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MONDAY. APRIL 24,1995
Collegiate notes
It wasn't like this in high school.
Of course, it couldn't have been. They don't
offer the triple jump in hifh school track, but
spparently it hasn't taken Ndu Okwumabua — a
Plymouth Canton graduate — long to become e
force in it.
A freshman at the University of Michigan.
Okwumabua leapt 36 feet, 7 inches to finish third
in the event at the University of Kentucky quadrangular
meet April 15. Her effort helped the
Wolverines finish second with 156 points, behind
winner Southern Illinois (159.5) but ahead of host
SKentucky (142.5) and Indiana (141). . .
aginaw Valley State remained atop the
Great Lakes Intercollsgiate Athletic Conference
baseball standings entering last
week, thanks in great part to its outstanding
pitching.
Brian PaJuk, a sophomore from Plymouth
(Redford Catholic Central), is one of the staffs
standouts. Paluk has made the most of his two
GL1AC pitching appearances; he was 2-0, tied for
third in the league in victories.
The Cardinals were 20-9 overall, 8-2 in the GL1-
AC — s game ahead of Oakland University
through April 16 — and boasted the league's best
Uteam earned run average of 2.59 . . .
niversity of Detroit Mercy sophomore soft
ball player Mary Jo Rally (Livonia Lady
wood) was named Midwestern Collegiate
Conference Player of the Week after hitting safely
in all four games.
She went 6-for-10. including s double, along
with three walks and s .600 on-base percentage.
Kelly scored the game-winning run in s 3-0 victory
last week over the University of Dayton.
The Lady Titans are 7-19 overall. . .
Senior right fielder Lawrence Scheffer is
second on the Titan baseball team with a
.367 batting average. He has seven homers
and 25 RBI in 25 games.
UDM is 13-12 overall.
Schoolcraft rec courses
Schoolcraft College is accepting registrations
for the following health and recreation
courses, May 4 through June 4:
• Beginning Kayaking: The two-day course will
meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 12 and 10 a.m.-
3 p.m. Saturday, May 13 at the Schoofcraft pool,
located in the Physical Education Building. The
fee is $75.
• Beginning In-Line Skating (Rollerblading): The
four-week course will meet 6-6 p.m. Mondays beginning
May 15. The fee is $40.
• Joy of Sailing: The eight-week course will meet
6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning
May 16. The fee ia $170.
• Health Enhancement-An Improved Quality of
Life: This six-week course will educate participants
on factors wrhicb affect their state of health
and motivate people to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
The classes will meet on a varied schedule at the
Medical Pitneas Center. 17940 Farrnington Road,
Livonia. The fee ia $125.
• Think Trim: This one-day course will be from 9
a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20. Learn bow to
change your thinking and reverse self-defeating
behaviors. The fee is $147. -
To register or obtain further information, call
Continuing Education Services at (313) 462-4413.
Recreation news
The women's Friday morning golf league,
sponsored by Canton Parks and Recreation
Services (no residency required), starts
May 6 at Fellows Creek Golf Course in Canton.
Tee times are 9 a.m. until mid-June, then they go
to 8 s.m. The 16-week season costs $15 to register
plus weekly greens fees for nine boles.
A league meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. April
28 at Fellows Creek. Call 397-6110 for further details.
T
he eighth annual Kids Fishing Derby, hosted
by Canton Parks and Recreation Ser-
vicee (for Canton reeidenU only), is set for
9 a.m. 5 p.m. Saturday. May 6 at Heritage Park
Poods. Rules are simple: The tournament is open
to boys and girts, 16- snd under, they may register
for a one hour time span.
The pond will be stocked with rainbow trout.
Awards will be given for the larpet fish caught
First prise is a $100 savings bond. Registration fee
is $1. with advenes registration required (If space
permits, thers will bs open registration the dey of
the event). For snore information, call 307-6110.
Cranbrook Fun Run
T he
17th annual 10-kilometer and 6K EDS/
Cranbrook Fun Run, benefiting educational
programs for tha Cranbrook In.utuloef
flcisnoe. will stmt at 9 s.m Saturday, May 11
Raee day regietration is from 6:16-6:46 a.at. Entries
poetaaarked by May 6 moat be aecompenied
by a fl$ fee ($90 after May 6). The entry fee alao
dee •new sriaissisn sn mas day, free
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SPORTS c
Buying club makes dream a reality
ANN ARBOR
USISL
r PROFESSIONAL
SOCCER
A local man haa bought into the United States
inter-Regional Soccer League and stocked it with
area player*. The Ann Arbor Elite will be an amateur
team in the otherwise professional USISL.
BY DAM O'MEAKA
9TAJT Warns
Wsyne Worosx of Csnton fulfilled s
lifelong ambition when he purchased
a franchise in the professional United
States Intel 1 -Regional Soccer League.
The Ann Arbor Elite will be
stocked with mosUy Obeerverland
talent snd play ita home games at
Holloway Field (Pioneer High
School) in Ann Arbor.
The 49-year-old Worosx, s tool
and-die maker at the Ford Rouge
Plant in Dearborn for the last 19
years, used $40,000 of his own money
to get into the league.
"This is a dream come true for me,
to own my own sports team," Woroei
said. "I've been saving my whole life
for this goal, to put a pro team together."
Nineteen of the 26 team members
are former area high school players
from either Livonia, Plymouth, Can-
ton, Redford or Farrnington.
