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4C The Miami Herald Wednesday March 2 19S8 Collcflos No 2 Carol City rolls past Cooper City 53-40 liSgli Schools Rhoden to hit 2nd stars to stay home From Herald Staff and Wire Reports A pitcher will bat second and three starting infielders will be left at home when the New York Yankees open their exhibition season against the Atlanta Braves at 1:05 pm Friday in West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium Yankees Manager Billy Martin said Tuesday he will bat pitcher Rick Rhoden second Rhoden behind Rickey Henderson so that he can see Rhoden at the plate at least twice And Martin said he will leave Don Mattingly Willie Randolph and Mike Pagliarulo three-fourths of his starting infield behind because he feels the field in West Palm Beach is in such poor condition that he fears they might be injured by a bad hop Jack Clark also make the trip because the designated hitter be in effect "Everytime you go in there somebody can get hurt" Martin said have two teams Atlanta and Montreal practicing on the same field and it gets ripped up If they ask me where my star players are tell them that they play on The Yankees have five games scheduled in West Palm Beach Rhoden who batted over 300 three times in his 13 years in the National League is being considered as a spot pinch hitter Since the designated hitter in effect when American League teams visit NL spring training parks Martin decided to use the opportunity to take a look at how Rhoden handles the bat "I want to see what got in case I want to reach for him as a pinch Martin said hit every day in batting practice between now and Rhoden who knocked one batting practice pitch off the left-field wall last week will be followed on the mound Friday by Dave Righetti Charlie Hudson Pat Clements and Neil Allen Atlanta is expected to pitch Zane Smith Charlie Puleo Pete Smith Andy Nezelek and Chuck Cary John Candelaria will be the starter Saturday when the Yankees meet the Baltimore Orioles at 1:30 pm in their Fort Lauderdale Stadium opener be followed by Lee Guetterman Cecilio Guante Tim Stoddard and Pete Filson The Orioles who play an intrasquad game today at noon are expected to start Mike Boddicker on Saturday with Oswaldo Peraza and Tom Niedenfuer following On Sunday the Yankees go to Miami Stadium for a 1:35 pm game where Rich Dotson will be the Yankee starter against Baltimore be followed by Scott Nielsen Troy Evers Mike Kinnunen and Cliff Speck The Orioles will go with Mike Morgan Jose Bautista and Doug Sisk GARY FERMAN By ROBERT LOHRER Herald Sports Writer For Carol City High the difference was defense And even that become apparent until the fourth quarter when the wear and tear became too much and Cooper offense began to stick like a faulty car clutch when Carol City started running outs-coring Cooper City 20-11 en route to a 53-40 victory and the Region 7-4A basketball title Tuesday night at Dade-North Carol City (34-3) advances to the Section 4-4A title game where it will meet Miami High at 8 pm Saturday at a site to be determined Three times this season Carol City has faced Miami High and three times the Chiefs have lost by margins of two two and eight points Tuesday game against a much-less-heralded Cooper City team looked as though it might end up just as close Cooper City (27-3) had led by as many as six (11-5 with 38 seconds to play in the first quarter) but its three other leads were by two points or fewer Carol City took a 33-29 lead into the fourth quarter and scored five straight points With 7:13 to play Cooper chances dimmed when it lost the services of point guard Ed McEnroe McEnroe went down with a hip-pointer Coach Steve Swank said McEnroe was carried from the court and return When he left however Cooper City was still within striking