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10 SPORTStOOK FOOTBALL KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas City quarterback Joe Mor tana's injured left foot was diag nosed as a sprain, leaving him ques tionable for Sunday's game agains Denver. He was injured in Sun day's loss at Seattle. HOUSTON (AP) ? Houstoi coach Jeff Fisher fined receive Webster Slaughter one game checl and threatened to suspend him fo the season for his critical comment following Sunday's loss at Cleve land. BASEBALL NEW YORK (AP) ? The Nev York Mets acquired right-hande; Pete Harnisch from Houston for a least one player to be named. Har nisch, 28, was 8-5 with a 5.40 ER/ last season after going 16-9 with i 2.98 ERA in 1993. BASKETBALL STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) Georgia Southern coach Franl Kerns and assistants Mike Backuf finH Mnrlf WTiito rPQicmort Wanaj of allegations that a recruit was given improper academic help witl their knowledge. Doug Durham, the only re maining member of the staff, di j rected the team in an 87-57 loss te Georgia, coached by his father | Hugh Durham. I ; WACO, Texas (AP) ? Baylor as sistant Harry Miller will coach the ' team on an interim basis for the remainder of the season. Miller replaces Darrel Johnson, fired this month amid allegations the program violated NCAA rules. NEW YORK (AP) ? Orlandc guard Anfernee Hardaway, whc averaged 32.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists in four victories, is the NBA player of the week. DRUG TESTING RARPTTT/WA fAP\ H uj;tuu \iu / ! L ClifSco 3 /AgT < ( ( | Written By < Ni ( I ) Wedn > THE RUSSELL HOU< Track and field athletes who test positive for banned substances _ will be suspended immediately i- based on the first tested sample, the sport's governing body decidi ed. t GOLF PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) ? 1 Tom Watson made a 20-foot birdie r putt for $160,000 on the first extra * hole Sunday in the Skins Game for r his first victory of any kind in the S T T J Hi i . . 1 Af>r? united oiaies since iuo/. Watson finished the 2-day, 18hole event with $210,000. Fred Couples, who won his three previous starts in special events following the regular PGA Tour season, was secv ond with $170,000 to increase his r November earnings to $750,000. Payne Stewart, winner of the last three Skins Games, and Paul Azinger ^ each won $80,000, all Saturday in The Top 25 in the Associated Press college basketball poll with ranking in previous poll. [ 1|M Massachusetts MllllllSfl 3 2. North Carolina (2) i Kentucky. t$M i 4. Arkansas (i) 1 :: & UCLA (6)' 4 6. Duke (8) " ' ?7v Kansas (9) - 8. Florida (10) } I? Arizona (5). ?1# ? 10. Cincinatti (12) Maryland (7) 12. Arizona State (nr) ; | 13. Wisconsin (15). p||| 14. Ohio University (23) ; -15, Minnesota (nr)./. lllllll . 16. Connecticut (16) . |ft . 13. Michigan State (17) | 19. Georgetown (14):||||!!||| > 20. Georgia Tech.(22) > 21. Wake: Forest (24) f ?11S|I| ' 22. Syracuse (23) ' 23. Virginia (20) 24. Villanova (21) 125. New Mekico State (nrjyij Gamecock Graphics t & Karl C Tl TT T A O 1 w/\o ' 1 nights ? 4 AFTER Christma ClifScot 11 lust i nU a y y ights Afi ^hristma Autographing esday, Novemfc 12:30 - 1:30 803/777-4160 SE 1400 GREENE STREET C The Gamecock Flan support r MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) pay ? A strong finish helped West pet Virginia land a spot Tuesday Citi in the Carquest Bowl on Jan. stai 2 against South Carolina, but fea some money up front didn't Ohi hurt, either. of t' "I doubt that there is an- cha other team in college football that has the momentum that pro West Virginia has, winning ets six out of their last seven sea games and really defeating dec the other remaining teams ins! that were being considered for 4-11 the bowl," South Carolina coach und Brad Scott said. lonj The Mountaineers (7-5), who won six of their final sev- per en games, were the unanimous desc pick of a committee of bowl- that area residents to play the et) c Gamecocks (6-5) of the South- I'm eastern Conference. will There was concern, how- mit: ever, that a West Virginia- 1 South Carolina matchup 25,( wouldn't be a good TV draw, Bov WVU Athletic Director Ed Moi Pastilong said. The Carquest, reco which guarantees a $1 million at t' Gamecock ba$ Staff Reports USC head baseball coach Juni Raines has announced the signing o five prospects for enrollment next fall including one junior college sopho more and four high school seniors The new Gamecocks sicmees art outfielder Etienne Hightower o Okaloosa Walton Community Collegi in Niceville, Fla.; lefthanded pitchei David Brooks, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; firs baseman-outfielder Stephen Saccon< of Evans, Ga.; infielder Jason Har binger of Toledo, Ohio; and outfield er Nick Reilly of Cincinnati, Ohio Hightower, a brother of former All Southeastern Conference outfieldei Vee Hightower of Vanderbilt, is fron Pittsburgh where he lettered thre< seasons in baseball and four in socce at Mount Lebanon High School. Hi was named All-Western Pennsylva >glesby 2^f >s ' W il Uy Karl A. ('fleshy ) ter is ter 30 COLUMBIA* SC 29208 Wednesday, November 3t\ nakes Carquest out for each team, will com- jmMjMBl e for ratings against the rus Bowl. The Citrus will rt a half hour earlier and ture Big Ten runner-up io State against the loser / he Florida-Alabama SEC * mpionship game. But when West Virginia mised to sell 24,000 tickor pay for any of the $35 ts it doesn't sell, the bowl ided on the Mountaineers :ead of Boston College (6l, the other Big East team Hoad coact ler serious scrutiny, Pasti- wl" tr^ to '? r said. f,rst bowl We felt that our team has bowT^ ^ ^ formed so well and is so ;mng of a postseason game Theschool : we made a very high (bck- unused ticket ommnment, nesaia Ana million contin confident that our fans The Gam( help us meet that com- pect to bring ? ment." Miami's Joe R West Virginia sold about which seats 7: )00 tickets for the Sugar "I believe v\ last season, when the knows that S antaineers took an 11-0 will bring 30rd and a very slim chance folks to this b? he national title into the ;eball team signs nia in both sports. 