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The Paducah Sun Tuesday, December 1, 1987 Deaths, B5 Entertainment, B6 ClassifiedJB12 ildcats nipping at North Carolina's heels By JIM O'CONNELL AP BaikctbaU Writer North Carolina is No. 1, but there are two packs of Wildcats nipping at the Heels. North Carolina, 3-0, succeeded defending national chamDion Syracuse in the first Top Twenty Tht top (Mm In In AP collage poll, with flrit-plac votes In parnlhasi, total points Dasad on records through Nov. 29 and last week's ranking: Points Pva-1109 3 Record 3-0 regular-season basketball poll by beating the Orangemen 96-93 in overtime two weeks ago and then winning the Central Fidelity 955 918 913 817 ing Syracuse 80-69 Monday night in the championship game of the 10th Shootout basketball tournament. "Anytime you beat Michigan and Syracuse in successive games, most of the country has got to notice." Arizona guard Steve Kerr said.

"We're finally starting to beat some of the those teams and establish ourselves as one of the elite programs in the nation." "The poll isn't one of our goals but we do like to be ranked," Arizona's Sean Elliott, the Shootout's most valuable player, said. "It's great for the program. The ranking doesn't do anything tor you once you get on the court; otherwise, we would have lost this game. We do want that respect that comes with the high ranking." North Carolina received 37 of 58 first-place votes and 1,109 points from the nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The Tar Heels followed their victory over Syracuse with victories over Southern California (82-77) and Richmond (87-76) in the Central Fidelity tournament.

Kentucky got seven first-place votes and 955 points, while Syracuse, now 2-2, dropped to third with 916 points and two first-place votes. Pittsburgh, 1-0, was a close fourth, three lints behind the Orangemen, after receiv-g four first-place votes. Indiana, with four votes for first, moved into fifth with 817 points, five more than Iowa, 3-0, which mauled then-No. 7 Kansas 100-81 on the way to the Maui Classic championship. Florida, Missouri, Arizona all with one first-place vote and Wyoming rounded out the Top Ten.

Florida, 4-0, jumped from 14th by winning the Big Apple NIT, and Wyoming beat Denver 113-82 in its only game. Missouri hasn't played. The Second Ten is Purdue, Temple, Duke, Louisville, Michigan, Kansas, Georgetown, Oklahoma, Nevada-Las Vegas and Memphis State. The preseason Second Ten was Iowa, Temple, Louisville, Florida, Duke, Georgetown, Arizona, Georgia Tech; Oklahoma and DePaul. Georgia Tech fell out of the Top Twenty after an 8M9 loss to Florida in the NIT, and DePaul dropped out when Pepperdine stunned the Blue Demons 84-76 in overtime.

Nevada-Las Vegas and Memphis State were the newcomers to the ranks of the ranked. UNLV hasn't played. Memphis State beat Washington 86-57. Purdue fell from second to 11th after losing to Iowa State in the NTT and Kansas fell from seventh to 16th. 812 11' 717' 14 704 8 838 17 833 10 -588 2 483 12 465 15 418 13 1- 0 2- 1 1-0 1- 0 34 44 04 2- 0 i 1-0 1-1 0- 0 1- 0 0- 0 2- 1 1- 2 2- 0 1- 0 0- 0 1- 0 1.

North Carolina (37) 2. Kentucky (7) 3. Syracuse (2) 4. Pittsburgh (4) 5. Indiana (4) 6.

Iowa 7. Florida (1) 8. Missouri (1) 9. Arizona (1) 10. Wyoming 11.

Purdue 12. Temple 13. Duke 0 14. Louisville 15. Michigan (1) 1 16.

Kansas 17. Georgetown 18. Oklahoma 19. Nevada-Las Vegas 20. Memphis State 383 375 348 16 237 19 83 t87 rangier makes a point Salukis subdue Batman wassic iasi weeKena.

me iar Heels were ranked No. 3 in the preseason poll. Kentucky's Wildcats, fifth in the preseason, jumped to No. 2 after opening the season on Saturday with an 86-59 drubbing of Hawaii. Arizona's pack of ranked 17th in the preseason, bolted into ninth this week on the strength of a 79-64 thrashing of then-No.

9 Michigan in the Great Alaska Shootout. The Wildcats of the West could conceivably climb higher next week after clobber- Cincinnati better test for 'Cats Assoleated Press LEXINGTON, ky. Kentucky Coach Eddie Sutton feels good about his second-ranked Wildcats from top to bottom. Sutton substituted early and freely throughout Saturday's season-opening 86-59 victory over outmanned Hawaii at Rupp Arena. Center Rob Lock led the Wildcats with 18 points and eight rebounds.

