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Chaminade does it again Wednesday, December 26.1984 6A Chaminade knocks off SMU, 71-70 HONOLULU (AP) Chaminade Coach Mere Lopes compares his unlikely giant-killers to a song that, at least for the moment, is No. 1 on the hit parade. "Not too many believe in Chaminade," not year in and year out," Lopes "One upset and then they tend to forget you, you disappear from their memory. It's like a hit song. So we just want to keep.on reminding them we are for real." Chaminade, a tiny NAIA school, surfaced for the third Christmas in a row to make believers of major- college basketball.

After an upset of then-12th ranked Louisville in the first round, the Silverswords won their own Western Airlines Chaminade Basketball Classic on Tuesday with a 71-70 stunner over fourth-ranked Southern Methodist. "Every team is even when the game Lopes said. "1 don't let us put anybody on a pedestal. We start side by side." In 1982, Ghaminade shocked the basketball world with an upset of then top-ranked Virginia, then followed a year later with an upset of Louisville. But Lopes said the win over previously unbeaten SMU may have been the biggest victory yet.

"This was bigger than Virginia because each game we build on what happened the game before," he said. "Virginia built us up for Louisville, which built us up for SMU. But it started with Virginia. i "We prepare mentally for each- game. We had put the Louisville upset out of our minds at Sunday's practice and concentrated on SMU from then." For a time Tuesday, it looked as if Chaminade's magic would finally fpil.

SMU held a 70-69 lead when Carl Wright blocked a shot by Chaminade's Mark Rodrigues with nine seconds to go. After a scramble, Wright came up with the ball as the final second ticked off the clock. But Wright's foot was out.of bounds and, because the buzzer hadn't sounded, the game officials gave Chaminade the opportunity to try a final shot. That's all the chance Chaminade needed. As the buzzer sounded, Keith Whitney's 20-foot shot bounced on the rim and fell through for the winning points.

It was the llth victory in 15 games for the Silverswords. "I let it go as soon as I touched it," said Whitney, who scored all but two of his 21 points in the second half. "I wanted to 'soft' it up to the basket. .1 knew it was going in when it bounced and then everyone came running at me." "Nice baseline shot," said SMU Coach Dave Bliss, whose club lost for the first time in 10 games. "The referees were right all the way.

The buzzer must go off. You have to play until that buzzer goes off because you don't know how much time is left." In the tournament's consolation game, All-American Wayman Tisdale scored 28 points to go over the career plateau in leading No. 17 Oklahoma to a 90-72 romp over 20th-ranked Louisville. Whitney, Wright and Tisdale were named to the all-tournament team along with Louisville's Billy Thompson and Rodrigues, whose last-second shot beat Louisville in the opening round. SMU's Jon Koncak, who scored 24 points in the title game, was named most valuable player.

Tisdale, with 2,009 points, needs 107 points to surpass the Big Eight career record of 2,115 owned by Kansas State's Mike Evans. Oklahoma was forced to go to what Coach Billy Tubbs called "a spread offense" when Tisdale fouled out in the second half. "Wayman was having a great day," said Tubbs. "It's a shame he got two really picky fouls called on him that takes him out of the game. He's the most-abused-by-the-defense player in the country.

"I thought the key was going to the four corners when we got into foul trouble. We probably haven't spent 10 minutes practicing on that all year because you can't use it in the Big Eight. DERYL CLARK HERALD-ZEITUNG The Texas Longhorns' defense will need consistenly tough defense tonight to go out on a winning note Texas, Iowa mixing work, play ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Two teams that suffered through poor finishes in the regular football season are' looking to the inaugural Freedom Bowl as an opportunity to erase some of the bad memories. The Texas Longhorns, who lost their tmal two games to finish 7-4-1, meet the Iowa Hawkeyes, who went 1-2-1 in their final four games and ended up 7-3-1, meet tonight in the bowl game at Anaheim Stadium.

Kickoff will be 7 p.m., CST. Texas Coach Fred Akers wants his team to en joy its trip to California. "It's a reward for a football team," Akers said at a press confernce. "I would be upset if all we did was come out and think about the game. We would miss a great deal of what a bowl really is.

"We're a bowl team. So you generally gave players who know how to turn on and turn off. They should know when business takes the place of pleasure." Iowa Coach Hayden Fry has his team thinking the same way. "We treat a bowl game as a reward for the players, the fans, and the coaches," Fry said. TM Freedom Bowl The game: Texas (7-31) vs.

Iowa (74-1) The place: Anaheim, Calif. The lime: 7 p.m. Television: KENS, Channel 5 "I'm not saying we're not trying to win These kids are missing an opportunity to be at home with their families for the holidays." The game has, however, captured the attention of the players. "I want to finish out on a winning note, said Texas defensive lineman Tony Degrate. who was awarded the Lombardi Award as college football premier college lineman.

"It seems like your last game will be the one you remember most. Our last game against i Texas). didn't turn out so well, so personally, I'm looking for a little satisfaction. I'd like to finish out on a winning note with a win against Iowa." "After our last game, we just wanted to go and hide," said Johnny (-ray. the Longhorns' American defensive back.

"Hut then we started thinking that a bowl game would give us another chance. We could go there and try and come out as winners. The seniors are really taking the game seriously. They don't want to go out on a wrong note." Both teams have been working out in the area only since Saturday because their players had final examinations all last week. "Our practices have gone well," Akers said.

