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2CLancaster Eagle-Gazette, Tuesday, February 17, 1998 iC8 HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US: Have a comment, question or local story idea for the Sports section? Please call us at 681-4349. EEAKIS In the Bleachers Soortscene TUESDAY, FEB. 17 144 OS 64 84 84 6-7 2-12 0-14 174 124 114 114 10-10 9-10 5-15 1-18 Fairfield County boys basketball leaders SCORING AVERAGE Fisher Catholic Liberty Union Beme Union Granville NewAlbany Milersport Licking Heighti lay. ojuaMynghrai), Ski Jurfiig(K120m team) a Nagano, Japan (same-day taps) TNT NBA Basketball. Detroit at San Antonio USA Dog show, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, at New York ESPN NCAA Basketrjal, Tennessee at Mississippi St ESPN2 NCAA Basketrjal, St Joseph's at Temple 12:35 un.

CBS XVIII Olympic Winer Gamea, men's ice hockey (quanerrnais), at Nagano, Japan High Schools MID-STATE LEAGUE BOYS STANDINGS BUCKEYE DIVISION Player, school Connell, Fisher Catholic Reynolds, Berne Union Miller, Amanda-Clearcreek Guiler, Canal Winchester S. Petty, Bloom-Carroll Browning, Beme Union Kosch Bloom-Carroll Rice, Fisher Catholic Sharp, Millersport Richardson, Bloom-Carroll Rixey, Millersport SticRdom, Liberty Union Deal, Amanda-Clearcreek Wakefield, Liberty Union Jordan, Canal Winchester THURSDAY'S GAMES AmandaOearcreek 79. Canal Winchester 41 Farhetd Union 56, etoonvCarroV 37 Logan Elm 20 Teays Valley 70, Hamilton Township 56 Beme Union 72, Licking Heights 25 Fisher Catholic 47, Liberty Union 43 Heath 91, Millersport 25 Granvile 63, New Albany 40 SATURDAYS GAMES Arrarria-Clearcreek 70, liberty Union 51 WesHand 52. Fairfield Union 50. OT Teays Valey 45.

Canal Winchester 32 Millersport 46, Licking Height 40 Fisher Catholic 67, Beme Union 36 BOYS BASKETBALL Appoa' How a state panel of sports writersand broadcasters rates Ohio Ngh school boys basketball teams in the seventh of eight weekly regular-season pc4 of 199748 tor The Associated Press (recormroug games of Feb. 15): c- i. Gms Pts Avg. 18 361 20.1 18 317 17.6 18 314 17.4 18 294 16.3 18 292 16.2 18 258 14.3 18 221 12.3 18 217 12.1 17 199 11.7 18 209 11.6 17 195 11.5 17 182 10.7 18 184 10.2 17 173 10.2 18 183 10.1 UNDING Gms Rebs Avg. 17 186 10.9 17 133 7.8 18 139 7.7 17 126 7.4 18 129 7.2 18 117 6.5 18 109 6.1 1NG PCT.

FG FGA PCT. 83 131 .634 84 136 .617 60 99 .606 82 148 .554 72 130 .554 58 109 .532 63 119 .529 38 76 .500 TEAM LEAGUE OVERALL Bloom-Carrol 10-2 15-3 Canal Winchester B-4 124 Logan Elm 7-5 11-7 CirdeviHe 7-5 1M Amanda-Clearcreek 5-7 5-13 Teays Valley 44 6-11 Fairfield Union 34 6-12 Hamilton Township 34 6-12 CARDINAL DIVISION TEAM LEAGUE OVERALL Fisher Catholic 11-1 14 Heath 84 12-5 Granville 8-4 124 Licking Heights 84 124 New Albany 74 104 Liberty Union 34 3-14 Beme Union 2-10 3-15 Milersport 0-11 1-16 Player, school Stickdom, Liberty Union Ponton, Millersport Richardson, Bloom-Carroll Rixey. Millersport Montle, Fisher Catholic Donahue, Canal Winchester Teets, Bloom-Carroll Player, school Rice, Fisher Catholic Kosch, Bloom-Carroll Wade, Canal Winchester Richardson, Bloom-Carroll Rixey, Millersport Teets. Bloom-Carroll Montle, Fisher Catholic Wallis, Fisher Catholic Pts 370 302 277 194 168 161 133 113 63 50 Record DIVISION I '1, Lakewood St. Edward (32) 15-1 2, Akron Buchtel (2 19-1 181 17-1 184 14- 2 17-2 16-2 13-3 15- 2 3, Shaker Hts.

