in 15.05. was not to be denied, however, as he bounced back to claim the gold in the 440 intermediate hurdles. He was clocked in 55.1 while teammate Mark Eichler finished third in 59.3.

Sapa finished the day with four gold medals as he was also a member of UW-SP's two winning relay teams. He teamed with Mike Gaab, Dave Lutkus and Bob Burton to win the 440 relay with a time of 43.6 and then joined forces with Martzahl, Soddy and Dan Bodette to finish first in the mile relay with a 3:25.6 clocking. Point entered a second team in the mile relay and saw it come in a surprising third. The team of Dan Morris, Kent Miller, Eric Parker and Steve Brilowski was timed in 3:32.5. Other earning second place finishes for the Pointers were Tom Bachinski, high jump, Gale Oxley and Burton, long jump, each Bodette, 880 yard run, Lenny Lococo, javelin, and Bill Kalafut, 1 triple jump, Earning bronze medals were, Kirk Morrow, shot put, and Karl Finkelmeyer, 880 run, 1:57.9.

Finishing fourth were, Gaab, 100 yard dash, 10.5; Eichler, 120 high hurdles, 15.8+; Lammers, 440 intermediate hurdles, 59.8; and Jim Wegner, triple jump, Witt was pleased with the effort put forth by his team, noting that there were some solid performances. "I was very pleased as a whole, I thought the guys were fired up to run at home and went out after it," Witt remarked. "I was pleased with our two relays as we beat La Crosse in both the 440 and mile. "Our hurdles runners did an excellent job as we had five guys in the finals in the highs and three finished in the top four in the intermediates. Martzahl was excellent in the 440 as were Bodette and Finkelmeyer in the 880 and Oxley, Burton and Kalafut in the "Probably our top performer and the top performer in the meet was Sapa with two individual firsts and two relay firsts." The Pointers will be in action again this Saturday as they travel to Platteville to compete in the Wisconsin State University Conference Relays.

10,000 Meter Walk 1. Jeff Ellis, SP, 2. Tom McMillian, LaC, 3. Jeff Mazanac, Unatt, 4. Tim REGAINS HOME COURT EDGEguards de "They (the Bucks) thought they were going to win two here," he said.

"They had played well for four quarters in every game and we had played only sporadically well, but we're champions and this team has a knack of rising to the Seattle Coach Lenny Wilkens said he had expected his team would play well after the Bucks' 95-91 victory here Friday night. "I thought we had to have a split here," Wilkens said. "We had a little practice yesterday, and I liked what I was reading. I felt good about this game." The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Williams injured his neck in a collision with the Bucks' 6-11, 250- pound Bob Lanier with 2:47 to play. Williams lay prone for perhaps two minutes before a Sonics' physician escorted him to the dressing room.

Wilkens said Williams has a sore neck, but should be able to play Tuesday. Bucks had stymied the Sonics with double-teaming, trapping defense Friday, but seldom were able to use those tactics Sunday. "That's because we were more aggressive and set the tempo of the Sikma said. "We pushed the ball upcourt. We had more of a transition game, more fast breaks.

That gave us more easy shots, and we didn't have to run that many plays against their set defense." The Sonics established control at the outset by scoring the game's first 10 points before Brian Winters scored the Bucks' first points with 3:29 having elapsed. The Sonics also made a defensive adjustment against Lanier, who had scored a total of 65 points in the series' first three games but was held to 010 this time. "They swarmed me with three or four guys, forcing me Stevens Point Monday, April 14, 1980 Gifford, LaC, 50.25.3; 5. Dave Backman, SP, 6. Ron Rost, SP, 55:06.5.

6 Mile Run 1. Jim Rogolla, LaC, 2. Steve Hahn, LaC, 3. Jerry Husz, LaC, 4. Dill Langout, EC, 5.

Greg Schrab, SP, 6. Dave Parker, SP, 31:16.0. 440 Relay 1. Stevens Point, 43.6; 2. La Crosse, 43.9; 3.

St. Norberts, 44.2; 4. Eau Claire, 45.4; 5. Loras, 45.8; 6. Sheboygan Tech, 45.9.

Mile Run 1. Chris Deakin, 2. Jim Speigelberg, EC, 3. Al Copperrud, LC, 4. Tom Hanning, Loras, 5.

Dennis Kotcon, SP, 6. Ray Przychbiski, 4:25.8. Shot Put 1. Mark Overgard, St, 53'6" 2. Jerry Hansen, EC, 3.

Kirk Morrow, SP, 4. Kyle Lindow, St, 5. Steve Eckley, EC, 6. Mike Brooks, MT, 440 Yard Dash 1. Barry Martzahl, SP, 51.0; 2.

