SPORTS A9 PRESS & DAKOTAN  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 SPORTS: PAGE 9 SPORTS DIGEST Nebraska Hopes To Cap A Down Heritage Classic Set For Jan. 16 YAIA Learn To Skate Program SIOUX FALLS – Pairings have been announced for the Sanford Pentagon Heritage Classic, set for Jan. 16 at the Coming Up Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls. The Yankton Area Ice Association will hold a “learn to Season With Bowl Win Over UCLA Four girls’ games and fi ve boys’ games are scheduled in skate” program on Saturdays and Wednesdays, Jan. 6-March BY JOSH DUBOW the event, beginning with the Irene-Wakonda girls against 6. The program is designed to teach the fundamentals of Colman-Egan at 9 a.m. Dakota Valley’s girls and boys both skating so individuals can continue as a hockey player, fi gure AP Sports Writer Nebraska (5-7) vs. UCLA (8-4), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) face Rock Valley, with the girls’ game at 3 p.m. and the boys’ skater or recreational skater. Line: UCLA by 6 1/2. game at 4:30 p.m. There is a cost to participate, which includes skate rental SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Series Record: Tied 6-6. In other games, the Colman-Egan boys face Waverly- and helmet. Contact Terry Pedersen at 605-660-3118 for more — With four losses in the WHAT’S AT STAKE South Shore at 10:30 a.m., the Sisseton girls play Sioux Falls information. Registrations are available online at yanktonice. The Cornhuskers made a bowl in coach Mike Riley’s fi rst season despite nal 10 seconds of regula- a losing record and look to end the year on a positive note. The Bruins had Christian at noon, the Fergus Falls, Minnesota, boys play org. tion or overtime sending Sisseton at 1:30 p.m., the Winner girls play Clark-Willow Lake hoped to play at Levi’s Stadium earlier this month in the Pac-12 title game but Nebraska to a losing record, fell short and are settling for a trip here for the bowl. at 6 p.m., the Winner boys face Aberdeen Roncalli at 7:30 Mike Riley’s rst year as the p.m. and the St. Thomas More boys play Clark-Willow Lake Lancer Baseball Camps Set KEY MATCHUP at 9 p.m. The Mount Marty College baseball team has announced Cornhuskers’ coach didn’t UCLA RB Paul Perkins vs. Nebraska run D. Perkins became the fi rst UCLA the schedule for its preseason hitting camps. Both will offer quite go as planned. player to lead the Pac-12 in rushing since DeShaun Foster in 2001. Perkins instruction from MMC coaches and players. But with Nebraska (5-7) ran for 1,275 yards and ranks third in school history with 3,423 in his career. Yankton Football Championship The preseason hitting camp will run Tuesdays from Jan. getting a chance to play in a The Huskers allowed just 113.4 yards rushing per game his season, third best 26-March 1. Sessions for grades 2-3 will run from 6:15-7 p.m., in the Big Ten and eighth best in the nation. bowl despite winning just ve PLAYERS TO WATCH Banner Reveal Set with grades 4-5 from 7-7:45 p.m., middle school (grades 6-8) games, Riley has a head start Yankton High School will unveil the championship banner from 7:45-8:30 p.m. and high school from 8:30-9:15 p.m. Nebraska: QB Tommy Armstrong Jr. Armstrong became the third Nebraska for its 2015 Class 11AA football title prior to the boys’ game of Participants will need to bring running shoes (no cleats) on Year 2. quarterback to pass for at least 2,000 yards in two separate seasons and the Huron at Yankton basketball doubleheader, Jan. 23 at the and bats, if available. Batting gloves are recommended. With not enough six-win needs just 144 yards to join Zac Taylor and Joe Ganz as the only 3,000-yard Summit Center. There is a cost to participate. For more information or to teams to ll all the bowl passers in school history. The event will be immediately before the boys’ game, register, go online to www.mmcbaseball.com. slots, the