The Sullivan Sheet
by Rick Sullivan
SEATTLE SEAHA WK AT
DENVER BRO cos. Lifetime:
Broncos lead series, 18-13-0. La t
Y�ar: Broncos beat the Seahawks in
Denver 16-10, but the Seahawks
returned the favor in the Kingdome
13-10. Spread: Broncos by 13.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS AT
LOS A GELE RAIDERS.
LiC�tim�: Raiders lead series, 41-23-
2. L t Year: The Chargers beat the
Raiders in L.A. 21-13, but the
Raiders returned the favo in San
Diego 9-7. Spre d: Raid rs by 2.
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
DALLAS COWBOYS AT �T­
LANT A FALCON . Lifetime:
Cowboys lead series, 10-5-0. L t
Year: 'Cowboys beat the Falcons 31-
27. Spread: Cowboys by 2.
Sports Quiz
by Larry Duncan
NFL HEAD COACHES
1. What NFL franchise has the
fewest lifetime head coaches? .
2. Who is the winrtingest coach in
Atlanta Falcon history?
3. Who originally replaced Chuck
Knox as head coach for the Los An­
geles Rams in 1978?
4. Of what USFL franchis was
current Saints' h ad c ach Jim Mora
once head coach?
5. Name the only New York Giant
head coach to have over 100 lifetime
victories ..
6. N me the only head coach to
lead the Philadelphia Eagles to Super
Bowl play.
7. Who replaced Don Shula as head
coach for the Baltimore Colts in
1970?
Sports Quiz Answers
1. Miami Dolphin and Dallas
Cowboys (2); 2. Leeman Bennett
(1977-82) 47-44-0� 3. Ray Malavasi;
4. P�iladelphia/B ltimore Stars; 5.
Steve Ow nl 3-108-7�6.DickVer-
m il; 7. D n M f ert- ..
By. H rry . And r on. Jr.
Sp.cl.1 To th Ich/�n Cltlz.n
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DET orr - Highly reg rded for
iC academic chievement nd tu­
dents, Detroit's Renal nee High
chool j considered on of the top
in titution for college re dine .
o t of the city' top tud n enroll
e ery year m kin cademic kill
their top priority.
But when it com to interschol -
tic athletics, most people would
sume that Renai nee High is far
behind other schools in the Detroit
Public School as well as the state.
Some people feel that Renaissance
tudents are 0 deep into their
scholastic studies that it would be
easy to beat a group of kids who
would seem to be like a bunch of
Poindexters and Steve Urkel .
Think again.
Since his arrival from Martin
Luther King High, Charles Turner
has given Renaissance .opporems a
run for their money. So far this season
The Phoenix girl hoop squad cap­
tured the Detroit PSL West Division,
and made it to the PSL finals despite
losing to eventual champion King. In
the State Playoffs so far, Renaissance
breezed through their Class B Dis­
tricts bombing Redford Thurston (56-
37), and Dearborn Heights
(;n.�ilJO(]l(1 ,'u . ...:au ... 1A. B
Regional, the Phoenix manhandled
Saint Clair Shores Lakeview (52-41)
and upset regional favorite Madison
Heights Bishop Foley in the regional
final 56-41.
Marchoe Diel signs her letter of intent for the University of Illinois. On-lookers include. Ms. Jones principal.
Mrs. Diel and Coach Turner.
Girls that they're exceptionally good
players.
"When I first came here three yers
ago the kids had the ability to play,
but not the confidence to put it al­
together to play as a team, It he ex­
plained. "After our coaching staff
started to work with their skills and
showing them that their self-worth is
a lot more than people think, the girls
started to produce. That has been the
to winning."
"The key to our uccess, however,
is playing together. If you play
together you'll win together. There's
no such thing as'!' in any team
sport.It's all a team effort and you
must learn to work together in order
to be succesful."
BEFORE TURNER arrived,
other teams used to laugh at the
Phoenix, some teams would automti­
cally chalk up Renaisance in the win
column while other squads wouldn't
playas hard against the Phoenix, but
since 1990 things have changed.
