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I 'I 9 idaeols bro The Miami Herald Tuesday March 19 1985 4C Cardinal Gibbons has newfound talent iritTT ') i1 rt By PHIL TAYLOR Herald Sports Water Frank Humber and Hubert Power will tell you that there really as much difference between their hometown of Corner Brook Newfoundland and their new home Fort Lauderdale as you might assume Corner Brook High much different from Cardinal Gibbons High and their Canadian friends like the same things as their American friends movies parties video games But Power and Humber concede that there are a few differences not the least of which is that if they were in Corner Brook right now they would be throwing snowballs instead of baseballs are about three to four feet of snow on the ground back home right now pretty Humber said even be able to find the baseball field much less play on That's one of the reasons Humber and Power both senior righthanders are glad they are pitching for Cardinal Gibbons In light of the fact that Humber 6-0 with 64 strikeouts in 37 innings and Power 3-0 have combined for nine of the 10 victories for Cardinal Gibbons (10-2) Redskins Coach George Petik is pretty pleased as well and Hubert have been a pleasure for me as a coach both on the mound and Petik said records speak for themselves but the records tell you about what hard workers they are or how popular they are with their teammates or how well they have made the adjustment to moving Two years ago Power and Humber were teammates on a Corner Brook baseball team when John Koons now a Cardinal Gibbons assistant coach brought the American Legion team he coached to Canada play a series of games was playing in an unlimited Koons said was a 16-year-old playing with see them again I think this whole experience the chance to travel and see someplace new is going to be good for both Frank and Koons moved from Virginia to Fort Lauderdale last summer and after looking at several schools in the area decided to send his son Humber and Power to Cardinal Gibbons all been kind of like a dream come true for Power said no such thing as high school baseball in Newfoundland because the weather is still too cold We have town teams in the summer but we only play about a 15 to 20-game Humber and Power will be better able to develop their talent now that they can play virtually a year-round schedule and Petik believes there is a great deal of talent to develop can definitely pitch for a college team and we feel he may be a major-league Petik said "He has a fastball in the mid-80s a slider and a curve and a very mature and poised pitcher for his age He thinks several pitches ahead setting up hitters The college coach who gets Frankie is a lucky At 6 feet 215 pounds Humber is more of a power pitcher than Power But Petik said whatever the 5-10 150-pound Power lacks in strength he makes up in determination has a toughness about him on the Petik said has a lot of guts He gets a look in his eyes that just tells you got a fight on your hands got a lot of street savvy You can tell that adjusting to pitching down here overwhelm Both pitchers agree that there have been no overwhelming adjustments either on the field or in living with the Koons family Possibly the biggest one they had to make was in sharing a fold-out bed in the houses and I were pretty close friends Power said smiling now I guess closer than JOE IMKUS JR Miami Herald Staff Cardinal Canadian club: pitchers Hubert Power Frank Humber Cardinal Gibbons first baseman told him that was fine but no college scouts were ever going see him playing in Corner Brook We eventually worked it out with his family to have him come live with me and I became his legal Humber came to live with Koons in Virginia two summers ago and pitched on his American Legion team Last summer Corner Brook coach Steve Angeline told Koons about anoth er of his players Power is the youngest of 12 children and I understood that his father thought it was time for him to start earning a living and that school Koons said really wanted to go to