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Page 2B, Friday, November 14. 1W7 TliJ STAR KMOCKAI SI Wwm Sunday is Judgment Day for Gup Gordon leads Jarrett by 77, Martin by 87 heading into season finale M1D-SIIOKE STANDINGS High School Football Bayside Conference Small Division Schools Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. Miami at Indiana, 7 p.m. Denver at Orlando, 7:30 Sacramento at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. L.A.

Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m. Charlotte at Chicago, 8:30 p.m Seattle at Utah, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 10 Saturday's Games Indiana at Toronto, 6 p.m. Sacramento at New York, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 7:30 Orlando at Washington, 7:30 p.m Denver at Miami, 7:30 p.m L.A.

Clippers at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m New Jersey at Detroit, 7:30 m. Cleveland at Chicago, 8: 30 m. Utah at Dallas, 8:30 Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Vancouver, 10 m. Sunday's Games L.A.

Clippers at Atlanta, 6 m. New Jersey at Cleveland, 6 m. Houston at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Seattle, 9 p.m Vancouver at L.A Lakers, 9:30 p.m. TEAM W-L PF PA Snow Hil) -l 342 97 Cambridge-SD S-2 313 80 Kent County 3-7 203 315 Washington 3-7 243 301 Col.

Richardson 0-9 32 385 Big School Division (Final Records) TEAM W-L PF PA James Bennett 8-2 362 179 Wicomico 7-3 249 97 Stephen Decatur 6-4 25C 174 North Caroline 5-5 261 172 Easton 4-6 199 311 Queen Anne's 4-6 161 224 Parkside 0-10 80 442 High School Boys' Soccer North Bayside Division TEAM Overall Division Easton 15-1-1 8-1-1 St Michaels 12-3-1 6-3-1 North Caroline 9-5 7-2 Queen Anne's 8-6 7-2 Cambridge-SD 7-5 7-3 North Dorchester 3-9 1-9 Kent County 3-11 2-10 Col. Richardson 2-11 1-9 MIAA Sts Peter Paul 7-7-1 6-5-1 IE mr 4V -unji i High School Field Hockey (Final Records) North Bayside Division 1997 IT NASCAR WINSTON CUB TEAM Overall Division Kent County 15-3 11-1 Easton 12-4 7-3 St Michaels 11-4 7-3 Cambridge-SD 7-6 5-5 Queen Anne's 6-6-1 5-4 North Caroline 3-11 2-7 Col Richardson 2-10 2-8 North Dorchester 1-12 1-9 Independent Sts Peter Paul 8-2 High School Volleyball (Final Records) North Bayside Division Overall Division TEAM Queen Anne's North Caroline Kent County Easton Col. Richardson 15-1 13-5 11-5 9-6 4-10 8-0 4-3 3-5 0-7 DM1 NHL Glance All Times EST By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE NASCAR Winston Cup points leader Jeff Gordon sits with the Winston Cup trophy during a press conference for Sunday's season-ending NAPA 500 in Atlanta. Gordon leads Dale Jarrett oy 77 points. laps and I've got a shot at winning and I've got to do something risky to do it, I might settle for second or third." At age 26, Gordon is stock car racing's biggest star.

He won 10 races in '96 and has 10 more victories this season, becoming only the second driver to capture a $1 million bonus for winning the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte and Southern 500 at Darlington. Also, he is the first driver since Darrell Wal-trip in 1981-82 to reach double-figure wins in consecutive years. Gordon won the first two races at Daytona and Rockingham, and he has led the standings all but two weeks since his June 8 victory in the Pocono 500. "It's awesome to be able to keep Atlantic Division Pts GF GA Philadelphia 11 6 3 25 60 47 New Jersey 12 5 0 24 53 31 Washington 11 7 2 24 57 46 Islanders 7 7 4 18 52 48 Rangers 4 7 7 15 44 48 Florida 5 8 4 14 39 52 Tampa Bay 2 13 2 6 30 61 Northeast Division Pts GF GA Montreal 12 4 2 26 60 39 Boston 10 6 2 22 46 40 Ottawa 9 8 3 21 56 48 Pittsburgh 8 8 4 20 53 56 Carolina 7 9 3 17 53 56 Buffalo 5 9 4 14 45 58 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Pts GF GA Detroit 13 4 3 29 66 43 St Louis 12 5 2 26 60 41 Dallas 10 6 4 24 61 54 Phoenix 8 7 2 18 52 46 Chicago 7 11 1 15 36 50 Toronto 5 8 3 13 34 47 Pacific Division Pts GF GA Colorado 10 36... 5B.

