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ft Ken Rogers Sports editor Phone (334) 240-0190 Fax (334)261-1548 200 Washington Ave. Montgomery AL 36104 Sunday 79, 1999 NFL 2C Golf Weekly 7C Auto racing 11C AUBURN 41, LSU 7 LOUISIANA TECH 29. (18) ALABAMA 28 i ii i i 0) UAU US) Sportsline UDJ(1 Li LI --J SCOREBOARD BASEBALL AL Cleveland 5, New York 4 Boston 9, Detroit 1 Chicago 7, Toronto 4 Oakland 8, Kansas City 4 Texas 6, Tampa Bay 1 Seattle 5, Minnesota 0 Baltimore 6, Anaheim 3 NL St. Louis 13, Houston 6 Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 0 Los Angeles 5, Colorado 4 Arizona 8, Florida 6 (10) San Diego 1 1, San Francisco 5 Milwaukee 7, Chicago 4 (14) New York 11, Philadelphia 1 Montreal 5, Atlanta 4 rr i 4 Ml The Associated Press LSU's Fred Booker hammers Auburn's Ronney Daniels in the first half Saturday. Daniels fumbled and later recovered for a touchdown on the play.

Leard, Auburn dominate LSU 4 i '11 i I Saturday night to lift No. 4 Florida to a 23-21 victory over the defending national champions. Florida (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) snapped No. 2 Tennessee's 14-game winning streak and kept alive two equally impressive streaks of its own. The Gators won their 30th straight game at The Swamp and stayed undefeated at home against the Volunteers Rout: Auburn's offense explodes, pummels Bayou Bengals from start By Jay G.

Tate Montgomery Advertiser BATON ROUGE, La. There was no game between LSU and Auburn on Saturday. There were hits. There were touchdown catches. There were officials, coaches, more than 80,000 people in the stands, even 22 players running around each play.

At the conclusion, the scoreboard read: Auburn 41, Louisiana e' State 7. J'-'f It wasn't Vu a game. "Game" im plies competition. In-stead, it Auburn report 10C was a nationally televised coming-out party for Auburn, which now finds itself 3-0 just one season after finishing the 1998 campaign 3-8. "The best team won this football game from the beginning to the end," said Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, who notched his second victory in three career games at LSU's Tiger Stadium.

"We came in relaxed, and we weren't intimidated. We made plays when the plays Louisiana Tech receiver Sean Cangelosi catches the game-winning touchdown over Alabama linebacker Saleem Rasheed (11) with two seconds remaining Saturday at Legion Field. The Bulldogs stunned the Tide for the second time, 29-28. (4) FLORIDA 23, (2) TENNESSEE 21 Gators' defense stifles Vols Bulldogs burn Bama yet again By Tim Gayle Montgomery Advertiser BIRMINGHAM It's enough to make a coach pull out his hair. Or lose his job.

Two years after stunning the college football world by spoiling Alabama's homecoming, Louisiana Tech moved its upset party 50 miles east to Legion Field. It was a better Alabama team this time, Crimson Tide players and coaches insisted. If so, it was obviously a better Louisiana Tech team as well. Backup quarterback Brian Stallworth turned a deafening roar at Legion Field into stunned silence, hitting Sean Cangelosi Alabama report 9C i a fourth-down, 28-yard strike with two seconds left as the Bulldogs shocked Alabama, 29-28. Kevin Pond's extra point touched off a wild celebration among Louisiana Tech faithful that wasn't complete until Jason Owens tackle of Santo-nio Beard on the Bulldog 28 following the ensuing kickoff.

"I obviously did a poor job getting our team ready to play," Alabama coach Mike DuBose said. "We didn establish anything in the first half. I thought we made some adjustments and went back out in the second half and played better, ibut didn't make the plays when the game was on the line." Alabama faithful made sure DuBose understood their feelings. A smattering of boos rang down on the Tide Page9C THE BIG PLAY On fourth-and-22 with 10 seconds left and no timeouts remaining, Louisiana Tech backup quarterback Brian Stallworth calmly stood in the pocket and fired a strike to Sean Cangelosi. Cangelosi, turning at the goal line as the ball was in the air, jumped in front of defensive backs Hir-chel Bolden and Milo Lewis for the game-winning catch with two seconds left.