Cornhuskers got a UCLA: QB Josh Rosen. Rosen had one of the most prolifi c seasons for a approximately at 6 p.m. Bruins quarterback as a freshman. His 3,349 yards passing and 266 comple- reprieve based on their high tions rank third in school history. He also is tied for ninth with 20 TD passes. graduation rate and received FACTS & FIGURES a spot in the Foster Farms UCLA swept a home-and-home between the teams in 2012-13. ... The SCOREBOARD AREA CALENDAR Bowl on Saturday night Huskers got a bowl bid despite a losing record when all 80 slots couldn’t be fi lled by six-win teams. ... Nebraska is playing in its 52nd bowl, third most of Colorado State (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (TBA) Saturday, December 27 Parkston Classic (Chester Area vs. against UCLA (8-4). FOOTBALL TEXAS BOWL: Texas Tech (7-5) vs. No activities scheduled Irene-Wakonda, 10:30 a.m.; Wag- While the opportunity any school. The Cornhuskers are 25-26. ... Cornhuskers have lost four of their COLLEGE BOWLS LSU (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, December 29 ner vs. Tri-Valley, noon; Webster to end a down season on a past fi ve bowl games. ... Nebraska’s seven losses were by a combined 31 Saturday, Dec. 19 Wednesday, Dec. 30 No activities scheduled Area vs. Winner, 1:30 p.m.; San- points. The fi rst fi ve were decided by 13 points. ... UCLA is looking for its third CELEBRATION BOWL: NC A&T 41, BIRMINGHAM (ALA.) BOWL: Au- Monday, December 28 born Central-Woonsocket vs. Gay- high note is nice, the biggest straight bowl win, which would be team’s longest streak since eight-gamer Alcorn State 34 burn (6-6) vs. Memphis (9-3), 11 a.m. BASKETBALL, MEN’S USD ville-Volin, 3 p.m.; Ethan vs. Dell bene t of playing in a bowl, NEW MEXICO BOWL: Arizona 45, (ESPN) vs. Florida Gulf Coast at Sioux Rapids, 4:30 p.m.; Sully Buttes vs. from the 1983 Rose Bowl to 1991 John Hancock Bowl. ... Bruins have won New Mexico 37 BELK BOWL: NC State (7-5) vs. Falls (7 p.m., KVHT-FM, ESPN3. Hanson, 6 p.m.; Parkston vs. Red- according to Riley, is the 11 straight nonconference games. ... UCLA WR Jordan Payton needs two LAS VEGAS BOWL: Utah 35, BYU Mississippi St. (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) com, MidcoSN) fi eld-Doland, 7:30 p.m.); Shootout extra practice time. catches to become fi rst Bruin with 200 career receptions. 28 MUSIC CITY BOWL: Louisville (7-5) BASKETBALL, BOYS’ Aber- On The Elkhorn at Wisner (Ponca); CAMELIA BOWL: Appalachian vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6 p.m. (ESPN) deen Classic (Elk Point-Jefferson Verdigre Booster Club Holiday “I always contend if you State 31, Ohio 29 HOLIDAY BOWL: Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Aberdeen Roncalli, 8 p.m.); Tourn. (Osmond vs. Bloomfi eld, get the chance to play in a CURE BOWL: San Jose State 27, vs. Southern Cal (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Langford Classic (Platte-Geddes 2:45 p.m.; Niobrara-Verdigre vs. “We all know when you’re ter, but Mora does not know Georgia State 16 Thursday, Dec. 31 vs. Langford Area, 5:30 p.m.); Allen, 6:15 p.m.); Wayne Holiday bowl game, it’s the end of one young, there’s going to be if he will be able to stand on NEW ORLEANS BOWL: Louisiana PEACH BOWL: Houston (12-1) vs. Shootout On The Elkhorn at Wis- Tourn. (Laurel-Concord-Coleridge season and the beginning of Tech 47, Arkansas State 28 Florida State (10-2), 11 a.m. (ESPN) ner (Ponca); Verdigre Booster vs. West Point-Beemer, 9:30 a.m.; some setbacks,” coach Jim the sideline or even coach at another,” he said. Monday, Dec. 21 Friday, Jan. 1 Club Holiday Tourn. (Osmond vs. Hartington Cedar Catholic vs. Mora said. “But I did see all from the booth during the MIAMI BEACH BOWL: Western OUTBACK BOWL: Northwestern Bloomfi eld, 4:30 p.m.; Niobrara- Pender, 4 p.m.); Lennox at Dakota Riley spent the rst two Kentucky 45, South Florida 