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HB MBT But he added can't ever really make up Christmas week We will make up a portion but certainly not what Chester Marler Stevens Pass marketing director agreed might make up some of it" he said While Stevens planned to stay open later this season even before the Season started Marler now thinks the idea will really fly "People seem to have a real interest in skiing this year because they in November and December" Marler said Stevens opened on Jan 3 the latest opening in the ski history Marler said Stevens which has 122 inches of snow usually closes April 15 but this year will be open on weekends through the end of April snow permitting hoping to entice people to ski more in the springtime when the he The Associated Press Operators of Washington state ski areas say if the snowpack and skier enthusiasm last stay open longer than usual this spring Some hope that by extending the season be able to recoup at least part of the business they lost over the snowless Christmas week typically the biggest money making week of any ski season While many lovers ofcom snow sunshine and gin and tonics on the deck have enjoyed spring skiing in May and even June and July at such places as Mount Bachelor in Eastern Oregon and Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia skiing past mid April at most Wash ington resorts is rare This year area operators hope that the abysmally late start will result in spring skiing fever a lot of pent up demand for skiers to said Dave Moffett president of Ski Lifts Inc the parent company of Alpental Ski Acres and Snoqualmie Summit "As long as there's good now and good skiing wo want to stay open for them" The three Snoqualmie Pass ski areas usually close around April 15 but this year may stay open through the end of April Moffett said Whether that means be open seven days aweck or just weekends be decided until the time comes he said He said the areas have been known to stay open that late when snow and interest are high The three areas open until early January this year more than a month later than usual But now they have 127 inches slightly above average for this time of year Snoqualmie Pass collected 18 feet of snow in 18 days during recent storms Those storms meant sporadic temporary closures of several passes this year but when the traffic flows Moffett said business is gran 0 hchM mw now tStah Mtatan Kdgt Osar 28 0 mw 51 tett Mount BMgoc Ooog 32 0 new 212 base Ptclflc WMt dear 310 new 86 tMeAlpMW8U Acres SnoquMe Sunni Clear 300new111beeeSleenePaee Oear 300 new 120 base WMsPaae dear 24 0 new 104 baae Anthony Lakee dear 170 new 64 base Sid Bluewood dear 310 now 65 beae Schweitzer Baah dear 28 0 new 95 base Night aiding tonight Alpantal SH Acres Snoqualmie Mission Pac West Stewens White said years moist warm but if cold and clear it can be reaily good" Mount Baker which usually maintains daily operation Thanksgiving through Jan 7 and then I git Bnamav I is open only ridays Saturdays Sundays and holiday weeks until mid May this year will Mramna wm vssnngo mhhv operate daily through April 1 said spoaeswom an Stephanie Mills The ski area which boasts 212 inches of snow right now will still close in mid May because skiers turn their attention to summer sports she said i Kim Lynch marketing coordinator for Crys tal Mountain Resort said Crystal also usually closes in mid April but will stay open through that month weekends and possibly weekdays if conditions permit come in the Lynch said Of the skiers hope to get the word out that spring skiing is some of the JUparte 77 Tfrwoa Ski areas hope late start heavy mow mean spriiigfeer La Salle star passes 3000 scoring mark The Associated Press Lionel Simmons scored 27 points Thursday night to pass the 3000 mark and move into fourth place on the NCAA career list as No 14 La Salle won its 16th straight game 100 60 over Manhattan Simmons ended the only suspense with 12:44 remaining in the first half hitting the front end of a two shot foul to become the fifth Division I basketball player to score 3000 points Simmons who has a career total of 3024 points passed Hersey 3008 with his last basket of the first half a 3 pointer with 1:51 remaining to cap a 9 1 burst and give La Salle (24 1 14 0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) a 44 28 lead never been so nervous in my life My legs were shaking at the start of the Simmons said told the kids years from now be able to say we played with one of the greatest players in the history of the Coach Speedy Morris said Next on the list for Simmons is Texas Harry Kelly who scored 3066 points