3 Hightower played for the Goldf Medal winning East team in the 1992 Olympic festival, and in 1993 played summer baseball for the Midland Redskins, a Cincinnati team that won the ; Connie Mack World Series in Farmf ington, N.M. 3 Last spring, as a freshman at r Okaloosa Walton, Hightower batted t .307 with 43 hits, including seven doui hies nr?e t.rinle nnrl twn home rnna i r^K CD 0 _q o6 1 A STUt 2 PEEF o CO in Q) c | Come by t 0 _Q 1 Basemer i applic; C/) CO ! Dec "D O -Q 05 pujLU ei|i jo sseuiij Apoq ^ - He drove in 17 runs and stole 20 bases. Hightower was drafted in June 1993 by the San Diego Padres and in - June 1994 by the Milwaukee Brewr ers, but chose to forego a professionl al baseball career to continue his edi ucation. r Brooks had a 4-1 record last spring s at Woodland Hills High School where he was coached by Ron Leith. In 45 fitness of the mind & body fit "O 0 jO o& 1 * If you are infer m t * If you enjoy hel $ while helping y( c f * If you want exp S a leader... "D C 0 * If you need f3J | credit hours... C/) CO Q) c 1 TlJ C.N \\ oc r/ir 1994 perfect for US( HpHHi said. West Virginia ar Tr/cr Carolina have met! 1 since 1939. The Mour hold a 7-3-1 edge in tl including a 21-16 vi M 1991. Scott, an assistant da State before tak ^ flf m South Carolina's prog year, said it was the 1 he's had to sit and wj opponent to be name< said the players have i Brad Scott the time to relax. ad USC to Its "We're working i the Carqu^t ^11 players thre week on lifting an< tioning," Scott said, will pay for any ^ie Gamecocks v is through a $ 1 practicing for the Car gency fund. Friday and Saturday, ;cocks also ex- lowing week will be i large crowd to but starting De obbie Stadium, team will go to full-tii 3,000. tices with the goal oi that this bowl 10 practices in before t outh Carolina goes home for Christ] plus thousand coach said, ill game," Scott West Virginia's d 4 start, which includ five prospects: innings, he struck out 81 batters with a 1.25 earned run average. He is 6foot-3-inches tall and weighs 210 pounds. Saccone was a pitcher-oufielder at Evans High School under coach Terry Holder. At South Carolina he will likely play the outfield or first base. He throws and bats lefthanded, is 5fee-10-inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. As a junior last spring, Saccone posted a 3-0 pitching record with an .80 earned run average and was named Columbus County All-area In the varsity summer league, he batted .350 and wa 5-1 on the mound. His team won the Dixie Pre-Majors 15-16-year old World Series Championship with Saccone winning three games. Arbinger ranks eigth academically in a class of 215 at Start High School ness of the mind & body fitne ested in health... [ping other people jurself... erience being three academic /l ae.e. u l y<?u jo j< sniN )ENT ORGANIZft i HEALTH EDUCf he Student He it or call us at' VTION DEA member 7,1 pujiu 0i|j jo ssQUjjj. Apoq ^ pi ], West Virginia 0 loss to Nebraska in the Kickid South off Classic on Aug. 28, makes L1 times the Carquest especially sweet itaineers for Mountaineer players, le series, "I wasn't thinking about a ictory in bowl then," said West Virginia senior fullback Jim Freeman. ;Flori- "I was just thinking about ing over what we could do to change jram this the whole season around." irst time "After the 1-4 start, coach "tRor f11 brought us into meeting, said ' u we have the second half of the J y season and can change this .,, all around," he said. "That's vith our J. , ? e days a what we dld i condi- The Mountaineers' stretch run included victories over vill start Boston College and Syracuse quest on ^at knocked both teams out , The fol- of the top 25. final ex- "This bowl bid is a great ? COmnliinpnt. tn snmp snnor u. wiic i me prac- young guys who have really f getting dedicated themselves," Mounhe squad taineer coach Don Nehlen said mas, the West Virginia last won a bowl game in 1984, when it ismal 1- beat Texas Christian 31-14 in led a 31- the Bluebonnet Bowl. for next season where he is coached by his father, Rich Arbinger. An infielder who will likely play shortstop at South Carolina, Arbinger is 6-fee-l-inch, bats righthanded and hit .405 as Stall's cleanup hitter last spring. Start was ranked the No. 2 high school team in the nation by USA Today and won the Ohio state championship. Arbinger's high school statistics included six doubles, two triples, three home runs, 37 RBIs and seven stolen bases. In summer baseball, he batted .450 with five home runs. Rpillv a fi fnnt 1RO nniinH ricrVit. -V) * "") f??"" "b"" handed-hitting outfieder, plays at Xavier High School in Cincinnati for coach Bill Singer. 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