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The Daily News, Lebanon, Friday, December 21, 1990 "1 i AT A GLANCE Shamrock defense shuts down Cougar attack only outscored the Vikings 17-12 and Impact adds Todd Smith HERSHEY Former Cumberland Valley High School standout Todd Smith has joined the nersney impaci. rr "v'jklx The Impact an-:" V. By JEFF FALK Daily News Sportswriter The Palmyra girls basketball team had used a stifling defense to build an early 6-0 record. But on Thursday night the Cougars were out-defensed by long-time rival Trinity. The Shamrocks held Palmyra to five points in the first half and cruised to a 44-25 win in an early Mid-Penn Conference Division One showdown last night.

The loss was Palmyra's first of the season and dropped it to 2-1 in the league. Trinity is 3-0 in Division One and 5-2 overall. While Trinity was only giving up five points in the first two periods it was scoring 20 to build a 15-point halftime bulge. Palmyra couldn't take anything off the Shamrock lead in the second half and actually ended up being outscored in each of the four quarters. Trinity's Amy Walker was the only scorer for either team to hit double figures and finished with ten points.

Tanya Belair led the Cougars with nine points, as Palmyra scored only four field goals in the entire game. In non-league action on Thursday night, Pine Grove stayed unbeaten with a 65-36 win at Lebanon. The Cedars are still searching for their first win and are now 0-6. Lebanon actually led the mighty Cardinals (4-0) 13-12 after one period, but after that it was all Pine Grove. The Cards went on a 16-1 tear through the second period to assume a 28-14 halftime lead and then proceeded to outscore the Cedars 37-22 in the second half to win going away.

Pine Grove's terrific trio of Adi Schneck, Neda Gholson and Bobbie Loy accounted for 24, 11 and ten points respectively. Jen Bartal led Lebanon with 20 counters. And Annville-Cleona got 23 points from Michelle Kulbitsky on its way to a 55-46 non-league win over Manheim Central. The improving Little Dutchmen are now 3-4 on the year, while the Barons fall to 2-5. A-C's big period was the second when it outscored MC 14-8 to take a 32-23 lead to the lockerroom.

The Little Dutchmen stretched their advantage to 46-35 by the beginning of the fourth quarter. Elsewhere, in a game of teams heading in opposite directions, Warwick stayed unbeaten by stomping Northern Lebanon 76-45 in a non-league contest in Fredericksburg. The Warriors are 6-0 and the Vikings are 1-5. The Warriors blew open a relatively close game with a 24-6 third quarter. Before that, Warwick had 18-13 in the tirst two penoas oi piay.

Krista Carvell had 14 points to pace the winners and teammate Heidi Sommers contributed 12. Northern Lebanon's leading scorer Pam Ollar tallied 14 points. And finally, at Blue Mountain, Elco was done in by a two-point se- cond quarter and fell to Blue Mountain 61-34. Blue Mountain went on a 12-2 rampage during the second period to increase its 21-9 first-period lead to 33-11 by halftime. Kori Heiser and Julie Ogurcaks.

scored ten points apiece to lead the; Raiders, now 2-4 in non-league. Blue Mountain improved to 5-2 with victory. nounced Thurs-! day that Smith had been acquired in a trade with the Atlanta Attack. In return for the third-year pro, the Attack will receive Her--shey's second round draft pick in the 1991 draft. Syracuse survives Towson upset bid Smith, who Kraft played collegiately at Pitt, replaces the recently signed Jeff Kraft on the roster.

Kraft, added to the roster last week, has been placed on the disabled list after suffering an ankle injury after last Saturday's game in Milwaukee. A defender, Smith spent his rookie season with Fort Wayne before being signed by Atlanta last season. He led the Attack in blocked shots and finished fifth in the league last season. Kraft had one assist in his first two games with the Impact this season. Smith will dress for tonight's game in Illinois as the 2-6 Impact attempts to break a five-game losing streak.

