1994_03 Insight March 1994

              March 23,1994
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Athletes try for draft,
play waiting game
By Kelley Scott
Hadi YazdanPanah/INSIGHT
Pitcher Tommy Minor, a key to the Bulldogs success this
season, led Fresno State to a 10-1 victory over the University of Maine Black Bears Tuesday night at the Pepsi -
Johnny Quick Classic at Beiden field. Fresno State lost to
Washington State, 7—4, in the championship game Saturday night.
StaffWriter
One of lhc biggest dreams of any
boy is io make il into professional
sports. This dream may be coming
irue for a few of Fresno Stale's finest.
Last Tuesday, Quarterback Trent
Dilfer strutted his stuff in front of 100
scouls,coaches,playcrs, media people
and screaming fans. Along with Dilfer
were some of lhe eligible men for thc
draft that helped him get to where hc
ing Quarterback Trent Dilfer, people
lend to forget the ones around him
that got him there. It takes more than
one person to achieve the kind of
season thc Fresno Slate football team
accomplished. Without good receivers, running backs.or linemen,a quarterback is worthless.
"It's a big day in Fresno State football obviously when you get 50 NFL
people here," said Jim Sweeney, FSU
head coach.
Dilfer is expected to go in ihc first
round of thc draft but there have been
no predictions made about any of the
other NFL hopefuls lhat went through
preliminary auditions for lhc bic-wies.
Mosi of lhe NFL staff expected
they wouldn't get a chance at Dilfer
but wanted to sec him perform in
person anyway.
"I wanted io meet him to sec what
kind of young fella hc is. Thc chance
of us having any chance at him is not
real strong, but still you never know
what happens down thc line," said
Darrcl Mouse Davis, offensive coach
for the Atlanta Falcons.
Those going through scouting drills
alongside Dilfer were Anthony
Daigle, tailback; Malcolm Seabron,
receiver; Lee Harris, receiver; Tydus
Winans, receiver; Ron Collins, offensive tackle; Kenny Hall, offensive
tackle; James Burton, corncrback;
Tommy Jones, corncrback; Sam
Watson, strong safety; and Ron Rivers, running back.
Even though there hasn 'i been a lot
of hype over thc other FSU prospects
for the draft, experts are positive of
their NFL potential.
"All three of these receivers can
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Take Malcolm and Tydus, ihey have
a Mule bit belter gift in the area of
speed bul Lee is also a very physical
receiver. I think ihey will play and
can play in thc NFL," said Sweeney.
The players have helped Dilfer and
now Dilfer is helping thc players by
thc overflow of national exposure .
"I'm taking a look at thc two receivers (Malcolm and Tydus) loo. I
have seem ihcm because I watch so
much on Trent. I basically work more
with quancrbacks, so I'm interested
in looking ai thc receivers and 5 and
81 kept jumping-up," said Atlanta's
Davis.
With their boyhood dreams iust
wiihin ihcir grasp, lhe players are
taking everything in stride and making sure ihcir priorities arc straight
"I think lhc most important thing is
mc finishing up my schooling. You
don'l last too long in football and I
figure I'dgct my paper [diploma] and
everything will fall in line in two
more semesters," said 5-foot-9 Ron
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Bulldogs come up short in Classic
By Jason Gibbs	
StaffWriter
Fresno State hosted seven of the
country's top college baseball teams
last week in thc 16th annual Pcpsi-
Johnny Quick Classic.
Twcniy-four games were played
in thc six-day, round-robin loumameni ai Beiden Field.
Al the end of five days, Fresno
Suite and Washinton Stale bolh posted
records of 5-0.
On Saturday nighl, lhe Bulldogs
and Cougars played in the final game
of die tournament lodecidcthecham-
pion.
Wiih Tommy Minor, ihc Bulldog's
lop pitcher on ihc mound, Fresno Stale
hoped to win the Classic for thc firsl
time since 1989.
■ However, in a game which included
five Bulldog errors, ihc Cougars look
lhc Championship, defeating Fresno
Slate 7-4 .
Gixxldefense and laic inningcome-
backs had been the Bulldogs trademark in lhc tournament, bul against
the Cougcrs, Fresno Stale made cosily
errors and could muster no comeback.
