U.S. Olympic Festival Roundup : Rosas Wins Archery Gold in Upset

Three-time collegiate All-American Val Rosas of Buena Park scored the biggest victory of his career by winning the gold medal in archery at the U.S. Olympic Festival Tuesday.

Rosas, who entered the final round in fourth place, upset two-time Olympic champion Darrell Pace and seven-time national titlist Rick McKinney. He shot a perfect 60 for six arrows to start the 30-meter portion and finished with 89 points.

Rosas took third place after the 70-meter shooting and outshot the field in the final round, from 90 meters.

“This is by far the biggest win of my career,” said Rosas, 27. “I still think Darrell and Rick are the best archers in the world. I just happened to shoot very, very well today.”

Rosas had 324 points, four ahead of Pace, who is from Hamilton, Ohio, and six in front of McKinney, who is from Gilbert, Ariz.

It was the first time since 1979 that Pace and McKinney did not finish 1-2 in the Festival.

Sharon Riley of York, Pa., won the women’s archery competition.

Noelle Porter of San Clemente and John Albert Faldo of Charleston, W. Va., the second seeds, won the mixed doubles competition in tennis.

Falbo and Porter beat the No. 1 seeds, John Boytim of Spring, Tex., and Trisha Laux of Roswell, Ga., 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Boytim was a winner in the men’s doubles, teaming with Barry Richards, also of Spring, for a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win over Mike Bryan of Lafayette, La., and Mitch Michulka of Richardson, Tex.

In women’s doubles, Betsy Somerville of Honolulu and Ginger Helgeson of Edina, Minn., scored a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 decision over Porter and Mary Beth Young of La Habra for the gold medal.

Boytim was scheduled to play for the men’s singles crown against Falbo. Laux played Lisa Green of San Jose in the women’s final.

The East and West picked up victories to advance to the gold medal game in men’s basketball.

University of Pittsburgh sophomore Jerome Lane continued his sparkling Festival performance by scoring 22 points and grabbing 10 rebounds as the East knocked off the pre-Festival favorite South, 100-97.

Meanwhile, Stephen Thompson and Scott Williams, a pair of California prep sensations who are headed east for their college careers, were the stars as the West rolled over the North, 98-82.

In women’s competition, the South will meet the North in the gold medal game Thursday. The South beat the East, 87-77, while the North lost to the West, 74-67.

Seton Hall sophomore guard John Morton scored 16 for the East. Another guard, Texas Tech sophomore Sean Gay, topped the East with 23 points.

The South men, 1-2 in the Festival, play the winless North for the bronze medal.

The West men, who hadn’t won a Festival game in five years before this year’s event, finished the round-robin play with a 2-1 record.

Thompson, a 6-foot-4 inch guard, scored most of his 24 points on rebounds and fast-break drives to the basket.