Page 10-Sunday, March 25, 1979-The.Michigan Daily N. DAKOTA KO'D IN NCAA FINALS: Gophers Capture ice. crown By BRIAN MILLER- By Christoff and John Meredith scored for BOTH TEAMS had excellent chances af- Specialto theDaily4.,&U 4--6--:-1--A tr th t B t J k1- th t t DETROIT-It was golden victory for the Golden Gophers from Minnesota as they skated their way to the 1979 NCAA ice hockey championship, defeating the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, 4-3, at the Olympia last night. Minnesota, runner-up to North Dakota in the regular season, never trailed in this physical all-WCHA final contest. But it took a goal by the Gophers' freshman sensation Neal Broten less than three minutes into the third period to provide the maring of victory. BROTEN'S SCORE was a pretty sight indeed. The center from Roseau, Minn., caine flying in on Sioux goalie Bob Iwabuchi, but was knocked down from behind as he tried to shoot. Nevertheless, Broten got his shot away and it landed in the net behind a surprised Iwabuchi. North Dakota's Sioux deserved a lot of credit for making the game as close as it was, considering the start Minnesota got off to. The Gophers found themselves in front 2- 0 early- in the first period when Steve TUNE IN and H the original d them in the first period. Christoff opened the games' scoring at 4:11 when he split the Sioux defense, faked out Sioux goaltender Bill Stankoven, who started the game, and scored with ease.' Meredith upped Minnesota's margin to 2-0 just four minutes later when he blistered a shot high over Stankoven's left shoulder. THE SIOUX CAME back as they did all night long, when senior defenseman Bill Himmelright's shot from the point hit Gopher goalie Steve Janaszak and bounced into the net. However, Minnesota got that back with a score by captain Bill Baker out of a goal- mouth scramble with only 38 seconds left. >North Dakota got the only goal of the second period to close the gap to 3-2 and Iwabuchi, who took over the North Dakota net at the period's start, kept the Sioux in the game with several sensational saves. Minnesota regained its two-goal lead Broten's eventual game-winner at 2:48 of the final period, and North Dakota's Marc Chorney closed the game's scoring seven_ minutes later. .per at . ut anasza, ,ne tournament MVP, shut the door on the rampaging Sioux. The 7,011 fans watched Minnesota claim their third national championship, as the Gophers ended their season at 32-11-1. Nor- th Dakota closed its season out with a 30- 11-1 record. "It must have been a helluva game for the fans to watch," said North Dakota coach John Gasparini. "We've had a great year and we were almost there. Only two teams can come as far as we did and Min- nesota. I'm very proud of our team." An ecstatic Gopher coach Herb Brooks praised his team in their moment of glory. "I put the pressure on this team from Day One," he said. "We've had an up and down season, but the last month (which saw the Gophers go 9-1) we just wouldn't be denied." IN AN ail-eastern consolation game, Dartmouth's Big Green staged a devastating second-period comeback to defeat New Hampshire, 7-3, for third place in the tournament. Yanks blast Tigers LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Thurman Munson drove in five runs with three homers and a single yesterday to power the New York Yankees to a 10- 7 exhibition baseball victory over the Detroit Tigers. In all, there were nine home runs in the game. Munson hit a two-run homer in the first inning off loser Kip Young, 1-1, singled in a run in the second off rookie Pat Underwood, greeted rookie Ralph Treul with a homer in the fifth and also greeted rookie Gary Grafton with a home run in the seventh. Chris Chamblis doubled in a run in the Yankee first and hit a solo homer in the seventh. Graig Nettles hit a two-run homer in the five-run opening in- ning against Young. The other Yankee run came on a two-out homer by Mickey Rivers in the fourth off Underwood. Detroit's first batter, Ron LeFlore, homered off winner Ed Figueroa. LeFlore also tripled and scored on a Lou Whitaker ground ball in the third. LeFlore singled in the fifth and scored ahead of Jason Thompson on Thom- pson's home run in the fifth. SCORES Gophers Janaszak... NCAA Semifinals Michigan St. 101, Penns67 Indiana St. 76, DePaul 74 NHIL Boston 5, Detroit 2 Montreal 3, Washington I Pittsburgh 3, New York Islanders 3 Chicago 3. Toronto 3 NBA Chicago 148, New York 143 (20T) alA ... and Christoff Baltimore 3, Kansas City 1 NCAA OCKEY Boston 7, Chicago White Sox 6 NCAA HOCKEY Cincinnati 1, New