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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341 ,840)

Spring Valley, CA (San Diego Co.) Spring Valley Bulletin (Cir. W. 2,708) FEB 12 1987

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.Jlllen '• P. C. B 1R8h -f oreros Win First l T!~n'i~~I baseball team started off the season with straight victories lciore falling- to CS Long Beach on Sunday by the score of 7-1. USD opr>ned the '87 season with a 10-l victory o,.er Pt. Lorna College as s,..nior pitcher Dan Ne~-man pitched 7 in- nings of 1-run ball to lead the way. USD then played CS Long Beach in 3 straight games. Fri- day saw the Toreros come away with a 1.3-5 win as fresh- man Lo~ Skerti h got a vic- tory in his first collegiate start. Contribt•1ing 2 RBI's v piece were Mark Trafton, Sean Baron, Chris Bwy and Dan Jscheveste. The Toreros squeaked out a 5-4 win on Saturday as fresh- man Ro.h... Sparks pitched a complete game in his first start. Mark 'l'rafton got a RBI single in the 8th for the game · The Toreros were limited to l run and 6 hits by Long Beach on Sunday while Newman evened his pitching record at 1-1. Following the road trip, the Toreros return Feb. 20 to host Chapman College at 2:30 / l,.<1 winner.

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i~!?,w:::~A rounders in '85. They might not have gone that high if they were guards." Thompson's mind wanders ahead sometimes, but he catches himself - preferring to focus on next week's league games against Gonzaga and Portland and the WCAC tournament that begins Feb. 28. To blot out the pros is not easy, especially when a legend, Jerry West, is in the stands, "because we've still got some things to prove as a team." And because the weather up there in first place is iner than he ever ream<.. . f d d ut e oes I cause e as o, b h d ·t be h h t

7-footer in the draft.

"I'll tell you what, I like him," Babcock says of Thompson. "He's much improved, with a good variety of skills and a nice touch from 15 feet in. And he's got the size. Our "There are questions, of course. He's not explosive as a player. His lack of speed is part of the downside. But right now the general rule is big men go earlier than you might expect them to go - gu,ys such as Blair Rasmussen (Denver), Bill Wennington (Dallas), Uwe Blab league loves size.

dominated because of his size, getting 30 points a game, but I saw him beat our guards one-on-one in practice. I saw him win games of H- O-R-S-E. Now the question is: Can he step up to the next level? I'd have to centers in the NBA draft, even t is a lean year for big-time if you count David Robinson _ and you should. Thompson winks. Everything else will take care of I Robinson, a bright, artistic franchise-maker from the Naval Academy, could go first overall despite his two-year military commitment. Chris Welp of Washington has scouts foaming at the mouth. Beyond them? "There's a kid named Ron Moore at West Virginia State, but nobody's sure because of the competition," says Pete Babcock of the Nuggets. .r---~ ----------- say I think he can." itsell

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although eventually I fo~nd out I was pretty goo~, at throw~ng a ball through a hoop. For Chr1Stmas one year, Leonard Thompson got some buddies together and built an ov~rs1zed backbo~rd for the driveway. They rigged up a pulley to put ~he thing in place, then cleared out m a hurry - because here came 1 shoot until 1t g~t ,da:k out and then Id get a mechamc s light to put on the garage door so I could see," he says. "They'd be yelling, 'It's 10 o'clock! Get in the house! But I'd,, stay out there as long as I could. "It's funny," Leonard says, "but I drove past the old homestead the other day and that thing's still up there. ~~tit looks like it's about to Thompson played on the freshman and sophomore teams at Mesa v d er e, though Ryan knew from the start he was good enough for the varsity. The idea: Instill a winning attitude among the younger players, so that when Thompson got to be a senior, the Mavericks might go 28-2 and reach the playoffs - which they did. Mesa Verde struggled before the Thompson years, inasmuch as it was the only year-round school in California - nine-week quarters, with three weeks off in between - and many of the top athletes opted to go elsewhere. "I think it's hard for your average sophomore to accept a decision like that," Ryan says. "But that's when I knew Scott would turn out OK." Sacramento became a must-stop on the college coaching map during Thompson's junior season, but not because of Thompson; Kevin Johnson, a sweet little guard prospect, was filling up the nets over at Sac High (he later matriculated at Cal). Still, word spread on "that big, tali guy'' at Mesa Verde. Ryan, fending off vultures, had one iron rule: Schools that had not recruited Thompson as a junior could not hop on the bandwagon his senior year. Luckily for USD, Brovelli was the first coach w make contact - and Thomps,,n remembered. Sc~t~ with a bal!- . I d fall off.

