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E8 The Boston Globe FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2004 Golf roundup Cardinal rules for Ambrose I "Vj SHAUGHNESSY Continued from Page El miles to school (and back) through 10-foot snowdrifts. Uphill, both ways. "I don't think the kids have changed that much," he says, wearing the same school colors he wore when Dwight Eisenhower was president "What's kept me here is the attitude of the kids. They still have respect for authority and they are still willing to learn. They know what we're trying to do is in their best interest If you dont deprive them of their dignity or back them into a corner, they will treat you well.

There's a way to correct them and get your point across. Never embarrass them in public or berate them in an athletic contest" The hardest thing is the allocation of playing time. Every kid wants to play. You cant play them all as much as they'd like. Sometimes, you even have to tell them they cant play anymore.

There's no room for 30 kids on a varsity base BC High's Terry West lacks up dirt in beating the tag at second by Rob Tarallo, but Xaverian knocked off the Eagles. School roundup Coyle-Cassidy survives ball team, which is why Peter Ambrose had to cut one of his own sons 20 years ago. "That was tough," he remembers. "But how could I look at myself in the mirror in the morning if I kept him and didnt keep another kid who I knew was better? Still, that was one week of turmoil in my house." Christine, his wife of 47 years, is the head of the household in Brockton where the Ambroses raised three girls and two boys. They have five grandchildren.

Peter retired as a history teacher after 40 years at Spellman, but he cant give up coaching. "I get juiced up before the games," he admits. "I cant even eat before football games. I still have that competitive desire for us to play wefl." Ambrose grew up in Watertown and captained St Pat's (now Trinity Catholic) in three snnrts hpfnrp trnin? tn nlav fnnthall at St. Fran- cis Xavier in Nova Scotia.

In the fall of '59, his father told him about a coaching opening at the new Catholic school in Brockton, and Ambrose was hired three days after his interview. Coach says he's taking it year by year. Ambrose says he's never had a problem with discipline. It's probably easier to enforce rules at a small Catholic school where kids pay tuition and wear uniforms, but Spellman is no rich kid's haven. The campus is located in blue-collar Brockton and doors are locked most of the day.

Michael Gerrish, athletic director at Spellman, says, "I see us as another choice for kids. We offer a coed, Catholic education. We offer structure and discipline. We're not in Sandwich or Hyannis, but I dont think we're that much different than a lot of schools." Other than the fact that they've got a coach who was blowing a whistle before the American ByJonHussey GLOBE CORRESPONDENT Coyle-Cassidy's Courtney Oliver is one of the most prolific pitchers in Massachusetts. The Hofstra-bound senior has hurled two no-hitters this season and has led the Warriors to the No.

5 ranking in the state. She's so good, she even finds a way to win when she is outpitched. Last night, Dartmouth's Kayla Rodri-gues did just that, throwing a no-hitter, but three errors in the first inning allowed Coyle-Cassidy (7-1) to escape with a 2-1 victory. Rodrigues was stellar for unranked Dartmouth, but Oliver was nearly as good, striking out 15 and allowing just three hits. Greater Boston: Chelsea Choate threw seven shutout innings and struck out 12 to lead Maiden (8-3) to a 10-0 victory over hostSomerville.

Northeastern: With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Lynn English's Georgia Salisman knocked in the winning run with a single in a 3-2 decision over Swampscott Patriot: Sophomore Jamie Ducinski allowed one hit and struck out 10 as Dux-bury shut out host Middleboro, 3-0. South Shore: Junior Jen Grabowski was 3 for 3 with three RBIs, helping Abington (11-1) routCohasset, 23-1. Baseball Atlantic Coast: Scott Savastano's four hits, including the winner in the eighth, gave Plymouth North a 15-1 1 victory over host Whitman-Hanson. Junior Eddie Per-eira had a leadoff home run, a triple, and three RBIs for Plymouth North. Bay State: A two-run triple by John Herman in the 10th propelled Needham (4-7) over host Newton North, 6-4.

Needham's Jeff Smith went 4 for 4 and tied the game with an RBI single in the ninth Weymouth sophomore Matt Leroy threw seven innings and allowed one earned run as the Wildcats slid past Braintree, 5-4. Cape Ann: Sophomore pitcher John Schleer earned a save and laid down two suicide squeezes, including one that knocked in the eventual winning run in the fifth inning, to carry Masconomet (8-2) to a 5-4 victory over Hamilton-Wen-ham Amesbury's Mike Tanzella had four hits (three doubles) and the winning RBI in the ninth to clinch a 7-5 victory over Ipswich. Catholic Conference: Third-ranked Xaverian (9-2) defeated No. 9 BC High, 5-3, behind a seven-strikeout, complete-game performance by senior John Barker. Barker also knocked in three runs.

