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2- HC THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, Tuesday, August 19, 1980 IMS 1 Pasco-Hernando-Citrus Ramos Named New AD At Land O'Lakes High Competition No Problem For Simmons 2 1 -r 'is Allen Claggett, William Gebauer and Ron Pierce will be the assistant football coaches. Charles McBride will return as head jayvee football coach with Gerald English his assistant. Cliff Morris also returns as head boys' basketball coach, although the jayvee position is still open. The girls' basketball coaching position has yet to be filled too. Benedetto has been tabbed to replace Lennie Cimador as head baseball coach.

Cimador resigned last spring to return to Pasco High School. Claggett will be the boys' track coach (girls track is still open), Forbes Wilson will coach the golf and soccer teams, Ramos will be the cross country coach (although a new coach might be brought in before the start of the season), and McBride will head up the varsity and junior varsity wrestling program once again. English will return as girls' varsity softball coach with Jay Feliciani the jayvee softball coach. The Gators also are still looking for a boys' head tennis coach. he said.

"We didn't do badly either. We went from the bottom of the Gulf Coast Conference to fifth." As far as goals go, Ramos said he has two general ones for the LOL athletic department. "I would like to have all our coaches teaching on the high school faculty," he said. "I'd also like to upgrade some of our smaller sports, sports like cross country and tennis." The 1980-81 coaching staff still isn't completely set, but the Gators have added several new coaches. Among those are Pat Naylor, formerly of Bayonet Point Junior High School, who's the new girls tennis coach, and Karleen Roark, the new girls' volleyball coach.

She interned at Land O'Lakes last fall and taught full-time at Moore-Mickens last spring. Vanie Kerns will be the new varsity cheerleading sponsor. She was junior varsity sponsor last year. Heading up the returning coaching staff will be John Benedetto, who's back for his fourth season as head football coach. ATHENS, Ga.

(AP) In any other season, Melvin Simmons would be welcomed to the University of Georgia as a promising young running back with star potential. But not this season. Coach Vince Dooley, blessed with the presence of an even greater running back prospect freshman Herschel Walker has other things in mind for the 6-foot, 185-pound standout from Williston, Fla. With 64 touchdowns and 3,652 yards rushing to his credit in high school, Simmons was courted by more than 70 colleges, but finally chose Georgia. That was before Dooley signed Walker, the Wrightsville, whiz kid who scored a dizzying 86 touchdowns and ran for 6,137 yards for his small central Georgia high school.

Simmons, who played both offense and defense in high school, insists he would have signed with the Bulldogs, even if he had known Walker would be there, too. "If he's as good as they say he is, I have to work that much harder," Simmons said. Simmons has closely matched Walker in pre-season drills, surpassing him in the agility test but trailing him slightly in speed. Walker led all freshman with a 4.4 second clocking in the 40-yard dash possibly the best time ever for the Bulldogs; Simmons was second at 4.55, tied with Chuck Jones. That performance caught the attention of defensive coordinator Erk Russell, who picked out Simmons for his backfield, which is populated largely by seniors.

"Right now, he's a top cornerback candidate," Russell said. By NICK PUGLIESE Tribune Sports Writer LAND O'LAKES Max Ramos has been named the new athletic director at Land O'Lakes High School, replacing Henry Walls as the overseer of the Gator sports program. Walls, the only athletic director the Gators have ever had, recently resigned the position to devote more time to his private business. However, he will remain at the high school as dean of students. Ramos, who has coached the Gator tennis and cross country teams in the past and was assistant athletic director in charge of junior high sports when Land O'Lakes was a senior-junior high school, said he took the new job only because Walls would still be around for advice.

"One reason I took the job was because Henry's vowed to help me out quite a bit," Ramos said. "There are certain things about this job only he knows so he should be a big help. "This was just something that came up this summer," he added. "I'm just trying to get more experience in more areas of education. I've been the student activities director the past couple of years and this is just an expansion of those responsibilities.

"Fve always been into sports. I guess I'm just a frustrated jock." Ramos, 32, was born and reared in Tampa. He says with a laugh that he was "the worst jayvee football player in the history of King High School." He attended the University of South Florida, and, upon graduation, went to work in the Jesup, school system. He then returned to Tampa where he worked at Van Buren Junior High for one year. In 1971, he transferred to Sanders Elementary School in LOL, and, when Land Q'Lakes Senior-Junior High was formed in 1975, he moved up to become the reading specialist there.

He is currently the curriculum assistant at the high school. Ramos was the first tennis coach at LOL, eventually giving way to Bobby Babcock, the head coach the last two seasons. He also coached the cross country teams last fall after Al Valentine resigned to move to Dade City. "I was into running so I thought coaching cross country would be fun," Olson Sets Pace In Tomasello Golf Melvin Simmons of Williston has his work cut out for him at the University of Georgia. -Tribune Photo "We have some safety and rover types," the defense coordinator said, "but we're lacking in real speed cornerback types.

