The Opelika-Auburn News from Opelika, Alabama • 18

PAGEB 10 THE OPELIKA AUBURN NEWS riday ebruary 29 1 9B0 In Rec Once Beaten 'Clockwork Green Empire Wins Invisible Empire tasted defeat only once in copping the title in the recreation high school loop while on the other end of the stick the Heads went through the schedule without experienc ing the joy of victory The Empire took a victory over the Six Shooters in the last round of play the Blenders raced by the Heads 64 51 Ragin Cajuns beat Mother's inest 62 58 and White Pride II gained a victory at the expense of the Hawks Ernest Porter had 18 and Anthony Card 14 for the Cajuns and Dan Adams 16 and Jay rench 14 for the inest Top shooters for the Blenders were Greg Works with 23 Curtis Smith 10 and Mark Holifield 8 as Matt Ward posted 21 Bryan Greenshields 15 and Dan Shell 8 for the Heads Earlier Chuck Johnson and Chuck Griffin led the league champs to a 45 35 decision over the Heads who were paced by Green shields and Ward The Blenders and Hawks put on a fireworks display with the Blenders winning 106 94 as Works pumped in 27'and Holifield 22 for the winners and Rodney Dowdell 32 and Harvey Maddox 18 for the losers inest won from the Six Shooters and Ragin Cajuns trounced White Pride 96 50 with more than half of the winning points going to Anton Card and Anthony Card Carver Reeves had 14 and Jody Pangle 12 for Pride With a balanced attack featuring Reeves David Wilder Mitch Morris and Chuck Ledbetter White Pride emerged as 23 20 victors over in est with rench and Todd Turnquist shooting six apiece The Hawks beat the Six Shooters and Invisible Em pire rolled past the Blenders 51 38 with Coop Evans registering 16 and Tom Saunders 10 for the winners and Holifield 10 and Works 8 for the losers Anton Card had 20 and Porter 18 for the Cajuns in a 65 57 whipping of the Heads Greenshield and Ward were the big guns for the losers with 22 points each IN AL STANDINGS Invisible Empire 10 1 Blenders 7 4 Ragin Cajuns 8 3 White Pride II 7 4 Hawks 6 5 inest 4 7 Six Shooters 2 9 Heads 11 Auburn In District Tourney By ALEX SACHAREVP Sports Writer call them Clock work the way the Boston Celtics looked to John Bach who is coaching the Golden State Warriors in place of the injured Al Attles and who watched the Celtics dismantle his team 110 99 riday night The catalyst in Boston's fifth straight victory was the green and super rookie Larry Bird "Bird was a can opener tonight he popped open the lid and everything came open for the said Bach entices you then makes you pay for a mistake" The victory was Boston's 13th in the last 15 games and kept the Celtics I1? games 'in front of Philadelphia in the National Basketball Atlantic Division The Philadelphia 76ers edged the Denver Nuggets 104 103 There were three over time games riday night the Milwaukee Bucks beating the Los Angeles Lakers 126 117 the Atlanta Hawks topping the Cleve land Cavaliers ill 103 and the Detroit Pistons defeating the New Jersey Nels 137 128 In other games the Kansas City Kings trimmed the San Diego Clippers 98 93 the Utah Jazz edged the Por tland Trail Blazers 91 87 and the Seattle SuperSonics downed the Chicago Bulls An Auburn team opened play Saturday at Talladega in the four divisions of the 6th District parks and recreation basketball tour nament In addition to Auburn and host Talledega other parti cipants include Opelika Childersburg Dadeville and Tallassee Coaches age and rosters for the local all star aggregations are: George Robinson and Tom ord 10 year olds Allen Webb Chris Brandt Bill Stewart Matt Rabren Ty ord Bubba Bryant Raul Robinson Sandeep Narang Scott Hutcheson and Mark Griffin Clyde Prater and Bill Harkins 11 year olds Willie Hutchinson David Gibbs Bryan Bogardus Clyde Prather Jason Harkins JT Anders Darryl High Tony Kouskolesas Tad Godsil and Chuck Thomp son Jack Watson and Ron Anders 12 year olds Stan Nix Steve Watson Harold Card Mike Machen Kirk Anders Tim Thornton John Adrian Dan Large Lamar Perry and John Mason Ed Bagwell and Lee Peacock 13 year