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OMAHA WORLD HERALD Wednesday March 17 1999 17 LOCAL SPORTS IOWA HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT Game 2 Goal: Lead SC West to Title One Day Two Games 65 Runs Iowa Boys State Iowa Western Women Lose Tourney Opener WORLD HERALD NEWS SERVICE HORSE RACING NU Wrestlers at NCAAChampionships ASSOCIATIQi TOPPERrp BellevueOmahaLincoln me wwwcapelrucktopperscom 5 PC 12829 Dodge Rd Early Bird Special 8am 1 2noon 33 Off 5 3 5 13 BY MIKE PATTERSON WORLD HERALD STA WRITER BY MITCH SHERMAN WORLD HERALD BUREAU BY COREY ROSS WORLD HERALD STA WRITER The Top Line for Your Truck! Continued from Page 25 still settling This situation is by far better than last the coaches and ath letic directors say A snowstorm last year on March 8 dropped 16 inches of snow in southeast Nebraska and south west Iowa shutting down schools for 2 0 3 0 0 Nebraska sets an NCAA Division I scoring mark in a 50 3 win over Chicago State 3 5 3664653 REE CLINICS OR BEGINNERS 10 Discount on Pro Shop Merchandise 'HWY 275 i Mile from South Omaha Bridge in Council Bluffs s' Golf Course £'' Conference Ceiler I Salina Kan Midland Community College (Texas) outscored Iowa West ern Community College by 26 points in the second half en route to a 92 59 vic tory Tuesday in the first round of the National Junior College Athletic Asso ciation Division 1 basketball called it horse is on antibiotics and just a matter of letting him rest and get said Smith a former Omahan who has been training 38 years still a young horse so we don't want to take any chances with If all had gone well in the lorida Derby Smith had hoped to run Hard Toast in the Blue Grass Stakes in April before assessing a possible run at the Derby But because of the infec tion the horse will miss the Blue Grass and probably race again until early May disappointing because we felt before race that we really had a good shot to win he said that's racing luck Now do what we can to make sure the horse gets The gelding sent off at respectable 6 1 odds in the lorida Derby had been drawing increased attention on the national scene But his disappoint ing performance Saturday and the re sulting diagnosis of an infection changed all that started training in 1961 and this is as close as gotten to the Smith said already told my wife it was nice while it lasted but I guess it wasn't meant to TUESDAY Class 2 A Pella Christian 60 Monroe PCM 43 ort Dodge St Edmond 76 Cascade 68 Class 3 A Davenport Assumption 73 Grinnell 48 Hull Western Christian 72 Carroll Kuemper 67 Algona 47 Pella 43 the two games and nine in the second stayed in Lincoln over spring break this week to prepare for a three game series with Kansas on riday through Sunday in Lawrence Kan not out in Hawaii or some where else like a lot of Van Horn said here working hard Our hitters did a great job today We hit a lot of line drives Hats off to our hitters put in a lot of time and a good feeling for me as a coach to see it pay previous record for runs in a game came in a 35 17 win over Washington on March 20 1995 The two teams were scheduled to conclude their three game set Wednesday THURSDAY Class 1 A Semifinals 10:30 a Rock Valley (20 4) vs New ell onda (24 0) 12:15 pm Preston (23 1) vs Des Moines Christian (24 0) Class 2 A Semifinals 2 pm Iowa alls (24 0) vs Jesup (22 2) 3:45 pm Pella Christian (20 3) vs ort Dodge St Edmond (19 5) Class 3 A Semifinals 6:35 pm Davenport Assumption (20 3) vs Hull Western Christian (21 3) 8:15 pm Algona (19 3) vs Keokuk Manchester West Delaware winner seed Hinrich was an all tournament team performer as a sophomore oul trou ble kept him from being a repeat selec tion last year He picked up three fouls in the first half and West was forced to play a zone defense to protect him Jim Hinrich said his players bent on revenge as much as avenging their own performance tournament The Reivers had led 4 1 40 with 16 minutes to play before third ranked Midland used a 24 4 run to take con trol thought we played so hard to stay with Iowa Western Coach Jason Nuss said they kicked it into another gear and we had nothing left They just wore us down with hard pres sure They were so much stronger and bigger Sara Gaul and Jackie Milner scored 1 1 points apiece to pace Iowa Western (22 9) Milner also had a game high eight rebounds and Shelia Kirksey an Omaha North