The first unit didn't do the same
thing."
"We played strong against very
good U or D squad one night and the
next night we faced a team with
much lower quality and couldn't get
the job done. Concordia outhustled
us, outplayed us; we didn't have the
ability to get the job done and that
disturbs me."
"WE CAME OUT emotionally
flat that's my fault, but it still con­
cerns me that we think we have things
straight. A few guys on the team
don't take care of business on the
court; they don't come to play."
The Tartars started their eason on
the road down in Ohio gainst Ashland
University, a place where WSU never
won. Derek Hardy, the junior guard
from Redford, changed all that.
DUring the November 23rd contest,
Hardy fired in a game-high 28 points
while junior foward Scott Armstrong
netted 15 points. Senior center Andy
Ayrult hauled down 10 rebounds and
Chipped in with eight points.
WSU returned home on Novem­
ber 28 to open up their home season
against Grand Rapids Baptist Col­
lege in front of a faint crowd of 262.
AI though the crowd was sparse, the
coring wasn't as six Tartars scored
in double figures in the 109-75 vic­
tory. Leading the way for WSU was
6-8 sophomore center Randy Cal­
ceterra with game-high 19 points.
Hardy and junior Scott Armstrong
netted 17 points piece while junior
college transfer Will Paige tired in 16
"In my first year we were 20-4, It
Turner explained. "My second season
we lost only three gm while win­
ning our district. This year we 10 t no
games in the Western Division of the
PSL. Teams we play now have a dif­
ferent view on what our school's
about. Our opponents take us serious­
ly."
Another perspective of the
Renaissance Girls Basketball Team is
the mount of par nt 1 an Id�
ministrative upport the children'
recieve at games on and off the court.
Turner points out that the parents
aren't spectators but are part of the
squad.
"Ever since I came here I've been
stressing family unity," he said. " I
have nothing but support from the
parents since I've been here, when I
went into this program expressing to
the girls that the parents are also part
of the team."
"THERE' A CERTIAN
amount of time that we have the kids
points. Other Tartars in double
figures were Armstrong (12 points)
and sophomore Irving Marchand (10
points).
WAYNE INVADED TITAN
Territory on December 1st as guest
against the University Of Detroit
Mercy in front of a record 8,743 at
Cobo Arena. It didn't tke the Tartars
long to get a jump on the Titans as
they built a lead as big as 11 points
throughout the first half. In the rust
half Herron sank all five of his at- .
tempted three-point hots while
senior guard Mike Moscato sank two
of three. Armstrong sank two of four
of his. three-pointers helping the
WSU to a 52-47 half-time lead.
But the U of D Mercy went on a
15-1 run during the econd half to go
out in front. Although the Tartars
stayed within triking distance, the
Titans never relinqui hed the led.
WSU came up short 95-85 at the
buzzer. Five Tartars were in double
figures with Herron and Ayrault with
17 points apiece. Moscato (12
points), Calceterra (11 points) and
Paige. (10 points) also sparked WSU.
BUT 'IWO DAYS later the Tar­
tars returned home to play tbe lowly
Concordia Ca'rdinal . WSU made
them look a lot better than they were
as only three Tartars produce scoring
points. Calceterra led all corers with
19 points and 12 rebounds, Hardy
added 13 while Brian Kosciel ki
added 11 as WSU stumbled to a 85-
in school because the rest of the time
the kids are with their parents."
"Delores Elswick, our athletic
director hs been more than an AD.
She has given us anything we wanted
as far as equipment to do things. She's
also a great role model for the girls to
emmulate."
This winter Turner takes on
another task. He'll take over the helm
as head basketball coach for the
btUt� te, it ttUld tttltt
did win a tate Di trict Title ·in CI
B, but haven't made the PSL playoffs
ever. The squad will have to face
some of the State's best teams in
Cooley, Southwestern, Mackenzie.
Northern and Cass Tech, but Turner
assumes his confidence.
"The goal is basically the same as
the girls program," He explained.
