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Brigham Young nips NDonAinae'ss By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is just around the corner, but spring training and the Toronto Blue Jays will have to wait a while longer for Danny Ainge. The Brigham Young All-American extended his basketball season for at least one more game Thursday night when he drove the length of the floor and sank a lay up with two seconds remaining to give the 16th-ranked Cougars a 51-50 victory over seventh-rated Notre Dame in the NCAA East Regional semifinals at Atlanta. "I just tried to get the ball, dribble up the court and go all the way to the basket," said Ainge, an infielder who will report to the Blue Jays as soon as the last basket is shot. "Fortunately, I got a three-foot shot. Without a doubt, this is the biggest win ever for me." Besides, the Blue Jays have proved they can finish last with or without Ainge.

The victory moved BYU into Saturday's East title game against fifth-ranked Virginia, which beat No. 15 Tennessee 6248 behind the brilliant second-half play of Jeff Lamp. In the West Regional, sixth-ranked North Carolina held off hometown favorite Utah 61-56 and Kansas State's unranked giant-killers disposed of No.19 Illinois 57-52. Tonight at Bloomington, St. Joseph's, meets Boston College and ninth-ranked Indiana faces Alabama- Birmingham in the Mideast Regional.

In the Midwest at New Orleans, Wichita State goes against Kansas and fourth-ranked Louisiana the highest-ranked team still left from the original 48-team field, tackles No. 20 Arkansas. The winners meet Sunday and the four weekend winners go to the Final Four in Philadelphia March 28-30. BYU, trailing Notre Dame by 14 points early in the second half, took the lead for the first time 49-48 when reserve guard Greg Ballif hit from the top of the key with 62 seconds remaining. Miracle-minded Notre Dame then called two timeouts before Kelly Tripucka drilled an 18-footer from the right side with 10 seconds left to give the Irish a 50-49 lead.

BYU inbounded the ball to Ainge held to two points in the first half but a team-high 12 for the game and he started up the floor surrounded by Irish players. He dribbled behind his back as he crossed midcourt and drove to the basket, where he laid it in over a Notre Dame defender. Until the closing minutes, Notre Dame had BYU and Ainge under control. "We wanted to control the tempo of the game. We thought we did that," said Notre Dame Coach Digger Phelps.

"We wanted to control the boards. We thought we did that. And we wanted to control Ainge. We did that until the last eight seconds. When he got he ball, that's when I knew we were in trouble." "In all honesty, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good," conceded BYU's Frank Arnold.

"I tho'ught Notre Dame outplayed us the whole ballgame." Tennessee 48 Lamp scored six of Virginia's first eight points during a 13-0 second-half run that carried the Cavaliers away from Tennessee. Virginia destroyed the Volunteers immediately after they had taken a 36-31 lead with 13:20 remaining. Tennessee went scoreless for the next 8:08 as Lamp, a third-team All American who had a game-high 18 points, hit an eight-foot shot, a jumper from the free throw line and a five-footer as the Cavaliers took the lead 39-36. Gary Carter ended Tennessee's drought with 5:12 remaining but Virginia came right back with six more unanswered points. "This team has worked too hard this year," said Lamp.

"We didn't want to out tonight. We have a lot of confidence and there was a lot of time left so there wasn't any real panic." Tennessee Coach Don Devoe said his team "made a game of it" until "the ball stopped going in for us. We Were just within a whisker of making things happen." North Carolina 61 Utah 56 North Carolina's front line of James Worthy, Sam Perkins and Al Wood scored 15 points apiece to lead the Tar Heels over Utah. The Utes' vaunted front line of Danny Vranes, Tom Chambers and Karl Bankowski had only 26, almost 25 points below their combined season average. Bankowski was especially ineffectual, managing just two points.

