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Star-Bulletin Tuesday, December 23, 1986 Rainbows' Best-Kept Secret 2 UH-Hilo, Hawaii Loa Win 2 Hawaii's Top Swimmers 3 Scoreboard, NFL Guide 4 'atHts Nail Fin NFL Playoff Berth Associated Press NFL Playoffs at a Glance "ZT A. 41. A I 7 1 (Hawaii times listed) AFC NFC -f A 7. -r, k. Sunday, Dec.

28 L.A. Rams at Washington, 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3 Washington or San Francisco at Chicago, 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan.

4 Los Angeles or San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 11 (Sites and times to be announced) NFC championship game. Sunday, Jan.

25 Super Bowl at Pasadena, 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28 Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan.

3 N.Y. Jets or Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:30 a.m.. Sunday, Jan. 4 New England at Denver, 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan.

11 (Sites and times to be announced) AFC championship game. Sunday, Jan. 25 Super Bowl at Pasadena, 1 p.m. ccH A ah rl UH Plays Defending i Ivy League Champ when we broke Penn's streak," 11 I i MIAMI With the confidence of a team that fought its way to the Super Bowl as a wild-card team a year ago, the New England Patriots refused to die and qualified for another shot at the NFL playoffs. The Pats overcame two second-half deficits, a red-hot Dan Marino plus the remnants of their Orange Bowl jinx and did it with just 44 seconds to spare last night on a 31-yard pass from Steve Grogan to Stanley Morgan.

Their 34-27 victory over the Miami Dolphins nailed down the AFC East championship and knocked the Cincinnati Bengals out of the playoffs. It was New England's second straight victory after 18 straight losses in the Orange Bowl, now abandoned by the Dolphins for their new stadium 15 miles to the north. "It's a matter of confidence," said New England cornerback Ernest Gibson. "That carries over from last year. Even though we lost in the Super Bowl, we learned a lot from getting there.

Vou never give up. We like it bgest at crunch time. We feel like we can do Even when they were up, we had no doubts." THE WIN SET up an AFC wild-card game Sunday between the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets, each 10-6, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The winner of that game will travel to 124 Cleveland a week from Saturday, with the Patriots, 11- 5, visiting 11-5 Denver the following day. Crunch time for the Patriots last night came in a second half that became a shootout between Marino and Grogan, who replaced Tony Eason with 9:48 left in the first half after Eason a stretched nerve in his right shoulder trying to make a tackle on Miami's Mark Brown, who was running with a recovered fumble.

It was a play typical of a sloppy first half. But the second half wasn't sloppy at all. After Miami tied it, 13-13, on a 21-yard field goal 6:25 into the third period, the shootout began the Dolphins would store and Grogan would bring the Pats right back. Marino, who had three TD passes and set new NFL records for passes attempted and completed in a single season, hit Mark Clayton for a 32-yard TD; Grogan retaliated with a 7-yard rollout for a score at the end of a 67-yard drive; Marino hit Clayton for a 19-yard score and Grogan retaliated again with a 12- yard pass to Tony Collins on a quick, 7-play, 74-yard drive. But the New England defense finally held and the Pats took over again at their own 14.

Six minutes later, after 10 runs and a pass, Grogan hit Morgan, who had 8 receptions for 148 yards, his ninth 100-yard game of the season. "Stanley told me afterwards it was just like old times," said the 33-year-old Grogan. 1 i Associated Press WINNING CELEBRATION Stanley Morgan is embraced by his New England teammates, including Tony Collins (33), after catching the game-winning touchdown in the Patriots' AFC East title-clinching victory over the Miami Dolphins last night. Flint Hill 'Supporting Cast' Also Stars in Classic Coup is overshadowed by Scott. By Cindy Luis Star-Bulletin Writer Brown University is not exactly known as a basketball factory.

Its players are students who happen to play a decent game, not exchange students on a four-year loan from the NBA. There are no athletic scholarships in the Ivy League, where Brown is the defending basketball champion, only financial aid based on need. The Bruins haven't played a game since Dec. 9 because of finals. Two starters and their sixth man showed up here yesterday because of an exam last Saturday.

The league dictates no practices, games or travel during finals. Brown's basketball "use it or lose it" budget is $40,000. THE FIRST QUESTION one might put to Coach Mike Cingis-er is "How do you survive in Division The answer is simple: "Very nicely, thank you." "I think our way is the right way," he said as his team prepared for tonight's contest with the University of Hawaii. "This is not to imply that the other programs are wrong. But in terms of amateurism, I think we're doing it the way it should be.

"That's not to say that if the right scholarship job came along, that if Dean Smith retired and they wanted me in North Carolina, that I wouldn't jump at the chance. But my belief is that basketball at that level is not amateur, it's another world." The Bruins have been doing very well in their own little world. Wresting the Ivy title away from Penn last season gave Brown an emotional lift that has carried over to this year's season. "It was a tremendous feeling said Cingiser of Brown's first-ever Ivy title. "It lifted the rest of the league, too.

We all could see light at the end of the tunnel." THE BRUINS ARE 3-2 this season, all against schools that give athletic scholarships. Cingiser feels good about that record but would feel better with another win under his belt. "We've had our best practices of the season since coming here," he said. "There is such an academic climate at Brown come exam time. From now until Jan.

