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Baseball: Dodgers win, 6-3C3 Motor racing: Prost announces retirementC8 Sports Paul Oberjuerge Sports Editor (909) 386-3865 Fax (909) 384-0327 The Sun Section Saturday September 25, 1993 qoitobdcbsiids DdqDgI fooGflsiy Gfl fourball play. The Americans, Woosnam said, "all played very badly. They just made it easier for us." At least two Americans, however, could be excluded from his list of those who did not play well. Lanny Wadkins and Corey Pa-vin scored two victories, 4 and 3 over veterans Sam Torrance of Scotland and Mark James of England in foursomes and 4 and 2 over Masters champion Bernhard Langer of Germany and Barry Lane of England in afternoon fourballs. And the late pairing of Azinger and Couples were locked in the uncompleted match easily the best of the day against Faldo and Montgomerie.

Improved weather expected. StoryC6 course at The Belfry. They were scheduled to return shortly after daylight today to complete their match. The second day of action will then go off as scheduled, with four foursomes in the morning and four fourballs in the afternoon. The start of play Friday was delayed 2 hours, 35 minutes by heavy fog that blanketed the English midlands.

The United States opened defense of the old cup with a split in the four morning foursomes, in which each two-man team plays alternate shots on the same ball. But in the afternoon best-ball matches, dominated by Europe since 1985, the home forces won 2-of-3 completed matches. Ballesteros and Olazabal, nei United States wins Just 3-of-7 matches, with one to be completed today, in Ryder Cup competition. By Bob Green The Associated Press SUTTON COLDFIELD, England Europe used a rebound victory by its Spanish aces to take a one-point lead after the first day of the Ryder Cup. Europe, riding the rebound of Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal, held a 4-3 margin when play was suspended with one match not finished.

Nick Faldo of England and Colin Montgomerie of Scotland were tied with Americans Paul Azinger and Fred Couples with one hole to play on the Brabazon ther of whom has played particularly well this year and who were wild-card picks to the European squad, played the key role. After falling to Americans Tom Kite and Davis Love III in morning foursomes their first loss in seven matches in this format they rebounded for a 4 and 3 triumph over the same American duo in the afternoon four-balls. Ballesteros and Olazabal, who did not have a bogey in the day, had a better ball 11-under par in the afternoon and beat Kite and Love, 4 and 3. Ian Woosnam of Wales, who had a hand in two European victories, teamed with Peter Baker of England for a 1-up edge over American rookies Lee Janzen and Jim Gallagher in afternoon y' i UltliMUl1 sfcj rtitlHlll ir APWIREPHOTO Americans Fred Couples (right) and Ray Floyd confer duringtheir Ryder Cup match against Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie at The Belfry. The Europeans won 4 and 3.

PREP FOOTBALL: WEEK 3 Ruff carry for san gorgonio i A mm Cajon shuts out N. Vista m-M i By Dan Evans Sun Sports Writer INSIDE New statistical package Complete scores and boxes Game stories SAN BERNARDINO San Goreonio Hieh School stayed unbeaten Friday night by all of a foot. Upland lost a touchdown in the second quarter, when Cameron Chambliss was ruled out of bounds. on a caicn in ine ena zone, ana me sparians w-uj stayed a step ahead of the Highlanders (1-2) for a 14--7 victory. Four times the Highlanders had the ball inside the Spartans 25, but came away with just seven' points in their non-league loss.

Upland's last chance came with 24 seconds left: in the game from the San G. 22, but quarterback; Dave Coggin's fourth-down pass sailed through Spartans defensive back Andrew Jack's hands and', ricocheted off Darnell Pugh's body at the goal line. "We needed a big-time game that put our de-i fense to the test in the fourth quarter," said San coach Damon Becker. "I think we're well-prepared' for our (San Andreas) League opener." The Spartans, fifth-ranked in Division will-open SAL play Thursday at Rialto. But Upland played San G.