ambitions and enrolled at USD. He wanted a place where he wouldn't have to redshirt, where he could strut in as a freshman and call the paint his own. His first year here, he averaged 7.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and was named the WCAC freshman of the year. Even when Coach Jim B rovelli bai'led out for the University of San Francisco at season's end, Thompson knew his choice was the right one, "oh, yes . . . 0 doubt. "I remember he went up to Washington State for a recruiting trip the night they beat UCLA,, Leonard Thompson says. "(Th~n- coach) George Raveling had them so hyped up they blew the roof off the place. Scott told me later, 'If they'd have put the paper in front of me that night I probably would've S igned.' But he came home, thought about it, decided to go to a place a The big man and the small schcol hit it off handsomely, to the puint that the 7-0, 260-pound Thompson is now USD's all-time scoring leader with an asterisk - each of the four players in front of llim played at least two seasons in Division II. He has lifted himself from a shy, scared teen-ager to a certain NBA draft pick with a big-money contract in his future. He has ironed the wrinkles from his game, learned to box out on rebounds, found a /Jevilish little hook shot the pros adore. All this, and he has even gone to class. "It's been rewarding, finding my identity - and not just on the basketball court;· Thompson says. "But my conrentration now is not on he future or anything like that. I 3ust want to help us win, get some recognition for the team, the school. Teams still come in here and think we're San Diego State.'' W ere you always tall?" someone wants to know, half-joking. "Always," Thompson says. "Always. "I think people back home knew me as 'that big, tall guy' instead of who I was - instead of 'Scott Thompson.' But you learn to accept it There's not a whole Jot you can do." The big, tall guy tried to blend in " Look at hi'm now. little smaller.''

"You could take just one look at Scott and see what he had going for him in high school," Brovelli says. "The mobility. Those hands. He needed some work, sure. Who doesn't? We thought he'd become a Thompson chose USD in a close race over University of the Pacific, then was shocked the day late in his freshman year when Brovelli 3'umped ship for San Francisco. But he sized up the new coach, Hank Egan of the Air Fol'ce Academy, and decided he rather liked this concept of hoops by the beach. Under Egan, Thompson has improved his scoring and rebounding statistics each season, become a two-time all- conference center, a nd slowly pushed USD toward an NCAA Tournament bid. With a month left in his senior season, "I'm still happy I'm here" the big, tall guy says. "I can't wait to see him play great college player."

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~isiting judges in town ):'15,c;- for week of 'law school' By Pat Flynn Staff Writer Other jurists find the program at- tractive on slightly different grounds.

