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'I Herald-Times-Reporter, Manitowoc-Two Rivers. Wis. March 15, 1982-9 Ellis seeks improvement as a Green Bay runner have no break-away threat. Ellis doesn't necessarily agree. "I can break away, if I have the chance," he said without hesitation.

"Nobody thought I could run (for big yardage), but I had a 69-yard run against Pittsburgh," said Ellis, who was the last cut by Los Angeles after being drafted in the seventh round. There are a variety of running backs that figure to go high in the draft (see insert), but some are likely to be gone by the time the Packers pick 22nd in the first round. Ellis hasn't heard that much talk about the draft, but he exhibits faith in the organize-' tion's management to do the right thing. "Nobody has really said anything about the draft, about who we're going to pick," he said. "But, whoever it is, I feel they'll be drafting the right way." Ellis also feels the Packers can go into next season with the same personnel, and win.

"If we're healthy, we can," Ellis said. It's apparent that Ellis has confidence in his abilities and those of his teammates, and who's to say that he won't improve on last year's accomplishments, and that the Pack won't improve enough to make the playoffs, with or without draft choices? And, if the Packers do improve, it's a good bet that Gerry Ellis, one of their most underrated and valuable players, will play a big part in the success story. who was expected to be the Packers' break-away threat until two knee injuries sidelined him two of his first three seasons. The two may have been, and still may be the perfect running mates in the backfield. "We had a good backfield last year, before Eddie Lee got Top backs mentioned There re a number of running backs that figure to go high in the draft, including Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Allen of USC, a 6-foot-2 200 pounder.

Others are Gerald Riggs, Arizona State (6-2, 229); Walter Abercrombie, Baylor (6-0, 205) Butch Woolfolk, Michigan (6-1, 205); and Damn Nelson, Stanford (5-9, 184). Of those five, Woolfolk is considered the best break-away threat, Abercrombie the best all-purpose back. Those five, however, are not likely to be around when the Pack picks 22nd in the first round, so others to choose from will include Barrin Redden, Richmond (5-10, 211); Robert Weathers, Arizona State (6-1, 215); Gerald Willhite, San Jose State (5-10, 182); Dwayne Crut-chfield, Iowa State (6-2, 238); and, Gary Allen, Hawaii (5-9, 171). Hurt," Ellis explained. "We both were headed for 100-yard games against Chicago when he went down." The knock against the Packers running attack with Ivery out has been that they Shins linn nvorl Manitowoc Lincoln High School Miller, captain; Al Liiedtke, captain; Jim performance- ChiD Luedtko mtSJHHS Snips IlOnOrea ilioiUbMqut Johnsrud.

Berlin Bolle Sportsmanship Hrd; andB I I fm.un.Ao4i:., Sunday night. Among the award winners. Award; Jon Steuer, sophomore per- ding underclassman RE ni IOr Wrestling from left, are: Joe Best, most improved formance award; Dan Bertler, Dick Frail- story war oToMe'io wrestler; John Holmes, captain; Brad, mg Award for junior varsity tournament n-n DePaul just can't win its opening games day No. 6 Georgetown vs. Fresno State and No.4 Oregon State vs.

Idaho. East at Raleigh, N.C.; Friday North Carolina vs. Alabama and Memphis State vs. Villa-nova. Midwest at St.

Louis, Friday Missouri vs. Houston and Boston College vs. Kansas State. The weekend went something this way: Midwest DePaul was done in by a pair of smaller players. John Bag-ley, a 6-foot senior, scored 26 Packers romp past radio all-star team Davis, whose Eagles, one of four teams from the Big East Conference in the NCAA, were the object of scorn by coaches whose teams were overlooked.

