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B-2 Sunday, Dec. 16, 1 990 Santa Cruz Sentinel SLV upends IOS, 55-5 Ap ...1 1 TVw jf '31- Boys' basketball Tougher than nails Dan CoyroSentinel Like most locals, Omar Morales of Soquel struggled this weekend. 5, ymmmm mm -v By MIKE RAVEN correspondent APTOS "It was a good old-fashioned western shootout," said San Lorenzo Valley High boys' basketball coach Gary Grellmann, of the Cougars' surprise 88-80 win over Aptos, Saturday night in the 3rd annual Aptos Invitational Tournament. It was only the third SLV victory over Aptos in 21 years, on the court. Since Aptos opened in 1969, Aptos has a 50-4 record against SLV.

In their last meeting, Jan. 20, 1990, Aptos won 68-43, but later had to forfeit for using an ineligible player. The Mariners forfeited 11 games last season. The last time Aptos lost to SLV was in the second regular-season matchup of the 1981-82 season, when the Cougars pulled off 49-48 win. The only other Aptos loss to SLV came in the '78-79 season, when the Mariners were stomped 75-51.

"Aptos got hot in the last 3'," said Grellmann. "Eric Sillen was firing away. I guess he was the man they wanted to go to." SLV countered Aptos' offense in the stretch run with defense, primarily from Ross Parmenter, who led all scorers with 38 points, and Daniel Cada. "Ross played one whale of a game offensively," said Grellmann. "He and Jeremy Teeguarden (14 points) really lit it up.

We finally have some shooters now and that's what this program has needed for awhile. Parmenter also rebounded well in the waning seconds, and blocked an Aptos shot with 20 seconds left. Earlier, with 2:34 remaining, he drove from near mid-court for a slam-dunk. He also fired in a 3-pointer with 1:30 left to bring the lead back out to 84-80. Cada came up with three steals and a couple of crucial rebounds in the last 3 minutes.

He had 12 rebounds in the second half. SLV was in control for most of the game, leading by 11 points at the half, 49-38, and 64-58 going into the fourth period. The Cougars' shooting went cold, however, and Aptos narrowed the gap to 81-80 with 1 minute, 50 seconds remaining. Sillen, a Mariner forward, brought the Aptos crowd to its feet with three 3-point shots, a two-pointer and a free throw all in the last 4:30 of the game. "We try to keep it exciting," said 7 Aptos Coach Bill Warmerdam.

"They came back on them," he said of his players' comeback. "They were deep in the hole, down 20 points, and they never quit. We're 12 strong now, I don't think it matters who we start." James Lick 51, Monte Vista 45 APTOS James Lick led from early in the first period to beat Monte Vista Christian by six in the seventh-place game of the Aptos tournament. The Mustangs were down 20-4 at the end of the first period and 30-19 at the half. Monte Vista's top scorers were Nate Heyman with 15 and Andrew Thomsson with 12.

Woodside 51, Hollister 46 APTOS In a running game full of bad passes, fouls and cold shooting, it was missed free throws that lost it for Hollister in the third-place game of the Aptos tournament. The Baylers were 4-for-16 from the line in the fourth Woodside 6-foot-5 center Mike Gilmore led the Wildcats, scoring 15 points, while teammate Chris Clingshoff came up with 10. "Early in the season, you have to find a couple of games where you can let everybody play," said Woodside Coach Keith Larson. Miguel Rivera led Hollister with 21 points. No other Hollister player had more than six.

Rivera scored 36, 22 and 21 points in Hollister's games in this tourney and was named to the all-tournament team. Harbor 77, Andrew Hill 56 GILROY The Pirates won the third-place game at the Bob Hagen Invitational at Gilroy High behind 28 points by guard Jose Guzman. Guzman, a senior guard, made six 3-pointers in scoring a season-high individual scoring mark for his team. Sophomore forward Sam Crosson had one of his best games, with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman center Tim Young contributed 13 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots.

