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on/Page 16 w 18. -Cullai Texas A&M The Battalion Sports November 18, 1982 Page 17 jRE Mm CENTAL Afll again. set to renew feud ith arch-enemy Conroe ers ■His star quarterback is out for the season, is team is suffering from numerous mmps, bangs and bruises and the opponent an old-time rival sure to bring back bitter emories. But Merrill Green seems re laxed. For Green and his Bryan Vikings, the iressure is off. With the No. 1 ranking be- anging to someone else and traditional tch-enemy Temple staying at home, the Vikesare free to play their game — which is Steed and power and quickness. I They’ll need those tools Saturday. The Second round playoff game against the Con roe Tigers is an important one for the Vikes *-butthen they all are at this point. One loss tod 1982 becomes history. This has been a memorable season for /an fans. The Vikes began the year as the p-ranked team in the state, but lost a close ineto Euless Trinity when they f ailed on a c-point conversion attempt late in the me. John wagner hehasBwith the loss went the top ranking, but •■'Iryan came back the next week to g to Washings Ian is won'tmalfilyan came back the next week to blast t until the pu femple 40-0 and end a decade-long Wildcat m going to dominance. In the last three years alone, the idustries. Vikings had finished 9-1 each time, yet imlich q (Jshcd second to Temple teams. on to usemviBso 1982 has been a successful one, but it’s ic for the wiJB over yet. Bryan and Conroe will be re- lamemeanso Ling a rivalry that began in the mid-1970s |en the two teams met each other several doubting it lich Maneiiv: uded in rev onaries. , s he begaii ti-choking g taken abaci® ; United Press International r obituaries It AS VEGAS, Nev. — Duk go. B 0 K' m ’ tEie Smuki Korean Mter who traveled halfway : several peojB unc | wor ] ( j f or $20,000 land decide® a a t becoming a gures on it, |p r |{j champion, hits been de- itit wasthesim. e( j c ( ea( | f r0 m a devastating of accl df®ith that destroyed his brain, ar, about (),■ f\[' evac j a District Judge Paul 150,000 peoBy^p ti ie decision d were dioi'fednesday night af ter meeting , |h the 23-year-old fighter’s ated thesetr. mothei- a nd doctors. times in the playoffs. The rivalry grew stronger when the teams were aligned in the same district for the 1976 and 19/7 seasons. This year, the Tigers, District 16-5A champions, are undefeated at 10-0-1. They are led by a ferocious defense which finished the regular season giving up an average 143 yards a game and helped lead them to a No. 9 state ranking and a No. 3 spot in the Greater Houston area. The last time the two teams met, in 1977, Conroe came away with a 35-7 victory, whereas Bryan won 22-20 the year before. For the Vikings, the loss of quarterback James Flowers is definitely a blow. Green says the Vikings’ biggest concern will be moving the ball against the Tigers, and with Flowers on the sidelines, that might be tough. “We’re going to have to move the ball consistently in order to win,” Green said. “Conroe has an exceptional defense — they’re big, strong and fast.” Even so, Green says the main key to the game is going to be the kicking games. “When it’s over with, the team that wins will be the team that makes the fewest mis takes and has the most consistent kicking game,” he said. “When you get this far, everybody has talent and size.” And size is the Vikings’ biggest advan tage. They’re big right down the line on offense and defense and they’re fast. Green says this isn’t a typical Bryan team. “A lot of people have as much siz^ as us, but our kids have a little more height and agility than usual,” he said. So the Vikings are taking their height and agility to Tally Stadium in Houston to meet the rough ’em up defense of Conroe. The Vikings, even without Flowers, are fa vored to win. It should be quite a matchup, as the Vikings try to live up to their early- season promise and the Tigers try to remain undefeated. If it’s a pressure situation, Green certain ly didn’t show it Wednesday. Calm, friendly and talkative, he appeared as unhurried as Luckenbach on a Sunday afternoon. But then, all Green can do now is relax. From here on out, it’s not how good you are, hut how much you want it. Doctors declare boxer dead deimlich M The judge ordered the life- support machinery that had kept Kim’s heart pumping and his lungs breathing left on until a team of surgeons could re move his kidneys and other healthy organs for possible use in transplant operations. Kim suffered massive brain damage in Saturday’s World Boxing Association lightweight title fight against Ray Mancini. “My son has passed away,” said the fighter’s weepihg mother, Yang Sun-Nyo, 66. “I made up my mind to transplant his organs to other people. The American doctors and nurses have done their best to rejuven ate my son. In spite of all our efforts we cannot rejuvenate him. If I continue to let the doc tors and staff supply medical treatment it is a burden to them. “My son has shown his brav ery in fighting Mr. Mancini. My true reason for the transplants is that my son can live forever and have everlasting life in this world. Through the transplants, his fighting spirit can be given to others.” The judge’s ruling came shortly after four Korean acu puncturists, summoned at the request of the boxer’s mother, withdrew from t he case after de termining the comatose fighter was in a “death situation.” Basketball season already: P photo by C. Michel Chang Yes, it’s time to gear up for basketball season on college campuses across the nation. Texas A&M guard Gary Lewis, being watched here by former Houston guard Rob Williams during last year’s Southwest Conference tournament, re turns to action this season. The Aggies open 1982-83 play by hosting the Ath letes in Action at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in A&M’s G. Rollie White Coliseum. ind the vice rms around! (1st, thumbs* i m's abdonK c navel and!» MARVIN GATE MIDNIGHT LOVE including: Sexual Healing/Turn On Some Music/Joy "Til Tomorrow/My Love Is Waiting te ■ fist with )'0 press intoj ii with a f Repeal sevtt y). einilichcanf ■ii to 1-2-3 ICE n 6? 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