Ventura County Star from Ventura, California • 21

1 1 Cougars turn the tables Eaton The Pirates are home again on league champs By Dave Anderson NY Times News Service been a long time but the Ventura College basketball team will be back in its own gym tonight The Pirates opened the 1981 82 season at home against Los Angeles Pierce College on Nov 20 but been in front of a home crowd since that time Ventura has played 11 straight road games But tonight the Pirates are home again opening Western State Conference action against Taft Game time is set for 7:30 By Dennis Wagner The Ventura High Cougars managed to overcome their own sluggishness and a scrappy San Marcos squad Wednesday night to win their Channel League basketball opener 57 47 The victory sets up a key game early in the season for two of the Channel League favorites riday night Ventura is scheduled to meet Hueneme High which also won its first league game 61 53 over Dos Pueblos Ventura lost to the Vikings 69 66 in the finals of the Royal Tournament in December After unartistic win against Santa Clara Cougar coach Mickey Perry gave his team a terse warning for the Hueneme game: better be ready riday he said Meanwhile the Cougars ended a veritable dynasty in the Channel League by beating San Marcos Until Wednesday night the Royals 1 8 this year had a string Ol consecutive league virtnripc cfmfnhinrr hnnlz linn Qpir av Il IA nnnf TT ti 11 ujc paoc mi vc years nowever aiier tailing in the CI finals last season the Royals lost all but two of Halle £iayerS t0 Sraduation and lost Coach Maury In contrast Ventura now 10 3 manned the court with a lineup of nine seniors and only three juniors As the game progressed however the Cougars were shackled by their sometimes sloppy play and the loss of three starters orward Andrew Koenig came out near the end of the first quarter with a sprained ankle and sat on the bench with an ice pack the rest of the evening Perry pulled forward Lawson Smith out of the contest in the fourth period after an outburst over officiating And guard Mark Eaton was ejected by officials after getting into a shoving match in the third quarter with San SAN DIEGO Under the microscope of the Super Bowl playoffs Kellen Winslow is in focus now as a tight end in a class by himself Except that he is not a traditional tight end In the San Diego pass oriented offense he also lines up as a wide receiver a halfback a fullback and a slotback people even consider me a tight he said with a smile just call myself a Wherever he lines up Winslow is all football player When the Chargers qualified for Sun American Conference championship game in Cincinnati with a 41 38 overtime victory in Miami last Saturday he set a divisional playoff record with 13 receptions for 166 yards in his role as the untraditional tight end He also leaped to block a 42 yard field goal attempt that nad it been successful would have won for the Dol phins in the closing seconds of regulation time Beginning with the final minutes of regulation and throughout more than 13 minutes of over time he often wobbled to the sideline in appar ent exhaustion He also was wincing in severe pain from a shoulder ailment and bleeding from a split lip that required four stitches After the Chargers won on Rolf 29 yard field goal Winslow said thought I was And after being helped off the field and into the room where he needed more than half an hour to recuperate he me but I have to go back out there and pick up my heart and Pick up his body too This week he has minimized his exhaustion and his shoulder injury just had a shoulder bruise and I think I looked a lot more tired than I he said the game film I see anything that I remembered I guess it was the most dramatic game ever played but I think it was the best game ever Perhaps not but it will do until he tops it all the receptions and all the he said got more satisfaction out of blocking the field goal It was something never done Phntn hv fiarv Phelos The Ross Northrop has a step on Mark left as he drives down the lane toward the hoop before It had always been a dream of Winslow not only stands 6 feet 5 inches but is a leaper despite his 252 pounds never played organized basketball but I can touch the orange stripe near the top of the he said was on our field goal blocking unit as a rookie two years ago but I last year and this year I was sent out there only twice But last Saturday the coaches motioned for me to go out there just as I looked to see if they wanted As the highest leaper he jumps where he expects the ball to be job is to figure the angle of the kicker wnemer ne trying to nook it or kick it straight