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Fremont Tribune Sports Warriors score first baseball win Tuesday, March 15, 1994 B1 i vwiHwm Our pitchers pitched well and we played solid defense. We didnt have any errors and toward the end of the game we made things happen on the basepaths. Were the type of team thats going to have to scrap and claw for everything we get. Doug Lanik Warden gof the first batter he faced to line into a double play to end the inning. In the top of the ninth, Jeff Leifert doubled, Chew, Jim Gibson and Francisco singled and Jason Loth had a two-RBI single to put the Warriors ahead 9-4.

Warden retired the side in the bottom of the ninth to pick up the save. Mike Nelson started the game for Midland and went five innings, allowing two runs on six hits. He had four walks and one See MIDLAND, Page B3 Huston-Tillotson responded with two runs in the bottom of the eighth to pull within 5-4 and had runners on first and third with one out when Lanik replaced winning pitcher Lamont Oliver with relief pitcher Cody Warden. ning, Sean Chew singled, stole second and went to third when the catcher throw to second got away. Chew then tied the game at 2-2 by scoring on a wild pitch.

Midland increased its lead to 5-2 with the aid of a two-ruQ single by Walt Vercoe. and toward the end of the game we made things happen on the basepaths. Were the type of team thats going to have to scrap and claw for everything we get. With Midland trailing 2-1 entering the top of the eighth in Spring training NU seeks end to tournament losing streak Jfc 4m if i Today on TV PRO BASKETBALL 7 p.m. Orlando vs.

Chicago, cable channel 25 (TNT). FIGURE SKATING 7 p.m. 1994 European Championships, cable channel 34 (ESPN). BOXING 8 p.m. Otis Grant vs.

Quincy Taylor, middle-weights, cable channel 34 (ESPN). SPORTS 10 p.m. Sports Tonight, cable channel 26 (CNN). Todays Events BASEBALL 2 p.m. Midland Lutheran College at Southwestern (Texas).

SOFTBALL 2 p.m. Midland Lutheran College at Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas). Annoucements BASKETBALL The Omaha Racers will sponsor a special Fremont Night with the Racers today at Ak-Sar-Ben. A portion of the proceeds from tiekets sold for the 7:05 p.m. Continental Basketball Association game between the defending league champion Racers and the Rapid City Thrillers will benefit the Fremont Family YMCAs Camp Christian equipment fund.

The Racers will donate $1 for every $6 and $8 ticket sold to the camps equipment fund. The organization also will donate 50 cents to the fund for every $4 ticket sold. A pregame party, which will be sponsored by The Fremont Tribune and Fremont radio stations KHUBKFMT, is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the AK Hall. Refreshments will be available at the pregame party.

Members of the Fremont Junior High School Swing Choir will perform the national anthem before the game. For more information and to order tickets, call Kerne Gippe or Rod fllgley at 551-5151. The Hastings College basketball camp will conduct four individual sessions and five team sessions this summer. For more information and application forms, write: Mike Trader, Athletic Department, Hastings College, Hastings, 68902-0269. BASEBALL Registrations for the Fremont American Legion baseball program are scheduled for 2 p.m.

Sunday at the American Legion Club at 750 N. Clarmar St. A parent or guardian must be present while registering. For more information, call Dave Boltinghouse at 727-6418. Dates for the Omaha Gladiator Baseball Goodlife Tournament have been set.

The tournament for 12- and 14-year-olds is scheduled for June 10-12. The tournament for ages 10-and-under, 11 -and 13-year-olds is scheduled for June 17-19. Registrations are Hue by April 1. For entry information, call Greg Allen (592-5330 or 334-9060). AUSTIN, Texas Midland Lutheran College sewed four runs in both the eighth and ninth innings to secure its first win of the baseball season Monday.

Midland, 1-2, collected 15 hits and got solid pitching and defensive play to defeat Huston-Tillotson 9-4. The two teams were supposed to play two seven-inning games, but were forced to play one nine-inning game due to rain. Midland coach Doug Lanik said. Our pitchers pitched well and we played solid defense, Lanik said. We didnt have any errors Kuskers face Mountaineers in Classic EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.

(AP) For those disappointed that Nebraska and West Virginia didnt play in a bowl game for college footballs national championship last year, theres now a minor consolation The Kickoff Classic. The Huskers and Mountaineers accepted invitations Monday to begin the 1994 season by playing in college footballs traditional opener at Giants Stadium on Aug. 28. The selection came after a proposed game between Miami and Wisconsin fell apart after the Badgers elected not to play, sources close to the game said. Getting Nebraska and West Virginia isnt a bad alternative.

