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Santa Cruz Sentinel Friday, Aug. 31 1990 P-3 Raiders' top pick lost for season Th Auociated Pr. series played. NFL notebook "needs to play a whole half," In the team's exhibition finale Friday at Denver. Johnny Johnson, an Impressive looking rookie from Santa Cruz, will start, however.

Johnson was drafted in the seventh round by Phoenix. Dugel has also named second-year pro Timm Rosenbach to start the Denver game as well as the regular-season opener against the Washington Redskins. "The one kid who has grown by leaps and bounds from the start of mini-camp through the preseason is Rosenbach," Bugel said. "He's a legitimate tough guy, and it looks like he's going to be a real good quarterback for us." GREEN BAY Tony Mandarich appears to have bounced back from a dismal rookie season to win a starting job at right tackle with the Green Bay Packers. While the coaches haven't yet named the starting line, Mandarich, not Incumbent Alan Veingrad, has started all three preseason games for the Packers and hasn't missed a workout during training camp.

"I've Improved every day," Mandarich said. "I think I've played pretty decent in every game. If I keep playing, and I keep playing well, the worst will be over." The 6 foot-5, 305-pound Mandarich was the second overall pick in the 1989 draft and was considered by most teams the best prospect available. But he signed just five days before the first regular-season games for about $1 million, and played just nine series all season which works out to $111,000 per Jh RAuNCE The Angeles thifr l0St the 8erVlCeS Of Sm thf0 draft P'ck AnthonV imith for the season because of a Knee injury that will require surety, it was reported Thursday. smith, a defensive end from Art na suffered a torn medial collateral ligament and possibly other aamage when an offensive lineman was blocked into his right leg Wednesday at the Raiders' practice racility in El Segundo, the Daily Breeze newspaper said.

Raider officials were at practice and could not be reached for comment, the team's telephone operator said. "It was just a fluke thing, somebody was blocked and rolled into nis leg," Raiders Coach Art Shell told the paper. "I feel so bad for the kid and the team. PHILADELPHIA Center Dave Rimington, an eight-year veteran, was placed on waivers to make room on the roster for rookie running back James Gray. Rimington started at center in all 16 regular-season games and a playoff game in 1988, the year he joined the Eagles.

Last year, he started in one regular-season game and a playoff game and played in five others as a reserve. The two-time Outland Trophy winner at Nebraska was a first-round 1983 draft pick by the Cincinnati Bengals, who waived him in 1988. The 5-foot-ll, 200-pound Gray, acquired Wednesday, was the New England Patriots' third pick this year. "I felt so good about the way he was coming on, playing so well," said Shell. "And then to have something like this happen." Smith was selected as the 11th player In the NFL draft last April.

He had played three seasons at Alabama, sat out a year, then spent his senior season at Arizona. He played in the Raiders' first two exhibition games, against the Saints and 49ers, but was held out of the last two with an unrelated minor twisted left knee. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. Phoenix Cardinals Coach Joe Bugel says running back Anthony Thompson, the team's top draft choice who didn't sign a contract until Aug. 22, (M Buy Tony Mandarich Will start at right tackle Secondary on Seiferts mind Sports digest 'We're not there.

We need to put it George Seifert getting excited about his team's pre season roll. "A 3-1 record doesn't really mean anything," Knox said. "Exhibition games don't count. They don't put those up on the board at the end. We Just have to stay the course, keep pushing, and we're going to get better." Seattle will give the 49ers their first look at the run-andshoot offense.

Seattle quarterback David Krieg said the Seahawks will use the formation up to 10 percent of the time Friday night. "When you hear run-and shoot, you don't picture Chuck Knox's face," Krieg said in a (San Francisco) Chronicle report. Joe Montana, who sat out the 49ers practice on Wednesday, participated in the team's walkthrough Thursday, but did not take any snaps. He is bothered by a bruised passing arm. "It's no big deal," Montana said.

I can still throw, but it was throbbing (Tuesday night)." Montana, who sports a deep bruise from his elbow to the middle of his forearm, was injured when he was hit while throwing a touchdown pass to Jerry Rice in the second quarter against San Diego Saturday night. He is expected to play one quarter against the Seahawks. The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco 49ers get one more chance to iron out the corners of their defense. The two-time defending Super Bowl champions finish up their pre season schedule against the Seattle Seahawks tonight at Candlestick Park with their secondary still playing sub-par. "I think overall our secondary hasn't played well and has had too many breakdowns," said 49ers Coach George Seifert.

"Like the offensive line, the secondary is like a team within a team that has to work together and solidify. "We're not there. We need to put it together." In their last two exhibition games, the 49ers have allowed opponents to complete 66.1 percent of their passes for an average of 247 passing yards per game. Last year, the 49ers ranked third in the NFC, giving up 202.2 passing yards. "It's coming a lot slower than we would like, that's for sure," said 49ers All Pro free safety Ronnie Lott.

