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SportsFriday, September 11, 1998Eagles back to playing varsity squadsPecos Eagles coach Becky Granado said there's no doubt her volleyball team will be playing varsity squads on Saturday, when they travel to Midland to face the Greenwood Rangerettes and San Angelo Central Bobcats. The Eagles will play Central, then turn around and face
The Eagles snapped their three game losing streak last
"I got to get my juniors some more playing time," said coach
Greenwood advanced to the Class 3A state tournament last
San Angelo Central lost a fifth place tournament match to
Pecos' freshman team is also scheduled to face the
Pecos falls to Andrews, beats AlpineBy JON FULBRIGHT Staff Writer PECOS, Sept. 11 -- It was a rough start for the Pecos Eagles' junior high and freshmen football teams on Thursday against the Andrews Mustangs, while Pecos' junior varsity squad made a first half touchdown stand up for their first win of the season, in beating the Alpine Bucks. The Eagles' JV, winless in 1997, improved to 1-1 with their 7-0 victory over Alpine, after Andrews' ninth graders beat Pecos, 30-14 at Eagle Stadium. Over at Crockett Middle School, the Zavala seventh graders lost `A' and `B' games to Andrews by 30-0 scores, while on the Mustangs' home field, Crockett's `A' and `B' squads fell by 28-0 and 48-0 scores. Alex Garcia passed 20 yards to Jaime Llarez early in the second period, and Frankie Alvarez added the extra point for the only scoring of the game. Alpine got inside Pecos' 20-yard line once late in the half, while the Eagles missed two chances to score after getting inside the Bucks 15-yard-line in the second period, and inside the five in the fourth quarter. The freshmen got their touchdowns on passes from Richard Rodriguez to Ricky Plummer. The second, a 64-yarder, cut Andrews' lead to 16-14 in the third period. But Pecos couldn't take advantage of two fumbles by the Mustangs in the second half, while seeing themselves lose and Andrews get a touchdown thanks to officials calls. Rodriguez lost a defensive score when the whistle blew after he stripped an Andrews runner of the ball in the second period, while the Mustangs were allowed to keep the football for their last TD on the final play of the game after fumbling the ball at the 1-yard-line, and then knocking it out the side of the end zone. The loss dropped the ninth graders to 0-2 on the season. The seventh grade teams both gave up four touchdowns and three two-point conversions in their losses. Pecos' best chance to score ended when they were stopped on downs inside the 20 early in the third period of the `A' game, after Andrews took a 14-0 halftime lead. Pecos' eighth graders played a scoreless tie with Andrews as seventh graders a year ago, the only blemish on both teams' records. But coach Rudy Juardo said in Thursday's opener the Eagles' line play broke down. "They ran down the middle and we couldn't stop them. They just ran it down our throats," he said. "On offense, we completed a couple of passes and had receivers open all the time, but our quarterback just did not have time to throw the ball." Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the Eagles varsity plays its 1998 home opener, against the Alpine Bucks. It's the third of five meetings between the Eagles and teams from District 4-3A this season. They scrimmaged Monahans and Greenwood and will face Crane and Kermit on the road in a couple of weeks. Presidio is the only 4-3A member Pecos will not face this year. The Eagles will try to even their record at 1-1 after a 20-6 opening loss to Denver City, while the Bucks look to go 2-0 after beating Van Horn, 48-20. Meanwhile, three of the Eagles' new district rivals, and formally in Alpine's district - Fabens, Clint and Mountain View, will be trying for their second win in as many game this season, while Pecos' two other District 2-4A opponents, Canutillo and San Elizario, will look to avoid 0-3 starts with games against a couple of Class 5A schools, El Paso Jefferson and El Paso Americus. Canutillo (0-2) at El Paso Jefferson (0-1): The Eagles were routed last week by El Paso Riverside, While the Silver Foxes lost their opener to Ysleta, two of the three teams expected to make the playoffs out of District 1-4A. Canutillo has had problems running the ball so far in their two games, though both quarterbacks Richard Kastl