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D2 The News Tribune Thursday March 2 1995 Morning Report AROUND THE SOUND: After successful first year Sounders looking for more By John Lawrence The News Tribune ON THE DIAL Today Television 10 am Soeesr Mian at Banflca (taped) ESPN 10 am fwilmmtec Pao-10 Women's float (taped) JSN 10 am Hedw)B NHL Chicago at Anahefcn (repeat)ESPN2 2:30 pm Soccer EngHeh Premier League (taped) JSN 4 pm Soft PGA Doral Open (delay) USA 4:30 pm BmMMfc Rorlda Stale at Georgia Tech ESPN 4:30 pm BaaketbaB: Southern Mlea at South Rorida PSN 4:30 pm SaaiiottaS: NBA: Chicago at New ttxk TBS 4:30 pm Heeltey: NHL: San Joae at Toronto ESPN2 6:30 pm BaaliatbaS: Memphia at Cincinnati ESPN 6:45 pm BaaliatbaS: NBA: Orlando at Houaton TBS 7 pm BaahetbaS: California at Oregon PSN 7 pm Vbriaty: Canada Winter Gamea C8UT 7:30 pm BaaketbaB: NBA: Seattle at LA Cllppere Xhll 9 pm BaaketbaB: Arizona at WSU ESPN 9 pm Soooer Italian Laagje HighAtf PSN 11pm BaakatbaB: NBA: Seattle LA Clippers (d) PSN 1:30 am BaaketbaB Southern Mist at South Rx(r) PSN Radio 9 am BaaliatbaB: EaatVWley va Steltecoom 1180 AM 6pm BaakatbdfcUW women at Arizona 570AM 7 pm BaaketbaB: Aitaona State at UW 710 AM 7 pm Keeker WHL Seattle atTftCIty 1007 FM 7:45 pm Baaketkdfc Puyallup va Kentwood 1450 AM 7:30 pm BaahatMfc NBA: Seattle at LA CHppers 950AM 8 pm BaaketbaB: Decatur va Bethel 1180 AM 9 pm BwhatbaS: Arizona at WSU 710AM (Malay napeat season in the APSL had a poor season Everybody had a good season or a very good season going to have to do that again this year because the league has Creek who learned hia soccer in Kent had a slogan for the dub year first place Second year second to Hopefully take it all the way this season where you have to go from where we finished Anything else would be not pulling our weight what Tm looking for been (in pro soccer) a long time and never had a championship" Crook also a veteran of the old Tacoma Stars had one thought he wanted to perish: Thooma came oh-eo dose to the MISL title in June of 1987 before losing to Dallas and was never the same "Don't even breathe that he said SEATTLE SOUNDERS flufiilT won Brfmdiiiti MayG-Colorado U-at Vancouver GO Vancouver 98 at Colorado Junal-stTbronto4-stNewYorkil Atlanta 16 Montreal S4 Tbronto 89 -Atlanta July 1 at New York 4 at Atlanta 9 at Montreal 14 New Ybrk SB at Vrn-couver 28 -Colorado Aug at Colorado 11 at Atlanta 18 New York IB Tbronto 80 at Tbronto 8ept 1 at MontreaL Montreal Vancouver most goals scored and fewest goals allowed Most ofthe elite will be back including strikers Jason Dunn and Chance Fry midfielders James Farrell Dick McCormick Shawn Medved and Fetor Hattrup defensemen Neil Megeon Billy Crook James Dunn and Wade Webber and goalie Marcus Hahnemann Despite splitting time between the Tacoma Dome and Memorial Stadium the Sounders were 9-1 at home and home folks like to watch victories This season play all their games at Memorial Stadium where the Camelot Days was born in 1974 The Sounders hope to avoid the way they ended the 1994 season -with a disappointing loss to the Colorado Foxes on a shootout in the first round of playoffs after a home-and-home series didn't decide the issue Wfil the Sounders be bettor off fix the experience? "No said Megson the veteran defender from Thcoma Tt was an ugly experience We dominated them all the way through the season We dominated them in the playoffs Then we lose to them in a shootout which was our first ofthe year They played for a shootout and thorn are heada-or-tails things" Megaon readily explained the startling success in its first A year ago the Seattle Sounders were reborn with a coach and president Alan Hinton three signed players and a dream: to restore the glory days of soccer in Seattle circa the late-1970s This week the A League dub with 23 players in the fold already and a surprisingly successful season under its belt was talking like the dream ia within its grasp at a media gathering at the Space Needle The challenge for us" Hinton said to have a great year I think we're very capable of doing that miles and miles ahead of where we were last year at this time Twelve of our players are year-round contract players 100 percent available So well probably have a preseason training camp which we really didn't have Last year The schedule looks great And all the eere who contributed very well year are Hinton said he thinks the dub will be a hot-ticket item "because of the attractive soccer we Last season would tend to bear him out: Last year the Sounders had the best record (14-6) in the American Professional Soccer League (renamed the A League this Beaaon) Not only that the Sounders led the league in Three UPS basketball players win postseason honors Three University of