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Show Page 6—THE HERALD. Provo. Utah, Thursday, January3, 1980 Sports: What's happening on the national scene, State and local sports, columns and opinions aK Cougars vs. Lobos in WAC Cage Opener Tonight By MARION DUNN Cougar fans will be able to see for Mexico head coach back in 1973 and themselves because the game will be The Pit becarne a madhouse every televised live on KBYU-TV, channel11 home game as Stormin’ Norman The tipoff 1s scheduled for 7:30 p.m toamea thesidelines championship against New Mexico BYUwill move to El Paso Saturday But Ellenberger is gone. fired in the here tonight and the burning question and another television appearance aftermath of a scandal involving on everyone's lips before the tipoff Saturday's gamewill be an afternoon himself, his assistant coach Manny was: pie and will be carried on regional Goldstein, transfer player Craig Will the Pitstill be The PIT without Gilbert and six other varsity players Stormin’ Normanonthe sidelines? Norm Ellenberger took over as New So, Stormin’ Norman won't be here Herald Sports Editor ALBUQUERQUE — BYU's basketball team opens defense of its WAC tonight and the Lobos will be piaying BYU coach Frank Arnoid and his with a cut-down squad that includes Players flew into town yesterday and four starters from last year and worked out in The Pit last night. They cs are convinced that the gamewill be a That means there isn't much to say struggle and that The Pit will be vocal. about the Lobos before the game. It is a Arnold has juggled his lineup a bit case of waiting and seeing and then recently starting Steve Craig at guard reporting. Because how this team will in place of Scott Runia and then going function in a WAC game won't be with a three-guard lineup of Fred knownuntil tonight. Roberts. Alan Taylor. Danny Ainge. several walkons. Craig and Runia. Kings Drop The Cougarsfinished the pre-season with a 9-3 record butfell outof the UPI top 20 after losing to Oregon State in the Far West Classic. _Thatis the least of the Cougar worties. The only ratings that count. come after the season and a WAC championship would probably put Arnold's chargesin theelite list. Jazz 128-121 SALT LAKECITY (UPI) — Kansas City coach Cotton Fitzsimmons saw the gameas one where theofficials let the two teams battle head-to-head. But Utah coach Tom Nissalke said the refereesallowed the gameto getout of hand, “We were both able to play our best offensively because the officials let us,” said Fitzsimmons,after his Kings battled back to down the Jazz 128-121 in overtime Wednesday night behind the play of forward Scott Wedman. But Nissalke, obviously upset by the 58 fouls called in the gameand several plays the referees let go. said, ‘‘I will not comment on the officials in this game. But it was proof that we need three officials in each NBA game so that everything that should be called is onan hit a three-point basket just before the fourth period buzzerto force the overtimeand he then scored nine of his career-high 45 points in the extra period in leading Kansas City to the victory. Then Wedman’spairof baskets broke a 119all tie in the overtime and Phil Ford added two more layupsfor the Kingsas they moved a half game ahead ofidle Milwaukee andinto first place in the NBA’s Midwest Division. Ford scored 20 of his points for Kansas City following the halftime break, while Otis Birdsong added 16 points for the Kings. “Wereally came back in the second half,” Fitzsimmons said. “Then we almost lost it in the fourth quarter when Utah went back up by 10. But we went to our offensive stars and Wedman and Ford won it for us.”” Kansas City, behind 63-48 late in the second quarter, roared backto tie the score at 67-all midway througthe third quarter. Utah then pulled outto a 100-90lead early in the fourth quarter. But the Kings mounted a secondrally to get within two of the Jazz on Wedman’s jumperwith just 26 seconds left in regulation. ‘The Kings fouled Adrian Dantley and the Jazz forward hit only one of his two shots from the free throw line to give Utah a 113-110 lead. But Wedman’s three-point basket with four seconds left sent the game into the extra period, tied 113-113. Wedmanscored 10 points in the third quarter, and nine points in both the fourth period and in the overtime. Ford added fourpoints in the extra period to give the two Kansas City players 13 of the Kings’ 15 overtimepoints. Dantley scored 36 points and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds to lead Utah. By BOB HUDSON Gardner. ‘They have good size in every pe and defensively they're getting lown and getting the job done. And they’re rebounding well.”’ The Hawks are coached by Carl Ingersoll, who led American Fork to state 3-A championships in 1976 and 1979. “Carl has them playing well,” Gardnersaid. “To win against (hem we must rebound and take care ofthe ball against their pressure defense. Defensively we've still been having some .break-downs that we need to correct. Offensively we need better consistency outof all our players.” Leading the Tigers will be Chris McMullin, whe is averaging 20.45 points per game and Dave cee vio avera 17 points outing. The ta will Tikely be Scott Schlappi, who has had a oer of 14; Bill Bradshaw, with a of 22; and C.D. Fackrell, with a high of 17. New Mexico Saturday The Cougars expect their toughest game to come Saturday against Don Haskin's Miners who have been impressive in the early going. But they can’t afford te be looking past the Lobos tonight or they stand a chance of coming home empty-handed. A sweepof the two games would get BYUoffto a great start in defense of the championship, but a split wouldn't be disasterous. So, the waiting period is over. The WAC seasor is here. After tonight's game. the Cougars will have a better idea of what to expect in this year’s race. It’s Official! Tide No. 1; BYUSlips to 12 BYU QUARTERBACK Marc Wilson and wife Colleen entertain a youngster during their visit to the Shriners’ Hospital, a part of their preparation for the East-West Shrine all-star football game Saturday. Wilson and teammates Mat Mendenhall and Tom Bellwill play for Cougar coach LaVell Edwardsin the game. (Photo by Bill Lovejoy) Wilson’s NameCarries Bit of Magic By PAT EDWARDS PALO ALTO,Calif. — A bit of magic is associated with his name. It appeared in the San Francisco ey when a security guard talked to a group of Shriners about their annual All-Star football game for the Shriners’ Hospital. The security guard could hardly wait to see re Wilson in action. The magic of Marc appeared again when his name was mentioned at a Shriners’ dinner party. Charlie McClendon, former coach of LSU and president of the American Football Coaches Association, said, Marc Wilson is one of the finest young menI've met, both on and off the field.” Charlie Mac met Marc in San Diego when players of the Kodak All-American team were honored. Jacob Green, the great defensive lineman for Texas A&M, recognizes Marc’s magic and is glad they are teammates in the game. Marcisalso glad! During hisvisit to the Shriners’ Hospital Mare worked more magic by bringing smiles to the faces of the youngsters there. Somefans for the 49ers quietly voiced the wish that Mare would be moving to the San Francisco area toplay pro ball. They want to see Marc’s magic in action. On a walk down Fisherman’s Wharf a young boy approached Mare and said, “you're Marc Wilson, aren’t you? You're my very favorite!” Marc was wearing a jacket with the Shriners’ emblem on it. This helped the youth spot Marc. After visiting with the youngster Marc proceeded down the block. Halfway down he was stopped by the same young boy with a camera. Marc posed with the lad while Colleen (Marc's wife) took their picture. The Cougar fans are well aware of Marc Wilson's magic. He’s their boy! He’s worked his magic and entertained them with an 11-1 season for 1979. But perhaps the greatest magic about Marc is his humility and his value system. That’s a magic that I hope Marcwil) always possess. NEW YORK (UPI) — There’s no doubt aboutit — Alabamais No.1. Alabama, 24-9 winner over Arkansas in Tuesday's Sugar Bowland majorcollege football's only unbeaten and untied team, has been crowned the 1979 national champion in the final week of balloting by the UPI Board of Coaches. Paul‘‘Bear’’ Bryant's Tide captured 28 of 38 first-place votes and earned a total of 559 points, 20 more than Southern California. It was the second consecutive year that Alabama and USC wererated at the top. Last year. irate Alabama supporters flooded the UPIoffice in New York with telephone calls, letters and telegrams protesting USC’s national championshipafter ‘Bamahad won the Sugar Bowl by upsetting top-ranked PennState. This year. there was no need for such objections as the Crimson Tide, which completed its first perfect season since 1966, was the clear favorite of the coaches’ board. The Trojans. 