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2D CENTRE DAILY TIMES Friday Noyr-tjer 2 1990 TODAY IN SPORTS SPORTS IN BRIEF MIKE TYSON leaves court in New York after a jury decided he should pay no punitive damages for fondling a woman in a Manhattan disco court he said he would need between two to four weeks to get into playing shape The BulleLs who went winless during the preseason open the regular season tonight in Miami Williams was averaging 182 points per game when he tore a ligament in his right knee against Utah on Dec 2 He missed the rest of the season Robertson returns MILWAUKEE Milwaukee guard Alvin Robertson unhappy with his contract walked out of a practice this week but team officials expect him to play Friday night in the season opener at Detroit Robertson who returned to practice Thursday morning after walking out of Wednesday morning's workout boarded the team flight for Detroit on Thursday afternoon expect him to honor his contract and start playing" John Steinmiller the Bucks vice president of business operations said Thursday Upsala plans appeal EAST ORANGE Upsala College on Thursday announced details of its plans to appeal NCAA sanctions that ban its basketball team from post-season' play for three years are the most severe penalties ever meted out to a Division III institution" college president Robert Karsten said at a news conference He said the ban on post-season play to the heart of the and was more suited to a Division I school Karsten said Upsala lost seven basketball players as a result of the sanctions David Berst assistant executive director of the NCAA's enforcement division said Thursday the appeal would be heard in January Berst said the sanctions were suspended pending a decision and declined Anther comment on the case NBC adjusts announcers for NBA season Just before the season-opening tip NBC has adjusted its NBA lineup adding muscle in the booth giving its prize rookie a boost and switching the position of its most valuable player Versatile Dick Enberg the added muscle joins Marv Albert as a late addition in the booth giving the network a formidable pair of play-by-play announcers Bob Costas MVP switches from play-by-play to the studio where he joins prize rookie Pat Riley as co-host of a novel pre-game basketball show modeled after the network's As planned Mike Fratcllo and Steve Jones remain the analysts and former Washington Bullets General Manager Bob Ferry and USA Today columnist Peter Vec-sey remain as insiders COT iMim Baseball Four more file for free agency NEW YORK Four players filed for free agency Thursday and raised the total to a record 93 while troubled outfielder Rick Leach chose not to file and agreed to re-sign with San Francisco for $375000 Ken GrifTey Sr Hied as did outfielder Brian Downing and pitcher Greg Minton of California and catcher Terry Kennedy of San Francisco The previous record for free agents in one year was the 90 who filed following the 1989 season Four players still are eligible to file by Sunday's deadline: Oakland pitcher Scott Sanderson Los Angeles outflelder-infielder Mickey Hatcher San Diego third base-man Mike Pagliarulo and San Francisco pitcher Mark Thurmond Boxing Jury rules in favor of ex-champ Tyson NEW YORK Ex-heavyweight champion Mike Tyson won a unanimous decision Thursday when a jup decided he should pay no punitive damages for fondling a woman in a Manhattan disco The jury of five women and one man deliberated less than an hour before deciding Tyson did not have to pay Sandra Miller additional damages A day earlier they had ordered tyson to pay $100 in compensatory damages Tor the incidenL just happy they saw it as the said Tyson who denied the incident ever happened Holyfield outlines plans NEW YORK Heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield responded Thursday to rumblings that the WBC might strip him of his title unless he makes his first defense against ex-champ Mike Tyson instead of George Foreman I want to receive are the same rights and the same respect that is given to any No 1 contcnd-cr who wins a world he said waited patiently for my turn to fight for the