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Show Page F2 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, March 15, 1990 Cougars grab another 'big' recruit from Texas Sralla Bv DOROTHY KNOELL Herald Sports Writer Texas is synonymous with big, and Tivy High (Kerrville) defensive lineman Scott Sralla certainly fits that description. "He's just so big and strong," said Tivy coach Donnie Laurence of Sralla, who recently signed a to play football for BYU. ' He's about weighs about 260, runs about a 4.9 40 and benches about 400. He's tough to stop." In fact, Tivy High opponents this year didn't stop Sralla very much. Laurence said he averaged "about four unassisted and eight or nine assisted tackles" per game. "He'd have had more except most people ran away from his side," lurence noted. Sralla also led the team in sacks and hurries, averaging almost two sacks per game. Tivy was 3 on the year after going Sralla's sophomore season and 13-- his junior year. The senior tackle started three letter-of-inte- nt 7-- 1 years at Tivy (a 4A school), playing tight end as a sophomore, both tight end and defensive tackle as a junior and then settling only on defensive tackle his senior year. He earned and prep honors. "You name it, he's got it," Laurence said. ' He was All-Sta- te Sralla also throws discus and shot put for the Tivy track team, going between 55 and 60 on shot and in the 170s on discus. The big tackle visited Baylor (where his brother, Bryan, is currently a sophomore offensive lineman), Texas, Colorado, Texas Tech and BYU before settling on the Cougars. "It was a really tough decision," Sralla was quoted as saying in the San Antonio Light of his choice to go to BYU Instead of joining his brother at Baylor. "Me and (Bryan) are real close. But I kind of felt like he's made his own way there at Baylor, so now I needed to Sporlsline Paddlers to Nationals trio made up of one swimmer and two divers head to Austin, Texas, today through Saturday to compete in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. K.C. Cline and Junior Courtney Nelson will join sophomore Amy Matheson as the Cougar representatives. Cline hit qualifying times of 57.19 in the backstroke and 2:03.18 in d the backstroke in early December. She bettered her 200 time to 2:02.81 at the HCAC Championships. Nelson and Matheson qualified for both the one and three-metboards at the Zone E qualifying championships last week. Nelson will also compete on the A make my own way. "I think BYU is a good school and I'm looking forward to being there...I'm pretty excited about it. I spent a lot of time making (the decision )." Sralla said fellow Texan Ty Det-mserved as his campus host during his visit to BYU in January. Detmer impressed him, as did head coach LaVell Edwards. "He (Edwards) is a quality type of guy," Sralla said. "You can tell he's the kind of guy you want to play for. Plus, their ability to win over the years and play in bowl games also meant a lot to me." The San Antonio Light story went on to say that Sralla was very aware that there are a lot of Texans currently on the BYU squad. "They were telling me that they have about 16 players from Texas. Maybe if we get a few more from Texas up there, they can start calling it 'Texas at BYU' or something like that." er d er "We are signing up new members right now. Anyone with a current UGA handicap card is eligible to play in the low-ntournament which begins the fuliowuig da) at Tn City." Pkase RSVP the Tri City pre shop for! tournaopening social reservations or ment tee times. This year's association president is platform, an option given to any diver who qualifies on the springboards. diving will be contested on diving and Thursday, three-metbackstroke on Friday and backstroke platform and on Saturday. five-met- s, One-met- 100-ya- five-met- er 200-ya- rd Tri-Cit- Golf Association y Jay The opening social and ice breaker tournament for the Tri Cities Golf Association will be Friday, March 23, according to Doug Hawkins, association secre- CoUedge. WBBA convention The Western Boys Baseball Associa- tion will hold its annual convention Sat-- I urday at the Airport Hilton International Center in Salt Like. Registration begins, at 8:30 a.m. with the convention beginning at 10 a .m. tary. The opening social kicks off Friday at the clubhouse with a social hour begin-in- g at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and a general membership meeting. immm ? Sports Mailbag mw Illfllii Coach should allow players to set records Sports Editor: Football may be a long seven months away but I hope our coaches learn a lesson from our BYU basketball season so far. Our BYU Cougars have one of the best records of any team in the NCAA, but in the nation's eyes, BYU and the WAC conference just aren't to be considered in the Big Leagues. For us to be considered Big League we must do something BIG. There are only two ways I see we can do something big: we must 1) win BIG (by doubling or tripling the opponents score) or 2) rack up individual collegiate records. This is why it's important for BYU coach LaVell Edwards to start considering the players and the fans. The fans are there every game and we even got a little rowdy last season. We all have our radios plugged in waiting to know if an old record has been broken and replaced with a BYU player's name placed by it. Jim McMahon got that opportuni ty and the rewards for both him and the school came shortly after. We didn't see much of Steve Young that year. We were thrilled the next season to see Steve Young continue building up your program with big wins and LOTS of records. S're Ty Detmer is just a sophomore, he still has two terrific years ahead, but he had a chance to break McMahon's record, for maybe an hour or a day or a year. Does it really matter? He still would have broken that record in the BYU record book, and it would be one less time we would have to see an ungrateful, record held by McMahon. If Coach Edwards doesn't believe me then he ought to come up into the stands where the majority of us carry a radio so we can hear what is happening. Fans are certainly interested