11-0-1. nipped Ohio State 17-16 in the Rose Bowl but managed only ninefirst-place votes. One other first-place ballot was cast and that went to Oklahoma, 24-7 winner over Florida State in the Orange Bowl. Both Alabamaand USC had 15firstplace votes last year as the Trojans wonby justfive points. _ The 66-year-old Bryant. who needs only 19 wins to surpass Amos Alonzo Stagg asthealltime winningestcollege coach, said he was ‘extremely proud”’ of his team when reached in his Tuscaloosa office Wednesday. “We're proud. We’re extremely proud of these guys,” Bryant said when informed of the nationaltitle. “We're very happy. I said in the middle of the seasonthatthis could be the best team lever coached before the year was out. Orem's Flossy Record Now Meaningless Herald Sports Writer Orem’s flossy 9-2 record doesn’t mean anything anymore. The Tigers mightjust as wellbe 0-0 because that’s whattheir record and thatofall their opponents is as they prepare to open Region Twoaction by entertaining Alta at 7:30 p.m. Friday. “It’s going to be a battle week-in and week-out,"’ said Tiger coach Joel Gardner.‘‘I don't see any weak teams in the league. Everyone had a winning record in pre-season.” Lehi and Wasatch,too,will erase all their previous records as they prepare to meet in Heber City for the Region Nine opener Friday. The Wasps have won five of eight pre-season games while the Pioneers have won but one of eight. egion Six teamswill resumeleague action with Spanish Fork at American Fork, Springville at Provo, Carbon at Payson, Timpview at Cedar City and Pleasant Groveat Dixie. Juab will continue its Region Eight schedule by entertaining North Sanpete Friday night and by travelling to Richfield Saturday. All the afore-mentioned gamesbegin at 7:30 p.m. Tintic’s varsity has a bye. ALTA at OREM “Alta’s playing well right now,” said Utah is on the same swing as the Cougars, playing at UTEP tonight and None of the three is averaging over 10 points per game, however. Among Alta’s top players are 6-3 Dave Mills, 6-2 Troy Bucey, 6-2 Gordy Campbell, 6-6 Carlson Boudreaux and64 Brad Sanders. LEHI at WASATCH “I don't use ourdifference in records as any indication of what to expect,” said Wasatch’s Bill Farr. ‘We're all evenright now asfar as I'm concerned. Whenleague starts. I figure anybody can beat anybody. That's the wayit’s beenin past years. “T’ve seen Lehi play once so I have a SPRINGVILLE at PROVO “We're not frightened of Provo. I'll tell you that,” said Springville’s Elliott Jordan. ‘Our kids played with them twice last year and we think we can again this year. “But we know one thing; we can’t make mistakes against them. To beat them we'll have to play a gamethat’s error-free. That's our numberone concern. We'll just go and try to do the things we dobest,"’ Jordansaid. “We don’t know that much about Springville,’ said Provo’s Jim Spencer. ‘‘But they played real well against CedarCity. “We know they have excellent shooters and that they play a pretty tenacious defense so hopefully we can hangonto ourhats,’’ Spencersaid. ‘We know theylike to run a motion offerse So we'vegot to be readyfor that kind of a game. “We'll have to concentrate hard on defense,” Spencer said. ‘‘What I want our players to do is dominate them defensively. They're capable of beating anyone in the region, they showed that against a fine Cedar team wehadtrou- feel for their personnel and what they do although seeing a team once doesn’t really tell you all that much about them. They have a new coach and that poses a problem cus to discover tendeaciesbutI think we have somefor them. “Against Spanish Fork," Farr said, “T thought their zone press was pretty effective at times so we'll be ready fur that and for their zone defense.” Farr said Blaik Bairdisstill injured and will be replaced in the starting ble with, so we'll need to be mentally lineup by Paul Cook. “This first league gameis pretty im- ready.” Spencer’s chargeswill be seeking to portant,” Farr said. “It’s really important to win the first league game so rebound from their only ‘official’ loss of the season, a 63-70 decision at Bounthat’s what we'll be trying to do.”’ “Wasatch has two guys we're really tiful. (They lost to their alumni63-71 in concerned with,’’ said Lehi’s Ken an exhibition game.) Provo's top players have been Dave Wagner.‘That's the Zenger (Darryl) kid, who's averaging around 24 a game Heaton, who is averaging 18.83 points and (Steve) Provost, the center. We per game; Danny Hatch, who is averaging 11.67 per game; ard John needto hold them down and rebound to Spencer and Mike Olpin, both of whom win, “We need to contain Zenger, to make are averaging 10 per game. Springville’s top point-producers sure wecoverhim to hold him down,’ Wagnersaid, ‘Offensively | think if we have been Mark Averett, with a 19.33 move the ball and go inside we'll be ppg. average and Tad Weight, with a 13.33 Pee. ledger. able to score on them.” iP. FORK at AM. FORK Wagner said he had been concerned “Whenever you play American about his team’s record being detrimentalto his players’ confidence, Fork,” peeriall Spanish Fork's Paul but said ‘‘the guys sti!l have a good at- Beck, ‘‘you must contend withtheir agtitude. They've worked hard and have gressive play. For us, the key will be played better each game except last whether our guards can handle the pressure from their defense. week against Pleasant Grove." “Then, too,” Beck continued, ‘'ve've Lehi’s top player has been Gary Burningham,who is ayeresing 16.33 points got to control the rebounding. We've per game. Zenger is leading Wasatch got to try to get some offensive rebounds and get some buckets there. with a 23.75 ppg. average and Provost Rebounding is one way to control the has added 15.29 points per outing. tempo, another thing wehaveto do. If game. “I think they have good personnel you let American Fork control the and that they'll eventually put it tempo, you're in trouble. “We don’t feel we can key on any one together,” Allred said. “I just hope it player,’ Beck concluded. “They're all isn’t against us.” Allred said his team will need to use good solid basic players so wewill try ood shot selection to defeat the to do the job on all of them.” lyers’ 1-3-1 zone. ‘We expect a tough “We've got our work cut out for us against Spanish Fork,”’ noted Caveman game because they have their backs coach Art Allred. ‘‘One thing we need againstthe wall. They're 0-3 in league to do is do something with (Curt) so if they lose to usit'll be pretty much Evans. He’s been averaging about 20 all over for them. To beat them we've Points a game. Another thing is we've got to get somescoring generated by got to crack their 2-3 zone and we've keeping our turnovers to a minimum and getting a good game on the got to hit somefoul pitches. “The foul pitches have really been boards.” Pleasant Grove, like Timpview, has hurting us,’’ Allred said.“Infive of our seven gameswe'veshotaswellor bet- had a balanced attack in building its 5-2 - from thefield as we have from the record (2-1 in league). Kim Walker, Craig Giles and Justin Bone are ine.”” American Fork’s top scorers thus far averaging 13.1, 12.7 and 11.6 respectivehave been Kimball Hansen, who is ly. Ronnie Hill, the 1-A player of the averaging 14.71 points per game, and year at Gunnisonin 1979, is leading the Bruce Hansen, whois averaging 13 per Flyers with 16 points per game. CARBONat APYSON outing. Evans has paced the Dons with “We've got to get the ball inside, a 20.57 p g. effort. that's where we've got to go to win,” TIMPVIEW at CEDAR said Payson's Dave Tervortof Friday's “Cedar has a heck of a team this to play solid year,” said Timpview’s Tim Lewis. game. ‘And we ne d “It’s probably the best team they’ve defense. The Jenson (Bent) boyis scorhad in years down there. They're big ing 20-25 a game, but we need to not worry about him andtry to shut the and powerful. “We've played gamesat Box Elder, others off. “The main thing we need to do is do Carbon and Bonneville after getting off the bus in ‘hostile’ territory,’ Lewis what wedo best and not worry about said. ‘We'vefailed to get someof the them,” Tervort said. ‘We've added quite a few new things. We'll just have breaks and we'vestill played well. ‘‘Against Cedar we'll have the to see how they work.” David Hiatt has been leading Payson longest trip and the most hostile situation,” Lewis said. “I'm notafraid with a 