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Show a Page 6—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Tuesday, January 8, 1980 Sports: What’s happening on the national scene, state and local sports, columns andopinions Atk Provo-Timpview GameHeadsRivalry Potpourri By BOB HUDSON Herald Sports Writer Provo at Timpview. American Fork at Pleasant Grove. Payson at Spanish Fork, Dixie at Cedar City. It’s rivalry week in Region Six. Actually, Six members will play ‘toe games apiece this week The rivalry matchups will be layed at the various sites Wednesday. Springville will entertain its ‘natural rival’ — Carbon — thatnight. In the other local on Tintic wil be ae Dagens in a8 m. Region Eleven contes' Priday's ames will meade Pleasant 10, Payson at Deee Dixie at Springville and Spanish For at cate in Region Six, ‘Two, Lehi at Intermountain a jasatch at Grantsville scoring the ball well. We don't cxpect any surprises from Provo. They just work hard to do what they do. We ext them to try to stop up the middle, but we're ready for that. We've been moving outside and scoring well in our other games. We don't believe our offense will be easy for them to defense “I think the gamewill come down to who's ‘got the guts (to withstand pres- Sure), Lewissaid. “Timpview seems to be playing well right now.” said Provo's Jim Spencer. “It looks like it's going *. boil right down uea good old rivalry and let's see who's nsane‘ing pretty well om = "S| said.“ weour lensea absolutely aes‘ the second ha! in Region Nine, Millard at Juab in “The kids ees each other really Region Eightt and North Summit at well since they've played against each other a lot,” Spencer said. ‘That Tintic in should make for an interesting PROVO (4-9) at TIMPVIEW (4-0) “To beat Provo,” said Timpview situation.” er, like Lewis, said he didn’t coach Tim Lewis, ‘‘we have to play a a Aurasany surprises. better game. hasis is very muchlike “And,” Lewis continued, ‘‘we must thelr play with more heart. I think our kids ome, rhe be . “We'll be looking at the rarest)SkesSayre Bing fay oe tt we see in practice every day. It boils down to who executes wwe Meet contliet,” Lewis said, the al We're looking forward to it. It should be a power-packed, fun game with a lot of emotion in which both ids teams ‘come out and go after each other.” Provo willlikely start Dave Heaton, g.; John who is averagi —‘nin wieiaee “We’vemtnplaying excellent defense,” Lewis said, ‘‘and we've been Timpview is likely to counter with Warren Barnes (13.9 ppg), Scott Dixon (12.6), Mark Bateman (12.3), Steve Bearnson (8.0) and Randy Nilsen (6.0 ppg) AM. FORK(3-1) at PL. GROVE(3-1) “Boy,” said American Fork coach Art Allred, ‘I really don't know how to Gauge Pleasant Grove. I've seen them once and my assistant has seen them once and times they were terrible. But they've beat some good teams we've had trouble with, so they've got to be a good team. One thing I do know, they could be 0-1000 and would gointo a femy when American Fork came to with them because they have a really deep bench whileoursis thin. I've been Pleased with the way our guys have Come off the bench, but we don’t have that many who have comein and done the job without a drop-off. They're so deep they don’t have a drop-off."” American Fork's leading scorers coming into the game are Kimball Hansen (14.75 ppg) and Bruce Hansen (12.0). Pleasant Grove's are Kim Walker (13.75), Justin Bone (11.25) and Craig Giles (12.1). PAYSON (2-2) at SP. FORK (2-2) “This should be a Bood one,’ said Payson's Dave Tervort.’‘‘You've got to throw away all the books. Our scores oePheatant Grove is always well- with other teams match uppretty well. coached i always a good-shootit ave meu what soe got. We're team, red said. “They're patien' concent anes eels and ‘tecplined on offense. They lull ball game. Weplay sim dedbogh De you to sleep, then burn you. have an idea of what to expec “So mentally we’er to be ready. I “(Curt) Evans is paverell for know neither team's uit them and they have several young kids pecs the ol buzzer. etith ta is who've come up and zesty played well rivalry, it doesn’t matter what the for them,” Tervort said. records are.It’s always a war.” “We think we'll shave 'to play really “American Fork’s one of the premier well to beat them,” Tervort concluded. teams in the league,” said Pleasant ‘ “On the other hand, they'll haveto play eres Keith Allred. “It will be hard well to beat us.’ to beat them butit’s a good rivalry. “This is THE big rivali for us,” said “We're “American Forkaly comesto bat- Spanish Fork's Paul tle you,”Allred said. ‘They can really poing to have to contend with their two explode on youif your kids aren't ready og Buys — (David) King and (Gary) on defense. art — who do a good job on the “I know it sounds old hat, but. the Seas And we must contend with thing wehave to do to beat them is to their3-2 zone. That half-court trap they rebound well. That's what we've on play is always a menace. in the games we’‘ve won this yea “We're going to have to be patient “One thing,” Allred continued,rege and attack their zone,” Beck said. “I know wecan’t get into a foul-contest think it’s going to be a pretty evenly- matched game.