MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2002
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Team's breach of policy ends football season
PRETTY PRAIRIE — A few days after Pretty Prairie suffered its fourth loss of the year, coach C.T. Young interrupted practice to say that any player who had violated the school's substance abuse policy should sten forward.
First one player did, then another — 16 of the 23 Bulldogs in all. And with that, Pretty Prairie High School's eight-man football season was over, ending Oct. 8 with three games to play.
"He did what he had to do and he was right," said team leader Matt Graber, who had been the second to step forward behind fellow team leader Zac Wilder. "The rest of the team doesn't blame him."
Graber himself, a senior nose guard who admits chewing tobacco, had gone to Young about the problems he believed were partly responsible for the team's record of one win and four losses.
Some players drank alcohol and partied heavily, even on game nights, while others smoked or chewed tobacco—all in violation of a zero tolerance policy adopted by the Pretty Prairie USD 311 school board two years ago after review by coaches, school officials and others.
Superintendent Bob King said the players "showed a lot of integrity by stepping forward and admitting they violated the rules."
"When the coach asked who had violated the policy, they could have looked the other way.
They could have lied," King said. "But they were men enough to admit it and accept the consequences."
Young, in his first year as head coach, admitted that the scope of his players' honesty took him by surprise.
"I expected just a few to step up, not a whole bunch," he said Thursday.
'Clash of Champions' draws record crowd
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mitch Herring ran for 109 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries as Northwest Missouri State beat Pittsburg State 29-7 Thursday night in front of the largest crowd to see an Division II game since the NCAA reorganized its lower divisions in 1973.
The announced attendance of 26,695 at Arrowhead Stadium broke the previous mark of 20,575, set in 1977 when Nevada-Las Vegas played at Boise State. Both of those schools now play in Division I-A.
John McMenamin threw for 313 yards for Northwest Missouri State, including a 12-yard scoring pass to Adam Otte, on 29-for-38 passing. He also ran for a 2-yard score on his only rushing attempt as the Bearcats handed Pittsburg State its second loss in six days.
The game was promoted as the "Clash of the Champions," with the two schools having combined for five Division II and NAIA national titles and 12 of the last 13 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association championships.
But on Thursday, fifth-ranked Northwest Missouri State (7-0, 5-0) dominated the 11th-ranked Gorillas (5-2, 3-2) from the outset.
The Bearcats forced four turnovers — including two interceptions by safety Ryan Miller — and held the ball for more than 38
minutes as they outgained Pitts-
burg State 467 yards to 139.
The Gorillas, whose only touchdown came on Aaron Hight's 47-yard interception return in the closing minutes, have not scored an offensive touchdown in their last two games. They lost 13-3 to Emporia State on Saturday.
"We're not playing very good," Pittsburg State coach Chuck Broyles said. "The only good think I can think about is that we have Friday, Saturday and Sunday off instead of just one day."
Tax breaks approved for Cardinals stadium
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Board of Aldermen gave final approval Friday to two major tax breaks aimed at building a
replacement for Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis.
One was a measure to
eliminate a 5 percent amusement tax on the Cardinals. The other exempts the team's proposed new ballpark from property taxes, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on its Web site.
Both passed overwhelmingly.
Mayor Francis Slay called passage of the measures a major step forward, saying other pieces should fall into place.
The initiatives are part of the city's effort to entice the Cardinals to stay downtown — and back down from threats to build a new ballpark in Illinois sweetened with a heavy subsidy.
struction of professional sports stadiums.
Illinois lawmakers are reconvening in Springfield next month. Slay also wants a deal before Nov. 5, when city voters will consider Proposition S, a referendum that requires voters to approve any public expenditures for the non-
Cardinal players undergoing surgery
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder J.D. Drew is expected to be slowed during spring training and early next season after arthroscopic surgery that removed part of a dead tendon from his knee.
During Thursday's hour-long surgery, doctors drilled a series of holes in Drew's kneecap and removed a significant portion of the tendon.
"From everything we've heard, it went very well," Cardinals general manager Walt Jockeyt said. "I think there's a good chance he'll be pretty far along after spring training."
The Cardinals anticipate Drew serving a part-time role until at least next June.
Jocketty added that Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen also will have arthroscopic surgery on his sore right shoulder within the next week.
"I don't think they expect to (find) any major damage, just basically kind of a what they refer as a cleanup job," Jocketty said.
Isringhausen had 35 saves for the Cardinals this season, including three in the playoffs, before St. Louis lost to San Francisco in the NL championship series.
Drew, who will remain on crutches for seven to 10 days before beginning strengthening exercises for the leg, with the tendon expected to regenerate in about six weeks.
Former Twins star faces assault charges
Drew's rehabilitation is expected to require four to six months.
MINNEAPOLIS — Baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett was charged Friday with dragging a
woman into a restaurant bathroom last month and grabbing her breast.
The woman had bruises, and her ankle was swollen from hitting
a door frame, according to the criminal complaint, which cited several witnesses.
The former Minnesota Twins star was charged with a felony count of false imprisonment and a gross misdemeanor count of criminal sexual conduct.
If convicted, Puckett probably would be put on probation and given less than a year in the county workhouse, according to County Attorney Amy Klobuchar. She said it was unlikely he would be sentenced to the legal maximum of four years in prison and $8,000 in fines.
Puckett's attorney, former federal prosecutor B. Todd Jones and Twins spokesman Dave St Peter did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
Puckett was not expected to be at Friday's later hearing, where prosecutors were going to seek bail of $20,000. He was expected to be booked formally today and his first court appearance probably will be in two or three weeks.
Puckett, an outfielder, retired in 1995 after 12 seasons with the Twins, a team he helped win the World Series in 1987 and 1991. He joined the Hall of Fame last year.
"Like most Minnesotans, I remember watching Mr. Puckett help the Twins win two World Series, and he's a great Hall of Fame baseball player. But that night, in that bar, he was no one's hero," Klobuchar said.
Puckett's wife, Tonya, filed for divorce in February, about two months after she told police he threatened to kill her during an argument.
He denied making such a threat, and prosecutors didn't
charge him. The Pucketts reached a tentative settlement this month.
Former Mariners manager wants faster job move
SEATTLE — Lou Piniella is "disappointed" with the Seattle Mariners' handling of negotiations with the New York Mets and Tampa Bay Devil Rays and he wanted to "get on with my life."
"They had told me they were going to be fair and reasonable and quick," the former Mariners manager told the New York Daily News on Thursday night from his home in Tampa, Fla.
"Well that hasn't been the case. I'm disappointed in them. I thought they would be better about all this. I just want to get on with my life and I would think they would want to get on with theirs, too."
Seattle has agreed to release Piniella from the final year of his contract, provided teams interested in interviewing him give the Mariners "appropriate and reasonable compensation." But that process has dragged on for a week.
"Obviously, I wish they could have started this process earlier," commissioner Bud Selig told the Daily News.
"I'm concerned about anything that would be a distraction to the World Series, as this could be."
Teams are not permitted to make managerial announcements during the World Series, which starts Saturday and could end as late as Oct.27.
So far, the Mets and Devil Rays have publicly expressed interest in talking to Piniella, but neither team has been able to work out a deal with the Mariners.
"We) had several discussions today with the Seattle Mariners concerning compensation for Lou Piniella," said Tampa Bay GM Chuck LaMar. "At this point, we have not agreed to terms."
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