Both Went undefeated in the 1993 regular season but each saw dreams of a national title fall apart in bowl games Jan. 1. Nebraska, which was third in the final Associated Press poll, lost 18-16 to then No. 1 and once-beaten Florida State in the Orange Bowl, missing a long field goal in the final seconds. Another school from the Sunshine State beat West Virginia.

Florida ripped the Mountaineers 41-7 in the Sugar Bowl, dropping them to No. 7 in the final poll. Nebraskas decision to play in the Kickoff Classic comes after it turned down an offer to play Fresno State in the Pigskin Classic. 1 Our players were very enthusiastic about playing this game, about 90 percent, and that was crucial in our decision, said Nebraska coach Tom Osborne, whose team has won three straight Big Eight titles. We didnt have anything against the Pigskin Classic, and that would have been a good game also, but we just didnt have the support of the team.

West Virginia, which has played several games against Rutgers at Giants Stadium, will be playing in its first Kickoff Classic. Year in and year out, Nebraska is one of the finest programs in the nation, and with the players they have they will surely be ranked at the top of the preseason polls for this season, said West Virginia coach Don Nehlen, the coach of the year in the Big East Conference last season. This game will be a tremendous challenge for our young football team, Nehlen said. Both teams will return 12 starters from squads that were 11-1 last year. Nebraska and West Virginia represent the best in college athletics and their appearance in Kickoff Classic XII will add to See CLASSIC, Page B3 LINCOLN (AP) Dont remind Nebraska guard Eric Piat-kowski about the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

The senior has been on the short end of first-round losses the last three years. But Piatkowski on Monday said this years Nebraska team, which plays Penn Thursday in an East Regional first-round game, is different. I think were going in with an awful lot -of confidence, Piatkowski said. Weve all been there (the tournament). Theres no reason for us to be intimidated.

Cornhusker coaches and players were still scrambling Monday to find out more about their opponent. Ive learned a lot about Penn in the last 18 hours. Ill ytell you that, coach Danny Nee said during his weekly news conference. But I dont think I know them yet Small wonder. Nebraska coaches didnt get their hands on tapes of Penns games this season until Monday morning.

Nebraska (20-9) will play Ivy League champion Penn (24-2) on Thursday in a 6:30 p.m. CST game in Uniondale, N.Y. Nebraska got into the tournament by winning its first Big Eight Conference tournament Sunday with a 77-68 victory over Oklahoma State. The title probably helped Nebraska earn a No. 22 ranking in this weeks Associated Press poll, its first ranking this season.

The Quakers won the Ivy League and the automatic NCAA 4 I 7 prepare to Start PhotoBrk Brown Fremont Senior High's Travis Santage, a University of Nebraska at Kearney football recruit, works on his shot put form Monday afternoon during track practice. The Tigers open the 1994 track and field season on Saturday, March 26, at the Millard North Relays. meet Bowling Green We feel right now theres not many teams in the country we cant play with. We have a lot of confidence, yet we know we have got to take it one day at a time and give the teams respect. Jamar Johnson bid with a 14-0 league record.

Penn has won 15 straight games since an 11 -point loss to Temple. The Quakers only other setback was a 2-point loss to Ohio State. Ive had two different coaches tell me that (Matt) Maloney and (Jerome) Allen are the best guard combination on the East Coast, Nee said of Penns backcourt duo, which averages more than 28 points per game. Were going to have to play pressure defense and shut down their perimeter game, said Piatkowski, voted the Big Eight tournaments most valuable player. But Nee and his players couldnt contain their glee at peaking at the end of the season.

The determination, the confidence, the defense, the attitude. It was there this weekend, Nee said. Were very hard to prepare for. We have a very ex- See NEBRASKA, Page B3 Twenty minutes into the program Creighton still was a no-show on the tournament bracket I kept thinking, Were not in, were not in, Ms. Flynn said.

I dont think I was ever this nervous. I hadnt slept all night. My stomach was turning. Ms. Flynns apprehensions were eliminated when Creighton was the 61st team named.

That touched off a celebration among the 70 players, coaches, school officials and fans gathered in Creightons Skutt Student Center. Yori, who seconds earlier had been nervously gnawing on her finger, bounded down several See CREIGHTON, Page B3 scored off a rebound with 48 seconds left. Sedale Threats put the Lakers ahead 101-100 on a pair of free throws with 29 seconds to go, but Stockton made two free throws with 20.9 seconds left Van Exel then missed a fal-laway 22-footer that bounced off the backboard, giving Utah its first victory over the Lakers in three games this year. Van Exel made five 3-pointers, while Vlade Divac scored 19 points and Threatt added 18. Jeff Horaacek and Tom Chambers each scared 16 for Utah, and Stockton had 12 assists.

