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The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell. Montana, Tuesday, March 1, 1988 PAGEFOOTBALLLOS ANGELES AP) — Mike Shanahan, whohas been trying to beat the Los Angeles Raiders the past four years, was introduced as the club s head coach MondavThe Raiders are the only AFC team to win a Super Bowl in the 1980s, having accomplished the feat following the 1980 and 1983 seasons. But the club has missed the playoffs the last two years, going 8-8 and 5-10. respectively.Shanahan, who at age 35 becomes the youngest head coach in the NFL. was an assistant under Dan Reeves at Denver the past four seasons and served as the Broncos' offensive coordinator for the past three.Shanahan is credited with tailoring Denver's offense to fit the talents of quarterback John Elway. an offense which probably was more responsible than anything for getting the team to the last two Super Bowls.The Broncos won the AFC West championship the last two years and advanced to the Super Bowl.The Raiders' record last year was their poorest since 1962.BASKETBALLTickets for this weekend's state Class AA boys basketball tournament in Butte will be on sale through Wednesday at the Flathead High Schoolmain office. i-viyThe cost of the tickets is $19.50 for reserved seats for all sessions and $13 for studentsThe Flathead Braves, who placed fourth in last weekend's Western A A tournament in Helena, open the tournament at 7 p m on Thursday against Eastern AA champion Bozeman.NEW YORK (AP) — Auburn became the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll for the first time in history, while DePaul and La Salle made their first-ever appearances bv tying for 20th.Auburn exchanged places with Iowa, which dropped to No. 2 after being upset at Big Ten rival Ohio State 58-54 Friday.The Tigers. 26-1. received 48 first-place votes and 1.300 points. Auburn's only defeat was to Iowa in the Orange Bowl Classic last DecemberThe Hawkeves. 23-1, received 17 first-place votes and 1.234 points, barely ahead of No. 3 Tennessee.Meanwhile Texas held fourth, followed by Louisiana Tech. Ohio State. Rutgers, Stanford. Virginia and Long Beach StateIn the second ten. No. 14 Montana. 26-0. is the onlv undefeated team left in Division I. The Ladv» rW' wGrizzlies defeated Idaho State 72-55 Monday night and face their toughest road test of the season Saturdav when thev travel to Montana State for aw wMountain West gameThe second ten was Maryland. Mississippi, Washington. Montana, Southern Cal, James Madison. Georgia. New Mexico State, Stephen F Austin DePaul and La Salle tied for 20thEAST RUTHERFORD. N.J. lt;AP - Willis Reed on Monday was named the head coach of the New Jersev Nets and told to turn around the club that has been plagued by injuries, losing records and drug problems the past three seasonsNew Jersey is 12-42 this season and tied with themLos Angeles Clippers for the worst record in the league The club has lost 240 manpower games due to injuries, and twice in the past three seasons has lost players due to drug problems.Reed returns to the NBA head coaching ranksfor the first time in almost 10 years*In taking over, Reed replaces interim coach Bob MacKinnon, who compiled a 10-29 mark after taking over for the fired Dave Wohl in early December Under W'ohl, the club won onlv two ofWits first 15 gamesReed played 10 seasons in the NBA and led the Knicks to league titles in 1969 and 1973. A seventime All-Star, he was named the Knicks head coach in 1977 and led to team to the playoffs He was fired 14 games into the next season after the club went 6-8TENNISSAN ANTONIO. Text* (AP — Top-seeded Steffi Graf of West Germany easily defeatedm WCammy MacGregor 6-1. 6-2 in the first-round at the U.S. Women's Hardcourt ChampionshipsGraff, the world's top-ranked women's singles player, needed only 49 minutes to eliminate MacGregorWICHITA, K*n. (AP) — Unseeded Natalia Bykova of the Soviet Union defeated fourth-seeded Dianne Balestrat of Australia Monday in the first round of the $100,000 Virginia Slims of Kansastennis tournament.Bykova s 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 triumph was one of three upsets in the opening round of the Wichita stop on the Virginia Slims Championship SeriesSHOOTINGBILLINGS — Stefame Hermes of Whitefish won the High Junior award to pace the Whitefish Junior Rifle Club in the recent Montana State N R A Junior Olympic Air Running Game Target Championships and Montana Junior Fund Air Pistol Match held hereBrook Blakeley of Whitefish won second place in the running game match while Ryan Voermans of Whitefish placed fourth and Bob Bell of Columbia Falls took fifthBlakeley and Voermans placed second in the two-man running game team eventHermes won her