"With all the tournaments my
teams have won throughout the country,
I firmly believe the soccer talent
in this area is among tije greatest in
the entire United States of America,
and I intend to proye it in this
league," Worosz said
About half of the players have college
eligibility remaining; therefore,
the Elite will compete as one of the 29
amateur teams in the USISL.
With 90 teams in the league, a
USISL goal is to promote soccer at
the grass-roots level, and each team is
required to have at least three under
19 players on its roster.
"There are a lot older guys in the
league, but this league is also a stepping
stone for guys coming out of college
to step right into the pro ranks
and make a few dollars," said Worosz.
See SOC€CR,~3C
Committed to play?
Madonna opponents finding ways not to
Well, what did
you expect?
It's spring, after
»I1
And this it still
Michigan, where
the weather Is ss
certain as a major
league baseball
cfj'Ji If anyone was
concerned about
what possible trieaffect
the pro baseball
have, well, now they
Lunacy haa taken command.
The last week in the life of Msdonna
University's team will illustrate
juat what disarray the sport
seems to bs in.
If the contract between pro players
and owners was handled in the
same off-handed way our higher institutions
of learning handle theirs,
players would require prompt and
immediate payment on every pitch.
Figure this out
Madonna and Wayne State were
originally slated to play a single
game Wedneeday at 3 p.m. at WSU.
Because a double header between
the two schools scheduled the previoua
weak for Madonna's field was
rained out, the teams' coaches. Ma-
's Mike George and WSLTs
George, agreed to altar the
and play two
Wadnaaday at Madonna.
sports editor Steve Ko-
George wss
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cor.Biflenr,£ rum ping ocu nose oui
aa Henry Ford CO coach and taking
that job next year. When Rodger
i Kowalaki's story
in last Thursday's
he waa on the oh one to
Madonna's Mike George sor£
Wednesday morning
According to Mike George, the
WSU coach aaked to poatpone the
game because ha wanted to speak to
his team about his possible deper
it came out in the paper,
it liks it, but hs
It didn't take too long to And out
Pitchen Tim Holland (left) and Mark Serra hauled a pump usee for draining
water from the outfield back to the truck after efforts to make Madonna's field playable
proved futile Friday.
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riffct tims to play U-D, when they for this. He said in his call to Ms
oouWBt donns's Mike George, he requ^
next day:
Detroit Mercy 16, Wayne State 3
So how could the Tartars find the
ulad game gainst Madonna?
According to sources at WSU,
Rodger George had an explanation
a delay so that he could, indeed, talk
SC
Salem earns itself a split with 2nd-game victory
The Plymouth Salem
team split s double-header on Thursday
against boat Ypsilanti by winning
the nightcap, 7-6.
Ypsilanti, 3-3 overall, won the first
game 5-2.
Tha Rocks, 3-1 overall, used four
pitchers la tha second guns, indud-
m
three innings
n four hits
with oo striksouta and ons walk.
Tor • sophomore, we ware real
pisessd," Salem coach Dale Rum
harper said.
Ryan Andisajswski pitched two
innings of icorsleoe relief to pick up
the victory Andre^ewski allowed no
hits or walks and struck out three.
Dan Quaine allowed no hita in the
Ypailanti
three runs in the seventh off Brad
Lear, who allowed one hit and walked
four in hia only inning of work.
The Rocks had taken a 7-2 lead
into the bottom of the seventh, scoring
two runs in each of the third,
fourth and fifth innings and a single
run In the seventh.
Senior Kas Kurisu was 2 for 4 with
a run scored. Seniors Bill Styiee and
Sam LnGrow and juniors Mike Bran
nan and Kirk Craggs each contributed
RBI singles
Sophomore Ryan Rumberger drove
in a run with a sacrifice fly.
.- In the first gams, Salem left eight
runners in scoring poeRion against
Ypsilanti starter Mark Warren, who
pitched a complete-game victory.
The Rocks left the bases loaded In
each of the first two Inningi without
"Warren pitched a good game, he
was in big jams and got himself out of
them," Rumberger said. "Seven complete
innings in today's weather and
as little aa people have played, that's
impraaaive."
Ypailanti oollected five runs on
four hiU off Salem starter and loser
Ted Bentley, who left after the third
inning BenUey alao struck out two
and walked two.
"He"a a big, strong senior who
needs to throw," Rumberger said.
"He threw 60 pitches in three Innings,
that's how much he was running
the count."
Salem relievers were Dan Hints
who pitched two innings of hitlees
relief and Lear, who pitched one
tcoreless inning.
Styles and Kurisu led the Rocks
with too hits each. Lear had an RBI
single and Styles scored one run.
The Rocks on Wedneeday defeated
hoat Walled Lake Western, 13-2, in a
game called after five innings because
of the mercy rule.
The Rocks collected 13 hita in support
of winning pitcher Justin
Mords, who allowed five hits, struck
out eight and walked none in moving
hia record to 2-0. Western's two runs
ware unearned.
Bran nan. LaGrow, Craggs and Dan
Quaine had two hita each. LaGrow
and Craggs drove in two runs each
and Quaine <
Designated hitter Rumberger had
one hit and three RBI. Aaron Leanhardt
snd Jason Gradinac each had
one hit and two RBI.
Kurisu lad off the game with a
home run.