That's probably where he could help us most." That probably would be all right with Simmons, who says, "I'll play anywhere I can help the team" Walker or no Walker. Simmons, who has been working out on his own here since June, says he would prefer running the ball, but wouldn't mind playing defense at all. "They don't know it, but I'd really rather play rover, I like to come up and hit," he said. Russell would prefer to put Simmons' speed to use at cornerback. Hernando's George Floyd Top Pre-Season Pick onship.

The title game was played in Orlando, last December. Floyd led the Ohio Valley Conference in pass interceptions last year with seven, which he returned for 68 yards and one touchdown. He also led the conference in punt returns with 13 for 124 yards and one tally. Floyd was chosen on the All-Ohio Valley Conference second team following the 1979 season. RICHMOND, Ky.

Junior George Floyd of Brooks-ville, was chosen on the 1980 pre-season All-Ohio Valley Conference football team as a defensive back in a vote of head football coaches in the conference. The graduate of Hernando High School was a starter last year at Eastern Kentucky University and helped lead the Colonels to the NCAA Division 1-AA national champi Tripp, Sherman Reach Tennis Finals By JACK SLAYTON Tribune Sports Writer BARTOW Firing a steady 35-34-69, John Olson of Haines City grabbed the first round lead here Monday in the 36-hole Tomasello Junior Golf Tournament over the par-72, Bartow layout. Four golfers carded sub-par rounds on opening day. Lakeland's Jeff Schmucker, winner of the recent Junior Citrus Open, and Bartow's George McCoy were a stroke back at 70 while Lakeland's Jim Fee had 71. Carding even par was Tampa's Woody Austin, winner of the recent West Central Chapter Junior PGA tournament in Tampa.

Defending champion Mark Dooley of Bartow, who set a tournament record at 141 last year, was at 74. Three golfers were tied at 75 and three more at 76 in the boys 16-17 division. Lakeland's Chris Townsend led the 14-15 division at 75 with Brandon's Billy Carey at 76. Jimmy Davis of Tampa was the 12-13 leader at 76, nine strokes ahead of Todd Ramsey at 85. In the boys 11 and under the field only played nine holes.

Hugh Hedley of Davie, Junior Citrus winner, led the field at 50 with Lakeland's Walter Danker at 52. The Castellucci sisters of Orlando dominated the girls field with three of the sisters leading their divisions. The girls played the par-72, course with those 11 and under playing nine holes. Mary Castelluci stole the spotlight from sister Dottie, who is defending overall champion, by carding 40-39-79 to lead the 16-17 division. Pam Johnson of Lakeland had 81 with Dottie Castelluci at 84.

Ann Fischetti of Naples was the 14-15 leader with an 82 to 84 for Kelli Buckman of Oldsmar. Vanessa Castelluci leads the 12-13 girls at 41-38-79, tied for overall honors with sister Mary. Christine Casingal of Lake Wales was second at 123. Maria Castelluci is the 1 1 and under leader at 56 with Justine Hopkins of Crystal River at 59. Final round will be played today with a 9 a.m.

shotgun start. Austin started with a 39 but fired the best nine-hole score of the day, 33, By NICK PUGLIESE Tribune Sports Writer TAMPA The Breath of Life Junior Tennis Tournament was kind to two of the area's top tennis players, until the final day that is. Toni Tripp and Linda Sherman two of the mainstays of the Hudson Lady Cobra tennis team which went to the state tournament last spring were defeated in the finals of the Girls' 18 doubles competition on Sunday afternoon. For Tripp, the final day's action at semi-finals on Saturday. She had earlier beaten Sherry Sutton, 6-1, 6-1, and St.

Petersburg's Nicole Gould, 7-5, 6-2, to gain the semi-finals. "I was ready to play Clare," Tripp said. "I had my head together. I had worked on her, game and worked up a game plan of my own. It was the first time I've ever beat her." Wells had knocked off Haines City's Cecilia Collins, 5-7, 6-0, 6-0, to earn her way into the semi-finals to face Tripp.

In the 18's doubles finals, Wells and Collins teamed up to beat Tripp and Sherman, 6-0, 6-2. Still, Tripp said last weekend's setbacks won't deter her or Sherman from next spring's tennis season. "I haven't played as much tennis this summer as last summer," she said. "I've been working on my game during the week. Linda and I go down to the Royal Racquet Club in Clearwater twice a week to train under Harry Hop-man.

