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Xs-iirsv, "ftr t'f 1 ys Local sports on Internet CALL FOR LATEST SCORES Dial NewsLlne at 463-4636 and enter these codes: NATIONAL REPORT: 3002 NBA: 3003 BASEBALL 3004 GOLF: 3005 BOXING: 3006 TRANSACTIONS: 3009 NFL REPORT: 3010 NFL SPREADS: 3012 NASCAR: 3013 HOCKEY: 3017 SOCCER: 3020 PAGE, For the latest stats and information on high school, UD and WSU basketball, 1 2D point your Web browser to our online gartner at www.activedayton.comsports DAYTON DAILY NEWS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1998 "i i. LOCAL TEAMS AT A GLANCE Phillip Holiday. South Africa. 4, Lavender Johnson. 5, Eduardo Morales, Argentina.

6. Luis Villalata, Peru. 7, Ben Tackie. AWAV FOOTBALL NFL i Bv The Associated Press lltlERICAN CONFERENCE STATEN ISLAND VIPERS Resigned Adrian Gaitan, coach. COLLEGE NCAA Named Danita Edwards vice president for public affairs.

HOUGHTON Announced the resignation of Greg Berry, men's basketball coach. Named Skip Lord intenm men's basketball coach. METROPOLITAN STATE Named Joan McDermott athletic director. WASHINGTON JEFFERSON Announced the retirement of John Luck-hardt. football coach.

Named John Ban-aszak football coach. Exacta(7-3) Paid 293.80 Trnecta (7-3-2) Paid 3.866.20 Pick 3 (4-12-7) Paid 798.80. ELEVENTH RACE Purse $5000, Claiming 4000. 3-Year-Olds Up. 5 12 Furlongs: 2-Lil Bad Blade (Estrella 20.20 7.80 3.80: 10-Forbes Landing (Soto 4.20 3.00; 3-Lucifer's Launch (Prescott 3.00.

Race Time: 1:06.18 Exacta (2-10) Paid 86.60 Trlfecta (2-10-3) Paid 338.60 Superfecta (2-10-3-12) Paid 2,087.20 Pick 3 (12-7-2) Paid 1,613.80 Dally Double (7-2) Paid 348.00 TURFWAY PARK SUNDAY'S RESULTS FIRST RACE $6,600. Maiden Claim Open (Brian Barnes) June 26-28 Cadillac NFL Classic (Bob Dickson) July 3-5 State Farm Senior Classic (Bruce Summerhays) July 9-12 Ford Senior Players Championship (Gil Morgan) July lf19 Ameritech Senior Open (Hale Irwin) July 23-26 U.S. Senior Open (Hale Irwin) July 31-Aug. 2 Utah Showdown (Gil Morgan) Aug. 7-9 Burnet Senior Classic (Leonard Thompson) Aug.

14-16 First of America Classic (George Archer) Aug. 21-23 Northville Long Island Classic (Gary Player) Aug. 28-30 Bank of Boston Senior Classic (Hale Irwin) Sept. 46 Emerald Coast Classic (Dana Quigley) Sept. 11-13 Comfort Classic (Hugh Baiocchi) Sept.

18-20 Kroger Classic (Hugh Baiocchi) Sept. 25-27 Boone Valley Classic Kent 72. E. Michigan 61 Louisville 68, Dayton 65 Marian, Ind. 71, Indianapolis 70 Michigan 77.

Hampton 61 Notre Dame 79, Stetson 55 Otterbein 96, Wittenberg 87 S. Illinois 63, III. -Chicago 37 Southern Miss. 70, N. Iowa 63 St.

Francis, Ind. 89, Tiffin 88, OT W. Illinois 70, Oakland, Mich, 68 Wichita St. 80, Chaminade 51 Wright St. 94, Prairie View 62 Xavier 97, Loyola Marymount 52 SOUTHWEST lit Southern Meth.

84, Stephen F. Austin. FAR WEST Fort Hays St. 77, Regis 67 "ff New Mexico 90, McNeese St. 46 -TOURNAMENTS College of Charleston Classic First Round Coll.

of Charleston 79, Stony Brook 56, Delaware 58. Charleston Southern 46 Golden Bear Classic First Round 'n? SW Louisiana 60, Mississippi St. 58" Muskingum Holiday Tournament -First Round I I Toctoy Wed Thu Frt sn Sun rjh 1 I Puerto Rtoo Puerto Rico TtM. ai FlBSiTO St mjsan Diego or p.m. CNfMipSt 5:30 pm.

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Earollnf 1 i.i, ON TV SPORTEVENT I TIME tT" College Basketball: Jimmy V. Classic Purdue vs. South 7 m' ESPN Carolina Houston at Cincinnati 8 p.m. Jimmy V. Classic Duke vs.

Kentucky 9 pm ES Oklahoma State at UNLV. midnight ESPN NHL Hockey: Mighty Oucks of Anaheim at Colorado 9 pm EspN2 Avalanche TODAY'S LOCAL SCHEDULE 5:30 p.m. ancrted playoff berth clinctted division title Sunday's Results rimcago 24, Baltimore rCrnelnnatl 25, Pittsburgh 24 iNeva York Giants 28, Kansas City 7 Carolina 20, St. Louis 13 Wew England 24. San Francisco 21 6reen Bay 30, Tennessee 22 'Seattle 27, Indianapolis 23 JOaMand 17, San Diego 10 Arizona 19.

New Orleans 17 JSUalita 24, Detroit 17 Utilltl 3, Philadelphia 9 Minnesota 50, Jacksonville 10 Monday's Result Miami 31, Denver 21 Saturday, Dec. 26 Minnesota at Tennessee, 12:35 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Sunday, Dm. 27 Buffalo at New Orleans.

1:01 p.m. Carolina! at Indianapolis, 1:01 p.m. Detroit. Baltimore, 1:01 p.m. Green Bay at Chicago, 1:01 p.m.

Miami a) Atlanta, 1:01 p.m. New England at New York Jets, 1:01 PTaSda8y at Cincinnati. 1:01 p.m. New York Giants at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. St.

Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. Seattle at Denver, 4:15 p.m. Washington at Dallas. 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Deo. 28 Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 8:20 p.m. MONDAY'S SUMMARY DOLPHINS 31, BRONCOS 21 Denver 3 10 0 8 -21 Miami 0 7 14 10 -31 First Quarter Den FG Elam 52. 5:51. Second Quarter Deiijt.

Smith rumble recovery in end zortjr iflbm kick), 7:56. 9 pass from Marino (MfWRk), :54. Den FG Elam '44, 0:00. Third Quarter Mia LThomas 56 pass from Marino (Makfk), 10:26. Mia-4, Thomas 17 pass from Marino (Marry kick), 5:53.

I Fourth Quartet Mia Gadsden 8 pass from Marino iMareWek), 8:15. Den, 95 kickoff return (McCaf-freypoWs from Brister), 7:57. Mta-cEG Mare 42, 1:10. downs es-yards Returns uff Betums In, rceptions Ret. CompAjn-int SnckedYards Lost Punts Fubles-Lost Fwafisi-Yards Timer of Possession Den Mia 14 19 23-58 28-36 161 355 216 6-57 6-198 4-104 1- 4 235 15402 23-38-1 2- 6 000 747.0 2-0 11 8-51 OOO 28:21 31:39 Malone 84, Queens, N.C.

80 i Muskingum 70, Lynchburg 45 Pearl Harbor Classic First Round i Michigan St. 79, Pepperdine 67 iw. Tulsa 84, Texas Toch 50 Puerto Rico Holiday Classic I First Round Middle Tennessee 91, N. Carolina St59 Mississippi 66, St. Joseph's 61 Ohio St.

71, 64 4 Oklahoma 2, American P.R. 0 -4 Stanford Invitational First Round -b3 Stanford 82, Elon 58 i SUNDAY'S SCORES By The Assocleted Press 'i'1' EAST Caldwell 70, Felician 55 Cornell 78, Colgate 63 -i Frostburg St. 77, Goltley Beacom 69 lona 76, Morgan St. 69 SOUTH Appalachian St. 74, Winthrop 53 1 Cent.