Puget Sound basketball players were nnanimni alwrrinni tn tw Parifif Northwest Alh- letic Conference first teams MattDroeg waa a repeat selection and Bryan Vuke-lich joined him this season Wendy Davis leading scorer for the women Loggers was afeo selected A senior Droege is third on the career scoring list He led UPS in scoring for three consecutive seasons Droege averaged 167 points per game this year Vukelich a sophomore led the PNWAC in rebounding at 106 a game and field-goal percentage (643 percent) He was second on the team in scoring at 16 points a game Davis a senior led the conference for most the season in 3-point field-goal percentage (485) Her 166 points 71 steals and 38-minute average a game led UPS Weekly signa Former Pacific Lutheran University All-American quarterback Mare Weekly signed with the Sacramento Gold Miners this week his third Canadian Football League team Sacramento currently is negotiating a move to San Antonio a deal that is expected be completed before the 1996 season begins in July TENNIS: No 1 Sanchez Vicario advances in Evert Cup Arantxa Sanchea Vicario playing her first match since becoming the No 1 female player breezed to a 6-3 6-1 victory over Yayuk Basuki in the second round of the $430000 Evert Cup in Indian Wells Calif Sanches Vicario overtook StefH Graf this week in the rankings to become No 1 for the first time in her career Graf the Evert Cup defending champion isn't entered this year Puerto Rico Open Gigi Fernandes cruised into the quarterfinals of the $160000 Puerto Rico Open with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Christina Singer in San Juan Puerto Rico ODDS ENDS: Shannon Miller headlines American Cup The American Cup and the International Mixed Pairs gymnastics competitions are scheduled this week at the Seattle Center Arena The American Cup whkk has attracted several of foe top gymnasts in the work) including Shannon Miller is set today (beginning at 7 pm) and Saturday (11:30 am) The mixed pairs event is set for 2 pm Sunday Go-kart finals set The season championshipe for the 1994-95 Coca-ColaPowerade Winter Series for pro am dirt-racing go-karts will be held Sunday at the Oak-wood Indoor Arena Between 80 and 100 entrants are expected in various divisions Racing begins at noon at the arena at 288th and 8th avenues in Spanaway Spectator tickets are $5 with family discounts available NFL Mike Frier the Seattle Seahawks tackle paralyzed from the waist down can now grasp a pen and write without using a special wrist attachment Frier has been undergoing rehabilitation at the Uni- WHATS HAPPENING: Today MIIMH Boknmbig Men'a Padflo-10 Conference Champlonahipe at Long Beach Calif NA1A National at San Antonio Texae Faetpttch UW at Net Mexico SL tournament Men'a baihatbaB-Arizona State at Washington 7 pm Ait-zona at Waahlngton State 9 pm Waman'a baakotbag Washington at Aitaona Waahlngton State at Arizona State both 6 pm Harris signs offer sheet with Hawks Aitaona Cactua league Seattle va San Diego at Peoria 12X5 pm MQH SCHOOLS Boye baakatbal Weat Central AAA District: At Rogers Port AngatesvsRogaia(6XO pm) Bethel vs Decatur (8 pm) At Auburn Mount Tahoma va Auburn (6:30 pm) Kentwood vs Puyallup (8 pm West Central AA District at Gig Harbor Peninsula OR Enumdaw vs North Mason OR White River (6 pm) Tahoma vs Gig Harbor (8 pm) GYMNASTICS Americas Cup-At Seattle Center Arena 7 pm HOCKEY WHL-Seattle at rooty 7 pm PRO BASKETBALL NBA Seattle vs LA Clippers at Anaheim Calif 7X0 pm By John Clayton The News THbune versity of Washington Medical Center the past six weeks He injured hia spinal cord in a car crash involving three Seahawks players Dec 1 Boxing Doctors in London kept boxer Gerald McClellan heavily sedated for the fourth day in a row after a battering in a world title fight left him in critical condition with a serious brain injury Golf Fred Couples withdrew from the Doral- the Seahawks in the market for a kick returner Harria who made $310000 last season was signed to replaoe comerback Prtrkk Hunter who is an unrestricted free agent and isn't expected to be re-signed Former Washington State and Arizona Cardinals quarterback Timm Rosenbach had been close to signing a one-year contract with the Seahawks but has delayed a decision because he was being pursued by at least one other team interested in making him a backup The Seahawks offered Rosenbach the NFL minimum salary of $178000 Other teams interested in making him a reserve could triple that amount Wide receiver Jamee McKnight an exclusive rights free agent signed a three-year contract The Seahawks also Bigned Dallas Cowboys practice squad offensive linemen Matt Joyce Seahawks middle linebacker Bod Stephens flew to San Diego on Wednesday to visit with the Chargers who are considering