college and I wanted to give him the opportunity Since I loved having Frankie so much I decided to take Hubert too sight unseen and glad I did like part of the family and Hubert is fast becoming Humber and Power are just as pleased with their new situation although leaving their families and homes was difficult was on the fence for a Humber said I really want to go to college in the United States and it just came down to the fact that I would never get a baseball scholarship playing in Corner always wanted to see said Power miss my family but it like never For the Record Baseball statistics Leading hitters CLASS AAAA-AAA Player school 1 Wayne Stofsky Nova 2 Jim Van Hart NE 3 Lee Wagner Mir 4 Kirk Brammer Str 4 Matt Holm Luth 4 A Summerlin FLC 7 Scott Griscom Luth 7 Dean Decillis CCity 9 Wes Deeds PC 10 Eric Waters NE 11 Sam Rodriguez CCity 12 Fraidenburg Cham 13 Mike Moberg STA 14 Rob Hoysgaard CG 15 Peter Zelch NE 16 Ron Flury SB 17 David Forthofer DB 18 Doug Johns Nova 19 Brad Addison PI 19 Art Brockman Nova Broward teams show progress in playoffs men He only threw about three innings against us but he was sensational My players came back saying the 16-year-old was better than all the men they played Koons saw Humber working with younger children at a baseball camp a few days later and asked him about his goals said he wanted to go to an American college and possibly play professional baseball said Koons whose son John is the ties Association renewed its contract with Lakeland meaning the tournament will remain there at least until 1990 The FHSAA rejected Daytona bid primarily because of location nothing east of Daytona" said Fred Rozelle executive secretary of the FHSAA got to swim there from that WLRN (Ch 17) will air semifinals with Westminster Academy and Suncoast beginning at noon Sunday Championship games with Northest and Miami Carol City are scheduled for next Monday night at 9 finals with Riviera Beach Suncoast and Westminster are scheduled for March 30 at noon The Florida High School Activities Association's move to raise ticket prices for the tournament paid off The gross for three days at the Lakeland Civic Center was $95242 up approximately $14-000 from last year Although tickets were 50 cents more ($350) a record 27272 paid including a sellout crowd of approximately 7000 for evening session which featured Westminster Academy's final and Carol 67-65 overtime victory over Jacksonville Ribault A record 125 media credentials also were issued WW J1 Leading pitchers CLASS AAAA-AAA Player school 1 Ron Flury SB 2 Chris Bushing SB 3 Tom Reeder WA 4 Bill Drohan Nova 5 Rick Taylor CS 6 Jason Shroyer FLC 7 Kevin Abbate Mir 7 Todd Zaccardi Mir 9 Bob Spano STA 10 Tony Scharff Crk If Broward basketball suffered any inferiority complex before the basketball state tournament it now Northeast and Westminster Academy blew 10-point leads late in their championship games Saturday but the true significance the label on the trophies they received Championship trophies would have been preferred of course but not forget that Broward hasn't taken home two pieces of hardware runner-up or otherwise since 1953 And even though Broward took second place it proved it no longer is second-rate Both teams led the eventual state champions after three quarters of play and composure not talent was the difference No wonder Westminster Coach LeRoy Schwab will remember this as a season of success not failure he said much so Two state finalists from one county you see very Northeast Coach Tucker Morris agreed knowing that making it to the Final Four was an accomplishment in itself turned the corner Morris said know can get by these Palm Beach Morris in fact believes Broward can do better than that Although his Hurricanes lost to Crestview 58-55 he thinks the best Class AAA team in the state resides in Oakland Park no doubt in my mind we were the best in AAA" Morris said were beaten but I be afraid to play them tomorrow We played three good quarters If we played them 10 rimes now I think win The Florida High School Activi JP 5" IT