from 1979 83 However it Simmons but Doug Overton who led the Explorers with a career high 30 points NO 4 UNLV 99 CAL IR VINE 77 Anderson Hunt scored 25 points Lany Johnson 23 and David Butler 20 to lead the Rebels to their ninth straight victory UNLV (23 4 14 1 Big West) saw a 49 34 halftime lead shrink to 60 52 with 13:33 remaining But Cai Irvine got no closer and the Rebels pulled away to lead by 23 VIRGINIA 73 NO 8 GEORGIA TECH 71 or the second time this season unranked Virginia knocked off Georgia Tech this time on Bryant Stiths short jumper at the buzzer Neither team ever led by more than five points and there were 14 ties and 21 lead changes Virginia coach Terry Holland said shot which came on an inbounds pass from John Crotty one of the big plays of our season It was a great win for The basket negated a Virginia turnover that enabled Georgia Tech (19 5 7 5 Atlantic Coast Conference) to tie the game 71 71 the points coming on Brian 3 point basket with 41 seconds to play Stith led Virginia with 19 points Kenny Turner had 17 and Crotty 14 Oliver had 23 and freshman Kenny Anderson 21 for the Yellow Jackets whose leading scorer Dennis Scott made only three of 16 shots and finished with 11 points NO 18 MINNESOTA 68 WISCONSIN 67 Jim Shikenjanski scored last five points including three on free throws in the final 27 seconds Richard Coffey had 14 points and a season high 15 rebounds for Minnesota (18 6 9 5 Big Ten) Willie Burton led Minnesota with 17 points and Willie Simms had 21 for Wisconsin AP Photo I di Hn dl MMr JK 'WMf jHk JB IHf KMk HI JHI I I vliSIwi laXaSaf IIsHEik Bfi iJMBRgrv Lionel Simmons (22) gets a high five from teammate Randy Woods after sinking a free throw for the 3000th point of his college career The La Salle star scored 27 in all running his total to 3024 Seattle Storm aligns with outdoor soccer league The Seattle Storm a member of the Western Soccer League since 1985 has aligned with the American Professional Soccer League The APSL combines the Western and American Soccer Leagues outdoor leagues that will retain their separate identity as far as scheduling for at least the 1990 season are moving towards a structure pat terned after Major League said ASL commissioner David Prouty separate schedules culminating in a national champion ship playoff" Both leagues open league play April 7 The 11 teams in each league will play a 20 game regular season scheduled followed by the playoffs The APSL championship game is set for Sept 22 Bill Sage president of the Storm is also chairman of the WSL League alignments: WSL NORTH Seattle Storm Portland Timbers Salt Lake Sting Colorado oxes San rancisco Bay Blackhawks WSL SOUTH New Mexico Chiles Real Santa Barbara California Emperors LA Heat Arizona Condors San Diego Nomads ASL NORTH Albany Capitals Boston Bolts New Jersey Eagles Penn Jersey Spirit Maryland Bays Washington Stars ASL SOUTH Washington Diplomats Orlando Lions Tampa Bay Rowdies ort Lauderdale Strikers Miami Sharks STORM NOTES Eddie Henderson and the season scoring leader Chance ry are among the 10 players signed to contracts by the Storm Another 10 trialists are currently attending twice a week training sessions under new coach Stuart Lee Henderson a 5 foot midfielderforward completed his collegiate eligibility last fall at Washington Other signees include midfielders Scott Benedetti and Peter ewing Benedetti was a member of the US National and World University Games teams last year and led the Portland Timbers in goals a year ago ewing 27 is the WSL career assist leasder Other signees: Grant Gibbs defender from Kent Jason Russ midfielderdefender from Tacoma Garrett Smith defender from Seattle Wade Webber defender from Auburn and Jim Weber midfielderdefend er from ederal Way Benedetti Russ Smith Webber and Weber all played at the University of Portland The team currently trains Sunday afternoons at ort Dent in Tukwila and Monday nights at Highline Stadium Joe James ran and Bob McLaughlin all members of the team are trying to win back positions The roster limit is 20 players under contract Season and game tickets go on sale March 1 at all Ticketmaster outlets All home games are played at Seattle Memorial Stadium The Storm recenty finalized a 13 game home schedule adding Bournemouth of the English Second Division for a May 20 contest Ex Sounders Harry Redknapp and Jimmy Gabriel coach Bourne mouth Seahawks add new coach KIRKLAND The Seat tle Seahawks have added a new strength coach to their staff and shuffled another coach to work with the de fensive secondary rank Raines former as sistant strength coach with Washington Redskins will take over