Florida 73, Barry 64 Duke 88, N. Carolina 53 Florida 119, Long Island U. 61 1 Florida St. 80, Georgia Southern 43 -MIDWEST Cardinal Stritch 106, Blackburn 67 Creighton 66, Oklahoma St. 60 1 Indiana 106, San Francisco 54 A Lake Superior St.

91, St. Mary's, Mich. 50 Mornlngslde 90, Augustana, S.D. 79 North Dakota 72. Nebraska-Omaha 52 11 Oakland City 80.

Westminster, Mo. 72 Ohio Weslyn 81, Wilmington, Ohio 59 1 Saint Louis 63, N.C. Charlotte 58 South Dakota 94, S. Dakota St. 91 St.

Cloud St. 87, 63 Trl-State 56, 53 SOUTHWEST Rice 73, Southern U. 50 Texas-El Paso 76. Fla. International 7 FAR WEST Abilene Christian 81, Missouri Southern 73 Cent.

Oklahoma 86, Missouri Rolla 78 Claremont-Mudd 75, Simpson, Calif. 74 Colorado St. 94, Denver 78 11 Drury 103. Montana 78 1 James Madison 71, UC Irvine 57 rt Metro St. 82, Colorado Christian 64 Missouri Western 65, St.

Mary's, Texas 52 N.M. Highlands 90, Fort Lewis 88 Nebraska Weslyn 83, Colorado 81, 40T Seattle Pacific 70. Washburn 66 Tarieton St. 71, Cent. Missouri 58 Washington St.

84, Idaho 69 TOURNAMENT UNO Christmas Classic Championship New Orleans 55, Tennessee St 48 Third Place Maine 77, Troy St. 68 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MONDAY'S BOXES 4 WRIGHT STATE 62, BALL STATE Ball State (2-8) Pilkington 1-7 00 Kieckbusch 412 2-3 10, Holbrook 2-9 1-2 7, Crook 0-7 0-0 0, Griffin 6-18 7 9 21. Copeland 2-6 0-1 4, Cooper 0-1 00 0, Shaughnessy 34 4-7 10, Tucker 00 00 0. Totals: 18-64 14-22 54. 55 Wright State (3-7) Stewart 1015 4-4 24.

Van Der Geest 24.5-6 9, Combs 3- 11 1-2 7, Hollingsworth 4 9 2-2 14, Jelinek 14 24 4, Mann 00 00 0, Bender 01 1-2 1, Williams 01 00 0, Andrews 1-3 13 3. Springer 00 00 Totals: 2148 16-24 62. 1 Halftime score: Ball State 34. Wright State 30. FG Ball State .281.

Wright State .438. 3-Pt. FG's: Ball State 422" (Pilkington 03, Holbrook 2-7, Crook Griffin 2-8, Copeland 0-1, Wright State 4- 13 (Combs 0-3, Hollingsworth 49. Bender 0-1). Rebounds: Ball State 36 (Kieckbusch 10).

Wright State 44 (SteW'' art 10). Assists: Ball State 12 (Holbroek 4), Wright State 12 (Jelinek 6). Ball State 17. Wright State 24. Technical fouls: none.

Attendance: 289. PRINCETON 57, UNIV. OF DAYTON 44 PRINCETON (3-7) Thirolf 410 2-2 2. Angell 6-11 2 3 15. Drohan 6-8 2-2 14, Langlas 413 1-1 11, Rigney 2-3 1-2 5, Reser 0-2 GO 0, Bowman 0-2 00 0, oc, Lockwood 0-2 00 0.

Totals: 22-51 8-10. 57. UNIV. OF DAYTON (45) Martens 0-3 01 0. Jaques 04 00 0.

Mcintosh 33 7-13, Dawson 3-7 S7 11, McFadden 343 00 6, Ryder 0-1 02 0, Trevathen 0-1 00 0, Perry 00 00 0. Roush 01 00 0, Hee- -ter 04 2-5 2, Schloss 0-3 00 0, Smith 5- 8 2-2 12. Safarikova 0-1 00 0. Totalst 1444 lfr29 44. Halftime score: Princeton 35, Univ.

of Dayton 19. FG Princeton .431, Dayton .318. 3-Pt. FG's: Princeton 5-19 (Thirolf 2-5, Angell 1-3. Langlas 28.

Reser 02, Bowman Ol), Univ. of Dayton 0-2 (Mcintosh 0-1, Schloss 0-1). Rebounds: Princeton 37 (Thtrolf 8), Ur. of Dayton 31 (Mcintosh 6). Assists: Pnno.

Guyana. 8, Steve Johnston. 9, Billy Schw- er, tirrtain. lu. bandro Casamonica.

Italy. Junior Lightweight (130 pounds) Champion Robert Garcia 1, Not rated. 2. Not rated. 3, Joel Casa-mayor.

4, Arnulfo Castillo. 5, Harold Warren. 6, Justin Juuko, Uganda. 7, Diego Corrales. 8, Ramon Ledon, Cuba.

9, Mol-ses Pedroza, Colombia. 10, Jaime Rangel, Colombia. Featherweight (126 pounds) Champion Manuel Medina, Mexico 1, Victor Polo. Colombia. 2, Angel Vasquez.

3, Mbulelo Botile, South Africa. 4. Paul Ingle. Britain. 5, Jesus Chavez.

6, Hector Llzzaraga. 7, Steve Robinson, Britain. 8, Tony Wehbee, Australia. 9, Cesar Soto. Mexico.

Teofilo Carranza, Peru. Junior Featherweight (122 pounds) Champion Vuyanl Bungu, South Africa 1, Victor Llerena. Colombia. 2, Benedict Ledwaba. South Africa.

3. Michael Bro-die. Britain. 4, John Johnson. 5.

Danny Romero. 6, Aristead Clayton. 7, Salim Medjkoune, France. 8, Jason Pires. 9, Arnell Barotillo.

Australia. 10, Sergei Devakov, Ukraine. Bantamweight (118 pounds) Champion Tim Austin 1, Jose Mendoza, Colombia. 2, Not Rated. 3, Jesus Perez, Colombia.

4, Johnny Armour, Britain. 5, Adrian Kaspari, Indonesia. 6, Albert Resilay, Indonesia. 7, Bemando Mendoza, Chile. 8, Adan Vargas, Mexico.

9. Cesar Singo, Ecuador. 10. Juan Sanchez. Colombia.

Junior Bantamweight (116 pounds) Champion Vacant 1, Marc Johnson. 2, Ratanchai Vorapin, Thailand. 3, Eric Morel. 4, Pedro Pena. 5, Ernesto Briceno, Venezuela.

6. Joel Luna, Mexico. 7. Somsak Singchawan, Thailand. 8, Julio Gamboa, Nicaragua.

9, Ubadel Soto, Colombia. 10. Evangelo Perez, Panama. Flyweight (112 pounds) Champion Vacant 1, David Guerault, France. 2, Irene Pacheco, Colombia.

3, Ferdid Ben Jed-dou, Tunisia. 4, Y. Soronthong, Thailand. 5, Yuri Aebachakov, Russia. 6, Manuel Herrera.

7, Mike Trejo. 8, Pedro Alcazar, Panama. 9, Luis Cox, Peru. 10, Angel Prl-olo, Colombia. Junior Flyweight (108 pounds) Champion Vacant 1, Joma Gamboa, Philippines.

2. Ratan-pol Vorapin, Thailand. 3, Will Grigsby. 4, Gill Ikeda, Japan. 5.

Anis Roga, Indonesia. 6, Asdiubal Velasquez, Colombia. 7, Carlos Murlllo, Panama. 8, Ricardo Alvarez, Nicaragua. 9, Pedro Rodriguez, Colombia.

10, Manuel Herrera. Mini Flyweight (106 pounds) Champion Zolani Petelo, South Africa 1, Luis Lazarte, Argentina. 2, Andy Tabanas, Philippines. 3, Daniel Reyes, Colombia. 4.

Eric Jamilli, Philippines. 5, Mickey Cantwell, Britain. 6, Faisol Akbar, Indonesia. 7, Rocky Palma, Philippines. 8.