Versace fired INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indiana Pacers, off to a disappointing 9-16 start that includes a 1-12 road record, fired coach Dick Versace and replaced him with assistant Bob gotten better and I think he's going to keep getting better." Owens played all 40 minutes, moving outside for part of the game after guard Michael Edwards left with a severe ankle sprain. Team officials said Edwards was treated at a nearby hospital and is expected to miss several games. Without Edwards, Syracuse turned the ball over 18 times and allowed the Tigers (3-4) to stay close. Truax praised his undersized squad for not quitting and said Lightening played well at both ends of the floor. Lightening, a 6-foot-5 junior, finished with 29 points.

Despite the slow start, Syracuse continued to go to Owens. He responded with several clutch baskets, including an eight-foot jumper that put Syracuse ahead to stay with just over 14 minutes left in the game. Owens said he was able to stay focused, despite a newspaper report alleging that he other present and former players received money or merchandise from Syracuse backers. Before the game, Owens denied the published allegation that he received $500 from former teammate Derrick Coleman. After the game, he said, "I'm out here to play basketball.

I'll let that other stuff take care of itself." HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) The last time Billy Owens played basketball in the Hersheypark Arena, he couldn't seem to miss. The year was 1988, and Owens scored 53 points to lead Carlisle High School to a state championship. For a while Thursday night, the magic seemed to have disappeared for Owens, now a junior at Syracuse. Owens missed his first three shots and unheralded Towson State jumped to a quick 6-point lead over the third-ranked Orange.

But with friends and relatives from nearby Carlisle in the stands, Owens got his game together, leading Syracuse to a 78-73 victory. The 6-foot-10 forward topped both teams with 16 rebounds and 30 points, including a crucial short jump shot that put Syracuse up by 4 points with less than a minute to play. After Towson State forward Chuck Lightening converted a three-point play and Devin Boyd added a basket after a steal to trim Syracuse's lead to 2, Owens called for the ball in the middle. He got it and lost it, but grabbed it back for an open 10-foot shot. After the game, Towson State coach Terry Truax said Owens may be the best player in college basketball this season.

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim added, "He was a great player coming in, but I think he's I fill tit Ill pi "Sol Hill. Pacers presi I Su. I dent Donnie Walsh blamed the change on the team inconsis It fJ 1 tent play and criticism regar ding the amount of playing time Versace permitted reserves. The Pacers, eliminated from the playoffs in Hill but may be facing NCAA investigation ft three games last season by eventual champion Detroit, compiled a 42-40 record in Vercase's first full season. Hill compiled a 20-46 record as coach of the New York Knicks in 1986-87.

Versace was the second NBA coach to be fired this year. Stu Jackson of the Knicks was the first. Player named PITTSBURGH (AP) Al Kallmann, a running back from Canevin High School, was selected Thursday as The Associated Press Small School Player of the Year in Pennsylvania. The 5-11, 190 pound senior helped lead the Crusaders to a 10-game winning streak, a 12-3 record and their near-miss state Class AA title game loss to unbeaten Hanover. Kaufman not only rushed for more than 2,000 yards, he was one of the Crusaders' top defensive players.

He also played most of the season with a fractured shoulder blade that seemed to hurt him more off the field than on it Kaufman carried 307 times for 2,111 yards and 26 touchdowns and averaged more than seven yards a carry while rushing for more than 100 yards in all but two of Canevin's 15 games. Among the schools interested in Kaufman are Temple, Holy Cross, Youngstown State and Delaware. Ml Earl Bnghtbill The Daily New Kalnoski finished third in the event behind teammate Jamie Shay and Wilson's Lisa Tyl, the winner. Cedar Crest's Shannon Kalnoski launches herself off the board during the diving competition in Thursday's meet against Wilson. done good for Syracuse University and the community." Owens denied receiving money from Coleman.

