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1.. SPOUTS jvfi A , •"<V ,'•'•>» •>,!'i; 'V In & Around The ACC • • r >1 i - Tough NOTE: The CAROLINIAN'! preview of the ACC season continue! this week with capsules on the North Carolina Tar Heels and the N,C. State Wolfpack. NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEEL8 29-8 overall, a-s ACC The loos of starters Jeff Lebo and Steve Bucknall, one of the better backcourt combinations In college basketball last season, and frontcourt standout J.R. Reid Will likely cause some early-season cconcern. However, five players who started at one time or another a year ago—guard King rice, center Scott Williams and forwards Kevin Mad den, Rick Fox and Pete Ch>. ‘t—should form a strong nucleus for an excellent team. They will be shooting for a loth straight finish in the top 10 of the na tional wire service polls and the NCAA final 16. No other school in Ithe country has accomplished either of those feats. Despite Reid’s departure, North Carolina’s strength is likely to be up front. The 6’9” Maden had an outstan ding junior season, averaging 14.6 points per game and connecting on 58.8 percent of his field gbal attempts. He was a second-team All-ACC selec tlon in 1988 and shouldbe one of the country’! f" The 8rl0’’ made outstan ding progreu lait year, averaging v11.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game and ranked second in the league in blocked shots with 90. He is an ex cellent inside defender and like Mad den could be among the nation’s top seniors. Pox, a Junior, is a talented all around player. The Naskau, Bahamas product averaged 11.5 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting 98.3 percent from the field last .year. Chilcutt averaged 6.9 points and 5 4 rebounds per game and is also capable of « big year. The Tar Heels will have a youthful backcourt. Rice (5.3 points per game, 4.1 assists) is a likely replacement at point guard. Senior Jeff Denny, who saw limited action last year, and 6’4” Hubert Davis (3.3 points per game) will Join Rice at the guard position. North Carolina has six freshmen on the roster-«’2" Kenny Harris, 6’7” Henrik Rodl, 6’2” Scott Cherry, 6’11" Kevin Salvadori, 6’7" George Lynch and 8’il” Matt Wenstrom. Coach Dean Smith’s biggest Worry is the caliber of the non-conference schedule. The competition is par ticularly rough in December when the Tar Heels meet Alabama, Georgetown, Iowa, DePaul, Kansas State and Kentucky. N.C. STATE WOLFPACK 22-9 overall. 10-4 ACC Having just completed a 22-9 cam paign, which included a 10-4 regular season conference record and a trip to the NCAA sweet 16, N.C. State returns four starters and is poised to make 198fc90 a year to remember. N.C, State backcourt starters Chris Corchiani and Rodney Monroe are one of the nation's most talented guard tandems. Corchiani, a 6’1”, 182-pound junior, led the ACC a year ago in assists (8.6) and steals (2.6) while averaging 10.5 points per game. In addition, the second-team All-ACC selection is already 19th among the conference's career assist leaders with an even 500 through his first two years. Monroe, who averaged a team leading 21.4 points per game and earned first-team All-ACC laurels, is at his best in pressure situations. On four different occasions* all within the last five weeks of the season, the 6’3”, 173-pounder scored last-second .baskets to win games or put the Pack injo. overtime. But don’t think this is a two-man operation. Two senior frontcourt per forpiers, 6’7’ Unan Howard and 6'9” A vie Lester (8.4 points per game, 5.1 rebounds), give the Pack invaluable experience up front. Howard, who averaged 12.5 points and 5.4 rebounds in 1988-89, has been one of the team's most consistent performers as a starter at small forward the last two years while Lester returns at the center after an 8.4-point and 5.1-rebound season. Joining these two up front will be veterans 6’11” Brian D’Amico (2.1 points per game, 1.5 rebounds) and 6'8” David Lee (1.1 points per game, 1.1 rebounds). Both players had their moments last year and are expected to contribute even more this season. Vying for the forward slot vacated by All-ACC Chucky Brown will be 6’9" sophomore Tom Gugliotta (2.7 points per game, 1.7 rebounds) and a pair of 6’9” freshmen, Keith Thomp son and Anthony Robinson. A large group of wing players will compete for playing time in the backcoilrt. 6V senior Mickey Hin nant (3.5 points per game) should im prove and 6’7” sophomore Jamie Knox may be ready to contribute after seeing minimal action last season. A pair of high-flying freshmen, 6’6” Bryant Feggins and 6’4” Craig Tyson—could also make an impact. From that lineup, you can expect coach Jim Valvano to put together a team capable of competing with any in the country. ACT UPON IT If you should have a good impulse today, some kindly deed, a word of cheer to say, don’t put it off until another day. Act upon it. Hazel Wright m ~..J‘ .