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Send comments and tips through e-mail to: RCiullitampatrib.com Preps TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1998 THE TAMPA TRIBUNE SPORTS 7 Fans at RJS spent almost $1 million ROZEl 4 i 259-7858 259 8148 we. No-shows mark the historic day TAMPA Almost 5,000 ticket holders failed to show upfor the first event at Raymond James Stadium. Sunday's sold-out Bucs-Bears game drew 61,417 fans, according to the Tampa Sports Authority. The Bucs announced the attendance as 64,328. The capacity of the new.

stadium is 66,321. Among the reasons for the numerous no-shows on one of the more historic sports days in Tampa Bay history: The game was televised locally. The rainy, muggy weather. Some fans may have wanted to keep their tickets for souvenirs. Scalpers may have gotten stuck with tickets.

7 4 N. TAMPA Despite glitches, Bucs and concessionaire split nearly $1 million in revenues from first game at RJS. By ERIC MILLER of The Tampa Tribune Food and beverage concession revenues at Sunday's Tampa Bay Buccaneers game totaled more than $950,000, Tampa Sports Authority officials said Monday. The concession take likely will increase to more than $1 million for the Bucs' second home game at Raymond James Stadium with the New York Giants on Oct 4, said Mickey Farrell, director of stadium operations for the TSA. However, none of that revenue will go to the TSA, but will be split between the Bucs and Fine Host Corporation, the stadium's concessionaire.

The Bucs' agreement with Fine Host calls for the stadium concessionaire to pay the Bucs 45 pefcent of the total adjusted gross revenues for general food and beverage sales, and 25 percent of catering sales. The revenue figures were reported to the sports authority board of directors at their monthly meeting Monday. The board also was briefed on some of the glitches at Sunday's home opener, the first game at RJS. Most of the problems were minor in nature and officials said they received fewer complaints than anticipated. TSA officials said they will be working hard this week to rectify some of the problems in time for the University of South Florida game Oct 3.

Some of the problems Sunday included: Escalators to the main and upper concourse seating were not operating due to computer problems, and not by water as earlier thought, Farrell told the board. He said officials are meeting today to begin repair of the escalators. Heavy rains before the game caused widespread flooding at stadium grass parking lots. Farrell said 800 parking spots were lost due to the flooding. There were large pedestrian bottlenecks when fans who watched the game in the luxury suites and club seats exited the stadium's club lounge area via an escalator after the game.

Farrell said many fans seated in the SCIUOI, Hillsborough County Sports coordinator, (813) Sports tax, (813) Freshman building rivalry TAMPA East Bay freshman Lindsey Moffenbier and Jesuit boys team make waves at the Leto Invitational. By BILL WARD of The Tampa Tribune Saturday's Leto Invitational at the University of South Florida provided some unexpected surprises for a freshman girl and Jesuit's boys, who, for the second consecutive week, finished ahead of defending state champion Hernando. East Bay freshman Lindsey Moffenbier had a simple but effec- tive strategy for CiOoo the race: get in COUntrV front of Gaither standout Beth Tatangelo and stay there. Another runner at the meet also expected to run faster than Tatangelo Class 4A defending state champion Hilary White of Gainesville Eastside. White is easy to spot with the multicolor dye job she has done to her bangs, but since Moffenbier had raced against Tatangelo just last week in Plant City, she knew what to expect from her in-county rival.

So, just seconds after the start of the three-mile race, Moffenbier headed to the front "I knew there'd be some really good competition here and I had heard about the girl from Gainesville," said Moffenbier, who as a seventh grader won the Leto meet's junior varsity division. "But Beth is such a good runner. I just wanted to stay ahead of her." Moffenbier was slightly ahead of White through the first mile but, as the rain began falling harder and the course turned muddy, White eventually powered ahead by the second mile and went on to win in 18 minutes, 1 second, nearly 45 seconds ahead of second-place Moffenbier. Tatangelo, who said afterward she had some stomach problems before and during the race, finished ninth in 19:07. Tatangelo had entered the race undefeated in three meets, including a comfortable win over Moffenbier at last week's Raider Invitational.