York Mets 4 Finals Montreal 7, Los Angeles 4 Minnesota 4, North Dakota 2 Atlanta 8, Texas 2 Consolation St. Louis 7. Pittsburgh 6 Dartmouth 7, New Hampshire 3 San Diego 12, Cleveland 1 Exhibition Baseball California 15, San Francisco 1 Chicago Cubs 9, Milwaukee 6 M Club Rugby Houston 5, Minnesota 4 Michigan (1st unit) 40, Battle Creek 4 New York Yankees 10, Detroit 7 Michigan (2nd unit) 38, Battle Creek4 Philadelphia 9, Toronto 4 Sarnia 11, Michigan (3rd unit) 3 TITLES CAPTURED AT CRISLE EAR I' 1940 s x ADMEN SUPER >:=over 6 weeks of t original exciting shows are comin your way in seria form daily on State high school Class A: Detroit Mackenzie NTURES )F 'MAN he radio g al By ALAN FANGER Detroit Mackenzie utilized the hot second-half shooting of guard Steve Caldwell and forward Dave Traylor yesterday to thwart off perennial power Pontiac Central, 72-64, winning the Class A state high school basketball title at Crisler Arena. With Caldwell hitting from the perimeter and Traylor threading Pon- tiac's man-to-man defense inside, the Stags built up an 11-point fourth quarter lead which the Chiefs could not over- come. For Mackenzie the victory was especially sweet, as the Stags blistered through the state tournament after a season which saw them drop five of their first eight games. Caldwell, who led all scorers with 28 points, said his team's turnaround was the result of a change in its mental at- titude. "We've had a problem in the past with taking the wrong shots," he said. But for Pontiac Central, it was another state championship gone by the wayside. The Chiefs finished as the tournament runners-up for the fifth time in 11 years under Coach Ralph Grubb. "We made too many mental mistakes," Grubb added, in reference to his team's foul troubles. "When we should have been taking the ball down, champs4 they got it back and put it The Stags, with their deliberate at- tack and strong rebounding at both en- ds of the court, built up a 34-29 halftime margin despite their chronic tendency to turn the ball over. In the third period, Pontiac brought its fast-breaking attack out of the closet, and the Chiefs caught up and stayed even with Mackenzie for the remainder of the quarter. But Caldwell and Traylor went to work in the final stanza. Traylor hit three buckets in the first 90 seconds of the stanza, while Caldwell hit nine of his 28 points in the final minutes. Caldwell almost single-handedly seduced the Chiefs into foul trouble, driving into the lane on numerous oc- casions and catching Pontiac off balan- ce. crowned Mackenzie stretched its margin to 11, 59-48, with five minutes left, proceeding to block the inside and immobilizing Pontiac Central's agile center, Clyde Corley. That spelled doom for the Chiefs, whose desperate front-court pressure on Mackenzie proved fruitless. For Central it was another season- ending disappointment, but Coach Grubb still felt his team gave it their best shot. "We did a good job inside," he said. "We played hard, we went to the boards real well. Corey was just great on the offensive boards." Grubb nonetheless emphasized that he was proud of his team's turnaround this season. "Even when we lose, I'm glad to be here," he said. "I'm just glad we can come back here and play. "We'll get'em." 107.1 ON WW EEYOUR DIA L all the excitement brought to you by " LIBERTY MUSIC SHOP " THE TUX SHOP LTD. Class B: Muskegon Heights wonder the pay I sso- r By DAVE JOHNSON Despite playing what their head coach called one of their worst games of the year, defending Class B State champion Muskegon Heights suc- cessfully retained their title with a 52-47 victory over Saginaw Buena Vista yesterday, before a crowd of 13,273 at Crisler Arena. The Tigers (26-2) hardly resembled state champions in commiting 19 tur- novers and shooting a miserable 40% fromethe field, but their obvious height advantage and imposing 2-3 zone defen- se were enough to knock off a smaller but quicker Buena Vista club. "THIS WAS perhaps our poorest game of the year," said Muskegon coach Lee Gilbert. "We may have been a little overconfident after defeating our two previous opponents by 22 and 33 points. The difference today may hve been our experience." The Tigers' experience was best displayed in their own backcourt. Buena Vista administered a full court press throughout the second half, but the Tigers failed to crack. "We stress composure and poise, even in practice," said Gilbert. "We constantly remind each other to keep our heads together. We don't want to lose because of pressure." THOUGH Muskegon Heights might not have lost