£' ■ *■ *4 ■ k iU...: ' >1 EXCELLENT PLAYER-Sam Ivy, sanlor forward for tho Demon Doacont was the leading scorer for the teamthd should make an excellent first-round pick in the 1990 NBA draft. Ivy Is ah'eifCtkent player te run the Boor and a bettor than average rebounder. (a*') Citrus Bowl scouts haven’t passed on the-Atlantic; Coast Con ference yet, although the agreement between the game and the school* Is in its option year and there’s no > guarantee an ACC team will getaritfy vitation. However, bowl representative Steve McClain said the ACC’s agrees ment with the game may prove beneficial. “The policy of the, ?election 0om mittee is to take for ^telvdst team the . highest-ranked team ^VaUahle, with special cotuideratiprisgiveln to the ACC,’’ McClain saidTuesday to It telephone interview “The selection committee may have to decide. .---If »n . ACC team is ranked only one or two spots lower than another team<w* would have to take that into con- , sideration.” :■ ^ The ACC has a four-year agree ment (1988-91) with the <Ji!rus Bowl* ’ with the bowl hosting the league champion to 1988 and 1980. But the bowl has the option to invite an ACC team in 1989 and 1991, or may pass and invite any two teams Jt-wj*bof.\' Three ACC teams are in the top 38 this year, but none among the top 10. If either No. 18 North Carolina State, No. 21 Clemson, No, M Virginia ok unranked Duke don’t move up in the rankings to the final weeks Hof the season, a bid -to thO|Cit|i«i;B<n»I Language i« the apparel in Which our thoughts parade before-; the public. We should never clothe them in $hoddy attire, Dr. Cedite W. CAM KHi HUMIIjITV. <♦: ’ ; V.» $ We must learn to tflitoretand Wlty humility instead of superiority. is a confession ft confidence. Walter LI pears unlikely. " ' Meanwhile, McClain, said seven of the howl’s scouts attended gamed in volving Clemson, Duke, N.C. State and Virginia'last weekend. >: The Fiesta Bowl in Arisona, which can hand, out close to $6 million, has attracted the majority of the bowi$t tention the past three seasons with highly ranked national matchups, in cluding last season’s mythicai mtle game between Notre Dame and West Virginia. feiitiL.; W&rh But McClaip said with an ABC television contract, the Citrus BOwl's ultimate goaf is to attract a national title game. This year’s payoff will be $2.4 million, dr about $1.2 million for each team. Where does that leave the ACC? "We’re really pleased with the ACC," McClain said. “We feel like it’s starting to get national recogni tion. They have a good future ahead of them. They are on the edge of being a real good football conference." unprecedented rotes opposite sox symbols including Raquel Wolch, Jacqueline Bissot and Stella Stevens won him initial accoptanco in Hollywood ol the 1960’s only to bo snubbed by moviemaking establishments during the 1970’s. ATHLETIC HALL-OF-FAME-Seven new names ware added te the Shaw University Athletic Hall at Fame during a recant banmint. inducted into the orestlalaus group wore: Otic Clark, Marlon B. Washington, Oslo T. Faison, Arthur H. Jonos, Jr., Frod J. Long, Jr. and Evoratt C. Lattimore. New Zealander Collects Winnings ■ In Recent Capital Trail Run John Campbell came to Raleigh looking for a good tune-up race for the New York City Marathon and left North Carolina with the largest paycheck from the First Federal/Nissan Capital Trail Run. The 40-year-old New Zealander won $1,000 for his master’s victory and course record in the 10-miler and add ed another $300 for his fifth-place overall finish for a total payday of $1,300. Campbell, who never ran with the leaders at any time during the race, quietly moved up through the pack to finish in 49:37, leaving Bill Rodgers (51:09) and Crim 10-Mile Champion Dave Stewart (51:35) in his wake. His time broke Barry Brown’s course standard of 51:04 set in 1984—the oldest First Federal/Nissan Capital Trail record on the books. Campbell was the only runner to establish a new course standard as the humid conditions kept times low. A seven-runner pack led by Camp bell College distance coach Ken Frenette cruised through the first quarter of the race until Newton, Mass.’s Ken Halla took over the pace setting duties. The next mile separated die serious contenders from the rest of-the pack, and by the time the leaders hit the four miles, the lead group was reduced to three. Over the next 2V4 miles, Halla, along with George Gompers of Cam bridge, Mass., and Virginia’s John Gildwell, ran as a threesome until Gildwell decided to pick up the pace. Gompers covered Gildwell’s move as Halla fell back. The last two miles was a classic two-man race with Gompers and Gildwell sharing the led. Then with two blocks to go both men had a chance to demonstrate what they had left. Gildwell won the “show and tell” with his sprint to the finish. His time of 48:31 was