"She Moffenbier went out pretty fast and I tried to hang on," Tatangelo said. "Maybe if I was feeling better, I could have stayed with her but today I just couldn't I'll just try to run better next time." Next time should be soon enough: Saturday morning at 9 a.m. in the Don Bishop Invitational at Brandon High, where most of the county's schools are expected to compete. Following their second-place finish to defending 5A state champion Estero at the Leto Invitational, Jesuit's boys have now beaten reigning 4A state champ Hernan- DAVID KADLUBOWSKITribune photo East Bay's Lindsey Moffenbier finished second in the 3-mile race at USF on Saturday, behind Eastside's Hilary White. GIRLS Runnel, school Meets 10 5 1st 1.

lindsey Moffenbier, EB 3 3 3 2 2. Beth Tatangelo, Gaith 4 4 4 3 3. Amber Littleton, Bloom 4 4 3 0 4. Caroline McKernan, PI 3 2 2 0 5. Jenny Habbestad, Gaith 4 3 2 0 6.

Leah Dunne, TC 4 3 3 2 7. Caroline Fisher, PI 3 2 10 8. Nancy Rydberg, PI 2 110 9. Albrie Perrin, EB 3 2 10 10. Amanda Wells.

Gaith 4 10 0 On the bubble: Bloomingdale Nicole Solana Plant Calyn Brown; Riverview Dee Dee Haefling; Tampa Catholic Meghann McNiffl); Durant Katie Bowden (4-2-2-0). Note Tribune writer Bill Ward ranks the cross country runners using only invitationals and meets of five teams or more. Meet results by each runner are not meant to quantify rank. Because of great variances in courses, head-to-head competition and late-season meets are given preference over times. Abbreviations key: AHN-Academy of the Holy Names; Arm Armwood; BP Berkeley Prep; Blake; Bloom Bloomingdale; Brand Brandon; Chamb Chamberlain; Dur Durant; EB East Bay; Garth Gaither; Hills Hillsborough; Jeff Jefferson; Jes Jesuit; Leto; Plant; PC Plant City; Rob Robinson; Riv Riverview; Sck Sickles; TBT Tampa Bay Tech; TC Tampa Catholic; TH Temple Heights; Whar Wharton.

a fook at prep highfcjrrts PERFORMERS Making it count: In the end, King junior RB Fred Reid managed just 1 yard on 13 carries but was able to score on a 9-yard run for the Lions' only touchdown in Friday night's 7-0 victory against Bloomingdale. Running on empty: For the first time since the Plant girls team raced the Leto Invitational at USF, it didn't win. But the Panthers' third-place finish was still pleasing to Coach Roy Harrison, whose ranks were run down from ailments. Caroline McKernan was fighting a cold all week and his usual No. 2, Nancy Rydberg, had stomach problems before, during and after the race.

McKeman finished first for the Panthers and 14th overall. Caroline Fisher finished 23rd and Rydberg, who also plays for the Plant volleyball team, was 34th overall in the field of 129 runners. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Largo RB honored: Largo RB Leon Collins is The Tampa TribuneWFLA-Channel 8 Athlete of the Week. The 5-foot-9, 165-pound senior carried the ball 28 times for 386 yards and four touchdowns of 73, 40, 10 and 35 yards in Largo's 49-29 win against Gibbs. ODDS N' ENDS No jokes, please: Robinson LB Marcus Hepburn dyed his hair blond the first week of football practice and it has caught on big time.

The Knights now have 22 varsity, five junior varsity, one parent and assistant coach Rob Burns with blond hair. SAY WHAT? Just dropping in: "We are so far out from anywhere that we are able to get away with this." East Bay AD Nai-da Stebbins on the special ceremony planned before Friday's game with Wharton, when Special Forces will perform a sky dive 15 minutes before kickoff in which the game ball and U.S., state of Florida and East Bay flags all will be presented atmidfield. Counting chickens: "I feel like nobody can stop us. We are going to go 16-0 and win the whole thing." Plant City (3-0) RB Eric Washington. Not enough warning: "I told you to watch for the screen!" a Plant assistant coach shouting from the press box during Hillsborough's 29-0 victory Saturday.

The unidentified coach had earlier warned the sidelines four times of an impending screen play. When his warnings went unheeded on third-and-25, Terriers QB Chris Rolle dropped back and hit FB Sean Gaudion, who went 75 yards for the score. the slate local prep schedules TODAY SOCCER: Tampa Prep at Lakeland Christian SWIMMINO: Arniwood vs. Riverview at BYMCA, Blake vs. Jefferson at CCYMCA.

