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6-PE The Tampa Tribune SPORTS Tuesday, January 19, 1988 Keil gets another break, one he didn't need Chuck ('- Mulling Ty Tennis TAMPA Mark Keil quickly becomes the bands-down winner of the tennis trivia quiz for 1988. Here goes: Can you name the player who, within perhaps the shortest period of time possible, jumped from the college ranks to the professional circuit, then to the unemployment line? "I needed a break, but not like this," Keil said last week, tongue in cheek. Keil was the rising phenom at the University of South Florida, getting ready to stare down all the top players for his junior season. But those plans changed drastically last week. Keil signed a professional contract Jan.

10 with a Japanese corporation. He will receive $100,000 in expenses for three years, plus tuition for his final two years of college, if he so chooses. That's the good news. Keil received another "break" of sorts hours later. While practicing with Grant Fitzwilliam his 'V peaked last summer when he won the singles title in the "Master's" USTA Satellite Circuit in Tyler, Tex.

1 As for his pro career, Keil has been well-schooled by his sister. Kathy, 25, is ranked No. 70 in the world. She made a comeback two years ago after her world ranking skidded from No. 54 to out of sight "She told me that an offer like the one I have won't always be around," Keil said.

"She reminded me that college tennis and those achievements are great but the ultimate goal is to play pro tennis." Keil, of course, will have to wait another two months for that His first scheduled tournament is the Lipton International Championships in Key Biscayne March 14-27. That two-week event will include most of the top players, men and women. He also plans to play the indoor circuit in Europe in the spring, then the grass tournaments Queens and Wimbledon. Until his ranking climbs even higher, Keil must qualify just to get into the main draw of most of his tournaments. He already has thought about the scenario of winning three qualifying matches, then drawing a Lendl, Becker or McEnroe in the first round.

"It would be great to play one of those guys," he said. "I hope they'd take it easy on me, but I know they wouldn't." Before that can happen, Keil must first rehabilitate his foot. The process begins soon. Ironically, he sees the latest mishap as a "blessing in disguise." "I've been playing so much that I needed a rest" he said. "But once I get out there, I'm confident I'll be able to succeed.

"I know the pressure will be different There's the money, the excessive traveling, and the different schedules. It's not like in college where you know you're match starts at 2 o'clock. "Some guys learn how to handle it, and that's what I'll have to do." TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD Weknd Results Tampa Tennis Association Uaranked Junior Grand Prix (Jan. 1-10), Brandon Swim and Tennis Club. 8 18s Kirk Dieoold d.

Tripp Selke 6-2. 6-4; 16s Johnny Ketron d. Jeremy Shaughnessy 6-2. 6-3: 14s Scott Grooms d. Kevin Whitney 6-3.

2-6. 6-3: 12s Sam Lmsky d. Daniel Amparo 6-1. 2-6. 6-3: 10s Jay Rao d.

Kevin Wright 6-3, 7-6. 18s Serena Akins d. Cathy Orbegoso 6-0, 6-1: 16s Kamilla Bosek d. Stacy Levins 7-5. 6-2; 14s Rachel Bako d.

Ellen Galan 7-5. 7-5; 12s Mary Rush Yelverton d. Angela Weatherman 64, 6-4; 10s Erin Clark d. Kan Gordon 6-2, 6-1. Upcoming Events Eagles Lair Winter Championships (FTA), Jan.

29-31. MW 30s. 40s. 50s, singles and doubles. Pro shop number is 971-7293.

Brandon Swim and Tennis Club Junior Invitational (FTA), Jan. 30-Feb. 1. BG 12s-18s, singles with consolations. Pro shop number is 685-2625.

Alvarez Club Tennis Classic (non-sanctioned), Jan. 29-31. MW A and singles and. doubles, men's singles and doubles, consolation for singles. Pro shop number is 686-1598.

Mark Keil ty." At 20, he is, in the eyes of sponsors, "worth taking a chance on." Terms of the contract link Keil and the Japanese party for three years. Expenses will be covered, and he gets to keep all prize money. Rackets, clothing and shoes will be provided. If there is a down side to the deal, it is that Keil must play 10 tournaments hand-picked by his sponsor. It probably means a few trips to the Far East, but is that so bad? "I can't believe someone is going to pay me to do what I love to do," Keil said.