Harbor (6-4) raced to a 19-10 first-quarter lead and managed a 34-19 halftime lead against the San Jose school. "And we never looked back," said a happy Mike Gruber, the Pirates' coach. Salinas 60, Santa Cruz 45 CARMEL In the third-place game at the Carmel Invitational, Mike Keogh led the Santa Cruz Cardinals (4-6) with 15 points. 7 Dan CoyroSentinel Sequel's Nathan Urbancic started off well, but couldn't manage to hang on to a top-six finish in the Coast Classic. Few locals fare well in Classic By contrast, there were three champions from the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League in the 1989 tourney, which fielded 36 teams.

There were also 11 wrestlers to Bethany takes pounding in back-to-back games tal from the SCCAL who placed. his Kayray, a sophomore in first varsity tournament, got shot of confidence with a his By ANDREAS SAMSON Sentinel correspondent SANTA CRUZ In wrestling, sometimes you have to go up against someone tougher than yourself to find out how good you really are. On Friday and Saturday, wrestlers from five Santa Cruz area high schools locked arms, locked legs, butted heads and body-slammed with some of the best wrestlers in California at the 12th annual Coast Classic. A dozen local wrestlers made the cut Friday to return to wrestle for a second day of competition, Saturday at Santa Cruz High. Of those 12, only three Josh Fleck of Aptos, Nathan Urbancic of Soquel, and Junior Rayray of Watsonville reached the top six of their respective divisions in a highly competitive field.

In the Coast Classic, the top six finishers in each weight class earn "place" honors. from Soquel turned a few heads Friday as he scored pins in all three of his bouts. In so doing, he became the only SCCAL wrestler to make it to the championship semi-finals. Facing tougher rivals on Saturday, he lost three straight, but got to take home a sixth-place medal. Urbancic felt he became over-confident the second day, and learned from the experience.

"I want to win league this year," he said. Then after a moment's hesitation said, "Well, maybe top three." Derek Dominguez, one of the top talents in the SCCAL, entered the tournament with the expectation of placing in the top six, but found himself down 4-1 in the third round of his fifth consolation bout, unable to pin his man. Dominguez was not alone. One by one, SCCAL wrestlers were picked off in the fourth and fifth consolation rounds. For many, returning the second day was gratifying, yet fell short of the goal of placing in the tournament.

By noon, only the three finishers were left. Gary Garcia, assistant coach at Watsonville High, said, "Santa Cruz (County) has good wrestlers. Dominguez and Martin are legit. If Santa Cruz kids didn't do that well, that tells you how tough the competition is." By all accounts, this year's field of 43 teams was far more competitive. "I thought I was going to place," said Sahlan Martin of Soquel, after he was taken down in sudden-death overtime to be eliminated in the fifth consolation round.

Canyon of Anaheim out-scored Ponderosa, last year's winning team, 207-184, to win the team title. Watsonville fared the best out of the local teams, with 48 points, back in the pack. fourth-place finish, the highest of any local wrestler. After entering the consolation bracket he won his next three bouts, then lost the third-place match in the 103-pound division. "The seeded guys were tough," said Rayray.

"Fourth place pretty much makes me feel confident about league." Fleck was the only local to have the pleasure of exiting the tournament on a victorious note. Fleck defeated Mike Bartlett of Calaveras for fifth place in the 140-pound class. Prior to the tourney, Urbancic did not expect to place. But the shy, soft-spoken, 171-pounder From Sentinel staff reports SCOTTS VALLEY Christmas vacation is coming just in time for the Bethany College men's basketball team, after a spate of tough games in the past week. Saturday night, the Bruins ran into a buzzsaw from the north, in the University of Minnesota-Morris.