olds Todd Rossi Travis Rabren Clarence Johnson Anthony Harris Jeff Bostick ran kie Brown Joey Card Eric Stephens Curt Campbell and Jacon Mason Magic Takes i Magic waved the wand the Superstars 32 26 in the girls 11 14 playoff finals with Rosy Haire getting 17 Barbara Baker 13 and Brenda Ware 2 for the winners and Angela Walker 17 Adrian Bryant 3 and Katie ord Elizabeth Wright and Daralyn Daugh iry eacn lor tne losers An under 10 all star team wallopped airfax 29 10 the Auburn points going to Lisa Ciampi Katie Prather Karen Norris Pam Jackson and Sharry Mathews Vicki Hurst Traci Avery and Tara Newton were the St Michaels St Michael's downed the Raccoons 37 28 and the Stars took the measure of the Demons 34 21 in wo men's recreation basket ball Joanne Hamilton paced St with 15 points as Carol Engle and DebbieModdkemog came through xirls Title only scorers for airfax Angels finished strong in the 7 10 league defeating the winless War rioreltes 32 22 in the finaT game of the season putting the campaign to rest one game behind the champion Tigerettes Lisa Ciampi single hand edly scored enough points 23 to down the Warriorettes while Jennifer Webber with four Karen Norris three and Wendy Hardin two put icing on the cake The points of the losers went to Luanne Mann Sherry Mathews Ashley Brown and Melody Smith Stars Win with five each Rhonda Burkholder and Cindy Cat lin had 10 and six or the Stars JoAnn Umphrey Barbie Stevens and Sally Crawford totalled the most points and for the Demons Kathy Daerty Barbara Turner and Johnny Mae reeman 108 101 Bird led the Celtics with 28 points but it was hardly a oneman show does not revolve around said Bach are a very disciplined Bird had 12 points and Cedric Maxwell added 10 in the first period when Boston raced to a 36 27 lead The Celtics led by 13 at halftime and by as many as 20 in the second half tiers 104 Nuggets 103 Philadelphia trailed 79 75 after three quarters but rallied in the final period behind 10 points by reserve forward Steve Mix The Nuggets then made a late rush with John Roche scoring seven points but the final buzzer sounded just before Alex English sank a hook shot that would have given Denver the victory 4 Kings Eagles Take Titles The Kings came out as winners of the 10 11 year old playoffs and the Eagles took top spot in the 12 13 year old boys post season event Todd Rossi Travis Ra bren Steve Watson and arlander Echols were successful enough at the hoop to give the Eagles a 30 29 shading of the Wild cats who listed Jeff Bostick Lamar Perry Clarence Johnson and Stacy Trimble as leading scorers In the King Hawk title match Jason Harkins and Matt Rabren poked through 15 points apiece and Clyde Prather added 7 and Steve Murray 4 to net the Kings a 45 37 decision while Willie Hutchinson of the Hawks outshot all other players with 19 while Allen Webb posted 6 and Steve Chester and Mathew Krista 2 each ORD TRUCKS BE MISLEAD BECAUSE We Sell or Less 1980 ord 150 4)f4 STOQE Only Lid 302 VS skid jT 'TT'TX ulates limited 4l slip front rear axles gu ti radio heavy 5 hjil duty shocks L7B 15 6 ply raised white letter tires TIGER MOTOR Ofl STTwimZ CO ZIWbH UWliig 815 Opelika Rd Auburn ACTKfe BlfMoiWM 887 8571 We Offer The Best In Automotive inancing Streaking Celtics Dismantle Golden State 1 10 99 Bucks 126 Lakers 117 Recently acquired center Bob Lanier scored seven points in overtime as Milwaukee snapped Los 18 game home floor winning streak The Lakers' Earvin Johnson had tied the score with 40 points sent the game into overtime with a jumper with 11 seconds to play tying the score at 119 Kings 98 Clippers 93 Otis 27 points helped Kansas City beat San Diego and extend its Mid west Division lead to two games over Milwaukee The Kings led by six points midway through the final period but clinched the victory on consecutive baskets by Gus Gerard Birdsong and Sam Lacey Sonics 108 Bulls 101 Seattle guards Gus Williams and Dennis Johnson combined for 50 points The outcome was never in doubt as the Sonics capitalized on 15 Chicago