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C2 The San Bernardino County Sun TUESDAY, February 20, 1996 Kaleii oosco PE CCAA women's coaches endorse tourney Jim Long Riverside (15-11) and Cal Poly Pomona (13-12). Cal State plays hosttoUCRat 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the teams' regular season finale; they are tied for second at 6-3 and Pomona is 5-4. Dominguez LOCAL COLLEGES base percentages. Carton has a pair of home runs and an .857 slugging percentage.

Schreiner has a homer and .762 slugging percentage. The Coyotes have nine returnees, including senior third baseman Mar-abel Cortez and senior first baseman Shelley Rice. Freshman right-handers Stacy Hadley and Maria Angelo share pitching duties. The University of Redlands (0-1), with first-year coach Steve Thorn-burg, shifted Tracy Grahm, a 1995 all-SCIAC first-team selection, from center field to shortstop. Junior Jen Martin, a co-captain and second-team all-SCIAC last year, switched positions with junior Chris DeLeon, Martin moving from second base to third base.

Right-handers Wendy Crowell, a senior, and Heather Burns, a sophomore, are the top pitchers. SCiAC SWIMS: The last chance for Redlands swimmers to qualify for the NCAA Divi- Hills, which plays host to the first round of the CCAA Tournament a week from Wednesday, was No. 4 in the latest Western Regional rankings. A new regional poll is due today. SOFTBALL UP: Cal State San Bernardino's Softball team (3-3) has a strong 1-2 punch in leadoff hitter Carol Schreiner and No.

2 batter Candi Carton. Both are hitting .524 with .545 on- Flyboy takes a flyer in court of public opinion A member of an Air Fore crew in Washington that was disciplined for allegedly misusing government aircraft to attend Seattle SuperSonics road games is forming his own personal defense department. Maj. Alan C. Kifer placed an ad in The News Tribune of Tacoma, seeking support for an Air Force investigation into the treatment of him and his crew.

"When you don't do anything wrong, then I have nothing to hide," Kifer told KIRO Television in Seattle. Kifer says it was a coincidence that the crew's overnight stays in Charlotte, N.C., and Indiana coincided with Seattle road trips. "During our off-duty time and at our own expense, we attended Sonics games," the ad reads. After a two-month investigation, nine C-141 crew members and two officers were given administrative punishments for misusing government equipment. WINNING WILL DO THAT TO YOU: The Chicago Bulls' Ron Harper, after the Bulls, 41-3 at the time, lost at Denver.

"We were winning so many games we felt dead. It was getting boring here." HEY, ITS THE AMERICAN WAY: SuperSonics guard Nate McMillan, on Utah's John Stockton: "He's dirty. He hits you. He elbows you. He grabs you.

Whatever he can get away with, he does." A SIQHT FOR SORE EARS: Reggie Jackson, on fellow Hall of Famer Tom Seaver: "Blind people would come to the ballpark just to listen to him pitch." KEEPER OF THE FLAME: Houston Oilers scout Glenn Cumbee, on mega-prospect Daryl Gardener, a 6-foot-6, 327-pound defensive end from Baylon "His percentage of body fat is so low, you could strike a match on him." Sports in brief sion III championships comes Thursday through Saturday in the SCIAC finals at Cerritos Olympic Swim Center. Senior Matt Carpenter, who has a nationals berth, is going for his fourth consecutive 100-yard breaststroke SCIAC title. Other Bulldogs to watch: sophomore Erik Siegfried, the SCIAC's defending 1,650 champ; sophomore Bob Allen (200 IM, 100 butterfly); sophomore Julie Kramer (500 freestyle, 1,650 freestyle, 100 or 200 butterfly); Marinelle Gallardo (100 or 200 breaststroke) and Kelly Brown (100 backstroke, 100 butterfly). Preliminaries start at 11 a.m. each day.

Finals are at 6 p.m. NOTABLE: Cal State San Bernardino's 36-hole University Tournament, featuring Division I teams, is Monday at Arrowhead Country Club. Long It a Sun sport writer. HI column appear on Tueday. Raadar may writ to him at The Sun, 399 North DSL, San Bernardino, 92401, or lax to (909) 384-0327.

