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1 r- -r-V Page 32 JOHNSON CITY PRESS Saturday May 6 1989 The Perfect Combination Start Your Day With Us! time Koncak then hit two free throws with 3:59 left and Wilkins hit a basket to give the-Hawks a 103-100 lead they didnt surrender as the teams played their second straight overtime game Milwaukees Sidney Moncrief cut it back to one with two free thrown with 2:02 left but baskets by Malone and John Battle put Atlanta up 107-102 After a basket by Sikma-Atlantas Reggie Theus hit only his second basket of the game to makejt 109-104 with 42 seconds remaining Battle iced the Hawks emo-tional victory With two free throws with 12 seconds to go and finished with 19 points Sikma led the Bucks with 24 lints and Pierce added 22 The ucks played most of the game without leading scorer Terry Cummings who pulled a tendon in his right ankle with six minutes to go in the first quarter Here's Why i4 including Sleepy Floyds 3-pointer with one second left in regulation play Seattle went 5:05 without scoring during Houstons rally McKey who scored 15 points then took a pass under the basket end banked it in Dale Ellis shed a brace that protected his broken nose and scored 26 points 17 in the second half for Seattle The Rockets started their game-tying possession with 11 seconds left Mike Woodson took a 3-pointer that' missed the basket entirely but Purvis Short rebounded and pawed quickly out to Floyd Akeem Olajuwon who led Houston with 24 points and 13 rebounds hit a basket with 51 seconds to play and Mike Wood-sons basket with 14 seconds cut Seattles lead to 96-93 Xavier McDaniel who hit only one of nine shots in Wednesdays loss scored 17 points for Seattle He made seven of his 12 first-half" shots to keep the Sonics close 1 Comprehensive coverage of local news 2 Comprehensive packsge of weather Information dally 3 Photos from around the world via the Associated Press Laser-Photo Network 4 Comprehensive arts and enter- tainment news dally on the entertainment page TV Update every Friday 5 Fourteen regular daily comic strips The AM Authority Johnson City Press Derby (Continued from Page 19) The filly Winning Colors who won in 1988 and Private Terms each were listed at 9-2 but there was $4734 more bet on Private Terms Winning Colors was the first Derby winner for trainer Wayne Lukas who Saturday will saddle his 14th and 15th Derby starters of the decade Lukas will start the entry of Houston and Shy Tom The only other Derby trainers this year who have won the race are Charlie Whittingham and LeRoy Jolley Whittingham who -trains Sunday Silence won with Ferdinand in 1986 Jolley who trains Irish Actor won with Foolish Pleasure in 1975 and with the filly Genuine Risk in 1980 Seven trainers will saddle their first Derby starters They are Donnie Von Hemmel Clever Trevor Frank Brothers Dansil Ben Perkins Jr Faultiest Ensign Jay Robbins Flying Continental Hank Allen Northern Wolf JW Murphy Notation and Dale Capuano Wind Splitter Riding in their first Derby will be Don Pettinger Clever Trevor Chris De Carlo Faultless Ensign Corey Black Flying Continental Donald Howard Irish Actor Jo Jo Ladner Northern Wolf and Donnie Miller Wind Splitter Thd only Derbjpwnning jockey in the race is Larnt Pincay Jr who will have his 15th Derby mount in Houston Winston (Continued from Page 19) ago before smaller carburetors and restrictor plates said "It was just a bad day to qualify He (Martin) just hit the combination and Allison must have too Now Martin and car-owner Jack Roush will turn their attention to trying to win their first Winston Cup race after five top- 10 finishes so far this season including sixth third sixth and fourth in the last four starts "Our program has been close Region (Continued from Page 19) ball for the Cyclones was the center of attention at the conclu sion of the meet thanks to some odd circumstances Davis and Maryvilles Mark Ramsey tied for second in the 100 meters race each with a time of 114 seconds Beardens Mike Weathers won it with an 111 But Davis and Raihsuy were forced to wait until the rest of the meet was cpmpleted and only then would the regions second entry into the states 100 meters race be decided Ironically by the time Davis and Ramsey lined up fur the runoff the sun was shining DaVis who won by a couple of steps ran an 114 That was one thing I was looking forward to running with the sun out Davis said During the break Davis said he returned to the school van and took about an hours nap "That gave me some time to rest he said "Everybody did what wed planned to do Davis added "We werent sure about winning the whole thing We really planned to to the state in the relays I' nad no idea Td do this well in the 100 Elizabethtons Lady Cyclones finished tied for eighth with Sullivan East Farragut won the regional girls title a first in its history Melissa Burchfield a junior sprinter for the Lady Cyclones claimed first place in the 100 meters and second in the 200 Burchfield edged arch-rival Rona Morrison of Sullivan