20 we can focus our energies on us instead of studying, but it's going to be difficult to focus with all the distractions in Hawaii." And about Hawaii, the team? "I saw them play against Tole: do," Cingiser said. "We will have to go out and play very, very well to get past them. Frank (UH Coach Arnold) certainly has potential and they play smart basketball." But intelligent basketball is nothing new to Cingiser, Brown Class of '62. He was a three-time All-Ivy player, only one of a dozen players to earn that status since 1954, as well as a draft pick by the Boston Celtics. Cingiser passed up the pros to coach and teach.

To him, this trip is an education, a learning experience. It's a part of life that he wanted his players to share. "Being at Brown was the best four years of my life," he said. "It's a special place." And unique. Where else could you find a freshman basketball player say he chose the school because I love the idea of being in an atmosphere where everyone is intelligent and I By Randy Cadiente Star-Bulletin Writer Dennis Scott is definitely a big reason why Flint Hill Prep of Falls Church, captured the fourth annual McDonald's-Iolani Prep Classic basketball tournament at the Red Raiders' gym last night.

iW 6-foot-7 senior scored 24 points, grabbed six rebounds and had seven assists as the Falcons blasted St. Bernard, 95-58, in the final. BuJ Scott wasn't the whole show. "I think that anyone that watched the game (tonight) realized that he's not a one-man show," said Flint Hill Coach Stu Vetter. "He makes all the other players so much better." one of those players was 5-10 junior guard Reggie Chambers.

Chambers pumped in 20 points and amazed the overflow crowd with his cat-like quickness to steal the ball almost at will. THOUGHT HE HAD an excellent tournament," Vetter said of Chambers, who had five thefts. "I thought he played great the last two nights. He's getting better and better and he's only played for us for six games." Arron Bain, a sophomore, is another Falcon who The 6-6 pivot missed his first three shots last night but then connected on his next six before finishing the game with 14. "He's (Bain) a very young player but he was voted the No.

1 sophomore in the United States," said Vetter. "He's a great inside player plays strong he's a good rebounder ana he runs the floor well." As good as Chambers and Bain are, it is Scott that everyone went to see. And of all those who saw him, none went home disappointed. "TONIGHT, FOR INSTANCE, was a great example," Vetter said. "He's a great passer.

He passed the ball extremely well. He got everybody else into the offense and that's a true mark of a great Ail-American. That's what Dennis is a great All-American." Scott wasn't exactly spectacular at the start of last night's game. Then again, he didn't need to be. Chambers, Bain and Ron Davenport, a 6-6 reserve forward, were too much for the Vikings to handle.

Turn to Page C-2, Col. 1 I Wloha Bowl Brings a Wildcat from Laie Home Mataele Is Strongman in Arizona Defensive Line Mataele, "so 1 lied and said HE TURNED OUT for the team, but it didn't take long for the coaches to realize Mataele had misrepresented his credentials. "The first few days we were, in shorts and shoes," says Mataele, "so I was okay. The second Mm 1 i AFTER HIS SOPHOMORE season, he was named all-state, drawing the attention of recruiters from four-year schools. He was pursued by a number of schools in the East, but Mataele chose Arizona because of the weather and the Wildcats' reputation for strong defense.

"Stan is very gifted," says Larry Smith, the Arizona coach. "Because he's only played four years, he's just begun to tap his resources. "He's the strongest player on our team. He's 6-foot-l and 279 pounds and he doesn't look like there's an ounce of fat on him. He's like iron.

He can bench-press a building." Mataele can bench-press 500 pounds, but he realizes strength will take him only so far. "You have to have some technique and quickness as well," says Mataele, a 23-year-old senior, who runs the 40 in 4.8. THEY STILL TALK about Mat-aele's vicious tackles against Colorado and UCLA this season. Late in the Colorado game, with the Buffaloes driving near midfield, Mataele sacked quarterback Dave Hatcher with such force the ball came loose and bounced 20 yards back down-field. Colorado retained possession but was forced to punt.

The Wildcats held on for a 24-21 win. "I thought Hatcher would lose a kidney," says Butch Henry, Turn to Page C-4, Col. 9 By Harry Blauvelt Star-Bulletin Writer jl Stan Mataele is a quick study. Just four years ago, he had never played football, preferring rugby and surfing during his high school days at Kahuku in Laie. Saturday, Mataele will start at defensive tackle for Arizona when the Wildcats meet North Carolina in the Aloha Bowl at Aloha Stadium.

It will be the first time Mataele, who led the Pac-10 Conference in sacks this season with 10'A, has played in his home state. It also will mark the first time his father, Mafileo, has seen him perform in person. His mother, Suliana, attended this year's UCLA game in Pasadena. "COMING HOME TO play for the first time is really special," says Mataele, who arrived yesterday with his Arizona teammates. He will be back again on Jan.

10 to compete in the Hula Bowl. It all started during the summer of '83 after Mataele had moved to Sacramento to live with his sister, Teisa, and attend junior college. One day, in the weight room at Sacramento City College, the school's football coach watched admiringly as Mataele lifted prodigious amounts. Impressed, he asked Mataele if he was a football player. "I wanted to go out," recalls, eiloha SgBowl week, we went into pads and that's when I started to get into trouble." Sheepishly, Mataele glanced around the locker room, watching the other players and trying to figure out how to put his pads on properly.

"I was too embarrassed to ask so I watched the guy next to me," he recalls. "I got them on pretty good, but I wasn't sure if I did it just right. "On the field, the coaches could see I didn't have any technique so they knew I hadn't played. I almost got killed the first day, but I picked up the game pretty fast." i 1 By Dean Sensui, Star-Bulletin Arizona's Stan Mataele with Coach Larry Smith.