News Scrapbook 1986

Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Co.) Los Angeles Times (Cir. D. 1,076,466) (Cir. S. 1,346,343)

Gardnervllle, NV (Douglas Co.) Record-Courier (Cir. W. 3,500)

MAY 3 1986

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In f.r~&r.ril. of last year, about the halfway point of his first season aq coach at Loyola Marymount, Dave Snow said that his top prion - lJ, for building the program was p tching. It was imperative to have p tchers who could win at the Dms1on I level he said. He also said that it probably would take at least two or t rec years to trans- form Loyola into a winner. Snow was right about the pitch- ing. Tim Layana, Mark Stomp, Jeff Goettsch and Eric Reinholtz com - pare favorably with the top four of any other college staff. Their com- bined record of 36-8 going into the weekend certainly speaks for itself. As for the time required to turn the str\lr,gling program around, well, on out of two isn't bad. So ' now wa~ off by a year. Who's counting, anyway? Snow surely isn't. Neither are the Lions. Last week they were the No. 1 team m the country m the Collegiate Baseball-ESPN poll. Loyola beat Cal State Fullerton, 10-6, a week ago Tuesday for its eventh consecutive victory and 20th wm in its last 21 games. But over last weekend the Lions lost the first two games of a West Coast Ath let1c Conference series to Pepperdine, 2-1 and 4-3. AP. a result, Loyola dropped to fifth in this week' rankings. But hey, there's nothing wrong with fifth. After all, before this season, the Lions had never been ranked. Loyola won the third game of the Pepperdine series, 14-4, lo retake fJrSt place by a half game. With Friday's conference win over the University or Sar Diege, the Lions ai-<10-10 overall, 16-3 in confer- ence. by far the best in school history. Should Loyola win the WCAC title, it will be the Lions' first since 1973. Last season, Loyola lost its first six games but finished with a Z7-28 record. The Lions, who also lost

game. In WCAC games they were hitting .355 and averaging 12 runs

five of their first six WCAC games, were fourth in the seven -team league at 12-12. Not too bad a year, considering that Snow inherited a team that finished seventh in the eight-team SCBA with a 10-18 record and was 23-38 overall. Before takmg the Loyola job, Cal State Fullerton. In 1984 he turned the weakest part of the team into what Fullerton Coach and the ma n reason the Titans won Snow also coached al Valley College for five years and won four the NCAA tit e. n erence titles and a state junior college championship. "I think we're definitely over- achievers," Snow said of his Lions. "But it doesn't really surprise me. I you can get the kids to be receptive, get them to believe in themselves and to play to their ability, they'll be successful. ere s no mg i e a ew quick wins to make believPr~ out of ballplayers. The Lions won their first six games, a 1 against United States International University and Cal State Los Angeles. The follow- mg week they beat UCLA, won two of three from Arizona State in Tempe, and beat Fresno State. "We got off to a good start and they experienced success. That makes it easier to believe," Snow said. "And we had five tough games in seven days ana we won four. That helped us. It gave us cot.f.- dence." The pitching obviously ls a big reason for the turnaround, but it's not the main reason, according to Snow. "The strength of the team, the reason for this success, is our late-season hitting," he i:~.i

bases-loaded jam-two walks and hit bat- ter-tn the fifth by striking out McAnany. In all, Fetters struck out 12. What made hill performance all the more lmpreulve La that he was ill all week with strep throat and Thursday had a temperature of 103. Fetters la 9-4 with a 3.27 ERA and has 118 T- • 1 Lewh lowered hill WCAC-leadlng ERA to 2.39 last Friday when he pitched a five-hitter to beat Loyola, 2-1. The Junior right-hander ta 7-3... . Tim Layana went the distance to win the second game Saturday, but that's not news. The senior right-hander now has completed 10 of ht1 13 starta. In addition to hill 12 victories, he has saved five games, and has 103 lllrike- outa in 124~ Innings. Hts ERA la a Stanford had an opportunity to pad ill lead in the Pacific 10 Southern Division when it played fifth-place USC while ill two clooeat pursuers, UCLA and Arizona, were playing one another. But the sudden- ly re,rurgent Trojans spoiled the plan u they swept the three-game series. UCLA, meanwhile, won two of three from Arw.o- na, Including a 14-13 victory Sunday, moving into first place with a 15-9 record. Stanford and Arizona are Ued for second al 14-10.. . . Stanford had won seven of ill last eight games with USC. The sweep increased the Trojans· winning streak to five. ... UCLA trailed Arizona Sunday, 13-7, gomg mto the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Brllins scored seven ruM to lake the lead. Bill Huelman capped the ral:::l:::y:::w:::tth= a,..th_ree~•-ru_n_h_o_m_er_._ ___.., slrikeouta in 110 Innings. respectable3.55.