in winning games but I am really tired of seeing our dedicated players robbed of their individual and collegiate opportunity of establishing records that were with n, anti-BY- U in their reach and capabilities by our coaches that don't care. Records count much more than wins, because every college register records them, every news agency refers to them and every player wants to break them. The Heisman winners and the NFL draft is selected by individual effort and record. Only selfish coaches have job security because of their win-lorecord. The point I am trying to make is that BYU's basketball team is being ignored despite a season. I hope that Coach Edwards will not let it happen to our football team and players like Ty Detmer this year. Being a "nice guy" is nice for LaVell. But being "smart" for his players, his school and his fans will best come when we record greatness in the record book. Yours truly Lee Ritter Provo ror ss those participating have usually waited for this race with great anticipation as it is the only way they can race unless they belong to a professional team. My own sons have raced in it for many years now, and it is the highlight of their winter ski season, whether they win or not. II they do win, they then go on to State competition. One son won first place on the state level when he was 16 (the age category was If they win there, they feel they have accomplished quite an and indeed, they achievement have as they race against people from almost every ski resort in Utah who have won first place on a resort level. I have a son who has won seven medals over seven years who raced March 10 at Snowbird for the state championships. This is as important 16-2- U SOFTBALLBASEBALL SHOE UULTI PURPOSE CLEAT to him, and other ski (ftmSfapr noG-3- 3 DEEP WELL POCKET better-than-avera- r'mfF' JtLjiJ Ski race deserves coverage in newspaper Sports Editor: I just wanted to write with a suggestion. You may have a reason for not covering the ski races that are sponsored each year by the Coca Cola Bottling Company and KSL television at Sundance. The race is an event that people of all ages participate in, including young children to old people. Each year, MCS-AIRSLA- VV racers, as basketball, track, etc. may be to people involved in those sports. Medals are awarded, and some- SCK BASEBALL SHOE METAL CLEAT f ALREADY L0WPRICE Jy times trophies or plaques. There are winners of ski equipment and other prizes. It's a day of great competition and great fun for the hundreds who were at Snowbird to take advantage of a great sport! It is covered on KSL Channel 5 television. I thought it just might merit some mention in our own community newspaper. Thank you Sheri Reay Provo (OmfiSi UU AIR SLASHER f (U L Jrf) II CiC V y S $65 Ix)ufeShigg0rLP32O rO)L-- J i FIELDERS GLOVE Herald does poor job in sports and overall with ads. I'm sure a student at Sports Editor: I have continued to take the BYU taking journalism could do a Herald only to support our town better job. (also my wife reads the obituaries). I travel up and down the road I had to laugh about all the fuss put a bit and have yet to find quite forth about you having a Saturday anyone who thinks the Herald is a secedition, especially your sports newspaper. I've had so tion. What a joke! The Casper Gazette has more sports than your many people tell me they've quit whole Monday paper. One page for taking the paper. Come on, Provo needs a good sports with a third of that taken up top-gra- newspaper. Also, why do you keep reminding your readers how bad the basketball team was the second half of the season a couple of years ago? By the way, tell Dick Harmon Tabasco Sauce comes from Avery Island, La., no El Paso, Texas. - Wide ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) receiver Jerry Rice of San Francisco, tackle Anthony Munoz of Cincinnati and linebacker Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants were unanimous choices on the NFL's team of the '80s. The team, selected by 26 voters on the league's Hall of Fame panel, also included two repeaters from the team of the '70s, running back Walter Payton of Chicago and linebacker Ted Hendricks, who finished his career with the L.A. Raiders. San Francisco's Bill Walsh was picked as the coach. Rice and Seattle's Steve Largent were the wide receivers: San Diego's Kellen Winslow was the tight end; Munoz and Chicago's Jimbo Covert the tackles; New England's John Hannah and Washington's Russ Grim the guards; San Fran cisco's Joe Montana the quarter back Payton and Eric Dickerson of the Los Angeles Rams and Indianapolis the running backs. Reggie White of Philadelphia and Howie Long of the Raiders were the defensive ends; Randy White of Dallas and Dan Hampton of Chicago the tackles; Mike Singletary of Chicago the inside linebacker; Taylor and Hendricks the outside linebackers; Mike Haynes of New England and the Raiders and Mel Blount of Pittsburgh the corner-back- s and Ronnie Lott and Kenny Easley of Seattle the safeties. Sean Landeta of the Giants was the punter; Morten Andersen of New Orleans the placekicker; Billy "White Shoes" Johnson of Houston, Atlanta and Washington the punt returner and Mike Nelms of Washington the kickoff returner. Provo - Some OAKLAND, Calif, t AP) Oakland residents, angry over the $602.5 million offer to bring the Raiders back to their original home, are talking about trying to put the issue on the city's November ballot. Opponents, led by prominent lawyers and political activists, said Tuesday that the financial agreement approved by the City C Uncil and Alameda County Board of Supervisors puts public funds at risk. "There is some movement toward a referendum. It's in its formative stages right now, but there is a movement," said Robert Schwartz, an Oakland lawyer who spoke against the pact's approval during a noisy Monday night meeting. If the issue should be placed on the ballot and overturned by voters, the agreement worked out over 14 months of negotiations could collapse. -- to: RUSSELL np LhU ATHLETIC Jtw ' ffi mum cotton TEAM BASEBALL SLEEVES Aetna, Dept. 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