We're making individual mental mistakes and mental mistakes as a unit. This will kill you because early in the season that's how you are going to lose games." Lott will open the season at free safety and Chet Brooks at strong safety, but the 49ers cornerback North County High gets some statewide noteriety SANTA CRUZ The 1990 football preview edition of Cal-Hi Sports, a publication chronicling this state's sporting events from high school to the pros, has provided some interesting insights and facts. In its preseason rankings by division, Cal-Hi placed North Monterey County High No. 7 among AA schools. Right behind the Condors at No.

8 was none other than Palma High of Salinas. North County and Palma dueled to a 14-14 tie in last season's Central Coast Section Division II South title game. Marin Catholic High of Kentfield is the top-ranked AA school in California. In addition to being ranked seventh in the state, North County currently holds down the state's third-longest unbeaten streak. The Condors have a 24-0-1 record in their last 25 games.

Hilmar High, a division school in Merced County holds down the state's longest streak with 43 straight wins while Bakersfield High has won 26 in a row. In addition, North County tackle John Wen-ig is listed among Cal-Hi's "Hot 100" prospects. "Should be on most blue-chip lists with his size (6-foot-6, 245) and 4.0 grade point average," the magazine says. "Hasn't played in a losing game for the Condors in two seasons." Other players from the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League singled out by the magazine were Jeremy Becker, Gabe Blanco and Alex Ibarra of North County, Watsonville's Mark Paljetak, Aptos' Josh Fleck and San Lorenzo Valley's Daniel Cada. question became no closer to be answered earlier this week when Hanford Dixon, a 10-year pro who was a Plan acquisition, retired earlier this week.

Dixon was signed to shore up the left cornerback position that has been a problem since Tim McKyer was injured last year and subsequently traded to Miami. Darryl Pollard, a fourth-year pro, is the leading candidate to start there. Eric Davis, the 49ers' third-round draft choice last May, and free agent Kevin Lewis are also competing at the position. Don Griffin is expected to start at right corner, but he's been slowed by a sore hamstring. Former Pro Bowler Eric Wright backs up Griffin.

The secondary will be tested by a Seahawk team that has won three consecutive exhibition games. Seattle is expected to struggle this season. Seattle Coach Chuck Knox is not More controversy for Irish SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame representatives arranged a job for Tony Brooks after the running back signed to play football for the Irish, an "improper inducement" that violates NCAA recruiting rules, former Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer claims. Switzer said the unidentified representatives gave Brooks a job paying $13.50 an hour immediately after he signed a letter of intent with the Irish in 1987.

Brooks, a native of Tulsa, and Notre Dame Coach Lou Holtz denied the allegations. "It was obviously an inducement," Switzer told the Chicago Tribune in Thursday's editions. "Schools can talk about summer jobs (after a player's freshman year) but nobody at Oklahoma was making that kind of money. They violated NCAA legislation." Several scandals, including NCAA rules violations within his program, forced Switzer to resign before the 1989 season. Switzer contests most of the NCAA charges in his new published autobiography, "Bootlegger's Boy." Brooks, who was recruited by Oklahoma, said he chose Notre Dame for academic reasons.

"Nobody connected with Notre Dame made any illegal offers to me," he said. "It's absurd." East schools talk realignment TEANECK, N.J. (AP) Worried about opportunities to play top teams and attract television coverage, athletic directors from eight independent East Coast universities met Thursday, but reached no decisions on conference realignments. "We discussed the status of the conference realignments and expansions that are taking place," said Sam Jankovich, athletic director of the University of Miami. "We all agreed that it may be tough down the road if there aren't enough quality independents." The athletic directors are concerned that if conference expansions snap up the best teams, some independents could be left with no opponents that television producers would consider worth airing.

Attendees apparently only agreed to keep on talking and watch other developments, particularly possible expansion by the Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference or the start-up of a football league in the Metro Conference, In addition to Miami and Rutgers, other schools represented at the conference were Boston College, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Temple, Virginia Tech and West Virginia. Jankovich said Florida State was invited, but chose not to attend. U.S. team reaches semis BEIJING (MNS) The surprising U.S. women's volleyball team moved into the semifinals of the World Championships with a tense 3-1 win Thursday over Japan.

The victory sustained the team's hopes to win a medal at Beijing. But its next match will not be easy. The U.S. players will square off Friday against China, host of the tournament and two-time defending world champ. While the upstart U.S.

squad persevered for a 15-13, 15-5, 11-15, 15-13 victory over Japan, China breezed to a 15-5, 15-6, 15-3 win over Peru. China has not lost a game in the two-week tournament. In the two other quarterfinal matches, the Soviet Union dropped the first game to Brazil, then rallied to win, 9-15, 15-0, 15-9, 15-13; and the hard-hitting Cubans Chicago romps over Buffalo NFL roundup crushed South Korea, 15-5, 15-3, 15-8. Accordingly, the U.S.S.R. meets Cuba in Friday's other semifinal.

The winners of the USA-China and USSR-Cuba matches will meet Saturday for the gold medal. The losers will play for the bronze. The U.S. team can now finish no worse than fourth in the tournament far better than its lOth-place finish in the previous World Championships four years ago in Prague. Dove season to open today SACRAMENTO (AP) Despite the recent threat of lawsuits by opposing environmentalists, the California mourning dove and sage grouse season opens today across the state.