Kentucky-Cincinnati at 7 WPSD-6 will televise the Kentucky-Cincinnati game at 7 p.m., as originally scheduled. i Hunt-trained dog gives top showing I yk-'- ft t- 'wiK'Myg. i i i I A among quail pack By STEVE VANTREESE Sun Outdoor Editor Rebel Wrangler, a male pointer owned by Stephen Walker of Novato, seemed to be in the right places at the right time throughout the Quail Championship Invitational The four-year-old Wrangler was the judges' clear choice of the 24th annual trial after three days of running on the West Kentucky Wildlife Management Area here. Handled by Bl Hunt of Stanton, Walker's full-time trainer, Wrangler rolled up two solid performances in one-hour braces Saturday and Sunday, then closed strong in a two-hour brace in Monday's callback round. "I've been here since this trial was started, and this is the best overall three-day performance I've ever seen," said judge Buzz Marshall of Jackson, Miss.

"This dog was running with style and in the right places all the time." 1 Rebel Wrangler scored a pair of finds Saturday, two more Sunday, then wrapped up with a single point during the callback. Walker, an investment counselor who has been field trialing since 1965, has owned the dog for approximately a year and a half during which it has been worked by Hunt. During that time it has scored two other championship titles the Mid American Open Championship and the U.S. Open Chicken Championship. The runner-up selected here was Mercer Mill Race, a pointer co-owned by Mark Murphy of Warwick, and B.H.

Hardaway of Columbus, and handled by Randy Downs of Rienzi, Miss. Mercer Mill Race also scored a total of five finds during the trial, one in the opening round, followed by a pair each Sunday and in Monday's callback. A $1,500 share of the purse went to the winner, and $500 to the runner-up. More than 40 coveys of quail were located in the three days of the trial, sponsored annually by the West Ken-tuclry Field Trial Club. "I've never had a team that I had such confidence in them that I could sub like I did," the Kentucky coach said after the game.

"There won't be a lot of games we'll play so many players." The playing time ranged from eight to 29 minutes for the 12 players. Kentucky entertains Cincinnati tonight. The Bearcats opened their season Sunday by trimming Northern Kentucky 76-65. Cincinnati should provide a better test for Kentucky than Hawaii. "Cincinnati is as quick as we are, they have as much depth as we have and they jump as well as we do," Sutton said.

"The only reservation I have about putting them into that category with teams like Florida, Indiana or Louisville is their youth. When you have a young ballclub, you don't know See TESTB4 By KEVIN STEWART Sun Sports Writer MURRAY, Ky. It didn't take long for Murray State to find out how "Batman" performed without "Robin." Three-year starter Jeff Martin, the Batman at 6-foot-7, took on visiting Southern Illinois Monday night without sidekick Donnie Mann, the Robin at 5-10. Martin would have had to been "Superman" to beat the Salukis without Mann, one of three suspended Racers. He almost did, scoring a career-high 34 points, but the Salukis used a 4-point spurt in the closing minutes for a 77-70 college basketball victory.

Mann, also a three-year starter and the team's quarterback, wasn't missed much in a 97-49 season-opening win over William and Penn. It was a different story against the Missouri Valley Conference team. Southern Illinois turned the 4-point play with 1:23 remaining for a lUl lead. The Salukis led 69-67 when they rebounded a Martin miss and outran the Racer guards, scoring on Kai Nurnberger's layup. All-MVC guard Steve Middleton was pushed by junior college transfer Terence Brooks on the play, and converted two free throws for the 6-point lead.

Martin, proving he was human, missed again and Southern Illinois rebounded. The Salukis stalled and forward Rick Shipley was fouled. The 6-9 freshman hit both shots for a 76-67 lead with 41 second left. Martin drilled a 3-pointer and Middleton two free throws before time expired. "Experience is the key we're looking for here," Murray coach Steve Newton said.

"I told our team that in crunch time or stress time, experience is the best teacher and we'll just have to use this as a learning experience." SeeSUBDUEBZ 7 "if. I I t' I Al 1 I COLLEGE bowl Alineup STEVE VANTREESEThe Sun Rebel Wrangler, owned by Stephen Walker, top right, and handled by Bill Hunt, top left, swept top honors at the annual Quail Championship Invitational. Posing Wrangler is scout David Johnson. All times Central Standard Time 1 Bo knows how to celebrate a birthday fmmW' -piiiiinii. m7 aSI 1 Los Angeles Raiders 7 20 10 0-37 Seattle Seahawks 7 0 7 0-14 Ftrst Quarter Sea Turner 19 pass from Krieg (N.Johnson kick), 9:27 LA-Lofton 46 pass from Wilson (Bahr kick).