"I knew I was going to give it a shot; it was just a question of when." Had the contract not been offered, Keil said he would have finished out his junior season, then turned pro this summer. He figured his last two collegiate seasons wouldn't Jiave mattered as much, partly because of two factors: First, the chances of USF landing a bid to the NCAA Championships are remote; and second, Keil would have needed to win virtually all of his matches to earn an individual bid. Still, it shouldn't be construed as a knock against the Bulls. Keil credits USF coach Bill Perrin for "giving me my chance." "He's a good coach, and he taught me a lot about the game," Keil said. "He helped me set my goals, and helped me keep my mind focused on tennis." Keil said he didn't think success would come this quickly.

It figures. While growing up in Albuquerque, N.M., he was known as "Kathy's little brother." Kathrin Keil was ranked nationally in the top five from the 12s through the 18s and later earned All-America honors at UCLA. And Mark? He was fortunate to crack the top 100 in his last year in the 18s. He had few college options until Perrin gave him a chance. "I never thought I would make it, but he had a lot of confidence in me," Keil said.

"After my sophomore year, he sat me down and said he thought I could be a pro someday. I didn't believe it myself until then." The results then began pouring in. Keil's game roommate, teammate and doubles partner at USF Keil slipped while reaching for an overhead. The result: A fractured bone in the outer part of his right foot The outlook isn't good: Keil figures to miss the next two months, thus delaying his move to the big time. "See, I wouldn't have been able to play for much of the season anyway," Keil said, pointing to the cast on his foot.

Keil played plenty in recent months. The timing couldn't have been better for his change of direction. He just returned from a swing through South Africa, where he played four $25,000 tournaments in the USTA "Challenger" series. Keil finished 8-4, highlighted by a runner-up showing in the second event. Ironically, his opening-round loss in his first tournament was to Dade City's Jim Courier, whom he had practiced with before and has since in Tampa.

The impressive results helped boost Keil's Association of Tennis Professionals ranking to No. 290. The ATP, which lists the top 400 players in the world, did not have Keil ranked seven months ago. It goes without saying, then, that Keil is "hot proper- Calhoun has reason to be optimistic at HCC JuCo Baseball At a glance HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROSTER By SUSANNA SOMMERER Tribune Sports Writer TAMPA To hear Hillsborough Community College coach Gary Calhoun talk about last year's Hawk team, the team was pretty good. The way he's talking this year, the team should be even better.

"Last year we had excellent pitching, and very good defense. This year we have good pitching, a good defense, power hitters and 4 4 Last year we had excellent pitching, and very good defense. This year we have good pitching, a good defense, power hitters and more depth. 99 Gary Calhoun HCC baseball coach Hillsborough stats Girls basketball SCORING Player Team TP Avg. Webb Leto 14 371 26.5 Andrews Gathr 14 355 25.4 'Bennett Hills 16 402 25.1 Colleton EB 18 411 22.8 4-ewis TBVT 16 334 20.9 Whitehead Bran 15 312 20.8 Minor King 16 321 20.1 Van Heertum Jeff 11 222 20.0 Brown EB 18 355 19.8 McBride Chamb 11 214 19.3 Payne Armw 15 277 18.5 Davis Plant 17 311 18.3 VWkens TC 15 272 18.1 Xronmuller Gathr 14 244 17.4 Oix Armw 15 260 17.3 Iv.