On the one I blocked I figured that Uwe Von Schaman being a soccer style kicker he would try to hook it over the left side of their tail so I jumped between their center and their left guard The ball hit me right He drew his left forefinger from the top of his right pinky down across the base of his right hand if we win he said Diocxea neia goat won mean anything at all Three years ago ironically Winslow figured the Cincinnati Bengals would select him with the third choice in the first round of the draft As an all American at the University of Missouri he was considered a blue chip prospect by NL scouts way everybody was talking the Buffalo Bills were going to take Tom Cousineau with the first choice and they he said referring to the Ohio State linebacker who joined Montreal of the Canadian ootball League instead the Kansas City Chiefs were supposed to take Mike Barbara which jumped to a 9 0 lead The game had all the makings of a real yawner But Bortolin hit four straight shots as the Bulldogs outscored the Dons 18 5 to move ahead 18 14 The Dons quickly regained the lead and were ahead at halftime 28 26 The Dons maintained their two point margin during the third quarter but stretched it to nine points behind the outside shooting of forward Karl Tucker and the inside work of center Ted Hein richs when the Bulldogs made their move to improve their overall record to 2 7 while dropping the Dons to 2 8 give Hannah said kids realize the league games are imnnrfant that they had to just put all that other stuff (pre IM Pl IP 1 needs') hohinrl tkom Bortolin had a game high 16 points for the Bulldogs who resume Channel play at Oxnard riday night with Steen adding 13 Tucker and Heinrichs combined for 42 of their 49 points with Tucker getting 23 and Heinrichs 19 The Dons play hosts to San Marcos riday Bell the defensive end from Colorado State and they But then the Bengals selected Jack Thompson the University of Washington quarterback threw everything out of Wins low said had assumed I was going to Cincinnati but when they took the Samoan I know what to Through 12 choices in the first round he still had not been selected when the Chargers obtained the Cleveland first round choice in a trade for their first round and second round choices Gene Klein the owner said at the time you get the best player in the draft without your team having the worst rookie season was shortened by a broken leg But in 1980 he led the NL with 89 receptions a record for a tight end and this season he again led the NL with 88 receptions In his brief career he already has caught 202 passes the most of any NL player in his first three seasons a passer he said with a boyish smile completed any yet but I threw twice this season a also a chess player who says he believes that the mental alertness necessary in that game has helped him as a football player During the overtime last Saturday for example he sudden ly realized that with he and John Cappelletti in the game at the same time he had to line up as a traditional tight end on the next play was wobbling around like I was about to fall down and he said I knew what was going on I reminded Cappy where to line up then to come in motion and run a pass route over the middle Just another chess At the time Winslow also was suffering from the ailment in his right shoulder He describes as a bruise and Charger officials call it cramps Whatever it is when he talks about game Winslow even say which shoulder was hurting though a television audience that included the Bengals saw the Charger trainers working on his right shoulder know which shoulder it he said all depends which side Cincinnati wants to hit me remaining caused four Don turnovers in the late going to spark the comeback The Bulldogs turned the turnovers into points and Scotty two free throws with 0:38 left in regulation tied it up 49 49 Kevin Bortolin intercepted a Don pass at raid court arid the Bulldogs even had a chance for a win before overtime but Sandy 20 foot baseline jumper with a second left fell short Buena controlled the overtime tipoff and passed it around for the entire three minute period to set up game winning basket The attempt at a last second shot of their own was foiled when their fullcourt inbounds pass fell into the arms of red Sager at the All'T'TAT II 1 TT U1VJ MUVt IV JUQV UUl CU admitted Shelby a reserve forward who ouick Zn ne aian 1 league osses) behind them changed the subject was a team effort man a her 7n On team effort zone detense and didn pressure us And we team enon want to lose it is one of the most overused And what a difference a week makes Last week cliches in