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Clangor Daily Krtus Monday, September 10, 2001 Section Pro Baseball C4 High school roundup C5 Beesals9 Dillon rams Bast Pats New England defense shaky I Hewitt beats Sampras for title i Young Australian rolls in three sets By Steven Wine The Associated Press i NEW YORK The Pete Sampras of old, who tore through a daunting draw at the U.S. Open, merely looked like an old Pete Sampras in Sundays final against young Lley-t ton Hewitt. U.S. Open I Pi SUNDAYS GAMES Baltimore 17, Chicago 6 Green Bay 28, Detroit 6 Tampa Bay 10, Dallas 6 Indianapolis 45, N.Y. Jets 24 Oakland 27, Kansas City 24 New Orleans 24, Buffalo 6 Cincinnati 23, New England 17 Seattle 9, Cleveland 6 Jacksonville 21, Pittsburgh 3 Carolina 24, Minnesota 13 San Francisco 16, Atlanta 13, OT St.

Louis 20, Philadelphia 17, OT San Diego 30, Washington 3 Miami at Tennessee, 8 30 p.m. Open: Anzona MONDAYS GAME N.Y. Giants at Denver, 9 p.m. By Joe Kay The Associated Press CINCINNATI The most debated call was made by Drew Bledsoe. Corey Dillon rushed for 104 yards and Jon Kitna threw a touchdown pass a rarity for the Bengals as Cincinnati held on for a 23-17 victory Sunday over the New England Patriots.

The Bengals had a close call with 2:28 left and the Patriots driving. Bledsoe changed the play to a quarterback sneak on fourth-and-2 around midfield, but came up a fraction of an inch short. In retrospect, I should have dropped back and thrown the ball, Bledsoe said. The Bengals won their first opener since 1997, though its not necessarily a sign of good things ahead. They beat Arizona 24-21 that year, then lost their next seven.

New England got a glimpse of whats ahead a lot of Bledsoe and not much else. The Patriots had no consistent running game 68 yards on 21 carries and no clue how to contain the shifty Dillon, who scored one touchdown and repeatedly cut back for big runs. We knew coming in: Corey Dillon, Corey Dillon, Corey Dillon, linebacker Bryan Cox said. We let him go off. Thats the story line.

That let them pick and choose when they wanted to pass. The Patriots also had trouble covering Darnay Scott, who caught five passes for 104 yards after missing all last season with a broken leg. It marked a dramatic shift for the Bengals, who threw only six touchdown passes last season and relied on Dillon for to be virtually a one-man offense. This time, he didnt have to do it all. That helps me tremendously, Dillon said.

They cant run their eight-man fronts. It gives me more running room. There were no blatant mistakes by the fill-in officials. Bengals coach Dick LeBeau challenged an 8-yard touchdown See Patriots, Page C6 AP PHOTO BY AL BEHRMAN New England Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe is nailed by Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Takeo Spike after throwing a pass in the fourth quarter. Bears rally by Raiders UM newcomers mesh with vets By Pete Warner Of the NEWS Staff ORONO Even most veteran players experience a few jitters dur- ing the first game of the season.

College football While Sampras was tentative and lethargic, Hewitt seemed to run down every shot and coolly ripped one winner after another to earn his first Grand Slam title, 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1. The final was Hewitts first and Sampras 17th, but the less experienced 20-year-old Australian was much more energetic. After consecutive wins against former champions Pat Rafter, Andre Agassi and Marat Safin, Sampras appeared to have nothing left for his second match in barely 24 hours. While Hewitt was more relent- less than a ball machine, Sampras I had just five winners and 38 unforced errors. He won only half (the points when he went to the net as Hewitt passed him with increasing ease.