heavyweight title and I will not deny any worthy challenger the opportunity to fight me as long as I am champ believe that Foreman and Tyson are both ex-chamnpions and both worthy contenders I plan to give both of them the opportunity to tight for my title in 1991 beginning with Foreman sometime in March or Football Companies interested in sponsoring Citrus ORLANDO Fla General Mills Inc Texaco Inc Nike Inc Today's star Stav Yzsrmwi scored the 300th goat of ha eight-year NHL career Thu'sday night as the Detroit Red Wings skated to a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs sports menu Football Altoona at BEA 7 30 pm Penns Valley at Williamsburg 7 30 Williamsport at State College 7 30 pm Bellefonte at Lewistown 7 30 pm Lock Haven at P-0 730 West Branch at Southern Huntingdon 7 30 Volleyball Connecticut women at Penn State 7 30 Tennis Penn State women at IT AC Northeast Regional Philadelphia Jr High Football BEA at Lock Haven 7 30 Jr High Basketball (girls) State College at Altoona Keith 3 15 pm Today in the National Hockey League SCOREBOARD: Islanders at Rangers 7 35 pm The Rangers have won their first eight home games a franchise record Overall they have won six a row and 1 1 of their last 12 games STATS: Pat LaFontaine has been involved in 10 of the New York Islanders' last 11 goals New York Rangers goaltender Mike Richter is 8-1-3 lifetime in 12 regular-season decisions at Madison Square Garden STREAKS: Los Angeles Wayne Gretzky has a point in 1 1 straight games matching the longest scoring streak of the season set by the Darren Turcotte Boston is 0-4 2 in its last six road games SHOTS ON GOAL: Toronto did not allow a power-play goal for the first time this season in Tuesday night's 5-4 victory over Minnesota The Maple Leafs surrendered 23 goals in 74 tries in their first 12 games SHUTOUTS: Winnipeg 1-0 victory over Edmonton marked the first time the Oilers have been blanked consecutive games Washington beat Edmonton 1-0 on Sunday Edmonton which has lost five in a row has not scored a goal smce 17 35 of the first period in a 4-2 loss to Calgary on Oct 25 a span of more than seven periods SLUMPS: Hartford has lost five in a row and is 2-for-28 on the power play during the losing streak SLAP SHOTS: The New York Rangers scored early and often their 9-4 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday night New York scored at 1:10 of the first period :10 and 1 1 5 of the second period and 1' 12 of the third STARS: Pat Elynuik and Bob Esaensa Jets Elynuik and Essensa stopped 34 shots for his third career shutout as Winnipeg beat Edmonton 1 -0 Darren Turcotte Rangers had a goal and two assists in a 9-4 victory over Los Angeles SIDELINED: Washington Capitals goalie Don Beaupre and center Peter Ze-zel writ miss about two weeks because of injuries Beaupre sustained a groin pud and Zeze I sprained his left ankle in Tuesday night's 2-1 victory in Vancouver STATUS: Pittsburgh Penguins center Bryan rattier sidelined for the last two weeks by a sore buttocks muscle will be out of the lineup indefinitely Trottier saw a specialist Wednesday after trainer Skip Thayer said he up" during Tuesday's practice SWITCHES: Philadelphia sent veteran goaltender Pete Peeters and defenseman Murray Baron to Hershey of the American Hockey League and called up goaltender Bruce Hoffort Peeters has yet to play this season due to a shoulder problem sports on the air NBA Philadelphia vs Chicago pm (TNT Atlanta) Phoenix vs Utah 10:50 pm (TNT Atlanta) Harness Racing Breeders' Crown 8 pm (ESPN) Action SportsBeat Area schoolboy football highlights 1115 pm (WTAJ Altoona) Golf Four Tours World Championship from Tokyo midnight (ESPN) RADIO Sportsline with Phil Grosz and Scott Geesey 6:7:15 pm High School Football: Centre County Football preview 7:05 pm WMAJ 1450 Williamsport at State College 7:15 pm WRSC 1390 and WMAJ 1450 Ice Hockey: Penn State vs Iona at Brock port Invitational 4 pm WMAJ 1450 Centre County Bulletin Board POWDERPUFF FOOTBALL: The Penns Valley High School junior girts will play the senior girls Saturday at 7:30 pm in a powderpulf football game at the high school field Tickets are $2 