Anaheim 8 7 4 20 51 52 Los Angeles 8 7 4 20 65 52 Edmonton 5 10 4 14 44 65 San Jose 6 12 1 13 48 60 Calgary 3 12 4 10 49 65 Vancouver 4 13 2 10 46 70 mm. two goals, assist lead Wings HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) Mark Martin and Dale Jarrett say all the pressure is on Jeff Gordon, who leads the NASCAR Winston Cup standings heading into year's final race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Gordon doesn't mind a bit. "I'd much rather be in the position I'm in than the position they're in," said Gordon, who can clinch his second Winston Cup championship with an 18th-place finish in Sunday's NAPA 500.

"If they can see me in their mirror, I know they're going to be sweating." Jarrett and Martin, neither of whom has won a Winston Cup title, say they have nothing to lose on Atlanta's re-configured 1.54-mile oval. Jarrett trails Gordon by 77 points and Martin is another 10 points back. "If I was in Jeff Gordon's shoes, I would be sweating," Martin said. "When you're leading, nothing can happen except you lose." "I think Mark or myself would love to trade places and take a 77-point lead," Jarrett said. "But the pressure is definitely on them (Gordon's team).

It's their championship to lose." Gordon wrapped up his first season championship two years ago in Atlanta, but his margin of error was much larger. He came into that race with a 147-point lead over Dale Earnhardt, needing only to finish 41st or lead a lap to clinch the title. Earnhardt won the race, but Gordon won the championship by nursing a poor-handling car to a 32nd-place finish. Last year, Gordon squandered a Ill-point lead with just four races to go and came to Atlanta trailing Terry Labonte by 47 points. Gordon ran a strong race in his Chevrolet Lumina, finishing third, but Labonte cruised to the championship by staying out of trouble and winding up fifth.

Gordon would like to follow Labonte's example. "We can't make any silly mistakes," Gordon said. "If it comes down to the last couple of Yzerman1 Red Wings improve to 13-4-3 with victory KANATA, Ontario (AP) Detroit captain Steve Yzerman had two goals and an assist to lead the Red Wings to a 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Yzerman opened the scoring, assisted on his club's second goal and scored into an-empty net for the defending Stanley Cup champions. Darren McCarty and Martin Lapointe also scored for Detroit (13-4-3) before a crowd of 18,136 Soccer Top 15 poll and is ranked no.

16 in the nation in the USA Today Super 25 prep soccer poll: Still, the Warriors (15-1-1) will take the field Saturday with a chip on their shoulders in search of their first state title since 1994 and their first at the 2A level. "We know that they (River Hill) get all the press," Easton keeper Erik Higginbottom. "They're a great team but we know that if we Vikes "This year we've had a problem with a lack of consistency. We've played well at times and poorly at times." The regular season ended with a 7-6 overtime loss to rival Easton played on a mud-cloaked field during a game-long downpour. Despite the conditions, Fleetwood refused to use them as an excuse.

"Last week we didn't play well," he said. "We just weren't in it emotionally. Easton was much more of an emotional football team than we were. "We can't play at this level at the state tournament without playing without a lot of emotion. That's what this game's about." The Vikings and Fleetwood are no stangers to the postseason.

Since the school began in 1976, Cambridge-SD has been involved in eight state championship Thursday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Named Tom Spencer manager. Von Joshua hitting coach and Kirk Champion pitching coach for Calgary of the PCL, Chris Cron manager of Winston-Salem of the Carolina League and Mark Haley manager of Hickory of the South Atlantic League. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW JERSEY NETS-Placed Lucious Harris on the injured list. Activated Jack Haley from the injured list. Women's National Basketball Association WNBA Signed Cindy Brown to a one-year contract.