like there was no to-'1' morrow after getting down 14-0 in the first quarter. Coming off a devastating 65-21 loss to Canyon Springs last week, the Highlanders looked like they' (f were going to be victims of another slaughter early against the Spartans. On the second play from scrimmage, Jack picked off a Coggin pass and returned it 33 yards untouched for a touchdown. Jason Franklin's PAT made it 7-0 just 70 seconds into the game. When the San G.

offense finally got a chance to' touch the ball with 6:34 left in the first quarter, the. Spartans promptly marched 84 yards in nine plays and 5:23. San G. scored the play after Upland accepted an illegal use of hands penalty after stopping a third-down play at the 5. Instead of having to kick a field goal, the Spar-' tans put it in the end zone on a 15-yard pass from Ron-John Acuna (5-for-ll for 81 yards and one in- WnAnA (A nnJ TT By Nate Ryan Sun Sports Writer SAN BERNARDINO It took until the fourth quarter, but the Cajon offense finally arrived to complement an awesome performance by the Cowboys defense.

Late fourth-quarter drives of 80 and 40 yards by the Cowboys sealed a 20-0 shutout of Norte Vista. "Those last two drives really showed what we do best," said Cajon coach Rich Imbriani. "We rumbled down the field by keeping it on the ground and scored." The Cowboys defense forced five turnovers and held Norte Vista to just 46 yards on the ground. "They outhit us," said Braves coach Art Sanchez. "Their defense was just superior to ours." Sloppy play by both squads dominated the first half as the offenses played hot potato with the football.

When sophomore halfback Reggie Gipson scampered 34 yards for the first score of the game with 5:37 left in the half, each team had had possession of the ball five times with no results. "We just came out very flat and sluggish," Imbriani said. The Cowboys' usually reliable running game hit some snags in the first half and had just 47 yards on 16 carries. Workhorse senior fullback Jimmie Wharry had just 16 yards in the first half and finished the game with only 55 yards on 16 carries. Without their usual production from Wharry, the Cowboys turned to Gipson, who had 73 yards on eight carries, and junior halfback Hezekiah Lewis, who rushed for 66 yards on seven carries and the other two Both coaches agreed mental mistakes and turnovers hurt their In the first quarter, a drive by the Braves to the Cajon 28-yard line was killed when quarterback Matt Magallanez coughed up the ball.

"It was a real lack of execution," Sanchez said. "We just kept shooting ourselves in the foot with dumb mistakes." After being penalized just four times in their first two games, the Cowboys got hit for 10 penalties for 95 yards Friday. "We're pleased with tonight's win but not with the performance," Imbriani said. But Imbriani was very pleased with the performance of his defense, which never allowed the Norte Vista offense inside the Cowboys 20-yard line. i l.cgggfl:,- J1 MARK ZALESKIThe Sun Running back Curtis Sifford of San Gorgonio is upended by Upland's Cornelius Ruff (left) and Darnell Pugh in the first half of the Spartans' 14-7 victory over the Highlanders on Friday night.

Roach leads Aquinas past N.D. icicjtiuii ikj 115111 euu ucii 1 muivicu yiuu. From there, the Spartans' only highlights were provided by running back Curtis Sifford, the ty's leading rusher. "He's a tough little back," said Upland coach' Dave Perkins. "I'd like to have him on our side." Sifford, only 5-foot-8 and 175 pounds, looks more like a pony than a workhorse.

But he sure plays big. Sifford, who now has 590 yards rushing, picked up 179 tough ones on 30 carries before his right calf cramped up in the final three minutes. That was after he played every play at tailback and safety (where he made one of the three San G. interceptions). By Ed Erjavek Special to The Sun SAN BERNARDINO Ralph Roach starred on offense, defense and special teams Friday night to lead Aquinas to a rare "Holy War" victory over Notre Dame of Riverside.

Roach rushed for 122 yards on 18 carries, scored two touchdowns, blocked a punt and snuffed a Notre Dame rally with an interception late in the game to lead the Falcons to a 25-13 triumph. The "Holy War" is the annual meeting between the only parochial high schools in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Aquinas improved to 2-1 in the preseason while Notre Dame fell to 0-3. "It's an important game for the schools and for the people who have been in the schools a long time, it's an important game," said Aquinas coach Bob Schweid. "It's not Fontana-Eisen-hower, but the kids think it is." Notre Dame, which hadn't scored a TD in its first two games, recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff by Aquinas' Mario Manese, which set up a 4-yard TD run by fullback by Peter Ne-grete for a 7-0 less than a minute into the game.

