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FootballTennisTrack Q2 KENOSHA NEWS SATURDAY APRIL 25 1998 Briefs Via the backdoor Sampras regains No 1 ranking in the world MONTE CARLO Monaco (AP) He is coming off his worst loss in eight years and his confidence is shaken leading toward the French Open Say this however for Pete Sampras Once again the No 1 player in tennis He returned to the top Friday without even playing a match While Sampras was heading back to the United States still stinging from a 6-1 6-1 loss to Fabrice Santoro the day before Petr Korda was losing to Richard Krajicek in the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Open And that was all Sampras needed 4-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 vic tory eliminated any chance the No 3-ranked Czech had of claiming the No 1 spot Korda had to get to the finals of this tournament to leapfrog Sampras and Marcelo Rios in the rankings Rios who supplanted Sampras at No 1 last month has an injured elbow and could not defend his title at this tournament cost- ing him the top ranking Sampras now must regroup as he prepares for Paris the clay-court major He has not reached a quarterfinal since February and lost in the quarters of the Australian Open where he was defending champion Korda said his back gave him trouble Friday was struggling the whole he said just kept trying to put the ball over the net I have a problem with the back again I just pulled out from the doubles not something I want to talk about a lot now played a great tiebreaker He served well and I had no MC DEATON: It all comes naturally to former Trojan evens isnt falner Jerry Hollendorfer holds I invent of the Year Kentucky Derby loses Event of the Year LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) -j Event of the Year will not run in I the Kentucky Derby because of a fractured knee Event of the Year worked five-eighths of a mile on Friday in 59 45 seconds and galloped out three-quarters of a mile in 1:14 About 24 hours later X-rays re- vealed the injury to the right front knee Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said the prognosis for a full re-i covery is good and the unbeaten icplt son of Seattle Slew probably can come back in about six months a' Packers of the 1960s icoiild be on stamp BY ARNIE STAPLETON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREEN BAY Green Bay Packers on Friday held their first workout since losing the Super Bowl to Denver and there was a notable no-show: Pro Bowl back Dorsey Levens The Packers earlier designated Levens as their franchise player effectively removing him from the lucrative free agent market They guaranteed him a salary of about $27 million for 1998 although trying to sign him to a long-term deal that would nearly double that salary agent Hadley Engelhard of Atlanta return phone messages Friday but last month he said if Levens and Green Bay agree on a longterm deal be wearing green and gold I can tell you Coach Mike Holmgren had expected Levens at least to take in the classroom work at the three-day five-workout mini-camp know too bad a perception by players by some players and most agents that missing the mandatory minicamp will create a big change in the negotiations and just not true it just Holmgren said would like Dorsey to have been here I know how much he would have done I understand that part of it But he should be here a part of this football team and he will be a part of this football team in the Even though Levens was missing there were several newcomers on hand who will try to help the Packers return to the Super Bowl and avenge their 31-24 upset at the hands of the Broncos three months ago Among them were seven draftees including top pick Von-nie Holliday a defensive lineman from North Carolina and 10 rookie free agents Two veteran unrestricted free agents guard Doug Widell and return specialist Glyn Milburn also were on hand as was defensive back Mike Prior a 12-year NFL veteran whom the Packers had recently released And defensive end Reggie White who retired on Sunday and returned on Wednesday was aboard although he participate in drills White did tutor Holliday the 19th overall draft pick whom the Packers lined up at right end Friday Keith McKenzie who bulked up to 268 to try to become a starter after right defensive end Gabe Wilkins left for San Francisco in free agency lined up on the left side in scrimmage drills Holmgren said nothing should be read into that Packers resign safety Mike Prior GREEN BAY (AP) Veteran safety Mike Prior defensive end Paul Frase and 10 rookie free agents have signed with the Green Bay Packers the team announced Friday Prior who will play in his 13th NFL season intercepted four passes last season second to safety LeRoy Butler Prior has not missed a game in five seasons with Green Bay Frase played in nine games last season but a back injury forced