REBOUNDING Player Team Avg. Hernandez THts 10 226 22.6 Aikens TC 15 259 17.3 Anderson Rob 14 182 14.0 DiX Armw 15 185 12.3 Payne Armw 15 181 12.3 lewis TBVT 16 187 11.7 Colleton EB 18 201 11.2 Cook Chamb 11 99 11.0 Van Heertum Jeff 11 123 11.0 Drake EB 18 187 10.4 Davis Plant 17 174 10.2 Connell PC 12 117 9.8 Andrews Gathr 12 114 9.5 Butler Chmbl 10 89 8.9 Andrews King 16 141 8.8 Boys basketball SCORING Player Team TP Avg. Bell Jefferson 11 346 31.4 Wells King 10 240 24.0 McCullough TCatholic 17 381 22.4 Sims Hillsborough 11 243 22.1 Schintzius Bloom 14 300 21.4 Drapp Brandon 12 253 21.1 Snyder Jesuit 12 249 20.8 Faedo Bayshore 15 308 20.5 Acord Plant City 14 280 20.0 Kaliebe Berkeley 9 179 19.9 Delaughter Armwood 11 214 19.4 Karl Plant 12 225 18.8 Mitchell Chamberlain 12 224 18.6 Smith Leto 13 236 18.2 Smith TBV-T 8 180 18.0 REBOUNDING Player Team Avg. Faedo Bayshore 15 269 17.9 Dedmon Gaither 9 141 15.7 Salter Chamberlain 13 169 13.0 Schintzius Bloom 14 179 12.8 Cunningham Robinson 11 140 12.7 Myrick Plant 12 145 12.1 Johnston Gaither 9 107 11.8 Richardson Bloom 14 164 11.7 Wells King 10 116 11.6 McCullough TCatholic 17 182 10.7 Bell Jefferson 11 117 10.6 Flournoy TBV-T 8 76 9.5 Coley Robinson 11 99 9.0 Davis Jefferson 11 99 9.0 Smith Leto 13 110 8.5 Girls soccer SCORING Player Team A TP Klos Gaither 32 5 69 Theis Armwood 14 10 38 Hyatt Plant 15 6 36 Barrow Berk. Prep 13 8 34 Wagner Chamberlain 13 3 29 Anderson Chamberlain 10 7 27 Burns Gaither 9 7 25 Keebler Armwood 11 3 25 Graeber Gaither 7 9 23 Durrance Armwood 9 4 22 Randall Plant City 9 2 20 Cornett Chamberlain 9 2 20 Wilson Armwood 7 5 19 Corwin Berk.

Prep 7 4 18 Mills Gaither 9 1 17 Layton Plant City 7 3 17 Sheldon King 6 4 16 Fuqua Gaither 4 6 14 Guadalupe Brandon 4 19 Jullett Brandon 4 19 GOALIES Player Team GA Avg. Stemeye Armwood 8 2 .250 Hallaver Gaither 9 4 .444 McConnell Chamberlain 9 6 .666 Berger Berk. Prep 8 12 1.5 Berger Plant 8 19 2.37 Rastrick Brandon 3 12 4.0 Boys soccer SCORING Player Team A TP Stark BP 15 5 35 Dillman Jesuit 11 8 30 Allen Bloom 14 1 29 Jaworski PC 10 3 23 Lawler King 11 4 25 Bush Hills 9 3 21 Harris Hills 9 3 21 Picheta Leto 9 3 21 Franklin King 10 2 22 Westhead Arm 8 2 18 Wood Chamb 7 4 18 Hutchinson Arm 7 3 17 Jamieson King 7 2 16 Hicks Jesuit 6 4 16 Pamplona Hills 6 3 15 Bluff stone Leto 5 5 15 Rodda Hills 5 4 14 Brady Bloom 2 10 14 Uravich Bloom 3 7 13 Brunson PC 4 5 13 Boda Leto 5 3 13 Lash Leto 6 1 13 GOALIES Player Team GA Avg. Davis Brand 7 3 0.43 Gowdy Jesuit 12 6 0.50 Gilbert Leto 12 6 0.50 Bridges Bloom 8 5 0.83 Throneberg Gaither 7 6 0.86 Cook Chamb 11 11 1.00 LePlant Arm 9 10 1.27 Miller King 7 18 2.57 Joyce PC 8 21 2.62 Name Pos Ht. Wt.

Gr. High School James Allen 6-2 180 Fr. Chamberlain Todd Cason 6-0 165 Fr. Chamberlain John Farrell OF 5-9 170 So. Worchester, Mass.

Vincent Gonzales Cr 5-11 195 Fr. Land O' Lakes Kevin Langiotti 5-11 175 So. Jefferson John Lombardi 5-9 180 So. Worcester, Mass. David Macaluso SS 5-11 155 Fr.

Leto Bryan Manicchia 6-2 175 So. King Chris Mitchell OF 5-6 158 Fr. Hillsborough Mark Mitchelson 6-2 175 Fr. Tampa Catholic Glenn Moore 3B 5-8 170 Fr. Pinellas Park Derrick Pedro OF 5-9 165 Fr.

King Fred Pisano 5-10 185 Fr. Berkeley Prep Scott Pitcher 6-1 180 So. Hillsborough Rodney Riggio OF 6-2 190 So. Chamberlain Todd Rodriguez OFIF 6-2 178 Fr. Plant Russell Romano 1BDH5-11 180 Fr.

Hillsborough Matt Sines PIF 6-1 185 Fr. St. Petersburg Randy Sodders IF 5-11 175 Fr. Plant City Brian Stephens OF 6-2 1 85 Fr. Bradenton Manatee Matt Ulvenes OF 5-11 175 So.

