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6 • The Red and Black • Wednesday, October 3, 1990
Jones ready for Death Valley
By DAVID PACE
Sports Wnter
On a Sunday night in the winter
of 1988, South Carolina Governor
Carroll Campbell Jr. placed a very
important phone call.
It wasn’t to the President for di
saster relief funds. Nor was it a re
prieve for some doomed soul on
death row. The Governor was in
terested in one highly recruited
high school senior quarterback
named Preston Jones.
“It was a great honor. But I had
already made up my mind to at
tend the University of Georgia,”
Jones said. "Clemson ran the op
tion and South Carolina had Todd
Ellis. I felt better coming here.”
Jones will return to his native
state Saturday as he and Georgia
face Clemson in a border battle in
Death Valley. Although Greg
Talley will start at quarterback,
Jones should see a good amount of
playing time under coach Ray
Goffs quarterback-rotation of
fense.
In coming to Georgia, Jones was
red-shirted for the 1988 season. In
1989, he suffered n broken bone in
his wrist which hindered his effec
tiveness for the entire season.
Last year, Jones entered the fall
season as the No. 2 quarterback be
hind Talley. He played in nine of
Georgia’s 12 games and was 42 of
93 for 568 yards (three touchdowns
and six interceptions).
This season is the first in which
Jones is able to make a serious at
tempt at filling the shoes that Dog
fans have expected him to fill since
his arrival.
This season also marks the first
time Jones will get a chance to play
against Clemson. The last time the
Dogs and Tigers battled, Jones was
earning the title of “All-Mr. Every
thing” in South Carolina high
school football. The thought of re
turning home to play Clemson
sparks a fire in the 6-3, 220 pound
sophomore from Anderson, S.C.
‘This game is something I’ve
looked forward to for a long time,”
Jones said. “It’s 15 minutes from
my hometown.”
Looking at Clemson’s depth
chart, Jones can pick out 25
players that he’s either played with
or played against. Quite a few of
his friends also attend Clemson
and he’s taking his share of ribbing
for coming to Georgia. When Jones
enters the game on Saturday, he
expects to hear it from the Clemson
fans.
“I remember going to games
there,” Jones said. They’re going
to yell at everything we do. It’s
Preston Jones: Quarterback
and S.C. native
heads home to face
Tigers this weekend.
going to be one of those games.”
While Jones would rather start,
he feels comfortable coming in off
the bench. In what could be the
most emotional game of his young
career, Jones has but one thing on
his mind.
“I just want to beat them,” he
said. ‘There’s just something about
Georgia-Clemson.”
Diamond Dogs have gem of a field
By PHILLIP RAMATI
Contributing Writer
The 1990 Diamond Dogs may
not have gotten a “field of
dreams,” but the renovations to
Foley Field promise to be a
source of pride to last year’s na
tional champions.
“Anytime you have a good fa
cility, it’s a point of pride among
the the team members,” Georgia
baseball coach Steve Webber
said.
The renovations affected manv
different aspects of Foley Field.
First, the angle of the field has
shifted a few feet towards the
left. While this involved shifting
the jutfield fence, the dimensions
will remain the same: 350 to left,
375 to the power alleys, 410 to
center and 320 to right.
An entirely new grass field has
also been put in, along with a
new sprinkler system to help
maintain it. In addition, there is
a new outfield fence.
As for improvements for the
fans, the stadium now holds ap
proximately 3200 people, with
about 600 folding chairs, and
bleachers making up the rest of
the stadium. The press box has
alsc been re-designed, with four
new booths for radio and tele
vision. The booths that are unoc
cupied will be used for VIPs, or at
the University’s discretion.
Underneath the stadium,
there are new locker rooms, a
training room and an equipment
area. Perhaps the most impor
tant facility is the underground
batting cage. The batting cage is
better in case of bad weather,"
Webber said. “It will allow us to
have more quality practice time.”
There was some speculation
that because the project was com
pleted late, it ran over budget.
Greg McGarity, Assistant Ath
letic Director for Facilities and
Event Management, denies that
there were any budget problems.
“It was very pleasing to us that
we stayed within budget,” he
said.
The total cost, according to the
Georgia Sports Information De
partment, was about $4 million.
As for being completed late,
McGarity acknowledged, “It ran
late, there is no question about
that. It was supposed to be fin
ished last spring, but wo played
last season. It will be ready when
we open October 21.”
The Diamond Dogs open their
fall season in an exhibition game
against Middle Georgia College
at home on October 21.
Golf Dogs finish sixth
at Cali, tournament
Women’s tennis gains top recruit e
By JENNIFER BAKER
Contributing Writer
The Georgia women’s tennis
team has just added another out
standing tennis player to its al
ready glowing roster.