Jose Laureano, Puerto Rico. 9, Mongol Chareon, Thailand. 10, Denkasoan Kaow-ichit, Thailand. GOLF PGA TOUR WINNERS By The Associated Press Jan. 3-4 x-Andersen Consulting World Championship (Colin Montgomery) Jan.

8-11 Mercedes Championships (Phil Mlckelson) Jan. 14-18 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (Fred Couples) Jan. 22-25 Phoenix Open (Jesper Parnevik) Feb. 58 Buick Invitational (Scott Simpson) Feb. 12-15 United Airlines Hawaiian Open (John Huston) Feb.

19-22 Tucson Chrysler Classic (David Duval) Feb. 26-1 Nissan Open (Billy Mayfalr) March fr8 Ooral-Ryder Open (Michael Bradley) March 1215 Honda Classic (Mark Calcavecchia) March 19-22 Bay Hill Invitational (Ernie Els) March 26-29 The Players Championship (Justin Leonard) April 2 5 Freeport McDermott Classic (Lee Westwood) April 9-12 Masters (Mark O'Meara) April 16-19 MCI Classic (Davis Love III) April 23-26 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic (Trevor Dodds) April 30May 3 Shell Houston Open (David Duval) May 7-10 BellSouth Classic (Tiger Woods) May 1417 GTE Byron Nelson Classic (John Cook) May 21-24 MasterCard Colonial (Tom Watson) May 28-31 Memorial Tournament (Fred Couples) June 4-7 Kemper Open (Stuart Apple- y) June 11-14 Buick Classic (J.P. Hayes) June ih-zi u.5. open (Lee Janzen) June 25-28 Motorola Western Open (Joe Durant) July 2 5 Canon Greater Hartford Open (Olin Browne) July 9-12 Quad City Classic (Steve Jones) July 16-19 British Open (Mark O'Meara) July 16-19 Deposit Guaranty Classic (Fred Funk) July 23-26 CVS Charity Classic (Steve Pate) Jury 30-Aug. 2 FedEx St.

Jude Classic (Nick Price) Aug. 6-9 Buick Open (Billy Mayfair) Aug. 13-16 PGA Championship (Viay Singh) Aug. 17 Pebble Beach National Pro Am (Phil Mickelson) Aug. 20-23 Sprint International (Vljay Singh) Aug.

27-30 NEC World Series (David Duval) Aug. 27-30 Greater Vancouver Open (Brandel Chamblee) Sept. 34 Greater Milwaukee Open (Jeff Sluman) Sept. 10-13 Bell Canadian Open (Billy Andrade) Sept. 17-20 B.C.

Open (Chris Perry) Sept. 24-27 Westm Texas Open (Hal Sutton) Oct. 1-4 Buick Challenge (Steve Elk-Ington) Oct. 8 11 Michelob Championship (David Duval) Oct. 1418 Las Vegas Invitational (Jim Furyk) Oct.

22 25 National Car Rental Classic (John Huston) Oct. 29 Nov. 1 The Tour Championship (Hal Sutton) Nov. 5-8 Sarazen World Open (Dudley Hart) Nov. 10 x-Wendy's Three-Tour Championship (Senior PGA Tour) Nov.

1215 x-Franklln Templeton Shark Shootout (Greg Norman-Steve Elkmgton) Nov. 17-18 PGA Grand Slam of Golf (Tiger Woods) Nov. 19-22 xWorld Cup of Golf (Nek Faido-Davtd Carter, England) Nov. 28-29 -Sklns Game (Mark O'Meara) Dec. x-JCPenney Classic (Meg Mallon-Steve Pate) Dec.

11-13 x-The Presidents Cup (In-temational team) Dec. 31-3 x-Dtners Club Matches, Jack Nicklaus Private Course, PGA West. La Quints. Cairf. x-unofficial SENIOR PGA TOUR WINNERS By The Associated Press Jan.

18 18 MasterCard Champloiv ship (Gil Morgan) Jan. 24 25 x-Senior Skins Game (Ray Floyd) Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Royal Caribbean Classic (David Graham) Feb. 6-8 LG Championship (Gil Morgan) Feb.

14 16 GTE Classic (Jim Albus) Feb. 2022 American Express Invite- tional (Larry Nelson) March 9-10 Senior Slam (Gil Mor- March 1315 Toshiba Senior Classic. (Hale Irwin) March 20-22 i-Llberty Mutual Leg-ends of Golf (Charles Coody-Deie Douglass) March 27 29 Southwestern Bell Dominion (Lee Trevlno) Apnl 2-5 The Tradition (Gil Morgan) Anril 16-19 PGA Seniors' Championship (Hale Irwin) Annl 23 26 Las Vegas Senior Classic (Hale Irwin) May 1-3 Bruno's Memorial Classic (Hubert Green) May 8-10 Home Depot Invitational (Jim Dent) May. 1517 Saint Luke's Classic (Larry Ziegler) May 22 24 Bed Atlantic Classic (Jay Sigel) May 29 31 Pittsburgh Senior Classic (Larry Nelsun) June 6-7 Nationwide Chaniptonshlo (John Jacobs) June 12 14 BellSouth Senior Classic (Isao Aokl) June 1921 Canada Senior LINE FOOTBALL NFL Favorite Points Underdog Saturday, Dec 26th. Minnesota Off (XX) TENNESSEE OAKLAND 4 (41) Kansas City Sunday, Dec 27th.

Green Bay 6 12 (39) CHICAGO NY JETS 6 (40) New England BALTIMORE 2 (40) Detroit ATLANTA 3 (41) Miami Tampa Bay 6 (41) CINCINNATI INDIANAPOLIS 6 12 (48) Carolina Buffalo 4 (40) NEW ORLEANS Ny Giants 4 (37) PHILADELPHIA SAN FRANCISCO 12 (45) St. Louis DENVER 9 (45) Seattle ARIZONA 7 (41) San Diego DALLAS 2 (40) Washington Monday, Dec 28th. JACKSONVILLE 3 (39) Pittsburgh COLLEGE Favorite Points Underdog Wednesday, Dec 23rd. Motor Crty BowFat Pontlac, Ml. Louisville 3 12 (66) Marshall Friday, Dec 25th.

Aloha Bowl-at Honolulu, HI. Oregon 6(54) Colorado Oahu Bowl-at Honolulu, HI. Air Force 4 (50) Washington Saturday, Dec 26th. Insight. Com Bowl-at Tucson, AZ.

Missouri 4 (53) West Virginia Tuesday, Dec 29th. Music City Bowl-at Nashville, TN. Virginia Tech 6 (44) Alabama Micron PC Bowl-at Miami, FL. MIAMI-FLORIDA 7 (62) N.C. State Alamo Bowl-at San Antonio, TX.

Kansas State 12 (64) Purdue Wednesday, Dec 30th. Humanitarian Bowl-at Boise, ID. Southern Miss 16 (58) IDAHO Holiday Bowl-at San Diego, CA. Nebraska 3 12 (48) Arizona Thursday, Dec 31st. Liberty Bowl-at Memphis, TN.

Tulane 6 12 (60) B.y.u. Sun Bowl-at El Paso, TX. Southern Cal 16 (44) T.c.u. Peach Bowl-at Atlanta, OA. Virginia 2 (46) Georgia Independence Bowl-at Shreveport, LA.

Texas Tech 9 (44) Mississippi Friday, Jan 1st. Outback Bowl-at Tampa, FL Perm State 7 (57) Kentucky Gator Bowl-at Jacksonville, FL Georgia Tech 1 51) Notre Dame Citrus Bowl-at Orlando, FL Michigan 3 (42) Arkansas Cotton Bowl-at Dallas, TX. Texas 6 12 (60) Mississippi St Rose Bowl-at Pasadena, CA. U.c.l.a. 9 (67) Wisconsin Sugar Bowl-at New Orleans, LA.

Ohio State 12 (46) Texas Saturday, Jan 2nd. Orange Bowl-at Miami, FL. Florida 7 12 (87) Syracuse Monday, Jan 4th. Fiesta Bowl-art Tempe, AZ. Florida State 6 (41) Tennessee BASKETBALL COLLEGE Favorite Points Underdog a-Purdue 9 South Carolina OHIO U.

