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Jagr slips past injured Lindros for NHL scoring title C6 1 Jazz, Magic one win from second round C5 KjA -A Today's notable sports events include: (all times p.m. unless indicated) Girls Soccer Games begin at 3:45 Chambersburg at Cedar Cliff Carlisle at Cumberland Valley, 6 East Pennsboro at Palmyra Mechanicsburg at Trinity Northern at Red Land Track Meets begin at 3:45 Mechanicsburg at East Pennsboro Susquehanna at Northern Waynesboro at Big Spring Red Land at Cedar Cliff Central Dauphin at Carlisle Prep Baseball Games begin at 4 Northern at West Perry Susquenita at Camp Hill Trinity at Big Spring Prep Softball Games begin at 4 Camp Hill at Susquenita West Perry at Northern Boys Volleyball Carlisle at Cumberland Valley, 4 Lukas chasing Derby LOUISVILLE. Ky. (AP) D. Wayne Lukas is going for three in a row in the Triple Crown.

At Kentucky Derby time last year, Lukas hadn't trained a Grade I stakes winner in more than two years, and his son Jeff still was recovering from the near-fatal trampling he took from Tabasco Cat just before Christmas. Now, Jeff is well and training again. That same Tabasco Cat, who was sixth in the Derby, went on to win the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Lukas-trained horses the colt Timber Country and the filly Flanders won both 2-year-old championships of 1994. And Lukas is back in Kentucky with his strongest hand ever, despite career-ending injuries to Flanders.

"I'll be hard-pressed for any excuses this year," Lukas said. Lukas will saddle two colts. Timber Country and Thunder Gulch, and the filly Serena's Song in the big Derby field Saturday. That gives him a record 26 lifetime Derby entries since he first brought Partez to Kentucky in 1981. Partez finished ninth, and Lukas didn't win one until the filly Winning Colors led wire-to-wire in 1988.

"It's fun to run in the Derby, and it's really fun if you think you have a legitimate chance to win," Lukas said. "I've been coming here 15 years. I admit I've had some horses I didn't think could do it, and for some, the moon had to be aligned perfectly with Mars. This year, I've got a real shot." Lukas' can't-wins included the likes of Total Departure (20th in 1983), the filly Althea (19th in 1984), Real Cash (11th in 1990), and Al Sabin (sixth in 1992). His Netters making history Carlisle is rushing into uncharted territory.

By defeating Red Land 4-1 on Wednesday afternoon, the Thundering Herd boys tennis team became the first in school history to compete in the sport's District 3 team championships. The win over the Patriots gives the Thundering Herd the Mid-Penn Conference title. Red Land won the Division II title and defeated Division III Susquehanna to earn the right to play Division I Carlisle. The Herd will play the Berks County League champion May 1 1 at a site to be determined. Carlisle's opponent won't be determined until Saturday.

Champions from York County and LancasterLebanon are also in the district tournament. "I'm a little surprised that our team is going to the district tournament," Carlisle coach Will Stonebraker said. "You never know how a team is going to do against a team outside of your division. The guys didn't play their best tennis, but they pulled through." This was the first time Carlisle and Red Land met in boys tennis in the four years Stonebraker has coached. They did have one common opponent Cedar Cliff.

The Herd defeated the Colts 7-0 in the first match of the season and the Patriots narrowly slipped by them 4-3 in a Division II matchup. "We were really loose in the bus, but we were a little tense to start," Stonebraker said. "Red Land was a strong team. We just did what we had to do to get by." Carlisle picked up four wins at singles, Jeffrey LoweThe Sentinel Carlisle's Josh Line keeps his eye on a backhand return in a match against Red Land on Wednesday. student.