NBA ROUNDUP Sonics win 7th straight Shawn Kemp scored 21 points and Detlef Schrempf added 20 as the Seattle SuperSonics beat the visiting Atlanta Hawks 102-94 Monday night for their seventh consecutive victory. Sam Perkins added 17 points for the SuperSonics, who have won seven consecutive for the second time this season. They are 39-12, best in the West, and lead the second-place Lakers by eight games in the Pacific Division. SUNS 98, GRIZZLIES 94: Michael Finley scored six of his game-high 26 points in overtime as Phoenix held off visiting Vancouver. Charles Barkley scored 17 points for Phoenix.

He also had 14 rebounds, including the of his NBA career in the first quarter, making him one of 10 players with 20,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in the NBA. ROCKETS 118, KINGS 111: Hakeem Olajuwon scored 40 points, including the first six in overtime, as Houston won at home and handed Sacramento its seventh consecutive loss. The Rockets' Clyde Drexler missed the game with a bruised knee. CAVALIERS 73, HEAT 70: Terrell Brandon scored 27 points, including two clinching free throws with 3.4 seconds left, and Cleveland won at home for its eighth consecutive victory. PISTONS 113, TIMBERWOLVES 83: Terry Mills scored 13 of his 17 points in the second quarter of Detroit's rout of Minnesota at Auburn Hills, Mich.

NETS 99, BULLETS 81: Shawn Bradley scored a season-high 27 points as New Jersey won at Landover, to stretch its winning streak to a season-best four games. WARRIORS 112, MAVERICKS 100: La- trell Sprewell scored 22 points as Golden State won at Dallas, which lost for the seventh time in eight games. From Sun News Services Some compelling reasons are behind the California Collegiate Athletic Association's move to hold a basketball tournament for women but not for men. CCAA women's coaches sent an enthusiastic, binding recommendation to athletic directors that reversed the ADs' 1995 decision to stop postseason basketball tourneys. The men's coaches were never crazy about the idea of a tournament.

This is a down year for CCAA women's hoops. The CCAA women's tournament begins Feb. 28. The winner earns the conference's automatic berth in the NCAA Division II Tournament. Regular-season champ Cal State Doming-uez Hills (20-5) has the only record in the conference good enough to possibly earn an at-large berth if it doesn't win the tournament.

Cal State San Bernardino is 11-13 and thus has no chance unless it wins the CCAA Tournament Ditto for UC Nhl roundup Roy records 300th victory Patrick Roy became the second-youngest goaltender to reach 300 victories with the help of Peter Fors-berg's second career hat trick as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Edmonton Oilers 7-5 on Monday night at Denver. Roy, slightly more than five months past his 30th birthday, was denied in his two previous attempts at No. 300. Terry Sawchuk, the all-time victory leader with 447, was two months past his 30th birthday when he reached 300. Roy became the 12th goalie to reach 300.

He came to the Avalanche earlier this season after forcing a trade from Montreal, where he won 277 games and two Stanley Cups. Forsberg produced his second three-goal effort in four games. He also had two assists for his third five-point game this season. Valeri Kamensky and Joe Sakic had four-point nights for Colorado, which has won seven of its past 11 games. Kamensky had two goals.

Scott Thornton and Miroslav Satan had two goals each for the Oilers, who lost for the third consecutive time. RED WINGS 4, CANUCKS 3: Sergei Fedorov completed a three-goal Detroit flurry midway through the second period as the Red Wings rallied past visiting Vancouver. Fedorov's goal, his 27th, followed scores by Vladimir Konstantov and Nicklas Lindstrom in a 5:02 span of the second period and brought Detroit back from a 3-1 deficit. LIGHTNING 4, STARS 2: Daren Pup-pa returned from a two-game absence to stop 29 shots and Rob Zamuner had a goal and an assist to lead Tampa Bay to a home victory. FLYERS 4, DEVILS 1: John LeClair scored his 30th goal and Philadelphia finally beat visiting New Jersey, handing the Devils just their second loss in 12 games.

From Sun News Services HA MS APW1REPHOTO UCLA assistant Romar takes Pepperdine head-coaching job Lorenzo Romar, in his fourth season as an assistant coach at UCLA, has been hired as the head basketball coach at Pepperdine, effective at the end of the season. Romar, 37, succeeds Tony Fuller, who resigned suddenly as Pepperdine's coach on Jan. 20. Assistant coach Marty Wilson was named interim coach when Fuller resigned and will remain in that position through the end of the season. Pepperdine is 9-15 and has lost its last six games.