| think it'll come down to the final seconds so the team that's poised and can take the pressure will winit.” Payson is paced by David Hiatt (15.00 ppg), Stewart (12.9), King (13.0) and pateey (11.25). Evans leads ‘ork with a 19.50 pg. average. ARBON(04) at SPRINGVILLE ts) “We're looking forward to this week,’’ said Springville’s Elliott Jordan. ‘These are two games we're plenty of help from others like Richard Dorigatti and Lee Gourley. That help must continueif Tintic is to return to the victory trail Boing to get. Carbon “Against Provo we played the best we es all yearin the fir‘st half. We're just going to keep playing our game, go nose-to-nose and try to push them all over the floor," Jordan said. “The one thing we've got to do is get some other Lee people helping (Mark) Averett. He was see Friday against Provo (he of the Devils’ 38 points} but ieee help. he Averett a averaging 19.66 ppg. Carbon will counter with Bent Jenson, whose average is similar. at DUGWAY Tintic has beenstruggling oflate, but mustfind a wayto put s together against the high-powered Dugway team. . The Mustangs have scored over 100 points on atleast one occasion this year and are averaging well over 70 points per game. rs were averaging about 70 points per game, but their average has dropped off while they were losing three straight. Darren Yaden (18.22 Pe) Troy Jones (14.33) and Doug Wall (13.7) are rovided much of the offensive punch for the Miners, but they've gotten Provo Timpview American Fork Pleasant Grove Payson REGION SIX # 0 Hu uM 22 Spanish Fork pd Springville Cedar City Dixie 13 13 7 4 Wednesday's schedule American Fork at Pleasant Grove Payson at Spanish Fork Provo at Timpview Carbon at Springville Dixie at Cedar City Friday's schedule Pleasant Grove at Provo Payson at Timpview Dixie at Springville American Fork at Cedar City Spanish Fork at Carbon REGION TWO Alta Bingham Hillcrest Brighton Keams Orem Friday's schedule Orem at Bingham Morgan Union Wasatch Grantsville Intermountain i 10 10 10 oH oO o REGION NINE 10 19 19 01 O4 : Friday's schedule Wasatch at Grantsville Lehi at Intermountain LSU Cagers Find Bad TimesStill Abound By United Press International last shot),” said Brown. ‘The execuAfter losing to Vanderbilt five days tion on the last play wasperfect. Jordy ago, the ‘anked Louisiana State is a good clutch player but he took too ers responded Saturdaynight with a long of a shot.” Robert Johnson and Eddie Phillips 78-56 blowout of Mississippi State. caughtus at a bad time,”said LSU Coach Dale Brown oftheloss. toni apparently the bad times are Roger French, who has spent the pe % years coaching college-level Alabama, keyed by Robert Scott’s football,including 14 seasons in the layup with 10 seconds left, upended Big Ten, Tuesday was named assisU, 57-56, Monday night as the tant on LaVell Edwards’ staff at Southeastern Conference sprang Bri Young University. another early-season surprise. Tench will come to BYU from “That's what ha oe is,” said Northern Iowa where he spent the last season as offensive coordinator wih he hi playsand ay i eratadihe itetings di the and offensive line coach. Prior to a winner. We're last season, French wasonthe staff padoe allee a at University of Minnesota for nine After Scott put the Tide up by one years. with 10 vecunds left, LSU called According to the announcement, timeoutt to set up a shot by Howard French will fill the position left vaCarter, who was fouled on a drive with cantee Daveedheead who five seconds left. \d coaching LSU again called timeout. Jordy Joba a ho Hull sent an inbounds pass to “Wefeelvery constin obtainand he returned ing an ee rofessionallike the ball to Hultberg, who bobbled the Coach Frene! id Edwards. ‘I’m halt and missed a 20-footer with no time sure he will ts anexcellent aidition left. to the staff.” “We took a calculated risk (on the each had18points to lead Alabama. “It’s a wild and crazy race,” Brown Alabama improved its record to 7-6 said of the league schedule. ‘‘You can overalland 3-2 in the SEC. LSU,9-2 and expectthis all year long in the SEC.” 2-2, wasled by Durand Macklin with 22 Elsewhere, No. 1 Duke beat Georgia points and Hultberg with 16. Tech, 55-42, No. 3 DePaul dumped Ball State, 96-79, No. 4 North Carolina defeated Mercer, 81-63. No. 10 Syracuse took West Virginia, 72-69, and Virginia Edwardsalso said French will be blasted Delaware. 