distance of the first half a dunk off a pass from McEnroe Cooper City led 6-3 The next time down the court Love pinned a Carol City shot on the backboard Meanwhile all Carol 268-pound power forward Robert McKie could do was make Love look thin The two matched up down low and Love outscored McKie 8-4 in the first half think we underestimated them at the McKie said looked kind of soft We had to feel out the officiating Were they going to let us bang or Still even after play loosened up McKie finished with nine points: Love had 14 with eight rebounds and a bunch of blocked shots including two on McKie With scoring limited it made coaching look even more impressive While Charles Johnson (16 points) and Delon Turner (10 points) picked up the offensive slack Bell kept the defensive pressure on difference down the stretch was that we played nine players and they played Bell said game they played every player five starters over 31 minutes And you have to remember this is a 94-foot court not an 84-foot high school court wanted them tired as heck in the fourth quarter" Bell said they broke a COOPER CITY 40 Wainman 2 Lemaire 15 Love 14 Boyce 5 McEnroe 2 Bonasera 2 CAROL CITY 53 Johnson 16 Turner 10 McKie 9 Young 5 Faulkner 7 Jackson 6 Halftime Carol City 21 Cooper City 19 Technicals Swank (2) Lemaire Knowles pitches UM to 6-2 win By DAN LE BATARD Herald Writer Freshman Greg Knowles gave up one run in seven innings Tuesday night as the University of Miami defeated St Thomas University 6-2 before 1329 fans at Mark Light Stadium The second-ranked Hurricanes (13-2) will next play host to the University of Maine Friday and Saturday before playing Purdue at 2 pm Sunday Both Maine games start at 7:30 pm St Thomas (6-4-1) will next play Thursday at Palm Beach Atlantic Because of his performance Tuesday right-hander Knowles (3-0) will probably get the third spot in the rotation behind Joe Grahe and Will Vespe UM Coach Ron Fraser said was pretty impressed with him said Fraser Two records were broken Tuesday one national the other a school mark In the ninth inning Jose Trujillo set an NCAA record for career sacrifices with his 30th breaking the mark held by a former teammate third baseman Joe Nelson means a lot to me because a team record not an individual Trujillo said give myself up for 30 other guys" In the sixth inning St Thomas catcher Dave Neville got his 111th run batted in eclipsing the St Thomas career mark of 110 RBI held by Richie Smith fact that we lost takes away from the record" he said After getting only one hit through four innings off starter Tom Brennan (0-2) UM parlayed two hits into two runs in the fifth Frank Dominguez doubled into the left-center gap and with one out John Viera walked Runners advanced on a groundout and Rey Noriega knocked them both home with a two-out single to center The Bobcats cut the margin in half with one run in the sixth the first run scored off Knowles this season a span of 15 innings After back-to-back singles by Jay Powers and Mike Beall to lead off the inning Knowles threw consecutive wild pitches advancing Powers to third on the first and Beall to second on the other Neville a three-year starter then broke the RBI record with a sacrifice fly to center scoring Powers and allowing Beall to take third where he was stranded Berkshire advances 56-32 Veterans panel rejects nominees basketball Class 4A Region i Fort Walton Choctawhatchee 83 Pensacola Washington 76 2 Jacksonville Wolfson 74 Gainesville Buchholz 71 (2 OT) 3 Brandon 76 Tampa Gaither 63 4 st Pete Northeast 94 Seminole 79 Evans 61 Daytona Mainland 53 6 WPB Twin Lakes 61 Martin Co 57 7 Carol City 53 Cooper City 40 I Miami High 99 Southridge 72 hard to blow a team out when playing 2 '2 -minute Carol City Coach Ernie Bell said felt if we could get to a double-digit lead be That