Thc Cougars finished lhe tournament at iS-O.giving Head Coach Bobo
Brayton the Classic Title in his 33rd
and last year of coaching.
Thc Bulldogs reached thc championship game by winning five straight
games, including an 8-3 win in lhc
first game over I6ih ranked Kentucky.
The Bulldogs also defeated Maine,
Illinois State, Nebraska and Nevada.
Some of thc lop players visiting
Fresno in the loumameni were All-
Americans Troy Brohawn of Nebraska and Antonio Fernandez of New
Mexico.
Topping the list of cclebcratics at
the Classic was futrure Hall of Famcr
Carlton Fisk.
Fisk coaches for Illinois State and
his son, Casey, plays catcher for lhc
Redbirds.
Thc Bulldogs begin conference
play Friday, March 25 at Cal Slate
Northridge. Fresno Stale will defend
Ihcir 1993 WAC Championship.
15th Soccer World Cup prepares for kickoff
By Jorge Luis Perez.
and Jason Gibbs	
Staff Writers
Nearly 4 million tickets have been
sold for the 1994 World Cup. the 15lh
Soccer World Cup which will be held
in the United States this year.
From June 17 to July 17 learns
from all over thc world will compete
for world soccer's ultimate prize:
Germany will return as thc defending champion, having won lhc Cup in
Italy in 1990.
ABC and Urivision, the largesi
Spanish network in the U.S.. arc the
official nciworksof"World Cup USA
94," and will televise lhe Cup nationally.
Regionally, games will be played
in Los Angeles and lhc Bay Area.
Stanford stadium, which can scat
over 100,000, will hosl some early
round games.
Thc Rose Bowl in Pasadena will be
lhe site of lhe Cup Final.
Only 12 oihcr nations have hosted
lhc soccer world cup. They arc Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934,1990). France
(1938). Brazil (1950), Switzerland
(1954), Sweden (1958), Chile (1962),
England (1966), Mexico (1970.1986),
Germany (1974), Argentina (1978).
and Spain (1982).
Thc "Cup" has never been played
outside Europe and Thc Americas.
Three European nations and three
nations from lhc Americas have won
the "Cup."
Uruguay in 1930 and 1950; Brazil
in 1958,1962 and 1970; Argentina in
1978 and 1986; Italy in 1934, 1938
and 1982; England in 1966; and Germany in 1954.1974 and 1990.
No European team has ever won
lhc Cup on thc American conuncnis.
And only Brazil, in Sweden. 1958,
has won thc "Cup" in Europe.
This year lhc battle continues when
ihc strongest learns from Amenta —
Brazil, Argentina.and Mexico — will
batdc lhc strongest European nations
These nations arc - Germany, Italy,
and Belgium - to keep lhe "Cup" in
America.
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Athlete of the Week
Special to INSIGHT
Gerry Abas
Abas wrangles
to the top
By Rex Avakian	
StaffWriter
Junior Gerry Abas has made
Athlete of the Week.
Watching him wrestle is like
watching a small tornado lift an
oak tree and tic il into a knot.
On the mat hc looks like a
surreal -
and drives them into the mat.
Thc skin on their checks and
foreheads push in contradictory
directions.
Thc fans grimace, sorry for thc
poor soul thai challenges Abas.
Thc opponents' eyes have the
pleading look of a World Wrestling Federation bad guy who
wants to pound lhc mat three times
to end the match, but can'l free
his hands.
Hc doesn't have to wait long,
though; the match is soon over.
and Abas is victorious.
Abas, the 142-pound All-
American, has been thrashing
opponents all season long.
The reward wasasecondplace
finish at thc NCAA National
Wrestling Tournament.
Abas went into thc tournament
wiih a 32-3   record and was
seeded
second.
H i s
opponent for
the final
match
Alan
Fried of
Oklahoma
State,
who was
seeded
first in
the competition.
Fresno
Slate wrestling head coach Dennis DeLiddo said Abas was thc
one wrestler who could beat
Fried.
Unfortunately Abas was defeated.
But thc loss is overshadowed
by the impressive statistics compiled over the span of his career
at Fresno State.
This is thc third year hc has
been an All-American, and his
109-17 mark is thc Fresno State's
third best.
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