igh school basketball is history in these parts for another six months. Well, almost. There is still a matter of the revived Kiwanis / Charily Clas ·ic June 14 in Reno, an all-star game that will showcase Northern Nevada's top graduating seniors. Two local players have been elect d for the game, Scott Hemsath of Dougla · and Whittell's John Fent. Fent is set to play in the all-star contest, although Hemsath describes it as a question murk because of his senior class trip to Hawaii. If both play, they will be on opposite sides in a format that lines the Northern AAA all-stars for the record by DAVID PRICE, sports editor and B leagues. H msath and 1''ent were both standouts ovl;!r th course of their careers at the Douglas County chools. In fact, they were quite po sibly th premiere big men in their respec- tive conference . The 6-fool-8 Hemsath, who has decided to continue his career at the Un~rsity of Pacific in tockton Calif., leaves the alley as a two- time AII-No~thern Nevada AAA selection, in- cluding the league's Most Valuable Player ward which he shared with Roddy Sheppard of Reed thi season. He is also Douglas High's all- time scoring leader with 1,427 points during his four-year varsity career. Th MVP award serves as a tribute to his ability, considering Douglas finished eighth in the league landings with a 5-11 record (9-18 overall) . He deserved that honor, according to one rival coach. "Scott is the best player in the league; there's no question in my mind," Pete Padgett said in March. "There are a lot of other real good players in the league, but he's the best as far as being a dominating force and college prospect." "He's 6-8, 220 for starters ; he jumps well, shoots well, runs the floor well. I know he was a little too big and strong for us." Padgett was speaking from fresh memories, because Hemsath had just scored 35 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and flvA .steals to lead nougt:rs"pasl Carson City, 75-71 , in a doubl~ overtime zone tournament thriller. It was, without question, his finest performance as an athlete at Douglas High. Fent had a big night of his own. Whittell's 6-4 center poured in a school record 46 points in a 76-46 triumph at Hawthorne. He overcame a bout wilh the flu to shoot 15-for-21 from the field and 15-for-19 from the free throw line on Feb. 1. The Warrior finished his season with a 23-point scoring average and nearly 13 rebounds per game and was an all-league selection for the second year in a row. He was perhaps the best player in the Northern A league, at least ag.iin ·t team representing the small schools AA according to Whittell coach Larry Reilly. "I think so, just looking al the stats. If we would have done a little better as a team, 1 think he would have gotten that MVP. But he - had a good year, overall," said Reilly, whose ' Warriors finished third in their league race with an 8-4 record (12-8 overall). Was Fent pleased with his senior season_? "Kind of, I guess," he replied. "I probably played better all-around; that's something I had been working on. I feel I played stronger underneath than I did last year." Like Hemsath, he hopes to play basketball at the college level after graduating from Whitten next month. "Definitely. I love the sport," said Fent, who has shown an interest in enrolling at Lassen College in Susanville, Calif. "That's one reas~f,!:,, I'm looking forward to this all-star game. I'm hoping some opportunities will come out of that." "I'd also like to play against Hemsath again," he added, thinking back to a Jan. 3 meeting when Douglas beat Whittell, 83-50. Hemsath scored 28 and Fent 22 n that contest.

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Dave Snow illn't the only coach im- pressed with Loyola's strong showing this season. Asked to appraise the Lions, Pepperdine's Dave Gorri• wd, "That's a very good club. They have a good third baaeman, a good ahortatop, a good center fielder, and good pitching. They have some guys who can run. And they hit. They can put together an inning." .. . The third baseman is Chtla Donnel,, a sophomore. Donnell, the Lions' cleanup hitter, has been doing Just thaL He leads the WCAC m home runs and RBIs. He began the week with 14 homers, 65 RBIs and a .354 average. The shortstop Is Carl Fratl«III, a sophomore who has good range and a very strong arm. The center fielder is senior Bill, Beaa, who began the week with a .368 average, 5 homers and 49 RBIs. Bean, a fme defensive player, has six aaststa. In the aecond game of Saturday's double- header, he made a play that the Angela' Gary PeHh could be proud of. He raced into deep left-center, dived, and while completely outatretched, caught a sinking line drive hit by Chtl• Slont,er. Pepperdine'1 Mike Fettera had a strong outing in last Saturday'& seven-Inning first game. The Junior right-hander yielded three runs and six htls, including homers by Jim McAnaay and Donnel1, in the first three innings, but blanked the Lions on no • taiiiithiiiiiieiiresti!~of~th~e!!w!!ay!!.!!H!!!e~go;t;o;u;;;;t;;of=a::,-:::::::

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Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Co I Times (San Diego Ed.) (Cir. D 50,010) (Cir. S 55,573)

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

MAY 2 1986

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Hemsath had more of a selection when it came to colleges. He was recruited by such schools as Idaho, Loyo,l_a-MarJ,'.m~unt, San ~ose State the University of ~~1ego and Pacific. He d~cided on Pacific, a 1fic Coast Athletic Association member, after paying a visit to the Stockton campus last week. "I like UOP. It's a nice school and I liked the people I met," Hemsath said. "They finished fourth in the PCAA and the coach thinks they'll do even better next year." Hemsath was satisfied with an 1985-86 perfor- mance in which he averaged 20.8 points, 11.8 re- bounds, three assists and two steals per game. Well, almost. "I felt I did pretty good. The only thing is, I wish I could have started the season in better shape. I was really out of shape because of my ankle," he said, referring to a summer injury in which he chipped a bone in his ankle. The in- jury kept him idle through the fall - but cer- tainly not through his season. I

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SD Football Opens ~pt. 13 . The University of San Diego will open its 1986 rootbaH season Sept. 13 at Whittier Col)~ge. university officials have announced. The Toreros, coming off a 5-5 season will play their home opener Sept. 27 against the University of Redlands. USD's schedule also fea- tures Division II schools, such as Al!tlfl& Pacific and St. Ml\D'.'s Col- lege, as well as Division Ill power Occidental College. ,;2-q5? .

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er youth programs boys' basketball, and volleyball are available. A special All-Sports day camp will also be held. For more information, contact Pat Buczaczer, Summer Camp Director, USO, Alcala Park, San Diego 92110, or call 260-4803. /

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