35 (10-2) vs. Tennessee (8-4), 11 a.m. Verdigre vs. Allen, 8 p.m.); Wayne Valley; Scotland vs. Corsica-Stick- him learn lessons and apply game. bowl practices working on Tuesday, Dec. 22 (ESPN2) Holiday Tourn. (Laurel-Concord- ney at Stickney them.” “That’s a serious medical FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL: CITRUS BOWL: Michigan (9-3) vs. Coleridge vs. West Point-Beemer, WRESTLING, PREP Floyd Far- the basics instead of planning Akron 23, Utah State 21 Florida (10-3), noon (ABC) 11 a.m.; Hartington Cedar Catholic rand Inv. at Sioux Falls (Parkston, Here are some other condition he has,” Mora said. for the Bruins. The rst-string BOCA RATON (FLA.) BOWL: To- FIESTA BOWL: Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Pender, 5:30 p.m.) Vermillion, Wagner, 11 a.m.) things to watch when Ne- “We want to make sure he’s ledo 32, Temple 17 vs. Ohio State (11-1), noon (ESPN) BASKETBALL, GIRLS’ defense faced the rst-team ROSE BOWL: Iowa (12-1) vs. Stan- braska takes on UCLA: safe.” Wednesday, Dec. 23 offense and the younger play- POINSETTIA BOWL: Boise State ford (11-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN) EMOTIONAL MEMORIES: TRENCH BATTLE: While 55, Northern Illinois 7 SUGAR BOWL: Oklahoma State ers got their own sessions. (10-2) vs. Mississippi (9-3), 7:30 p.m. Denver 10 4 0 .714 308 259 Sunday, Dec. 27 Mora has great respect for both teams have proli c GODADDY BOWL: Georgia South- Even when practices ern 58, Bowling Green 27 (ESPN) Kansas City 9 5 0 .643 365 257 Houston at Tennessee, noon Nebraska, especially after an quarterbacks, the key to the Thursday, Dec. 24 Saturday, Jan. 2 Oakland 7 8 0 .467 342 376 Cleveland at Kansas City, noon shifted to game preparation San Diego 4 11 0 .267 300 371 New England at N.Y. Jets, noon emotional trip there for the game might be how Nebras- BAHAMAS BOWL: Western Michi- TAXSLAYER BOWL: Penn St. (7-5) mode, Riley still took time for gan 45, Middle Tennessee 31 vs. Georgia (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) NATIONAL CONFERENCE Indianapolis at Miami, noon Bruins in 2013 just six days ka’s stout run defense fares HAWAII BOWL: San Diego State 42, LIBERTY BOWL: Kansas St. (6-6) East San Francisco at Detroit, noon extra workouts for under- W L T Pct PF PA Dallas at Buffalo, noon after receiver Nick Pasquale against UCLA’s running game Cincinnati 7 vs. Arkansas (7-5), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) classmen expected to ll Saturday, Dec. 26 ALAMO BOWL: Oregon (9-3) vs. Washington 7 7 0 .500 316 332 Chicago at Tampa Bay, noon was killed when he was led by Paul Perkins. Perkins ST. PETERSBURG (FLA.) BOWL: TCU (10-2), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 318 362 Carolina at Atlanta, noon roles next season. N.Y. Giants 6 8 0 .429 373 358 Pittsburgh at Baltimore, noon struck by a vehicle while he became the rst UCLA player Marshall (9-3) vs. UConn (6-6), 10 a.m. CACTUS BOWL: West Virginia “It’s a learning experience (ESPN) (7-5) vs. Arizona State (6-6), 9:15 p.m. Dallas 4 10 0 .286 246 324 Jacksonville at New Orleans, 3:05 was walking in his hometown. to lead the Pac-12 in rushing SUN BOWL: Miami (8-4) vs. Wash- (ESPN) South p.m. for us and the coaches,” W L T Pct PF PA St. Louis at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. The Huskers wore No. 36 since DeShaun Foster in 2001. ington State (8-4), 1 p.m. (CBS) quarterback Tommy Arm- HEART OF DALLAS BOWL: Wash- NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE y-Carolina 14 0 0 1.000 449 278 Green Bay at Arizona, 3:25 p.m. decals on their helmets in Perkins ran for 1,275 yards Atlanta 7 7 0 .500 302 312 N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. ington (6-6) vs. Southern Mississippi (9- AMERICAN CONFERENCE strong said. “We had a lot of 4), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429 311 353 Monday, Dec. 28 honor of Pasquale