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SPORTS
Friday, April 21,1989 The Battalion
Top-ranked Ags tangle with Frogs
SWC Tennis meet, Baylor track event round out busy slate
Aikman signs pact
to play for Cowboys
FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
The top-ranked Texas A&M base
ball team continues its quest for a
Southwest Conference
championship this weekend with a
three-game series at Fort Worth
against Texas Christian to head a
busy weekend for spring sports
teams.
The A&M tennis teams also travel
to Fort Worth to compete in the
Southwest Conference Champion
ships while the Aggie men’s and
women’s track teams participate in
the Baylor Invitational in Waco.
Mark Johnson’s Aggie baseballers
are coming off a big SWC series with
Texas and hope to keep pace with
third-ranked Arkansas (12-0 in the
SWC) in the conference race. The
Aggies (11-1) will be looking for a
sweep against last-place TCU (2-10).
In other SWC action, Arkansas visits
Rice (3-12), Houston (6-6) visits
No.lO-ranked Texas (8-4) and
Texas Tech (3-9) meets Baylor (6-9).
In tennis action, the 19th-ranked
Lady Aggies will hope for success in
singles action as Jennifer Jones (10-
1), Cindy Churchwell (13-7) and
Lynn Staley (14-10) lead the way at
the SWC Championships. The duo
of Lisa Keller and Robyn Mawdsley
lead the way for the Lady Aggies in
doubles play.
The hard-luck men’s team will be
counting on strong outings from se
nior Shaun O’Donovan and fresh
man sensation Doug Brown to give
them a respectable team showing in
the men’s SWC tournament. O’Do
novan teams with Matt Zisette to
form the top Aggie doubles contin
gent.
The A&M Track team, which has
qualified nine men in nine events in
the men’s division and three women
for the NCAA championships, will
travel to Baylor today to take part in
the 16th annual Dr. Pepper Invita
tional.
Howard Davis who has qualified
in the 400-meter dash, the 400-me
ter relay and the 1600-meter relay
will try to qualify in the 200-meter
dash.
Andre Cason, who is running with
a broken jaw, will try to improve his
time in the 100-meter dash. Cason
owns the fifth best time in the nation
in the event.
Mike Stulce, the defending
NCAA champion in the shotput will
compete in only his second outdoor
meet of the season as he tries to im
prove on his throw of 65 feet 1
inch, which he threw last week at
the Texas A&M Relays.
In the women’s division, Melinda
Clark will continue her personal
quest to jump 6 feet 4 inches in the
high jump. Clark has jumped over 6
feet 1 inches in the last three weeks,
with the third best jump in college
ever at 6 feet 3 Vz inches two weeks
ago at the Texas Relays.
The men’s 400- and 1600-meter
relays will pull double duty as they
will travel to the Mt. Sac Relays in
California on Sunday after compet
ing at Baylor.
“We are looking forward to Mt.
Sac to see how we stack up against
teams like UCLA and other top relay
teams,” A&M Head Track Coach
Charlie Thomas said.
Hickey signs another Top 30 prospect
By Stan Golaboff
SPORTS WRITER
Nothing helps recruiting more
than winning and the Lady Aggies
basketball team has proven it this
spring by signing their fourth Top
30 high school player.
Yatisha Bosha, the Texas Class 3A
High School Player of the Year in
1989 and No. 15 player in The
Houston Chronicle's Top 30 basket
ball prospects, Thursday signed a
national letter of intent to play at
A&M next year.
Bosha, a 5-9 guard from Nome,
Texas, averaged 29.7 points, 13.3 re
bounds, seven assist, and six steals
her senior year as she led Hardin-
Jefferson High School to the 3A
state championship. Hardin-Jeffer-
son won the state championship her
freshman year and finished as run
ners-up her junior year.
“Signing Yatisha is a big compli
ment to our program,” A&M Head
Basketball Coach Lynn Hickey said.
“She is a great athlete who knows
how to score and a good student.
She will be a definite asset to our
program.”
Bosha will graduate sixth in her
class at Hardin-Jefferson with a 4.07
grade point average.
Bosha is just one of four top high
school stars to sign with A&M. Early
last week A&M signed the No. 13
prospect in the state according to
The Houston Chronicle.
Yolanda Brown, a 5-11 forward
from Pampa High School, signed
last week with A&M. Brown aver
aged 21 points and 11.4 rebounds
her senior year and scored 1,552
points and 438 rebounds during her
high school career.
“Yolanda is one of the best ath
letes in the state,” Hickey said. “She
has an excellent shooting touch
(Brown shot 56 percent from the
floor last season) and she is a good
student.”
Hickey said that Brown reminds
her of Arkansas’ Shelly Wallace, who
was an All-Southwest Conference
performer the last two years.
IRVING (AP) — UCLA’s Troy
Aikman, considered one of the best
I NFL quarterback prospects since
John Elway, on Thursday signed a
rookie-record six-year, $11.2 million
contract with the Dallas Cowboys.