The rout was reminiscent of Sampras loss to yopng Safin in last I years final and is certain to renew talk of his decline, despite the impressive run to the final. If Although Sampras, 30, bristles at retirement speculation and says he wants to play at least another five years, its increasingly evident he I cant sustain his former level through a two-week tournament This is the first year since 1992 he has failed to win a major championship. He has gone 18 tournaments without a title since 2000 Wimbledon, when he broke the record for mens Grand Slam singles titles with No. 13. For the second year in a row, he came up one win shy of a record-tying fifth Open mens title.

One thing Sampras can still do is size up an opponent. He has long been among Hewitts biggest boosters, touting him as a future Grand Slam champ, and now the tenacious golden-haired retriever has made the breakthrough. Hes the youngest Open mens champion since Sampras won his first major title 11 years ago at age 19. The kid is so quick its unbelievable, Sampras said. I wish I had some of those legs for this old guy.

I lost to a great champion. Youre going to see this Lleyton Hewitt guy for the next 10 years like you saw me. The No. 4-seeded Hewitt earned $850,000, and the victory may give his reputation a much-needed boost Down Under. He hasnt been widely beloved by sports-mad Australians because his brash, pugnacious See Men, Page C3 Maine quarterback Jake Eaton (18) scrambles for some yardage while Pete Richardson clears the way in Maine's opener Saturday night.

Maine won 34-10 after trailing at the end of the first half 10-7. There were numerous queasy stomachs on the University of Maine sideline Saturday night, when at least 22 Black Bear players made their college football debuts. It took a while, but the seasoned players and newcomers meshed well as UMaine erased a 10-0 first-half deficit on its way to a 34-10 victory over Colgate in front of 5,311 fans at Alfond Stadium. We hung in there, said UMaine coach Jack Cosgrove. We were poised beyond our years in terms of not panicking.

UMaine, which won its fourth straight home game, utilized at least 16 first-year players and six others who sat out as freshmen last season. There was ample nervousness to go around. I had butterflies in the first quarter, but once I got rid of them, it was all fun out there," said senior cornerback Lennard Byrd, who returned a punt for a touchdown. Junior quarterback Jake Eaton directed the Bears on a scoring drive late in the first half, providing a spark heading into halftime. Two big defensive plays, a special teams touchdown and a solid offensive effort enabled UMaine to pull away in the second half.

The Raiders took the upper hand early as Lane Schwarzburgs 37-yard field goal with 1:32 remaining in the second quarter had pushed the Raiders lead to 10-0. The UMaine offense heated up while running its two-minute offense. Eatons scrambling third-down pass to Paris Minor and two pass See Maine, Page C4 Currys Zammit goes past Mariners Youve got to go with the flow, Zammit said with a shrug. Thats just how it happens. Curry improved to 2-0, while Maine Maritime Academy is 0-1.

While the Colonels piled up a 49-6 lead midway through the third period, Curry wasnt exactly dominating the line of scrimmage: MMA finished with 483 total yards of offense to their opponents 387. The problem: After MMA pulled within 7-6 on a 34-yard option keeper by Patrick Bard with 4:12 to go in the first period, five straight Mariner possessions ended on turnovers. See MMA, Page C6 Late in the second quarter, the 5-foot-8, 170-pound speedster made it 28-6 when he took a toss, started around left end, and realized that there was no hole. No matter: He pivoted just before he got to the sideline, traversed the field, and rambled 11 yards around right end into the end zone. And on Currys first play of the second half, Zammit capped his day with a 64-yard TD sprint on a first-down off-tackle nm.

He bounced off one tackier at the line of scrimmage, kept his feet, and scooted down the left sideline into the end zone. Go, go, go! because hes so unpredictable, Nelson said after the Colonels had posted a 55-24 win over Maine Maritime Saturday afternoon at Ritchie Field. On Saturday, Zammit gave Nelson more opportunities to say Go than No, as he rushed for 117 yards on 10 carries and scored three touchdowns each of the make-it-up-as-you-go-along variety The highlights: On his first touch of the game, Zammit fielded a punt at the C-45, followed a block to the right, and bolted untouched for a score that made it 7-0 with 12:43 to go in the first quarter. By John Holyoke Of the NEWS Staff CASTINE Depending on the offensive scheme, a running back may answer to a variety of names. Sometimes hes a tailback.

