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fpi1i II 11 II I i II II i ipTiriirii-nriii II n.miwiiwii'iwi yiw i 'f KlUy ifm H' ,1, i i The Leader-Post Regina Oct. 12, 1993 Sports B7 Doss weighs DU MtetaCs From L-P WIRE SERVICES Say good night to wide right. Top-ranked Florida Slate ended a two-year string of last-second losses to Miami two games decided by missed field goals that drifted wide to the right by beating the Hurricanes 28-10 on Saturday at Tallahassee, Fla. "This takes all the burden off the wide-right talk, said Florida State quarterback Charlie Ward. We did the things we needed to do to win.

We survived. The Seminoles (6-0) put an end to Miamis 31-game NCAA football regular-season winning streak and its eightgamestring of victories against No. Florida State's Warrick Dunn finds a hole 1 teams. I cashed in. (The curling) was harder work than selling souvenirs.

The triumph marked the second straight major victory in Saskatchewan for Hackner. Last year, he won the Bessborough Classic in Saskatoon, which snapped a lengthy string of losses in Saskatchewan for him. The last two spiels I'm 15-1 but that still doesnt get me to .500," Hackner said. Ive had a poor record in Saskatchewan. I was 5-21 and now I've won two in a row.

The final didnt start out that way. Hritzuk opened up a 2-0 lead with a steal of two after the second end. Hackner made it 2-1 after three ends. The pivotal end appeared to be the fifth, when Hackner wrecked on a guard on his first shot and was heavy on a draw with his second. Hritzuk was then looking at a sure two points but had to settle for one when he was light on a tap back.

We struggled with our weight a little bit, Hackner said. Fortunately for us, we made just enough good shots to hang through one end after another. Hritzuk led 4-2 after the eighth end. But Hackner chipped away with a single in the ninth, a steal of one in the 10th end to tie the count at 44, and the winning steal in the 11th end. All I know is Hackner wins a lot of games like that, Hritzuk said.

Hes a strong finisher. I was never for any moment relaxed out there. Hritzuk advanced to the final with a 6-5 victory over the Callies Brad Hebert. Hackner beat Vancouvers Jim Armstrong 74 in their semifinal game. Hebert and Armstrong each earned $7,500.

Edmontons Don Walchuk, Jansens Rob Ewen, Torontos Ed Werenich and Tartans Randy Woytowich collected $5,000 each for qualifying. -up despite small By MURRAY McCORMICK L-P Sports Writer Eugene Hritzuk was right where he wanted to be. The Loreburn skip had cruised through the $60,000 SGI Canada Charity Classic without a defeat and all that stood between him and a first-place cheque for $15,000 was an apparently simple draw to the four-foot. The llth-end draw wasnt all that easy because Hritzuk was three feet heavy on it. The miss allowed Thunder Bays A1 Hackner to steal a single point and a 54 victory before approximately 1,500 spectators at the Agridome.

I hadnt thrown a draw out there forever, said Hritzuk, who still looked stunned 15 minutes after Mondays game had ended by the fact his rock was heavy. That was an easy draw. It was a really slick spot, slicker than I thought. Besides that, it was more of a mental error than anything else. I threw it to the spot and Hackner, who was curling with brothers Bill and Jim Adams and John Silo, was aware that Hritzuk was drawing into unfamiliar territory.

I went to throw that rock in the extra end and I asked my third (Bill Adams) when was the last time that Geno had thrown a draw, Hackner said. He couldnt remember. I dont think he had an indication of what really good draw weight was. The long weekend was a financial success for Hritzuk, anyway, because he owned the rights to the souvenir clothing, which was nearly sold out by the end of Mondays final. It was a great event all the way around, said Hritzuk, who earned $10,000 with teammates Ron Mills and brothers Nick and Art Paulsen.

Agridome failed to dim the winners were the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Saskatchewan Head Injury Association, which will receive the proceeds from the event, The reason we ran the event was to get exposure for the charities and lateral ligament in his left knee in New Englands first victory this season, 23-20 at Phoenix (14). Emtman tore ligaments and tendons in his right knee as Indianapolis (2-3) fell to Dallas 27-3. The Patriots (1-4) used an 82-yard pass-and-lateral play to set up the decisive points. Scott Secules, in for Bledsoe, hit Kevin Turner for 13 yards. Turner shovelled the ball to Leonard Russell, who raced 69 yards down the sideline.