"Henze moved it up another notch and then it was over in about 15 minutes." Joe Dague gave Carlisle its second point with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Jason Natho at making it unneccesary to play doubles. Matthias Henze continued his win streak at first singles. He defeated Nick Melbourne 6-0, 6-2 for his 13th straight win. It's the most in school history. "The first set went really fast and then he fell behind 2-0 in the second set," Stonebraker said of his German exchange See Tennis, C4 Friday's notable sports events include: (all times p.m.

unless indicated) Prep Baseball Games begin at 4 Carlisle at Mechanicsburg Cedar Cliff at Waynesboro Central Dauphin at Cumberland Valley Prep Softball Games begin at 4 Cumberland Valley at Central Dauphin Mechanicsburg at Carlisle Waynesboro at Cedar Cliff Boys Volleyball Northern at Spring Grove, 4 Carlisle at Susquehannock, 6:30 See Derby, C4 Senators split rain-induced twinbill -i By Andy Shay Sentinel Reporter i It I Vs. I -Jry HARRISBURG Staring a l0-game road trip square in the mouth, the Harrisburg Senators picked up a much needed victory in its last game at RiverSide Stadium for 12 days. The win was a shot in the arm for a team that has seen 25 roster changes in its first 24 games. Following a listless 3-1 loss in game one of a twinbill with the Portland Sea Dogs Wednesday afternoon, the Senators showed plenty of life to snare the second game 5-1 in front of 3,758 Eastern League baseball fans. The teams played the doubleheader when Tuesday's game was rained out.

"It's huge," Harrisburg manager Pat Kelly said of the win to improve his team's record to 9-17. "We're playing the best team in the league and we hung with them. It's great to get out there and put some runs on the board and hold the lead." Win streak snapped Harrisburg's victory snapped Northern Division leading Portland's (18-4) six-game winning streak. Steve Falteisek scattered four hits in becoming the first Senators pitcher to hurl a complete game this year. Rightfielder Mark Charbonnet paced the Harrisburg offense in the second game by going 2-for-3, including a solo home run in the second to give the Senators a 1-0 lead.

He also scored twice and drove in a pair of runs. "He's very good in the clutch. Last I saw he was hitting .375 with runners in scoring position," Kelly said of Charbonnet. "You kind of overlook him in the lineup with the big three (Phil) Dauphin, (Tyrone) Home and (Gary) Hymel at the top. I don't Jeffrey LoweThe Sentinel Harrisburg starting pitcher Jose Paniagua throws first base (above) and second base (right) after getting tossed from the game in the third inning on Wednesday.

know if they relax on him or he's that good. But he's really come up big for us." "I just try to concentrate a little bit more when there's guys on base. It seems I get the pitches I'm looking for at the time," Charbonnet said. "I think I don't give them a chance to get their pitches over the plate. I swing at my pitches now.

Before I was foul ing my pitch off and now I'm hitting it. "We needed this win really, really bad." Senators romp in fourth Harrisburg broke open game two in the fourth when it sent 10 hitters to the plate Portland's big right-hander Antonio Alfonseca had the best pitching performance in game one, but Harrisburg starter Jose Paniagua stole the show. Three pitches after surrendering a three-run frozen-rope home run over the left field fence to Bill McMillon, Paniagua went into his act. He threw a 1-1 slider that didn't break right at Lou Lucca's head. Plate umpire Brian Gilbert didn't hesitate and scored four times to jump in front 5-0.

Home and Hymel led off the inning with back-to-back walks off losing pitcher Reynol Mendoza. Charbonnet then ripped a single down the line in right to score Home. Both Hymel and Charbonnet moved up a base when right fielder Rob Katzoroff bob-bled the ball. Senators catcher Tony Kounas followed with an RBI single to right that plated Hymel for a 3-0 lead. George Virgilio and Antonio Grissom both added RBI infield singles to account for the other two runs.

Boulware fighting on local card Harrisburg native Vincent Boulware will fight in the main event Friday night at the Harrisburg Military Post. Boulware, the former IBC cruiser-weight champion, will fight Rochester's Pxum Speight in a 10-round cruiser-weight bout. The card features five pro fights and gets underway at 7:30 p.m. Among the other fighters are Craig Rauhauser of York in a welterweight bout and Barry Long of Harrisburg in a super middleweight bout. Tickets are still available for the fight.