In Sunday's other game, Tyrone Adams scored nine of Kansas State's last 11 points and finished with 21 to lead the Wildcats past Arkansas 65-64. Les Craft's basket with just over a minute to play gave K-State a 65-58 lead and enabled the Cats to withstand a furious Arkansas rally. On Saturday, Ricky Frazier scored 20 points and Steve Stipanovich added 19 as Mis-. souri shaded Marquette 73-69, while Rob Williams' 26 points on I0-of-l5 shooting helped Houston eliminate Tulsa West Danny Evans scored 18 points and Lester Conner added 16 as Oregon State pounded Pepper-dine 70-51. The Beavers led by six at the half before pulling away.

Brian Kellerman's 15-foot jump shot at the overtime buzzer bounced off the rim twice and dropped through to give Idaho a 6947 victory over Iowa. "Was it only two? It seemed like 10," sighed Iowa Coach Lute Olson. The winners blew a 10-point halftime lead but survived thanks to Kellerman's shot and Phil Hopson's 21 points. "Kel-lerman is my money man in those situations," said Coach DonMonson. On Saturday, Georgetown held Bill Garnett, Wyoming's top scorer, to five points and defeated the Cowboys 51-43, while Rod Higgins and Tyrone Bradley combined for' nine points in the final 1:26 as Fresno State broke a 40-40 tie and downed West Virginia 50-46.

Mideast Virginia's Ricky Stokes scored his only points on a pair of free throws with 15 seconds to play, but that snapped a 51-51 deadlock with Tennessee and the Cavaliers won 54-51. Prior to Stokes' shots, Virginia had missed 12 of 17 from the foul line. "We were ready for the game, but our fine tuning wasn't in," said 7-foot-4 Ralph Sampson, who topped Virginia with 19 points and hit two baskets to erase a 51-47 Tennessee lead with two minutes left. Michael Brooks led the losers with 24 points. Minnesota Coach Jim Dut-cher said his team "didn't do a good job" of getting the ball to Randy Breuer, but the 7-3 center's layup with 55 seconds remaining lifted the Gophers over Tennessee-Chattanooga 62-61.

Breuer scored 10 of his 17 points in the second half. Willie White and Russ Schoene had 22 and 20, respectively, for the losers, but Schoene missed an layup in the closing seconds. On Alabama-Birmingham oared to a 26-7 lead and ousted Indiana 80-70 behind Oliver Robinson's 24 points, while Louisville pulled away from Middle Tennessee State in the second half for an 81-56 triumph. East Two free throws by freshman Ennis Whatley capped a six-point run in 50 seconds that By HERSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer It was bad enough when lightning struck the DePaul Blue Demons twice. The third time, however, was as crushing as it was unexpected.

For the third year in a row, favored DePaul failed to survive its opening game in the NCAA Basketball Tournament and Coach Ray Meyer called Sunday's 82-75 loss to unheralded Boston College "a bitter pill to swallow." There was, however, some small consolation for the veteran coach. "The difference this year is I really feel we tried hard," Meyer said. "They never gave up. The last couple of years our effort was lacking. Second-ranked DePaul's loss was the biggest surprise of an excitement-packed weekend in which the field was trimmed to 16 teams for the regional tournaments March 18-21.

Besides the Blue Demons, No. 10 Tulsa, No. 12 Arkansas, No. 14 West Virginia, No. 16 Iowa and No.

18 Wake Forest reached the end of the road, while top-rated North Carolina, third-ranked Virginia, No.5 Missouri, seventh-ranked Minnesota, No. 8 Idaho, ninthrated Memphis State, No.ll Fresno State and No. 13 Alabama posted narrow victories and No. 17 Alabama-Birmingham trounced defending champion Indiana. The regional lineups look like this: Mideast at Birmingham, Ala.

Thursday Virginia vs. Alabama-Birmingham and Minnesota vs. No.20 Louisville. West at Provo, Utah, Thurs gave Alabama a 65-63 lead over St. John's with four minutes left en route to a 69-68 decision.

Eddie Phillips had 16 points for Alabama, which led by 12 in the first half. "We had the lead, then the other team came back, but we kept our poise," said Phillips. "We're the kind of team that does what it needs to win." Stewart Granger scored six points in the third overtime as Villanova turned back Northeastern 76-72. The Wildcats took the lead for good on freshman Ed Pinckney's slam dunk off a rebound with 2:01 to play. Dwayne McClain led Villanova with 20 points, including a pair of free throws following Pinckney's dunk.

