i THE SELMA TIMES hOLRNAJL FKUn lVi'EMOER 21. 1 Sports Saints hold off Walker All-Star team coming Sunday for first-round victory Mooty Miller finished with 16 points. No. 10LSU outguns LM BATON ROUGE. La.
(AP) Shaquille O'Neal scored 29 points, including five in the last six minutes, and had 14 rebounds to lead No. 10 Louisiana Sute to a 122-114 victory over Loyola Mary mount on Thursday night LSU (6-1) led 109- with 5:58 to play. Vcrnel Singleton finished with 26 points and Mike Hansen had 18. Loyola Marymount (2-6) jumped to a 23-9 lead. The game was tied five times after that including 57-57 at halftime.
The Tigers went ahead for good on two free throws by Shawn Griggs, making it 69-67 five minutes the second half. From staff reports ATHENS Ronnie Williams and Carlos Browning combined for 46 points and 19 rebounds and the Selma High Saints held off a Walker rally to claim a 75-71 victory in the first round of the Athens Christmas Tournament Thursday night. The Saints, now 7-2 for the season, will meet East Limestone tonight at 7 p.m. East Limestone downed Red Bay in its first-round contest The tournament's finals are set for 8 p.m. Saturday.
Williams pumped in 25 points and hauled down seven rebounds, while Browning contributed 21 points and pulled in 12 caroms to lead the Saints. Chance Solomon added 16 points, Lamarcus Sanders four and Jonathan Lee three for Selma, while Steve Hendrieth had six rebounds. Morgan sweeps Edgewood Morgan Academy rallied in the final minute and a half Thursday night to advance to 7-0 on the season with a 50-44 victory over Edgewood. The Senators trailed 27-22 at the half, and 38-33 after three quarters. Morgan still trailed inside the final two minutes when head coach John Montgomery switched to a man-toman defense that made the difference.
"Our kids hustled themselves back into the game," said Montgomery. John Miller hit 5-of-6 free throws, while Earl Alsobrook connected on 3-of-4 down the stretch to pull out the victory for Morgan. Gray Youngblood added II and Miller tune, ail of which came in the second half. Jackson Register also had six points and nine rebounds for the Senaton; Morgan returns to the hardwood Jan. 4 at Camden when its plays Paith Academy of Mobile in the first round of the Wilcox Academy Tournament Bobby Samford's Lady Senators improved to 3-3 with a 40-28 victory over Edgewood.
"That's what our record was last year at the Christmas break and we went on to finish runner-up in the state," explained Samford. Junior Killian Spivey led Morgan with 22 points and 12 rebounds, followed by Neely Jones with six and four apiece from Kami Singley and Mary Beth Lide. The junior high boys of Morgan raised their record to 4-1 with a 56-32 victory over Edgewood. Westside whips Brantley twice Michael Dickinson led the way with 18 points, while Wren Burns tossed in 1 1 and Jason Tabor 10. Westside Middle School crushed Brantley 56-21 Thursday night for its 41st consecutive victory over a three-year period.
Westside, now 9-0 on the season, got 22 points from Dexter Jones and 10 from Andre Chestnut. Westside's B-Team boys, also 9-0 this season, whipped Brantley 47-24. Bernard Peoples had 13 points for Westside, and Julius Robinson added 12. Westside returns to action Jan. 10 at Hayneville.
rami wks holo by DAVID KOHN Vanderbilt buries VMI NASHVILLE, Tcnn. (AP) Todd Milholland scored 18 points and Scott Draud added 16 as Vanderbilt cased past Virginia Military Institute 79-60 Thursday night. The Commodore: (5-3) used a 15-3 run early in the second half to subdue the Keydcts (3-6), who had trailed only 33-29 at the half. Baskets by Steve Grant, Milholland and Willie Daunic pushed Vanderbilt into a 44-34 lead with 15:16 left in the game before the Cdmmodores hit nine of 12 free throw attempts to push their edge to 53-37 with 11:24 remaining. The Selma Times-Journal's West Central Alabama 1990 All-Stai Football Team will be announced in Sunday's edition There will be a first and second team on this first annual squad.