Ball State MIAMI-FLORIDA 6 12 Memphis GEORGIA 18 East Carolina North Carolina 7 12 GEORGIA TECH CINCINNATI 23 Houston BRADLEY 6 Indiana State a-Duke 3 12 Kentucky b-Missourl 2 12 Illinois New MenJco State 7 SAN DIEGO STATE B.y.u. 4 CAL-IRVINE c-OREGON 6 12 Vanderbitt Oklahoma State 4 NEVADA-LAS VEGAS a-at East Rutherford, NJ. b-at St. Louis, MO. at Portland, OR.

HOCKEY NHL Favorite Goals Underdog DETROIT 12-1 Phoenix PITTSBURGH 1-1 12 Los Angeles NY ISLANDERS Even-12 St. Louis COLORADO 12-1 Anaheim CAIGARY Even-12 Vancouver Home Team In CAPS HOCKEY NHL By The Associated Press All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic DMskm Pts BP OA New lenwv 1fl A A xn on 7 Ftiiladelphia 14 9 8 36 86 70 Pittsburgh 13 9 7 33 83 80 T. Rangers 11 13 7 29 84 66 N.Y. Is.anden 12 19 1 25 79 93 ast Division IM tl 11 Toronto 19 11 2 40 105 90 Buffalo 17 6 5 39 83 51 BtMton 15 9 6 36 82 61 Ottama 14 12 3 31 86 73 Montreal 8 17 7 23 70 92 Soatlieast DMskn Pts OF OA Carolina 15 13 5 35 85 78 Aonda 11 It 6 28 73 76 Washington 9 17 3 21 60 78 Tamna Bay 8 21 3 19 68 114 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Pts AS DA Detroit 17 12 1 35 94 76 St. LOUlS It Id 7 71 AO Nashville 13 3 25 70 93 Chcago 9 19 4 22 71 107 Northwest Division at as as Edmonton 14 15 3 31 88 84 Colorado 13 14 3 29 71 76 Calgary 12 16 3 27 87 90 Vancouver 11 15 4 26 84 90 Pacific DMsloa Pts OF OA Dallas 19 5 6 44 89 62 Phoenu 18 5 4 40 78 49 Anaheim 12 11 7 31 73 69 SanJow 8 15 7 23 62 71 Los Angeles 9 20 3 21 70 91 Sunday's Results Dallas 3.

Ottawa 2 Phoenix 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Tampa Bay 2. Philadelphia 2, tie Los Angeles 4. Chicago 1 Monday's Results Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Dallas 2. Montreal 2, tie Buffalo 4, Carolina 1 1 Toronto 7, Pittsburgh 1 Colorado at Anaheim, Inc.

Today's Games St. Louis at N.Y. islanders, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary. 9 p.m. Anaheim at Colorado, 9 p.m. ECHL By The Associated Press NORTHERN CONFERENCE Northeast Division I Pta OF OA Ha. Roads 17 7 2 38 89 83 Richmond 15 11 2 32 102 84 Roanoke 15 7 1 31 78 61 Chesapeake 12 12 3 27 86 86 Johnstown 8 10 4 20 69 81 Northwest Division Pts OF OA Toledo 15 6 2 32 94 84 Peoria 13 11 2 28 8fl 93 Columbus 13 9 1 27 80 76 Wheeling 12 12 3 27 97 99 Dayton 11 12 2 26 (4 101 Huntington 10 12 3 23 71 93 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE Southeast Dlvtskm Pts OF OA Augusta 17 10 2 36 98 95 So.

Carolina 15 7 2 32 99 80 Pee Dee 15 8 2 32 101 78 Florida 15 8 1 31 91 65 Greenville 13 10 2 28 88 82 Miami 12 4 28 87 105 Jacksonville 11 13 1 23 80 98 Charlotte 9 13 3 21 85 100 Southwest DtvtekMi I Pt OP OA Louisiana 18 5 3 39 121 81 Mississippi 15 9 2 32 106 92 New Orleans 13 7 8 31 82 79 Birmingham 14 11 2 30 95 101 Tallahassee 11 10 5 27 79 92 Baton Rouge 8 11 3 19 68 85 Mobile 8 15 3 19 88 99 Pensacola 8 20 0 16 77 120 NOTt: Two points are awarded for a victory: shootout losses earn one point and am referred to as lies. Sunday's Results Chesapeake 4. Huntington 1, SO Dayton 4, Peoria 2 Mississippi 5. Louisiana 4 Richmond 4, Johnstown 3. SO Monday's Results No gnmei scheduled Today's Oamea ing $7,500 2 yo, IM, Time 1:41.97, Off 1:12 7 RememberwhoyouiBeSO 2.60 2.80 6 Twenty Five Twenty 9.20 7.60 10 Joe's Song 11.60 Exacta: (7-6) $35.40 Superfecta: (7-6-10-5) $23,164.60 Trlfecta: (7-6-10) $921.60 SECOND RACE $7,300.

Claiming $6,250 3 yo's 4 up, 1 116M, Time 1:46.19, Off 1:38 8 You Me Babe 16.40 8.20 4.80 7 Divine Harvest 6.00 3.60 4 Jenny Ringo 3.40 Dally Double: (7-8) $29.40 Exacta: (8-7) $108.60 Superfecta: (8-7-4-1) $1,137.40 Trlfecta: (8-7-4) S425.U0 THIRD RACE $12,800. Claiming $30,000 3 yo's up, 6F, Time 1:10.75. Off 2:03 9 Exclusively Prized 11.40 5.60 3.20 2 Valid Company 11.60 5.40 5 Black Sambuca 2.80 Exacta: (9-2) $160.20 Superfecta: (9-2-64) $1,549.00 Trlfecta: (9-2-5) $350.60 Pick 3: 3 wins (7-8-9) $176.60 FOURTH RACE $14,800. Claiming $35,000 3 yo's up, IM, Time 1:36.08, Off 2:29 7Timolaus 9.00 4.80 3.80 3 O'Steven 6.60 4.40 2 Laafee (GB) 4.60 Exacta: (7-3) $65.00 Trlfecta: (7-3-2) $440.20 Pick 3: 3 wins (8-9-7) $843.00 FIFTH RACE $12,600. Claiming $17,500 3 yo's up, 6 12F, Time 1:17.74, Off 2:59 BAirJustyn 5.60 3.80 3.20 7 Yippy Ki Yea 8.40 6.00 3 All Approved 8.20 Exacta: (8-7) $72.60 Superfecta: (8-7-3-12) $5,699.80 Trlfecta: (8-43) $823.60 Pick 3: 3 wins (9-7-8) $354.40 SIXTH RACE $23,800.

Maiden Special Weight 2 yo (Includes $5,800 STATE BRED), 1 116M, Time 1:46.25. Off 3:27 5 Confidential 6.80 3.20 2.40 12 Mer de Glace 3.00 2.60 4 Athena's Answer 3.20 Exacta: (5-12) $20.40 Superfecta: (5-12-4-7) $1,694.20 Trlfecta: (5-12-4) $119.60 Pick 3: 3 wins (7-8-51 $260.40 SEVENTH RACE $24,500. Allowance -2 yo (Includes $5,900 STATE BRED). 6 xit, nme on 3:55 lValiour 3.40 3.00 2.40 6 Tour Time 12.00 3.60 3 Nikama 2.40 Exacta: (1-6) $38.80 Trlfecta: (1-6-3) $73.40 Pick 3: 3 wins (8-61) $56.40 EIGHTH RACE $27,000. Allowance 3 yo's up (Includes $6,600 STATE BRED), IM, Time 1:36.10, Off 4:22 6 Glacial 30.60 9.80 6.40 3 Albadar 4.00 3.60 7 Waitin On Glenn 12 00 Exacta: (6-3) $140.00 Superfecta: (6-3-7-9) $9,371.60 Trlfecta: (6-3-7) $2,029.80 Pick 3: 3 wins (61-6) $468.80 Pick 6: 5 wins (9-7-8-5-1-6) $164.90 Pick 6 Carryover: 6,146.00 NINTH RACE $28,900.

