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THurv Jon. 19S1 HA THI SUN SBVC thumps Citrus in conference opener gj. By CINDY CROSS Sun Soort Writer SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino Valley College's basketball team in first place in the Mission Conference? Uh, that's not a question, that should be a statement SBVC, by virtue of dumping Citrus College, 93-82, in its conference opener, does indeed find itself in first place. Okav. so it's onlv the first game of Dan Fouts (Continued from D-l) who talks about himself much.

This week, he walked into an Interview with his playbook (also typical for this Xs and Os fanatic) and proceeded to talk about his teammates for the better part of an hour. About himself, he said little. Insiders say Fouts is polite with but wary of the media. Another view is that Fouts considers the media a distraction, as well they can be during the buildup to a big football game. This much we know: Dan Fouts is 29 years old, 205 pounds, dark-haired, bearded, good-looking, intense, an extremely dedicated worker, and a formidable competitor.

Not exactly a recluse, but a man who craves privacy and retreats to his stone-and-glass hideaway in Oregon's Cascade Mountains after the football season is over and done with. Family man, with wife Julianne and children Dominick (2) and Suzanne (1). We also know this: Dan Fouts is the most prolific passer in pro football today. In 1980, Fouts set NFL records (breaking some of his 1979 records) with 589 pass attempts, 348 completions, 4,715 yards and eight 300-yard games. There are several reasons for these astounding totals, including the coaching of Don Coryell, who has established the only offense in the NFL that passes more than it runs; the receiving of tight end Kellen Winslow and wide receivers Joiner and Jefferson, the first trio of receivers in NFL history to catch passes for more than 1,000 yards apiece in a single season.

think we did Just that" It took SBVC a hile to get its game plan in operation, though. The Indians were behind 10-2 in the first three minutes of the game. Citrus (8-9) continued to dominate the hoops as the Owls led 22 10 with 13:32 remaining in the first half their biggest margin of the night SBVC finally realized there wasn't a lid covering its bucket and outscored Citrus 31-14 in the the final 12 minutes of the half to lead at intermission, 43-38. Reinert sank the go-ahead point that put SBVC up for good at 33-32 with 6:11 to play before halftime. At the outset of the second half, the Indians continued to play hard, building a 21-point margin, 6948, with 11:33 left in the game.

Citrus' Mike Lavelle was the game's high scorer with 31 points, hitting on 12-of-18 field goals. Teammate Chuck Weaver added 25 for the Owls. ft A VI -w i- I I conference action, but the fact remains SBVC is in first place and it's been a long time since the Indians have been on top. It may be early in the season to make any predictions, but with the kind of ball they've been playing the past two games, they deserve the No. 1 spot.

Consider SBVC's past two performances Wednesday's win, and last Saturday's 74-71 victory over Cypress: Cypress was last year's Division I (large schools) state champion and was ranked ninth in the state, but SBVC outrebounded the Chargers. In both games, the Indians had fewer turnovers than their opponents. SBVC recovered from a 12-point deficit against Citrus and eventually built a 21-point margin in winning quite handily. The Indians no longer just play offense, but have learned there's another aspect of the game defense. So what's made the big difference? "I think we're playing better as a team," said SBVC coach Spencer Watkins.

"The guys know each other now; they're used to one another. They know that if they get the ball to Eric (Reinert), he's going to make the out Bulldogs top UCSD, 82-65 5: PW Staff photo by Gall Flriior SBVC's Jeff Firestone and Citrus Bill Morales scramble for a loose basketball in their game Wednesday night. Collins rates winning high REDLANDS Sophomore forward Lewis Gabbard led a balanced University of Redlands scoring attack with 15 points on Wednesday night as the host Bulldogs defeated UC San Diego, 82-65. With the victory, Redlands avenged an 85-81 loss to UCSD earlier this season. That defeat came in the finals of the UCSD Tournament.

Senior center Jim Bennett scored 13 points, guards Harold Vollkommer and Brian Freeman added 12 points and forward Mike Hornbuckle contributed 10 for Redlands, which concluded its nonconference schedule with a 7-6 record. The Bulldogs, who shot 60 percent from the field (32-for-53), used an 11-2 burst midway through the first half to open up an early 21-10 lead which they never relinquished. Bennett, who did not play the last time the two teams met, and Freeman combined for 14 of Redlands' first 21 points. Gabbard led the Bulldogs with seven rebounds and hit seven of his eight field goal attempts. Vollkommer connected on four of his five shots.

Gary Haines, a 6-5 senior guard from Riverside, led UC San Diego with 20 points, all of them coming in the second half. Backcourt mate Cameron Thomas added 15 for UCSD. Redlands opens Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Saturday night, hosting Clare-mont for an 8 o'clock contest. side shot; if they give the bail to (Mike) Clark, he's good from the inside." Reinert, a 6-0 sophomore guard, paced SBVC on Wednesday with 26 points, making 9-of-16 shots from the field and 8-of-9 free throws. As good as Reinert shot, Eugene Ling, the Indians' 6-5 sophomore forward, was even better, sinking 9-OM3 shots for 18 points.

Clark added 15 points, Chuckie Adams had 12 and Eugene Flipping contributed eight more for SBVC. "I believe one reason why we're playing so well is because of our tough preseason schedule," added Watkins. "We're executing well, making good shot selections, and we're hustling. We're controlling the game. "We played against Citrus the same way we played against Cypress.

They like to slow the game down. We wanted to speed it up and control the game and force them out of their game plan. I player may look glamorous, more often, it's a lonely, boring life. "I want to do it for awhile but I don't know how long," Collins conceded. "It's pretty boring and tiring going from airport to airport, hotel to hotel." "And you don't mix with the other players that much," added Brown.

