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Monday through Friday. Fall sports include football, boys and girls golf girls tennis, boys and girls cross country, volleyball, and boys and girls DanoMS DWInL Milos won the of Monday Night League regular-season title, then made it a sweep by claiming the postseason tournament championship. In the -tournament finals played Monday night at the Knight of Columbus softball complex on Bradford-Childrens Home Road, Milos outscored Greenville Glass 18-8. Earlier, Milos, 16-1, had advanced to the finals with a 16-0 win over Greenville Glass, behind the two-hit pitching of Keith Milo Schlechty. What a way to celebrate my birthday, said a happy Schlechty, after acknowledging Milo is his middle name.

Pitching a shutout not bad for a 55-year-old. 1 But I couldnt have gotten the shutout without the other Kelly Byrum of Vints Restaurant slides safely into third base with plenty of distance between him and the ball caught by Greenville Glasss Tom Muhlencamp. Greenville Glass won 13-10, In a of Monday Night League slo pitch tournament game. Supply advanced. The Class state tournament is Aug.

28-29 at Sylvania. In the Slick Open, also played this past weekend at the of complex, Ullery Vending defeated Covington Lanes for! the championship. The Friday Co-Ed League has four teams left, with that tournament concluding Friday, starting at 6:30 p.m. In a Class state qualifier played at the of diamonds this past weekend, Yorkshire Silver Spurs, Greenville Varsity Sports and Greenville Dickman In other tournament games Monday, Vints Restaurant eliminated Jims Drive InnRBI 14-4 and Greenville Glass ousted Vints 13-10. Tournament play resumes toqight, with the final four games in the Tuesday Night League.

Action begins at 6:30 p.m. Heavy Hitters aim for title in the ATP BY DON MCDERMOTT Sports Editor MASON, Ohio-Cliff Drysdale first answered a question about why a clock measures the length of time it takes to complete a tennis match. Well, its probably to advertise the name of the watch company a camera picks up the time of the match and the name of a watch company is on the screen, too, said Drysdale. This game is like any other. Its about money.

Drysdale is with ESPN and ABC as a tennis analyst and Is -working at the Great American Insurance ATP Championships which got underway Monday at the Tennis Center here. And money $2.45 million will be plentiful at this exclusive mens tournament, which runs through Sunday and has attracted nine of the top 10 players in the world in 1998. Pete Sampras, who was the No. 1-ranked player in the World when the pairings were set but has since dropped behind Marcelo Rios, is here. So are Rios, Andre Agassi, Carlos Moya, Patrick Rafter (who won the du Maurier this past weekend), Petr Korda, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Michael Chang, Alex Corretja, Richard Krajicek, Jonas Bjorkman, Tim Henman and Goran Ivanisevic, among others, in a select 56-man draw.

I dont think you will see any other tournament with such a concentration of talent, said Drysdale, a South African who for most of the 1960s and 1970s was among the worlds best singles players. And with a draw of 56, a first-round match, instead of having a No. 1 paired against a No. 128, you're liable to see a No. 1 going against a No.

64, and thats a much more difficult test Cliff Drysdale, who works with ESPN and ABC on tennis telecasts, said the ATP Championships is not just another tennis tournament, Monday, at Mason, OH. nine guys playing such good defense behind me, said Slick. Milos starting lineup included first baseman Rick Claudy, second baseman Randy Ruble, third baseman Mark Eldridge, shortstop Todd Printz, outfielders A.J. Bey, Jeff Adams, Mike Long and Tom Hathaway and catcher Mike Franklin. and just trying to go to the beach and to the pool, Corretja said.

Right now I feel fresh again." OBrien, who has never been ranked higher than 30th, was happy to have pressed Corretja to a third-set tiebreaker. I did a lot of positive things. I thought it was a good day because I put a lot of pressure on him, OBrien said. Im my biggest enemy today I didnt defeat myself. As one of the Mercedes Super 9 tournaments, the $2.45 million Great American Insurance ATP Championship has a spectacular field.

Of the top 10 players on tour, only sixth-ranked Greg Rusedski, sidelined by an injury, is absent. Pete Sampras is the defending champion and No. 1 seed. Marcelo Rios, who took over the tours top ranking from Sampras on Monday, is seeded No. 2.