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tions of Aviation and Space." * * * Las Palmas Travel is now open for business. Located at 522 E. Chase Ave., El Cajon, the travel agency has a travel boutique sell- ing hard-to-find travel items such as converters, mini hair dryers, emergency kits and travel pillows. * * * Buck Knives has promoted Charlie Gregory to marketing and sales director. Gregory joined the firm in 1982 as national sales manager. .. * * Robert H. Baker, president of Univeristy Ford/Chysler- Plymouth, is a 1987 Time maga- zine Quality Dealer Award fi- nalist. He is one of 20 selected. * * * George F. Ciampa, a 33-year veteran at Zellerbach Paper Co., has been promoted to vice presi- dent and general manager of Zellerbach's Mead Corp. in Na- tional City. * * * The Electrical Generating Systems Association holds its 1987 Winter Convention here Feb. 18-20 at the Hotel Inter-Continen- tal. * * * The CIT Group/Equipment Financing ofLiyingston, N.J., has honored Tom Hawthorne ·of Hawthorne Machinery Co. with its "Rebuilding America" award for his lobbying efforts to publicize problems of the country's deterior- ating roadways. * * * Megatek Corp. holds its 1987 Template User Network annual conference March 18-20 at Hyatt Arlington in Arlington, Va. Local- ly, Template will offer a graphics software course June 9-10 here. Cost is $500. .. * * Tataris Systems has announced two new versions of its eight-page per minute laser printers. Talaris 812 and Talaris 802 can hold more paper - 500 sheets, compared to 100 - and are more flexible to handle a variety ofjobs. * *. * Polaris Software has introduc- ed two new versions of its desktop publishing software programs: Ram-Resident PrintMerge and PrintMerge.

named Rob~rt~~r' marketing manager, and appointed Roland Garza as product support specialist. * * .. The A ·ation/S ace Writers Association holds its 49th annual news conference here, May 10-14. Joe Lipper of Aerojet General and Larry Peeples are the co-ehairs of the event. The theme of the meet- ing will be "The Global lmplica-

Jud~e John K. Moore is taking a Jaw course in San Diego because there's been a surge in death penalty cases in Virginia. "Up until 1985, we only had one capital case ever in Virginia Beach," said the circuit court justice. "In 1986, we had five." Moore and about 75 other judges from around the country are attend- ing National Judicial College courses this week at the \!niversitr__of San Diego. ......ir-came here because capital mur- der cases have become more preva- lent," Moore added. "There's a tre- mendous need to become familiar with the case law and the statutory law. If you're going to give someone a fair and full trial, you have to be up on everything."

"Why am I here? Have you ever been to the Midwest in February?" asked one. Roughly half the judges are at- tending a week of classes on current issues in family law. The others are studying capital and felony sentenc- ing. During one session, David C. Baldus, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, discussed the death penalty. Baldus has completed extensive research in an attempt to determine whether the race of a murder victim is a factor in handing down a death sentence. The professor was a w'.Less in the See JUDGES on Ple B-7 1::.an uIego co.) Evening Tribune · (Cir. D. 127,454) FEB 1S1987

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USDHas Too Much for USIU z q ss By CHRIS ELLO SAN DIEGO-The University of San_pie~o improved to 19-4 Thurs- day mg t with a 113-72 nonconfer- ence victory over United States International University in front of 2,075 fam at the USD Sport Center. USD, which leads the West Coast Athletic Conference by two games over GoPzaga, returns to confer- ence play Saturday night here against Sl. Mary's. The Tcreros' ninth straight vic- tory wa~ a mismatch from the opening tp. USD held leads of 9-0 34-6, 45-8. . . and so on. ' "We came out and just explod- ed," USD Coach Hank Egan said. "We had pore weapons than they did to begm with, and then we just played awfully well." At the end of the first half, the Please see USD, P7'e 11

"I Y orried anyway," Brovelli says now "I worried about the Pac-10. Who was going to steal him?" USD assistants showed up at so many Mesa Verde games that year that

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William R. Holland disc~• way, 111!1li tax law will affect usim~ahead for national and local ~l!b~1," 6 p.m. Feb. 19, with reception at 5:30 p.m.• part of USD"s Distinguished Speaker Serles, Douglas F. Manchester Executive Conference Center. Admission: $15. Information: 260-4585.