Chambers, in foul trouble much of the game, had 11 and Vranes, who finished with 13, didn't make a field goal until 2:03 remained in the first half. North Carolina Coach Dean Smith said his front line did more than score. "Worthy kept the ball away from Vranes very well," he said. "And I think you saw the leadership of Al Wood." "We got the ball inside," said Wood. "We hit the big ones down the stretch.

With Chambers in foul trouble, it opened up the middle." Kansas State 57 Illinois 52 In the nightcap, Tim Jankovich, Ed Nealy and Rolando Blackman hit crucial free throws in the final minutes as Kansas State held on to slip past Illinois. The Wildcats, upset winners over San Francisco, second- ranked Oregon State and Illinois, spurted to a 11-2 lead and held a 30-27 advantage at halftime. The taller Illini cut the margin to one and two points several times, but never pulled even. Nealy and Blackman led the Wildcats with 12 points apiece and Nealy hit four free throws to blunt an Illinois bid near the end. "I'm extremely proud of my basketball team," said Coach Jack Hartman, "their concentration, their poise and their shot selection.

We knew we had to control the game." Besides his crucial free throws, the 6-foot-7 Nealy pulled 'down a rebounds':" 1 "I've said all along he's one of the best rebounders in college basketball," said Hartman. High school playoffs continue Hebert, Canyon advance AUSTIN (AP) Defending champion Beaumont Hebert used its 6-2 leapers to race past Waxahachie, and confident Canyon used a collection of weapons to demolish San Antonio South San West to join Hebert in the Class 4A schoolboy basketball finals. Hebert, with no one taller than 6-2, got 31 points from Andre Boutee and 29 from Donald Mickens in an easy Thursday night 81-64 semifinal win over Waxahachie. Canyon, with only one starter under 6-2, got 22 points from sharp-shooting guard Ken Walling to blister South San West 76-49. In 3A semifinal play Thursday, Powderly North Lamar took a 65-62 overtime win over Van Vleck, and Altair Rice squeezed past Perryton 58-54.

In Class A action, Snook, looking for a fourth straight state title, punished Midland Greenwood 53-27, and Henrietta Midway beat Avinger 61-50. All finals are set for Saturday. Hebert, 34-2, put the game away late in the second period with a 19-4 spurt. Mickens and Boutee, both 6-2 seniors, scored 54 of Hebert's 61 points in the first three periods. Waxahachie, which narrowed the gap to eight in the third quarter, was led by James Stern's 24 points, most on long- range jumpers.

Canyon, 29-8, put South San West away early. The winning Eagles trailed 11-10 early in the second period but rode Walling's hot shooting to a 3621 halftime lead. The 6-3 senior guard had 16 of his 22 points in the first half. The final will pit Hebert's quick leapers against Canyon's height, including 6-9 postman Butch Bearden, who had only eight points and eight rebounds in the semifinal win. North Lamar's win over Van Vleck was the day's tightest contest.

Van Vleck held a 28-25 lead with 3:43 to go in the second quarter when team scoring leader Eric Martin went down with a knee injury. Martin, a 6-J senior headed for Louisiana State on a football scholarship, did not return and the Leopards missed his 20 point per game scoring. Altair Rice used a balanced scoring attack in its 58-54 win over Perryton. Senior 6-5 forward Larry Haynes led with 14 points. Earnest Fields, David Grammer and Kenneth Bluntson each added a dozen.

Ricky Herring, whose long set shots kept Perryton in the game, led the Rangers with 18. Perennial power Snook, 384, led outmanned Greenwood 16-1 after the first period. The Bluejays shot a poor 29 percent from the floor in the first half, but still led 20-9. RHTAURAJT 6 BAR BLUE PLATE LUNCH 2. J5 SEAFOOD PLATTEM 3.15 STEAK FRESH FRIED ZUCCHINI MUSHROOMS, SHRIMP BURGERS, ENCHILADAS HAPPY HOUR 2-7 GUITARIST TUE-IAT Dinars Club Accepted in-nu Riley Homes Announces A Major Breakthrough for Homebuyer 30 year Financing on Home, Land Improvements Small Down Payment Low Interest Rate UM IH 35 East New Braunfels Heratd-2eitutig Friday, March 26, New Braunfels Invitational Baseball Tournament Canyon Seguin Canyon Nacogdoches Saturday, 5:30 p.m.