There will be 54 positions fillea on the two teams, but at least a few players managed to make both the defensive and offensive squads. The positions to be named on each team are as follows: Offense quarterback, three running backs, two receivers, five linemen. Defense five; linemen, three linebackers, three defensive backs. A coach, place-kicker, punter, kickoff returner and punt return specialist will also be named to the first and second teams. Two Texas high school football stars will be visiting the Alabama campus this weekend.
"Recruiting can be lough," said Crimson Tide head coach Gene Stallings. "If you make too many mistakes, you change your place of residence." Stallings voiced his opposition to the Southeastern Conference's expansion, to any type of playoff system in college football, and to freshmen being eligible to play. But he was very much for the athletic dormitories, which have come under fire in last couple of years. "I'm for it 1,000 percent," stated Stallings. "A lot of time they are the only homes those kids have.
You lake an inner-city kid and take him far from home and this way you can make sure he eats properly. We also have supervised study in our dorm. If we're spread out in 18 different areas, that would be impossible. The people that oppose them arc the people that don't have them." Finally, in a surprising statement that sounded hauntingly familiar to Brian Bosworth, Stallings began to answer a question about the NCAA, but stopped himself. "Those people in Kansas Oh, you don't want to know what I think about them," said Stallings.
"That's communism." Dallas County head coach Don Nelson, as a result of his Hornets capturing the Class 3A state championship, has been selected to serve as a coach in the Shriners Classic. This All-Star football game between Alabama and Mississippi seniors will be played in Mobile, just 30 miles from Nelson's hometown of Agricola, Miss. Francis Marion's Alonzo Johnson picked to represent USA's finest prepsters Francis Marion star to represent USA in Germany tourney By KYLE MOOTY Sports Editor Bad news gets worse for struggling Bears Francis Marion star Alonzo Johnson has already attracted the attention of some of the top college coaches in the nation, and next Spring the 7-0 center for the Rams will be strutting his stuff overseas. Johnson was picked as the No. 1 high school center in the United States to represent the country's All-Stars in an Olympic-style tournament to be held in Mannheim, Germany.
Johnson will leave Alabama March 22 and return April 7. Mannheim is just 20 miles from Frankfurt. "Alonzo is elated," said Francis Marion head coach Woodie Jackson. "He's very excited about it. He's worked real hard to get where he's at, and he'll continue to work hard before going over there." Fifteen high school athletes from the U.S.
will make up the team that will compete in the 16-nation tournament. Other countries in the field include Yugosl iii Germany, Poland, Brazil and Portugal. The No. 2 center picked for the USA squad is a 7-2 senior from Los Angeles that has already with Duke University. Johnson is familiar with the LA star after attending the prestigious Nike Camp last summer at Princeton.
Past prep stars to play in this tournament include Lbs Angeles Lakers' great Magic Johnson, Chicago Bulls guard B.J. Armstrong, Miami Heat guard Glen Rice, and present Clemson Tiger Dale Davis and Alabama guard Gary Waites. Johnson has taken two visits Tennessee and Alabama and has narrowed his choices for next year to five programs. They are Tennessee, Alabama, Alabama-Birmingham, LSU and Wake Forest. Johnson is averaging eight blocks per game for the Rams, who are going after their fourth consecutive state championship.
This season Francis Marion is 7-2, competing in Class 3A for the first time. The Rams won three straight state titles in Class 2A. playoff game, probably a wild-card game the weekend of Jan. 5-6. Anderson and Harbaugh have plenty of company on the sidelines.
Tight end Cap Boso has an ankle injury and linebackers Ron Rivera (leg), John Roper (hamstring) and Ron Cox (knee, ankle) also have aches and pains. Kicker Kevin Butler has an injured shoulder but he's expected to play against the Buccaneers on Sunday. Mike Tomczak, who has a heel injury, replaces Harbaugh, with rookie Peter Tom Willis as the new No. 2 quarterback. "The thing with Neal just came up," Ditka said.
"We thought he was OK Monday. We took some X-rays because he woke up in a tremendous amount of pain. He has a cracked rib again. I think it is a different one than he had earlier in CHICAGO (AP) It's been all bad news for the Chicago Bears since they clinched the NFC Central title. Just a few weeks ago, the Bears were roaring toward the playoffs with a 9-1 record.