and the and ranks third in school his- East New Orleans 5 9 0 .357 350 432 Cincinnati at Denver, 7:30 p.m. ups and downs. It was more PINSTRIPE BOWL: Duke (7-5) vs. W L T Pct PF PA student section let out blue tory with 3,423 in his career. Indiana (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ABC) North Sunday, Jan. 3 just nding out what we y-N. England 12 2 0 .857 435 269 W L T Pct PF PA Jacksonville at Houston, noon and gold balloons before The Huskers allowed just INDEPENDENCE BOWL: Virginia N.Y. Jets 9 5 0 .643 344 272 were good at this year. It was Tech (6-6) vs. Tulsa (6-6), 4:45 p.m. x-Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 347 265 Oakland at Kansas City, noon UCLA’s 41-21 win. 113.4 yards rushing per game Buffalo 6 8 0 .429 341 336 Minnesota 9 5 0 .643 296 272 Washington at Dallas, noon about putting things together (ESPN) Miami 5 9 0 .357 278 361 “There were signs every- his season, eighth best in the FOSTER FARMS BOWL: Nebraska Detroit 5 9 0 .357 302 363 Detroit at Chicago, noon South Chicago 5 9 0 .357 289 352 Minnesota at Green Bay, noon with the coaching staff.” (5-7) vs. UCLA (8-4), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) W L T Pct PF PA where honoring Nick,” Mora nation. Monday, Dec. 28 West N.Y. Jets at Buffalo,noon The Bruins learned plenty Houston 7 7 0 .500 275 301 W L T Pct PF PA New England at Miami, noon said. “It’s something I’ll never “Their run defense is MILITARY BOWL: Navy (9-2) vs. Indianapolis 6 8 0 .429 285 372 about their team too that can Pittsburgh (8-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) y-Arizona 12 2 0 .857 445 269 Tampa Bay at Carolina, noon forget. To be able to play this probably the best we’ve Jacksonville 5 9 0 .357 343 380 x-Seattle 9 5 0 .643 370 248 New Orleans at Atlanta, noon carry over to 2016. The most QUICK LANE BOWL: Central Michi- Tennessee 3 11 0 .214 269 359 team again and the young seen,” UCLA center Jake gan (7-5) vs. Minnesota (5-7), 4 p.m. St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 241 294 Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon North San Francisco 4 10 0 .286 202 339 Pittsburgh at Cleveland, noon notable development was (ESPN2) W L T Pct PF PA men and a program with so Brendel said. Tuesday, Dec. 29 x-clinched playoff spot Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon the emergence of freshman x-Cincinnati 11 3 0 .786 378 243 y-clinched division Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, noon much class, is an honor for STALWART IN THE ARMED FORCES BOWL: Air Force Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 378 287 quarterback Josh Rosen. He (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 24 St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:25 us.” MIDDLE: Brendel is conclud- Baltimore 4 10 0 .286 292 360 Oakland 23, San Diego 20, OT p.m. stepped in right away and RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL: North Cleveland 3 11 0 .214 253 387 HEALTH REPORT: The ing a stellar career with the Carolina (11-2) vs. Baylor (9-3), 4:30 Saturday, Dec. 26 San Diego at Denver, 3:25 p.m. proved he was up to the West Washington at Philadelphia, 7:25 Seattle at Arizona, 3:25 p.m. Bruins have been dealing Bruins. He will be starting p.m. (ESPN) W L T Pct PF PA tough task. ARIZONA BOWL: Nevada (6-6) vs. p.m. with a health scare that could his school-record 52nd game, Rosen threw for 3,349 force offensive coordinator having missed just one the yards and 20 touchdowns Noel Mazzone to reduce his past four years. UCLA has Sports Deaths 2015: Banks, Gifford, Smith, Tarkanian, Berra and most importantly re- role. Mazzone was recently won 37 times in that span, mained steady during the ups BY FRED LIEF and hit 512 homers. He made 11 All-Star the civil rights movement. hospitalized for a blood clot with Brendel a big reason for and downs of the season. AP