The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 9

SPORTS Roanoke Times Wbrid News SECTION MONDAY MORNING EB 22 1988 Clemson beats reeling Cavaliers 65 62 CITYSTATE CLASSIIED ADS By DOUG DOUGHTY Sportswriter CLEMSON SC After losing six games in a row Clemson found a basketball team Sunday with even more problems than its own The Tigers pulled away to a 14 point lead in the second half then held on for a 65 62 victory over a Virginia team that was minus point guard John Johnson Johnson who had started 55 of the previous 56 games was suspended from the team Saturday after he tested positive for drugs Johnson a senior who was averaging 156 points per game and is third on all time assists list is not ex pected to play again think fair to coach Terry Holland said are no second chances? I told still a member of the family and I love you but miss The Cavaliers (4 6 in the ACC 12 14 overall) twice fell behind by 14 points and trailed 60 49 with 5:46 remaining However the Cavs INSIDE uNo 2 Purdue downs Indiana 95 85 B4 scored the next 11 points Jerry Pryor scored with 46 sec onds left to put Clemson ahead 62 60 then Mel Kennedy tied it on a lunging jumper with 27 seconds remaining Kennedy had 26 points for the game 21 in the second half Kennedy also left his man and fouled a wide open Elden Campbell who converted a three point play to win it for the Tigers with one second remaining tried to foul him as hard as I can so he make the said Kennedy who had a team high seven rebounds not even sure he had control when the ball went in the basket" Bill Batts who had been guard ing Campbell stepped into the lane to block the path of a penetrating Grayson Marshall Marshall the all time ACC assist leader respond ed with his 10th assist of the game thought it is very fitting that the game ended this Clemson coach Cliff Ellis said lost a tough one earlier in the season in Charlottesville Va Today we won a tough one That Kennedy must smile every time he sees Campbell finished with 24 points 10 rebounds and three block ed shots Guard Tim Kincaid had 16 points and like Marshall played 40 minutes Ellis said he learn of absence until 11 am Sun day not that if affected plans got enough problems of our said Ellis who has lost three guards since September was talking to Terry before the game and he said he started to call me a week to cheer him up Holland said the suspension be came effective Saturday morning Johnson told the other players in a hastily called meeting before prac tice at University Hall at this time in the sea Please see UVa Page B4 Johnson can only sit and watch By DOUG DOUGHTY Sportswriter 1 CLEMSON SC John Johnson whose per sonal flair and last minute heroics had earned him a place among most popular basketball players has been reduced to watching as his col lege career came to an ignominious end think gained respect just by playing said Johnson a senior who was suspended from the team for the season after failing a drug test for being the person I am is not something discussed Basketball is secondary right now The most im portant thing is to get back on the right Johnson said he learned of the suspension Saturday morning at which point he addressed his teammates before joining them for a plane trip to Clemson where UVa lost Sunday 65 62 I was Johnson said wanted to play a lot but I want the other players to get that feeling I there to play I was there to support them would be different if I only let myself down but I let a lot of other people down My mother is the only thing I can think about right Coach Terry Holland said Johnson was taken on the trip out of consideration for his feelings but indicated he would not continue to travel with the team a crisis situation the family is where you turn and the team is his Holland said School drug policy requires that a player who tests positive be suspended and be withheld from practice or competition until he or she retests negative However reinstatement is up to the coach Please see Johnson Page B6 Associated Press CALGARY Alberta The United offense pulled a disappearing act Sunday night and chances of an Olympic hockey medal vanished with it Needing to win by two goals to stay alive the high powered American offense fizzled and West Germa ny advanced to the medal round with a 4 1 victory The loss was a bitter disappointment for the Amer icans who were seeking vindication after finishing sev enth in the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo Yugoslavia in defense of their 1980 gold medal Now they must win a final game in the consolation round just to match their finish know disappointed but I know there are other young men out there who will want to wear the USA US coach Dave Peterson said came in feeling that the three wins we needed would be against Austria Norway and West Germany We came that close disappointed but not the end of the West Germany (4 1) joins Czechoslovakia (3 2) and the undefeated Soviet Union as the pool representa tives in the medal round Canada and Sweden have clinched berths from the A pool with the final spot still undecided between Switzerland and inland The Americans fell behind 2 0 early in the game and never could catch up their high powered offense bottled up a smothering defense and West German goaltender Karl riesen a former member of the New Jersey Devils In its entire 60 game exhibition schedule the US team was held to one goal only twice and it had scored 26 goals in four previous Olympic games packed everyone in front of the goalie and riesen was very Peterson said