happen until there was less than four minutes to play Carol Charlton Young hit three of four technical free-throw attempts and Carol City led 47-36 with 3:53 left Cooper Ed Lemaire (15 points) had been hit with a two-shot technical for doing a little protest dance when a referee called a jump ball instead of a foul on Carol City Swank then compounded the error by doing an even more impressive dance with lyrics believe the Swank said I want to blame the officials Our turnovers help our cause not convinced 13 points better than us We beat Cooper City hung in early on the play of 6-9 center Mario Love When Love scored his sixth point a two-run double for Belen Third baseman Irving Padron went two for two including a triple for Belen Palmer 24 Miami Country Day 0 Brett Smith pitched three Innings and had six strike outs for visiting Palmer (1-0) Center fielder Damian Giroux went one for two with one RBI Mark Swerling went one for two with one RBI Kendall Academy 7 Dade Christian 4 Donnie Gregis was the winning pitcher for Kendall Academy (1-0) at Tropical Park Gregis and teammate Brian Hayman who went three for three each hit a home run and had two RBI Curley 15 Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest 6 Casey Griffen went three for three with a home run and a double and six RBI for visiting Curley Alex Abella scored five runs for the Knights (1-4) and Tom Ferner added two hits and scored twice Slow-pitch softball Southridge 6 Southwest 3 Erin Hawn (SR) two for four four RBI Kristy Hoar (SR) winning pitcher Southridge 1-0 Palmetto 16 Homestead 1 Amara Rubin (P) winning pitcher four for four with two RBI Almee Scally (P) four for four with two RBI Palmetto 2-0 Sunset 16 Coral Gables 0 Lisa Kao (S) triple homer three RBI winning pitcher Dale Cox (S) two for four Sunset 2-2 Central 12 Norland 6 Martina Freeman (C) winning pitcher Tara Brown (C) three hits homer four RBI Tamara Lester (C) three for three Hialeah-Miaml Lakes 6 North Miami 5 Carrie Tymosko singled to score Annie Castro for the winning run Nicole Morahan (H) winning pitcher Lana Shatas (H) three for three Lakes 1-0 Edison 33 Miami High 16 Yolanda Forman Raquel Patterson (E) five runs five hits five RBI each Monica Thurston (E) five hits four RBI Patterson Thurston (E) two homers each Edison 42 Kendall Academy 32 Dade Christian 1 Maggie Lopez (KA) three for three including a Jirand slam Marjorie Guisasoia (K) three tor hree with three RBI Kendall Academy 1-0 Miami Beach 4 Jackson 3 MJ Dube (M) Singled in Maada Maldonado for winning run Greto Royce (MB) two RBI Beach 1-0 Palmer 4 Miami Country Day 2 Jennifer Farrar winning pitcher Farrar one for two including triple that scored winning run Northwest Christian 22 Loyola 0 Jennifer Smith pitched the shutout and Dawn Flowers hit a three-run homer and had seven RBI for visiting Northwest Christian (1-0) Fast-pitch softball Coral Park 14 Northwestern Patty Munde winning pitcher Madeline Gonzalez (C) Linda Marrero (C) Lisa Villanueva (C) three RBI each Coral Parh 4-1 track Coral Gables 62 Miami High S4 Chlrs Concepcion (C) 39-5Mi in triple lump 21-1144 In long lump Mark Dawson (C) won 120 high hurdles Coral Gables 4-0 Edison 97 Norland 34 Hans Ottlnot (E) Everson Baker (E) double winners Edison 30 Hialeah-Miami Lakes 69 Jackson 65 Todd Green (HML) triple winner Jason Smith (HML) double winner HML 2-1 South Oade 68 Homestead 67 South Dade won the mile relay in 3 52 to win the meet Mike Ellerbee (S) Eric Mosley (S) loams Athana-siadis (S) double winners South Dade 3-1 Carol City 106 Miami Springs 21 Thomas Barber Stacey McKinney Ed Pollack Maurice French (CC) double winners track Southridge 99 Coral Parti 23 Jeanlne Bernardini (S) double winner including 2 23 5 in 880 Christy Johnson (S) double winner including 5-0 in high jump Southridge 5-0 