The Day in Review

Baseball

Kenny Henderson of Ringold, Ga., struck out nine in seven innings and also drove in the winning run with a single in the fifth inning of the South’s 2-1 victory over the North.

“He has one of the loosest arms I’ve ever seen on a high school kid,” said South Coach Jimmy Pierce of Henderson, the fifth selection in the recent amateur draft. “He has a few mechanical problems, but a pitching coach can work that out.

Basketball

Tournament MVP Glenn Robinson of Gary, Ind., who will enroll at Purdue this fall, had 18 points and 11 rebounds in the North’s 84-79 victory over the East in the championship game before a crowd of 3,215 at Pauley Pavilion. The North finished the tournament with a 4-0 record. Robert Churchwell, who plays for Georgetown, led the East with 13 points.

Anjinea Hopson’s three-point shot with four seconds remaining in regulation allowed the women’s South team to move into overtime, where it defeated the North, 82-77, to win the gold medal.

MVP Peggy Evans of Tennessee, playing for the South, led all scorers with 20 points and also collected a game-high 11 rebounds. Hopson, who plays for Arkansas, added 15 points.

Nebraska’s Karen Jennings and Southern Illinois’ Anita Scott led the North with 13 points apiece.

Bowling

Steve Smith of Anaheim, who already had won two gold medals in this Festival, added another, leading his four-man team to a title. He finished the sixth game with four straight strikes to bring his team back from a 55-pin deficit. His teammates were Rob McLean and Steve Kloempken of Las Vegas and William Anthony Jr. of Wahaiwa, Hawaii.

Lynda Norry of Concord, Calif., who has been suffering from tendinitis in the back of her hand, wrist and elbow, helped her four-woman team to a gold medal. After winning four medals in 1989 and three last year, it was her first of this Festival.

“My goal this year was just to bowl,” she said.

Also on her team were Julie Gardner of Huntington Beach, Patty Ellenburg of Chandler, Ariz., and Darlene Weekly of Gilbert, Ariz.

Equestrian

Before a crowd of 2,100 at the L.A. Equestrian Center, Michael Poulin of Fairfield, Me., won the gold medal in individual dressage with another flawless performance aboard his horse, Zambo. Poulin also won a gold medal at this Festival in team dressage.

His wife, Susan, was unable to perform when her horse, Monti, was unable to recover from colic.

Leslie Webb of Bakersfield won the silver medal aboard Titan, and Lendon Gray of Newfoundland, N.J., won the bronze medal aboard Last Scene.

Field Hockey

Binh Hoang of Westlake Village gave the South an early lead in a semifinal game, but his brother, Tommy, one of three Hoang brothers in the game, scored two first-half goals as the top-seeded West rallied to win, 3-2.

In the other semifinal, the East beat the North, 4-1. Caz Pareira of Rockville, Md. scored two goals for the East to assume the individual scoring lead for the tournament with seven in four games.

There were two shutouts in women’s competition. Toni Byard of Erial, N.J., scored less than three minutes into the second half to give the South a 1-0 victory over the West. Goalkeeper Kathy Fosina of Virginia Beach, Va., earned her second shutout. Goalkeepers Michelle Brennan of Lancaster, Pa., and Jen Ruggiero of Kennett Square, Pa., combined for a shutout in the East’s 4-0 victory over the North.

Racquetball

In a repeat of the semifinals at the recent national championships, Michelle Gilman of Ontario, Ore., will meet Jackie Paraiso Gibson of San Diego and Toni Bevelock of Santa Ana will meet Malia Bailey of Norfolk, Va. in the women’s semifinals.

In the men’s semifinals, national champion Tim Sweeney of Chicago will meet Andy Roberts of Memphis, Tenn., and John Ellis of Stockton will meet Joel Bonnett of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Soccer

Wayne Lobring of Cincinnati scored two goals in less than three minutes to lead the North to a 4-1 victory over the West. Brian Kamler of Ballwin, Mo., assisted on both Lobring goals, which came in the 74th and 77th minutes.