graduate added 10 points our players scored in double figures for No 3 ranked Midland (32 2) thought we could get things turned around last year but we missed a couple shots and had some calls go against us" he said Both teams bear only slight resem blance to the teams they were a year ago East has only two returning start ers and West has one (Hinrich) East's returnees are its two leading scorers: forward Steve Schauf (168 points a game) and guard Dee Wallican (1 33) In earning their 18th trip to state the eighth ranked Trojans upset fourth ranked Cedar alls 63 60 in double overtime of the substate semifinals While East is a different team Hin rich expects a similar strategy sure going to box and one he said might feel with the loss of (guards Casey Rooney and Nate Deal to graduation) that they '11 be even more successful with it than they were last year But seen 14 or 15 box and ones this year so be a little better prepared Despite the extra attention Kirk' Hinrich has still averaged 233 points' making him the 4 A leading scorer Jim Hinrich said an experienced point guard and familiarity with the field give West a chance for a pro longed stay in Des Moines been down there the last three years so I hope the experience carries over" he said seen most of these teams so there won't be any sur prises I think our chances are excel Bacone 87 Nebraska Western 79 At Hutchinson Kan No 4 Ba cone broke out to a big lead eventual IV gave it up and then recovered to pull away from No 9 Western Nebraska in the National Junior College Athletic'1 Association Division I basket ball tournament Bacone (33 2) shot out to a 20 8 lead and led 37 34 at halftime Lincoln The Nebraska baseball team hammered into the national spot light Tuesday and grabbed a piece of NCAA history In scoring a Division I record 50 runs during the second game of a dou bleheader sweep over Chicago State the Huskers earned mention on ESPN's SportsCenter 30 seconds of rare footage from Buck Beltzer Sta dium on CNN and a spot on the na tional sports wire Tuesday night NU (12 6) pounded 35 hits against five pitchers in the 50 3 seven inning win before a crowd of 654 NU won the first game 15 3 know what to Ne braska Coach Dave Van Horn said runs it's totally unexpected We were not rubbing it in But not a lot you can do I had no idea it was a record Late in the game I had all the starters out It just comes to the point where you let them play We shut down the running game and just Division I Chicago State of the Mid Continent Conference lost a double header earlier this season to Oklahoma State 25 4 and 36 2 The 2 9 Cougars flew into Omaha on Tuesday morning and bused to Lincoln arriving less than an hour before the 1 pm scheduled start In addition the Cougars lost sev eral players to academic and discipli nary problems before the season Van Horn said NU also set NCAA records for mar gin of victory and runs batted in (48) breaking the former marks set by West Chester (Pa) University in a 42 1 win over Philadelphia Textile in 1992 shared some of their concerns as they prepared for their NCAA tournament debuts got a lot out in the Neu mann said practices have been great since are not worried about who is supposed to beat us We went through it day by day so they could anticipate what is going to happen It all boils down to "their ability to cope with the And in a 17 6 dual season NU expe rienced almost every situation The Huskers have already wrestled at the Jordan Center losing in December to Penn State seen No 3 Iowa twice No 2 Minnesota twice and top ranked Oklahoma State three times also won pressure packed du als over Iowa State and Oklahoma we place the way Neumann said going to end up eighth or ninth I think that OK with the number of point scorers we have coming back are we going to be happy with that? No Realistically for us to have a great tournament we need to win eight to 10 matches that not supposed to really think we can come close to that just a totally different feel going in with this year" Neumann said he expects four time defending NCAA champion Iowa to face major competition this week from Minnesota and Oklahoma State The Cowboys winners of 68 straight duals have been ranked No 1 throughout the season The Golden Gophers earlier this month snapped streak of 25 straight Big Ten Conference titles The wish by longtime Ak Sar Ben trainer TV