Bloomingdale vs. Plant City at walden Lake (6 p.m.). Chamoerlain vs. King at Del Rio. Hillsborough vs.

Leto at Memo- VOLLEYBALL Chamberlain at East Lake, Arrmvood at Jefferson. Sickles at Blake, Bloomingdale at Plant City. East Bay at Plant. Tampa Catnolic at CCC. King at Hillsborough, Robinson at at Lakeland.

Leto at Gaither, Riverview at Brandon, Manatee at Tampa Tech WEDNESDAY SWIMMING: CCC at Berkeley Prep, Holy Names vs. Tampa Prep at UT (G), Jesuit vs. Tampa Prep at UT VOLLEYBALL Clearwater at Tampa Prep THURSDAY J.V. FOOTBALL Arrmvood at Riverview, Plant at Blake, Bloomingdale at East Bay, Ourant at Brandon, Ctiamoenain at Sickles. Gaitner at Wharton, leto at Hillsborough, Robinson at Jefferson.

Tampa Tech at King SOCCER: St. Petersburg Canterbury at Tampa Prep SWIMMIN8: Plant vs. Tampa Catholic at Bobby Hicks. Bloomingdale vs. Jesuit and Holy Names at mterbay.

Brandon vs. Galther at Del Rio, Durant vs. East Bay at BSTC VOLLEYBALL Bayshore Christian at Tampa Prep, Blake at Armwood, Gaitner at BloomingdaleJing at Brandon, Plant City at Chamberlain. Durant at Hillsborough. Jefferson at Sickles, Tampa Tech at Leto, Plant at Robinson.

Wharton at Riverview FRIDAY FOOTBALL Plant at Armwood, Palm Hajnor al Bttto Bkxmlnedale at Manatee. Brandon at Tam- Wharton at East Bay, HH sborough at King, Jefferson at Lakeland, Lake Wales at Plant City. Port at Sickles St Pete Catholic at Berkeley Prep, car- Chrtstian at Fort Meade, St Pete Catholic at Berke- IWIMMINSi Tampa Prep Banw Collat YMCA Naples, Westminster Academy at Berkeley VOLLEYBALL Tampa CalhoHc Tournament. Berkeley Prep at Durango Fall Classic RJS opener draws high local television audience 12,332 club seats apparently were unaware they could also exit the stadium by using the down ramps on each side of the club lounge area. At times, the club lounge escalators were moving too fast and areas at the bottom of escalators were slippery.

Officials plan to pour acid on the slippery areas and say the club escalators will be slowed down. Some ushers apparently were confused and gave inaccurate directions to seats. Farrell said part of the problem can be attributed to the fact that there was not time to put up all of the stadium signage in time for Sunday's game. About six or seven stadium seats broke because there was not time to put on a second bolt that would have averted the problem, said Bill Hand, head of construction operations for the TSA. Workers are now installing all the seat bolts so the problem will not be repeated in two weeks.

A brunch that was to be served on the first floor of the east club lounge Sunday was canceled because there were no sneeze guards available for tables where the food was to be served. Sileo new morning host at 1250 AM TAMPA Former Bucs defensive tackle Dan Sileo will replace WDAE-1250 AM morning host Ken Silverstein starting Wednesday. Sileo, who played for the Bucs in 1987, joins WDAE from San Francisco's KNBR and 'The Ticket" 1050 AM where he was a morning host He also was an on-air personality for the Oakland Raiders and Stanford University radio networks. A former University of Miami player, Sileo will handle the 6-10 a.m. weekday shift with Whitney Johnson.

WDAE programming director Jason Dixon said Johnson will have a smaller role than that of his co-host duties with Silverstein. Less than nine months after joining WDAE, Silverstein was dismissed with less than mediocre reviews. Dixon said Silverstein "didn't measure up to what they'd Lisa Magenheimer FWhy Walt? Get Patet ra IT'S FREE TO CALL ANO BRftVSE THROUGH 0OO OF LOCAL PERSONAL ADS lefig Tim Exotic liv 1 on 1 STeleCompanions (tu)274-5454 1 1 BOYS Runner, school Meets 10 1st 1. Ryan Estock.Gaith 4 4 4 2 2. Pete D'Amore, Jes 2 2 10 3.

