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The Paducah Sun Sunday, January 24, 1988 Outdoors, B8 Deaths, B9 IQ) iff if Sutton looks beyond ugly sights in win 'i -1" IL1 I II. -I I. i ky 1 1 lSv yy 1f Bm mm I i.i ri. in in mn om ml LJ LlmmMmkkmJvitMSJl mTm ml I i i Wildcats 76, Tigers 61 KENTUCKY (71) Burnett HI t-U II, Madixn 1-3 Lock 1-3 7, Chapman Hi 4-2 II, Di raider S-14 10-U 21, Sutton 0-1 2, Jenkins 2-4 1-1 4, Manuel 0, Ellis 0-1 0, Hanson 0. Totals 2242 29-41 71.

LSU (111 Woodside 4-11 1-1 10, Blanton (-11 34 11, Vargas J-10 44 10, Joe 2-2 2, Irvin 34 44 10, Griffith 0-1 0, Sinn 04 10, McKenzie 0-1 04 0, BukumirovicB 04 04 0, Mouton 1-3 04 3. ToUii 2242 14-11 tl. Halftime-Kentucky 31, LSU IS. Three-point goals-Kentucky 3-7 (Chapman 2-3, Davender M), LSU 3-17 (Woodside 1-3, Blanton 1-1, Joe 04, Irvin 0-4, McKenzie 0-1, Mouton 1-3). Fouled Out-Lock, Woodside, Vargas, Irvin.

Rebounds-Kentucky 41 (Bennett 10), LSU 41 (Blanton 11). Assists- entucky I (Chapman 4), LSU 13 (Blanton )). Total fouls-Kentucky 17, LSU Terhnjcals-LSU coach Brown 1 fourth personal foul and had to sit down. Woodside had been covering Bennett, when LSU was in its man-toman defense, and stuffing off to help on Chapman. Bennett, who finished with 18 points, got six over the next three minutes.

Chapman, who also had 18 points, got four in the Kentucky By AUSTIN WILSON AP Sporti Writer BATON ROUGE, La. It wasn't the prettiest win he's ever seen, but after two home losses, Kentucky Coach Eddie Sutton wasn't fussy. "We were pleased to be able to win this one, after losing two at borne," Sutton said after the Wildcats downed Louisiana State 76-61 in a Southeastern Conference game Saturday. "It was a big win for us, but it wasn't a thing of beauty for either team." Rex Chapman and Winston Bennett led a 10-3 surge over a three-minute span early in the second half that broke the game open. Kentucky, 13-2, fell to second in the SEC earlier in the week after a hom loss to Florida.

The Wildcats are 5-2 in the conference. LSU is 9-6 overall and 4-2 in the SEC. Kentucky led 33-30 when LSU's Bernard Woodside, the Tigers' best defensive player, picked up his Associated Press See UGLYB2 Kentucky's Winston Bennett (left) reaches in front of LSU's Ricky Blanton to make a steal as the Wildcats outlasted the Tigers. Louisville surge arrives too late Evaluating KHSAA officials Assigning liabilities Henley solves complicated puzzles with simple math 7 60 30 Assigning secretary Coaches evaluations KHSAA rules clinic Part II examination 2 By TED M. NATTJR.

Associated Press Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. Like a slowly sinking ship, No. 5 Purdue watched its 19-point lead slip away in the final eight minutes of Saturday's game against Louisville before guard Troy Lewis came to the rescue. Lewis scored 15 of his 23 points in the second half, including five free throws in the last 1:16, as the Boilermakers survived Louisville's furious rally for a 91-85 victory. "Once we got a good lead, we started getting a little complacent," Lewis said.

"We started standing around and not doing what we were supposed to do. One of the things we need to learn is how to protect a big lead." Purdue Coach Gene Ready, whose past teams have been maligned for losing the big games, said it was nice to finally win one. Boilermakers 91 Cardinals 85 PURDUE (11) K. Jones 3-5 2-6 8, Mitchell 4-t 16, McCants 4-7 2-2 10, Stephens 1-11 0-1 19, Lewis 7-15 23, Scheffler 2-2 1, T. Jones 2-2 2-2 1, Berning 0-2 1-2 1.