Continental Basketball Association CBA Named Phil Evans general counsel, Pamela Wheeler assistant to the commissioner-director of business development, Troy Furr director of media relations and Leonard Greene media relations coordinator. IDAHO STAMPEDE Waived Joe Wyatt, Shawn Dirden. Placed Shawn Igo on injured reserve. Atlantic Basketball Association MORRIS REVOLUTION-Signed Paul Rivera, G-F Lawrence Frazier, Eggie Chaparro and G-F Johnny Foster. FOOTBALL Arena Football League AFL Awarded a franchise to Grand Rap ids, Mich, for the 1998 season.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES Assigned RW Erik Andersson to Saint John of the AHL. CAROLINA HURRICANES Recalled Nolan Pratt from New Haven of the AHL. DETROIT RED WINGS-Assigned RW Alexandre Jacques to Toledo of the ECHL. EDMONTON OILERS-Recalled Mike Watt, Joe Hulbig, Georges Laraque, Sean Brown and Ladislav Benysek from Hamilton of the AHL. Assigned Dennis Bon-vie, Seve Kelly and Jason Bowen to Hamilton.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS-Assigned Sven Butenschon to Syracuse of the AHL. ST. LOUIS BLUES-Assigned Rich Parent to Manitoba of the IHL. VANCOUVER CANUCKS-Fired Tom Renney, coach. Named Mike Keenan coach.

American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS Recalled Mike Minard from New Orleans of the ECHL. NEW HAVEN BEAST-Assigned LW Jean Blouin to San Angelo of the WPHL. PORTLAND PIRATES Recalled Jasaa Mmotf end Victor Oervaiamargtrr Hampton Roads of the ECHL, iv.v SAINT JOHN FLAMES-Signed Cf Bryan Schoen. International Hockey League CINCINNATI CYCLONES-Assigned Todd MacDonald to Birmingham of the ECHL FORT WAYNE KOMETS-Released Aaron Boh. LAS VEGAS THUNDER Assigned LW Andrei Bashkirov to Port Huron of the UHL.

MANITOBA MOOSE-Assigned J.P Rivard to Thunder Bay of the UHL and Louis Dumont to Manitoba of the IHL. ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS Recalled Chad Dameworth from Mississippi of the ECHL. SYRACUSE CRUNCH-Recalled LW Richard Irwin from Raleigh of the ECHL. East Coast Hockey League BIRMINGHAM BULLS Loaned Tim Thomas to Houston of the IHL. DAYTON BOMBERS-Activated RW Colin Ward from injured reserve.

Loaned Marty Legault to Michigan of the IHL. LOUISIANA ICEGATORS-Signed Derek Chapman. Loaned LW John Varga to Providence of the AHL. RALEIGH ICECAPS-Loaned Jon Larson to Syracuse of the AHL. ROANOKE EXPRESS-Transferred LW Cory Evans from the 7-day to the 14-day injured reserve.

Placed Travis Smith on the 7-day injured reserve. Signed Mike Smith and Rick Kelly. TALLAHASSEE TIGER SHARKS-Activated Dan Lupo from injured reserve. Placed Ryan Haggerty on the 7-day injured reserve TOLEDO STORM-Transferred LW Tom Moores from the 14-day to the 30-day injured reserve and RW Bruce MacDonald from the 7-day to the 14-day injured reserve. Placed LW Sean Ortiz on the 7-day injured reserve.

West Coast Hockey League IDAHO STEELHEADS-Waived Francois Chaput. liiiliiML National Football League All Times EST By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Pel. PF PA Miami 6 4 0 .600 206 186 New England 6 4 0 .600 254 165 N.Y. Jets 6 4 0 .600 237 1 Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 170 225 Indianapolis 0 10 0 000 154 258 Central Jacksonville 7 3 0 .700 262 202 Pittsburgh 7 3 0 700 241 200 Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 217 197 Baltimore 4 6 0 .400 210 231 Cincinnati 3 7 0 .300 191 263 West Denver 9 1 0 900 302 160 Kansas City 7 3 0 700 204 167 Seattle 6 4 0 .600 233 238 San Diego 4 6 0 .400 202 251 Oakland 3 7 0 .300 237 269 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Pet. PF PA Y.