Sports Writer teams and was MVP in 1958 and 1959. Roy Williams, the current Tar Heels in his lung. He is feeling bet- the success. He was a Gold Glove shortstop before coach, called Smith the “perfect picture of switching to fi rst base. And all this for the what a college coach should have been.” The loss column is where Chicago Cubs, who have long crafted the to look in the standings. Those art of defeat. are the ones that can never be But the stats don’t account for the Jerry Tarkanian UCLA Seniors Who Began Jim Mora Era made up. statue of “Mr. Cub” outside Wrigley Field. He was a sketch artist’s dream: the And losses, of a different Banks, who died at 83, spoke to the basset-hound eyes, the bald head, the for- transcendent joys of sports. He never was lorn look and, of course, the towel clamped kind, hit Philadelphia in 2015 between his teeth. Look To Go Out With A Bowl Victory with the deaths of two 76ers ejected and never argued with umpires. Why stoop to such pettiness? Jerry Tarkanian built a basketball power BY ZACH HELFAND “I told him to block out the just what that team stands for, centers — backboard-busting at UNLV, a dazzling piece of the Strip’s Banks also never made it to the © 2015 Los Angeles Times noise and follow his heart,” that alone will push us and Darryl Dawkins and Moses postseason, but Hall of Famer Al Kaline high wattage. His legal entanglements Malone, who gave basketball reminds Cubs fans of this: “They can with the NCAA spanned his career at Long Mora said. give us the motivation that a math lesson with his playoff always say they got to see the great Ernie Beach State, UNLV and Fresno State. SAN FRANCISCO (TNS) — At 6:50 a.m., Payton had we need,” said center Jake sweep prediction of “Fo’, Fo’, Banks.” Tarkanian long felt the NCAA pounced on All the way into the morning just gotten out of the shower Brendel, who is expected to small schools and let the big boys off easy. hours of Feb. 1, 2012, national when he made up his mind. make his 52nd start to extend Fo’” that fell just short. Joining He drew respect from coaches and them was Dolph Schayes, the Frank Gifford love from players. But the NCAA sang no signing day, Jordan Payton He called Mora. a UCLA record. “I really don’t Syracuse Nationals center who His was the golden life. songs for “Tark the Shark.” He won a $2.5 spoke on the phone with “Coach,” he said. “I’m go- feel like we’re going to be  at.” brie y played for and coached The All-American USC running back million settlement in a lawsuit, but the sting UCLA football Coach Jim ing to follow my heart.” Mora said he doesn’t know Philadelphia in its Wilt Cham- with chiseled looks who became the face remained. Mora, discussing Payton’s With that, Mora’s rst how he’ll react when the game berlain days. of the great New York Giant teams of the Tarkanian preached fi erce defense future. recruiting class was all but arrives. This will be the rst 1950s and ‘60s and then rode another and an amped-up offense that at UNLV About ve and a half done. time he will say goodbye to a There were losses in wave of celebrity in the “Monday Night featured Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon baseball of Joaquin Andujar, Football” booth and as husband of TV host and Greg Anthony. The Rebels played in weeks earlier, when Mora had Nearly four years later, class that he recruited. Dean Chance, Darryl Hamilton, Kathie Lee Gifford. four Final Fours and won the 1990 title. become UCLA’s coach, he most of that 26-player class Payton said Mora has kept Tommy Hanson, Bill Monbou- Frank Gifford played in fi ve NFL title Tarkanian died at 84, three days after said the staff made a choice. will play its nal game for his usual distance this week. quette, Al Rosen. In hockey, the games and was league MVP in 1956. Dean Smith, and Vegas dimmed its lights The coaches could accept a UCLA on Saturday, against But