THE BIG PLAY Trailing Alabama State 13-10 at halftime, the Trojans roared back and scored on their opening possession of the second half to take command just like they had last week at Cincinnati. Wayne Thomas applied the appropriate touches to the drive with a determined 3-yard scoring run. He bounced off several tack-lers, pivoted to avoid going out of bounds and dove into the end zone for a touchdown with 12:01 left in the third quarter and momentum the Trojans never lost. HISTORY Sosa first to hit 60 homers twice CHICAGO Sammy Sosa is in a swinger's club all by himself. It's called the 60-60.

Sosa hit his 60th homer Saturday to become the first player in major league history to reach the mark twice. He's done it in back-to-back seasons. After hitting 66 last season for the Chicago Cubs and losing an epic home run contest with Mark McGwire by four, Sosa connected for No. 60 against Jason Bere of Milwaukee. The Associated Press The Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla.

Florida waited a long, bitter year to prove it was better than Tennessee. Thanks to a defensive end who couldn't be stopped and a quarterback who wouldn't quit, the Gators just did make their case. Doug Johnson threw for 338 yards and two scores barely enough to overcome his three interceptions and Alex Brown had five sacks EXPOS 4, BRAVES 3 Saturday's stars: The Expos' Dustin Hermanson won his fourth straight start and Brad Fullmer nit a go-ahead, two-run double. Today's game: Montreal at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m. On the mound: Montreal Ted Lilly (0-0); Atlanta Kevin Millwood (17-7) On the air: TV Braves Network; Radio WMSP-AM 740 On deck: New York Mets at Atlanta, 6:35 p.m.

Tuesday BRIEFLY McNair out six weeks for back surgery NASHVILLE, Term. Tennessee Titans starting quarterback Steve McNair will undergo back surgery today to repair a ruptured disc and will be out of the lineup for six weeks. Veteran Neil O'Don-nell, signed as a free WW fore training I camp, will start today McNair for Tennessee (1-0) against the visiting Cleveland Browns (0-1). "Steve's message to his teammates was that he's sorry," coach Jeff Fisher said. NFL report 2C Bowden featured at QB Club meeting Former Auburn head football coach Terry Bowden, now a college football analyst for ABC Sports, is the featured speaker at Monday night's Montgomery Quarterback Club meeting.

The meeting will be at the Governors House Hotel Conference Center, 27-5 E. South Boulevard. Social hour and supper will begin at 6 p.m. and the program follows at 7. The Quarterback Club also will recognize the public and private high school players of the week.

Those interested in QB Club activities and membership should visit the Web site at 222.qbclub.org or call 394-1004. Medialine NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Dura Lube K-Mart 300, at Loudon, N.H., TNN, WXFX-FM 95.1, 11:30 a.m. BASEBALL Montreal at Atlanta, Braves Network, WMSP-AM 740, 1:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, WGN, 1:20 p.m. PRO FOOTBALL Green Bay at Detroit, WCOVFOX, noon Jacksonville at Carolina, WA-KACBS, noon Denver at Kansas City, WA-KACBS, 3:15 p.m.

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Most importantly, the victory provided healing for a loss that haunted the Gators all year, the 20-17 defeat at Tennessee last season in which they committed five turnovers and missed a chip-shot field goal in overtime. score the first 17 points of the second half to subdue the pesky Hornets. "I wish Alabama State had listened to the prognostica-tors. If they had, then they probably would have laid over like the prognosticators said," Troy State coach Larry Blakeney said. "But they never did like always.