Giants 6 4 0 .600 192 190 Washington 6 4 0 .600 203 152 Dallas 5 5 0 .500 212 154 Philadelphia 4 6 0 .400 170 214 Arizona 2 8 0 .200 170 230 Central Green Bay 8 2 0 800 233 176 Minnesota 8 2 0 .800 238 201 Tampa Bay 7 3 0 .700 208 172 Detroit 4 6 0 .400 197 205 Chicago 1 0 .100 167 292 West San Francisco 1 0 900 251 120 Carolina 5 5 0 .500 166 187 New Orleans 3 7 0 .300 131 208 Atlanta 1 8 0 .200 189 271 St. Louis 2 0 .200 171 238 Sunday's Games Arizona at New York Giants, I p.m. Atlanta at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Denver at Kansas City, I m. Green Bay at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. New England at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Seattle at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 4 p.m. Carolina at San Francisco, 4 p.m. New York Jets at Chicago, 4 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 8 p.m. CHAMPION jjjBjjSfffiitlif AP LASERPHOTO having finished third in 0. He would like to cap the best season of his career seven victories are one short of his career total prior to this year with his first championship. "If we don't win the championship, there's always going to be a little void in our heart," he said. The weather could be a factor in Atlanta, where the redesigned track makes practice more important that usual.

Qualifying for Saturday's ARCA race was postponed Thursday because of rain, and more showers were predicted Friday, when Winston Cup qualifying is supposed to take place. The forecast for Sunday's race: cold, windy with the slight chance of snow flurries. are 10-1 when scoring first and 7-0 when leading after two periods. McCarty gave Detroit a 2-0 lead with 5:04 left in the opening period, before teammate Joe Kocur was ejected following a fight with the Senators' Phil Crowe. Ottawa defenseman Kravchuk scored the only goal of the second period on a power play at 9:55.

Lapointe and Dackell traded third-period goals before Yzerman completed the scoring into an empty net with 20 seconds remaining. Kevin Hodson turned aside 32 of 34 shots for Detroit, while Rhodes stopped 19 of 23. from page IB games. "It has been a complete reversal of the regular season," Craig said. "But the kids still haven't found anybody they can't play with.

They play with so much heart that they're never out of it." Rauch said the Warriors want to prove to schools on the Western Shore that they can play at the 2A level. "It is our first year at 2A and we want to show them that even though we're from the Eastern Shore we can still play with anybody in the state," he said. "We've exceeded our expectations but we're not done yet." AT THE TRED AVON SQUARE Athlete 2 Footwear Apparel For Every Athlete 410-822-8040 Marlboro Rd at Easton Bypass that consistency and win as many races as we have," he said. "Even when we were down, maybe had a bad race, it seems like we were able to bounce back with a good finish or a win." Martin has been Mr. Consistency over the past nine years, never finishing lower than sixth in the point standings.

But his best finishes were second in 1990 and '93. "I would love to be able to hand that championship trophy to (car owner) Jack Rousch," said Martin, who has four victories in his Ford Thunderbird after failing to win last year. "If I don't hurry up and do it, one of my teammates is going to do it." Jarrett, who also drives a Ford, is contending for the Winston Cup title for the second year in a row, club marks for their fastest start after five, 10 and 15 games this season and added the 20-game mark to their record book with Thursday night's victory. Niklas Lidstrom, the NHL's power-play points leader among defensemen entering the game, also did not play for Detroit because of a sore midsection. The Senators were competing in their fifth contest in a run of seven games in 12 nights and pressed to open the scoring.

But it was Yzerman who struck first, beating Ottawa goaltender Damian Rhodes from the top of the right faceoff circle 4:29 into the first period. The Red Wings Chip Craig said. "That's what we've asked the kids to do. I think if we're able to keep close in the games we always have a chance to get the next goal and the kids realize that." The Warriors trailed only once all season, during a 1-0 loss to St. Michaels and a 1-1 tie against the Saints.

Yet in the playoffs they have trailed in each of the last two from page 1 fullback plunging into the line before running a boot leg around the end with the tailback in tow ready to take a pitch if necessary. Special teams, though, has served as the unsung hero for the Vikings. Placekicker David Lamparter and punter Frankie Brooks are arguably the finest at their respective positions, and no team boasts as highly-skilled players at both spots. With many of the seniors knowing nothing but state championships, the veteran players have let it be known to the younger ones what's at stake. "They know they have to step up and raise it to a whole other level even more than in the regular season," said Parker.