16.6 ppg. ledger. The Lions’ big of them as much as I am ofthe situa- men, David King and Gary Stewart, are averaging 13 and 11.3 respectively. tion. JUAB “T wantvery much to beat Cedar and Juab, with non-conference victories come back for that showdown with Provo next week,”’ Lewis said. Both the overTintic and Gunnisonunderits belt, returns to the jeaeue wars against T-Birds and Bulldogs are 3-0 going into another arch-foe in North Sanpete and Friday's action. Warren Barnes, Scott Dixon and another toughie in Richfield. The Waspsare led by Rick May, who Mark Bateman have been sharing Timpview's scoring chores with is averaging 18.3 ppg. and Val Jones, averages of 13.4, 13.3 and 12.0 respec- whois averaging 15.7. Coach Alan Spertively. David Corry aud Troy Lunt have ry hassaid they cannotcarry the whole led Cedar with 17 and 16 point averages load, however, and ii2s asked the other playersto put the ball up more. So far, respectively Jimmy Howarth, a sophomore, has PL. GROVE at DIXIE Although Dixie is just 1-6 while Plea- responded well enough to boost his sant Grove is 5-2, Viking coach Keith average to about seven points per game. His high has beer 14. Allred is concerned about Friday's But we had so manyinjuries that the guys had to work awfully hard to win this thing. “We showed a lot of class.”” The national title is the fourth for Alabama,which won previouslyin 1961, 1964 and 1973. The remainder of the Top 10 consists of No. 3 Oklahoma, moving up two notches off the impressive Orange Bowlvictory; No.4 Ohio State, slipping from No. 3 with the Rose Bowl loss; No. 5 Houston. jumping from No.6 with a 17-14 victory over Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl; No. 6 Pittsburgh up from No.10 with a 16-10 win over Arizonain the Fiesta Bowl; No. 7 Nebraska, which moved up a spot despite loss in the Cotton Bowl; No. 8 Florida State, down from No.4; No. 9 Arkansas, down from No.7 with the Sugar Bowldefeat; and No. 10 Purdue. up from No.12 with a 217-22 victory over Tennessee in the Bluebonnet Bowl. 1, Alabama (28)(12-0) 2. So. Calif.(9) (11-0-1) 3. Oklahoma(1) (11-1) 4. Ohio St. (11-1) 5. Houston(11-1) 6. Pittsburgh(11-1) 559 539 468 461 424 316 7. Nebraska(10-2) 8. Florida St. (11-1) 9. Arkansas (10-2) 10. Purdue (10-2) 11. Washington(10-2) 300 288 276 2 215 13. Texas (9-3) 14. North Carolina (8-3-1) 15. Baylor(8-4) 16. Indiana(8-4) 17. Temple(10-2) 18. PennSt. (8-4) 19. Michigan(8-4) 20. Missouri (7-5) 4 % 60 3 15 4 aby 8 12. Brigham Young (11-1) uz Tar Heels, BayouTigers Upset Victims By United Press International If Wednesday night's developments are anysign of things to come,therest of the college basketball seasonfigures to get curiouser and curiouser. In two big shockers. Clemson dumped No. 4 North Carolina. 93-76, and Vanderbilt stopped No. 6 Louisiana State, 77-66. There also was a small tremor in Lexington, Ky, where No. 2 Kentucky escaped with a 67-65 victory over Auburn. Clemson's John Campbell scored a career-high 28 points and pulled down 7 reboundsas Atlantic Coast Conference madness began in earnest. Clemson built a 25-point iead at the startof the secondhalf but North Carolina went on a 17-7 burstin the next 4% minutes,cutting the Tigers’ lead to 10 with five minutesleft. The Tar Heels were paced by Mike O’Koren with 16 points. “Treally liked our defensiveintensity in thefirst half,”’ said Clemson Coach Bill Foster, whose team ranits record to 91. “‘I think our defense wasthe key to the game.” In Nashville, Tenn., the Commodores jolted LSU with its first loss of the season behind 29 points by Mike Rhodes. “They outplayed us in every aspect of the game,” said LSU Coach Dale Brown.“Vanderbilt deserved to win ... It was a terrible performanceforus. We should be embarrassed.’ Rhodes had 19 points in the second half as Vanderbilt shot 68 percent from the floor duing the final 20 minutes LSU, which dropped to 8-1. went scoreless the first 7:12 of the game. Durand Macklin scored 30 points and Dewayne Scales, the Tigers’ top gun, had just 12 points and was held scorelessin the first half. The SEC nearly had another upset Wednesday night. but Kentucky's Kyle Macyhit a desperation 25-foot jumper at the buzzer to push the Wildcats past Auburn, Elsewhere, No. 3 DePaul beat Misaout are i defeated ‘anisius, , and Viry stopped WakeForest, 64-59. . |
