Iowa City Press-Citizen from Iowa City, Iowa • Page 9

Tigers' Whitaker back to second base, Briefly2B 2 Tulane players get immunity in point-shaving case3B Business and farm news5B-6B Iowa City Press-Citizen Thursday, March 28, 1985 I 3 tit ill Via'' It ijitiMitiMWriifa Iftiliil'ililiHWifi IHTialei All -steves I xi, -pwu 1 U'H) I I LM 'U By JEFF McKINNEY Press-Citizen 8portwrtter TODD KRUEGER Third team all-state MATT HARDY Second team all-state ANDY PECHOUS First team all-state SECOND TEAM FIRST TEAM Year Ht. Player, School Being tall, talented and tenacious has paid off for Andy Pe- cbous, Matt Hardy and Todd Krueger. Each has been selected to one of the Iowa Newspaper Association's all-state teams. Lone Tree's Pechous landed a first-team berth, while Hardy of Iowa City West is on the second team, and Krueger, also off Lone Tree's class A state championship team, is on the third team. Pechous, a 6-foot-7 center who was a third-team all-stater last year, helped lead the Lions to a 25-0 season by averaging 26 points and 14.5 rebounds a game in the regular season.

In the three-game state tournament, he led all players in his class by scoring 91 points and hauling down 47 rebounds. He was voted captain of the all-tourney team by the media. "I didn't really know I was going to go that high," said Pechous of his first-team selection. "It's nice, but winning the championship is still better than all the personal -stuff." Pechous, who will play at Western Illinois next year, finished his high school career with 1,571 points and 1,084 rebounds, both school ords. noted for his physical, intimidating inside game, while Hardy is more of a finesse player.

His major strengths are his ball handling and outside shooting ability. Krueger, a 6-i forward who will play for Southern Illinois next year, joined Pechous to form one of the state's most formidable front lines. He averaged 15 points and 11 rebounds during the regular season and accounted for 40 points and 35 rebounds at the state tournament. Said Lone Tree coach Doug Hof-meister said, "There's not too many schools with two all-staters. Todd's stats don't speak as well of him as Andy's do, but his stats would have been a lot better had he not been on the same team with Andy." Joining Pechous on the first team is Brian David of Carroll Kuemper.

The 6-9 center was named Iowa's "Mr. Basketball" after directing Kuemper to its first 3A title. David will play for Lute Olson at Arizona next season. Also first team picks: Matt Bul-lard, a 6-10 center from West Des Miones Valley, who has committed to Colorado; Chris Gaines, a 6-3 junior from Waterloo West; and South Hamilton's Brad Barkema. The first-team guards are: Tommy John Goodman from Sioux City North; Ed Conroy of Davenport Assumption; and Clarence Wright of Waterloo East.

Krueger on 'star team' DES MOINES Lone Tree's Todd Krueger will be among 17 Iowa high school all-stars who will play a team from Minnesota in games March 30 and April 2. Among the other Iowans on the roster: Adrian L. Davis of Cedar Rapids Washington, Jeff Schwart-ing of Amana, Andrian Choplick of Cedar Rapids Prairie and Brian David and Nick Nurse, both of Carroll Kuemper. The March 30 game will be at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. The April 2 game will be at Vets Auditorium in Pes Moines.

Academy. He was a unanimous all-Mississippi Valley selection after leading West with 19.2 points and 9.9 rebounds a game. Hardy also moved past four all-staters and one All-American to become West's third-leading career scorer with 615 points. "It makes me feel kinda good," Hardy said. "I've always wanted all-state recognition, and I hope to represent the honor well.

"I worked real hard at basketball, and it feels good to get the recognition from the people who watched us play." The styles of the Hardy and Pechous are contrasting. Pechous is Pos. Player, School Year Ht. Pos. Brian David, Carroll Kuemper Sr.

6-9 Matt Bollard. W.D.M, Valley Sr. 6-10 Andy Pechous Lone Tree Sr. 6-7 Chris Golnes, Waterloo West Jr. 6-3 Brad Barkema.

South Hamilton Sr. 6-5 Tom Goodman, Sioux City North Sr. 5-10 Ed Conroy, Davenport Assumption Sr. 6-1 Clarence Wright, Waterloo East Sr. 6-2 Lawrence Rose, Burlington Sr.

6-3 Steve Phyfe, Nashua Sr. 6-9 Anthony Thomas, Waterloo West Jr. 6-4 Mike Murphy, Fort Dodge Sr. 6-6 Matt Hardy. Iowa City West Sr.

6-7 Tony Volgemuth, Cardinal Strrtch Sr. 6-4 Adrian L. Davis, C.R. Washington Sr. 5-9 Mike Zlegler, Laurens-Marathon Sr.

