The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee (2024)

March 12, 1989

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The Knoxville News-Sentineli

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Knoxville, Tennessee

Issue Date:

Sunday, March 12, 1989

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38

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j- Jvfcdyrf'-VK-w r-- r-- -Vj 1 -r- Wi ji j- 4 i -Vf I ''-vy-fi -f fit rvs-uv ji ii 1 i 7 £Ci The Knoxville News-Sentinel Sunday March 12' 1989 nv i si' -s -rf 3 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL not right for to consider adopting shot clock By B1LL LUTHER NsnSmiImI iportMffiltf There has been some discussion for three years about the shot dock I look tor any MURFREESBORO High school basketball fans are not likely to cm any drastic rules changes in Member of high school rales committee the near future has been some discussion for three years about the shot dock" said Dick Schindler a member of the National High School Federation's 11-- 'member rales committee I look for any drastic changes" 4- Results of the latest poll of high school coaches most controversial things the NHSF had dealt with He does not know what might happen at the com- 42 mittee meeting later this centfavor the rule is like beating your head against the questionnaires which wre retur wiU never have such a rule that pleases ev- dont represent all the schy butwhen you got eryone" Schindler said During this season 23 states experimented with a you get that many ballots in the percentages wonV variety of rules: 20 states had the sitdown rale and change greatly 5 seven states allowed coaches to roam the sideline The rales committee defeated hjniJ-4 margin Tennessee schools experimented with the 6-foot last year a proposal to add the shot Passage of 1 any rules change requires a 7-4 vote toving to monitor something they poDed tlwcomnuttee atthia time Schindler aaid tr Schindler said in athletics athletes The shot dock has been experimented with in ieam to act on their own learn to respond under several states and certainly could become a part of nraaiira situations Thev a pressure situations They aren't going to do that if they have to watch for the coach an the time fii rules are made after conferring with coaches and officials Maybe we ought to ask the players" GUESSING ENDS: When coaches from the 24 the game in the future have been some drastic changes in the basketball rules in recent Schindler said 3-point shot the smaller ball for girts and the choota qualified for the boys state tournament meet blind draw the guessing game ends well people dnT want them fed they have im- yn he draw is completed half the teams will PoweU and -Austin-East are Clam AA entrie htm Knoxville Other East Tennessee teams are temon ens Oak Ridge Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett and Cleve- Although the NCAA is talking of maybe moving AAA 0Uver Springs in Class A the 3-point line to conform with international rales AWARDS NOTICE: The News-Sentinel win begin Schindler said such a change would not mandate the selecting a player of the week in baseball and soft- Ugh school rule changing 1 ball this week Coaches are reminded to phone in Vj: Schindler calls the bench decorum rule one of the their nominations Friday r': s' ft i 1-2 I esS twc I ews-i A SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWSPAPER WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL wane State builds from big defeat Jo battle ifof i national 1 SUNIRQYAL is By CHUCK CAVALARIS Nnm-SanSnal sportswritw Hie Roane State Community CoHege basketball team woke up in Tyler Texas today where it will begin its quest for a national ship on Monday I1 Roane State which has not played in two weeks praised to the state and region titles TM Raider- fettes (22-8) have won 10 consecutive games and will (the I University of North Dakota Lake Region at lOpjn (EST) Monday 7T) Monday Privett the second-year head coach at Roane State has seen film of the first-round oppose Rai- nent Privett said the tape reminded her of the land State which finished sixth in the conference always wonder if any good win come out of a loss like that I guess it did" Privett said was a very bad low spell for us in January but after that we turned it around 1 think that game woke us up because our defense is better and our team offense is Roane State has a balanced attack that features Leanna Sowders and Michelle Marsh They were teammates on the Greenback High School team that brought home a state championship Sowders leads the Raiderettes iq scoring fllA average) and rebounding (85 per game) Marsh has averaged 12J points and six rebounds Kelly Holloway averages eight points a game but she scored a season-high 20 points in the 78-60 region championship victory-' over Jackson State In the state championship East' Conference winner Roane State dealt West Conference winner Jackson State a 93-74 defeat i A factor in the postseason success has been the freshman point guard tandem of Carol Saf-: fen from Kingston and Stacy Cameron from Rhea County Other players on the team are Lola Harris Loudon Sondra Bull Maynard ville Jill Giles Rock-wood Cindy Wright Rock wood Michelle Hamilton Folkston Ga and Carey Ridgel SeviervUle is a good Privett said think it helps coach because the same situa-' person They few other things UNIROYAL UNIROYALt I derettes 5 are a pretty balanced team a lot like 3 Privett said got three or four players ca-j paUe of scoring 12 to 15 points a game and they play I tough "-v c- The North Dakota team is 24-4 and ranked 12th in the most recent polL Roane State which finished 16-12 in Privettls inaugural season is ranked 19th really feel we have a great opportunity to win this' Privett said that I will take it from 1 r-' i Twenty-four regional champions are in the na- tkmal tournament at Tyler Junior College It is a sin LAREDO ALL-SEASONS1 ALL-SEASON 'X LT TRUCK RADIAL tiaHMlMraind gle-eliminatkm event but has a consolation bracket to determine final rankings for the 24 teams ii Roane State won the national title in 1984 The Raiderettes are five victories away from being Na 1 the country again and a coupte of losses away j( pt)biUy come to 11 National duunpkm would be nice me relate better to be a younger head it was not that long ago that I was in tion Besides I am a very authoritative always call me Coach although a from being 24th concerned about j-1 -V' DEALER OF THE WEEK -fw KNOXVILLE am more a two-week layoff than I am about a Privett said been a long time since we played a game and the' 5 a the layoff because we were really playing welL HENDERSON TIRE PormarKi Cifu Ai ifn Ri nnM ji''V''i' (Formerly City Auto Supply) -rs Vi 4-WAY IHM i 933-4118 e- Vi i -w to t-j ft' 8 i i i THE ROAD TO TYLER: Roane State won the' conference championship with a 7-3 record in league play' After winning the state title game Roane advanced to the regional and beat Martin Methodist College of Pulaski (75-68) and Motiow State of Tul-lahoma (81-65) before beating Jackson State in the finaL 3-vv siz UTC WOMEN WIN: Nancy Smith of Oak Ridge and Stallings of Knoxville played key roles Saturday as women won the Southern Conference tournament title 68-65 over Furman at Johnson City Smith was named tournament MVP and Stallings a former South-Young star made the all-tournament team rr 4 WeVe had good practices and the players have worked really hard to get 1 Privett is a 28-year-old 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