Sports
Tim Wilkinson used his aggressive serve-and-volley style Thursday to unravel fifth-seeded David Pate for a 2-6, 7-6, 6-3, first-round victory in the $425,000 TransAmerica tennis championships.
Sept. 30, 1988
High School Sports
Pate, a senior, personally wrecked La Quinta’s first playoff appearance in eight years, leading Fullerton to a 43-27 first-round victory in Division IX.
Nov. 24, 1998
Former UCLA All-American Steve Pate put together the two best rounds of his six-month pro career to take a one-stroke lead Friday at the midway point of the $500,000 Georgia-Pacific tournament at Atlanta.
June 22, 1985
It wasn’t long ago that Jerry Pate was the toast of the PGA Tour.
Feb. 21, 1986
Most golf fans remember Jerry Pate as the handsome young man who used to jump into the nearest lake after winning a tournament.
Feb. 21, 1987
Fifteen of last year’s top 20 PGA money winners, three of the four major tournament champions, winners of the last 12 Los Angeles Opens, three amateurs and Seve Ballesteros are among the 144 players poised to tee off today at Riviera in the 62nd annual L.A.
Feb. 25, 1988
Chatsworth 6, Granada Hills 0--Leila Pate scored one of her two goals in the first minute of play and had two assists as Chatsworth (11-2-1, 1-0-0) beat Granada Hills (5-3-0, 0-1-0) in a Coast/Valley League game at Chatsworth.
Jan. 12, 1999
Bob Tway advanced easily, while Tom Watson was upset Thursday in the first round of the Seiko Match Play Championship at Tucson.
Oct. 31, 1986
Movies
Regarding Gail Motil’s Dec. 31 letter denouncing “The War of the Roses”: I went with my wife of six months to see the movie and we both laughed a lot (probably at the moments Motil found “inappropriate”).
Jan. 7, 1990
Reigning world champion Peter Sagan of Slovakia waited until the final seconds to make his move Tuesday in Stage 3 of the 12th Amgen Tour of California.
May 16, 2017