Hialeah-Miami Lakes 97 Jackson 26 June Klaiuka (H) triple winner including 2 31 6 in 800 meters Shvorn Morris (H) triple winner Including 18 2 in 110 hurdles Lakes 2-2 Killian 116 South Miami 11 Rosetta Register For the first time since 1956 the Veterans Committee failed to elected anyone to the Hall of Fame again passing up such former stars as Phil Rizzuto Leo Durocher Richie Ashburn Babe Herman and Gil Hodges None of the 29 candidates was able to win 75 percent of the vote required for election Former major-leaguers umpires executives and Negro League players are considered by the Veterans Committee The 20-member panel which includes Hall of Famers Ted Williams Stan Musial and Roy Cantpanella was reduced to 18 because broadcaster Red Barber and AL Executive Vice President Bob Fishel were absent That meant candidates needed 14 votes but none got more than 12 during a 4'z-hour meeting in Tampa Musial said Yankees Manager Martin was annoyed that Rizzuto a close friend was rejected by the Veterans Committee of making somebody happy for a lifetime they made nobody happy" Martin said terrible Maybe time for the commissioner of baseball to step in and see why voting that way and for the public to say that those guys are wrong" Postema to work Braves game Umpire Pam Postema who is getting a spring tryout with the National League will work her first exhibition game when the Atlanta Braves play the University of Georgia at 1:05 pm Thursday at West Palm Beach She received a tryout several years ago with the American League and worked the plate in the Hall of Fame game between the Braves and Yankees in 1987 Atlanta General Manager Bobby Cox gave her rave reviews Tartabull signs with KC Fisk Game-winning RBI Noriega (1) DP Miami 2 LOB St Tnomas 7 Miami 2 2B Robies Sundo Plnckes Word Dominguez Neville SB Vespe 4 (8) Robies (7) Noriega (3) Trujillo SF Neville Outfielder Danny Tartabull the young slugger who said Monday night that he wanted the Kansas City Royals to trade him has ended his holdout Tartabull who led Kansas City with 34 home runs last season signed a one-year contract Terms were not disclosed It was reported earlier that Tartabull who made $145000 last season had been given a $325000 final offer from the Royals Tartabull 25 a Carol City High product came to the Royals In a trade with Seattle and was named their most valuable player last season In addition to his 34 home runs he had 10 1 runs batted in and hit 309 Free agent Catcher Carlton Fisk will remain with the Chicago White Sox after talks aimed at making him a Royal broke off before Tuesday's midnight deadline The Royals originally offered Fisk $800000 He reportedly was asking for $12 million plus incentives and will earn $700000 with the White Sox Only one of the seven free agents in Fisk's class changed teams Former Detroit Tiger Kirk Gibson signed a three-year $45 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers Those who will decided Tuesday to remain with their teams are Detroit's Tom Brookens ($350000) Donnie Moore of the California Angels ($850000) Joe Niekro of the Minnesota Twins ($800000) Butch Wynegar of the Angels ($700000) and Juan Beniquez of the Toronto Blue Jays ($400000) By DAVE CURRY Herald Writer Berkshire the No 1-ranked Class 1A basketball team overcame an early Dade Christian stall Tuesday night to defeat the Crusaders 56-32 and win the Region 8-1A championship at the Berkshire gym Berkshire raised its record to 31-1 and advanced to Section 4-1 A championship game against Lake Worth Christian a 77-66 winner over Broward Christian were successful in the first half denying Ron Callwood the ball but we took ourselves offensively out of the game by missing easy layups" said Dade Christian Coach Paul Humphreys Dade Christian opened with a four-corners offense and forced some early