And while Bethany played the Cougars tough and even through the first 10 minutes of the game they opened up some breathing room with a 14-2 run midway through the first half and gradually pulled away to a 107-78 victory. UMM was led by point guard Scott Colback, with 32 points, and 6-foot-8 center Steve Aamondt, rat-d one of the top-10 players in the nation in the NAIA, with 19 points. "I'm going to be dreaming about that guy at night," Bethany Coach Phil Oates said about Aamondt. "He was something." This was the third tough game in a row for the Bruins, including Friday night's 131-71 loss to Sonoma State. The Bruins, an NAIA team almost entirely comprised of underclassmen, were led by sophomores Andre Huddleston, with 19 points, and Toby Orr, with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Orr "put out a supreme effort tonight," Oates said. "He was all over the court tonight." Bethany also got 16 points from guard Gabe Villagrana, including four 3-pointers, and 11 points from freshman Shawn Portmann. The loss dipped Bethany's record to 4-9, 4-0 in league. digest Mariners edged in final Los Altos holds off Hunter, Aptos at Lady Cougar Classic Girls' Basketball UCLA front-line of Hatchett, Williams and Samantha Shaver frustrated Pacific throughout the match, both offensively and defensively. UCLA finished 36-1, losing only to Nebraska on Sept.

6. Pacific (30-7) was foiled in its bid to capture its third title since 1985. Jammers beat Yakima in OT SAN JOSE The San Jose Jammers, who trailed by as many as 15 points in the fourth quarter, rallied for a 136-135 overtime victory Saturday against the Yakima Sun Kings at the San Jose State Rec Center Three-point field goals by Freddie Banks sparked the rally, and Jervis Cole's inmnpr with Hc T' J- left in regulation tied the game, 118-118. Cole finished wun points, a nign lor a Jammers' player this year. Banks hit two free throws with in 14 points.

Faith Hasty and Heather Singer led the strong inside game for the Cardinals with 12 and 11 rebounds, respectively. Christa Hall led The Valley scoring with 11 points. San Jose 49, Capuchino 29 At a distinct height disadvantage San Jose used its speed and outside shooting ability to beat Capuchino for the Lady Cougar Classic consolation championship. Amy Graf led Capuchino with 12 points. Soquel 69, Monte Vista 29 Soquel took seventh place in the Lady Cougar Classic by crushing the Monte Vista Christian Mustangs.

The Knights led throughout the game, building a 17-point lead by halftime. Soquel had five players score in double figures, led by Ari Ifland with 17 points, and 14 from Carolyn Walker. Monte Vista was led by Christy Camperud's seven points. in overtime to clinch the win. The Jammers improved Sjhort-handed Seahawks beaten SAN LUIS OBISPO Coach John McGushin believes his Cabrillo College women's basketball team Kjust seven players strong is on the road to being J-efepectable, despite Saturday's 58-50 loss to Kings 'River in the consolation final of the 7th annual Cues-lift Invitational tournament.

Cabrillo, 2-6 this season, played one of its best jj (games, even though two of its top players, centers Beebe and Jennifer Jean, both fouled out. The JjtSeahawks played with their only remaining five play-j rs for the final 5 minutes, 18 seconds of the game. "We're becoming a pretty good basketball team," ScGushin said. "That doesn't mean we're going to be contenders for the state (postseason) tournament, but Sfe're playing closer to what we're capable." Beebe scored 19 points before fouling out with about 9 minutes to go in the game. Jean fouled out 4 mjautes later.

Nicole Wilmes, who injured her elbow an4 fingers in a first-half collision, begged McGushin torput her back in the game. "I was going to go with four players if I had to," he said. Wilmes finished with 13 points. Cabrillo, which was outscored from the free-throw line; 19-5, trailed 29-19 at halftime. Cougar girls slip at Stanford STANFORD The San Lorenzo Valley High girls' soccer team saw a game that they should have won easily go slip-sliding away in the rain Saturday, in consolation finals of the Stanford tournament.