"They're there to beat you. You must be emotionally self sufficient." Occasionally a brief alliance with another player forms during a tournament. Such was the case with Collins and King at Wimbledon this year. "Billie Jean practiced with Sandy every day at Wimbledon," said Brown. "I've known Billie Jean for years and she did it as a favor." Collins is playing as the second seed in the $30,000 Avon Futures of Southwest Florida (satellite tournament) this week.

In Tuesday's first round, she defeated Glynis Coles of England, 6-3, 6-2. From there, she hopes to play in the Kansas City, Cincinnati, Chicago, Seattle, Oakland and then Los Angeles Avon Championships. "Hopefully by then I'll have enough points to get in the L.A. tournament," said Collins. "If my ranking goes up from 45 to the 30s, they might put me in as a wild card.

"My goal this year is to reach the 20s. I think I'm capable of it. Some day maybe I'll be in the top five, but I'm working a step at a time. It takes a lot of winning to get in the top five." With Collins' talent, resolve and discipline, her goals seem totally realistic especially now that her confidence is also working for her. "I never think about not being able to beat anybody.

I now feel I always have a good chance." Which just about sums up Sandy Collins, the pro a player with a future, a player with a good chance. (Continued from D-l) pretty low key unless she gets a bad line call. "We're working on building her confidence. Winning a big one here and a big one there has given her the confidence to go on." It hasn't all been mental preparation Collins also made some changes in her game. A natural winner at the baseline, the left-handed player is now attacking more from the net.

"I'm always trying to improve parts of my game to be more aggressive on the offense," said Collins. "That's the new improvement," Brown added. "She finally got off the baseline. To compete successfully, she has to play more aggressively." Collins also changed rackets this year, switching from a wood to a Head aluminum model. Her coach said it has made a difference in her game, especially her serve.

Brown, who still coaches at the University of Texas, travels with her student when she can. (When Collins isn't playing she stays in Odessa and works as Brown's assistant coach.) Brown handles Collins' business affairs, recently getting Ellsse, an expensive European line of tennis togs, to sponsor her protege. "I take care of all her contacts and business work so all she has to worry about is her game," said Brown, who was ranked 27th in singles and fifth in doubles in the 1960s. "She's been a delight to coach. When she first came to me, she was ranked 41st in the 18 and unders.

In one year, she moved to the top player in the under-21 circuit. "Each year she's done something outstanding besides being a 4.0 student. Sandy is a very disciplined person." The self-disciplining process has became doubly important since Collins turned pro. While life as a circuit and the overall improvement in personnel on the Chargers in the past several years. Somewhere in there belong the contributions of one Dan Fouts, whose achievements are considerably more remarkable than his raw talent.

"We're only doing what we do because of Dan," says Coryell. "He doesn't have all the qualities you'd want in an ideal quarterback. He's not the best long-ball thrower in the league, and he's not a runner. But he is very, very intelligent and tough mentally." Of course, Fouts might say the only reason the Chargers are doing what they do is because of Coryell, who has built remarkable passing offenses everywhere he's been, most notably at San Diego State and with the St. Louis Cardinals.

"He's meant everything to my career," admits Fouts. Indeed, Fouts' career skyrocketed when Chargers owner Eugene Klein appointed Coryell to succeed Tommy Prothro four games into the 1978 season. Neither Fouts nor the Chargers prospered under Prothro, who became San Diego's coach in 1974, Fouts' second year out of Oregon, where he was all-Pacific 10 Conference. There was really only one happy year for Fouts while Prothro was the coach. That was 1976, when another offensive whiz, Bill Walsh, was an assistant with the Chargers.

"That was the first year I had an offensive-minded quarterback coach," Fouts said. "I learned more that year than 1 had learned in my entire career previously." In 1977, however, Walsh moved on and Prothro brought in former Ram James Harris, at a considerably higher salary than Fouts, to quarterback the team. Fouts was plenty mad, and held out for the first 10 games of the season. When he returned, he was the starter, as Harris had flopped. Yet it wasn't until the next season, when Prothro was fired and Air Coryell set up its San Diego office, that Fouts took off.

Under Coryell, Fouts turned a 1-3 start into a 9-7 season, which included seven wins in the last eight games. It was the first winning season for the Chargers since 1969. The next season, 1979, Kellen Winslow arrived, the team learned the intricacies of Coryell's offense and the NFL record book suffered its worst beating since a guy named Joe Willie Namath was winging it in Shea Stadium. "When we were losing every year, 1 had the confidence 1 could be a winning quarterback," Fouts said. "And when Don came in, that was the best thing that could have happened for me and this team." The Chargers won the AFC West with a 124 record, yet the season ended unhappily for Fouts, as his first playoff game ended in a 17-14 loss to the Oilers.

After the game, Fouts was terse. "They played well and we didn't," he said and he was off to the showers, to the airport, to the Cascades. When he returned for the 1980 season, he somehow managed to improve on his spectacular 1979 season, and was having a ball. "This is by far the most fun I've ever had playing football," he says. "It's because of the way we're playing, the guys on the team and the coaching staff.

We've been through adversity and we've grown together." They also repeated as division champs. This time, though, they won their playoff opener, and are now a few Dan Fouts touchdown passes away from the Super Bowl. "Last year was satisfying and important to me," Fouts said, "but I won't really be satisfied until I wear a Super Bowl ring." His chance comes Sunday against the Raiders. And however reserved he Is with the media, the Chargers know who will do the talking on the field. "There's a lot of talking until Dan steps in the huddle," says Jefferson, "and then everyone clams up." TIRES with road hazard coverage as a bonus.

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