sports But this time it applied in the Ventura Kiwanis tournament the Bulldogs A tenacious fullcourt press by the Bulldogs after got early leads in their two games only to lose the Dons had taken a 48 39 lead with 2:47 both of them Wednesday night it was Santa Ex Charger red Dean wins again as a 49er United Press International red Dean may get a chance to take some money away from the San Diego Chargers after all Dean whose consummate pass rushing skills were instrumental in San astounding rise to the conference title game Wednesday was named NC Defensive Player of the Year Ironically if the 49ers beat Dallas Sunday to earn a berth in Super Bowl XVI Dean could be facing the team that peddled him to San rancisco for draft choices on Oct 2 Dean 29 became embroiled in a bitter contract dispute with the Chargers that made him available and the All Pro right end playing only 70 percent of the time in the shifting defense posted 12 sacks in the next 11 games as San rancisco romped to the Western Division crown with an NL best 13 3 record Dean 6 foot 2 and 230 pounds was named to his third straight Pro Bowl this year and received 21 votes for Defensive Player honors out of 56 ballots from pro football writers four from each NC city top competition came from perennial All Pro tackle Randy White who received 12 votes and San rancisco teammate Ronnie Lott an All Pro rookie cornerback have to have a lot of faith in yourself and what you can do said Dean important to look at game films of your opponent and manipulate what he has to do You can be worked over by two or three guys but sooner or later get a big break not really doing that much differently Ljust feel a lot looser and more comfortable than I used to When I heard about the trade I was kinda excited I just hoped things would work out and I could perform up to my Dean signed on Oct 8 and made his debut three days later against Dallas notching a pair of sacks in a 45 14 romp over San rancisco opponent in NC championship game just had a feeling in my mind that I perform up to my capabilities because of my financial situation in San Diego Ross Northrop who was also ejected The other starting guard Mark Cobos took control the contcst after departure Cobos who had 16 points on the night scored eight of those in the final period felt I had to do' he said later the other starting guard (Eaton) got kicked out of the game Ventura center Aaron Dyer led all scorers with an 18 point performance many of those shots coming after rebounds underneath the hoop Anthony Dollarhide scored eight after coming off the bench Chris Abreu and Darren Shryock led the Royals with 11 points each After the game Perry spoke almost as if his team had nt Saidthe Cougars seem overconfident just flat We just weren ready to he added was mental I didn think we played very well and thev played pretty Smith who scored nine desnite leaving in the vuuocvuu vc icdgut victories siretcmng oacK to 1979 quarter agreed with his coarh i 7 San Marcos has taken the Channel League champion slowed things up and just kind of lulled HD for the oast three vears afur foiling U1U 01 lunea us ne said uut uwi nu excuse The Royals were outmanned by the Cougars but managed to make a game of it with a hustling slow down style Whe" picked up a 9 8 lead early in the contest the Royals switched to their slow down passing ganm th Hd the tact'c worked for about two minutes But then Smith Greg Lawler and Eaton each t0 3 1440 lead at the end of Ventura picked up the tempo early in' the second period outscoring the Royals 10 2 during one stretch and finsishing the quarter with a 31 21 lead romteL didrft have the firepower to rally but Ventura find the offense to mow the game open in a class by himself Kellen Winslow is a new kind of tight end li'iitiini I 'euiitii St arrree Press Thurs Jan 7 1982 Sports late charge rescues league opener Bulldogs stage fierce rally to tie then beat Dons in overtime By John Cressy Down by nine points with less than three minutes to go the Buena High Bulldogs seemed to be certain losers in their Channel League opener Wednesday night against Santa Barbara The Bulldogs after all had stumbled to a 1 7 pre league record and exactly the Boston Celtics But they played like the NBA champions in the final minutes staging a furious rally to tie the visiting Dons at the end of regulation Then Dan Shelby high arching turnaround jumper from the left corner with 0:02 left in overtime swished through giving the Bulldogs a thrilling 51 49 win expect to make it on that 1 IMS Sit' 4 VSr vsv i 'f A jdM 1 5 Bp9hbI SSSpS olfeP aMWRyiM I fl 31 1 IS vw' flEi 1 1 1 I JHp sfe HP i.