4, Massikm Jackson 5, Cols. West (3) 6, Canton McKiVey 7, 8, Cols. Brookhaven 9, Cleve. Heights 10, Td. Whitmer I "Step on pedal to go.

Take foot off pedal to stop. Golf carts are pretty simple machines, Lenny." Others receding 12 or more points: 1 1, Westerville South 45. 12, East Liverpool 42. 13, Dayton Colonel White (1 30. 14, Mansfield Sr.

15. 15 (tie). Cm. Aiken, Cleve. East Tech 12.

DIVISION I Michigan at Ohio State, 2 pm. Television FRIDAY'S RESULTS Logan Elm 70, Amanda-Clearcreek 62 Bloom-Carroll 64, Cirdeville 63 Canal Winchester 78, Teays Valley 52 Hamilton Township 59, Fairfield Union 47 Fisher Catholic 69, Beme Union 55 Heath 78, Granville 73 New Albany 67, Liberty Union 37 Lidong Heights 80. Milersport 53 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Btoom-Carrol 56, Lakewood 51 Fisher Catholic 54, Granville 35 GIRLS STANDINGS BOYS BASKETBALL Heeti it Forw Cathosc, 730 pjn BtoonvCarol at Hamton Townshp, 7:30 pm. Canal WreresW at Logan Elm. 7:30 pm Uwly Unon at Berne Union.

7:30 pm hMerapon at Granvie, 7:30 m. Sheridan at Morgan, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18 GIRLS BASKETBALL Fisher Cathote vs. Wiing Heights, a Dublin Sabto, 7 pm FarteW Unon vs.

Lakewood, at rtfcmj Davidson, 8 pm WRESTUNG Sheridan a) John Glenn. 6:30 p.m. MEN'S BASKETBALL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Ohio U. at Miami, 7 p.m. THURSDAY, FEB.

19 GIRLS BASKETBALL Liberty Union at New Albany. 7:30 pm. WRESTUNG Pictenngton at Lancaster, 7 p.m. BlocnrrotlAmancfe)teajcrBek Liberty Union at Logan, 6 p.m. MEN'S BASKETBALL InrJana at ONo State, 7:30 pm.

FRIDAY, FEB. 20 BOYS BASKETBALL Lancaster at Pckerington, 7:45 p.m. Fisher Catholic at Liberty Union, 7:30 p.m. Fairfield Union at Bioom-Carroll, 7:30 p.m, Amanda-Clearcreek at Canal Winchester, 7:30 p.m. Licking Heights at Berne Union, 7:30 p.m.

Millersport at Heath, 7:30 p.m. Philo at Sheridan, 8 p.m. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Iowa at Ohio State, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 21 GIRLS BASKETBALL Liberty Union vs.

Ml. Gitead, at Delaware Hayes, 2:30 p.m. Nagano (from page 1C) their Lillehammer success and stretched their winning streak to 22 events. The silver medal went to the winner's top Russian competitors, Ange-lika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov. Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peiz-erat of France took the bronze.

Five-time American champions Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow of Pontiac, were seventh, the United States' best Olympic showing since 1988 and eight spots 343 265 255 6, Hamler Patrick Henry (1) 7, Bedford Chanel 8, Sugarcreek Garaway 9, Metamora Evergreen 10, Rocky River Luth West 15-2 15-2 17-1 15-1 14-2 165 127 115 99 32 140 100 97 93 Others receiving 12 or more points: 1 1 East Beme Union vs. Nonhmor, at Teays Valley, 2:30 pm Pickerington vs. Thomas Wortfiington, at Canal Winchester, 2:30 p.m. Bloom-Carrot vs. Utca.

at Pickerington, 6:15 pm Arranoa-Ctearcreek vs. Columbus School for Girls, at Pickerington, 8 p.m. WRESTLING Sectional tournament, sites and times TBA MEN'S BASKETBALL CflCtoumamernalOUaicaster Ohio U. at Bowling Green, 7 p.m. Ohio State at Northwestern, 7:30 m.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CflC tournament at OSU-Lima Bowling Green at Ohio 3 pm SUNDAY, FEB. 22 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 1, Canal Fulton NW (26) 174 16-1 16- 2 15-1 17- 1 184 15- 2 14-3 16- 2 154 3, On. Roger Bacon (4) 4, Youngs. Mooney (2) 5, Dover 6, Springboro (1) 7, Shelby 8, Hamilton Badin 9, FJida 10, Ottawalandorf DIVISION LEAGUE OVERALL 13-1 164 12-2 -114 64 64 4-10 2-12 1-12 18-2 164 124 9-11 6-14 3- 16 4- 15 Others rerarving 12 or mote points: Scioto 35. 12, Comeaut (1) 26.

