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28 Kingsport Tlmes-News Monday Jane IS 1991 Travelers third in AAU qualify for national tourney to just four points Mingo Johnson led the Stars with 17 Memphis YMCA Blue the Music City Players and possibly the Tennessee -Travelers will -travel to Jonesborough Ark for the AAU National 17 and under tournament July 21-28 Pennington Jeff Vandermark 10 Bar-reft 1 Chad McClendon II Miller I Al Allen IS Memphis Blue IS It 24 32-1M TN Travelers It 14 IS Three-pointers: Pennington (2) Elliot (2) Mickens (2) Washington Williams MUSIC CITY PLAYERS (41) Watkins 4 Johnson Wade 4 Chris Rucker 14 Marlin Simms 21 Vaughn 4 Fitzwater 4 TN TRAVELERS (ID Andy Pennington 24 Jeff Vandermark 13 Chad McClendon 20 Jeff Miller 12 Al Allen 12 Players 21 IS 12 1VMS Travelers 21 14 21 2S-S1 Three-pointers: Johnson Rucker (4) Simms (2) Pennington (4) McClendon Allen MEMPHIS YMCA BLUE (124) Chris Elliot 24 Chris Haynes 17 Tony Mickens 23 Jeff Sexton 20 DuJuan Taylor 10 Kenny Washington 20 Wilson 4 Williams 4 MUSIC CITY STARS (fS) Kyle Freeman 20 McQueen 4 Jenkins 4 Brad Phillips 20 Brice Bloodworth 15 Casey Bouldin 14 Reynolds I Small I Memphis Blue 20 22 124 Music City 25 14 23 tS Three-pointers: Elliot Mickens (2) Washington Freeman Phillips Bloodworth Continued from page IB Imake the trip will depend on he' players and the costs I In morning games the Memphis YMCA Blue defeated the Travelers 100-61 to move into jthe finals 5 Memphis was led by Tony 24 points and Chris 20 5lThe Tennessee Travelers led Chad 18 points A1 Allen tossed in 15 while Pennington was held to nine The Stars moved into the final game by defeating the Music City Players 66-60 Andy McQueen scored 16 and Brice Bloodworth 15 to lead the Stars The Stars also held Vaughn MUSIC CITY PLAYERS (M) Mingo Johnson 17 Gormont Wade 17 1 Rucker Marlin Simms 14 Vaughn 4 MUSIC CITY STARS (44) Freeman Andy McQueen 14 John Jenkins 13 Phillips I Brice Bloodworth IS Bouldin Players If 14 13 Stars 1 IS 13 Johnson Rucker McQueen (2) Bloodworth MEMPHIS YMCA BLUE (101) Chris Elliot 20 Chris Haynes 10 Tony Mickens 24 Jeff Sexton 14 Taylor 4 Kenny Washington 13 Wilson 4 Williams TN TRAVELERS (41) Members of the Memphis YMCA Blues accept their trophy for winning the state AAU 17 and under crown Sunday inBIountville Bluefield sporting one of youngest clubs mentals and things like Gill said job here is to develop so work more on that so they can get to higher baseball teach them everything from letter A so develop in professional baseball Of course try to win because I want these guys to know how to of the players will be from the Buford said will be a mixture of players age-wise but for most of the players this will be their first stop in the organization top high school players that we drafted will certainly be here The other players after we go through the next four or five days decide where they go There are some college players yet to be decided All this leaves Gill not really sure of the kind of team he has although he expects to have some speed and decent pitching For the most part starting at square one in teaching Baltimore Oriole baseball players to Wassau to gain some experience but only about six of those players will end up in Bluefield opposed to some other teams that are sending as many as 15 and 16 extended spring participants to the Appalachian League have some players that are at our other A club in Wassau Wise said Don Buford the director of player personel who will be staying with the Bluefield team through the first week or so of the have some players that have some experience and some returnees from this club last Heading that list are outfielders Keith Schmidt and Bob Davis and pitcher Matt Anderson all of whom were in Bluefield in 1989 Schmidt who played in 55 games hit 227 with five home runs and 32 RBI pa-vis hit 205 in 43 games and Anderson was 0-4 with an 866 ERA in 35V4 innings Three other players from Wassau catcher Greg Zaun shortstop Mattie Asencio and pitcher Juan Mercedes will also be on the Bluefield roster However the majority of the Bluefield team will come from the draft Approximately 33 players are in camp right now but by Tuesday three or four of them will probably go back to Wassau Among those players Buford feels are good bets to remain in Bluefield are four high school players and one college draftee The college player is shortstop Scott Sprick of the NCAA Division II national champion Jacksonville State (Ala) Gamecocks The others include: outfielder Michael Thomas from Rockingham (NC) High School pitcher Robert Chouinard of Forest Grove (Oreg) High School outfielder Roy Hodge of Shea High in Pawtucket RI and first baseman Gordon Graham from Milton High School in Hershey Pa By REX GREENE Times-News Sports Writer Unless some college draftees are directed their way expect the Bluefield Orioles to be one of the youngest teams in the Appalachian League for 1990 have all the kids that said Bluefield manager Gus Gill is the rookie team and we also have teams in Wassau (Wise) and Frederick (Md) of the college kids will go to Wassau and if a higl) draft pick go to Unlike most of the other teams- that field Appalachian league entries the Orioles had no extended spring training They did send a number of SPORTS FANS! I Bet -You Know i i i i i i i i doing a lot of funda- I I I I Coats fires 68 to capture