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Chris Kidder, Bloom 4 3 3 1 9. Doane Greenidge, Leto 1110 10. Nate Naas, Leto 2 110 On the bubble: Bloomingdale Sean Elkins; Brandon Dave Byington; Gaither Drew Korenvaes; Tampa Catholic Paul Hinson; Jesuit Jimmy Urbaitis Joe Cutrono. the year and run a lot better." Indeed, Hernando's No. 2 runner, Brian Major, fell down on the course and was unable to finish.

Jesuit, meanwhile, had two other runners in the top 15 Paul Curlee (14th) and Brandon Gauvin (15th) but its Nos. 4 and 5 runners, Jimmy Urbaitis and Joe Cutrono, were 63rd and 70th overall, respectively. At state, the Tigers may not be able to afford such a gap between their scorers. They did, however, have the winner of the junior varsity race, Angel Gomez, who is working his way back to the varsity. "No one is coine to want him in college if he doesn't have the grades," Maxine Jackson said.

I just think he's being used, and I don't want them to continue to do that He's got to get the grades. I don't want him to be denied scholarships because he doesn't have the grades." TBT Athletic Director Oscar Gonzalez said Jackson was eligible during football season. But he said Jackson's grades dropped below that mark soon after, and Jackson remained ineligible for other sports during the second semester. However, Jackson's parents said he also played junior varsity basketball, ran varsity track and participated in the spring football jamboree. Swedish Shiatsu Masug HOT TUB JACUZZI Dry Sauna Steambath RnHw ShamnnA Shiatsu AccuDressurfl Sjjfefafc 29156 U.S.

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Each local ratings point equals 14,630 households. WTVT programming director Brian Fields said the game was the station's highest rated in at least a year. The Bucs-Green Bay Packers matchup on Dec. 7, 1997, pulled in a second-best 33.5 rating. On the local front, the stadium opening took precedence over other network telecasts.

WTVTs special "Welcome to Raymond James," which preceded the Fox game, drew a 14.4 rating in its second hour, topping CBS' broadcast of the Miami Dolphins-Pittsburgh Steelers game by almost two points. Fox's package of NFC games, including the Bucs-Bears telecast, drew an average 10.7 rating23 share. Each national ratings point represents about 994,000 households. 2384102 (Any Brand or Size) Lowest Prices on the Planet Guaranteed! worw 202 W. Hillsborough Avenue.Tampa a do two straight weeks.

This time, it was by a whopping 117 points. The Tigers, state runners-up last year in 4A, also finished way ahead of two other 4A schools in the top five of the '97 state meet Lecanto and Citrus. So, are the Tigers making room in the trophy case for this year's state title? "The state championship is by no means ours," said Jesuit senior Pete D'Amore, who finished sixth overall in the invitational race and first for his team. "We could've done a better job packing up and I know those other 4A schools could've run better, too. In fact I expect them to come back later in ue to teach at Jefferson, said Law, who has notified the Florida High School Activities Association of the violation.

Jackson will continue to practice with the varsity squad, which is allowed by the FHSAA. A transfer student from Tampa Bay Tech, Jackson's promising athletic career was in jeopardy when his grades fell below the FHSAA-mandated 2.0 grade point average for most of his varsity season at Tech. Still, he finished as the Titans' top rusher with 729 yards and saw time also at quarterback and receiver. As early as last year, Jackson began receiving letters from Missouri, Michigan and Florida, the Jacksons said. TOKYO HEALTH mriM Rinuinny bumtjo 4ES3 ML KBHEDY BLVD.

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As a result, the third-year coach and an unnamed volunteer assistant have been dismissed, Athletic Director Andy Law said. Both Brown and the assistant were aware of Jackson's ineligibility but allowed him to play anyway, Law said. Jefferson Principal Dan Riveiro noticed that Jackson, a varsity-level player, was playing in the JV season-opener against Plant and had him removed from the game athalftime. "The JV coach made a judgment call, and did something that nobody told him to do," Law said. "It just so happens that our principal realized it, and pulled him out of the game at halftime." Jackson's parents, Jesse Sr.

and Maxine Brown, became concerned when their son didn't call them to pick him up from night school (where he's making up credits) Thursday. Maxine Brown said her stepson had been told by a coach he would wear a different-numbered jersey to conceal his identity. Brown, who could not be reached fofrcomment, will contin Tampa's Perfect New friende are only FREE phone call away! 663-0667 COCI. 18. Customer service 888-267-6092.

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