Greater Boston: Senior Jon Morse threw his fourth complete game to lead No. 12 Arlington (8-1) to a 5-2 victory over visiting Cambridge. Northeastern: Marblehead's John Kan-arski pitched a complete game and Mike Rader had two hits and two RBIs as the Headers (4-8) upset Beverly, 7-3 Jason Blydell had a triple, a single, and an RBI in Swampscott's 9-8 victory over visiting Lynn English. Triplett upstages star field ASSOCIATED PRESS Thousands of fans watching Tiger Woods post his first bogey-free round of the year missed out on all the excitement behind them Kirk Triplett setting the course record at the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte, N.C., with an8-under-par64. Triplett took a two-shot lead yesterday by closing his stellar round with three straight birdies, the last from 45 feet on No.

9, just 15 minutes after Woods and his massive following were gone. "They missed most of it, I think," said Triplett, playing two groups behind Woods. Triplett needed only 11 putts over the last nine holes to pull away from an enormous pack of players that included just about everyone except the three biggest stars at Quail Hollow. Vijay Singh, trying to become the first player in nearly five years to win three straight weeks, had a chance to take the early lead until he three-putted from 18 feet for bogey on the last hole for a 68. Woods carved out a 69, making birdies with simple up-and-downs on the par 5s and finishing with two solid par saves a 75-foot bunker shot to tap-in range, and a full swing on a flop shot 40 feet from the flag that stopped just 3 feet behind the hole.

He took big numbers and bogeys out of the equation. Masters champion Phil Mickelson was poised to join the early leaders until he missed a 6-foot birdie on the par-5 15th and followed with his only bogey in a round of 70. It was his 17th consecutive round of par or better. Fredrik Jacobson, Stuart Appleby, and Brett Quigley were at 66, while the half-dozen players at 67 included former Masters champion Mike Weir, who had four straight birdies in the middle of his round and three straight at the end. LPGA Soo-Yun Kang is a big winner on the women's tour in her native Korea.

Now, she's taking aim at LPGA Tour success. Kang shot a 6-under 65, riding a pinpoint 60-degree wedge to a series of short birdies and grabbing a one-shot lead in the Miche-lob Ultra Open at Williamsburg, Va. Kang had birdie putts of 18 inches, 2 feet, 3V4 feet, and 6 inches, all after hitting her 60-degree wedge from in close. She also nearly holed a 7-iron on the par-3 fifth and made the 1-foot putt. Kaxigs late surge relegated Helen Alfredsson and Dorothy Dela-sin to second best at 5-under 66.

Michelle Wie, playing in a tournament for the first time since she finished fourth at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, routinely outdrove playing partners Clarissa Childs and Charlotta Sorenstam by a wide margin, but watched birdie putt after putt slide by in a 1-over 72. Fellow teen sensation Aree Song, 18, opened with a 73. Wie, 14, is playing under a sponsor's exemption. Kim Saiki was two shots back, and a group of six was at 68. Annika Sorenstam, the winner in two of four previous starts, was another shot back at 69, and defending champion Grace Park shot a 72.

European David Howell shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the British Masters at Meriden, England. Howell, playing in just his second tournament after missing six weeks with an injured shoulder, was a stroke in front of Eduardo Romero, Michael Campbell, Trevor Immelman, Kenneth Ferrie, and Andrew Coltart. Colin Montgomerie shot an even-par 72 and Retief Goosen, the 2001 US Open champion, bo-geyed four of the final nine holes and finished with a 72. TIGER WOODS First bogey-free round of year 7T space program was launched. Here's perspec- tive: One of Ambrose best players this year is Mike Hinkley, son of Peter Hinkley, Spellman ion a 1 i 14033 Ul OU.

AI11U1USC cuictiuy IIOU UCCll umui' ing 21 years when his best player's father played for him. ur i ijiar.n rtmnrose was evervininir. suvs uie GLOBE STAFF PHOTOJIM DAVIS Patriot: A balk with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh brought in the winning run as Scituate (8-2) edged visiting Hingham, 6-5. Kevin Webster picked up the win in relief, striking out two in two innings. South Shore: Norwell's Rob Napolitano knocked in the winning run in the 12th inning to lift the Clippers over Carver, 3-2.