Totals 3W4 11-25 91. LOUISVILLE (15) Payne 4-11 4-4 16, Crook M6 2-4 18, Ellison WO 10-11 20, Williams 2-9 2-2 6, Smith 5-14 3-3 13, Abram 1-2 2, Spencer 1-4 44 10, Hawley 04 04 0. Totals 2M6 25-21 6. Halftime Purdue 41, Louisville 40. 3-point goals Purdue 7-13 (Lewis 4-9, Stephens U), Louisville 4-13 (Payne 4-5, Smith Williams 0-3, Abram 0-1).

Fouled out-HcCants, Mitchell, Crook. Rebounds-Purdue 41 (Mitchell 10), Louisville 26 (Abram, Crook 5). Assists- Purdue 23 (Stephens 8), Louisville 17 (Ellison, Williams, Smith 4). Total fouls-Purdue 22, Louisville 24. A 19,553.

"It's nice to get over the hump," Keady said. "I think our players finally realized that we could go someplace and play a national power on national television and not blow it." The Victory upped Purdue's See SURGE83 Disappearing act attracts attention By STEVE MILLLZER Sun Sports Writer Try to compute out the variables in a notebook. There's 600 games and 34 officials. On any given night, as many as 18 games will be played and two officials must be present for every game. That almost adds up, until the complications are evaluated.

As the rules and exceptions compound, the simple problem of providing two officials for every high school varsity game becomes a difficult formula for First Region assigning secretary Jimmy Henley of Carlisle County to figure out. "This schedule has only been out a couple of days and look at it already," Henley said, pointing out the scratch outs and penciled in names on February's high srhnnl officials schedule. Racers out-Mann powerful Raiders ISw "Oh good Lord, it changes all the time. And if it snows, the JIM HENLEY cancellations become quite a problem. It takes a bit of time to assigning secretary Jimmy Henley said.

"The coaches want the best officials at the most important games and I just go right down the ratings when I assign those games. It also determines if they are eligible for regional and state tournaments." Official's rankings are influenced by four sources, but the First Region coaches and Henley hold the greatest power in determining an official's standing. Each official is ranked on a 100-point scale with the highest score earning the best ranking. An average of coaches evaluations is worth 60 points and the assigning secretary's evaluation is worth 30 points. Attendance at a KHSAA rules clinic is worth 5 points and a score of 75 or better on the National Federation Part II examination is worth 5.

The same evaluation system is used in football. Evaluations are due by the end of January and ratings are released in February just before the district tournaments. "Sometimes officials will have See ACTB4 High grades offer more assignments By STEVE MILLIZER Sun Sports Writer If Roger Fields doesn't notice an official, it catches his attention. "If I don't know the official is on the floor, if he does his job without attracting attention to himself, then he's done a good job," Mayfield's varsity basketball coach said. Fields is not encouraging officials to hide their whistle in their pocket.

"The thing I look at is if he's communicating with the kids, if he's on top of his calls and in a position to make the call. How he handles himself and how he handles the kids are what's important." For the officials, the critique of coaches is equally important, because evaluations turned in by the coaches during the season help determine how often officials work and where. "The officials that rank the highest in the region are going to work the most games and the more important games," First Region Special to The Sun Sparked by 21 second-half points from junior guard Don Mann, the Murray State Racers held off Middle Tennessee for a 79-67 Ohio Valley Conference win in Murfrees-boro Saturday night. The win keeps the Racers undefeated in the OVC, with a 4-0 record which gives them a share of the league lead along with Austin Peay. "This was a major hurdle for us to clear," said Racer head coach Steve Newton, whose team improved to 9-7 overall.

"It's good that we were able to go on the road and handle a ballclub which is a contender for the title." MSU's accurate shooting and strong board work were the, keys to the victory. The Racers shot 54 percent from the field while outre- Ladies take a bow Murray's women dropped from No. 1 in OVC standings B4 bounding MTSU 38-25. I Leading the way for the Racers in rebounding was sophomore forward Chris Ogden, who hauled down 12 caroms. Jeff Martin and Carl Sias each had seven rebounds.