jb ifc ft (Minimum two decisions or 14 innings) Home-run leaders Player school number 1 Wayne Stofsky Nova 5 7 Mark McAninch STA 4 2 Lee Stewart Ely 4 4 Darin Koch SB 3 4 Ray Portu STA i 3 4 Joe Whenti Ambas 3 7 Tom Crudup STA 2 7 Mike Lane Ely 2 7 Greg Sigman PI 2 Softball statistics Athlete of the Week Scharff is sharp in no-hitter Coconut Creek baseball team had much too cheer about this season Except for Tony performance against Coral Springs on Wednesday Scharff a junior threw a no-hitter against Springs (6-1) including three strikeouts Scharff (2-2) also drove in the winning run to improve record to 2-7 He is the Athlete of the Week Honorable mention BOYS' BASKETBALL Darryl Williams Gaorga Wastbrook and Charlas Woods (NE) Bob Slarnas and Nils Barrett (WA) BASEBALL Bill Drohan (Nova) Jim Toala (Tara) Scott Griscom (Luth) Tom Roadar (WA) Dean Decillis (CCity) Anthony Summerlind FLC SOFTBALL Nancy Taylor Cardinal Gibbons went eight for 12 this week with three home runs one in each game and had nine RBI to earn Athlete of the Week honors Demetria Nelson (SB) Michele McLeod (AH) Julie Poole (SB) Lynn Domenessy (McA) Nancy Jarsky (CCi-y) Renee Hughes (Luth) Chris Sanders (WA) BOYS' TENNIS Breft Beattie Pompano Beach defeated Hollywood Hills Lee Rosenthal 6-2 2-6 6-4 to earn Athlete of the Week honors Jose Harvin (BA) Jerry Gonzalez and Marcus Kramtr (BC) Clint Lyons (PB) GIRLS' TENNIS Lisa Howard (HH) Claro Evert (STA) Jill Cvelvar and Michon Lubbers (CG) BOYS' GOLF David Bishop St Thomas Aquinas shot a 35 37 and 38 in three matches for the Raiders' to give him 36 7 stroke average and earn Athlete of the Week honors Steve Smith (STA) TRACK Gloria Morgan South Plantation anchored the Paladins' two record-setting meet relays at Fort Pierce Cobra Relays to earn Athlete of the Week honors Michelle Smith (Crk) Michael LaValle (BA) Kim Nelson (Tara) Coaches may submit Athlete ol the Week nominations by phoning The Herald (527-1430) Sundays between 10 a and 2 pm Softball (All 4pm unless noted) Pompano Beach at Cardinal Gibbons Northeast at Deerfield Beach Fort Lauderdale at Ely St Thomas Aquinas at Hallandale Miramar at Hollywood Hills South Plantation at Madonnna Academy Stranahan at Plantation Western at South Broward Track (All 4 pm unless noted) Dillard Boyd Anderson vs Nova at Western 5 30 Piper Coconut Creek at McArthur Stranahan Cardinal Gibbons at Fort Lauderdale Miramar Western at Chaminade Cooper City Coral Springs at Taravella Pompano Beach Deerfield Beach at Plantation Ely at Northeast Hollywood Hills at South Broward South Plantation Hallandale at St Thomas Aquinas tennis (All 3 30 unless noted) Coral Springs at Boyd Anderson Cardinal Gibbons at Fort Lauderdale Chaminade at Miramar McArthur at Coconut CreeK Cooper City at Dillard Plantation at Deerfield Beach Hallandale at South Broward St Thomas Aquinas at Hollywood Hills Piper at Taravella Stranahan at Pompano Beach South Plantation at Western Girls tennis (All 3 30 unless noted) Boyd Anderson at Coral Springs Cardinal Gibbons at Fort Lauderdale nronut Creek at McArthur Dillard at Cooper City Deerfield Beach at Plantation Northeast at Ely South Broward at Hallandale JOE RIMKUS JR Miami Herald Staff Nils Barrett shoots a jumper in defeat 1 fir 't frjt ft i -ir 1 jP vmm 'Vt 4 tf 4V JjK a Home-run leaders Player school number 1 Nancy Taylor CG 7 2 Kari Keith Str 6 3 Carrie Casselh West 5 3 Lynn Domenessi McA 5 5 Dana Moffatt SP 5 6 Demitria Nelson SB 4 6 Stephanie Payne Mir 4 6 Chris Sanders WA 3 8 Michelle Thompson McA 3 Baseball and softball coaches are responsible for reporting statistics by phoning The Herald (527 8430) Sundays between 10 a and 2 pm schedule Baseball (All 3 30 unless noted) Pompano Beach at Cardinal Gibbons South Plantation at Chaminade Northeast at Deerfield Beach Piper at Dillard Fort Lauderdale at Ely St Thomas Aquinas at Hallandale Miramar at Hollywood Hills Stranahan at Plantation Western at South Broward JOE IMKUS JR Miami Herald Staff The faces of George Westbrook (left) and Coach Tucker Morris tell of frustrations I.