as the strength coach in place of Joe Vitt who will team with Rod Perry to coach in the sec ondary speciality is develop ing speed which he obviously had when he was a track star at George Mason University During his college days he advanced to the US Olym pic trials in the 200 meters He also was a speed coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates before joining the Redskins about five years ago Vitt has been with Seattle eight years carrying the title of special assignments coach the last seven sea sons In addition to the coach ing changes the Seahawks have paraded about a dozen Plan unprotected free agents through their offices since the first of the month but apparently close to signing any of them The list includes wide receivers Ron Brown of the Los Angeles Rams Gerald McNeil of Cleveland Walter Stanley of Detroit and Den nis McKinnon of Chicago All are considered top pros pects as both receivers and punt returners Other Plan free agents who reportedly have visited Kirkland include corner back Tracey Eaton of Hous ton linebacker Joe Camp bell of San Diego tight end Ron Heller of Atlanta de fensive tackle Peter Shorts of New England and line backer Dave Ahrens of Mi ami ree safety Dave Waymer also tried out with Seattle but then signed with the San rancisco 49ers Meanwhile several Sea hawk free agents left unpro tected have journeyed to wL 4 Vitt Stoplight liinders drivers in Grand Prix other NL stops with plans maybe to jump ship if the price is right Paul Skansi has reported ly tried out with the Phoe MIAMI la (AP) The top drivers in the Interna tional Motor Sports Associa tion Camel GT series enjoy the challenge of the Miami Grand downtown street circuit with one sig nificant exception: the stop light The 1873 mile 11 turn circuit winding through bayfront Bicentennial Park and along a portion of Bis cayne Boulevard was built in 1986 the fourth year of the event The five block move to a site using less of the public streets also brought with it the stoplight at the exit of pit road which leads direct ly into the dangerous first turn a sweeping right han der When a car is leaving the pits the driver must obey the light which is operated by an IMSA official standing at the pit wall with a view of the race track and the pits Chip Robinson who with Geoff Brabham drove to vic tory here last year In a Nissan ZXT GTP said Thursday red light can really change the com plexion of the race here year we were hav ing serious problems with our clutch late in the race' On our last (pit) stop the crew had to push the car to get it going and Geoff was able to drive it right out onto the track the light had been red we would have been in serious Brabham who also won here with Elliott orbes Robinson in 1987 and is the two time defending Camel GTP champion said not guaranteed a free path onto the race track unlucky a whole pack of cars can come by and just sitting The Australian born Brabham shrugged his shoulders and said people could lose because of that and some people could get the benefit of it a factor on this particu lar track although it may Car Racing not be the ultimate deciding Martin Brundle of Eng land who will share driving chores in a Jaguar XJR12 with American Davy Jones said no fon having some guy sitting there con trolling your race But there are always these kinds of things in racing 1988 we lost here because two cars crashed at the pit exit and kept the pits closed The pit entry and pit exit always seem to be a compromise on a street cir Brundle who also has experience in ormula One and the world sports car endurance championship said the fact that the pits exit into turn one com pounds the difficulty of the situation think that first turn is one of the most difficult anywhere in he said come into the turn with all the room in the world and then it just fun nels down to nothing bumpy off camber blind and quick Ideally they (IMSA) need to move the pit This year for the first time the on track activities begin tonight instead of Sat urday with practice ses sions scheduled from 1 pm PST to 5 pm for GTP Camel Lights GTO and GTU divisions as well as the irehawk street stock series Qualifying for the 31 pro totypes is scheduled Satur day with the main event Sunday nix Cardinals and lineback er Rod Stephens visited the Denver Broncos Joe Cain who started a couple games at outside linebacker last fall is reportedly close to signing with the Chargers Running back Kevin Har mon and wide receiver Louis Clark also are expect ed to soon try out for other clubs MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE VI ft 1 1 OBLAST SATURDAY EB 24 