"Carl worked hard inside to keep them off the boards," Newton said. "They're a strong team. Keeping them off the boards and limiting their second shots was a key." MTSU's Randy Henry was the only Blue Raider front-line starter to approach his season rebounding average with eight. Hulking center Dwayne Rainey picked up only See RACERSB4 put a schedule out, and then it changes quite a bit." It's the human factors that complicate the equation. Conflict of interest, game priority, officials' evaluations and the prejudices between individual coaches and officials disorders the puzzle Henley must piece together each month of the season.

The mathematics can be the simple part. "There are times for certain games that the higher rated officials aren't available for whatever reason and you've got to send a pair of people into a game that you really don't want to put that kind of pressure on," Henley admits. "But it's something that just can't be helped. When you do, you cringe." Along with determining who goes where and when, Henley also knows who will be the first to hear any complaints. Both coaches and officials turn to him to vent their dissatisfactions and frustrations with each other.

See MATHB4 Super game refuses to take ordinary treatment Commentary by Kansas City, Dallas played the Baltimore Colts in the closest game in Super Bowl history. The Colts won 16-13 on a last-second, 32-yard field goal by Jim O'Brien. It was a bitter loss for the Cowboys but the experience was put to good use by Dallas a year later. "We realized after the first Super Bowl that we had the players to win that game," said linebacker Lee Roy Jordan, who, like Page, is a 1988 Hall of Fame candidate. "That's a great thing, to realize that you can win.

It gave us a lot of confidence, even though we lost We came so close even making so many mistakes. We easily could have won." Jordan said that knowledge carried the Cowboys through the next season. "You've got to get there," he said. "That's the big SeeSUPERB2 to a hotel. You meet, you eat, you sleep, you practice.

You're confined for 20 hours a day, overdoing football. You get cabin fever." Even with swashbuckling Joe Kapp at quarterback, the Vikings couldn't shed the uptight feeling and were blown out by the Chiefs23-7. The next three times Minnesota went to the Super Bowl, the Vikes were underdogs and were beaten convincingly, 24-7 by Miami in 1974, 16-6 by Pittsburgh the next year, and 32-14 by Oakland in 1977. Page said the team never adjusted to changing its season-long routine for Super Week. "You're going out and doing the things you've done all year, but you're, doing them under a different set of circumstances," he said.

"It all went out the window on the field." The year after Page's Vikings were upset have previous experience with the Super. Bowl grind. Denver has 32 players returning from last year's Super Bowl team. Washington has 27 who have been through it before. That, however, does not necessarily simplify their task.

Alan Page, a candidate this year for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a defensive tackle on Minnesota's four Super Bowl losers, said going back to the big game never got any easier. "We went in tight every time," Page said. "We were as tight the fourth time as we were the first time." The reason for that, Page said, is the unnatural setting of the Super Bowl. During the season, a team playing a road game stays home until Friday. At the Super Bowl, both teams are required to be at the site of the game by the previous Monday and then subjected to a grind of non-stop By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer NFL coaches like to say the Super Bowl is just another game.

But if that were true, it would be played this Sunday, without an idle week built into the schedule to increase the anticipation. If it were just another game, there wouldn't be 1,500 reporters and broadcasters crawling all over players this week for stories. Television commercial time would sell at the regular season rate of $200,000 per 30-second spot, not the fancy $675,000 ABC is getting for this show. It is not just another game and nobody knows that better than the players, especially those who have been there before, like most of the Washington Redskins and Denver Broncos. These teams are loaded with players who interviews.

"After you've been there once, there is some understanding and feeling for the media pressure," Page said. "But it's still a different routine because you're constantly being asked questions and you're in a constant fishbowL You've got to respond to that without being distracted." The Vikings never could. Minnesota went into Super, Bowl IV favored by 12 points against Kansas City, The game was in New Orleans and Page remembers it as the toughest of his four Super Bowl experiences. "We went out and played under pressure," he said. "We spent a week confined lhaa iW iijIjiM.