12:27 Second Quarter U-Jackson 14 pass from Wilson (Bahr kick), 2:41 LA-Jackson 91 run (Bahr kick), 18 LA-FG Bahr 23, 11:11 LA-FG Bahr 47, 14:11 Third Quarter LA-Jckson 2 run (Bahr kick), LA-FG Bahr 23, 9:31 Set Tice 3 pass from Krieg (N Johnson kick), 14:56 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Los Angeles, Jackson 11-221, Allen 11-76, Mueller 6-0, Strachan S- -12, Wilson 2-4. Seattle, Warner 11-26, J.WilUams 3-6, Krieg 2-S. PASSING-Los Angeles, Wilson 1MM-159. Seattle. Krieg 17-31-2-170.

RECEMNG-Los Angeles, D.WUUams 4-47, Allen 3-20, Christensen 2-32, Lofton 1-46, Jackson 1-14. Seattle, Skansi 4-M, J.WilUams 3-30, Tice 3-18, Larger 2-25, Butler MO, Turner 1-19, Franklin 1-7, Warner 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS Seattle, Johnson 54. CALIFORNIA Eastern Michigan vs. Dec.i2.3p.m.

San Jose State INDEPENDENCE Tulane vs. Washington Dec. 19, 7 p.m. ALL-AMERICAN Virginia vs. Brigham Dec.22, 7 p.m.

Young SUN Oklahoma State vs. Dec.25. 1:30 p.m. West Virginia ALOHA Florida vs. UCLA Dec.25, 2:45 p.m.

LIBERTY Arkansas vs. Georgia Dec.29, 7 p.m. FREEDOM Air Force vs. Dec.30, 7 p.m. Arizona State HOLIDAY Wyoming vs.

Iowa Dec.30, 7 p.m. GATOR South Carolina vs. Dec.31. 130 p.m. Louisiana State BLUEBONNET Pittsburgh vs.

Texas Dec.31.8p.m. FLA. CITRUS Clem son Jan. 1.11p.m. Pen State COTTON Notre Dame vs.

Jan. 1. 10:30 p.m. Texas ROSE Michigan State Jan.i.p.m. vs.

Southern Cat SUGAR Syracuse vs. Auburn Jan. 1, 2:30 p.m. ORANGE Oklahoma vs. Jan.

i.7p.m. Miami (Fla.) FIESTA Florida State vs. Jan. 1, 12:30 p.m. Nebraska HALL OF FAME Michigan vs.

Alabama Jan. 2, Noon. 1 PEACH Tennessee vs. Jan. 2, 1pm.

Indiana By STEVE BAKER Associated Press Writer SEATTLE Bo Jackson couldn't remember when he had more fun playing football, but his single-handed destruction of the Seattle Seahawks didn't persuade him to give up hitting home runs for scoring more touchdowns. "I hadn't thought about it," Jackson said of his career plans after the Los Angeles Raiders routed the Seahawks 37-14 Monday night. "Why should I think about it? I'm having too much fun," Jackson said outside the Raiders' locker room, sunglasses shading his eyes from the glare of television lights. Fun, for Jackson, was 221 yards on 18 carries, the 13th best rushing performance in NFL history, in just his fifth game. The best rushing day belongs to Walter Payton of the Chacago Bears who ran for 275 yards against Minnesota in 1977.

0.J. Simpson is second and third at 273 and 250 yards. Fun, for Jackson, was turning 25 while a national television audience watched the 4-7 Raiders break a seven-game losing streak. "It was my birthday. I had a great time," Jackson said as he spoiled the day for the 7-4 Seahawks and their normally raucous Kingdome crowd.

Fun was accounting for 43 of the Raiders' 59 yards in a scoring drive that gave Los Angeles a 14-7 lead and helped Jackson atone for a first-quarter fumble that gave the Seahawks their only score of the half The most fun was a 91-yard touchdown gallop around left end which propelled him into the tunnel leading to the Seahawks' locker room and propelled the Raiders into a 21-7 lead in the second quarter. "I saw the defender had the angle so I just threw my head back," said Jackson, who was at least five yards ahead of the Seahawks when he crossed the goal line. After he emerged from the-lunnel, Jackson tossed the football in the air and swung at.it with an imaginary bat But Jackson wasn't talking baseball after his three touchdowns kept the Seahawks from catching AFC West leader San Diego. See CELEBRATE B4 1 "l1 im Anxxtatad Preta Raider Bo Jackson (34) charges toward a 91-yard touchdown..