the game, Mora said, will Islander coach Al Arbour and Giants co-owner John Mara called him for a headline act. class hardly ranked in the top Nebraska in the Foster Farms be emotional. “the ultimate Giant.” In 1960, a pulverizing the great Canadiens winger hit by the Eagles’ Chuck Bednarik (who 50 nationally and focus their Bowl. He began assembling it Dickie Moore. also died this year, at 89) left Gifford with Yogi Berra efforts on 2013. Or they could Mora’s gamble has paid off. the very moment he took the Losses of boxing cham- a head injury so severe he didn’t return After all the tributes — his decency, his concentrate their resources That recruiting class, he said, job. Immediately after his in- pions Gene Fullmer and Bob until 1962. dignity, his wit (intentional or otherwise) — it’s important to never lose sight of this: on a last-minute surge. was essential to building the troductory news conference, Foster. And in football of Ken For many, though, Gifford was the “Our option, our only program. he walked to his of ce, where calming center of “Monday Night Football.” What a player he was. Stabler, quarterback of the Yogi Berra played 19 seasons and was option was we were going to And he says that adds a director of player personnel renegade Raiders, and Garo On one side of Gifford was Howard Cosell, all bombast and grandiloquence. On the American League MVP in 1951, 1954 attack 2012,” Mora said at nugget of motivation to this Patrick Girardi was waiting. Yepremian, whose slapstick the other was Don Meredith, ladling out and 1955. He played on 10 World Series the time. “We were going to second-tier bowl game: With Girardi handed him a phone. eld-goal attempt lives in heaping servings of country corn. It was winners and made 18 straight All-Star go after players all over the a victory, UCLA seniors would “Start recruiting right Super Bowl lore. left to Gifford to return everyone to Planet teams. His leap into Don Larsen’s arms after the perfect game in the 1956 World country that we thought could nish with 38 victories, the now,” Girardi said. Losses of those who cut a Football. come in here and help us win most of any UCLA class. When the freshmen arrived Gifford died at 84 and his family said Series is a moment frozen in baseball path for black players to fol- history. football games.” “Which is, to me, a great on campus that summer, low: Minnie Minoso (baseball), he showed signs of degenerative brain disease and hoped he “might be an Berra, No. 8, with that welcoming mug By the morning of national tribute to those young men Payton recalled, it brought a Earl Lloyd (basketball), Pete inspiration for others suffering from this of a face, died at 90. He managed for the and the way they came in here tenacious work ethic. They whirlwind that was George Steinbrenner, signing day, the surge was Brown, Calvin Peete, Charlie disease.” working. UCLA had procured and applied themselves and broke traditions. All that mat- Sifford (golf); and Mal Whit eld and Berra always had the right thing to say. He was the country’s everyman a class ranked in the top 15, bought into what we’re trying tered, he said, was winning. (track). And those while on to become,” Mora said. “It set That set an example, he said, the job: IndyCar driver Justin Dean Smith philosopher, a pinch hitter for Mark Twain a solid foundation for Mora’s If college basketball had a Mount and Will Rogers: “You can observe a lot by tenure. It already had secured the foundation for the culture and validated his choice on Wilson, struck by debris at Rushmore, a place in the mountainside watching”; “When you come to a fork in the Pocono and gone the next day commitments from Paul Per- that we’re trying to build.” that February morning. would be carved for Dean Smith. road, take it”; “I really didn’t say everything The seniors’ nal game will This week, Payton said he at 37. He was