The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 109, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 8, 1981 Page: 4 of 50
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Coaches Pull Unthreatening Sun
Rally, ButLose\ To Oilers ^H||
Texas Junior C
ference runner-up
two players on T
TJCAC squad.
The Lee Colleg
player, freshman
gins, on the first t
sophomore forwai
BySCOTT SHARP
By SC
The Blinn
finally got ove
to grab their
XIV South Z
tutelage of Wa
The single
helped the Bu
was the pla;
sophomore
Blunston.
For their el
its Texas Jui
Conference 0
Player of tto
Blinn duo.
The 26-4 Bt
perennial cha
TJCAC play,
Ravens.
But tfalche
Blinn cagers
the Ravens,
points and gr
lead the Bucs
SanJac In the
Blinn was t
Thursday nig
Blunston, '
South Zone’s
after the Blin
boys’gymnasium. might miss one once in a with a pair of free throws said. “His unselfishness is
mm is?- ?!r? ^
U,m nhtMM much r „ k k „ ^ ■I""*: .tto,e,er.'
discipline on offense, , . , . voro)fu The linebacker handed brushed off the compli-
preferring a run-and-gun JasebaU coach ^ ball to the scribe ment. “Aw, I just know oo««,^z.u.7j
style to a deliberate, d g under the Gander net how to keep the newsmen ou« u » it |wj
calculated one. X Jim M^ekS ■* NW,” !»•*.
And the largely round- chipped in with 10 points. JJf 8lx P?1®*8 811(1 b®1?
bodied coaches didn’t mix All Mashek’s tallies Mashek and the coaches
it up too well-with the came during the last 3:10 ma8e 11 interesting. ^
Oilers under the boards, of the contest, as he was Mashek complimented other Oilers also scored in
generally waiting for the the sparkplug the late >the Houston linebacker’s double figures — Mike
rebounds to come to them, Gander rally. play. “I’ve always ad- Runfeldt with 17, Tim
or hoping their visitors He ignited the flame mired Brazile,” Mashek Wilson with 15 and Ted 4.
Houston Defeats TCU • * *
Oiler linebacker Ronnie
•ii— /in---------ii. rife 301 (.OawulOt 4, Brawn itu,
VUlml 1004, Kellner 1003, Grobergl
013, Boll 0000, Ruuell 0000. Totals
aim.
Free throws missed - Oilers 2, REL
Texas Upsets Hogs To Gain SWC Final
tacky last year, «cored * center Scott Hastings and
career-high 22 points as guard U.8. Reed to get
the Longhorns put an end back in the contest and
to an 11-game winning push Texas to a close
streak by the Razorbacks, finish,
now 22-7 for the season. Center LaSalle Thomp-
Texas upped its record to eon led Texas’ scoring
15-14 with the victory. . with 23 points, 21 of them
Houston, which finished in the first half, and will
second to Arkansas in go against Houston’s
regualar season play, Micheaux in a physical
takes a 20-8 record into matchup in tonight’s
the championship game in game.
Hemisfalr Am, « •:« Un0„, Lew|s
v' ' agreed it should make llt-
The Longhorns over- tie difference tonight that
came an early 10-point Houston beat the
deficit to grab a 50-39 lead Longhorns twice during
at halftime over the the regular season.
Razorbacks, who still “It should be a heck of a
have hopes of an at-large game,” Lewis said.
•
In Clear Lake Tourney - ■
Ganders Fall To Creek, 1-0
CLEAR LAKE (Sp) - The game was scoreless Coach Gary Herrington
Clear Creek handed the when regulation play end- said he was encouraged
Robert E. Lee Ganders a ed. Lee failed to score in by the Ganders’ strong
tough 1-0 defeat in the its half of the eighth inn- pitching in the tight con-
first round of the Clear tag, but Clear Creek got a test.
Lake Tournament Friday, run across when Chad Scott Herring was
Tim Archer was the los- Colltags singled home slated to get the start
tag pitcher in relief of Kurt Henry in the bottom Saturday morning in the
starter Sammy Masters, of the frame. losers’bracket
Masters pitched six inn- Catcher Greg Me- , ,
tags of shutout ball during Clellan went three-for- aMrcmki.iMata.W4
his stint, allowing only four for the Ganders in the \ ,,
three hits and striking out defeat. Jeff Bradshaw *•*«, Anna m am mccmm;
six. Archer gave up two and Paul Barry got the on- ffjjj** “d 0rtnto w - Phu“p* L -
hits and a pair of walks. ly other Gander hits. - hk-nom 7 ;
basketball tournament Friday night. quipped,
that has confused the The surprise win earned “We almost played
odds-makers as much as Texas a berth in tonight’s ourselves out in the first
the topsy-turvey regular champiohshlp game half, but all the sudden we
seasonrace. against Houston, after the got revived. 1 gave up a
couple of times, and then
■
■ beat Arkansai
. ft? tournament.’’