6-1 FOURTH TEAM THIRD TEAM Pos. Player, School Year Ht. Pos. Player, School Year Ht. Sr.

6-8 Doug Gambeil, Hedrick Sr. 6-3 Sr. 6-2 Ed McMahon. Camanche Sr. 6-5 Sr.

6-6 Terry Ira, South Winneshiek Sr. 6-6 Sr. 6-4 Matt Crane Bettendorf Sr. 6-3 So. 6-5 Dave Schmidt, Maquoketa Sr.

6-8 Jr. 6-2 Steve Ball. Dub. Hempstead Jr. 6-1 Jr.

6-3 Eric Hanson. Palmer Sr. 6-1 Jr. 6-1 Nick Nurse. Carrol) Kuemper Sr.

6-1 Todd Krueger, Lone Tree Jerry Boer, Hull-Western Christian Dave Schon, Glidden-Ralston Dwight Eley, NESCO Robert Johnson, M. Lincoln Maurice Newby, M. East Greg Lansing, Harlan Mark Kamles, Sheldon tt .1 6 uaiujr, cuiuuici u-i icufcci, to 01.111 taking a look at several Division I schools, including the U.S. Naval AREA HONORABLE MENTION: Chris Lehman, Iowa City Regina; Scott Hansen, City High; Jim Van Dusen, West Liberty; Mike Heitmann, Williamsburg; Al Rath, Highland; Mitch Wachs, West Liberty; Jeff Kaufman, Highland. Smifltfeir lift UtorOTes I.

Si "Al UJ Grady '2' WEST I V' Second in a series i 22 i'a i 4 By BOB MATTHEWS Gannett News Service The only certain things for 1985 in the National League West are: The Los Angeles Dodgers will draw 3 million fans. The manager of Cincinnati isn't going to bench Pete Rose in his pursuit of Ty Cobb's hit record. Bruce Sutter is going to help the Atlanta Braves. Atlanta has as many question marks as any team in baseball heading into this season: Is slugger Bob Horner's wrist really OK? Will outfielder Claudell Washington be suspended? Will "can't miss" outfield prospect Brad Ko-minsk miss? Do Len Barker and Steve Bedrosian have healthy arms? Can Craig McMurtry bounce back? Will being liberated from George Steinbrenner save Rick Cerone's career? Sutter's forkball can make up for a lot of disappointments. He figures to be the difference in a three-team pennant race.

1. Atlanta Braves The key numbers for the 1984 Braves were 100 (the number of different starting lineups tried by ex-manager Joe Torre) and 43 (the number of injuries he had to cope with). The key date was May 29, when slugger Bob Horner broke his wrist diving for a foul ball. Atlanta's team batting average plunged from first in 1983 to 10th in 1984, but management decided to go for pitching help instead of hitting. Enter free-agent relief ace Sutter (5-7, 45 saves, 1.54 ERA with St.

Louis), the only reliever to record at least 20 saves in eight consecutive seasons. The arrival of Sutter means Steve Bedrosian (9-6, 11 saves, 2.37) can return to the starting rotation. Other talented starters include Pascual Perez (14-8, 3.74), Rick Mahler (13-10, 3.12), 1983 Rookie Pitcher of the Year McMurtry (9-17, 4.32) and Len Barker (7-8, 3.85). Barker has been impressive this spring after elbow surgery. Spot starters and relievers include Rick Camp (8-6, 3.27), impressive rookie Zane Smith (14-4 in Class AA and AAA), Gene Garber (3-6, 3.06) and lefty Terry Forster (2-0, 2.70).

When everyone is healthy and eligible to play, Atlanta has a potent lineup. The power comes from two-time MVP Dale Murphy (.290, 36 HR, 100 RBI) and Horner (.274, 3 HR, 19 RBI in 32 games before breaking his wrist). Other solid hitters include Washington (.286, 17 HR, 61 RBI, 21 stolen bases), Chris Chambliss (.257, 9 HR) and Rafael Ramirez Veterans coming off poor seasons but capable of bouncing back include Glenn Hubbard (.234, 9 HR) and catchers Cerone (.208) and Bruce Benedict Useful veteran reserves include Ken Oberkfell, Terry Harper and Alex Trevino. 2. San Diego Padres A lot of things went right for the Padres in 1984.

They got off to a 10-2 start. They had only two players on the disabled list during the regular season (Luis Salazar and Luis DeLeon). They were 34-24 in one-run games. They scored enough runs to win the pennant with no hitter with more than 20 home runs. No divisional rival finished above .500.