turnovers But the Crusaders went back into their regular offense when Berkshire i took an 8-2 lead with 3:03 left in the first quarter It was 10-4 at the end of the first quarter played sloppy at first but then we forced Dade to play our tempo and we used the fast break to open up the said Berkshire Coach Lennie Rosen-bluth Berkshire outscored Dade Christian 12-2 in the second quarter to take command Callwood finished with 23 points and went 11 for 15 from the foul line DADE CHRISTIAN 32 Humphreys 10 Ayella 6 Hancock 2 Cowling 1 Amaro 7 Brigman 2 Kushi 2 Haeffener 2 BERKSHIRE 56 Callwood 23 Fahie 18 Barnett 3 Baiy 9 Schoenfeld 1 Roberts 2 Halftime Berkshire 22 Dade Christian 6 Fouled out Ayella Technicals Ayella Amaro Fahie Region 8-2A By BUTCH STALLINGS Riviera Beach Suncoast 69 Curley 62 Suncoast the No 1 -ranked Class 2 A team used superior rebounding to defeat Curley in the Curley gym The Chargers 23-6 and winners of two state championships in the last six years stayed in a tight 2-1-2 zone in the first half enabling them to fast-break to a 30-13 first-quarter advantage Johnnie two consecutive three-pointers from the left side of the key gave Suncoast a 28-11 lead with 35 seconds remaining in the first quarter Curley (21-7) countered with Richard six straight points off three steals to cut the margin to 32-22 with 3:52 left in the half A free throw by Jean who finished with a game-high 32 points 19 in the first half tied the score at 49 with one second left in the third quarter But numerous turnovers and missed shots in the last three minutes ended Curley's chance for an upset SUNCOAST 69 Walker 4 BarneH 6 Coleman 21 Dixon 18 Riley 2 McBride 2 Harris 7 Rutledge 9 CURLEY 62 McKenzie 3 Jean 32 Willard 2 Nezadieu 9 Alba 8 Halftime Suncoast 39 Curley 36 Fouled out Jean Other results can 7 Hialeatv-Miami Lakes 0 Fadul struck out 17 en route to throwing a for visiting American The Patriots he second-ranked team In the state Class had a home run and three RBI from amos Miami 12 North Miami Beach 2 Tim pitched a four-hitter and struck out five North Miami (4-4) Don Schenk went two and Mark Parish hit a two-run homer Miami City 13 Central 1 Eric Walls and gustin combined for a two-hitter for host ty (5-1) Ralph Troncoso had four RBI for fs ih 12 Norland 2 Rubin Bohegas went four with three RBI to lead Hialeah Milander Park Carlos Jimmez pitched a game to pick up the victory er 10 Marathon 0 Dan Williams threw ter as host Gulliver won the five-inning Williams also went two for two with three the Raiders Brothers Ricky end Rene dded two hits and three RBI each 11 Tavernier Coral Shores 1 Vidor I AAonrlt-iTN nitrhfKi A Of hitter With 13 (K) triple winner including 16 3 In 110 hurdles Janice Donaldson (K) 5-6 in high jump Killian 3-0 Edison 87 Norland 48 Brdigette Lawson (E) 49 4 in 330 hurdles Tara Taylor (E) 1 04 in 440 Venita Davis E) 37-8 in shot put Edison 3-0 South Dade 71 Homestead 56 Keisha Byrd (S) won 110 hurdles in 14 6 seconds Ann Marie Rahming (S) triple winner South Dade 3-1 Coral Gables 85 Miami High 32 Kim Belman (CG) quadruple winner including 26 0 seconds in 220 yards and 33-0 in triple lump Coral Gabies Golf Homestead 168 Coral Gables 189 Casey Gardner (CG) Bill Roberson (H) four-over 39s at Biltmore Homestead 5-1 Coral Gables 2-4 Sunset 181 South Dade 192 Pat Murchison (S) four-over 40 at Redlands Sunset 3-2 Miami Country Oay 183 Westminister Academy 235 Chris Stobs (MCD) three-over 38 at Miami Shores Country Day 1-0 tennis Palmetto 7 Coral Park 0 Kevin Keet Ricky Garrios 7-5 6-3 in No 2 singles Palmetto 4-0 Columbus 7 Miami Beach 0 John Sfupka Jim Weiner 6-0 64) in No 1 singles Columbus 4-0 North Miami Beach 7 Jackson 0 Matt Klein Marc St Fort 6-1 6-0 in No 1 singles NMB 54) Killian 7 South Dade 0 Sam Martino Derrick Porco 6-1 6-2 in No 1 singles