Consolation Thursday, noon Seguin Thursday, 5 p.m. Nacogdoches New Braunfels Saturday, 1 p.m. (Cougar Field) Canyon 2:30 p.m. Nacogdoches Friday, noon New Braunfels Saturday, 8 p.m. Championship Spring Woods Saturday, 3 p.m.

Third place Friday, 2:30 p.m. Lufkin Saturday, 10 a.m. Temple Saturday, 12:30 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Round Rock Briefly Course hosts Young-at-Heart A total of 68 golfers participated in Thursday's Young-at- Heart tournament at Landa Park Golf Course.

The winning team, with a net 61, consisted of Bert Glubka, Ed Herbst, Gib Chambles and Marian Fox. Runner-up team was Jack Moore, George Norris, Ross Carr and Gwen Backerman. Finishing third was the team of Harold Finden, Duke Armatta, Warren Meewes and Alvina Glubka. Local golfer Charlie Sluka also had an eagle during the tournament, holing a shot from 75 yards out. Duo takes LLGA play The combination of Elaine Kosko and Betty Drummond fired a net 58 to win the Landa Ladies Golf Association tournament this week.

Mary Mabry and Pat Housman finished second with a net 60. The LLGA also managed to meet its goal for funds for the deck addition to the course clubhouse this week. Sunday's benefit tournament, won by the team of Robert Acevedo, Cliff Brown, George Gipp and Pat Hebert won the Sunday tournament by Western Breakdown. Softball tournament set New Braunfels softball players will get their first chance to play under the lights this weekend, as the New Braunfels Softball Association holds its season-opening tournament. After months of fund-raising, the association was able to install lights on the field at Comal Park, and they will "probably" be used for Saturday's games, an association spokesman said.

Rangers overcome LA POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) John Ellis' bases-loaded single in the bottom of the llth inning Thursday pushed the Texas Rangers past the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in exhibition baseball. Ellis' game-winner came at the expense of Dodger right- hander Alejandro Pena, who had previously given up walks to Jim Norris and Leon Roberts and a single to Dan Duran. Dave Schmidt was the winner, shutting out the Dodgers on two Earth Water Works! A Greenhouse Tropical Fish Store it ottering House, Patio bedding Plants tropical. Aquarium plants supplies Special-Complete Aquariuin-'4O Hours: 10-6 Closed Mondays OPEN SUNDAYS 12-5 342-B E.

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Maeon-Dixon hits over the last three innings. The Dodgers broke out to a 2-0 lead in the first when Reggie Smith drove Davey Lopes home with a single off Texas starter Jon Matlack and later scored on a wild pitch. The Rangers tied the game in the sixth on Duran's infield grounder and an error by Dodgers second baseman Derrel Thomas that scored Mike Richardt from third. Expos outslug Astros COCOA, Fla. (AP) Montreal pitcher Bill Lee hit a three-run homer to cap a nine-run third inning Thursday as the Expos defeated the Houston Astros, 12-9, in exhibition baseball.

Lee's hit to right center came off Joaquin Andujar, the Houston starter who was tagged for 11 runs and eight hits in three innings. Run producing singles by Ellis Valentine and Warren Cromartie preceded Lee's homer and hits by Chris Spcicr and Andre Dawson wound up the nine-run splurge. The wind-swept game included three other homers, bases- empty hits by Montreal's Tim Wallach and Houston's Dave Roberts and a two-run drive by Jeff Leonard of the Astros. After Andujar's departure, Bobby Sprowl and John Hcssler held the Expos in check while allowing one run and three hits in six innings. Halle Heftelberg 3KalU (Formerly El Conquistador) IH 35 New Braunl'cls Friday.

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