After the 78-73 victory over Towson State, coach Jim Boeheim refused to comment on the allegations. The university said Thursday it will review the Post-Standard's allegations, which were based on a seven-month investigation, and consult with the NCAA to determine what action is necessary. The alleged violations included players receiving free merchandise and meals, getting cut-rate use of cars and even cash from boosters, including NBA Hall of Famer Dave Bing, who played collegiately at Syracuse as a teammate of Boeheim. Among the most serious allegations raised in the newspaper's seven-month investigation was former player Rodney Walker said one of his grades were changed so he could remain academic eligibility for an important Big East Conference contest in 1987, the season Syracuse went to the NCAA championship game. The Syracuse basketball program has been nationally ranked continuously since March 5, 1984, and is one of only 10 Division I schools with more than 1,300 victories.

It has never been punished for violating NCAA regulations. 1 SYRACUSE, N. Y. (AP) -Syracuse's LeRon Ellis thought he was leaving trouble behind when he left Kentucky after the Wildcats were caught violating NCAA rules. Ellis isn't worried that trouble has found him again following a report by the Syracuse Post-Standard that No.

3 Syracuse may have broken dozens of NCAA regulations in recent years. "I don't think anything major is going to come of it," Ellis predicted Thursday before the Orangemen's game against Towson State at Her-shey Park Arena in Pennsylvania. "They (NCAA) are going to look at them (allegations), and see that they're minor, if any. It's a pretty clean, a very clean program, actually. That's why I came here.

There was no real risk of trouble," said Ellis, a senior who left Kentucky after that program was placed on three years' probation for major violations, meaning the forward could transfer without having to sit out a year. Meanwhile, Syracuse forward Billy Owens cried foul. The newspaper said Owens received $500 from former teammate Derrick Coleman, who signed a $15 million contract with the New Jersey Nets as the NBA's top pick. "I see no reason why they should do something like this. I guess they wanted to hurt the program," Owens said.

"But, I don't know why. We've Wilson swimmers top Falcons SIDELINES medley and the 100 butterfly. Bojanic turned in a 2: 18.92 to run her record to 3-0 in the IM. The win in the fly was her second of the season. She bypassed the fly for the 500 free in her last outing.

Bojanic also anchored the sprint relay, joining Lynelle Bronstein, Sara Blanchard and Shawn Krum-bine on that winning team, the only relay event won by the Falcons. Also winning for the Falcons were Blanchard in the 100 free and Bronstein in the 100 backstroke. The loss left the Falcons girls with a 2-2 record. Unbeaten in their first three meets, the Cedar Crest Falcons were rather rudely brought back down to earth Thursday when they ran into the Wilson Bulldogs. Winning eight of the 12 events, the Bulldogs posted a 102-83 victory over the Falcons in boys' scholastic swimming action, boosting their record to 4-0 on the season while the Falcons dropped to 3-1.

In the girls' meet, Wilson scored a 112-73 victory over Cedar Crest. Eric Stoffer and Mark Fox highlighted the Falcon effort, each winning one individual event, coming in second in another, and teaming up with Dave Bennetch and Dan Geier to win the 200 freestyle relay. Stoffer won the 100 butterfly and finished second in the 200 free while Fox won the 100 breaststroke and was second in the 50 free. Cedar Crest's only other individual winner was diver Mike Reda. Spearheading the effort for the Falcon girls, meanwhile, was Kristen Bojanic, who remained unbeaten in individual competition by winning the 200 individual Local fighters part of undercard at state title match BASEBALL CBS Sports will begin its second year of major league baseball coverage Saturday, April 20 with split national broadcasts from Montreal and Chicago's new Com-iskey Park.

CBS announced Thursday that it will televise the New York Mets at Expos and and Detroit Tigers at White Sox as the first of its 16 regular-season major league broadcasts in the 1991 season. CBS also has exclusive rights to both leagues' playoffs, the World Series and the All-Star Game July 9 at Toronto. COLLEGE BASKETBALL The NCAA has charged UNLV's basketball program with a number of violations in the recruitment of Lloyd Daniels, who allegedly was given a car and motorcycle by an assistant coach and had his bail paid by a booster following his arrest at a crack cocaine house. rTTTW J1 Daily Newt Sports Writer ALMANAC Thus far, John Myers' attempts at bringing boxing back to Lebanon have met with a measure of success. Myers has re-opened the Lebanon Boxing Club conducting workouts in his garage and two of his fighters will see action on the undercard of the 168-pound state title bout between Tyrone Frazier, son of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, and Reading's Stevie Little.