7:30 PM rs Budweiser Niann REE BUDSTARS MUG To irst 5000 Adult ons 21 and Over Ticket! Now Available at OR CALL THE TACOMA STARS TICKET OICE for further information "2 wwr 572 7827 Jw The NBA Western Conference PACIIC division Pct GB Streak Home Away Conf LA Lakers 39 12 765 Won 4 23 3 16 9 23 7 Portland Trail Blazers 37 15 712 2Mr Lost 1 24 4 13 11 26 9 Phoenix Suns 34 17 667 5 Won 7 22 5 12 12 25 10 Seattle Sonics 26 25 510 13 Won 3 17 7 9 18 12 15 Golden State Warriors 24 28 462 15V4 Lost 4 19 7 5 21 15 17 LA Clippers 21 31 404 18'A Lost 5 14 11 7 20 11 21 Sacramento Kings 15 37 288 24Vi Lost 1 12 16 3 21 9 26 MIDWEST DIVISION Pct GB Streak Home Away Conf UtahJazz 38 16 704 Won 4 26 3 12 13 24 8 San Antonio Spurs 34 17 667 2V4 Lost 1 22 4 12 13 22 8 Dallas Mavericks 29 23 558 8 Lost 1 20 8 9 15 18 19 Denver Nuggets 28 24 538 9 Lost 1 19 7 9 17 15 17 Houston Rockets 23 29 442 14 Lost 3 19 7 4 22 14 20 Minnesota Tlmbetwolves 14 38 269 23 Lost 1 12 16 2 22 7 23 Charlotte Hornets 9 41 180 27 Lost 2 8 19 1 22 6 27 Eastern Conference ATLANTIC DIVISION Pct GB Streak Home Away Conf New York Knicks 35 17 673 Won 2 22 2 13 15 21 8 Philadelphia 76ers 34 19 642 VA Won 1 21 4 13 15 26 10 Boston Celtics 30 22 577 5 Lost 4 18 8 12 14 17 12 Washington Bullets 21 34 382 1514 Lost 1 14 13 7 21 12 20 New Jersey Nets 13 39 250 22 Won 1 9 15 4 24 10 20 Miami Heat 10 44 185 26 Lost 8 5 21 5 23 6 29 CENTRAL DIVISION Thursday's Games Pct GB Streak Home Away Conf Detroit Pistons 39 14 736 Won 13 24 3 15 11 26 8 Chicago Buns 32 20 615 Won 3 20 2 12 18 17 12 Milwaukee Bucks 30 23 566 9 Won 2 20 8 10 15 16 14 Indiana Pacers 28 25 528 11 Won 1 18 7 0 18 17 13 Cleveland Cavaliers 23 28 451 15 Won 1 15 12 8 16 15 18 AtlantaHawks 23 29 442 1514 Lost 4 14 9 9 20 15 19 Orlando Magic 15 37 88 Lost 4 11 15 4 22 10 24 New York 119 Washington 110 Utah 1 16 Los Angeles Clippers 102 Milwaukee 109 Dallas 97 Phoenix 104 Sacramento 98 Sacramento at SONICS 7 pm Houston at New Jersey 4:30 pm Milwaukee at Charlotte 4:30 pm New York at Miami 4:30 pm Orlando at Cleveland 4:30 pm Dallas at Indiana 4:30 pm Tonight Detroit at Atlanta 5 pm Portland at Chicago 5:30 pm Minnesota at San Antonio 5:30 pm Los Angeles Clippers at Denver 6:30 pm Philadelphia at Los Angeles Lakers 7:30 pm Boston at Golden State 7:30 pm Dallas at Minnesota 12:30 pm Boston at Denver 1 pm Milwaukee at Miami 4:30 pm San Antonio at Los Angeles Clippers 6 pm Utah at Los Angeles Lakers 7:30 pm Saturday's Games Orlando at Washington 4:30 pm Philadelphia at Phoenix 6:30 pm Houston at Atlanta 4:30 pm Sunday's Games uoidon store ar sunius pm Detroit at New York 9 am Charlotte at Cleveland 1 1 :30 am Portland at Indiana 1 1:30 am Chicago at New Jersey noon Thursday Highlights KNICKS 119 BULLETS 110 While they were heaping praise on Patrick Ewing the New York center was looking for someone else to take the bows had 19 rebounds Ewing said after glancing at a statistical rendering of the job turned in by Charles Oakley in New victory over Washington just trying to help this team Ewing said of his second straight 41 point performance was just banging those guys down post them up deep in the lane It was effective at In additon to his team season high rebounding total Oakley scored 20 points Jeff Malone scored 33 points to lead Washington BUCKS 109 MAVERICKS 97 Ricky Pierce scored 33 points and Milwaukee used a late 20 3 surge to end a five game winning streak by Dallas Brad Lohaus added 18 points and Greg Anderson and Jay Humphries 16 apiece for the Bucks Roy Tarpley scored 26 to tie a season high for Dallas SUNS 104 KINGS 98 Kevin Johnson scored eight of his 22 points in the final 3V4 minutes as Phoenix extended its winning streak to seven games Jeff Homacek scored 25 points and Tom Chambers 23 for the Suns Wayman Tisdale led Sacramento with 26 points and Antoine Carr added 20 JAZZ 116 CLIPPERS 102 Karl Malone scored 35 points and Darrell Griffith 12 of his 14 on 3 pointers including two in the final 71 seconds as Utah won its fourth straight game John Stockton added 24 points and 20 assists for Utah Speaking was awkward out there at first I was really just trying to get the ball inside to Patrick (Ewing) He was so hot it made sense to keep giving him the New York guard Maurice Cheeks after his first game with the Knicks a 119 110 victory at Washington on Thursday Cheeks acquired from San Antonio for Rod Strickland on Wednesday did not score and had four assists in 11 minutes PRE SEASON SALE REE TONGUE JACK TRAILER ADJUSTMENT i START THE SEASON WITH A TRAILER YOU CAN DEPEND ON SANDE BOAT WORKS SANDE MARINE Belfair Wheaton Way 275 2846 377 8899 Jw.