Warriors Path title just have the time to work on my game like I used to One of the reasons that Curtis is so good is that he works on his swing constantly He just has Brought to you by Joe Perry To realize what an amazing feat Jose Canseco achieved in big Teague baseball when he hit 40 homers and stole 10 bases in 1988 look at this- Canseco did something that Willie Mays Babe Ruth Mickey Mantle Hank Aaron and other all-time great players never didNobody in the history of nuuor league baseball ever combined 40 homers and 40 stolen bases in a season until Canseco did it Can vou name the only 3 players in baseball history whose numbers were each retired by 2 big league team-s? Answer Rod Carew whose No 29 was retired by both the Twins and Angels Hank Aaron whose No 44 was retired by the Braves and Brewer-sAnd Casey Stengel whose No 37 was retired by the Yankees and Meta Here's a golf oddityA man once hit balls clear across the United tatee from California to New YorkFloyd Rood in 1963 walked across the country hitting golf balls as he wentHe used over 3000 golf balls and took over 114000 shots! going out and playing instead of hitting balls on the practice Coats was four under coming to the final tee told me that Argabrite was in the clubhouse at said Coats knew all I had to do was make a par to win I would rather have to make pars to win instead of pressing for birdies Some people like to be down a stroke towards the end but rather be Coats proceeded to birdie the final hole to finish the day at one-under-par for his final round and five-under for the tournament "Five-under-par on this golf course is pretty added Coats think I kind of played over my head but take it The rough is high out here You must keep it in the fairway The greens were in here You must keep it in the fairway The greens were in that I was still on top of my While Argabrite was battling the field at the Warriors Path Open a friend of his from college was trying to win his third consecutive US Open Curtis Strange and Argabrite were teammates at Wake Forest for two years They won the NCAA National Championship twice while the two were there played together when I was a junior and senior and Curtis was a freshman and said Argabrite still keep in touch periodically I am very proud of what Curtis has done It does not surprise me one bit He is very dedicated and works very hard and all of his accomplishments up to this point are next tournament will be added Argabrite next tournament will be added Argabrite good shape both days It is always easier when you can fly the ball right at the hole instead of running it up to the are a lot of good golfers out said Coats can win at any time Hunter (Howe) Roger (Wolfe) Kenny (Crowder) Bill (Argabrite) Mike (Poe) all good You just never know whose going to win from week to week It also helps when you can play with better players It enables you to play Argabrite came close to not even entering the golf tournament this weekend thought about not coming out here after the way I played at Graysburg last he said played 32 holes last week at one-over-par I played the other four at twelve-over-par: I just had to come out and prove to myself twelve-over-par: I just had to come out and prove to myself By SHELLEY KENNEY Times-News Sports Writer David Coats won his first tournament on the GKGA circuit on Sunday by capturing the Warriors Path Open title Coats shot rounds of 68 and 71 to win by three shots over Bill Arga-brite Coates held a two-stroke advantage coming into final round over Andy Quillen While Coats played steady throughout the day Quillen ballooned to a second round score of 78 and finished the tournament tied for 10th place have been playing real well these last few said Coats after his win have played a lot of rounds of golf I really like to practice I wish I could but I can't I enjoy don really like to practice I wish I could but I can't I enjoy all the talent in the In the seniors division Rudy Hall used his home course knowledge to shoot a final round of 69 and win by one stroke over John Cochrane think there was any way that I would make five shots when I teed it up on the first hole said Hall Grades kept pair from Tennessee Continued from page IB have to outhit them in the second half I think we played hard in the second half and were fortunate to win the 0 Williams said Tennessee offensive coordinator Phillip Fulmer told him and Jamie Henry also of Alcoa that he would have signed them if they had the grades dream is to play for said Williams who is headed to Northeast Oklahoma JC I hope to be able to come back and do Ron Bliss is executive sports editor of the Times-News Williams paces all-stars in 16-13 win By RON BLISS the go-ahead score with 2:28 left back five-yard penalties one against T7 4: Cl Thu unnnirwT cnnra hi ifKIi ryhAsi 1scf OQph foam By RON BUSS the go-ahead score with 2:28 left The winning highlighted a back five-yard penalties one against each team 4-jt Prime Replacement Windows Specialists Financing available to qualified applicants SAVE UP TO 50 CAPITOL DOORS WINDOWS OF BRISTOL 71S BLUFF CITY MWY BRISTOL TNN PHONE I-41J-744-AU tales Mfr Jh Perry Owner JC Perry IW fiaci9 available fa qualified applicants On the winning drive Phillips hit three of five passes for 40 yards and scrambled for another 28 yards on four carries Kentucky had gone ahead on a 16-yard pass from Kentucky