Jack McKeon resembles one of the old-time wheeler-dealer general managers (he just passed 100 player moves since he took over in 1980). While losing GMs were sitting on their hands during the winter, he was making more bold moves designed to improve his team. He traded for LaMarr Hoyt, the 1983 American League Cy Young Award winner, and signed valuable free agents Jerry Roys-ter, Tim Stoddard and Al Bumbry. San Diego's starting pitching isn't nearly as bad as it looked in last year's World Series. The 1984 staff led the N.L.

in shutouts (17) Turn to page 4B (They'll be Ravel ing's roadies in December lowa's non-conference basketball schedule, which featured 10 straight games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena last December prior to the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii, will be just about the opposite next winter. The December home schedule I tentative, but pretty definite will consist of just four home games, two in the Amana Classic against Lehigh, Arkansas State Alabama-Birmingham, and single games against Abilene Christian Nov. 30 and a game Dec. 14 against an opponent to be announced. Road games will be -at Drake Dec.

3, at Iowa State 10, at Gonzaga Dec. 23 and three games in the Far West Classic Dec. 26-29 at Portland, against an eight-team field 'which includes Oregon State, "Oregon, Washington, Boston -University, St. Joseph's Kansas State and Tennessee There is still the possibility that Iowa might play some games next December in Hawaii, though not in the Rainbow Classic. Such games would not count against the NCAA 28-game limit.

The proposed Hawkeye basketball trip this August to the 'Far East is, as I understand it, sort of on hold at the moment. As a redshirt, Brad Lohaus is not to accompany the jteam, nor would be any of the incoming freshmen, so George Raveling feels it might be better to postpone the trip for a year when Andre Banks figures to be the team's only departing member. 'Good news and bad for Iowa recruits in high school championship games last weekend: Roy Marble led his Flint, Beecher High School team to the state's class (second largest) title in a 74-72 double overtime win against Saginaw Buena Vista. But Ed Horton's Springfield, Lanphier High's team lost the class AA state title in a 46-44 double overtime to -Chicago Mt. Carmel.

Turn to next page AP laMrphoto SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL Hollywood's Mr. (left) and Hulk Hogan, heavyweight champion of the World Wrestling Federation, pose in NBC-TV studios. The pair will host Saturday Night Live this week. ifab, Wright tf8ire tfeinn)s tf MB? ff5ini(ile "and we didn't play great basketball in the last five minutes." The 7-foot-2 Blab and Alford teamed up for 47 points and generally controlled things in the late going when Tennessee made its patented run. Earlier in this tournament, Tennessee, the NIT's comeback kids, wiped out a five-point deficit in the last 19 seconds to beat Southwestern Louisiana.

Wednesday pight, the Volunteers just ran out of gas, thanks to the omnipresent Blab inside. The Hoosiers had a 13-point lead in the first half and 10 at intermission before the Vols rallied behind Tony White, who scored 22 points. It wasn't until the last two minutes when Blab hit two key foul shots and blocked a Tennessee shot and Alford For UCLA coach Walt Hazzard, the victory was a vindication of sorts for a poor showing last December in the Garden, when his Bruins were routed by St. John's. "December was a Death March for us," Hazzard said.

"I said after that, we'd be either dead or good. I guess we're good. When we were here to play St. John's, we were boys. Now, we're men." The loss dropped Louisville's record to 19-17, leaving them it last chance in the third place game Friday night against Ten-nesee to salvage a 20-victory season.

They have had 14 straight, including 13 under Crum. With Wednesday night's victory, UCLA raised its record to 20-12 record. Indiana will carry a 19-13 mark into Friday night's championship game. hit some crucial free throws that the game was in hand for Indiana. "We have a tendency to let up with a lead that happened tonight," Blab said.

"But we were lucky to turn it back on." Indiana coach Bob Knight was not at all happy with his team's play, aside from Blab and Alford. "Alford and Blab are the whole offense," he wid. "if thpv'rfi off, we're in trouble." UCLA was in the same boat against Louisville, losing a nine-point lead and then having to scrap at the end to beat the Cardinals for the Bruins' 11th victory in the last 12 games. Wright contributed six of his points during an 11-2 run that triggered the Bruins into a 67-58 lead with 1:06 remaining in the game. NEW YORK (AP) Uwe Blab and Brad Wright were the two tallest basketball players on the court in the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament, and each was visible in more ways than one.

Blab and Wright, the centers for Indiana and UCLA, respectively, were instrumental in helping their teams win Wednesday night as Indiana defeated Tennessee 74-67 and UCLA stopped Louisville 75-66. Blab scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Wright had 23 points and 12 rebounds, along with four blocked shots as the tradition-rich Bruins and Hoosiers headed for a summit meeting in the NIT championship game Friday night at Madison Square Garden. "Blab and (Steve) Alford sustained their attack," Tennessee coach Don DeVoe said,.