turnovers in the first period to build a 37 22 lead Jazz 91 Blazers 87 Utah snapped a five game losing streak by beating the Blazers clinching the victory on a pair of free throws by Ben Poquette with 35 seconds left at 107 with a three point it ss sz Coghlan Breaks All Comers Record Milwaukee then scored the first 11 points in over time to pull away to its second straight overtime victory on the road The Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 119 110 in overtime earlier this week Hawks 111 Cavs 103 John Drew scored four of his 28 points in overtime as the Hawks posted their fifth victory in six games Cleveland missed a golden chance to win in regulation The Cavs trailed 98 93 with 15 seconds left but tied the score on two free throws by Dave Robisch and a three point goal by Austin Carr With four sec onds left Willie Smith stole the ball from Eddie Johnson and passed to oots Walker who was wide open for a layup But the shot bounced off the front rim and fell away as the buzzer sounded "Pistons 137 Nets 128 Detroit snapped a 13 game losing streak on consecutive baskets by John Long Bob McAdoo and Kent Benson to start the overtime The Pistons then clinched the victory with 10 straight free throws Mike Newlin of New Jersey who led all scorers NEW YORK (AP) Earn on Coghlan strengthening himself by running cross country and road races in his native Ireland during the winter smashed the American all comers record for the three mile run riday night at the National Indoor Track and ield Championships Coghlan the indoor mile record holder proved con vincingly (hat he could run long distances on the generally indoor boards by racing to victory in 13 minutes 28 seconds Il was the third fastest three mile ever run indoors the fastest on an 11 lap to the mile track and the fastest ever run indoors in (he United States It also made Coghlan the second fastest performer indoors in the event Emiel Puttemans of Belgium has the two fastest times' 12:546 in 1976 and 12:589 in 1974 Nick Rose of Britain held the previous all comers mark of 13:033 set at the Mason Dixon Games in Louisville Ky in 1978 Tony Staynings of Britain finished second to Coghlan in 13:037 and Bruce Bick ford of the Greater Boston Track Club was third in 13:067 an American record Bickford broke the mark of 13:072 set by Tracy Smith in this meet seven years ago While Coghlan the outstanding male per former was thrilling the Madison Square Garden crowd of 12532 the fans had several other notable achievements to cheer Rosalyn Bryant of the Muhammad Ali Track Club twice broke the elec tronically limed record in the 440 yard dash winning her heat in 5431 seconds and her final in 5392 The Philadelphia Pioneer Club sprint medley relay team of Tony Darden Steve Riddick Herman razier and Bill Collins equaled the indoor best in the trials with a clocking of 2:027 then erased the mark in the final with a lime of 2:010 The Pioneers also smashed the meet record in the mile relay winning in 3:109 with Cliff McKenzie Tony Dale Darden and razier Veteran Todd Scully of the Shore Athletic Club lowered his indoor best for the two mile walk by nearly five seconds winning in 12:351 Meanwhile Rod Milburn a 1972 Olympic champion sped to his first victory as an amateur in seven years capturing the 60 yard high hurdles in 709 Earl Bell the former world record holder took the pole vault at 18 2Vi the best leap of the indoor season and a meet record Other winner in cluded: Craig Masback mile 4:022 ranklin Jacobs high jump 7 4l2 Curtis Dickey 60 yard dash 609 Billy Martin 1000 2:077 Mark Enyeart 600 1:092 Jesse Stuart shot pul 66 5 Larry Myricks long jump 26 1114 Ron Livers triple jump 55 1'2 and Ed Kania 35 pound weight throw The other winners included: Evelyn Ashford 60 yard dash 676 Stephanie Hightower 60 yard hurdles 7 4 Maren Seidler shot put 57 0'4 and Pal Johnson long jump 20 ll'ii Carolina 500 Reset ROCKINGHAM NC (AP) The Carolina 500 Grand National stock car race scheduled 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