Proceeds wiU benefit the Penns Valley Pool PEE WEE AND MIDGET FOOTBALL: The Juniata Valley Youth Football League All-Stars will meet the West Branch Youth Football League All-Stars in a midget match Sunday at 2 pm at Betfefonte's Athletic Field The West Branch All-Stars include players trom Bald Eagle Area Bald Eagle-Nittany Bellefonte and Renovo The WBYFL interleague pee wee all-star game will precede the midgets at 1 pm WRESTLING: A PIAA wrestling rules interpretation meeting wM be held at the Philips burg-Osceola Area High School Tuesday at 7 pm Members of the Black Mosharmon Officials Chapter and high school coaches are urged to attend Today in sports history 1958 Chicago and Los Angeles establish an NFL attendance record when 90833 fill the A Coliseum and see the Rams beat the Bears 41-35 1985 Gordon Brawn with 214 yards and quarterback Steve Gage with 206 yards become the first teammates to each rush for more than 200 yards as Tulsa beats Wichita State 42-26 1985 Proud Truth ridden by Jorge Velasquez beats Gale Dancer by a head to capture the S3 million Breeders' Cup Classic 1986 Minnesota's Tommy Kramer passes for 490 yards and four touchdowns but the Vikings still lose to the Washington Redskins in overtime 44-38 1986 Gianni Poll of Italy wins the New York City Marathon in 2:1 1 :06 and Greta Waltz of Norway wins her eighth marathon title with a 2:28:06 clocking United Parcel Service Wait Disney World and the Florida Citrus Commission are on a list of companies interested in sponsoring the 1991 Florida Citrus Bowl but bowl officials deny there is a fhnt-runner Chuck Rohe executive director of the Citrus Bowl acknowledged having had with General Mills Texaco Nike and UPS Bob Mathieson another high-ranking Citrus Bowl official confirmed that Walt Disney World and the Citrus Commission also had expressed interest General Mills which makes the breakfast cereal Wheaties and Texaco are certain contenders ABC television and Citrus Bowl officials who requested anonymity because of the delicacy of negotiations said Nike and UPS are two others NFL cites players NEW YORK Miami defensive stars John OITerdahl and Jeff Cross were named AFC players of the month for October on Thursday The AFC offensive player for the month was Pittsburgh quarterback Bubby Brisler NFC winners were San Francisco linebacker Charles Haley and Atlanta receiver Andre Rison Tennis Sampras Lendl upended in Paris PARIS Guillaume Raoux a French qualifier ranked 134th in the world beat US Open champi SOCCER Penn State accepts bid to national tournament in Texas APpnuo on Pete Sampras 6-3 3-6 6-3 Thursday in the Paris indoor tournament and Jonas Svensson of Sweden upset Ivan Lendl 3-6 6-4 6-2 Top-seeded Stefisn Edberg beat Aaron Krickstein 6-3 6-2 and second-seeded Boris Becker beat Jim Courier 6-1 7-5 to move on to the quarterfinals Svensson ranked 16th in the world had beaten Lendl in the 1988 French Open to end his two-year reign as champion In another upset qualifier Michael Stich of Germany beat eighth-seeded Brad Gilbert 6-4 6-4 Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland who beat John McEnroe on Wednesday night beat ninth-seeded Goran Ivanisevic of Yugoslavia 6-3 6-4 Two Spanish players advanced to the quarterfinals Sergi Bruge-ra beat Marc Rosset of Switzerland 4-6 6-1 6-3 in a battle of 19-year-olds and sixth-seeded Emilio Sanchez beat Guy Forget of France 7-5 6-3 Basketball Williams rejoins Bullets LANDOVER Md Having taken some weight off his shoulders by reporting to the Washington Bullets John Williams next move is to drop a few dozen pounds from the rest of his body Weighing much more than his playing weight of 250 pounds Williams rejoined the Bullets Thursday in a reunion that had both sides beaming But while Williams was elated to be back on track toward returning to the LOCAL DIGEST addition Mike Miller caught a TD pass from Matt Clouse Gib Shouey and Mike Miller and extra points for Bellefonte Basketball SC knocks off Lewistown State College knocked off host Lewistown 27-19 in girls' junior high basketball action Thursday Christine Portland led the way with 15 points while Chrissy