Oak Grove, despite being outshot 40-4 by the Cougars, won the game in a sudden-death shootout. The Cougars got goals from Shelly Gale and Nicole Roberts to battle back from an early 2-0 deficit, but could not hold on in the shootout. UCLA wins volleyball title COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Top-ranked UCLA won the NCAA Division I women's volleyball championship Saturday night, getting 12 kills apiece from Marissa Hatchett and Natalie Williams in a three-game sweep of the University of the Pacific. The Bruins, who last won the title in 1984, captured the tirst seven points of the match and stayed in control throughout a 15-9, 15-12, 15-7 victory.

The By BILL HANSON Sentinel correspondent FELTON Los Altos High, with its diverse offense, shot down a very game Aptos Mariner team, 41-40, to win the Lady Cougar Classic girls' basketball championship Saturday night at San Lorenzo Valley High. In the capable hands of all-tournament guards Regina Buscema and Tracy Shoemaker, Los Altos consistently ran the pick-and-roll play to perfection, getting numerous easy scores under the basket. Shoemaker sealed the victory with an assist to Regina Quinterro with 53 seconds left, giving the Eagles a 41-28 lead to lock up the win. Los Altos had run past both Santa Cruz and Soquel to get to the tourney final, and Aptos Coach Vicki Gorman new that her team would have its collective hands full. "We need to play tenacious said Gorman before the game.

"We have to beat them back to negate their quickness." And while Aptos was able to stop Los Altos' running game, the Eagles proved that they were more than a one-dimensional team. Behind the leadership of Buscema and the scoring of Quinterro, Los Altos built up a seven-point lead early into the second quarter. But Buscema got into foul trouble picking up her third foul and sat the rest of the half. Without their floor general, the Eagles faltered and the Mariners surged back behind the scoring of senior Deanna Hunter. Hunter scored 10 points in a row for Aptos to cut Los Altos' lead to three at the half.

She led Aptos with 24 points and 21 rebounds. The teams swapped the lead many times in the second half, and with the score knotted at 34-34, Buscema fouled out and Shoemaker took over. Aptos had taken the lead at 38-36 with 2:10 remaining on a great back-door cut and basket by Hunter. Shoemaker hit the front end of a 1-and-l free-throw situation to cut the lead to 37-38. Then, on a steal, Shoemaker scored a layup to give Los Altos the lead with 1:10 remaining.

Aptos had the ball with time running out, but turned it over. Shoemaker took advantage, dishing the ball off to Quinterro, who kept control of the ball and round out the clock. Quinterro led Los Altos with 10 points and 10 boards. Santa Cruz 55, SLV 35 Santa Cruz got off to a hot start by scoring the game's first 16 points and never let host San Lorenzo Valley back in the game, taking third place in the Lady Cougar Classic. The Cardinals dominated the entire game, especially on the offensive boards, where their superior inside game provided many easy baskets.

Santa Cruz was led by sophomore Elayne Brown, who poured iu D-n me continental Basketball Association, and Yakima is 5-11. Faldo wins Johnnie Walker HONG KONG (AP) Nick Faldo of England shot a final round 3-under-par 68 Saturday to win the inaugural Johnnie Walker Classic by four strokes over Ian Woosnam of Wales. Faldo had a four-round total of 270 on the 6 yard Royal Hong Kong Golf Club course, near' the Hong Kong-China border. He held par on the front nine and birdied the 10th, 13th and 18th holes to win the $50,000 first prize in the $350,000 tournament. Worthy pleads no-contest HOUSTON (AP) Los Angeles Lakers forward James Worthy has pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges of solicitation of prostitution and was sentenced to one year probation.

Worthy also was fined $1,000 Thursday by visiting county Court-at-Law Judge Bob Moen and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service. The community service requirement will be served with the Houston Police Department's Special Pals program for underprivileged children. Under the deferred adjudication, once Worthy has successfully completed his probated sentences both cases will be dismissed. GE3IC1 mm ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE.