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NBA playoffs: Bulls begin defense of title with win over Cavaliers 5C Section Saturday April 30, 1994 Sports Editor Lee Williams, 546-6170 2C Printout 4C Baseball 5C Golf 5C Soccer rj I El Paso Times 1 TI TPcisriciins! slosh tfasir way to state II ill JL GiU(UUliX Coronado boys track grees, coach Bruce Gordon said. "It's amazing anybody could come up with a de cent perf'or mance." Golf: Rain postponed the boys first round and -they are scheduled to play 36 holes today at Meadowbrook Golf Course, The girls were able to complete nine holes Friday. They will play 18 holes today. Tennis: Friday's matches were postponed until today and the finals will now be played Sunday. For more on the regionals and nasty weather 3C 1 ft rL jf By Steve Ramirez El Paso Times LUBBOCK Parkland's Kim Austin couldn't explain why she jumped so well in Friday's Region 1-5A track and field meet.

Del Valle's Jeremy Covey was a little surprised he'd done so well in the run. Austin won the long jump in 18 feet 8 inches and Covev took the 3,200 in 9 minutes, 411 seconds to earn trips to the state meet in Austin May 12-14. the weather. Heavy rain fell early Friday morning and the downpour kept the meet from starting until 2:30 p.m. MDT.

"It was a total mess out there," Pry said. "Everybody was slipping and sliding around. You really had to concentrate." The rain finally let up and the meet began. However, the temperature never got above 40 degrees and the wind gusted to 25 mph. "The wind chill factor out here must be about four de effort on her first jump.

"I didn't really think I could come in here and jump so well," Austin said. Austin said the weather played a big part in her victory. "This is cold and I'm sure everybody's affected by it. I know 1 am. I'm surprised nobody jumped better.

When I went 18-8 on that first one, I started thinking here we go, now everybody will go for Please see Track 3C They'll be joined by Coronado's Mike Pry and Eastwood's Blan-ca Reyes, who finished second in the shot put and girl's 3200-meter run, respectively. The four athletes highlighted El Paso's showing at the meet at Texas Tech's Fuller Stadium. The lowlight was definitely But Austin and Covey did. Before the cold tem Austin perature, wind and fatigue set in, Austin put forth the winning Cowboys open Cami switzer 8 Players concerned about defense Bono cut: 49ers unload backup quarterback 5C Jl ofr i ft By Tim Cowlishaw Dallas Morning News DALLAS Michael Irvin and his new buddy. Barry Switzer, were joking in the Dallas Cow boys' locker room, with the receiver telling the new coach that he had to throw out all these media types at 1 p.m.

"Michael's right, he'll start throwing trash cans." Switzer said, in reference to Irvin's reaction to the coaching change one month ago. "And I'm going to help him reload." Maybe it's too soon to say all is right at Valley Ranch, but the first day of mini-camp gave no signs that this is a sinking ship. "A lot of those guys that are gone, like (Ken) Norton and (Kevin) Gogan, are guys 1 worked out with last off-season, so I've missed them," Irvin said. "But being in here today, seeing all the guys we still have is a good feeling." Switzer said he's still trying to put names with faces. So, too, are some of the Cowboys.

There's still a No. 56 jersey hanging in the locker between James Washington and Dixon Edwards. But now the number belongs to Roosevelt Collins, not Norton. The losses on defense have been the most dramatic. Two Pro Bowlers, Norton and safetv Thomas Everett (traded for salary cap reasons), are gone.

Two tackles. Tony Casillas and Jim-1 mie Jones, also have left a void. "What's a word for a little more than asked cor-nerback Larry Brown. "In my opinion, the changes are a little more than subtle. Norton was probably the key player we lost defensively.

We lost Everett, but we do have experience there with James Washington. If one guy was a key loss for us, it was Norton. He was the leader of the defense." Safety Darren Woodson said he thinks the changes have been more significant. "Norton was the glue that kept us together. He was the key ingredient," Woodson said.