the soul of basketball at North I said.” kins, Devin Fuller, Ishmael Ad- Other losses, lives that Carolina and he died at 83. He led the Tar Said Hall of Famer Cal Ripken: “When ams, Randall Goforth, Fabian be an unconventional one. is focused on Nebraska, and soared across the games: Heels to 11 Final Fours, won national titles Yogi spoke, everyone was quiet and hung Moreau and Ka’imi Fairbairn. Nebraska (5-7) became bowl earning his 38th victory at in 1982 and 1993. He created the Four on every word. He owned the room.” Payton was the last piece. eligible only when there were UCLA. But in spare moments, Corners offense, earned an Olympic title Mora had pitched him on not enough teams above .500 he said, he has re ected on Ernie Banks in 1976 and coached some of the best. Contributing to this report building a program from the to ll out the bowl schedule. the last four years. Lots of players are in the Hall of Fame. Michael Jordan said he loved Smith for were AP sports writers Aaron How many bring a credo, a way of life, with always being there when he needed him. ground up. But his head was But Nebraska is more “A lot of people pick Beard, Tim Dahlberg, Mike spinning. dangerous than its schedule storied programs and they them? “It’s a great day for baseball. Let’s Smith would surpass Adolph Rupp Fitzpatrick, Ben Walker, Barry play two.” Ernie Banks wouldn’t have it any for the most coaching victories in men’s He already had commit- would suggest. It lost one go in and just kind of lter other way. Division I, a mark now held by Duke’s Mike Wilner and AP writer Mike ted to the USC, California and game by one point, three through,” Payton said. “When Ernie Banks, with a whip-fast swing Krzyzewski. Smith was among the fi rst to Stewart. Washington. Twice, he had games by two points and one you get to join a whole ‘revo- and sinewy wrists, played 19 seasons recruit blacks in the South and helped spur announced his decision on game by three. Its rst four lution’ as we call it, it’s cool to national television. Now, when losses came in the last min- see where we’re at.” he went to bed, he didn’t ute. It was the only team this middle of a football sea- that high for the Eagles. They know where he would sign. season to beat Michigan State, son, you’re focused on that had the pieces in place to Mora left him with one piece a playoff team. King sport, but make no mistake, be a competitive team, but a of advice. “Just playing Nebraska and FROM PAGE 8 Gabe admits, basketball was District 10B title? That wasn’t always on his mind. even on the radar. “Every weekend we still Until, of course, until When you play all three of had open gym, so we knew Irene-Wakonda won the 24 HR 2020 Elm St those sports, plus baseball the ultimate goal,” Gabe said. District 10B title. It then lost in the summer, that doesn’t’ “We all know football is fun, to Parker in the region nal, - Behind Walgreens leave much time for other but it’s basketball where we coming up one victory short EXPRESS MORNING things. But not once has really want to do something of the state tournament. Gabe, or his brother Trey – a special.” With all ve starters – and LAUNDROMAT COFFE E freshman at Irene-Wakonda – The ‘we’ he talks about? four double-digit scorers – complained. The Irene-Wakonda basket- back, the Eagles are thinking WEEKDAYS “They’re both like me,” ball team, which is 2-1 head- big. Laundry Machines to fit Mike said. “They can’t sit ing into Tuesday’s game at “Now those expecta- 7:40AM around and be inactive; the Parkston Classic. tions are really high,” said MONDAY they’ve always got to be do- “We want to win,” Gabe Gabe, who will play college any size load and budget ing something. I really think said. “This is a special group, basketball at Northern State THRU they like competing.” I think.” University in Aberdeen. 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