Vince Evans, at 38 the NFLs second-oldest quarterback, guided the Raiders (3-2) on a last-gasp 72-yard, 11-play drive. Nick Bell scored on a one-yard run with four seconds remaining to beat the Jets (2-3). San Diego (2-3) was held without a touchdown for the third time in five games. Linebacker Levon Kirkland returned a fumble for a touchdown and Gary Anderson kicked three field goals for Pittsburgh (3-2). After rookie Doug Pelfreys fifth field goal put Cincinnati (0-5) ahead, Dave Krieg guided Kansas City (4-1) on a 48 yard drive that ended with Nick Low ery's inning 37-yard kick.

The 11-game home winning streak of Philadelphia (41) ended as backup QB Bubby Brister was overwhelmed by the Bears (3-2). He fumbled twice, was intercepted twice and sacked seven times. Thumbs By MURRAY McCORMICK L-P Sports Writer The SGI Canada Charity Classic was a success in the eyes of curlers and organizers. The four-day, $60,000 event attracted a stellar 32-rink field, which savored the opportunity to curl at the Agridome. It didn't do as well at the gate, as approximately 3,000 ticket packages ranging from $12 in advance to $15 at the door were sold.

Well review what happened, bonspiel chairman Larry Fog said Monday. We want to see what sales were like and see how much money we brought in. I think we would like to do it again next year. The first year is always the tough year. The curlers enjoyed it, hopefully well do it again next year.

While the bonspiel may have lost on ticket sales, it gained on sponsors. There were 11 major sponsors, 24 contributing ones and 59 SGI broker sponsors. We factored in all the sponsors and we had more of them than we thought we would get, Fog said. Ticket sales were a little less than And they did it convincingly, going ahead early and never letting up. Sean Jackson put the Seminoles on the board with a 69-yard touchdown run in the opening quarter.

Miami (4 1) tied the game 7-7 on Frank Costa's six-yard TD pass to Donnell Bennett, but Ward put the Seminoles back on top to stay with a 72-yard TD pass to Matt Frier. Ward added a two-yard TD run before halftime and Florida State wrapped up its 13th straight victory with 4 59 left when Devin Bush intercepted Costa and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown. Florida State gained 303 yards and averaged 10 yards a play in the first half against a defence that hadnt given up a touchdown before halftime all season. The Seminoles figure to have a tough time staying undefeated. Upcoming in a month is a matchup with Notre Dame at South Bend, and the season finale is against crossstate rival Florida.

Meanwhile, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, running back Carey Bender set a college rushing record Saturday by gaining 417 yards in Coe's 69-7 victory over Grinnell. Bender, who carried 33 times, surpassed the previous college high of 409 yards, set in 42 carries by Derrick Williams of Eastern Montana against Montana Tech in 1976. Williams mark stands as the NAIA record. The previous all-divisions record in NCAA play was 396 by Kansass Tony Sands against Missouri in 1991. Debbie Ackerman and Cheryl Loughren, both from Regina, won the womens doubles event at the Canadian straightboard shuffleboard championships at the Seven Oaks Motor Inn on Saturday.

Ackerman and Loughren defeated Maureen Smith and Anne Zotsman. both from Edmonton, 2-0 in the best-of-three final. Regina's Shelly Carton lost 2-1 in the women's singles final to Sharon Zuhlke of Victoria. In the aggregate standings, Vancouver Island placed first with 63 points, followed by Saskatchewan (53) and Ontario (51) The Regina Pat Canadians opened their Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League season by splitting two road games. On Sunday, the North Battleford North Stars defeated Regina 5-2.

Jason Hodel and Jason Bird scored for Regina, which outshot North Battleford 35-20. Chris Jacobson, with two goals, Trevor KasahofT. Brent May and Jason Golding scored for North Battleford, which led 50 two minutes into the second period. On Saturday, Joel Irving had two goals to help Regina defeat the Prince Albert Raiders 5-2. Aaron Karpan, Colin Anderson and Jamie Burgess (with an empty-netter) also scored for the Pat Canadians.