to pressure, they could have lost nonetheless had Buena Vista played their usual consistent game. The Knights shot an embarrassing 31 per- cent and turned the ball over 12 times in dropping their record to 24-3. Their other two defeats both came in over- time. A major disappointment forwBuena Vista coach George Morris was his team's ineffectiveness on the boards. With only two players taller than six feet, Morris know his players would be handicapped underneath. But the Tigers completely dominated the boar- ds on both ends, 52-34, with many leading to second and third field goal attempts. "We kept the score close (24-23) through the first half," said Morris, "but that 15-6 spurt at the start of the third period killed us." MOST OF those Muskegon points were scored by 6-51 senior Donnell Plummer. His jumper with 1:30 left in the third quarter propelled the Tigers to their greatest advantage of the after- noon, 39-37. But six unanswered points at the start of the final period brought the Knight's back into striking distance, 41-35. Buena. Vista's leading college prospect, Duane Parker, led the rally with four of his game-high 21 points, but missed a pair of free throws with Muskegon up 49-45 and just 33 seconds left in the game. Both teams traded easy layups as the clock wore down and Buena Vista missed a pair of outside jumpers-the story of their game. IT WAS Muskegon Height's 2-3 zone lousythe benefits are, so great. As a volunteer, you'll get to help America stand a little taller. And you'll stand a little taller yourself. America needs your help or we wouldn't be asking. Your community needs your help. People eighteen or eighty: we don't care as long as you do. VISTA is coming alive again. Come alive with us. VISTA. Call toll free: 800-424-8580. Or write VNTA Rwy A Wahinotnn fD C_ defense which forced the Knight's into a 20-foot shooting game. Instilled solely for the championship game, Tiger coach Gilbert was quite pleased with its effectiveness. "We've gone man-to-man all year,,' said Gilbert, "but decided the zoneK wuld benefit us more with the sizeable height advantage we had. Fortunately; they weren't able to hit many outside shots. We've got an excellent ball club but today we were fortunate to win." Class C: Three Oaks By United Press International Mike Petere and Dave Zebell keyed a 22-point fourth quarter last night that led Three Oaks River Valley to the Class C state tournament champion- ship with a 59-54 victory over Elkton-Pigeon-Bayport. Petere, a 6-1 senior guard, and his 511 senior sidekick Zebell teamed for 15 points in the final period as River Valley pulled out the victory with a 22-16 quarter after entering the period trailing by a point; 38-37. Three Oaks, unranked despite its season record of 24-3, scored the first eight points of the final quarter to sieze a 45-38 lead and then went into a four corners offense which Zebell guided effectively after the offense nearly cost the team the game. Petere scored 20 points while junior teammate Brad Ponegale scored 16. Deering scored 18 and was outstanding running the Elkton-Pigeon-Bayport offense with Jeff Smith backing him with a 16-point game. Class D: East Catholic By United Press International Junior substitute Eugene Tillman converted a perfect pass from Lamar Ragland for a tie-breaking layup with seven seconds to play last night to give Detroit East Catholic the Class D basketball championship with a 58-56 vic- tory over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian. Just 32 seconds earlier Muskegon Christian junior Dave Doorn had com- pleted a 3-point play to tie the game, 56-56. Doorn intercepted a pass after sinking his free throw but tried to dribble in at the same time and was called for palming the ball. THIRD-RATED Detroit East Catholic, 22-4, called time out with 3 secon- ds to play and set up for a last shot. Ragland spotted Tillman alone under the basket and the resulting shot with seven seconds left-only Tillman's second bucket of the game-turned out to be the winner. Doorn led Muskegon Christian with 19 points, Scott Flicema had 14 and Todd Rannitz added;12. Both teams were looking for their first Class D title although East Catholic won in C in 1973 and lost in the Class D finals two years ago while Muskegon Christian is a four-time winner of the Class C boy's crown. Cottage INN (good only with this coupon) Carry-Out and FREE Delivery FREE-2 LARGE PEPSIS U With any medium or large'pizza c; ) .., ,..;<;_ .;. . The Marines are looking for a few goad men. College grads and undergrads, you can become officers