Shea and Kerrie Fleck tossed in four points each team won 14-8 behind Jen six points and ran their record to 8-8 The Little Lady Lions (12-5) are at Altoona Keith today at 3:15 pm Bellefonte dumps PV Bellefonte's girls' junior high basketball team ended regular-season play with a 23-11 victory against Penns Valley Thursday afternoon at Bellefonte Angela Schaub topped the winners with nine points while Tara Johnstonbaugh added five Bellefonte (8-6) will compete in the Centre County Tournament next week at State College Skating PSU plays host to skating competition More than 70 skaters from throughout Pennsylvania and surrounding states will hit the ice at the Penn State Ice Pavilion from 1 pm to 8 pm Saturday for the 7th Annual Ice Skating Institute of America team competition will be the which will tournamenL West Region so either will represent The round-robin one match 18 the final The top two The been set field is The play with a than Hall said at Thursday's press conference attended by a few local media the coaching staff and many members of the Penn State team group of young ladies worked very hard as a unit to achieve this goal and they overcame many obstacles along the way I'm proud of this invitation and I'm looking forward to what we can accomplish at nationals" Penn State will represent the East Region at the NCCSA tournament and Mankato State University in Minnesota is the North Region team The other two regional representatives have yet to be determined but the field should be completed in a few days The representative from the South Region By DALE GRDNIC For the Times For the first time in nine years Penn State's women's soccer squad will get the chance to compete for the national rhampionship Late Thursday morning a year-long dream came true for Coach Denny Hall and the Lady Lions as they received and accepted an invitation to the National Collegiate Club Soccer Association (NOCSA) tournamenL The four-team event will be held Nov 16-18 at the Whit-tcr Soccer Complex of the University of Texas at Austin really delighted for the players more winner of the Texas Conference be determined from this weekend's The NCCSA does not believe the has a team worthy of qualifying Kansas or the No 2 teatn from Texas the West tournament will be conducted in a format with each team playing each Nov 16-17 On Sunday Nov round-robin games will be played finishers then will play for the national women's soccer title that evening matchups and game times have not but they are expected to be when the completed Lady Lions finished regular-season 14-6 record A-10 FIELD HOCKEY No 1 seeding benefits Lady Lions this weekend Football Area athletes receive Big 33 nominations Five area athletes earned Big 33 nominations for their performances over the last two weeks BEA running back George Tirch was nominated Ar his 179-yard two-touchdown performance against Philipsburg-Osceola on Oct 19 Tirch is a 5-foot-9 175-pounder Teammate Wade Kurzinger was nominated after completing 11 of 17 passes for 145 yards against the Mounties He's 6-foot 185 Nominated after last weekend's games were P-0 linebacker Dave Kephart Bellefonte defensive end Nelson Tressler and BEA wide receiver Matt Davidson Kephart averaging 12 tackles per game was cited for his play in P-O's 14-8 loss to Central He's 6-foot-2 215 Tressler a 5-foot-10 170-pounder had 12 tackles including four for minus yardage in 13-3 win over Penns Valley Davidson caught six passes for 123 yards and a touchdown in BEA's 25-6 win over Lewistown He's 6-root 160 Bellefonte junior high ends season at 6-0-1 Bellefonte junior high football team ended its season at 6-0-1 with a 34-0 rout of Jersey Shore Thursday night Brian Eyer had two touchdowns white Mike Watson and Todd Holden had touchdowns In Members of the Penn State figure skating team which includes both university and local skaters will be taking part in the competition Events to be contested include freestyle spotlight and interpretive skating Volleyball Juniata in playoffs The Middle Atlantic Conference women's volleyball playoffs began Thursday night and Juniata College emerged victorious The