North at the finish line in the 100 Burchfield lunged forward at the tape and took a fall She and Morrison were clocked at 126 seconds "I knew we were side by side so 1 leaned in hopefully to get first Burchfield said Because of the fall Burchfield said a sore hip slowed her for the 200 race There is some heat to the Mor-rison-Burchfield rivalry "We ETSU vCwuuuuuS frWu i Robinson said Pelphrey is a good medium-range shooter and would play second guard or small forward for the Bucs He Bhould also provide some added strength around the basket "Hes a steal said Bill Runyan Pelphreys coach at Paint-sville "We think Jerrys good Division I material Pelphrey was given a close look by ETSUs coaching staff only recently because football figured to be his sport of choice in college That background is to Robinsons liking "Ive had a lot of success with football players he said "We have Marty Story right now and NBA (Continued from Page 19) 'They stretched the margin to 40-34 as Mike Sanders who did not start and was replaced by -John Williams came off the bench and scored seven of Clevelands next nine points The Bulls then went on a 9-1 ruh led by Jordan who finally scored his first field goal with 4:24 left in the half Jordan added two more baskets as he scored 12 of Chicagos final 14 points an the second quarter but Nance scored Clevelands fin-1 al four points and the Cavaliers held a 49-48 halftime lead Hawks 113 Bucks 106 MILWAUKEE Dominique Wilkins and Moses Malone scored 24 points apiece and Jon Koncak hit a pair of go-ahead free throws in overtime night as Atlanta beat Milwaukee to tie their opening-round series at 2-2 The fifth and deciding game will be played Sunday in Atlanta with the winner to face the De-t troit Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals The game went into overtime when the Bucks Jack Sikma who led the NBA in free-throw shooting in 1987-88 and made 905 percent this season missed the first of two free throws with three seconds left in regulation He then hit the second tying the game at 98-98 Ricky Pierce hit a basket before fouling out to give the Bucks their last lead 100-99 in over enough to win all year Martin said "Weve run less than 40 races as a team and were still getting a lot better Were still learning each other learning the tracks and learning about the Ford Asked if he was frustrated by the restrictor plates as most of the other drivers have said they are Martin 30 replied: "But Fm semi-new to Winston Cup racing and Im just thrilled to be part of it dont talk much Burchfield said smiling "Were real competitive Sullivan Centrals Jon Taylor and Daniel Boones Jeremy Clark battled to the finish line in the 1600 meters with Taylor winning by less than a second Taylors time was 4:257 Clarks was 4:265 "I figured I had enough at the end Taylor said "I was really running to qualify In this weather ana all you dont worry as much about tijn time I was just worried about placing Clark who won the states 1600 meters last year was satis-- fied with second this time I cant complain he said "Fve made it to the state Taylor said his duels with Clark are not unfriendly "Its a pretty big rivalry but we get along really well Taylor said "Its not a hate rivalry just good competition Four double winners came out of the Big Ten Conference Tennessee Highs Andy Arnold won the 110 and 300 hurdles Josh Mills of Dobyns-Bennett won the girls discus and shot put and Sullivan Centrals Angie Culbertson claimed the 1600 and 3200 meters Sullivan Easts Carla Cantrfell was the winner in the 400 meters and the long jump Possibly Hie worst fortune of the day was experienced by Sullivan Norths lisa Minton After hurling the discus far enough for second place Minton was disqualified because her uniform did not meet official standards Mintons tights had a stripe down each side and that was the violation Minton however said shed worn the same uniform all season and had never been issued a warning Kama was second among girls teams Central was third in front of Oak Ridge North Tennessee High and Dobyns-Bennett Dobyns-Bennett tied for seventh in the boys team standings while Tennessee High was ninth then there was Regan Truesdale at The Citadel He had no Division I offers except from us and turned out to be the leagues player of the year Robinson said he doesnt expect any more commitments before the May 15 cutoff date Signing a point guard one of ETSUs top priorities going into the recruiting season will be pursued again in July when coacnes are again allowed to hit the road "There will be some point guards still available in July believe it or not" said Robinson "Were looking at two or three right now Were just waiting to see what happens (Continued from Page 19) suit will be a smoother surface less tire wear less expense to the drivers and better more exciting racing BIR has been named track of the year by ESPN the last three years ea pc Choose from this select group qf regular stss upholstered rails 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