and Jesus Navarrette have been able to find receiver Ignacio Juardo for big gains this season. But they've been giving up yards both on the ground and through the air, and may have problems stopping Ysleta's running game tonight. San Elizario (0-2) at El Paso Americus (0-1): While this group of Eagles has had problems in recent years winning games, they're playing a team tonight that has never won a varsity game -- Americus just began competition last week and have no seniors either on their squad or in their school. But Americus did come close to beating El Paso Bowie in their opener, falling 24-19. The Trail Blazers ran for 274 yards in the loss, and will probably be running a lot tonight, since El Paso Parkland gained 505 yards on the ground in their 59-16 win over San Elizario. The Eagles ran for over 200 yards themselves in the loss, and need to keep control of the football as much as possible tonight. Mountain View (1-0) at Parkland (1-0): Two teams that put up ridiculous offensive numbers last week will match run against pass tonight. Mountain View's Adolfo Villa, overshadowed by Clint's D.J. Check last season, threw for 363 yards and six touchdowns in the Lobos' 59-14 win over Cobre, N.M. Parkland was led by Alex Rose's 222 yards in their 505 yard rushing night against San Elizario. Mountain View allowed just 167 yards in offense, and one of Cobre's touchdowns was on a game-opening 95 yard kickoff return. El Paso High (0-1) at Clint (1-0): Check had six TDs as well in the Lions' 42-12 win over Anthony, but he only threw for four of those, while rushing for the other two. Clint scored the game's first four touchdowns, and running back D.J. Shepherd ended up gaining 116 yards, to go along with Check's 249 through the air. El Paso High didn't have anywhere near the success running the ball on El Paso Eastwood last week that Andrews' Shaud Williams did two weeks ago. Williams gained over 300 yards by himself against the Troopers, while El Paso was held under 250 total yards and only one first half touchdown. El Paso Cathedral (0-1) at Fabens (1-0): Fabens is about the only other team besides Pecos in 2-4A that likes to run the ball more than pass, and their 1,200 yard rusher from a year ago, Mike Morales, gained 102 in last week's 20-6 win at Deming, N.M. However, quarterback Jaime Valenzuela also threw for 87 yards and TD in the win, while the Wildcats' defense limited Deming to just six first downs and 143 yards in total offense. Cathedral, meanwhile, had minus-17 yards on the ground in their 29-7 loss to El Paso Del Valle, while giving up 201 yards rushing and 382 yards overall. The Fighting Irish got their lone score off a late game punt return. Top women's seeds in Open semifinalsBy BOB GREENE AP Sports Writer NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- The most wide-open U.S. Open in years has no surprises in the women's semifinals. The defending champion, top-seeded Martina Hingis squared
Davenport, 22, reached the semifinals at both the Australian
``She won Wimbledon,'' Hingis, 18, said of Novotna. ``It
Pairings for the men's semifinals, which will be played on
The other semi sends top-seeded Pete Sampras against
The tournament's first title was decided Thursday when
Williams and Mirnyi also won the Wimbledon mixed doubles,
Hingis dominated the women's game a year ago, capturing
``I have the feeling I'm getting better again, so that gives
Until Wimbledon, Novotna was best known for her losses, even
``I've been playing extremely consistently over the years,''
Davenport has been the best player on the Corel WTA Tour
``I haven't lost a set,'' she said. ``I'm just happy to be
Philippoussis slammed 11 aces in the final set in his
The beginning of the match gave no indication of the
Neither really took charge, but the quality of play improved
``I got the first serves in when I needed it, I kept the
In contrast, the other quarterfinal lasted just 90 minutes. Moya, who reached the Australian Open final in January, then
He becomes the first Spanish man to advance to the U.S. Open
The only other Spaniard to win America's premier tournament
Moya and Sampras, the Wimbledon winner, are the only men to
``If you would have told me at the beginning of the week
The Spaniard said he was worried about Philippoussis, but
``He's 20-something in the rankings, but he has really big
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