They were obviously into the game." It was a moral victory of Trojans Page3C THE BIG PLAY On fourth-and-goal at the LSU 1 in the first quarter, Auburn ran a fake field goal, which called for kicker Damon Duval to take an over-the-head pass from holder Jacob Allen and go in for a score. It worked perfectly. The play gave Auburn a 10-0 lead and clear control of the game's momentum. were there. Everything just fell into place for us." Nearly everything that could have gone Auburn's way did so.

Wideout Ronney Daniels fumbled a ball en route to the end zone, only to collect the fumble in the end zone among three LSU de fenders for a touchdown. Auburn's secondary pulled in four interceptions. In the first half. Auburn ran a fake field goal in the first quarter. Damon Duval, the 175-pound, bleach-blond punter, went in for a touchdown.

Perfect. "There was a point there in the first half where I felt like I was in a dream," said senior safety Adlai Trone, who picked off a pair of passes Saturday. "I was moving going to the right place but not even thinking about it, really. It was a great game for everybody. I don't think it can Auburn Page 10C David Bundy Staff stuns De BOXING booed when De La Hoya turned, smiled and raised his hands in a victory gesture after the final bell.

The crowd was energized down the stretch and so was Trinidad, clearly the aggressor, landing the more effective blows in the 11th and 12th rounds. Judge Glen Hamada of Tacoma, scored the fight 114-114; judge Jerry Roth of Las Vegas saw it 115-113; and Bob Logiste of Belgium had it 115-114 for Trojans hold off pesky Hornets for win TROY STATE 27, ALABAMA STATE 20 u-'-Jt- 1 if? 13 finally Alabama State's Freddie Parker (29) hits Troy State's David Hill, causing a fumble in the first half Saturday. HOME RUN By Kelvin Sims Montgomery Advertiser Regardless of what happened prior to Alabama State and Troy State meeting, the intense nature of the rivalry suggested that a tight ball-game was to be expected. And it didn't disappoint. The Hornets, minus their starting quarterback and coming off a pair of disappointing performances in their first two games, weren't expected to but definitely held up their part of the intensity equation against No.

4 Troy State. La Hoya Trinidad. Trinidad won the last three rounds on two of the three scorecards, and two of the last three on the third. "I said I was the No. 1 welterweight in the world and tonight I proved it," a jubilant Trinidad said after preserving his undefeated record.

"I'll give him a rematch." De La 'Hoya, suffering his first loss, indicated he'd take Trinidad up on the offer. "I'm sorry for my fans, but I'll be back," he said. "I wanted to box. Next time I'll be a brawler." Trinidad (36-0) entered the But a deeper Trojan team had more to bring in the end, breaking open a tight game with a big second half in a 27-20 victory Saturday night in front of 18,107 at Cramton Bowl. Troy State (2-0) won for the eighth straight year in the series despite trailing at half-time one week after running and passing at will in an upset win over Division I-A Cincinnati.

The Trojans got touchdown runs by Wayne Thomas and Brock Nutter to for title ring first, decked out in white with a broad red waistband, holstered sword and a straw sombrero, preceded by a medley of rhythms from rappers in the ring and recorded Latin music. De La Hoya (31-1) followed, in a royal blue hooded robe. He leaped up and down to warm up, while Trinidad shuffled his feet. De La Hoya stripped to his fighting blue trunks fust, then Trinidad to his white trunks. Both had vocal supporters, with the majority behind De La Hoya.

Trinidad Chicago Tribune LAS VEGAS Felix "Tito" Trinidad, with a strong finish in the last three rounds, dethroned boxing's Golden Boy, Oscar De La Hoya, by majority decision Saturday in their welterweight title fight. The verdict by the three judges brought cheers from the sellout crowd of 12,000 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. The fans shouted fervently as Trinidad chased a defensive De La Hoya in the decisive final round. They HOr.E RUN DERBY II Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire are chasing the home run record for a second year in I a row-with the single-season mark now at 70. McGwire 56 14 games remaining 14 games remaining 1 Sosa 60.