However, the Falcons bounced back with an ll-play, 73-yard drive that resulted in a 2-yard TD plunge by Roach to pull within 7-6 following a missed PAT by Keith Beckley with 5:56 remaining in the first quarter. Roach struck again to set up the Falcons' second score when he blocked a punt by Notre Dame's Brett Foster and Aquinas' Cory Kirnon returned the ball to the Notre Dame 13. One play later, Falcons running back Cesar Hernandez ran for a 9-yard score to increase the Aquinas lead to 12-7 with 2:31 remaining in the first quarter. A pass by quarterback Keith Beckley on the attempted two-point conversion was incomplete. "The offensive line enabled us to run the football," said Schweid.

Aquinas pulled away late in the first half when a 36-yard pass to Jason Cervantes and a 32-yard reception by Roach set up with a 4-yard TD run by Roach with 26 seconds left. Herrera's run for the two-point conversion failed and Aquinas led 18-7 at the half. "That helped us, it really did" said Schweid of the late-first half score. The Falcons' burst of 25 unanswered points continued when Her-rera scored on 10-yard run with 7:24 left in the game. Notre Dame pulled within 25-13 on a 42-yard TD pass from quarterback Kirk Juszczak to Albert Renovato with 1:16 left in the game.

The Titans recovered the onside kick but Roach picked off a pass at the Aquinas 15 to seal the victory. "I was not very happy with that performance," said Sifford. "They stopped me pretty good." Upland staged its fourth-quarter comeback behind Coggin (14-for-40 for 198 yards). He completed 4- of-8 passes for 71 yards to set up Demetrist Huffs 5- yard TD with 10:04 left. Then, Coggin completed 3-of-4 passes for 48 yards to take Upland from its 30 to the Spartans 22 with 34 seconds left in the game.

But Jack got his hand on two breakups and de- fensive lineman Howard Smith got his hand on an- other as the Spartans hung on for the win. tlY THE NUMBERS Mighty Ducks fit big bill even before season begins TV HIGHLIGHTS Baseball Atlanta at Philadelphia, noon, KCBSChannel 2 Angels at Kansas City, 5 p.m., KTLAChannel 5 Golf Ryder Cup, 11 a.m., KNBCChannel4 College football TVC2 TV-Radio lltlngsC5 Fans of Anaheim's NHL team buying tickets at fast pace. The Associated Press ANAHEIM Hockey fans lined up by the hundreds Friday as single-game ticket sales began for the Mighty Ducks, who were on the way to selling out their new arena before it's officially named. The Pond the interim arena name preferred by team parent Disney Sports Enterprises holfls 17,174 for hocljy, and about 12,500 season tickets are already sold, said spokesman Rob Scichili. That left just more than 4,600 tickets per game, and customers were limited to 10 per game with prices ranging from $13 to $125.

The Ducks' opener is Oct. 8 against the Detroit Red Wings. "There are about 350 people out in the parking lot," Disney spokesman Bill Robertson said Friday about an hour after the 10 a.m. sales start. Hundreds more filled a three-block line at a ticket office on Wilshire Boulevardjin Los An geles, he said.

Disney was still negotiating with companies interested in sponsoring the new $109 million arena and giving it a name, Robertson said. While Disney likes "The Pond," city officials have said they prefer "Anaheim Arena." A corporate sponsor would presumably add its name to one or the other or some combination. Disney Sports president Tom Ta-vares said two firms were injthe running and a deal was imminent, The Orange County Register reported Friday. The newspaper named Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water the nation's leading water bottler, and Sunshine Makers which manufactures a biodegradable cleaner called Simple Green. "The Simple Green Pond? Try that one on for size," said Anaheim Councilman Bob Simpson.

"All we can say is they're negotiating with several companies, and we expect a decision sometime soon," Robertson said. i.