Hodel added three assists. Ryan Marien and Scott Reed replied for Prince Albert, which was outshot 52-18 Regina returns to action Thursday against the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time for the Pat Canadians' home opener is 7 p.m., at the A1 Ritchie Memorial Centre Jim McLarty scored two goals to lead the of Regina Cougars hockey team to a 3-1 victory over the Manitoba Bisons in CWUAA exhibition action at the Sherwood Arena Centre on Saturday. Darren Schmidt also scored for Regina, which led 1-0 after the first period and 3-1 after 40 minutes. John Nunn replied for Manitoba.

Regina took 14 of 22 minor penalties. The Cougars open the regular season against the Brandon Bobcats on Friday and Saturday at the Sherwood Centre. Game time, both nights, is 7 p.m The Mcdwell Sharks women's touch football team, which is from Regina, went undefeated at the provincial championships in Saskatoon on the weekend. The Sharks beat the Saskatoon Kiwis, who won the previous two titles, 34-18 in Sunday's final Saskatoon's Sherry Scheirich maintained Saskatchewan's dominance at the $26,000 Husky Autumn Gold women's cash bonspiel Monday in Calgary. Scheirich defeated Calgary's Glenys Bahker 10-4 in the championship final, marking the third straight year a rink from Saskatchewan has won the bonspiel.

Scheinch earned $7,000 for the victory. Bakker collected $5,000. The Tartan's Michelle Schneider won the event last year and the Callie's Sandra Peterson was the winner in 1992. Saskatchewan rinks have won eight of the bonspiels 16 titles Saskatchewan placed second in Division II at the Canadian senior men's lacrosse championships, which concluded Sunday in Ottawa. Alberta beat Saskatchewan 12-10 in the final.

Brian Larsen of Regina led Saskatchewan with three goals. Oshawa beat Victoria 19-13 to win Division I. 3 occer Zambian soccer officials have protested to FIFA that biased refereeing in Sundays match against Morocco cost their nation a place in the World Cup finals. Patrick Kangwa, a spokesman for the Football Association of Zambia, said his organization was entitled to lodge an official complaint with FIFA, soccers international governing body, against referee Jean-Fidel Diramba of Gabon. In Zurich, FIFA spokesman Andreas Herren confirmed Zambia had filed a protest about the referees performance.

Morocco beat Zambia 1-0, qualifying for the 1994 World Cup finals in the United States and ending Zambias brave World Cup comeback after 18 national team players died in a plane crash in April Cameroon, the darling of the 1990 World Cup, qualified for the 1994 tournament with a 3-1 home-field victory over Zimbabwe on Sunday. Francois Omam Biyick scored on a penalty kick in the 14th minute and beat Zimbabwe goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar 11 minutes later as the Indomitable Lions took a 2-0 lead and sent the sellout crowd of 91,200 in Yaounde into a frenzy Eleven of the 24 teams in the 1994 World Cup tournament have been decided United States (host), Germany (defending champion), Cameroon, Morocco, Mexico, Greece, Russia, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil and Nigeria. i mum1 i The obsessed fan of tennis star Steffi Graf who allegedly knifed Monica Seles goes on trial today in Hamburg, Germany. Guenter Parche, a 39-year-old unemployed lathe operator from Nordhausen, is charged with causing grievous bodily harm. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Seles has not played a match since Parche stabbed her in the back April 30, during a changeover in her quarterfinal match against Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria during a tournament in Hamburg. Seles reportedly started practising with her father, Karolj, this month, and reportedly will play an exhibition at Dublin, Ireland, in December. Officials say that Seles will make her Grand Slam comeback at the Australian Open in Melbourne in January Norihiko Miyazi had 21 kills and two service aces to lead the Japanese national men's volleyball team to a 3-2 victory over the Canadian national team Monday in Calgary. The Japanese won the match 15-6, 10-15, 8-15, 15-11, 15-13 in front of 1.800 enthusiastic fans. On Saturday in Edmonton, the Japanese defeated the Canadians 3-0 (15-11, 15-8, 15-13).