six seconds ahead of Gompers’ and 24 seconds faster than Halla’s. With two-time defending champion and course recordholder Betty Geiger spending her time reading baby books and preparing for her first child, the women’s race was up for grabs. But while the race featured no heavy favorite, it wasn’t a close one. California’s Mary Alico made sure of that. Alico’s 56:31 effort was over a minute faster than Voli Casas. Casas, a former Raleigh resident now living in Boulder, Colo., was second in 57:38. The First Federal/Nissan Capital Trail Run is one of the stops on the ICI/USRA Masters Circuit and as such attracted many of the top point getters on the circuit, anxious to add to their totals. Buffalo’s Nancy Mieszczak, who won the first ICI Cir cult race at the Nissan Shamrock 8K in March, added another victory here with a 60:0ft effort followed by Nancy Oshier, also of New York, and Con necticut’s Christine Tattersall, the top 45-49 female on the circuit. A near-record field of 1,806 runners registered for the event which in ad dition to the 10-miler featured a 5K and 3,000-meter Healthwalk. One of the unique features of the race is that the 5K and 10-mile races begin simultaneously and follow the same course for two miles. In fact, it is not until the two-mile mark that the run ners have to decide which race to run. Atlanta’s Carlton Law, who was originally entered in the longer race, was one of those who experienced a change of heart and opted for the shorter distance. His decision earned him the victory in the 5K in 15:16 as Charlotte’s Janice High took the women’s title in a course record of 16:45. t Special Teams Set Tempo We've seen the outcome of many games this season dictated by special teams. While offensive-and defensive units spend more time on the field, special teams often control the tempo and flow of a game. Let your special teams break down and your team is finished. A good example was the recent Monday night game between the Min nesota Vikings and New York Giants. The entire mood of the game changed as the Vikings' kick returner fumbled two kicks in a row, al lowing the Giants to score easily and take control of the game. For a team that is supposed to be good, the Vikings' special teams were awful. Quality play by special teams is often the difference between a win ning and a losing team. Look at the NFL standings. The division leaders all have excellent special teams. And in college football, look no further than Notre Dame to see where concentration on special-teams play will get you. There's a lot at stake when special teams are on the field. A kick re turned for a touchdown can break an opponent's spirit. Likewise, a great hit on a returner can fire up a defense and shift the momentum of a game. Teams should look at every kickoff and punt return as a great opportunity to move the ball downfield. On the other side, it's a great defensive opportunity to trap the opposing team in poor field position. Today, with specialization the name of the game, many professional football teams will look through the entire college draft to find that one special-teams player who can make a difference. It may be a punt and kickoff returner or a "wedge breaker-' who isn't afraid to stick his head out to make a tackle. With this kind of specialization, many players now spend their entire NFL careers playing only on special teams. It's a little different from when I was with the Chicago Bears. 1 re turned kickoffs and punts, as well as starting at running back. I think it's too bad football is so specialized today that you almost never see a starting running back getting the chance to return kicks and punts. There arc some running backs in the NFL who could be outstand ing kick returners. It's the fear of injury to a star player that keeps teams from using their running backs. I^believe the fears are unrealistic. A great running back has excellent peripheral vision and can see everyone on the field. He knows where to ran antj where to cut. Many of the guys who are returning kicks don't have that great peripheral vision and are in much more danger of being hurt. v Just Itrok at Herschel Walker in his first game with the Vikings. Because he Was unfamiliar with the new offense, they put him back as a kick returner.''Hjs first return was for more than 50 yards! If they had stuck with Herschel. they might not have lost that game to the Giants! Ill Oak Sayers is considered one of the greatest running backs of all time. The former Chicago Hear i^ a member or the National Football League's Hall of Fame. ■ 1989. PM Editorial Services , QUARANTUD. USED TIRES! Tre Warehouse, Inc. (EWWIHIWITWIt. 131 IlMflnMltTHt Has The Sizes You-re Looking For.. 188-14 188-14 208-14 218-14 188-13 188-13 17M3 1 \ 208-18 218-18 228-18 238-18 RaMgh, NC WE SELL NEW STEEL RADIAL TIRES •ift-saft-sen
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