23. 14, Struthers 21. 15, Cleve. Valley Univ. School 15.

17, Cm. DIVISION IK 1, Ontario (18) 2, Chesapeake (7) 174 194 AH Times Eastern TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 7 a.m. CBS Xvlll Olympic Winter Games, women's hockey (gold medal game), at Nagano, Japan (same-day tape) 1pm. TNT XVIII Olympic Winter Games, alpine skiing (women's combined slalom, run one), speed skating (men's women's ice hockey (bronze medal game), short track qualifying (men's 1,000 and women's biathlon (men's 10k), at Nagano, Japan (same-day tape) 7:30 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball, Michigan at Michigan St ESPN2 NCAA Basketball, Connecticut at Notre Dame 8 pm.

CBS XVIII Olympic Winter Games, freestyle skiing (men's and women's aerials, finals), short track (men's 1 qualifyingM), short track (women's IB- BUCKEYE TEAM Fairfield Union ArrwofeOearcraek Teays Valley Canal Winchester CirdeviNe Logan Elm Bloom-Carroll Hamilton Township 11, McDermott Northwest 13, Youngs. Rayen Benedictine 16. 16, Hunting McNichclas 12 Palestine 29. 12 (He), Havland Wayne Trace, Martins Ferry 26. 14, Albany Alexander 24.

15 (tie), Huron, Wheeiersburg 16. 17, Cleve. Vila Angela-St Joseph 14. 18, WiddiRe 12. DIVISION IV 1, Jackson Center (35) 194 377 2, McDonald 17-1 290 3, 17-2 244 4, Worthington Christian 17-2 235 5, Zanesville Rosecrans (1) 154 161 6, Dalton(1) 164 137 7, Richmorid Date Southeastern! 54 124 8, Berlin rtland 144 76 CARDINAL DIVISION LEAGUE OVERALL TEAM the single elimination tournament: Russia (3-0) will play Belarus (0-3) and Sweden (2-1) meets Finland (1-2).

Sweden will be playing without defenseman Ulf Samuelsson, who was ruled ineligible early Tuesday because of a citizenship problem. But the International Ice Hockey Federation opted to allow Sweden to keep its points, which in turn kept the quarterfinal matchups intact SPEEDSKATING: Shut out through its first six races in Nagano, America's historically most successful Winter Games team finally broke its 1998 hex with an unexpected bronze from Chris Witty in the 1 ,500 irounc in Hie Hall higher than they finished in 1994. HOCKEY: The U.S. hockey team was a little red-faced after stumbling through its first three games in Nagano. The capper was a 4-1 defeat Monday by the gold medal favorite Canadians that left the Americans (1-2 in three games) with a tough opponent in the single-loss elimination tournament starting Wednesday: the Czech Republic and star NHL goalie Dominic Hasek.

The 3-0 Canadians, obviously the team to beat, caught a much easier opponent: Kazakstan (0-3), which lost its last game 8-2 to Finland and has been outscored 25-6. The other two matchups in the first round of The popular though, may be former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar, the team's No. 1 draft choice in 1985 and an Ohio native. Kosar has several business ventures under his belt, but he and his partners would have trouble matching the money Lerner would be able to put up. The team ownership decision will be a critical one as the college draft will be just five months after the November deadline, giving the Browns half the time to prepare that Jacksonville and Carolina had three years ago.

Several names are also being bandied about on the football end of the deal. Once an owner is in place, a head coach andor general manager will be a priority hire. Possibilities include Kosar, retired Dolphins coach and Ohioan Don Shula and former San Francisco coach George Siefert a candidate to replace Schottenheimer in 1989. Whoever the coach and owner is won't matter on Aug. 21, 1999, the date of the Browns next home game.