They can be ordered by calling 761-1803 or 1-800-237-0886. Stephen Urban Productions, Inc. is putting on the night of boxing. Armstrong holds onto bike lead GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) Leon Van Bon of the Netherlands outsprinted a foursome and won the seventh stage Wednesday while Lance Armstrong again rode strategically to retain the overall lead for the fourth straight day at the Tour DuPont.

Van Bon, a second-year pro for Novell, took the 150-mile road race from Concord, N.C., to Greenville in 5 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds on a warm and sunny day. Jacky Durand of France, winner of last year's 10th stage of the Tour de France, was second. Andrea Vatteroni of Italy was third in the same time in the longest stage of the seventh annual event. Armstrong of Austin, Texas, finished 28th in main field, 8:38 behind the leaders. The 1993 world road race titlist leads Motorola teammate Andrea Peron of Italy by 2 minutes, 43 seconds.

Viatcheslav Ekimov (Novell) of Russia, remains third, 2:53 behind, with four stages of the race left. Refrigerator leaves football PHILADELPHIA (AP) William "The Refrigerator" Perry, the Philadelphia Eagles' big defensive tackle, has retired from football and is investigating a career switch to pro wrestling, his agent said Wednesday. "He has announced his retirement and at this point Perry is contemplating exploring opportunities with pro wrestling federations," said Kathy Fitzwater, assistant to Perry's agent, Jim Steiner, in a telephone call from her Chicago office. Steiner was out of town. Perry, 32, who lives in Aiken, S.C.

was unavailable for comment. The Eagles had no comment and said they were waiting to hear directly from Perry about his plans. See Senators, CS Carlisle pair seeing zero By Andy Shay Sentinel Reporter Athletes of the Week i is' 1 I- -i go," soccer coach Ralph Byers says. "She has real good game sense. Also she has excellent reflexes." After a slow start at the beginning of the season, Lyter has hit the form of last year when she garnered first-team Mid-Penn Division II and All-Sentinel selections.

"1 think she lost some confidence after giving up four goals to Cedar Cliff early in the season," Byers says. "We had to stabilize the defense in front of her." Lyter shut out Northern, Palmyra and Lower Dauphin last week. Against Lower, Dauphin she saved two penalty shots in the final of the Carlisle Sports Association Tournament and was named Carlisle's most valuable player. For the season she now has five shutouts. "She made some super saves against Low-, er Dauphin," Byers says.

"After the poor start I think she took practice a little more serious and worked real hard. She's kept in several games this year" An excellent student, Lyter also plays ten nis and basketball. Zero was the common number for two Carlisle athletes last week. Thundering Herd tennis player Matthias Henze ran his overall record to a perfect 12-0 and girls soccer goalkeeper Becca Lyter didn't allow a goal in three games. For their efforts the duo have been lauded as The Sentinel Athletes of the Week for the period ending April 30.

Henze, a foreign exchange student from Germany, is Carlisle's No. 1 singles player. He defeated Trinity's Steve Aschenbrenner 6-0, 6-0 on April 25 to help the Thundering Herd to its first Mid-Penn Division I team title in at least eight years. "He has all the shots. He can play from the net or from the baseline," tennis coach Will Stonebraker says.

"The mental aspect of his game is his best feature. He is at the college level mentally." In 13 matches this season Henze has only dropped one set, which came in the first Henze Lyter match of the season against Cedar Cliff. He also won his first round matches in the Mid-Penn Championships on his way to the No. 1 singles Resembles Stich Stonebraker says Henze closely resembles professional tennis star, and fellow German Michael Stich, in that he's very adept at hid' ing his shots. "One thing that he has going for him is that he is very good at setting up the next shot," Stonebraker says.

"He knows exactly where the next shot is going." On Wednesday, Henze became the first player in school history to win 13 matches. "Net play is his strength, but he doesn't come in a lot because of his bad Stonebraker says. "But he's a great doubles player. His strength is doubles in Germany." Lyter can move Lyter's strength is her uncanny ability to know when to come off her line, which allows her to control the 1 8-yard box. As a goalkeeper, the ability to own the box in turn limits the space the opposing offense has io work in.

"She plays her angles real She knows when to leave the line and when to 1 1 5.