MVP Robert Jones to receiver Randy Wyatt with 2:28 to play in the game The score was set up when Tennessee with a 9-7 lead and the ball on its own 24 attempted a pass on third-and-six James Neltney who is unsigned made the big play stepping in front of the intended receiver to intercept the ball on the Tennessee 23 Jones passed to Wyatt for a seven-yard gain on the first play to the 16 then found the Louisville signee open down the left sideline for the score Tennessee signee Jeremy Spivey and East Tennessee State signee David McGill played major roles for a Tennessee defense that bent but break for most of the game The only other Kentucky score was set up by a Jeff Vaughn fumble on the Tennessee 8 in the second quarter Jones took it in from there and the extra-point kick gave Kentucky a 7-0 lead at the time Tennessee came back to get a six-yard TD run from ETSU signee David Carter with 3:51 left in the first half score last-ditch Tennessee 68-yard frive that started with the ball on the 32 with 2:21 to play Phillips who spent most of the game at defensive back was called on to lead the drive because of his running ability has the speed that he can cut it up or take it to the sidelines if the pass said Williams what we call the 800 offense at Alcoa a hurry up It was the same one used in the winning drive against Roane County in the playoffs with the same result a winning touchdown catch by Williams that last play I told Mose I would lay a fake on the inside then cut it to the said Williams told him to lay it up there and go up for it no matter you have Williams on one side and Willie Guy on the other and a guy like Phillips to get it to them a lot can happen" said James Dalton the Alcoa coach and head coach of the Tennessee squad Billy gets open outside going to score every The touchdown pass was set up by a 25-yard pass from Phillips to Guy with 18 seconds left That put the ball on the 11 and all but one second was eaten up by back-to- Executive Sports Editor KNOXVILLE Billy WiUiams says his dream is to play football for the University of Tennessee and after his showing in the annual Kentucky-Tennessee All-Star game in Neyland Stadium Saturday night Tennessee get him in school quick enough though the Vols will have to wait on him Williams a standout from Alcoa who is headed to Northeast Oklahoma Junior College caught six passes for 105 yards and the game-winning touchdown with no time remaining to give the Tennessee All-Stars a come-from-behind 16-13 victory over favored Kentucky Williams voted the Tennessee MVP took an 11-yard scoring pass frqm Tennessee signee Mose Phillips on a play that started with one second remaining on the clock Phillips briefly fumbled the snap from East Tennessee State signee Bobby Kaylor but picked it up and hit a streaking Williams on the run in the right corner of the end zone for the winning score Jt set off an explosion from the partisan Tennessee crowd that swarmed the field to congratulate the winning home-state team that had spotted Kentucky a 13-9 lead when an interception on the Tennessee 23 set up EiUmmG BOARDS SEE TKE COMPLETE LIKE CF ACCESSORIES" KSW SALE PRICED AT LECXAR3! 100 Stone Drive Kingsport (615) 248-4491 (615) 246-5491 Watching ballgame rekindled interest 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Complete Satellite System with descrambler free installation Continued from page IB remember watching the Braves-Pi-rates game It was the ugliest game ever he said thought to myself was playing professionally a year ago and now looking at guys who make hundreds of thousands of dollars and doing I figured maybe I could teach and instruct so why sit around and not be involved when I had the Thrift whose father Syd served as the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager from 1985-1988 went to work for the organization in 1986 He came in at the bottom and worked his way up He served as a roving coach in 1987 and then decided that he wanted to manage He took over the instruc edge of the game to this year's K-Mets and will stress self-discipline and working for an end result a great believer in the idea that not as important where you start but where you finish You have to have self-discipline You havgjo realize when you have to do those certain things that need to be done in order to be you have self-discipline freer in life that those who play with fire and hope that they get At Winthrop Thrift had a coach who gave the team a weekend off and he told them to just up and move around and think about somebody else for a think important to do that now and then important to take the microscope off yourself sometimes I try to teach players to look beyond tional league team and the team won So he went on to manage in extended spring and then was sent to Princeton in the Appalachian League in 1988 He was released from the qrga-nization just five days after his dismissal and spent last season managing a co-op team in the Carolina League He is excited about his first season with the called the organization and went to he said like a dream come true no jealousy in the work place You have to worry about someone thinking that stealing their ideas if you ask for all open like being in a think tank been fantastic none (jealousy) whatsoever Thrift will try to pass along his knowl DISD DOCTOR SATELLITE SUPERSTORE 239-3375 financing available GrayTN 1.