Jefferson Robert Undorf 6-2 200 So. Plant Rick Ware 5-11 170 So. Plant more depth," said Calhoun, who, in his first year at the school last season, led the Hawks to their first Suncoast Conference title in eight years. Calhoun has reason to be optimistic because of a bumper crop of freshmen, most of whom are home-grown. Gary Calhoun SCHEDULE January er.

You can't tell until you start playing games. But if we play up to our capabilities, we have as good a chance as anyone to win the conference," said Calhoun, whose team did that with a 17-7 conference record last year. "We had one of the best recruiting years in the school's history. We have more depth than last year and we recruited hitters so we should have a better offense." Experience marks the outfield with sophomore John Farrell returning in center, Matt Ulvenes in left and Rodney Riggio in right. Calhoun plans to platoon Ulvenes, a left-handed batter, and Pedro in left.

Riggio and Brian Stephens, a lefty, may be platooned in right field. Kevin Langiotti, who hit .316 as a designated hitter last season, will be behind the plate. "The one thing this team lacks is coming together. We won't know how well we can do that until we play a couple games," said Calhoun, an ex-assistant to Eddie Cardieri at Saint Leo and Robin Roberts at USF. The Hawks came together just fine in their season-opener Friday night, beating Miami-Dade South CC 9-5 behind the arm of Allen and 13 base hits.

"We have lots of people fighting for jobs. If we have any questions we'll probably go with experience over youth," Calhoun added. "The key will be pitching. If our eight guys can throw strikes, we have the defense to back them up." The Hawks lost their top hurler, Bryan Rose (10-1), and David Shabert from last year's 33-18-1 team, because of academic ineligibility. Calhoun hopes Sines, Pitcher and Mannichia will make up for the loss.

The Hawks have one more bat in their corner this season. After years of hopping from Al Lopez Field to UT's Sam Bailey to USF's Red McEwen fields for home games, they leased Doc Nance from the city. "It's nice to know we have our own place to play," said Calhoun. 16 at Miami Dade South CC (2), Noon 17 at Broward CC (2), Noon 25 of TAMPA (exhibition), 5 p.m. 26 SAINT LEO COLLEGE 5 p.m.

27 at Florida Southern (2), 3 p.m. 28 at of Tampa (exhibition), 3 p.m. 30 at Seminole CC, 2 p.m. 31 INDIAN RIVER CC, 1 p.m. February 14 at Manatee CC, 7 p.m.

15 SHELTON STATE CC, 7 p.m. 16 MANATEE CC, 7 p.m. 17 RHODE ISLAND JC, 7 p.m. 18 POLK CC, 7 p.m. 19 at Polk CC, 2 p.m.

20 FAULKNER JC, 1 p.m. 21 at St. Petersburg JC, 7 p.m. 23 ST. PETERSBURG JC, 7 p.m.

25 at South Florida CC, 3 p.m. 26 SOUTH FLORIDA CC, 7 p.m. 28 at Brevard CC, 3 p.m. 30 BREVARD CC, 7 p.m. April 1 at Florida CC, 3 p.m.

2 at Florida CC (2), 1 p.m. 4 at Manatee CC, 7:30 p.m. 6 MANATEE CC, 7:30 p.m. 8 at Polk CC, 3 p.m. 9 POLK CC, 1 p.m.

11 ST. PETERSBURG JC. 7 p.m. 13 at St. Petersburg JC, 7 p.m.

15 at South Florida CC, 3 p.m. HCC recruited pitcher Mark Mitchelson from Tampa Catholic, shortstop David Maca-luso of Leto, Derrick Pedro, a King product; and second baseman-shortstop Randy Sodders out of Plant City. Pitcher-infielder Matt Sines, the player of the year in Pinellas County last year, and Pinellas Park infielder Glenn Moore also donned Hawk red, white and blue. Sines (5-1, 1.27 ERA) and Mitchelson (9-0, 1.51 ERA) will start the season as part of a five-man rotation that includes sophomore returners Rick Ware (6-3, 2.95 ERA), Bryan Mannichia (4-2, 2.78 ERA) and freshman James Allen. Calhoun said he'll probably go with four starters later in the year.

The bullpen features Todd Cason, sophomore Scott Pitcher and sophomore Bob Un-dorf, who recorded 10 saves last season and finished with a 1.95 ERA. Russell Romano and Ware will share time at first base, Sines and Sodders are capable of playing second, shortstop or third base, Maca-luso gets the starting nod at shortstop and Moore will be on third. That influx of youth replaces Mike Henry, Andy Brandon and Rick Nogues, who signed scholarships to the University of South Florida, and Eric Cullens, who is continuing his career at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Calhoun is confident his freshmen can adequately step in. "You never know how they'll play togeth- 2 VALENCIA CC (2), 3:30 p.m.