K « Freshman guard Ray
Harper hit two free
ft « >• < Mk throws with 36 seconds to
W m MP play and s°phornore
***" guard Fred Carson scored
*' 8 la-vuP at 1116 buzzer to
Sift'” 4 save Texas’ win over
fk Arkansas.
Bs Center Larry Micheaux
scored 24 points and
\^KEi(^A' 8uard Rob Williams add-
threatening
who chooses
and takes it
water,
He averaf
only to Wh
■'
per contest.
The Voxvoj
was named
teams at Te
County this s
mg the zone’s
“There’s n<
peri him this j
his star. “He
ran- COACH JAMBS Alat»ndarptekj np* toMebyi
as the Houston Oilers Robert Brazile tries to avoid a
tod during the exhibition game Friday at the REL
gymnasium.
(Sun spurts photo by Jerry Cates)
k Hero’s View
Player Out Of Element
Against Oiler Cagers
ET 1 ~~ The Oilers pulled away from us in the
fourth quarter, extendingtheir lead to 22
■t Kramer gave me another shot with
“ ■ /Mil 4 four minutes left in the game. It was do
> or die for Mashek.
Getting the ball down low, Brazile foul-
■ MfffAfllr ed me while I tried to shoot. On my way
P|ljR| to the free throw line, I thought,
-7 - * i Jij ' *)“Concentrate.”
After staking the two free throws, I
?-1i1 had my confidence back. Still to the taid-
“ ~ die of the zone defense, I grabbed a cou-
;it was almost 7:30 p.m. when my pie of defensive rebounds. Things were
adrenalin started flowing. The Robert E. looking up.
Lee coaches were about to tackle the Tbe Oiler lead was cut to just eight
Houston Oilers in a quote basketball points after Brazile banded me the ball
game unquote, and I was invited to play, three straight times for easy layups
This was to be my big chance. under the Oilers’ basket After the game,
.1 missed four straight layups during Brazile told me, “1 know how to keep the
warmups and became nervous. I- newsmen happy.” , ’s
couldn’t hit the easiest of shots, and the My legitimate field goai qame on a 15-
tbought of mixing it up under the Wards foot jumper from the baseline. Boy, did
wSth the likes of Robert Brazile and Tim that feel good. After hitting the shot,
Wilson was bothering me. former Western Kentucky HhiVeraity
The game finally started. We fell teammate and current Oiler offensive
In Class i
AUSTIN fAP)
Girls’ State B,
Tournament seer
ing out the best i
Ethridge of I
Momeir-y and
could be enough
the Plainsmen
Class SAchampic
Ethridge, a
junior, pitched in
Friday and joir
her sister, Kris
senior, in lea
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behind early. James Alexander’s inside lineman David Carter said, “Nice shot, I
play kept it close, but the Oilers’ Mash.”
superior quickness was wearing us out. My friend wasn’t free of criticism, »/- ,
ECoach Ron Kramer told us before the however. “You’re one of the worst ■
ghme, “Don’t run with them. Play under basketball players I’ve ever seen,” ■
control.” Carter kidded after the game. At least I I , -
-It was rather hard to follow those in- hope he was kidding.
structions when Ronnie Coleman was All parties involved seemed to enjoy I “ ' 7
running the fast break. Our guards, Joe themselves, and tbe Oilers’ class was
Herzik and Leonard Villareal, couldn’t overwhelming. All six players - JACKIE BYRD MUGS i
quite match up with Coleman and Mike Brazile, Carter, Coleman, Retafeldt, the coaches are the best.
Reinfeldt. Wilson and Ted Thompson — obliged
-When Kramer began to substitute, I countless autograph requests,
thought, This is where we’ll get them - The only disappointment was that Carl
Ale have somedepth. Mauck didn’t show, as expected. I
-We outnumbered the Oilers, two to thought he might crash the boards with , ,
one, They brought six players to the *be huge wrench he pounds in his hand Vr Louisiana
REL gym, while Kramer had 12 players dining an auto parts commercial.
n! th! Ch' I becan While the play wasn’t exactly flawless, BEAUMONT (AP) -
wSr lh?nT^uld aet in the name 1681118 exhibited some skill during Lamar University racked
rtn^^nd^SeflS^er8^ ^ contort. The Oiler who really im- up its 45th straight home-
prewed me was the M, 2*f»und cSurt win In earning a
y Tfcffis silky-smooth moves defied championship berth
'Tfcl rnnt> Artmnrn i the axiom says tag men can’t be against Louisiana Tech in
.TOe mkfcfle of the zone Ms«, 1 * Southland Conference
Lamar Whips
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 109, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 8, 1981, newspaper, March 8, 1981; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1095718/m1/4/?q=1966+yearbook+north+texas+state+university: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.