82-55. on campus later this week, andwill Mike Gminski scored 21 points as unbe readyto go full-time by the start beaten Dukeraised its record to 12-0 in of spring football which opens its ACC opener. Georgia Tech. surprisMarch 10. ingly tough, was led by Brook Steppe A native of Minneapolis, French with 19 points. played for the Gophers as a linebacker, fullback and interior lineman. He won all-Big Ten honors at Minnesota before graduating in 1954, French played one season with the Pulse lphia Eagles before launching his coaching career at MemphisState. aay Ja Cheesman, former Orem High ree French spent 10 seasons at YU basketball star who has been ee State, where he obtained avg professional ball in Italy, was A. degree. Hethenserved five scheduled to undergo surgery at Utah has on the football staff at Valley Hospitalthis afternoon to repair Wisconsin before returniong to Min- an injured achilles tendon. nesota for nine years. Cheesman washurtina game inItaly Rogerandhis wife Dorothy have this week. He flew into Utahlast night two daughters, Kathy and Gail. and entered the hospital this moming. BYU Names Line Coach Jay Cheesman Faces Surgery —Marion Dunn OLYMPIC CHAMPION Maria-Theres Nadig Switzerland races through heavy sQow and poo visibility to win second of two World Cup downbll races in two days in Pfronten, West Germany, Nadig*, moved into a shareof first place standings with Mia Bob Clampett Beats the Pros great.” professional golf championships. And yet here is slender Bobby Clampett defying all the rules and traditions and winning the first big pro championship of the new decade. When Clampett held off Mike Reid and former Arizona State golfer Mike Morely to win at Monterey, the talk about his becoming a pro escalated. A typical commentheard both in Monterey and in Provo, was: “Clampett's wasting his time playing college golf. He could be earning $200,000 a year on tour.” Maybe so. But that isn’t the Tucker had just returned from Monterey, Calif., along with his junior prodigy Bobby Clampett whojust last Saturday added one morelink in his chain of amazing golf accomplishments. Clampett survived three penalty strokes on the veryfirst hole at Pebble Beach Saturday to becomethe first amateur in 24 years to win a majorprofessional golf tournament. The young Cougar star carded a l-under-par 71 in Saturday's final round for a one-stroke victory over former BYU AllAmerican and now a Provoresident Mike a who tookfirst pro moneyof $22, The last cean amateur won a major pro title was in 1956 when Doug Sandersfinished first in the Canadian Open. In 1954 Gene Littler was an amateur when he won the San Diego Open. That put Clampett in an exclusive club but he is becoming accustomed to that. The 20-yearold amateur greatis already a legend in at least two parts of America — Carmel Valley, Calif., and Utah Valley. Amateurs just don't win his victory Saturday, he repeated his plans to stay in college and get his diploma before turning pro. Of course, anything could happen. Suppose Clampett should become the first amateur in history to win the Masters. He could do just that this spring. After all, he was only 10 strokes off the pace in Augusta last year. Well, suppose he should win that tournament. Would he then be tempted to pass up his senior year at BYU and turn pro? Only time and fortune will answerthat. But right now heis back in school and planning on remaining there through the spring of 1981, “The galleries following Clampett and Reid were tremendous,"’ Tucker said yesterday. “There must have been more than 500 and maybe closer to 1,000. And Bobbyand Mike put on a great show forthem.After they finished 1-2, Morely, who was at ASU10 years ago,said,‘I’m getting damned tired of being beaten by these BYU guys,’ which I thought wasa great tribute to our BYU golf coach Karl Tucker sat in his office in the Smith Fieldhouse yesterday moming surrounded by pictures and trophies documenting18 years of collegiate links history. ‘It was one of the greatest weeks of my life,” Tucker said. ‘I was there all week and not only had the fun of sharing experiences with those guys on the tour, but had the thrill of listening to them praise our school and program. And to have Bobby win and Mikefinish second just added to the fun. It was unbelievable, it was so way Clampett looks at it. After Program.” Butit isn’t only formercollege rivals being beaten by BYU players, now it is happening to ld Cougars, themselves. When Reid was presented the check for $22,500, he said, ‘I don’t know how feel aboutit. I haven't won anything in three years. I won something today, yetI didn’t. I’m happy for Bobby. He’sa good friend.I live in Provo and hegoes to school there so we playa lotof golf together and we see each other on the practice range.” Clampett, realizing what a tour victory would mean to Reid, said he had mixed emotions about the win but added, ‘Youjust play to win no matter whothe other guy is. You have to play your best all the time or there would be no fun for the other person in winning.” Clampett could have shot himself out of the saddle on his first drive on the final round whenhe put too much draw on a 3-wood and the ball stopped a yard or two beyond the out-ofbounds markers on the left side of Pebble's first hole. “Thadhit balls (on the practice range) for about an hour,” Clampett said. And after his penalty, he said, “I just told myself I'd have to go with it. I wasthinking, ‘Now the match is tied."” Clampett added another penalty stroke on No. 8 where he teed off at even par.