Romar, the top recruiter on UCLA coach Jim Harrick's staff, reportedly turned down head coachine offers from UNLV. Oregon Georgetown's Victor Page (right) goes up for a shot over Connecticut's Travis Knight on Monday. The llth-ranked Hoyas beat the No. 3 Huskies 77-65. Georgetown stops UConn's run State and San Francisco last spring to remain at UCLA, where his annual compensation reportedly was increased to slightly more than $100,000.

Romar's only previous head coaching experience was as co-coach with Athletes in Action from 1989-92. TOP 25 ROUNDUP huskers(3-8, 15-11). NO. 6 CINCINNATI 69, SAINT LOUIS 64: Art Long scored all but two of his 14 points in the second half to help the Bearcats (9-1 Conference USA, 20-2) to a road victory over the Billikens (3-8, 13-10). NO.

25 WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY 81, WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 66: Jeff Nord-gaard scored 26 points to help the Phoenix (14-0, 22-2) clinch the Midwest Collegiate Conference title with a home victory over the Panthers (4-10, 8-16). From Sun News Services Georgetown ended third-ranked Connecticut's 23-game winning streak and chance at a perfect Big East Conference season with a 77-65 victory Monday night at Landover, Md. The llth-ranked Hoyas (11-4, 22-5 overall), who were led by Allen Iver-son's 26 points and eight steals, beat the Huskies (14-1, 24-2) with a suffocating defense so good that Ray Allen had one of his worst games of the season, scoring just 13 points on 5-of-18 shooting. NO. 5 KANSAS 81, NEBRASKA 71: Raef LaFrentz powered inside for 17 points as the Jayhawks (10-1 Big Eight, 22-2) beat the visiting Corn- SANDERS SET TO QIVE UP BASEBALL: Deion Sanders is set to announce today he is temporarily putting his two-sport career on hold to concentrate on being the NFL's only two-way player.

The Associated Press reported. Sanders, who signed a $35-million deal with the Dallas Cowboys last season, doesn't have a baseball contract. mm 1 1 BMft AIIHTUUt MBUUIBM11nil. Basketball: Teams face tests winner uaie arreu saia a aecision Dy runner- up Dale Earnhardt's crew may have prevented Earnhardt from winning his first Daytona 500 on Sunday. During the drivers' final pit stop 40 laps from the finish, Jarrett took on four fresh tires while Earnhardt's team replaced only the two rieht-sirie tires.

BEHRINO DENIES REPORT: Seattle Seahawks president David Behring denied media reports that meetings with a pro- snertive Northwest-hased huver of the NFL team had been scheduled. Behring, whose fa mer, nen, owns me learn ana earner mis month announced his intention to move it to Ancrolec roi tern Art that the plllh ic nnt frr CAPRIATI TO PLAY WEDNESDAY: Jennifer Capriati, who hasn't played a competitive tennis match in 15 months, will start her comeback Wednesday aeainst Kristie Booeert 1 1 xti i aAKn Ann i Essen, Germany. Capriati, 19, was supposed to play in last week's Paris Open, but withdrew after outline a muscle durine oractice. BRIEFLY NOTED: Cornerback Larry Brown, tne super Bowl lor tne uanas L-owooys last month, is expected to sign today with the I bllaJalLuB niirAAf I i ml Ii lf mmt ea, ft eho nplrafi a Said West: "We're not going down there in awe." Fontana (19-7) has won seven consecutive games and is hoping to duplicate its 1995 charge to the Division I-AA (large schools) title. It may have trouble on the road with perennial power Lynwood (15-9), which twice in the '90s has reached a CIF title game.

Lynwood's main men are 6-8 junior Greg Lakey (16 ppg, nine rpg) and 6-5 senior Stea'fon Lawson (13 ppg, 10 rpg). Lynwood finished second in its league to Dominguez, the state's No. 1 team. Fontana is led by highly recruited 6-6 senior Corey Benjamin, the county's leading scorer at 27.6 ppg. The Fohi-Lynwood winner faces the Miller-Bosco survivor.