The Jan. 26 fight is scheduled to take place at Reading High. On the undercard will be Lebanon's Scott Ritchie, 1-1 as a professional, and Jerry Kelley, who will be competing for the first time as a pro. Both Ritchie and Kelley are welterweights. Also, Todd Ewalt, a light-heavyweight, and Ming Vu, a student at Cedar Crest who fights as a lightweight, were scheduled to have their first fights this When Milton Hershey was running roughshod over Palmyra and Cedar Cliff en route to winning the Cougar Club Classic Roundball Tournament earlier this month, the Spartans players and coaches alike spoke openly of the team's new-found togetherness.

"Last year, we were 7-15, and there was Just no reason for that," said 6-6, 200-pound senior center Fred Dorsey, the tournament MVP. "There was a lot of negativity. This year, the team attitude is much better." Headman Lew Webster, who had i preached team togetherness in the Jerry Kelley Todd Ewalt I Scott Ritchie winters usually dictate a conservative 'attack, but when Reich replaced Kelly for three games in mid-season a year ago, the Bills switched to an ultra-conservative running attack. How will Reich prepare for Sunday's game? Same as usual. "To say that I would Drerjare dif preseason, echoed those sentiments.

"As you can see, we have a more positive attitude," said Webster. "A lot of the things that bothered us last year, we don't have that this year." Since then, however, the Spartans have struggled. They fell to powerful Middletown, 69-54, in their Mid-Penn Conference Division II season opener Dec. 11, and just managed to squeak by Palmyra, 50-49, last Friday night. Tuesday night, they lost to Susquehanna, the consensus choice of Division Two coaches to win the title.

In the aftermath of the Palmyra Tournament, Dorsey spoke of the Spartans being contenders for a conference title. And he's right. Milton Hershey's team talent and team speed make them viable contenders. But what's more important is the team chemistry they have worked to improve. And how they handle the December 21, 1980 10 Yean Ago Three early pins and a forfeit enabled Ephrata to build a 24-3 lead, but the Mounts needed a superior decision by 185 pounder Todd Sheffy to beat Elco 31-28.

December 21, 1970 20 Yean Ago Musheno's moved Into first place in the Lebanon Valley Amateur Basketball League by trouncing Liberty Square 128-87. December 21, 1960 30 Yean Ago The year 1960 saw wholesale changes among boxing's world champions as Floyd Patterson became the first former heaveyweight ruler to regain the ring's most prized crown. He defeated Sweden's Ingemar Johannson. adversity of lop-sided early season losses, within the team, will go a long way in determining their Frank Reich has replaced the injured Jim Kelly as quarterback of the Buffalo Bills, but head coach Marv Levy said he plans no changes in the Bills' offense for Sunday's AFC East showdown game with Miami. A 1980 graduate of Cedar Crest, Reich will play in Kelly's stead through the remaining two weeks of the regular season.

The Bills meet the Dolphins Sunday before concluding their regular season at RFK against Washington. Buffalo has already clinched a playoff berth; Sunday's game with Miami is to determine home-field advantage for the post-season. "(Reich's) performed well when he's had the opportunity," Levy told the Associated Press this week. "Who knows who can take you to the playoffs? He's certainly capable if our team plays well. Our main con-i cern is attacking the opponent, not what Frank can do as opposed to any other quarterback can do." Just the same, expect the Bills' offense to be scaled down in the coming weeks.

Not only do the Buffalo ferently for this game than I would for another game would be saying I'm taking it easy some weeks, Reich told the AP. "I'm going to get ready the same whether we're playing for the Super Bowl or a scrimmage in the back yard.".