The sounds of construction will have given way by then to a new sound, yet one as familiar as an old friend the sound of 72,000 people screaming with joy as the first orange helmet pops out of the home dugout. 9, FinrJIay Liberty-Benton 10, New Matamoras Frontier 164 154 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Franklin Furnace Green 40. 12, Dayton Jefferson (1 33. 13, Millord Ctr. Fairbanks 30.

14, On. Seven Hills 27. 15, Toronto 24. 16, Defiance Ayersvie 21. 17 (He), Kalida, Sebring McKinley 19.

19, Mansfield Temple Christian 17. 20, East Canton 16. 21, Petto 13. Transactions BASEBALL CLEVELAND INDIANS-Agreed to terms with INF She-won Dunston on a one-year contract CINCINNATI REDS-Agreed to terms with Brook Fordyce on a one-year contract down Irish ROUNDUP Irish 49, Lions 17 Chase Miller scored 17 points and Tony VanMeter and Andy Beck added eight points apiece to lead Fisher Catholic past Liberty Union in a first-round boys game at Heath on Saturday. The Irish, (14-3, 12-1 MSL) who tied for the regular-season title, play Millersport tonight in the semifinals.

Cleveland Browns Timeune 1946: Cleveland taxi cab mogul Micky McBride founds Browns as part of the All-America Football Conference. Former Ohio State coach Paul Brown is named head coach and tailback Otto Graham is the first player signed. Team finished 12-2, beating the New York Yankees 14-9 for the league title. 1947-49: Team wins three more AAFC crowns. At one point, the team wins 18 consecutive games, including the entire 1948 season (14-0).

1950: Browns join the NFL, finish 10-2 and beat Los Angeles 30- 28 for first NFL title. 1954-55: Browns win two more NFL titles. 1956: First losing season (5-7). 1961: TV advertising executive Arthur B. Modell buys team for $4 million.

1964: Browns stun Baltimore 27-0 for fourth NFL crown. 1970: First-ever Monday Night Football game sees Browns beat defending champion Jets 31- 21. 1980: NFL MVP QB Brian Sipe leads Browns to division title, but 4th-quarter INT dooms team to 14-12 loss to Raiders. 1985: Running backs Kevin Mack and Earnest Byner become just third pair of teammates to run for 1,000 yards In a single NFL season. 1986: QB Bernie Kosar leads Browns to 12-4 record, but team loses AFC Championship game to Denver in OT, 23-20.

1987: Team loses AFC Championship to Denver on a 4th quarter Byner fumble, 38-33. 1989: Denver beats Cleveland again to advance to Super Bowl, 37-21. 1990: Team suffers worst season, falling to 3-13. 1995: Modell announced team was moving to Baltimore. Named changed to Ravens.

NFL guarantees a franchise with Browns name and colors in Cleveland by 1999. 1996: Municipal Stadium torn down. Construction of new stadium begun. 1997: Advance season ticket sales surpass 50,000. Saturday, Aug.

21 1999: Next Browns home game. From the 1995 Browns media guide and "Cleveland Browns" by Jack Clary 319 296 202 202 B-C girls Karli Ewing scored 10 points and Annie Shriver nine to lead the Bloom-Carroll freshman girls basketball team to a 40-23 win over visiting Fisher Catholic in the second round of the Mid-State League tournament Monday. Mel Provenzano and Mandy Hall added six points apiece for the Bulldogs (13-4), who host Logan Elm on Thursday at 6 p.m. of Fame position that later become known as middle linebacker. BOBBY MITCHELL, RB (1983) Phenominal runner and return man for Browns and Redskins.

Combined for more than 14,000 total yards in career and 91 TDs. PAUL WARFIELD, WR (1983) Caught 427 passes for 8,565 yards and 85 scores for Browns and Dolphins. MIKE McCORMACK, (1984) Blistering tackle with Browns, helping team to three title games. Elected to six Pro Bowls. Currently and NFL executive.

FRANK GATSKI, (1985) Tough center was an original member of Browns. Four-time All Pro played in 10 championship games with Browns. LEROY KELLY, RB (1994) Six-time Pro Bowler ran for more than 7,000 yards and scored 90 times in nine-year career with Browns. Totalled more than 12,000 combined yards. Trivia Phipps in the 1970 draft.

8. How many times have the Browns been shutout? How many shutouts have the Browns pitched? 9. What team has never beaten the Browns? 10. What team has Cleveland met most in the postseason. ANSWERS 1.