Then everything went bad three losses in the last four games and regular-season ending injuries to quarterback Jim Harbaugh and Pro Bowl running back Neal Anderson. Anderson, with a cracked rib, is the latest casualty. The NFC's third leading rusher (1,010 yards), who also has 13 touchdowns, is expected to miss the Bears' final two games against Tampa Bay and Kansas City, coach Mike Ditka said. Harbaugh is out with a separated shoulder suffered in the Bears' 38-21 loss to the Detroit Lions. He is expected to miss the Chicago's first the season.
He hurt it on a block. "I'm not going to risk him with a rib injury." Ditka said he'd also hold Anderson out of the regular-season finale if there arc any questions about his health. Anderson also cracked a rib in September. "If he has to sit out the following week, he'll be ready for the playoffs," Ditka said. "It is a tough situation for us.
Ditka said Mark Green and Johnny Bailey will at Anderson's position. Anderson, who has rushed for 1,010 yards this season, also cracked a rib in September. There is some good news for the Bears. They may be 10-4, but are 6-0 at home, where they'll play the Bucs and close out with the Chiefs the following week. Hoosiers to start redshirt freshman quarterback against in Peach Bowl BLOOMINGTON, Ind.
(AP) Indiana coach Bill Mallory said Thursday that red-shirt sophom*ore Trent Green will start at quarterback when the Hoosiers play Auburn in Peach Bowl on Dec. 29 in Atlanta. "He's looking forward to the opportunity to get out there and start," Mallory said. "He's looked good in practice. "This doesn't mean that (Chris) Dyer won't play, but I'm giving Green the nod.
"I feel that Green needs to have the opportunity to get out there and go. He's looking good in practice. I don't think Dyer came on like I'd hoped and I'nrgiving Trent a chance to get back and get reestablished." Green started the Hoosiers' first seven games, including the first five when Indiana posted a 4-0-1 record. He completed 50 of 109 passes for 835 yards, with seven interceptions and four touchdowns. Dyer started the last four games, completing 51 of 102 passes for 701 yards, six interceptions and three touchdowns.
The Hoosiers' 6-4-1 season in many respects mirrored the play of experience and I think he's gained that. He's going to develop into a good quarterback." White threw for 2,242 yards, completing 180 of his 338 attempts. He had 14 touchdown passes and 14 interceptions. Indiana has been working out for the past week to get ready for the bowl game, its first since going to the Liberty Bowl in 1988. Mallory said he hasn't changed his approach to post-season games.
"I think we'll work out just like we have been, but I'm not going to make a point of just beating the heck out of them," he said. "We'll just work and try to make an improvement. I think we want to make sure we're hitting all phases of the game." He also said that he plans to concentrate on helping the younger players. "We need to work in a steady and consistent fashion and keep the tempo up." A victory, he said, "boils down to the soundness factor. Whoever eliminates mistakes that could hurt you.
That's really what it boils down to." back." Offensively the Hoosiers will be depending upon junior tailback Vaughn Dunbar, who rushed for 1,143 yards on 229 carriers, for a 5.0-yard average. "He's certainly learned and made improvement," Mallory said. "He's a young man with potential. But he's not yet where he can be. "He's been getting better as the season progressed.
He's one of the toughest running backs in the country." Auburn (7-4) poses a major test for Mallory's Hoosiers. "Auburn has an excellent defense, as good as we've every faced," he said. "They're a very physical defense. I think they have a good offense too. I think we've faced better, but they're very good." He added, "I think that the best offense we've faced is Michigan, but I think that they have a good balance like Michigan had, although Michigan has more experience." Auburn quarterback Stan White "is young man with a lot of potential," Mallory said.
"He's had good moments and some bad moments. Being a quarterback takes their quarterbacks. "We were a young team going into the season," Mallory said. "We had some question marks. You can never project what you're going to do.
You can just hope you're going to have a winning season. "We had a strong start, then we hit a lull and that was disappointing. It was a season of some highs and lows. But you have to expect that when you have a young team. We at some time lacked maturity.
I sure wish we could have cut some of those mistakes out. That was kind of irking. "You just try to survive and get Christmas Show Koko Grimes (left) and Minge Wood perform their gymnastics stunts during the YMCA Christmas Show Thursday night..