awards in the junior air pistol match Bell placed third in the Intermediate Junior class and Jason Todhunter placed fifthMISSOULA (AP) — Senior forward Marti Leibenguth scored a career high 26 points Monday night as 14th-ranked Montana downed Idaho State 72-55 in a Mountain West Athletic Conference women's basketball gameThe victory clinched the regular-season MCAW title for Montana and earned the Lady Griz the right to host to the league's four-team tournament here March 11 and 12.Leibenguth now has 1,274 career points, a new UM women's record that broke Doris Deden-Hasquet s total of 1.248.Montana led most of the way but gave up its first-half lead briefly when Staci Brussard hit a layup to put Idaho State ahead 13-12 at the 11-minute mark Montana center Lisa McLeod then answered with eight straight points to lead the Ladv Griz on a 21-13 scoring runthat left Montana ahead 33-26 at the half Leibenguth opened the second half with five points to forge a lead that expanded to 68-50 at the 2 44 mark She then hit a jumper to put Montana up 70-50 and seal the win for the Lady GrizMcLeod added 16 points for Montana, the only unbeaten major college women's team, while Dawn Silliker added 11 For Idaho State, center Coryna Truitthit 14 points and Alison Verona added 13 The win improved Montana's record to 25-0 overall and 15-0 in the MWA( , while Idaho State dropped to 7-16 for the season and 2-12 in the leagueWith the win. the Lady Grizzlies remained the only undefeated team in the Associated Press Top 20 women s basketball poll, where they remained 14th. the same spot they held last week (see siorv at left).Hawkins/49 winsscoringbattleCARBONDALE, 111. (AP) -Bradley Coach Stan Albeck looked out at the court, saw HersevWHawkins warming up early and figured there was “no wav” the 14th-■ '.qj-ranked Braves would fail to win the Missouri Valiev Conference crown■rAnd they didn’t, thanks to Hawkins, who scored 49 points as Bradley beat Southern Illinois 113-102 Monday night to clinch the title.But it wasn't easy. Hawkins, the nation s leading collegiate scorer, was forced to outduel SIU's SteveMiddleton who scored 42 points in his final game at CarbondaleOnly three games involved Top Twentv teams. In the others, it wasW :No. 7 Pittsburgh 87. Boston College 79. and No. 16 North Carolina State 87. North Carolina-Asheville 76 Hawkins scored 29 first-half points, pushing Bradley. 12-2 in the coneference and 23-4 overall, to a 56-48 halftime leadSIU tied the game at 76-76 with 11 43 left to play on a Middleton free throw, but the Braves' Jerrv Thom-as then scored nine straight points.Pitt 87. Boston College 79Charles Smith scored 23 points to become the second-leading scorer inPitt historv Ironicallv. Smith had*the first 3-point goal of his career Demetreus Gore scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half for Pitt. N. C. St. 87, N.C.-Asheville 76 Chucky Brown scored 25 points and Vinnie Del Negro added 23 to lead the WolfpackNorth Carolina-Asheville. trailing 52-32 at halftime. closed the gap to 78-70 with 3 20 remaining on the play of William Funderburk and Ricky Chatman, both of whom wound up with 22 points.But freshman Chris Corchiani hit a pair of free throws and Brown followed with a dunk with 1:30 left to increase the Wolfpack lead to 84-72Photo By Mark HoganUsing the netAL LELAND, who plays for The Daily Inter Lake volleyball team, skims the net with a spike during Sunday s opening round of theFlathead Open Volleyball Leagues postseason tournament at Flathead High School. The tourney winds up this Sunday.Winter Olympics willpandCALGARY. Alberta (AP) - Olympic officials want to see the Winter Gameswere curling and short-track speed skating*grow“We think the Winter Games can be more important. International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch said Mondav.Hodier said a decision on an additional sport for 1992 probably would be made at the IOC’s executive board meeting in Stockholm in AprilSports will be added to the program and bigger cities and regions will replace small resorts as hosts of the Winter Games. Samaranch and IOC member Marc Hodier of Switzerland saidBut that doesn t mean the IOC will try to slip a ;hird party into what Hodier called “the forced marriage between ice sports and snow sports And Samaranch raised the possibility of stricter controls over marginal competitors entering events such as bobsled and lugeAt a news conference the day after the close of what Samaranch termed “the best Winter Olympics ever,” the IOC chief said one of the three demonstration sports in Calgary would be added to the medal-sport list for the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville. FranceSuggestions have been made that the IOC might swell the size — and