Page 8 -The Michigan Daily-Thursday, March 31, 1988 Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Michigan first baseman Greg llaeger receives a pick-off attempt during the Wolverines 6-5 win over Western Michigan in the first half of yesterday's double-header. Michigan also won the second game, 12-1. $1 Days Lease any apartment between March 16 and March 31, 1988 for $100. (Applied to September rent) L38755499GH 75599G 12 12 12 r1N~ 12~p 1700 Geddes 1224 Washtenaw 1506 Geddes 520 Packard 1001 S. Forest 543 Church 610 S. Forest 515 Walnut We also have other great properties! More Information at: 543 Church Ann Arbor, MI (313) 761-1523 Baseball Michigan sweeps Broncos 6-5,12-2 Continued from Page 1 The second game was more of an offensive showcase for the Wolver- ines than anything else, as they won 12-2. The game was highlighted by five-run innings in the second and in the fourth. In the second inning, shortstop St. Peter launched a Chuck Alexander pitch well over the left- field fence for his first grand slam home run at Michigan. Sophomore Tim Lata pitched ef- fectively for just under five innings to get his first win of the season for the Wolverines. In winning 13 games in a row, Michigan has improved its record to 13-5 but that's not enough for Mid- daugh. "We've got a lot to improve on but were on the right track going into conference play," stated the coach. Michigan will start their Big Ten season at Northwestern this weekend. THE SPORTING VIEWS By MIKE GILL Cinematic magic. That's the ticket. Leave it to the movies and they'll find one way or another to make an exciting story out of... well, out of emptying the garbage. And sports movies. Whoa. Every team is the under- dog. Every team faces a crisis. Every team is about to lose. Every team comes back and wins. Cinematic magic. Take Hoosiers for instance, the movie about Indi- ana high school basketball. Great movie. Highly un- realistic. Sure, it's based on truth, but way back when cow's ate grass, not some processed substance. Last weekend at Crisler Arena was high school hoops championship time - the stuff movies are made of - and this one had all the feeling of an Ernest Borgnine classic. My only question: Who the hell is Ernest Borgnine? FIRST CAME the semifinals. Three Oaks River Valley played in the Class C semifinal. Remember in Hoosiers when the team en- ters the large arena in Indianapolis and is awed by the enormous size of the place? Their coach, played by Gene Hackman, reassures them that everything is all right. Well, Three Oaks is a small town in southwest Michigan. The team entered Crisler in street clothes and walked onto the court. Their heads bobbed as they checked the upper echelons of the arena. They stood under the basket and looked up. "Wow" rang through their minds. One even jumped up and touched the net - just to make sure the height of the basket was the same as in their rinky-dink gym. Three Oaks lost - end of story. A One of the Class B semifinals featured Flint Beecher against Grand Rapids South Christian. Who should be the good guys? The choice becomes easier when you recall Beecher's coach. Dyk None other than Moses Lacy. The ... humbl prophet is known more for his Sermon on the Court. In a burning-bush flame of anger, he struck thou holy court with thee runner-up trophy two years ago (1986 A.D.) due to a controversial call in the state champi- onship. This guy defines evil. IT IS NO different this day. Lacy is called for a technical. After the game his holiness comes off his mount and delivers a summation of what happened. His team led by three with 1:57 left, by two with :45 seconds left, and were running out the clock until his player travelled. With the score tied, his player missed the winning shot - and then Beecher lost in over- time. "Did you see goaltending on Hawkins?" Lacy asked. "Were you at the game?" Moses, what about the opposing coach? "I don't got nothing against him." But Lacy had envisions of a sequel. "I got a tough program. I got tough kids and you better be- lieve I'll be back." Bye Moses. On the other hand Tom Dykema, South Chris- tian's coach, reminds you of a pharmacist you'd see in an Arbor Drugs' commercial. His comments? "You saw a bunch of guys that wanted something awfully bad and just went out and got it.... I'm just 4 classic melodrama premiered at Crisler so proud.... It's a tremendous experience just being here. Sometime I'll sit down and think about it. I'm excited being here." Humbleness is great for the good guys. It's now championship time. The arena is packed - South Christian fans lined up at 6:30 A.M. to get tickets. This is reminiscent of the long car rides the Hoosiers people took. South Christian faced Bishop Borgess. THE SAILORS found themselves in trouble early, and like in Hoosiers would have to fight their way back - perfect for the script. Mr. Basketball Matt Steigenga picks up his third foul with 5:52 left in the second quarter. With 1:10 left, Steigenga goes to the bench with four fouls. So the stage is set. This team has its top player - the state's top player, mind you - with four fouls in the first half, and it's losing by three. The coach makes a gutsy only-in-Hollywood decision: he will start his star for the second half. The crowd collec- tively gasps, after heavily booing the referee the final two minutes of the second quarter. The strategy does not pay off. At the end of the third quarter, South Christian trails by eight. The game is being taken to them. Steigenga is scoring but playing cautiously on defense. Photographers flash their cameras, announcers continue to gab, writers commit everything to paper. This is the CHAMPIONSHIP. South Christian principal Larry Plaisier rises and ignites the crowd. Furi- ously, he waves his hands and the 'hnoise becomes deafening. The fourth quarte begins. Pow. Steigenga dunks. What a start. The roar grows louder. Time is running down. All of sudden it's tied. And then comes a lead. And there goes the clock. ema 5,4,3,2,1...it's all over. Christian e good guy 69, Borgess 66. What a comeback, STEIGENGA never fouled out. This is the sign of a great player. He can control his aggressive in- stincts. This guy may be one of the greatest to come out of Michigan high school basketball in years. You hear the cliche "They really wanted to win." Well, if there was ever a team, and if you could ever see such a fact, this was the day and Christian was the team. They really wanted it. They overcame the odds. They were everything you could ask for in a movie. These guys are the Hoosiers of Michigan. And when it was all over, they sat and watched the next game. Scores of kids came down with pens, papers, and programs. They wanted autographs. Yes - they were heroes. And a sequel? Well, Steigenga answered that too. "What's next?" he was questioned. He hemmed and he hawed until the answer squirted from the back of the room. It came from a man who resembled Gene Hackman. "How about a national championship?" the man asked. It was Jud Heathcote, who Steigenga will help write the sequel's script at Michigan State for the next four years. Cinematic magic. J7 ,i i I e o a o o o P Do0 0 A 0 1) 4% O ° 1 0 - 0 00 Spice up your summer studies with "hot" cuisine and cool jazz Summer sizzles in New Orleans and not just from our tropical breezes. You'll find swimming and sailing, streetcars and steamboats, shopping and sightseeing. There's real French bread, blackened redfish, boiled crawfish, gumbo and jambalaya. There's rock & roll, rhythm & blues and a musical tradition that's home to both Louis Armstrong and Wynton Marsalis. 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