Allowance 6 3 yo's up (Includes $7,000 STATE BRED), IM, Time 1:36.99. Off 4:48 4 Classy Lady 5.20 3.60 3.60 7 Lace Curtain Irish 8.60 6.20 2 Castle Blaze 4.00 Exacta: (47) $42.40 Superfecta: (47 2-8) $471.80 Trlfecta: (4-7-2) $176.20 Pick 3: 3 wins (1-64) $219.20 TENTH RACE $24,700. Allowance 3 yo's up (Includes $6,000 STATE BRED), IM, Time 1:36.95, Off 5:15 9 Regent Man 13.80 6.40 6.00 4 Sunny Embrace 10.40 8.00 6 Dollars and Sense 8.60 Disqualified: Colony Drive finished 3rd, DQ and placed 4th, Saint Elmo's Fire finished 3rd. DQ and placed 5th, Side Brush finished 3rd, DQ and placed 6th, Computer Recruiter finished 3rd, DQ and placed 7th, Strodes Station finished 3rd, DQ and placed 8th, You'vegotmynumber finished 3rd, DQ and placed 9th, Lucky Muda Buda finished 3rd, DQ and placed 10th Dally Double: (4-9) $52.40 Exacta: (9-4) $115.80 Superfecta: (9-4-6-8) $24,698.00 Trlfecta: (9-4-6) $1,467.80 Pick 3: 3 wins (64-9) $2,422 60 1073704. To.

Handle: $5896 TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League ANAHEIM ANGELS Declined to offer 1999 contracts to INF Norberto Martin and LHP Allen Watson. BALTIMORE ORIOLES Declined to offer 1999 contracts to INF Jesse Garcia, INF Willie Greene and LHP Carlos Medina. Agreed to terms with INF-OF Rich Amaral on a two-year contract and with RHP Ricky Bonea on a one-year contract. Named Duffy Dyer manager of BluefiekJ of the Appalachian League. BOSTON RED SOX Declined to offer 1999 contracts to OF Darren Bragg.

RHP Robinson Checo and OF Keith Mitchell. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Declined to offer 1999 contracts to RHP Bnan Bevtl, RHP Jaime Bluma. LHP Allen McDill, RHP Pan Rapp and LHP Jamie Walker. MINNESOTA TWINS Declined to offer a 1999 contract to Pat Meares. NEW YORK YANKEES Declined to offer a 1999 contract to OF Darryl Strawberry.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS Agreed to terms with LHP Buddy Groom on a one-year contract. Declined to offer 1999 contracts to LHP Mike Mohler and RHP Mike Oquist. SEATTLE MARINERS Declined to offer a 1999 contract to OF Rob Ducey. Sent RHP Ivan Montane and Raul Chavez outright to Tacoma of the PCL. TEXAS RANGERS Agreed to terma with OF Mike Simms on a two-year contract and with OF Tom Goodwin on a one-year contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS Agreed to terms with RHP Joey Hamilton on a three-year contract. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Declined to otter a 1999 contract to RHP Willie Banks. FLORIDA MARLINS Declined to offer 1999 contracts to RHP Hector Almonte and RHP Bobby RodRera. LOS ANGELES DODGERS Declined to offer 1999 contracts to OF Matt Luke end RHP Sean Maloney. MILWAUKEE BREWERS Declined to offer a 1999 contract to Mike Mrrtheny.

NEW YORK METS Signed RHP Pat Mahomes and RHP Jody treadwell to le contracts. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Asreed to terms with RHP Ken Ryan on a onevear contract. Declined to offer a 1999 contract to LHP Sean Fesh, OF Billy McMillon and INF Jon Zuher. ST. LOUS CARDINALS Declined to offer a 19W contract to OF John Matwy.

SAN DIEGO PADRES Declined to offer 1999 contract to OF James Mou-ton. SAN FRANCISCO OIANTI Sent LHP Troy Brohawn and OF Chris Van Rossum to the Anzonn Diamondbacks to com plete an earlier trade. BASKETBALL Untted Basketball Alliance MORRIS REVOLUTION Signed Tank Beaslev. NEW PHILADELPHIA FIREDOOS Signed Mike Vreeswyk. Jeff Zemenclk and Wayne Womack.

FOOTBALL National Foot ben League ARIZONA CARDINALS Signed OB Jake Plummer to a four-year contract. Arena Football League HARTFORO Acauired OL DL Skin McClendon from waivers. Waived QB Tony Corbin, DS Derrick Davis, FB LB Pat John. OL (X Bret Kwnta. OL OL Joe Lep-sis and FB-l Joe Menton.

NASHVILLE KAT Signed WR DB Miguel Montano. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS Irarierl Peter Bmarley to Munimriton for Mure considerations. Traded the rights to Jay Kenney to Peoria for cash and future considerations. DAYTON BOMBERS Placed Bran. don Sugrtemn on the lOdav miured list.

JACKSONVILLE UZARD KINOS Arti- vated Rob Murdoch from the mnjred leu JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS Released a Mike Sherman. SOCCER A League (tarry nelson) Oct. 24 Vantage Championship (Gil Morgan) Oct. 9-11 Transamerica Championship (Jim Colbert) Oct. 16-18 Raley's Gold Rush Classic (uana yuigiey) Oct.

23-25 Hyatt Regency Maul Kaanapall Classic (Jay Sigel) Oct. 30Nov. 1 Pacific Bell Classic (Joe Inman) Nov. 5-8 Energlzer Senior Tour Cham- pionsnip (Hale Irwin) Nov. 10 x-Wendy's Championship (Senior PGA Tour) Dec.

19-20 x-Lexus Challenge (Jim Colbert-Kevin Costner) x-unofficial BOWLING AREA RESULTS Aero Doug Faulkner 737, Eric Schaefer 723, Todd Sheffer 697; Karen Luttrell 590, Angie Turner 549. Beaver-Vu Jimmy Castle 769, Joe Mumford 707, Bud Hagens 699; Nikki Sheffer 710. Ann Coleman 698. Bowlero Thomas Boykln 719, Lorenzo Williams 69S, Chuck Blair 689; Maggie Ashe 699, Peggy Woody 632. Falrbom Jeff Keifer 689, Ed Tre-fethem 675, Rob Garfield 646, Paul Hicks 645.

Dan Osborne 645. Pla-Mor Buzz Carnes 760, Harold Hut- son uo. Brad Bridges 696; Rita Carnes o4, Huoy Begley 608. Poelklng Marian Doug Spreher Jr. 707, Jeff Veal 697, Matt McDonald 687; Terri Vagedes 602, Karen Henderson 704.

Poelklng South Dean Holtzman 702, Allen Morris 700, Mike Lawson 655; Mindy Hollenbeck 565, Cheryl Albers 564. Poelklng Wilmington Ken Strickland 724. Jim Reddicks 699. Aaron Archer 665, Mandy Wilson 686, Jeane Reddicks SbB. Poelklng Woodman Bob Hutchinson 749, Mike Schick 702, Brandon Gay 699; Lori Glynn 709, Serena Albrighht 701.

Royal Clayton Karren Partlow 586, Gina Bertke 550, Cora King 538, Marge Hoover 530. Becky Petro 528. Royal Dayton Dave Schaaf 722, Kevin Adams 665, Bob Anders 649; Terry Smith 600, Regina Williams 590. Royal Vandalla Charlie Moore 685, Jim White 674, Gordy Mills 668; Julie wolf 641, Missy Cantrell 567. Sater Ed Thompson 738, Craig Thompson 726, Scott Thomas 707, Kim Hilderbrand 701, Tom Frazer 694.

Thunderbowl Ron Thompson 672, Tim naraeyori; Yvonne Hudnali 618, Debbie Grissom 611. Shirley VanDyke 605. 700 SERIES Lorl Olynn, 197-268-244709, in the Kirkendall League at Poelking Woodman. Serene Albright, 228-217 256 701, In the Kirkendall League at Poelking Woodman. Karen Henderson, 204-232-268704.

In the Snowballs League at Poelking Mar ian. 299 GAMES Jimmy Castle, 269-299-201769, In the Our Gang League at Beaver-Vu. 46-7-10 Split Rob Olynn. In the Kirkendall League at Poelklng Woodman. PREPS GIRLS' BASKETBALL SATURDAY'S BOX Carroll 76, Stebblns 22 Carroll Swain 19, Newton 10, Dedrick 6, Green 11, Rogeis 2, Fan-tauzzo 9.