Smith to enter a horse in the Kentucky Derby apparently be granted this year Hard Toast finished ninth in the 10 horse field Saturday in the $750000 lorida Derby a major step ping stone to the May I Kentucky Derby The gelding bled during the race the result of a lung infection had him checked over four days before the race and everything was fine" Smith said by phone from Hal landale la you could tell when he was coming around the last turn that something wasn't The race was won by Vicar a horse that Hard Toast had beaten in the $100000 Holy Bull Stakes in late November Vicar avenged that loss with a victory in the $200000 ountain of Youth Stakes last month before posting the victory Saturday for trainer Carl Nafzger who is best known for saddling Unbridled to victory in the 1990 Kentucky Derby Smith said the infection will keep the gelding he co owns with Omaha banker Bob Anderson sidelined indefinitely And while he totally rule out a possible spot in the Derby Smith HIGH SCHOOLS Warm Weather Improves Outlook or Openers CHILI GREENS Sports Dome JALAPENO HOT! 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La Nina which is associ ated with colder drier springs year it was a nightmare be cause of El Nino" Bellevue Broderick said had way over 50 postponements or cancellations an absolute nightmare for an athletic di rector in spring just hope that La Nina treats us a whole lot better this year than El Nino did last year" RUDY SMITWHE WORLD HERALD HIGH IVE TIMES OUR: Ken Harvey right is greeted by teammate John Cole after hitting one of his four home runs Tuesday against Chicago State Harvey went 5 for 9 in the doubleheader with 10 RBls Van Hom used eight pitchers in the two games and benched all of his start ers other than red hot Ken Harvey midway through the second game Harvey hit tour home runs two in each game including a 460 foot bomb to center field in the nightcap and scored a Nebraska record seven runs in game two Craig Moore hit a grand slam and drove in an team record tying 10 runs in the 2 hour 23 minute sec ond game in which the Huskers drew 16 bases on balls don't stop hitting the ball" said Harvey a junior first baseman who went 5 for 9 with nine runs scored and 10 RBIs Tuesday that's what you have to do what you have to do just out there trying to get some attention This is a school known for football and we want to make a name four Reserve infielder Jim Bailey also found his way into the record books matching seven runs and ty ing an NU record with five walks in a game The Huskers who hit 12 homers in Chirann State Line Score at Nebraska Golf Course WSWldtSAvailable? si D'VSdall orYour(o Builders (List Today! i 54th 8 Cornhusker gi Papillion Sioux City West point guard Kirk Hinrich has spent much of his senior season fending off box and one de fenses He may need to do it again to night for West to avoid going one and out West Coach Jim Hinrich fa ther said he expects to see the gimmick defense again when West (19 3) plays Waterloo East (16 6) tonight at 8:15 in opening round play of the Class 4 A state tournament at Veterans Memorial Auditorium East employed the box and one which features four defenders playing zone and the fifth defender playing man to man defense to help beat West in the opening round of last year's tournament Seventh seeded East upset second seeded West 58 57 to hand the Wolver ines only their second loss of the sea son It was the second time in the last three years West has watched a lofty seed turn into a first round defeat The exception was 1997 when West finished as state runner up to Mason City Kirk Hinrich has played on all four West teams and said he doesn't want his final trip to Des Moines to be a short one friends in eastern Iowa give me a hard time about how we come down here with a high seed and then lose in the first round" Hinrich said of third ranked West which is again the second TBuy 3Roundslj of Goff GET 1 REE 3 Mon ri Only Hminnn I Expires 41799 I NCAA WRESTLE Huskers Not Looking Past Opener Continued from Page 25 matches with Brandon Eggum and Casey Strand of Arizona State Snyder the lone Big 1 2 champion is 10 3 against the NCAA field He has lost only to Jimmy Arias of Oklahoma State Clint Musser of Penn State and Chad Kraft Snyder has already avenged the loss to Arias He would like a chance to ana in face Musser and Kraft just excited to