Northeastern's Perry Moss was the game's high scorer with 31 points-, but missed two shots from inside the foul line in the final minute. "I'll always feel forever that we deserved to win this," said Northeastern Coach Jim Calhoun. "We're riot Northwestern, like the P.A. announcer said. We're Northeastern, from Boston, and we are a good basketball team which has players with a lot of character and heart." On Saturday, North Carolina's James Worthy scored all five of his second-half points in the final minute to help the Tar Heels turn back upset-minded James Madison 52-50, while Keith Lee's three-point play with 2:27 remaining enabled Memphis State to hold off Wake Forest 56-55.

Jazz provide Sports Today THOM AIELLO Sports Editor Phone 684-4433 points and 5-10 freshman Michael Adams added a career-high 21 to pace Boston College. Five DePaul players fouled out as the officials whistled the Blue Demons for 35 personals to BC'sl7. "The officiating didn't beat That's part of basketball," Meyer said. "We were outplayed and deserved to lose. We don't have any excuses.

I don't believe in jinxes of any kind." DePaul jumped to an 8-0 lead before BC settled down. "I was afraid we were going to get blown out," said Coach Tom MANITOWOC The Green Bay Packers basketball team rolled to a 72-49 win over the Lakeshore Radio All-Stars Sunday before several hundred people at Roncalli High School. The Pack was led by crowd-pleasers Gerry Ellis and Rich Wingo, who provided the comic -relief during the contest. Other Packers who participated included Greg Koch, Larry Mc-Carren, Fred Nixon, Eric Torkelson, Ron Cassidy and Paul Rudzinski. The Packers have lost only once all season, and that loss came at the hands of the Minnesota Vikings basketball squad.

The Packers will make approximatley 20 appearances throughout the state before By JOHN ROONEY Sports Writer MANITOWOC Last year, Gerry Ellis of the Green Bay Packers compiled enough statistics to make anyone take notice, statistics that could be called nothing less than impressive. The third-year running back out of Missouri finished 12th in the National Football Conference in rushing with 860 yards in 196 carries, for a 4.4 average, and added 65 catches, good for 10th in the NFC, for 499 yards. His 1,359 total yards accounted for more than one-fourth of the Pack's total rushing and passing offense. He also scored seven touchdowns, and cracked the Packers all-time Top 20 in both rushing and passing. Ellis himself felt he had a good year in 1981, but he realizes that he can't live on past accomplishments, he has to do it all over again.

"It wasn't a bad year, I guess," he said humbly, following Sunday's Green Bay Packer-Lakeshore Radio All-Stars basketball game at Roncalli High School. "But the coming year, next year, is what tells the tale," he added. "I'll try to get I caught 65 passes last year, I'll try for 75 this year. It takes work all year around. A lot of people have good years once, so Gerry Ellis you have to be ready mentally and physically when the season starts again." Perhaps dimming his accomplishments of a year ago for the 8-88 Packers, who just missed the playoffs, is the fact that thePackers are seriously considering picking a running back in the upcoming NFL draft, April 27-28.

Running back, it has been pointed out by many, is one of the Packers' glaring needs. Shoring up the offensive line is the other most talked-about need, a need that became most evident in the Packers dismal showing in the last regular season game against the New York Jets. Just how does that affect Ellis, knowing that the powers to be of the Pack will be looking just as hard at running backs as offensive linemen in the draft? Well, it doesn't affect him at all, at least not outwardly. "It doesn't eoncern the 23-year-old native of Columbia, Missouri. "Whomever we get will have to work just as hard as I do." Perhaps the question of the offensive backfield would never had come up if it were not for the questionable status of teammate Eddie Lee Ivery, a fourth-year pro from Georgia Tech, Irwin produces magic act LAUDERHILL, Fla.