"We need a new leader, and it might be someone like Charles Haley. Probably (Jim) Jeffcoat and James (Washington) will have to step up, too." Owner Jerry Jones has remarked more than once that the Cowboys are within Mark Step-noski's signature of keeping all eight offensive Pro Bowlers. That may make the defensive voids easier to fill. BASEBALL Texas League El Paso 5, Midland 3 American League Cleveland 5, Texas 4, 12 innings Detroit 4, Chicago 3 Toronto 12, Minnesota 7 Boston 6, California 4 New York 10, Oakland 6' Seattle 5, Baltimore 4 Milwaukee at Kansas City, rain National League Colorado 6, Chicago 5 Cincinnati 8, Florida 5 Montreal 3, San Diego 1 Philadelphia's, San Francisco 3 Pittsburgh 8, Atlanta 5 New York 6, Los Angeles 4 Houston 4, St Louis 3 (10) BASKETBALL National Basketball Assn. playoffs New York 91, New Jersey 80 Chicago 104, Cleveland 96 Houston 114, Portland 104 Phoenix 111, Golden State 104 HOCKEY National Hockey League playoffs New Jersey 2, Buffalo 1 Boston 5, Montreal 3 Tlmesllne 24-hour scoreboard) 546-6464 BORDERLAND Miner golf: UTEP shot a 305 for a two-day 608 during Friday's WAC golf championships at San Joaqin Country Club in Fresno, Calif.

UTEP is alone in seventh, 38 strokes behind leader Fresno State. Ryan, rlietala led UTEBfor the second straight day at 73-143. He shares fifth in the medalist race. Other UTEP scores: Tom Galvin (76-76 152); Tommy Lewis (77-77 154); Dan Keogh (80-79 159); Kevin Pappas (82-79 161). Brigham Young is in second at 572, followed by Colorado State (597), New Mexico (599), Utah (604), Hawaii (606), UTEP (608).

Lady Miner tennis: UTEP women bounced back from an opening loss to Fresno State to shut out Colorado State 8-0 in the consolation round of the WAC tennis championships at Provo, Utah. The Lady Miners will face New Mexico today. Also today, San Diego State and host Brigham Young will play for the WAC championship. El Paso boxer wins: El Pasoan Jorge Reyes scored a one-round knockout of Juarez's Mario Lozano Friday night at the Juarez Municipal Gym. Reyes won at 2:49 in a scheduled eight-round bantamweight bout.

El Pasoan Rene Herrera was to fight later Friday in the 10-round welterweight main event against "El Bolil-lo" Associated Press After Friday's first workout with Coach Barry Switzer, Troy Aikman said it's going to be tough on Switzer "learning the NFL game. It's a lot different from college." UTEP shows off speed, blows away field in 800 relay Times staff reports The 800 relay of freshman Obadele Thompson (20.41), Mallard, Hayden Stephen (20.22) and Andrew Tynes (20.27) bettered the former Drake record of 1:20.84 set 11 years ago by Texas Christian. The only faster times in that event this vear are the world record of 1:18.68 by Carl Lewis' Santa Monica Track Club and 1:19.10 by the World All-Stars. Both marks came April 17 in the Mount Sac Relays in California. Despite the blistering time, the Miners had their eves set the day, to qualify for today's finals.

Ove Hauge threw the discus 193 feet 6 inches for an individual victory. No other throw was within 12 feet of him. It was his best throw of the year by 4 feet. Also Friday, the women's 400 and 800 relays qualified for today's finals, along with Melinda Sergent in the women's 100 and Doug Price in the men's high hurdles. Terhi Palovouri finished second in the women's javelin at 158-9.

higher. "We wanted the collegiate record (1:20.20 set by TCU in 1986), but with the (cold, overcast) conditions today, we'll take the Drake Relays record." Tynes said. "But it was our first time running together, so who knows? If we keep running together, we could get that record." UTEP also has the fastest collegiate 400-meter relay time in the nation this spring, 39.06, set three weeks ago. Friday, the Miners ran 40.2, second best of Scoreboard: See results from the Drake Relays 2C Sophomore Milton Mallard was clocked in 19.36 seconds on his 200-meter second leg, and the Miners went on to win by a full two seconds about 20 yards ahead of runner-up University of Houston's 1:22.55. It was a strong day for the Miners, who got a career-best effort from Kjell Ove Hauge in the discus.