Browns 35, Brooklyn Dodgers 20, 1946 preseason game in Akron 2. Browns lead the series 52-40-0 3. David Jones 4. 22 of 46 seasons 5. Blanton Collier (79-38-2 .675) 6.

Bnan Sipe 23, 713 yards, 149 TDs 7. Paul Warfeld 8. 13 times shut out, pitched 26 shutouts 9. Tampa Bay (0-5) 10. IndranapollsBaltlmore Colts (2-2) 3, Youngs.

Liberty (8) 4, Sparta Highland Dayton Christian (2) 174 17- 1 18- 1 meters. Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands set a world record of 1 minute, 57.58 seconds to win the gold. Gunda Niemann-Stimemann of Germany was second. FREE STYLE SKIING: Three Americans survived the preliminaries in the freestyle skiing aerials: Britt Swartley and Eric Bergoust on the men's side, Nikki Stone for the women. Swartley was in second place and Bergoust in fourth heading into Wednesday's medal competition.

Stone was in fourth after a treacherous opening round that featured some scary spills including one that blew out American skier Man- Leroy Keiiy (File Photo by Dick Prochaska) 1,548 points in 21 -year career, DANTE LAVELLI, WR (1975) Caught 386 passes for 6,488 yards and 62 TDs in 10 years with Browns. LEN FORD, DE (1976) Outstanding right defensive end for Browns (8 seasons). Packers and L.A. Dons (A AFC). BILL WILLIS, (1977) Columbus native who was a defensive terror.

Helped define Browns 1. Who was the Browns first game against and what was the score? 2. What's the Browns all-time record against 3.. Who was the second owner of the Browns? 4. How many seasons have the Browns been to the playoffs? 5.

After Paul Brown, what Browns coach has the highest winning percentage? 6. Who is the Browns all-time passing leader (yards and touchdowns)? 7. Who did the Browns trade away to take QB Mike II Thirteen Cleveland Browns have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Here is a list of their names, year of induction and accomplishments: OTTO GRAHAM, QB (1965) Played 10 seasons, advancing to the title game each season. Won four All-America Football Conference, championships and three NFL ehampsionships.

PAUL BROWN, Coach (1967) Coached Browns from 1946 to 1962. Final record with Browns: 167-53-8 Also founded and coached Cincinnati Bengals. MARION MOTLEY, FB (1968) Punishg runner and blocker ran for more than 4,000 yards, scored 39 TDs and maintained a 5.7 yards per carry average. JIM BROWN, FB (1971) Led NFL in rushing for 8 of his 9 seasons. Ran for 12,312 yards and scored 126 times.

LOU GROZA, (1974) Played offensive tackle as well as kicking for Browns. Scored Comeback (from page 1C) There was also confusion over the name. Paquelet said the "Cleveland Browns Trust" had many people thinking bank and sending bogus letters seeking cash for debts. A big task the trust has tackled is ticket sales for the 1999 season. More than 52,000 season ticket applications have been processed, Paquelet said.

According to information provided by the Browns, the grass stadium will include restaurants, shops and four open corners to reduce the swirling winds off Lake Erie. Perhaps the two biggest differences between the old and new stadiums will be poles and potties. The new stadium will be obstruction free meaning no more poles or columns to peer around to see the field. The bathroom facilities will also be a big departure from the Mistake by the Lake days. Instead of lengthy lines for the few antiquated facilities available, fans will be able to do their business in the 23 male and 36 female rest rooms.

Four family bathrooms will also be installed. Other amenities include a museum, tailgate area and separate Dawg Pound seats. Before the Dawgs hit the gridiron, many major questions still remain. First of all, who will own the team? The NFL guaranteed the city a franchise by 1999, but did not specify an expansion club or relocated team. That decision is due by November.

Several teams including Cincinnati have used the threat of moving to Cleveland to bolster or hurry sweeter stadium deals for themselves. As teams secure new or improved stadiums, it is looking more and more like expansion for Cleveland. Several businessmen have also come forward expressing interest in owning the team. The leading candidate seems to be billionaire Marvin Lerner, a mer minority owner of the Browns and the man who helped Modell broker the deal with Baltimore. How to contact the Browns Need ticket information or have questions about personal seat licenses? Here is where to get your Cleveland Browns customer relations (216) 891-5050 1-888-891-1999 Cleveland Browns 80 First Avenue Berea, Ohio 44017 (440) 891-5000 til (FT Web address: www.clevelandbrowns.com.