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team conti~ued their winning ways on Fnday by defeating the San Diego Toreros, 7-2. The victory marked the Bruins' fifth consecutive win and allowed them to remain undefeated this year. Debbie Ceccato beat her opponent Chris- ty Drage, 6-1, 6-0, and Wendy Ouwendijk pulled a shutout over Kelley Jewell in strai~ht sets 6-0, 6-0. The two Brums com~ bined their efforts in doubles play to defeat the USD team of Drage-Greenwood, 6-2, 7-5. Maria LaFranchi was also in- volved in the Bruins' win as she beat the Toreros' Jill Green- wood, 6-2, 6-2. Bruin Allyson Cooper defeated Laura Gon- zalez, 6-2, 7-6, and teamed up with teammate Joni Urban to defeat the team of Lark- ing-Brayton, 6-1 , 6-1. Meanwhile, All-American Jane Thomas was defeated in the semi-finals of the Rolex Indoor Championships. She was ousted by Houston's Kathy Foxworth, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2. Bruin Jennifer Fuchs was also set to play in the tournament, but decided to cancel because of soreness in the knee. Fuchs sat out Friday's match against USD, but is ex- pected to be ready to play this week.

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/ By~~~SIU riv~~~Y is 'a ~ouple years away' Tribune Sportswriter hp Yd gf v11 erBy well.. So we ve got our Thompson figured prcnuinently in USIU · . an s u · ut I thmk we have a few the T • t fmds itself looking UR_gJ USD _ things that we are going to t oreros wo victories over the for at least another year on the bas- Scott." ry on weekend at Pepperdine and Loyola, ketball court. M~rymount. He combined for 43 "We are trying to establish a local D'The Gulls (8-14), who defeated San pomts and 31 rebounds in the two rivalry," said USIU coach Gar ie_go State 87-81 two weeks ago, are games to earn WCAC Player of the Zarecky, whose Gulls lost to th~ ami~ a three-game losing streak. Week honors for the second time this Toreros 96-82 last season. "I think we Their latest s_etback came Monday season. Tho~pson had a career-high are a year or two away." agamst Flon_da A&M 110-89. It 18 rebn!ln_ds m Saturday's t8:82 dou- The Gulls will be giving awa an marked the third straight time they b!e-overt1me victory against the average of three inches acros/ the have a\lowed an opponent more than Lions. Thompson became USD's front line when they meet the 1 0,0 pomts. USD coach Hank Egan fourth-le~ding all-time scorer with Toreros tonight at 7:30 in a non-con- stl ll casts a wary eye at his cross- his 26 pomts in the Toreros' 78-73 vic- ference game at the USD Sports Cen- town opponents. tory Friday against Pepperdine. ter. "We are not taking them lightly " Thompson is one of four seniors in Like ~ost teams that have played ~gan _said. "Our kids understand this th e USD starting lineup who have USD this season, USIU's main con- 1s a rivalry. I think there is a pride ~een averaging in double figures dur- cern will be USD center Scott factor at stake here and it is some- mg the past eight games. The others Thompson. The Gulls attempted to thmg we are taking very seriously." are 6-8 forward Nils Madden (12.4), 6- fluster the 7-foot Thompson last sea- The game comes in the middle of 6 forward Mark Manor (11.3) and son b! assigning 6-2 guard Charles West Coast Athletic Conference play guard Paul Leonard (12.1). Reddmg to cover him. Redding for the Toreros ( 18 _4), who have won USIU "!ill be at a disadvantage not pestered his opponent for a while a school-record eight straight confer- only m size, but also in experience. but Thompson still managed a game~ ence_ games and feature a WCAC- The Gulls have the youngest team hi~h. 24 points ~nd 16 rebounds. Ieadmg 9-1 record. USD returns to amo~g NCAA Division I schools ac- I m very impressed with Scott conferenc~ play Saturday night at COT d mg to The Sporting News with Thompson," Zarecky said. "He's home agamst St. Mary's. the roster listing seven freshmen and four community college transfers.

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Allyson Cooper won in both singles and doubles Fri- day as the women's tennis team beat the University of San Diego.