The season, which lasts through Sept. 15 and then again for 45 days beginning Nov. 10, was assured-when the state Fish and Game Commission stymied potential court challenges by recommending that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service set the season, rather than the state commission. Proposing that the federal government establish the date means that lawsuits opposing the hunt would likely wind up in federal, rather than state, courts.

That means it would be harder for environmentalists to overturn the hunts, according to pro-hunting and pro-environmental sources in the Capitol. Both say federal courts would be more likely to side with federal regulations. Drewrey to launch Tampa Bay's comeback from a 14-6 deficit with 5:29 remaining in the game. The touchdown came on fourth down, and another fourth-down play a 31-yard completion to Frank Pillow was the key to a march that produced Steve Christie's 33-yard field goal for a 16-14 lead with 1:44 left. Rice scored 41 seconds later, stepping in front of Troy Taylor's pass and sprinting up the right sideline.

The Bucs finished with a 3-1 preseason record. New York, which got a touchdown run from Blair Thomas on his first NFL carry, ended 2-2 and Coach Bruce Coslet still may not have a clear-cut choice for starting quarterback. Tony Eason started Thursday night and led the Jets to their first TD, while incumbent Ken O'Brien also directed one scoring drive. Eason completed four of nine passes for 43 yards with one interception. O'Brien hit 10 of 16 for 105 yards and was intercepted twice.

The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. Brad Muster and Neal Anderson scored on short runs as the Chicago Bears beat the winless Buffalo Bills 35-7 Thursday night in the first National Football League game in South Carolina in 23 years. The Bears, who finished the preseason 4-1, extended their exhibition winning streak against Buffalo to seven games and lead the series 8-0-1. The Bills ended the preseason 0-4. Coach Marv Levy is 3-14 in preseason since 1987, his first full season with the Bills.

But Buffalo has won the last two AFC East crowns. The last professional football game in South Carolina was in 1967, when New Orleans beat Miami before 11,214 in Charleston. The crowd of 51,238 was the largest for any of the eight NFL preseason games held in South Carolina. Williams-Brice Stadium holds 72,400. The promoter, Shinn Enterprises hoped a good crowd would bolster the Carolinas' efforts to at- tract an NFL expansion franchise to Charlotte, N.C.

Shinn Enterprises is owned by George Shinn, who also owns the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Hornets. The Bears didn't bully Buffalo. They didn't have to. Instead, they took what Buffalo offered, which was plenty. The Bills turned the ball over twice in their first four plays.

Both turnovers, deep in Buffalo territory, led to short scoring drives for the Bears. Buccaneers 23, Jets 14 TAMPA Chris Chandler directed two fourth-quarter scoring drives and Rodney Rice scored on a 36-yard interception return Thursday night as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New York Jets 23-14 in a preseason game. Chandler entered the game late in the third quarter with the Bucs sputtering offensively. He threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Willie IHilililllitlllHtiimMIMiliMMiW New Mexico State puts losing streak on the line ZJ I AND, irS A YES, irs A TRAIISPORTADLE PHONE. tiiiimWim smim Cellular Phone Network Dealers know the best cellular service: GTE Mobilnet Business Club Program Join today enjoy ste FREE custom calling features plus Mr.

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Hess, who turned around Stephen F. Austin's program, says the situation here is worse. "This is the worst I've ever seen," he said. "I can't imagine anything harder." In the last 20 years, five coaches tried and failed to turn around the NMSU program. The last two were Knoll, a former Miami assistant, and Fred Zechman, a former Ohio State assistant.

"The biggest problem we've run into is the constantly changing philosophies and coaching staffs," Hess said. "There has been no continuity of offense and defense. No base to draw on. Tony DeLorenzo (offensive tackle) will be playing under his fifth offensive line coach and fifth offensive system. That's pretty hard." The losing streak did not stop 115 players from reaching the final week of fall practice.

Some players did leave the team, like running back Rodney Riddick and kicker-wide receiver Roman Mudd. Riddick quit to rejoin his military reserve unit in Mississippi, which was among those scheduled to be activated as part of the Persian Gulf crisis. Mudd left the team to take a shot on the PGA Tour. "He's going to try to be a professional golfer," Hess said. The Associated Press LAS CRUCES, N.M.

One New Mexico State player chose the sands of Saudi Arabia. Another decided to go against Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus on the PGA Tour. It's apparent that things haven't gotten much easier at the home of Division I football's longest losing streak. "I live in fear of getting beat 75-0 in the first game. It could very easily happen I think," says New Mexico State Coach Jim Hess, who takes over for the fired Mike Knoll and inherits a 17-game losing streak.

The Aggies, who haven't won more than two games in any season since 1983, open at home Saturday against New Mexico, another Jeam with a knack for losing. But even New Mexico, which won two games in each of the last two years, poses monumental problems for New Mexico State. "We're nowhere near where we need to be, and we're going up against a team that's had four years to get their stuff together," Hess said. "That's why I live in constant fear." I The 53-year-old Hess came out of $oaching retirement last December to take over at the Aggies. He stepped down at Stephen F.

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