‘I’m used to playing Pebble Beach with the tees all the way back. Someof them were up today and eight wasoneof them. I was trying to decide between a 3 and a 4-wood sc I wouldn't go too far and I choked downon little 3-wood,"” Clampett said of his penalty stroke there. But not even three penalty strokes could keep Clampett away from the winner'scircle at Monterey. ‘‘When I reached the 18th green I had a chance to talk to coach Tucker and he told me ‘All you have to dois two-putt.’ I was sure relieved,’ Clampett said. After he tapped in for his par and victory, Clampett smiled, waved his putter to the crowd and threw his ball up for grabs. “Bobby is amazingly mature. He was mature in his play,in the way he treated his predecessors from BYU and in the way he talked with the press after his win,” Tucker said. ‘I was very proud of him just as I was of Reid, Pat McGowan, BuddyAllin and Mike Brannan. They are a real credit to BYU.” And while Reid might have had mixed emotions about winning the moneybutlosing thetitle, the check had to come in handy. The talented former Cougar golfer was married about a month ago to Randolyn Brockbank of Salt Lake City. Randolyn is a niece of Mike's sponsor on the tour, Bruce Brockbank of Riverside Country Club. And, hey, man, Clampett did one other thing in the Pro-Am. On Friday he stormed into the lead by breaking the course record at Spyglass Hill with a 7under-par 65. “Yes, I was aware of the course record. I’ve played Spyglass enough times to be aware of the record,” he said. But today Clampett was back in the classroom at BYU where he says he'll stay until he graduates. Lobos Lose Cagers ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (UPI) — Twostarters for the University of New Mexico’s already diminished basketball squad were declared ineligible Monday because of poor grades. The players are guards Michael Johnson and Keith Magee, both freshmen. Sports Information Director John Keith said the two would become ineligible to play after the spring semester starts Jan. 21. They will be allowed to play in the Lobos’ next two road games, at Wyoming Thursday and at Colorado State Saturday. however. “They are two freshmen who unfortunaic'y got involved in a tryin, situation,”’ acting head basketball coach Charlie Harrison said. ‘We're grateful that they jumped in there and helped us as much asthey did and we expect Keith to be eligible for football next fall and I'm looking forward to Michael being back in the basketball lineup next year.” Tt wasthe latest setback in the UNM basketball program, which has experienced a series of shocksasa result of a transcript-rigging scandal. The scandalled to theineligibility of seven players last year. the firing of head coach Norm Ellenberger, the resignation of assistant coach Manny GoldStein and the forfeiture of basketball and football wins last year. The 5-10 Magee. a football player, Joined the team as a walk-on after the scandal broke and had been starting. Johnson, 6-3, was not a starter when the season began, but was forced to assume the role when top players were cut from the squad during the scandal. Schoolofficials would not reveal the students’ grade points because of a federal law prohibiting the release of that infomration. Harrison said he has not yet determined whohewill nameto replace the two players. Call Ruled Okay NEW YORK(UPI) — The controversial pass from Houston's Dan Pastorini to Mike Renfro, which was ruled incomplete in Sunday’s AFC championship game with Pittsburgh, was called correctly by side judge Donald Orr, said NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle Mondayafter a film viewing of the play at the leagueoffice. With the Oilerstrailing, 17-10, late in the third period, Pastorini lofted a 6yardpassto the right cornerof the end zone toward Renfro, who leaped and apparently caught the ball for a touchdown. Renfro’s feet were clearly in bounds bui the television camera angle momentarily lost sight of the ball. Thefilm of an NFL cameraman who wasstationed at ground level behind the end zone with an unobstructed view of the play clearly showed Renfro catching the ball. But in an effort to Gain possession, he did not have a securegrip on theball before stepping out of bounds. “We feel from the angle we have seen definite movementof the ball on (Renfro’s) chest from a flat to an upright position,” said Rozelle. ‘‘From this angle we believe possession was gained | after Renfro went oul of bounds." In the NFL rulebook. Rule 3. Section 2, Article 6 states: “A playeris in possession whenhehasheld theball long enough to give him such control to enablehim to perform any act common to the game.” Orr, a nine-year NFLveteran, was no more than 4 yards irom the play. Contraryto television replays and comments by announcers, Orr immediately signaled the play incomplete beforeali seven officials conferred. None of the otheroff:ciais overruled hiscall |