signing him there's a 5(X50 chance that file Packers would match but I hope they A third-round choice would be a benefit to the Packers Harris a former running back and receiver at Vanderbilt was a third-round choice of the Houston Oilers in 1992 The Oilers later cut him the Packers claimed him on waivers and used him as a backup receiver and a return specialist In the Bpring of 1993 the Packers converted him to comerback and used him aa a kickoff returner He averaged 301 yards on 16 kickoff returns in 1993 and suffered a partially tom knee ligament that forced him to miss five games He started the final two games of the season at comerback for the Packers really think a guy who played extremely well at the end of the season waa Corey Packers defensive coordinator Flits Shurmur said Last release of kickoff returner Jem Vaughn and the expansion draft loss of Kelvin Martin put Though their priority is finding receivers the Seattle Seahawks jumped into the free-agent market Wednesday by signing Green Bay Packers comerback Corey Harris who spent hia first season aa a wide receiver Harria a 5-foot-11 195-pound restricted free agent signed a three-year offer sheet worth slightly more than $1975 million including a $500000 signing bonus The Packers will have seven days to match that offer and if they don't the Seahawks must surrender their third-round choice in the April 22-23 draft we structured the deal so that the Packers wouldn't said agent Brian Ransom think hell be a Seahawk say him much of last season Compiled from News Tribune news services oy Rooney mcnmic WSU suspends 4 football players COLLEGES: The Associated Press Simms set to sign With Cleveland Browns UNLV troubles UNLV suspended Kribu Stewart its leading scorer and rebounder for the remainder of the season after he admitted receiving a free pair of shoes from an representative The university also declared guard Jermaine Smith ineligible for the same violation but said it would appeal to the NCAA to immediately make him eligiWa again suspension came in the wake of an NCAA letter asking UNLV about players receiving free shoes last summer when Bollie Massimino was still coach of the By Hank Goia New York Dally News playoff performance against the Pittsburgh Steelera the Browns decided they needed to look elsewhere to get to the next level that Simms will sign a one-year deaL Vbmy Thatxvwde still has six years remaining on hia contract with the Browns but after hia disappointing Interim university president Kenny Gubm said he plans to meet with Grgurich today and come to an agreement on the future Grgurich coached only six games after being hired to tabs over from Maaaiminn hafhm hiring Ivwpitjliwvl with what was said to be symptoms relating to exhaustion Elsewhere Auburn football recruit Tony Evans has been acquitted of a murder charge in Orlando Fla and says he still wants to play for the Tigers Evans a wide receiver and defensive back was found not guilty on Friday He waa charged with fatally shooting 19-yearoldOrvall Mann in April 1994 Auburn coach Tterry Bowden said he still has one scholarship available and he was willing to consider awarding it to Evans Boise State offensive coordinator Alan Borges who directed the wide-open football offenses of Portland State and Boise State accepted the position of offensive coordinator at Oregon Boise State Baid Four Washington State football players were indefinitely suspended from the team Wednesday for their participation in a Frat Row brawl athletic director Rick Dkkson said The four play offense for the Cougars including tight end David Knuff and linemen Mark Mc-Cloekey Scott Sanderson and Ryan McShane Mcdoskey is a junto Sanderson and Knuff are sophomores and McShane is a freshman The suspension means they will not be a part of the football program unless they are reinstated' Dickson said Their status will be reviewed later in the spring term Dickson said Campus police were called to disperse a crowd of about 100 people and break up several fights in front of an off-campus fraternity house on Sunday Knuff was booked for investigation of fourth-degree assault rioting disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer He was later released USED COPIER BtlOWOUT Phil Simms will join the Cleveland Browns today The former Giants quarterback confirmed that he is flying to Cleveland today to close the deal An announcement ia expected in the afternoon Tm extremely excited I really Simms said have no second thoughts about doing this at all I feel Tm doing the right thing I think the perfect The Browns who are only $108000 under the salary cap must dear room for him Indications are It was the latest blow to a program that has gone through 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