American interest — of the Winter Games by switching indoor sports such as volleyball or basketball to the winter Samaranch,however said that would violate the Olvmpic Charter the IOC * bylaws which limits Winter Games sports to whosecontested on ice and snowI cannot forecast, but I know the people of the Savoy 1 the Alpine region around Albertville) are very interested in freestyle skiing,' Samaranch saidThe other demonstration sports hereIf they played basketball on ice, mavbe ’ he saidMuch attention during the Gamesfocused on athletes such as British skijumper Eddy Edwards, who flew less than half the distance covered by gold-medalistMatti Nykanen but won the hearts of fans The Jamaican bobsled team also was outclassed on the track but made a public hit by selling T-shirts and sweatshirts on the street of Calgary to meet expenses Hodier. president of both the International Ski Federation and the Association of International Winter Sports Federations, said there were no plans for qualification standards or other restrictions on skiing or ski jumpingIt's very hard to compare athletes, because snow conditions and track conditions vary around the world, he said.But Samaranch said that some qualifying criteria may be imposed in bobsled and luge.Thev must be much more strict inWmaking the competition, Samaranchsaid.Samaranch and Hodier said weather was the only problem in Calgary High winds and warm temperatures disrupted the schedule and Samaranch said the IOC was lucky it had added four days to the Games He said the 16-day schedule adopted for Calgary was likely to remain in effect for AlbertvilleThe two officials also said that international sports federations and national Olympic committees would be asked to be more precise in reports on weather conditions at future Olympic bidding citiesTop 20 pollmakes wayfor XavierCINCINNATI (AP) - CoachPete Gillen was surprised and concerned to learn that his Xavier University team has made the As-w l -XXt .sociated Press Top Twenty poll for the first time in 30 vears.Gillen's Musketeers gained national attention last vear when thev stunned No 14 Missouri in the NCAA tournament and nearly beat Duke They've compiled a 22-3 record this vear with a schedule that doesn t include any current Top Twentv clubsTonFrankly, we re surprised thatwe re ranked so high because there are so many great teams in the United States today, Gillen said The parity throughout college basketball is unbelievable.Xavier was No. 20 in the AP poll released Monday, its first Top Twenty ranking since December, 1958.Temple. 25-1. landed 44 first-place votes and 1,234 points from the panel of 63 sports writers and broadcasters to remain No. 1 in the poll. Purdue. 24-2. with 12 No 1 votes and 1.185 points, stayed secondArizona and Oklahoma, each 26-2. were third and fourth, separated by just 12 points The Wildcats received three first-place votes and 1,126 points, while Oklahoma hadone more No 1 voteNevada-Las Vegas, 25-3. jumped from eighth to fifth with 905 points, while North Carolina. 21-4 advanced the same number of spots to sixth with 890Pittsburgh. 20-4. fell one place to seventh after losing 89-72 to Seton Hall last week Kentucky rejoined the Top Ten after its 32-58 victory over then-No. 10 Syracuse Sunday The 20-5 Wildcats. 12th last week, received 786 pointsDuke and Michigan, fifth and seventh last week, rounded out the Top TenIowa led the Second Ten with 581 points, followed by Syracuse, Georgia Tech. Bradley, Brigham Young. North Carolina State. Wyoming. Lovola Marvmount, Vanderbilt andmr rXavier, which replaced Missouri, 17-8, in the Top Twenty The Tigers lost both their games last week, falling to Colorado 87-78 and Kansas 82-77.Gillen hopes his team can build on the ranking rather than get complacent alter having reached the Top TwentyGillen led Xavier to its best record ever. 25-5. in his first season, then engineered the NCAA tournament success last year The team's leader is senior Bvron Larkm, brother of Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry LarkinAlthough Xavier has won a school-record 11 consecutive games, 18 of its last 19, and its last 25 home games, its schedule has weighed against Top Twenty ranking until this week It leads the Midwestern College Conference that includes Evansville, Loyola of Chicago, St Louis. Butler and DetroitXavier's non-conference schedule includes Wright State, Florida International. Cincinnati, Dayton and Marquette The Musketeers have two regular-season games left, against Niagara on Tuesday and Butler on Sunday, before the MCC tournamentThe Jesuit school of 6.265 students was ranked No 7 at the start of the 1958-59 season, then droppedafter losing to Marquette
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