Fislier 3. Wourms 7, Graves 8. Totals: 316-75. Stebblns Mltchum 3. Jackson 9, Billing noteie rarquette i.

nena 4. Totals: 9-2-22. Carroll 22 46 58 75-75 stebblna 7 7 11 22-22 Three-point goals: Carroll 7 (Green 3, Fantauzzo 2, Graves 2): Stebblns 2 (Mitchum, Jackson) Records: Carroll 50 (5-0), Stebblns 1-4 (0-3) BASEBAULJi AVERAGE BASEBALL SALARY NEW YORK (AP) Average baseball salary as compiled by the Major League Baseball Players Association and the minimum salary. Beginning in 1979, salary deferrals without interest are discounted at 9 percent per year. For 1987-97, signing bonuses are increased at 9 percent per year: Year Minimum Average 1967 6,000 19,000 1MW1 10.000 NA 1969 10.000 24.909 1970 12.000 29.303 1971 12,750 31,543 1972 13,500 34,092 1973 15,000 36.666 1974 15,000 40,839 1975 16.000 44,676 lfo 19,000 51.501 1977 19.000 76.066 1978 21,000 99.876 1979 21,000 113.558 1980 30.000 143.756 1981 32.500 185.651 1982 33.500 241.497 1983 35.000 289.194 1984 40,000 329,408 1985 60,000 371,571 1986 60.000 412.520 1987 62.500 412.454 1988 62.500 438.729 1989 68.000 497,254 1990 100.000 597.537 1991 100,000 851.492 1992 109,000 1 028.667 1993 109.000 1.076.089 1994 109,000 1,168.263 1995 109.000 1.110.766 1996 122,667 1,119,981 1997 150,000 1.336.609 1998 170.000 1.398.831 SALARIES BY POSITION NEW YORK (AP) Average 1998 sale nes by position, as compiled by the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Deferred income without Interest is discounted 9 percent per year. Figures Include first basemen, second basemen, third basemen, shortstops, catchers and outfielders with 100 or more games at the posltlnn; designated hitters with 80 or more games as DHs; starting plthers with 19 or more starts and relief pitchers with 10 or rewers starts and 25 or more relief appearances. First base DH Outfield Third base Second base Starting Pitcher Catcher Shortstop Relief Pitcher S3.720.005 3.312.611 2.861.263 2.770.642 2.480.481 2.182.700 2.115.584 1.565,123 851,053 25 10 75 22 24 128 19 25 188 r. i COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL MONDAY'S SCORES Monday's College Bmketball Scone By The Associated Press EAST Ashland 101, California. Pa.

92 Birmingham Southern 69. Tens Coll. 60 Brown 74. Quinmpiac 63 Goucher 67, Wooster 62 Harvard 79. Hartford 65 Mansfield 83.

LeMoyne 7S Nevy 85. Dartmouth 68 Penn St. 62. BuckmH 68 Seton Hall 85. Army 44 Wagner 73, Lehigh 45 SOUTH Clemson 72.

S. Carolina St. 47 Marshall 91, N.C.-AshevUle 82 NE Louisiana 105. Ark -Mnnticello 70 SW Texas 70, Samford 63 St. Leo 98, Ansumotion 89 Tennessee Tech 93, Bryan 68 The Citedel 76.

Coastal Carolina 68 MIDWEST Akron 84, Cleveland St. 59 Benedictine, III. 72. Dorrft 59 Bowling Omen 83, W. Michigan 82 Cent.

Michigan 88. Buffalo 07 Kansas St. 62, CoprMi St. 36 Men's Basketball Miami vs. San Diego, New Orleans at Louisiana Birmingham at Mobile Baton Rouge at Pensacola Jacksonville at South Carolina POLLS MEN'S BASKETBALL THE TOP TWENTY FIVE By The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men college basketball poll, with nrsi-piace votes in parentneses, records through Dec.

20, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25tfvplace vote and previ ous ranking: Record Pts Pv .1. Connecticut (64) 1,738 1 2. Duke (3) 10-1 1,640 2 3. Kentucky (2) 10-1 1,604 3 4. Cincinnati (1) 90 1,563 4 5.

Maryland 11 1 1,485 5 6. Stanford 7-2 1.341 6 7. N. Carolina 12-1 1,322 7 8. Arizona 60 1,226 8 9.

Purdue 11-1 1,216 8 10. Indiana 11-2 1,060 10 11. New Mexico 7-0 996 11 12. UCLA 6-2 902 12 13. Kansas 8-2 868 13 14.

St. John's 9-2 809 15 15. Michigan St. 6-3 783 14 16. Ctemson 9-1 680 18 17.

Minnesota 7-1 561 17 18. Auburn 11-0 510 19 19. Arkansas 8-2 346 20 20. Wisconsin 10-1 325 23 21. Iowa 8-1 262 25 22.

Syracuse 7-3 241 21 23. Oklahoma 230 24 24. Pittsburgh 7-4 187 22 25. Oklahoma St. 6-3 164 18 Others receiving votes: Texas Christian 133, California 66, Florida 63, Tennessee 58, Temple 53, Coll.

of Charleston 34. Munay St. 34, Penn St. 29, Toledo 29, Tulsa 26, Villanova 25, Mississippi St. 22, N.

Carolina St. 12. Oregon 11. DePaul 10, Miami, Ohio 10, Southern Cal 1U, bW Missouri St. 9, Washington 8, Creighton 6, Georgia Tech 6.

Louisville 6. Rhode Island 6, Georgia 6, Xevier 5, Kan sas at. 3, utan wake forest 3, Gonzaga 2, Miami 2, Colorado St. 1, South Florida 1. USA TODAY-ESPN TOP 25 By The Associated Press The Top Twenty Five teams In the USA Today-ESPN college basketball poll, with first place votes in parentheses, records through Dec.

20, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th place vote, and previ ous ranking: Record Pta Pv 1. U. Conn. (26) 745 1 2. Duke (2) 10-1 706 2 3.

Cincinnati (2) 9-0 681 3 4. Kentucky 10-1 665 4 5. Maryland 11-1 637 5 6. N. Carolina 12-1 563 6 7.

Stanford 7-2 562 7 8. Purdue 11-1 530 8' 9. Arizona 60 510 9 10. Indiana 11-2 460 10 11. Kansas 8-2 425 11 12.

UCLA 6-2 378 13 13. New Mexico 7-0 377 12 14. Mich. State 6-3 350 14 15. St John's 9-2 334 15 16.

Clemson 94 293 16 17. Auburn 11-0 240 18 18. Minnesota 71 187 t21 19. Oklahoma St 6-3 159 17 20. Arkansas 8-2 156 23 21.

Syracuse 7-3 129 20 22. Pittsburgh 74 126 19 23. Wisconsin 10-1 110 24 24. Temple 64 72 t21 25. Iowa 8-1 68 -Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 62, Tennessee 43, Washington 36, Murray State 21, Gonzaga 18.

College of Charleston 16, Florida 13, Texas Christian 12, Creighton 11, Old Dominion 10, Rhode Island 10, Toledo 8, California 4, Miami (Ohio) 4. Southern California 4. Villanova 4. North Carolina Charlotte 3, Detroit 2, Penn State 2, Utah 2, Missouri 2, Xavler 1. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOP TWENTY FIVE By The Associated Press The top 25 teams The Associated Press women's college besketbatl noli.

wrth first-place votes in parentheses, recoros tnrougn uec. 20, total points based on 25 points for a flrst-olace vote through one point for a 25th place vote ana previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Connecticut (37) 8-0 997 1 2. Tennessee (3) 6-1 962 2 3. Purdue 7-1 919 3 A.Georgia 100 847 5 5.

Louisiana Tech 82 831 4 6. N. Carolina 131 784 7 7. Notre Dame 81 762 6 8. UCLA 7-2 712 8 9.

Colorado St. 12-0 675 9 10. Texas Tech 71 636 10 11. Clemson 10-0 535 14 12. Penn St.