Every UTEP athlete advanced to the final except one. DES MOINES, Iowa UTEP ran this spring's third-fastest 800-meter relay in the world Friday, and Coach Bob Kitchens had the best vantage point. "It was all over after the second leg," said Kitchens, who is acting as honorary referee of the 85th annual Drake Relays and was on the infield when his Miners ran the relay in 1 minutes 20.53 seconds. That's the best collegiate time in the nation and set a new Drake Relays record. El Paso keeps finding ways to win, now 17-5 Perez plays out Diablos' dream El Pasoan a hit at Cohen By Bill Knight El Paso Times ELSEWHERE Ex-coach revs up: Former' NFL coach Jerry Glanville will start 22nd in today's AR-CA Food World 500 stock car race at Talladega (Ala.) Su-perspeedway.

Friday, Glanville, 52, stood on a lap of 186.430 mph that By Bill Knight El Paso Times i. 1 1 Today dloblOi ANGELS 3 DIABLOS 5 No tricks. Nothing fancy. No gimmicks. Just the basics.

That's how I he ran in Thursday's opening time trials, when the first 20 positions were determined, ft y'V wound up in the middle of the 42-car field. Libel suit dismissed: A fed-feral magistrate has thrown lout a woman 's $1 million libel jjsuit against Sports Illustrated ithat stemmed from an article Whowhat El Paso Diablos (17 5) vs. Midland Angels (11-11) in third of five-game series and seventh of 10-game homestand. 1 Whenwhere: 7 p.m. at Cohen Stadium.

rv Radio: KHEY-AM 690 Promotion: Free Little League bats; Mascot Mania Information: 755-2000. Notes: Diablos seem to -do well in April 6C He came to the ballpark with his mom and dad and brother, cap pulled down snugly in place, the glove on his left hand waiting and hoping for a foul ball to venture his way. One among thousands who visited Dudley Field over the years. The El Paso Diablos are now in slick, new Cohen Stadium. Dudley Field is in a holding pattern, soccer players using it, waiting for the zoo to claim it on waivers.

And that small boy now plays center field for the Diablos. Danny Perez, star at Hanks, star at Oklahoma State, has come home. And he knows this is a special opportunity. "I'm probably living out a lot of people's dreams," the 23-year-old said. "And if I'm doing that, I certainly want to do my best." Obviously, there is an extra helping of pressure heaped on his plate at this moment.

Please see Perez 6C the El Paso Diablos continue to shower April with victory upon victory. Friday night, with a frisky crowd of 6,315 fans actively looking on, the Diablos edged Midland 5-3 at Cohen Stadium. The Diablos have now won 14 of their last 16 and have a rather steamy 17-5 record in the Texas League Western division. So how do they do it? Solid pitching. Rather exceptional defense.

And timely hitting. Friday's win was simple: "Timely hitting and (Tom) Pop-plewell," said Diablo manager Tim Ireland. The timely hitting was supplied in large part by Rodney Lofton, Mike Stefanski and Leon jjfon former high school sports gstar Allen Iverson. The plain-0 Stiff, Julia alleged 5 'that Sports Illustrated por-H trayed her as a racist in an (article published Oct. 25.

U.S. Magistrate James E. Bradberry dismissed Weaver's Glenn the sixth, seventh and eighth hitters in the lineup.V, jlawsuit on the grounds the ar-Iticle didn't say Weaver did lany thing wrong. The article Grace Saenz Dickson El Paso Times Danny Perez has made himself comfortable with the Diablos. Please see Diablos 6C a Mid not mention her by name.

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