Dave Soddy, SP, 51.16; 3. Greg Gilbert, LC, 51.2; 4. Aaron Williams, L.C, 51.3; 5. Dan Morris, SP, 52.1; 6. Greg Eiting, SN, 52.3.

3000 Meter Steeplechase 1. Jim Ingold, Norplex, 2. Tony Schiller, Winona, 3. Bill Fisher, LaC, 4. Tom Boeh, Loras, 5.

Shane Brooks, SP, 6. Bill Hohensee, 9:42.0. Long Jump 1. Greg Smith, Loras 2. Gale Oxley, SP 2.

Bob Burton, SP, 3. Dan Hancock, LC, 4. John Mason, LaC 5. Gino Sherrod, EC, High Jump 1. Chris Iselin, St, 2.

Tom Bachinski, SP, 2. Jeff Derus, EC, 3. Brian Off, MT, 4. Matt Smith, EC, 5. Mark Bohanski, LC, 5.

John Comdore, SN, 100 Yd. Dash 1. Reggie Raab, LaC, 10.0; 2. Terry Vandurin, 10.12; 3. Kevin Kirchman, LaC, 10.5; 4.

Mike Gaab, SP, 10.5+; 5. Jeff Babrber, St. 10.5+; 6. Dan Bohola, MT, 10.6. Pole Vault 1.

Mark Cleveland, MT, less than two minutes left in devastate the period. Rookie Pat Cummings, who had played little in the first three games, scored nine points early in the fourth quarter to rally the Bucks to within 94-85. But Williams broke Milwaukee's momentum with a three-point goal, and a steal and layup by Dennis Johnson made it 106-91 with 3:35 to play. A basket by Marques Johnson pulled the Bucks to within 108- Youth Baseball tryouts April 19 at Goerke All youth 9-12 years of age who wish to participate in the Stevens Point Youth Baseball Association Little League program this year are reminded of the tryouts set for Saturday, Apr. 19 at Goerke Park.

The schedule is as follows: 9 a.m.-12 year olds; 10 a.m.-11 year olds; 11 a.m.-10 year olds; 2 p.m.-9 year olds. New participants and youth who were on a team last year and participating in a new division this year must try out. In the event of rain on the 19th, the following schedule will be in effect on Sunday, Apr. 20:1 p.m.-12 year olds; 2 p.m.-11 year olds; 3 p.m.-10 year olds; and 4 p.m.-9 year olds. Youth should have their registration cards turned in at the Sport Shop by Wednesday, Apr.

16. Cards are available at the Sport Shop or from Stevens Point schools. Those having questions should contact Robert Dunahee, 533 Union St. Daily Journal Page 13 13'6" 2. Scott Raduka, St, 3.

Steve Rowe, MT, 4. Darrell Nelson, LaC, 5. Mark Glendenning, LaC, 440 Int. hurdles 1. Al Sapa, SP, 55.1; 2.

Tony Weisse, LaC, 56.0; 3. Mark Eichler, SP, 59.3; 4. Bruce Lammers, SP, 59.8; 5. Tom White, EC, 60.7; 6. Kevin French, MT, 61.2.

120 Yd. hurdles 1. Brice Lammers, SP, 15.0; 2. Al Sapa, SP 15.05; 3. James Harris, LaC, 15.3; 4.

Mark Eichler, SP, 15.8+; 5. French, MT, 15.8+; 6. Jack Kern, LaC, 15.9. 220 Yd. Dash 1.

Reggie Kaab, LaC, 23.1; 2. Mark Bork, Unatt, 23.3; 3. Rick Verdiven, LaC, 23.4; 4. Nick Asch, Unatt, 23.6; 5. Dave Lutkus, SP, 23.8; 6.

Jim Wegner, SP, 24.1. 880 Yd. Run -1. Mark Engelson, 2. Dan Bodette, SP, 3.

Karl Finkelmeyer, SP, 4. Bill Harland, Winona, 5. Jeff Loker, 6. Steve Soukoup, St. 1:69.2.

3 Mile Run 1. Dave Dougal, Norplex, 2. Steve Ostwinkle LaC, 3. Jay Heldt, LaC, 4. Dan Stack, EC, 5.

Mark Agen, St. 6. Dan Alberts, EC, 14:57.8. Javelin 1. Rudy Paul, LaC, 2.

Lenny Lococo, SP, 3. Mike Austin, Winona, 4. Mike Brooks, MT, 5. Don Maiers, SP, 6. Jeff Greuel, St, Mile Relay 1.

Stevens Point-2, 2. La Crosse, 3. Stevens Point, 4. Winona, 5. Loras, 6.

St. Norbert, 3:36.7. Discus 1. Mark Overgard, St, 2. Mike Hanratty, Unatt, 3.