See JAZZ, Page B3 7 think getting the 10 seed shows some respect for our program. That means that people consider us one of the Top 40 teams in the country. Now we just have to go out and prove that we are. Connie Yori Lady Jays OMAHA (AP) Creighton womens basketball coach Connie Yori almost convinced her leading scorer and rebounder Becky Flynn that the Lady Jays would be selected for the NCAA tournament. It didnt help Flynn sleep.

Creighton lost the Missouri Valley Conferences automatic berth when Southwest Missouri State defeated the Lady Jays 88-71 in Saturday nights tournament championship at Spring-field, Mo. I told our team that we deserved to be playing still, Yori said. Were one of the better teams in the country. At first I was convinced that theyd have to take us, Flynn said of the selection committee. Then, the more I thought about it, I had convinced myself that there was a good chance that we might not get it.

Creighton did get in after all. The Lady Jays will travel tc Bowling Green (Ohio) to meet the 26-3 Mid-American Conference school in a 6:30 p.m. CST with infield hit Jordan stops Utah owner brings Jazz to life first-round game Wednesday. Flynn feared the 23-6 Lady Jays might be left out Sunda after the first 60 teams were announced the 64-team tournament. Yori and her team had gathered to watch ESPNs coverage of the NCAA womens basketball tournament selection program.

points. Campbell said, He said something. It was small. It was nothing serious. I guess he got all excited.

It was surprising. It was like he was about to come on out there and get some. It was sort of funny after I thought about it He was just into the game, just like I was. Stockton added 16 points, including the winning free throws in tire final minute. In other NBA games Monday night, Denver beat San Antonio 116-88, Charlotte topped Boston 107-101 in overtime, and Detroit beat Sacramento 108-102.

Nick Van Exel, who scored 22 points, gave Los Angeles a 99-98 lead on a 3-pointer with 1.01 remaining. Malone then Tb Associated Pres The Utah Jazz hot streak is starting to spread into the stands. Owner Larry Miller jumped out of his courtside seat and had to be restrained from yelling at the Lakers Eldon Campbell during the third quarter of Monday nightjs 102-101 victory over Los Angeles. Campbell was charged with a technical foul for throwing an elbow at John Stocktons head with 6:26 left in the third quarter, and the incident seemed to spark the Jazz, who have won 10 of 1 1. Ive never seen him do that.

It brought us to life a little. Larry looked like he was ready to fight, said Utahs Karl Malone, who scored 19 Th Auodattd Pratt Michael Jordan finally got a hit. Then, he got beer poured over his head, Im glad its over and done with, he said after ending his 0-for-14 slide with an infield single as a Chicago White Sox split squad beat the Minnesota Twins 9-5 Monday night. Jordan, a three-time NBA player of the year, clearly has struggled in his attempt to switch sports. Hes hit the ball out of the infield just once.

I promised myself I was going to step toward te" pitcher, Jordan said after his hit off side-armer Jeff Innis. I wasnt going to step toward third base. The natural tendency to see the ball coming from the side is to run away from it. I said, 'Im going to get a hit. Im not going to run away from it Jordan also stole his first base IT ASEBAL following a' five-pitch walk in the sixth.

It surprised everybody, didnt it? Jordan said. In other games, the other White Sox squad beat a Kansas City split squad 6-4; Houston beat the other Royals squad 10-1; Philadelphia beat Toronto 7-4; Atlanta beat Montreal 12-6; Pittsburgh beat Boston 5-4; Florida beat Los Angeles 9-1; St. Louis beat Texas 9-8; Cleveland beat the New York Mets 4-3; the New York Yankees beat Detroit 3-1; Baltimore beat Cincinnati 5-2; San Francisco beat Colorado 11-4; the Chicago Cubs beat Milwaukee 4-3; Seattle beat San Diego 9-4; and California beat Oakland 6-2. At Sarasota, Darrin Jack-son hit a solo homer had a pair of RBI singles for the White Sox. White Sox (ss) 6, Royals (ss) 4 At Haines City, Tim Raines homered and rookie Steve Schrenk pitched four scoreless innings.

Astros 10, Royals (ss) 1 At Kissimmee, James Mouton drove in two runs with a pair of singles and Andujar Cedeno doubled twice and scored twice. Phillies 7, Blue Jays 4 At Clearwater, Ricky Jordan and Mickey Morandini homered for Philadelphia, which beat the World Series champions for the third straight time this spring. Braves 12, Expos 6 At West Palm Beach, See BASEBALL, Page B3.