"We entered the Breath of Life tourney because we wanted to play some tournaments together to get ready for the school year." Is Over the Hillsborough Community College tennis courts was a double fault. She also fell in the finals of the Girls' 18 singles competition to Lake Wales' Michael Wells, 6-1, 6-0. Tripp, a member of The Tribune's All-Area tennis team (as was Sherman) took the singles' loss in stride. "I really don't feel bad about losing in the finals," Tripp said. "She's real good.

I was a little tired. It was a long, four-day tourney." Tripp, who'll be a senior at Hudson High School this year, had defeated Inverness' Clare Robison, 7-6, 6-4, in the Walter Riddle uddenly, Vacation Time to finish at par. Lakeland's Jon Martin opened with a 41 but closed with a 34 for 75. Among the girls the best nine-hole round was Vanessa Castellucci's 38 on the back nine. Overall winner for the boys and the girls, regardless of the age will receive the Tomasello Memorial Trophy.

Except for the heat it was in the 90s for the late finishers ideal weather conditions prevailed. This is the opening event of the two-week Bartow Girls Villa Classic. Originally the field was to include three age groups. Because the large number of entries in the middle age groups the field was divided into four brackets. Tournament chairman Fred Bretz said over 100 juniors competed.

The leaden: Boy1S-17 John Olson. Haines City 35-3549 Jett Schmucker. Lakeland 35-35-70 George McCoy. Bartow 36-34-70 Jim Fee, Lakeland 36-35-71 Woody Auslin, Tampa 39-33-72 Mark Dooley. Bartow 39-35-74 Jon Martin, Lakeland 41-34-75 Greg Knowles, Lake Wales 39-36-75 Mark Stephenson.

Pompano Beach 39-36-75 Andy Zullo. Kissimmee 36-40-76 Craig Buckman. Tampa 39-37-76 Jimmy Morris. Bartow 39-37-76 Boys 14-15 Chris Townsend, Lakeland 37-38-75 Bitty Carey. Brandon 36-36-76 Robert Waters, Lakeland 39-38-77 Mark MonrJerto.

Lakeland 39-39-78 Mike Bradford, Winter Haven 40-39-79 Boys 12-13 Jimmy Davis, Tampa 38-38-76 Todd Ramsey. Tampa 42-43-85 John McKnight. Lakeland 45-44-89 Edward Casingal, Lake Wales 43-46-90 Boys 11 and under Hugh Hedley. Davie 50; Walter Danker. Lakeland 52; Mike Burke, Brandon 55; J.J.

Move. Wauchula 57; Keith AJ-britton. Lakeland 58; Don Allred, Lakeland 58. GkH 16-17 Mary Castellucc'ci. Orlando 40-39-79 Pam Johnson.

Lakeland 41-40-81 Dottie Castellucci. Orlando 44-40-84 Joanne Allred. Lakeland 42-44-87 Lynn Armstrong, Brandon 46-44-90 Girls 14-15 Ann Fischetti. Naples 43-3942 Kelli Buckman, Oldsmar 39-45-84 Chy Taylor. Tampa 44-44-88 Lone Wilkes.

Bartow 52-47-99 Oris 12-13 Vanessa Castellucci. Orlando 41-38-79 Christine Casingal. Lake Wales 66-57-1 23 Shelly Foote, Winter Haven 87-67-131. Girl 11 and under Maria Castellucci. Orlando 56; Justina Hopkins, Crystal River 59.

dale and Hooper knocked off Outlaw and Lee Basey of Indian Harbor 7-6, In men's 25 doubles, the top-seeded Port Richey team of Gary Durrance and Alex Deeb won the title with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Hollis and Ronnie Allen. The women's open doubles trophy went to Winter Haven's Lynn Landry and Lynne Paskert of Tampa following a 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory over Chris Bel-lotto and Laura Smeltzly of Lakeland. In the women's 25 doubles final, Carolyn Sanders and Marilyn Tessier, both of Orlando, teamed to defeat Pam Lee and Karen Hakala of Winter Haven Golf Clinic Set SPRING HILL A golf clinic for members of the Tri-County Junior Golf Association will be held at the Spring Hill Country Club Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, live in the hearts and minds of people despite his passing. We also had the chance to witness two baseball games, featuring the Asheville Tourists of the Sally League in games with Greensboro and Gastonia. Greensboro, a farm team of the New York Yankees, have three blue chippers in outtfielders Don Mattingly (.372 average) and Matt Winters (20 homers, 79 RBI's and a .333 average) and pitcher Don Ballard (16-5).

DAYS 15 THROUGH 17 Hollis Upsets Allen In Auburndale Tennis BROOKSVILLE It was a great vacation, but it's good to be back. Believe it or not, it was actually hotter in the mountains of North Carolina and Gatlinburg, while we were there than at home. Not once did we see rain during the 18-day trip. DAY ONE After 12 '2 hours on the road it was good to pull into the driveway of my brother-in-law's home in Lexington, N.C. DAY TWO Surprising as it may seem, this was one of my most enjoyable days.