71 499 12 13. Old Dominion 6-2 465 15 14. Alabama 83 451 11 15. Rutgers 82 416 16 16. Duke 8-4 388 17 17.

Virginia Tech 60 363 19 18. Iowa St. 7-1 343 18 19. Nebraska 101 299 20 20. Florida 9-1 237 13 21.

George Wash. 62 202 21 22. Kansas 93 172 23 23. Virginia 5-2 167 22 24. Memphis 8-1 110 24 25.

Santa Clara 8-1 80 25 Others recervlnf rotes: SW Missouri St. 25, Illinois 20. Michigan 17, Marquette 16. FIs, International 11. Oregon St.

11. UC Santa Barbara 9, Arizona 8. Mississippi St. 7. Tulane 7, DePaul 6.

LSU 6. Hawaii 3, Oregon 3, Utah 3, Arkansas 2, Indiana 2, Baylor 1. Stephen Austin 1. BOWLS COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE The Associated Press All Times 1ST Wednesday, Dee. 21 Motor Crty Bowl At Pontlac.

Mich. Marshall (11-1) vs. Louisville (74), 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Friday, Dee. 26 BlueOirey Claesle At Morruomerv.

Ala. Blue v. Gray, Noon (ABC) Aloes Bowl At Monoluta Colorado (74) vs. Oregon (63), 3:30 p.m. (ABC) Dana Classic At Honolulu Air Force (1 1 1 1 vs.

Washinaton (Ml. 6:30 p.m. (FSPNl Saturday, Dee. 26 Heritage Bowl At Atlanta Bethune-Cookman (8-2) vs. Southern U.

(8-3), 12:30 p.m. (NBC) lnslght.com Bowl At Tucson, Ariz. Missouri (74) vs. West Virginia (83), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday.

Deo. 29 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. Alabama (74) vs. Virginia Tech (8-3), 5 p.m. (ESPN) MICRON PC Bowl At Miami North Carolina State (74) vs.

Miami 8-3), 7:30 p.m. (TBS) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Kansas State (11-1) vs. Purdue (8-4), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 30 Humanitarian Bowl At Boise, Idaho Idaho (8-3) vs.

Southern Miss (74), 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Nebraska (9-3) vs. Arizona (11-1), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Deo. 31 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Brlgham Young (9-4) vs. Tulane (11-0). 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Southern Cal (84) vs. Texas Christian (6-5), 2 p.m.

(CBS) Peach Bowl At Atlanta Virginia (9-2) vs. Georgia (8-3), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Mississippi (6-5) vs. Texas Tech (7-4), 8:30 p.m.

(ESPN) i Friday, Jan. 1 i Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Penn State (8-3) vs. Kentucky (74), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla.

Georgia Tech (9-2) vs. Notre Dame (9-2), 12:30 p.m. (NBC) Citrus Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Michigan (9-3) vs. Arkansas (9-2), 1 p.m.

(ABC) Cotton Bowl At Dallas Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Texas (8-3), 11 a.m. (FOX) Rosa Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Wisconsin (10-1) vs. UCLA (10-1).

4:30 p.m. (ABC) Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Texas (11-2) vs. Ohio State (10-1), 8:30 p.m. (ABC) Saturday, Jan. 2 Orange Bowl At Miami Syracuse (8-3) vs.

Florida (9-2), 8 p.m. (ABC) Monday, Jan. 4 Fiesta Bowl At Tempe Arts. Tennessee (12-0) vs. Florida State (11-1), 6 p.m.

(ABC) Saturday, Jan. 18 East-West Shrine Classic At Stanford, Calif. East vs. West. 4 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Jen. 23 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South. 2:30 p.m.

(TBS) Sunday, Jan. 24 Hula Bowl At Kahuhjl, Maul South vs. North, 4 p.m. (ESPN) BOXING a 54 (vv 1 A i IBF RANKINGS PORTSMOUTH. Va.

(AP) The Interna tional Boxing Federation official rankings as of December 1998 (Americans unless otherwise noted): Heavyweight (over ISO pounds) Champion Evander HolyfleM 1, Not reted. 2. Frana Botha. South Afri ca. 3, Haslm Rahman.

4, John Ruiz. 5. Larry Donald. 6, Vaughn Bean. 7, Ray Mercer.

8, Henry Akinwande, Britain. 9, Chns Bvrd. 10. David Tua. Crulaerwelgrit (190 pounds) Champion Arthur Williams 1, Not rated.

2, Not rated. 3. Steohan Anghem. Switzerland. 4, Ken Murphy.

B. Imamu Mayfleld. 6, Terry Dunstan, Britain. 7, Ramon Garbey. 8.

Vassirv Jirov. 9. Marcelo Domlnguez, Aregentina. 10. Andre Purlette.

Guyana. UfW Heavyweight (178 pounds) Champion Reggie Johnson 1. Not rated. 2. Crawford Ashley.

Britain. 3. Will Taylor. 4, Richard Hall. 5.

Lou Del Valte. 6. Ricky Frazler. 7, David Telesco. 8.

Antonio Tarver. 9, Mike Prince, Britain. 10, Mohamad Sulivant, France super Middle weight (168 pounds) Champion Swen Ottke, Germany 1. Thomas Tate. 2.

Charles Brewer. 3. Byron Mitchell. 4. Jaffa Balloqou.

Togo. 5. Rick Thomoerrv. Austrailia. 6.

Tonv Bvrd. 7. David Stem, Britain. 8. Andrei ytaiikov, Russia.

9. Dean Francis. Brit. am, 10, Robin Reld. Britain Middleweight (ISO pounds) Champion Bernard Hopkins 1.

Robert Allen. 2. Antwun Echols. 3. Robert McCracken, Britain.

4, Giovanni Pretortua, South Africa 5. Anthony Andrews, Guyana. 6. Keith Holmes. 7, Julio Green.

8. Agostino Cardemone. Italy. 9. Peter Venancw, Brazil.

10, Brian Barbosa. Puerto Rico. Junior Mktdleweliht (1S4 pounds) Champion Fernando Vargas 1, Not rated. 2. Not rated.

3. Ernie Artango, Australia. 4, Raul Marquez. 5, Carl Daniels. 6, David ReHl.

7, Ronald Wtight. 8, Emmett Linton. 9, Javier Castiilejo, Spain. 10, Sergio Luciano, Brazil. Werterwelgtit (147 pounds) Ckampton FeHa Trinidad.

Puerto Rica 1. Vincent Pettway. 2. Huan Pineda Colombia. 3, Raul Frank.

4. Vernon Forrest. 8, Detrel Cciey. 8. Mahenge Zulu, Zaire.

7. Olia Cerr, 8, Sam Garr. 9. Monro Mnrquirto. Mexico, 10.

Daniel San tos, Puertu Rico. Junior WelterwelgM (140 pounds) Champion Vkwe Ptillllne 1. Terron Millet. 2. Zee Judah.

3. Vlroll McClendon. 4, Freddy Roles. Chile. S.

Randall B.illey. 6. Reggie Green. 7, Emanuel Burton. 8.

Aim Carlllo, Colombia, 9. Hector lopez. 10, Luis Floras, Colombia, Uftrrwelgm (136 sounds) Champion Shane Moalev 1, Israel Cardona. 2, Ivan Hoblnson, 3, ''''IMniVinilAI STATISTICS RySHNG, Denver. Elway 5-39, Davis 1629.yo"e 1-0, R.Smith Hmmus 10).

Mrrthi. Avery 1132, Abdul-Jabber 15-5, 2-tminus 1). PASSING Denver, Elway 13-36-2-151. Brister 2-0-16. Miami, Marino 23 38-1-355.

RECEIVING Denver, Sharpe 4-36, R.Smrth 3-54, McCaffrey 342, Davis 2-5, Griffith 114, Loville 1-12. Green 1-4. Miami, LThomas 6-136, McDuffle 6-57, Drayton 64, Jacquet 2-35, Gadsden 2 28, Perry 2-18, Pritchett 1-12, AbrtulJabbar 1-5. MrilPlELD GOALS Denver, Elam 4 MyiiiMiaml. Mare 28 (WR).