Indians knocked off Scranton in four sets in a quarterfinal matchup in Huntingdon 15-9 15-9 15-17 15-13 Juniata (37-8) has now won 18 straight matches and is in the MAC semifinals Saturday at home in Huntingdon the site of the MAC Final Four Larissa Weimer had 10 kills and five blocks to lead the Tribe while Shelly Miller added 10 kills' Gina Leis had four aces and 17 digs against Scranton and setter Kathy Kowalchyk tallied 42 assists Juniata meets Susquehanna Saturday at 1 pm Susquehanna downed Elizabethtown 3-2 Western Maryland which beat Moravian 3-0 and Gettysburg which downed Franklin and Marshall 3-0 are matched up in the other semifinal contest at 3 pm The championship game is at 7 Saturday night with the winner gaining an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III championships While 28 goals and eight assists (for 36 points) would put her far and away ahead of most other team's leading scorers the senior co-captain is one of many offensive weapons for Morett's Lady Lions Senior forward Cholic Frates is just two points back with 16 goals and 18 assists Junior Eleanor Stone had an amazing stretch of scoring games this year and finished the regular season with 20 goals and eight assists Lynetle Kidder a State High grad and Penn State's other senior co-captain has three goals and 15 assists to rank fourth on the scoring list Sophomores Amy Stairs and Jen Stewart and junior Susann Bisig-naro also provide some offensive firepower along with talented freshmen Christine McGiniey and Kirt Benedict Often overlooked because of Penn State's high-powered offense is its stifling defense Seniors Jill Cincera Julie Johnston and Tracy Shilkret lead the way along with juniors Stacy Gilburg and Michele Brennan the last line of defense in goal Brennan has 13 shutouts and a goals-a gainst average of 47 with a save percentage of 919 The winner of the A-10 tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournamenL Penn State should get a bit) as the Mideast Regional winner regardless of the A-10 outcome but needs a victory to ensure a home game and first-round bye This year's NCAA field hockey Final Four is at Rutgers By DALE GRDNIC For the Times Penn State field hnekey couch Charlene Morett knew this year's squad had the talent and home-field advantage but she also believed a little lurk would he necessary for liie Ijidy Lions to capture their second consecutive Atlantic 10 Conference championship Lady Luck struck for Penn State during the meetings for this year's A-10 seeding The Iaidy Lions edged out Massachusetts by one-thousandth of a imint for the No 1 seed when the NCAA power ranking was utilized The other two teams in Hie two-day tournament are Temple and Rutgers which are seeded third and fourth respectively Penn State (18-2) faces Rutgers (10-9-2) Saturday at 11 am while UMass (15-4) takes on Temple (16-4) at 1 pm The A-10 title game is set Air Sunday at 1 pm All action is on the outdoor Astroturf Field next to lloluba Hall really believe the seeding turned out to be a big plus for Morett said earlier this week alter the way we were seeded at nationals the past couple or years I thought we deserved a little luck So take it this year most positive things about the matchups are that we handled Rutgers easily on turf here earlier in the season and we don't have to face Jane Catanzaro (of Temple) always dangerous in the Arst The Lady Owls' Catanzaro leads the A-10 with more than 30 goals this season while Penn State's Kristen Winters has 28 The Conference not only boasts two of the nation's premier players but it also has three of the top-ranked teams The Lady Lions are ranked fourth UMass is AAh and Temple is seventh In this year's regular-season competition UMass edged Penn State 1-0 but lost to Temple 3-2 and Penn State downed Temple 4-2 The Lady Lions dumped Rutgers 5-0 definitely want UMass Winters said we don't want to overlook Rutgers We clinched our region with a win at West Chester and now we want to win the A-10 again can do that by taking each game one at a time and Rutgers is first We'll worry about the rhampionship game after that regardless of who we 1 1 i.