get said Snyder from Easton Pa His Hither Barry Snyder formerly wrestled at Penn State have asked the coaches to remind me of who wrestling that's it's only one guy not 30 guys At this meet I'm not looking for anybody in particular but love to wrestle some big names" Neumann said he invited the Huskers to his home last week after a poor practice following their some what disappointing fourth place show ing at the March 6 Big 12 meet Vering Gomez and sophomore heavyweight JR Plienis talked over prime rib about their experiences last year at this meet The trio combined for a 3 6 mark as NU placed 21st Snyder fellow freshmen Joe Henson at 149 and seniors Jose DeAnda at 141 and 197 pounder Scott Munson then IRST GAME Chicago State 000 030 0 3 At Mohrnckf 119 Ydfl 1C Komine (4 0) Scheiner (0 2) NU trona Shabala Hedman Cowan Johnson Bolt NU Harvey 2 Cowan NU Shabala 2 Ki mura Vlleger Johnson NU Shabala SECOND GAME fhirnan Statrs 000 001 At Nebraska 9(10)4 9(13)5 50 35 1 3 50 35 1 0 9 10 4 9 13 5 Competitor weight: Paul Gomez 125 pounds Class record: junior 21 3 Ranking five Record against NCAA field: 6 3 Projected top seed: Jeremy Hunter Penn State (29 0) Outlook: Gomez has shown himself to be much more competitive against the elite this year after struggling a year ago during his first season at NU He placed third at the Big 12 meet losing to top five NCAA seed Shane Valdez of Oklahoma Gomez owns a win over 33 4 Chuckie Connor of North Carolina but was beaten by defending NCAA champ Teague Moore of Okla homa State and Penn Hunter Competitor weight: Jose DeAnda 141 Class record: senior 25 6 Ranking: 10 Record against NCAA field: 5 4 Projected top seed: Mark Angle Clarion (35 0) Outlook: In his first trip to this meet DeAnda deserves an All America (top eight) award Neumann said for his hard work alone That do it Three of his four losses against the field came to 38 2 Michael Lightner DeAnda began this season 17 0 before leveling off a bit He performed well at Big 1 2s earning second place fl Competitor weight: Joe Henson 149 Class record: freshman 19 9 fl Ranking: unranked Record against NCAA field: 5 6 Projected top seed: TJ Williams Iowa (35 0) Outlook: A mystery at times this year Henson has looked like an All American in beating Iowa State's Cole Sanderson and pinning Jared rayer both NCAA qualifiers within a week Henson also has looked like a freshman losing to both at the Big 12 meet and placing fourth Neumann worries most about Henson from Hanover Pa falling victim to notorious NCAA freshman jitters this week Competitor weight: Bryan Snyder 157 Class record: freshman 28 3 Ranking: five Record against NCAA field: 10 3 Projected top seed: Casey Cunningham Central Michigan (29 1) fl Outlook: Perhaps best hope for a Saturday night appearance Snyder has continually impressed this year His latest episode came at the Big 12 meet where he won the title despite a painful cartilage injury near his ribs Snyder said he has fully recovered but as a likely No 5 seed he faces a tough road to the finals Competitor weight: Brad Vering 184 Class record: sophomore 22 7 Ranking: five Record against NCAA field: 9 6 Projected top seed: Cael Sanderson Iowa State (33 0) Outlook: Vering wants to kill the memories of last year's 1 2 finish at this meet He lost to Sanderson in the Big 12 finals but Vering has beaten several high seeds this season and Neumann said confidence is at an all time high The Howells Neb native has pointed toward this meet all year and should earn a No 5 seed Competitor weight: Scott Munson 197 Class record: senior 26 10 Ranking: unranked fi Record against NCAA field: 4 8 fl Projected top seed: Tim Hartung Minnesota (34 0) Outlook: Munson has had limited success against the best wres tlers this year losing twice to 1997 champ Lee ullhart of Iowa and once to Hartung the defending champ Munson seems to have great potential but he often struggles to find motivation If his last meet doesn't motivate him noth ing will Competitor weight: JR Plienis heavyweight Class record: sophomore 22 1 1 Ranking: seven Record against NCAA field: 8 6 Projected top seed: Stephen Neal Cal State Bakersfield (39 0) Outlook: Plienis said he look ahead but then launches into an expla nation of why he wants to face Neal fz IVA MORE Join Trlple A Affiliate zr at otha Rosenblatt! 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