"We can't have any mistakes." Wednesday's Games Washington 4, Pittsburgh 1 New Jersey 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Islanders 2, Florida 2, tie Boston 3, Dallas 3, tie Carolina 6, Edmonton 4 Vancouver 5, San Jose 2 Montreal 4, Anaheim 3, OT Thursday's Gaines Late games not included Washington 3, Buffalo 2 Detroit 4, Ottawa 2 Colorado 2, Philadelphia 1 Toronto at Chicago, (n) Boston at St. Louis, (n) Montreal at Phoenix, (n) Carolina at Calgary, (n) San Jose at Los Angeles, (n) Friday's Games Pittsburgh at Rangers, 7:30 p.m Colorado at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m Philadelphia at Florida, 7:30 p.m Vancouver at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. Saturday's Games Ottawa at Boston, 7 p.m.

Florida at Islanders, 7p New Jersey at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7:30 p.m Detroit at St Louis. 8:30 p.m Calgary at Edmonton, 10:30 p.m. Phoenix at San Jose, 10: 30 p.m Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday's Games Colorado at N.Y Rangers, 1:30 p.m. Carolina at Vancouver, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 8 NBA Glance All Times EST By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pel GB 2 2 3 3'7, Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Washington Boston .714 .667 .625 .429 .429 .286 .167 Philadelphia Central Division Atlanta Charlotte Milwaukee Cleveland Chicago Detroit Indiana Toronto 0 1.000 .667 667 571 .500 375 .286 3 3 3'i 4 5 5V 6Vi 143 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Pet GB l'j 2'A 2'i 3 t't San Antonio Minnesota Dallas Houston Utah Vancouver Denver 857 667 500 500 429 .375 .000 5Vi Pacific Division L.A.

Lakers Portland Phoenix Seattle Sacramento L.A. Clippers Golden State 'i 1 1 4 i 6 .800 .714 .286 .167 .000 at the Corel Centre. Igor Krav-chuk and Andreas Dackell scored for Ottawa (9-8-3). With high-scoring forward Daniel Alfredsson out of the lineup with an ankle injury, the Senators continued to struggle through their first slump of the season with four consecutive losses. The Senators are 6-2-1 with Alfredsson in the lineup and 3-6-2 without him.

Detroit entered the game in first place overall in the NHL, with the league's leading road record, top penalty killing and fifth-best power play. Even with star forward Sergei Fedorov holding out for a better contract, the Red Wings have set relax and play our game we'll be just fine." The Warriors will rely on their defense, led by Casey Rauch, Phil Mitchell, Matt Marth and Scott Mahle. Easton has outscored its opponents 13-8 during their dash to the title game, including three one-goal victories. "In baseball the manager wantsv to keep his team close six or seven innings," Easton coach games among 11 trips to the playoffs. In 1997, Cambridge-SD's defense has held tough, as with tradition.

The Vikings yielded just 80 points this season, holding seven opponents to 10 points or fewer including four shutouts. "Defense wins championships," said Parker. "That's what they've been preaching to us ever since I've been here." On offense, the Vikings have had to endure injuries to both of their top two running backs, but either Parker (1,035 yards) or Lavoya Neal (889) has been available whenever the other has not while combining for 26 touchdowns. Josh Dodson has thrived in his first year as the starting varsity quarterback while running the option selling a handoff to the Wednesday's Games Boston 96, Denver 86 Atlanta 89, Indiana 86 Sacramento 115, Orlando 89 New York 93, Toronto 70 Washington 90, Chicago 83 Philadelphia 114, Houston 100 Utah 98, Vancouver 80 Phoenix 103, Milwaukee 95 Detroit 102, Golden State .71 Thariday'i Games Late Games Not Included Cleveland 85, New Jersey 74 Washington at Minnesota (n) Philadelphia at Dallas (n) L.A. Lakers at San Antonio (n) Milwaukee at L.A.

Clippers (n) Detroit at Seattle (n) Friday's Games.