In the other game, the East’s Gerson Echeverry of Paterson, N.J., scored with less than one minute remaining in the first half in a 1-1 tie with the South. Alan Prampin of Richardson, Tex., had given the South a lead 20 minutes into the game.

Softball

Michele Granger of Placentia pitched her second no-hitter in five games, but it took a home run by Rhonda Wheatley Gano of Inglewood in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the West a 1-0 victory over the East. That was the only hit allowed by losing pitcher Kathy Arendsen of Evanston, Ill.

Granger has pitched in all five games for the West, starting four, because the team’s other pitcher, Heather Compton of Santa Maria, Calif., has strained shoulder muscles. Granger has pitched 36 innings, struck out 46 batters, walked 19 and given up 11 hits and five runs, three earned. Her record is 3-2.

In men’s play, Tim Wahl of Hokuiam, Wash., led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a home run to give the South a 2-1 victory over the North and a berth in the championship game.

Team Handball

James Hop of Camarillo scored five goals in the West’s 18-15 victory over the South. “Hop played the best game of his life,” West Coach Rod Oshita said. The East beat the North, 23-17.

In women’s play, Laura Coenen of Colorado Springs, Colo. scored seven of her eight goals in the second half of the West’s 21-19 victory over the South. The North beat the East, 16-12.

Tennis

Top-seeded Chris Woodruff of Knoxville, Tenn., was forced to three sets for the first time before advancing to the final with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Ricky Becker of Roslyn, N.Y. Woodruff will meet No. 3 Peter Ayers of Charlotte, N.C., who beat second-seeded Chris Pressley of Miami, 6-0, 6-4.

Beth Berris of Lodi, Calif., the only seeded player remaining in the women’s draw, will meet Sonya Olejar of Tacoma, Wash., for the gold medal. Berris, seeded fourth, beat Meredith Chiles of Germantown, Tenn., 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, in one semifinal. Olejar was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Terry Ann Zawacki of Union, N.J.

In the mixed doubles final, Heath Montgomery of Santa Barbara and Cindy Kuragami of La Jolla beat Michael Hopkinson of Indianapolis and Jenny Baker of Mentor, Ohio, 6-4, 6-4. Brent Morrow of Wilmington, Del. teamed with Olejar to win the bronze medal in a 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) victory over Pressley and Keirsten Alley of Melrose, Mass.

In wheelchair action, Ryan Martin of Washington and Javier Gonzalez of Hisperia, Calif. remained undefeated in four matches and will meet for the gold medal. Martin beat Matt McManus of Westboro, Mass., 6-1, 6-2, and Gonzalez beat Tony Lara of Chino, 6-2, 6-4.

Water Polo

Seven goals and five assists by Maggi Kelly of Berkeley led the North to two victories, 8-6 over the East and 11-7 over the West. She had six goals against the West.

In men’s play, goalie Mike Rall of Riverside had 16 saves in the West’s 11-5 victory over the South. Two-time Olympian Peter Campbell of Irvine leads the men’s tournament in scoring with five goals, but his team has lost twice.

Wrestling

Among the gold medalists in freestyle wrestling were Alex Lopez of La Mesa, Calif., and Laurence Jackson of San Diego. Lopez pinned Narvin Viravong of Norman, Okla. in the 105-pound division, and Jackson beat Tony Dickins of Pensacola, Fla. at 149 1/2 pounds.

The South won eight of 10 matches, including seven in a row, in a 28-12 victory over the North in Greco-Roman competition. In the second dual match, the East won five consecutive matches in a 22-15 victory over the West.

Yachting

After four races, Kevin Lowrey of Alexandria, Va., leads in the men’s Lechner Division II sailboard competition. On another day with very light wins, about five knots, he finished second in both races.

Nancy Haberland of Satellite Beach, Fla., leads the Europe class after four races with three points. Kathy Chapin of Cape Canaveral, Fla., leads with three points after four races in the women’s boardsailing, but Lanee Butler of San Juan Capistrano and Jayne Fenner of Sarasota, Fla. remain in contention.