On Friday, also in Edmonton, Canada defeated Japan 3-1 (6-15, 15-12, 15-13, 15-8) Chris Webber, the 6-foot-9 power forward who was the top pick in the 1993 NBA draft, was released from Detroits Henry Ford Hospital on Saturday, three days after undergoing an appendectomy. Webber missed the beginning of training camp for the Golden State Warriors. Dr. Ray Chung said he expected Webber would resume normal activities within a month. The soonest he is expected in camp if he signs is two weeks Australian jockey Ken Russell, 42, died Saturday night in Sydney of head injuries after being thrown from his mount in a spill at Rosehill race course Brazilian Formula I auto racing star Ayrton Senna has left the McLaren team and signed on with the powerful Williams-Renault team.

Senna, a three-time Formula I world driving champion, has signed a contract with the Williams-Renault team but terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. Senna replaces Frenchman Alain Prost, the 1993 world driving champion who has announced he will retire at the end of the season. Compiled by Gregg Dnnnan crowds Leader-Post photo by Bryan Schlosser enthusiasm of organizers raise some money for them, said Randy Woytowich, the 1993 mens provincial champion and an organiz- er of the event. If we can achieve those objectives, well be very happy. The Giants (4-1) handed Washington (1-4) its worst home defeat in 45 years, sending the Redskins to their fourth successive loss.

Lewis Tillman, subbing for the injured Rodney Hampton, ran for 104 yards. Troy Aikman, the NFC passing leader, hit 21 of 28 attempts for 245 yards, Michael Irvin caught seven passes for 112 yards and Emmitt Smith ran for 104 yards as Dallas (3-2)wron its third in a row. Vencie Glenn intercepted two of Craig Erickson's passes, and Carl Lee and Todd Scott picked off one each for Minnesota (3-2). It was the Vikings' first shutout since 1991, also the last time Tampa Bay (1-4) was blanked. Green Bay (2-3) jumped to a 30-7, lead then hung on.

Reggie Whites back-to-back sacks of Denver quarterback John Elway in the last two minutes ended the Broncos hopes of a comeback victory. Elway set career highs with 33 completions in 59 attempts. Denver slipped to 3-2. On Monday night, Jim Kelly threw for three Buffalo touchdow ns and Thurman Thomas rushed for 90 yards in the first half alone. The Bills (41) used a 21-point second quarter to break a 7-7 tie and Houston (1-4) turned the ball over seven times.

More NFL on Page B10. Stars falling on the gridiron Sub-par ticket sales at the we thought. Overall were about right on budget. A decision to go ahead with the bonspiel for a second year may be made in a couple of weeks. No matter what happens, the true Holiday Results MONDAY Buffalo 35 Houston 7 SUNDAY Miami 24 Cleveland 14 New England 23 Phoenix 21 Dallas 27 Indianapolis 3 Chicago 17 Philadelphia 6 L.A.

Raiders 24 N.Y. Jets 20 Pittsburgh 16 San Diego 3 N.Y. Giants 41 Washington 7 Kansas City 17 Cincinnati 15 Minnesota 1 5 Tampa Bay 0 Green Bay 30 Denver 27 of 16 passes for 80 yards, including touchdowns of 19 yards to Tony Martin and three to Keith Jackson. Kosar, ineffective for the third straight game for Cleveland (3-2), was benched for Yinny Testaverde, who didnt do much better. But after the game, coach Bill Belichick announced a switch to Testaverde for next week against Cincinnati.

He's been moving the team when he's been in there. Belichick said. "That's what we need offensively." Bledsoe.sprained the medial col From THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dan Marino is gone, sidelined with a tom Achilles tendon. Bemie Kosar is gone, sidelined by his coach. Drew Bledsoe and Steve Emtman, the top two choices of the last two drafts, also went down Sunday on a rough day in the NFL.

The injury to Marino came late in the first half in Cleveland, where the Dolphins beat the Browns 24-14. Marino, the NFLs most durable quarterback, had a string of 145 straight starts for Miami (4-1). He wont make 146 after tearing his right Achilles tendon while planting his foot for a 10-yard completion. He was helped ofT the field and returned to the sidelines on crutches in the fourth quarter. It felt like I got kicked," Marino said.

I got a real sharp pain in the back of my ankle just as I threw the ball. I havent been hurt enough to know exactly what happened, so it was a real shock. Marino underwent successful surgery Monday to repair the damage and will require four to six months of rehabilitation. Marinos replacement. Scott Mitchell who almost didn't suit up because of a seriously inflamed eye had thrown just eight passes in (free previous seasons.

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