3 at Saint Leto (exhibition), 7 p.m. 4 at Santa Fe CC, 3 p.m. 6 at Central Florida CC (2), 12:30 p.m. 7 PALM BEACH CC (2), 1 p.m. 9 SANTA FE CC, 3 p.m.

13 at Palm Beach CC (2), 12:30 p.m. 14 Indian River CC (2), 12:30 p.m. 15 at Indian River CC, 1 p.m. 20 FLORIDA SOUTHERN 1 p.m. 22 at St.

Petersburg JC, 4 p.m. 24 ST. PETERSBURG JC, 4 p.m. 25 CENTRAL FLORIDA CC, 3 p.m. 16 SOUTH FLORIDA CC, 7 p.m.

March May 2 SEMINOLE CC, 3 p.m. 6-11 State Tournament, TBA 7 CECIL COLLEGE, 7 p.m. 20-25 Southern Regionals, TBA 8 ALBIEN COLLEGE, 7 p.m. May 28-June 2 World Series, TBA 11 at Brevard CC, 3 p.m. CAPS Home games played at Doc 12 BREVARD CC, 7 p.m.

Nance Field Hawks' Payne breaks loose to post career-high stats Tribune Athlete Of The Week ships at the Brandon Elks Wrestling Tournament. Plant's Jamie Cepeda (152) and Andre Talley (275) and Tampa Catholic's Matt Steele (135), who each won Gulf Coast Athletic Conference wrestling titles at Land O' Lakes. King's Byron Wells set a school record with 36 points against Jefferson. Wells was 11 of 15 from the field and hit all but two of his 16 free throws. Chamberlain forward Robbie Mitchell buried seven three-pointers, four in the final period, in a 58-55 loss to Robinson.

Mitchell finished with 31 points. Leto's Adrla Webb scored 65 points in two games, including a 43-point effort against Gaither. She was 16 of 29 from the field and ll-of-18 from the free throw line against the Cowboys. Plant's Joe Karl had 24 points, Including two free throws with 10 seconds left, in the Panthers' 62-61 win over Hillsborough. Brandon's Jeff Drapp scored 48 points in a pair of Eagle wins over Plant City and Armwood.

Drapp scored 25 against the Raiders and 23 against the Hawks. Leto's Ross Grounds scored 30 points, 21 from three-point land, In the Falcons' 81-74 win over Jesuit. By BRETT McMURPHY Tribune Sports Writer SEFFNER Before a four-game stretch the past week, Armwood's Debbie Payne wasn't having that bad a season. The 6-foot-5 junior center was scoring 16.4 points a game for the Hawks. However, in her last four games, Payne broke loose, turning in two career high scoring efforts.

Including a 31-point 21 -rebound night against Leto. Payne is this week's Tribune Athlete of the Week. Payne topped her previous career high of 23 points with a 24 point showing against King and then three nights later, poured in the 31 points and pulled down 24 rebounds against the Falcons. In her last four games, she Is averaging 24.3 points a game. "She's a big part of our overall package of what we're trying to do on offense," said Armwood coach Mark Sims.

"She has a lot of finesse in her shot and her touch for someone that size is quite good. It's all natural ability." Payne's ability Is a major reason the Hawks (15-3) have been ranked all season in the top 10 and as high as No. 2 in the state's Class 4A basketball poll. Saturday night in a showdown with No. 5 East Bay, Payne's 18 points paced four Hawks in double figures as Armwood won 68-63.

The teams had split their previous two meetings. "East Bay is a good team," said Payne. "The fact they beat us at the (Brandon) Christmas Tournament knocked us off our pedestal and woke us up. I've gained a lot of confidence since the Hillsborough game (a 22-point effort) and realized I could play." Now she's letting the rest of the county in on her discovery. Other athletes considered for the award were: Plant City's Cliff Acord, who scored 18 of the Raiders' 22 fourth quarter points In their 66-64 win over Bloomingdale.

Acord finished with 34 points. Brandon's Jimmy Clark (103 pounds) and Adam Parry (160), Tampa Bay Vo-Tech's Gerald Hayes (135) and Leto's Joey Tomas (275), who each won champion If.