Top-ranked Florida player An
gela Lettiere joins fellow Floridian
Laura Kimel as the two freshmen
recruits for the 1990-91 season.
Coach Jeff Wallace is thrilled
with the team’s new nddition and
he believes that Lettiere’s talent
and experience will help make up
for the loss of Stacey Scnefilin and
Jill Waldman.
“Angela is an outgoing person
with a good attitude,” Wallace said.
“She fits in well with our team.”
Lettiere, who attended high
school at St. Thomas Aquinas in
Vero Bench, Fla. ended up her
1989 season ranked eighth in the
nation in the 18-and-under divi
sion. In the U.S. National Junior
Championships, she took third
f ilnce, losing to Czechoslovakian
*ete Kucova. In the U.S. Olympic
Festival in Minneapolis, Minn.,
Lettiere placed second in the Ju
nior Open Division.
In the Volvo Tennis Collegiate
pre-season rankings, Lettiere was
honored with the No. 15 ranking —
a high position for any freshmen to
be placed in the pre-season ranks.
Lettiere signed with Georgia in
June and is very excited about be
coming a part of the team. In the
next couple of months she will lx*
competing the Rivera All-Amer
ican Championships, the SEC In
doors and possibly the National
Collegiate Clay Court
Championships.
Lettiere’s aggressive playing
style should also help the Lady
Dogs in singles and doubles play ns
Wallace’s squad looks for its third
straight SEC title.
Although Lettiere knows most of
the players on the team, she ad
mits there is a little tension at this
point in the season.
“It’s kind of hard because ev
eryone wants a good spot on the
team,” Lettiere said. The last few
weeks before we start competing
are the most important in that re
spect.”
Wallace knows of the fall season
pressures with incoming freshmen
trying to make their mark, but he
is confident that all will be fine.
These girls have been com
peting almost all their lives so
they’re used to it,” Wallace snid.
“Right now, they’re just trying to
improve and do their best.”
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Georgia’s lOth-ranked men’s
golf team finished sixth at the
Ping/Golfweek Preview Classic in
Pebble Beach, Cali, as third round
ilay wound up yesterday at the
’oppy Hills Golf Club.
Georgia finished with a 54-hole
total of 877.
Clemson won the event 10 shots
in front of the Dogs at 867. Georgia
Tech finished second at 873, with
Arizona St. finishing third at 874.
Oklahoma St. and UNLV tied for
fourth at 875.
Bill Brown was Georgia’s top in
dividual finisher with a total of 218
(76-70-72), nine shots behind tour
nament winner Nicky Goetze of
Clemson. Franklin Langham (73-
73-74) and Paul Claxton (73-74-73)
both tallied 220s. Neal Hen dee,
Greg Kennedy and Matt Street all
finished back in the pack.
Georgia was tied with Georgia
Tech for fourth after Monday’s first
two rounds with a 36-hole talley of
586.
— Randy Walker
Tracy St«nb«rg/The Red and Black
Angela Lettiere: Freshman
tennis recruit.
The Tale of the Tape
OFFENSE
GEORGIA
CLEMSON
Avg. Points Per Game
16.8
31.6
Rushing Yards
591
1362
Avg. Rushing Per Game
147.8
272.4
Passing Yards
503
545
Avg. Passing Per Game
125.8
109
Total Offensive Yardage
1094
1907
Avg. Yards Per Game
273.5
381.4
DEFENSE
Avg. Points Per Game
16.5
8.8
Rushing Yards Allowed
641
346
Avg. Rushing Per Game Allov
160.3
69.2
Passing Yards Allowed
659
720
Avg. Passing Per Game Allow
164.8
144
Opp. Total Offense
1300
1066
Opp. Total Offense Avg.
325
213.2
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AP TOP 25
1 Notre Dame
3-0
2 FSU
4-0
3 Michigan
2-1
4 Virginia
5-0
5 Auburn
2-0-1
6 Tennessee
3-0-2
7 Oklahoma
4-Q
8 Nebraska
4-0
9 Miami(Fla)
2-1
10 Florida
4-0
11 BYU
4-1
12 Colorado
3-1-1
13 Houston
3-0
(tie) Illinois
2-1
15 So. California
3-1
16 Clemson
4-1
17 Washington
3-1
18 Michigan St.
1-1-1
19 Texas A & M
3-1
20 Ohio St.
2-1
21 Arkansas
2-1
22 Oregon
3-1
23 Ga. Tech
3-0
24 Fresno St.
5-0
25 Arizona
3-1
Others receiving votes:
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Indiana 76,01c Miss 51,
Texas 40, Arizona St. 13,
GEORGIA 12,
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Alabama 6, Louisville 6,
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W. Virginia 4, Toledo 2,
TCU 1
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