HORSE RACING" BEULAH park -MONDAY'S RESULTS POSTT1ME: 12:28 p.m. FIRST RACE Purse $10600. Maiden Special Weight 0, 3-Year-Olds Up, 6 Bnrtlags: 5-John Frederick (Donaghey .) 31,2 60 2.20: 10-Northem Re (GrrflM'? .) 8.80 4.40; 40ur Last Chew (Otiits 3.00. Naos Tims: 1:13.00 Exacta (5-10) Paid 39 40 Trrfecta (6-10-4) Paid 119.20. SECOND RACE Purse $5000, Claiming 4000, 3-Year Olds Up, 6 Furlongs: lOLetmvblghossroll (Ouzta 42.40 9-Power Express (Costanio 4 0 3.00; 12-Prlncwee (Bruin 400.

Exacta (10-9) Paid 233 60 Trtlacta (10-9-12) Paid 1.264 SO Dally Doubts (5-10) Paid 102.00. THIRD RACE Purse $5100, Claiming 400U JVYear-Olds 4 Up. 1 Mils 70 Yarrla: 11-A Race For Life (Ouzts 4.60 3.20 2.60: 4-R. Indy (Bruce 9.80 6 20; SAstnde (Sullivan 7.20. Rats Tlmt: 1:46.32 EiiaaM (01-4) Paid 62.20 Trtfacta (11-4-6) Psld 916.80 Pick 19-10-11) Psld 424.00.

FOURTH RACE Purse $5000. 3 Year-Olds Up, 5 12 Furlongs: 4-Donnasman (Moran 31.20 21.A-U.20; 12-Wenatchee Valley (Fort-nnrj.) 14.60 6.80; Out Tony (Bruin 5.40. Race Tims: 1:07.32 Exact (4-12) Paid 466.60 Infests (412-8) PsW 7.998 20 s)upsftecta (4-12-ALL-AU.) Psld 632 20 Pick 3 110-11-4) PsM 2.200.30. FIFTH RACE Purse $5300, Claiming HX. 3-Year-Olds Up, 6 Furlongs: Bad Boy Eric (Vidal 15.20 7.00 1 (X); S-Arrops (Prescott 10.40 6.40; (Shamrocks Fibber (McWhorter ftaee Tims: 1:12 62 hnM PsM 114.60 Ttlt (4-6-1) PsM 428.60 VK 1(11-4-4) PsM 622.00.

XTH RACE Purse $8000. Starters Lmce $5,000, 3-Year-Olds 6 Up. 6 I jh: 7 Sunny A (LaGue 3 80 I l.CiO. 11 Anymore (Santos 2.80 I 4 Oancer Way (Prescott 2.80, ritcf Trms: 1:11.66 bd(7'U) PaM6.60 VosM (7-U-4) PsM 33 60 Hk 11(44-7) PaM 366.60. Sevf NTH RACE Purse $8500, Claim- il 1 1 3 YenrOlds 6 UD.

Hi. 6 Mares, 1 Mile 70 Ysrds: 4 mfond Jasmine (Ourts 15.60 8.00 8JJt 6-Culpepoer Carry (Reeves, Jr. i 7 60; 7-OhH) Red (Brum 3.80. Time: 1:46.01 (44)) PaM 617.00 rt (4-6-7) PsM 2.122 SX) uneraieta (44-7-AU) PsM I.1SXM Sell 3 (4-74) PaM 332.60. OHTH RACE Purss $9600, Claiming (Slt.5O0-$9,9OO), 3-YearOldt Up, 6 innnga: s-mi reuei iBirjer 13.40 a I OU; 2 Higher pisteau Owns P.

HO 4Q; 3-ln And Over (LaGue L) 1:13.01 eta (4-2) PsM 41.20 ileeta 14-2-31 PaM 146 40 teh 3 (744) PaM 624.20. ffNTR RACE Purse $9500. Allowance 3-Teer Olds Up. Fillies Mares, Hiriongv 12DuMn Assets IBrum I 8J00 5,00 3.60; 1 Merciful Power (Moran il 8 Jo 6.20; SSitvet Up Under (Cos tinaS 6 HO. Nm! Time: 1: 12.66 Ra4a (12-1) PsM 77.20 tyfceta 112-1-6) PaM 436.40 Rupwtarta (U-l-M) PaM 6,344.60 FM T44 12) PsM 664 60.

lNTlRACE Purse $10500. Allow-rat-srVerlds 6 Up. 1 Mile: 77abe a-BrafJUrescott R. 17.20 9.20 6.00; Tirfn two (Fortner 12.60 6.00; 2 lilHiniilile I Moran 8.40, Rase Time: 1:41.76 eton 9 (Langlas 3). Univ.

of Dayton 7 4 (Dawson 3). Turnovers: Princeton 29. Univ. of Dayton 29. Technical fouls: Univ.

of Dayton (bench). Attendance: 1, 296s. 4 MONDAY'S SCORES EAST Shlppensburg 69. Shepherd 54 SOUTH Appalachian St. 97, Wofford 61 Florida St.

83. W. Carolina 39 Furman 84, Georgia Southern 74 Gramblmg St. 108. Alabama St.

79 Jackson St. 65, Alabama 59 Murray St. 66, N.C.-Wilmington 55 N. Carolina St. 94, East Carolina 68 N.C.-Ashevllle 68.

Morehead St. 64. OT 1 St. Leo 63, Kentucky St. 61 Virginia 98.

Radford 56 Virginia Tech 66. George Mason 57 11 MIDWEST Baldwin-Wallace 78. Wittenberg 62 Grand Valley St. 91. Cornerstone 57 Illinois 79, Valparaiso 51 Loyola, Md 63, Ill -Chicago 54 Montana St.

Bilhnes 83. Black Hills St 62 Notre Dame 75. Michigan St. 64 1 Pnnceton 57, Dayton 44 SW Missouri St. 80, Brigham Young 52 Truman St.

100, S. Indiana 87 0 Wright St. 62, Bnll St. 54 SOUTHWEST Texas 81, Cent. Fiords 52 FAR WEST Cornell 75.

Sen Jose St. 54 Fort Hays St. 73, Regis 52 Montana St. 80. W.

Montana 51 Rocky Mountain 81. W. New Mexico 1ft, UC Davis 50, Grand Canyon 41 i TOURNAMENTS Coconut Coast Clasaka First Round Ferris St. 91. Defiance 84 Indianapolis 62, Flndlay 54 3 Lake Superior St.

76. Cumberland. Tana) 59 Lambuth 85. Donne 68 Oeorge Meson Shootout First Round St. Francis Pa 70 William A Man.

AAJ Oakland Tribune Classic Championship California 80, Colorado St. 75 Third Place Pittsburgh 53. Wake Forest 46 SUNDAY'S SCORES By The Associated Frees MIDWEST Ashlaruf OT Cllnnan, D.L AT Augustana, S.D. 80. Mommgside 76.

fit Bradley 93, W. Michigan 79 Cent. Michigan 79. Oakland. Mich.

74 DePaul 83, Marquette 76 Drake 73. Wit -Milwaukee 53 Iowa St. 80. N. Iowa 73 78, St, Cloud St.

75 N. Dakota St. 81, N. Colorado 64 Nebraska 85. North Texas 67 North Dakota 98, Nebraska-Omaha 52 Oakland City 88.

Westminster, Mo. 61 Ohio St. 86. West Virginia 78 Ohio Weslyn 45. Wilmington.

Ohio 30 S. Dakota St. Rf Anuth Dakota 64 SOUTtfWTJT Baylor 98, SW Texas 39 Rice 56, Texes aam 49 FAR WEST Arkansas St. 71, UC Irvine 68 Cal PoryPomone 65. CSU-Chico 59 Cleremont Mudd 82.

North Central 65 Colorado 79, S. Illinois 51 Donne 84, Defiance 80 Penperdtne 99. Youngstown St. 72 San Francisco 66. Cornell 48 San Francisco St.

55, CS San Bemar ,) dtno 41 TOURNAMENTS Oakland Tribune Claeeki First Round 3. California 40, Pittsburgh 35 Colorado St. 84, Wake Forest 69.