him to have surgery and sidelined him for five games New free agent additions include wide receivers Magic Benton of the University of Miami Mike Bowman of Valdosta State and Delonte Perkins of Robert Morris Lineman Rick Kaczenski of Notre Dame and center Andrew Welsh of Colorado also signed On defense signees include end David Hoelscher of Eastern Kentucky linebacker Keaton Cromartie of Tulane and linebacker Jude Waddy of William Mary Two punters Chris Hogue of Tennessee and Jason Davis of Oklahoma Sate also signed now quite frankly if you ask me pretty sure Santana Dotson and Gilbert Brown will be starting but other than that got to wait and he said' McKenzie see any longterm significance in lining up on the left side either' practice so I just lined up on that McKenzie said know just taking it day-by-day myself just want to get ready to play either Defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur who must rebuild a defensive line and a defensive back-field after losing three starters to free agency said Friday was just the start not in any position to draw any he said Other than Levens the other no-shows were guard Joe An-druzzi and comerback Anthony Fogle who are playing in the NFL Europe league Receiver Derrick Mayes who had shoulder surgery after the Super Bowl practiced but with a red jersey signalling no contact i 4 I I I I I I From Page Cl nique the throw will go nowhere You just have to relax and ease it Ray once a decathlete himself added: can work on it for years and improve a few feet at a time or you can just go out one day and fling it Kim picked it up right Deaton is ranked No 1 in the country this year and has already automatically qualified for the National Championships with a throw of 138-10 She is also a provisional qualifier and ranked No 2 in the heptathlon Ray said Deaton could qualify in the long jump but even if she does she most likely compete at Nationals year was a very good year for she said love to repeat that I feel like competing at close to the same Big-meet competition is nothing new to Deaton Last summer she qualified for the US Junior Nationals in Ed-wardsville 111 in the javelin and heptathlon becoming the first Carthage athlete to ever be invited to an Olympic festival The top three finishers qualified for the Pan-American Games Deaton finished in the middle of the pack in the field of 26 in both events while lining up alongside athletes from Stanford Penn State North Carolina Florida State and Texas was a very good experience for Ray said other girls got to train against better athletes every single day where Kim was our best athlete as a As one of the busiest athletes at most meets the 20-year-old Deaton said that she usually wear out Kara Berge does the 1500 and the Deaton said a team meeting the other day I said I would do 20 other events except those two because they are so draining do mostly field events like the long jump high jump shot put and javelin Those four are short explosive events not like a distance Ray disagreed: very taxing A lot Of our kids who do one or two events have no idea I care if a 20-second event it still wears Deaton was then asked if she is assigned a chaperone at meets to help shuttle her from event to event really good about she said take a really good look at the schedule and memorize what times things start so I She admitted that a bigger problem was focusing on one event at a time and trying not to let her mind wander wants to compete and the main Ray said As a sophomore on the overworked 18-member squad Carthage BYANDYHORSCHAK KENOSHA NEWS The Carthage track and field team will try and strive for five 11 am today in the Wisconsin Private College Championships at Art Keller Athletic Field If the Reds (32-5) win their unprecedented fifth consecutive state title today they will join Carroll College with most victories in the 15-year history of the meet The task is even more daunting considering that squad is only 18 members strong with 16 of those either freshmen or sophomores had a team meeting on Tuesday and nobody wants to be the first- one to Carthage coach Steve Ray said GREEN BAY (AP) Fans of 'ipe Green Bay Packers will soon iet a chance to vote on whether (neir team belongs on a postage stamp commemorating the 1960s I The US Postal Service wants consumers to decide how to illustrate a series of stamps depicting that history-filled jiecade and one of the sports choices is the Packers The Packers won five National Football League championships jluring the and will compete against Roger Maris breaking the Major League single-season -Jbome run record televised golf and the creation of the Super Bowl During May consumers can yote on stamp subjects in the Postal the program Official whose car Samuel was driving to be censured cr 0 MADISON (AP) A reprimand is to be issued to the University of Wisconsin administra-Tor whose pickup truck