Grav boots Blue in all-star showcase VJ in er Division I-AA All-America team, caught MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Tennessee's Faud Reveiz said his four field goals in the 47th annual Blue-Gray Classic shows he can kick like a pro, whether the pros want him or not. Raveiz's footwork and two touchdown receptions by Mississippi Valley's Jerry Rice highlighted a 484-yard offensive showing that gave the South a 33-G victory over the North Tuesday. Raveiz kicked field goals of 41, 43, 52 and 30 yards without using a tee for the first time in his career. Pro kickers aren't allowed to a tee, and some college kickers were never able to make the adjustment.

But Raviez said his first try "really helped my confidence Raveiz has yet to hear anything from professional scouts, but after Tuesday's kicking performance, he said: "Even if I end up not being good enough, it won't be the end of my life," Rice, the game's most valuable player and a member of The Associated Press Division I-AA All-America team, caught four passes for 101 yards, one a 60-yard touchdown throw from Alabama halfback Paul Ott Carruth. The Gray, with Clemson's Mike Eppley and Vanderbilt's Kurt Page directing the offense, pounded out 233 yards rushing and 251 yards passing, while the South defenders held the Blue offense to seven yards on the ground and 193 passing. The game's leading rusher was Alabama's Ricky Moore, who picked up 113 yards in 13 carries. North Carolina State's Joe Mclntosh, the workhorse of the South rushing attack with 22 carries, added 78 yards. The South took charge after Brignam Young's Lee Johnson booted a 39-yard field goal to give the Blues a 3-0 lead with 6:34 left in the first quarter.

Following an exchange of punts, Memphis State's Derrick Burroughs intercepted a pass by Pacific's Paul Berner and returned it 54 yards for a touchdown. The extra point by Reveiz gave the Gray a 7-3 lead midway through the first quarter. Johnson made it 7-(i with a 59-yard field goal with 7:57 left in the first half, but the South responded by moving 70 yards for its second touchdown. Page finished the 10- play drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Rice. Reveiz kicked his first two field goals in the third period for a 20-ti South advantage and, after the Carruth-Rice touchdown, added two more in the final period.

Two eras ended in Comal County track i i 1 A I-I £1 VA7 '4BSP' By DAVID KING Sports editor Two Comal County track eras came to an end in 1984. In girls' track, the incomparable Kim Whitaker finished up her high school career with her third state championship in the boys' division, Smithson Valley's Andy Henshaw completed an amazing comeback from a serious neck injury to finish second in the state in both the shot put and discus. local athletes qualified for the girls' state meet, while Henshaw and Smithson Valley's Darren Gray qualified for a trip The year in sports trip to Austin led the iQcal girls' performances in the spring, as she also finished second in the 1,600 the state meet. The long-distance marvel accepted a sicholarsWp to attend Rice at end of the season Son won its first medal at the girls' state meet when soSwre Nancy Tieken rallied to finish third in the 800 Srs. Tieken was sixth after the race's first lap, but wound up with a 2: 17-7 for medal.

Smithson Vary's Kim Huntsucker, meanwhile, just missed a when she finished fourth in the Class 3A 400 meters. 4A Teresa Thomas also ran 58.9 in finishing sixth Thomas missed half the track season but and triple jump), Kim Wagner (100 hurdles), Huntsucker and the team of Tammy Wilcut, McCoy, Wagner and Huntsucker (1 Braunfels' girls finished third in the district meet, but lost Kourtney Kahler at the district meet when she finished third in the 800 and third in the 1,600. Jana Chafin finished third three events at district as well, The Unicorns sent two relays to the regional meet -the 400 relay team of Thomas, Chafin, Michelle SimmonOs aad I Virguua Sbrand and the relay of Thomas fcldebrand, Chjifin and Kahler Both teams were second in district. cSSR gS were fifth at the district meet, and the Cougarettes sent Tieken, who also went in the high jump, and Stephanie Burch (400) to regionals- oVSe boys' side, Heasbaw finished career as the region shot putter aad tfce No- 3 am the He came back Ws neck to domMte few everts the The Rangers, behind the expected performances of Henshaw and Gray, and unexpected finishes by Clark Hamlet (first in the Eutiino Trigo (second in the 3,200) and Butch Hegeman (second in the high jump), finished third at the district meet with 92 points. The 1,600 relay team of Ronnie Rigdon, Bubba Wisdom, Mike Sherwood and Gray also qualified for regional by finishing second.

Smithson Valley's junior varsity team gave its notice to the entire district by winning the JV division with a whopping 205 points. At the 16-4A boys' meet in Kerrville, New Braunfels finished third and Canyon fourth. The biggest disappointment at the meet caine when Lockhart edged the Cougars in the 1,600 relay, ending the season for one of the area's fastest relays. Canyon's best time of the season, a 3:27, would have qualified the Cougars for the state meet if they had reached regionals. Canyon's Mike Leal scored the school's first district double, winning the 1,600 and 3,200, and then finished third in the 1,600 at Snlls Mawo Alvwp teamed with Leal in the 3,200, and they finished at New Braunjels' Kenan fcels won the district pole vault, with teammate Greg Bender second and Canyon's Glenn Nemec tbirilkelsfinishedtWrd at regionals.

The Unicorns' Kraig Krause topped his personal best by 22 laches to ww the shot put at Kerrville, and he was fourth in the Canyon Rhonda Uuck at the District 264A meet at titles were Sfaalyw McCoy a returo trip ts the state meet to the meters, finishing fifth in a personal-best 1 56.8. NANCY TIEKEN stale medalist conditions to finish 3ith..