The tournament lost one seeded player Monday when Jeff Tarango defeated 13th-seeded Alberto Berasategui of Spain 7-5, 6-2. State to decide? CINCINNATI The secretary of state will have to decide whether voters can decide the future of a new Cincinnati Reds baseball stadium. Hamilton Countys board of elections split Monday along party lines, with the two Republican members voting against putting the issue on the ballot, and the two Democrats 1 voting that it should go before voters. So the issue goes to Secretary of State Bob Taft. Whatever his decision, the matter is likely to go to the courts for a final ruling.

The Reds and county commissioners have a tentative deal to build the stadium at the river site adjacent to Cinergy Field, -the teams current home. But opponents of that site want the stadium built at Broadway Commons, closer to the business district. They gathered more than 27,000 signatures to put the issue on the ballot. Coach reassigned GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio Girls basketball powerhouse Trinity High School is reassigning its longtime coach to a noncoaching position in the schools athletic department. But Pat Diulus, who built the Catholic high school in this Cleveland suburb into a state and national powerhouse, said he will not accept his new consulting and marketing position.

But he had no immediate comment on whether he would continue work at the school. John Krall, Trinity athletic director, in a statement said the schools decision comes after special consideration and respect for Mr. Diulus experience in high school athletics." The move comes after two of the schools top players, All-Ohio junior guard Allison Lipinski and junior Karyn Woloszynek recently transferred to Garfield Heights High School. Martins dad dies ELY, Nev. The father of star NASCAR driver Mark Martin died when the small plane he was flying crashed near a national park.

Julian Martins wife and 11-year-old daughter were also killed. Authorities said the twin- engine Piper went down around noon Saturday outside Great Basin National Park in the foothills of Wheeler 1 Peak near the Utah border. Julian Martin was traveling with his wife, Shelley, and their daughter, Sarah. There were no other passengers. Romero said he did not know the origin or destination of the flight.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Alex Corretja had to go three sets, Including two tiebreakers, to defeat underdog Alex OBrien 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 in the first round of the ATP Tennis Championships Monday at Mason. ATP at Mason Corretja wins tough 3-setter tinue to and to play to win. The second question Andre Agassis comeback for real? Hes won some (four) tournaments already this year and hes playing' as well as anybody, said Drysdale. Agassi, ranked No.

11 in the World and Seeded 10th here, plays at 3 p.m. today at Center Cburt against Nicolas Kiefer of Germany. Kiefer is ranked No 28 and is unseeded I think that Agassis comeback is for real and that he will continue to play well," said Drysdale, who did not go so far as to predict Agassi or anyone else for that matter would win the ATP titjq. -The answers to these, and any other, questions will be known late Sunday afternoon when the checks $361,000 for the champion and $190,000 for the run-nerup are distributed. Actually, Sampras drew a first-round bye Monday and will play either No.

53 Mark Woodforde of Australia or No. 60 Martin Damm of the Czech Republic Wednesday. Rios will play tonight against No. 66 Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic in a Center Court match. This tournament has become much more important, too, because it is one of the last ones before the U.S.

Open (in New York in early September)," said Drysdale. This tournament has become a must-stop for the players on the tour. Its become a major occasion. And in this particular tournament, there will be a couple of questions to answer. One: Can Pete Sampras get back to No.

Rios is in a good position to challenge for that position through December, so Pete has got to con BY TERRY KINNEY AP Writer MASON Alex Corretjas first-round match Monday at-the ATP Championship was no trip to the beach, although thats where the Spaniard has been spending time lately. Corretja, playing his first hardcourt match since March and his first match of any kind after a three-week vacation needed three sets and more than 2 12 hours to outlast Alex OBrien 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (9-7). It was good because it was good for my physical condition and my mental game because after like 20 days off, it is always difficult to make a comeback, Corretja said. But today, for me, it was my first match, so I was hungry to be on the court and hungry to play tennis, Corretja, ranked 12th in the ATP Tour rankings released Monday, said he was invigorated by his vacation in Barcelona. I was just having some fun Does Pjarris need solid start to stay with CINCINNATI (AP) Pitcher Steve Parris may be running out of time to prove his worth.

With Jack Bere scheduled to be added to the active roster today, Parris likely will have one final chance on Saturday against the Montreal Expos to prove he should stay in the rotation. The Reds would like Bere to pitch a few innings this week, but he would most likely replace Parris in his next turn, tentatively Aug. 20 or Aug. 21 at Pittsburgh. Parris, a 30-year-old right-hander, pitched six dazzling innings in his debut June 28 when he led the Reds past the Detroit Tigers 5-2 at Tiger Stadium.

But he went only five innings on Sunday, allowing four hits and three runs in the Reds 4-.