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    jqJ ednesday • June 10,1998
The Battalion
PORTS
'’ossum makes
iuccessful USA
laseball debut
From staff and wire reports
pe USA Baseball Team began
icir 1998 summer season by beat-
dglhe Mexican National Team 7-
„ be l ore 1,032 fans at its new Hi
orbett Field in Tucson, Ariz., on
aturday night.
■ISA starter Casey Possum (1-
), a Texas A&M sophomore left-
jHlded pitcher, gave up nine hits
ver seven innings to notch his
rst victory of the season.
He struck out nine and issued one
in his first outing of the summer
f 1998. Possum only allowed one
arnod run in the fifth inning.
■he Americans jumped out to
nearly 2-0 lead in the first inning,
lead they would never relin-
uieh. After the one Mexico run in
c | nelfifth, the USA team countered
1 Htl one in the sixth to recapture
ie|two-run advantage.
■yan Ludwick, a sophomore
utjfielder from UNLV, led off the
eventh with a solo home run to left
elp, his first one of the season. The
■ericans added one run in the
eventh and two more in the eighth
a put the game out of reach.
■JSA reliever Shane Wright, a
.’exps Tech junior, gave up one run in
he ninth to make the final score 7-2.
Childers graduates early
Recruit receives diploma from Trinity Valley High,
will play for Big 12 Champion Texas A&M in fall
From staff and wire reports
Texas A&M soccer coach G. Guerrieri announced
Tuesday that Amber Childers will graduate from
Trinity Valley High School in
Arlington a year early to play
for the Aggies this fall.
Childers led Trinity Valley
to the 1997 Southwest Prepara
tory Conference State Champi
onship and guided the Texas
Image '81 club team to the Un-
der-17 State Championship.
She is currently a member of
the Under-16 National Team and
is a member of the Under-18 Na
tional Team Pool, made up of 36
players from which the national team will be chosen.
"Amber is one of the most talented and proficient
young players in the country," Guerrieri said. "Her
game fits in perfectly with the style that has won cham
pionships for A&M, and I'm confident she can help us
in our cause for the future.
"I expect her to immediately improve our line-up
and am excited about the possibilities she brings to the
success of our program for the next four years."
Childers joins teammate Nicky Thrasher, who left
Franklin High School in El Paso a year early to play
for A&M in 1997.
Childers joins the 1998 recruiting class of Michelle
Royal (Martin High School; Arlington), Anne Tam-
Guerrieri
porello (Berkner High School; Richardson), Cameron
Chorn (Highland Park High School; Dallas), Jodie
Mitchell (Midland High School; Midland), Jamie Mar-
Her game fits in per
fectly with the style that has
won championships for A&M,
and Tm confident she can help
us in our cause for the future.”
— G. Guerrieri
Texas A&M soccer coach
den (Norman High School; Norman, Okla.) and Lau
rie Lovoi (West Brook High School; Beaumont).
Royal is participating in this month's Under-20
National Team Camp, making her and Childers the
fourth and fifth Aggies to play with U.S. National
Teams this year.
Texas A&M will play season preview matches at the
Aggie Soccer Complex against Oregon on August 27
and a former students team on August 29 before open
ing the 1998 regular season with a home match against
North Texas on September 1.
Rockets trade Kevin Willis; Raptors
part with Rogers, first-round picks
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston
Rockets forward Kevin Willis, al
most traded to Toronto last February,
finally became a Raptor in a trade for
forward Roy Rogers and the 16th
and 18th picks in the June 24 draft,
the teams announced Tuesday.
"This was a great opportunity for
us because we had the ability to get
two No. 1 picks and a former No. 1
pick in Roy Rogers," Rockets coach
Rudy Tomjanovich said. "However,
our appreciation for Kevin Willis
made this decision very difficult be
cause of everything he has done for
the Houston Rockets and the entire
city of Houston."
Willis was one of the Rockets'
steadiest performers last season.
He started 74 regular season games
and averaged 16.1 points and 8.4
rebounds. He is scheduled to earn
$2.1 million this season.
Willis was involved in a regu
lar-season trade with the Raptors
in February that would have sent
guard Damon Stoudamire to the
Rockets. That deal fell apart and
Stoudamire eventually was traded
to Portland.
"Kevin is flattered that Toron
to would trade two first round
picks and a third player for him to
play in Toronto," said Steve
Woods, Willis' agent. "Last Febru
ary, it was a bargaining manipula
tion whereas today it is based on
Toronto wanting to bring in a sea
soned pro and an outstanding
basketball player."
Toronto obtained
JH| the 18th pick from
^||| Portland deal. The
4 1| 16th pick originally
belonged to New
York.
Rogers has played
for Vancouver, Boston
and Toronto in his two
NBA seasons. The 6-
foot-10, 235-pound
Rogers has averaged 5.8 points, 4.2
rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots in
97 professional games.
The Rockets won back-to-back
NBA championships in 1994 and
1995 but they have failed to return
to the title game since Utah elimi
nated them from the first round of
the playoffs this spring.
The average age of the Rockets'
playoff roster this season was 32.6,
leaving the Rockets with a goal of
getting younger for next season.
They already owned the 14th pick.
Charles Jones, 41, and Clyde
Drexler, 35, already have announced
their retirement and trading Willis
sent another 35-year old packing.
The Rockets still have two of
their superstars. Hakeem Olajuwon
and Charles Barkley, both 35.
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