Dave Miller, LaC, 138 11" 4. Kirby Pierce, EC, 5. Troy Pierce, EC, 6. Ray Beam, Triple Jump 1. Dennis Rue, 3.

Dave Houston, MT, 4. Jim 2. Bill Kalafut, SP, Wegner, 5. John Mason, LaC, 6. Dave Robinson, St.

Bucks 104 with 40 seconds left, but Brown took the Sonics out of trouble by sinking two free throws four seconds later. Nelson said his players had used faulty judgement by tossing up a flurry of three-point goal attempts late in the game. They sank only three of 15 three-point shots, all but one of them coming in the second half. Winters sank two of nine three-pointers. "We were going to shoot some three-pointers off our set stuff by Brian or Junior, but we had people just dribbling back to the three-point line and shooting," Nelson said.

"It was an error in judgement. It was an uncontrollable situation because we had only one time-out left and wanted to save it until the end. It just became a contagious thing." "Being down and the clock running out, what can you do?" Bridgeman said. "You've got to go for broke." "They have, good shooters, and that if they hit one of those it would get the crowd behind them, fine," Wilkens said. "But I don't think I would do it with two minutes left." Shelton faulted some of the fans for their reactions to Williams' injury.

"Some fans said dirty things, like, 'Get up, Gus, you're not hurt' and "I hope he's Shelton said. "That's pretty heartless. They have to show better sportsmanship." SEATTLE (112) J. Johnson 3 0-0 6, Shelton 8 6-8 22, Sikma 4 0-0 8, D. Johnson 9 2-4 20, Williams 13 5-7 32, Silas 0 0-0 0, Brown 5 4-4 15, LaGarde 0 2-2 2, Bailey 1 5-7 7, Walker 0 0-0 0, V.

Johnson 0 0-0 0. Totals 43 24-32 112. MILWAUKEE (107) M. Johnson 11 8-10 31, Meyers 4 2-5 10, Lanier 5 0-0 10, Buckner 3 5-7 11, Winters 6 2-2 16, Bridgeman 5 0-0 10, Moncrief 3 2- 2 8, Washington 1 0-0 2, Catchings 0 0-0 0, Cummings 3 3-3 9. Totals 41 28 27 22-29 30 107.

27-112 Seattle Milwaukee 22 22 28 35 -107 Three point goals -Winters 2, Williams, Brown, M. Johnson. Fouled out-none. Total "fouls- -Seattle 26, Milwaukee zi. Attendance 10,938.

riod. Rick Middleton beat Millen with a one-on-one backhand shot at 6:42. Later, Bourque blasted another long slapshot for Boston's third goal at 14:26. McNab added a power- goal at 16:00 and Greg MacTavish put the Bruins on top 5-0 at the 18:09 mark. Only nine teams are left, with one more to fall aside tonight.

The Philadelphia Flyers completed a sweep of the Edmonton Oilers Friday and like the other surviving teams won't know until tonight what team they will play. In Saturday action, the New York Islanders eliminated the Los Angeles Kings, the New York Rangers ousted the Atlanta Flames and the Buffalo Sabres finished off the Vancouver Canucks to join the Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars and Chicago Black Hawks in the quarterfinals. to break to the deep corner," Lanier said. "Of course, a big part of cutting off the inside game is if you're not shooting well from outside, and we weren't shooting well consistently. "The key, I thought, was every time we tried to make a run at them they would not miss," he said.

"They were firing up those long jumpers, and they were just going dead nuts. We played good defense, but they made some tough shots." Looking for more offense, Nelson benched Quinn Buckner with 8:26 left in the first quarter and played Winters, Junior Bridgeman and Sidney Moncrief at guard for most of the first half. However, the Bucks appeared to sorely miss Buckner's floor leadership and defense as the Sonics built their lead to 48-33. Ironically, Buckner returned with 4:33 left in the second quarter and threw in nine points the rest of the half to pull the Bucks to within 55-44. However, Williams fired in four long shots and a layup in the first five minutes of the second half to help Seattle extend its lead to 71-55 with 6:26 left in the third quarter.

A layin by Shelton made it 85-67 with SPYBA LL meeting for all managers on Thursday at 'Y' Managers and coaches of all Stevens Point Youth Baseball Association Little League teams, for youth 9-16, will meet on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the YMCA. League operations for the coming season will be discussed. A meeting for managers and coaches in the Senior League (13-15) will be held at a later date. GETTING PUSHED AROUND Milwaukee Bucks Bob Lanier lets out a yell as Seattle's Lonnie Shelton gives him an elbow during National Basketball Association playoff action Sunday in Milwaukee.

Shelton poured in 22 points and collected 15 rebounds as the Sonics won the game 112-107. (AP photo) 1.