Killian 4-1 South Dade 2-4 South Miami 7 Miami High 0 Chris Truby won 7-6 6-2 South Miami 1-2 North Miami 7 Hialeah 0 Jeff Mager Jesus Delrissco 6-1 6-0 in No 1 singles North Miami 6-0 Gulliver 4 Belen 3 Kevin Scorman (G) Nester Machado in decisive No 5 singles 64 7-5 Gulliver 4-1 Key West 7 St Brendan 0 Ahmed Samahh Alex Carasa 61 63 in No 1 singles St Brendan 63 Key West 1-3 Palmer 7 Dade Christian 0 Brian Wall won No I singles Palmer 2-0 tennis Palmetto 7 Coral Parh 0 Anna Ham-Alexan-dra Simm Vivian Gariba-Christma Stock 84) Palmetto 34) Killian 7 South Dade 0 Brenda Coffin Jackie Fiordialisi 64) 62 Killian 5-0 South Dade 2-4 Palmer 6 Dade Christian 1 Mary Kayel (P) won No 1 singles Palmer 1-0 North Miami 6 Hialeah 1 JIM Aronberg (N) Claudia Acura 60 62 in No 4 singles North Miami 64) North Miami Beach 7 Jackson 0 Elaine Goldenberg Katta Diaz 60 61 NMB 34) St Brendan 6 Key West 1 Daniela Maglioni (S) Christian Pakardiidz 62 63 in No 3 singles St Brendan 61 Key West 2-2 schedule Baseball St Brendan at American 3 pm Coral Gabies at Miami (Tamiaml) 3 30 pm Hialeah at Miami High (Curtis) 7pm South Dade at Homestead (Harris) 7 30 Jackson at Miami Springs (Milander) 7 30 Miami Beach at North Miami (Cagnt) 7 30 pm Northwestern at Norland (Scott) 3 30 Southwest at North Miami Beach 3 pm Killian at Palmetto (Suniland) 730 Sunset at Southridge 7 30 Pace at LaSalle 3 30 Lear at Kendall Academy 4 pm Softball American at Carol City 330 Hialeah at North Miami Beach 3 30 South Dade at Killian (Ehmann) 4 pm Sunset at South Miami (Tropical) 4 pm Kendail Academy at Curley 4 pm over glad to get these games over said MHS Coach Marcos Rodriguez is a fine club They worked hard and they gave us a good game I respect them But everybody has been waiting for Game 4 This is it been waiting too This is what been looking forward Nunez said he would know today where the sectional game will be played The winner will advance to Lakeland and the Final Four Three years ago Carol City played the Section 4-4A game at Carol City where the Chiefs beat Miami High and went on to the state title High where I want to said guard Jose Ramos who hit his first four shots and finished with 17 points never forget when I was in ninth grade and they had that team with Irving Thomas They made us go over to Carol City and play them Now our turn to return the favor play it at Miami High" MIAMI HIGH 99 Ramos 17 Valdez JO Nicholas 4 Edwards 21 Portillo 14 Martinez 12 Darity 4 Viliena 2 Garcia 5 SOUTHRIDGE 72 Shinhoster 8 A Sneed 12 Young 4 Morgan 14 Grant 21 Sneed 7 Brown 3 Laporie 3 Halftime Miami High 43 Southridge 31 Fouled out Portillo Grant MHS topples Southridge 99-72 Candelaria: Sutton set me up WP Knowles 3 242 A 1329 Indian River 5 Dade-South 0 David Meecham scattered five hits and struck out eight Dade-South batters for Indian River (15-2 9-0) at Fort Pierce Orlando Palmiero had two singles hitting two for four for Dade-South (10-9 4-3) Dade-Center 8 Edison 4 Ellerton Maynard had three hits including a triple and a homer for five RBI to pace Dade-Center (10-5 3-4) in the Southern Conference game at Bicentennial Park Felix Gurruchaga got the victory and Julio Reyes the save Brevard 7 Dade-North 1 Eric Martinez had a grand slam in the first inning to lead host Brevard Dade-North is 18-4 golf Sun Tree Invitational Dade-North shot a 325 for a three-round total of 940 to finish eighth in the 15-team tournament at Melbourne Fla Alexander City (Ala) State JC was winner with an 879 Danny Hyde was the top performer shooting a 76 for a final score of 325 Other results Softball Dade-Nerth 2-15 Edison VS Lori Oansky (ON) three for three game-winning RBI In first game Carrie Caselly (DN) four for four In second game two home runs six RBI Dade-Norm (a 8 5-1) Dade-Center 2-3 Palm Beach 616 Dade-Center 3-14 tennis Dade-South 