We spent the day at Lake Norman, which has 542 miles of shoreline and is located near Charlotte where Duke Power Company has a generating plant. After cruising around the lake (I'm really a land lubber at heart) in a 24-foot cabin cruiser, I realized this really is the life. However, I did learn that not all danger spots on hikes are marked as we bent up the prop on the motor, driving between two small islands. The depth was only five feet at one spot. The average depth in the lake is 60 feet.

It was tough leaving such a beautiful place. DAY THREE A sad note. I learned my next door neighbor for five years was canned as head football coach at a high school in Greensboro after 16 years. He turned out winners 14 of those years, including an 8-3 mark last fall and a trip to the state playoffs. He had been the only head coach at the school.

It was just time for a change, according to the new principal. He will remain at the school as a teacher. It was good seeing old friends during a visit to the North Carolina Coaching Clinic jwhere just under 3,000 prep and college coaches in the state took notes in basketball from Larry Brown of UCLA and Earle Bruce of Ohio State in football. However, the most impressive speaker was Dr. Joe DeWalt, the director of the Sports Medicine Division at the University of North Carolina.

More on what he had to say later in the week. DAY FOUR A visit to the country for a day with my wife's great aunt and uncle, who are still going strong even though tiey are in their late 70s. Thy just recently celebrated their 60th wedding aniversary. He's still driving a 1960 Plymouth that he purchased new. It has 112,000 miles on it and looks as good today as it did the day he drove it off the lot.

My two boys enjoyed a presentation on the way cars used to be built. DAY FIVE A day of golf with a friend and another uncle at a course the famed Reynolds family of Winston Salem donated to the city. This day was capped off with a 20-course meal at my wife's grandmother's home in the country. They just don't make cooks like this any more. DAYS SIX AND SEVEN Two days of golf at Tanglewood where the 1974 PGA championship was played.

The only greens one could see were from the par threes. Up and down the lovely hills in a four-wheel drive cart was an experience. I also turned in some of my best golf ever. I think it was just the challenge of being on such a super course and my ball always seems to roll better down hill. I'm just not used to being a wedge from the green on par fives after two shots.

DAYS EIGHT, NINE AND 10 An enjoyable visit in Lewisville with my younger brother and his wife. It's wonderful to be around a 25-year-old successful accountant, who just passed the state exam and is working with the third largest firm in the world. DAYS 11 THROUGH 14 Off to the mountains of Asheville for a stay with my folks, which included a day trip to Flat Rock for a tour of Carl Sandburg'f home. His great poems still And I thought Myrtle Beach was popular. The same holds true in Gatlinburg where it's wall to wall in tourists.

The best attraction in the mountains is Opryland USA "On The It was 90 minutes of non-stop 'downhome' singing and picking by nine outstanding young men and women. It was worth the $16 for a family of four. While reading the Knoxville News-Sentinel, we realized once again that the Yankees have a few more blue chippers playing for Nashville in the Class AA Southern League. Nashville won the first half title by 12 games and was 29-1 1 in the second half of the season, leading the division by nine games when we left town. Remember these names for the future-First baseman Steve Balboni (29 homers, 104 RBI's and a .320 batting average), third baseman Buck Showalter (.338 batting average and 79 RBI's), and pitchers Andy McGaffigan (14-3 with a 2.31 ERA) and Brian Ryder (12-6 with a 2.99 ERA).

The leading hitter in the Southern League is catcher Chris Bando (Sal Bando's younger brother) of the Chattanooga Lookouts with a cool .352 batting average. DAYS 18 THROUGH 22 Back home to rest up before returning to the war. It was capped off Sunday afternoon watching ageless Luis Tiant prove once again that his 40-plus, one, two or three arm continues to get hitters out with ease. DAY 23 It was tough rolling out of bed on Monday morning, ir AUBURNDALE Second-seeded Robert Hollis overcame problems in the first set Monday and went on to post a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over top-seeded Ron Allen in the men's 25 singles final during the final day of the Auburndale Open And 25's Championships at the city courts. Hollis, the pro at the city courts, reached Monday's finals after defeating Wayne Allen of Lakeland 6-4, 6-4 Sunday afternoon.

Ron Allen, meanwhile, of Auburn-dale picked up the other finals berth with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Rick Herbert of Apopka. As expected, Melbourne's Glenn Outlaw, a standout player for Rollins College, won the men's open title with a 6-3, 6-1 decision over Lakeland's John Schwartz. Schwartz reached the finals Sunday after upsetting No. 2 seed Guy Hooper of Lakeland 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. In the other semifinals matchup, Outlaw eliminated Rick August of Orlando 7-5, 6-2.

In men's open doubles, the top-seeded team of Eric Dove of Aurn-.