Carver pitcher Dan Seip had 17 strikeouts in nine innings in a losing effort Anthony McNulty and Alex Redman each had two hits and two RBIs and Steve Go-branson struck out seven and allowed just two hits as host Abington (6-6) blanked Cohasset, 6-0. Gobranson improved to 4-0. Boys' lacrosse Dual County: Junior Jake Beebe (5 goals, 1 assist) and captain Dana McNally (2 goals, 3 assists) led Lincoln-Sudbury (8-1) past Concord-Carlisle, 12-2. The win avenged Lincoln-Sudbury's only loss of the season. Tri-Valley: Nate Higley's goal with 22 seconds left lifted Dover-Sherborn (10-2) over Hopkinton, 10-9.

Girls' lacrosse Cape Ann: Alyssa Ritchie had five goals and four assists as North Andover (7-0) rolled to a 14-8 win over visiting Pen-tucket. Information from athletic directors, coaches and their assistants was used in thisreport. QIOBE STAFF PHOTOLANt TURNER Lee is headed to Robert Morris tfc Aim VJ I iff elder Hinkley. "He was coach, adviser, teacher, he mowed the field, drove the bus, trainer, equipment manager. I think he even stocked the concessions." "In today's education world, teachers come and go, and kids dont get to know them," says Steve Sheppard, Spellman '71.

"It was great to know that Peter Ambrose would always be at Spellman." The language young people use has changed considerably since Peter Hinkley and Sheppard were at Spellman. "And not for the better," says Ambrose, who remembers an era when "damn" would get you 90 days in solitary. "We dont tolerate it Just like we dont tolerate throwing a bat or a helmet or bringing disgrace to the team, the school, and your parents." Other changes, Coach? "I dont think kids play enough baseball anymore. In the '50s and '60s, you had to get up early in the morning just to get on the diamond. Now you drive by there and see the ghosts.

Players today are bigger, faster, and stronger, but they dont play enough. And too often they pick just one sport I think you should play as many as you are capable of playing. Now they specialize and I dont care for that "I think the parents have changed, too. Some of them put too much pressure on the kids. They're living vicariously through their kid.

I've seen kids who dont come out for baseball because of that. Hey, a youngster has only so much ability. That doesnt make him any less of a good kid." Thankfully, there are hundreds, maybe thousands of Peter Ambroses sitting behind desks in dark, sweaty offices across the country. They are overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated. Not all of them last 45 years, win 750-plus games, make three Halls of Fame, or get fields named after them, but they become an integral part of the lives of our children.

In the end, it's not about the retirement checks, trophies, and tournament wins. Good high school coaches grow old with something else. When you play for a guy like Peter Ambrose, a part of him walks with you always. For the coach, there's reward in that more than most of us will ever know. By Emily Werchadlo GLOBE CORRESPONDENT Charlestown basketball guard Tony Lee, a Globe All-Scholastic, will attend Robert Morris University, it was announced yesterday at a press conference at the high school.

Lee, who played on two state championship teams, will join former teammates Cori Boston and Derek Coleman at Robert Morris, making Charlestown the only school in the country with three players at the same Division 1 school. "We're ecstatic, it really says a lot about the school and the kids," said Charlestown coach Jack O'Brien. "He's a great, great kid." Lee, the Boston City League MVP, averaged 16.4 points and 11.2 rebounds last season. The announcement came the morning after the death of former Charlestown forward Richard Jones (Class of 2001) during a basketball workout at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y. Jones, 21, collapsed during a shooting drill around 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday. O'Brien, who kept in regular contact with his former player, heard the news at about 9 p.m. "It's a shock," he said. "We had the press conference with mixed emotions." The 6-foot-6-inch Boston Globe Scholar-Athlete winner led Charlestown to back-to-back state titles and a 57-1 record in his tenure. Yesterday, an Erie County medical examiner listed the cause of death as natural, the result of a genetically enlarged heart.

The autopsy results were released by Canisius at the request of the player's family. The condition, known as hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, is a disorder of the heart muscle that generally includes enlargement of the heart and a thickening of the walls of the left ventricle. "What made him special Is that he didnt try to be special," said O'Brien. "He was a kid we really pointed younger kids to, like, 'Richard, talk to It wasnt just about basketball with Richard." Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. Hise-mail address is dstoughnessyijifobe.com.

Coach Jack O'Brien watches Charlestown's Tony Lee sign his letter of intent to attend Robert Morris, where hell join two former Townies. Material from the Associated Press was used thisreport. in.