Sometimes, a halfback. Other times, a wingback. Then there are the names that Curry College coach Steven Nelson attaches to his talented sophomore, Raphael Zammit. Often, Zammit starts off a play as a No back. But along the way to the end zone, Nelson often changes his mind.

You say, No, no, no! and then Chubbuck strategy enables success at Unity Raceway i Johnson, Ewings race to Fox wins Marty Kariya is first Black Bear as UMaine hockey team competes By John Holyoke Of the NEWS Staff HAMPDEN As former team-mates; Judson Cake and Jerry Johnson know each others running style pretty well. By Larry Mahoney Of the NEWS Staff UNITY Albions Matt Lee knew he had his hands full with Wiscassets Scott Chubbuck in the 35-lap Pro Stock feature at Unity Raceway Saturday night. Maine auto racing He was on me. I knew all I had to do was make one mistake and he was-going to capitalize. And I made one, said Lee, who is the points leader in the pro stock class at Unity I wanted to make him go by me on the outside but he got underneath me fair and square.

Thats all it took. The 34-year-old Chubbuck, who has already locked up the pro stock division at Wiscasset Raceway, said he would have tried to pass on the outside but it looked like Matt was pushing up in the middle of the track so there was no chance for me to get out there. I just kept the pressure on and waited for my time on the bottom. I had my nose inside him a couple of times earlier but I would See Unity, Page C3 And some days, he's like he was today. Its amazing the things he can do.

Johnson, a former high school standout at Scarborough and a current UMaine runner, overcame Cakes fast start, blew the race open on the second mile on the 3.1-mile course, and won comfortably in 16 minutes, 1 second. Cake took second in 16:35 while Bob Hepler of Machias was third in 16:44. Phil Lebreton of Bangor (16:51) and Joe Dana of Indian Island (16.55) rounded out the top five. In the womens race, Angela Ewings of Littleton held off Stiff-water's 13-year-old Cassie Hintz to Win in 20:37, Hintz clocked a 20:50 while Katrina Bisheimer of Bangor took third in 20:56. Mary Parsons of Hampden (21:29) and Margaret Jones of Bucksport (21:39) were fourth and fifth, respectively In all, 329 runners finished the race on a bright and balmy day.

Among the finishers was 80-year-old Bob Soulas of Bangor, who displayed his loyalty to the race by wearing the original Bangor Terry Fox Run T-shirt, dated May 2, 1982. I leave for Florida at the beginning or the middle of September, but this year I stalled it because I wanted to do the Terry Fox Run, Soulas said. He finished 293rd in 58:36. Other notable finishers: The UMaine hockey team, which participated in' the run for the sixth straight year. Marty Kariya was the top Black Bear, finishing 57th in 22:22.

In 1 the womens race, Ewings arrived at the starting line with modest goals that changed as her run progressed. Actually, I didnt think Id run hard today, Ewings said. I ran a race yesterday in Limestone, I thought Id just come here today and do it because its for a good cause. I started out and felt great, so I See Fox, Page C4 Road racing Want the book on Cake? Just ask Johnson. Judson went out a little bit faster than I would have liked to go out, Johnson said after Sundays 19th annual Terry Fox Run.

He usually does that anyway, Johnson said with a chuckle. And Johnson? Lets ask Cake: Hes a great runner, the Bar Harbor native said. Some days hes off. Lee had taken the lead from fellow Albion native Steve Nelson on the 11th lap and Chubbuck stayed on his rear bumper until lap 30, when he squeezed underneath him and Chubbuck held him off over the last five laps to claim the checkered flag by one and a half car lengths. Nelson finished third in the 14-car field.

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