On Wednesday, SBHS (23-5) will carry the banner for county girls teams against Division II-A top-seeded Brea-Olinda (24-3). The county has not been known for strong girls programs; 21 of its 32 qualifying teams already are out of the playoffs. Brea-Olinda benefits from being the only high school in its district; many of its players have been together since the seventh grade. The program also excels at fund-raising. "They've got their $60,000 or $70,000 to travel all over the country in the summer," SBHS's Selph said.

"We've got our $600." Brea-Olinda is a deep, balanced but not particularly tall team led by point guard Jennifer Saari (14.2 ppg, 6.1 assists). The Cardinals' top player is 5-6 junior LaCre-sha Flannigan (24.3 ppg). "They don't have a girl on their team who can compare to LaCresha," Selph said. "She's faster and a better Selph knows his team is a heavy underdog, even playing at home. "Thank goodness we're not playing them in a best-of-seven; we only have to beat them Wednesday night." of men rally to beat La Verne The Sun REDLANDS Junior guard Steve Reed scored 31 points Monday night, helping the University of Redlands men's basketball team erase a 10-polnt second-half deficit and defeat La Verne 95-94 in its last home game of the season.

Reed scored seven points during a 15-4 run that gave the Bulldogs (5-8 in the SCIAC, 8-16 overall) the lead for good, 77-76 with 12:25 to play. Fitzgerald Moore scored 42 points for La Verne (6-7, 9-15). Continued from CI newspaper in America." Sixteen county boys teams are in action tonight. Eleven surviving county girls teams play Wednesday night. Cajon may face the greatest challenge of any county team.

Mater Dei, the Orange County parochial school, has won CIF championships four consecutive years and rarely has been challenged this season. The Monarchs are led by junior point guard Kevin Augustine (19.9 points per game, 4.7 assists), 6-foot-9 junior center Mike Vukovich (12.3 ppg, 8.1 rebounds) and 6-6 junior forward Tom Lippold (13 ppg). Another forward, 6-6, 245-pound senior Brad Williams, is a Notre Dame football recruit. Lehman said Cajon has risen to a challenge before. In 1990, the Cowboys stunned a Cherokee Parks-led Marina team.

In 1991, they upset San Bernardino when it was top-ranked in the state. "I don't feel Mater Dei is heads and shoulders above us," Lehman said. "They're not unbeatable. They don't have the powerhouse team they've had in the past." Cajon (18-9) is not a big team. Center George Martin (21.1 ppg, 11 rpg) is 6-4, as is junior forward Louis Kelly (20 ppg).

Mater Dei (28-1), coached by Gary McKnight, has been one of the most controversial teams in the Southland; some opponents have charged that the school recruits all over the region. "It sure is a weird coincidence that every guy on their roster is from out of town," Lehman said. Miller of Fontana (22-5) travels to face a team led by Cotton, a 6-6 forward considered one of the top juniors in the nation. Bosco was 5-9 while Cotton sat out two months with a broken hand, but is 2-0 since his return. Cotton (23 ppg, nine rpg) helped Bosco to a CIF title as a freshman, then transferred to Mater Dei and helped it win a state title last year.

Said Dodds: "He is a man among boys." Said Miller coach Gary West: "He's an outstanding player. But if we can make him work hard, I don't think he's in the kind of shape he'd like to be in." Senior 6-4 center Sidney Murphy will start out on defense against Cotton. Some in Orange County expect a Mater Dei-Bosco showdown to determine the Southern California representative in the Division I state title game. Miller is led by junior guard Travis Reed (17 ppg) and 6-3 senior forward Ricky Smith (17.1 ppg). The strength of the Rebels is their depth.

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1 Relief pitchers Todd Jonaa and JaffTabaka re-signed with the Houston Astros for one year St. Louis Blues left wing Baoff Conrtnall underwent surgery to repair a fractured left thumb. Germany's Svaa Stmvar scored a three-stroke victory for his first PGA European Tour The Redlands Bicycle Classic is seeking volunteers to serve as Race Marshals. Volunteers will receive official T-Shirts. For information, call Penny Tim Adams 909797-5776 We Need Housing Hosts! Housing Hosts in Redlands, Highland and Yucaipa are needed for professional cyclists.

For information, call Sharron Matthews 909793-7544 title as the rain-shortened South African PGA Championship ended a day late. European golf officials said they have prop6setf starting a Ryder Cup for seniors by 2000 Louisiana Tech replaced Georgia as the No. 1 team in the AP women's basketball poll. From Sun News Services.