Badger Quarterback Mike Samuel was driving when arrested for itrunken driving the athletic director says Pat Richter also said the university would report the incipient involving facilities manager John Chadima to the National Collegiate Athletic Association expectation is that it will fe seen as a minor violation something that is very Richter said Thursday 2- Chadima who was an administrative assistant in the football program before being promoted ftbout a year ago was a passenger in his vehicle at the time Samuel was stopped March 29 in suburban Shorewood Hills Chadima declined to comment except to say was just a mistake one learn from and one jhat happen 'Marquette basketball player leaving team MILWAUKEE (AP) Fresh-bian DeMarcus Minor is leaving -The Marquette basketball team the school announced The Golden Eagles said Thursday the 6-foot-5 guard from Garland Texas who averaged 12 points in 58 minutes of play per -ghme last season would seek a better playing opportunity elsewhere are disappointed in decision to leave but -Wish him the best in his coach Mike Deane ishid in a prepared statement Ex-NU player resigns as 'Cal Poly assistant POMONA Calif (AP) Matt 'turdy allegedly implicated by a Eprmer teammate in the Northwestern basketball point-shav-mg scheme has resigned as an assistant coach at Cal Poly JPomona Purdy was the subject of an internal investigation by Cal Poly because of the federal litigation prt Northwestern Cal Poly dropped its investigation when Purdy informed the school last Friday that he was resigning Kenneth Dion Lee pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit sports bribery Lee jalso admitted recruiting two teammates to be part of the point-shaving scheme Dewey Williams who has pleaded innocent and Purdy who has not been indicted been really important to teach the freshmen new events just tried to be en- couraging and help them not Dolphins dump Salaam right back in lap Deaton who has been on the list three times and has a grade-point average close to 40 mind her role as a team leader comfortable with she said have only 18 girls and almost every team that we face has 30 or more aims at state history get frustrated basically what I did last year so I know what going through and how Wright tied their school-record time of 5041 seconds last week at the Marquette Invitational The team which won the state meet in 1996 will be chasing Carroll today The Pioneers who have won the meet in nine of the last 10 years are the favorite to repeat 31-member squad is the largest Ray has fielded since he has been at the school Senior Shebaniah Judah (sprints) senior Ryan Ball (throws) sophomore Brian (throws) and freshman Micah Sheppard (field events) have led the Redmen (23-17) "Our team is probably just as young as our Ray said not as talented LAKE FOREST III (AP) Take him back what the Miami Dolphins told the Chicago Bears Friday canceling a trade for former Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam two days after announcing it Miami said Salaam failed to pass the Dol physical exam looking at Rashaan Salaam we felt he was not 100 percent at this time For that Rashaan reason we de- Salaam cided not to carry out the trade He remains the property of the Chicago Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson said in a one-paragraph news release felt he was 90 percent be in this evening or tomorrow and go from Bears personnel director Mark Hatley said Friday Salaam broke a pone in his left leg and sustained torn ligaments i in his left ankle in the third game against Detroit last Sept 14 and was lost for the season Hatley said the Bears thought Salaam was healthy enough to come into their minicamp and participate He said the possibility of a trade being worked out still exists seems to think we Hatley said see how he feels in a couple of Taking Salaam back ties up about $700000 that the Bears thought they had freed under the salary cap The Bears began a minicamp Friday and troubled defensive end Alonzo Spellman was a no-show for the early session Spellman who earlier this year spent time in a psychiatric ward following an outburst at the home of his publicist will be fined wapt to speculate about his condition but just like evycne else and he show Hatley said adding Spellman call the team I i meets like this and conference a numbers game If we can compete like we did at the Chicagoland Championships we have a The only thing that could stop Carthage is injuries Freshman Natalie Peterson (sprints) and sophomores Kelly Sexton and Catherine Murphy (distance) are battling ailments Peterson already broke the school-record in the 400 which was set by Melissa Todd in 1996 Sophomore Kara Berge (middistance) and freshmen Wright (sprints) and Tina Moran (high jump hurdles) have had impressive seasons The 400-meter relay team of Cherie Matthaidess Jillian Theobald Kim Deaton and 1 1 rfto.