Aikman, who will be the No. 1
choice in Sunday’s NFL draft, said
he hoped that within five years “the
fans will be comparing me with
Roger Staubach.”
He said he wanted to sign with the
Cowboys because every Sunday he
used to watch Staubach on television
from his home in Henryetta, Okla.
“I remember all those comeback
victories and I’d like to be part of
that someday,” he said. “I can’t step
into Roger’s shoes but maybe I can
do some of the things he did.”
Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson
said the third time was the charm in
trying to attract Aikman.
“He turned me down out of high
school and went to Oklahoma,” said
Johnson, who was then coach at Ok
lahoma State. “Then when I was at
Miami I tried to get him when he left
Oklahoma but he went to UCLA. I
i was afraid he would turn me down a
third time.”
Ironically, Aikman broke his leg
during a game against Miami. He sat
out the rest of the season and de
cided to transfer to UCLA after Ok
lahoma coaches announced they
would return to the run-oriented
wishbone offense the following sea
son.
“Thanks for breaking my leg,
Coach,” Aikman said. “You did me a
favor.”
Vinny Testaverde of Tampa Bay
signed a six-year, $8.2 million con
tract when he came out of Miami in
1987.
Warren Moon recently signed a
contract with the Houston Oilers for
five years at $2 million per season.
Leigh Steinberg, Aikman’s agent,
also negotiated that contract.
Aikman’s $11.2 million contract
included a signing bonus that is be
lieved to be worth more than $2 mil
lion.
“It was the highest contact for a
rookie,” Steinberg said of Aikman’s
deal.
“I was proud to pay it,” said Cow
boys owner Jerry Jones. “In my
opinion Troy could have gotten
more money if he had played for an
other team in the NFL. ”
Johnson wanted Aikman badly.
“Everybody kept saying I had a
poker face but at times I had to bite
my lip to keep my enthusiasm in
side,” Johnson said.
Aikman said how soon he plays in
the NFL depends on how quickly he
picks up the system.
“The ideal way would be to take
things slowly,” he said. “I’ll have a lot
of talent around me and that will
help.”
Johnson said he and Aikman
would begin studying film Thursday
night.
“There’s no timetable for when
Troy will play,” Johnson said. “We’ll
go at his pace. We’ll see what hap
pens in training camp.”
Aikman said he will donate some
of his bonus money to UCLA and
Henryetta High School. He also
plans to donate $1,000 to charity for
e ach Cowboys’ victory next year.
“I hope to give $16,600,” he
c uipped.
Detroit would be foolish to pass up Heisman winner Sanders
It’s amazing what a relatively new coach
and a new offense can do for the attitude of
a team. But in the case of the number three
first-round pick that the Detroit Lions are
trying to trade away, the new attitude is
getting ridiculous.
The Lions have the, golden opportunity
todraft Heisman Tvpphy winner Barry
Sanders in the first r v <i\ynd and they are
trying to trade him away for lower-round
picks.
What seems ironic is that a team that
finished under the cellar in the NFC
Central last year is trying to trade away a
potential NFL superstar because he may
not mesh completely into the Lions’
offensive scheme.
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in the mouth,” is appropriate here.
The Lions organization publicly said that
Sanders would be Walter Payton
reincarnated. Maybe that’s why they’re
trying to trade the pick to the Chicago
Bears. Chicago turned down an offer to
take the No. 3 choice for the 11th and 12th
first round picks.
Detroit has also tried to talk the Phoenix
Cardinals out of its 10th and 17th picks, but
the Cardinals also said po.
Evidently, no one told Gene Stallings that
"Barry could be the next Ottis Anderson.
Sanders’ agent David Ware has said that
Barry is concerned about the sincerity of
Detroit’s interest in him as well as what his
role with the team will be.
He shouldn’t be that concerned with
carrying his share of the offensive load next
season with the new “Run and Shoot”
variation that the Lions have adopted.
The offense features three or four
receivers and one running back in most
cases, a situation that should give Sanders
plenty of room to run both inside and
outside the tackles.
Detroit Head Coach Wayne Fontes said
that the whole offense wouldn’t be changed
for Sanders and that the scheme in general
is suited for him.
If Sanders is worried about his role in the
new passing-oriented offense, then Fontes
or offensive coaches Mouse Davis and June
Jones need to be specific in letting him
know. By entering the draft younger than
most, Sanders needs a firm commitment
from a team to make the transition easier.
Detroit is not in the position to give up a
franchise player like Barry Sanders. The
offense has suffered in recent years,
primarily due to the nonexistence of a
passing game. James Jones has carried the
load in rushing offense and has done a fair
job, but he is no one man show.
Opening the style of offensive play to the
“Run and Shoot” variation can only help
the Lions, but trying to rely on the passing
game can be dangerous.
Trading the pick for lower first round
picks in search of more receivers or
linemen doesn’t balance out.
When the Detroit front office praised
Sanders as the next Walter Payton, they
should have reflected farther into their own
past — to Billy Sims.
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