(AP) -Hale Irwin capped a nine-hour, 67-66 performance with a mag-nif icant shot from the trees that produced a final-hole birdie and a one-stroke victory in the Hon-da-Inverrary Golf Classic. Irwin totalled 269, 19 strokes under par on the In-verrary Golf and Country Club course after finishing the double-round, 36-hole windup with a low, running shot through tree trunks and under branches to within 3-4 feet of the cup on the final hole. He tapped it in for the birdie that lifted him out of a three-way tie for the top with George Burns and Tom Kite, who tied for second at 270. The double-round finish was made necessary after Thursday's play was rained out. CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.

(AP) Rain forced postponement of the scheduled final round of the women's $150,000 Olympia Gold Golf Tournament, until today. Donna H. White had a three-round total of 5-under-par 214 and a three-stroke lead over Japan's Ayako Okamoto Three gain mat firsts MANITOWOC Three Manitowoc Woodrow Wilson Junior High School wrestlers represented Manitowoc at Saturday's Port Washington Youth Wrestling Tournament and placed first. Eric Endries, at 132 pounds, and Brian Gemdt, at 109, are eighth-graders who were first, while seventh-grader Jack Youngchild was first at 67 pounds. Also competing, and placing, in the meet were: P.

J. Lued-tke, second at 106; Rick Brueckert, third at 111; Hank Donate), fourth at 99; and Keith Gauthier, sixth at 113.. All are eighth-graders. 4 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi THE BIGGEST TRUCK SALES EVENT IN TOYOTAS HISTORY! THE roWFADEMJER 2dDdD MILLION DOLLAR TMIJCKSMJES their basketball season is complete. The Radio All-Stars matched up well with the Packers (if you could double everyone's size), but fell behind 30-18 at the half.

The Packers quickly increased the lead to nearly 30 points in the second half, before the "velvet" moves of WOMT Radio's Damon Ryan ignited an All-Stars' rally that fell 23 points short. Among the other players on the Radio All-Stars were Mike Kinzel, Wayne Moss and Chris Logan of WCUBWKKB, and Al Ross, Russ Schmitt, Tim Strews and Shane Reno of WOMT. The event was sponsored by the Two Rivers Jaycees. Staff photo by John Rooney Briefs pin squad its margin Szyhewski rolled a 612 scratch series and had a 45 pin handicap for a total 657 for first place. Bob Stubbe finished in second with a 637 total, 609 scratch, with a 254 high scratch game.

Mike Kiel captured first place in Rudy's Sunday Singles Classic with a 536 scratch series, added to his 108 handicap, for a total 644. Keith Juul had the high scratch, series with a 634, and Gene Genrich had the high scratch game with a 228. entries taken for managers will be held March 31 at the Citizen Park Recreation Building, with representatives from the fourth through sixth grade teams meeting at 6:30 p.m., and those from the seventh through ninth grade. teams meeting at 7:30 p.m. For additional Information, contact the recreation depart ment of ice at 683-4530.

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We need all our guys to be sharp for the playoffs." Sidney Moncrief scored 22 points and Mickey Johnson 21 for the Bucks, who handed the Jazz a 10th consecutive defeat. Johnson, who had totaled 35 points in a 112-110 loss to Seattle Friday night, erupted for 16 first-quarter points, as the Bucks pulled to a 36-25 lead going into the second quarter. The Jazz never got closer than eight points the rest of the way. "Sidney's done the job all year and Mickey has been terrific. He's been playing hurt, too," Nelson said.

He said the Bucks have not given up on trying for a better regular season record than Philadelphia "because stranger things have happened." The 76ers, with a 45-17 record compared with Milwaukee's 43-21 mark, meet the Bucks here Tuesday night. "We still have 18 games left and we just want to get back in our groove," Nelson said. DESKS, FILES and CHAIRS Open Saturday A.M. OFFICE MACIIKZS CO. 212N.0ttltl.Mtwe.

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