"My coaching staff as well as myself
will make the boys believe in them­
selves against the likes of South­
western, Mackenzie, Cooley and the
rest of the PSL. We want to instill in
them that they might not be as big. tall
or tour oppone • but they can
have lot of heart."
"Their hearts re the ame ize
everyone el e' ,but if they pi y good
defense nd wor hard the bo ill
come out on top."
Turner � els th t the boy aren't
State Championship caliber of yet,
but are just two years w y from
claiming that prize. He explains that
the mood of the tudents at Renal -
sance when it come to ports.
"MOST 0 T E IDS at
Ren i ance are keptical about
coming out for the athletic teams be­
cause they feel they're not good
other PSL teams," Turner aid.
"But as . tile goe on and the student
body ee that we're producing
resul the kids wlll come out."
"Athletics at Renaissance isn·t tbe
priority, it' down on the list There
are many club like th Academic
Games, Debate and other thlnp, but
like I said once we set positive
mode for ports the kids will give ita
try."
One of the positive modes in the
Rena· ance Athletic program has
been the performances of Seniors
�rchoe Dill and Sonya Mays, two
members of the girls basketball team.
Dill just igned a national letter of
intent with University Of Dlinois on
four-year basketball scholarship
,. ve ltucle1d
. to attend one of the eight Ivy Lea
Universities, Brown University in
Rhode Island. Turner hopes these to
achievements can set the tone for ath­
letics at the Detroit high school.
Turner would like to see other
kids at Renaissance achieve goals
like he did when he was a player at
Southwestern back in the late fifties.
"I had my glory years and now I
want to give the kids of Detroit some­
thing to shoot for. I want them to
improve their overall skills on and off
the court and go on to �titutions of
·Tartar men off to 'slow' 3-2'start
HARRY ANDERSON, JAJMchIgM Cltlun
Derek Hardy (No. 14) guard Grand Rapldsopponents ln a game this
season.
the rest of the season." "Monique (Johnson) and Julie
(Filpus) are providing leadership
against Wisconsin-Parkside in the while Kristin (Wright). Angie
championship game," Head Coach (Davis) and DeLonda (Little) are
Diane Wisnewski said. "We came out playing consistant. The teams we've
rebounding well, hooting well from played weren't louches.I'mcutious,
the floor and the free throw line. Win- Iy optimi tic bout the future because
ning the tournament at our gym gave four wins don't make a season."
. us momentum against IPFW, which
BUT THEIR HOPES FOR a
State Championship ende when the
Phoenix came up way short against
Dearborn Divine Child losing 58-41.
De pite losing, the Renissance girls
hoop squad ended their season with
an impressive 17-5 �ecord. .
Turner explained that it took plen­
ty of work to convince the Renissance
By Harry M. Anderson. Jr.
Sp.cl., to th. Michigan Cltlnn
Although they stand with a 3-1
record, Head Coach Ron Hammye is
a bit concerned about of the recent
performances displayed, by the
Wayne State Mens' Basketball
Sqaud. After impressive wins over
Ashland (Ohio) 87-82, and Grand
Rapids Baptist 109-75, the Tartars
put up a good fight against a good
University Of Detroit Mercy before
losing 95-85. But that's not the prob­
lem.
WSU faced.a not-so-good group
from Concordia College of Ann
Arbor, a team that managed only one
win in six starts. AI though the Tartars
won the December 3rd contest 85-58,
Hammye wasn't impressed.
"Our third win wasn't very good,"
He said. "I thought our second unit
played better than our first unit. I can
understand when you have .an
emotioinal letdown when you
played a team like the University Of
Detroit. I think we didn't play well
together and think we didn't look for
each other.There were some in­
dividual things that went on the court
we have to take care of."
"AGAINST GRAND Baptist we
played well as a unit, against Concor­
dia we didn't. The second group,
which is made up of guys who
haven't played a-whole lot and who
haven't played as much, went ou,
pas ed the ball well, they' found the
open man and played unselfi hl y.