not compli cated very simple in the third period we were down and had to gamble They obviously had the edge and played for a break here and When the offense was needed the most though it failed The Americans outshot the Germans 34 23 but they outmissed them too getting their only goal early in the third from Scott usco along with Corey Millen one of the two returning players from the 1984 team The Americans ended the preliminary round with a 2 3 record the victories coming against the only winless teams in their pool Austria and Norway kids came in here to play and played very very well and got nothing to be ashamed Peterson said said all along that we thought it was realistic for us to make the medal round The players played well enough to have that chance I know many of you people Please see Hockey Page B6 US loses chance at a medal Racing to gold ranck Piccard of rance makes a sharp turn as he speeds down Mount Allan during Sunday's men's super giant slalom Piccard won the gold medal after one favorite Alberto Tomba was unable to finish the course and another Pirmin Zurbriggen finished poorly 11 1 La ft VxW I 7 AD likely to support Tech coach By BLAIR KERKHO Sportswriter 1 Virginia Tech athletic director Dave Braine is expected to publicly support Hokies basketball coach rankie Allen who was arrested in Salem and charged with drunken driving last riday at a news con ference today at 2 pm Braine said Saturday that the incident would not affect an ticipated contract signing But Braine said Sunday that there will be no announcement re garding contract during the news conference at Jamerson Athletic Center Allen first year coach is expected to sign a four year pact later this week A news conference for that an nouncement is planned for this Braine said conference regards what hap pened last Allen was arrested after run ning his leased car into a power pole at Dalewood Avenue and Sunset Ave nue about 12:45 am Allen was charged with refusing to take a breath test that would determine the percentage of alcohol in his blood Allen was jailed by Salem police and released at 5:30 am Allen would not respond to di? rect questions about the incident during weekend trip to Mil waukee to play Marquette and Jack Williams assistant athletic director for media relations said Sunday that Allen would not com ment until today Braine and Allen met Sunday afternoon at Roanoke apart ment Allen an assistant coach at Tech for 11 seasons was named in terim coach to replace Charlie Moir who resigned in October In late Jan uary Allen was expected to sign a four year deal that would begin July 1 1988 But Allen had problems with the contract that was written in the state attorney office contract was much longer than he or I Braine said had it for more than a week now but been so busy with games and recruiting that been no time for him to sit down with his lawyer and discuss it Temple wallops Tar Heels 83 66 By JOHN CLAYBOURNE CHAPEL HILL NC North Carolina was supposed to get a break from the rugged At lantic Conference wars by playing a non league game Sunday but the Tar Heels had far from an easy time because the came against top ranked Temple Down by four points at halftime the Owls yWy feasted off a 19 0 run at the beginning of the Wv second half to hand the fifth ranked Tar Heels their worst home lost in 13 years 83 66 Led by point guard Howard Evans who had seven steals the Owls (22 1) forced North Carolina into a season high 29 turnovers The Tar Heels (20 4) turned the ball over 18 times in the second half my North Carolina coach Dean Smith said after his team played its fourth game in eight days have the team prepared Those were passes they can make but they were afraid to turn the ball North Carolina score in the first 6:38 of the second half coming up empty on nine straight possesions Jeff Lebo (team high 18 points) ended dry spell with a four point play to cut the deficit to 10 points Please see Owls Page B6 UPI The front end of Derrick Cope's ord shatters when it hits the first turn guardrail Bonnett declared winner of wild race at Richmond By RANDY KING Sportswriter RICHMOND Ricky Rudd said he won the race Richard Petty said he won the race But the only man who left Rich mond airgrounds Raceway a win ner late Sunday afternoon was Neil Bonnett The real race began long after the checkered flag had flown signal ing the end of one of the longest and certainly the most confusing events ever staged on old 542 mile oval And when NASCAR at the re quest of Rudd and Petty did a dou ble check of its scorecards Bonnett had won that chase too never had any doubt about it" Bonnett said following his first NASCAR Winston Cup triumph since October 1986 at Rockingham NC fact I had a question too about the scoring I thought we had a lap on the But Rudd and Petty who offi cially left town with second and third place money respectively buying case much less final results won the race and Richard Petty was said the upset Rudd watching in disbelief as the Rahmoc team helped push Pontiac into victory lane won no doubt about it I was told all along by his crew that I was leading the race then all of a sudden the No 75 car popped up on the scoreboard believe it though When I drove down pit road after the race was over I thought we had won the race face it our guys were cheated We should be there in victo ry lane not Petty looking for his first win in 102 races thought he had found it on this cold afternoon in Richmond Darrell Waltrip the official Please see Bonnett Page B4 INSIDE: could be top player B3.