4 Dade-North 3 Jill Raymond (OS) Down Berman 6-3 7-6 (7-3) In No 3 singles at Dade-North Dade-South 3-4 Broward Indian River 4 Nina Schmidt (BCC) Karen McLoughlin 6-1 6-3 Georgia Demuzovic (BCC) Sarah Fletcher 6-4 6-4 Damelia Ghizdavu-Laurei Caplin (BCC) Diane Taylor-Amy Scutari 2-6 6-2 6-0 tennis Palm Beach I Dade-Center 1 Dorn Prisco (DC) winner In No 3 singles Dade-Center 6-1 3-1 Southern Conference Dade-South a Dade-North 1 Troy Porco(DS) Pablos Mon 6-4 6-1 in No singles at Dade-North Dade-South 23 schedule Baseball Dade-North at Brevard 3pm Dade-South at Indian River 1 pm Dade-Center at Edison 3pm Palm Beach at Broward 3pm Florida Atlantic at Eckerd 3 pm Boca Raton at Florida Memorial 3 pm basketball Morehead State at FIU 730 pm Softball Barry at St Leo (2) 2 45 MHS from 1C quarter but the Spartans missed 10 of 15 free throws and fell behind 43-31 Miami High inched away by going inside to its bigger front line of 6-9 Portillo and 6-8 Douglas Edwards who finished with a team-high 21 points Benny Valdez newest starter had another big night proving again that there is room on this team for a 5-10 guard Valdez had three steals and eight points in the first half and finished with 20 points "They just have too said Southridge Coach Willie Diaz whose tallest starter is 6-3 wanted to take away the inside game but we never established that Miami High has too much height and they use it to their advantage They wear you The Spartans were led by Steve Grant who at 6-3 went inside and scored 21 and Tom Morgan who scored 12 of his 14 points in the Second half The Stings blew it open in the third quarter with a 12-2 run that ended when Portillo who scored six points during that stretch went to the bench with his fourth foul at the 3:06 mark Then Edwards who scored 13 second-half points before sitting down with 3:08 left in the game took been a way I wanted to end Candelaria checked himself into St Hospital in Anaheim to undergo alcohol rehabilitation after each arrest but now claims he never had a drinking problem "I was forced to go into therapy by the club and it had nothing to do with he said "What did it have to do with? career had been the model of stability when he pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1975 until his trade to the Angels on Aug 2 1985 But in December of that year his son John Robert died from injuries suffered in a swimming pool accident The death caused Candelaria great trauma yet somehow affect his pitching He was 10-2 in 16 appearances in 1986 despite missing most of the early part of the season because of a bone spur in his left elbow In 1987 he was 8-6 when traded to the Mets Candelaria won two of three starts with the Mets receiving a no-decision in the other But he decided to sign with the Yankees figuring he be entrenched as a starter CANDELARIA from 1C months after his second arrest June 15 forcing him to move away from his wife and daughter After the season he became a free agent and signed a $700000 contract with the Yankees Sutton now a Los Angeles Dodger return calls from The Herald He told The Los Angeles Times "I want to explain it I don't want to deal with any of that crap" have to believe Sutton felt like he was doing what he thought was right even if I agree with what he did" Angels Manager Gene Mauch added from spring training camp in Mesa Ariz Candelaria said he feels a little homesick for his family this spring which may explain his lingering bitterness over move That particular drunk-driving charge eventually was dismissed but the second still is pending know if I wanted to play Candelaria said love the game just hard being away from my family keep moving a kid around when they are in school It is important they have friends "I going to pitch this year But maybi I came back because last year wouldn't have.